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vulgar term. grossberg's allegations likely played a bigger role in carlson's departure than the network's recent $787 million settlement with dominion voting systems, says npr media critic eric dagens. >> those kinds of claims seem to be something that fox moves very quickly to deal with as opposed to other types of infractions. >> reporter: and i spoke to grossberg's attorney today. she said they have not determined a dollar amount when it comes to the lawsuits filed against fox. and despite grossberg's claims that she was bullied, mocked, and even asked to spy on a co-worker, she says she also wants an apology. fox news has yet to comment. norah. >> jericka duncan, thank you. well, tonight a line of severe weather is moving through the southern plains with texas in the bull's-eye. for more, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening.
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we're anticipating severe thunderstorms once again across the southern plains right through the evening. in particular, oklahoma and texas. the threats likely to be high winds, tornadoes, and hail bigger than ping pong balls. these are the areas to watch, from west texas back down toward austin and houston. tomorrow dallas and fort worth in the mix. large hail once again an issue. flooding rain across oklahoma, including right in oklahoma city. some of those storms could produce torrential downpours here, and some of those storms then move into louisiana, mississippi, and alabama as we go late in the week, a prolonged event of rain brings us chances for flooding. that could be true in florida as well. the threat returns for us through the day tomorrow. tampa, orlando, as well as okeechobee, even miami and ft. lauderdale, norah, at risk again. >> mike bettes, thank you. the man accused of killing cash app co-founder bob lee appeared in a san francisco court today. cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports family members of the slain tech executive showed up in force. >> reporter: wearing orange jail
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attire and a covid mask, tech exec nima momeni appeared before a judge as his lawyer asked that the arraignment be postponed because she had not received bob lee's autopsy report and other documents. >> there's a lot of drugs involved with people other than my client. >> reporter: police have not commented on what unfolded inside san francisco's posh millennium tower, where momeni's sister lives and where all three had been leading up to the attack. surveillance video showed momeni and lee leaving the building in a white bmw in the early hours of april 4th. the bmw is then captured driving to a dark and secluded area, where momeni and lee get out of the car. five minutes later, momeni appears to suddenly move toward lee, but the images are far away from the camera. >> you can't identify the people in the video. you can't identify, you know, what happens. >>sneein pd by 'saima momeni allegedly u a
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e k haven indidual who stabbed mleeties, i h het. that is about as dangerous as it gets. >> reporter: a witness told investigators the two men had gotten into an argument earlier over whether momeni's sister had taken drugs. police also recovered a text message sent from her to lee saying, quote, nima came way down hard. and about 20 members of lee's family were in court today. meanwhile, momeni's attorney says he will plead not guilty when he's arraigned on may 2nd, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you very much. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." dove 0% is different.
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majority hispanic south side of san antonio with only one full-service hospital, 110 beds for nearlyf a mil pele. my ren one miteroosin hope in 20, the land andf texas vista were sold to a company called medical properties trust, which has bought up the real estate of nearly 200 u.s. hospitals, often in low-income areas. medical properties trust says these deals give hospitals cash to pay for improvements. but after its real estate was sold, texas vista suddenly had an annual rent of $5 million. this while it provides free care for 25% of its patients. >> so you were not aware of the fact that the hospital was paying rent to medical properties trust? >> no. it's just infuriating. that money can be shifted to serve those that really need it. >> reporter: the company denies its rent agreements have caused its hospitals to cut services. but a cbs news investigation found a pattern of supply shortages at 14 hospitals being
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charged rent by medical properties trust. that includes texas earlierhis more than $650,000 in payments to at least a dozen different vendors. >> for example? >> we provide patients with a non-invasive ventilation device. >> a breathing mask, uh-huh. >> right. andon't h t hos t connect from the machine to the mask, i can't do anything for them. >> reporter: two years ago, rhode island attorney general peter na rona was able to block a hospital real estate sale. >> as a regulator, i could stop it here. >> reporter: he told us last fall, authorities around the country need more tools like the one he has, that allow him to scrutinize these kinds of deals. >> laws on the back like that allow us to intervene. >> reporter: without those laws, he told us, it can be hard to follow the money. >> hello. i'm ed al dag with medical properties trust. >> reporter: according to sec filings for medical properties trust, from 2017 to 2021, ceo
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edward al degree's salary, bonuses, and stock awards amounted to a total of about $70 million. >> it felt like it became less about people and more about profits. >> reporter: edward al dag declined an interview. medical properties trust says it had no involvement in operational decisions at the facilities it owns, but it did not answer detailed questions including whether it discussed providing financial assistance to texas vista. norah. >> have lapook, thank you very much. well, tributes are pouring in tonight for calypso king and civil rights activist harry belafonte. we'll have that later in the broadcast. broadcast. up next, melting snow dove 0% is different.
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an attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon apparently failed today. a japanese company was trying to become the first private business to pull off a lunar landing. but flight controllers lost contact with the spacecraft
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navy. ♪ sad to say i'm on my way ♪ >> reporter: but his passion was entertaining. his success as a singer led to roles in hollywood. handsome and charismatic, he soon became the first black actor to gain success as a leading man. during the civil rights movement, belafonte used his voice, money, and celebrity for social justice. he became a confidant to dr. martin luther king jr. >> i saw the song as having something far more than just to delight audiences and people can dance and sing. so even when the industry abandoned me because of my politics, i just had a attitude that said, you know, i have a constituency without you, and that constituency gave me a sense of power. >> reporter: belafonte became the first african-american producer to win an emmy award, a recipient of the kennedy center
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honors and he was awarded a humanitarian oscar. vladimir duthiers, cbs news, new york. ♪ this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. former arkansas governor asa hutchinson will launch his campaign for the republican presidential nomination today in his hometown of bentonville, arkansas. hutchinson is the fourth republican to officially enter the race. chief justice john roshlts told the senate judiciary committee he was declining an invitation to appear at a hearing on judicial ethics. roberts cited concerns over the separation of powers. committee chairman dick durbin says the hearing will continue asplanned. and mattel has now introduced the first barbie doll with down syndrome. the doll was developed alongside the national down syndrome society and will be available
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this summer. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin with some breaking news. senior administration officials tell cbs news that the isis leader behind the 2021 suicide bombing at the kabul airport has been killed. 13 u.s. service members died in that terror attack, and 45 others were injured. at least 170 afghans were also killed. the white house did not release the terrorist's name but described the senior islamic state leader as the mastermind of the assault. it happened at an airport entrance known as abbey gate, where people were gathering, hoping to get out of afghanistan
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with the help of.s the deadly attack occurred during the chaotic withdrawal, and it is considered one of the presidency. cbs's david martin is going to start us off tonight from the pentagon with the new details. >> reporter: a measure of justice for the 13 american servicemen and women killed by a suicide bomber during the chaotic evacuation of afghanistan. one of the dead was marine staff sergeant taylor hoover. his father just got a call from the marine corps. >> they explained to us that the leader of the isis cell that was responsible for the bombing was killed by the taliban. >> reporter: it happened earlier this month in fighting between the taliban and isis. the u.s. found out through its own intelligence sources. >> their sources are highly trusted and they've got it from several different sources that
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this individual was, indeed, >> ds itte wther or not it was the taliban that apparently killed him or the united states? >> i don't care who it was that killed him. it's one less terrorist that we have to worry about. >> does it feel like justice to you? >> to me, it won't be justice ever. >> reporter: the bomb carved a path of death and destruction through the crowd, wounding 45 other servicemen and women and killing at least 170 afghan civilians. it sent more than 100 ball bearings into former marine tyler vargas andrews. >> i opened my eyes to marines dead or unconscious lying around me. >> reporter: pentagon officials say the taliban did not realize they had killed the planner of the bombing and are only now finding out they did their bitter enemy, the united states, a favor. norah. >> david martin at the pentagon, thank you. let's turn now to today's
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other major story. president joe biden making it official, launching his 2024 re-election campaign and asking voters to help him, quote, finish the job. cbs's ed o'keefe is at the white house where the announcement sets up a possible rematch of the 2020 race. >> it's time to finish the job. >> four more years! four more years! >> reporter: labor union members in washington today signaled they're on board with the 2024 biden campaign. >> let's go, joe! >> thank you. >> reporter: in a video announcing his bid hours earlier, the president leaned on his 2020 campaign theme, saying again it's a battle for the soul of america. >> the question we're facing is whether in the years ahead, we have more freedom or less freedom. >> reporter: mr. biden signaled he'll focus on protecting social security, access to abortion services, voting rights, and gay rights. republicans, he said, would do the opposite. >> the maga extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your
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entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. >> reporter: the republican national committee hit back with an ai-generated ad predicting chaos if the president is re-elected. >> it feels like the train is coming off the tracks. >> reporter: and his potential opponent, former president donald trump, also weighed in. >> you could take the five worst presidents in american history and put them together, and they would not have done the damage that joe biden has done to our nation. >> reporter: a new cbs news poll shows challenges ahead for mr. biden. a large majority describe the country as out of control. and nearly half of democrats don't want him to run again. they overwhelmingly cite his age as a reason. younger voters in south florida today expressed those concerns. >> well, i just don't think that he's fit enough still to be president. i feel like he is older, and he is getting older. >> i think he's too old. this is a new generation, and i think they're stuck in the old ways. >> reporter: but in washington,
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sa ageuldn't mter. >> i'll tell you, my father was in the audience today. ather years old. on't wry about it a bit. repor democrats like former president barack obama today reached out to supporters via email and social media, urging them to donate to the biden campaign. and another former opponent, senator bernie sanders, said he's on board and won't challenge the sitting president. norah. >> always interesting to hear from voters. ed o'keefe, thank you very much. well, tonight we're learning new details about the alleged behind the scenes scandals that led fox news to part ways with tucker carlson, its top-rated host and one of the most influential voices in conservative politics. cbs's jericka duncan reports on the continued fallout. >> reporter: one day after parting with fox, the cable network's top prime-time host has been silent. a huge contrast considering his history of incendiary remarks. >> white supremacy, that's the problem.
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this is a hoax. castrate your children. that is the message. we need to find out exactly what happened in this election. >> reporter: former fox producer abby grossberg, who filed a lawsuit alleging carlson ran a misogynistic and discriminatory workplace, described her experience today. >> there are literally pictures like this big of nancy pelosi in a bathing suit in europe plastered all over. there was even one on my computer screen for the temporary computer i had to use, and i had to take it down. >> reporter: grossberg, who claims to have 90 recordings from her time working at fox, said the show's january 6th coverage was a turning point, something rupert murdoch cited as a factor for carlson's dismissal according to the "los angeles times." >> tucker was very set on finding an fbi person who was implanted in the crowd and spinning this conspiracy that they were ultimately the ones responsible for the capitol attack. >> reporter: court documents filed in grossberg's lawsuit
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also show text messages that reveal carlson repeatedly called trump lawyer sidney powell a vulgar term. grossberg's allegations likely played a bigger role in carlson's departure than the network's recent $787 million settlement with dominion voting systems, says npr media critic eric deggans. >> those kinds of claims seem to be something that fox moves very quickly to deal with as opposed to other types of infractions. >> reporter: and i spoke to grossberg's attorney today. she said they have not determined a dollar amount when it comes to the lawsuits filed against fox. and despite grossberg's claims that she was bullied, mocked, and even asked to spy on a co-worker, she says she also wants an apology. fox news has yet to comment. norah. >> jericka duncan, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."> i'm olivia ga washington. thanks for staying with us. a cbs news investigation is looking into the collapse of hospitals from coast to coast the ole played by private equity investors. we followed the money to san antonio, where next week the community will be left without a crucial health care provider. cbs chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook reports. >> reporter: our investigation led us to san antonio's texas vista medical center, which until 12 days ago, was the place
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respiratory therapist jessica carrasco had worked for eight years. >> if you were to walk the halls right now, not to sound dramatic, but it feels like somebody's dying. >> what do you mean? >> you're walking through somewhere that used to have so much life, and it feels like someone's taking their last breaths. >> reporter: for nearly 40 years, texas vista medical center has been the primary health care option for san antonio's majority hispanic south side. when it shuts down on monday, this part ofown wlavfull-svicehh op ieel likeeed apologize to the patients. >> reporter: jessica carrasco was one of more than 800 employees told in march she would be out of a job when the hospital announced it was planning to close its doors. >> the nearest hospital is between 12 to 15 minutes away, and if you're having a stroke or a heart attack, time is of the
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essence. >> reporter: in 2017, a private equity-backed firm called steward health care purchased texas vista. while steward would operate the hospital, the land and building were sold to another entity called medical properties trust, which has bought up the real estate of nearly 200 u.s. hospitals, often in low-income areas. >> they recognize an opportunity, and that was private equity looking to sell hospital systems. >> reporter: investment analyst rob simone has advised clients to bet against the publicly traded company, but told us he doesn't trade on the company himself. >> medical properties trust does not employ any of the doctors o cash, capital to the folks that run the hospital. that's it. and they get back a check for rent. >> reporter: on its website, medical properties trust says this allows cash-starved hospitals to unlock the value of their real estate assets to pay for improvements. >> they might say, you know,
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we're giving money so that the hospital can actually invest that. >> they would, but many of the hospitals are struggling and failing. >> reporter: a cbs news investigation found a pattern of supply shortages at 14 hospitals where medical properties trust owns the real estate. in massachusetts, at least 16 vendors weren't paid on time, including a dialysis company that provided lifesaving services to five hospitals. and by earlier this year, steward health care had missed more than $650,000 in payments to at least a dozen different vendors serving texas vista. >> coordinators were having to phone a friend to let us borrow, you know, a cup of sugar. >> for example? >> we provide patients with a non-invasive ventilation device. >> a breathing mask, uh-huh. >> right. and if i don't have the hose to connect from the machine to the mask, i can't do anything for them. >> reporter: on march 1st, the cash crunch exploded into public view when steward announced it
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intended to shut texas vista in 60 days. >> would something like this happen in a more affluent county? >> no. >> reporter: this councilwoman represents the san antonio residents most affected by a closure. >> my people, my residents, are one minute away from losing hope. >> reporter: steward the owner, points to its disproportionately free care, higher needs patient population and says 25% of its patients don't pay for their care. it says the $5 million in annual rent it owes medical properties trust represents only 3% of the annual operating budget and was absolutely not a factor in the but in a recording obtained by cbs news, the ceo of the hospital did raise the issue of rent. >> what is steward trying to do? they're trying to get out of lease obligations. >> i didn't know you could, like, rent out a hospital. i was under the impression that we owned the building. >> it's just infuriating.
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>> reporter: councilman rocha garcia told us when it comes to figuring out the financial reasons for texas vista's closure, she's in the dark. >> where's the transparency here? >> it's -- there is no transparency. >> you can't see, like, you know, what the income is, what the expenses were, nothing? >> nothing. >> reporter: so as a regulator, i could stop it here. >> reporter: rhode island attorney general peter neronha told us last fall authorities around the country need more tools to protect hospitals. his state passed an unusual law giving him the power to scrutinize hospital transactions and block a potential real estate sale. >> laws on the books like that allow us to intervene to make sure that the health care system is going to be one of quality, that's affordable and accessible. >> reporter: wut those laws, he told us, it can be hard to follow the money. one thing is clear. for executives at medical properties trust, buying hospital real estate has been lucrative. >> hello. i'm ed aldag with medical properties trust. >> reporter: according to the company's sec filings, from 2017
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to 2021, ceo edward aldag's salary, bonuses, and stock awards amounted to a total of about $70 million. >> it felt like it became less about people and more about profits. >> reporter: edward aldag declined an interview. in a statement, medical properties trust said it has no involvement in operational decisions at the facilities it owns and denied its lease agreements have caused any of them to cut services or fail. steward health care said it has invested close to $2 billion in its 39 hospitals, including $100 million in texas vista. steward says without its commitment, texas vista would have closed years york. the "cbs overnight news" the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.. with caplyta, there's a chance to let the light shine through. and light tomorrow, with the hope from today.
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last show? >> no. >> to walk out of here? >> not in any way. >> i'm james corden and this is the late late show. >> reporter: it's been a wild ride since that first show back in 2015, when cbs executives took a chance on a little-known british sitcom star. ♪ >> and finally tex-mex has now overtaken italian as america's favorite type of food. yeah, or as fox news is reporting it, we told you this would happen! >> reporter: james corden ended up creating some of the most iconic sketches in late night. ♪ it's no secret ♪ >> reporter: now with just a few late late shows left, he's worried about his emotions. >> that was amazing. >> i really would like to try my best to keep it together. i mean i can cry at the drop of a hat. like, you know, if my daughter gives me a drawing she's done on a scrap of paper, my eyes fill
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up with tears. i just don't want to be a meme. >> james corden melts down onstage. >> i won't be able to keep it together, but i'm really going to try. >> do you mind if we listen to some music? >> oh, my god, i love music. >> is that okay? >> reporter: corden turned his commute into his signature bit. ♪ >> reporter: the biggest names in music rode shotgun for carpool karaoke. ♪ that's what makes you beautiful ♪ >> oh, ed, this is exceptional! >> reporter: mariah carey was his first passenger. >> i was like this will work. i was like, this is bulletproof. and then mariah carey came out of the house to get in the car and said to me, listen, i'm not going to sing today. >> i'm not singing today. i was up all night. >> you can see me in the corner like, come on. ♪
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>> reporter: was there a moment when you realized this is working? >> you know, it went from kind of outgoing calls to try and get people to do the show to michelle obama, you know, her team calling the office direct to say the first lady would really like to do a carpool karaoke. ♪ >> and you're like, okay, i guess this is working, you know. >> okay. pop your top off, and we'll start. >> can i leave my top on? >> reporter: he went on to direct a music video for harry styles, host the tonys and the grammys, perform musical parodies. ♪ maybe i'm immune ♪ ♪ it's okay to go out for a ride ♪ ♪ with all this trapped inside ♪ >> reporter: and stage memorable crosswalk musicals. ♪ ♪ let the sun shine ♪
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>> let's just do it. >> reporter: the show's co-executive producers, ben winston and rob crabbe, have been there from the start. >> why did you want to do it? he said, imagine having a blank piece of paper every single day that we can do whatever we want with, create anything with whoever we want. he's like, that surely has to be exciting to you. and i was like within five minutes, i was in. >> reporter: they convinced corden to enter the danger zone with tom cruise, skydiving -- >> tom, tom, tom! oh, my god. >> reporter: and flying around in a fighter jet. >> oh, god. >> jumping out of a plane with tom cruise, all for it. flying in a plane with tom cruise, very against it. and so that one was quite worrisome for us because he had very cold feet about that. >> there are the turkey testicles. oh, god! >> reporter: over the years, corden raised his game with celebrities. >> talk into that cow tongue,
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baby. >> i regret coming on your show. >> reporter: a stroll down his backstage memory lane proves just how many celebrities were happy to show up and play. >> so many of these people are people i just never, ever thought i would ever get to meet. it's a lot to leave this. it's a lot to walk away from. >> reporter: but corden says it's time to take his family back home to britain. >> what are you going to miss about america? >> i'll miss everything. but for us, for our family, we're a long way from home. we're a long way from people who are getting older. when i leave and get on that plane with our kids, there will always be a part of me that will remain here. part of my heart will always beat here, such is my admiration for the place. ♪ you've got a friend in me ♪ >> reporter: i'm ben tracy in los angeles. ♪ you've got a friend in me ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the amazing tom hanks. >> howdy, howdy. right before james corden's final broadcast, we'll have a
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a new museum in new york highlights some of the greatest marketing flops of all time. bradley blackburn paid a visit to the museum of failure. >> reporter: in brooklyn, new york, it is a museum filled with flops. >> this is why this is in the what were they thinking section. >> reporter: there's an electrifying mask that promised to shock out wrinkles. cans of new coke that made customers revolt. >> it is designed for while you're working. >> reporter: even an office chair where you could work out while you sit. but exhibit organizer johanna gutman says spending time with these failures -- >> it's rather violent. >> reporter: is worth a spin. >> it's not really about the products. it's about having that conversation about failure. what do we learn from failure? hw does the fear of failure
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hold us back from innovating, trying new things, taking meaningful risks? >> reporter: the items were all collected by a swedish psychologist who studies innovation and says companies who embrace failure are often on the right track. that may be hard to believe when it comes to bic pens designed for women or gerber baby food sold to single adults. but some of these bad ideas helped lead to success. >> people can feel comfortable trying different things, experimenting, and ultimately innovating. >> reporter: they invite visitors to share their own failures, filling a wall. some of them really personal. but every failure is also an opportunity. >> there's no true failure unless you don't learn from it. >> it's amazing to see it all in one place really. >> reporter: proof that mistakes, even trumpsteaks, do happen. >> no seat belts and no directional blinkers. >> reporter: but failure isn't final, and sometimes it deserves a place of honor. bradley blackburn, cbs news, brooklyn, new york. and that's the overnight
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news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm olivia gazis. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. former arkansas governor asa hutchinson will launch his campaign for the republican presidential nomination today in his hometown of bentonville, arkansas. hutchinson is the fourth republican to officially enter the race. chief justice john roberts told the senate judiciary committee he was declining an invitation to appear at a hearing on judicial ethics. roberts cited concerns over the separation of powers. committee chairman dick durbin says the hearing will continue as planned. and mattel has now introduced the first barbie doll with down syndrome. the doll was developed alongside the national down syndrome society and will be available this summer. for more, download the cbs
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news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the breaking news. isis leader killed. what we're learning about the man u.s. officials call the mastermind of that terror attack that left 13 marines dead in the chaotic final days of the afghanistan withdrawal. here are tonight's headlines. the new details as the terrorist believed to have plotted the suicide bomb attack at abbey gate is dead. it's official. will run for re-election, setting up a possible biden/trump rematch in 2024. >> when i ran for president four years ago, i said we were in a battle for the soul of america. and we still are. opening statements are beginning in the civil trial accusing former president donald
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trump of rape. >> former advice columnist e. jean carroll claims trump attacked her decades ago. >> he called carroll's claims a hoax and a lie. the arraignment of a man accused of killing the founder of cash app has been pushed to next week. >> an attorney for 38-year-old nima momeni asked for more time. my residents are one minute away from losing hope. >> a cbs news investigation. why a texas hospital is forced to close. did investors walk away with millions? >> it became less about people and more about profits. ♪ and remembering harry belafonte. the trailblazing singer and civil rights icon. ♪ daylight come and me wanna go home ♪ >> artists are the gatekeepers of truth. we are civilization's moral
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we want to begin with some breaking news. senior administration officials tell cbs news that the isis leader behind the 2021 suicide bombing at the kabul airport has been killed. 13 u.s. service members died in that terror attack, and 45 others were injured. at least 170 afghans were also killed. the white house did not release the terrorist's name but described the senior islamic state leader as the mastermind of the assault. it happened at an airport entrance known as abbey gate, where people were gathering, hoping to get out of afghanistan with the help of u.s. troops. the deadly attack occurred during the chaotic withdrawal, and it is considered one of the darkest moments of biden's presidency. cbs's david martin is going to start us off tonight from the pentagon with the new details.
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>> reporter: a measure of justice for the 13 american servicemen and women killed by a suicide bomber during the chaotic evacuation of afghanistan. one of the dead was marine staff sergeant taylor hoover. his father just got a call from the marine corps. >> they explained to us that the leader of the isis cell that was responsible for the bombing was killed by the taliban. >> reporter: it happened earlier this month in fighting between the taliban and isis. the u.s. found out through its own intelligence sources. >> their sources are highly trusted, and they got it from several different sources that this individual was, indeed, killed. >> does it matter to you whether or not it was the taliban that apparently killed him or the united states? >> i don't care who it was that killed him. it's one less terrorist that we have to worry about. >> does it feel like justice to
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you? >> to me, it won't be justice ever. >> reporter: the bomb carved a path of death and destruction through the crowd, wounding 45 other servicemen and women and killing at least 170 afghan civilians. it sent more than 100 ball bearings into former marine tyler vargas andrews. >> i opened my eyes to marines dead or unconscious lying around me. >> reporter: pentagon officials say the taliban did not realize they had killed the planner of the bombing and are only now finding out they did their bitter enemy, the united states, a favor. norah. >> david martin at the pentagon, thank you. turning overseas to the war in sudan. tonight a three-day truce partially brokered by the u.s. is mostly holding though heavy gunfire was heard today in the capital city of khartoum. u.s. military officials have released two photos showing u.s. embassy evacuees landing in djibouti over the weekend. one photo shows the u.s.
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ambassador to sudan being greeted by the general in charge of u.s. forces there. the other shows two women hugging on the tarmac. let's turn now to today's other major story. president joe biden making it official, launching his 2024 re-election campaign and asking voter to help him, quote, finish the job. cbs's ed o'keefe is at the white house, where the announcement sets up a possible rematch of the 2020 race. >> it's time to finish the job. >> four more years! four more years! >> reporter: labor union members in washington today signaled they're on board with the 2024 biden campaign. >> let's go, joe! >> thank you. >> reporter: in a video announcing his bid hours earlier, the president leaned on his 2020 campaign theme, saying again it's a battle for the soul of america. >> the question we're facing is whether in the years ahead, we have more freedom or less freedom. >> reporter: mr. biden signaled he'll focus on protecting social security, access to abortion
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services, voting rights, and gay rights. republicans, he said, would do the opposite. >> the maga extremists are lining up to take on those bedrock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy. >> reporter: the republican national committee hit back with an ai-generated ad predicting chaos if the president is re-elected. >> it feels like the train is coming off the tracks. >> reporter: and his potential opponent, former president donald trump, also weighed in. >> you could take the five worst presidents in american history and put them together, and they would not have done the damage that joe biden has done to our nation. >> reporter: a new cbs news poll shows challenges ahead for mr. biden. a large majority describe the country as out of control. and nearly half of democrats don't want him to run again. they overwhelmingly cite his age as a reason. younger voters in south florida today expressed those concerns. >> well, i just don't think that
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he's fit enough still to be president. i feel like he is older, and he is getting older. >> i think he's too old. this is a new generation, and i think they're stuck in the old ways. >> reporter: but in washington, union president sean mcgarvey said age shouldn't matter. >> i'll tell you, my father was in the audience today. my father is 85 years old. and my father could whoop my ass, okay? so i don't worry about it a bit. >> reporter: most national democrats like former president barack obama today reached out to supporters via email and social media, urging them to donate to the biden campaign. and another former opponent, senator bernie sanders, said he's on board and won't challenge the sitting president. norah. >> always interesting to hear from voters. ed o'keefe, thank you very much. the civil trial against former president donald trump accusing him of sexual assault and defamation got under way in new york city today. former "elle" magazine columnist e. jean carroll said trump raped her in the dressing room of a bergdorf goodman department store nearly 30 years ago. she says he then defamed her,
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calling her allegations a hoax, saying, quote, this woman is not my type. trump claims she made up the st y to sell her 2019 m
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." well, tonight we're learning new details about the alleged behind-the-scenes scandals that led fox news to part ways with tucker carlson, its top-rated host and one of the most influential voices in conservative politics. cbs's jericka duncan reports on the continued fallout. >> reporter: one day after parting with fox, the cable network's top prime-time host has been silent. a huge contrast considering his history of incendiary remarks. >> white supremacy, that's the problem. this is a hoax. castrate your children. that is the message. we need to find out exactly what happened in this election.
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>> reporter: former fox producer abby grossberg, who filed a lawsuit alleging carlson ran a misogynistic and discriminatory workplace, described her experience today. >> there are literally pictures like this big of nancy pelosi in a bathing suit in europe plastered all over. there was even one on my computer screen for the temporary computer i had to use, and i had to take it down. >> reporter: grossberg, who claims to have 90 recordings from her time working at fox, said the show's january 6th coverage was a turning point, something rupert murdoch cited as a factor for carlson's dismissal according to the "los angeles times." >> tucker was very set on finding an fbi person who was implanted in the crowd and spinning this conspiracy that they were ultimately the ones responsible for the capitol attack. >> reporter: court documents filed in grossberg's lawsuit also show text messages that reveal carlson repeatedly called trump lawyer sidney powell a vulgar term.
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grossberg's allegations likely played a bigger role in carlson's departure than the network's recent $787 million settlement with dominion voting systems, says npr media critic eric deggans. >> those kinds of claims seem to be something that fox moves very quickly to deal with as opposed to other types of infractions. >> reporter: and i spoke to grossberg's attorney today. she said they have not determined a dollar amount when it comes to the lawsuits filed against fox. and despite grossberg's claims that she was bullied, mocked, and even asked to spy on a co-worker, she says she also wants an apology. fox news has yet to comment. norah. >> jericka duncan, thank you. well, tonight a line of severe weather is moving through the southern plains with texas in the bull's-eye. for more, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. we're anticipating severe
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thunderstorms once again across the southern plains right through the evening. in particular, oklahoma and texas. the threats likely to be high winds, tornadoes, and hail bigger than ping pong balls. these are the areas to watch, from west texas back down toward austin and houston. tomorrow dallas and fort worth in the mix. large hail once again an issue. flooding rain across oklahoma, including right in oklahoma city. some of those storms could produce torrential downpours here, and some of those storms then move into louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. as we go late in the weekend, a prolonged event of rain brings us chances for flooding. that could be true in florida as well. the threat returns for us through the day tomorrow. tampa, orlando, as well as okeechobee, even miami and ft. lauderdale, norah, at risk again. >> mike bettes, thank you. the man accused of killing cash app co-founder bob lee appeared in a san francisco court today. cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports family members of the slain tech executive showed up in force. >> reporter: wearing orange jail
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attire and a covid mask, tech exec nima momeni appeared before a judge as his lawyer asked that the arraignment be postponed because she had not received bob lee's autopsy report and other documents. >> there's a lot of drugs involved with people other than my client. >> reporter: police have not commented on what unfolded inside san francisco's posh millennium tower, where momeni's sister lives and where all three had been leading up to the attack. surveillance video showed momeni and lee leaving the building in a white bmw in the early hours of april 4th. the bmw is then captured driving to a dark and secluded area, where momeni and lee get out of the car. five minutes later, momeni appears to suddenly move toward lee, but the images are far away from the camera. >> you can't identify the people in the video. you can't identify, you know, what happens. >> reporter: lee is then seen injured in footage posted by london's "daily mail." momeni allegedly used a four-inch kitchen knife. >> we have an individual who
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stabbed mr. lee multiple times, including in his heart. that is about as dangerous as it gets. >> reporter: a witness told investigators the two men had gotten into an argument earlier over whether momeni's sister had taken drugs. police also recovered a text message sent from her to lee saying, quote, nima came way down hard. and about 20 members of lee's family were in court today. meanwhile, momeni's attorney says he will plead not guilty when he's arraigned on may 2nd, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you very much. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." dove 0% is different.
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san antonio with only one full-service hospital, 110 beds for nearly half a million people. >> my people, my residents are one minute away from losing hope. >> reporter: in 2017, the land and buildings of texas vista were sold to a company called medical properties trust, which has bought up the real estate of nearly 200 u.s. hospitals, often in low-income areas. medical properties trust says these deals give hospitals cash to pay for improvements. but after its real estate was sold, texas vista suddenly had an annual rent of $5 million. this while it provides free care for 25% of its patients. >> so you were not aware of the fact that the hospital was paying rent to medical properties trust? >> no. it's just infuriating. that money can be shifted to serve those that really need it. >> reporter: the company denies its rent agreements have caused its hospitals to cut services. but a cbs news investigation found a pattern of supply shortages at 14 hospitals being charged rent by medical
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properties trust. that includes texas vista, which by earlier this year had missed more than $650,000 in payments to at least a dozen different vendors. >> for example? >> we provide patients with a non-invasive ventilation device. >> a breathing mask, uh-huh. >> right. and if i don't have the hose to connect from the machine to the mask, i can't do anything for them. >> reporter: two years ago, rhode island attorney general peter neronha was able to block a hospital real estate sale. >> so as a regulator, i could stop it here. >> reporter: he told us last fall authorities around the country need more tools like the one he has that allow him to scrutinize these kinds of deals. >> laws on the books like that allow us to intervene. >> reporter: without those laws, he told us, it can be hard to follow the money. >> hello. i'm ed aldag with medical properties trust. >> reporter: according to sec filings for medical properties trust, from 2017 to 2021, ceo edward aldag's salary, bonuses,
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and stock awards amounted to a total of about $70 million. >> it felt like it became less about people and more about profits. >> reporter: edward aldag declined an interview. in a statement, medical properties trust said it had no involvement in operational decisions at the facilities it owns, but it did not answer detailed questions including whether it discussed providing financial assistance to texas vista. norah. >> from la -- dr. lapook, thank you very much. well, tributes are pouring in tonight for calypso king and civil rights activist harry belafonte. belafonte. we'll have that later in the your bug spray should take out bugs, not keep out people.
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an attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon apparently failed today. a japanese company was trying to become the first private business to pull off a lunar landing. but flight controllers lost contact with the spacecraft moments before it planned its
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finally tonight, legendary entertainer and civil rights pioneer harry belafonte has died. cbs' vladimir duthiers looks back at the trailblazing singer and actor who president biden today praised for using his talent to help redeem the soul of our nation. ♪ >> reporter: affectionately known as the king of calypso, harry belafonte sparked a craze for caribbean music to worldwide audiences. ♪ daylight come and me wanna go home ♪ >> reporter: his 1956 album featuring hits like "the banana boat song" became the first to sell more than a million copies. born in harlem in 1927, the son of immigrants, belafonte dropped out of school and joined the
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navy. ♪ sad to say i'm on my way ♪ >> reporter: but his passion was entertaining. his success as a singer led to roles in hollywood. handsome and charismatic, he soon became the first black actor to gain success as a leading man. during the civil rights movement, belafonte used his voice, money, and celebrity for social justice. he became a confidant to dr. martin luther king jr. >> i saw the song as having something far more than just to delight audiences and people can dance and sing. so even when the industry abandoned me because of my politics, i just had an attitude that said, you know, i have a constituency without you, and as a matter of fact, that constituency gave me a sense of power. >> reporter: belafonte became the first african american producer to win an emmy award, a recipient of the kennedy center honors, and he was awarded a
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humanitarian oscar. ♪ >> reporter: vladimir duthiers, cbs news, new york. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. former arkansas governor asa hutchinson will launch his campaign for the republican presidential nomination today in his hometown of bentonville, arkansas. hutchinson is the fourth republican to officially enter the race. chief justice john roberts told the senate judiciary committee he was declining an invitation to appear at a hearing on judicial ethics. roberts cited concerns over the separation of powers. committee chairman dick durbin says the hearing will continue as planned. and mattel has now introduced the first barbie doll with down syndrome. the doll was developed alongside the national down syndrome society and will be available this summer.
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for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's it's wednesday, april 26th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." the mastermind behind a kabul airport bombing that killed 13 u.s. service members is dead. how the taliban played a role in his death. running for re-election. president biden is making his case for a second term. the first attacks ahead of a brutal campaign season. remembering a legend. tributes are pouring in for harry belafonte. how he broke barriers as an actor, singer, and activist. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the death of an isis leader responsible for an attack that killed 13 u.s.

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