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WUSA CBS Overnight News August 30, 2016

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It came on so quickly, drivers got stuck. Their cars had to be pulled out of the floodwaters. The epidemic of gun violence in chicago claimed a victim. The cousin of Chicago Bulls star dwayne wade. 32yearold, Nykea Aldridge was on the way home friday, pushing a stroller with baby on the sidewalk on chicagos south side when she took her last step. She wasnt the shooters target but she is dead all the same. Eddie johnson is the police superintendent. She wasnt aware that her short life would stand as an example for what is a clear failure in the criminal Justice System here in chicago. Two arrested suspects are convicted felons. Brothers with known gang connections. Neither served full sentences. One got out in february. The other, two weeks ago. To keep prisons from overcrowding, most gun offenders serve 50 of their sentence here. The mayor, rahm emanue repeat gun offenders who run in and out of the criminal Justice System with no consequences back on the streets wreaking havoc. In serious crimes, such as murder do offenders serve more than half sentences. Emanuel and for higher bond to keep repeat offenders off the streets awaiting trial theyve want mandatory minimum sentences that would remove judicial discretion. Whatever punishment they get. They should have to abide by that. And serve their time. Thats, thats the bottom line. Diane aldridge is nykeas mother. Gone too soon. Too soon. Too soon. She was taken away from us. And Nykea Aldridge, had she not been related to a famous basketball player it is unlikely her murder would draw so much attention. Norah, hers was one of 11 murders the Chicago Tribune counted over the course of this past weekend. Rounding out the most violent month chicago has experienced in 20 years. Dean reynolds. Thank you. More than 280 flights dear layed in los angeles last night. An when lax descended into pandemonium because of a security scare. Mireya villarreal has the the story. With guns drawn, l. A. X. Airport Police Detained a man carrying a plastic sword, dressed as zorro. Minutes later. Chaos. Stand up and go. Police were flooded with calls about an active shooter and gunshots in terminal 8. Shooting occurred. One world way. One world way. Reporter reports turned out to be false. Panic spread quickly to terminals. As well as on social media. Awe call on run reporter passengers ran in all directions, dragging luggage and carrying children to safety. All of sudden, there was screaming. There is a shooter. There is a shooter. Everyone was starting to storm and run down the stairs. It was crazy. Some travelers ended up on the tarmac. Why are we running. Security s l. A. X. Police chief said most passengers left on their own. These are difficult situations. Because the there were multiple reports of, of something that was something significant. And pe tdangerous. Two weeks ago a false alarm at new yorks jfk airport. Security expert, henry willis questions whether the right protocols are in place to prevent this kind of mayhem. People left there in a chaotic fashion. Ended up exiting. In some cases out on the tarmac. In other cases on to open roadways. Where they put themselves possibly in physical harm. That is a breakdown in Public Safety. Things seem to be running smoothly here at lax. In all. 281 flights were delayed. And two were canceled. Norah, when the initial reports came in that shots were being fired, here at the airport, the lax Police Department was able to send out text message, notification, telling anyone within a fivemile radius, to stay away from this all right. Mireya villarreal, thank you so much. More heavy fighting today along the turkey syria border. But it is not going quite the way the u. S. Wants. Holly williams on the dilemma posed by americas friends that are foes. Reporter it began with turkey launching an offensive against isis last week. Sending tanks and syrian rebel fighters over its border and into the town jarablus. Turk yew turkey is a close u. S. Ally. And backed up by air strikes. After an easy victory against isis, the Syrian Rebels headed further south to take on kurdish fighters. Turkey views the Kurdish Group as terrorists. But the kurdish fighters are backed by the u. S. They Work Together with American Special forces. And we have seen them up close. Stripping away territory from isis. So, now, two u. S. Backed groups, who were both supposed to be fighting islamic extremists. Are instead clashing with each other. This video appears to show members of the Kurdish Group, captured and hue mill yamiliate fighters. Americas special envoy, brett mcgurk, said clashes are unacceptable. The u. S. Says kurdish fighters are withdrawing from the contested area. Norah this isnt the first time that u. S. Backed groups have clashed. The more they fight each other the longer it will take to combat isis. Holly williams in turkey. Thank you. After facing severe backlash for jacking up the price of its epipen allergy treatment, mylan plans to sell a generic version. It will cost about 300. List price. But triple what it costs in 2008. Coming up next the link between a company that made defective airbags and a deadly house explosion. You can finally break up with bleach. Lysol with hydrogen peroxide. For a tough clean with zero percent bleach. Lysol that. Marcopolo marco. polo marco. polo marco. polo marco. si . Polo marco. polo scusa . Ma io sono marco polo, ma. Marco. playing marco polo with marco polo . Surprising. Ragazzini, io sono marco polo. Si, sono qui. Whats not surprising . How much money amanda and keith saved marco. polo fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Polo these days. You are buying finish these days. I got a new dishwasher and they recommend finish. Really . You should try it. Unlike cascade gel, finish has active cleaning enzymes. Its unique powerball takes on anything. Choose finish. Today, japans Takata Corporation confirmed a truck carrying airbag inflaters and volatile chemical blew up last week in texas. One man was killed. The blast leveled a home shooting pieces of the tractortrailer and contents up to a mile. Ten homes in a twomile radius reported damage. Not much is left of the semiit was hauling takata airbag inflaters and volatile propellant. The maverick county texas sheriff says the scene looked like a bomb went off. Part of the engine flew at least 30 yards ending up in a house. After a two day search. Police determined, the 67yearold woman died in the search that destroyed her home. Texas department of Public Safety investigators say it happened 2 15 last monday morning outside the sparsely populated town of quemado, the truck went off at a curve and crashed into a hope. He and a passenger were able to got out before the explosion that damaged a toyota suv with two people inside. All four air lifted to san antonio. The accident comes as takata faces one of the largest recalls in u. S. History, stemming defective inflaters that can explode sending schlep nell into the passenger cabin. Accidents have killed 13 people. Transportation secretary, anthony fox expressed concern about the crash. We are just learning that federal safety investigators joined the case. Norah in a statement to cbs news, takata says it has strict procedures when it comes to transportation of its products. That meet or exceed requirements. Kris, thank you. Few singers have sold as many records as this man. Well remember juan gabriel. Next. You know your heart loves megared omega3s. But did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too . Introducing megared advanced 4in1. Just one softgel delivers the omega3 power of two regular fish oil pills. So give your body mega support with megared advanced 4in1. 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Memorial is growing at gabriels star on the hollywood walk of fame. And hundreds gathered to sing where he grew up. Gabriel performed friday night at packed l. A. Forum. He sold more than 100 million records in his career. One of his biggest hits eternal love. Juan gabriel was 66. In a moment, we will let gene wilder get the last laugh. I used to look like gary cooper. Cooper cuper come mix where rockefellers walk with sticks or umbrellas. Actor and writer gene wilder died overnight from complications of alzheimers disease. He was 83. Wilder brought us so many classic comedy moments, just the mention of his name could make you laugh. Heres John Blackstone with some of those moments. Give my creation Life Reporter with his wild hair and often manic persona, gene wilder gave life to a long list of hilarious and hysterical characters from the Mad Scientist in young frankenstein. My name, its pronounced frankenstein. Reporter to the neurotic wouldbe con man in the nothing, i my blue blanket, give me my blue blanket reporter that role earned him an oscar nomination for best supporting actor. You must be igor. No, its pronounced igor. Reporter he was also nominated for writing the screenplay for young frankenstein, along with his frequent collaborator director mel brooks. Together they took Blazing Saddles where no western had gone before. [ gunfire ] he could be depended on to deliver the unexpected. Wilder was not the first actor considered for the starring role in willie wonka and the Chocolate Factory in 1971. If you want to view paradise reporter fred astaire was reportedly in the running, but today it seems hard to imagine anyone else in what has become a childrens classic. I didnt want to do hamlet or macbeth. I wanted to do comedy. But you can be real and huge at the same time. Reporter he had huge success in a series of collaborations with richard pryor. Thats right, thats right, we bad. Uhhuh. Reporter the on screen chemistry with gilda radner continued off screen. They were married from 1984 until her death from Ovarian Cancer five years later. He became actively involved in raising cancer awareness, helping found the gilda radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center as well as gildas club. But as he told cbss sunday morning in 2005, gene wilder lived a life with no regrets. Im very happy where i am. I dont want to change anything. Reporter John Blackstone, cbs news, San Francisco. And thats the cbs overnight news for this thuz die. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us later for the morning news and cbs news this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im nora announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the cbs overnight news. Im anna werner. Donald trump is promising to clear up his stand on illegal immigration at a rally tomorrow in phoenix. Trump trounced his gop opponents in the primaries, promising to deport all 11 Million People living in the United States illegally. But over the past two weeks, the candidate has back pedalled. Major garrett reports. Reporter Donald Trumps attempts to soften language on immigration appears and emphasize appears to be shortlived. Long time supporters issued stark public warnings for trump to stand his ground. He apares to have listened. Now while teleprompters have helped trump on the stump. On twitter the gop still trump. All the media wants to talk about is the 11 Million People or more or less they have no idea what the number is because we have no control over our country. Of donald trump blamed the media saturday for missing the point of his in graduation plan. But offered little clarity on how he will handle otherwise lawabiding, undocumented immigrants already living in the u. S. We are going to get rid of the criminals and going to happen within one hour after i take office. We start. Okay. Reporter backing away from a suggestion trump himself made last week, Vice President ial nominee, mike pence of indiana said undocumented residents will have to leave. People that want to gain legal status, you heard again and again. Have to leave the country. Pence refused to expalestinian why tough language like this that helped trump win the republican nomination has disappeared. You are going to have a deportation force. You are going to do it maintainly. We are rounding them up in a humane, nice way. I know it doest Trumps Campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway admitted trumps language changed. He is not talking deportation force. He is talking about being fair and humane. Reporter on twitter sunday. Trump embraced rightwing theories about Hillary Clintons health challenging her to release detailed medical records. Writing, i have no problem in doing so. On the campaign trail, trump has only alluded to the issue. She doesnt have the strength, the stamina or the ability to straighten out our country. Reporter despite being among the oldest general election can dates in u. S. History, trump, 70, or clinton 68 released indepth health. Today, trump released a tv ad focused on the economy. The title is two am katz. Which was once democrat, john edwards catch phrase. The 10 million buy in nine trumps biggest so far. Trumps 10 million ad buy, a drop in the bucket compared to the 77 million cemespent by th Clinton Campaign. On minority voters. Their language is getting heated. Trump and Hillary Clinton accusing each other of racism and bigotry. Nancy cordes reports. You are living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. Look at my africanamerican over here. Latest clinton ad accuses trump of racial incense tee. More foerd aftdder after the we. Dwayne wades cousin was shot and killed walking her baby in chicago. Just what i have been saying. Africanamericans will vote trump. Clintons runningmate chas tipsed trump. We ought to be extending our sympathy off to the family. The only reaction appropriate. Reporter the day before sought to try trump to the kkk. Ku klux klan values, david duke val use. Donald trump values are not american values. Trump did tweet condolences to the chicago family. And his supporter, Chris Christie accused clinton and kane of overheated rhetoric. This kind of discourse in the campaign is unwarranted. But started by mrs. Clinton. Hillary clinton is a bigot. Trump beat clinton to the punch by 12 hours. There has been a steady stream of bigotry coming from him. Reporter two side are tangling over the Clinton Foundation and access donors had to clinton taz secretary of state. We get the new revelations weekly, that there are thousand of new things we havent yet scene. Republicans call it pay to play. Why there a wrong about that . When republicans meet with donors, supporters, activists they call it a meeting. When democrats do that they call the a conflict. The state department has said repeatedly that fat donors did not get special favors when clinton was secretary. But republicans say they want to see more documentation. Including clintons calendars, schedules and those 15,000 additional emails that were unearthed. By the fbi San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick says he plans on sitting through the National Anthem again on thursday. When the team takes on the chargers in san diego. Kaepernick made headlines when he stayed on the bench, during the star spangled banner last week. He said he is angry with the state of race relations. Kaepernick lost his starting job last year, and spent much of the offseason trying to work out a trade. He insists that has the nothing to do with his current stance. Jeff glor reports. This isnt the first time Colin Kaepernick has spoken out. Social media pages are filled with posts in the past. But this was not online. It was on the field. 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