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Senators read FBI report on Kavanaugh ahead of confirmation vote; Dog with 3D-printed skull gives researches hope
Oct 5, 2018 (18:22)

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JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH AND DR. FORD. DO YOU THINK DR. FORD SHOULD HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED? CHRIS SWECKER IS A FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE F. B. I .>> I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING TO DO AS A CAPSTONE TO THE FOLLOW- UP OF THE SPECIAL INQUIRY TO GO AHEAD AND INTERVIEW HER AND GET HER STATEMENT ON THE RECORD TO THE F. B. I .>> Reporter: SPECIAL INQUIRIES ARE DIFFERENT FROM F. B. I. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. AS SUCH, THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL SETS THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT F. B. I. AGENTS LOOK INTO. WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL DON McGAHN HAS ALSO BEEN SHEPHERDING KAVANAUGH THROUGH THE NOMINATION PROCESS .>> I THINK IT'S NORMAL TO HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE SET THE PARAMETERS OF A FOLLOW- UP BASED ON ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND TO TELL THEM " STICK TO THESE ALLEGATIONS. DON'T GO FAR AFIELD ABOUT DRINKING IN COLLEGE .">> Reporter: THE KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION HAS BEEN COMPARED TO THAT OF CLARENCE THOMAS BACK IN 1991. OF COURSE, ANITA HILL ACCUSED CLARENCE THOMAS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. BUT BACK IN THAT INVESTIGATION IN 1991, BOTH HILL AND THOMAS WERE INTERVIEWED BY THE F. B. I. JEFF .>> Glor: ALL RIGHT, JEFF PEGUES, OUTSIDE F. B. I. HEADQUARTERS. JEFF, THANK YOU. AN AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBER WAS KILLED TODAY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET, BUT IT IS THE EIGHTH U. S. FATALITY IN AFGHANISTAN THIS YEAR. 76 AMERICANS HAVE BEEN WOUNDED IN ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN. FOUR OF THE SEVEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOT YESTERDAY IN FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA, ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT. ONE OFFICER HAS DIED. POLICE SAY THEY WERE PINNED DOWN BY THE GUNMAN AND COULD NOT RESCUE THE WOUNDED FOR HALF AN HOUR. DAVID BEGNAUD IS IN FLORENCE .\( GUNFIRE )>> Reporter: THE BARRAGE OF GUNFIRE WAS CAUGHT ON CELL PHONE VIDEO. ACCORDING TO A SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCE, THE SHOOTER WAS FREDERICK HOPKINS, A 74- YEAR- OLD VIETNAM VETERAN AND DISBARRED ATTORNEY WHO IS KNOWN TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AS AN ACCOMPLISHED MARKSMAN. FLORENCE POLICE CHIEF ALLEN HEILDER SAID THE OFFICERS WERE OVERWHELMED DURING THE AMBUSH .>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE LEVEL OF FIREPOWER THAT THEY WERE GOING INTO .>> Reporter: ARMED WITH A SEARCH WARRANT, SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WERE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE HOME BECAUSE A 27- YEAR- OLD MAN WHO LIVES THERE IS THE SUBJECT OF A CHILD SEX ASSAULT INVESTIGATION. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCE .>> Reporter: THREE FEMALE FLORENCE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WERE THE FIRST TO BE SHOT AND RESPONDING AS BACKUP, FOUR FLORENCE CITY POLICE OFFICERS WERE ALSO SHOT. AN ARMORED VEHICLE WAS NEEDED TO RESCUE THE INJURED. HOW LONG WAS IT BEFORE YOUR OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE SCENE, THOSE WHO WERE WOUNDED ?>> I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT TIME. I CAN TELL YOU IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS FOREVER BUT IT WAS NOT. I WOULD GUESS 30 MINUTES .>> Reporter: SERGEANT TERRENCE CARROWAY, WHO SERVED SHY OF 30 YEARS IN THE FLORENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT DIED OF HIS INJURIES TODAY HIS BODY WAS RETURNED TO FLORENCE AFTER UNDERGOING AN AUTOPSY IN CHARLESTON. STEPHEN WUKELA IS THE MAYOR :>> HE HAD THE ABILITY TO BRING A SENSE OF ORDER AND PEACEFULNESS TO THE MOST DIFFICULT OF SITUATIONS. THAT MADE HIM A GREAT COP. IT MADE HIM A GREAT PERSON .>> Reporter: SOME OF THE OFFICERS WEREN'T EVEN CLOSE TO THE HOME WHEN THEY WERE SHOT. TAKE FOR EXAMPLE SERGEANT CARROWAY, THAT'S HIS VEHICLE DOWN THE STREET, THE WHITE CAR ON THE RIGHT- HAND SIDE, ROUGHLY 15 OR SO FROM THE SUSPECT'S HOUSE WHICH IS AT THE END OF THE STREET. CARROWAY WAS SHOT RIGHT NEAR HIS CAR. COME TO THE LEFT- HAND SIDE. THE UNMARKED BLUE CAR THERE IS WHERE ANOTHER OFFICER WAS STOPPED EVEN FARTHER BACK. AND HE WAS SHOT NEAR HIS VEHICLE. THAT'S WHY OFFICIALS SAY THE SHOOTER IN THIS CASE WAS A SKILLED MARKSMAN WHO AS OF TONIGHT BY THE WAY, HE STILL HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME. JEFF .>> Glor: INEXPLICABLE VIOLENCE. DAVID BEGNAUD, THANK YOU .>> Glor: IN INDONESIA THE DEATH TOLL FROM LAST WEEK'S EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI PASSED 1, 500 TODAY. HEAVY MACHINERY IS PULLING BACK THE RUBBLE AS WORKERS REMOVE VICTIMS. THOUSANDS ARE LIVING IN TENT CITIES, COOKING THEIR MEALS ON THE STREETS. BEN TRACY MET SOME OF THE SURVIVORS .>> Reporter: HER NAME IS WUHAN, AND SHE'S JUST ONE YEAR OLD, BUT HER FACE ALREADY TELLS A STORY. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LITTLE GIRL? HER MOTHER ENDAM TELLS ME, " THREE WAVES CAME AND HIT HER. SHE ROLLED AWAY WITH THE TSUNAMI ." WHEN THE TSUNAMI ROARED INTO PALU, IT'S NEARLY 20- FOOT- HIGH WAVE TORE THROUGH EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. WUHAN WAS SWEPT INTO THE WATER AND DISAPPEARED FOR 24 HOURS ." WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR HER, I DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS ALIVE ." IT TURNS OUT WUHAN WAS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THE RUBBLE HERE IN THEIR BEACHFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH THE TSUNAMI DESTROYED. SHE WAS FOUND SURROUNDED BY MUD AND UNDERNEATH TWO DEAD BODIES. SHE SAYS, " I THANK GOD BECAUSE SHE HAS A NEW LIFE ." BUT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE FORTUNATE. MORE THAN 70, 000 PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED THE DISASTERS ARE NOW HOMELESS, MANY OF THEM CHILDREN LIVING IN MAKESHIFT TENT CAMPS. THEY HAVE NO RUNNING WATER OR ELECTRICITY. TRASH IS OVERFLOWING AND BURNING IN THE STREETS. THEY HAVE USED THIS RIVER FOR DRINKING WATER AND AS A TOILET. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW LONG YOU'LL BE HERE OR WHEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO A SHELTER ?" I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. I NO LONGER HAVE A HOME ." THANKFULLY, HELP IS FINALLY ARRIVING. THE INDONESIAN MILITARY IS BEGINNING TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD, WATER, AND CLOTHING. ENDAM WAS GIVEN INSTANT NOODLES AND WATER SO SHE COULD FINALLY FEED HER DAUGHTER. SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE, BUT GRATEFUL THAT SHE STILL HAS THE ONE THING SHE TRULY NEEDS. BEN TRACY, CBS NEWS, PALU, INDONESIA .>> Glor: COMING UP NEXT HERE ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS, A RED TIDE INVASION CAUSES HEALTH PROBLEMS ALONG FLORIDA'S ATLANTIC COAST .>> Glor: THE DREADED RED TIDE THAT HAS PLAGUED THE GULF COAST HAS NOW DRIFTED TO FLORIDA'S EAST COAST, AFFECTING OCEAN BEACHES IN MIAMI, FORT LAUDERDALE, AND PALM BEACH. THIS RARE ATLANTIC OUTBREAK IS KILLING FISH AND CAUSING HEALTH PROBLEMS IN PEOPLE. HERE'S MANUEL BOJORQUEZ .>> Reporter: MIAMI'S HALOVER BEACH CLOSED DUE TO RED TIDE. AN HOUR NORTH AT DEERFIELD BEACH, ALONG WITH A WARNING OF ROUGH SURF, THIS WAS POSTED .>> MY THROAT TICKLED SO BAD THAT I'M CONSTANTLY --\( COUGHING )>> Reporter: THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY TOXIC ALGAE AND PROLONGED EXPOSURE CAN LEAD TO MORE SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES. BUT YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN IN THE WATER .>> NOPE .>> Reporter: WHY IS THAT ?>> BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S RED TIDE IN THE WATER .(\ LAUGHS \)>> Reporter: THE ALGAE IS NATURALLY OCCURRING, BUT MASSIVE BLOOMS ALONG FLORIDA'S WEST COAST, BELIEVED TO BE FUELED BY POLLUTION, HAVE KILLED FISH AND OTHER MARINE LIFE. NOW DEAD FISH HAVE STARTED TO POP UP ON FLORIDA'S EAST COAST, WHERE RED TIDE IS RARE. SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER CURRENTS CARRIED THE ALGAE OVER, OR WHETHER IT SPRUNG UP HERE ON ITS OWN. IT'S BEEN DETECTED IN PALM BEACH AND MIAMI- DADE COUNTIES WHERE CERTAIN BEACHES HAVE CLOSED. TESTING CONTINUES IN THE GREATER MIAMI- DADE, FORT LAUDERDALE AREA WHICH DEPEND ON ITS BEACHES FOR MILLIONS OF TOURIST DOLLARS. DR. MALCOLM McFARLAND IS WITH FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY .>> NUTRIENT POLLUTION, THINGS LIKE AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF AND FERTILIZER RUNOFF FROM PEOPLE'S LAWNS, DISCHARGE FROM SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT CAN EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM .>> Reporter: RUNOFF FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS LOADED WITH POLLUTANTS FROM INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT .>> EVEN THIS, WALKING THIS, THE WIND IS, MY THROAT IS STILL TICKLING .>> Reporter: THIS STRETCH NEAR BOYNTON BEACH REMAINS CLOSED. THERE'S NO TELLING HOW LONG THE RED TIDE COULD LAST OR WHAT ITS POSSIBLE ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE TO THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA, BUT ALREADY, GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT HAS SAID THE STATE WILL OFFER $ 3 MILLION IN GRANTS TO AFFECTED COUNTIES. JEFF .>> Glor: SO MANY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS DOWN IN FLORIDA. MANNY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STILL AHEAD HERE TONIGHT, THE FIRST LADY IS OVERSEAS PROMOTING AN AGENCY THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TARGETED FOR BUDGET CUTS .>> Glor: FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP IS IN KENYA TONIGHT, THE THIRD STOP OF AN AFRICAN TOUR. EARLIER IN MALAWI SHE VISITED SECOND AND THIRD GRADERS AND HANDED OUT SOCCER BALLS DURING RECESS. THE SCHOOL RECEIVES TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER AID FROM THE AMERICAN AGENCY THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TARGETED FOR BUDGET CUTS, U. S. A. I. D. HE WAS AT THE CENTER OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. JUAN ROMERO, A BUS BOY, COMFORTING SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY AFTER HE WAS FATALLY SHOT IN 1968. ROMERO DIED THIS WEEK AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK. HE WAS 68- YEARS- OLD. UP NEXT HERE TONIGHT, HOW A 3D PRINTER CHANGED A DOG'S LIFE .>> Glor: IT IS A WONDER OF MEDICINE-- A 3D PRINTER CREATED A NEW SKULL FOR PATCHES, A NINE- YEAR- OLD DACHSHUND. HERE'S DON DAHLER .>> PATCHY. OH, YES !>> Reporter: EVERY DOG OWNER THINKS THEIR PUP IS SPECIAL. PATCHES REALLY IS .>> YOU'RE A GOOD GIRL. YES .>> Reporter: FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN HER OWNER, DANIELLE DYMECK, NOTICED A SMALL BUMP ON TOP OF HER DACHSHUND'S HEAD, SHE TOOK HER TO THE VET .>> THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS. WE BASICALLY CAME TO THE " IF IT DOESN'T GROW WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO WORRY ABOUT IT .">> Reporter: THE BUMP CONTINUED TO GROW AT AN ALARMING RATE. DIAGNOSIS: A LIFE- THREATENING TUMOR .>> IT WAS BIG, AND IT WAS PRESSING ON HER BRAIN .>> Reporter: DR. MICHELLE OBLAK IS A VETERINARY SURGICAL ONCOLOGIST .>> TO REMOVE IT, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ABOUT 70 % OF HER SKULL .>> Reporter: SO DR. OBLAK AND A TEAM FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY TRIED SOMETHING NEVER BEFORE DONE IN THE U. S. USING A 3D PRINTER THEY CREATED A REPLACEMENT SKULL MADE OUT OF TITANIUM THAT FIT OVER PATCH'S BRAIN PERFECTLY .>> HER TITANIUM, I MEAN, YOU CAN FEEL IT'S HARD. IT'S ALL THE WAY AROUND AND IT GOES DOWN AROUND HER NOSE .>> Reporter: EXCEPT FOR A FEW SCARS, THE NEW SKULL IS UNNOTICEABLE, BUT ITS IMPLICATIONS ARE HUGE, NOT JUST FOR DOGS, BUT PEOPLE, TOO .>> INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TAKE AN IMPLANT OFF THE SHELF, WE CAN TAKE AN IMPLANT WE'VE DESIGNED PERFECTLY FOR THAT PATIENT, AND A HUMAN SURGEON COULD DO THE SAME THING .>> Reporter: WAS THERE A MOMENT WHEN YOU SAID, " YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE'S HAD A GOOD LIFE UP UNTIL NOW. MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT HER DOWN .">> NO, BECAUSE OTHER THAN HAVING THIS BIG BUMP ON HER HEAD, SHE WAS A COMPLETELY HEALTHY DOG .>> Reporter: A LITTLE DOG THAT JUST OPENED UP A BIG WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES. DON DAHLER, CBS NEWS, ALLENWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA .>> Glor: THAT IS GREAT. ALL RIGHT, PATCHES. THAT IS THE CBS EVENING NEWS FOR TONIGHT. I'M JEFF GLOR. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

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