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honest choice to have a representative. >> reporter: santos has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges, accused of fleecing his donors, using their credit cards on more than $40,000 of purchases. and a damning house ethics committee review found he allegedly used campaign cash for botox, resort trips, andent are. santos refused again today to comment on those allegations but said his expulsion would inflame an already gridlocked congress. >> oh, it's going to be a circus moving forward. >> reporter: leaders of both parties say they won't twist political arms. >> are you urging your fellow democrats to vote one way or another tomorrow? >> we recognize that this is an issue of conscience. >> reporter: norah, santos would be only the sixth person ever to be expelled from the u.s. house. but for that to happen, it's not a majority, but two-thirds of those voting who would have to vote to do so. it's unclear, nor rar, how votes would show up on a friday.
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>> scott macfarlane, thank you so much. now to a children's health emergency as ohio is now the first state in the nation to report an outbreak of pediatric pneumonia cases. doctors say the white lung syndrome is similar to the respiratory illnesses already sweeping china and parts of europe. cbs's meg oliver has advice for parents on how to keep their children safe. >> reporter: in warren county north of cincinnati, health officials have declared an outbreak of pneumonia in children. they say 145 kids have been diagnosed with a respiratory infection since august. the average age of these patients is 8 years old. the declaration comes as china is in the midst of its own outbreak. the u.s. is trying to avoid scenes like this, hospital wards filled to capacity with doctors seeing a rise in several known respiratory illnesses. today the director of the cdc tried to ease fears, saying china is not dealing with a new virus like covid. >> we do not believe this is a new or novel pathogen.
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we believe this is all existing. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor dr. celine gounder says while the outbreaks are similar, they're not connected. >> in both cases, we're seeing an increase in the usual viruses and bacteria that we see circulating in the community every year. >> reporter: to keep your child from getting a more serious lung infection like pneumonia, it is best to get kids shots against viruses like the flu, covid, and rsv. >> while these viruses may not kill children and infants, they do leave these kids more vulnerable both to viral pneumonia as well as bacterial pneumonia. >> reporter: doctors say in most cases, bacterial pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics and doesn't require hospitalization. and while some communities are seeing an uptick in cases, keep in mind we are in the middle of cold and flu season. norah. >> that's important to remember. meg oliver, thank you. we're also learning new details tonight about that shooting of three palestinian college students in burlington, vermont, last week.
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cbs's errol barnett spoke with one of the victims and his mother about what happened before he was shot. >> i was speaking kind of air abish, so a mix of arabic and english. he, without hesitation, just went down the stairs, pulled out a firearm, a pistol, and started shooting. >> kin unanimous abdal hamid said he ran for his life, fearing his childhood friends might be dead. >> first shot i believe went into his chest, and i heard the thud on the ground and him start screaming. and while i was running, i heard the second pistol shot. it hit hisham, and i heard his thud on the ground. >> what else is going through your mind at that moment? >> honestly, it was so surreal that i couldn't really think. it was kind of like a fight or flight. i didn't know i was shot until a minute later. i felt this extreme spike of pain. so i put my hand where the pain was, and then i looked at it, and it was soaked in blood. >> reporter: the 20-year-old student managed to knock on a
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neighbor's door, who called 911. then relying on his emt training and knowing he needed help fast, abdelhamid asked police to rush him to the hospital. once there, he asked -- >> are my friends alive? like are they alive? they were able to ask, and that's when they told me.% that's when i was really a lot more relieved and a lot better mental state. >> reporter: abdal hamid's mother traveled from jerusalem to vermont after the shooting. >> and honestly, honestly till now feel like there's nowhere safe for palestinians. like i don't -- if he can't be safe here, where on earth are we supposed to put him? where are we supposed to be? like how am i supposed to protect him? >> reporter: now, this afternoon, mr. abdal hamid and his mother visited the other two victims, who are still recovering in the icu. one of them, who has a spinal injury. that's just a few politics away from where i'm standing now, norah, where the shooting took place and in front of the suspect's home.
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that man has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder. >> errol barnett, thank you. tonight president biden is remembering former secretary of state henry kissinger, who died wednesday at the age of 100. the president met kissinger -- first met him when he was a young senator. in a statement tonight, the president says, throughout our careers, we often disagreed and often strongly. but from that first briefing, his first intellect and profound strategic focus was
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in tonight's "eye on america," environmentalists are warning that alaska's bald eagle population is under threat due to a plan for a new copper mine in the panhandle. cbs's jonathan vigliotti traveled to alaska to see for himself. >> reporter: every november, an american icon returns to alaska's chill cat river to roost. >> it's akin to being on the serengeti and watching the migration of the wildebeests. >> reporter: the town of hanes is the gateway to the largest bald eagle habitat in the u.s. this wildlife preserve, a migratory mecca. >> this is the greatest concentration of bald eagles anywhere on the planet. at times, we've counted up to 4,000 individuals. >> reporter: it's a phenomenon photographer mario ba nasy says is made possible by geothermal springs, which prevent the river from freezing, leaving the salmon that run through it ripe
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for picking. but upstream, there is a potential new threat. >> it could be the end of this singularity and this gathering. >> reporter: the state recently permitted a mining company to explore extracting copper. it's a move the governor says will create jobs. but veermtleists are sounding the alarm. >> there's basically no minds out there that don't pollute. >> reporter: clean water advocate and hanes resident ger shin cohen is most concerned there might be toxic runoff damaging the chillcat according to the epa, mining has contributed to the contamination of 40% of the country's rivers. >> if the mine were to happen, anything would happen to the salmon, basically everything else collapses. >> reporter: including, cohen says, the eagles' habitat. in an email to cbs news, american pacific mining, the company leading the project, said it's committed to operating responsibly and respecting protected areas and species, including the bald eagles.
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most native alaskans, who also depend on salmon, are not sold. >> on a good day years ago, how many salmon would you expect to get in just one of these trips with a net? >> so probably 20 to 30 fish is what you could probably do. >> reporter: hank and kim strong's empty net highlights what studies show. climate change is already taking a toll on the fish population. >> why take that risk? do you gamble? i don't go to las vegas to gamble. i don't want to gamble here either. >> reporter: for "eye on america," jonathan vigliotti, hanes, alaska. all right. now to this story. an nfl star turns himself in to police. he's arrested in texas. we've got the details next.
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officers rode in a somber procession after two nevada state troopers were killed in the line of duty. the troopers were struck by a vehicle and killed on a highway this morning. sources tell our cbs las vegas affiliate the driver suspected of hitting the officers was later taken into custody and smelled of alcohol. new underwater video shows a navy plane that plunged into a bay
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newly released video shows the environmental threat after a u.s. navy surveillance plane overshot a runway in hawaii and landed in a bay resting on a coral reef. the video shows the large plane's tire sitting on the ecologically sensitive reef. the navy says most of the 2,000 gallons of fuel on board has been removed. officials are now weighing options on how to get that plane back on land. washington, d.c. got a little brighter tonight. we'll tell you why next.
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finally tonight, the national christmas tree lighting ceremony went off without a hitch or a grinch. just days after high winds toppled the 40 foot tall norway spruce. president biden and first lady jill biden took part in the 100th anniversary of the tradition that dates back to president calvin coolidge in
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1923. musical performances from dionne warwick and others entertained the crowd for the official kickoff of the holiday season. that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from right here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the temporary cease-fire between israel and hamas is over. israel's military says it has resumed combat as the truce deadline expired, and it's accusing hamas of violating the cease-fire. rocket sirens sounded in israel near the gaza border. the israeli military says air defense fighters intercepted one launch. a new york appeals court reinstated a gag order barring
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donald trump from making public comments about court staff in his state civil fraud trial in new york. and do not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if you don't know the urce. that warning from the cdc amid a growing deadly salmonella outbreak. at least 117 people in 34 states have gotten sick from contaminated cantaloupe. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." after 55 long and grueling days, eight more hostages are back with their loved ones tonight. last-minute tense negotiations allowed for a seventh day of this temporary cease-fire and for more families to be reunited. in exchange, israel freed 30
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palestinian prisoners. six women and two teenagers crossed out of gaza. many of them were hiding in their homes during the hamas terror attack, and while they are free tonight, some of their loved ones are still being held captive. and despite a pause in fighting in gaza, there was violence in jerusalem today. two palestinian gunmen opened fire during the morning commute on a crowd waiting to board a bus. now, hamas is claiming responsibility for the terror attack that killed at least three israelis and wounded six others, including two americans. cbs's chris livesay has the new developments tonight. he'll start us off from jerusalem. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the exchange of israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners continues, ensuring a fragile peace in the gaza strip. but blood continues to be spilled both in the west bank and here in jerusalem, where two americans are among the wounded. and a warning, some of these images may be distressing. a tearful reunion nearly eight excruciating weeks in the making.
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21-year-old french israeli mia shem was enjoying the october 7 festival before the massacre and kidnapping. tonight she's one of eight freed by hamas. her arm gravely injured. her aunt tells israeli media it was operated on by a palestinian veterinarian. the news of her return overwhelmed her mother. "mia is coming back," she cries. with the extension of the cease-fire and resuming of the war delayed one more day, secretary of state antony blinken, during his visit to the region, cautioned israel. >> israel has one of the most sophisticated militaries in the world. it is capable of neutralizing the threat posed by hamas while minimizing harm to innocent men, women, and children, and it has an obligation to do so. >> reporter: but new signs of the conflict boiling over into the west bank. cctv tape shows the moment hamas terrorists armed with an m-16 and a handgun, opened fire on civilians waiting at this bus stop outside an entrance to
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jerusalem, police say. several were injured, including two americans, and at least four were killed. paramedic israel pollack responded to the scene. >> so the shooting took place right here as civilians waited for their bus just like people are right now? >> the terrorists just came out of their cars and start shooting right in the faces of normal people. >> reporter: violent incidents have been growing for days. hamas claims the act was in response to the killing of children in the palestinian refugee camp in jenin, such as two boys yesterday, ages 8 and 15. the youngest reportedly shown here on surveillance footage the moment he's shot and now laid to rest. hamas insists israeli children are dying too, and they're willing to give proof that three hostages, 4-year-old ariel bibas, his 10-month-old brother, kfir, and their mother, shiri, were all killed in the gaza strip by an israeli air strike.
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holly williams spoke to a senior hamas official. >> they paid the price because of the occupation. >> but that was a 10-month-old baby and a 4-year-old boy. >> their government tell them that you push us to the hell. >> but a 10-month-old baby and a 4-year-old boy can't put pressure on the israeli government. why did they have to pay for the israeli occupation? >> they have a bigger problem. they have to exert pressure in israel. the government want to tell them that you are going it the wrong way. >> reporter: qatari sources tell cbs news that negotiations to extend that cease-fire tomorrow are hopeful. but there are concerns hamas will have trouble coming up with enough hostages to live up to its end of the bargain as it runs out of women and children. and it's made it very clear it doesn't want to release men or soldiers unless israel is
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willing to release all palestinian prisoners. norah. >> it's getting increasingly difficult. chris livesay, thank you so much. back here in washington, new york republican george santos is lashing out at his fellow house members ahead of this friday vote to expel him from congress. santos is also facing nearly two dozen federal charges, including stealing money from donors and using campaign contributions for things like botox. cbs's scott macfarlane spoke to the embattled congressman to ask if he's considering resigning yet. >> i'm not trying to be arrogant. >> reporter: on the eve of a vote to expel embattled new york republican george santos, his colleagues blistered him. >> george santos has built his persona, his personal and political life, on a foundation of lies. >> reporter: but santos refuses to go quietly. >> are you reconsidering resigning? >> no, i'm not. >> to avoid any spectacle? >> reporter: swarmed at a news conference outside the capitol,
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santos argued he's the victim of political bullying. >> it's all theater. it's theater for the cameras. it's theater for the microphones. >> reporter: but it's some of his fellow republicans leading the charge to boot him. >> he's not running for re-election. why not just let him finish his term? >> yeah. we are to govern ourselves, and he has manufactured an entire persona to defraud voters of the honest choice to have a representative. >> reporter: santos has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges, accused of fleecing his donors, using their credit cards on more than $40,000 of purchases. and a damning house ethics committee review found he also allegedly used campaign cash for botox, resort trips, and rent. santos refused again today to comment on those allegations but said his expulsion would inflame an already gridlocked congress. >> oh, it's going to be a circus moving forward. >> reporter: leaders of both parties say they won't twist political arms. >> are you urging your fellow democrats to vote one way or another tomorrow? >> we recognize that this is an
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issue of conscience. >> reporter: norah, santos would be only the sixth person ever to be expelled from the u.s. house. but for that to happen, it's not a majority, but two-thirds of those voting who would have to vote to do so. it's unclear, norah, how many votes will show up on a friday, but supporters of this measure say they're confident they have the votes. >> all right. we'll be watching. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. tonight president biden is remembering former secretary of state henry kissinger, who died wednesday at the age of 100. the president met kissinger -- first met him when he was a young senator. in a statement tonight, the president says, throughout our careers, we often disagreed and often strongly. but from that first briefing, his fierce intellect and profound strategic focus was evident. a public memorial service for kissinger is planned in new york city. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm catherine herridge in washington. thanks for staying with us. the united nations climate summit got off to a promising start. world leaders approved creation of a climate disaster fund to help vulnerable nations deal with the impact of drought, floods, and rising sea levels. the summit comes as global
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greenhouse emissions continue to rise. and 2023 is set to be the hottest year since the start of keeping records. meantime, the biden administration is pressing for deep cuts in greenhouse gases, but the u.s. is now the big of the producer of oil and gas in the world. ben tracy reports. >> reporter: in colorado wednesday, president biden visited the largest manufacturer of wind towers in the world. >> what's your name. >> eddie. >> eddie, i'm joe. >> reporter: touting record levels of federal funding for clean energy projects across the country. >> building a clean energy future made in america. >> reporter: but he didn't mention that the u.s. is also producing record amounts of crude oil, planet-warming emissions from fossil fuels are change. 2023 is expected to be the planet's hottest year on record. >> drill, baby, drill. >> reporter: compared to former president trump, mr. biden actually approved more permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands in his first two years in office. and the u.s. is now the largest
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oil and gas producer in the world. >> we can't be building new fossil fuel infrastructure. >> reporter: mike the mann is a climate scientist and author of "our fragile moment." >> we will see emissions come to a peak this year. they will no longer climb as they have in the past. the bad news is reaching a plateau isn't good enough. those emissions have to come down to zero, and they have to do that pretty quickly. >> so those emissions are not going to go down like that if we continue to burn fossil fuels. >> that's right. we need to literally bring carbon emissions down to a zero in a matter of decades. >> reporter: phasing out fossil fuels is a heated dekbat at the u.n. climate summit in dubai. many client activists fear the process has been compromised by being held in the oil rich uae and presided over by the head of its state-owned oil company. >> it looks bad. it smells bad. it's probably bad. >> reporter: but he hopes world leaders will rise to the occasion and cut planet-warming emissions before it's too late.
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i'm ben tracy in los angeles. world leaders are paying tribute to former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger, who passed away at the age of 100. kissinger led u.s. foreign policy through many critical moments in the 1970s and continued advising u.s. and foreign governments for the rest of his life. he received the nobel peace prize, but many critics called him a war criminal. margaret brennan looks back at his complicated legacy. >> reporter: henry kissinger firsted arrived on u.s. shores as a jewish refugee from nazi germany. following a brief u.s. army stint, he became a harvard scholar, which paved his way to the highest echelons of power. in 1958, kissinger appeared on "face the nation" to discuss the issue that would dominate his career, the cold war. >> over the long term, russia is much more likely to be a threat to its security than we are. >> reporter: he caught the eye of president richard nixon, who appointed him national security adviser in 1969 as well as secretary of state.
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kissinger eased relations with the soviet union and led secret talks to reopen relations with china after a two-decade estrangement. in a "60 minutes" interview, kissinger spoke about advising the most powerful man in the world. >> much more countries have the problems that have to be solved than of the power you exercise. >> reporter: kissinger also spearheaded highly controversial policies, including the brutal bombing of cambodia. yet was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1973 for helping to extricate the u.s. from the vietnam war. he remained loyal to nixon throughout the watergate scandal and was one of the few inner circle members to escape virtually unscathed and served under president ford. kissinger's pragmatic policies, including support of dictatorships in latin america, are darker parts of his legacy. yet u.s. presidents continue to seek his counsel across nearly five decades. in an interview on "face the
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nation" in 2014, kissinger argued for american leadership. >> every part of the world is changing simultaneously. but it cannot change creatively without a major american contribution. >> reporter: amid global power shifts, kissinger's own views were subject to change. in recent years, he controversially suggested ukraine cede territory to russia, only to then call for ukraine to join nato. this year, he visited a rising china one last time, counseling president xi jinping amid cooling relations with the u.s. henry kissinger's strategic decisions will continue to shape the globe for generations to come. come. margaret brennan, cbs news listen, your deodorant just has to work. i use secret aluminum free. just swipe and it lasts all day. secret helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. and hours later, i still smell fresh. secret works! ohhh yesss. ♪♪
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enemy he couldn't outmaneuver, outgun, or outsmart. >> never surrender for homeland and glory! >> reporter: napoleon, that once obscure outsider from corsica, the artillery officer who through ruthlessly and countrying rose to rule france and to conquer much of europe, died defeated, in exile, and alone. his remains now lie in this grand tomb in paris, a testament to an emperor who brought glory and then destruction to his own country. but history and hollywood aren't finished with him yet. >> have you been to this place before? >> no, never, never. >> reporter: director ridley scott decided his epic take on napoleon, played by joaquin phoenix -- >> action! >> reporter: -- would be less another history lesson and more a character study. >> where do you start on a story
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as big as napoleon? >> you've got 10,400 books to start. there's one book written every week since he died. i think there's got to be a lot of speculation. >> all these historians have piled on, you're saying -- >> i don't think it's history. i think it's a character study with violence, with action, with everything you've got. i think you've got everything in that. >> wait. let them think they have the higher ground. >> reporter: the history books are full of napoleon's triumphs. >> take a position on higher ground. >> reporter: but there was another aspect of his life that scott thinks history hasn't stressed enough. >> why are you staring at me? >> am i? >> mm. >> i was not. >> oh, you weren't? >> reporter: josephine, the aristocratic widow who became napoleon's obsession, wife, and
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empress. >> what was most telling were the letters from bone apart to josephine because i wanted the centerpiece of the story not to just be about battles but why this achilles' heel toward this woman. she could lead him into a room where he didn't know how to walk. she could do that. >> you want to be great. >> reporter: she may have also been, according to scott, the only person to tell him to his face what he really was. >> you are just a brute that is nothing without me. >> you make him out as a bit of a bumbler in his love life. >> bumbler on a personal level. but in the military level, no. gifted. >> but do you draw a connection between the two? going back to the napoleonic complex. the reputation is that he was a little man, and now we refer to little man with grander ambitions as having a napoleon
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complex. >> i think that's a popular concept. but when he's that successful, who gives a [ bleep ]. are you joking? >> do you consider yourself a kind of bankable hollywood grandee now? >> i wouldn't be allowed to do this. are you kidding? the old geedser's doing this now. >> reporter: scott has a long list of epic movies that have become classics. >> are you not entertained? are you not entertained? >> reporter: gladiator, alien, thelma & louise. >> officer, i am so sorry about this, but would you let go of that. >> reporter: blackhawk down. >> they're shooting at us. >> well, shoot back. >> get out of the way! >> reporter: and blade runner, which bombed at the box office
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at first but has become a cult classic. >> some of the stuff that you've done that you've liked best become some of the stuff that hasn't done quite so well if we're speaking in pure box offices terms? >> i like everything i've done. everything. so i think you're all wrong. >> reporter: it's no accident that sir ridley, as he now is, has always made movies with powerful and lasting visual imagery. he's a trained artist who has always sketched out on story boards exactly how he wants his movies to look. that infamous creature birth scene in alien looked like this before it looked like this. those gladiators were drawn on paper before they hit the big screen. and that waterloo battle scene
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took almost comic book form before the cameras rolled. >> prepare to charge. charge! >> reporter: the story boards, he says, are what convinced investors to back his movies. >> it's a powerful story board because the board -- >> on the basis of the -- >> the budget doubled. they went, wow. >> because they could see what it was going to look like? >> yes. interesting, a lot of the businesses are run by those who can't see it and those who try to see it. >> odd in the movie business, i suppose. >> again and again. >> reporter: ridley scott is 85 now. he didn't make his first movie until he was 40, having made tv commercials before that. and he's already got two more projects under way. one of them, "gladiator 2." >> are you going to keep on doing this? >> yes. >> yeah? > why not?
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>> i don't know. what have you got left to prove? >> well, the fact i love doing it. that's the difference. >> you won a lot of awards. you famously haven't won an oscar. >> [ bleep ]. i really don't care. to me, to be allowed to do it is the most important reward. >> yeah. >> i just love storytelling. >> reporter: especially stories like this. >> the battle is
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about a million americans are living with parkinson's disease, and a growing number are turning to be aage-old form of therapy. naomi ruchim has more. >> reporter: these dancers are moving to the music. ♪ this is dance party for parkinson's. suzanne posener was diagnosed more than ten years ago. >> exhaustion, freezing, not being able to move, and a little
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bit of extra movement. >> reporter: those are some of her daily struggles. she's been coming to this class for years. >> when i can walk well, i feel like i'm dancing. and when i can dance, i feel like i'm flying. >> we are here to inspire, to motivate, and to tell people that it's not the end to have this disease. >> reporter: bev hochstein started the group. she was diagnosed at 37 with young onset parkinson's. she's now 51. >> dance really has truly helped my progression of symptoms. you have to keep moving, and you have to keep, you know, having a positive attitude. >> dance is repetitious, so it makes it easier to do. >> reporter: instructor nathan blake says the class addresses balance, strength, and stamina. >> making sure that they have a good warm-up, something with the hands, not necessarily so much choreography. >> reporter: 82-year-old michael frise just started coming to the dance party.
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>> i never really danced, but here i'm like motivated. some days i have good days and bad days, and you just got to keep plugging along. >> reporter: and he's grateful to spend time with others who are moving forward with the disease. naomi ruchim, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this friday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the temporary cease-fire between israel and hamas is over. israel's military says it has resumed combat as the truce deadline expired, and it's accusing hamas of violating the cease-fire. rocket sirens sounded in israel near the gaza border. the israeli military says air defense fighters intercepted one launch. a new york appeals court reinstated a gag order barring donald trump from making public
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comments about court staff in his state civil fraud trial in new york. and do not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if you don't know the source. that warning from the cdc amid a growing dead salmonella outbreak. at least 117 people in 34 states have gotten sick from contaminated cantaloupe. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. we have some breaking news to tell you about. more hostages are just returning home tonight as we learn that two americans were hurt in that terror attack at a bus stop in jerusalem. here are tonight's headlines. eight hostages released today, including the 21-year-old taken from the music festival. the emotional reunion with her mother. plus, the frightening moments when gunmen opened fire on a bus stop in jerusalem. the alarming spike of
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pneumonia in more than 140 kids. is it related to similar outbreaks in china and denmark? i have a stellar conservative record that i am proud of. >> embattled new york congressman george santos facing the prospect of being the sixth u.s. house member ever to be expelled. >> are you reconsidering resigning? >> no, i'm not. this is the greatest concentration of bald eagles anywhere on the planet. >> and protecting an american symbol of freedom. meet the people hoping to save a national treasure. >> nothing exudes power like a bird of prey. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." after 55 long and grueling days, eight more hostages are back with their loved ones tonight. last-minute tense negotiations allowed for a seventh day of this temporary cease-fire and for more families to be reunited.
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in exchange, israel freed 30 palestinian prisoners. six women and two teenagers crossed out of gaza. many of them were hiding in their homes during the hamas terror attack, and while they are free tonight, some of their loved ones are still being held captive. and despite a pause in fighting in gaza, there was violence in jerusalem today. two palestinian gunmen opened fire during the morning commute on a crowd waiting to board a bus. now, hamas is claiming responsibility for the terror attack that killed at least three israelis and wounded six others, including two americans. cbs's chris livesay has the new developments tonight. he'll start us off from jerusalem. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the exchange of israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners continues, ensuring a fragile peace in the gaza strip. but blood continues to be spilled both in the west bank and here in jerusalem, where two americans are among the wounded. and a warning, some of these images may be distressing.
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a tearful reunion nearly eight excruciating weeks in the making. 21-year-old french israeli mia schem was enjoying the october 7 festival before the massacre and kidnapping. tonight she's one of eight freed by hamas. her arm gravely injured. her aunt tells israeli media it was operated on by a palestinian veterinarian. the news of her return overwhelmed her mother. "mia is coming back," she cries. with the extension of the cease-fire and resuming of the war delayed one more day, secretary of state antony blinken, during his visit to the region, cautioned israel. >> israel has one of the most sophisticated militaries in the world. it is capable of neutralizing the threat posed by hamas while minimizing harm to innocent men, women, and children, and it has an obligation to do so. >> reporter: but new signs of the conflict boiling over into the west bank. cctv tape shows the moment hamas
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terrorists, armed with an m-16 and a handgun, opened fire on civilians waiting at this bus stop outside an entrance to jerusalem, police say. several were injured, including two americans, and at least four were killed. paramedic israel pollack responded to the scene. >> so the shooting took place right here as civilians waited for their bus just like people are right now? >> the terrorists just came out of their cars and start shooting right in the faces of normal people. >> reporter: violent incidents have been growing for days. hamas claims the act was in response to the killing of children in the palestinian refugee camp in jenin, such as two boys yesterday, ages 8 and 15. the youngest reportedly shown here on surveillance footage the moment he's shot and now laid to rest. hamas insists israeli children are dying too, and they're willing to give proof that three hostages, 4-year-old ariel
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bibas, his 10-month-old brother, kfir, and their mother, shiri, were all killed in the gaza strip by an israeli air strike. holly williams spoke to a senior hamas official. >> they paid the price because of the occupation. >> but that was a 10-month-old baby and a 4-year-old boy. >> their government tell them that you push us to the hell. >> but a 10-month-old baby and a 4-year-old boy can't put pressure on the israeli government. why did they have to pay for the israeli occupation? >> they have a big problem. they have to exert pressure on israel. the government want to tell them that you are going it the wrong way. >> reporter: qatari sources tell cbs news that negotiations to extend that cease-fire tomorrow are hopeful. but there are concerns hamas will have trouble coming up with enough hostages to live up to its end of the bargain as it
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runs out of women and children. and it's made it very clear it doesn't want to release men or soldiers unless israel is willing to release all palestinian prisoners. norah. >> it's getting increasingly difficult. chris livesay, thank you so much. i want to turn now to a story about america's national security with some wild and concerning details. an investigation is under way tonight after allegations of drinking on the job at a secret saloon on a military base responsible for protecting and defending the homeland. cbs's catherine herridge was first to report the probe and explains why the allegations have national security implications. >> reporter: the military commands that came under scrutiny in february after a chinese spy balloon flew across the continental u.s. -- >> this thing is so weird. >> reporter: -- are now at the center of an internal investigation into alleged drinking while on duty. >> we are aware of the reports of allegations of alcohol being in the workplace. >> reporter: earlier this month
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at the colorado headquarters of northern command and norad, an office nicknamed the saloon was searched after questions from a reporter. in a locked workspace with access to classified networks, investigators found a refrigerator with containers of beer as well as hard liquor. >> what could it mean for national security? >> well, i think we need to find the extent of it. is this a routine thing that involves large numbers of people or a few people in a very sensitive position? in all things certainly national security, you want to know that people who are doing their jobs are at the peak of their mental alertness. >> reporter: before the balloon incident, sources say concerns about alleged day drinking were raised with senior leadership. general glen vanherck responded in a telephone interview. >> i've been here since august of 2020, and all i can tell you that nobody has come to me and expressed concern about the consumption of alcohol in the workspace. >> reporter: in july, a two-star army general, joseph lestorti, whose boss was vanherck and was known not to tolerate drinking
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in the workplace, was removed from his position. lestorti declined to comment to cbs news about the circumstances of his removal. alcohol is not totally banned in military commands, but there is an approvals process. mr. that was done here is part of the investigation. general vanherck told cbs news at this time he is confident his team performance was not impacted,
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." back here in washington, new york republican george santos is lashing out at his fellow house members ahead of this friday vote to expel him from congress. santos is also facing nearly two dozen federal charges, including stealing money from donors and
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using campaign contributions for things like botox. cbs's scott macfarlane spoke to the embattled congressman to ask if he's considering resigning yet. >> i'm not trying to be arrogant. >> reporter: on the eve of a vote to expel embattled new york republican george santos, his colleagues blistered him. >> george santos has built his persona, his personal and political life, on a foundation of lies. >> reporter: but santos refuses to go quietly. >> are you reconsidering resigning -- >> no, i'm not. >> -- to avoid any spectacle? >> reporter: swarmed at a news conference outside the capitol, santos argued he's the victim of political bullying. >> it's all theater. it's theater for the cameras. it's theater for the microphones. >> reporter: but it's some of his fellow republicans leading the charge to boot him. >> he's not running for re-election. why not just let him finish his term? >> yeah. we are to govern ourselves, and he has manufactured an entire
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persona to defraud voters of the honest choice to have a representative. >> reporter: santos has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges, accused of fleecing his donors, using their credit cards on more than $40,000 of purchases. and a damning house ethics committee review found he also allegedly used campaign cash for botox, resort trips, and rent. santos refused again today to comment on those allegations but said his expulsion would inflame an already gridlocked congress. >> oh, it's going to be a circus moving forward. >> reporter: leaders of both parties say they won't twist political arms. >> are you urging your fellow democrats to vote one way or another tomorrow? >> we recognize that this is an issue of conscience. >> reporter: norah, santos would be only the sixth person ever to be expelled from the u.s. house. but for that to happen, it's not a majority, but two-thirds of those voting who would have to vote to do so. it's unclear, norah, how many votes will show up on a friday, but supporters of this measure say they're confident they have the votes. >> all right. we'll be watching.
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scott macfarlane, thank you so much. now to a children's health emergency as ohio is now the first state in the nation to report an outbreak of pediatric pneumonia cases. doctors say the white lung syndrome is similar to the respiratory illnesses already sweeping china and parts of europe. cbs's meg oliver has advice for parents on how to keep their children safe. >> reporter: in warren county north of cincinnati, health officials have declared an outbreak of pneumonia in children. they say 145 kids have been diagnosed with the respiratory infection since august. the average age of these patients is 8 years old. the declaration comes as china is in the midst of its own outbreak. the u.s. is trying to avoid scenes like this, hospital wards filled to capacity with doctors seeing a rise in several known respiratory illnesses. today the director of the cdc tried to ease fears, saying china is not dealing with a new virus like covid. >> we do not believe this is a new or novel pathogen.
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we believe this is all existing. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor dr. celine gounder says while the outbreaks are similar, they're not connected. >> in both cases, we're seeing an increase in the usual viruses and bacteria that we see circulating in the community every year. >> reporter: to keep your child from getting a more serious lung infection like pneumonia, it is best to get kids shots against viruses like the flu, covid, and rsv. >> while these viruses may not kill children and infants, they do leave these kids more vulnerable both to viral pneumonia as well as bacterial pneumonia. >> reporter: doctors say in most cases, bacterial pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics and doesn't require hospitalization. and while some communities are seeing an uptick in cases, keep in mind we are in the middle of cold and flu season. norah. >> that's important to remember. meg oliver, thank you. we're also learning new details tonight about that shooting of three palestinian college students in burlington, vermont, last week. cbs's errol barnett spoke with
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one of the victims and his mother about what happened before he was shot. >> i was speaking kind of arabish, so a mix of arabic and english. he, without hesitation, just went down the stairs, pulled out a firearm, a pistol, and started shooting. >> kinnan abdalhamid said he ran for his life, fearing his childhood friends might be dead. >> first shot, i believe, went into tahseen's chest, and i heard the thud on the ground and him start screaming. and while i was running, i heard the second pistol shot. it hit hisham, and i heard his thud on the ground. >> what else is going through your mind at that moment? >> honestly, it was so surreal that i couldn't really think. it was kind of like a fight or flight. i didn't know i was shot until a minute later. i felt this extreme spike of pain. so i put my hand where the pain was, and then i looked at it, and it was soaked in blood. i was like holy [ bleep ]. i was shocked. >> reporter: the 20-year-old
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student managed to knock on a neighbor's door, who called 911. then relying on his emt training and knowing he needed help fast, abdalhamid asked police to rush him to the hospital. once there, he asked -- >> i was like, are my friends alive? like are they alive? they were able to ask, and that's when they told me. that's when i was really a lot more relieved and a lot better mental state. >> reporter: abdalhamid's mother, tamara tamimi, traveled from jerusalem to vermont after the shooting. >> and honestly, honestly till now i feel like there's nowhere safe for palestinians. like i don't -- if he can't be safe here, where on earth are we supposed to put him? where are we supposed to be? like how am i supposed to protect him? >> reporter: now, this afternoon, mr. abdalhamid and his mother visited the other two victims, who are still recovering in the icu. one of them, who has a spinal injury. that's just a few blocks away from where i'm standing now, norah, where the shooting took place and in front of the suspect's home. that man has pleaded not guilty
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to three counts of attempted murder. >> errol barnett, thank you. tonight president biden is remembering former secretary of state henry kissinger, who died wednesday at the age of 100. the president met kissinger -- first met him when he was a young senator. in a statement tonight, the president says, throughout our careers, we often disagreed and often strongly. but from that first briefing, but from that first briefing, his fierce intellect this isn't charmin! no wonder i don't feel as clean. here's charmin ultra strong. ahhh! my bottom's been saved! with its diamond weave texture, charmin ultra strong cleans better with fewer sheets and less effort. enjoy the go with charmin.
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in tonight's "eye on america," environmentalists are warning that alaska's bald eagle population is under threat due to a plan for a new copper mine in the panhandle. cbs's jonathan vigliotti traveled to alaska to see for himself. >> reporter: every november, an american icon returns to alaska's chilkat river to roost. >> it's akin to being on the serengeti and watching the migration of the wildebeests. >> reporter: the town of haines is the gateway to the largest bald eagle habitat in the u.s. this wildlife preserve, a migratory mecca. >> this is the greatest concentration of bald eagles anywhere on the planet. at times, we've counted up to 4,000 individuals. >> reporter: it's a phenomenon photographer mario benassi says is made possible by geothermal springs, which prevent the river from freezing, leaving the salmon that run through it ripe for picking.
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but upstream, there's a potential new threat. >> it could be the end of this singularity and this gathering. >> reporter: the state recently permitted a mining company to explore extracting copper. it's a move the governor says will create jobs. but environmentalists are sounding the alarm. >> there's basically no mines out there that don't pollute. >> reporter: clean water advocate and haines resident gershon cohen is most concerned there might be toxic runoff damaging the chilkat. according to the epa, mining has contributed to the contamination of 40% of the country's rivers. >> if the mine were to happen, anything would happen to the salmon, basically everything else collapses. >> reporter: including, cohen says, the eagles' habitat. in an email to cbs news, american pacific mining, the company leading the project, said it's committed to operating responsibly and respecting protected areas and species,
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including the bald eagles. most native alaskans, who also depend on salmon, are not sold. >> on a good day years ago, how many salmon would you expect to get in just one of these trips with a net? >> so probably 20 to 30 fish is what you could probably do. >> reporter: hank and kim strong's empty net highlights what studies show. climate change is already taking a toll on the fish population. >> why take that risk? do you gamble? i don't go to las vegas to gamble. i don't want to gamble here either. >> reporter: for "eye on america," jonathan vigliotti, haines, alaska. all right. now to this story. an nfl star turns himself in to police. he's arrested in texas. we've got the details next.
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officers rode in a somber procession after two nevada state troopers were killed in the line of duty. the troopers were struck by a vehicle and killed on a highway this morning. sources tell our cbs las vegas affiliate the driver suspected of hitting the officers was later taken into custody and smelled of alcohol. new underwater video shows a navy plane that plunged into a bay sitting on an environmentally sensitive coral
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newly released video shows the environmental threat after a u.s. navy surveillance plane overshot a runway in hawaii and landed in a bay resting on a coral reef. the video shows the large plane's tire sitting on the ecologically sensitive reef. the navy says most of the 2,000 gallons of fuel on board has been removed. officials are now weighing options on how to get that plane back on land. washington, d.c. got a little brighter tonight. we'll tell you why next.
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president calvin coolidge in 1923. musical performances from dionne warwick and others entertained the crowd for the official kickoff of the holiday season. that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from right here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the temporary cease-fire between israel and hamas is over. israel's military says it has resumed combat as the truce deadline expired, and it's accusing hamas of violating the cease-fire. rocket sirens sounded in israel near the gaza border. the israeli military says air defense fighters intercepted one launch. a new york appeals court reinstated a gag order barring donald trump from making public
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comments about court staff in his state civil fraud trial in new york. and do not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if you don't know the source. that warning from the cdc amid a growing deadly salmonella outbreak. at least 117 people in 34 states have gotten sick from contaminated cantaloupe. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. it's friday, the 1st of december, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, cease-fire over. israel resumes air strikes on hamas targets in gaza accusing the terror group of breaking the temporary truce before it expired. if i leave, they win. if i leave, the bullies take place. this is bullying. >> d-day for santos. the embattled new york co
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