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>> reporter: -- nascar has been thrilling, unpredictable, and dangerous sports americans love to watch. but enthusiasm for the sport has been sputtering in recent years, and today, nascar is facing record declines. in 2004, eight million people tuned into nascar's sprint cup series. last year, only 4.6 million did, a decrease of almost half. there are also fewer fans in the stands. admissions are down 30% since 2010. david scott covers nascar for the "charlotte observer." he says there are several factors to the decline. first, the new generation of drivers is more corporate than the so-called good old boys that made it famous. >> they're going to have to watch what they say and what they do a little more carefully than they did in the old days. >> reporter: the second is safety. in the past, fans would fill stadiums to watch their favorite racers crash into each other.

>> the safety has become so much improved over recent years, that there hasn't been as much a risk of serious injury as there used to be. >> i feel like our sport-- >> reporter: 19-year-old gray gaulding is the youngest racer on the circuit. he believes the sport sells itself. >> you don't get that feeling until you show up to the race track, you smell the fumes, you see the tires. i feel like a lot of people still come to the races just because it's so exciting. >> reporter: promoting young drivers like gray is part of nascar's strategy to counteract an aging fan base. anthony, they're also change the race itself with a new point system which is meant to create more action on tv. >> manuel bojorquez in daytona. and still ahead, scientists discover planets that could be just like earth.

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for as long as humans have looked to the heavens, we've wondered whether there is life on other planets. chip reid on a discovery

announced today that has scientists very excited. >> reporter: for astronomers, finding seven earth-sized planets orbiting a single sun is like finding a pot of gold next to the holy grail. nasa scientist thomas zurbuchen -- >> the discovery gives us a hint that finding a second earth is not just a matter of if but when. >> reporter: in fact, it may be the best place yet found to search for life. sarah seager of mit -- >> we've made a giant, accelerated leap forward in the search for habitable worlds. >> reporter: three of the planets are in the so-called goldilocks zone-- not too hot, not too cold, just the right temperature for liquid water, the key to life as we know it. it's possible all seven have water. a nasa artist with a vivid imagination thinks this is what the fifth planet could look like. its neighbors easily visible and the sun much closer than ours. fortunately, it's also much smaller and cooler, which keeps

the planets from getting fried. these heavenly bodies are 39 light-years away. that's 235 trillion miles, but by astronomical standards, they're practically next door, close enough that when the james webb space telescope is launched next year, it will be able to analyze the planets' atmospheres, a big step towards answering the question, "are we alone?" chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> that is exciting news. up next, teenage refugees wonder whether america is still a beacon of hope. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the trump administration is still re-writing the executive order that would temporarily close america's doors to refugees. courts blocked the first version. the ban is part of the president's plan for fighting terrorism, but mark strassmann talked to some teenage immigrants who think mr. trump should reconsider. >> there's always, like, a second chance. >> reporter: as a nation of second chances, america welcomed these young somali war refugees. 18-year-old abba tobe and his 17-year-old sister, zeytun came here seven years ago. do you think the president and his team understand what it is to be a refugee? >> no. >> i definitely don't, you know. they don't really think about who they're affecting. you leave everything in your old country just to get here, and then it's like a slap in the face. >> exactly. >> they don't understand how hard it is.

>> reporter: more than 100,000 somali refugees have fled to the u.s. since 1991. they escaped decades of civil war, famine, and islamic extremism. 15-year-old shadia saeed was born here after her parents fled that war. 18-year-old hamdi abdi arrived a year ago. >> i felt like america was like you had opportunities. there's always money and everyone's happy. and you actually meet humans and no one would actually really want to kill you. so that's what i thought it was. then when you came you had trump, and he's -- he's him. i guess ideas changed of what i thought america would be. >> most of us are looking for a second chance, you know. and i felt like as if he just-- just was like, "oh, all muslims are bad," you know. >> reporter: has this issue changed your view about what america represents? >> since the u.s. is a country

of liberty, freedom and such, and then you ban all these countries that have weak economies and weak governments and no one's there to help. whatever the u.s. does affects every other country. you're the leader. you should actually lead with some respect and dignity. >> all over the world, it's taught to be the country where people who have no hope, that's where they go. but now you see that, you know, they've changed their -- their core ideals what they believed in. so they're losing that special thing that they had for people all over the world. >> reporter: if you had the chance to talk to president trump about this, what would you say? >> i would say you need to be more understanding of others, not just yourself. try to put yourself in other people's shoes. >> islam is not the enemy. all the muslim countries are not the enemy. alienating all these other countries will not help you in the long run. >> reporter: mark strassmann, cbs news, clarkston, georgia. that's the "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 anthony mason. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is the "cbs overnight news." >> hi, everyone, welcome to the "overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. members of congress are facing angry constitch wents in crowded town halls across the

country. lawmakers are on recess, but they're getting an earful from voters. the main concern is obamacare and what the republican plan is to replace it. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: if professional agitators were lurking in line today, we didn't meet them. >> look at us. do we look like loud individuals? do we look like paid protesters? >> reporter: this group of mostly retired women brought homemade signs, umbrellas for the sun, and a new found sense of activism. >> i'll be in this until i die, if that's necessary. >> there you go. >> reporter: really, you feel that strongly? >> i feel that strongly about it. >> reporter: they came to confront louisiana senator bill cassidy about the trump agenda and about obamacare. >> where is he! >> reporter: and when he was late, they started without him. >> this child standing in front of you is completely-- >> reporter: cassidy is a doctor

himself, and one of the few republicans to introduce his own obamacare replacement. >> now, under our plan, you could actually end up with more people insured. >> no, no! >> reporter: but the tax credits he's proposing to help buy insurance have turned off colleagues on the right, while the left worries about the power he'd give states to scale back medicaid. >> and the instability that that would create in the state, in our health insurance market, that's not good for anyone. >> reporter: susan todd runs a local association of nonprofit health care providers. she helped spread the word about today's town hall. how does this crowd match up to your expectations? >> it's pretty good. we did have, you know, over 1,000 people rsvp on facebook. >> reporter: could you pay protesters if you wanted to? >> no. nor would i. secretary of state rex tillerson and homeland security secretary john kelly are in mexico to discuss border issues with mexican officials.

for secretary tillerson, it's his second foreign trip since becoming america's top diplomat. he's kept a low profile in his first weeks on the job, and some current and former state department officials are raising concerns about staffing cuts and being kept from key meetings. here's margaret brennan. >> reporter: while secretary of state rex tillerson has largely been silent during his almost three weeks on the job. he hasn't held any news conferences and many of his meetings and phone calls to foreign leaders are not being publicly disclosed. and there have been no daily briefings. that means foreign governments are often left describing american policy rather than the u.s. itself. but perhaps more serious for diplomats, state department officials were completely shut out of president trump's meeting with israeli prime minister last week, while mr. trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, who has no experience in foreign affairs, did sit in.

but state department officials insist tillerson suspect being shut out. he's meeting with the president today. officials tell me that tillerson is being careful and deliberate. he's trying to turn president trump's rhetoric into policy, while flying under the radar of a high profile administration that is face nothing shortage of challenges. one of the many global is e issues secretary tillerson will have to confront is the growing nuclear threat from north korea. it's also embroiled in a high profile assassination. malaysian police are looking for two suspects in the killing of kim jong-nam. >> reporter: malaysia's inspector general of police said they want to question two suspects. he also said the two female attackers may have been in on the plot. according to police, kim

jong-nam, suspected female assassins seen grabbing his face in this footage, knew the liquid in their hands was poisonous. >> you see the lady moving away with her hands hike this towards the washroom. so she knew very well that it is toxic and she needs to wash her hands. >> reporter: both women, police say, practiced the attack several times before last monday's assault. and were instructed to wash the liquid off quickly. the women said they were pulling pranks for what they thought was a hidden camera tv show. >> we strongly believe that they are being trained to do that. so this is not something just shooting movies. >> reporter: the training likely came from these four men, all north korean, who fled the country the day of the attack. police believe they're back in pyongyang. the inspector general of police announced they're searching for two more north koreans in malays malaysia. one, a high level diplomat at

the embassy there. the other, an employee for north korea state run airline. malaysian authorities have asked north korea to cooperate in their investigation, but so far they haven't complied. meanwhile, kim jong-nam's body is under tighter security this morning after someone attempted to break into the morgue. no next of kin has come forward yet to claim the body, but authorities have asked north korea for dna samples from family members, including from kim jong-un, to identify the body. the female suspects were supposed to be released today, but a judge granted an extension. as for the investigation, it is continuing to grow, and the north koreans say the females are innocent and should be freed immediately. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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a video shows a dangerous close call for actor harrison ford while he was flying a small plane. he narrowly missed a passenger jet carrying more than a hundred people as he landed at a california airport. kris van cleave has the latest. >> reporter: harrison ford is known as an experienced pilot. he's logged thousands of hours into the cockpit of several aircraft, but that is not how this landing is supposed to go. and that error is raising concern. surveillance video shows ford's close call with a boeing 737. last monday, his bright yellow single engine huskie came in for a landing, flying over flight 1456 with 110 passengers and 6 crew waiting to take off from john wayne airport south of los angeles. air traffic control cleared the

74-year-old actor to land on runway 2-0 left. instead he landed on a parallel taxiway known as charlie. he then asked air traffic controllers, was that airliner meant to be underneath me? >> reporter: atc audio obtained by tmz seems to show ford confused about the type of aircraft he was flying about 20 minutes before landing. >> i never asked that question until after i've done it. >> reporter: ford, who is famous for his on-air aviation feats, has had trouble in the air before. >> 53178, engine failure. >> reporter: in 2015, he was critically injured when an engine failure forced him to crash land on a santa monica golf course. and in 1999, the experienced pilot crashed a helicopter while practicing auto rotations. no one was hurt. >> this is a pretty big mistake.

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>> $178. >> reporter: it was the fourth time in just over a year that thompson had to be treated for a life threatening diabetic coma. >> patients come in and say, i can't afford to take it. so i'm not. >> reporter: dr. levitan says it's common to hand out free drug company samples of insulin just so patients can stay on their life-saving medication. >> patients are begging for samples because they can't afford the insulin. >> reporter: not asking, you're saying begging? >> begging. >> reporter: like 74-year-old kathleen washington. some months her insulin runs over $300 a month, more than she can afford. >> i must pay my mortgage. >> reporter: if it's a choice -- >> it's going to be the mortgage. >> reporter: ssr health amized insulin list prices from 2012 to 2016 for the three companies that manufacture it, and found prices went up between 99% and

120%. >> companies do it because they can. >> reporter: in a separate analyst, richard evans also found a sfrtriking pattern. the prices of two insulin drugs rose in lock step, mirroring each other, 12 times between 2008 and 2014. >> the two companies took price increases within days and similar, even identical down to the percentage point. >> reporter: if you raise your price and i raise my price to the same level, what am i saying to you as a company? >> let's keep going. i'm not going to fight you. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders is calling for a federal investigation, alleging collusion among the three drug companies. >> just coincidentally, it happens that the three major suppliers of insulin seem to be raising their prices at the same exact time, at the same level. so i think you have to be very naive not to believe there's collusion. >> reporter: santafe said

there's strong competition on price. and on the company's website, increasing list prices is designed to offset rebates and price concessions to maintain profitability. and lori riley, with the trade group that represents u.s. pharmaceutical manufacturers, told us -- >> i don't believe there's been collusion by our company. >> reporter: she points out although the drug company's list prices up, the negotiated price for insulin have gone up just 2% to 3% overall. she says that's because enter mo immediate rare -- immediate ra take a fee and pass those lower prices on to insurance companies and consumers. the problem, says evans, patients with high deductibles or no insurance don't get those discounted prices. in other words, the people who

can least afford these increases are the ones who get hit by them? >> everybody gets hit a hilittl bit. >> reporter: but riley says -- >> when you look at the evidence, the competitive marketplace is working to help keep drug cost increases in check. >> reporter: i listen to that statement and i'm hearing consumers go, are you kidding me? >> there is an issue for many patients who face increasing deductibles. if they're coming to the pharmacy counter paying full list price, that is a problem. >> reporter: the country's largest pharmacy benefit manager told us drug makers are the ones raising the prices. but experts tell us there's plenty of blame to go around here in the system. meanwhile, all three insulin manufacturers say they've announced new initiatives to make insulin more affordable for

patients that need that help. you can go to our website to find more information about those initiatives, as well as an e-mail address to contact us about this issue or any other consumer problems you think we should look into. this time of year many drivers will be bumpy while they drive over potholes. a chicago man is turning road repair into artwork. lee cowan introduces in a story for sunday morning. >> reporter: the white at the end of our long winter tunnel is ahead. but so are the calling cards winter leaves behind. the backholes that by string can swallow a car hole. >> that's going to take an extra bag of concrete it's so deep. >> reporter: before the snow and ice made goose bumps out of our road, we found jim bock doing a

little traffic triage. jim decided to start fixing them, himself. >> i just want to get my work done and get out. i'm not interested in having people watch me, really. >> reporter: especially the watchful gaze of the chicago police. >> i'm always worried about the cops. i'm too old to be arrested. i've got twin boys. >> reporter: it's true his gestures of good will aren't technically legal, but no one has bothered him about it, because he's not just filling chicago's potholes, he's turning them into works of art. >> it's fun to see it reemerge. >> reporter: like this rendering of a rumple ed cheeto bag, made out of marble and blass. >> it's just that unexpected

joy, which is a fun thing for me. >> reporter: his street mosaics have been appearing around the city nor years, dozens don'ting the roads, former pot roles that are now frames for flowers, and a few that state the obvious. like this pothole that proudly screams, it's not a pothole anymore. >> this is probably my popular piece. >> reporter: probably more people see this than if it was in a gallery somewhere. >> that's a good point. >> reporter: a graphic artist, jim's passion for mosaics started on a trip to pompeii, italy, where he realized if art made of glass could survive a volcano, it could survive traffic. and they do. they hold up remarkably well. much of the surprise and delight of passersby. >> it's great. it looks beautiful. i laugh every time i see it.

>> reporter: jim spends eight to ten hours crafting each piece. all in his basement studio. carefully chipping away at the colored glass. then setting each tiny piece in place. >> there are some moments of terror once the -- because it can all go to hell in a second. >> reporter: it's held together by nothing but cheese cloth and placing it on top of wet concrete is a process that's not entirely forgiving. as it dries, jim peels the cheese cloth back. it's a painstakingly slow procedure. especially when you consider the fact that he's doing it all in his knees in the middle of traffic. ever feel vulnerable out here? >> yes, yes, i do. >> reporter: he just tries not to inhale too much. there's a hazard. but the most nerve-racking part may be leaving his work behind

to dry overnight. he watches cars zoom around his cones, but somehow they're survived, at least until they're paved back over. >> it used to bum me out, but it's a price i pay for playing in the street. >> reporter: that's why he posts his works on instagram. at least there, there's a little social media permanence. he has thousands of followers who wait for him to post his newest installation. after all, there are plenty of potholes that could use an artistic lift. too many to ever get to in a single lifetime. so the next time you curse one for destroying your car's alignment or blowing a tire, try to look at them the way jim bocker does. not as ump bumps in a road but an opportunity to do something truly inspiring. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

president trump spent last weekend at the so-called winter white house. his private club in palm beach florida. he's been there the past three weekends, and that's 11 of his first 33 days at office. the travel has an estimated price tag of $10 million. manuel bojorquez shows us how the numbers are quickly piling up. >> reporter: between the secret service and local deputies guarding the estate, and the u.s. coast guard out in the surrounding waters, mar-a-lago is a fortress when the president is here. the white house will not disclose the exact cost of mr. trump's visits. that $10 million figure is based on a similar trip by president obama in 2013. air force one accounts for a big chunk of the presidential travel budget. costing more than $180,000 per

hour to operate. that means the roughly four-hour round trip flight to his seaside estate costs more than $700,000. >> if he's going down there every weekend, the costs are going to add up pretty quickly. >> reporter: tom fiden, president of the watch dog group judicial watch, is pressing the administration to release mr. trump's travel costs. >> he doesn't need to go to florida every weekend. he can work at the white house or up at camp david. >> reporter: mr. trump often attacked his predecessor for traveling too often, once tweeting -- >> reporter: four years ago, president obama's weekend in south there are cost taxpayers $3.6 million. the pentagon spent about $2.8 million for air force one, plus support aircraft and military personnel. the secret service and the coast guard added nearly $800,000. during his eight years in

office, mr. obama racked up about $97 million in travel costs. president trump is on pace to eclipse that by the end of his first year. another cost of keeping president trump safe, disruptions to businesses near mar-a-lago. the air space around the airport is restricted when the president is in town. on an average day, there are around 300 takeoffs and landings. but when the president is here, nothing is moving, except the bottom line for businesses that operate out of this airport. they say they lose about $30,000 each weekend they're closed. others welcome the presidential visits to palm beach. >> president trump will bring many more high-end visitors to the community, which is going to definitely help everyone on a high economic scale. >> that's the "overnight news" for this thursday.

for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning ♪ it is thursday, february 23rd, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, hundreds of demonstrators take to the street in anaheim after an off duty officer fires a shot during a scuffle with a teenager. another night of town hall tension. lawmakers face off with fiery crowds in their home districts, erupting over obamacare. >> i am angry. you work for us.