here in new york city, i'm michele miller. hell at the airports. high water along the mississippi. flooding, snow and ice from a storm that won't quit. also tonight, caught in mexico. the teen who once beat a prison term by claiming to be too spoiled to know right from wrong. walking into danger. the consequences of paying too much attention to the cell phone. and music should be color blind and to make it that way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors. >> reporter: a maestro on a mission. captioning funded by cbs >> scott pelley is off. i'm jim axelrod. >> the deadly storm system that

midwest is now dumping snow on northern new engnd. half a foot has fallen in maine. it's also producing hick flooding in missouri where they're filling and stacking sandbags to hold back the surging mississippi river. bad weather is blamed for more than 10,000 flight delays over two days and more than 4,000 cancellations. we have a team of correspondents deployed beginning with adriana diaz at chicago's o'hare airport. adriana? >> reporter: all day long, we've seen lines stretch across the length of the term naal as passengers try to get through security to their gates. many flights werer canceled or delays. crowded chaos took over the terminals here. check-in lines six rose deep. security checkpoints packed with passengers running outf patient. >> i don't even know what to think. >> reporter: 800 flights were canceled or delayed by late this afternoon on top of a nearly 1400 canceled yesterday. with an estimated 80,000 t ting

through o'hare today, emotions were high. i want to speak to someone. this is such [ bleep ]. it's such [ [leep ]. >> reporter: hundreds were stranded last night with no place to go. 850 were able to get cots but scott mill man and his girlfriend hope slept on n e cold hard floor after their flight to portland, oregon, was cancelled. >> i've been using my coat as a blanket or a mattress. >> yeah, this is my pillow right here. >> reporter: flightaware said o'hare's location is critical to air travel nationwide. >> it's a large hub for american airlines and united airlines, as well. chicago is a vital artery for system. >> reporter: as the wintry mix moved east dumpings much as a foot of snow from new york to maine, delays moved with i i more than 800 flights at new york's three area airports were

400 or s at boston's log airport. back here at o'hare, ameririn airlrles rebooked scott and hope on another flight but it leaves next year on new year's day. >> is the airline paying for your hotel? >> no, they won't pay for anything. >> reporter: i iwill take at least one more day for flights to return to normal here at o'hare. part of the problem is flights are mostly full becausef the holidays leaving few sts for rebooking. > adriana diaz with the stranded travelers at o'hare. tror recollectional rains have swollen rivers in illinois and missouri. the m)ssissippi river is expected to crest on thursday south of st.t.ouis at levelel that could exceed the historic 1993 flood. union, missouri, has already flooded. russell kinsaul of kmkm is therer russell? >> reporter: yeah, jim, at least two dozen homes are underwater and a number of businesses, as well. this mcdonald's a gas station, a

sandwich shop opened up a week ago is now flooded. there have been 13 deaths most from people driving through water rushing across roadways. jay nex on declares a state of emergency. was in the st. louis area today touring some hard hit areas in st. charles county. all of this heavy rain has created what is beak ten extra vertical feet of water. there have been mandatory evacuations and requests forevolunteers to fill sandbags. in st. louis today, they needed volunteers to fill 20 thousand bags and some of those volunteers that showewe up today were children on their holiday break. in some places water is up to the rooftops of homes and some businesses are underwater. the burbis river is causing all of the flooding and they're saying it will reach an all-time high when it crests later today. >> russell kinsaul with the devastating floodwaters in missouri, thank you. > t's bring in eric fisher from our cbs boston station wbz.

bad. get? >> we're watching a widespread arar of 8 to 14 inch rainfall. just over the last seven days alone creating the huge issues we've been seeing in this mississippi river basin. we look across 20 different states here. all these rivers that all feed into t t mississippi reachingg at least major flooding if not a record flooding. a lot of these crests the decades. all this water feeds into the mississippi river at st. louis crest ong thursday at 44 feet. 14 feet more to rise. arkansas river at little rock will be cresting on friday at 26 feet. very high water levels. now, the good news is here that as we look over the next seven days, a much drier pattern sets up an all across the region. it won't stop the flooding expected butt least it won't exacerbate the problem anymoror >> garland t tas has begun the clean-up after tornadoes damaged

tovight, david begnaud has a heartbreaking reminder that property can be replaced but lives cannot. >> reporter: in bad shape. i` lost my wife. she was my bes friend. >> reporter: ruben porras and petra ruiz werearried for ten years with fouou young children. he had both worked as paralegals. for christmas, ruben surprised his wife with a special hair appointment.t& she was on her way home saturday night when she connected with her husband on facetime. >> we were just talking about dinner. and all of a sudden, she jus started screaming. >> reporter: she starts screaming. >> and she -- all i saidd was babe, what's wronging? the image just became black. >> reporter: using a mobile app and gps, ruben tracked his wife's'shone to the crash site and asked his brother-in-law to drive him there. blocked by fire trucks and debris, he ran the last mile and a half to find his wife.

i see her vehicle. it was really -- it was crushed. i was hoping she would still be alive in there, you know? >> reporter: you crawled into the car? >> i crawled into the car to try to help her. >> reporter: about five hours later, porras came home and called his childrengether. >> i said mommy was in a terrible accident. and she's left us. but she wille watching over. >> reporter: petra ruiz was one of eight people who die in the city of garland. all of those victims dieie in eir vehicles. >> david begnaud with the heart breaking story. thank you.

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all: cbs cares! now to ethan couch, the so-called affluenza kid. couch was wanted for possibly olating probation inexas after beating pron time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. after a three-week manhunt, omar villafranca reports couch has been arrested in mexico. >> ethan couch's newly dyed black hair didt fool mexican authorities who caught the texas teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charge in the deadly drunkiving accident. >> we worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had

almost akin to a going away party. >> reporter: investigators say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck i io mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north texas in the coastal resort town of puerto vallarta. they fled shortly after this video surfaced which appeared to show couch at a party with alcohol. which might have violated his juvenile probation. even though he's 18, tarrant county district attorney sharen wilson says couch is only facing juvenile justice. >> i'm not satisfied with four months in a juvenile facility. we're asking for him to be moved to adult court. >> reporter: couch was only 16 when he avoided jail time and was sentenced to ten years probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident. his defense team argued that the teen suffered from something they termed affluenza, arguing that his rich parents never taught him right from wrong. >> sheriff, now that he is in custody, what do you want to happen to ethan couch this time

>> well, i'd like for him to be held accountable. i don't think ten years probation was appropriate for killing four innocent people. >> reporter: even if@couch's case is transferred to adult court, he onlylyaces four months in jail because he was convicted as a minor. jim, mexican officials tell cbs news couch and his mher will be flown back to texas tomorrow. >> omar, t tnk you. chicago police officer jason van dyke pled not guilty today in the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. van dyke fes first degree murder charges after shooting the teenagerer6 times. dashcam video of the confrontation sparked days of protests when it was released last month. van dyke's lawyer says he may ask for r change of venue. the last day of the year is challenging days of the year for the new york city police department. bernardino have only raised the stakes.

>> reporter: with over a million people expected in midtown manhattan and a billion more watching on tv, new york officials are determined to make times square the safest place on earth. mayor bill deblasio. >> we're the best prepared city in the country. we know how to do big events. we've shown it time and time again. >> reporter: 5,000 uniformed and undercover officers will be in times square. sners will be on rooftops garbage cans remomod,anhole covers sealed shut, radiation detectors deployed. this year the nypd established a 500-person special response unit that holds regular drills. at a new operation c cter in downtown manhattan, officers monitor thousands of camera feeds. on new year's eve the room wl be staffed wh members of governmental and private agencies. last month, chief james o'neill gave us a tour. >> do you think people should feel safe? >> you know what, i'm not going

concerned but i'm not going to tell them to feel safe. i don't think anyone does this work better than the nypd, along with our federal partners. >> reporter: but memories of the paris and california terror attacks are fresh. commissioner bill bratton. >> the pattern this year has been terror attacks on relatively small soft targets with all the focus on times square, what about the thousands of businesses outside this area? >> both through capabilities on the threaea analysis beforehand, the prevention side of it as well as the capability to respond very quickly, we believe we are as prepared as anybody can be. >> reporter: spectators coming into this area will all be searchch and required to get to their places early and stay there. jim, they will also not be allowed to bring in large bags, backpacks orlcohol. >> don dahler in times square whererit will be even busier in two nights. thanks you. now to new information about the federal government's handli of the texas ice cream maker blue bell, the subject of a cbs news investigation this fall.

department of justice has started an investigation into blue bell after their ice cream was link to a deadly listeria outbreak earlier this year. three people died. an fda investigation found listeria in three of blue bell's production plants in alabama, oklahoma, and texas, as well as records indicating the company knew one plant was contaminated at least as early as 2013. the fda investigation uncovered other troubling problems. including condensation dripping directly into ice creaand unsanitary equipment. in april, blue bell shut down all three production facilities and recalled all its ice cream. sources tell cbs news, the justice depapament is trying to determine what blue e ll management knew about potentially deadly hazards in their plants and when they knew it. in)october, gerald bland who worked at the blue bell factory brenham, texas, desesibed to

on the factory floor. on the ftory floor. >> on the wall by the three gallon machine, if it would rain roof, it would just trickle down that wall. roof. >> from the roof. >> reporter: would get intthe factory? >> yeah. >> reporter: anothererorker terry scscltz told us his complaints to management about unclean conditions went nowhere. pot was, is that all you're going to do is come in here and bitch every afternoon? >> what do y y think his message to you was? >> production was probably more important than cleanliness >> all three of blue bell's plants are now back up and running ananby the end of next month, its ice cream will be back on the shelves in 15 states. blue bell did not respond to our requests for comment today. this investigation into blue bell is being led by the same justice department lawyer who prosecuted the p pnut corporation of america. the company's owner stewart parnell got 28 years for

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distraction turned deadly for a man who fell off a cliff in san diego on christmas day. he had been staring at his phone or camera completely unaware of the looming danger. as kris van cleave reports, this type of thing happens all the time. >> reporter: invtigators believe joshua burwell may have been trying to take a picture of the sunset when he made the deadly 40-foot fall. san diego lifeguard sergeant bill bender. >> wasn't watching where he was walking looking more down at the vice.

so-called distracted walking especially from handheldevices like cell phones is growing problem. the numbmb of er visits for related injuries most often due to falling doubled between 2005 and 2010 to more than 1500 with millennials ages 21 to 25 the most likely to get hurt. >> it's importbnt to recognize this as a problem. >> reporter: surgeon dr. claudette lajam believes the true number of injuries is even higher. >> when they come into my office, for instance, they'll have an injury and they'llay they triried over the curb but they'll never admit na they were looking down at their phone instead of looking in front of them. >> mall security cameras captured this woman who was so focused on her phone, she walked into a fountain. this man fell right ofthe train platform. we spotted jordan videochatting while crossing a busy neneyork street. > know i shouldn't. >> kelly davis was working away on her phone as she walked to lunch. >> have you ever had a moment where you've walked into something or fallen or --

posts. reporter: she may n n be surprised by the findings of a 2014 study that estimated nearly 10% of all pedestrian injuries are due to distraction. jim, i know itounds obvious, but if you're looking down at yoururhone, you may not see an obstacle right in front of you in time. >> chris, thank you. an unlikely pedestrian was

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we cse tonight with a mission to change the composition of classical music. not the sound, but the color. fewer than 4% of symphony musicians in this country ar lee cowan foununit's not for lack of talent. >> reporter: rachmaninoff was seamless on this night in charleston, south carolina. remarkable because this was the very first time many of these musicians had ever played together. maestro marlin daniel conducts not only the orchestra but this festival called the color of

>>ou know a lot of musians of color get pigeon holed into jazz and hip-hop and all these things. >> reporter: it's a stereotype. >> a big stereotype. a lot of people find theje are not any musicians of color out there doing classical music when there are actually in reality tons of us. >> reporter: clarinettist robert davis says in most symphonies he sticks out as a black classical artist but not here. >> you usually see the same ones. but then i came down here, and there's a whole other group. where ari they coming from? so i was very, very shocked about that. >> reporter: the festival highlights black classical composers. on this night, it was adolphus4 hail stark and his serenade performed one block from the historic black church where in june a gunman opened fire, killing nine.

pringle who founded the event hopes sites like this will help diversify other orchestras. >> i think that most orchestras want to change. they just don't know how to change. >> reporter: and how do they change? >> by having people at the table who look like me. >> reporter: music should be color blind and to make it that t way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors. >> reporter: a unique unity that for a few days at least makes for an especially powerful sound. [ applause ] >> lee cowan, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. and that's the overnight news" for this wednesday. 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

captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, december 30th, 201515 this is the "cbs morning news." the midwest braces for historic flooding. millions are afffcted as major waterways reach record heights. >> if that river hits the targets that are predicted right now at that chester gauge, that is higher than the mississippi river has ever been. >> the severe weather has eated an air travel nightmare, stranding thousands of travelers during one of the busiest travel

;>> it's reported thathe u.s. government on israeli, it also swept up private conversations of u.s. lawmakers. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in neneyork. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the potential for historic flooding in the midwest threatens to swamp hundreds of homes and it stems from the massive storm system that killed at least 56 people as it moved across the united states. days of dopours in the midwest have caused rivers to swell. flooding threate about 18 llion americans. it is blamed for at least 13 deaths in missouri alone. mississippi, could reach historic levels in the next don champion is in new york. don, good morninin >> reporter:r:ood morning. right now, officials are monitoring 19 levees that are considered vulnerable. the floods have already shut down highways and led to

>> missouri is in the midst of a very historic and dangerous flooding event. >> reporter: missouri governor jay nixon called in the national guard, as s e state grapples with deadly flooding. volunteers throughout st. . uis worked late tuesday night laying out sandbags. the situation was dire at this water treatment plant in the town of high ridge. its reserves only contain enough water for up to four days. >> we are all going to get through it and have to work together as a community and get through it. >> reporte the winter deluge has already y ft parts of the state, including the town of union, under water. rising water along the mississippi and other major rivers have forced people out. >> we took eperything important out of our basement which is strictly storage any way. then we cleaned out the outs of clothes, things that can't be replaced, important pieces of furniture. >> reporter: tony phillips closed his furniture store ahead of an evacuation order. >> we are preparing for the worst by getting things up to

some locations could exceed flood of 1993, but state prepared. >> in terms of forecasting river than '93. rainfall, so that has given us a >> reporter: more than 12 people in missouri have been killed in the flooding. ju to give you an idea of how bad the situation is on the ground there. the mississippi river in st. louis is expected to reach nearly 15 feet above flood stage in st. louis tomorrow, which would be the second worst flood on recd. >> that's pretty bad. don champion in new york, , ank you, don. . travel delays associated with the weather are not expected to get any better for a few days. there are nearly 1,200 flights cancelled d sterday nationwide and more than 6,000 were delayed and already, about a hundred flights have been cancelled. thousands exrienced delays and

some p psengers stranded in the terminal became emotional. [ screaming ] they won't let us spk to someone! this is bull [ bleep ], it's bull [ bleep ]! >> o'hare supplied cots for some passengers and others had to sleep on the floor. the northeast saw snow and ice from atorm system linked to the system that brought the deadly thornedsornadoeso the midwest. six inines fell in parts of new england and d n inches fell in western maine. more snow and ice is expected today. a moderate earthquake rattled southern california last night. the epi center of the magnitude 4.4 quake was northwest of san bernardino. dozeze of aftershocks followed. there are no reportstsf damage or injuries, though. the national security agency faces new allegations this morning of spying on members of congress. "wall street journal" cites

ordered the nsa to eavesdrop on conversations between u.s. lawmakers and israeli officials. it was allegedly part of an effort to make sure the nuclear deal with iran was not derailed. a spokesperson for the national security council tells cbs news we are not going to comment on any specific alleged intelligence activities. we do not conduct any foreign intelligence surveillance activities unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose. the so-called affluenza teenager could return to the united states somememe today. ethan couch and his mother were found this week in mexico after disappearing from texas. authorities lieve the teen may have violated his probation for killing four people while driving g unk. it was a pizza order on a cell phone that led authorities to couch. omar villafranca has more.% >> reporter: mexican authorities apprehended ethan couch anhis mother tonya in puerto vallarta. the 18-year-old apparently tried

his blond hair was dyed brown whwh he was caught. the papa disappeared earlier this month after couch missed a meeting with his probation officer. >> they planned to disappeaea ey even had had something akin to a going away party beforere they left town. >> reporter: ethan couch was given probation and no jail time two years ago after killing four people in a drunk driving crash. during the trial, a psychologist stified that the teeeesuffered from affluenza, suggesting his parents' wealth left him without a sense of responsibility. authorities say they%will try to traner couch's case to an adult court. now that he is in custody, what do you want to happen to ethan couch this time around? >> well, i'd like for him to be held accountable. >> reporter: they will charge his mother for hindering and apprehension. >> that is a third-degree felony in texas and carries a range of punishment two to ten years in a penitentiary. >> reporter: do you want the fufu ten years for her??

incarcerated. >> reporter: if convicted as a juvenile, he faces four months omar villafranca, cbs newswsft. > mpaign 2016 has turned into an escalating showdown between front runners donald trump and hillary clinton. the billionaire is stepping up attacks against the former first lady, including comments about former president bill clinton's afafirs. kenneth craig reports from new york. >> reporter: donald trump touched down in omaha tuesday night and ratcheted up his attacks on democratic front-runner hillary clinton. >> frankly, hillary brought up the whole thing with sexist and all i did was reverse it on her because she has a major problem and it happens to be right in her house. >> reporter: trump claims bill clilion's extra mayor tall affair with monica lewinsky is fair game in his wife's campaign. trump conceded his own indiscretions could also be scrutinized. campaigning in new hampshire hillary clinton only took a swipe at trump's campaign slogan. >> i think america is great and

greater. >> reporter: but her campaign called trump's words degrading. clinton sent out a fund-raising letter saying we can't make donald trump stop talking,but wean make sure he never, ever becomes president. >> if it's got to be a woman, which i'm all in favor of someday, it shouldn't be hillary. >> reporter: trump is planning to use savings on ad buys in early voting states. kenneth craig, cbs news. the republican field of presidential candidates is smaller this morning. george pataki dropped out of the raceuesday. a campaign official said t t former new york governor struggled to raise money or gain media attention. overseas now. coalition air strikes have killed an isis leader linked to last month's attacks in paris. a u.s. official confirmed yesterday the death of al mouadan and officials say he is linked to the paris attacks and planning more violence against

nine other isis leaders have been killed in the past month. coming up on the "morning news." cold case. the government iestigates blue bell ice cream, following a

this is the "cbs morning news." a former "glee" star is arrested and new training for chicago's cops. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "chicago tribune" reports chicago's mayor is set to announce major changes today in training for police officers. it will emphasize de-escalating conflicts and include the goal to equip every officer with a taser by summer. the plan comes in the wake of high profile deadly shootings by police. "the hollywood reporter" sasa police arrested former "glee" actor mark salling on child pornography. he is known as noah puckerman on the show.

he is free on $20,000 bail. the "los angeles times" reports on a possible data leak affecting m mlions of california voters. a database of more than as 191 million voters nationwide had reportedly been posted publicly online by a third-party. it allegedly includes mes and addresses and birth dates and whether the person voted in elections since 2000. on the cbs "moneywatch." twitter cracks down on threats and the fed looks into tainted ice cream. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning. cbs news learned that the justice department is now investigating what management at a texaxaice cream maker knew about dangers s a ice cream ocess. deaths are linked to a blue bell listeria outbreak earlier this year. an fda investigation found the bacteria in each of its thre plants and a number of safety

blue bell did not respond to the request for comment. the markets reopen in a w hours fresh off a rally boosted by the tech and health care induries. tht dow gained 192 points yesterday. the s&p 500 added 21 and the nasdaq added nearly 67 points. the gains erased two days of losses caused by fears over falling oil and&commodity prices. twitter is clamping down on threats and hate speech on its service. users who violate the new policy by making violent threats or spreading hate speech will face suspensnsn or they could be banned. this comes as twititr and other services face pressure with extremists using them as recruiting tools. seaworld is challenging a ruling banning it from breeding its captive killer whales. in october, the california coastal commission prevented seaworld from breeding whales at its san dgo park or trading or transferring the whales elsewhere. seaworld claims the commission exceeded i i authority.

behind an exriment that gave 2600 people $1,100 a week. those receiving the my basic income included students and unemployed people and two young children. some spent it on partying, on education, and to expand a small business. >> i read an article on this experiment. the organizers said, you know, it changed people's lives in a number of ways, but everyone said they were sleeping bett at night. i don't think that is surprising. ll wagner here in neneyork, thanks a aot, jill. up next, ringing a in a safe new year.

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>> we are the best prepared city in the country and we know how to do big event and shown it time and time again. >> reporter: 5,000 uniformed a undercover officers will be in times square. snipers will be on rooftops and garbage cans removed and manhole covers sealed shut and radiation detectors deployed. this year, the nypd established a 500-person special response unit that holds regular drilil. at a new operation center in downtown manhattan, officers monitor thousands of camera feeds. on new year's eve, the room will be staffed wititmembers of governmental and private agencies. last month, chief james o'neill gave us a tour. do you think people should feel safe? >> you know wh? to be concerned bubui'm going to tell them to feel safe. i don't think anyone does this work better than the nypd, along with our federal partners. >> reporter: but memories of the paris and california terror attacks are fresh. commissioner bill bradley.

attacks on small, soft targets square. what about the thousands of businesses outside this area? >> both to capabilities on the threat analysis beforehand, that side of it, as well as the capabity to respond, very quickly. we believe we are asasrepared as anybody can be. >> reporter: spectators coming to this area will all be searched. they are required to get to their places early and stay there. they wl also not be alloweweto bring in large bags,s,ackpacks or alcohol. don dahler, cbs news, new york. in sports now. the phqladelphia eagles fired coach chip kelly. kelly was fired with one game left in his third season, following a pair of 10-6 seasons. the eagles have won just six games this year. kelly came to philadelphia with $% high expectationfollowing greaeasuccess at the univeveity of oregon. in college hoops, the top ranked michigan state spartans were handed their first loss of the season.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. here is another look at this morning's top story. there are flooding concerns in the midwest, as rivers could reach historic levels. it follows days of heavy rain from a massive storm system that began souking the area last weekend. floods threaten ababt 18 million amamicans. the search in oklahoma for a country singer whose boat

resumes today. back road anthem lead singer craig strickland was reported missing on sunday. his companion in the du boat was found on monday. in china eight more survivors of a collapsed mine were found. infrared cameras detected the miners raising their hand. the mine collapsed on christmas day killing at least one worker. nine are still missing. the sea lioio we told you about in california trying to cross the highway on monday, camped out it on tuesday. that prompted marine biologists elephant sea lion. it's now been relocated to the sea. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the biggest lies on the presididtial campaign trail.

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a california woman is enjoying her newfound freedom, thanks to a special christmas gift. 21-year-old brenda gutierrez biaza got a robotic arm that attaches to her wheel chair. her santa cruz community area raised50,000 to help her buy it. she has a rare disease that limits the use of her arms. the first thing she did with the botic arm was turn on her computer. there is a festival trying to change the color of classical music. fewer than 4% of classical american symphony musicians are african-americic. but as lee cowan reports, it's not for a lack of talent.

charleston, south carolina. remarkable, because this was the very first time many of these musicians had ever played together. >> reporter: maestro marlon daniel conducts not only the called "the color ofofusic" now in i i third year. >> a lot of get pigeon holed into jazz and it's a big stereotype. >> it's a stereotype. >> it's a big s sreotype. they say there are not any mumucians ever color doing classical music when there are tons of us. >> reporter: robert davis says in most symphonies, he sticks out as a black classical artist, >> you usuallylyet to see the me ones. then i came down here and it's a whole other group and where are so i was very shocked about that. >> reporter: the festival also

composers. on this night, it was adolfus helstrom. historic black church, in june, a white gunman opened fire, killing nine. >> we are very lucky. >> reporter: businessman lee pringle, who founded the event, hopes sights like this will help diversify other orchestras. >> i think most orchestra want to change. they just don't know how to change. >> reporter: and how do they change? >> by hahang people at the table o look like me. >> music should be colorblind and to make it that way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors. >> reporter: a unique unit that, for a few days at least, makes for an especiaiay powerful sosod. lee cowan, cbs news, charleston,

news on "cbs this morning, more oallegations that white house spyi swept up intelligence on u.s. lawmakers. we will hear from cbs news national security analyst, juan za regardzarata. we will also talk with an actress from "the danish girl." that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. i'm anne-marie green. thanks for w wching.