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distribution] in minneapolis this morning, police and firefighters tore down a protest encampment outside a police station. the protesters had been there almost three weeks. later in the day, they demonstrated at city hall over the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer. at issue is whether the suspect was handcuffed when he was shot. the u.s. military is looking for
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today, defense secretary ash carter ordered the armed forces to open all combat jobs to women. he said any woman who meets the standard should be allowed to serve on the frontlines and in special forces. all branches have until january 1s1sto submit plans for the historic change. a south african appeals court today found oscar pistorius guilty of murder. throwing out his conviction on the lesser charge of manslaughtht. pistorius, the olympic athlete known as "the blade runner," shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. he served just a year on his original conviction. he could face 15 when he's resentenced next year. in a moment, explaining violence to children when we struggle to understand it ourselves. a woman is having a heart attack? chest pain, like there's a ton of weight on your chest. severe shortness of breath. unexplained nausea.
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we end tonight with a estion that parents are asking -- what do we tell our children about the steady stream of violence that we feel powerless to stop? innocent boys and girls, who trust us to keep them safe. here's elaine quijano. >> reporter: like many parents, sharon marcus is worried about how to talk to her six and seven-year old daughtersrsbout yet another mass shooting. >> i'm put in this position of having to always know the right thing to say, and it's so much pressure. bubui just try to do my best. >> reporter: in the last month alone, dozens have been killed in places most consider safe. at a concert, a cafe, an office holiday party. we watcheded father in paris try to calm his young son's fears
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telling him about the goodness of flowers. >> reporter: but m my parents are struggling to explain this emerging new reality to their children. child psychiatrist harold koplewicz. >> i think it's perfectly normal to want to shield our kids from grief and from pain, and so while it's counterintuitite, i think it's very important that parents take the lead in breaking the news when something bad happens to their kids. >> reporter: koplewicz advises parents to reassure their children that they are safe anan loved, explain that violent events are rare, and calmly review safety plans. when bad things happen, sharon marcus and her h hband david choose to emphasize the good. >> i can't stop living and i can't stop enjoying my life, and i have to give my children a childhood where they can go to the park and not be worried
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you now, we stay smart, but we have to go on and live. >> reporter: something that seems to work with kids. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the mororng news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley. -- captions by vitac -- wwwwvitac.com
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news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm anna warner. san bernardino remains in shock tonight after the massacre that left 14 people dead and more than 20 others wounded at an office holiday party. a married couple, syed farook and tashfeen malik, later died in a gun battltlwith police. and they may have taken the motive for the attack with them to the grave. the couple had amassed an arsenal of guns and bombs in the home they shared with farook's mother. but authorities can find no concrete link to terrorism. and they're discounting the theory that the killings were spurred by a workplace argument. carter evans begins our coverage. >> reporter: the fbi has flown in a special team from washington to re-enact the crime scene and will be analyzing digital evidence to get a better understanding why this married couple openenefire on a crowd of innocent people.
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>> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: the rampage ended on a residential street in a hail of gunfire. when it was over, the two suspects were dead. but police say the couple left behind an arsenal of weapons. 6,700 bullets with 12 pipe bombs inside their home and enough materials and tools to build several more according to the san bernardino police chief. chief, do o u believe they were e planning anothererttack? >> we don't know. clearly they were equipped and they could have continued to do another attack. we intercepted them before that happened. >> reporter: but police say syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik parked a rented black ford expedition at 11:00 a.m. in the parking lot behind the south buildidi of the inland regioiol center. they walked through unlocked doors, directly into the room where the holiday party was underway. investigators say the two were wearing masks and black tactical
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semiautomatic rifles. >> when they entered, fired somewhere between 65 and 75 rounds from their rifles at the scene. >> reporter: did they appear to be targeting anyone in particular? >> they sprarad the room with bullets. i don't know there was any one person they ultimately targeted. >> reporter: but sources tell cbs news health department managers were the first ones shot. the couple left behind three pipe bombs tied together and connected to a remote control car. police believe it malfunctioned. there was no explosion. witnesses who worked with farook told police he attended the party but left early. >> where that came from was another person that was in the building that knew him that identified him by name expressed some concern over his behavior prior to the event. >> reporter: police put hihihome under surveillance and gave chase when they spotted the black suv. cell phone video captured the gunfire that erupted. >>oly [bleep]. >> reporter: the couple fired at least 75 rounds atatolice, a total of 23 officers returned
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farook and his wife. inside the suv, officers found two ar-15 semiautomatic rifles and two nine millimeter pistols along with 1,600 rounds. now initially, police thought a third suspect might still be on the loose, b b, scott, today they are confident there is no remaining threat at this time. the fbi won't call this a terrorist attack yet. but it is leading the investigation because the case has soso hallmarks of terrorism. officials stress they still don't know the motive. officials tell cbs news syed farook was not on any u.s. watch list, but two law enforcement sources say they have found evidence farook had contact with a person in the u.s. and people overseas with suspected ties to terrorism. investigators are focusing on the extent of those contacts, and whether farook may have been influenced of possibly radicalized.
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news what thth do know so far. farook, a u.s. citizen, born in chicago to pakistani immigrants, graduated from california state, san bernardino, in 2010. he went to work for the local health departmtmt, then turned to online dating sites in search of a wife. he found tashfeen malik. they met and became engaged in 2013 when farook made a trip to saudi arabia during the annual muslim pilgrimage known as the hajj. farook returned to saudi arabia in july 2014 to bring her to the u.s., and earlier this year, thehe couple had a baby. the court documents reveal other parts of farook's family life were turbulent. in november 2014, farook's father threated suicide in front of farook and his brother. last february farook's mother took out a restraining order against his father, saying he was bipolar and abusive. all this is now being looked at by the fbi, which seized computers, thumb drives and other electronic deveves and
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analysis. now farook's wife did pass counterterrorism screening as part of her visa application process. but scott, until law enforcement determines the true motive in this attack, whether it's terrorism or workplace violence, it's not clear if warning signs were actually missed. whether or not authorities determine this massacre was a terrorist act, many believe the u.s. is ill-prepared for a coordinated assault like the one that left 130 people dead in paris. norah o'donnell asked president obama about this at the white house. >> reporter: the fbi now has active investigations into isis sympathizers in all 50 states. you've had more terrorism related arrests in one year since september, 2001. do youhink americans are living in a bit t fear that paris could come here? >> there's no doubt that they are. what i try to do is make sure that people understand the threat is real.
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but we also can't panic and we can't respond out of fear. we have to make sure that we keep a clear-eyed view about what needs to be done. isil is not going to pose an existential threat to us. they are a dangerous organization like al qaeda was, but we have hardened our defenses. our homeland has never been more protected by intelligence and law enforcemenenprofessionals at every level than they are now. the coordination is much better than it is now. if you look at the number of successful tererrist attacks that have occurred, you know, we have disrupted a lot of them. but the dangers are still there. so we just have to keep things in perspective. and the american people should feel confident that we're going
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and make sure that we have a good holiday sson and go about our lives. i said this repeatedly overseas. isil only wins if we react out of fear and start changing how we live, violating our values. they can't win on the battlefield. they can kill some innocent people, but that's not a victory for them if we respond appropriately.
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house speaker paul ryan gathered his republican colleagues in the library of congress to lay out his vision for the party as the presidential election campaign begins to heat up. it was ryan's first major address since picking up the speaker's gavel. here's some of what he had to say. >> so if we want to save the country, if we want to do what we believe in,hen we need a mandate from the people. and if we want a mandate, we need to offer ideas. and if we want to offer ideas, then we need to actually have ideas. that's where the house republicans come in. so our number one goal for next year is tout together a complete alternative to the less agenda.
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doubt. so today, i want to talk basics. i want to talk fundamentals. what kind of country do we want to be? i do not presume to speak for all republicans in all particulars. but after giving it a lot of thought, this is what i think a conservative vision looks like. we wt america to be confident again. if you don't have a job, we want you to be confident that you can find a job and take it. if you do have a job, we want you to be confident that that job will pay well. we want students to know that all that school and all that debt will be worth it. we want seniors to know that all those years ofofard work, all those years of paying taxes will be rewarded. medicare and social security will be there for you when you
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we want all americans, when they look at washington, to see spending going down, taxes going down, debt going down. we want to see progress and we want to have pride. we want people to believe in our future again. we want a country where no one is stuck, where no one settles, where everyone can rise. and on the world stage, it is no different. we want a confident america. a purposeful america. we want totonow we stand for freedom and show it. not with bluster or bravado, but with calm, steady action. we want our military to command respspt from our adversaries and to inspire confidence from our allies. and when they come home, we want to give our veterans the care they deserer. >> before delivering his speech, ryan appeared on "cbs this morning." charlie and gail asked about his views on the massacre in san
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>> the community is grieving and the nation is asking questions about why and how do we stop this and we want to hear from you on that. but why don't you, after you make your speech today, call the president and say i'm going to come down pennsylvania avenue. let's you and i start off and do something about this right now. i'm speaker of the house, you're president. you're in your fourth quarter and i'm in the beginning of my job as speaker. >> well, first, charlie, this is just a horrible event. my stomach turns like any american when they see this violence and you can't help but yell at the tv and say what can we do to prevent this from happening? so obviously we're thinking of those things. this particular shooting in san bernardino, there's just too much unknowns s fore we speculate about the origin of this one. but what we have seen, and a common theme among many of these mass shootings, is the theme of mental illness. we need to fix our m mtal
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they're outdated. that is something we're working on right now. we are moving a bill through the process here, the murphy legislation. we think that's one of the more common themes, which people with mental illness are getting guns and conducting mass shootings. without knowing the facts in san bernardino, we also know that there are homegrown jihadists, we also know that there are isis inspirational events. and we need to figure out how to handle that, as well. so there are multiple things that need to be addressed, and we are working on those that need to be addressed. including whether someone is coming here and inspiring someone to do these things because of idealogical or religious reasons, or the mental health reasons. which we know is a common theme among these shootings. >> mr. speaker, i suspect a lot of people would agree with you on that. but here's what the president said and the reason i suggested there might be a conversation between you and the president. he said, we have a no-fly list
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but these same people who we do not allow to fly could get into a store right now in the united states and buy a firearm and there's nothing we can do to stop them. >> well, on this particular issue, we do have a constitution. citizens have a due process right. anyone can just be arbitrarily placed upon the no-fly list. in fact, that's happened quite a bit. people have been placed on the list mistakenly, innocently. so we need to respect due process. so when we rush to act on these things, let's make sure we act accordingly, according to citizen's rights, the constitution and make sure what we do solves these problems. that is why we need to take a pause and see what's happening. this is why we're working on mental health already. so with respect to the no-fly list, it's very important to remember people have due process rights in this country, and we can't have some government official just arbitrarily put them on a list. if someone is suspected of terrorism, if someone in this
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attack, we should arrest them. so this is something that should be dealt with by law enforcement in a more pronounced position than maybe banning due process lists on a no-fly list. if we think someone is going to commit a terrorist attack, we should pick them up. we all hear you, mr. speaker. but many people have said, we know how this story is going to go. we'll hear the stories of the heroes that survived, the stories about the victims and the stories about the shooters. >> and then nothing gets done. >> that's right, nothing changes. surely there can be something that can stop people from getting an ak-47. in this particular case in san bernardino, it's being reported that two of the weapons recovered were bought legally in this country. what is it going to take to move the needle in congress is the frustration? >> that's what i'm trying to say, gail. what we're trying to do is find out the facts and make sure what our response is addresses the problems without infringing upon the rights of law-abiding citizens.
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>> but it keeps happening. it keeps happening. >> we have citizens that have rights to be protected. and again, gail, one of the common things, this is why we're serious about our mental health legislation. a lot of these people are getting guns who a a mentally unstable who should not be getting guns. and this is a gap in the laws that we feel needs to be filled. if you're not outraged when you turn on the tv and see these shootings, there's something wrong with you. we just want to get it right, gail. and we want to make sure that we don't violate a person's rights, if they're a law-abiding citizen. >> can i just say this to you? a mass shooting is described as four or more victims. according to shootingtracker.com, since january, there have been at least 354 mass shootings in this country. you must be frustrated, as well. >> i am, gail. that's why -- i don't want to keep saying the same thing over and over, but one of the things
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health issues here. we haven't fixed these laws in years. they're discombobulated. the laws don't make sense and people who should not be getting guns, who are clinically diagnosed with mental illness are slipping through the cracks and the system and we need to patch that. then we need to make sure that criminals don't get guns. we node to -- need to enforce those laws. >> mr. speaker, how urgent is it, and what does it require to make sure hat people will not be facing the same situation a month now? >> we're receiving resistance from the mental health bill right now. >> you talk to the president and he'll talk to you about his own concerns about who is allowed to get what kind of guns. >> by the way, that's part of the mental health bill. that's part of the discussion surrounding the bill, which is who gets guns, but we have to make sure that in our rush to do something, we don't violate a person's individual rights in this country.
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headed in the right direction. i believe we're on the wrong track. i believe that we are at risk of severing this leggy of leaving the next generation better off. we're on track of doing that. i feel we here in congress, if we don't like the direction the down trip is headed, then we can't just be an opposition party yelling no, we have to be a proposition party and show people what our ideas are. so we need to be big, bold, we need to be specific. in 2016, we have an obligation to give the people of this country the choice so that they can choose what direction the country goes. that's what i'm going to lay out today, which is we are an opposition party, yes, but here's how we become a proposition party and here's how we give the choice to the people of this country so they can decide the direction of thth country, in a whole range of things. poverty, economic growth, upward mobility, affordable health care.
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here is a better way forward. and if you agree with us, and you choose us to lead, then we will do this. we need a mandate, and we need to offer people a choice that's the kind of vision i'm going to lay out this afternoon. >> when will you talk to the president? >> i talk to the president fairly regularly. i don't know. i call him sometimes, he calls me sometimes. i don't have something marked on my calendar. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. phil! oh no... (under his breath) hey man! hey peter. (unenthusiastic) oh... ha ha ha! joanne? is that you? it's me... you don't look a day over 70. amam right? jingle jingle. if you're peter pan, you stay young forever. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. you make me feel so young... it's what you do. you make me feel so spring has sprung. looking for 24/7 digestive support? try align for a non-stop, sweet-treat-goodness hold-onto-your-tiara, kind-of-day.
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results of its investigation into the secret service. it describes an agency in crisis, and documents a string of disturbing incidents involving the president and the first family. margaret brennan reports from the white house. >> reporter: while the u.s. secret service is an agency in crisis, hit by budget cutbacks, leadership failures, and overworked officers, according to a new report that will be released by congressional investigators later today, and it details 143 different incidents, security breaches, or attempted ones over the past decade. it also shares some new previously undisclosed details, including a breach last fall when a man pretending to be a mber of congress, slipped backstage without being screened, and then walked up and spoke with president obama. investigators say the root of these problems and the greatest threat to the secret service
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crisis. the critical report, which was and it focused on four significant security breaches, including a september 2014 incident when the secret service didn't vet armed security guards who were standing very close to the president when he visited the cdc. and a march 2015 incident in which two possibly drunk officers interfered with a crime scene surrounding a threatened bomb outside the white house grounds. all of this comes in the wake of a series of high profile scandals and incidents that have driven morale at the secret service to an all-time low. we contacted the secret service this morning, but so farther not commenting on these new
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cocaine that was on an american airlines jet in foroutine maintenance. no word how the drugs got there and there have been no arrests. most of the cocaine comes to the u.s. along the pacific coast, and the coast guard is making some big busts on the high seas. carter evans r rorts. >> reporter: the coast guard just delivered more than 25 tons of confiscated cocaine to dea agents waiting here on shore. the hehe of the agency told us if he had additional ships available, he could intercept even more. we traveled by boat to the coast guard cutter, seven miles off the coast of san diego. on board, we found dozens of palates piled high with 50,000 pounds of cocaine. the coast guard spent the last three months chasing down drug smuggling boats off the coast of central and south america, include thing makeshift submarine. the boarding team pried open the
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million of cocaine stashed inside. laura collins is captain of the coast guard cutter. what is it like when you get that intel and all of a sudden you get eyes on one of those semi submersibles? >> it's thrilling. it's exactly what we're trained for. it's exactly why we wear the uniform. it's kind of like everything coming together. >> reporter: this video from the coast guard shows the cramped quarters inside a drug sub. every space is packed with as much cocaine as possible. this is what three quarters of a billion dollars worth of cocaine looks like. that's just wholesale value. on the street, it's worth a lot more. it's been a record year for the coast guard, working with the military and u.s. customs, they've seized more cocaine in the pacific than the last three years combined. the commandant says the reason it's smuggled is simple economics. >> when we look at the business
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at one kilo of cocaine. about $2,000 in colombia. that same kilo sells for $25,000 here in the united states. >> reporter: when the smugglers are caught, the coast guard says they rarely put up a fight and so far they've arrested nearly 700 of them. well, most of the cocaine and smugglers are going to be prosecuted here in the u.s. as for the cocaine, some is going to be kept for evidence. the rest will be incinerated at a secret location. >> that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check bk later for ththmorning news and "cbs this morning." the san bernardino killers turned their home into an
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>> they could have continued to do another attack. >> police discover 13 bombs as investigators look for ties to terrorism, we see the faces of the victims and hear the stories of survivors. >> i saw my colleagues running around, screaming, crying. >> and what do we tell our children? >> you just want to like be the mother hen and put them in your laps and hold them forever and hope that they're safe. this is the "cbs overnight news." it's hard to imagine the massacre in san bernardino could have been any worse, but yesterday the police revealedd that the husband and wife murder team brought this bomb to that social services building. it was rigged to a remote control toy car to act as a wireless trigger. police say they also found this bag of pipe bombs in the
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of ammunition. syed farook and his wife opened fire on farook's coworkers, county department of health employees, at a holiday office party. 14 were killed. among them, daniel kaufman, who ran a coffee shop in the building. nicholas thalasinos was remembered for his compassion, and michael wetzel leaves behind six children. 19 were wounded plus two law enforcement officers who were hurt in the shoot-out with the suspects. we have extensive coverage from a team of correspondents, and first we'll go to carter evans in san bernardino. carter? >> reporter: scott, the fbi has flown in a special team from washington to re-enact and reconstruct the crime scene. they're also going to be analyzing digital evidence to try and get a better understanding of why this married couple opened fire on a crowd of innocent people.
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>> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: the rampage ended on a residential street ininail of gunfire. [ sirens blaring ] when it was over, the two suspects were dead. police say the couple left behind an arsenal of weapons, 6,700 bullets inside their home along with 12 pipe bombs and enough materials and tools to build several more, according to san bernardino police chief jarrod burguan. chief, do you believe they were planning another attack? >> we don't know. clearly they were equipped and they could have continued to do another attack. we intercepted them before that happened. >> reporter: but police say syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik parked a rented black ford expedition at 11:00 a.m. in the parking lot behind the south building of the inland regional center. they walked through unlocked doors, directly into the room where the holiday party was underway. investigators say the two were wearing masks and black tactical
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automatic rifles. >> when they entered, fired somewhere between 65 and 75 rounds from their rifles at the scene. >> reporter: did they appear to be targeting anyone in particular? >> they sprayed the room with bullets. i don't know there was any one person they ultimately targeted. >> reporter: but sources tell cbs news health department managers were the first ones shot. the couple left behind thrhr pipe bombs tied together and connected to a remote control car. police believe it malfunctioned. there was no explosion. witnesses who worked with farook told police he attended the party but left early. >> where that came from was another person that was in the building that knew him that identified him by name expressed some concern over his behavior prior to the event. >> reporter: police put his home under surveillance and gave chase when they spotted the black suv. cell phone video captured the gunfire that erupted. >> holy [bleep]. >> reporter: the couple fired at least 75 rounds at police, a
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fire with 380 rounds, killing farook and his wife. inside the suv, officers found two ar-15 semi-automatic rifles and two nine millimeter pistols along with 1,600 rounds. now initially, police thought a third suspect might still be on the loose, but, scott, today they are confident there is no remaining threat at this time. >> carter evans, thanks. so what was the motive? our chief legal correspondent jan crawford is following that part of the investigation. jan? >> rorter: well, scott, the fbi won't call this a terrorist attack yet, but it is leading the investigation because the case has some hallmarks of terrorism. officials stress they still don't know the motive. officials tell cbs news syed farook was not on any u.s. watch list, but two law enforcement sources say they have found evidence farook had contact with a person in the u.s. and people ovovseas with suspected ties to terrorism.
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the extent of those contacts and whether farook may have been influenced or possibly radicalized. law enforcement sources tell cbs news what they do know so far: farook, a u.s. citizen, born in chicago to pakistani immigrants, graduated from california state san bernardino in 2010. he went to work for the local health department and then turned to online dating sites in search of a wife. he found tashfeen malik. they met and became engaged in 2013 when farook made a trip to saudi arabia during the annual muslim pilgrimage known as the hajj. farook returned to saudi arabia in july 2014 to bring her to the u.s., and earlier this year, the couple had a baby. the court documents reveal other parts of farook's family life were turbulent. in november 2014, farook's father threatened suicide in front of farook and his brother. last february farook's mother took out a restraining order against his father, saying he
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all this is now being looked at by the f.b.i., which seized computers, thumb drives and other electronic devices and shipped them to washington for analysis. now farook's wife did pass counterterrorism screening as part of her visa application process. but scott, until law enforcement determines the true motive in this attack, whether it's terrorism or workplace violence, it's not clear if warning signs were actually missed. >> jan, thank you. ten victims remain in two hospitals. two of them are in critical condition. hn blackstone spoke with some of the families. >> reporter: jennifer stevens, 22, who graduated this summer and took a job with the san bernardino county health department. >> it's devastating. >> reporter: lisa stevens is jennifer's mother, who got the kind of phone call every parent dreads. >> she said, mommy, i've been
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later she typed she was okay. >> reporter: jennifer was okay. >> she said i saw people die. >> reporter: also among the wounded, a health inspector with san bernardino county. she was shot at least twice after arriving at that holiday party, to be honored as employee of the year. nicholas thalasinos did not survive. tonight he leaves behind a widow, jennifer. a schoolteacher. >> he was so kind to everybody. just my whole life has been basically turned upside down. he just had an enormous heart. >> reporter: nicholas thalasinos occasionally posted views on socialal media critical of islam, but his wife says she had no idea syed farook [ vocalizing ] [ buzzing ]
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farook's wife came into the united states on a visa specifically for fiances. norah o'donnell, co-host of "cbs this morning," spoke to the lead investigators in san bernardino. norah? >> reporter: scott, she was the most unlikely accomplice, a 27- year-old mother with an infant at home, and now involved in one of the deadliest mass shootings. authorities say tashfeen malik was clad entirely in black tactical gear. her face was obscured by a ski mask. along with her husband, syed farook, they fired 65 to 75 rounds in the inland regional center before fleeing in a black suv. once the car was surrounded, police chief jarrod burguan says she fired out of the back, taking aim at law enforcement. what do you know about her? was she shooting as much as she was? >> she was engaged in a gun battle with our police officers, and there were two shooters at
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rounds. >> reporter: she fired rounds? >> how many she fired versus him, i don't know. she fired at our officers, i know that for sure. >> there's one guy down. there's one guy in the back of a car. >> reporter: i can't get my head around the fact that a 27-year-old mother of a 6-month-old is firing off as many rounds like she is. >> i think the entire event doesn't make a whole lot of sense to be honest with you, and it's kind of hard to wrap your head around why anybody would do anything like this regardless of who they are. >> reporter: authorities know little about tashfeen malik. she was not an american citizen but was here on a k1 visa according to fbi special agent david bowdich. >> she was here on a pakistani passport. >> reporter: she's here on pakistani passport? >> correct. >> reporter: isn't it highly unusual to have a mother of a 6-month-old, engaged in a shootout? >> i would think it's unusual. >> reporter: scott, police say she had no criminal record and was not on any terrorist watch list.
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now, with some insight into all of this, we turn to michael morrell, former number two at the cia and our senior security contributor. michael, we now know that farook went to saudi arabia twice, went to pakistan once, was in communications with people that the fbi was watching for being islamic extremists. >> right. >> what does that add up to? >> what it adds up to me is this was a guy who was probably radicalized by either isis or al qaeda, a guy, given the amount of weapons and explosives that he had, that he was planning something significant. >> something bigger than what we actually saw? >> perhaps. perhaps. he obviously didn't take all of what he had. so either it was going to be a series of events or he was planning something bigger and this took its place because of the office anger that he had. >> a dozen pipe bombs left behind in his home. >> exactly. >> does it matter anymore whether these things are
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directed by extremists? >> scott, i think it matters a lot. when it's just inspired, you're usually talking about one or two people and the number of casualties is limited. it's a relatively small number. when it's directed, you have the potential for much more. when it's directed, you have the potential for multiple operatives, simultaneous attacks, killing much, much larger number of people, like paris. >> just like paris. michael morrell, former number two tat cia. michael, thanks as always. was farook radicalized? our david begnaud spoke with a coworker who narrowly missed the shooting. >> reporter: a san bernardino health worker christian nwadike says he and four other men were in the restroom when first shots were fired. >> so when the blast came in, i was thinking, well, this might be life or dead. >> reporter: you thought you might die? >> yes. strongly.
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lie on the floor? >> i would say ten minutes. >> reporter: what could you hear as you were lying on the floor? >> there were cries. there were shots. >> reporter: nwadike, who is originally from nigeria, sat in a cubicle next to syed farook for five years. >> when he came back from saudi arabia, he started growing beard. that was the change. >> reporter: do you believe he was radicalized? >> yes. >> reporter: was he ever violent? >> no. >> reporter: was he ever rude? >> no. never. >> reporter: was he talkative? >> he rarely talks. >> reporter: do you feel like you missed something about his personality? >> i couldn't believe it. that's what i'm missing. there's no way i can look at him and see him attached to this. but it happened and it was him. >> reporter: mr. nwadike says
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who lived just down the street behind me in an apartment was excited about the birth of his baby girl. scott, some of the coworkers who had to dodge the shooters' bullets actually helped to raise money for the shooter and his wife just six months ago to congratulate them on the birth of their baby girl. >> david begnaud reporting. david, thank you. muslims were quick to denounce the massacre. we spoke today with hussam ayloush, the executive director of the consul of american- islamic relations in los angeles. >> as soon as we heard the suspect might be of muslim background, we started witnessing the anti-muslim sentiment and rhetoric. we felt it was important for our fellow americans to know where we stand. we stand together in condemning unequivocally such behavior. coming next, norah o'donnell
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let geico help you with renters insurance. back now with norah o'donnell, co-host of "cbs this morning," who has a compelling interview with one of those who survived. norah? >> reporter: scott, timmy hilliard is a social worker at the inland regional center, and he was in his office on the third floor when the shooting
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as police moved in, hilliard took out his phone and started recording. >> i got a text from a colleague stating there was an active shooter. i opened my door, went in the hallway and saw my colleagues running around, screaming, crying. >> reporter: you had a bird's-eye view of the entrance and the exit that the shooters went in. >> correct. >> reporter: what did you see first? >> at first what i saw was a s.w.a.t. team coming into the back door, about five or six, looking for an active shooter. in the back there was a gentleman, deceased on the bench i assume, as well as a female about ten to 15 feet away laying in a pool of blood deceased, as well. >> reporter: you think they were trying to flee and then were shot when they were trying to flee? >> correct. the female i assume, given her positioning and the way she was with her back to the billing, she was fleeing. >> reporter: i think the most disturbing thing is to see them bringing some of the bodies out. how were they doing that?
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they could, arms, feet, they had them in chairs, just trying to get them out of harm's way and seeing if they were critical and/or deceased and just trying to clear out as much as they could. >> reporter: when did you realize how grave this situation was? >> probably about the sixth body coming out, just seeing the effect of it all. at first i saw the two bodies, okay, two bodies, saying "it's not bad, but it's two bodies, may not be that bad." by the 12th body i stopped counting. >> reporter: you saw 12 bodies? >> at least. >> reporter: when you hear this is now the worst mass shooting since sandy hook, what do you think? >> it's intense. you don't realize what it is until you get out of the situation. >> reporter: what lessons will you take from this? >> so many. don't take anything for granted. i mean, i have a 2 1/2-year-old daughter. sorry. i thought about her. >> reporter: you thought about your daegter? >> yeah. >> reporter: hilliard and other survivors were taken to a church
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next. in minneapolis this morning, police and firefighters tore down a protest encampment outside a police station. the protesters had been there almost three weeks. later in the day, they demonstrated at city hall over the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer. at issue is whether the suspect was handcuffed when he was shot.
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a few good women. today, defense secretary ash carter ordered the armed forces to open all combat jobs to women. he said any woman who meets the standard should be allowed to serve on the frontlines and in special forces. all branches have until january 1st to submit plans for the historic change. a south african appeals court today found oscar pistorius guilty of murder. throwing out his conviction on the lesser charge of manslaughter. pistorius, the olympic athlete known as "the blade runner," shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. he served just a year on his original conviction. he could face 15 when he's re- sentenced next year.
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we end tonight with a question that parents are asking -- what do we tell our children about the steady stream of violence that we feel powerless to stop? innocent boys and girls, who trust us to keep them safe. here's elaine quijano. >> reporter: like many parents, sharon marcus is worried about how to talk to her six and seven-year old daughters about yet another mass shooting. >> i'm put in this position of having to always know the right thing to say, and it's so much pressure. but i just try to do my best. >> reporter: in the last month alone, dozens have been killed in places most consider safe. at a concert, a cafe, an office holiday party. we watched a father in paris try to calm his young son's fears about bad guys with guns by
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of flowers. >> reporter: but many parents are struggling to explain this emerging new reality to their children. child psychiatrist harold koplewicz. >> i think it's perfectly normal to want to shield our kids from grief and from pain, and so while it's counterintuitive, i think it's very important that parents take the lead in breaking the news when something bad happens to their kids. >> reporter: koplewicz advises parents to reassure their children that they are safe and loved, explain that violent events are rare, and calmly review safety plans. when bad things happen, sharon marcus and her husband david choose to emphasize the good. >> i can't stop living and i can't stop enjoying my life, and i have to give my children a childhood where they can go to the park and not be worried
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you now, we stay smart, but we have to go on and live. >> reporter: something that seems to work with kids. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new
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news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm anna warner. san bernardino remains in shock tonight after the massacre that left 14 people dead and more than 20 others wounded at an office holiday party. a married couple, syed farook and tashfeen malik, later died in a gun battle with police. and they may have taken the motive for the attack with them to the grave. the couple had amassed an arsenal of guns and bombs in the home they share with farook's mother. but authorities can find no concrete link to terrorism. and they're discounting the theory that the killings were spurred by a workplace argument. carter evans begins our coverage. >> reporter: the fbi has flown in a special team from washington to re-enact the crime scene and will be analyzing digital evidence to get a better understanding why this married couple opened fire on a crowd of
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[ gunfire ] >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: the rampage ended in a hail of gunfire. when it was over, the two suspects were dead. but police say the couple left behind an arsenal of weapons. 6,700 bullets with 12 pipe bombs and enough materials and tools to build several more according to the san bernardino police chief. chief, do you believe they were planning another attack? >> we don't know. clearly they were equipped and they could have continued to do another attack. we interceptedthem before that happened. >> reporter: but police say syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik parked a rented black ford expedition at 11:00 a.m. in the parking lot behind the south building of the inland regional center. they walked through unlocked doors, directly into the room where the holiday party was underway. investigators say the two were wearing masks and black tactical
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semi-automatic rifles. >> when they entered, fired somewhere between 65 and 75 rounds from their rifles at the scene. >> reporter: did they appear to be targeting anyone in particular? >> they sprayed the room with bullets. i don't know there was any one person they ultimately argeted. >> reporter: but sources tell cbs news health department managers were the first ones shot. the couple left behind three pipe bombs tied together and connected to a remote control car. police believe it malfunctioned. there was no explosion. witnesses who worked with farook told police he attended the party but left early. >> where that came from was another person that was in the building that knew him that identified him by name expressed some concern over his behavior prior to the event. >> reporter: police put his home under surveillance and gave chase when they spotted the black suv. cell phone video captured the gunfire that erupted. >> holy [bleep]. >> reporter: the couple fired at least 75 rounds at police, a total of 23 officers returned
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farook and his wife. inside the suv, officers found two ar-15 semi-automatic rifles and two nine millimeter pistols along with 1,600 rounds. now initially, police thought a third suspect might still be on the loose, but, scott, today they are confident there is no remaining threat at this time. the fbi won't call this a terrorist attack yet. but it is leading the investigation because the case has some hallmarks of terrorism. officials stress they still don't know the motive. officials tell cbs news syed farook was not on any u.s. watch list, but two law enforcement sources say they have found evidence farook had contact with a person in the u.s. and people overseas with suspected ties to terrorism. investigators are focusing on the extent of those contacts, and whether farook may have been influenced of possibly radicalized.
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news what they do know so far. farook, a u.s. citizen, born in chicago to pakistani immigrants, graduated from california state, san bernardino, in 2010. he went to work for the loekcal health department, then turned to dating sites in search of a wife. he found tashfeen malik. they met and became engaged in 2013 when farook made a trip to saudi arabia during the annual muslim pilgrimage known as the hajj. farook returned to saudi arabia in july 2014 to bring her to the u.s., and earlier this year, the couple had a baby. the court documents reveal other parts of farook's family life were turbulent. in november 2014, farook's father threatened suicide in front of farook and his brother. last february farook's mother took out a restraining order against his father, saying he was bipolar and abusive. all this is now being looked at fwi by the fbi, which seized computers, thumb drives and other electronic devices and shipped them to washington for
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now farook's wife did pass counterterrorism screening as part of her visa application process. but scott, until law enforcement determines the true motive in this attack, whether it's terrorism or workplace violence, it's not clear if warning signs were actually missed. whether or not authorities determine this massacre was a terrorist act, many believe the u.s. is ill-prepared for a coordinated assault like the one that left 130 people dead in paris. norah o'donnell asked president obama about this at the white house. >> reporter: the fbi now has active investigations into isis sympathizers in all 50 states. you've had more terrorism related arrests in one year since september, 2001. do you think americans are living in a bit of fear that paris could come here? >> there's no doubt that they are. what i try to do is make sure
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we have to be vigilant. but we also can't panic and we can't respond out of fear. we have to make sure that we keep a clear view about what needs to be done. isil is not going to pose an xe ten shall threat to us. they are a dangerous organization like al qaeda was, but we have hardened our defenses. our homeland has never been more protected by intelligence and law enforcement professionals than they are now. the coordination is much better than it is now. if you look at the number of successful terrorist attacks that have occurred, you know, we have disrupted a lot of them. but the dangers are still there. so we just have to keep things in perspective. and the american people should
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to be able to defend ourselves and make sure that we have a good holiday season and go about our lives. i said this repeatedly overseas. isil only wins if we react out of fear and start changing how we live, violating our values. they can't win on the battlefield. they can kill some innocent people, but that's not a victory for them if we respond appropriately. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. olay regenerist renews from within, plumping surface cells
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house speaker paul ryan gathered his republican colleagues in the library of congress to lay out his vision for the party as the presidential election campaign begins to heat up. it was ryan's first major address since picking up the speaker's gavel. here's some of what he had to say. >> so if we want to save the country, if we want to do what we believe in, then we need a mandate from the people. and if we want a mandate, we need to offer ideas. and if we want to offer ideas, then we need to actually have ideas. that's where the house republicans come in. so our number one goal for next year is to put together a complete alternative to the less agenda. [ applause ]
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so today, i want to talk basics. i want to talk fundamentals. what kind of country do we want to be? i do not presume to speak for all republicans in all particulars. but after giving it a lot of thought, this is what i think a conservative vision looks like. we want america to be confident again. if you don't have a job, we want you to be confident that you can find a job and take it. if you do have a job, we want you to be confident that that job will pay well. we want students to know that all that school and all that debt will be worth it. we want seniors to know that all those years of hard work, all those years of paying taxes will be rewarded. medicare and social security will be there for you when you need them. we want all americans, when they
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spending going down, taxes going down, debt going down. we want to see progress and we want to have pride. we want people to believe in our future again. we want a country where no one is stuck, where no one settles, where everyone can rise. and on the world stage, it is no different. we want a confident america. a purposeful america. we want to know we stand for freedom and show it. not with bluster or bravado, but with calm, steady action. we want our military to command respect from our adversaries and to inspire confidence from our allies. and when they come home, we want to give our veterans the care they deserve. >> before delivering his speech, ryan appeared on "cbs this
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charlie and gail asked about his views on the massacre in san bernardino. >> the community is grieving and the nation is asking questions about why and how do we stop this and we want to hear from you on that. but why don't you call the president and say i'm going to come down pennsylvania avenue. let's you and i start off and do something about this right now. i'm speaker of the house, you're president. you're in your fourth quarter and i'm in the beginning of my job as speaker. >> well, first, charlie, this is just a horrible event. my stomach turns like any american when you see this violence and you can't help but yell at the tv and say what can we do to prevent this from happening? this particular shooting in san bernardino, there's just too much unknowns before we speculate about the origin of this one. but what we have seen, and a common theme among many of these mass shootings, is the theme of
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we need to fix our mental illness laws and policies. we are moving a bill, the murphy legislation. we think that's one of the more common themes, which people with mental illness are getting guns and conducting mass shootings. without knowing the facts in san bernardino, we also know that there are homegrown jihadists, there are isis inspirational events. and we need to figure out how to handle that, as well. so there are multiple things that need to be addressed, and we are working on those that need to be addressed. including whether someone is coming here and inspiring someone to do these things because of idealogical or religious reasons, or the mental health reasons. >> mr. speaker, i suspect a lot of people would agree with you on that. but here's what the president said and the reason i suggested there might be a conversation between you two.
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where people can't be on planes, but these same people who we do not allow to fly could get into a store right now in the united states and buy a firearm and there's nothing we can do to stop them. >> well, on this particular issue, we do have a constitution. citizens have a due process right. anyone can just be arbitrarily placed upon the no-fly list. that's happened quite a bit. people have been placed on the list mistakenly, innocently. so when we rush to act on these things, let's make sure we act accordingly, according to citizen's rights, the constitution and make sure what we do solves these problems. that is why we need to take a pause and see what's happening. so with respect to the no-fly list, it's very important to remember people have due process rights in this country, and we can't have some government official just arbitrarily put them on a list.
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terrorism, if someone in this country is planning a terrorist attack, we should arrest them. so this is something that should be dealt with by law enforcement in a more pronounced position than maybe banning due process lists on a no-fly list. >> we all hear you, mr. speaker. but many people have said, we know how this story is going to go. we'll hear the stories of the heroes that survived, the stories about the victims and the shooters. >> and then nothing gets done. >> that's right, nothing changes. surely there can be something that can stop people from getting an ak-47. it's being reported that two of the weapons recovered were bought legally in this country. what is it going to take to move the needle in congress is the frustration? >> that's what i'm trying to say. what we're trying to do is find out the facts and make sure what our response is addresses the
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the rights of law-abiding citizens. that's the key here. >> but it keeps happening. >> citizens have rights to be protected. and again, gail, one of the common things, this is why we're serious about our mental health legislation. a lot of these people are getting guns who are mentally unstable who should not be getting guns. and this is a gap in the laws that we feel needs to be filled. we just want to get it right, gail. and we want to make sure that we don't violate a person's rights, if they're a law-abiding citizen. >> can i just say this to you? a mass shooting is described as four or more victims. according to shootingtracker.com, since january, there have been at least 354 mass shootings in this country. you must be frustrated, as well. >> i am, gail. that's why -- i don't want to keep saying the same thing over
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we noticed, there are mental health issues here. the laws don't make sense and people who should not be getting guns, who are clinically diagnosed with mental illness are slipping through the tracks. then we need to make sure that criminals don't get guns. >> mr. speaker, how urgent is it, and what does it require to make sure that people will not be facing the same situation a month now? >> we're receiving resistance from the mental health billion right -- health bill right now. >> who is allowed to get what kind of guns? >> by the way, that's part of the mental health bill. that's part of the discussion surrounding the bill, which is who gets guns, but we have to make sure that in our rush to do something, we don't violate a person's individual rights in
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i don't think the country is headed in the right direction. i believe we're on the wrong track. i believe that we are at risk of sever thing legacy of leaving the generation better off. if we don't like the direction the down trip is headed, then we can't just be an opposition party yelling no, we have to be a proposition party and show people what our ideas are. so we need to be big, bold, we need to be specific. in 2016, we have an obligation to give the people of this country the choice so that they can choose what direction the country goes. that's what i'm going to lay out today, which is we are an opposition party, yes, but here's how we become a proposition party and here's how we give the choice to the people of this country so they can decide the direction of this country, in a whole range of things.
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here is a better way forward. and if you agree with us, and you choose us to lead, then we will do this. we need a mandate, and we need to offer people a choice that's the kind of vision i'm going to lay out this afternoon. >> when will you talk to the president? >> i talk to the president fairly regularly. i call him sometimes, he calls
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congress released the results of its investigation into the secret service. it describes an agency in crisis, and documents a string of disturbing incidents involving the president and the first family. margaret brennan reports from the white house. >> reporter: while the u.s. secret service is an agency in crisis, hit by budget cutbacks, leadership failures, and overworked officers, according to a new report that will be released by congressional investigators later today, and it details 143 different incidents, security breaches, or attempted ones over the past decade. it also shares some new previously undisclosed details, including a breach last fall when a fan pretending to be a member of congress, slipped backstage without being screened, and then walked up and spoke with president obama. investigators say the root of these problems and the greatest
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right now is simply a staffing crisis. the critical report, which was obtained by cbs news, is the result of a bipartisan, year-long investigation by the house oversight committee. and it focused on four significant security breaches, including a september 2014 incident when the secret service didn't vet armed security guards who were standing very close to the president when he visited the cdc. and a march 2015 incident in which two possibly drunk officers interfered with a crime scene surrounding a threatened bomb outside the white house grounds. all of this comes in the wake of a series of high profile scandals and incidents that have driven morale at the secret service to an all-time low. we contacted the secret service this morning, but so farther not comm embarrassed by a prostate exam? imagine how your doctor feels. as a urologist, i have performed 9,421 and a half prostate exams.
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police in tulsa, oklahoma recovered more than 26 pounds of cocaine that was on an american airlines jet in for routine maintenance. no word how the drugs got there and there have been no arrest. most of the cocaine comes to the u.s. along the pacific coast, and the coast guard is making some big busts on the high seas. carter evans reports. >> reporter: the coast guard just delivered more than 25 tons of confiscated cocaine to dea agents waiting here on shore. the head of the agency told us if he had additional ships available, he could intercept even more. we traveled by boat to the coast guard cutter, seven miles off the coast of san diego. on board, we found dozens of palates piled high with 50,000 pounds of cocaine. the coast guard spent the last three months chasing down drug smuggling boats off the coast of central and south america, include thing makeshift submarine.
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hatch and found more than $200 million of cocaine stashed inside. laura collins is captain of the coast guard cutter. what is it like when you get that intel and all of a sudden you get eyes on one of those semi submersibles? >> it's thrilling. it's exactly what we're trained for. it's kind of like everything coming together. >> reporter: this video from the coast guard shows the cramped quarters inside a drug sub. every space is packed with as much cocaine as possible. this is what three quarters of a billion dollars worth of cocaine looks like. that's just wholesale value. on the street, it's worth a lot more. it's been a record year for the coast guard, working with the military and u.s. customs, they've seized more cocaine in the pacific than the last three years combined. the reason it's smuggled is simple economics.
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case of what it takes to produce at one kilo of cocaine. about $2,000 in colombia. that same kilo sells for $25,000 here in the united states. >> reporter: when the smugglers are caught, the coast guard says they rarely put up a fight and so far they've arrested nearly 700 of them. well, most of the cocaine and smugglers are going to be prosecuted here in the u.s. as for the cocaine, some is going to be kept for evidence. the rest will be incinerated at a secret location. >> that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm anna warner. the san bernardino killers turned their home into an arsenal.
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