>> you'd be looking at the edges particularly to see how they came apart from the main part of the fusal lodge. did it look like there was a fracture? did it look like there was some kind of structural deformty. >> reporter: our marc phillips was able to see clear signs. he says determining a bomb blast isn't as straight forward. >> it takes time and you do this in the laboratory. a cockpit voice recorder will

have a special signature that we'll understand the difference between over pressure event, like a technical failure and a high energy explosive event, like a bomb. >> it took them four years to determine plane crashed because of a fuel tank explosion and not a bomb. >> we have all the elements it is not on the sea floor, which made that a very difficult and challenging investigation. >> investigators will look at the condition of the bodies of those on board to see if they show any signs of a bombing and they'll show the luggage. video shows most of it is in tact and not burned. >> what are you hearing about airport security here in the united states? >> discussions are underway tonight about how to increase security with an announcement expected tomorrow. out of an abundance of precaution there will be a

procedure for flights. the illinois cop who staged his suicide, apparently tried to hire a hitman to kill the village manager because he feared she would expose him as a thi thief. police revealed yesterday, he had stolen 10s of thousands of dollars from a youth program that he over saw. today a jury in pennsylvania found a police officer not guilty of murder. she had shot an unarmed man in the back, a killing that was captured on video, which is difficult to watch. here with that story. >> reporter: a camera mounted on lisa's stun gun showed her tasing david casic as he fa.

murkal is heard screaming at him 23 times to keep them where she can see him. and then she fired her gun twice. she spoke shortly after her acquittal. >> i truly wish it didn't happen and i want them to know that. i never wanted to shoot anybody. >> reporter: they called the shooting unjustified. >> she shot a man that was laying down facing away from him. the video shows that. shot him. i mean, murdered him pretty much. >> she says she feared casic was going for a gun. after the shooting, she administered cpr but he died at it scene. they found a syringe by his body and said alcohol and drugs were in his system but he was unarmed. she says she intends to return to police work.

>> this has taken a toll on me and nobody understands. >> she had pulled him over for expired emissions stickers and he refused to stop until he reached his sister's house and he ran into her backyard where he ultimately died. bush, 41 breaks his silence on the men who served his son. why is mars barren? the answer is blowing in the wind. wind. and ♪ it's the final countdown! ♪ ♪ the final countdown! if you're the band europe, you love a final countdown. 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.

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george h.w. bush, the 41st president, has come out firing at some of the men who led the country into the war in iraq while serving in his son's administration. here's nancy. >> reporter: he has held his tongue for more than a decade. but now george h.w. bush describes his son's vice president, dick cheney as too hard lined and calls his secretary of defense, rumsfeld, arrogant. and he said that cheney became very different from the dick cheney i knew when he served as his secretary of defense. >> i've had much worse said about me. >> reporter: the first president

bush was even more scathing about rumsfeld. i don't like what he did and i think it hurt the president. in a statement, the 83-year-old rumsfeld lashed back at his 91-year-old critic. bush 41 is getting up in years and misjudges. they were two of the biggest proponents of the war in iraq, a war that marred one son's presidency and hasn't helped one son that is trying to get the job. jeb bush defending his brother as president. >> dick cheney, he served my brother well as vice president and he served my dad extraordinarily well as secretary of defense. >> reporter: and in a statement, george w. bush called cheney superb and rumsfeld effective. a rare public disagreement between father and sons.

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the son gives life and sometimes takes it away. today nasa said its spacecraft has discovered why mars turned from a wet warm planet that likely sustained life to a cold, barren place. radiation from the sun, known as solar wind stripped away the martian atmosphere over billions of years. earth, though is protected by its magnetic field. it's been a busy week for jet packs. have a look at these two dare devils flying over dubai.

they buzzed the largest passenger jet in the world and in new york another man took a test flight over the hudson river and the statue of liberty. george jetsen style. for those seeking a natural high, there's yoga, the basic pose is called downward facing dog but in china today, it was downward facing danger. a mass yoga session was staged on a glass bottomed bridge 600 feet up. last month cracks appeared in the bridge but that couldn't shatter this group's inner calm and then there's the enthusiasm of a teenager who could save countless lives. we'll introduce you next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

finally tonight, remember the name olivia alae iia halacy. just a teenager and already making her mark. >> reporter: last year she had to be the only 16-year-old in the world thinking about this. >> i really wanted to make temperature independence. sfwlrks wh >> reporter: what she's talking about is a test for ebola. she realized existing ones made by adults need refridgeeration. no small task in hot climates

like africa. >> i think in science it doesn't matter if you're old or young or where you're from, it's really just about your results. >> reporter: she brought the result to her sign teacience te. >> reporter: what was your reaction? >> oh, boy. there was a lot of push back. andy, you have no business doing this with this student. i said let me be the judge of that. we'll figure it out. >> reporter: to fix the refridgeeration problem, she came up with a test that can work in high temperatures. this is her design which acts like a pregnancy test. >> the color change indicating the positive result. it was great when it happened. >> olivia -- >> reporter: she and 10s of housands of otherer tee entered this year's google

science fair. and she won. >> it was this release of emotion and who hoo. >> reporter: are you lousy at anything? you're an athlete, you're book smart and intelntelligent. >> sometimes i get really stressed out if one thing isn't going my way. i think it's just a great lesson he's taught me is never to freak out over the little things because it's still little in the scheme of your whole life. >> reporter: for a high school student and her science teacher, the chemistry could not be better. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues, for others, check back later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city.

this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. republican presidential hopeful, donald trump is clawing his way back to the top of the pack. a national poll of likely gop primary voters shows trump at 26% and ben carson at 23% and both marco rubio and ted cruz at 11%. trump hosts "saturday night live" this weekend. he predicts it will be a big ratings benanzau. sfwlrks >> reporter: it was over the summer that cbs universal fired trump over controversial comments about illegal immigrants and now they're

accusing t accusing them sending the wrong message. not everyone's swooning over his upcoming appearance on saturday night live. wednesday night called on snl to fire the billionaire. >> they should know better, cbs should know better and all i want to do is contribute to my community. >> reporter: it's the latest of a let's dump trump. >> when certain figures cross certain lines, they should lose their privileges to host tv shows. >> reporter: but trump doesn't seem phased. >> i got the highest ratings ever. why would they cave? >> reporter: he poked fun at himself and the rivals. >> mr. trump can only speak for

four seconds in this promo. >> so, let me just say this, ben carson is a complete and total loser. >> reporter: ben carson wasn't laughing. >> i discovered when i was in grade school that those tactics really are for grade school. >> who is that under there? >> reporter: the snl stage has become somewhat of a campaign spot for those vying for the white house. hillary clinton making a cameo just last month. >> it can show a different side of the candidate and humanize the candidate, put them in a humorous light. >> reporter: nbc did not return our calls. but one group is offering a bounty to any audience member who disrupts his live performance saturday night. no thank you, that's the

response from a uber driver. the passenger, ben golden now faces criminal charges. the driver says golden can apologize in court. >> reporter: the passenger is facing legal action, not only from the driver but also from the orange county district attorney. he admits he was drunk when he got into the car last night and said what happened was inexcusable and out of character. 32-year-old ben golden says he has no memory of his violent behavior caught on camera during a friday night uber-ride. >> it's not me in the video. it's not me. and it was hard to watch and i'm ashamed. >> reporter: he says he lost count of how many drinks he had that night. and moments before the act, the footage shows him yelling that

driver. >> i think a lot of people i know were shocked by what they saw. >> reporter: the driver used pepper spray to defend himself and says he's afraid of golden and has no intention of meeting him for an apology. >> he says that's not him but that's the only him i know. that was him who had the first drink and in the end it was him who made the decision to beat me. >> so, the next day i got out of jail and i was wondering what happened. i didn't know until i saw this video and then my heart sank. >> he's no longer a taco bell marketing executive. and he's facing four misdemeanor charges and could spend a year in jail. >> i've worked so hard and i had a stupid night that is my fault and i've thrown everything away. >> i don't know that he was

crying because he was so shocked it went viral. >> reporter: he's suing for at least $25,000 for assault and intentional inflikz of emotional destress. s he has quit uber. and golden says he does not think he has a drinking problem, despite the fact that he pleaded guilty to a dui in kentucky. and they call it paid patriotism, sending checks to sports teams to get them to host events honoring our troops. ♪ oh, say can you see >> reporter: an rememberarmy re singing the national anthem, and

national guard members unfurling the american flag. honoring military is common place in professional sports but some of these are little more than marketing gimmicks. >> fans assume it's being done because of patriotism. to find out the taxpayers are paying for some of these just kind of cheapens the whole long. >> reporter: the defense department has 122 marketing deals with pro sports teams worth $10.4 million. and they call it paid patriotism. like the $7500 the milwaukee brewers got that covered award presentations on the field by national guard members and the ceremonial first pitches. >> they say we're strapped for funds and then they're paying for these paid tributes on the field.

>> reporter: he says some items, like the air force paying for sideline tickets to galaxy games, the national guard paying for 40 lower level seats at indiana pacers games. the white house says the spending is justified. >> they would likely say that these enhance their recruiting efforts. >> reporter: the sports teams denied being paid for tributes. they say we will pour form an additional review. and mlb says it has intake steps to avoid. and nfl says if we find that any inappropriate payments were made will be paid back in full. the pentagon has promised it's going to end the practice but

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♪ did you ever consider what you have to do if your electricity went out for a month? perhaps a terror attack brings down the entire u.s. power grid. and that's not the stuff of science fiction. >> reporter: when the lights go out, we usually know why. >> hurricane sandy coming ashore on the east coast. >> reporter: mother nature is at it again. most of the time we manage to get through it. but what if the power went out in a number of states, effecting millions of people for weeks,

even months. as you were researching this did you find yourself getting frightened? >> i think frightened was a little bit too strong but maybe i should have been. it's frightening enough that my wife and i decided we were going to buy enough freeze dried food for all of our kids and their kids. >> reporter: in his book "lights out." veteran journalist, ted ko pppe paints a grim image of an all out cyber attack on the nation's electrical grid. who do we have to fear the most russia, china, iran, terrorists? >> all of those. the ones who are most capable are the ones least likely to do it. >> there are some experts that they they're already in. >> they are in. they're already in the grid.

i was told that by the former chief scientists. he stated categorically, the russians are in and the chinese are in. the iranians may be on the verge of getting in and at the bottom are folks like isis, terrorists groups. >> reporter: the power grid is the system interconnecting north america's supply of electricity. power from another region can sometimes serve as back up. the down side to all this, if a hacker manages to take down an entire grid, a huge porstion of the country along with parts of canada could go down with it. like so much else these days, it relies heavily on the internet. >> we have a joke in our security industry that there's no secure system. the only secured one is

unplugged, turned off and buried under six feet of concrete. >> reporter: he should know. he's a cyber security consultant who gets paid to find glitches. in other words, he's a hacker who works for the good guys. >> the last six years of me doing testing full time, there has never been a customer that we have not gotten in. >> 5:28 tuesday evening, an 30 e in an eery darkness. >> reporter: in 1965, a huge blackout in the northeast left more than 30 million without power for almost 13 hours. >> new yorkers have taken it in stride as far as you can see? >> reporter: in 1977, new york city was plunged into darkness again, this time resulting in looting and other crimes.

>> there have been mas chg power outages. >> reporter: in 2003, partly over grown trees were part of a blackout of some 60,000,000 people. that one lasted up to four days in some areas. but our next electric failure could just be a key stroke away. >> it's definitely not for lack of capability on various parts, whether it be us or an enemy. i think it comes down to timing and i tink we need to make the right people mad at the right time. >> reporter: you would think the one group was ready for this it would be the department of homeland security. are they ready? >> no. they all acknowledge there is no plan. >> reporter: he says the current

secretary, jay johnson, didn't offer much guidance either. you described the conversation as prickly at some point. >> that's because i kept asking, what is the plan? do you have a plan and he just pointed at a shelf filled with white binders and he says look, i'm sure there's something up there somewhere. >> reporter: we wanted to find out for ourselves but both the white house and the department energy declined our request. and the department of homeland security refused to speak on camera. instead we were given a statement which reads in part.

>> reporter: next, we reached out to some of the big electric companies. they refused to talk to us as well. >> ted koppel says the government has no plan. is he right? >> no, he's not right. >> government is building plans very quickly to help manage the consequences. on the grid. are the power companies prepared to respond to a large-scale cyber attack on the grid. >> they're strengthening their abilitiability to respond to an attack. their readiness is not where it needs be, given the ed a ved av

continues to strengthen the weapons to be used against the united states. >> reporter: ironically, it's our less sophisticated electric providers who may have an edge here. this is the south canal system. >> reporter: take the delta's electric association in southwest colorado. one of 900 rule power cooperatives in the united states. it serves some 2800 customer cu. to what degree do you rely on the internet? >> it's for noncritical functions. >> reporter: if somebody hack under to your system, how vulnerable would you be? >> they are have a an extensive amount of back ups sfwlrks would y

. >> reporter: would you consider changing to a system that relies heavily on the internet? >> we would not. sfwlrks serving approximately 42,000,000 people in 47 states. none of these coops reply lies on the internet for the distribution of power. but as koppel sees it, it's too late to pull the online plug. >> i don't think we're ever going to give up the internet. there are too many advantages, even if it has the capacity to reek enormous damage. i'm just saying wake up to what its capabilities are. >> reporter: and since there's no turning back, it's important to think ahead. do they need to be stouking up on water and freeds dried foods. >> those are very poirmntant

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. on capital hill, congress is considering legislation to protect your right to post negative reviews online. companies are retaliating against customers who complain about their products and services. >> reporter: remember the next time you agree to a company's terms of service, there's a paragraph called a gag add. >> i stood up and said i'm tired of this. we need to fix it. >> reporter: gen palmer brought her fight to capital hill more than six years after posting a

negative review for a christmas present never received. the company, a gift store company wrote back with a warning. >> it said you violated a clause in our terms of service and we're going to fine you for $3500 if you don't take the review down. >> reporter: similar language has been slip under to contracts by everyone from travel agents to dentists. the federal trade commission is even taking action against diet pill manufacture roca labs. >> this is essentially online bullying. you're infringing on people's rights, their freedom. >> reporter: one person said businesses would be more effective tackling negative feedback head on. >> if they afirmatively responds

and said we're sorry or thanks for the review, we're going to try fix that problem, that actually gets them better results with consumers. >> reporter: now they're considering bipartisan legislation to make sure these are illegal. >> i think many of them would run in horror. sfwlr >> we were delayed on a car loan. >> reporter: they reported the fine as a debt, ruining the family's credit until 2014 when they were awarded a $300,000 settlement. >> i hope nobody has to feel scared, humiliated and bullied by a business. >> reporter: california is the only state that has its own laws prohibiting gag clauses but they're considering bills to ban

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it forbes says kalty perry was the highest. and taylor swift was second. and she's involved in an uglae legal battle. she had a radio personality fired claiming he groped her. >> radio personality was known to his listeners, simply as jackson. he admits taylor swift probably was groped that day, only he wasn't the one responsible. the bad blood between taylor swift and david mueller just got worse. ♪

in her countersuit filed this week, she says while posing for a photo during a meet and greet, mueller lifted her skirt and groped her bottom. the encounter left her surprise, offended and alarmed. swift is known for using her muse took settle scores. and her security later kicked mueller out of the concert. ♪ her management also complained and provided the photo. two days later, mueller was out of a job. entertainment lawyer doubts swift will settle the case. she's already stood up to music industry titans like apple, spotify and kanye west. >> they file these suits.

mr. mueller must have been living under a rock for several years if he actually thought he could bully taylor swift. >> reporter: he said the false accusations hindered his ability to be hired for other jobs and that eddie haskell was the real groper. he claimed that haskell had shown him how he put his arms round him and smith found that preposterous. ms. swift knows exactly who committed the assault, it was mueller, and she's not confused in the slightest. they're demanding the case go before a jury. >> they very astutely asked for a jury trial. people are going to be far more inclined to believe her than an absecure radio dj. for others, your news

continues. from the broadcast center in new york silty. captioning funded by cbs it's friday, november 6th, 2015. this is the "cbs morning news." travelers can expect tighter security at u.s. airports today as evidence mounts that a terrorist bomb is what brought down a russian jetliner in egypt. dangerous weather streaks across the south. a twister touches down in texas, while more severe weather soaks the region today. and true identity. how a teenager learned he had been living under a false name for more than a