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covering the fire when they spotted jason perks desperately trying to get his road grader out of a ditch. >> he need to go out. >> he can't get out. >> perks, woods county transportation worker was creating a fire line when flames moved in. he bailed from his vehicle as the crew drove to rescue him. >> he ran out of the tractor. >> get in. hurry up, hurry up. >> came over. lock the door. jumped in. slammed it in reverse. and floored it going in reverse. that's how fast those flames got to us. flames that scorched more than just the landscape fire fighters are assessing exactly how many structures have been lost. and scott, high winds and hot and dry weather remain in the forecast tomorrow. >> of what a scene, manuel bojorquez, in oklahoma tonight. manuel, thank you. well oklahoma and much of the rest of the country is mourning tonight for a favorite son, merle haggard died today

his 79th birthday. the cause was pneumonia. john blackstone on the country outlaw who released 71 top ten hits. ♪ ♪ oklahoma, usa >> merle haggards' answer to the counter culture made him a star in 1969. ♪ i'm proud to be an okie >> those who didn't like the sentiment liked the song. >> everybody's proud of where they came from. and i'm proud to be an okie. and somebody else its proud to be something else. but everybody is proud of something. ♪ we still let our hair grow long and saggy ♪ haggard's parents joined the exodus from oklahoma to bakersfield, california where haggard was born in 1937.

after his father died when haggard was 9 he started getting into trouble, the inspiration for "mama try." >> mama tried to raise me better. >> reporter: haggard enjoyed his bad boy image when high interviewed him in 2010. he brought a gun. >> right here. stays right here. >> got to be careful with the questions i ask. >> it's unloaded. >> reporter: he spent his teenage years in and out of reform school and prison. >> the more i want to jail. the more i learned about being an jut law. >> reporter: you were three years inside san quentin. >> two years nine months. >> reporter: released in 1960 he had a country song book ofship, material for 31 hits. cancer surgery took part of a lung in 2008. he continued touring and recording. his most recent last year with willie nelson. ♪ ♪

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64 million americans don't have the internet at home. mostly because of the cost. so students in those homes can be at a disadvantage. that's why we asked carter evans to find a great idea that works in a spot that's suddenly hot. >> when ninth grader, anisa perez takes the bus home from school. >> log on send a message to your teacher. >> reporter: she does her home work using the school bus's wi-fi network. >> this has to be one of the biggest wi-fi hot spots. >> daryl evans is superintendent of cochilla school district, former rock musician who believes it is key to an education. >> under his direction, the first school district in the

country to put ipads in the hand of every student, prek to 12th grade when adams uncovered a new problems most students like anisa don't have internet at home. >> i would be here some times late on a friday night. drive by, parents in the car with their kids. doing their home work. >> reporter: more than 95% of the students here live below the poverty line. many just can't afford internet access at home. michelle penatol is a senior. what would you do when you needed internet ak snes. >> i would go to starbuck's. >> we could do better. we started thinking we have 100 bus. why not put routers on the buses and mark them. >> that's what he did. one of the buses is parked next to the trailer park which never had internet before. >> you are just too far off the grid. >> yeah. >> yolonda lopez is anisa's grandmother. >> if she has home work that has to be done on the ipad.

if the bus wasn't there she couldn't diet. >> eight wi-fi buses are left overnight in various neighborhood. >> i would put a router on the pigeon i've have to. fly them around the neighborhood whatever it takes to get the students connected we will do. >> reporter: you thing it is that crucial to education? >> essential. >> reporter: the graduation rate in cochella is up 8% with even more students on the road to success. carter evans, cbs news, cochella valley, california. well the road to success is well-traveled by these champions. their story is next.

uconn's women's basketball team returned to campus today carrying their fourth straight national title. the huskies beat syracuse last night. 82-51. it was the 11th championship for coach gino oriama. and the team's 75th consecutive victory. well last year jack nicklaus had at age 75, a hole in one during a warm-up round at the masters. and today, gary player who is 80, had his turn. his tee shot on 7 hit the edge of the green. and started rolling and rolling. straight for the hole. if the golden bear can do it so can the black knight.

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a family from ohio had its prayer answered in rome. here is debora patta. >> reporter: a big day for a little girl. 5-year-old lizzy myers even has a gift for the pope. a piece of meteorite from her own rock collection. >> i love pope. >> reporter: the audience with the pope is part of what the family calls lizzy's verbable bucket list. while lizzy didn't seem phased with today's meeting, her father steve was nervous. >> i think we are a little bit shocked it is actually

happening, you know. it wasn't originally something that we thought would even be possible. but, you know now that it is here, stomach is a little, you know, upset. >> reporter: and she confided they were hoping for more than a photograph from the meeting. >> we're definitely hoping for a miracle. >> reporter: lizzy was initially caught up in the excitement of the pope's arrival trying to get his attention by waving her meteorite at him. when he didn't respond imed me yetly look any 5-year-old she became restless, even a little bored. but that special moment did eventually arrive. then, pope francis touched her face and laid his hand over her eyes. lizzy's parents have not yet told her that one day she will lose her sight. she has a rare genetic disorder called usher type two. she already wears a hearing aid and by the time she is a teenager, she will likely be

blind. for the past two years, lizzy's parents have been making sure that she has lifelong memories to recall when she scan no longer see. things like picking flowers. >> so pretty. >> looking through a telescope or marveling at a rainbow. lizzy's mother christine was overwhelmed at meeting the pope. >> they will be praying for us and pray for him. more than a big day for a little girl. a memory to last a lifetime. debora patta, cbs news, london. and that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley.

>> announcer: this the "overnight news". welcome to the "overnight news" one of the legends of country music has sung his last tune, merle haggard died at his home in california on his 79th birthday. he was raised in a converted railroad boxcar to become one of the biggest stars in the music business a long the way he served time in san quinton, got to sing at the white house and was inducted into the country hall of fame. john blackstone has his story. ♪ we don't smoke marijuana >> merle haggard's answer to anti-war vietnam demonstrators

and every facet of the counter culture made him a star in 1969. ♪ i'm proud to be an okie >> reporter: haggard said those who didn't like the sentiment liked the song. >> everybody is proud of where they came from. and i'm proud to be an okie. and somebody else its proud to be something else. but everybody is proud of something. ♪ we still let our hair grow long and saggy ♪ haggard's parents joined the exodus from oklahoma to bakersfield, california where haggard was born in 1937. after his father died when haggard was 9 he started getting into trouble, the inspiration for "mama try." >> mama tried to raise me better. >> reporter: haggard enjoyed his bad boy image when i interviewed him in 2010. he brought a gun. >> right here. stays right here. >> got to be careful with the questions i ask. >> it's unloaded. >> reporter: he spent his teenage years in and out of reform school and prison.

>> the more i want to jail. the more i learned about being an outlaw. >> reporter: you were three years inside san quentin. >> two years nine months. >> reporter: released in 1960 he had a whole country song book of hardship. the material for more than 30 number one hits. cancer surgery took part of a lung in 2008. he continued touring and recording. his most recent last year with willie nelson. ♪ haggard lived with wife theresa on 200 acres near redding, california where he built a railroad bridge, a reminder he grew up beside the tracks. ♪ ♪ i was a kid then ♪ ♪ i loved that old train >> john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. for the first time ever a sitting governor in alabama faces impeachment. a bipartisan group of state

lawmakers accused governor robert bentley of moral terped to, willful neglect of duty incompetence. at issue comments he exchanged with a female adviser. both are married. mark strassmann reports. >> governor bentley calls this impeachment resolution a political attack. the 73-year-old sunday school teacher ran twice as family values republican. articles of impeachment say he betrayed his trust and is unfit to serve. >> it is time to put aside his selfishness and step down. >> reporter: a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers say they have lost confidence in alabama governor robert bentley. and plan to impeach him. this five-page resolution calls out bentley's inappropriate relationship. and says there is credible evidence that he consistently acted in violation of law to promote his own personal agenda. nothing that the governor has said is true. in a statement, governor bentley said there are no grounds for impeachment and i will

vigorously defend myself. he called the proceedings nothing more than political grand standing intended to grab headlines. conversations between bentley and his former political adviser, rebecca mason, a marry mother were allegedly recorded in 2014 while the governor was still married to his wife diane. bentley repeatedly said he is sorry. >> i made a mistake. i have made the mistake. i want to apologize to the people of the state of alabama. he admits making the calls, but denies he and mason who resigned last week were having a physical relationship. >> i have put it in the rearview mirror. others have not. >> reporter: monday, bentley again asked for forgiveness. >> i take full control of. i take full, it's me. i did it. i did it.

>> the state's lieutenant-governor, kay ivy says she is ready to serve. but if there is a transition it might not be seamless. >> any communication with governor bentley over the last couple weeks at all? >> no, i have not. thank y'all. >> reporter: here is where it stand at alabama, if the alabama house approves the impeachment, the alabama senate would hold a trial whether to remove bentley from office. they have to work fast this legislative session only has 11 days left. resentencing trial continue tuesday in texas for a man whose murder conviction, inspired a hollywood movie. borny tito given life in prison in 1999 for killing a wealthy widow. his lawyers say they have new evidence that shows the sentence was too harsh. david begnaud in henderson, texas with the latest. >> bernie tito free on bond nearly two years happened after a defense team came forward and said we, have got evidence that bernie was sexually abused as a

child if the jury would have then it at the time they might have given him a lighter sentence. guess what, bernie is getting a second chance with a new jury that will now decide whether to give him credit for time served or send him back to prison for the rest of his life. bernie tito's return to the courtroom marks the latest chapter in a nearly 20-year-old case that captivated hollywood. after you killed mrs. new jersey end you kept on spending her money didn't you? a lot of it? and shocked the small town of cart carthage, it is here where he befriend margie new gent, a wealthy widow, 40 years his senior. >> i like to say bernie made lifelong friend just upon a funeral arrangement. >> he made friend with marjorie. >> that's correct. they met here at hawthorne's. where all this began. >> reporter: the two struck up an unlikely friendship before tita says things turned ugly.

>> she was very possessive of my life. so much of my life, for the last few years. it got worse. >> reporter: in november, 1996, he shot nugent four times in the back and stuffed her bodien a freezer. he hid her death for nine months during which he spent or donated $3 million of her money according to her family. he confessed to the crime and sentence to life in prison. the case inspired the 2011 movie "bernie." >> bernie got a lawyer after the movie. she thought she smelled some stuff. wait something is not right here. >> reporter: in 2014, he was released on bond after jody cole discovered new evidence claiming tita was sexually abused as a child a factor that could have resulted in a lighter sentence. still marjorie nugent's granddaughters want him in life the rest of her life. >> he conned her the he murdered her.

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the man they used to call the king of coal headed to prison. the former ceo was sentenced to ape year in prison and fined a quarter of a million dollars over a deadly mine explosion. 29 miners were killed in the blast in west virginia. blankenship was convicted of conspiracy to vie light mine safety standards but acquitted of felony counts that could have sent him to prison for 30 years. anderson cooper has the story for "60 minutes." >> tremendous. i'm no expert, just from what i know of, what happened and the things that were torn up in there, had to be like an atomic explosion. stanley stewart worked at upper

big branch mine for 15 years. he was 300 feet underground. just started his shift when the explosion occurred. i felt a little breeze of air coming from inside. i said, that's not right. well then it got harder. and we just took off running to the outside. and look, you could see the woosh just keep coming and coming. seemed like between, two and four minutes. and -- one of the younger guys said, what happened? i said, the place blew up. >> reporter: the explosion occurred 1,000 feet underground and nearly three miles inside the mine. the photos taken by the mine saty and health administration have never been seen before and show the force of the blast. flames moving at more than 1,500 feet per second shot through more than 2 1/2 miles of underground tunnels. investigators believed the blast was caused by a spark that ignited methane gas that had

built up due to inadequate ventilation. highly flammable coal dust allowed to accumulate throughout the mine fueled the explosion. >> it was early 1900 type of explosion. conditions should never have existed for that to take place. stewart was there when some of the 29 miners he worked side by side with for decades were brought to the surface. >> what kind of condition were they in? >> their faces were very black. and it smelled like -- like, smelled like, dynamite. i'll never forget that smell. >> the miners ranged in age from 20 to 61. most were fathers. a third were killed instantly. robert atkins, a former coal miner and wife shareen lost son jason at the end of his shift heading toward the mine entrance wl when he was overcome by toxic fuels. >> the coal dust was so bad it carried, ignited, away and took

our son's life who was almost out of the mines. >> reporter: gary quarrels, third generation coal miner lost his only child gary wayne who left behind two children. >> they live up beside us. at times we thought that wasn't a good thing for that to be like that. and then after he -- -- after he got killed i said that's, that was a good thing. >> reporter: gary says he and his son never talked about safety, use in the mines, but gary knew all about it because he had worked there as well. >> i knew how they operated. they didn't know nothing but to lie, cheat, and outlaw. that's the way they done things. >> thi w mine a a company that was, not an exaggeration to say, run as a criminal enterprise. >> reporter: assistant u.s.

attorney steve ruby led the prosecution against don blankenship along with the saw. toern for west virginia booth goodwin. >> this can be likened to a drug organization. and the defendant was the kingpin. >> reporter: the defendant, don blankenship had for decade been one of west virginia's most influential and powerful figures. the ceo of massie energy, the largest coal producer in appalachia he employed 5,800 people and operated more than 40 mines. blankenship wouldn't do an interview with "60 minutes" for years he condoned and tolerated safety violations for the sack of profit. >> right up until the time the mine blew, that was the way the company was ran, everyone undered tunde understood. >> the corporate mentality that he instilled. >> that was the culture. >> profits over safety. >> he set the tone. he set the corporate culture. >> reporter: despite receiving daily reports of the high number

of safety violations, prosecutors argued, blankenship did little to correct them because upper big branch was a moneymaker for massey earning $600,000 a day. and blankenship's pay was directly tide to every foot of coal mined. in his last three years at massey, blankenship's total compensation was $80 million. >> the men and women we talked to who work in the mine say the was absolutely understood and expected that if you worked at that mine, you were going to break the law in order to produce as much coal as possible as fast as and as cheaply as possible. >> everything was produce, produce, produce. it didn't make any difference of the dangers, it didn't make any difference if you had to take short cuts. it was all about put the coal on the belt. >> the only female miner at upper big branch and wasn't working the day of the explosion, but her fiance boon

payne was. he died in the blast. bobby said she and boon worried every day the mine was an accident waiting to happen. >> everybody knew there were problems. everybody knew there were safety, use? >> absolutely. we all knew. >> was there enough air in the mine? >> our section never had air. >> reporter: ventilation is critical to mine safety. fresh air carries explosive coal dust and methane out of the area where miners work. without adequate ventilation and proper clean-up, coal dust accumulates and is not only highly flammable, it can cause black lung disease. which most of the miners killed in the explosion were later found to have. >> lot of times we wouldn't have any ventilation at all. you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. >> really? you could not see your hand in front of your face? >> did not see your hand in front of your face. >> there is not fresh air moving through it. >> all dust. >> all dust. >> ape dust pump. >> prosecutors showed jurors the pumps miners were to wear to

measure intake of coal dust. at upper big branch. they were routinely instructed by their bosses to cheat on the test by hanging the pumps in the fresh air. >> so your measurements when they were tested came in compliant with the law. >> reporter: federal mine inspectors visited upper big branch almost daily. prosecutors said the mine had an illegal advance warning system in place. security guard at the entrance would relay messages to miners underground, alergt them an inspector was coming. >> they would use code words. >> say it was bad weather. >> bad weather. let you know if he is coming your way or going some other way. >> you would get word from above. inspector is coming. they would use code word. and basically clean up your area to make it look right. >> yep. >> upper big branch was a nonunion mine. inspectors were the only people miners could turn to for help. but they said word was out they

shouldn't be seen talking to inspectors. >> was there fear of speaking up? >> itch you wanted your job, you kempt your mouth shuttle. me like a lot of other miners, mining is the only industry. biggest industry in the state of west virginia. you have children, you want them to have. you know you want to provide for them. i was a single mom. >> reporter: you needed that job. >> i did the best i could. we did the best we could for our families. >> some of the stories that they have to tell are horrifying. being forced to work without fresh air. being forced to work in water up to their necks. miles underground. being forced to work in areas where the roof and the walls of the mine were falling in. around them. >> reporter: prosecutors say blankenship was aware of all of the safety problems because he was a micromanager who had

oversight over every aspect of massey mines. personally approving every hire, hourly raise and capital expe expenditu expenditure. >> he wanted everybodien the come fun know he was in charge. >> do it don's way. i expect you to do what i tell-up to do when i still you to do it. >> reporter: his message to managers? >> absolutely. time and again. that's on tape. >> this game is about money. >> the message was repeated and emfa sized by don blankenship in phone conversations with mine managers he recorded on machines he installed in his office. >> i want you to take a deep breath and i want-up to listen carefully. you ready? >> yes, sir. >> being a group president and or someday being a vp at massey or president of massey requires that you be focused on dollars. >> you can see the full report >> you can see the full report on our web ♪

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neurosurgeon julian bales. >> realized a decade ago, helmets weren't the answer weren't working. >> why? helmets can't protect the brain from slosh when the brain slams against the skull. bales and partners were inspired by the woodpecker. it slams its head more than 80 million times over its lifetime without concussion. the bird's long tongue wraps around its head compressing the jugular vain. bales replicated that with a collar for humans that gent presses the vain lick a necktie reducing blood flow out of the brain. that creates a back flow. a teaspoon extra making a tighter fit in the skull. so it is like bubble wrap for your brain. >> yes. exactly. >> reporter: what's the downside to increasing the volume of blood inside the skull? >> there its none that we know of. this is such a novel device, the question that we get from parents is it safe for my child? >> reporter: this independent investigator, dr. gregory meier with cincinnati children's hospital its leading a study.

>> we didn't find any negative responses. that gave us some confidence that this its safe. but that we have to take this off to the playing field to really be sure about that. >> reporter: researchers equipped high school players and found 1,000 routine head impacts in one season. are you saying there are some concern about whether there are changes to the brain even without traumatic brain injury? >> yeah, that is a very important point. maybe it is the repetitive hits that we need to focus on and protect against. >> reporter: researchers will publish the mri results this month. they show a dramatic difference in the high school athlete's not wearing the collar. the red shows changes to the brain over the season. compared to the players wearing the collar. >> it is unbelievable to beat honest. it, we are looking at this and we are expecting to find nothing. this research could change not just protective gear in sports. >> paradign shifter where we change the way we study of protecting the game. this is a game changer.

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some times the gift of sight scan be take any way. a 5-year-old girl from ohio suffers from a rare genetic condition that will likely cause her to go blind. before that, the parents of lizzy myers are showing her the wonders of the world so he can remember them later. that includes a trip to the vatican. debora patta reports. >> reporter: a big day for a little girl. 5-year-old lizzy myers even has a gift for the pope. a tiny piece of a precious meteori meteorite. today's audience with the pope is a highlight of a week of sightseeing in rome all part of what her family have called lizzy's visual bucket list. and steve myers is understandably nervous.

>> it wasn't originally something that we thought would even be possible. now that they is here the stomach is a little bit upset. >> reporter: as they headed off off to the vatican her father secretly wished for more than just an audience with the pope. >> we are definitely hoping for a miracle. lizzy was is initially caught up in the excitement of the pope's traditional arrival. she enthusiastically waved her meteorite at him seeming a little perplex heed did not respond immediately. then like any 5-year-old she became restless during the pope's address even a little bored. but when the special moment arrived, it was all worth it. pope francis hugged, kissed lizzy and touched her face and laid his hand over her eyes. lizzy's parents have not yet told her that one day she will lose her sight as a result of her rare genetic disorder, usher

ii, she wears a hearing aid. as she approaches adolescence she will probably go completely blind. >> ah, so pretty. >> reporter: lizzy's parents are making sure she has lifelong memories to recall when she can no longer see. they want her to appreciate the simple things like picking flowers, looking through a telescope, or marveling at a rainbow. and of course, today's audience with the pope which lizzy's visibly moved mother christine said exceeded her expectations. she added later that she felt an overwhelming sense of peace. debora patta, london. that's the "cbs overnight news" for this thursday. 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 vinita nair.

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