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In the suburbs of Dallas, 15-year-old Jordan Edwards was unarmed and shot to death by Officer Roy Oliver; It became a race against time after a baby and toddler were trapped inside an inundated truck in Myrtle Springs, Texas
May 3, 2017 (18:13)

TRANSCRIPT FOR: “5/2: POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED DALLAS-AREA TEEN FIRED FROM DEPARTMENT; PARENTS DESCRIBE YOUNG KIDS' DRAMATIC FLOODING RESCUE”

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I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF CAMPAIGNS. AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN I RAN. AND REMEMBER, I DID WIN MORE THAN THREE MILLION VOTES THAN MY OPPONENT. SO IT'S LIKE, REALLY ?>> I FEEL A TWEET COMING .>> WELL, FINE. BETTER THAT THAN INTERFERING IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS IF HE WANTS TO TWEET ABOUT ME .>> Reporter: THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE STOPPED SHORT OF TYING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS, BUT SHE DID ARGUE THEIR INTERESTS WERE ALIGNED .>> ASK

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WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO OF THE " HOLLYWOOD ACCESS" TAPE BEING MADE PUBLIC, THE RUSSIAN THEFT OF JOHN PODESTA'S E- MAILS HIT WIKILEAKS. WHAT A COINCIDENCE. DID WE MAKE MISTAKES? OF COURSE WE DID. DID I MAKE MISTAKES? OH, MY GOSH, YES, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL READ MY CONFESSION AND MY REQUESTS FOR ABSOLUTION .>> Reporter: CLINTON WAS ASKED WHAT SHE PLANS TO DO NOW. SHE SAID SHE'S GOING BACK TO BEING AN ACTIVIST. INTERESTINGLY, SCOTT, SHE DESCRIBED HERSELF AS PART OF THE RESISTANCE, THE MOVEMENT THAT HAS ARISEN IN RESPONSE TO MR. TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY .>> Pelley: NANCY CORDES IN OUR WASHINGTON NEWSROOM. NANCY, THANK YOU. TODAY THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE MAYOR OF BOSTON, AND THE RED SOX ALL APOLOGIZED TO BALTIMORE ORIOLES' CENTER FIELDER ADAM JONES. LAST NIGHT AT FENWAY PARK AT LEAST ONE FAN SHOUTED THE " N" WORD AT JONES, AND ANOTHER WAS EJECTED FOR THROWING A BAG OF PEANUTS AT HIM. TONIGHT JONES SAID HE EXPECTS TO BE BOOED ON THE ROAD, BUT NOT SUBJECTED TO TAUNTS THAT HE CALLED " STUPID" AND " IGNORANT ." HATE CRIMES ROSE BY MORE THAN 20 % IN AMERICAN CITIES LAST YEAR ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO. BUT SOME GROUPS FIGHTING HATE ARE ALSO IN A BATTLE TO SAVE THEIR FEDERAL FUNDING, AND HERE'S JERICKA DUNCAN .>> Reporter: FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS CHUCK LEEK WAS DEEP IN THE WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA .>> WHAT IS THIS HERE? ARE THESE GUNS ?>> THAT WAS MY ARSENAL, YEAH, WHEN I WAS IN THE MOVEMENT .>> Reporter: DID YOU EVER HURT ANYONE PHYSICALLY ?>> YEAH, I DID, QUITE A BIT. IT WAS A BIG PART OF THE WHOLE SKINHEAD THING WAS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. I SPENT SOME TIME IN PRISON FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON .>> Reporter: TODAY LEEK VOLUNTEERS WITH " LIFE AFTER HATE ," A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF FORMER WHITE SUPREMACISTS DEDICATING TO EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE AGAINST JOINING RIGHT WING TERROR GROUPS AND ENCOURAGING WHITE SUPREMACISTS TO LEAVE THE MOVEMENT .>> THE WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT IS FAR MORE ACTIVE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS THAN I HAVE SEEN IT IN TEN OR 12 YEARS .>> Reporter: " LIFE AFTER HATE" IS ONE OF MORE THAN 30 ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING SIX POLICE DEPARTMENTS TAPPED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO RECEIVE $ 10 MILLION IN GRANTS TO COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMISM, BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS THOSE GRANTS ON HOLD. BRIAN TUMA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE NEBRASKA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY USUALLY RELEASES SUCH GRANTS IN 30 DAYS .>> WE'RE TOLD RIGHT NOW THAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE BEING REVIEWED .>> Reporter: TUMA'S GRANT WOULD PAY TO TRAIN MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS TO RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL VIOLENT BEHAVIOR .>> OUR GOAL IS TO FOCUS IN ON WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM REPORTING THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR .>> Reporter: CHUCK LEEK CHANGED HIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR AND BELIEVES OTHERS CAN, TOO. FOR PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT YOUR GROUP AND THINK YOU'RE NOT MAKING AN IMPACT OR YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT ?>> I SAY, THAT YOU KNOW, IF ONE PERSON GETS THEIR MIND CHANGED, IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT IF THAT ONE PERSON HAD BEEN DYLANN ROOF OR THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBER .>> Reporter: LEEK ATTRIBUTES LEAVING THE HATE MOVEMENT TO HIS FAITH IN GOD AND HELP FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE MOVEMENT. SCOTT, THE GRANT MONEY IS STILL UNDER REVIEW .>> Pelley: FASCINATING INTERVIEW, JERICKA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TODAY CONGRESS DELIVERED A BLUNT WARNING TO AIRLINE EXECUTIVES, FIX CUSTOMER SERVICE OR WE WILL DO IT FOR YOU. WE HAVE MORE FROM KRIS VAN CLEAVE .>> IT'S NO LONGER PLEASANT TO FLY. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN IT WAS. IT'S NO LONGER THERE .>> Reporter: CALLED BEFORE THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, UNITED AIRLINE C. E. O. OSCAR MUNOZ AND OTHER AIRLINE EXECUTIVES WERE PUMMELED BY LAWMAKERS OVER THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE .>> THE PROBLEM WITH THE FLYING EXPERIENCE IS ACROSS THE BOARD. WE ALL KNOW IT'S A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE .>> Reporter: MUNOZ APOLOGIZED AGAIN FOR THE VIOLENT REMOVAL OF DR. DAVID DAO TO MAKE ROOM FOR A FLIGHT CREW THREE WEEKS AGO .>> NO CUSTOMER, NO INDIVIDUAL SHOULD EVER BE TREATED THE WAY MR. DAO WAS EVER. IT WAS A MISTAKE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS .>> Reporter: MEMBERS COMPLAINED ABOUT SHRINKING SEATS, FEES, AND OVERCROWDED PLANES. DEMOCRAT BRENDA LAWRENCE OF MICHIGAN .>> WHEN YOU TAKE MY RESERVATION, I EXPECT FOR YOU TO HONOR THAT .>> Reporter: GEORGIA REPUBLICAN BOB WOODALL .>> YOU KNOW YOU'RE HAVING A BAD DAY WHEN THE GROUP THAT'S GOING TO LECTURE YOU ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS .>> Reporter: TODAY WE LEARNED THE AIRLINES MADE MORE THAN $ 13 BILLION IN PROFITS LAST YEAR. WHILE SEVERAL MAJOR AIRLINES HAVE PLEDGED TO NEVER AGAIN BUMP A SEATED PASSENGER, THERE ARE SEVERAL PROPOSALS BEING CONSIDERED UP HERE ON CAPITOL HILL THAT COULD INCREASE PROTECTIONS FOR FLYERS .>> Pelley: KRIS VAN CLEAVE TONIGHT, KRIS, THANK YOU. COMING UP ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ," AN F. B. I. TRANSLATOR MARRIES AN ISIS TERRORIST. AND LATER, JIMMY KIMMEL ON THE SURGERY THAT SAVED HIS NEWBORN .>> Pelley: LOVE CAN MAKE US DO STRANGE THINGS, BUT WE FOUND IN COURT DOCUMENTS THE STORY OF AN F. B. I. TRANSLATOR WHO MARRIED AND ISIS TERRORIST. DEAN REYNOLDS HAS THIS .>> Reporter: HE'S KNOWN IN SYRIA BY THE NAME ABU TALHA AL- AMMANI. IN HIS NATIVE GERMANY AS DENIS CUSPERT OR DENNO DOG. BUT IN THIS COUNTRY HE'S AN INDIVIDUAL RECRUITING FOR ISIS. HIS CALLS FOR MORE ATTACKS, WHICH INCLUDED THREATS AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA, AS WELL AS A BEHEADING, WERE ENOUGH TO PROMPT A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO CUSPERT'S ACTIVITY. F. B. I. TRANSLATOR DANIELA GREEN FROM THE BUREAU'S DETROIT OFFICE WAS PART OF THE TEAM TRACKING CUSPERT. SHE ACCESSED THREE SKYPE ACCOUNTS BUT PROVIDED ONLY TWO TO THE F. B. I. THE THIRD WAS HERS ALONE. SIX MONTHS LATER ON JUNE 11, 2014, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, GREEN, A GERMAN SPEAKER, TOLD HER BOSSES SHE WAS LEAVING FOR A VACATION IN EUROPE. BUT SHE REALLY WENT TO SEE CUSPERT IN SYRIA, WHERE THE TWO WERE MARRIED ON JUNE 27th OF THAT YEAR .>> I HAVE NOT SEEN A SIMILAR CASE IN THE COUNTER- TERRORISM CONTEXT .>> Reporter: PETER TRUMBORE IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY AND AN EXPERT ON TERROR GROUPS. HE SAYS HER STAY WITH ISIS WAS REMARKABLE GIVEN THAT CUSPERT KNEW SHE WORKED FOR F. B. I .>> SHE COULD HAVE VERY EASILY WOUND UP DEAD, RIGHT ?>> YES. THAT WOULD BE THE EXPECTATION. THAT WOULD BE THE THOUGHT .>> Reporter: ESPECIALLY BECAUSE 11 DAYS AFTER HER WEDDING, THE BRIDE WAS EXPRESSING SERIOUS DOUBTS ." I WAS WEAK ," SHE SAID IN AN E- MAIL TO AN UNIDENTIFIED PERSON IN THE U. S ., AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE HANDLE ANYTHING ANYMORE. I REALLY MADE A MESS OF THINGS THIS TIME ." SOMEHOW SHE ESCAPED FROM ISIS IN SYRIA KNOWING SHE'D BE ARRESTED UPON HER RETURN TO THE STATES ON AUGUST 6. SHE SERVED TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR LYING TO THE F. B. I .>> THERE'S SOME EMBARRASSMENT THERE, BUT THE INFORMATION SHE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO MEET WITH PEOPLE RELATIVELY SENIOR IN THE ORGANIZATION, I THINK THAT'S REALLY VALUABLE INFORMATION .>> Reporter: TO THE BEST OF THE AUTHORITIES KNOWLEDGE, DENIS CUSPERT IS STILL ALIVE, SCOTT, WHILE DANIELA GREEN WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON LAST SUMMER AND SO FAR SHE HAS DECLINED TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT HER CASE .>> Pelley: DEAN REYNOLDS, THANKS. UP NEXT, COMEDIAN JIMMY KIMMEL MAKES A SERIOUS POINT ABOUT HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA .>> Pelley: THE MAN KNOWN FOR PUNCHLINES IS MAKING HEADLINES TONIGHT. TAKING ON THE BATTLE OVER HEALTH CARE FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE. HERE'S CARTER EVANS .>> Reporter: IT WAS NOT YOUR NORMAL LATE NIGHT COMEDIAN MONOLOGUE .>> I HAVE A STORY TO TELL ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO OUR FAMILY LAST WEEK. I'M SORRY. YOU KNOW, I TRY NOT TO GET EMOTIONAL .>> Reporter: JIMMY KIMMEL GOT VERY EMOTIONAL AS HE DESCRIBED A MOMENT HE FOUND OUT HIS NEWBORN SON BILLY HAD A HEART DEFECT .>> IT'S A TERRIFYING THING. I'M... YOU KNOW, MY WIFE IS BACK IN THE RECOVERY ROOM. SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON .>> Reporter: BILLY NEEDED EMERGENCY OPEN- HEART SURGERY .>> THEY OPEN THE VALVE AND THE OPERATION WAS A SUCCESS. IT WAS THE LONGEST THREE HOURS OF MY LIFE .\( APPLAUSE )>> Reporter: KIMMEL WANTED HIS VIEWERS TO KNOW IT TURNED OUT WELL, BUT WITH THE DEBATE OVER OBAMACARE AND PREEXISTING CONDITIONS, HE HAD PLENTY MORE TO SAY .>> IF YOUR BABY IS GOING TO DIE, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO, IT SHOULDN'T MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHETHER YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT OR SOMETHING ELSE, WE ALL AGREE ON THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE DO .(\ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE \)>> Reporter: WITHIN MINUTES, REACTION POURED IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDING THIS FROM FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA ." WELL SAID, JIMMY .">> NO PARENT SHOULD EVER HAVE TO DECIDE IF THEY CAN AFFORD TO SAVE THEIR CHILD'S LIFE. IT JUST SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. DON'T LET THEIR PARTISAN SQUABBLES DIVIDE US ON SOMETHING EVERY DECENT PERSON WANTS .(\ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE \)>> Reporter: BECAUSE AT ITS HEART, THE HEALTH CARE ISSUE REALLY CAN BE LIFE AND DEATH. CARTER EVANS, CBS NEWS, LOS ANGELES .>> Pelley: COMING UP NEXT, TWO STRANGERS REFUSE TO LET TWO CHILDREN DIE .>> Pelley: A COUPLE STOOD HELPLESS AS FLOODWATERS FILLED THEIR TRUCK. TWO YOUNG CHILDREN INSIDE. OMAR VILLAFRANCA REPORTS GUARDIAN ANGELS ARRIVED .>> I'VE GOT A BABY. CALL 911 .>> BABY ?>> Reporter: IT BECAME A RACE AGAINST TIME AFTER A BABY AND TODDLER WERE TRAPPED INSIDE THIS OVERTURNED TRUCK IN MYRTLE SPRINGS, TEXAS. THEIR PARENTS, PHILIP AND EMILY OCHELTREE WERE ALSO INSIDE DESPERATELY CALLING FOR HELP .>> THERE'S PEOPLE OUTSIDE. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE. AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED SCREAMING AND YELLING ." HELP, HELP, HELP, HELP US .">> Reporter: WHEN GOOD SAMARITANS ARRIVED, THE CHILDREN WERE NEARLY DEAD. THE MAN FILMING THE SCENE, TOM MITCHELL, PUT HIS PHONE DOWN TO PERFORM CPR ON THE LITTLE GIRL .>> IN THE NAME OF JESUS .>> COME ON .>> LET THEM BREATHE, LORD .>> THERE SHE GOES .>> HEY !>> Reporter: THE PARENTS SAY WATCHING THE VIDEO IS HARD .>> EVERYTHING HAPPENED SO FAST .>> AS SOON AS THEY OPENED THE DOOR AND THEY'RE LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN HERE, I'M LIKE, GET MY TWO KIDS OUT NOW .>> Reporter: BOTH CHILDREN WILL MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. THE TODDLER ADDIE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL BUT STABLE. HER BABY BROTHER MARSHALL IS BACK HOME. THEIR PARENTS CREDIT THE PEOPLE WHO RESCUE THEM AND GOT A CHANCE TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE YESTERDAY. THE OCHELTREES SAY THEY'D LIKE FOR ADDIE TO MEET ALL THE HEROES WHO SAVED HER LIFE .>> YOU WANT TO GO SAVE THEM. YOU WAN TO HELP THEM. BUT ME BEING FRANTIC IS NOT GOING TO HELP THEM. I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING .>> WHAT'S THE FIRST THING SHE SAID TO YOU ?>> MA .>> MA .>> MA WITH HER EYES STILL CLOSED. I WAS RIGHT THERE, JUST RIGHT THERE WAITING .>> Reporter: OMAR VILLAFRANCA, CBS NEWS, DALLAS .>> Pelley: THAT'S THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ," AND FOR ALL OF US AT CBS NEWS ALL AROUND THE WORLD, GOOD NIGHT.

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