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’60 Minutes’ segment mistakenly aired
A news segment about the Trump administration’s immigration policy that was abruptly pulled from “60 Minutes” was mistakenly aired on a TV app after the last-minute decision not to air it.
The segment featured interviews with migrants who were sent to an El Salvadoran prison called the Terrorism Confinement Center.
The story was pulled from Global Television Network, one of Canada’s largest networks, but still ran on its app. Global Television Network swiftly corrected the error, but copies of it continued to float around the internet before being taken down.
“Paramount’s content protection team is in the process of routine take down orders for the unaired and unauthorized segment,” a CBS spokesperson said Tuesday via email.
A representative of Global Television Network did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In the story, two men who were deported reported torture, beatings and abuse. The segment featured numerous experts who called into question the legal basis for deporting migrants amid pending judicial decisions.
The journalist who reported the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, said in an email sent to fellow correspondents the story was factually correct and had been cleared by CBS lawyers and its standards division.
Woman charged in daughter’s death
A California woman has been charged with murder after the remains of her missing 9-year-old daughter were found in Utah, authorities said Tuesday.
Ashlee Buzzard, 40, was arrested Tuesday after bullet cartridges found near her daughter’s body were linked to a used cartridge case found in her home, said Santa Barbara County’s Sheriff-Coroner Bill Brown. Authorities found 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard’s body Dec. 6 after a man and woman taking photos off of State Route 24 reported they discovered remains.
Officers concluded she died from gunshot wounds to the head, Brown said. The FBI’s DNA analysis of the body found a familial DNA match to Buzzard.
Detectives also found similar ammunition in a car Buzzard had rented, authorities said.
Buzzard is being jailed without bail in Santa Barbara, Brown said.
Online jail records did not list a court date or attorney who could speak on Buzzard’s behalf. The public defender’s office represented her in another case in November but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A school administrator reported Melodee’s prolonged absence Oct. 14. Deputies went to the family’s residence in Lompoc, but Buzzard would not say where her daughter was.
Buzzard left California with her daughter Oct. 7, driving a rented white 2024 Chevrolet Malibu, according to the Santa Barbara County sheriff’s office. They traveled as far as Nebraska with stops in Nevada.
Melodee was last seen Oct. 9 on video surveillance near the Colorado-Utah line.
Detectives learned the mother and daughter changed their appearance during travel. Buzzard returned home Oct. 10 but her daughter was not with her, the sheriff’s office said.
Officials said the weapon has not been found, and the case remains under investigation.
Virginia Beach crosswalk vandalized
NORFOLK, Va. — The rainbow crosswalk in the ViBe Creative District in Virginia Beach was vandalized with spray paint early Tuesday, according to a Facebook post.
The spray paint was discovered by city workers, said Kate Pittman, executive director of the district.
Virginia Beach police are investigating the incident. A police spokesperson declined to say whether or not the case is being treated as a hate crime.
“We are sad and frustrated to see that the Rainbow Crosswalk in thevibecreativedistrict has been maliciously defaced with hateful slur,” the district said on Facebook.
Shooting suspect faces firearms charges
WASHINGTON — A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House has been charged in a complaint with federal firearms charges in connection with the Nov. 26 ambush that fatally wounded one of the West Virginia National Guard members and seriously injured a second.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, has been charged with transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with the intent to commit an offense punishable for more than one year. He has also been charged federally with transporting a stolen firearm in interstate commerce.
“The transfer of this case from Superior Court to District Court ensures that we can undertake the serious, deliberate, and weighty analysis required to determine if the death penalty is appropriate here,” said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Lakanwal remains charged with first-degree murder, assault with intent to kill and illegal possession of a firearm in the shooting that killed Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and wounded Wolfe, 24. Lakanwal, who was shot during the encounter, has pleaded innocent to the D.C. charges.
There is no death penalty in D.C. Superior Court.
Lakanwal’s lawyer was not immediately available for comment.
