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it's crunchtime in the shipping industry -- the postal service,e,edex, and ups expect to make about 1.5 billion deliveries this holiday season. carter evans shows us how they plan to get it done in time. >> reporter: less than two ds before christmas, shipping companies are getting creative to get packages delivered on time. fedex and ups are even resorting to rental trucks. edgar pleitez is a u-haul dealer. >> they're shipping so much, that they're-- they don't have enough vehicles, so lhey came to us. >> reporwer: the shipping companies are recovering from a rough start to the holiday season. many were caught offguard by larger-than-expected cyber monday sales. deliveries were 20% slower than last year. some shippers were hurt by retailers'#promises of "guaranteed" deliveries. >> they are doing a disservice to the consusur. >> reporter: satish jindal is

company that tracks on-time delivery performance. >> they may be taking a day or two before they give it to the ups or fedex, and the consumer thinks it's the carrier. >> reporter: still, shipping companies hired hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers, and it appears to be paying off. the latest numbersrom ship matrix show ups deliliring 97% of its packages on time; fedex, more than 97%, and the u.s. postal service, more than 99%. today, last-minute shopperer found out they can still have a package delivered by christmas eve, but there's a price for convenience. >> it's going to be $164.74. >> oh, my gosh. are you serious? >> yes. >> reporter: stacie smith was hoping to get a gift to her niece in wyoming by christmas, but on second thought-- >> i guess santa is not coming until the 30th at her house. >> reporter: and mild winter weather near major shipping hubs has been a big help this year.

still waing for packages. and, norah, ups, fedex, and the popoal service expect totoeliver up to 60 million packages, tomorrow alone. >> that's incredible. carter evans, thank you so much. in the presidential campaign, donald trump remains ththrepublican front-runner heading into 2016. a new poll has trump at 39% nationally. ted cruz a distant second, followed by ben carson and marco rubio. and a new fight has broken out over the use of chchdren in campaign ads. here's major garrett. >> all of us learned in kindergarten, don't hit little girls. it's not complicated. don't make fun of a five-year- old girl and a seven-year-old girl. >> reporter: that's ted cruz responding to this online "washington post" editorial cartoon, depicting his two daughters as trained monkeys. the cartoon came after cruz's daughters appeared in this campaign ad. >> the grinch who lost her e-mails. >> reporter: poking fun at hillary clinton's e-mail woes.

one will be the e ser. >> reporter: at first, the cartoonist said cruz using his daughters to deliver a political attack made them fair game. the "post" then retracted the rtoon, saying: >> folks want to attack me, knock yourself out. that's part of the process. i signed up for that. that's fine. but my girls d dn't sign up for that. >> reporter: marco rubio called the cartoon "disgusting." donald trump, "bad." jeb bush, "a big mistake." with republiians talking about impropriety in politicic hillary clinton said donald trump is the undisputed front-runner. she was interviewed by the "des moines register." >> it's not the first time he's demonstrated a penchant for sexism. >eporter: earlier thihiweek, trump used this yiddish vulgarity to describe clinton's 2008 primary defeat. >> she was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. she lost. >> reporter: trump said on twitter ththword is not vulgar, , and often used to mean, "beaten

he called reporting on the flap, "dishonest." >> i don't know that he has any boundaries at all, and his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> reporter: in other campaign news, ben carson has lost ground inowa and nationally, promoming carson to suggest staff shake-ups were in motion today. but after a bitter struggle with his personal adviser, norah, carson's campaign management team remains shaken but intact. >> all right, major garrett, thank you. > e of the most solemnmn rituals in the u.s. military, a dignified transfer, took place today in delaware. the bodies of six fallen heroes arrived in flag-draped casts. margaret brennan reports. >> reporter: the body of staff sergeant chester mcbride came home today. the 30-year-old georgia native and five of his air force comradad were killed monday y a suicide bomber who drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into their patrol

fellow service members on the base pd personal tribute to the fallen. the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan was declared over, a year ago, but the u.s. still maintains a force of nearly 10,000 there. more than n 300 american service members have been killed since the war began 14 years ago. >> i want to say she's a hero, and i hope she's a hero to all of us, not just to me. >> reporter: major adrianna vorderbruggen was the commanding officer of the unit, which was dedicated to keeping the airbase safe. older brother christopher said she was a trailblazer. >> she intentionally would go on these patrols with her men because she wanted to show them that she would do what she was asking them to do. >> reporter: the 36-year-old fought for her country and her family. shlobbied to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in thehe

years ago, that now makes her wife and four-year-old son eligible for military death benefits. >> she inspired us all, i think, by just being herself and being proud to be who she was. >> reporter: three other u.s. service members and a number of afghan police were also wounded on monday. norah, it was the single deadliest attack for american troops all year. >> margaret brennan from the pentagon. margaret, thank you. coming up next, a mysterious streak lights up the s s. and the beatles light up the internet. e in here for ya? i'm gonna take mucinex sinus-max. too late, we're about to take off. these dissolve fast. ey're new liquid gels. and you're comininwith me... you realize i have gold status? mucinex sinus-max liquid gels. dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine.

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wise men and women followed a star last night -- not in the east but in the west. just a few nights before christmas, there was a mystery, nonetheless, a comet, a meteor, what sort of object? welll we asked anna werner to help us solve it. >> what is that? >> what is it? >> what is that? >> it's like a missile. >> is it santa claus?

across the night sky, past nicki pogue's airplane window. >> the captain got on the p.a. and said, take a look outside. there's a meteor outside. there was a big fireball with a long, long sparkly tail. >> reporter: not a meteor as it turned out, but the booster from a russian rocket sent up on monday, and now coming down. >> after a moment, after you saw this beautiful thing out the window it looked pretty close to the plane, and you readied it wawaheaded to earth. >> reporter: that rocket became the 109th object to fall from space this year, part of a steadily increasing trend. as the technology gets smaller and d eaper, more governmemes and companies are sending satellites and rockets up so more junk falls out of orbit back to earth. paul ceruzzi is a curator at the smithsonian air and space e museumum >> you can do all kind of wonderful things in space-- communication, weather,

and if we pollute that environment with debris, it's just like polllling a pristine river or lake on the earth. you just don't want to do that. >> reporter: the problem is mushrooming. in 1957, the only satellite in space was sputnik. now, u.s. military officials say they're monitoring some 23,000 objects circling the earth. u.s. strategic command officials say the ternational space station had to move four times this year to avoid possible collisions. >> they do present a hazard to the space station. there's no question about it. these velocities are just staggeriri. even something as small as just a couple of ounces can do some serious damage. >> reporter: the people who are generally least at risk here-- all of us here on earth. norah, scientists say most of the stuff that comes back through the atmosphere burns up, breaks up, or falls into our vast oceans. >> good to know. anna werner, thank you so much. one of the most beautiful women in the universe is also

thth's next. you have to admit, miss colombia has been gracious in defeat after the miss universe mixup. ariadna gutierrez was crowned the winner by mistake sunday

last night, , e thanked supporters on instagram, writing, "your destiny is written for you and my destiny was this." beatles fans can finally let it stream. there must be an answer, let it be >> beginning at midnight, every beatles song will be available for the first time on n ne popular streaming sites. and it was a long and winding road home for juanita the duck, back to a senior center in san phael, california, today. juanita was a beloved resident but wandered away in september turning up a few blocks away. well, an obscure federal law prevented the duck from going home, but the center built an enclosure and got a permit and now juanita is back home. in this season of light, some believe you cannot overdo it. that story is next. woman: what dodo it feel like when a woman is having a heart attack?

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there's never a silent night this season in tracy, california, whwhe the force just collided with christmas. all over the country, an arms race is under way over holiday lights. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: 'tis certainly the season in kirkland, washington, where tony mish has put up 175,000 lights with the seattle seahawks logo as the centerpiece. the cars and commotion it attracted caused some of mish's neighbors go all grinch and complain. he got a letter from the city threatening fines. >> yeah, i didn't realize that you needed a permit to have christmas lights. >> clark?

griswold almost took the entire city of chicago down in "national lampoon's christmas vacation," the dark side of all thatatight has been part o othe deal. >> everybody, come out quick! look at the lights! ya-ha! >> reporter: but one look at instagram, where 1.5 million people have displayed thei displays, and you rereize how many people don't need a white christmas as much as a multi- colored one. in shanksville, pennsylvania, bob witt illuminates his love of e penn state nittany lions. the blue and white lights synced to the team's fight song. i don't want a lot for christmas >> reporter: in southern lifornia this entire neighborhood coordinated its light display. and in brooklyn, pascal simone has been taking his girlfriend, bianca trevicano, toee these lights for years. this year, he made it the backdrop when he asked her to marry him. >> she said yes! thank god! >> reporter: but maybe theest

christmas lights comes from candy calda in houston. she wanted to create something like those fancy displays that charge money to see. but hers is free so that the less fortunate get a good show, too. >> makes m mheart soar with the e fact that i've brought joy to any family, be it a child or an adult. >> reporter: candy seems to have the brightest idea of all. jim axeleld, cbs news, new yoror >> that's the "overnight news" for this christmas eve thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us later for the morning news. from the broadcast center in new

this is the "cbs overnight news." >> happy christmas e. and welcome the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. a white christmas is in store for millions of people in the pacific northwest and mountain states. in the deep south, heavy storm will make e y for a beautiful day. that includes record-breaking temperatures stretching all the way up the eastern seaboard. that should help people who still have to travel for the holiday. aaa estimates more than 100 million americans will go at least 50 miles over christmas and new year's. most will drive, but nearly 6 million will fly.% if you're one of them, you'll find new rules at the security gates. jeffffegues reports. >> reporter: tsa officials stepped up security after the paris attacks and feel this is another important change. it means more passengers will likely be funneled through those body scanners, wheheer they like

cbs news has learned that late last week, the transportation security administration quietly changed body scanner protocols at airirrts. in this document, tsa officials wrote that the agency was updating the ability of individuals to opt out of advanced imaging technology screeneng in favor of physicic screening. that now clears the way for the tsa to direct mandatory body scanner screening for some passengers as warranted by security considerations. over the years, the technology has evolved. the body scanners that some critics label virtual strip searches are gone in favor of chines which replacecen image with that of a generic figure, which lessens privacy concerns. airport security has been der the e croscope over the susuer, a scathing inspector general report uncovered major gaps.

95% of the time they were able to smuggle mock explosivesesr banned weapons through checkpoints. in some cases cruising through tsa pat-downs. it led to a tsa overhaul that jeh johnson talked about again just last week. >> in july, i give the new administrator of tsa a ten-point plan for improving aviation security and a aport screening domestically.. that plan has been and is being implemented on schedule. >> reporter: those body scanners are extremely sensitive. the experts say they can pick up handkerchief stuffed into your pocket, which is why you have to take everything out of your pocket when you go through those body scanners. but most importantly, the experts say the scscners can pick up nonmetallic explosives, the kinds that terrorists are trying to sneak on planes. the presidential campaign doesn't take a break for the holidays.

republican voters prefer donald trump than his three strongest rivals combined. trump has 39% support of gop voters. ted cruz is sesend with 18%. ben carson and marco rubio have 10%. and chris christie has 5%. the poll came out as trump continued to defend his use of a rude word to desesibe hillary clinton's 2008 presidential bid. major garrett reports. >> reporter: clinton brushed off trump's latest verbal barrage and described him as a bully, a dangerous one at that she said. whose proposal to ban all muslims from americans has inspired and will probably continue to inspire isis recruitment. >> his bigotry, his bluster, his bullyingngave become his campaign. >> reporter: hillary clinton in an interview with "the des moines register," said she wasn't surprised by gop front runner donald trump's questionable use of this vulgar term. >> she was favored to win and she got [ bleep ].

clinton opted to attack trump's proposal to ban musls from entering the u.s. and his unfiltered campaign style. >> it is not the kind of language somebody running for the president of the united states should be using. reporter: even one of trump's develop rivals, jeb bush, said the front-runner's attacks strengthened clinton's hand. >> she's great at being a victim. this little victimologogstatus. it's n n a sign of strength to insult people with profanity. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz is also showing momentum % nationally, drawing within four points of trump in the latest quinnipiac poll. >> this is turning more and more into a two-man race between donald trump and me. we're seeing the washington establishment in utter disarray, because the american people are fed up with washington, they're fed up with being lied to. >> reporter: with cruz's climb in the polls has come increased scrutiny.

cartoon depicting his children drew cruz's wrath. inspired by this light hearted ad. a parody that features cruz and his children reading nservative christmas stories. >> i'll use my own server and no one will be the wiser. >> reporter: the candidate denounced the cartoon, demanding that "the washington post" leave his children alone. stick with attacking me, he twted, adding his daughters are out of your league. "the washington post" defended the cartoon at first, but then later said it didn't liv up to its standards and retracted itit senator marco rubio said the cartoon was disgusting. and by late last night, the cruz caupaign sending out fund-raising eails asking for emergency contributitis. the subject line read, they y attacked my children. millions of people saw a mysterious light in the night sky streaking over three southwestern states. no, it wasn't santa and his reindeer and it wasn't a ufo eieier.

fireball was the remnants of a russian rocket burning up. anna werner reports. >> r rorter: no, it wasn't a bird or plane. it wasn't superman or super girl. and no, it wasn't a meteor. but it could be seen for hundredsf miles and appeared alarmingly close to those who got a glimpse. >> what is that? >> what is it? >> reporter: it was the midnight mysty keeping people awake in parts of california, arizona, and nevada last night. a blazing bright light streaking across the sky. >> it's all over facebook. really wondered what it is. >> reporter: local news stations were baffled. >> we ve been getting all comes of phone calls. >> we e e hearing reports of a bright fireball. >> reporter: but what is it? >> we still don't know. >> reporter: witnesses offered a variety of theories. >> could be an airplane. >> is that a really long shooting star? >> might be e meteor. >> is it santa claus? >> reporter: others just watched in amazement. >> wow.

>> reporter: according to u.s. strategic command, which helps monitor thouounds of items orbiting in space, the object was the remnant of a used russian rocket, one that may have held launch a soyuz supply vehicle to the international space station on mondayayscheduled to dock this morning. >> every day, hundreds and hundreds of tons of material slam into the earth's atmosphere. but we're fortunate that most of these objects that are produced on earth are tracked and we can control, to some extent, what their characteristics are going to be when they come back to earth. >> look at it. it'soming apart right nono >> reporter: the russian rocket is one of 16,000 space objects tracked by the joint space operation center, which had predicted the spacecraft would fall over arizona tuesda evening. scientists say most t the stuff that comes back throroh the atmosphere burns up, breaks up,

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conductor seiji ozawa was bornrnn china and raisedd in japan, but he became a musical legend here in america. he's one of this year's kennedy center honorees. seth doane visited the maestro in tokyo. he g ge seth a tour of hisis neighborhood and looked back on his nearly six decade career. >> reporter: the conductor, of course, does not make a sound. but is responsibleleor every note heard. and it's said for more than half a century, this worlrlrenowned

has transformed orchestras and transfixed audiences. genius? not if you ask him. it's just hard work. this is when you were studying this morning? >> yeah, i was studying. >> reporter: throughout most of his career, he was up by 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. reading music. even on the day we met at the age of 80, he had been studying a puccini opera. >> you cannot make a telephone ll to puccini anymore. >> reporter: so you study other parts of his life? >> right. >> reporter: and these are marks you're making? >> yeah. >> reporter: at his tokyo home, he gave us a glimpse of the complexity a c cductor sees on the sheet music. >> this is the string part. this is wind part. this is the percussion part. >eporter: and you have to almost imagine what this all sounds like? >> exactly. >> reporter: rehearsal, he says, is the most important part.

stage, with me and that moment is unforgettable. >> reporter: there have been countless such unforgettable moments in a nearly six-decade long career, which took him from tokyo to chicago, and onto toronto and san francisco. then he spent 29 years in boston as the music director of the boston symphony orchestra. hence, the jacket. >> i love watchingnghe red sox. >> reporter: he showed us around his tokyo neighborhood. you're a regular here? >> yeah. >> reporter: at his favorite soba noodle shop, his picture is on the wall next to kome sumo wrestls. how did you balance your love of conducting with your love of sports? >> the symphony is almost walking distance from baseball park. after the concert, you look at

baseball is longer than concert. so i ask the driver okay, let's go and i go. >> reporter: so you leave the concert -- >> and i get to watch the last two innings of the red sox. >> reporter: it was his love o o sport that changed his career, really. as pointed out by no less than president obama. >> thank you so much. >>&reporter: at a white house event celebrating the kennedy center honorees.s. >> as a teenager in tokyo, an aspiring classical pianist named seiji ozawa defied his mother's orders and joined a rugby match. i have to say looking at you, i'm not sure that was a good idea. [ laughter ] he broke two fingers, and that put an end to his piano o aying career. but fortunately for the rest of us, it opened up the door to a career as a conductor. >> reporter: at a busy ce, he ld us it was his piano teacher who first suggesteteozawa become

meant. >> in those days, no television yet. so i never saw ohestra. i never saw conductor. so i did not know what to say. >> reporter: by 1960, he was a fellow at the prestigious tangleod music center. though he spoke very little englglh, he made quite an impression. his first "new york times" review appeared that same summer. it said, with his talent, exoti good looks, flare and ability, mr. ozawa is a young man who will go far. 55 years later, tanglewood conct hall bears his name. he was born into a japese family in then occupied china. did you always love classical music, even as a child? >> i think so. >> reporter: the family moved back to japan after the war. you grew up in a working class family.

reporter: i read that you had to mow your teacher's lawn? >> yes. >> reporter: because you weren't paying for the classes, is that true? >> that's right. no money at my house. >> reportet: many decades later, it was a fight with cancer and then a tumble this summer, which kept him in japan to recuperate with family. in september, he took the stage for a special 80th birthday concert. where he conducted in front of family and friends. when you're conducting, you seem to be very expressiviv you almost seem to speak with your eyes. >> i think you're right. you know, i was busy with the piano and ruy. so i didn't speak -- my englh was zero. i tell you, my answer is because my language is so bad, i think

gesture and eyes. >> reporter: today, he loves passing on his knowledge to the next generation. and says kids make great audiencec because you know right away if they're listening. after decades of conducting, he says his favorite piece of music is usually whatever he's studying at the moment. >> i must fall in love with this piece. otherwise, not so good. composer just left paper. and when we play, the orchestra play, this becomes life. and to do that, my energy must feel almost similar to the composer who wrote this. >> reporter: you want to breathe life into it. >> yes. if that happens, that good. >> reporter: when it goes juju

make magic. oh, and one more thing, he wanted to show us something special before w wleft. tucked in with his passport and important documents was this. >> this is american and nationml league. >> reporter: wow, lifetime pass. >> lifetime pass. seiji ozawa. >> reporter: his two loves, sport and music, can cut across boundaries, transcend language, and unify. both also require some talent, and a lot of hard work.

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nearly 200 years ago, a new yorker named clement clark moore was in a horse drawn sleigh gliding through the snow when inspiration struck. moore e t home and jotted down what he considered at the time to be a silly christmas poem for his children. he called it "a visit from st. nicholas." all these years later we know it as "'twas the night before christmas." here's charlie rose.

published and became a classic. but many peopleleo not knono today's conception of santa claus being a plump fellow comes from reading the poem. reading the tale has become a timeless christmas tradition in homes across the country. so we thought we would try our hand at it. here's our very own "'twas the night before christmas." 'twas the night before christmas by clement clark moore. 'twas the night before christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. the stockings were hung by t t chimney with care, in hopes that st. nicholas soon would be there. the children were nestled all snug in their beds, when visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. and momma and her kerchief and

brains for a long winter's nap. when out on the lawn there arose such a clatter. i sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. away to the window i flew like a flash, tore open the shutters and through up the sash. the moon on the breast of the new fallen snow, gave a luster of midday to objects below. when what to my wandering eyes did appear, but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. with a little old driver, so lively and quick, i knew in a momont he must be st. nini. more rapid than eagles, his courses they came. and he whistled and shouted and called them by name. now dasher, now dancer, now ancer and vixen, on n met, on cupid, on donner and blitzen. to the top of the porch, to the

dash away, dash away all. as dry leaves before thehe wild huhuicane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, nounlt to the sky. so up to the house top the courses they flew, with the sleigh full of toys and st. nicholas, too. and then in a twinkling i heard on the roof, the prancing and pawing of eight little hoof. as i drew in my head and was turning around, down the chimney st. nicholas camwith a bound. he was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with hes and soot. a bundle of toys he had flung on his back and he looked likika peddler, just opening his pack. his eyes, how they twinkled. his dimples how merry. his cheeks were like roses. his nose like a cherry. his droll lilile mouth was drawn up like a bobo and the beard on his chin was

the stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth and the smoke encircled his head like a wreath. he had a broad base and a round belly, that shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. he was chubby and plump, a white jolly old elf. and d laughed when i saw him in spititof myself. a wink of his eye and twist of his head, soon he gave me to know i h!d nothing to dread. he s ske not a word, but w wt straight to his work and filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk. and laying his finger aside his nose, and giving a nod up the chimney he rose. he sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle. and away theall flew like the down of a thistl

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half a world away, the people of iceland pride ththselves for running their country on 100% renewable energy. but they're not leaving well enough alone. jonathan vigliotti has the story. >> reporter: iceland is known for its geothermal power, which pulls energy from hot water reserves underground. it's so clean, hundreds of thousands of people each year bathe in the thermal baths. iceland runs on 100% thermal renewal energy, from hydropower to geothermal power like the onee behind me. for as windy as this country is, wind power surprisingly hasn't been tapped into. but inside a former coal plant, work is under way on a new renewable energy concept. >> it's really simple. simple construction and simple works. the more simple this is, the longer it lasts. >> reporter: simplicity is the key to wind power here, because

control. he has developed a unique turbine called the cw-1000. and the science behind it lies in the blades. the end result is a turbine that can slow itself down without needing expensive mechanical brakes, which often fail in high winds like thihione did in denmark. he's been tinkering with the design for years. from earlier versions like this s one in 2007,7,o today's more refined model. and his product is so unique, he and his business partners placed second on a a tional reality show that pits inventors against each other. jonas kettleson says even if the island is already 100%

cheap, green energy. why are there so many inventors here dealing with renewable energy? >> after our financial crisis that we encountered a a w years back, people had to rethink. and i think it did bring us a lot of good ideas. and those ideas are gaining momentum now. it's small projects that are becoming something large. >> reporter: and thinking big is something he hopes to do when he exports s green energy to the european market in the near future. is iceland the ultimate test for the durability of a winter? >> yes, i would say so. >> repepter: jonathan vigliotti, iceland.

thursday. breaking news -- an outbreak tornadoes in the south and midwest. 100 million people are in the path of severe storms. also tonightnew screening rules at airports as the holiday getaway begins. the clock ticking as delivery companies struggle with record demand. kids in campaign ads. >> i'll use my own server, and no one wililbe the wiser! >> but did a cartoon parody cross the line? >> all of us learned in kindergarten, don't hit little girls. >> and bigger, brighter, louder-- i is christmas to the extreme. >> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> scott pelley is off. i'm norah o'donnell. at least 10 tornadoes have been reported as seveve storms threatening g arly a third of the country.

>> this was the frightening scene as a large tornado plowed through clarksdale, mississippi. it appeared to be on the ground for about 10 minutes. the twister blew a tractor- trailer off the road, and damaged homes. tornado watches and warnings have been issued in at least 10 states. eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station wbz is tracking the storm. eric? >> reporter: a very violent evening of stormssnd humid air mass. you see the storms racing off to the north and east. that storm motion at 60 miles per hour at times. they are moving very fast. several tlrnadoes spread out, some all the way up into illinois, easternn parts of iowa, indiana, including the town of santa claus had a tornado warning earlier. but the strongest tornado is in northern mississippi, violent storms with damama reports coming in right now. we've seen trees snapped off, tractor trailers flipped and there are still several on the

so a very damaging nig is expected as these race northeastward. tornado watches from eastern iowa to the gulf coast. a long night ahead ofus, so urging vigilance everybody for everybodyyn the severe weather threat area. this is covering a very large region, not just tornadoes but the threat of damaging wind gusts racing off toward the east. e good news here, is as we head into tomorrow, the threat will go down. the story will be the record heat along the east. >> all right, eric fisher. thank you so much. and all of this comes as the holiday getaway kicks into high gear. more than 100 million americans are expected to travel more than 50 miles between now and new year's weekend. those traveling by air face new rules. more messengers will havav to go through fufu body scanners. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: the new guidelines mean more passengers will likely go through the full body scanners and some requests for

this document, obtained by cbs news, says tsa officers can now direct the change reflects an airport security o orhaul under way since last summer, after several government watchdog reports found widespread technology and humum failures in the system. the dhs inspector general says his investigators were able of to smuggle mock weapons or explosives through check points 95% of the time. in another investigation, inspector general john roth testified before congress in november. >> and the test results were disappointing and troubling. we ran multiple tests using different concealment methods at eight different airports. >> reporter: u.s. officials are especially concerned about explosives brought on board. in late october, isis claimed responsibility for the bomb that

metrojet plane in egypt. in 2001, richard reid tried to light a bomb embedded in his shoe, on a flight headed to miami. u.s. authorities say this is what the explosion would have been like. had the bomb worked. tsa officicis say workers have been retrained, and procedures corrected. tsa officials also say the new procedures will not affect the vast majority wf passengers. norah, at airports acrs the northeast, the weather did cause some delays and cancellations, but there were no major security issues reported. >> all right, jeff pegues. thank you. protesters from the "black lives matter" group disrupted travav today at the main airport in minneapolis. they're demanding charges against the police officer who shot jamar clark to death last month. in los angeles, demonstrators from the group blocked the 405 freeway near the airport. the vast majority of holiday travelers, more than 90 million, will be driving, and they're paying a lot less for gas this

demarco morgan has more on that. >> reporter: at this rest stst in richfield, new jersey, we found the wolfe family of six from brookhaven, mississippi. they've already logged 18 hours on the road. dad nick wolfe says their final stop is vermont. >> evevebody is doing great. we have a dvd player installed in the van, so that's helped a lot. been watching a lot of movies. it's great. >> where are we going, guys? >> reporter: for alex spherend his family from boston, highway driving has been great for thehe wallet, even if it means nearly running out of gas. >> we tried to make it to new jersey without stopping, so that we could get the cheap gas prices than in connecticut or new york, so we're running on just about empty. >> reportete according to aaa, the record 91 million people hitting the road is nearly two million more than last year. chp gas may be fueling the increasesean average $2 a gallon, down 37 cents from last year. a family of five driving a minivan from new york to miami is paying just $130 one way, a

two years ago. robert sinclair is with aaa. >> this is the second year in a row we're seeing more people travel than the year before, and you know, as the economy comes back, incrementally, we're seeing the n nbers of those who are traveling increase incrementally as well. >> reporter: at new york's penn station, one of amtrak's busiest hubs, national guard and bomb-sniffing dogs walked among the growing crowd. we found jananrennyson and her family, as they were boarding an eight-hour trip to virginia. >> we just didn't want to get in the car and deal with the headache of traffic. on the train you can get up and walk and around have a snack, and play cards, it's great. >> reporter: norah, just in case you're wondering how to avoid the headaches that come along with traffic, well, according to aaa, the best days to travel are christmas day and new year's day. >> demarco morgan, thank you so much.. today a new jersey grand jury indicted a truck driver for manslaughter in the crash that seriously injured comedian tracy morgan. the crash last year on the new jersey turnpike killed one of rgan's friends.

driver kevin roper had not slept in 28 hours before the crash. today, federal invesesgators said an eighth death in this country is likely linked to defective airbags manufactured by takata. the victim was a teenaged driver who died after a crash in pittsburgh in july. also today, manufactureradded more vehicles to its recall list the airbags can explode on impact, sending metal into drivers and passengers. so for the full recall list, go to our website, cbsnews.com for r more informamaon. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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itit crunchtime in the shipping industry -- the postal service, fedex, and ups expect to make about 1.5 billion deliveries this holiday seon. carter evans shows us how they plan to get it done in time. >> reporter: less than two days before christmas, shipping companies are getting creative to get packages delivered on time. fedex and ups are even resorting to rental trucks. edgar pleitez is a u-haul dealer. >> they're shipping so much, that they're-- thedon't have us. >> reporter: the shihiing companies are recovering from a rough start to the holiday season. many were caught offguard by larger-than-expected cyber monday sales. deliveries were 20% slower than last year. some shippers were hurt by retailers' promises of "guaranteed" deliveries. >> they are doing a disservice

>> reporter: satath jindal is president of ship matrix, a company that tracks on-time delivery performance. >> they may be taking a day or two before they give it to the ups or fedex, and the consumer thinks it's the carrier. >> reporter: still, shipping companies hired hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers, and it appears to be paying off. the latest numbers from ship matrix show ups delivering 97% of its packages time; fedex, more than 9797 and the u.s. postal service, more than 99%. today, last-minute shoppers found out they can still have a package delivered by christmas eve, but there's a price f f convenience. >> it's going to be $164.74. >> oh, my gosh. are you serious? >> yes. >> reporter: stacie smith was hoping to get a gift to hehe niece in w wming by christmas, but on second thought-- >> i guess santa is not coming until the 30th at her house. weather near major s spping hubs has been a big help this year.

still waiting for packages. and, norah, ups, fedex, and the postal service expect to deliver up to 60 milli packages, tomorrow alone. >> that's incredible. carter evans, thank you so much. in the presidential campaign, donald trump remains the republican front-runner heading into 2016. a new poll hasasrump at 39% nationally. ted cruz a distant second, followed by ben carson and marco rubio. and a new fight has broken out over the use of children in campaignds. here's major garrett. >> all of us learned in kindergarten, don't hit little girls. it's not complicated. dodot make fun of a five-year- old girl and a seven-year-old d girl. >> reporter: that's ted cruz responding to this online "washington post" editorial cartoon, depicting his two daughters as trained monkeys. the cartoon came after cruz's daughters appeared in this campaign ad. >> the gririh who lost her e-mails. >> reporter: poking fun at hillary clinton's e-mail woes.

one will be the wiser. >> reporter: at first, the cartoonist said cruz using his daughters to deliver a political attack made them fair game. the "post" then retracted the cartoon, saying: >> folks want to attack me, knock yourself out. that's part of the process. i signed up for that. that's fine. but my girls didn't sign up for that. >> reporter: marco rubio called the cartoon "disgusting." donald trump, "bad." jeb bush, "a"aig mistake." with republicans talking about impropriety in politics, hillary clinton said donald trump is the undisputed front-runner. she was interviewed by the "des moines r rister." >> it's not the first time he's demonstrated a penchant for sexism. >> reporter: earlier this week, trump used this yiddish vulgarity to describe clinton's 2008 primary deat. she got [ bleep ]. she lost. >> reporter: trump said on twitter the word is not vulgar,

he called reporting on the flap, "d"dhonest." >> i don't know that he has any boundaries at all, and his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying&have become his campaign. >eporter: in other campaign news, ben carson has lost ground in iowa and nationally, prompting carson to suggest staff shake-ups were in motion today. t after a bitter struggle with his personal adviser, nonoh, carsrs's campaign managememe team remains shaken but intact. >> all right, major garrett, thank you. one of the most solemn rituals in the u.s. military, a dignified transfer, took place today in delaware. the bodies of six fallen heroes arrived in flag-draped caskets. margaret brennan reports. >> reporter: the body of staff sergnt chester mcbride came home today. the 30-year-old georgia native and five of his air force comrades were killed monday by a suicide bomber who drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into their patrol

fellow service members on the base paid personal tribute to the fallen. the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan was declared over, a year ago, but the u.s. still maintainina force of nearly 10,000 there. more than 2,300 american service members have been killed since the wabegan 14 years ago. >> i want to say she's a hero, and i hope she's a hero to all of us, not just to me. >> reporter: major adriaa vorderbruggen was the commanding officer of the unini which was dedicated to keeping the airbase safe. older brother christopher said she was a trailblazer. >> she intentionally would go on these patrols with her men because she wanted to show them that she would do what she was asking them to do. >> reporter: the6-year-old fought for her country and her family. she lobbied to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the

years ago, that now makes her wife and fr-year-old son eligible for military death benefits. >> she inspired us all, i think, by just being herself and being proud to be who she was. >> reporter: three other u.s. service members and a number of afghan police wererelso wounded on monday. norah, it was the single deadliest attack for american troops all year. >> margaret brennan from the pentagon. margaret, thank you. cocong up next, a mystererus streak lights up the sky. and the beatles light up the inte looking for 24/7 digestive support? try align for a non-stop, sweet-treat-goodness hoho-onto-your-tiara, kind-of-day. live 24/7 with 24/7 digestive support. try align, the undisputed #1 ge recommended probiotic. man (sternly): where do you think you're going? mr. mucus: to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. man: you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congeion. i'm good all day.

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wise men and women followed a star last night -- not in the east but in the west. just a few nights before christmas, there was a m mtery, nonetheless, a comet, a meteor, what sort of object? well, we asked anna werner to help us solve it. >> what is that? >> what is it? >> what is that? >> it's like a misisle.

>> reporter: the object streaked across the night sky, past nicki pogue's airplane window. >> the captain got on the p.a., and said, take a look outside. therers a meteor outside. there was a big fireball with a long, long sparkly tail. >> reporter: not a meteor as it turned out, but the booster from a russian rocket sent up on mond, and now coming dowow after a moment, after you saw this beautiful thing out the window it looked pretty close to the plane, andou readied it was headed to earth. >> reporter: that rocket becamam the 109th object to fall from space this year, part of a steadily increasing trend. as the technology gets smaller and cheaper, more governments and companans are sending satellites and rockets up so more junk falls out of orbit back to earth. paul ceruzzi is a curator at the smithsonian air and space museum. >> you can do all kind of wonderful things in space-- communication, weather, navigation-- all those things,

environment with debris, it's just like polluting a pristine river or lake on the earth. you just don't want to do that. >> reporter: the problem is mushrooming. in 1957, the only satellite in space was sputnik. now, u.s. military officials say they're monitoring some 23,000 objects circling the e eth. u.s. strategic command officials say the international space station had to move four times is year to avoid pososble collisions. >> they do present a hazard to the space station. there's no question about it. these velocities are just staggering. even something as small as just a couple of ounces can do some serious damage. >> reporter: the people who are generally least at risk here-- all of us here on earth. norah, scientists say most of the stuff that comes back through the atatsphere burns up, breaks up, or falls into our vast oceans. >> good to know. anna werner, thank you so much. one of the most beautiful women in the universe is also

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there's never a silent night this season in tracy, california, where the force just collided with christmas. race is under way overeroliday lights. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: 'tis certainly the season in kirkland, washington, where tony mish has put up 5,000 lights with the seattle seahawks logo as the centerpiece. the cars and commotion it attracted caus some of mish's neighbors go all grinch and complain. he got a aetter from the city y threatening fines. >> yeah, i didn't realize that you needed a permit to have christmas lights. >> clark?

griswold almost t ok the entire city of chicago down in "national lampoon's christmas vacation," the dark side of all that light has been part of the dealn >> everybody, come out quick! look at the lights! -ha! >> reporter: but one look at instagram, where 1.5 million people have displayed their displays, and you realize how many people don't need a white christmas as mh as a multi- colored one. in shanksville, pennsylvania, bob witt illuminates his love of the penn state nittany lions. the blue and white lights synceded to the team's fight song.. i don't want a lot for christmas >> reporter: in southern california this entire neighborhood coordinated its light display. and in brooklyn, pascal sisine has been taking his girlfriend, bianca trevicano, to see these lights for years. this year, he made it the backdrop when he asked her to marry him. >> she said yes!

>> reporter: but maybe the best reminder of the special power of christmas ligh comes from candy calda in houston. she wanted to create something like t tse fancy displays thth charge money to see. but hers is free so that the less fortunate get a good show, too. >> makes my heart soar with the fact thai've brought joy to any family, be i ia child or an adult. >> reporter: candy seems to have the brightest idea of all. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> that's the "overnight news" for this christmas eve thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us later for the morning news. from the broadcast center in new

this is the "cbs overnight news." >> happy christmas eve. and welcome to thehe "overnight news." a white christmas is in store for millions of people in the pacific northwest and mountain states. in the deep south, heavy storms will make way for a beaiful day. that includede record-breaking temperatures stretching all the way up the eastern seaboard. that should help people who still have to travel for the holiday. aaa estimates more than 0 million americans will go at least 50 miles over christmas and new year's. most will drive, but nearly 6 million will fly. if you're one of them, you'll find new rules at the security gates. jeff pegues reports. reporter: tsa officials stepped up security after the paris attacks and feel this is another important change. it means more passengers will likely be funneled through those

it or not. cbs news has learned that late last week, the transportation security administration quietly changed body scanner protocols at airports. in t ts document, a officials wrote that the agency was updating the ability of individuals to opt out of advanced imaging technology screening in f for o o physical screening. that now clears the way for the tsa to direct mandatory body screening for some passengers as warranted by security coiderations. over the years, thehe technhnogy has evolved. the body scanners that some critics label virtual strip searches are gone in favor of machines which replace an image of withhat of a generic figure, which lessens privacy concerns. airport security has been under the microscope over the summer,

report uncovered major gaps. 95% of the time they were able to smuggle mock plosives or banned weapons, in some cases cruising through tsa pat-downs. it led to a tsaoverhaul. >> in july, i give the new administrator of tsa a ten-point plan for improving aviation security and airport screening domestically. that plan has been and is being implemented on schedede. >> reporter: those body scanners are extremely sensitive. the experts say they can pick up hankerchief stuffed in your pocket. but most importantly, the experts say the scanners can pick up nonmetallic explosives, the kinds that terrrrists are ying to sneak on planes. the presidential campaign

holidays. a new nationwide pl shows moror republican voters prefer donald trump than his three strongest rivals combined. trump has 39% support of gop vovors. ted cruz is second with 18%. the poll came out as trump continued to defend his use of a rude word to describe hillary clinton's 2008 presidential bid. major garrett reports. >> reporter: clinton brushed off trump's latest verbal barrage and described him as a bully, a dangerous at that, she said. whose proposal to ban all muslims from americans has inspired and will probably continue to inspire isis recruitment. >> his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> reporter: hillary clinton in an interview with "the des moines register," said she wasn't surprised by gop front runner donald trump's questionable use of this term.

she got [ bleep ]. >> reporter: on the trail, clinton opted to attack trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. and his unfiltered campaign style. >> it is not the kind of language somebodyunning for the president of the united states should be using. >> reporter: either one of gop's rivals said it strengthened hillary clinton's hand. >> she's great at being a victim. it's not a sign of strength to insult people with profanity. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruzuzs also showingomentum nationally, drawing within four points of trump in the latest quinnipiac poll. >> this is turning more and more into a two-man race between donald trump and me. we're seeing the washington establishment in disarray, because the american people are fed up.

in the polls has come increased scrutiny. this cartoon drew cruz's wrath, inspired by t ts light hearded ad. a parody that features cruz and his children reading conservative christmas stories. >> i'll use my own servernd no one will be the wiser. >> reporter: the candidate denounced the cartoon, demanding that "the washington post" leave his children alone. stick with attacking me, he tweeted, adding his daughters are out of their league. "the washington post" defended the cartoon at first, but then retracted it. senator marco rubio said the cartoon was disgusting. and by late last ninit, the cruz campaign was asking for emergency contributions. the subject line read, they attacked my children. millions of people saw a mysterious light in the night sky streaking over three southwestern states. no, it wasn't santa and his

u.s. military insists the fireball wasasheemnants of a russian rocket burning up. anna werner reports. and no, it wasn't a meteor. but it could be seen for hundreds of miles and appeared alarmingly close to those who got a glimpse. >> what is that? >> yeahahjust all overfacebook, really wondered what it is. >> reporter: local news stations were baffled. >> we have been getting all comes of phone calls. >> we are hearing reports of a bright fireballll >> reporter: what is it? witnesses offered a variety of theories. >> is that a really long shooting star? >> might be a meteor. >> is it santa claus?

in amazement. >> wow. >> reporter: according to u.s. strategic command, which helps monitor thousands of items orortting in space, the object was the remnant of a used russian rocket, one that may have helped launch a soyuz supply vehicle to the international space station on monday, scheduled to dock this morning. >> every day, hundreds and hundreds of tons of material slam into the earth's atmosphere. but we're fortunate that st of these objects are tracked and we can control, to some extent, what their characteristics are going to be when they come back to earth. >> reporter: the russian rocket isne of 16,000 space objects trtrked by the joint space operation center, which had predicted the spacecraft would fall over arizona tuesday evening. scientists say most of the stuff that comes back through the atmosphere burns up, breaks up, we're all familiar with this, axe daily fragrances.

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the conductor was born in china and raised injapan, but he became a musical legend here in america. he's one of thisyear's kennedy center honorees. defendant defendant visited the maestro in tokyo. he gave seth a tour of his neighbhood and looked back on his nearly six decade career. >> reporter: the conductor, of course, does not make a sound. but is responsible f f every te heard. and it's said for more than half a century, this world renowned

transformed orchestras and transfixed audiences. genius? not if you ask him.m. it's just hard work. this is when you were studying this morning? >> yeah, i was studying. >> reporter: throughout most of his career, he was up by 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. reading music. even on the day we met at the age of 80, he had been studying a puccini opera. >> you cannot make a telepne call to puccini anymore. >> reportete so you study other parts of his life? >> right. >> reporter: at his tokyo home, he gave us a glimpse of the complexity a conductor sees on the sheet music. >> this is the string part. this is the percussion part. >> reporter: and you have to almost imagi what this all sounds like if >> exactly. >> reporter: rehearsal, he says,

>> if everything goes well, on stage, with me and that moment is unforgettable. >> reporter: there have been countless such unforgettable moments in a nearly six-decade long career, which took him from tokyo to chicago, and onto toronto and san francisco. then he spent9 years in boston as theusic director of the boston symphony orchestra. hence, the jacket. >> i love watching the red sox. >> reporter: he showed us around his tokyo neighborhood. you're a regular here? >> yeah. >> reporter: his favorite noodle sh, his picture is on the wall next to some sumo wrestlers. how did youu balance your love of conducting with your love of sports? >> after the concert, you look

baseball is longer than concert. so i ask the driver okay, let's go and i go. >> reporter: so you leave the concert -- >> and i get to watch the last two innings of the red sox. >> reporter: it was his love of sport that changed his career, really. as pointed out by no leses than president obama. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: at a white house event celebrating the kennedy center honorees. >> as a teenager in tokyo, he defied his mother's orders and joined a rugby match. i have to say looking at you, i'm not sure that was a good idea. [ laughter ] he broke two fingers, and that put an end to his piano playing career. but fortunately for the rest of us, it opened up the door to a career as a conductor. >> reporter: at a busy cafe, he

who first suggested ozawa become a conductor, whatever that meant. in those days, no television yet. so i never saw orchestra. i never saw conductor. so i did not know what to say. >> reporter: by 1960, he was a fellow att the prereigious tanglewood music center. though he spoke very little english, he made quite an impression. his first "new york times" review appeared that same summer. it said, with his talent, exotic good looks, flare, he is a young man who will go far. 55 years later, tanglewood concert hall bears his name. he was born into a japanese family in then occupied china. didi you always love classical music, even as a child? >> i think so. >> reporter: the family moved

you grew up in a working class family. >> right. >> reporter: i read that you had to mow your teacher's lawn? >> yes. >> reporter: because you weren't paying for the classes, is that true? >> that's right. no money at my house. >> reporter: many decades later, it was a fight with cancer and then a tumble this summer, which kept him ijapan to recuperate with family. in september, he took the stage for a special 80th birthday concert. where he conducted in front off family and friends. when you're conducting, you seem to be very expressive. you almost seem to speak with youryes. >> i think you're right. you know, i was busy with the piano and rugby. so i didn't speak -- my english was zero. i tell you, my answer is because my langugue is s s bad, i think

gesture and eyes. >> reporter: today, he loves passing on his knowledge to the next generation. and says kids make great audiences because you know right away if they're listening. after decades of conducting, he says his favorite piece of music is usually whatever he's studying at the moment. >> i must fall in love with this piece. otherwise, not so good. composer just left paper. and when w w play, t t orchestst play, this becomes life. and to do that, my energy must feel almost similar to the composer who wrote this. >> reporter: you want to breathe life into it. >> yes. if that happens, that good.

right, he says, a symphphy can ke magic. wanted to show us something special before we left. tucked in with his passport and important documents was this. >> this is american and national league. >> reporter: while, lifetime pass. >> lifetime pass. >> reporter: his two loves, sport and music, can cut across boundaries, transcend language, andununy. both a ao require some talent, and a lot of hard work.

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sleep in heavenly pce sleep in heavenly peace nearly 200 years ago, a new yorker claimed clement clark moore wasas in a h hse drawn sleigh gliding through the snow when inspiration struck. moore got home and jotted down what he considered a the time to be a silly christmas poem for his children. he calledt "a visit from st. nicholas."

at "'twas the night before christmas." here's charlie rose. >> reportete it originates from m the poem. reading the tale has become a timeless christmas tradition in homes across the country. so we thought we would try our hand at it. here's our very own "'twas the night before christmas." 'twas the night before christmas by clement clark moore. 'twas the night before christmas, w wn all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. the stockings were hung by the chimney with care? hopes that st. nicholas soon would be there. the children were nestled all snug in their beds, when visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. and momma and her kerchief and

brains for a long winter's nap. wh without on the lawn arose such a clatter. i sprang to see what was the matter. i tore open the sutters and through up the sash. the moon on the breast of the new fallen snow, gave a luster midday to objects b bow. when what do my wandering eyes did appear, but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. with aittle old driviv, so lively and quick, i knew in a moment he must be st. nick. more rapid than eagles, his courses they came. and he whistled and shouted and called them by name. now dasher, now dancer, now prancer and vixen, on comet, on cupid, on donner and blitzen. to the top of the porch, to the top of the wall, now dash away,

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white as the snow. a pipe he held tight in his teeth and the smoke encircled his head like a wreath. he had a broad base and a round belly, that shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. and i laughed when i saw him in spite of myself. a wink of his eye and twist of his head, soon he gave me to know i had nothing to dread. he spoke not a word, but went straight to his work and filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk. and laying his finger aside his nose, and giving a nod up the chimney he rose. he sprang to his slslgh, to his team gave a whistle. i heard him ex-cim as he drove out of sight, happy christmtm to all, and to all a good night. embarrassed by a prostate exam?

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half a world away, the people of iceland pride themselves for running their country on 100% renewable energy. but they're not leaving well enough alone. jonathan vigliotti has the story. >> reporter: iceland is known for its geothermal power, which pulls energy from hot water reserves from underground. it's so clean, hundreds of thousands of people each year bathe in the thermal baths. icelandd runs on 100% thermal energy. for as windy as this country is, wind power surprisingly hasn't been tapped into. but inside a former coal planan work is under way on a new renewable energy concept. >> it's really simple. simple construction and simple works. the more simple this is, the nger it lasts.

key to wind power here, because iceland is so windy, traditional turbines canan spin outut of control. he has developed a unique turbine, and the science behind it lies in the blades. the end result is a turbine that can slow itself down without needing expensive mechanical brakes, which often fail in high winds likehis one did in denmark. he's been tinkering with the design for years. from earlier versions like this one in 2007 to todas more refined model. and his product is so unique, he and his business partners placed second on a national reality show that pits inventoto against each other. he says even if the island is already 100% sustainable,

for new forms of cheap,p, green energy. why are there so many inventors here dealing with renewable energy? >> after our financial crisis that we encountered a few yfars baba, people had to rethink. and inthink it did bring us a lot of good ideas. and those ideas are gaining momentum now. it's small pjects that are becomingngomething large. >> reporter: and thinking big is something he hopes to do when he exports his green energy to the european mart in the near future. is iceland the ultimate test for the durability of a winter? >> yes, i would say so. >> reporter:onathan vigliotti, iceland. >> that's the "overnight news" for this christmas eve thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning."

york city, i'm elaine quijano.