Patrick Torphy

Booking interviews for CBS Mornings

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: School children react to the UK social media ban for under-16s live on BBC News

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

This is wild—and likely a sign of things to come as we transition to a web that is optimized for bots more than humans. https://t.co/5sb1cFlBQO

[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

“Where are my background singers?”

Singer Patti LaBelle remembers her hilariously chaotic 1996 National Christmas Tree Lighting performance in Washington, D.C., with President Clinton, where she tells @thattracysmith she was missing backup singers, given the wrong cue cards and had an early entrance: “It’s a meme now.”

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

EXCLUSIVE: A U.S. Army unit asked to bulk up medical support weeks before a fatal Iranian strike on their command post in Kuwait, but they were ignored, soldiers told CBS News. @JonahPKaplan reports. https://t.co/qnDDUpNpbm

[ProPublica @propublica]

The Flex Loan, a new type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial in Tennessee, allows residents to borrow up to $4,000 at a 279.5% interest rate.

It has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders.
https://t.co/mVCStJqu8n

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Two pilots appeared to make meowing noises and dog barks as they communicated with each other before air traffic control at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport called them out on Sunday.

"You guys, you need to be professional," an air traffic controller is heard saying.

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

Two women who have accused Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexual misconduct, Ally Sammarco and Annika Albrecht, exclusively told CBS News' @nancycordes that they “have served justice for his future victims” by coming forward: “I think we just prevented another 30 to 40 years, potentially, of him harming people.”

Swalwell denies the allegations and vowed to fight them, but he ended his campaign for governor on Sunday and announced he will resign from Congress. https://t.co/PEgrYmwxk7

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

"If I have a heart attack at 30, I have a heart attack": One 16-year-old told CBS News that he started taking a steroid known as tren, which was developed for livestock, after seeing gym influencers participating in the looksmaxxing trend on social media.

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

Rebecca Liquori and Rachel Mariotti clung to one another on an Air Canada flight into LaGuardia on Sunday, gripping each other through the terrifying impact of the plane’s collision with a firetruck.

They tell @GayleKing that they are still trying to make sense of the fear and split-second bond that carried them through it: “I was happy that we were holding on to each other.” https://t.co/DiS3TKHmLN

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

Jewish institutions now spend $765 million annually on security, according to an estimate last year by the Jewish Federations of North America.

A typical Jewish organization spends 14% of its annual budget on security, @jfederations estimates. https://t.co/wm4JuqSRYF

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

🚨Multiple US and state law enforcement and intel officials told @CBSNews there is no credible intelligence underpinning the bulletin distributed on the unverified possibility that Iran could retaliate for American attacks by launching drones at the West Coast. "This is not actionable,” a California-based federal law enforcement official told CBS.
“All this means is we got this information and we want to get it out to law enforcement executives to make sure they’re up to speed on it,” another California law enforcement official said. “There is absolutely nothing more to it.”
The bulletin to local law enforcement by the FBI’s Los Angeles division stemmed from an apparent tip that surfaced **prior** to the Iranian conflict. 
via @NicoleSganga

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

In Iran, 168 people, mostly children, were killed in an airstrike at a school in the southern part of the country, an area the U.S. was attacking at the time. The Pentagon is now investigating. https://t.co/DyKASLO1As

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A man living in Tehran who participated in the January anti-government protests spoke to CBS News by phone under the condition of anonymity, citing fears for his safety, saying that he believes Iran’s future must be decided by Iranians themselves, not by outside forces.

“Democracy has to come from the people,” he said. “It’s an internal issue.”

The man says he strongly opposes Iran’s leadership, blaming the regime for “ruining” the lives of many young Iranians, including himself. But as bombs fall and missiles strike across the country, he fears foreign intervention and war could leave Iran in chaos rather than bring freedom.

The conflict continues to spread with new U.S. and Israeli strikes hitting Tehran and Israel also attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iranian drones hit neighboring Azerbaijan for the first time, as U.S. allies in the Gulf face relentless missile and drone attacks from Iran — and officials warn some are rapidly running low on the interceptors needed to shoot them down.

[Michael Kaplan @mkaplantv]

A 14-year-old U.S. citizen shared images of the bruises on her wrist after being zip-tied by law enforcement during an October raid in rural Idaho.

The local sheriff denied kids were zip-tied...until we showed him those pictures.

w/@CBSMATTGUTMAN, @dklaidman

[Camilo Montoya-Galvez @camiloreports]

CBS News Exclusive: An internal DHS document shows that less than 14% of nearly 400,000 individuals arrested by ICE in President Trump's first year back in power had violent criminal records.

It's the most detailed look yet at who ICE has arrested.
https://t.co/zMt5Y2vfCJ

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

“Our mom is our heart and our home”: “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie and her siblings pleaded for their mother’s return in an emotional video posted to social media on Wednesday, asking for proof of life for Nancy Guthrie.

The 84-year-old was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona home last weekend, authorities said, and is without her life-saving medication.

[Margaret Brennan @margbrennan]

Amidst the so-called ceasefire in Gaza...
More journalists are killed including our CBS contributor.

https://t.co/gdxUVXBRxW

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

Last Friday, Kaden Rummler said he was attending a planned, peaceful protest in response to the shooting death of Renee Good in Minnesota when it turned chaotic and he was eventually shot in the eye with a less-lethal round by a federal agent at close range.

Now, Rummler said he is totally blind in his left and eye and will never see out of it again. Still, Rummler said he doesn’t regret attending the demonstration: “I won't sit back when there's injustice going on.”

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said two officers were injured in a “highly coordinated campaign of violence.” Rummler was charged with disorderly conduct.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

A recent video by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley alleged nearly a dozen day care centers in Minnesota that are receiving public funds are not actually providing any service. After the video went viral, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced a "massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud" in the state.

CBS News conducted its own analysis of nearly a dozen day care centers mentioned by Shirley: all but two have active licenses, according to state records, and all active locations were visited by state regulators within the last six months. CBS News' review also found dozens of citations related to safety, cleanliness, equipment, and staff training, among other violations, but there was no recorded evidence of fraud.

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

Nine Republican Montana state senators voted with 18 Democrats to form a new majority to pass major legislation last session, undermining the influence of the ultra-conservative caucus of the state’s GOP.

Dubbed “The Nasty Nine,” the Republican senators were censured by their own party, stripped of their GOP status and cut off from voting rights at their party’s conventions in June.

Some of those senators — and two of the Democrats they voted with — spoke with @jolingkent about what they accomplished: “We voted for lower income tax relief. We invested in infrastructure. We invested in the future of Montana.”