>> glor: tonight, one of america's most talented actors has died. philip seymour hoffman found in his new york city apartment after an apparent overdose. vinita nair is at the scene. the super bowl is here and so is an unprecedented security blanket, don dahler is at metlife stadium. nascar's new stars, as the season starts "60 minutes" sports visits the "pit bulls", sets drivers up to win or lose. and lee cowan on "the stand- in", 50 years ago he had no idea his little bit of help would launch the beatles to stardom. >> the guys in the band were going like, "oh, my god they are lucky they last a year and they are all a one hit wonder." captioning sponsored by cbs

this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor with the western edition of the broadcast, and even if you didn't know the name you recognize the face, and work. philip seymour hoffman was one of the most accomplished actors of his generation and today we learned his life came to a sudden end at the age of only 46, hoffman was found dead inside his new york city apartment this morning. we begin with -- in manhattan's west village. >> reporter: more than 100 people gathered outside to celebrate at the actor's apartment this afternoon. cbs confirmed he was found unresponsive on the floor of his bathroom at 11:30 this morning. there was a syringe still in his arm and glass seen envelopes in the room which are now being tested for heroin. police sources say someone who knew hoffman called 911 from the apartment after the actor didn't show up where he was supposed to be this morning. as soon as the news broke, there was an outpouring of grief from colleagues and fans across the country.

in a statement his family said, we are devastated by the loss of our beloved phil, and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone. this is a tragic and sudden loss. >> scotty, i want to kiss you on the mouth. >> no! >> philip seymour hoffman made more than 50 films and had remarkable depth and skill as an actor. known more for his rumpled side character than being a leading man, he often stole a movie as he kid in the 2,000 film, "almost famous." >> we are uncool. for women will always be a problem for guys mike he was. >> he was nominated for best actor three times, most recently for his standout role in 2012 film, "the master." >> i am a writer, a doctor, a newer physicist, a philosopher, but above all i am a man. >> and one of the best actor won the prize for his portrayal of truman capote in the film

"capote," but throughout his career hoffman was tortured by his struggles with drug addiction and talked about it openly to steve kroft on 60 minutes in 2006. >> so this was drugs or alcohol or both? >> ah, yes, all of that stuff. yeah. i couldn't keep my hand off of it, yeah, yeah. i liked it all. yeah. >> and why did you decide to stop? >> you get panicked. you get panicked. it was-- i was 22 and i got pan milked for my life. >> reporter: hoffman had reportedly checked him, himself into rehab this past month after being sober for 23 years he shared three children with is parnter mimi donald, as for he shared three children with his partner, mimi o'donnell, who is a costume designer.

as for his work, he almost finished shooting mocking jay the final installment of "the hunger games" trilogy yesterday the studios says they will finish the film. >> anita thank you very much. we will move now to america's biggest sporting event of the year in what may be the most hyped super bowl ever. it is the first one in a cold weather climate, fans have come to new jersey and new york from across the country and so has an extraordinary security operation. >> reporter: for one day only, east rutherford new jersey has become the sixth largest municipality in the state. 80,000 super bowl fans plus thousands more security officers and support staff now pack the stadium built here. stadium built here. many roads lead to metlife stadium but fun fans will be on them. only 12,000 people have parking passes. >> the rest are a being made to use mass trance sits. the special nfl bus is taking people from midtown manhattan are sold out. the six-mile trip costs, costs $51, the same as bus fare from new york to washington, dc. >> you know, i don't have to drive and wa worcester i are abt how we are getting and getting

back. >> new jersey added extra trains, the stations added extra security screenings. >> we rode road one such train packed with excited fans .. what do you think about taking a train to the super bowl instead of driving your old car? do you think it is a good thing or a pain? >> it is a good thing. no drunk driver. >> as with all large events, more than just football fans show up, new jersey and new york police are cracking down on prostitution. and earlier this week, we went along with a group of undercover immigration and customs enforcement agents looking for counterfeit memorabilia in times square. >> last year's super bowl they seized $14 million in fakes, and expect to get millions more this year. >> james hayes is a special agent in charge. >> these aren't products that are made by the national football league or the national hockey league. these are oftentimes independent merchandisers, smaller merchandisers, and for them, the loss of a few million dollars team.

>> glor: don dahler, thank you very much. there is word tonight that a new jersey governor's chris christie's staff who was under subpoena in the bridge controversy resigned on friday, the news capped another day of debate over governor christie and now, and those now infamous lane closures, here is terrell brown. >> it was supposed to be the new jersey governor's big moment at the big game. >> but today chris christie and his allies are pushing back hard against allegations he lied to his constituents. former new york mayor rudy giuliani defended christie on face the nation. >> of course if the governor didn't tell the truth he is in serious trouble we all know that but shouldn't jump to that

conclusion until there is evidence to suggest that. >> the firestorm started friday when a lawyer for david wildstein a former port authority official at the center of the controversy claimed evidence existed that the governor knew more about the lane closures on the george washington bridge than he publicly has acknowledged and in a scath scathing page and a half memo they took aim at wildstein's credibility noting that at the 16-year-old did he sued over a local school board election and he was publicly accused by his high school social studies teacher of deceptive behavior. wildstein could not be reached for comment today but he is yet to reveal the evidence his attorney claims to have. and christie has repeatedly denied he knew anything about the closures until after they happened. >> i knew nothing about this. and until it started to be reported in papers about the closures but even then i was told this was a traffic study. >> terrell brown, cbs news, new york. >> glor: ecuador's tungurahua,

a volcano is erupting this weekend, stepping ash and rocks thouousandnd of f feetet in theo evevacuation o been a >> reporter: building these olympics has been a long, expensive road for the russians, literally. the roads leading up to these mountain venues is brand-new. the ski area is brand-new. but it seems even spending $50 billion on creating a spanking new alpine world, where there was nothing before doesn't mean there won't be last-minute glitches. they built a whole new mountain village here, from scratch. it is impressive from the outside. the problem is, on the inside, some of it is not finished.

>> there is a last-minute scramble to get some of the hotels finished and ready to receive the olympic hordes expected this week and contractors are complaining their work force has been depleted because the authorities have moved migrant workers out of the area. presumably for security reasons. the manager of this hotel says he still hopes to be ready, but this could be a tough place to get things done. >> reporter: then again he had originally hoped to open last month. the bigger problem may be how to keep all of these hotels full after the games, when all of the olympic fireworks, which they have been rehearsing are over. mark phillips, cbs news, sochi. >> glor: two people are dead in florida tonight after her a woman backed her suv intnto pedeststrians at a church serere at a a country club sououth off tampa, five e others weree hospitalized, afafter wordrds nues.

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adopted daughters renewed allegations. >> publicist called them untrue and disgraceful. >> the allegations were posted on new york times cone nick kristof's blog last night in a post titled an open letter from dylan farrow. >> she writes, when i was seven years old, woody allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim attic like attic on the second floor of our house and told me to lay on my stomach and then he sexually assaulted me. the assault allegations involving allen's adopted daughter with mia farrow first surfaced in 1992, no charges were filed but he did lose custody of dylan, questions of sexual impropriety threatened his career again after he married farrow's other adopted daughter soon yi previn in 1997. >> 179 of the world's most captivating actresses have appeared in woody's films. >> reporter: woody allen's career is again white hot, diane keaton accepted his lifetime achievement award at the goad

golden globals last month and blue jasmine is up for an oscar. >> dylan farrow goes on to ask, others are still scared, struggling and looking for the courage to tell the truth, what if it had been your child, cate blanchett? why bring up the allegations now? >> dylan farrow specifically called out cate blanchett and other members of the blue jasmine cast in her op-ed, probably not good for cate blanchett and woody allen to come to the oscars. >> reporter: blanchett was quoted last night calling this a painful situation for the family, adding she hopes they find peace. ben tracy cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: there is a new view of a spectacular fall, this is video taken by a camera attached to the helmet of felix baumgartner, as he fell to earth in 2012, reaching speeds of more than 800 miles an hour. he became the first man to break the sound barrier in free fall. the images are part of a super bowl ad for go pro, a company that made the camera. up next, they call them the over the wall guys, and they are

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room, just like nfl players, reviewing what went right and what went wrong, and how to function as a synchronized unit. >> get an idea as a group where we feel like we need to be. >> reporter: ryan patton was on the strength and conditioning staff at ohio state university when he was recruited by hendrick motor sports and now he is the rear tire carrier for the crew. >> every pit stop they watch and whether it is tv, fans, whatever, you know, so one mistake on this team, it could cost them the race and your on sports center. >> reporter: everybody else wants to be on sports center and on your job you don't want to be on sports center. >> if you are, something has gone horribly wrong. >> reporter: the recruiting and training center here helped produce a mountain of heavy metal for the four teams of hendrick motor sports. >> this is something that you can walk through, when you are having a bad day, and it makes you feel good, because you know that represents a tremendous amount of work, and a lot of

success. it takes an awful lot to win one. >> reporter: you can see the full story of the jimmie johnson pit crew this wednesday night on "60 minutes sports" on show time. >> glor: groundhog day has been a little bit rough this year. in pennsylvania punxsutawney phil performed his duties like a pro, but in new york local legend staten island chuck rebelled from mayor be de blasio, he was eventually recovered. washington's local groundhog celebrity, punxsutawney fill was unavailable and had to be replaced with a stuffed animal. all three animals, including the stuffed one hold their shadows and legend holds still six more weeks of winter. still ahead: beatle for a day. beatles up next. >>

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>> glor: finally tonight, it was a week that changed music history, next sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the beatles appearance on the ed sullivan show, the beginning of the british invasion. but it was an appearance that for a time seemed in jeopardy, and one young man stood up to try to help. here is lee cowan. >> reporter: ladies and gentlemen, the beatles! with that, john, paul, george and ringo invaded the u.s.,.

>> ♪ close your eyes and i'll kiss you ♪ tomorrow i'll miss you. >> reporter: but history almost wasn't made that night 50 years ago. the story goes like this. >> this is like the first month of that i was with the show as a cue card boy. >> reporter: that is vince calandra, now 79, back in the day he was a production assistant on "the ed sullivan show." >> 3,000 screaming teenagers are at kennedy airport to meet the beatles. >> reporter: as soon as the beatles touched down in new york, it got crazy, and vince barely made it to work on time for the big beatles rehearsal. >> it was like the charge of the light brigade, all of a sudden they are coming down broadway in this limo and 20 policemen. >> in front of the limo? >> yes, in front of the limo! >> reporter: but when the beatles got inside, the real

trouble started. the fab four were only the fab three. >> so it is saturday and supposed to be rehearsal day and no george. >> no george, right. >> lead guitarist george harrison was down-and-out with a 102-degree temperature. was ed sullivan worried? >> yeah, but he said he wasn't but he was. >> reporter: why? what did he do? >> he said if he doesn't show up i will put on the beetle wig and be the fourth beetle. >> reporter: sullivan did wear beetle wig buzz he still needed to set up the shot for the tv camera so guess who got tapped? >> this is my 15 minutes of game. >> reporter: yep. that is vince standing right next to paul mccartney. >> and they put this ugly wig on my head and then they put this guitar around me. >> reporter: that would be george harrison's guitar. >> by the way, he says try not to drop it.

i said, okay. >> reporter: you looked a little awkward. >> but i was awkward, you know. >> reporter: and when the beatles actually started to rehearse he said it got even more awkward. >> what did you do when they were singing? >> i just stood there, like a statue. >> reporter: what were thinking of? i mean here is the hottest thing going in the time and you get to go and-- >> i had heart. i mean, it was like, you know, kind of like guys in the band were going, oh, my god, they are lucky if they last a year. they are a one hit wonder. >> i think you understand. >> reporter: george, of course, made it for the big performance that night, and vince's long since changed his mind about the music and the moment that changed his life too. >> i know it. it is always going to be a highlight. 50 years later i am talking about it. >> reporter: so much for his 15 minutes of game. lee cowan, cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight, later on cbs, "60 minutes," i am jeff glor, cbs

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