>> we are watching. what we are doing is actually going to help him learn what are the types of things he can do to help us. >> there are similar efforts happening in all 50 states. scott, organizers of the women's march say they have a permit for 200,000 people. >> jericka duncan listening to the votes for us. y have breaking news tonight. the infamous drug lord known as el chappo has just landed in the united states to face criminal charges. the cartel boss has escaped

twice from mexican prisons. margaret brennan has the the latest on this. margaret. >> scott, he is one of the world's most notorious drug lords and wanted on a variety of drug trafficking and organized crime charge as cross the united states. guzzman ran the cartel one of mexico's deadliest drug gangs. arrested a year ago and fighting extradition for most of that time. he is best known for being a daring escape artist. having slipped out of mexico's highest security prisons twice. once, captured here on video, disappearing through a hole in his shower. and another time, fleeing inside a laundry cart. scott, the extradition comes as the mexican foreign minister is expected in washington next week for his first meeting with the trump administration. >> margaret brennan, breaking the story for us tonight. margaret, thank you. the west is in for another round of rough weather. snow in the mountains and heavy

rain in strong wind along the coast. storms overnight uprooted trees and triggered mudslides. four earthquakes, set off a massive avalanche in italy. a hotel was destroyed. and dozens of people are missing tonight. allen pizzey is there. >> reporter: the avalanche slammed into the 43-room hotel before 6:00 in the evening. it broke walls and actually shifted the building. the guests had gone outside to get something from his car, called emergency services but they didn't believe him. by the time a rescue effort was mounted. more than two hours later, specialist alpine troops had to ski and snowshoe more than five miles through a blizzard. they found rooms and corridors clogged with snow and debris. but no one called out for help. the only sound was rescue workers scrambling through the devastation. heavy snowfall cut off the only road to the hotel. the rescue effort turned into a

seemingly endless snake of vehicles behind a struggling sunny plow. the hotel is 55 miles from the epicenter of a series of earthquakes and aftershocks that battered the region since august. thousand of people are cut off without electricity or phones and only sporadic cell phone service. an exchange of text messages with the hotel guest worried about the earthquakes reads stay calm. tomorrow you will come down. a few hours later, it was too late to get out. the hotel was built to with stand earthquakes and it had. but the avalanche they triggered was unstoppable, scott. and tonight there is little hope of any one being dug out alive. >> allen pizzey in italy tonight. >> coming up next, we'll give you an inside look at the intense security for the inauguration. >> later, bob schieffer looks back at the meaning of the obama years.

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nearly a million people are expected here for the inauguration tomorrow. jeff pegues is looking at the security. >> the secret service is gamed out numerous scenarios for protecting the new president tomorrow. from an active shooter to an assassin using a weaponized drone. director joseph clancy. >> there is so much concern about a lone wolf type terrorist attack. are you concerned about that? >> we are concerned about every possibility out there. when i say concerned, we plan for every possible threat that its out there. >> the coast guard is patrolling the potomac river. customs helicopters, buzz the skyline. we flew with pilots, will suggs and roberto sanchez.

>> what is your primary responsibility going to be on inauguration day? >> play the role, be the eyes in the sky. we have a camera mounted on the helicopter. >> do solemnly swear. >> 31,000, federal, local law enforcement members and 5,000 members of the national guard will blanket the city. >> think of it. >> reporter: secret service agent, doug barnett is on the lookout for cyberattacks. at this operations center he and other agents track malicious codes which could infect the computer networks of power grids, water companies, and even the air conditioning systems of buildings. >> concerns would pea introduction of some sort of biohazard or chemical substance. >> the lead agent says after studying russian hacks against ukrainian power systems, her team made sure buildings and companies were taking basic precautions. >> become absolutely knowledgeable as much as you can. then you get creative and you, you think about how, how could somebody harm us.

>> it is okay to be a little paranoid in your job. >> right. keeps you focused. >> officials say that there its no specific or credible threat against the inauguration. scott, they are concerned about the recent attacks in france and germany involving big trucks. that's why the security perimeter here has been reinforced with barricades. >> jeff pegues in washington tonight. coming up, an update on the health of george and barbara bush. and a building collapses live on television. earned overnight. it's earned in every wash... ... and re-earned every day.

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in his parting shot at isis, president obama ordered two stealth bombers to libya. to take out a pair of isis military camps. the pentagon released video of the isis fighters loading weapons on to trucks. well the air force dropped about 100 bombs, more than 80 feel were killed. the pentagon says some of them were terrorists plotting attacks in europe. >> a horrifying collapse was shown on iranian tv in the heart of tehran. firefighters were working the

upper floors of a burning, 17-story building when it collapsed. it is not known how many people were inside. but at least 30 firefighters were killed. the news is better tonight about former president george h.w. bush and his wife, barbara. both being treated in a houston hospital. he for pneumonia. she for bronchitis. a spokesman says mr. bush had a good night's sleep. doctors hope he will be out of intensive care in a few days. mrs. bush says she is feeling "1,000% better." we're 1,000% happy that bob schieffer is next with the meaning of the obama years. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

bob schieffer spent a lot of time covering washington, not the president, the city. but he has covered 10 presidents and he is going on 11. bob. >> thank you, scott. in the early days, most americans never saw their presidents or even their likenesses. in the modern era, we can't avoid them. their images are everywhere. they are part of our lives. >> i barack hussein obama. >> for me the enduring images of barack obama came in those first minutes as president. when millions of people, probably the largest group ever to descend on washington saw america's first black president sworn into office. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> whether you were democrat or republican, whether you voted for him or not, when you saw the

joy in those faces, it was hard not to feel the country had done a good thing. as modern presidents do, he want on to share our best of times, victories small and large. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. >> he was there to share our worst days, pictures forever etched in our hearts and minds. >> every time i think about those kids. >> he had accomplishments to be proud of, getting people back to work for one thing. but many times few things went his way. >> some real collaboration. >> he showed so little zest for the give and take in deal making that legislating required. i wruonce asked him if he likeds job. he was ready for the question. >> let me tell you, bob, i love this job. >> reporter: saddled with an oversized unrealistic list of expectations and promises he was assigned superhero status before even settling in.

he won the nobel peace prize before actually doing anything of note. maybe not surprising, since he was the one who said -- >> yes, we can. >> reporter: beyond what he did or didn't do, i keep thinking back to the first minutes of his presidency. maybe that's when we saw his real legacy. after that, african-american grandmothers could finally say to their grandsons and granddaughters, what my granny said to me. "see, one day you can be president too." until barack obama, there was no proof of that. >> that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and be sure not new miss our inauguration scuff rage on cbs this morning. from the national mall. from the jones day law firm overlooking the capitol, i'm scott pelley. ♪ ♪

>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm tony dokoupil. a hallmark of american democracy on display today in washington as donald trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. the peaceful transfer of power was once unique to this nation. but over the centuries it's become a beacon for other democratic countries to follow. as for mr. trump, he plans to take the oath of office with two bibles. one his own, the other used by abraham lincoln. then, the fun begins. here is major garrett. first, by car. then on a military plane that soared over the new york city skyline. donald trump and his family made their way to washington. upon arrival, mr. trump saluted

the troops he will command as the 45th president of the united states. vice president elect, mike pence. >> it is a momentous day before an historic day. >> reporter: the president elect's first stoch in the nation's capitol was a lunch at his own hotel. >> this is a gorgeous room. a total jean just must have built it. ♪ ♪ mr. trump and incoming first lady, melania attended a concert at the lincoln memorial. >> and i promise you that i will work so hard we are going to get it turned around. going to bring our jobs back. we are not going to let other countries take our jobs any

longer. >> reporter: earlier the trump transition in need of experienced personnel in keep posts announced 50 senior level obama aides will stay on board and include, adam szubin and brett mcgurk at the center of the strategy to defeat isis, implementation of the iran nuclear deal and sanctions against russia. incoming white house press secretary, sean spicer. >> there are limitations to what some of the individuals can do in terms of enacting the agenda, but in terms of being ready to go and being able to respond to an incident, we are ready to go at 12:01 tomorrow. >> upwards of 1 million will attend the inauguration, parade and events that follow. that number includes perhaps a quarter million demonstrators, some supporting but most protesting the new president. keeping everyone safe is a job of nearly 30,000 security personnel. jeff pegues reports. >> reporter: the secret service

has ga has gamed out numerous scenarios to protect the new president. from an active shooter to an assassin using a weaponized drone. director joseph clancy. >> there is so much concern about a lone wolf type terrorist attack. are you concerned about that? >> we are concerned about every possibility out there. when i say concerned, we plan for every possible threat that its out there. >> the coast guard is patrolling the potomac river. customs helicopters, buzz the skyline. we flew with pilots, will suggs and roberto sanchez. >> what is your primary responsibility going to be on inauguration day? >> play the role, be the eyes in the sky. we have a camera mounted on the helicopter. >> do solemnly swear. >> 31,000, federal, local law enforcement members and 5,000 members of the national guard will blanket the city. >> think of it.

>> reporter: secret service agent, doug barnett is on the lookout for cyberattacks. at this operations center he and other agents track malicious codes which could infect the computer networks of power grids, water companies, and even the air conditioning systems of buildings. some concerns would be introduction of some sort of biohazard or chemical substance. >> the lead agent says after studying russian hacks against ukrainian power systems, her team made sure buildings and companies were taking basic precautions. >> become absolutely knowledgeable as much as you can. then you get creative and you, you think about how, how could >> it is okay to be a little paranoid in your job. >> right. keeps you focused. mike pence is gearing up for the biggest day of his political life when he is sworn in as vice president of the united states. mr. pence is slated to be the trump administration's liaison to congress and he sat down for a chat with our charlie rose. >> as you know, you enter this white house and this city with the lowest approval ratings of

any person who has assumed the presidency, what kind of challenge is that? and at the same time, how important is to double the efforts to reunite? >> i think the american people are going to see a president in august rate e inaugurated who is going to keep the promise. the polls weren't always right during the election year, i'm skeptical of the polls going into inauguration. i can tell you the president elect, our whole team are ready to go to work and really, just, advance the kind of policies that, that to borrow his phrase will make america great again. >> you have been asked this before, i am sure. the tweets, are they a necessary, b, distracting, does he have to tilt at every windmill that criticizes him? >> i think one of the really refreshing things about the president-elect is that he speaks his mind. and sometimes he does that from a podium.

sometimes he does that in an interview. some times heap does it on twitter. >> i don't believe it does. i really don't believe it does. >> you are okay with that? >> i will tell you that some of the treatment that he has gotten and that we frankly continue to get by some in the media is -- is frustrating and his ability to literally reach tens of millions of people with his view of a particular issue or a particular news i think is of value to the administration. i expect him to continue to use that. >> former president, george h.w. bush remains hospitalized in hueton. sti -- houston. doctors hope to move him to a regular room in a couple days. as the for wife barbara in hospital, she is said to be feeling 100% better. >> he is stable now. resting comfortably in the icu. he is going to stay there for observation. >> president bush is recovering from what spokesman jim mcgraph described as an acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia.

doctors intubated the 41st president wednesday for a procedure to protect and clear his airway. >> there is not a lot of money to be made betting against george bush. >> mcgraph says the 92-year-old its a fighter. >> it is a serious situation. he is 92. he has pneumonia. in the icu. again you, don't bet against george bush. >> reporter: the former president hasn't let his age slow him down. he jumped out of an airplane for his 90th birthday. but this is the fourth hospital stay in five years. he is suffering from a disease similar to parkinson's limited his mobility. president bush sent president elect trump a note apologizing that neither he nor his wife would attend the inauguration. my doctor says if i sit outside in january, it will likely put me six feet under, same for barbara, before wishing the president elect well. on wednesday mr. trump responded with a tweet of support for the couple and thanked the former

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during his eight years in office, president obama has received literally millions of letters. some are funny. some are sad. and some are downright angry. but nearly all of them get read. from the start of his administration, mr. obama has instructed his staff to bring him a daily dose of the correspondence to wrap up his day. >> you know i get a lot of letters from constituents, i get 40,000 every day. i don't read all 40,000. somebody does. >> for the past eight years, one of those somebody has been fiona reeves. >> i lead one, it said on the envelope, alert, do theest baby photo ever inside. as direct ore of presidential

correspondence, she runs the team that looks at every single letter, e-mail, and facebook message sent to the white house. about 10 million a year. >> all those people who self-identify as little old me, this is their entry point. >> in his first week, president obama asked for something other presidents have not. to read some of the letters every night. >> the ask was for ten that were representative, and he was really clear about the -- the point that it shouldn't be ten fan letters. >> reporter: reeves reads 200 to 400 finalists a day before selecting ten r the briefing book. >> not an easy thing to do when the content of the letters is searing and personal. >> yeah, it can be -- it can be emotionally draining. people are often reaching out to the president as a last resort. >> reporter: the letters aren't fact checked. in this tradition, feelings matter more. >> it's powerful because of what it conveys about your voice, or

you know what you have been through. we have received letters from veterans who -- who are writing in a writing style that can be stream of conscious not. that makes it so much more powerful. >> reporter: over the years some of the letters have been sweet. >> she set up a vegetable garden. he sent me a picture. >> reporter: others have been funny. >> one was i am retired. i have some advice for you. ride your bike a lot. spend time with your wife. draw. and then it said, don't be afraid today drink. and i just thought that was pretty good. >> reporter: many are critical. >> sometime the letter say you are an idiot. and the worst president ever. >> reporter: do you ever feel like he had a bad few days needs uplifting letters. >> we do feel like when we are giving him a bunch of letters that have tough stuff in them, particularly a friday, we should throw in a tenth letter we some times refer to as the a chaser. that will be like a kid letter. >> reporter: chaser to make the

hard stuff go down easier. off a >> yeah. >> president obama reads his letters and often responds. >> dear stephen, thank you for your letter. we are proud of you keep up the great work. >> reporter: philadelphia native, stephen johnson graduate student at oxford university in england. >> thank you, president obama. >> reporter: in high school he wrote the president a letter thanking him for being an inspiration. the president's reply inspired him even more. >> even though the letter was short, and the number of words, probably are the most profound word ever addressed to me before. >> reporter: reeves has seen an uptick in praise for the president all. thank you for standing up for women. >> as more people write to say good-bye. off awe i will regard you as my president, you were the president who believed in me. >> reporter: later today she will select the final ten letters, president obama will read in office. >> what do you hope the president walks away with? >> i hope that he, and the country, walk away with all of

these people continuing to feel engaged and like their government hears them they can help shape their government. i think that's what he leaves in our country. i hope he walks away feeling pretty good about that. >> of course, too late to rush off a letter to president obama, he is only going to be at the white house a couple more hours. but even yesterday, his staff was going through e-mails for him to read last night. so if you sent an e-mail, it may just have reached him. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. ♪living well come on up, grandpa don't let joint discomfort keep you down. come play with us! i'm coming. upgrade to move free ultra's triple action joint support for improved mobility, and flexibility.

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much of medical research relies on placebos as a baseline. some of the patients get the real drug. some get a pill with nothing in it. researchers compare the results. but what if the people getting the fake drug start getting better? it's called the placebo effect. suzanne spencer has the story. >> ready for the big meeting? >> yeah. hello? a meeting. a big one. >> diarrhea, abdominal pain. >> you may know it from those mildly embarrassing tv ads. >> when my ibs flares up. a sharp pain like a punch to my

stomach. >> linda bonano knows it from daily life. she struggled with ibs, irritable bowel syndrome for two decades. >> it's horrible. some times i could be fast asleep and wake up out of a dead sleep at 6:00 in the morning and keel over in pain. >> reporter: desperate for relief, she immediately seend up for a study at boston's beth israel deaconess center. made an appointment. came home with fingers crossed. and three week supply of pills. the results seemed miraculous. >> as the the days went on after a week i kept feeling better, belter. now i am thinking what is in this? >> reporter: what was the special something in those pills? it was drum roll absolutely nothing. linda was taking placebos like these. with no real medication in them at all. what makes her story even more astonishing, linda was told she was taking placebos.

>> i remember the first day i took tip. why am i taking this. like a waste of my time. when i saw that i felt better, i am thinking maybe he just told me it was a placebo and it is a new medication they're trying out didn't want me to know. >> ted capchick, a professor at harvard medical school ran the experiment. what did your colleagues initially think? >> everyone thought it was crazy at the beginning. >> reporter: but it worked. he says roughly 60% of the subjects in his study, reported getting better. even though they knew they were taking a placebo. >> a placebo is an inert substance, cellose, starch, sugar, the placebo effect is everything that surround that pill, the interaction between patient, doctor, nurse. the symbols, the rituals. those are powerful forces. >> doctors have understood the power of placebos at least since they were used in clinical trials in the 50s.

but fake pills work only in certain cases. >> there are a lot of illnesses you don't give placebos, cancer, lowering cholesterol. the scope where the placebo effect is relevant is any sim bomb th bomb -- sim bomb t- bomb-symptom, the brain can modulate. making an appointment. going to the doctor. taking a pill suggests something may happen. >> 35% of the time people will report symptom relief from taking a substance that is not biologically active. people will. >> very impressive. >> dr. arthur barsky, psychiatrist at brigham hospital in boston. he said people even report side effects from placebos. clearly we are highly suggestible creatures. >> there are sftudies, asthma, you can provoke an asthma attack

by showing some one a pollen that they're allergic to in a sealed jar. i had a patient who had allergic dermatitis to cats, saw the scat on the television screen, and started to itch. aware of the power of the mind, as many as half of all american doctors admit to having prescribed some form of placebo. akccording to a 2008 study. there are a lot of things that we do that are not directly curative that make a difference. prescribing vitamin fills. iron pills. cold packs. heat packs. antibiotics for a viral infection bah the patient really wants it. >> not just that the patient imagines feeling better. >> people who responded to placebo treatment who were in pain, we actually see part of the main matrix being activated that would change the send sags of pain. >> just the act of taking a pill, each a fact one, can coax the brain into producing its own helpful chemicals.

>> in fact, we know that giving the pill in the context of the health care encounter, activates neurotransmilters. >> something chemically is happening. amazing to me. >> it is really amazing to me. i have been in the business a long time. >> i know that the phenomenon of my patients changing by vir schu of nothing else than their expectations is real. >> this neurologist at university of cincinnati, specializes in parkinson's disease. drugs used in parkinson's help the brain make dopamine, turns out placebos do too. >> this can be measured, measurable changes within the brain? >> very much soap. >> zdepression comes with it. >> bob walton lived with parkinson's a decade. the doctor enrolled him in a study supposely comparing an

expensive drug to a cheaper one. >> i actually felt a little belter after i've got the expensive one. >> guess what? >> he did an interview, an hour and a half after it was over. they were both saline. >> both. >> there was no price difference at all. >> so, we have twice as much improvement if i think it costs a lot. >> exactly. >> of not only did the supposedly expensive drug do twice the job, it did just as well as a real parkinson's drug. so they thought that because it was expensive, it has how to be good? >> correct. >> that ha lalone can affect th physiologically? >> it does. the lesson here says the doctor, when patients believe in their mef medications those medications just may work better. >> to do your experiment, you had to mislead people? >> i did. >> how did you feel about that? >> terrible. >> in fact, outside of clinical

trials like the doctor's, the american medical association frowns on deception in treating patients. >> patients cannot be given ape placebo without informed consent and told clearly transparent leap what it is. >> given linda's succession with placebos for her ibs it may not matter if patients know. which raises an interesting question. >> i think the next step is, how do we concretely use placebo effects in clinical practice. >> there are some ways in which we may not see the patient but still get the benefit. you tell the patient we will give you the active medicine. some days you get a placebo. if that were to work, you would lessen the chance of addiction, tolerance, it's cheaper. >> meanwhile, linda's symptoms are back full force. but, she has an appointment with professor capchick. >> i'm possibly going to go on placebos again and see what happens. >> seems so strange to hear some

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not only inauguration day in washington, it is also moving day. while mr. obama attends the swearing in of donald trump, they'll be in a mad rush to get the obama belongings out of 1600 pennsylvania avenue and all the trump family stuff in. chip reid now on how this dance takes place. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> as the nation focuses on the transition of power outside of the capitol building, a whirlwind of activity taking place at the white house as staffers remake the home for the incoming first family. >> they literally move all of your stuff out in one day. you are living there, and then -- suddenly, this, it's not all out on the side lawn, i mean

they pack it up. >> there is five hours of organized chaos at the white house. >> kate anderson brower covers presidential transitions in her book inside the private world of the white house. >> residence staffers, moving mattresses and, head boards, and dressers, and putting framed photographs on dressers. and making sure that the house is absolutely perfect for the new family. >> reporter: while the trumps will half free rein to redirect the private office and the oval office, much of the white house will remain unchanged. >> be true to the history of the white house. the bottom line. brad blakeman former deputy assistant to george w. bush. >> dwight eisenhower put the putting grind the south lawn. president bush put in a horseshoe pit. there are tweaks you can do. the history of the white house will not change. >> reporter: the move is an emotional time for the white house staff and the first family as laura bush explaned to

charlie rose. >> i'll miss it. i mean i will miss this magnificent house that we have had the chance to live in. the staff that work here. >> a similar feeling for michelle obama who wednesday posted to instagram her final walk through the white house. >> i find myself choking up because we have raised our kids in the white house. we have had so many amazing experiences. we are going to be walking away from all of that. >> the obamas won't be going far, renting a house less than two miles from here. while sasha finishes high school. and school is also affecting the moving plans of melaina trump. spending most of her time in new york while 10-year-old son baron finishes the school year. >> that's the "overnight news" for inauguration friday. for some the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. which will come to you from the national mall in washington. from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm tony

dokoupil. cs captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is inauguration day, friday, january 20th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning" from the national mall in washington. this is a historic day for america. the nation makes a peaceful transition of power from barack obama to donald trump, and we'll bring you every moment live. a patriotic display of grandeur kicked off the presidential inaugural last night. hundreds of thousands of people are expected here for this morning's swearing in. >> so what do we expect for the next four years. our guests include kel ya an conway, eric