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adolescence psychologist. there is a pilot program, they're training peed trig inin to evaluate the kids, via telemedicine or the phone. 10% of the time do the kids then need to be seen face to face by the psychiatrist. what this does its remove the bottleneck and children have been evaluated much more quickly. there are a total of 17 such programs in the united states right now. relatively small pilot programs. the idea here is early intervention. increase access to care, maybe treating them earlier will make a big difference.
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>> dr. jon lapook, jon, thank you very much. >> in another major story we are following tonight, hurricane joaquin, strengthened to a category 4. with wind of 130 miles an hour. it is moving slowly through the bahamas where some of the less populated island are getting hammered. 10 to 15 inches of rain expected. waves are running up to 10 feet above normal. so far, no injuries reported. late today, there was a major change in the direction of the hurricane. let's bring in lonnie quinn, chief weathercaster at new york station wcbs, lonnie, what's new? >> lot of changes since talking about this yesterday. 5:00 at the national hurricane center. still a cat 4 hurricane. 135 mile per hour wind. all about where the storm is going. as of yesterday. seg a trend pushing further to the east. this is yesterday. thought for sure, going to north carolina maybe virginia. as of today, look at this, this
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morning. the cone huge from south carolina to massachusetts. we dent know where it was going. the models were not in consensus. now we push it further to the east. now cat 2 sunday. some where off the outer banks. not even the outer banks in the cone for landfall. then you get to sometime monday, even possibly into tuesday. here it is offshore of our area, skinny red line. not making landfall. the cone of concern include the northeast. you cannot let your guard down just yet. scott. >> lony, if the hurricane does not make landfall, what are the effects likely going to be any way. >> you will feel the hurricane, a huge water plume. you will pick up a lot of rain. places saturated already. talking virginia, talking north carolina, they could end up picking, potentially associate the with the storm, double digit rainfall amounts. flooding, and coastal erosion is a problem. >> lonnie quinn, wcbs. much of the east coast can't handle any more rain.
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spartanburg, south carolina was swamped overnight. one woman drowned in her car. several other drivers had to be rescued. cars at a dealership were tossed around before the floodwaters receded. >> it has now been 1,506 days since president obama first said that bashar al-assad's days were numbered. as syria's dictator. tonight, assad is still in charge. even after unleashing a civil war that has killed a quarter million of his own people. now, russia's air force is raining bombs on rebels that were trained by the united states. here's holly williams. >> reporter: russian war planes pounded syria again today. targeting groups linked to al qaeda, but also hitting moderate syrian rebels who were supported by the u.s. this video apares to show the aftermath of an air strike in a province on american backed opposition fighters. syria's deadly civil war is now
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even more dangerous with both the u.s. and russia launching air strikes but supporting different sides. russia joined the war claiming it would target isis. yet many of the strikes today hit an area over 30 miles from isis control. colonel abdul jabbar al-akaidi is a rebel commander in the u.s. backed on sequestration and told us russia could easily strike isis if it wanted too but its real intention is to defend the syrian regime. >> translator: they can destroy our cities he told us. in the end we will send them home in coffins. >> reporter: they are defiant word. the rebels underequipped and vulnerable to russian attack. yet, colonel al-akaidi told us he has given up hoping for help from the u.s. >> translator: i don't think
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president obama is sincere, he told us. the americans let us down. and i don't trust them. >> reporter: u.s. and russian officials spoke today in an effort to reduce the risk of an accidental collision in syrian airspace. but, scott, the bigger problem is that russian air strikes on u.s.-backed rebels have made the syrian civil war more complicated and even deadlier. >> holly williams for us tonight. holly, thanks. the husband of one of the newtown victims shares with us his despair over today's school shooting in oregon. i pinky promised my little girl a fabulous garden party for her birthday. so i mowed the lawn, put up all the decorations. i thought i got everything.
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a big dig is getting under way in poland in search of a mystery train filled with treasures. buried at the end of world war ii. elizabeth palmer is following this. >> reporter: 1945, a train pulls
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in. and soldiers load it up with chests of nazi gold. it is a myth so powerful here in southwest poland that history buffs staged a re-enactment recently. in reality, amateur treasure hunters andre richter and piotr koper believe they found a mysterious nazi train. it lies they say 25 feet underground here by the rain railway line on the outskirts of walbrzych. >> is the axis of the train like this under the road? >> yep. >> reporter: they think once the nazis parked the train in the trench in the bank. they covered the whole thing up with earth and removed all traces of the track. the nazis did occupy this part of poland during world war ii and had to retreaten a ein a hus the soviet army advanced in
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1945. it is possible the germans wanted to hide something from the russians. you lay it down on the ground and move it. richter and koper's ground penetrating radar machine produced an image that does look like train cars with a cargo not of gold but of tanks. the pole, government has gone ahead and had the site cleared. now the army is checking for nazi boobytraps. then what? no one nose. though richter and koper are hoping it's not a bust but a bonanza. how much money do you hop to make? >> $5 million to $8 million as our finder's fee. >> reporter: that's probably a long shot. yet some money is already flowing into the region from tourists who would love to see a nazi train, but for now, will happily settle for the myth. elizabeth palmer, cbs news,
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albrzych, poland. >> an update on the oregon shooting when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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the search continues tonight for a possible motive in the deadly shootings in roseburg, oregon. a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on the campus of umpqua community college. the state attorney general says at least 13 were killed. 20 wounded. police officers rushed to the scene. the gunman was shot dead during the firefighting. late today a visibly angry president obama renewed his call for tougher gun laws noting that the u.s. is the only country that sees these kinds of shootings. and though he said many gun owners support tougher laws, the prospects of that seem slim despite what happened today in oregon. jim axelrod recalls what we have seen before. >> reporter: for those wanting to see some form of federal gun control legislation passed it
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was the shooting they thought would finally get it done. >> i was in the gym. i heard a loud, i heard seven loud booms. >> reporter: december 14th 20,12, newtown, sandy hook elementary, 20 first graders and six edge day toucators shot by with a bush master and glock sell mid automatic pistol. newtown families want to washington to push for gun control measures. jillian soto lost her sister vicky a 27-year-old teacher who hid some first grade students in a closet during the shooting and died saving them. >> i will continue to fight until everything is done. because if it is not in connecticut it is going to be some where else. >> reporter: nicole hockley's son dillon was a first grader killed that day. >> every night i beg for him to come to me in my dreams so i can see him again. >> reporter: outside the chambers stood survivors of the
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victims, hoping their grief would sway the vote. congress said no. since then, 142 shootings on school properties in the united states an average of one a week bill sherlock lost his wife mary, school psychologist at sandy hook. he looked at the shooting in oregon and grief and despair came rushing back. >> these kids got up this morning went to school and they're never coming home. >> reporter: tonight americans are wondering what may come out of the massacre, shock, horror, sadness, sure. but chances are if recent history is any guide you won't see change on that list. jim axel rod, cbs news, new york. and that's the "cbs overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later. for the morning news. and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "cbs overnight news." i'm jim axelrod. the town of roseburg, oregon in shock this morning after a gunman went on a killing spree at the local community college. cbs's ben tracy begins our coverage. >> reporter: the first call came in at 10:38 this morning, an active shooter on the campus of this southern oregon community college. >> somebody is outside one of the doors shooting through the door. there is a female in the computer lab. we do have one female that has been shot at this time. >> reporter: students say the gunfire lasted at least a minute as officers arrived on scene. >> he is in the classroom on
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the, going to be the southeast side. >> reporter: and then silence. >> the suspect is down. we have got multiple gunshot wound. we are going to need multiple ambulances on scene. >> we have upward of 20 victims. >> douglas county sheriff, john handling. >> the shooter threat was neutralized officers continued to sweep the campus looking for other threats. >> reporter: with the 20-year-old male suspect now dead, officers searched students' backpacks for weapons and used dogs to check cars in the parking lot. lacy gregory was 100 yards away when the gunfire started. >> all i saw was my friend alex, he apparently ran up from the smoke shack past the shooting that was happening into the library to let us know what was going on was real and it was indeed people were getting shot. and i saw people running from the english hall across the courtyard towards every direction. it was, it was crazy.
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>> reporter: authorities believe shots were fired both inside snyder hall and the nearby science building on the campus of more than 100 acres. students inside the school tweeted as the shooting happened. one saying, students are running everywhere. holy god. and then scariest thing i have ever experienced. students were evacuated on school buss to a local fairground where they were reunited with their loved ones. >> the former president of this community college says the college only has one security officer on duty at a time and that person is not armed. scott, in oregon, students with the proper permits are allowed to carry firearms on the campuses of public colleges and universities. as moscow continues its air raids in syria, u.s. and russian military officials began talks on thursday on ways to avoid their forces firing on each other. russian foreign minister insists moscow is only targeting isis military positions. but the areas under siege are
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mostly occupied by rebels trained and funded by the cia. now they're asking for anti-aircraft missiles to defend themselves. holly williams is in turkey near the syrian border. on american backed opposition fighters. syria's deadly civil war is now even more dangerous. with both the u.s. and russia launching air strikes, but supporting different sides. russia joined the war, claiming it would target isis. yet many of the strikes today hit an area over 30 miles from isis control.
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colonel abdul jabbar al-akaidi is a rebel commander in the u.s. backed opposition, and toll us russia could easily strike isis if it wanted to but its real intention is to defend the syrian regime. they can destroy our cities he told us. but in the end we will send them home in coffins. >> reporter: they are defiant word. the rebels underequipped and vulnerable to russian attack. yet, colonel al-akaidi told us he has given up hoping for help from the u.s. >> translator: i don't think president obama is sincere, he told us. the americans let us down. and i don't trust them. >> reporter: u.s. and russian officials spoke today in an effort to reduce the risk of an accidental collision in syrian airspace. but, scott, the bigger problem is that russian air strikes on u.s.-backed rebels have made the syrian civil war more complicated and even deadlier.
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why has russia decided to throw its military behind the regime of bashar al-assad? charlie rose posed that question directly to russian president vladamir putin for "60 minutes." >> you have said a strong centralized government is in the dna of russia. you know? and you have a huge fear, as you suggest anarchy in syria and in other places of no strong government. that's the fear that vladamir putin has. >> well, i am not saying there is no strong government in the country. i'm saying if there is no government at all then there will be anarchy and a vac up. and this vacuum and anarchy will rapidly tra lly transform into terrorism. well take iraq for example. there was a well-known figure, saddam hussein, whether he was
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good or bad, probably forgotten that. at some stage the u.s. was cooperating actively with saddam when he was fighting iran. you helped him with arms. diplomatic support was accorded. political cover was provided et cetera. then for some reason, you had a falling out and the u.s. decided to eliminate saddam. but by eliminating saddam hussein, the u.s. eliminated the iraqi government and thousand of people from the former baath party. servicemen, sunni elite of the state were thrown out on the streets. nobody thought about them. now they're filling the ranks of isil. that's what we are fighting against. we are not against some countries showing its leadership some where. we are against thoughtless actions that result in such
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he is known for such hit songs as ain't no sunshine, lean on me. lovely day. bill withers shot to the top of the charts in the '70s and then disappeared. he was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame in april and is being celebrated to night at carnegie hall. withers sat down with anthony mason for "cbs this morning." ♪ ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪ >> reporter: in 1970, bill withers was in his early 30s working as an aircraft mechanic when he wrote this song. ♪ and this house just ain't no home any time she goes away ♪
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>> let me tell you how lucky i was. that was the b side of the first record. >> "ain't no sunshine." >> the one they put on the b side of your first record that's a throwaway. the disc jockeys turned it over. and life has never been the same since. ♪ ain't no sunshine >> reporter: "ain't no sunshine" hit number three on the charts. withers follow-up record "lean on me" went to number one. over the next decade he had a string of hits. ♪ all you want to do is >> reporter: in 1985, withers recorded his last album. he put down his guitar, quit his career, and has not sung in public for 25 years. there aren't many artists as successful as you were who just walked away. >> there is more fuss made over me now than it was then. and in fact, when i play
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carnegie hall the big question was could i play a place that big? i was playing clubs. when i was current nobody was making that big a fuss over me. >> you had a handful of pretty big hit record. >> over time. over time. i remember like songs like lovely day which has kind of become part of the landscape. when that was current i was getting hassled by the record company for not making any hits. now, i get offers all the time to go play. >> reporter: what do you say? >> "judge judy" is on tonight. i can't talk to you right now. ♪ we all need somebody >> reporter: the 77-year-old songwriter made a rare appearance earlier this year to be inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. ♪ you'll understand >> reporter: he will be honored at carnegie hall on october 1.
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it is a tribute to you. >> yes. >> how do you feel about that? >> it is a like a preobituary. >> wither's 1973 album, "live at carnegie hall" will be re-created by artists in a concert that will benefit the stuttering association for the young. >> we have to be more civil than most people that well will encounter. >> reporter: withers, once a stutterer himself talked to kids about how to cope in the 2009 documentary "still bill." >> for a time there i was a small asthmatic kid who stuttered which accounts for my closeness with my grandmother. because the only person thought that i was going to be strong was my grandmother. she was, billy is going to grow. wither whose honored his grandmother in the song,
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grandma's hands, didn't fully conquer his stutter until he began performing in his 30s. >> i figured out that my stutter was a fear of the perception of the listener. >> uh-huh. >> so i started having fun, trying to lower my opinion of other people and raise my opinion of myself. >> reporter: did that work? >> yeah, i would do tricks like picture everybody naked. you know, just dumb stuff. but, evidently it worked. you see how smooth i am now, i mean, you know, that's, this is pretty good talking we are doing here? >> reporter: before you picked uh the guitar and started writing songs you really had not spent much time at all playing music? >> no, but if you are musical you are born that way. you can get into false humility and stuff. but you don't try this if you don't think you can do it. >> reporter: uh-huh. >> so if you have some success it is not a total surprise.
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♪ and i know >> reporter: when he began recording in 1971, withers still kept his day job as a mechanic at webber aircraft in california. >> the was funny because my first album cover picture was actually taken on my lunch break. because i didn't want to take time off. so i am standing in the door with my actual lunch box. and, so, guys are in the back, yelling, hey, hollywood. >> reporter: but the singer who cam from slab fork, west virginia, felt increasingly manipulated by the music industry. >> actually erased an album. >> reporter: you erased an album? >> yeah. >> reporter: why? >> i didn't get paid. i spent nine years in the military, where there was a decent chance you might die for $85 a month. you get of in the hundreds of thousand and you could really get hostile there, you know what i mean? >> uh-huh. >> it's affront to you, an
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affront to your manhood for somebody to say i didn't pay you, so what? really? >> reporter: 30 years ago, withers walked away. and despite all of the tributes he has no urge to stage a come? back. >> if i was going to write anything longer than 4 minutes that didn't have to rhyme every other line i would write about my old friend fear. and all of the disguises that it wears. >> reporter: in terms of this, the possibility that you might tour or perform again, what would you be afraid snuff. >> see, people would entice you out there. if you weren't right they would be talking about you look a dog. all of your friend, those journalists would be saying why did he ever come out here? i heard people make last albums. and they sounded like death. >> you didn't want to do that? >> no, man. bill withers sr. would wake up and say, why did you do that? >> there are so many mup ssiciai
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know. i talked to a lot whuft couldn't possibly stop. >> i think maybe that's why my songs were just a wee bit different. ♪ just call on me brother when you need a hand ♪ >> whatever i am, i'm satisfied that i was at least valid. i wanted to write some songs that were reasonably profound. and i think i did that. ♪ we all need somebody to lean ♪ we all need somebody to lean on ♪ bill's got a very tough 13lie here...... looks like we have some sort of sea monster in the water hazard here. i believe that's a "kraken", bruce. it looks like he's going to go with a nine iron. that may not be enough club... well he's definitely going to lose a stroke on this hole. if you're a golf commentator, you whisper. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. this golf course is electric...
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for many disabled people stepping out the door can be a huge challenge much less going for a run when you are blind. now, one especially trained service dog is helping his owner stay in shape as his four legged runningmate. barry peterson has the story. >> reporter: it is natural that a man would want to care for his canine companion. for centuries dogs have been man any best friend. >> clinger, a real snuggly cuddly dog. >> reporter: it is a german shepherd named clinger in charge of caring for richard hunter. richard is blind. and clinger is his guide dog. the only one in america trained specifically to read a blind runner. >> steady. >> what clinger does when he runs with me is no different than his regular guide dog work.
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he is just moving at a slightly faster pace. he has a lot of drive. he likes to work. he could be highly focused. >> sound look you, maybe? >> i think clinger has a lot more drive than i do. >> reporter: richard started losing his sight in his 20s when he was a marine corps second lieutenant. now 4 years old he is almost completely blind. >> did he get it? >> reporter: despite that loss, richard started competing in triathlons with the help of human guide. then one day during a bicycle training ride, richard and his guide collided with a car. he went through the windshield, his neck broken. >> that was a big wake-up call for me and my family. three months later he was back running races. and nine months after the accident. he ran the boston marathon. >> to the bridge. go ahead. >> reporter: there he spotted thomas pannock whose school trains guide dogs for the blind and there was an off hand
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remark. richard shouted out i am really curious. have you ever trained a guide dog to run? i said, i dent know. it hasn't been done. >> reporter: two trainers had to devise a new training program. and the key was finding the right dog. enter clinger. >> he took every challenge we threw at hip. accepted it. exceeded it. and gach us tve us ability to a more. >> reporter: over six months they taught clinger to navigate curves and obstacles at a faster base and thus think faster. then he was ready to meet richard. >> as rewarding as training clinger was, being able to work with clinger and richard together, and watch the relationship develop with the two of them, was a truly inspirational and amazing time for me that i will never forget. >> reporter: the partnership started with more training at a
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new york park. and goes on today at their california home. clinger can run six miles at a he memorizes each step of their path. always watching and warning of obstacles. and creating a new kind of independence for richard. you don't need to call a friend. you don't need to have somebody come over. you guys, you buddies can just go for a run? >> it gives me a lot of freedom. with clinger in my house. now we have the flexibility that once he learns my routes, that well are going to be able to leave the house whenever we want to. and it is just him and i. >> there we go, good boy. >> if richard can open his diner the morning. be able to got out there and have the freedom he is safe. that to me is the definition of success. >> reporter: that means others may someday share what richard and clinger now have. >> if this program is successful, it is going to create the foundation for other
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eople to follow in my footsteps. >> two athletes, answering the call of the open road. >> good boy. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, barry peterson in fulsom, california. >> we expect president obama to speak at the white house momentarily. >> take us behind the scenes then, what is our government doing to stop such an attack? >> investors are bracing for more turmoil on wall street. >> announcer: cbs "this morning" more real news. ,,
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china is famous for driving young students hard. but now at lest one chinese school is looking to the united states for a bit more gentle way to teach their kids. >> reporter: these beijing elementary students are back in the classroom. whether they know it or not. their education is about to be filled with grueling exams that will determine their future. >> memorizing a lot of information doesn't necessarily lead to creativity. >> enter mike barnett. why is the chinese government bringing you here now? >> they're seeing a lot of what their students produce is kind of imitation in nature. as opposed to innovation in nature. >> you have to work with your
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partner. >> reporter: barnett doesn't use textbooks instead teaches students to think and reason using real life problems. >> how are you going to put the rocks in the sand? >> reporter: barnetts method are used in 500 schools across the u.s. >> it is good to know facts. what's important knowing the fact how they're connected to information. as they get connect you'd solve the puzzle. >> reporter: this fifth grade teacher sees the problem in her own classroom. what bothers me is that in china we don't pay enough attention to ways we can improve kids' real life skills she said. that's what i could learn from america. >> we can make this water clear. >> reporter: the puzzle he gave to these elementary kids in a polluted china is how do you make a filter to purr tify wate? >> why are you presenting this
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problem? >> it doesn't have a right answer. every filter will be different they design. could be afr filter works or every filter fails. yul's learn from that. >> 11-year-old sky called barnett's exercise vivid. it guides us to the answer instead of telling us the answer directly. it makes us think he said. adding the joy of thinking is infinite. in test centric culture, the freedom to fail argues barnett is of what prompts real innovation. seth doan, cbs news, china. that's the "cbs overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jim axelrod.
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captioning funded by cbs it's friday, october 2nd, 2015. this is the "cbs morning news." a campus mourns. at least ten people are dead when a gunman goes on a rampage at an oregon community college. the attack renewing calls from the white house to take on gun violence. tracking joaquin. the hurricane moves up through the atlantic and appears it could stay away from the shore, but the east coast still braces for record rain. millions of cell phone users at risk of identity theft. hackers steal the personal

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