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WUSA CBS Overnight News June 3, 2016

West virginia is suing opioid distributors to force them to report unusual sales. The man in charge of those suits is the attorney general, but his critics question just how close he has been to the drugmakerers. Jim axelrod and ashley velie continue their investigation. We are in mango county, West Virginia. Reporter the battle against opioids in West Virginia, the state with the countrys highest rate of fatal overdoses is being fought on many fronts. Patrick morrisey its the attorney general. What is happening in West Virginia right now is that we are losing a generation of people to despair. Reporter in the last five months, morrisey implemented statewide prescription guidelines, moved forward with a predecessor against 11 drug distributors and filed a new suit against the nations top drug wholesaler mckesson for flooding the state with 100 million pain pills in a five year period. But the fight against opioids in West Virginia is complex. As one look at morriseys career path makes plain. In my past practice i was the cochair of a Large Health Care pharmaceutical practice. But i had worked on capitol hill before. So i had done a lot of compliance work, regulatory work. Reporter from 2010 to 2012, were you lobbying on behalf of health care companies, pharmaceuticals distributors. I was a private lawyer. And we did do some lobbying work. Reporter as a lobbyist, morrisey was paid 250,000 to representative a pharmaceutical trade group funded by some of e virginia is now suing. Records show he also took more than 8,000 in political contributions from Cardinal Health, a defendant in one of the states lawsuits. The West Virginia bar was concerned enough about a potential conflict, to launch an investigation. When he first took office in january of 2013, morrisey said he would step away from cases involving cardinal. But five months later, he met with senior representatives from the company. Is it appropriate for you to be meeting with two executives and a lawyer for Cardinal Health care when the state is suing them . Well, as you know, the state meets with entities involved in cases all the time. And i would are gu we should meet with everyone involved across the board to go solve this problem. Reporter two months later, morrisey clarified his position saying he was now permanently screened from the case. Morriseys wife a lobbyist one of her biggest clients, Cardinal Health. While you have been in office, your wifes firm has made roughly 1. 5 million from cardinal. You would have to talk and take a look at the numbers. I dont pay attention. How does that present an enormous appearance of a conflict if not an actual conflict . I think we have gone through this, the process. People have determined there was no conflict. Reporter the West Virginia bar ruled morriseys past lobbying work does not present an ethics issue that he is attorney general but his wifes work with Cardinal Health could diminish the integrity of the process and create the appearance of impropriety. The next five months will be a crucial time for patrick morrisey. Scott, both states lawsuits against wholesale pill distributors are slated for trial in october. Jim axelrod, thank you. In an coincidence, americas elite military acrobatic flying teams each suffered a crash today. A Navy Blue Angels f18 fell near nashville where the team was practicing for a show. The pilot was killed. Earlier today, an air force thunderbird, f16 crashed after a flyby at air force Academy Graduation where the president was speaking. The pilot ejected safely, a secret Service Helicopter picked him up. And he got a handshake from the commanderinchief. Los Angeles Police said today that the man who fatally shot a ucla professor and then himself, had a kill list. And there was another victim nearly 2,000 miles away. Ben tracy is following this. [ sirens blaring ] reporter when an army of Law Enforcement swarmed the ucla campus they were looking for a shooter. He turned out to be this 38yearold, mainak sarkar, former ucla graduate student. He shot and killed william klug inside his office before killing himself. Lapd chief, charlie beck said he had other targets. He went there to kill two faculty from ucla. He was only able to locate one. The second faculty member was off campus. Sarkar was living in st. Paul, minnesota. Here at his apartment. Police found what theyre calling a kill list. It had three names on it. Including, ashley haisti found dead in a homen a twin city suburb. She and sarkar married five years ago but not clear if they were still married. On the list was professor klug, and another unidentified ucla professor who was not harmed. Proactive shooter appears sarkar came to campus armed with 29 millimeter handguns. Multiple magazines and loose rounds. He was prepared to engage multiple victims. Sarkar, an indian american, graduated from ucla three years ago with a ph. D. In Mechanical Engineering and harbored a grudge against professor klug, whom he accused of stealing his computer code. Back in march, sarkar called the professor a very sick person. And told students your enemy is your enemy. Klug was a popular pro felsor and father of two young children. Now when police found the shooter here at the Engineering Building there was a note on his body. That note asked them to check on his cat. And that is what led police to his apartment in st. Paul, minnesota. And scott, thats where they found that kill list. Ben tracy at ucla for us this evening. Ben, thank you. Coming up next, the government cracksn dow on payday lenders. 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With pay day loans, consumers borrow against their future earnings at extremely high interest rates. In most cases the rates factor out to 300 annually and taken out of the next paycheck. Four of five loans are reborrowed leading to what critics call a purposeful debt trap. The head of the protection bureau, the agency introducing the new rules. Many loans, trap borrowers in debt they cant afford instead of tiding over in an emergency. Reporter the pro posed regulations would require lenders to better verify a borrowers ability loan. They would also limit the number of times a loan could be rolled over. 31yearold dejuan wash, borrowed 400 and says he ended up paying four times that amount. When you think you are going to be able to pay it back. You find out you are not going to be able to pay it back. You end up in a perpetual cycle of debt. Reporter pro posed rules were met with fierce resistance by the industry that argues they would cripple bitzness by reducing loan volume in needy communities by more than 60 . These proposed rules do not have to be approved by congress. Federal regulators will take Public Comment until september 14th. Scott, regulators are expecting to issue final regulations by sometime next year. Jericka, thank you very much. Co mingup. Floodwaters claim more lives. This time american soldiers. There is breaking news tonight. Several soldiers from fort hood, texas, have been killed in the flooding there. Omar villafranca is following this. Omar. Reporter scott, from what we understand, three soldiers are dead. Six are missing. And three have been rescued. Apparently it happened when the soldiers were in a vehicle that went into a lowwater crossing that overturned. There on post at fort hood. Apparently now they are missing. 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I will remember you one year, and 13 days ago, i lost my husband dave. I learned about the depths of sadness and the brutality of loss. But i also learned that when life sucks you under you can kick against the bottom, find the surface, and breathe again. Memories i can tell you that not all heroes are famous. I have never talked to a medal of honor recipient who has not said to me, i am not a hero. I did my duty. And somebody saw me do it. Thats all. My buddies they say, do it every day. Put someone elses life ahead of theirs. Its a Beautiful Day you are known as the birth place of rocky balboa, boyzii men, you can have cheese steaks, pretzels, and wawahoa gi es. You win, philly. I wish you a hollywood style happy ending, outrun the trex, catch the criminal and for your parents sake, maybe every now and then, just like e. T. , go home. In the not so distant future, when i am no longer president , i will sleep well at night because i know that men and women like you serve to keep us free. Congratulations, class of 2016 god bless you all and thats the overnight news for this friday. For some of you the news continues. Fo later for the morning news. And cbs this morning. From thead brocast center in new york city, im scott pelley. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the cbs overnight news. The mud was really slinging on the campaign trail. Hillary clinton used a Foreign Policy speech in san diego to blast donald trump, the presumptive nominee, as unfit for the presidency. Donald trumps idea arent just different, they are dangerously incoherent. Theyre not even really ideas. Just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds, and outright lies. [ cheers and applause ] clinton pointed to trumps statement about sitting down with the North Koreans to arming japan with Nuclear Weapons and pulling out of nato. Trump branded clintons claims as a pack of lies and berated her Foreign Policy credentials from her handling in the attack of benghazi, libya and support of the iraq war. All of this scaring away companies expected to sponsor the gop National Convention next month in cleveland. Juliana goldman reports. Reporter traditionally, republican and democratic conventions introduce the candidates to a broader electorate and millions of people tuning in. With all eyes on Donald Trumps nominating convention, Major Companies seem to be staying away from the rnc wary of damage to their own brands. There is a great hatred toward americans by large segments of the muslim population. Translator Donald Trumps inflammatory comments hatch been a staple of his candidacy. The only card she has is the womans card. She has nothing else going. Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, i dont think she would get 5 of the vote. Reporter now that he is Presumptive Republican nominee, some corporate sponsors are distancing theel republican National Convention. Color of change is a Civil Rights Group trying to get sponsors to drop out. This moment is about corporations making a very clear decision about connecting their money and their resources to the type of hate that donald trump has been selling america. Hewlettpackard one past participant that will not play a part. The Company Provided over 556,000 in cash and in kind donations four years ago. Microsoft another rnc donor in 2012 wont be contributing this time. Just Technical Services and products. Cocacola donated 75,000. Brand are cautious around their messaging. If they back away from the rnc. Advertising age managing editor says the political conventions still attract large audiences. Marketers dont want associated with a convention that potentially is perceived an alienating some audiences. She notes many sponsorships are locked upp advance. Google still an rnc sponsor and so is Facebook Says its involvement is a matter of sieving duty. Prosecutors in ohio could announce whether they will charge a mother whose son crawled into the gorilla cage at the cincinnati zoo. The gorilla, harambe was killed to protect the boy. The exhibit has been reinforced and will reopen. The mother has been dealing with online death threats. My son fell in with the goril gorilla. A mail gorilla standing over him. Among the callers, the boys mother. Okay. Isaiah, be calm. Be calm. Be calm. Be calm. He is dragging my son. I cant watch this. Reporter the toddle ear mom has become an online target following saturdays incident which ended with cincinnati zoo officials killing the endangered offensive comments flooded social media. On facebook, one person wrote, should have shot the boys mother instead. A changed. Org petition calling for parents to be held accountable racked up 500,000 signatures. The backlash toward this mother has just been so incredible online in a way. Why do people do this . There is a degree of insulation when people are making these comments online. Theyre not necessarily seeing the reaction of another individual. Reporter following the incident the Cincinnati Police department investigated the parents actions while the zoo says they wont point fingers. A lot of the hate mill said that i was a terrible mother. An ohio woman with the same name received hate messages from people who mistakenly thought she was the childs mom. I even had one email, where he said that karma will be coming for me and my son and used his name and put rest in peace at the end. Reporter intense public summer. When a minnesota dentist be came an online target after hunting and killing cecil, a beloved african lion. Not all social media reaction has been negative. This week, a blogger wrote i weep the death of harambe but i also celebrate the life of your son. The childs parents say they do not plan to sue the zoo and in a statement on wednesday they said their son is doing well. The gorilla world exhibit here in cincinnati does plan to reopen this weekend. Thousand of supermarkets and Department Stores are using Self Checkout counters to ring up purchases. Convenient for you but also easy prey for bank card thieves. Don dahler has a story from an atm right here in cbs Broadcast Center. Reporter deep vices, skimmers, scan beep placed over Self Checkout terminals or atm machines and steal credit card information, deb it card information and pin numbers which is why security cameras are important tools in spotting this kind of at first glance, these shoppers using a Self Checkout terminal inside a kentucky walmart hardly look suspicious. The man on the right shields his partner whose pulls a skimming device out and pops it in place. The Operation Take twos seconds. They made off with as much as 20,000 from at least 38 victims. Atm skimming increased 546 from 2014 to 2015 with criminals turning to Self Checkout terminals to steal consumer data. These elaborate new skimmers finding their way into retail gross restores, they plop right on top of the whole payment terminal. It literally is another payment terminal intercepting your transaction. At a Miami Convenience store as soon as a clerk turns around. A skimmer gets placed on top of a credit card scanner. And the secret service representative, part of a Team Investigating credit card skimming. They

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