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law enforcemenis blind to the plans of some terrorists because their communications are encrypted. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: this is where terrorists turn these days when they want to talk undetected, a messaging app, called "telegram," available for free on any smartphone. >> it's the go-to application for terrort communication. >> reporter: elliot zweig is deputy director at the middle east media research institute. >> "telegram" has set it up that even they themselves don't retain the information. they cannot monitor the content. >> r rorter: and there are dozens of other apps just like it, featuring powerful encryption law enforcement can't crack. >> that is a big problem. we have to grapple with it. >> reporter:bi director james comey revealed wednesday that one of the two men who tried to attack a garland, texas, conference center in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 mes that

>> and to this day, i can't tell you what he said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that attack. >> reporter: so congress is considering legislation that would compel tech companies to unscramble and hand over suspicious and encrypted messages, but many of these companies operate outside of the u.s. "telegram" was founded by a russian and is based in germany, and experts warn that isis is testing out its own encrypted android app, so it won't have to rely ooutside companies at all. even u.s. tech companiesesave balked at the notion of new laws. they say encryption is there to protect all kinds of personal data and if they give law enforcement a way in, scott, eventually, hackcrs will find their way in, too. >> nancy corors on capitol hill. thank you, nancy.. connecticut is about to become the first state to ban anyone on a government watch list from buying a firearm. that is something that congress has not done, despite a request from the president.

today he'll do it by executive order. supreme court justice antonin scalia is under fire tonight for comments he made during oral arguments yesterday. the court was hearing a challenge to affirmative action at the university texas. here's our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. >> reporter: justice scalia was describing an argument made in court papers by opponents of affirmative action. "there are those who contend it does not benefit african americans to get them into the university of texas where they do not do well," says scalia, "as opposed to a slower tracked school where they do." scalia was referring to the mismatched theory that minoritiesesdmitted through affirmative action, often from disadvantaged communities, tend to enter at the botttt of the class.s. then they have trouble competing. with that in mind, scalia continued, "i don't think it stands to reason that it's a good thing for the university of texas to admit as many blacks as

but outside the court, no one cared about the legal arguments. scalia was deemed racist. nority leader harry reid even took to the senate floor. >> but it is deeply disturbing to hear a supreme court justice endorse racist ideas from the bench. >> it's not thleast bit racist. >> reporter: stuart taylor co-authored the book that pioneered the mismatch theory. >> justice scalia used rather awkward words, but the point he was making was absolutely correct that when you dramatically lower academic standards to let in a racial group into a college who wouldn't get in otherwise, they're going to have trouble competing with the people who got in the old-fashioned way. >> reporter: now supporters of affirmative action say the mismatched theory understates the real advantatas that minority students get by attending these highly selective schools. and, scott, they point out that the graduation rates for minorities at u.t. austin, well, they're the highest of any public college in the state. >> jan crawford in the washington newsroom. thanks, jan. army sergeant bowe bergdahl

since he was released in a prisoner swap last year. bergdahl was capturereby the taliban in 2009 after he wandered from his post in afghanistan. his first interviewsre now on the podcast "serial," and david martin i iat the pentagon. >> reporter: the army's investigation of bergdahl portrayed him as a cockeyed idealist, an image he seemed to confirm with his own words. the soldier the army has charged with desertion, and some have branded a traitor, told an interviewer he abandoned his post in an effort to draw attention to problems within his own unit.

wasn't long after he walked away that he realized how stupid. >> reporter: it took the taliban about a day to find him. >> reporter: bergdahl spent the next five years as a prisoner of the taliban. much of it was in a pitch-black room. >> reporter: bergdahl's stunt backfired not only on himself but also on his fellow soldiers. thr lives were put in greater opardy by having to spend seseral weeks hunting for him. the army still has not decided what to to with bergdahl.

investigators have recommended he not spend any more time in prison. scott. >> david martin at the pentagon. david, thanks. tornadoes are rare in the pacific northwest, but people who live in the town of battleground, washington, near the oregon border, think their town was hit by one today, and david begnaud is there. >> there really is a tornado. >> reporter: it looked like a tornado to pple living in battleground, washington. >> w wgot multiple calls. trees down all over. >> reporter: the unusual weather came amid four days of fast-moving pacific storms that left much of oregon and washington a mess. andrew says his neighbor's shingles were hitting his home like knives. what did it look like outside? >> it looked like "the wizard of oz" out here. there was debris flying everywhere, trees flying down the road, people's sheds, pools, trampolines. >> reporter: since monday, as much as 18 inches of rain has swelled northwest rivers and saturated the ground, toppling trees. a landslide closed the

washington most of today. >> i was told the department of transportation has hopes, this is hopes at the moment, to reopen at least one lane. >> reporter: governor jay islee declared a atate of emergency. two people died, including a 72-year-old woman who drowned overnight her car in clactskani, oregon. her husband was able to crawl out of the sroof. back here in battleground, the witnesss say what looked like a tornado lasted only 30 seconds. scott, no one was hurt. >> david, thanks. coming up, more people become ill after eating at chipotle. i absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. with great coverage it protects my persol belongings should they gegedamaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me. delivery. hey. lo mein, szechwan chicken, chopsticks, soy sauce and you got some fortune cookies. have a good one.

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the ceo of chipotle apologized today as more people reported getting ill after eating in a restaurant in boston. there are now 141 suspected cases of norovirus at boston college. here's anna werner. >> reporter: the shutdown of this chipotle in boston is the fifth health-related crisis for the restaurant chain in six months. boston collele says students who ate there came down with norovirus, which causes nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. tim fox is a senior. >> severe stomach pain, like, really sharp pain, something i never really felt before. >> reporter: city health may have begun with a sick employee who contaminad the food. health i ipectors cited the restaurant for allowing that

temperatures. chipotle's health-related issues began last july with a small e. coli outbreak in seattle. in august, 100 people were sickened by norovirus in california. then starting in october, dozens of customers in chipotle restaurants across nine states came down with e-coli infections. the chain temporarily closed 43 of its restaurants. data shows chipotle is the fastest exdanding restaurant chain in the u.s., opening 799 restaurants since 2009. sales have more than doubled to $4 billion. >> i'm sorry for the people who got sick. >> reporter: ceo steve ells pledged to overhaul l od safety protocols ininn interview with nbc news. the stock has rebounded today but is still down almost 25% since august. and just a short time ago, thorities in seattle announced they have closed a chipotle

it is one of the 43 restaurants that were shut down voluntarily during the e-coli outbreak. the company says it will address the problem. scott.

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opens the friday before christmas, and that gave bill whitaker of "60 minutes" a chchce to talk to a man n o has one of the coolest jobs in the galaxy. >> reporter: six weeks before ththpremiere, we dropped in on a hollywood scoring session for "the force awakens." composer john williams, who won an acacamy award for the firir "star wars" film, was back, along with the iconic refrain he wrote 38 years ago. take a look behind wliams. that's n some awe-struck grgrpie. that's the movie's director, j.j. abrams. i saw you up here with your video camera taking-- >> well this is -- this is like momentous. you know, john williams conducting his "star wars" music. i mean, as a fan, i can't

>> reporter: abrams saw "star wars" when he was 11 and never outgrew his passion for e film. on this day, when he wasn't in the middle of the orchestra filming on his phone, he was racing around the sound stage, here the fan-- >> do you think it can work? >> let me just thihi. yeah. >> it's incredible! >> reporter: there the director. >> we may need to make the ba-da-da-- we might need to repeat those bars because it might be a little longer before we get into the interior of the transport. >> reporter: i see you running around, you're very-- >> really, i felt so calm. >> reporter: this is you calm? >> yes. >> reporter: is it intimidating in any way? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: oh, yeah. >> it's -- there are moments of just abject terror, as to what

> you can see bill whitaker's interview with j.j. abrams this sunday on "60 minutes." and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news cobtinues. for otherscheck back with us just a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the nation's capital, i'm scott pelley. this is the "cbs overnight

>> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. republican presidential front-runner donald trump says he's postponing his scheduled trip to israel. trump planned to meet israeli prime minister benjajan netanyahu after christmas, but his comments about barring muslims from entering the united states have caused an uproar in israel. trump how says he'll travel to israel after he's elected prprident. the latest cbs news/"new york times" poll shows him surging. he now has the support of 35% of likely republican primary voters. what's more, two-thirds of his supporters say they'll vote for trump, even if he runs as an independent. major garrett reports. >> reporter: donald trump taunted republicans with a recycled threat to run as an independent candidate and under intense criticism, scaled back his scope to ban all muslims from america. some republicans are reconsidering endorsing trump if he is the nominee, and president obama took on trump while

in america. donald trump says he needs from the republican party what he rarely displays on the campaign trail, decorum >> if they don't trebt me with a certain amount of decorum and respect, if they don't treat me as the front-runner, if the playing field is not level, certainlnlall options are open. >> reporter: other than quitting, there's only one other option, running as a third party candidate. history says that's a path to defeat for trump. top republicans fear it could hand the election to the democrats. but trump says he wants the gop nomination. >> i will beat hillary. the one person that th don't want to run against is me. >> reporter: trumpmps sticking with the proposed ban on muslims that legal experts brand unconstitutional, republicans have called un-american, and the white house labels disqualifying. >> it's a temporary ban on not

people have to be vetted. >> reporter: it's all becoming too much for some republicans. gop presididtial candidate john n kasich said for the first time he might not endorse trump if he's the nominee. >> i hope he changes his rhetoric and becomes a unifier. but if he doesn't, and the divisions and the extremism continues, i've got to take another look. >> reporter: at an event marking the 150th anniversary of the 13th amendment that abolished slavery, president obama drew sustained applause with this indirect response to trump. >> our freedom is bound up with the freedom of others. regardless of what they look like or where they come from or what their last name is or what faith they practice -- [ applause ] >> reporter: in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he "rejects trump's muslim ban," adding israel respects all religions.p in a demonstration of his faith, boxing legend muhammad ali said, i'm a muslim. and that's nothing islamic about

muslims have to stand up to those who use islam to advance their own personal agenda. ththfirst funeral was held yesterday for the victim of the san bernardino massacre. en 27-year-old yvette velasco died along with 13 others in that attack. survivors and family members were allowed to return to the scene of the shooting, the inland regional center. carter evans is there. >> reporter: we're now gting a clearer picture ofhe relationship between farook and malik. the fbi says it's clear they shared extremist views long before they shared wedding vs. >> thewere radicalized before they started c crting. >> reporter: fbi director james comey on capitol hill wednesday gave chilling details about the husband and wife terrorist, syed farook and tashfeen malik. >> as early as the end of 2013,

and martyrdom before they were engaged. >> reporter: that would have been months before he brought here from saudi arabia using a fiance visa. >> was the woman shooter radilized before she came to america? >> it looks like she was. >> reporter: lawmakers are questioning how thoroughly she was vetted before being granted the visa and whether her marriage to fook could have been part of a terrorist plan all along. >> dyou agree with me if it was arranged by a terrorist operative or organization, that is a game changer? >> that would be a very, very important thing to know. >> reporter: the fbi is also zeroing inn enrique marquez, who investigators say purchased the rifles the couple used in their attack. cbs news learned that marquez told investigators that he and farook were planning an attack in 2012, but they didn't follow ththugh. the role marquez might have played in the san bernardino attacks, if any, remains unclear. he has not been arrested. meanwhile, the fbi was able to recover photos from faroro's

exterior photos of carter high school in realto. according to school officials, as a county health inspector, farook inspectct schools, but it was unusual for him to keep photos of the school exterior. as the fbi continues to comb through evidence in the san bernardino shooting, it has an estimated 900 active investigations involving isis sympathizers and other extremists nationwide. >> what uld be your greatest fear after last week's terrorist attacksome >> what don't we know? what can't we see? >> reporter: marquez has not been arrested because he provided some of the weapons in the attack. we're learning federal auorities are now consering charging him with material support of terrorism. protesters continue to take to the streets of chicago demanding mayor rahm emanuel resign. dean reynolds has the latest. >> reporter: rahm emanuel is known as a political tough guy, but weeks of protests have taken

mayor's vulnerable side. >> rahm emanuel's got to go! >> reporter: protests continued into the night wednesday afterer echoing g rough the heart of chicago all day. >> rahm emanuel needs to stop playing games with people's lives. >> reporter: hundreds of protesters descended on city hall. skeptical of the embattled mayor's public mea culpa. >> we're going to begin the healing process. the first step in that journey is my step, and i'm sorry. >> reporter: an emotional emanuel acknowledged black chicagoans were treated differently by the police. >> and this is wrong. and that has to change in this city. that has to come to an end and end now. >> reporter: the crisis was sparked by the release of police dash cam video showing a white policeman shooting black

times. for over a year, rahm emanuel's administraraon fought to keep the video under wraps. >> every day we held onto the video contributed to the public's distrust, and that needs to change. >> shut down! >> reporter: other police killings have reawakened the stark complaints of police brutality, prompting rahm emanuel to force his police superintendent and the head of the board overseeing policemen's conduct to resign. after initially imposing a federal investigation of chicago's police department, he now welcomes it. now, a bill was introduced into the illinois legislature on wednesday that would allow the legislature to recall mayor emuel, but the chances of passage are rather slim, and there is no o ty ordinance

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fbi director james comey is pressing tech companies to allow law enforcement a back door into their hardware. he told congress powerful encryption is standndg in the wawaof terror investigations. nancy cordes reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: he had a very ominous warning for lawmakers. he said the govevement's ability track terrorist communications is not keeping pace with their ability to evade detection. >>&increasingly we are unable to see what they say. >> reporter: fbi director james comey provided a chilling example wednesday. he said the two men who attempted to attack a garland, texas conference cter in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 times that very morning, usingngowerful encryption the fbi can't crack. >> to this day, i can't tell you what he said with that terrorist 109 times the morning of that attack. that is a big problem. we have to grapple with it. >> reporter: encrypted apps, he said, are now standard tools for

the paris attackers likely used them to plan secretly, conspirators in france, belgium, and syria. now top lawmakers are considering legislation that would compel tech giants like apple, google and facebook to hand over encrypted data to law enforcement. along with tools to crack the code. >> even simple commercial products that you can buy encrypt the conversation. and some of them encrypted ia way that even with a court order, you can't break into it. >> reporter: tech companies say their products are designed that way for a reason, to protect personal information like bank account and credit card data. sometimes even the tech h companies themselves can't crack them. industry representative michael beckerman. >> when you're asking for a back door eryption or special key, you're asking to have an engineered vulnerability in the

enforcement or governments,ut also that can be exploited by hackers or state-sponsored terrorists. >> reporter: after the san bernardino shooters posted their allegiance to isis on facebook, lawmakers introduced a bill that would require tech companies to alert laenforcement when users post terrorist activity, s sh as attack planning or recruitment on their sites. lorenzo is an expert on extremism at george washington university. is this essentially turning social media sites into watch dogs? >> that's obviously very complicated, and i'm not sure that social media has the ability, the expertise and the manpower to do that. think about companies like facebook and twitter that billions of users, can they be checking what everybody is saying. >> reporter: the fbi director says he thinks by and large, tech companies do the best that they can. snap chat and twitter, in statements yesterday, both said they do work to comply with law enforcement and facebook said it

terrorists and said the company works aggressively to remove content and inform law enforcement of any threat. high technology has already arrived at the kennel. for the first time researchers at cornell university used in vitro fertilization on a dog. the result -- seven healthy puppies. jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: five months old. >> they're so cute. >> reporter: these two colorfully named beagle puppies, red and green, owe their lives to their master, alex travis. >> i love them very much. they just need a little more house breaking, though. >> reporter: not owe their lives as in feeding and caring for them or he rescued them from the pound. no, red and green are among the very first test tube puppies. a process this professor at cornell university's vet school helped pioneer. >> we hopeo be able to use this as a launching point for to remove it from the

>> reporter: in vitro fertilization, in which an egg is fertilized by a sperm in a lab and implanted in a surrogate has been an option for humans since the late 1970s. but dog reproduction is different from just about every other mammal. scientists just figured it out. but the birth of these seven puppies signals a new era for dog breeding. not just that champion lines will have a better chance to reproduce, even when a mother dog has trouble carrying to term, but scientists can sddress genetic issues, eye defects in collies or urinary stones in dalmatians. >> we can use that to fix those defects and prevent the disease before it starts. >> reporter: which would be one gh tech way which man would be dog's best friend. jim axelrod in new york. on my long-term control medicine,

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after a lifetime of writing and recording some of the most memorable songs ever, carole king became a kennedy center honoree. she sat down with norah morning." >> reporter: what's the highest compliment that people pay? you have lots of people that me up to you and say something? >> i'm really a down-to-earth person. that's the highest compliment, to be a down-to-earth person is

keep throughout the years, through the whole trajectory of my life. i feel the earth move under my feet >> reporter: a trajectory that made carole king one of, if not the most prolific songwriters of an era, in a career spanning over 50 years. now and forever and for more than 100 hit singles, she gave voices to generations. she was born carole klein in 1942. raised in brooklyn, her mother taught her to play the piano at just 4 years old. ur dad was a firefigiger, and he would crowd the living room with people to listen to you. >> yep. it was my first experience of being uncomfortable before an audience.

writing her own songs. and by 15, carole was pitching them to some of new york's most famous record executives. she didn't stop until abc paramount offered her a contract. at qens college in 1958, she met jerry, who became her writing partner. and then her husband. at just 18 years old, carole had her first number one hit. and like a man completely >> we hoped to bring about some change in the music of the time. it went from strictly teeny bopper to a little more meaning in the lyrics. but will you love me

>> reporter: america fell in love with carole's songs. in the 1960s, she wrote more than 24 hits, brought to life by names like little eva, the drifters, and the monkeys. then one day in 1967 -- looking out >> reporter: carole turned on the radio and heard her words sung by the queen of soul. >> it was just the height of all my dreams and expectations. i knew i had to face another day >> aretha anklin can do things that i can't do. i hear them singing it in my head. so when it's actualized, wow. because you make me feel, you make me feel

natural woman >> yeah. >> reporter: but you do things they can't do. >> this is true. because if i make you happy, i don't need to do more you make me feel >> the one thing i can do that nobody else can n as the songwriter is deliver the songwriter's version of that song. you make me feel like a natural woman >> there's this authenticici that's just as close to the source as you can get. and it's too late, baby >> reporter: with success came heartache. carole and jerry divorced. looking for a fresh start, she moved their two daughters to california, where she met a long-haired guitarist named james taylor.

>> reporter: they formed a band and began a life-long friendship. you just call out my name >> reporter: james recorded her song "you've got a friend" andnd it was his first number one hit. >> everybody understands friendship. and friendship is different than love. friendship has more freedom, more latitude. you don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be. you expect your friend to just love you as a friend. ou've got a friend >> he always said d inspired him as a songwriter, but he completely mentored me as a performer. he showed me the confidence and put me in the position where i needed to learn that. but the audience gave me the confidence. >> reporter: how so? >> i could go out there, i don't need to worry about whether i'm good or i'm not good. because it's not about me. i am the vehicle for which the audience is getting to hear

>> reporter: in 1971, it was carole's voice that affirmed her status as a pop icon. i feel l e earth move under my feet i feel the sky tumbling down >> reporter: her second solo album "tapestry" shot to number one on the charts and stayed there fofo15 weeks. the album won four grammys and carole became the first woman to win song of the year. >> i had success as a songwriter, and that is completelyifferent. i only wanted to be a songwriter. i never wanted to be a singer, and i never wanted to be famous. where you lead, i will follow >> reporter: in the 1970s, carole would marry twice more but found her peace when she moved permanently to sun valley, idaho, in 1978. you say it took you until your 60s until you could feel like you really knew who you were.

vulnerability is i didn't know to have a healthy relationship with a man. >> reporter: did that fuel your creativity? did it distract from it? >> neither. my creativity is an entity unto its own. it did its own thing, always. >> reporter: in concerts. in covers. because you make me feel, you make me feel >> reporter: on broadway. you make me feel like a natural woman >> reporter: you might say america is having a carole moment. because you make me feel >> reporter: or maybe it just never stopped having one. make me, make me, make me feel like a natural woman want to do a mitzvah this hanukkah? support i have a dream foundation. help a child achieve the dream of a higher education. cbs cares.

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alternative -- laser lights. they sit on the ground and point up at the house. one trouble, though, if you don't aim them right, they shine into the sky, and that can be dangerous for passing aircraft. mireya villarreal reports. >> whoa! >> reporter: believe it or not, this is a christmas decoration. but from the air. last week, one just like it 22 miles away from dallas-ft. worth international airport put a passenger plane in harm's way. there was a similar complaint last month in michigan. >> it's like pointing -- oh! >> reporter: it's a federal crime to shine a laser at a plane. while no one was charged in those cases, several so-called laser strikes are being blamed on the holiday laser displays. >> i think they look cool. there's two options. you can do all green and red. >> reporter: jen cravenparker bought hers for $40 at bed,

>> lazy lights. th's what facebook is calling them. >> reporter: lazy because they're so easy to install. clearly a dangerous problem for you guys. but helicopter reporter stu mandell from our los angeles station encountered other types of consumer lasers while in the air. >> i saw the l ler in the corner of my eye and i looked at it and it went right into my eyes. it stings, it burns. it feels like you have a sunburn on your eye. >> reporter: within minutes of taking off, we spotted exactly what those pilots were talking about. we're about 1,000 feet up in the air right now, and some of the christmas decorations look like fuzzy blobs, but for the laser light displays not properly installed, those lasers can shoot straight up into an aircraft's cockpit, causing potential problems, as we saw for ourselves. >> that's pretty bright right there. >> if the box is aimed a little high, some of the laser light will not hit the roof of the

off into space. >> reporter: laser strikes, often intentional, have become a growing problem for pilots. in 2014, the federal aviation administration investigated more than 3800 laser light complaints. this year, that number has nearly doubled. >> i don't think it's hitting the house at all. >> reporter: the faa is asking homeowners to make sure their decorations aren't pointed toward the sky or to pull the plug on them all together. mireya villarreal, los angeles. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning from the broadcast center in new york center, i'm don dahler. trump takes a solid lead as we find out how americans feel

also tonight, a san bernardino victim is laid to rest. we'll look at how a pakistani terrorist got through u.s. vetting. sergeant bergdahl talks for the first time about going awol. >> 20 minutes out, i'm going, "good grief, i'm in over my head." >> and the "star wars" director has a score to settle with the composer. >> we may need to back the ba-da-da -- repeat those bars. this is the "cbs overnight news." donald trump is back on top in the race for the republican presidential nomination. today a new cbs news/"new york times" poll of gop primary voters has him at 35%, his highest number yet in our polling and up from 22% in october. trump leads his nearest rival, ted cruz, better than two to

former front-runner ben carson lost half of his support, falling to third. everyone else is in single digits. the poll was taken before trump called for a temporary ban on muslims entering the united states. we have more now from major garrett. >> those numbers, i like lookiki at. >> reporter: donald trump has long professed a love for polls, and these numbers might add to his fascination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showed 42% of republicans support trump's call to ban muslims from coming to the u.s., 36% oppose it. among all voters, nearly six in 10 disagree with the plan while 25% support it. >> i have to do what's right. and what's right is this -- we have a problem. it's a serious problem. it's got to be solved. >> reporter: in addition to leading our poll nationwide, republicans give trump a clear

economy. 40% of gop primary voters say they are very confident in trump's ability to deal with terrorism, 51% say the same about his approach to the economy. and yet, trump remains divisive. 23% of gop voters said he is the nominee they would be most dissatisfied with. >> we need to take off the blinders of political correctness. >> reporter: drafting close behind trump, texas senator ted cruz. 30% of republican primary voters are very confident cruz could handle terrorism. he's also seen as the second choice of 26% of trump supporters, outpacing his republican rivals. >> the course of a presidential election, the voters are going to make a decision about every candidate, and ultimately, the decision is who has the right judgment. >> reporter: cruz today picked up the endorsement of bob vanderplatt, a leader among social conservatives in iowa. scott, vanderpplatt has backed the two most recent gop caucus

and rick santorum in 2012. >> major garrett covering the campaign tonight. major, thank you. today, the investigation of the san bernardino massacre took fbi divers to a lake near the crime scene. they're looking for a hard drive missing from the home of the killers, syed farook and his pakistani wife tashfeen malik. another focus is their 24-year-old neighbor, and carter evans has the latest on him. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell cbs news, enrique marquez is cooperating with the fbi, that he's told them of a 2012 terror plot he and syed rizwan farook allegedly hatched, then scuttled. marquez could face charges of providing material support for terrorism after admitting he provided two of the assault weapons used in the san bernardino attack. but the more that's revealed about marquez, the more puzzling it is for those who knew him. >> he was really outgoing.

>> reporter: viviana ramirez was a college classmate. >> just the fact that he is friends with him doesn't mean that he did it. >> reporter: marquez had converted to islam and visited this mosque a couple of times three or four years ago, according to a spokesman. a mosque member who met marquez says he seemed to be searching for direction, was exploring islam, and later said he wanted to convert to buddhism. another friend tells cbs news, "when he talked about islam, he talked about it in the past tense. he told me that he de-converted years ago." something else marquez may have shielded from his friends was that he had a wife, a russian woman who is related to farook by marriage. but neighbors of marquez say they never recall seeing his wife. today, outside the house where family members have shunned reporters for days, marquez's mother spoke briefly in spanish captured by cell phone video. "my world is upside down," she says. "my son is a good person." marquez lived in the home behind me, right next door to where his

lived. and scott, the first of the funerals for the san bernardino victims was held today. 27-year-old yvette velasco was laid to rest. >> carter evans, carter, thanks. tashfeen malik got into the united states on a fiancee visa, and she was screened for ties to terrorism. margaret brennan has been looking into that. >> reporter: tashfeen malik arrived in the u.s. with her fiance, syed farook, in july 2014. just two months earlier, she passed a u.s. government background check that found no suspected ties to terrorism. she was granted a k-1 visa, even though the fbi now believes she was radicalized before she met farook. the state department says malik was thoroughly questioned during an interview at the u.s. embassy in pakistan. she also filled out a questionnaire where she was asked, "do you seek to engage in terrorist activity? are you a member of a terrorist

five u.s. agencies also vetted her, checking her fingerprints against two databases. neither her name nor image showed up on a u.s. terror watch list. malik gave an incomplete home address, which could have raised red flags, but it's not clear if it was intentional. now congress is demanding to know what questions she was asked and to see her visa application. house republican matt salmon: >> and they say the vetting process is -- has got all these failsafes, but apparently there aren't enough failsafes because she got through the system and how many others have gotten through the system? >> reporter: 35,000 other foreigners received k-1 visas last year. just 618 applications were denied. white house spokesman josh earnest said the program will likely be changed. >> if somebody entered the united states through the k-1 visa program and proceeded to carry out an act of terrorism on american soil, that program is, at a minimum, worth a very close

>> reporter: the departments of state and homeland security admit that no screening will ever be 100% secure, especially, scott, in a case like this, where there were no history of ties to a terrorist group, and malik did not make her extremist views public. >> margaret brennan at the white house for us tonight. margaret, thanks. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. [ vocalizing ] [ buzzing ]

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law enforcement is blind to the plans of some terrorists because their communications are encrypted. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: this is where terrorists turn these days when they want to talk undetected, a messaging app, called "telegram," available for free on any smartphone. >> it's the go-to application for terrorist communication. >> reporter: elliot zweig is deputy director at the middle east media research institute. >> "telegram" has set it up that even they themselves don't retain the information. they cannot monitor the content. >> reporter: and there are dozens of other apps just like it, featuring powerful encryption law enforcement can't crack. >> that is a big problem. we have to grapple with it. >> reporter: fbi director james comey revealed wednesday that one of the two men who tried to attack a garland, texas, conference center in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 times that morning.

you what he said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that attack. >> reporter: so congress is considering legislation that would compel tech companies to unscramble and hand over suspicious and encrypted messages, but many of these companies operate outside of the u.s. "telegram" was founded by a russian and is based in germany, and experts warn that isis is testing out its own encrypted android app, so it won't have to rely on outside companies at all. even u.s. tech companies have balked at the notion of new laws. they say encryption is there to protect all kinds of personal data and if they give law enforcement a way in, scott, eventually, hackers will find their way in, too. >> nancy cordes on capitol hill. thank you, nancy. connecticut is about to become the first state to ban anyone on a government watch list from buying a firearm. that is something that congress has not done, despite a request from the president.

today he'll do it by executive order. supreme court justice antonin scalia is under fire tonight for comments he made during oral arguments yesterday. the court was hearing a challenge to affirmative action at the university of texas. here's our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. >> reporter: justice scalia was describing an argument made in court papers by opponents of affirmative action. "there are those who contend it does not benefit african americans to get them into the university of texas where they do not do well," says scalia, "as opposed to a slower tracked school where they do." scalia was referring to the mismatched theory that minorities admitted through affirmative action tend to enter at the bottom of the class. then they have trouble competing. with that in mind, scalia continued, "i don't think it stands to reason that it's a good thing for the university of texas to admit as many blacks as

but outside the court, no one cared about the legal arguments. scalia was deemed racist. minority leader harry reid even took to the senate floor. >> but it is deeply disturbing to hear a supreme court justice endorse racist ideas from the bench. >> it's not the least bit racist. >> reporter: stuart taylor co-authored the book that pioneered the mismatch theory. >> justice scalia used rather awkward words, but the point he was making was absolutely correct that when you dramatically lower academic standards to let in a racial group into a college who wouldn't get in otherwise, theyeye going to have trouble competing with the people who got in the old-fashioned way. >> reporter: now supporters of affirmative action say the mismatched theory understates the real advantages that minority students get by attending these highly selective schools. and, scott, they point out that the graduation rates for minorities at u.t. austin, well, they're the highest of any public college in the state. >> jan crawford in the washington newsroom. thanks, jan.

is speaking for the first time since he was released in a prisoner swap last year. bergdahl was captured by the taliban in 2009 after he wandered from his post in afghanistan. his first interviews are now on the podcast "serial," and david martin is at the pentagon. >> reporter: the army's investigation of bergdahl portrayed him as a cockeyed idealist, an image he seemed to confirm with his own words. the soldier the army has charged with desertion, and some have branded a traitor, told an interviewer he abandoned his post in an effort to draw attention to problems within his own unit.

wasn't long after he walked away that he realized how stupid. >> reporter: it took the taliban about a day to find him. >> reporter: bergdahl spent the next five years as a prisoner of the taliban. much of it was in a pitch-black room. >> reporter: bergdahl's stunt backfired not only on himself but also on his fellow soldiers. their lives were put in greater jeopardy by having to spend several weeks hunting for him. the army still has not decided what to do with bergdahl. he faces charges that could bring a life sentence, but

he not spend any more time in prison. scott. >> david martin at the pentagon. david, thanks. tornadoes are rare in the pacific northwest, but people who live in the town of battleground, washington, near the oregon border, think their town was hit by one today, and david begnaud is there. >> there really is a tornado. >> reporter: it looked like a tornado to people living in battleground, washington. >> we got multiple calls. trees down all over. >> reporter: the unusual weather came amid four days of fast-moving pacific storms that left much of oregon and washington a mess. what did it look like outside? >> it looked like "the wizard of oz" out here. there was debris flying everywhere, trees flying down the road, people's sheds, pools, trampolines. >> reporter: since monday, as much as 18 inches of rain has swelled northwest rivers and saturated the ground, toppling trees. a landslide closed the interstate connecting oregon and

>> i was told the department of transportation has hopes, this is hopes at the moment, to reopen at least one lane. >> reporter: governor jay islee declared a state of emergency. two people died, including a 72-year-old woman who drowned overnight had her car in clactskani, oregon. her husband was able to crawl out of the sunroof. back here in battleground, the witnesses say what looked like a tornado lasted only 30 seconds. scott, no one was hurt.

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the ceo of chipotle apologized today as more people reported getting ill after eating in a restaurant in boston. there are now 141 suspected cases of norovirus at boston college. here's anna werner. >> reporter: the shutdown of this chipotle in boston is the fifth health-related crisis for the restaurant chain in six months. boston college says students who ate there came down with norovirus, which causes nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. tim fox is a senior. >> severe stomach pain, like, really sharp pain, something i never really felt before. >> reporter: city health officials believe this outbreak may have begun with a sick employee who contaminated the food. health inspectors cited the restaurant for allowing that

having meat that was below safe temperatures. chipotle's health-related issues began last july with a small e. coli outbreak in seattle. in august, 100 people were sickened by norovirus in california. then starting in october, dozens of customers in chipotle restaurants across nine states came down with e-coli infections. the chain temporarily closed 43 of its restaurants. data shows chipotle is the fastest expanding restaurant chain in the u.s., opening 799 restaurants since 2009. sales have more than doubled to $4 billion. >> i'm sorry for the people who got sick. >> reporter: ceo steve ells pledged to overhaul food safety protocols in an interview with nbc news. the stock has rebounded today but is still down almost 25% since august. and just a short time ago, authorities in seattle announced they have closed a chipotle

it is one of the 43 restaurants that were shut down voluntarily during the e-coli outbreak. the company says it will address the problem. scott. >> anna werner, thanks.

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opens the friday before christmas, and that gave bill whitaker of "60 minutes" a chance to talk to a man who has one of the coolest jobs in the galaxy. >> reporter: six weeks before the premiere, we dropped in on a hollywood scoring session for "the force awakens." composer don williams, who won an academy award for the first "star wars" film, was back, along with the iconic refrain he wrote 38 years ago. take a look behind williams. that's not some awe-struck groupie. that's the movie's director, j.j. abrams. i saw you up here with your video camera taking-- >> well this is -- this is like momentous. you know, john williams conducting his "star wars" music. i mean, as a fan, i can't

>> reporter: abrams saw "star wars" when he was 11 and never outgrew his passion for the film. on this day, when he wasn't in the middle of the orchestra filming on his phone, he was racing around the sound stage, here the fan-- >> do you think it can work? >> let me just think. yeah. >> it's incredible! >> reporter: there the director. >> we may need to make the ba-da-da-- we might need to repeat those bars because it might be a little longer before we get into the interior of the transport. >> reporter: i see you running around, you're very-- >> really, i felt so calm. >> reporter: this is you calm? >> yes. >> reporter: is it intimidating in any way? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: oh, yeah. >> it's -- there are moments of just abject terror, as to what we're all taking on.

interview with j.j. abrams this sunday on "60 minutes." for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us just a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning. "from the nation's capital, i'm scott pelley.

news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. republican presidential front runner donald trump says he's postponing his scheduled trip to israel. trump planned to meet israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu after christmas, but his comments about barring muslims from entering the united states have caused an uproar in israel. trump now says he'll travel to israel after he's elected president. the latest cbs news/"new york times" poll shows him surging. he now has the support of 35% of likely republican primary voters. what's more, 2/3 of his supporters say they'll vote for trump, even if he runs as an independent. major garrett reports. >> reporter: donald trump taunted republicans with a recycled threat to run as an independent candidate and under intense criticism, scaled back from america. some republicans are reconsidering endorsing trump if he is the nominee, and president

celebrating the end of slavery in america. donald trump says he needs from the republican party what he rarely displays on the campaign trail, decorum. >> if they don't treat me with a certain amount of decorum and respect, if they don't treat me as the front-runner, if the playing field is not level, certainly all options are open. >> reporter: other than quitting, there's only one other option, running as a third party candidate. top republicans fear it could hand the election to the democrats. but trump says he wants the gop nomination. >> i will beat hillary. the one person that they don't want to run against is me. >> reporter: trump is sticking with the proposed ban on muslims that legal experts brand unconstitutional, republicans have called un-american, and the

disqualifying. >> it's a temporary ban on not everybody, but many. >> reporter: gop presidential candidate john kasich said for the first time he might not endorse trump if he's the nominee. >> i hope he changes his rhetoric and becomes a unifier. but if he doesn't, and the divisions and the extremism continues, i've got to take another look. >> reporter: at an event marking the 150th anniversary of the 13th amendment that abolished slavery, president obama drew sustained applause with this indirect response to trump. >> our freedom is bound up with if freedom of others. regardless of what they look like or where they come from or what their last name is or what faith they practice -- [ applause ] >> reporter: in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he "rejects trump's muslim ban," adding israel respects all religions. in a demonstration of his faith,

and that's nothing islamic about killing innocent people. muslims have to stand up to those who use islam to advance their own personal agenda. the first funeral was held yesterday for the victim of the san bernardino massacre. 27-year-old yvette died in that attack. survivors and family members were allowed to return to the scene of the shooting, the inland regional center. >> reporter: we're now getting a clearer picture of the relationship between farook and malik. the fbi says it's clear they shared extremist views long before they were married. >> they were radicalized before they started courting. >> reporter: fbi director james comey gave chilling details

tashfeen malik. >> was the woman shooter radicalized before she came to america? >> it looks like she was. >> reporter: and whether her marriage to farook could have been part of a terrorist plan all along. >> do you agree with me if it was arranged by a terrorist operative or organization, that is a game changer? >> that would be a very, very important thing to know. >> reporter: the fbi is also zeroing in on enrique marquez, who purchased the rifles the couple used in their attacks. marquez told investigators that he and farook were planning an attack in 2012, but they didn't follow through. the role marquez might have played in the san bernardino attacks, if any, remains unclear. he has not been arrested.

recover photos from farook's cell phone, which contained exterior photos of carter high school in realto. farook inspected schools, but it was unusual for him to keep photos of the school exterior. as the fbi continues to comb through evidence in the san bernardino shooting, it has an estimated 900 active investigations involving isis sympathizers and other extremists nationwide. what don't we know, what can't we see? >> reporter: marquez has not been arrested because he provided some of the weapons in the attack. we're learning federal authorities are now considering charging him with material support of terrorism. protesters continue to take to the streets of chicago commanding rahm emanuel resign. >> reporter: rahm emanuel is known as a political tough guy, but weeks of protests have taken

mayor's vulnerable side. >> rahm emanuel's got to go! >> reporter: protests continued into the night wednesday after echoing through the heart of chicago all day. >> rahm emanuel needs to stop playing games with people's lives. >> reporter: hundreds of protesters descended on city hall. skeptical of the embattled mayor's public mea culpa. >> we're going to begin the healing process. the first step this that journey is my step, and i'm sorry. >> reporter: an emotional emanuel acknowledged black chicagoens were treated differently by the police. >> and this is wrong. and that has to change in this city. that has to come to an end and end now. >> reporter: the crisis was sparked by release of dash cam

shooting black teenager laquan mcdonald 16 times. for over a year, rahm emanuel's administration fought to keep the video under wraps. >> every day we held on to the video contributed to the public's distrust, and that needs to change. >> shut it down! >> reporter: other police killings have reawakened the stark complaints of police brutality, prompting rahm emanuel to force his police superintendent and the head of the board overseeing policemen's conduct to resign. after initially imposing a federal investigation of chicago's police department, he now welcomes it. now, a bill was introduced into the illinois legislature on wednesday that would allow the legislature to recall mayor emanuel, but the chances of passage are rather slim, and (coughing) coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why there's delsym. delsym's advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours.

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fbi director james comey is pressing tech companies to allow law enforcement a back door into their hardware. he said powerful encryption is standing in the way of investigations. nancy cordes reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: he said point blank that the government's ability to track terrorist communications is not keeping pace with their a ability to evade detection. fbi director james comey provided a chilling example wednesday. he said the two men who attempted to attack a garland, texas conference center in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 times that very morning, using powerful encryption the fbi can't crack. >> to this day, i can't tell you what he said with that terrorist 109 times the morning of that attack. that is a big problem. we have to grapple with it.

said, are now standard tools for terrorists. the paris attackers likely used them to plan secretly, conspirators in france, belgium, and syria. now top lawmakers are considering legislation that would compel tech giants like apple, google and facebook to hand over encrypted data to law enforcement. >> even simple commercial products that you can buy encrypt the conversation. and some of them encrypted in a way that even with a court order, you can't break into it. >> reporter: tech companies say their products are designed that way for a reason, to protect personal information like bank account and credit card data. sometimes even the tech companies themselves can't crack them. industry representative michael beckerman. >> when you're asking for a back door encryption, you're asking to have an engineered vulnerability in the system that can be used by law enforcement

same vulnerability can be exploited by hackers or state-sponsored terrorists. >> reporter: after the san bernardino shooters posted their allegiance to isis on facebook, lawmakers introduced a bill that would require tech companies to alert law enforcement when users post terrorist activity, such as attack planning or recruitment on their sites. lorenzo is an expert on extremism at george washington university. is this essentially turning social media sites into watch dogs? >> that's obviously very complicated, and i'm not sure that social media has the ability, the expertise and the manpower to do that. think about companies like facebook and twitter that billions of users, can they be checking what everybody is saying. >> reporter: the fbi director says he thinks by and large, tech companies do the best that they can. snap chat and twitter, in statements yesterday, both said they do work to comply with law

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after a lifetime of writing and recording some of the most memorable songs ever, carole king became a kennedy center honoree. >> reporter: what's the highest compliment that people pay? you have lots of people that come up to you and say something? >> i'm a really down to earth person. that's the highest compliment,

a value that i have tried to keep throughout the years, through the whole trajectory of my life. i feel the earth move under my feet >> reporter: a trajectory that made carole king one of, if not the most prolific songwriters of an era, in a career spanning over 50 years. now and forever and for more than 100 hit singles, she gave voices to generations. she was born carole klein in 1942. raised in brooklyn, her mother taught her to play the piano at just 4 years old. your dad was a firefighter, and he would crowd the living room with people to listen to you. >> yep. it was my first experience of

>> reporter: as a child, she was writing her own songing. and by 15, carole was pitching them to new york record executives. she didn't stop until abc paramount offered her a contract. in 1958, she met her writing partner. and then her husband. at just 1 years old, carole had her first number one hit. and like a man completely >> we hoped to bring about some change in the music of the time. it went from strictly teeny bopper to a little more meaning

tomorrow >> reporter: america fell in love with carole's songs. in the 1960s, she wrote more than 24 hits, brought to life by names like little eva, the drifters, and the monkeys. then one day in 1967 -- looking out >> reporter: carole turned on the radio and heard her words sung by the queen of soul. >> it was just the height of all my dreams and expectations. i knew i had to face another day >> aretha franklin can do things that i can't do. i hear them singing it in my head. so when it's actualized, wow. because you make me feel, you

you make me feel like a natural woman >> yeah. >> reporter: but you do things they can't do. >> this is true. because if i make you happy, i don't need to do more you make me feel >> the one thing i can do that nobody else can do as the songwriter is deliver the songwriter's version of that song. you make me feel like a natural woman >> there's this authenticity that's just as close to the source as you can get. and it's too late, baby >> reporter: with success came heartache. carole and jerry divorced. looking for a fresh start, she

california, where she met a long-haired by eded guitarist named james taylor. you just call out my name >> reporter: james recorded her song "you've got a friend" and it was his first number one hit. >> everybody understands friendship. and friendship is different than love. friendship has more freedom, more latitude. you don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be. you expect your friend to just love you as a friend. you've got a friend >> he always said i inspired him as a songwriter, but he completely mentored me as a performer. he showed me the confidence and put me in the position where i needed to learn that. but the audience gave me the confidence. >> reporter: how so? >> i coul go out there, i don't need to worry about whether i'm good or i'm not good. because it's not about me. i am the vehicle for which the

their favorite songs. >> reporter: in 1971, it was carole's voice that affirmed her status as a pop icon. i feel the earth move under my feet >> reporter: her second solo album "tapestry" shot to number one on the charts and stayed there for 15 weeks. the album won four grammys and carole became the first woman to win song of the year. >> i had success as a songwriter, and that is completely different. i only wanted to be a songwriter. i never wanted to be a singer, and i never wanted to be famous. if you lead, i will follow >> reporter: in the 1970s, carole would marry twice more but found her peace when she moved to sun valley, idaho, in 1978. you say it took you until your 60s that you feel like you knew who you were.

vulnerability is i didn't know to have a healthy relationship with a man. >> reporter: did that fuel your creativity? did it distract from it? >> neither. my creativity is an entity unto its own. it did its own thing, always. >> reporter: in concerts. in covers. because you make me feel, you make me feel >> reporter: on broadway. you make me feel like a natural woman >> reporter: you might say america is having a carole moment. because you make me feel >> reporter: or maybe it just never stopped having it. make me, make me, make me feel like a natural woman embarrassed by a prostate exam? imagine how your doctor feels. as a urologist, i have performed 9,421 and a half prostate exams. so why do i do it?

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lights, you now have an alternative, laser lights. they sit on the ground and point up at the house. one trouble, though, if you don't aim them right, they shine into the sky, and that can be dangerous for passing aircraft. mireya villarreal reports. >> whoa! >> reporter: believe it or not, this is a christmas decoration. but from the air. last week, one just like it 22 miles away from dallas-ft. worth international airport put a passenger plane in harm's way. there was a similar complaint last month in michigan. >> it's like pointing -- oh! >> reporter: it's federal crime to shine a laser at a plane. while no one was charged in those cases, several so-called laser strikes are being blamed on the holiday laser displays. >> i think they look cool. there's two options. you can do all green and red.

bought hers for $40 at bed, bath, and beyond. lazy, because they're so easy to install. clearly a dangerous problem for you guys. but helicopter reporter stu mandell from our los angeles station encountered other types of consumer lasers while in the air. >> i saw the laser in the corner of my eye and i looked at it and it went right into my eyes. it stings, it burns. it feels like you have a sunburn on your eye. >> reporter: within minutes of taking off, we spotted exactly what they were talking about. we're about 1,000 feet up in the air right now, and some of the christmas decorations look like fuzzy yiy blobs, but for the laser light displays, they can shoot up, causing potential problems for us, as we saw for ourselves. >> that's pretty bright right there. >> if the box is aimed a little

will not hit the roof of the house, it will just keep going off into space. >> reporter: laser strikes, often intentional, have become a growing problem for pilots. in 2014, the federal aviation administration investigated more than 3800 laser light complaints. this year, that number has nearly doubled. >> i don't think it's hitting the house at all. >> reporter: the faa is asking homeowners to make sure their decorations aren't pointed toward the sky or to pull the plug on them all together. mireya villarreal, los angeles. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york center, i'm don dahler. trump takes a solid lead as we find out how americans feel

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