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hoping for similar redemption here, tapping the state's independent or undeclared voters, who make up more than 39% of the electorate. >> i believe the new hampshire primary is going to be far more indicative of the general election, and nikki is going to resonate with understaclared vo like myself. >> we've been here for 11 months. we've done 75-plus town halls, answering every question, shaking every hand. >> you've described this as a two-person race between yourself and donald trump. does that mean you need toic ta the case more aggressively to donald trump? >> yes. it's about the differences between trump and with me. look, we don't want two 80-year-olds to be our options. >> reporter: ron desantis is still campaigning despite finishing 30 points behind trump in second place in iowa. the florida governor went to haley's home turf in south carolina, trying to blunt her momentum. >> she's not going to win new hampshire either. donald trump obviously won a good victory, but, you know, half the people wanted somebody else.
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>> reporter: in the last three competitive republican presidential primaries here in new hampshire, the winner went on to win the eventual party nomination. and donald trump is taking nothing for granted. he's expected to campaign here in new hampshire nearly every day this week. norah. >> caitlin huey-burns at that rally tonight. thank you. let's bring in cbs's chief election campaign correspondent robert costa. robert, a blowout for donald trump in iowa. what does this mean now for nikki haley, ron desantis? does nikki haley get more aggressive? >> she might get more aggressive, but this is a make or break week for ambassador haley. with the debate now canceled this week, she's going to lose an opportunity to generate traction in new hampshire. debates have been the way she's gotten so far in this race to become someone who is close to being the runner-up to trump in a lot of these polls. but now can she really get a coalition of independents, democrats, and traditional republicans? that's an open question, and she doesn't have a big moment on the calendar at this point. >> last night donald trump, in
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his victory speech in iowa, was conciliatory. he was talking about bringing people together. an intentional shift? >> it's a message, but it's also a strategy. talking to trump's top advisers today, they say they're pushing the whole republican party to coalesce. they want this race over, norah. they don't want desantis lingering. they don't want haley in this race up until super tuesday. they believe with his commanding victory -- it's become trump country since she was governor. >> even if nikki haley were to have a good primary there in new hampshire, a win or a close second, then south carolina, but then march 5th is super tuesday. doesn't it get nearly impossible for any challenger to donald trump then? >> the won't is very much closing for ambassador haley, but some of the biggest republican donors in the country ptell me they're ready to pour millions behind haley's campaign. the challenge for her is this is a transformed republican party. despite january 6th, despite trump's legal challenges, she's not taking them on because she knows most republican voters
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don't care. >> all right. robert costa following the heartbeat of this campaign. thank you so much. >> thank you. tonight we're getting our first listen to the 911 call for an ambulance to transport defense secretary lloyd austin to walter reed national military medical center. the caller is heard asking the operator for no lights and no siren on the ambulance because, quote, we're trying to remain a little subtle. now this adds more questions to what the pentagon was trying to hide about the defense secretary's illness. cbs's weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> reporter: tonight the 911 call just obtained by cbs news reveals an aide to secretary of defense lloyd austin asks the digs patcher to keep the emergency discreet. >> can i ask can an ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? we're trying to remain a little subtle. >> yeah, i understand. yeah, usually when they turn into a residential neighborhood, they'll turn them off.
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but they're required by law on the main street. >> reporter: the operator then asks for details about austin's condition. >> did he pass out, or does he feel like he's going to pass out? >> uh, no. >> reporter: austin was taken to the hospital on new year's day with an infection that stemmed from complications after surgery to treat prostate cancer just over two weeks earlier. in a statement, austin's doctor said he had severe pain in his leg, hip, and abdomen. >> i'm just serious. if we need them to take him to walter reed medical, is that a possibility? >> let them know when they get there. i'm noting all this in the call. >> reporter: the 911 call adds to questions about why president biden did not find out about austin's hospitalization for three days. neither did his deputy, who had taken over austin's duties while she was on vacation in puerto rico. despite calls for austin's resignation, the president says he's not considering firing him.
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>> do you have confidence in secretary austin? >> i do. >> was it a lapse in judgment for him not to tell you earlier? >> yes. >> reporter: tonight the pentagon has not responded to our request for a comment about that 911 call. the inspector general, though, continues to investigate why it took austin so long to disclose his hospitalization. norah. norah. >> weijia jiang at the white -we're done. -what about these? looks right. nooo... nooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! bounty absorbs spills like a sponge. and is 2x more absorbent so you can use less. we all know tthat words have power.r. they set things in motion and make us happy or sad. but there's one word that stands out, because when people say it, lives are changed. it's not a big word. it's itsy bitsy. it's only three little letters.
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the man accused in the serial killings of three women on new york's long island was back in court today. 60-year-old rex heuermann was formally indicted for the murder of a fourth woman, who was just 25 years old after dna testing linked him to the crime. that's not the only evidence that prosecutors laid out today in a lengthy and startling document. cbs's carolyn gus off was inside the courtroom. >> i was only 7 years old when my mother was murdered. >> reporter: today prosecutors announced suspected serial killer rex heuermann will face an additional murder charge for the 2007 death of maureen brainard barnes. investigators say dna from discarded pizza crust and burner phone evidence tied him to the three other murders. prosecutors say law enforcement seized hundreds of electronic devices from heuermann's home and business, which revealed disturbing google searches.
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heuermann has pleaded not guilty to the murders. >> you're talking about a gentleman who has never been arrested before, and he's claiming he didn't do this. >> reporter: brainard barnes' body was tied with a belt, stamped with initials which the d.a. says could have belonged to one of heuermann's relatives. hair on the belt was allegedly linked to heuermann's wife through dna. investigators followed his daughter on the long island railroad and collected a discarded energy drink can to connect heuermann to brainard barnes according to newly released court documents. >> to see all of the types of searches that he did on the internet and the topics that are listed one by one by one, it is rare indeed to find that kind of detail. so you know that the government has circumstantial evidence, but they have plenty of it. >> reporter: prosecutors say that heuermann -- that evidence
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shows that heuermann's wife and daughter were out of town when all four of the murders took place. the d.a. adds that the grand jury will continue to review evidence in the six still unsolved murder as long gilgo beach. norah. >> yeah, those were such disturbing details to learn today. carolyn gus off, thank you. a 10-year-old boy is bitten a 10-year-old boy is bitten by a shark in the bahamas. sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. call your doctor about sudden mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants may increase these risks in young adults. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. report fever, confusion, stiff or uncontrollable muscle movements which may be life threatening or permanent.
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tonight a 10 maryland boy is recovering after he was bitten by a shark in the bahamas. officials say it happened monday afternoon at a report on paradise island while a boy was in a shark tank exhibit. he was taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition. police have not identified the resort where this happened. elton john joins a very exclusive group of entertainers on an emotional night at the emmy awards. that's next. elton john is now a member of the exclusive egot club. ♪ oh, i'm a rocket man ♪ ♪ rocket man ♪ >> the rocket man singer won an emmy award monday night for
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outstanding live variety special for his disney+ concert movie from his farewell tour. the win makes him the 19th entertainer to have earned an emmy, grammy, oscar, and tony. that's egot. well, in an emotional moment, christina applegate, who has been battling ms, got a standing ovation. diversity was a winner with five emmys going to performer of
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finally tonight, cbs's meg oliver with two new jersey brothers who turned public service into a family calling. >> gibbs town, new jersey. >> and you? >> falls worth, new jersey, to our right. >> reporter: meet the geoben ety
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brothers, newly elected mayors of neighboring towns in south jersey. this is the first term for john and the second for vince. growing up in a family of seven kids, they're used to sharing. >> what was it like sharing a bedroom with three brothers? >> at times it was crazy. >> reporter: both democrats now sharing the same job title. >> we're just a real nice classic american town. >> the towns are intertwined. we go to their church, and so it's all connected in a positive way. >> reporter: the sons of a local butcher and homemaker saw their family support the community. >> whether it's a church, a senior citizens club, and i think when you're going up, you see that community service, and you feel like, well, that's part of what we were taught and we have to do it. >> my three favorites over here. >> reporter: that spirit of brotherly love is what they hope to give back to these two tiny towns. >> which town is better? >> it's a tie. >> yeah, it's a tie. >> what does it mean to you? >> special. i think it's real special for
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our families, for our dad and relatives in heaven who are sitting and watching us. they would be proud us. >> reporter: meg oliver in new jersey. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. no rest from the harsh weather for oregon, which saw heavy ice storms overnight. tens of thousands of people lost power, and 47 miles of a major interstate were closed. the storm comes just days after extreme winter weather killed at least five people across the state. congressional tax committees
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announced a deal to expand the federal child tax credit on tuesday. the agreement increases the credit and makes more low-income families eligible while also expanding tax cuts for businesses. the deal still needs to be voted on. and late-night tv's newest host is here. after midnight with taylor tomlinson appeared on cbs and paramount+ tuesday night. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. great people of iowa, thank you. we love you all. >> iowa was very good to us, but we are super excited to be here in new hampshire. >> we'll sweep to victory just like we did in florida. >> the republican race for president takes a new turn. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> what we're learning from donald trump's decisive victory in iowa. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."
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tonight donald trump fresh off his record-setting win in the iowa caucuses is now in new hampshire after a trip to a new york city courthouse. we're in new hampshire tonight, speaking with voters ahead of the next contest in the race for the republican nomination. also tonight, we're hearing for the first time the 911 calls that led to a two-week hospital stay for the secretary of defense, lloyd austin. hear his aide asking for secrecy. but we begin with the weather most of us are experiencing. more than 70% of the country is feeling a deep freeze. 17 people have died, and there's another storm coming. we have that forecast in a moment. major cities like new york and philadelphia are getting their biggest snowfalls in about two years. and even the florida panhandle had sleet. here in washington, a snow day with kids having a snowball fight with the u.s. capitol in the background. and the dangerous weather around the country is leading to travel chaos. today alone, nearly 10,000 flights were either canceled or
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delayed. cbs's nikki battiste has been speaking with frustrated travelers at laguardia airport in new york. >> reporter: tonight the arctic blast along with high winds and blinding snow swept through the northeast. the extreme cold and snow forcing airlines to cancel or delay flights. at new york's laguardia airport, more than 200 cancellations since yesterday. >> how are you feeling? >> frustrated. i was crying down at baggage claim. >> i'm frustrated too. handling all of it has been really stressful. >> reporter: in nashville, a ground stop on monday left hundreds of passengers stuck on the tarmac, some for almost seven hours after de-icing trucks ran out of fuel. >> then we were left to wait and not knowing what was coming there. >> reporter: it's a mess throughout the midwest. at chicago's o'hare airport, negative 20-degree windchills are hampering operations. roxana saberi is there. >> reporter: two of the biggest airlines told cbs news the cold here is taking a toll on
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equipment, batteries, and staff who have to work outside. but winter weather elsewhere is also leading to delays and cancellations here. trouble on the rails too as crews in chicago worked through the night setting fire to train tracks to get rid of ice buildup. and some tesla drivers are struggling to charge their vehicles, saying the cold is draining their batteries. >> i've been here for over five hours at this point. >> reporter: the south is also getting hit with unusually frigid conditions. icy roads wreaking havoc in alabama. this semi slipping and sliding along the highway. in houston, there's been more than 100 ice-related accidents since midnight. back on the east coast, cities like new york, philadelphia, and washington, d.c. saw their first significant snowfall in more than 700 days. along with those cancellations here at laguardia airport, there have also been nearly 500 delays, leaving many travelers stuck here overnight.
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a group of women stranded for their second night told me they are tired and frustrated, but they say weather is weather. norah. >> i'd be frustrated too. nikki battiste, thank you so much. turning now to our other top story, the race for the republican nomination. with the iowa caucuses in the history books, the remaining candidates are moving on to next week's new hampshire primary. but before returning to the campaign trail, front-runner donald trump took a detour to attend day one of the defamation trial against him in new york, where he's accused of spreading lies about the woman he's been found liable of sexually abusing. caitlin huey-burns is at the site of a trump rally in atkinson, new hampshire. > reporter: fresh off a resounding victory in iowa, former president donald trump went straight to a manhattan courtroom, where he faces writer e. jean carroll in a defamation suit against him. trump's legal woes have bolstered his campaign among republican voters. in iowa, 65% of caucus-goers said he would still be fit for the presidency even if he were
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convicted of a crime. and in new hampshire, supporters who stood in line in the snow to see him say numerous trials don't bother them. >> i think all of it's a distraction. >> his policy is so important to me and what he's going to do for the country, i can overlook that. >> reporter: new hampshire catapulted trump to the nomination in 2016 after a loss in the iowa caucuses. this time around, nikki haley is hoping for similar redemption here, tapping the state a independent or undeclared voters, who make up more than 39% of the electorate. >> i believe the new hampshire primary is going to be far more indicative of the general election, and nikki is going to resonate with undeclared voters like myself. >> we've been here for 11 months. we've done 75-plus town halls, answering every question, shaking every hand. >> you've described this as a two-person race between yourself and donald trump. does that mean you need to take the case more aggressively to donald trump? >> yes. it's about the differences between trump and with me. and i'll tell you, look, we
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don't want two 80-year-olds to be our options. >> reporter: ron desantis is still campaigning despite finishing 30 points behind trump in second place in iowa. the florida governor went to haley's home turf in south carolina, trying to blunt her momentum. in the last three competitive republican presidential primaries here in new hampshire, the winner went on to win the eventual party nomination, and donald trump is taking nothing for granted. he's expected to campaign here in new hampshire nearly every day this week. norah. >> all right. caitlin huey-burns at that rally tonight, thank you. well, tonight we're getting our first listen to the 911 call for an ambulance to transport defense secretary lloyd austin to walter reed national military medical center. the caller is heard asking the operator for no lights and no siren on the ambulance because, quote, we're trying to remain a little subtle. now, this adds more questions to what the pentagon was trying to hide about the defense secretary's illness. cbs's weijia jiang reports from
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the white house. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> reporter: tonight, the 911 call just obtained by cbs news reveals an aide to secretary of defense lloyd austin asks the dispatcher to keep the emergency discreet. >> can i ask can the ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? we're trying to remain a little subtle. >> yeah, i understand. yeah, usually when they turn into a resident neighborhood, they'll turn them off. but they're required by law on the main streets. >> reporter: austin was taken to the hospital on new year's day with an infection that stemmed from complications after surgery to treat prostate cancer just over two weeks earlier. in a statement, austin's doctor said he had severe pain in his leg, hip, and abdomen. >> i'm just curious. if we need them to take him to walter reed medical, is that a possibility? >> um, let them know that when they get there. like i said, i'm noting all this in the call. >> reporter: the 911 call adds
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm erica brown in washington. thanks for staying with us. the smithsonian institution is best known for its museums lining the national mall here in washington. but for the past 100 years, the smithsonian has also been running a tropical research
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laboratory deep in the jungles of panama. ben tracy paid a visit. >> so this is your ride to work? >> yep, it is. got to get in the boat to get to the island. >> reporter: held lane muller landau has one of the more unusual commutes in the scientific community. she rides to work alongside giant container ships heading down the panama canal. >> it must be a cool commute to work. >> indeed. >> reporter: and this is her office. borrow colorado island, the world's oldest continuously studied tropical forest. >> so we're here in the tropical rainforest, and on cue, here comes the tropical rains. >> absolutely. it's amazing for a tropical site because it has a 100-year uninterrupted legacy of research, which gives us a really strong foundation of knowledge about the plants and animals here. >> reporter: muller landau leads a research team using drones to survey the health of the tree canopy. there's more than 500 species of trees on this island, which have been studied and measured for
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decades. it's also part of a worldwide network called forest geo, which monitors 7 million trees on 77 sites in 29 countries to determine the health of our planet's main ally in the fight against human-caused climate change. >> one of the great services tropical forest dozen is basically locking up a lot of carbon that would otherwise essentially change the climate. >> reporter: trees suck planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the air through photosynthesis. 46% of the world's living carbon pool is stored in tropical forests. but when those trees burn down in wildfires or are cut down in places like the amazon rainforest, all that stored carbon is released back into the atmosphere, causing more global warming. josh tewksbury is director of the smithsonian tropical research institute in panama, which has operated on borrow colorado island for a century. >> why does the smithsonian run an island in the middle of the
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panama canal? >> so to answer the question, you have to go back to the creation of the country of panama. ♪ >> reporter: backed by the united states, panama broke away from colombia in 1903, allowing for construction of the panama canal to be completed by the u.s. army corps of engineers. digging the canal created this massive lake in the middle of the country, turning a once forested hillside into bar row colorado island, named for its red clay soil. the smithsonian sent scientists to start a research station here. >> science in the united states was the smithsonian, and therefore we came, and we've had a continued presence on the island, sort of been doing research there since about 1923. >> reporter: this is where tropical forest research was born, and it holds the world's most complete scientific record of plant and animal life in these unique ecosystems. >> has the mission, the focus changed in this era of rapid
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climate change? >> the urgency around that mission has shifted dramatically in the last 30 to 40 years. thinking about life on a sustainable planet as a major emphasis on what we do. >> reporter: our continued burning of fossil fuels is a threat to the so-called lungs of the planet. in a new study in the journal nature, scientists found that places on earth are now so hot that tropical leaves may lose their ability to perform photosynthesis and die. >> all set. >> reporter: it makes the research here on the island even mre critical. >> the first two meters is not a problem. >> reporter: which can include climbing a nearly 150-foot tall weather tower. >> this is why you had me sign that form. >> reporter: that houses sensors collecting data on the health of this forest. >> we run a network of sensors spread over all of panama. >> reporter: sergio dpoes santos is a project manager and says some sensors help determine whether the forest is absorbing
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>> that -- that's where your show is going to be happening. >> i'm telling you, nothing is done yet. >> i thought that's where they were storing chairs. >> everyone is asking me. i don't know yet. we're working on it. >> reporter: and tomlinson, she's still figuring things out. >> allegedly we can fit through this, but we're going to find out together. >> okay. >> you're good over here. >> oh, wow. all right. look at that. wouldn't it be great if i just totaled this golf cart like before i even started working here? >> reporter: at this point, not even a golf cart mishap could derail tomlinson's fast and furious career. >> my career is going very well right now. >> yeah, that's like in the middle. so i think we need to pick which angle we want. >> reporter: she spent december editing her third netflix special, "have it all," which is due out next month. >> nobody gets to have it all, and then i saw hugh jackman in person. and i was like, oh, no, i guess you could have it all, but there's none left because god
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gave it all to hugh. >> reporter: but if watching the 30-year-old on stage or screen makes it seem like her career success was a foregone conclusion, to hear taylor tomlinson tell it, it wasn't. >> i grew up super sheltered and very christian. so i didn't even really know what stand-up was until, like, middle school. >> reporter: tomlinson is a self-professed introvert who first got started with stand-up comedy at, of all places, her church. >> when i first started obviously i was very clean. i was 16 years old, very sheltered. i mean i hadn't dated. i hadn't had sex. like i hadn't done much of anything, and so i think the jokes i was doing were probably, a, pretty observational, and b, very self-deprecating, probably to a point where if might have been a little sad actually.
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>> i know that my friends both envy and pity me simultaneously, just like i envy and pity them. i know my friends look at me and go, yeah, i'd probably focus on work if i was all alone. and i'm like, i would probably have a bunch of kids in i had no talent. >> this special is different because it's me acknowledging the fact that i am a successful comedian, which felt sort of hard to say for a while, not that anyone made me feel that way. i just felt that way in my own heart. >> reporter: tomlinson lost her mother to cancer at the age of 8 and says as a teen, she used stand-up as an outlet for writing, performing, and eventually working through her grief. >> i started writing jokes about losing my mom when i was much younger, but they were very like hit or miss as far as how often they would work because i was doing them, you know, like on sunset friday night, and everybody is here like, we're
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here trying to get laid. can i say that? oops. >> i want to give that version of you a little side hug. >> reporter: those jokes eventually found their way into her second netflix special, "look at you". >> i know dead mom jokes make people uncomfortable. i know that. and if you are uncomfortable, i don't know what to say. you should have worked harder so it was you up here. >> reporter: few work as hard as tomlinson does or reveal as much in their comedy as she did when she shared a difficult diagnosis onstage. >> i'm so glad i know that i'm bipolar now. i mean i have the right meds. i got a mood ring. i'm handling it. but when i first found out, it was a very tough pill to swallow, and i've swallowed a lot of pills. because when you first find out something like that, you're like, oh, man, am i going to tell anybody? should i tell anybody? and if i do tell people, am i hot and/or talented enough to be
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an inspiration? >> reporter: all joking aside, her openness was an inspiration to many as has been her directness about how helpful therapy has been in her life. >> i really want to find out if i'm my therapist's favorite client. you can't just ask. i've tried. >> reporter: tomlinson's new show, after midnight, will feature herself and other comics riffing on the latest updates from a little place called the internet. she's hoping it's television's equivalent of comfort food. >> there will be memes, emojis, laughs, murder -- no. no! there's no murder. we will get that fix before we air. i don't know. murder is pretty hot right now. >> i'm naturally very introverted and it's something i've worked on a lot over the years. the thing i'm most nervous about is the social aspect of it and how many people i'm going to be
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interacting with and like being on in that way because that is a skill that doesn't come to me naturally. but, again, i feel like i'm in a place now where it is something that i am better at and want to continue keep getting better at. but it is the thing i'm most nervous about weirdly enough. >> reporter: but something that does seem to come to tomlinson naturally and that's served her both onstage and off is finding the humor in some of life's most difficult situations. >> if i can write a joke about something that was sad or hard or uncomfortable for me, it sort of neutralizes that event and makes me go, oh, that's a joke now. that's not a bad thing that happened. it's a joke. it makes me feel like i got something out of it, that i know you can't like hold a joke in your hands, but it has the same feeling because you can put it in a special or on a late-night special or even if it's just a clip on instagram. i'm so grateful that i have an outlet like stand-up to do that with.
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but you should go to therapy too. >> reporter: an introvert who goes onstage in front of thousands. a once sheltered kid who is now flying high in public without a net. taylor tomlinson might not have it all just yet -- >> oh, it moved! >> reporter: but she seems well on her way. >> "after midnight" airs right after the late show with stephen colbert
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how far would you go for a food festival? well, it's the latest thing in destination travel. wendy gillette took a tour. ♪ >> reporter: a band serenaded the crowd at casa docampo resort and villas first food and wine festival in the dominican republic a few months ago. drinks were flowing at the 7,000 acre resort which features a new spa and section overlooking one of three golf courses as
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celebrity chefs welcomed guests. food festivals are growing in popularity. one 2023 survey shows almost half of global consumers were likely to attend a food and drink festival over the next year, topping film, theater, music, or sporting events. one of the world's most exclusive food festivals, the cayman cookout here at the ritz-carlton grand cayman celebrated its 15th anniversary this past week with almost 100 events. ♪ the festival offered a lawn concert. ♪ and flowout parties by night with cooking demos and tastings by day overlooking the turquoise water along with catamaran tours and seemingly endless garnishes of caviar. it's the easily approachable chefs, including eric repair, emeril lagasse and his son, andrew zimmern, and jose andres that differentiate this event. among those offering a special
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rate. >> being in paradise and with a lot of people that you really enjoy for their food or talent and be interacting with them, it's rare. >> reporter: the sun may have set on year 15, but dates are already in place for next year over the mlk day weekend. wendy gillette, cbs news, grand cayman. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm erica brown. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. no rest from the harsh weather for oregon, which saw heavy ice storms overnight. tens of thousands of people lost power, and 47 miles of a major interstate were closed. the storm comes just days after extreme winter weather killed at least five people across the state. congressional tax committees announced a deal to expand the
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federal child tax credit on tuesday. the agreement increases the credit and makes more low-income families eligible while also expanding tax cuts for businesses. the deal still needs to be voted on. and late-night tv's newest host is here. "after midnight" with taylor tomlinson premiered on cbs and paramount+ tuesday night. more, news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shan le kaul, cbs news, n york. great people of iowa, thank you. we love you all. >> iowa was very good to us, but we are supefr excited to be here in new hampshire. >> we'll sweep to victory just like we did in florida. >> the republican race for president takes a new turn. >> thank you very much, everybody. >> what we're learning from donald trump's decisive victory in iowa. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."
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tonight donald trump fresh off his record-setting win in the iowa caucuses is now in new hampshire after a trip to a new york city courthouse. we're in new hampshire tonight, speaking with voters ahead of the next contest in the race for the republican nomination. and cbs's robert costa is here to discuss the road ahead for the remaining candidates. also tonight we're hearing for the first time the 911 calls that led to a two-week hospital stay for the secretary of defense, lloyd austin. hear his aide asking for secrecy. but we begin with the weather most of us are experiencing. more than 70% of the country is feeling a deep freeze. 17 people have died, and there's another storm coming. we have that forecast in a moment. major cities like new york and philadelphia are getting their biggest snowfalls in about two years, and even the florida panhandle had sleet. here in washington, a snow day with kids having a snowball fight on the national mall with the u.s. capitol in the back ground. and the dangerous weather around
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the country is leading to travel chaos. today alone, nearly 10,000 flights were either canceled or delayed. cbs's nikki battiste has been speaking with frustrated travelers at laguardia airport in new york. >> reporter: tonight the arctic blast along with high winds and blinding snow swept through the northeast. the extreme cold and snow forcing airlines to cancel or delay flights. at new york's laguardia airport, more than 200 cancellations since yesterday. >> how are you feeling? >> frustrated. i was crying down at baggage claim. >> i'm frustrated too. handling all of it has been really stressful. >> reporter: in nashville, a ground stop on monday left hundreds of passengers stuck on the tarmac, some for almost seven hours after de-icing trucks ran out of fuel. >> then we were left to wait and not knowing what was coming there. >> reporter: it's a mess throughout the midwest. at chicago's o'hare airport, negative 20-degree windchills are hampering operations. roxana saberi is there.
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>> reporter: two of the biggest airlines told cbs news the cold here is taking a toll on equipment, batteries, and staff who have to work outside. but winter weather elsewhere is also leading to delays and cancellations here. trouble on the rails too as crews in chicago worked through the night setting fire to train tracks to get rid of ice buildup. and some tesla drivers are struggling to charge their vehicles, saying the cold is draining their batteries. >> i've been here for over five hours at this point. >> reporter: the south is also getting hit with unusually frigid conditions. icy roads wreaking havoc in alabama. this semi slipping and sliding along the highway. in houston, there's been more than 100 ice-related accidents since midnight. back on the east coast, cities like new york, philadelphia, and washington, d.c. saw their first significant snowfall in more than 700 days. along with those cancellations
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here at laguardia airport, there have also been nearly 500 delays, leaving many travelers stuck here overnight. a group of women stranded for their second night told me they are tired and frustrated, but they say weather is weather. norah. >> i'd be frustrated too. nikki battiste, thank you so much. well, the snow and cold we are feeling now will soon move offshore, but yet another cross-country storm is right on its heels. for the forecast, let's bring in weather channel meteorologist mike bettes. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. that's right. we've got accumulating snow in i-95 corridor territory here, meaning that a lot of us picked up our first one inch snow in years but it's now on the way out, exiting up through maine here. places like new hampshire and vermont get a little bit of light snow to go but everything is gone by tomorrow morning's commute. however, the cold air does remain entrenched here. very cold windchills overnight. they go all the way down to the gulf coast. in the west, it's all about winter storm indigo and the ice here. ice right along i-5 from washington back down through
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oregon. power outages and significant travel delays anticipated. now, parts of that system combine with another one up in canada late in the week. when it does, it takes aim at the ohio valley and the northeast. what that means is continuing snow thursday through the weekend. >> mike bettes, thank you. the u.s. navy is still searching tonight for two navy s.e.a.l.s lost at sea during a mission to stop iranian weapons from making it to yemen. and we are just learning what their team found. missile parts bound for the houthi rebels. and tonight the biden administration is reversing itself and is expected to redesignate the group a terrorist organization. and it comes on the same day that the u.s. military carried out a third round of strikes on the houthis. cbs's charlie d'agata has the latest now on this widening conflict. >> reporter: the assault of gaza continued today, but israel's fight against hamas has triggered a dramatic escalation in attacks across the region.
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off the coast of yemen, new video shows iranian-backed houthis in a song and dance with new recruits aboard the "galaxy leader" cargo ship seized back in november. now turned into part trophy, part floating amusement park off the coast of yemen, and a propaganda tool used to make a mockery of the american-led threats. but following last week's u.s./uk bombardment, those threats turned to action again. the u.s. military says fighter jets struck four anti-ship ballistic missiles preparing to launch from houthi territory in yemen. barely 24 hours after an attack on a u.s.-operated cargo ship, a greek-owned ship was struck today by a houthi missile in the red sea. near the coast of somalia, the u.s. military released these new images. iranian-supplied warheads and missile parts confiscated from this ship headed to houthi
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militants in yemen in an operation in which two navy s.e.a.l.s were lost at sea. at the world economic forum in davos, switzerland, white house national security adviser jake sullivan said this goes beyond a regional problem. >> this is a global challenge. we're talking about a vital artery of global commerce, a critical maritime choke point that's being held hostage. >> reporter: despite u.s.-led attempts, the houthis say they'll keep hitting that choke point as long as israel keeps hitting gaza, and there's no sign tonight of either of those battles coming to an end anytime soon. the israeli military has been withdrawing a significant amount of troops out of northern gaza, but, norah, we went to that border today. we saw the iron dome in action, intercepting hamas rockets even as israeli soldiers pulled back. >> really interesting. charlie d'agata, thank you very much. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." turning now to our other top story, the race for the republican nomination. with the iowa caucuses in the history books, the remaining candidates are moving on to next week's new hampshire primary. but before returning to the campaign trail, front-runner donald trump took a detour to attend day one of the defamation
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trial against him in new york where he's accused of spreading lies about the woman he's been found liable of sexually abusing. caitlin huey-burns is at the site of a trump rally in atkinson, new hampshire. >> reporter: fresh off a resounding victory in iowa, former president donald trump went straight to a manhattan courtroom, where he faces writer e. jean carroll in a defamation suit against him. trump's legal woes have bolstered his campaign among republican voters. in iowa, 65% of caucus-goers said he would still be fit for the presidency even if he were convicted of a crime. and in new hampshire, supporters who stood in line in the snow to see him say numerous trials don't bother them. >> i think all of it's a distraction. >> his policy is so important to me and what he's going to do for the country, i can overlook that. >> reporter: new hampshire catapulted trump to the nomination in 2016 after a loss in the iowa caucuses. this time around, nikki haley is hoping for similar redemption
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here, tapping the state's independent or undeclared voters, who make up more than 39% of the electorate. >> i believe the new hampshire primary is going to be far more indicative of the general election, and nikki is going to resonate with undeclared voters like myself. >> we've been here for 11 months. we've done 75-plus town halls, answering every question, shaking every hand. >> you've described this as a two-person race between yourself and donald trump. does that mean you need to take the case more aggressively to donald trump? >> yes. it's about the differences between trump and with me, and i'll tell you, look, we don't want two 80-year-olds to be our options. >> reporter: ron desantis is still campaigning despite finishing 30 points behind trump in second place in iowa. the florida governor went to haley's home turf in south carolina, trying to blunt her momentum. >> she's not going to win new hampshire either. donald trump obviously won a good victory, but, you know, half the people wanted somebody else. >> reporter: in the last three
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competitive republican presidential primaries here in new hampshire, the winner went on to win the eventual party nomination. and donald trump is taking nothing for granted. he's expected to campaign here in new hampshire nearly every day this week. norah. >> caitlin huey-burns at that rally tonight. thank you. let's bring in cbs's chief election campaign correspondent robert costa. robert, a blowout for donald trump in iowa. what does this mean now for nikki haley, ron desantis? does nikki haley get more aggressive? >> she might get more aggressive, but this is a make or break week for ambassador haley. with the debate now canceled this week, she's going to lose an opportunity to generate traction in new hampshire. debates have been the way she's gotten so far in this race to become someone who is close to being the runner-up to trump in a lot of these polls. but now can she really get a coalition of independents, democrats, and traditional republicans? that's an open question, and she doesn't have a big moment on the calendar at this point. >> last night donald trump, in his victory speech in iowa, was conciliatory.
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he was talking about bringing people together. an intentional shift? >> it's a message, but it's also a strategy. talking to trump's top advisers today, they say they're pushing the whole republican party to coalesce. they want this race over, norah. they don't want desantis lingering. they don't want haley in this race up until super tuesday. they believe with his commanding victory in iowa, he can now storm ahead in new hampshire, and south carolina is no guarantee for ambassador haley. it's become trump country since she was governor. >> you point that out about new hampshire. even if nikki haley were to have a good primary there in new hampshire, a win or a close second, then south carolina, but then march 5th is super tuesday. doesn't it get nearly impossible for any challenger to donald trump then? >> the window is very much closing for ambassador haley, but some of the biggest republican donors in the country tell me they're ready to pour millions behind haley's campaign. the challenge for her is this is a transformed republican party despite january 6th, despite trump's legal challenges. she's not taking them on because she knows most republican voters
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don't care. >> all right. robert costa following the heartbeat of this campaign. thank you so much. >> thank you. well, tonight we're getting our first listen to the 911 call for an ambulance to transport defense secretary lloyd austin to walter reed national military medical center. the caller is heard asking the operator for no lights and no siren on the ambulance because, quote, we're trying to remain a little subtle. now, this adds more questions to what the pentagon was trying to hide about the defense secretary's illness. cbs's weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> reporter: tonight the 911 call just obtained by cbs news reveals an aide to secretary of defense lloyd austin asked the dispatcher to keep the emergency discreet. >> can i ask can the ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? we're trying to remain a little subtle.
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>> yeah, i understand. yeah, usually when they turn into a residential neighborhood, they'll turn them off. but they're required by law on the main street. >> reporter: the operator then asks for details about austin's condition. >> did he pass out, or does he feel like he's going to pass out? >> uh, no. >> reporter: austin was taken to the hospital on new year's day with an infection that stemmed from complications after surgery to treat prostate cancer just over two weeks earlier. in a statement, austin's doctor said he had severe pain in his leg, hip, and abdomen. >> i'm just curious. if we need them to take him to walter reed medical, is that a possibility? >> let them know that when they get there. like i said, i'm noting all this in the call. >> reporter: the 911 call adds to questions about why president biden did not find out about austin's hospitalization for three days. neither did his deputy, who had taken over austin's duties while she was on vacation in puerto rico. despite calls for austin's resignation, the president says he's not considering firing him. >> do you have confidence in
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secretary austin? >> i do. >> was it a lapse in judgment for him not to tell you earlier? >> yes. >> reporter: tonight the pentagon has not responded to our request for a comment about that 911 call. the inspector general, though, continues to investigate why it took austin so long to disclose his hospitalization. norah. >> weijia jiang at the white house, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" wi
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the man accused in the serial killings of three women on new york's long island was back in court today. 60-year-old rex heuermann was formally indicted for the murder of a fourth woman, who was just 25 years old, after dna testing linked him to the crime. that's not the only evidence that prosecutors laid out today in a lengthy and startling document. cbs's carolyn gusoff was inside the courtroom. >> i was only 7 years old when my mother was murdered. >> reporter: today prosecutors announced suspected serial killer rex heuermann will face an additional murder charge for the 2007 death of maureen brainard-barnes. investigators say dna from discarded pizza crust and burner phone evidence tied him to the three other murders. prosecutors say law enforcement seized hundreds of electronic devices from heuermann's home and business, which revealed disturbing google searches. heuermann has pleaded not guilty
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to the murders. >> you're talking about a gentleman who has never been arrested before, and he's claiming he didn't do this. >> reporter: brainard-barnes' body was tied with a belt, stamped with initials which the d.a. says could have belonged to one of heuermann's relatives. hair on the belt was allegedly linked to heuermann's wife through dna. investigators followed his daughter on the long island railroad and collected a discarded energy drink can to connect heuermann to brainard-barnes according to newly released court documents. >> to see all of the types of searches that he did on the internet and the topics that are listed one by one by one, it is rare indeed to find that kind of detail. so you know that the government has circumstantial evidence, but they have plenty of it. >> reporter: prosecutors say that heuermann -- that evidence shows that heuermann's wife and
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daughter were out of town when all four of the murders took place. the d.a. adds that the grand jury will continue to review evidence in the six still unsolved murders along gilgo beach. norah. >> yeah, those were such disturbing details to learn today. carolyn gusoff, thank you. a 10-year-old boy is bitten by a shark in the bahamas. by a shark in the bahamas. we've got the details ne my frequent heartburn had me taking antacid after antacid all day long but with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours. for one and done heartburn relief, prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common.
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finally tonight, cbs's meg oliver with two new jersey brothers who turned public service into a family calling. i'm in charge of gibbstown, new jersey. >> over here? >> over here to my left. >> and you? >> paulsboro, new jersey, to our
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right. >> reporter: meet the giovannitti brothers, newly elected mayors of neighboring towns in south jersey. this is the first term for john and the second for vince. growing up in a family of seven kids, they're used to sharing. >> what was it like sharing a bedroom with three brothers? >> at times it was crazy. >> reporter: both democrats now sharing the same job title. >> we're just a real nice classic american town. >> the towns are intertwined. we go to their church, and so it's all connected in a positive way. >> reporter: the sons of a local butcher and homemaker saw their family support the community. >> whether it's a church, a senior citizens club, and i think when you're growing up, you see that community service, and you feel like, well, that's part of what we were taught, and we have to do it. >> my three favorites over here. >> reporter: that spirit of brotherly love is what they hope to give back to these two tiny towns. >> which town is better? >> it's a tie. >> yeah, it's a tie. >> what does it mean to you? >> it's special.
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i think it's real special for our families, for our dad and relatives in heaven who are sitting and watching us. they would be proud us. >> reporter: meg oliver in new jersey. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. no rest from the harsh weather for oregon, which saw heavy ice storms overnight. tens of thousands of people lost power, and 47 miles of a major interstate were closed. the storm comes just days after extreme winter weather killed at least five people across the state. congressional tax committees announced a deal to expand the
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federal child tax credit on tuesday. the agreement increases the credit and makes more low-income families eligible while also expanding tax cuts for businesses. the deal still needs to be voted on. and late-night tv's newest host is here. "after midnight" with taylor tomlinson premiered on cbs and paramount+ tuesday night. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. it's wednesday, january 17th, 2024. this is the "cbs morning news." the republican race for president heats up. fresh off his big win in iowa, donald trump and his two rivals descend on new hampshire with the primary less than one week away. no rest for the winter weary. as much of the country grapples with subfreezing temperatures, snow and ice, a new storm is moving in.

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