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WUSA CBS Overnight News March 29, 2017

A after the president s announcements today, the governors of california and new york said they would continue to impose state loss limiting carbon in the atmosphere. 20 of americans live in one of those states. And John Blackstone met one of them, a climate scientist who sent mr. Trump a warning. Reporter ben santor has believed that temperatures rising and glaciers melting, Climate Change denial would melt away. Hes faced with a new president , raising old doubts. A lot of its a hoax. Imagine you spend your entire life trying to do one thing. And someone comes along and says everything youve done is a hoax what do you do with at . Reporter in the 1990s, santor became one of the first scientists to analyze all the climate data and reach what at the time was a startling conclusion. The balance suggests a discernible human influence on global climate, and like it or mott, not, i was the guy who carried the can carrying that finding. Reporter he says scientists have proven again and again that arguments made by Climate Change deniers are wrong. The zombie arguments take on a life of their own once theyre out there. They keep on coming back, and you cant slay them. Thats frustration, its not a hoax. This matters to every american. Reporter now Climate Change funding is on the federal chopping block. What happens to those scientists . Ha happens to you . If the funding goes away, it will be difficult for me to my job. Reporter difficult, he says but not impossible. Since much o covered by grants. What worries him more, he says is a new climate of intimidation. Theres been a statement, get with the program or get out. If the program is to advance ignorance, then im out with the he has been speaking up as other scientists are now doing. Scott, on april 22nd, not so coincidentally which is earth day. John blackstone by the way. Thank you. This mosh irning, the presi tweeted and then crowed by a decision by ford to invest in michigan. Car companies coming back to the u. S. , mr. Trump wrote. But who deserves the credit . Dean reynolds found out. Reporter the white house big announcement by ford today, read a tweet by the president. Car companies coming back to the u. S. Jobs, jobs, jobs. It happened three weeks after mr. Trump met with Auto Industry executives, as press Secretary Sean Spicer was quick to point out. This is jobs news under the president. Reporter but the automaker says the billiondollar investment is about plant modernization. And new production jobs come to agent 130. The new investment was actually agreed to during the 2015 labor negotiations, when barack obama was president. So, is this announcement by ford big news . Theyre big investment. But theyre big dollars that we have known about by and large. Reporter she is for the automotive research. Weve seen finalizing previously made. Reporter after seven years of solid growth, production jobs in the u. S. Auto industry have reached a peak. News of any growth is liable to get a warm welcome. Clearly, we know theres a microscope around Auto Investments and manufacturing jobs. And were proud of the fact we make more vehicles in the u. S. Than anybody else. Reporter ford says further expansion will depend on how successful the white house and congress are in passing tax perform and a new infrastructure bill. Ford will be watching both efforts closely. Dean reynolds, thanks. And late today, the house led by republicans, voted to peel back internet privacy protections. This would allow internet providers to collect and sell customers personal information to marketers, including health data and web browsing histories. The senate p week and the president is expected to sign it. Risk . L put lives at and later tsa defends this patdown of a teenage boy. Highway guardrails are supposed to save lives. But one type is suspected of contributing to her. Van cleave is following ie nearly four months after stevens 17yearold daughter, hannah, died in a violent car crash, tennessee sent a near 3,000 bill for the repairs for the guardrail hannahs car collided with. Its one of the most emoti emotionally tonedeaf acts i have ever witnessed. It was not made out to me. It was made out to hannah. I was furious. Reporter last november, her car veered off i75. Instead of collapsing on to itself, the guardrail penetrated the drivers car, hitting hannah in the chest and head. She was killed instantly. Tennessee announced they would no longer use the guardrails. I dont understand how you can leave a dangerous product on the road, after youve acknowledged thats russian roulette. The state of tennessee chose to play russian roulette with peoples lives. And my daughter is dead. Reporter at least four deaths in tennessee have been linked to the guardrails, prompting concerns about how those rails respond to crashes over 25 miles per hour. This is a an unprecedented situation. It was one that needed to be removed from the network because they could potentially pierce the vehicle. Reporter paul is from the department of transportation. He admits that sending that bill was a horrible mistake. We apologize for the family for that. Reporter the company that makes the guardrail, says it has passed all federal crash and safety tests. Its widely known that no guardrail can protect against all crashes. Thanks. Well be right back. 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 four weeks. Lysol, what it takes to protect. The tsa is now resorting to more aggressive screening of passengers who fail an initial check at airports. One of these new patdowns was recorded at dfw airport. And we asked omar to get the story behind it. Reporter Jennifer Williamson started recording, as the tsa pulled aside her 13yearold son, aaron, for additional screening, after he left his laptop in his bag. Then, for two minutes, performed the new patdown procedure on the boy. I do think as a young child, that posed no threat, that had already passed an xray screening, it was completely unnecessary. Williamson said she performed the agents processing disorder, that makes him sensitive to touch. We were told we could submit to the patdown or be escorted out of the airport. Reporter the tsa says all of the approved procedures for followed. The tsa implemented the patdown procedure after a 2015 audit showed that agents had failed to connect handguns and other weapons at security checkpoints. Travelers dont mind the extra scrutiny. For me, its okay to make sure everyone stays safe. Theyre having incidents at the airports recently. Reporter williamson says she understands the need for safety. But is upset her son wasnt given any other screening options. A child in that situation should be handled more delicately. Reporter williamson has filed a formal complaint with the happened here at dfw airport. Omar, thanks. Former first lady gets a marriage proposal. Her answer, next. Newly discovered letters to and from a former first lady go up for auctions tomorrow. Heres mark phillips. Reporter an old, battered briefcase that carries the secrets of two battered lives. A case of letters between a former British Ambassador to washington and a widowed woman he knew well. A woman named jackie kennedy. The minute we cracked open the boxes, i saw her loopy handwriting and her loopy js. And i knew it was jackie kennedy. Reporter he found the letters locked away when the house contents were put up for sale. To unction them, you have to roll back the clock to the camelot years when British Ambassador to washingto. Then, fate took over. A few years after jfk was killed, ormsbygores wife, silvia, died, too. Maybe it was the common trtrage their friendship. But in the following years, jackie and david became an item, vacations together. The sexualati salations on the level. Dear david. Particularly the way she signs off. With all my love. I think there is a real warmth there. Reporter the letters contain no marriage proposal. But theres a clear sign one was made and rejected. When jackie besides to marry Aristotle Onassis instead, ormsbygore writes as a bitter, heartbroken man. As for your photograph, he touch of finality. And it must be said, cruelty. She is writing from Aristotle Onassis yacht. Reporter writes to him from the yacht. With a greek stamp and the stationery of his yacht. Reporter that was that. When david ormsbygore died 17 years later, jackie went to his funeral. Mark phillips, cbs news, london. Thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news. And be sure not to miss cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to overnight news. Im don dahler. President trump is taking action on another Campaign Promise. This one aimed at erasing former president obamas legacy on Climate Change. President trump signed an executive order reversing obamaera regulations on coal and oil industries. As a candidate, mr. Trump called Climate Change a hoax. The white house says the president believes its real. But the new policy is about jobs and boosting energy production. Heres major garriett. Reporter time taking steps to lift the restriction on Government Energy and to jobkilling regu reporter President Trump made historic of the obama regulations to curb Greenhouse Gas gases. Mr. Trump took the first step of erasing rules from coalfired power plants and easing restrictions on new coal mines. My administration is putting an end to the war on coal. Reporter industry workers joined mr. Trump for the event. That means youre going back to work. Reporter coal mining accounts for roughly 50,000 jobs in america. Down from its peak in 180,000 in 1985. Automation and the ability of hydraulic gas has made Coal Production less competitive. Were here to announce the singlemost important step america has ever taken in the fight against global Climate Change. Reporter when president obama created the Clean Power Plan, mr. Trump is reversing, mr. Obama cited the need to challenge rising global challengers. No challenge poses a better threat to our future and future generations. Reporter President Trump called the Climate Change a hoax. And scott pruitt denied a direct link between Carbon Monoxide and Global Warming. It is not a contributor to the Global Warming we see. Reporter a cloud of suspicion over the russian interference in the 2016 election. The White House Committee chairman cannot longer be trusted to look into ties of the trump team. Reporter House Speaker ryan says he has full confidence that congressman nunes can conduct a fair and credible investigation. But pressure is building on the congressman to explain his actions and reveal his source. There was no sneaking around. I did not go to the west wing. Did not talk to the president. Reporter the chairman of the house intelligence committee, devin nunes, said it was not a secret he visited the white house tuesday to review class y classified documents. I needed a place to review the information. Reporter the congressman wouldnt reveal his source. But says there is evidence that agencies under the Obama Administration had intercepted communications involving members of the transition team. But he dismissed allegations that president Obama Wiretapped trump tower. Nearly a week after nunes briefed the president , adam schiff says the congressman has yet to share the intelligence with other members of the House Committee he leads. Its not just an unwillingness to share with democrats. None of the Committee Members have seen what the chairman is referring to. Reporter schiff thinks the chairman should recuse himself from the certainly, this is a decision that i dont reach lightly. And im very unhappy, rafrankly to have gotten to this point. Reporter democrats are accusing nunes to shield the president , whether his Campaign Team coordinated with russian operatives. Chairman nunes is falling down on the job, and seems to be more interested in protecting the president than in seeking the truth. Reporter in another surprise move, late last week, congressman nunes announced he was bringing back fbi director comey and nsa director rogers to testify in a closed hearing. That was supposed to happen today. But that hearing has been canceled. A mother in texas is outraged over how the tsa handled the security screening of her young son. She says agents went way too far at dallasft. Worth international airport. She posted a video of the patdown on facebook. Omar has that. Patdown that went into effect earlier this month. That touched a nerve with a mother who went through security through dfw here on sunday, with her son. We were treated with utter disrespect, as if we were criminals. Reporter Jennifer Williamson turned her anger into action, sunday, recording a tsa officer patting down her 13yearold son at Dallas International airport and posted it on face book. They went over his sensitive areas a little more than necessary, given he wasnt wearing bulky clothing or anything like that. Reporter williamson said the whole thing started when agents found a laptop in his book bag as it went through the scanning machine. They said her son would have to submit to a patdown, even though he did not set off the body scanner. They suggested in otherso processing disorder. The agent explains the procedure, and pats down his backside, front and legs. The supervisor then instructs the man to complete the final step. As per policy, the tsa uses the back of his hands for patdowns over sensitive areas of his body. The tsa says the boy cooperated during the screening process. And all approved procedures were followed. As for a wait time, in a statement, the agency says the passengers were at the checkpoint for approximately 45 minutes, which included the time it took to discuss screening procedures with the mother, and to screen three carryon items that prior required further inspection. He said i dont know why they did this. I dont know what i did wrong. And to me, that was a sign of trauma for him to think he had done anything wrong. Reporter the new procedures were put audit found there were serious security lapses. Williamson has filed a complaint with the tsa but has not heard back. 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Theres 2,500 of these Centers Across the country. And they can be found in every state. We went to new jersey, where administrators said its not only working, but theres a waiting list to enroll. As the School Day Ends in plainfield, new jersey, most students head home. But about 350 of them take to g for a federallyfunded Afterschool Program known as 21st Century Community learning centers. We align what we do to the school day to support schoolteachers. But with afterschool and Summer Learning opportunities, we can really hone in on our instructional craft and be more innovative. Reporter zelda spence is the director of the program in plainfield. Almost 100 of our afterschool students graduate high school or obtain a vocation and go on to college and graduate. Reporter and they wouldnt have if they didnt have this program . It would be highly difficult. Our children here struggle. Many of our families are economically compromised. And were able to provide opportunities that their parents just dont have the money to be able to do. Reporter if you lose this funding,t it would be devastating for us. Reporter brothers jose and joelle spend afternoons here when the parents are at work. Reporter her mom met us on the lunch hour to boast about their accomplishments. I see a lot of change in my kids. I got allas. I said, i got allas and i spent you a picture. Reporter did she believe you . I sent her a picture of the grades. And it was allas. Reporter for all of the success here in plainfield, National Centers has been less encouraging. Evaluation of the program in 2013, just onethird of students participating saw improvement in math and english grades. That falls short of the target half of the students who participate. Its a program thats failed to meet its stated mission. Reporter Lindsay Burke is the director of education policy for the heritage foundation. A conservative thinktank based in washington, d. C

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