>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin this sunday in the middle east. tonight israel is widening its hunt for hamas leaders to southern gaza, where the majority of the territory's population is now crowded. for civilians there is no escape. there is panic and confusion, as

you can imagine, as israel intensifies its airstrikes across the territory and expands its ground offensive. this hospital overwhelmed by the dead and the wounded. elsewhere horrific scenes of destruction. casualties appear to be heaviest in the already hard-hit north. these siblings mourning the death of their father and brother killed in an israeli airstrike. also today the u.s. navy warships in the red sea responded to drone attacks against three separate commercial ships. cbs's chris livesay leads us off tonight from jerusalem. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will continue to negotiate but will not let up in the ground war, insisting that gives israel more leverage to free the more than 130 hostages including eight americans who remain in the clutches of hamas. it's been eight weeks since hamas took some 240 hostages.

now for the first time many of those freed describe their torment in detail. desperate for food and air in hamas's tunnels. "we just slept and cried. every day that passed was an eternity," recalls danielle aloni. "our girls have seen things that kids should not see. a horror film." a horror film that terrified their families at home as well says hadas kalderon. "the first sentence they said to me when we met was mommy, you're alive. mommy, we didn't know you were alive." but for now there are no more hostages being released, with the ceasefire and the lives of gazans in shambles. in northern gaza an airstrike left these boys screaming in search of their father among the debris. the u.n. says some 75% of palestinians are now displaced in the strip. as israeli forces push south in

their vow to destroy hamas, many gazans are fleeing toward the border with egypt, where they build makeshift shelter. "they bombed the school where we were staying, and we had to flee to khan younis," saleh told cbs news. "then they air dropped warnings in khan younis and bombed us there." tonight tensions remain high here in jerusalem as well as in the west bank, jericka, where over the weekend two palestinians were killed, one by israeli soldiers, the other by israeli settlers. >> chris livesay in jerusalem. thank you. the hostage detainee exchanges between israel and hamas during the week-long pause in fighting is putting a spotlight on israel's controversial detention tactics. the united nations says between 500 and 1,000 palestinian children in the occupied west bank are in custody and no convicted of crimes. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports. >> reporter: israeli soldiers forcefully detain a group of

palestinian children. across the occupied west bank such detentions are well documented. this was freed by the leading israeli human rights group betzelem in 2021. the youngest of the five children was just 8 years old at the time, accused of stealing parrots near an illegal jewish settlement, settlement, something the children denied. they were later released. of the palestinian prisoners freed in recent days over 70 are children, faces of israel's decades of jailing palestinian kids through its military courts. the only developed country to systematically try minors as young as 12 through such a system. ahmed abu nayim was among the first to be released. at 16 he was arrested for stone throwing, the most common charge, along with, quote, throwing a bomb or incendiary device. charges he denies. nayim spent a total of 12 months

behind bars. >> translator: there were people there who were 12 years old. they treated us very badly after the war. >> reporter: how were they treated differently after the war? >> translator: whenever there was a new prisoner coming in he looked beaten up. whenever we asked for medicine they didn't bring it to us. they took our blankets and pillows. they took away our clothes. on cold days they removed the covers from the windows. >> reporter: research published by a child rights group found israel inflicts appalling abuse of palestinian children in its military detention system. after consulting with hundreds of former detainees it found 86% had been beaten, almost 70% strip searched and 60% held in solitary confinement. >> these children, palestinian children, are being tried before military courts. >> reporter: tala nasser advocates for kids who the u.n. says faces a conviction rate of 99%. >> there is a military judge, a

military prosecutor, no communication with families. they are blindfolded, tied with their hands and their feet. >> reporter: but these are children. >> yes. yes, they are. >>reporter: in a statement to cbs news the israel prison service said, "all prisoners are detained according to the provisions of law," and that "all basic rights required by law are fully applied." and that any complaints will be fully examined. >> you've been released from prison. what do you hope to do next? >> translator: i hope to work, build myself a house, and carry on with my life. >> reporter: a young life forever changed. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, in the occupied west bank. today in paris the centuries-old landmark lost in the fire that nearly destroyed notre dame cathedral in 2019 is taking shape on the city's skyline. cbs's elaine cobb is there. >> reporter: for the first time in nearly five years the outline of a spire is again visible in

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for staying with us. officials in ohio and massachusetts are warning of a troubling spike in the number of children and infants diagnosed with pneumonia. most of the kids are brought to the e.r. suffering from high fevers and heavy cough. s far most of the cases are

mild. meg oliver has the latest on what parents need to know. >> 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, and the most common symptoms are cough, fever and fatigue. most did not require hospitalization. the declaration comes as china's 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. 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, that 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 from 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: i'm meg oliver, new york. at the global climate summit in dubai world leaders have turned their focus to how climate change is affect human health. one study found up to 7 million people worldwide die each year from either air pollution or diseases like cholera and malaria that take hold in regions suffering with flood or drought. over the next eight days world leaders will tackle the goal of capping global warming at 1 1/2 degrees celsius. they got a big boost when 50 oil and gas companies agreed to cut their methane emissions by 90% over the next six years.

so how will that help? ben tracy explains. >> reporter: inside a hangar in boulder, colorado this appears to be just another fancy private jet. >> you can always pull these graphs up. >> reporter: but it's actually filled with scientists on a mission to help save the planet. they take to the skies to hunt down an invisible gas, seen here with infrared cameras, which is rapidly heating up the atmosphere. and fueling some of the worst impacts of climate change. >> what exactly is methane? >> methane is a greenhouse gas. it is the second largest contributor to climate change. and it accounts for more than a quarter of the warming we're experiencing today. >> reporter: alissa ako is a senior climate scientist. she says methane emissions mainly come from leaks during fossil fuel production, from the digestive tracts of cows when they burp, and from rotting food in landfills.

and here's why it matters. methane is like carbon dioxide on steroids. 84 times more powerful at warming the planet. but unlike co2, which can stay in the atmosphere for centuries, methane only lasts for about a decade. >> reducing methane emissions is the single fastest opportunity we have to slow down the rate of warming. >> if we're able to cut these methane emissions, what impact would that have on warming? >> we have the technologies available to cult methane emissions globally in half over the next ten years. and if we do that, then we can slow down the rate of global warming by 30%. >> reporter: slowing warming could mean fewer destructive storms, wildfires and heat waves and slower melting of the world's ice sheets, which is causing sea levels to rise. >> we need to know how much methane is being emitted, from where and by whom. >> reporter: so you actually detect the methane through the

bottom of the plane? >> yeah, that's correct. >> reporter: and that's where the plane comes in. >> up front is actually methane air itself. if you look out, you can actually see two lenses. >> reporter: the scientists call it methane air. they've been flying it over what's known as the permian basin. more than 86,000 square miles in texas, the largest oil field on the planet. special sensors on the plane detect methane leaks from oil and gas facilities on the ground. according to the edf those industries account for about a quarter of all humane-made methane emissions. and knowing where the laekds are can help in identifying the polluters and holding them responsible. a new $90 million satellite called methane sat is being built by the environmental defense fund, in part with money from amazon founder jeff bezos's earth fund. they plan to launch it next year atop a spacex falcon 9 rocket. once in orbit it will find and

map methane leaks throughout the world 24 hours a day. steve stagg is ceo of blue canyon technologies, which is building the satellite, including the solar panels that will act as its wings to power its flight. >> what we're seeing here, this is pretty much as big as it is and the solar arrays come out from tlp p. >> this is the size of it. the solar rays will extend out about 10 to 12 feet on each side of the satellite. >> this will absolutely be a game changer. >> reporter: reducing planet warming emissions has been alissa akko's life work since a trip to greenland in xol. >> i watched as ice was melting off of glaciers and just rushing out into the ocean. >> reporter: and she now has another more personal reason to work even harder. a 4-year-old daughter. >> and it really worries me what the climate will be like when she's my age. i look at my daughter every day and i just want the best for her. and a huge part of that is the world that we're leaving behind.

>> reporter: a world we still have a chance to save. i'm ben tracy, boulder, colorado.

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well, two political giants of the 20th century passed away over the last few days. former secretary of state henry kissinger and former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. we'll take a look back on both of their lives, starting with justice o'connor's biographer, evan thomas. >> when chief justice warren berger escorted sandra day o'connor, the court's first woman justice in its 00-year history, down the steps of the supreme court, he said to reporters -- >> you haven't seen me with a better-looking justice yet, have you? >> sandra day o'connor did not love that, but it was 1981 and she was used to this sort of thick. she just smiled. she was tough, she was determined to show women could do the job just as well as men. one of the things she was smart about was staying out of petty ego-driven squabbles. at the court's private conference when justice antonin scalia started railing against

affirmative action she said, "why, nino, how do you think i got my job?" but when one of her law clerks wrote a zinger into her opinion to hit back at scalia in public, she just crossed it out. in 24 years on the supreme court justice o'connor was the decisive swing vote in 330 cases. >> she was in the majority in the last term on all but eight decisions. >> reporter: in virtually every 5-4 decision of note o'connor's was the fifth, the deciding vote. >> that is a lot of power. and she was not afraid to wield it. upholding abortion rights and affirmative action and the election of president george w. bush, although she later regretted the court had involved itself in that case. she also knew how to share power and credit. she was originally assigned to write the court's opinion in united states versus virginia which ruled that state schools could not exclude women. but instead o'connor turned to justice ruth bader ginsburg, who at that time had only been on the court for a couple of years, and said this should be ruth's

opinion. justice ginsburg told me, "i loved her for that." justice clarence thomas told me, "she was the glue, the reason this place was civil was sandra day o'connor." she left the court in 2006 at the height of her power. her husband john had alzheimer's, and she want ed to take care of him. "he sacrificed for me," she said. "now i want to sacrifice for him." how lucky we were to have sandra day o'connor. >> and now with a more complicated look back at the legacy of henry kissinger, brought to you by his long-time friend, ted koppel. >> henry kissinger's meteoric rise to prominence -- >> reporter: i've been covering henry kissinger for more than 50 years. the early stages when he held high office, wielding real power. crafting historic changes toward china, the middle east, the soviet union. in his 90s, kissinger co-authored was it his 20th or 21st book. this one on ai, which he

considered the greatest challenge to human survival. >> the event of artificial intelligence forms of warfare are conceivable that could be even more destructive than nuclear weapons. >> reporter: after he turned 100, he flew to china at the invitation of the chinese government. this at a time of chilly relations between washington and beijing. henry kissinger went from the dizzying heights of public acclaim. he was most admired american in the 1970s, co-winner of the nobel peace prize, to a much maligned figure, bitterly condemned in some quarters for his record on human rights. during our last interview this spring i reminded kissinger of what pope urban viii is credited with having said of another gifted and controversial

statement, calendar richelieu. if there is a god, the quote goes, richelieu will have moch answer for and if not he had a successful life. >> when i saw that i thought it's the kind of thing they might say about you. >> yep. i don't feel when you say he had a lot to answer for, which means it was of dubious moral quality. >> that's what it means, yes. >> that's not my conception of my life. every difficult political decision has an element of ambiguity. otherwise, it wouldn't be difficult. >> reporter: on the ultimate question henry kissinger showed a moment of quiet reflection. even humility. >> do you believe in an afterlife?

>> i believe that we're living in a tiny part of the universe. so i think it is possible that there are aspects to existence that transcend our own individual lives. >> reporter: a question to which no one has yet provide

a year-long political soap opera came to an end friday when the house of representatives voted to expel new york republican george santos. scott macfarlane has more. >> reporter: this year in congress appears to be a lock for the history books. it began with a headlock during the unprecedented 15-round vote to elect a u.s. house speaker. it continued with months of gridlock and the first ever ouster of a u.s. house speaker. and then there were all the

deadlocks. twice flirting with shutdowns of the federal government. and it ends with a change in the door locks of former new york congressman george santos. only the third u.s. house member since the civil war to be expelled. he's pleaded not guilty to fraud, conspiracy, and fleecing his campaign donors. i asked one of santos's fellow new york house republicans if the booting of santos would cool or aggravate the tension that's have boiled over throughout this year in this congress. and he responded, "we'll see." as the three-year mark of january 6th approaches, this year has shown congress is still infected by a viciousness and vitriol that bubbled up in the days after the siege. one member accused another last month of a cheap shot elbow to the back. >> why did you elbow me in the back, kevin? hey, kevin! you got any guts? jerk. >> reporter: which the other, that former house speaker, denied.

and in the hours before santos was expelled one of santos's supporters, louisiana republican clay higgins, told me to expel santos is to overturn the results of a new york election. higgins was one of more than 100 republicans to vote to overturn the 2020 election results and recently visited with january 6th defendants in the washington, d.c. jail. >> that is the overnight news for this monday. reporting from new york city i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt pieper in new york. three adults and a 1-year-old are dead after police say a neighbor came into their home and began shooting. it happened in southeat dallas. a 15-year-old did survive. investigators say there is no threat to the public. pope francis is still sick. while he says he's doing better, he skipped his usual sunday st. peter's square window appearance. the 86-year-old was diagnosed

with infectious bronchitis following lung inflammation and the flu. and the stars were out in washington for the kennedy center honors. billy crystal, dionne warwick and queen latifah among those commem ated for the achievements in arts and entertainment. the show airs on cbs on wednesday december 27th. for more download the cbs news app on y r cell p ted tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. ships attacked. a u.s. destroyer and commercial vessels come under fire in the red sea. this as israel intensifies its offensive in gaza to destroy hamas, with no signs of another truce. the united states warning israel to protect civilians. >> again, i want to make it clear, the right number of civilian casualties is zero. >> we'll have the latest on the conflict. >> i'm chris livesay in jerusalem, where israel has

renewed its efforts to destroy hamas at a mounting cost to gazans. also, palestinian prisoners. who did israel release from detention? why many of them are children not convicted of any crimes. plus, cross-country storms. avalanche warnings in the west. a washout in the northeast. a forecast for the week ahead. out of the ashes. after notre dame's devastating fire a familiar silhouette rises on the paris skyline pfrnlths and later, under the sea and over the moon. how a robot is helping children explore new depths from the safety of their hospital room. >> this technology makes it look so real. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin this sunday in the

middle east. tonight israel is widening its hunt for hamas leaders to southern gaza, where the majority of the territory's population is now crowded. for civilians there is no escape. there is panic and confusion, as you can imagine, as israel intensifies its airstrikes across the territory and expands its ground offensive. this hospital overwhelmed by the dead and the wounded. elsewhere, horrific scenes of destruction. casualties appear to be heaviest in the already hard-hit north. these siblings mourning the death of their father and brother killed in an israeli airstrike. also today the u.s. navy warships in the red sea responded to drone attacks against three separate commercial ships. cbs's chris livesay leads us off tonight from jerusalem. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will continue to negotiate but will not let up in the ground war, insisting that gives israel more leverage to free the more than

130 hostages including eight americans who remain in the clutches of hamas. it's been eight weeks since hamas took some 240 hostages. now for the first time many of those freed describe their torment in detail. desperate for food and air in hamas's tunnels. "we just slept and cried. every day that passed was an eternity," recalls danielle aloni. "our girls have seen things that kids should not see. a horror film." a horror film that terrified their families at home as well says hadas kalderon. "the first sentence they said to me when we met was mommy, you're alive. mommy, we didn't know you were alive." but for now there are no more hostages being released, with the ceasefire and the lives of gazans in shambles.

in northern gaza an airstrike left these boys screaming in search of their father among the debris. the u.n. says some 75% of palestinians are now displaced in the strip. as israeli forces push south in their vow to destroy hamas, many gazans are fleeing toward the border with egypt where they built makeshift shelter. "they bombed the school where we were staying and we had to flee to khan younis," saleh told cbs news. then they dropped warnings in khan younis and bombed us there. tonight tensions remain high here in jerusalem as well as in the west bank, jericka, where over the weekend two palestinians were killed, one by israeli soldiers, the other by israeli settlers. >> chris livesay in jerusalem. thank you. the hostage detainee exchanges between israel and hamas during the week-long pause in fighting is putting a spotlight on israel's

controversial detention tactics. the united nations says between 500 and 1,000 palestinian children in the occupied west bank are in custody and no convicted of crimes. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports. >> reporter: israeli soldiers forcefully detain a group of palestinian children. across the occupied west bank such detentions are well documented. this was filmed by the leading israeli human rights group, betzelem, in 2021. the youngest of the five children was just 8 years old at the time, accused of stealing parrots near an illegal jewish settlement. something the children denied. they were later released. of the palestinian prisoners freed in recent days over 70 are children. faces of israel's decades of jailing palestinian kids through its military courts. the only developed country to systematically try minors as young as 12 through such a system. ahmed abu nayim was among the

first to be released. at 16 he was arrested for stone throwing, the most common charge. along with, quote, throwing a bomb or incendiary device. charges he denies. nayim spent a total of 12 months behind bars. >> translator: there were people there who were 12 years old. they treated us very badly after the war. >> how were they treated differently after the war? >> translator: whenever there was a new prisoner coming in, he looked beaten up. whenever we asked for medicine, they didn't bring it to us. they took our blankets and pillows. they took away our clothes. on cold days they removed the covers from the windows. >> reporter: research published by a child rights group found israel inflicts appalling abuse of palestinian children in its military detention system. after consulting with hundreds of former detainees it found 86% had been beaten, almost 70% strip searched and 60% held in

solitary confinement. >> these children, palestinian children, are being tried before military courts. >> reporter: tala nasser advocates for kids who the u.n. says face a conviction rate of 99%. >> there is a military judge, a military prosecutor, no communication with families. they are blindfolded, tied with their hands and their feet. >> reporter: but these are children. >> yes. yes, they are. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs news the israel prison service said "all prisoners are detained according to the provisions of law" and that all basic rights required by law are fully applied and that any complaints will be fully examined. you've been released from prison. what do you hope to do next? >> translator: i hope to work, build myself a house, and carry on with my life. >> reporter: a young life forever changed. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, in the occupied west bank.

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." well, despite israeli leaders vowing to do all that they can to keep civilians out of the crossfire, the biden administration says they need to do more. cbs's nicole sganga is at the white house tonight with more. good evening, nicole. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. in some of his strongest remarks

to date secretary austin made what he called a personal push this weekend, urging israeli leaders to avoid civilian casualties in gaza. a stark warning delivered by the defense chief. a cautionary tale plucked from the four-star general's campaign against isis. >> in this kind of a fight the center of gravity is the civilian population. and if you drive them into the arms of the enemy you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat. >> reporter: national security council spokesperson john kirby told "face the nation's" margaret brennan that message has been delivered both publicly and privately to israeli leaders. >> they have been receptive to those messages. now, again, i want to make it clear, the right number of civilian casualties is zero. and clearly many thousands have been killed and many more thousands have been wounded and now more than a million are internally displaced. >> reporter: but some republican lawmakers are pushing back against those messages.

>> secretary austin is telling israel things that are impossible to achieve. secretary austin, the reason the palestinians are dying, gaza is so condensed, hamas has tunnels under apartments, under schools, under hospitals. >> reporter: still democratic critics have pressured the biden administration to draw brighter red lines, moderating u.s. support for israel. >> should there be brighter lines? >> we are having these discussions with our israeli counterparts every day about being careful, precise and deliberate in their targeting and trying to minimize civilian casualties to the maximum extent possible. >> and nicole joins us from the white house. nicole, earlier we talked about the u.s. warship responding to several distress calls after an assault on three commercial ships in the red sea. what more do we know about who was behind that attack? >> reporter: jericka, yemeni rebels have claimed responsibility for the hours-long onslaught. now, in a statement issued moments ago u.s. central command called the strikes fully enabled by iran. >> all right. nicole sganga for us at the white house tonight. thank you.

to new york city, where four people were killed in a stabbing attack. two of the victims were children. investigators say a man went on a rampage and killed four family members and set a couch on fire inside the home. the suspect was shot and killed by police after he slashed two officers outside the home. well, today avalanche warnings were in effect for oregon and washington. storms hit the east and west coasts with more to come this week. this video from utah shows the snow there in cottonwood canyons near salt lake city. and there's more snow on the way for many of us across the country. let's bring in the forecast meteorologist lynette charles from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, lynette. >> good evening, jericka. we do have more moisture on the way. we're going to start out in the northeast where we do have some light rain coming in like places albany, we're seeing this around boston. but the further to the north you go that's where we're talking about the snow and we will add

up that snow in some feet, around new hampshire, vermont, the mountains there even up into maine. let's head to the west because the west we're going to start to add up the rain in feet. you can see the areas there shaded in the red coloring. we have to watch out for the burn scars across that area. so mudslides, landslides, and we do have all that rain that will lead to some flash flooding as we go in through next week. and we're also going to be working with temperatures that are going to be warming up before it's all said and done. jericka, back to you. >> lynette charles with the weather channel, thank you. today parts of europe dug out after being paralyzed by a snowstorm there and bitter cold. in munich, germany record snowfall grounded flights and halted high-speed trains. snow also closed roads across poland and the czech republic. today in paris the centuries-old landmark lost in the fire that nearly destroyed notre dame cathedral in 2019 is taking shape on the city's skyline. cbs's elaine cobb is there. >> reporter: for the first time in nearly five years the outline of a spire is again visible in the skyline above notre dame.

workers on scaffolding high above paris are installing the new spire's wooden framework on the cathedral roof. it was april 2019 when fire engulfed the cathedral. the world looked on in horror as the spire made of oak and metal collapsed in the flames. teams of architects and artisans have been working tirelessly to rebuild the spire to its original 19th century design. architect axel poncenet has been reproducing the spire's decorative finishings. >> it's a very complex structure and never today we are rebuilding such structures. and what's amazing is we are really trying to be very specific in the way we rebuilt it. >> reporter: workers continue to set the oak framework of the 300-foot spire in place, shaping the outline that's been missing from paris since the fire. the framework will be covered in a sheath of metal and the

decorative finishings added. the cage of scaffolding will remain in place while that work is completed. then the spire will rise again over paris. work on the rest of the cathedral continues too. the public authority overseeing the reconstruction says it is on track and the cathedral will be ready to reopen to the public a year from now. elaine cobb, cbs news, paris. tonight, new consolidation in the airline industry. alaska air is buying its pacific rival hawaiian airlines for $1.9 billion. the combined company plans to keep the identities of both brands, but the deal still has to be approved by federal antitrust regulators. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." taylor swift is taking center stage in college classrooms, including a law school. plus a look at who's in and who got snubbed from the college football playoff field. and an immersive under the sea experience from a hospital

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♪ taylor swift is having one of the biggest years in music history. endless hits, a sold out world tour. and she's a billionaire at the age of just 33. her success is also marking the subject, wait for it, of new classes at colleges across the country including a law school. here's cbs's cristian benavides. >> reporter: at the university of miami school of law learning the legalese of intellectual property also means listening to superstar taylor swift. ♪ play, play, play, play ♪ ♪ and the haters gonna hate hate ♪ >> i remember saying to one of my friends, i bet swifties know more about i.p. law than a lot of lawyers. >> reporter: adjunct professor and attorney vivek jairam came up with the idea while reading about swift's lengthy, well-documented legal history. ♪ shake it off, shake it off ♪ >> she's been sued twice for copyright infringement, you

know, around that song. a theme park in utah named evermore sued her for titling her album "evermore." ♪ look what you made me do ♪ ♪ look what you made me do ♪ >> reporter: another topic covered in class, swift's rerecording of her earlier albums to reclaim her ownership rights. intellectual property law is meant to protect the rights of creators. and currently there's arguably no bigger creator than taylor swift. >> what this course is about is how to advocate for the creative, for the artist. >> reporter: greg levy is the director of u.m.'s entertainment, art and sports law program. >> this is core fundamental copyright, trademark and business law at play, right? and we're just finding ways to apply this law in a very contemporary setting. >> reporter: third-year law student alana sadler calls herself a swifty, a member of taylor swift's fan base. >> we have a certain conception of what law school is and what

the education looks like, and i think that this pushes the envelope. >> reporter: dominique davalier says you don't have to be a swifty to take the class. >> definitely more of a beyhive like ride or die beyonce. i was super interested in taking it just because of the practical real-life application. >> and what better way to show them the value of their degree and the things that they've learned than to say hey, listen, all the stuff you've learned, it literally is front and center in the life and career and work of the most successful artist of our generation. >> reporter: law school classes can feel like you're staring into a blank space. ♪ i've got a blank space baby ♪ jairam says in his class you can just shake it off. ♪ shake, shake, shake ♪ ♪ shake it off ♪ cristian benavides, cbs news, cristian benavides, cbs news, coral gables, florida. ma, ma, ma— ( clears throat )

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the newest group of kennedy center honorees will be commemorated tonight for their lifetime achievement in arts and entertainment. opera singer renee fleming, dionne warwick, queen latifah, billy crystal and barry gibb gathered at the white house today for a reception before the big show. the kennedy center honors will be broadcast right here on cbs wednesday night, december 27th. i'll be watching. well, to college football now. today we learned that michigan, washington, texas and alabama

are all in the playoffs. but one team is not. the unbeaten acc champion florida state. seminoles coach mike norvell says he's, quote, disgusted and infuriated by the committee's decision. a primary reason florida state did not make the cut? the absence of star quarterback and heisman trophy contender jordan travis, who recently suffered a devastating leg injury. well, next, a new underwater adventure from a hospital bed.

we end tonight with a high-tech tour guide taking some children to new depths. here's cbs's mark strassmann. >> reporter: at tampa's florida aquarium two guests charted new waters. this robotic tour guide. >> there's a very large honeycomb ray cruising by the window there. >> reporter: and 9-year-old gavin benion, in a hospital bed two miles away. >> you want to say hi to my friend gavin? >> hi, gavin. >> reporter: the backstory?

a shared inspiration. >> we see a robot. light bulb goes off. >> reporter: a partnership between roger german and john chorus, the ceos at the aquarium and tampa general hospital. >> i thought it was a great idea. it's tough being chronically ill, particularly when you're a kid. >> i've got to imagine it's a chance to get the kid patient out of the hospital without ever leaving the room. >> yeah. that's exactly right. >> because you're now getting the sense that you're there. >> i think they're getting breakfast. >> yeah, i think so. >> reporter: gavin benion's getting treatment for an autoimmune disorder. but in this moment he got to forget all that. >> you get to see the things that you really like to see. >> reporter: he steered the robot from a laptop, mapping out his own aquarium tour, talking to anyone walking with the robot like ceo german -- >> there's his face. he's got his t-shirt here. he's got, you know, wheels which gives him the mobility. >> reporter: or me. >> what made it feel like the real thing?

>> that like this technology makes it look so real. and it's crazy how it does it. >> it's heartwarming. it is therapeutic. but it also brings resiliency and it helps with the healing process. >> and to include kids who would otherwise be excluded. >> absolutely. >> i'm coming down. >> reporter: a robot in an aquarium helping sick kids feel under the sea and over the moon. mark strassmann, cbs news, tampa. this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt pieper in new york. three adults and a 1-year-old are dead after police say a neighbor came into their home and began shooting. it happened in southeast dallas. a 15-year-old did survive. investigators say there is no threat to the public. pope francis is still sick. while he says he's doing better, he skipped his usual sunday st. peter's square window appearance. the 86-year-old was diagnosed

with infectious bronchitis following lung inflammation and the flu. and the stars were out in washington for the kennedy center honors. billy crystal, dionne warwick and queen latifah among those commemorated for their achievements in arts and entertainment. the show airs on cbs on wednesday december 27th. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm pie it's monday, december 4th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." a widening offensive. israeli forces pushing into southern gaza expanding to every part of the strip as the jewish state faces growing pressure from the u.s. to do more to protect civilians. ex-ambassador arrested. a former american diplomat facing criminal charges, accused of secretly serving as an agent for cuba.