Michael Mabry has trained thousands of paratroopers for the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. Now, he’s jumping from aircraft with his own son Private Will Mabry. It’s rare for a father and son to serve in the same Army brigade, let alone the same battalion. They shared their unusual experience with “CBS This Morning.” Source
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“Black Strat” played by legendary Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour heads to auction
“CBS This Morning” got a first look at the most essential guitar from Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, who Rolling Stone calls one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Gilmour is selling more than 120 of his personal guitars through Christie’s auction house. They include the iconic Fender Stratocaster known as the “Black Strat.” Gilmour bought it in 1970 and played it on Pink Floyd’s best-known albums of the ’70s and ’80s, from “Dark Side of the Moon” to “The Wall.” Source
Scalise sidesteps climate change debate
“We do know that the earth’s temperature changes — it goes up and down,” Scalise told “CBS This Morning” when pressed on climate change’s cause Source
Playboy model, boyfriend could face death penalty for doctor’s murder
Former model and her boyfriend pleaded not guilty to murder and conspiracy in the killing of a California psychiatrist in Las Vegas Source
Hagrid ride at Universal draws 10-hour line
Some fans said they waited even longer – but did they think it was worth it? Source
Steve Scalise on climate change: Earth’s temperature “goes up and down”
Two years ago House Minority Whip Steve Scalise suffered a life-threatening wound when a gunman opened fire during a practice for the congressional baseball game. His new book “Back in the Game: One Gunman, Countless Heroes, and the Fight for My Life” tells the story of the shooting. Rep. Scalise joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss whether climate change plays a role in Louisiana’s ongoing land loss, President Trump’s controversial comments about using foreign dirt and the escalating tensions in Iran. Source
The disturbing, heartbreaking reality of Child Protective Services caseworkers
This April, 5-year-old AJ Freund was found dead in Illinois, and his parents were charged with murder. After Freund’s death, “CBS This Morning” started looking into how something like this could allegedly happen, despite previous interventions by police and child welfare workers. We discovered that hundreds of American children known to Child Protective Services die of maltreatment every year. To learn more, spent a day with a CPS caseworker in Outagamie County, Wisconsin – and learned the disturbing and heartbreaking reality of the profession. Jericka Duncan reports. Source
Amanda Knox “traumatized” by media firestorm surrounding her return to Italy
Amanda Knox is back in Italy for the first time since being acquitted of murder eight years ago. Cameras greeted the former exchange student when she arrived Thurday for a criminal justice conference. She went through multiple trials following the 2007 murder of her roommate in a case that attracted global attention. Seth Doane reports. Source
Bayer, owner of Roundup, to invest $5.6 billion in new weed killing methods
The German company is fighting legal battles over claims that glyphosate, a Roundup ingredient, causes cancer Source
Fighting back against robocall scammers
According to the software company YouMail, Americans received around 4.7 billion robocalls in May alone. The unwanted calls are the agency’s top consumer complaint, and they can have serious consequences. CBS News investigative correspondent Anna Werner joined CBSN with more on how some are fighting back against the scams. Source