smart water meter auz off. he actually filled a hot tub the night before. so that tea a real problem. >> technology could in fact be wrong? >> it could be wrong. it could be used against you in court. because you have brought this in your home. you have probably lost your expectation of privacy when you bring something like is in the house. >> thank you so much. the winter storm that buried the upper midwest has put bismarck, north dakota on track to beat seasonal snowfall record of over 51 inches. 43 1/2 inches have already fallen. with most of the winter ahead.

northern new england is about to get its first big snowfall. starting late tomorrow. more than a foot is expected in parts of maine and new hampshire. the late carrie fisher did not have a star on hollywood's whack of fame. fans took over a blank one and pasted on letters spelling her name and the phrase "may the force be with you always." fisher who died yesterday is being remembered as much more helping those with mental illness as the her screen work. here is mireya villarreal. >> i am actually in the abnormal psychology textbook. >> reporter: in carrie fisher's one woman show, the actress used her bipolar disorder as a punchline. >> so i'm not crazy. that [ bleep ] is! >> reporter: in 2009, fisher spoke to charlie rose about her illness. >> if you declear something it has less power over you. far less. say, weak things in strong

voice. >> reporter: that sentiment that turned mourning into meaning for people suffering with mental illness around the word. in honor of carrie, julie dicaro reported when she heard fisher died, revealing her own battle with depression. >> when you see all thee people saying it. maybe it changes the idea for people of what mental illness is. >> since fisher's death thousand followed her example and opened up about their own struggles. jen ramos met the ak tregs in a college class and wrote my mental illness does not define me, does not have me, i am myself. psychologist laurie lebielhumor. >> this is part of her legacy. because she was so staunch about destigmatizing mental illness. >> reporter: carrie fisher was a jedi princess on screen. conquering mental illness offscreen may be her legacy. >> if it is not funny it is

horrible. so it is funny. >> reporter: national alliance on mental illness once honored carrie fisher calling her advocate. in true fisher style she joked she got more award for being bipolar than anything else. >> mireya villarreal. mireya, thank you. next on the "cbs evening news," a mysterious illness is on the rise in states where pot is legal. >> and later, danger ahead prompts this high tech car to aindividual a crash before it happens. # toilet germs don't just stay in the toilet.

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new laws going into effect mean that in the new year, marijuana will be legal for recreational use in eight states. plus the district of columbia. in states where pot is legal, doctors are seeing an increase in a violent illness. dr. jon lapook takes a look. >> i thought i was dying. >> reporter: for more than two years, lance crowder was having severe abdominal pain and vomiting no local doctor could figure out why. finally emergency room physician in indianapolis had an idea.

>> the first question he asked if i was taking hot showers to find relief. when he asked me that question, i basically fell into tears. because, i knew he had an answer. >> the answer, cannabinoir syndrome, chs, caused by heavy long term use of various forms of marijuana. for unclear reasons, the nausea and vomiting are relieved by hot showers or baths. >> often present to emergency department, three, four, five times before we can sort this out. >> the doctor is an emergency room physician in aurora, colorado. he co-authored a study showing, since 2009, when medical marijuana became available. emergency room visits for chs in two colorado hospital nearly doubled. in 2012, the state legalized recreational marijuana. >> certainly something that before legalization we almost never saw. now, we are seeing it quite frequently. >> reporter: outside of colorado

when a patient does end of in an emergency room like this one. the diagnosis is often missed. partly because doctors don't know about chs, and partly because patients don't want to admit to using the substance that is illegal. >> chs can lead to dehydration and kidney failure. but usually resolves within days of stopping drug use. that's what happened with crowder. who has been off all forms of marijuana for seven months. >> now, all kind of ambition has come back. i desire so much more in life. and at 37 years old, it's a little late to do it, but better now than never. >> chs has only been recognized for about the past decade. nobody knows exactly how many people suffer from it. but as the more states move toward legalization of marijuana, emergency room physicians like dr. herd are eager to make sure both doctors and patients have chs on their radar. >> dr. jon lapook. thank you. overnight, a series of earthquakes rocked california

and nevada. the strongest of the quakes southeast of lake tahoe measured between 5.5 and 5.7 and were follow by more than 500 smaller aftershocks. the quakes caused a rock slide that blockade highway. but there were no injuries. when we come back, what happens when a football star

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russian searchers today retrieved the second flight recorder from a military jet that crashed into the black sea on christmas day. the soviet era jet went down a mile off the resort city of sochi. all 92 people on board were killed. russian media are reporting that faulty wing flaps are beg investigated as a possible cause. tesla's electric cars are innovative and smart. dash-cam video from the netherlands shows tesla autopilot sensing trouble on the road ahead, hitting the brakes

second before a high speed crash. watch again. the car deeps to alert the driver and takes control. remarkably, no one suffered serious injuries in the crash. >> a crafty 6-year-old girl in arkansas used her sleeping mom's thumb to unlock her iphone to go on a shopping spree. she then ordered $250 worth of pokemon toys. the mom, bethenny howell thought she had been hacked after being notified about the 13 orders and realized the cull pretty was close to home. only four orders could be returned. so the rest became christmas gifts. a 10-year-old boy force to spend christmas in an atlanta hospital had one wish for the holidays. taylor deckert is suffering from awe heart condition. his wish came true chen carolina panthers cam newton paid a visit yesterdaych as they hugged, newton told him, i feel your heart it is going 1,000 miles an hour. up next, some holiday joy

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finally, a trip to the airport can ruin your holiday spirit. john blackstone found one where the travelers are as happy as a pig in mud.

>> reporter: since pigs are not expected to fly, lilu the pig gets plenty of attention when she shows up at san francisco international airport. >> ladies and gentlemen, not every day you see a pig in the airport. one right there. >> reporter: for stressed holiday traveler, lilou provides much needed comfort and joy. >> she is a nice pig. >> a pig with her own instagram page, filled with pictures of her hamming it up. she spread joys by visiting hospitals and nursing homes. for mass therapy, nothing like an airport. lilou's owner, tatiana dinovola. >> people were stressed. upset. oh, there is a pig. some would squeal. >> reporter: squeal when they saw a pig? >> some would squeal when they see a pig. >> reporter: lilou the newest member of what the airport calls it wag brigade.

the others are especially trained dogs like this one who come to the airport regularly to help those afraid of flying or anxious over missed connections or long delays. >> it reduces depression, anxiety. >> reporter: jennifer hen leap of the san francisco spca, works with the airport to train the wag brigade as four legged therapists. >> animals can do it better than people do it? >> animals have unconditional love they're giving you. >> reporter: often love at first sight when lilou is a round. >> hi, lilou. >> reporter: perhaps the only one not happy to see her, are those other members of the wag brigade, who can only watch as lilou hogs the spotlight. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continue. for others check back with us awe little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.

>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm anna werner. the war of word rage between the obama administration and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. in the latest salvo, sec stare of state, john kerry blasted netanyahu's government for continuing to build settlements on the west bank. kerry said it undermines any hope for a lasting peace. netanyahu said he doesn't need a lecture from a foreign leader. chip reid reports.

>> friend need to tell each other the hard truths. and friendships require mutual respect. >> reporter: in an impassioned speech, secretary kerry defended the administration decision not to block a united nations resolution condemning israel for building settlements in the occupied west bank. a resolution that also condemns palestinian violence. >> in the end, we could not in good conscience protect the most extreme elements of the settler movement as it tries to destroy the two state solution. we could not in good conscience turn a blind eye to palestinian actions that fan hatred. >> reporter: israel captured the west bank in a brief war with arab countries in 1967. for decade u.s. policy that the west bank would eventually become part of a palestinian state right next to israel, the so-called two-state solution. >> despite our best efforts over the years, the two state solution is now in serious jeopardy. >> reporter: that kerry said is

because the israeli government under leadership of benjamin netanyahu allowed settlement building to continue. the white house says the number of settlers in the west bank has grown by 100,000 since the beginning of the obama administration. kerry made clear he gave the speech now because he fears that both netanyahu and the incoming trump administration could reject the two-state solution. prime minister netanyahu had a blistering response. >> israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders. >> it is not israeli settlements that are blocking the road to peace he said it is the palestinians. >> how can you make peace with some one who rejects your very existence? >> in a statement atop palestinian official responded the minute the israeli government agrees to cease all settlement activities the palestinian leadership stands ready to resume permanent status negotiations leading to palestinian and israel living in peace and security side by side. the obama administration is

expected to unveil new sanctions against moscow for interfering in the recent presidential election. the moves come as president elect trump made two more staff appointments. he named cybersecurity expert thomas bossert has homeland security counterterrorism adviser, and jason greenblatt one of mr. trump's personal lawyers will take the newly created post of special representative for international negotiations. julianna goldman has more. >> reporter: the appointments are a marriage of sorts between mr. trump's business world and washington foreign policy establishment, bossert expert in cybersecurity and potential ally for republicans who want to see the president elect and team take a tougher approach to russian president vladamir putin. >> there its no doubt in my mind that russia hacked into our political system. senators lindsay graham and john mccain believe the president elect will soon have to acknowledge russia's efforts to interfere in the u.s. election. >> i think he will be presented with the overwhelming evidence,

change his view. we will have the hearings. we will put sanctions together that hit putin as an individual and his inner circle. >> they may have an allien the trump administration. thomas bossert, george w. bush alum with expertise in cybersecurity. >> as the the president's homeland security adviser, bossert will be considered sequel to national security adviser, general michael flynn. according to a staemt from the trump transition, bossert will focus on domestic and transnational security priorities while flynn will focus on international security challenges. flynn has drawn criticism for his hard line policy regarding muslims and for ties to the kremlin. bossert could be the counterweight that members of the gop foreign policy establishment have been seeking. >> the time for action its now. >> following last week's, security council condemnation of the west bank settlement. mr. trump announced a new international negotiator.

jason greenblatt with mr. trump two decade was a campaign adviser on israel. the president elect said greenblatt has the a history of negotiating transactions on my behalf something that may appeal to republicans like lindsay graham. >> very encouraged under president trump, israel will get a better deal. >> the president has created this position for greenblatt installing some one as a fellow business deal-maker in a key diplomatic role working on issues like trade and middle east peace. mr. trump supports more settlement construction and choice for u.s. ambassador to israel its a staunch supporter. >> president obama and the first family continue their new year's vacation in hawaii. mr. obama took some time away from the sun and surf to welcome japan's prime minister to pearl harbor. chip reid is traveling with the president. >> prime minister abe did not apologize for the attack on pearl harbor. in a heartfelt speech he did

offer deepest sympathies to the victims. >> wars can end. the most bitter of adversaries can become the strongest of allies. >> with the japanese prime minister by his side, president obama looked toward a future of peace. while standing at the site of a devastating attack on the u.s. >> we cannot choose the history that we inherit. but we can choose what lessons to draw from it. and use those lessons to chart our own futures. >> reporter: during an historic visit to pearl harbor, prime minister abe did not exactly offer an apology, but instead, his sincere and ever-lasting condolences. >> translator: we must never repeat the horrors of war again. >> reporter: at the uss arizona memorial the two men honored the 1,077 sailor who perished when the ship was bombed december 7,

1941. seven months ago, president obama became the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima where he emfa sized perils of nuclear war. >> a flash of light and wall of fire destroyed a city. and demonstrated that man kind possessed the means to destroy itself. >> survivor of the attack, 95-year-old navy veteran, sterling kale never thought a japanese leader would come to pearl harbor. says abe's visit is an unspoken way of saying i'm sorry. >> word you can forget. but if they see him over there, going to the arizona memorial, the action is better than the word. >> reporter: the ceremony with prime minister abe was probably mr. obama's last meeting as president with the foreign leader. now he returns to his final presidential vacation here in hawaii, where the only meetings

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legendary singer/songwriter, james taylor has a new album out first in years. he was named a kennedy center honoree. taylor invited norah o'donnell to his cabin in the woods for a little chat. ♪ no one can tell me that i'm doing wrong today ♪ >> reporter: away from the bright lights and crowded arenas -- james taylor spends most days in the serenity of the berkshires. do you stay up here in the winter when all the snow? >> yeah, yeah, we have been up here for the past dozen years, maybe, 13, 14 years. >> reporter: most of the songs for his latest album, before this world, were recorded in this home studio.

♪ need to leave today >> reporter: this was your first collection in 13 years. >> yeah, it has been a long time. >> reporter: the music was always there, taylor only needed the time to reach it. >> what i found most recently is that -- i have to be away for a week at a time. that's what seemed to work. it takes a couple days empty time before idea start to show up. >> reporter: what is empty time? >> used to be this thing called bored boredom. and it pretty much has been eradicated. it doesn't exist any more. it turned out a lot of things got done when you were bored. growing up in north carolina you know we had a lot of empty time. ♪ in my mind i'm gone to carolina ♪ >> you see yourself as one thing or another. you sort of pretend that you

were a song writer it maybe turned out you were. ♪ feel the moonshine >> take me back to james taylor at 19. >> well i had been in new york with this band the flying machine for lack of a better name. turned out there was another flying machine that was doing better than we were. so, you know it wasn't great. the flying machine crashed and burned. i went back down to north carolina to look my wound. i had a heroin habit. i was, you know, weighed about, you know, 89 pounds. like a deck chair in a high wind. my dad came and he heard my voice on the phone. he said you stay there, james, i am going to come and get you. he and my brother hugh drove up the coast, moved my meager belongings back down to north carolina. i sat around there for about six months. and -- talked my foekds into buying knee a tick tight go to london to viz ate frie london -- talked my folks into buying me a ticket to go visit a

friend over there. >> you were the first artist to sign with the beatles' label. >> an amazing stroke of good luck. it got the first album for all of its rough edges and faults, it got the first album recorded, got me noticed a little bit. ♪ there's something in the way she moves ♪ >> reporter: the armiest of your reviews of your work were noteworthy. described as the "first superstar of the 70s." >> huh. >> reporter: your music was called "the coolest breath of fresh air." >> i don't saying all this stuff. yeah. >> reporter: taylor's second album "sweet baby james" delivered his first top ten hit. ♪ and i've seen fire and i've seen rain ♪ ♪ i've seen sunny days that i thought would never end ♪ >> reporter: the next year he landed on the cover of "time" magazine as the face of new

rock. ♪ could not find a friend >> that really was, got people's attention particularly my family. and my, my -- friend. and my, my, you know, the culture at large. "time" magazine was still a really big deal. and yeah, that was -- that was a -- a big change. ♪ good night moonlight ladies >> reporter: one of the writers described your look as a cowboy jesus. when you look at those pictures. >> at least people are more creative than i. >> reporter: and you are a song writer. how does that description strike you? in the barn, i see all the pictures, you know, uh-huh? >> yeah, uh-huh, i don't know. i thought i was trying to look like george harrison. ♪ and you need some loving care ♪ >> reporter: nearly all of taylor's songs are personal, heartfelt reflections.

♪ nothing is going right >> reporter: his first and only single to top billboard's not 100 was written by his friend, carol king. ♪ see you again >> reporter: we talked about you've got a friend. she said "he showed meet confidence. he completely mentored me as a performer." ♪ all you have got to do >> reporter: a beautiful tribute. >> that is a lovely thing to say. you know, carol of course was a huge talent. she is genuine. she is very genuine. >> reporter: uh-huh. you have sold 100 million record. >> that's, i have heard that figure bounced about. and that's hard to believe. that's a lot of record. >> yeah, yeah. >> and -- lots of grammys. and now the kennedy center honors. >> uh-huh. >> james, we salute you, we love you, and we want you to know in all of us you've got a friend.

>> reporter: what does it mean to you? >> i have been part of this event so many times in the past. i often did wonder whether or not they would ever tap me for it. >> reporter: you're like, hello, jam ta james taylor. i see fire and rain. >> remember me, you got a friend. yeah. ♪ i wanna stop and thank you baby ♪ >> reporter: of course, i'm honored. i am very glad as it turns out that i got to do it in the company of my favorite president, barack obama, people in general when they hear about the kennedy center honors that really seems to, to get people's attention. so it gives me a, i think it has the given me a certain amount of cred. ♪ how sweet it is to be loved by you ♪ >> reporter: but earning a

rainbow ribbon doesn't mean taylor's best work is behind him. at 68, he is still discovering new ways to make music. >> very echoey. >> reporter: it is. >> as you can see. >> reporter: my goodness. he modified the shipping container and moved it next to the home studio to create a natural echo while recording. >> reporter: how would you describe the echo, gives it like -- >> it does. gives it seriousness. it makes you feel, makes it heroic. >> reporter: the aquaduct reverb chamber as he named it, earned a credit in the liner notes on "before this world." taylor's album and first to reach number one. >> reporter: rolling stone gave "before this world" 4 1/2 stars, said the songs represent a sweet grown up james. do you agree? >> goll. yeah, i guess they do. they must.

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are heading back home. thanks to dawn, rescue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home an operatic version of fairy tale cinderella this week in vienna. the remarkable part it is written and directed by an 11-year-old girl. seth doane has the story. in a rehearsal packed with talent one performer sticks out

not just because she is 11 years old or because she effortlessly switches between playing the violin and the piano. she composed this music, an entire opera. coming up with the plot lines for her version of cinderella took a lot of work. >> i started it when i was 8. and i was selecting lots of material for it. i wrote arias, at the back of my mind. in between. marking my violin concerto. >> reporter: did we mention she is 11. >> she started singing before she started speaking. >> reporter: her dad guy deutscha that she all way had

creativity bubbling inside like a volcano. >> i think the greatest moment we real i she'd was playing her o own melodies. >> in the beginning my parents, thought i may be trying to remember. i said, no, no, it's my own melody. >> reporter: she says the melodies come to her when she is most relaxed. often while playing with her younger system helen near their home outside london. in a barareak from rehearsal sh showed us her secret. >> magic skipping rope. why is it magic? >> when i wave it around like this. and i tell stories in my mind. a melody springs into my head. >> cinderella. >> that's how she came up with parts of her opera. tell me about your cinderella. she is different. >> yes, yes, completely different story. because you see, the whole thing takes place in an opera house. >> which is why her cinderella is a composer.

she wanted her characters to have brains and not just be pretty. >> i thought it was silly that cinderella was found. but, in my story, the prince finds her with a melody. before cinderella flees, at midnight. she sings. the beginning of a ballad. how it continues. he is in despair frpt he will never find her. finally, he will search everywhere in the kingdom and sing the beginning of the mel deechlt on -- melody only the girl that can finish it in the right way is who he is looking for. she gave an interview in which she said her dream was to have her opera's european debut in vienna. and, voila. a viennese group, heard the story and invited her her.

>> some one told me my opera would be performed in vienna, the capital of music, then i would have laughed. i would have thought it was a joke. >> reporter: when she wasn't rehearsing or talking with us, we found she would grab a book. she says she reads about 100 of them a year. you don't have an iphone? >> no. >> reporter: you don't have an ipad. >> no. >> reporter: computer? television? >> no. i've don't watch television at all. much more interesting to read a book. and actually imagine how it would be. skip on my skipping rope. >> reporter: this should be a lesson to all of us, who are lost in our phones. >> i think it ruins the mind. it is a waste of time. let's play from before. she explains she has an imaginary music school in her brain. >> yeah. >> reporter: when she skips with that rope, she hears the work of those make believe composers. and simply takes what she likes. she bridges two world. and lucky for the rest of us,

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the obits are being written for carrie fisher who passed away earlier this week and most focus on her screen credits. fisher was also a best-selling author and tireless advocate for mental health. jamie yuccas reports. >> reporter: carrie fisher displayed many qualities, fierce, feisty, funny, she used her star purr to clear away some of the shame and fear around mental healther use. >> i should have expected you finding vader's leash. i recognized your foul stench when ee was brought on board. >> reporter: the role that made carrie fisher a cultural icon led to a life of drug and alcohol abuse. >> i don't trust -- >> reporter: when this scene was filmed, fisher told the daily beast she and harrison ford were

still drunk. >> then you are as good as gone. >> the worst thing about drug adekttion addiction is the look you put in people's faces. she spoke to charlie rose. >> i would look to be a good role model. in some ways i'm a good role model what not to do. pills, et cetera. ripe show wrote about partying ways in "postcards from the edge." which became a movie starring meryl streep. her one woman show, wishful drinking. >> if i could isolate the pain just to my [ bleep ] it would be fantastic. >> reporter: steven galloway, at the hollywood reporter says fisher often confronted her personal demons with humor. >> if my life wasn't funny it would just be true. >> it pops the bubble, demystifies it and makes it manageable as a problem for other people. >> reporter: fisher spoke openly about having bipolar, and

undergoing electroshock therapy. >> it is humiliating. you lost control. you are not out of your mind. you can't get out. she disclosed she had body dysmorphia. when she was cast sunny weighed 105 pound was told to lose 10 more. she spoke in november. >> even in space, women are, there is a double standard. that frankness won over admirers beyond her star wars fan base. >> you declare something it has less power over you. far less. my liabilities are my assets. i mean, i have made a living of writing about my liabilities. until they're mine. >> in her final column for guardian newspaper published last month fisher gave this advice to some one also bipolar. she said think of it as an opportunity to be heroic. an opportunity to be a good example to others who might share our disorder. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news

continues. and for others check back with and for others check back with us a captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, december 29th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ ♪ good morning good morning good morning good morning to you ♪ sn ♪ ♪ >> just a day after her death, sadness and shock be. the world remembers debbie reynolds. a light saber salute. "star wars" fans prove the force will always be with carrie fisher. this morning the obama administration will outline its response to russia after reports