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9/11 attacks was disputed today by fact checkers, by new jersey officials and by law enforcement. but not by his closest rival, dr. ben carson. >> did you see that happening, though, on 9/11? >> i saw the film of it, yes. >> in new jersey? >> yes. >> reporter: carson later apologized, saying he was thinking of celebrations abroad, not at home. but both he and trump argue muslim-americans should be monitored more heavily. it's a marked departure from the republican party's last president. >> islam is peace. >> reporter: who quoted from the koran after 9/11 and called for tolerance. >> these acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the islamic faith. >> reporter: fran townsend was president bush's homeland security adviser. why was it important for him to say something like that? >> we have gulf arab partners,

in muslim countries, who have helped in the war on terror. we need those folks to understand, this is not a war with their religion. >> reporter: she argues republicans should welcome well- vetted syrian refugees to the u.s. for one key reason: >> these refugees who are fleeing isis who don't agree with them are a potential real treasure trove of intelligence. >> reporter: townsend said she's surprised president obama himself hasn't made that case. scott, our poll shows as of right now, half of americans agree with trump that the refugees should not be let in. >> nancy cordes, thanks. iran has sentenced "washington post" reporter jason rezaian to prison, but it did not say for how long. rezaian is a dual citizen of u.s. and iran. he was arrested in july of last year and charged with spying on iran's nuclear program. rezaian's family and the "post" have vehemently denied that allegation.

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today the nfl said it's investigating why the quarterback of the st. louis rams remained in the game yesterday after banging his head after a collision with a 300- pound lineman. here's jeff glor. >> reporter: with the score tied, time running out and the

st. louis rams trying to mount a game-winning drive, what happened to quarterback case keenum seemed unmistakable. his head slammed the turf. he seized his helmet in pain. he couldn't even get up with assistance. >> the helmet to the ground. one of the troubling spots when we talk about concussions at the nfl level. >> reporter: but keenum never left the field. >> it seems obvious to everybody. >> reporter: dr. douglas smith with the university of pennsylvania studies brain injury and repair. >> we want to take them out of play and keep an eye on them to make sure they don't go back into the game before it's too soon. >> reporter: the nfl has a concussion protocol to handle these exact situations. it spells out concussion signals as well as health markers required to resume play and avoid further injury. there is also now an athletic trainer above the field with the authority to stop a game at any time. commissioner roger goodell told "60 minutes" just last week he believes the league is safer than ever. >> i do believe it's safer, but injuries are part of active sports.

and they're certainly part of football. football is a contact sport. >> reporter: on sunday, however, after this contact, no one had keenum properly checked off the field until after the game, when a concussion was confirmed. the nfl says tonight it is investigating. rams' coach jeff fisher just held a news conference. he said he didn't see his quarterback stumbling and that the spotter above the field saw a trainer on the field so didn't stop play. he says the trainer was told to leave the field by an nfl official. everyone seems to be pointing in a different direction, so, scott, tonight, a decent amount for the league to sort out. >> jeff, thank you very much. some rough weather is on the menu for millions this thanksgiving, that story is next.

there's an arrest tonight in the shooting of a good samaritan in new orleans. surveillance video shows a man dragging a woman toward a car last friday when medical student peter gold stepped in, but he was shot in the stomach. the gunman tried to fire again, but the weapon jammed. gold is expected to make a full recovery. today police arrested euric cain. he is charged with attempted murder. a big helping of wintry weather is on the way for millions just in time for the holiday. eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz. eric, who is going to get hit? >> reporter: well, scott, good evening to you. we'll be watching a storm starting to move ashore over the next 24 hours, but for the early travelers, we're off to a great start on this holiday week. coast to coast, wall to wall, pretty quiet conditions. however, things will start to change. good news is for anyone watching in the east tonight, quiet and chilly in the northeast over these next two days, big travel ones.

across the southeast, quiet, seasonal temperatures, and some rain showers start to move into the upper midwest by the time we head into wednesday. the storm in question here is the one in the west. this is one that will bring some significant snow and a lot of cold over these next 48 hours. that storm diving down across the west coast and then pushing its way inland. so we head into the day on wednesday, plenty of mountain snow to go along with it, especially in the sierras, the southern cascades could pick up over a foot of snowfall. this is a storm system we'll watch into the middle of the country for thanksgiving itself. we'll have quiet weather on both of the coasts, but it's right in the middle that we have a mess. as thanksgiving moves along, heavy rain breaks out along the southern plains. ice and snow on the back side. scott, this is a storm system to keep a close eye on for the holiday itself. >> eric fisher, wbz. eric, thanks very much. in a moment, the worst traffic jams in america. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

finally tonight, for many getting to work is a full-time job. and a report out today names the 50 worst traffic bottlenecks in america. number one is in chicago. total traffic and weather network is providing us with this live picture. and here's transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: every day drivers in chicago collectively spend nearly 65,000 hours stuck in this. >> i give myself about an hour and a half to get to work. >> reporter: after chicago the next six worst bottlenecks in the country are all in los angeles. in downtown, a two and a half mile stretch of the harbor

freeway has 12 on and off ramps and two major interchanges, making it a magnet for traffic. [horn honks] the worst bottleneck on the east coast is the lincoln tunnel connecting new york city and new jersey. altogether drivers there experience 3.4 million hours of delays each year, but the bottlenecks aren't just in megacities. austin comes in at number ten. norfolk, virginia, also made the list. secretary of transportation anthony foxx. >> i think what people should think about is that the traffic they're experiencing on thanksgiving holiday could be traffic every day over the next 30 years if we're not careful. we need to make the investments in our infrastructure. >> reporter: investments in solutions like coordinated traffic lights, metered on- ramps and high-occupancy toll lanes. commuter jose vasquez uses an app on his smartphone called waze to try to avoid the worst of the back-ups. >> it will tell you which one not to take, but, you know, it's going to be the lesser of the two evils.

>> reporter: but there's hope. the woodrow wilson bridge outside of washington, d.c., dropped off the list after it was rebuilt to better handle the traffic. and however bad the commute gets, it is still better than this mind-boggling 50-lane traffic jam in october outside beijing lasting for hours. all that time stuck in traffic translates to $2.4 billion in lost productivity annually and, scott, researchers say if you're able to fix even 30 of those bottlenecks, you save an estimated 35 million gallons of gas a year. >> kris van cleave on the road for us tonight. kris, thanks very much. if you'd like to see if your city is one of the 50 worst bottlenecks, go to our facebook page. you'll find it at facebook.com/cbseveningnews. thanld that's the "cbs overnight news" this tuesday. 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, i'm scott pelley. this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm anna warner. the capital of belgium remains on lockdown today for fear of a terrorist strike similar to the one that gripped paris more than a week ago. here in the u.s., it's thanksgiving week, where nearly 47 million americans will travel to their holiday feast. security is tight at the bridges, tunnels and airports. jeff pegues reports from reagan national. >> reporter: officials say there is no specific threat against the u.s., but do not expect to breeze through security at the airports. there will be tougher screening in place, even for prechecked passengers. tsa workers will be taking more time going through bags.

the holiday travel season begins amid heightened security across the country. >> something like paris happens, people are a little more nervous. >> reporter: following the terrorist attacks in paris, false bomb threats diverted three flights. three other flights diverted. sunday, officers escorted three men off a southwest airlines flight for suspicious behavior. they were later cleared. >> people are on edge. >> reporter: more than a week after the attacks in france, major u.s. cities remain on alert. on sunday, the new york city police department ran an active shooter drill in the city's subway system. the drill involved a targeted suicide vest. >> the first command may be drop the gun, put your hands up. in the suicide belt scenario,

that might not be enough. >> reporter: secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson. >> it's important for all americans to know that your law enforcement, national security, intelligence communities are continually on the job, working overtime, to ensure that the homeland is safe. >> reporter: members of congress have been critical of tsa in recent months after an undercover investigation revealed major gaps in security. so this week will be a test, coming so soon after the paris attacks. but the agency says it is up to the job. a cbs news poll shows americans are split, mostly along party lines, over whether or not to accept syrian refugees. 68% of republicans say refugees from syria should not be allowed into the u.s. 63% of democrats say they should be allowed, as long as they pass a security clearance. but 78% of all those surveyed

say there must be stricter cleaning of those refugees. the texas governor isn't waiting for new screening procedures. he's ordered volunteer groups to stop bringing the migrants to the lonestar state. nearly 200 have already arrived this year. among the first governors to stop accepting syrian refugees, citing security concerns. as that debate rages on, syrian refugees already in the united states are trying to adjust to a new life as best they can. the play ground where faez takes his family is a world away of his hometown of darwa, syria. he said this is what his old neighborhood looks like now. he and his wife, they asked us not to reveal their last names,

fled in 2013 to jordan where they applied for refugee status in the u.s., a two-year process. this february they moved near dallas and are raising two daughters, an infant and toddler. he works at walmart and is learning to speak english. >> i'm happy because i live in america. >> reporter: but they also feel misjudged after the paris attacks, and after texas recently ordered volunteer organizations that help resettle refugees from syria to discontinue those plans immediately. do you think the process you went through is enough to possibly root out anyone who could try to be coming in to carry out terror here? "it's impossible that any terrorist can come to america through any refugee program. there are six or seven months for a background check. many of the attackers in paris were french nationals and lived in belgium. however, one bomber had a fake syrian passport and travelled

with the waves of refugees that overwhelmed europe. in texas, there is another worry, the border with mexico. three syrian families arrived there last week and surrendered to immigration officials, apparently seeking asylum. on saturday, about a dozen people, some armed with long guns proshgs tested in front of a mosque outside dallas. >> we're here protesting syrian refugees coming to america, protesting the islamization of america. >> reporter: there have been rallies here in support of refugees, as well. while the governor of texas said states do have the legal authority to bar refugees from coming in, officials in washington say states cannot dictate that policy. surveillance video shows a man dragging a woman toward a car last friday, when a medical

student stepped in. but he was shot in the stomach. the gunman tried to fire again, but the weapon jammed. gold is expected to make a full recovery. today police arrested a man and charged him with attempted murder. three days ago, this quite new orleans street was the scene of a violent crime. it was all captured on surveillance camera. i want to warn you, what you are about to see does contain violence. >> male shot in the stomach. >> reporter: police say the suspect in friday's shooting has been identified as 21 eurich cane of new orleans. the two drift out of frame as medical student peter gold stops to help. seconds later, cain is seen holding a gun to gold's head.

police say cain demanded money, then shot gold in the stomach. then he attempts to shoot him in the head but the gun jams and the suspect runs off. a neighbor witnessed the events as they unfolded. >> i heard a guy yelling o outside, i don't have anymore money. i saw him trying to execute him. >> reporter: sunday, officials said an suv driven by zane had been recovered. cain had been arrested november 2nd for possession of a stolen cell phone taken in a carjacking. >> it is clear this is a dangerous individual who doesn't value lives of others. >> reporter: gold remains hospitalized. his family wrote in a statement, peter continues to improve and remains in guarded condition. we ask that everyone respect our family's need for privacy during this difficult time. >> this type of violence is not

going to stand in our city. everybody that commits a crime like this will be tracked it seems that every year,

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the animation studio pixar has a new movie coming out called "the good dinosaur." it was 20 years ago that "toy story" changed the way we look at animation. john blackstone paid a visit to the studio. >> reporter: when buzz, woody and the gang were first brought to light 20 years ago, they seemed more realistic than anything previously created in an animated movie. >> please be careful. >> reporter: it was the result of more than four years of work at pixar animation.

>> you would come to work every day and somebody would have figured something else out that you hadn't seen before. >> reporter: "toy story's" animators went beyond what had done before by creating on computers. but getting closer to reality was more challenging than they expected. >> just as a simple example, if you look at mom and daddy, the clothes are very tight fitting so we don't have to deal with wrinkles and fold and movement. i was a kid who enjoyed figuring out how things worked. >> reporter: pixar was owned by steve jobs. when "toy story" was released -- >> these are team sports. >> reporter: in 1986, jobs bought pixar for $5 million from

george lucas. galen susman has worked on every "tore story" sequel. >> he had the belief and the passion to fight for us to get us the resources we needed to make the movies. >> reporter: the studio and its arsenal of films about talking fish, robots, and a rat who likes to cook has received massive critical acclaim and collected 12 academy awards. but when pixar had no movie ready for release in 2014, some in the industry wondered whether the studio lost its edge. then came the release this year of "inside out." >> what the heck is that? >> who puts broccoli on pizza? >> that's it, i'm done. >> congratulations, san

francisco, you ruined pizza. >> reporter: so far the movie has earned more than $800 million. a lot seemed to be riding on it. it had been a while since pixar put a movie out. >> it was never a guaranty that something as bizarre and abstract as going inside the -- the films still start the old fashioned way. >> we do draw digitally. royal kelsey mann is the story supervisor on "the good dinosaur." from these drawings and the imaginization of all those working at a movie there, the story takes tape. >> he can be like, what's going on, huh, what?

>> reporter: and hundreds of those drawings for -- >> hundreds of drawings just for a couple minutes. >> reporter: the crow eativity extends to their offices. >> this is our office. >> reporter: simon's work space appears to be part of a 1930s aircraft crashed in the jungle. >> the back story is we were the scientists on board and now we're trying to find our way out of the jungle. >> reporter: it strikes me around pixar somebody is telling a story all the time. >> we're trying, yeah. >> reporter: this marks the first time pixar is releasing two movies in one year. >> it was 100 degrees in the shade. >> reporter: scheduled to be in theaters two years ago, the movie was delayed by production problems. >> the northwest was a huge inspiration. >> reporter: it's had some

painful moments, over many years now. >> that's right. a lot of the films go through these challenges of trying to make the story right. when the problems arise, just like a good parent, if there are issues, you have to bring in help. >> reporter: the good dinosaur is his debut as a director. but he's filled many other jobs, from animation to voiceover work. >> are you in need of assistance today, sir? >> the guys would draw me like a giant thumb with a hat. >> reporter: more than 90 animators worked on "the good dinosaur." three seconds of animation takes about a week to complete. >> animation in general is frame by framework. there's a personality to makes these things. you have to be patient and have long vision. it's all about the long game.

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disappeared. now there's a new version of the band and an album. ♪ >> reporter: jeff lynn launched elo's comeback last fall at a festival in london's hyde park. ♪ that was the first time you had been on stage publicly in how long? >> oh, 28 years. >> reporter: 28 years? >> that's why i was full of trepidation. >> reporter: when you looked out at the crowd, what did you see? >> 50,000 people. i can't believe it. >> reporter: with its beatles influence rock sound, the electric light orchestra charted 20 top 40 hits in the '70s and '80s. before lynn walked away. was there a reason you gave it up? >> i was just fed up doing it.

about a month after i stopped doing it, that's when george harrison got in touch with me to produce his album, "cloud nine." ♪ i've got my mind set on you >> and of i done that, i went to tom petty in l.a., we were driving down the same vote and said, pull over. >> reporter: he just honked on the horn at you? >> yeah. he said, do you fancy doing some work together? the next thing i knew we had written "free falling." ♪ now i'm free falling >> reporter: those were the first two albums you produced? >> yeah. then the next one was -- ♪ everybody's got somebody >> reporter: lynn would join the super group that included george harris harrison, tom petty and roy

orbson. >> it was strange being me. it turmed out to be a fantastic thing, because we wrote ten songs in ten days, which is unbelievable. unheard of really. >> reporter: in 1994, he got perhaps his most challenging assignment. >> i produced the beatles as well. >> reporter: yes, you did. what is that like to go into the studio knowing you produced the last two beatles' songs? >> amazing. i was frightened to death and also couldn't wait at the same time. >> reporter: he took two old john lennon tracks on cassette and had to blend them with paul, george, and ringo. ♪ >> late at night, early in the

morning, i wanted to make sure i would do it before i embarrassed myself. so paul comes in the next morning. he said, well, you've done it. well done and he gave me a great big hug. >> reporter: lynn might never have resurrected eol if a british deejay hadn't asked listeners if they wanted to hear the band again. the e-mails poured in. >> i didn't know what to expect. >> reporter: what is the best part about coming back for you? >> the warmth and reaction of the crowd which i had missed really, i suppose. i was thinking i didn't miss it at all. but now it's so brilliant to have that reaction and to fill wanted and loved.

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he makes some of the most expensive wristwatches in the world. they're beautiful. but when they break, they've got to be fixed. martha has a look. >> how much does that cost? >> $400,000. >> reporter: to understand why, you have to turn it over. all the fancy mechanical things it does are called complications. and his watches tend to be very complicated indeed. which is why the company found itself with a problem. people to repair them in the digital age are hard to find. so the 175-year-old company

decided to open its own watch school at its new york city offices. around 300 people applied. 6 were chosen. >> we need people committed. so commitment is a big quality, i would say. patience, of course. >> reporter: master watchmaker heads the school. >> we do a training program here, the learning is not finished. you have to learn all your life. >> reporter: right now, students are learning to make their own tools. they won't even touch a watch for months. >> just recently we were working on screwdriver heads. >> reporter: michael morales loves working with his hands but had no idea what to expect. >> my initial thought was, i'm going to be in a small little wooden shop. >> reporter: the school is free.

students are paid a small stipend to cover expenses. what do you see yourself doing? >> i want to be as good as him. >> reporter: at the end of the course if they pass their exams, they will be hired. they'll move from here to here. to a lifetime of silence and precision, and learning. >> ever since i was a little boy, i wanted to be a watchmaker. >> reporter: after 13 years, jason byrd works on watches like the one he showed us through a microscope. in this season of smart watches, he figured customers will understand that this is a very smart watch. and that watchmakers have a future as well as a past. >> and that's the "cbs overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you, the news

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