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lehue ei'i lost their home of 20 years. >> how difficult has the last year been for you? >> having so much courage. trying to be focused. you know, we've got some good days, some bad days. >> reporter: insurance and a federal loan will help cover the cost to rebuild. but with a construction shortage it's been difficult to even get the blueprints required for a permit. when do you hope to break ground on your new home? >> we have no idea. >> reporter: crews have cleared about 95% of the 2,200 structures leveled in lahaina. but only 47 permits have been approved. >> what do you see when you look through here? >> i just see change. >> reporter: glenn and lehuai'i's daughter shannon, a community advocate who lost her home too, says rebuilding must include restoring lahaina's wetlands. >> the reason we actually got to this magnitude of a fire is because of our infrastructure, because of the way our land was. there was no water. >> reporter: a report released by hawaii's attorney general in april found the warming effects of climate change combined with
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population growth turned a lush paradise into a tinderbox. >> this historic map from the 1800s you see all of this water. before the fire in lahaina, how much of this water was actually there? >> nothing. >> reporter: native keomoku kapu has been tasked by the state to keep it flowing. do you think the days of using groundwater for golf courses, for resorts are over? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. definitely. >> reporter: historic front street, long threatened by rising sea levels, could also be transformed according to governor green. >> a lot of people are nostalgic. and they grew up with that front street of restaurants and beautiful views. suffice it to say there are going to be beautiful views and there's going to be a vibrant economy. but things do change. >> reporter: for now helping the displaced is the short-term priority. the governor welcomed residents into new housing units on wednesday. >> there will be thousands of homes built now. these houses are some of the first houses that are built. >> reporter: there are also plans to convert vacation rentals into homes.
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but critics say that could hurt tourism, which has already dropped 22%. today difficult discussions about the future are on hold as lahaina reflects on all that was lost. >> it's been a year, but the emotion is still very raw. >> mm-hmm. yes. >> it's going to bring back a lot of emotion, especially for my wife. i always try to hide my emotions. but when i -- looking at her -- always. i want her to be happy. that's my main thing. keep my wife happy. >> that was jonathan vigliotti on maui. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.
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but rest assured 29-year-old jeffrey louis is only warming up. b-boy jeffrey, from houston, is one of four athletes to represent team usa at the 2024 paris olympics, where breakdancing, or simply breaking will make its olympic debut. how did you get introduced to breaking? >> it was my brother. my brother, he was the one, he was learning in middle school. and i was 10 years old. he would come back home and he would just teach me all the moves that he was learning while he was in the class. and that's kind of what got me into it. >> somebody from another country is seeing this for the first time on the olympic stage. they're going to say is it dance? what is it? what would you say it is? >> it's a dance. it's an art. it's a sport. it's all internal, though. it's creative. breaking is a mixture of self-expression.
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you have your artistic influences and you have that athleticism put into it as well. but ultimately it's just you. it's just true to you. >> reporter: the expressive dance born on the streets of new york in the 1970s has come a long way from its birthplace in the bronx. dancers were called b-boys and b-girls. and the pastime exploded on the scene in parks and warehouses across the city. richard colon, aka crazy legs, was one of new york's original b-boys. >> the term breaking comes from the percussive part of the record. ♪ which we, or people before me started to call the break. they would say b-boys, are you ready? b-girls, are you ready? and then you knew, oh, they're about to throw the break beats on. we're about to get busy. we're about to battle. and i'm trying to make a name for myself. i need to beat him or look good
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losing. >> reporter: 50 years later the acrobatic dance is now officially an olympic sport, one that b-boy jeffro helped break down for us. >> how is it scored? >> well, there's no points. >> oh. >> so it's a comparative system. >> wow. >> there's no way to i guess objectify art. so this is the closest thing we have. there's musicality, execution, vocabulary, technique, and originality. so within those five after you do your round the bar moves, who was more musical, who was more technical, who had more vocabulary. >> it seems like a dance tug of war. >> basically. >> reporter: breaking has become like a second language to louis and the three other athletes representing team usa. victor montalvo, sunny choi, and logan edra, who will battle it out with their opponents to music that's selected by a dj on the fly. >> when you step out on the
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floor, what changes? >> if the music's on, everything changes. >> really? >> yeah. because i just want to be that image, that visual for the song. so i'm connecting with the music and trying to figure out what's the first thing that comes to my mind, what is that feeling, and then how do i tell a story within that? >> reporter: i dabbled in breakdancing as a kid back in texas. >> boom. bring it back. >> reporter: b-boy jeffro offered me a refresher on how to get started with some top rock moves. >> cross-step. >> reporter: and i quickly caught on. >> i'm not going to be on the olympic team. >> reporter: while it's the first time we'll be seeing breaking at the olympics, louis hopes it's not the last. the international olympic committee says breaking will not return for the 2028 los angeles summer games as sports like baseball and softball will rotate in. that means this year the pressure is on for breaking to throw down. what would you tell your
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10-year-old self about where you are now? >> just have no expectations but give it your all. because i feel like expectation hurts. it hurts whenever you fall short of something. but give it your all and you'll find yourself doing things that you would never imagine. ♪ >> reporter: like being an olympian. omar villafranca in houston, texas. in other sporting news there is a new program to train women in the art of motorcycle racing. kris van cleave spoke with one of the rising stars. >> reporter: topping 100 miles an hour, mikayla moore is making a name for herself in a sport overwhelmingly dominated by men. coming off an undefeated season last year, the 20-year-old from maryland is turning a lot of helmets in the motor sport world. >> growing up, my dad always wanted me to just stand out in any way that i could. and so i guess racing was one of
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the sports that i could stand out in. >> reporter: she rode her first motorcycle at 6 and entered her first race at 8. her dreams of being a professional were jumpstarted when she was accepted into the build train race program. a class of competitive motorcycle racing added by motor america four years ago. it's basically a two-year boot camp aimed at bringing women into racing. >> in this sport currently right now there is not someone that looks like me in terms of female that i can look up to. and so i'm the first to do it in terms of being young and i'm hoping to inspire the next generation. >> reporter: btr provides about a dozen women a year with a bike they build themselves, sponsors and resources to run up to ten races a year. how important is this program, do you think, to opening that door? >> i think it's very important because the best thing about the build train race program is it's a full team, so we have a truck driver, we have the mechanics and also you have the ladies that are under the tent. everyone's happy to see each other. everyone's there for each other.
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so it just gives women the comfortability to feel comfortable in the space of racing. >> if you want to do it you've just got to take that first step and do it, you know? >> reporter: melissa paris runs the mp-13 racing team and has served as a mentor to the btr program. >> there's not many sports where a woman request can compete head to head with a man. this is one of the few. and i love that about it. >> reporter: as a coach and an owner when you look over there and see a tent full of women how does that make you feel? >> it's great. i do want to see women winning races, winning championships and the only way we're going to do that is getting more women to start it. >> reporter: motor sport and its organizer moto america is the second most watched vehicle racing platform in the u.s. trailing only nascar. the audience for its seven classes of racing is 93% men, something btr is trying to change. and bringing more women to the sport is a huge growth
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opportunity, says motor america's chief operating officer chuck axlund. >> every event you'll see a crowd around the build train race. it's unique. unique type of motorcycle. it's a unique program. the women have done a great job with it. >> so how fast does this go? >> i think i would say the fastest i took this up to was about 110. >> 110. >> yes. >> that's pretty fast. >> very fast for the 650 right here. >> reporter: and her bright pink bike is definitely very hard to miss. but that's the point. just being visible brought this family to the btr tent. one little girl was getting her first up-close look at what could be the future of motor sport. just don't blink because mikayla moore is going so fast you might miss her. i'm kris van cle tina zimmerman: five years ago, i reconnected
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with my estranged father, and that's just something i never ever thought could happen. but when he became a believer, he just had this insatiable appetite to learn the bible, and he began to watch dr. stanley. dr. stanley: god always blesses obedience without an exception. tina: he teaches in a way that it just makes sense, and i feel like that's the way our heavenly father would teach us.
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the covid pandemic has long passed, but the damage it did to businesses across the nation continues to linger. a restaurant owner in california, for example, was just about to close up shop when his neighbors came to the rescue. danya bacchus has this tasty story. >> we've got a few racks of beef short ribs we've got to cook. >> reporter: the scent of brad cooper's smoked meats has lingered in the air in lemon grove, california for more than a decade. >> call them sweetbacks. >> reporter: he started coop's west texas barbecue to bring a taste of the food he loves to the west coast. > i put everything i had into the business. >> reporter: but he says the last few years have been a struggle. >> '23 was probably the worst year that we had ever faced.
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in all our years. and 2024 wasn't starting out any better. >> reporter: with the rising cost of food and slow business, brad says he just couldn't keep up. he was ready to close his doors for good until the community stepped up in a way he wasn't expecting. >> anytime anybody ask me what i do for barbecue, it's here. >> reporter: myesha williams is one of the restaurant's loyal customers. >> i saw the sign that they were closing, and in that moment i just kind of started to -- i literally shed tears. i was like, this place is monumental. >> reporter: when she and others found out coop's was closing, they weren't going to let it go without one last taste. >> it was crazy. i mean, it was a line from the door all the way out to the street. >> reporter: the weekend coop's was set to close ended up being the best sales weekend the restaurant ever had. >> i just kind of put my head down and tears just started coming out. and when i came up i was like where y'all been? >> reporter: brad now runs a weekend-only operation.
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and though he admits his financial struggles aren't over, the outpouring from the community has allowed him to continue to fire up the pit and smell what he hopes is longevity. danya bacchus, cbs news, lemon grove, california. >> you can almost taste that food through the tv. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you the news continues. for others tune in later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online 24/7 at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm carissa lawson. ♪
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hello and thanks for staying up with us. i'm carris sa lawson in new york. here are some of the top stories on "cbs news roundup." former president donald trump lashes out at his opponent, vice president kamala harris, but agrees to a debate. debby continues ravaging the east coast, leaving a deadly tornado, flooding rains and swollen rivers in its wake. and police say the suspects planning to attack taylor swift concerts were inspired by isis. vice president kamala harris and minnesota governor tim walz continued their tour of battleground states, delivering remarks before auto workers in detroit, michigan. meanwhile, former president donald trump fielded questions from the media and agreed to debate harris next month. cbs's skyler henry reports from washington. >> i'm glad that he's finally agreed to a debate. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump have agreed to hold their first debate on september 10th, with additional debates possible. >> she's barely competent.
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and she can't do an interview. but i look forward to the debates because i think we have to set the record straight. >> reporter: trump, who has been off the campaign trail this week, made the announcement during a press conference from his mar-a-lago resort, where he dismissed harris's momentum. >> the honeymoon period's going to -- look, she's got a little period. she's got a convention coming up. it's about policy. it's not about her. >> reporter: and compared her recent campaign crowd sizes to his own, including the one he drew on the day of the january 6th capitol attack. >> if you look at martin luther king when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at the picture of his crowd and my crowd, we actually had more people. >> reporter: on day 3 of their battleground state tour -- >> we want dignity for all people. >> reporter: -- vice president harris and her running mate, minnesota governor tim walz spent an extra day in michigan speaking to members of the united auto workers in detroit. >> we know that unions built the middle class. the rest of america has to. you know who doesn't believ that? donald trump.
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>> reporter: union president sean fain also addressed the crowd. >> donald trump calls me stupid. you know why? because he thinks auto workers are stewed. >> reporter: harris and walz are set to rally supporters in the border state of arizona friday, while former president trump holds a fund-raiser and campaign event in montana. skyler henry, cbs news, washington. cbs news has obtained new bodycam video of the moment local police confronted the would-be assassin just before he opened fire on former president donald trump in pennsylvania last month. here you can see an officer with the butler township police department signaling for a boost to check out the roof where we now know the gunman was positioned. the officer grabs on to the ledge, hanging on for about two seconds before he spots the gunman, drops down, and runs for help. a secret service sniper shot and killed the gunman seconds after he opened fire. debby is now a tropical
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depression, but it is still unleashing powerful winds, torrential rains and dangerous flooding. the national hurricane center warns that as the storm moves north regions from north carolina through virginia and up to vermont should expect flooding. tornadoes spawned by debby created havoc in north carolina, leveling homes and claiming the life of one person. a total of at least seven people have died since debby first came ashore in florida. cbs's cristian benavides reports from a tornado-damaged town about 50 miles east of raleigh. >> we are having a lot of flooding down here. so please pray for us. >> reporter: at 10:00 p.m. on wednesday market on main shop owner emily dowless got a call from the fire department her business was flooding. she rushed over and took this video. >> pray that this water will subside and we can salvage some stuff. >> it was no flooding whatsoever last night and then within 30 minutes it was coming in our
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door. so it happened very quickly. >> reporter: bladenboro, north carolina is a one-stoplight town and dowless's family store is among at least five that flooded. they spent the day cleaning up. >> this is our family's livelihood. so we have a lot of employees and different families that depend on this business. and so it means a lot. >> it is at your door in minutes. >> reporter: across the street mark hester, owner of the medicine shop, the only pharmacy in town, is doing the same thing after being up all night. >> it's a business that we need to keep running. we can't just shut it down because people are going to be needing their medicines here pretty soon. >> reporter: statewide, tens of thousands are in the dark. >> water is up to their shins. they are holding on to a limb right now. >> reporter: but there was a ray of light in raleigh today. three children trying to cross a rushing creek were nearly swept away when emergency crews saved them after another child called
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911. within minutes they were reunited with their parents. >> he held on to a branch and then it broke and then he slid down and he held on. and then we just one at a time fell again. >> reporter: at least three tornadoes from the storm were reported in north carolina. in lupama just east of raleigh one of those tornadoes ripped off the roof and tore away the walls of this middle school. the flood threat in north carolina continues into next week, and right here where we're at we're still under a tornado watch. cristian benavides, cbs news, lucamba, north carolina. well, the suspect who was planning an attack outside the taylor swift concert in vienna, austria told investigators he was prepared to die with the intent to kill as many fans as possible. more from cbs's nicole sganga. >> welcome to the eras tour. >> reporter: the world's highest-grossing tour in music
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history stopped in its tracks by a terror threat. authorities say this 19-year-old suspect pledged allegiance to the islamic state last month and planned to pose as police driving a bomb-filled car into crowds outside the stadium before attacking fans with knives. austria's interior minister called the situation serious, saying "a tragedy was prevented." police say they combed through the teen's home and found machetes, knives, timers and explosives. they also found bomb-making materials, according to a source familiar with the investigation, plus an emergency siren. investigators believed that device would be used to get through security with suspects disguised as law enforcement. also in custody a 17-year-old alleged accomplice who was working for a contractor at the concert venue. throngs of fans took to the streets in solidarity.
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♪ the players gonna play play play play play ♪ would-be concertgoers shaking it off, giving friendship bracelets to police officers. even without the shows austria's taylor nation still singing her lyrics in defiance. ♪ as for the finale of swift's european tour, set for wembley stadium in london next week, the shows will go on. british authorities say there's no indication of any threat to her uk performances. nicole sganga, cbs news, washington. >> devoted fans. well, straight ahead on "cbs news roundup," ukrainian forces news roundup," ukrainian forces taking the fight to the enemy, around adhd there is tremendous ignorance. most people are not aware of the positives. can't sit still, disorganized, can't focus. (montage of voices) annoying, lazy, stupid, you can't make it, you never listen, you don't clean your room...
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when actually i'm one of millions. stars are all around us. it's time for them to shine. only one in five people with disabilities, including those with autism, are employed. why? outdated stigmas and beliefs. so, let us make it easy ... this is a job for someone with autism. so is this. that job? also perfect. introducing win by autism speaks. we help businesses lead the way in inclusive hiring. yes ... these are all jobs for someone with autism. to learn more, go to autismspeaks.org/win this is "cbs news roundup." i'm carissa lawson in new york.
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moscow is calling up its reserves to join the battle against ukrainian troops who are on the offensive inside russia. the battle has been going on for four days. the ukrainians attacking with about 1,000 troops along with tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and swarms of drones. reports say ukrainians now control more than 100 square miles of russian territory. vladimir putin calls it a major provocation and evacuations have been ordered. ian lee has the story. >> reporter: ukraine is taking the fight into russia. this video posted on social media allegedly shows its forces pouring over the border while another on a pro-ukrainian account appears to show russian soldiers surrendering in large numbers. moscow is scrambling to block the advance with artillery and airstrikes. russia's top general tries to project an image of control, telling president vladimir putin "the offensive of 1,000
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ukrainian troops has been halted." on the ground a stunned russian man tells the camera the fighting has damaged everything in his village. the white house says it wants to know kyiv's end game. >> we are going to continue to stay focused on making sure they have what they need to defend themselves against russia's aggression. >> reporter: ukraine is targeting russia's kursk region, far away from the main front lines in the east and south. the two-year-old war has ground to a stalemate. moscow throws wave after wave at ukrainian defenses, making small but costly gains. meanwhile, russian missiles continue to rain down on ukrainian cities. on tuesday one damaged a clinic in kharkiv. ukraine hopes the recently delivered f-16 fighter jets can protect its skies and help turn the tide of the war. we've reached out to ukrainian officials. so far they're not commenting on the advance into russia.
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storm debby continue to lash the east coast, bringing torrential rain, flash floods and tornadoes. but the heavy rain and cloud cover is also bringing down temperatures. all the way up through new england. in other parts of the country 63 million americans are coping with excessive heat. with the real feel index up to 110 degrees. and millions of them have to go to work outside. david schechter reports on proposed protections for these workers. >> sometimes it's a little hectic. >> reporter: spend a day with chef edwin sandoval in denver and you can't help asking stop? >> i love it, to be honest with you. it's so much different than being in a traditional brick and mortar restaurant. >> reporter: chef edwin has two events ahead of him, a 16-hour day, and it's going to be hot. >> are you feeling good about today? everything ready to go? >> i feel fantastic. >> it's always like that, a little bit of aspect of kind of being like foggy. i think it's so hot and your body's trying to adjust to the
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temperature. >> reporter: on board it's 102 degrees and even hotter in front of the grill. he let me feel the heat for myself. >> go ahead and take the spatula. we're just going to turn around the chicken. >>t is hot in this kitchen. >> yeah. >> have you ever just felt like this is overwhelming? >> you know, i think consistently. i think there's just like to a point where you realize that there's a discomfort in working in kitchens. >> reporter: chef edwin regularly rotates his workers off the grill and carries plenty of water and gatorade on board. and while five states have laws in place protecting workers from excessive heat, for decades there have been no federal protections. but that might be changing. this summer the biden administration proposed new rules that would protect 36 million workers at 80 degrees there would be access to drinking water and rest areas and at 90 degrees mandatory 15-minute work breaks every two hours.
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their proposed safety standards would cover most private sector jobs like restaurant, construction, warehouse and delivery. some big trade groups like the american farm bureau federation oppose the new rules. in a statement it writes, "this rule is another one size fits all regulation that fails to account for diverse regional differences." >> i think they absolutely will make an impact on the lives of workers. >> reporter: jill rossen that'll is an advocate for worker health and safety. she says the proposal can be good for both workers and employers. >> you can reduce worker compensation claims, reduce health care costs. if you consider the productivity losses that employers are facing, it shouldn't be much of a lift. >> how can we keep staff the happiest and healthy and the safest while working for me? but then also i have to sit there with the same logic and say how can i make this financially responsible on my end? >> reporter: across the country 7 out of 10 communities now
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experience at least seven more extremely hot days each year than they did in 1970. in denver, for example, it's 27 days. in seattle it's 14 days. and in detroit it's 10. the increases are driven by the way we emit heat-trapping gases that cause climate change. >> what a day, guys. what a day. >> you're dealing with this extreme heat throughout the day. >> extra long day, huh? >> yeah. i can feel it in my joints. >> reporter: working in the heat takes its toll. and tomorrow he'll do it all and tomorrow he'll do it all over after cooking a delicious knorr chicken cheddar broccoli recipe you will want to close your delivery apps. because nothing beats a perfect combo of sweet tomatoes, and smooth silky zucchini. make your own knorr taste combo. it's not fast food, but it's so good.
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only brands on store shelves that's 100% founder-owned. the simple and natural recipes inspired by the ice cream he made while working on a pennsylvania farm during childhood summers. >> what did ice cream mean to you as a kid? >> ice cream was like the end of a great day. if i was working on a farm it was end of the day and it was a great memory. so when i got older, ice cream took me back to those really special times. it's a great medium to take people to a different place. >> reporter: and sometimes a different path in life. before his adventures in dairy nesrani worked in the fast-paced world of finance, rising to the role of cfo at a manhattan firm. but the dream of dessert always beckoned. >> when i started the hobby of making ice cream, it was at 11:00 at night, leaving a stressful situation of a company to turn around and making these batches of ice cream in my apartment just to relax. >> what are your co-workers telling you? >> this is really good, paul, you've got to do something. they were really encouraging it. because they were eating it
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every day. this is great, paul. nobody said quit your job. >> like why is the accountant giving us ice cream every single day? >> in a way for sure. look, i left a very stable, steady regular career. but there was something inside that was like you've got to get up and go outside. >> reporter: after spontaneously purchasing an ice cream machine at an auction in 2004, nesrani's hobby flourished into a passion with purpose. creating tastes that sparked something beyond the scoop. like kashmiri halwah featuring south african spices. and kofi pistachio cardamom, a nod to a frozen dessert in india, his father's homeland. one of his most beloved flavors, syrian date and walnut, was inspired by the syrian refugee crisis and helped raise more than $30,000 to support aid services. >> is there a mission behind your flavors? >> there is. i mean, it's storytelling. so some are storytelling for my own family experiences or from things we've been through that we're just like these are great
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inspirational pieces about where we've been and maybe it will transport someone there, maybe they'll wish to go there. food shared across i atable can bring people together. >> you source really straight from the farm. i mean, truly. >> that's why we're here. this milk leaves the farm and in less than 20 hours it turns into ice cream. being close to those ingredients makes a great product. >> reporter: he credits the brand's 14 unique flavors to their very official research and development team. >> there it is. look at that. >> reporter: nesrani's wife simi and their sons khalil and tile. >> it needs more flavor but it's really good. >> definitely needs more. >> this is where we produce everything. >> reporter: back at the dairy farm nesrani gave us an opportunity to join in on the fun and mix our own concoction. >> we've never had this many chips in anything. this won't be a cost-effective product. >> but it's going to taste so good. >> it's going to be good. >> reporter: using his original machine that started it all. >> let's see how this flavor comes out. we'll have to have a name for
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it. >> fancy nancy. >> the fancy nancy. >> look how fresh this is. thank you. >> so conclusion-i think maybe we have to figure out how to package it. >> i think so. if i get royalties out of this. >> reporter: with a career this fulfilling it's easy to see why 20 years later nesrani's dream job has only gotten sweeter with time. >> what should people who are sitting around thinking i have this dream, what should they take away from what you've been through? >> i think the first is that nothing's impossible. it's never, ever too late. so i think if you're called to do something and you feel it you can't wait for some other event to make your event happen. >> that was nancy chen with that sweet story from boonville, new york. you're watching "cbs news roundu "
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