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yellowstone. its timelessness spreads to the horizon. here is where the bear and the antelope pl, but the bison dominate. you're looking at what may be the last free ranging, pure herd of wild bison in north america. >> it's probably as close as you can get to what this part 1700s and 1800s and it's a treasure. >> reporter: dan wank is the superintendent at yellowstone national park. 2.2 million acres, almost as big as rhode island and delaware combined. but little about scale impresses america's largest land animal. a mature bison bull stands 6 feet tall and can weigh more than a ton.

backs that would like to aproetch thap approach that line. >> reporter: so imposing and yet they almost disappeared. >> in yellowstone national park there were 25 animals. it is the greatest story. >> reporter: in the 1800s, as many as 60 million bison were hunted nearly into extinction. they were targets in the side of how the west was 1 arer. the american bison, the symbol of the great plains, once roamed from nevada to mississippi but in the 1800s, pioneers pushed west. bison were in the way. 10s of millions were killed by cattle ranches, homesteaders and u.s. troops. sport hunters shot them from moving trains. and as they disappeared, so did the native american tribes who,

bison for food, clothing, shelter and tools. >> we don't call them bison. we call them buffalo. >> reporter: because? >> we think of bison as a white man's term. >> reporter: he belongs to the blackfeet tribe and representing 60 tribes who believe bison also have great spiritual significance. >> buffalo were everything to tribes. we survived on them. >> reporter: what was the great buffalo slaughter really all about to you? >> if you got rid of the buffalo, then consequently, you would get rid of the indians. congress sent soldiers to yellowstone to protect the final survivors from poachers. conservationists including teddy roosevelt intervened to protect the population.

yellowstone today. >> reporter: this comeback story, how improbable was it? >> it was the first effort to restore what could have been an endangered species. you can't see this kind of abundance anywhere else. >> reporter: most america's roughly half million bison are managed as domestic livestock. many have cross bred with cattle. not yellowstone's herd. of the only populations that truly have all of the ecological and evolutionary drivers that shape the species. this is as good as it gets. >> reporter: and this is also their calving season, which brings us to the current bison challenge and controversy. when they migrate outside the park, neighboring ranchers have killed them, worried they'll

pregnant cattle. inside the park has grazing limits. under a federal state agreement, every year the herd has to be reduced by about 10%. several hundred get sent for processing to tribes who distribute the hides and meat. when you see these guys, make you feel good? >> it does. >> reporter: but the current approach seems to satisfy no one, including irvin carlson who also belongs management coalition. he says they should live free inside and outside the park or be returned to what he called "indian country." >> they belong to the land, they're part of the land. >> reporter: they're also part of yellowstone's future. >> we can get more bison on the landscape, diminish to eliminate the fear of the spread of the disease and we can honor the

for theinate native american community. >> reporter: think of it as making peace

scientists claim they discovered an earth-like planet only one solar system away. here's an image of what it may look like. this is the closest habitable world. it would take our fastest spacecraft about 70,000ea get there. >> reporter: in the quest to find life on other planets, astronomers say there are two deal breakers. there has to be the star that acts like the sun and this. they believe it has both. it turns out the next star over has a planet that look as lot like ours.

proxima b is sith right on our doorstep. >> astronomers have hit the jackpot. this is a dream come true. imagine the holy grail of astronomy is to find the closest exo planet to the earth. a dopple ganger in outer space and now we have it. >> reporter: what we have is a planet a bit more massive on earth and 11 days. that's because it's a lot closer to its sun but that star is a red dwarf, a lot cooler, which means surface temperatures likely to fall between freezing and boiling. smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. ast rophysicist jordy nelson was on the team that discovered it.

ocean world or water >> reporter: like ours? >> yes, perhaps more so. >> reporter: it would take our faste fastest space shift 10s of thousands of years to get there. but it significantly upped the odds of life forms. >> you really begin to wonder are they out and if so, why haven't they landed on the white house lawn? it makes you wonder. >> reporter: now difficulties aside, the race is on to reach that star system, the likes of mark zuckerberg and proofeser stephen hawkings are building a space ship that might do it in 20 years but the problem is it's the size of this quarter. >> from the broadcast center in

? ? the race turns to race. >> there has been a stream of bigotry coming from him. >> it's the oldest play in the democratic play book. you're racist, you're it's a tired, disgusting argument. also tonight, surviving a tornado. >> he shut the door in the bathroom, told everyone to close the door, it's coming. a drug so powerful it's used to tranquilize elephants. now being used.

turns 100. we really like watching all the wilderness and the animals and yeah. it's fun. ? ? this is the cbs overnight news. the presidential campaign may have hit a low point yesterday and there are still 74 days to go. the two major party candidates, democrat hillary clinton and republican donal we have two big reports, including major garret covering the trump campaign. >> reporter: donald trump met today with supporters many brought to new york by the republican party. >> i always have great relationships with the african-american community. >> reporter: trump went to new hampshire, to turn the tables on democratic critics. >> when democratic policies

this one tired argument. you're racist, you're racist. >> reporter: it was an attempt to pree. hillary clinton's attack today that his campaign trades on racist themes. >> hillary clinton isn't just attacking me. she's attacking all of the decent people of all backgrounds. >> reporter: trump also tried to deflect attention from this cot night? >> hillary clinton is a bigot. >> reporter: kellyanne conway offered this explanation. >> have you seen what he is called by her on a daily basis? >> it was ridiculous to even think that he could appeal to the african-american vote by talking in a condescending way. >> reporter: ali said that

>> riit's not a color thing. it's a rich or poor thing. and if you can talk money, you can talk to donald trump. >> reporter: his schedule could not be changed, put together by previous campaign leadership. he will take his message to inn innercity detroit and philadelphia after that. now to what hillary clinton said today and nancy corts is covering her campaign. >> he is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the republican party. >> reporter: clinton sought to tie trump not to the right but to the alt-white, a white nationalist movement flourishing online. >> this is not conservatism as we've known it, this is not

>> reporter: she argued there are alt-right echoes in trump's proposed deportation force and ban on muslim immigrants. clinton also sited trump's recent hiring of breitbart's ceo stephen bannon. is. >> now to give you a flavor of his work, here are a few headlines they've published. "birth control makes women unattractive and crazy." "hoist it high and proud -- latest paranoid fever dream is about my health. and all i can say is donald, dream on. >> reporter: trump and his campaign manager accuse clinton

reno, though they didn't specify how and that she's demonizing trump as a way to distract from recent questions about access when she was secretary of state. in italy, the search for survives continues in three tiny resort villages that were flattened by yesterday's 6.2 magnitude earthquake. the rescue efforts have slowed due to seth is on the scene. >> reporter: the extent of the devastation is clear from above. but it was the shallow depth of this quake that caused such outside destruction. centuries of history collapsed. a nearby acumili, authorities

what they could. fran checesca came to help her . "i can't think anything she said. we don't know what's going to happen or what our future may be. i'm frightened but hope to live here again." >> reporter: this afternoon a strong 4.3 tremor stirred up dust and fear. the high number o is slowing the rescue and recovery effort. each time there's a significant aftershock, they have to stop, wait and assess the damage before moving forward. areas called red zones in these towns are off limits due to the perils state of structures. you're scared? why? she briefly returned home but

living here as long as the earth keeps shaking. this mountainess area is prone to seismic activity but there was almost no earthquake proofing in these ancient cities. only about 1/3 of the beds have been occupied. many are staying with friends and relatives. and the cbs overnight news

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indiana governor and vice presidential candidate, mike pence left for coke amow, slammed by tornados. one was an ef 3 with winds of more than 150 miles per hour. rk >> the gentleman pushed me down and he's like get down and put his arm around me to shield me. >> reporter: hannah harris was in this starbucks when a manager told everyone to head to the bathroom because a tornado was headed their way. >> he saw the funnel and shut the door and told everyone, close the door, it's coming. >> reporter: she says about 20

collapsed the building around them. >> it was devastating but also just a relief to know that i came out alive in that. and really, really i shouldn't have. >> reporter: as many as 15 tornados touched down around indiana wednesday, leaving behind a trail of damaged cars, broken windows and entire neighborhoods in shreds. >> neighbors found my dog. she's alive. >> reporter: this is all that's left of 54-year-old becky sweeney's home, where she's lived the past 16 years. >> it is overwhelming. but you got to do what you got to do. you can't just lay down and die. god let you live through it for a reason. >> reporter: hannah harris told me she had a guardian angel inside that starbucks with her, her father who died a year ago and she gained another one.

manager who helped her life and many others, his name is angel. >> jurika duncan in milan is not lowering the price but will provide more financial assistance to some patients. >> look, no one's more frustrated than me. >> reporter: in an interview, mylan a broken health care system is the reason for the rocketing cost. >> it's no different from the mortgage financial crisis in 2007. >> reporter: but in a filing, a webcast transcript shows that in

>> reporter: when mylan bought epipen it was $99. they enjoy a near monopoly in the autoinjecter market. the main competitor was pulled from the market. today celebrity endorsers, sarah jessica parker left the company saying "i'm left disappointed, saddened and concerned by mylan's a wells fargo analyst. is it rare to see a drug increase this much? >> there are rare products that go up that much. increased by 30% or more a year is picking off free money. >> reporter: since 2007, her salary increased from 2.5

and the cost of epinephrine is about $3. >> thank you so much. today ohio released a troubling report on drug-related deaths. more than 3,000 people died from accidental over doses. more than a third involve fenytenol. and an even more dangerous drug is hitting the streets in oh >> how long have you been sober? >> almost a month this time. >> reporter: long-time addict took what he thought was heroin earlier this month and almost died. you have tears in your eyes. why? >> because i'm alive and shouldn't be. >> reporter: addicts don't often know what's mixed in the heroin they get from dealers.

carfentanil. it's typically used to tranquilize large animals like elephants. it's 100 more times potent than the similar drug prescribed for humans, fentanyl and 10 stro stronger -- dr. nick is with akron general hospital. is this the most powerful drug you've seen through their heroin use? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the treatment drug, narcan can be used for people who take, if they get enough. how much do you need to give it to them? >> it starts as five times the amount. >> starts at? >> starts at. >> reporter: keith martin heads the local office of the d.e.a.

it was $400. >> reporter: for an amount that would kill -- >> thousands of people. >> reporter: he's been sober since his over dose. what do you want to tell addicts? >> it's going to kill you. >> reporter: this drug is so dangerous that first responders are being told to wear protective gear and not test it out in the field. they say any accidental exposure could prove deadly. >> thanks, ana. coming up next. nones go to the beach in their habits. so why has france banned the burkini. burkini. i absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. with great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me.

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a french court is expected the full body bathing suit worn by some muslim women. calling it a religious display not compatible with french values. >> reporter: the glamorous french riviera. the place to see and be seen, but not for italian tourist. she took snap shots from the promenade instead of the beach.

by police if she wore her burkini. "i can't go to the beach with my children, she said. i'm by the sea but i can't go in it" she said. this after an isis. and police surrounded a woman here and ordered her to remove her tunic. provocati provocation. how is banning the burkini make nice more secure and safe? >> the feeling of the people is very important. if you see like that, or someone looking like islamist on the beach, on the streets everywhere, you don't feel safe and so we have rules. >> reporter: he claims the ban has overwhelming support but

understand what all the fuss is all about. would you feel scared if someone sat next to you wearing a burkini? her muslim friend said she still feels targeted by the ban. "i think people should be free to do what they want," she said "i don't see why it should bother anyone." when we were watching the police and these women d, did nothing. the french municipalities had banned the burkini say it opresses women and as a religious symbol have no place in the secular country. and they'll rule next week on whether the ban is ? your heart loves omega-3s.

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right? but black women online have these experiences all the time. especially when you take political stance. if you are a feminist. >> reporter: for a month now lesley jones has been inundated by online attacks by a hero of the white nationalest movement and writer and his offensive tweets whipped up many of his 300,000 followers into a frenzy. as a result, he was banned from twitter. >> hate speech and freedom of speech, two different things. >> reporter: after the latest attack, people like katy perry rushed to jones' defense. on his facebook page, he said he

jones had been hacked. >> thank you, carter.

? ? we end tonight with a priceless feature and treasure. you can help yourself to it, take as much as you like and anytime you want. t's our national park system and the agency that runs it celebrated a milestone today. here's chip reed. >> reporter: in 1872, thomas moran's spectacular paintings of a fantasy-like yellow stone

but it wasn't until 1916, 100 years ago today, that the nat national park service was created to keep the natural wonders from development. it includes 59 major national parks covering 84 million acres. from the smokey mountains to the grand canyons and the newest edition, national maine. mike reynolds is deputy director of the national park service. >> if you were a science person, you can go to edison's lab as if he never left. if you're a mountain climber, you can climb. >> reporter: decades ago, they wanted to turn this into a

historical park, 185 miles from west virginia to washington d.c. and it gets almost 5 million visitors a year, including this family whose frequent visits have made 9-year-old about wildlife. there's a $12 billion congress did increase the budget and entrance fees from 300 million visitors do help but this weekend there will be no charge, giving all americans a chance to experience a national treasure for free. chip reed, cbs news, washington. that's the overnight news for this friday. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this

york city, i'm james brown. ? ? this is the cbs overnight news. welcome to the overnight news. strong aftershocks continue to rumble through central italy and the death toll continues to massive earthquake. at least 250 bodies have been pulled out of the rubble outside of rome. and accumoli, where hope of finding new survives is fading. >> reporter: the number of visitors swells in summer. the population in this town nearly doubles, but that means the death toll is higher too.

we go to people who came home to salvage what they could. she was sad and with so many aftershocks, scared too. those with no homes, camped out. people are half nervous and half desperate as they've lost everything. the work of an entire life, this volunteer said. overnight the search for survivors continued. though hopes dimmed as more bodies were rubble. rescue workers tried to resuscitate a new born but were unsuccessful. these are the moments that keep these rescue workers going. this elderly woman was saved from under debris. from above, the random nature of the quake was cleared. some towns were flattened and

and those structures that stood for centuries were reduced to rubble in seconds. the clock tower stands alone. tourists replaced by rescue workers. many of these villages have become ghost towns. aftershocks continue to rattle this region, so even where homes are still standing, many are deemed too unsafe to return home to. closer to home, a massive clean up is eight twisters touched down, destroying dozens of homes and businesses. luckily no deaths or serious injuries were reported. governor mike pence went to visit the hard hit town of kokomo. >> reporter: you can see this tornado practically flattened this starbucks. it was an ef 3, so maximum winds up to 165 miles per hour.

terror people inside must have felt when they realized the tornado was headed their way. a violent outbreak of tornados tore through the midwest wednesday, injuring more than a dozen people, ripping the roofs off of homes and leaving behind a wide-spread path of destruction. >> i heard thunder and rain and looked down and went, oh, my. r twister barrelled through the town of kokomo, indiana. powerful winds levelled a starbucks. no one inside was seriously hurt. >> all the sudden i heard a loud bang and i looked at my ceiling and it actually caved in. >> reporter: it took just seconds to tear apart this apartment complex.

bathroom. >> i just ran down stairs. i was just so scared. >> reporter: hundreds of people were forced out of their homes in howard county and more than 35,000 people were reported without power across the states. >> we'll be here as long as we need to be. >> reporter: stepping away from the campaign trail, vice presidential nominee, mike pence said it was remarkable no one was seriously hurt. >> hoosiers are breathing a sigh of relief after of weather. but there's a lot of hurting families out there and i encourage every hoosier to remember these communities in their prayers. history is being made off the waters in long island, new york. they say they found the first known birthing site for great white sharks in the atlantic. more than a dozen have been caught and fitted with tracking

expedition, the most discovery they've made. a birthing site. it is not easy work. the team can go days without finding one shark. on this trip, they seem to be everywhere. >> it's a baby white. yeah. >> reporter: as soon as a shark is steered on to a hydraulic lift, scientists and researchers rush in. by now, the process of tagging is routine for o search. but the goal of different. >> it's kind of like step two in the science, right >> reporter: chris fisher was the expedition leader. >> the real question was where are the great whites giving birth? because that's where they're most vulnerable. >> reporter: it can lead to better protection policies. and far more scientific knowledge. why is this work in this spot so important for you?

a life stage that really hasn't been studied very much. >> reporter: a veterinary pathologist with the wildlife conservation society. >> this is an incredibly rare opportunity. this is my first time seeing a great white shark ever. very exciting. >> reporter: and you've been st studying them for how long? >> 16 years and >> reporter: among the other work being done, a muscle biopsy. and the goal is to have the shark on and off the lift inside of 15 minutes. >> we found it. >> reporter: you think you found the birthing site? >> yes. likely the nursy but maybe the birthing site. >> reporter: and they'll determine if any of these are

first spotted off cape cod. >> when you get one on a female, 18 months later, she should leave you to the holy grail, the birthing site. sglr . >> reporter: cbs was there when genie became the first successfully spot tagged in the north atlantic. >> if we thought we were hurting the animals, we wouldn't do what we're doing. we don them go in good shape. the fact of the matter is we have to get track dg vices on a handful of animals so we can help them all thrive. >> reporter: this week they've tagged and released nine great white sharks. including a female, aptly named, gratitude. she was anxious to get off? >> she was and she's gone but now everybody can follow her. >> reporter: they're activated

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? u.s. women's soccer team came home from the rio olympics without a medal and now they'll be looking for a new goal keeper as well. they suspended hope solo's contract because she i of the olympics. >> reporter: hope solo has been an irreplaceable force on the net since she burst onto the scene in 2005. but this latest hick up might be a signal they're ready to move on. after the american women were shockingly bounced out of the rio olympics, u.s. goal keeper, hope solo took her own shot at

cowards. the best team did not win today >> hope solo needs to grow up. >> ridiculous and classless. >> what concerns me not that she said that, but the reaction of her teammates. >> reporter: her long time teammate, meagan also expressed her own disappointment. >> that's not our team. that's not what this team will be in the future. >> reporter: and the u.s. soccer the 35-year-old for six months. in a statement, solo said i am saddened by the federation's decision to terminate my contract. i could not be the player i am without being the person i am, even when i haven't made the best choices or said the right things." her checkered off the field record is less than sterling. in 2014, she was arrested on assault charges for allegedly

in 2015 she was suspended for 30 days after her husband was arrested on drunk driving charges while they were both in a team van. >> i don't think you can over look her off the field issues when they came to this decision. she was basically fired. she met with the coach. she pretty much knew the writing was on the wall. >> reporter: the u.s. women's players association believes it's excessive and in violation of solo's first and question whether this action would be taken against a male player. and it says solo will get three months severance play. they plan to appeal the ruling. uber has already revolutionized how people get place to place. now they're bought a company designing driveless tractor trailers.

is a big job and even a rig as big as this one is now learning to drive itself. a sillicon valley start up called otto has just been bought by uber with a plan of buttiputa self-driving flight on the road within two years. at 55 miles per hour with no one behind the wheel, otto has tested its technology on closed took on a busy freeway. a safety driver sits behind the wheel just in case. your hands are now close to the wheel but not on the wheel. i'm not really scared at all, actually. this is the co founder of otto. your goal is to built equipment

truck? >> correct. we want to make every truck a self-driving trucks. our approach is let's approach those trucks today with kits to get them to be self-driving. >> reporter: the announcement last week that uber bought them for an estimated $68 billion, gives the ride sharing giant access to their ride share technology, to further their own push into self-driving vehicles. >> the keyo accelerating the future. and bringing the best minds from our team and the uber team and it will allow us to get to the future sooner than later. >> reporter: that future is arriving in pittsburgh where uber is introducing a fleet of new cars equipped to drive themselves. for now, they will have a safety driver, but more than a million uber drivers around the world may be seeing a future where they are no longer needed.

professional drivers now who may see uber and otto as a big threat to their jobs? >> it's going to take many, many years for that to happen and at the end, we'll see the economy shift to a slightly different model. >> this will be a way to cut their dependency on the amount of humans they would employ. >> reporter: uber is only one company racing towards a lyft, uber's competitor is working with ford. >> i think it will be similar to smart phone technology. meaning it's going to show up quickly and change things dramatically in a relatively short amount of time. >> reporter: truck drivers will be needed for everything off the

some job security. otto's trucks are designed to operate on highways in self driving mode only. so, truckers will still be needed for everything off the highway. >> "cbs overnight news" will be

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stone. its timelessness spread to the horizon. here is where the bear and the antelope play, but the bison dominate. you're looking at what may be the last free ranging, pure bread herd of wild bison in north america. >> look at the valley full of bison. it's primitive america. it's probably as close you can get to what this area like in the early 1700s and 1800s and it's a treasure. >> reporter: dan wank is the superintendent of the yellow stone national park. an area near lae as big as rhode island and delaware combined. but little about scale impresses america's largest land animal. a mature bison bull stands more

more than a ton. so imposing and yet they almost disappear. how dire did it get? >> in yellow stone national park, there were less than 25 animals. it's the greatest conservation stories in the history of the united states. >> reporter: in the 1800s, as many as 60 million bison were hunted nearly into extinction. they were tge side of how the west was won. the symbol of the great plains, once roamed from nevada to mississippi but in the 1800s pioneers pushed west. bison were in the way. 10s of millions were killed by cattle ranchers and u.s. troops. sport hunters shot bison from moving trains. as the animal disappeared, so did the native american tribes

bison for food, clothing, shelter and tools stools. >> we don't call them bison, we call them buffalo. >> reporter: because? >> we think of bison as a white man term. >> reporter: he belongs to the blackfeet tribe and representing 60 tribes who believe bison also have great spiritual significance. >> we survive and they took care of us. >> reporter: what was the great buffalo slaughter really all about to you? >> if you got rid of the buffalo, then consequently you'd get rid of the indian. >> reporter: by 1883, nearly all were gone. and they sent people to yellow stone to protect the final survivors. conservationists like teddy

nearly 5,000 live in yellow stone today. >> it was really the first effort to restore what could have been an endangered species. >> reporter: the chief park biologist overseas herd. most are managed as domestic livestock. many have cross bread with cattle. not >> they probably represent one of the only populations that have all the ecological and revolutionary drivers that create the species. this is as good as it gets. >> reporter: this is also the calving sooeason. when the bison my greigrate the park, ranchers have killed them. saying they're worried they'll

pregnant cattle. inside the park has grazing limits. under the federal state agreement, every year the herd has to be reduced by about 10%. several hundred get sent for processing to tribes which distribute the hides and meat. when you see these guys, make you feel good? >> it does. >> reporter: but the current approach seems to satisfy no one, including earl he says they should roam free inside and outside the park or be returned to what he calls indian country. >> they're wildlife. they belong on the land. they belong to the land. they're part of the land. >> reporter: they're also part of yellowstone's future. >> i think there is a middle grountd. we can get more bison on the landscape and begin to diminish the fear of the disease and

community. community. >> reporter: think of it as

scientists claimed they discovered an earth-like planet only one solar system away. it's the closest potentially habitable world outside our solar system. it would take our fastest spacecraft about 70,000 years to geer >> reporter: in the quest to find life on other planets, astronomers say there are two deal breakers. there has to be that, the star that acts like the sun. they think this planet has both and it's been sitting under their noses all along. turns out the next star over in our privileged little corner of the galaxy, has a planet that looks a lot like ours.

proximate b is on our astrological doorstep. just asked theoretical physicist. >> this is a dream come true. imagine the holy grail of astronomy is to find the closest exo planet to the earth. a doppal ganger in outer space and now we have it. >> reporter: what we have is a planet a bit more massive earth and a year on prox mub only about 11 days. their star is a red cooler than ours. and smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. ast rophysicist on the team.

world. >> reporter: like ours? >> yes. perhaps more water. >> reporter: there are other earth-like planets out there but no so tantalizingly close. but it would take our fastest space ship 10s of thousands of years to get there. but this significantly ups the odds of life forms farther away. >> you really begin to wonder, are they really out there? and if so, landed on the white house lawn? it makes you wonder. >> reporter: the race is on to reach that star system. the likes of mark zuckerberg and professor stephen hawking are building a space ship that might do it in less than 20 years, the problem is it's less than the size of this quarter. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs

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