the cbo's finding that premium costs for some low-income, older americans would spike 750%, not an easy sell back home for lawmakers like lynn jenkins. >> cbo scores are rarely if ever right. they were-- >> reporter: democrats like pennsylvania's bob casey were unsympathetic. >> this is what happens when you don't work on a problem for many years and you try to slap something together in a matter of weeks. >> reporter: gop leaders like missouri's roy blount downplayed the drop in coverage. >> the congressional budget office is notoriously bad at anticipating what's going to happen in a marketplace. >> reporter: and, they note, the cbo did some find some upsides.

>> lower taxes, lower deficit. >> reporter: it sounds like you're saying the part of the cbo analysis you like are accurate and you parts you don't like are flawed. >> um -- that's not what i was saying. i pointed out the part that i think is an accurate reflection of the tax reduction. it's pretty hard to predict coverage when the government stops telling you, you have to buy something you don't want. >> reporter: one of the bill's authors says that he and other gop leaders are considering some changes to the bill's tax credit system. but other republicans aren't waiting around to find out who they come up with, anthony. in fact, just this evening, a florida congresswoman became the latest lawmaker to say she's voting no. >> nancy cordes, thanks, nancy. the fbi is investigatng whether the trump campaign had improper contacts with russians who wanted to meddle in the presidential election. earlier this month, roger stone, a friend and former adviser to

mr. trump, told our jeff pegues he had no contact with russian hackers, including the mysterious guccifer 2.0. but stone's story has changed. >> there is no collusion here. >> reporter: despite that claim, roger stone now admits that he was in contact with guccifer 2.0, at least 16 times during the 2016 campaign. that twitter handle released hacked information believed to be stolen from democratic party servers. it targeted hillary clinton and democratic candidates in at least six states. >> at the time i had my one and only communications with him. >> reporter: you had more than just one contact with this person. you had one, two, at least three, between august 12 and september 9. >> right. i would refer to it as an exchange. >> reporter: that exchange

appears to have started after guccifer's first account was suspended, and then reactivated in mid-august. "delighted you are reinstated," stone wrote. guccifer responded, "do you find anything interesting in the docs i posted? a day later, according to these texts confirmed by stone he asked guccifer to retweet an article stone had written. "please retweet how the election can be rigged against donald trump." guccifer replied, "done." and later on the same day, "please tell me if i can help you anyhow." earlier this year, u.s. intelligence concluded that guccifer sites were a front for russian military intelligence. in a way, you're encouraging them to release more information. >> yeah, that's called networking. remember, i have no idea this gentleman is allegedly a russian. >> reporter: on sunday, arizona senator john mccain called for stone to testify in upcoming hearings. anthony, stone defiantly told us that his response to that is "game on." >> jeff, thanks.

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the marine corps' commandant went before a senate committee today and promised change. the corps has been shaken by revelations that current and former marines shared nude photos of female service members in a private facebook group with 30,000 followers. david martin has more on this. >> we'll take action to correct this stain on our marine corps. >> reporter: marine commandant robert neller's vow to overall did not impress senator jeanne shaheen. >> why should we believe it's going to be better this time than it's been in the past? >> is it going to be different? it's got to be different. >> when you say to us, "it's got to be different," that rings hollow. >> reporter: then senator kirsten gillibrand pointed to a letter sent to the previous marine commandant in 2013

identifying websites which denigrated female marines. >> who is being held accountable for doing nothing since 2013? who? which commander? >> i don't have a good answer for you. i'm not going to sit here and duck around this thing. i'm not. i'm responsible. i'm the commandant. i own this. >> reporter: neller has said he was not aware of these sites until this year when a former marine-turned-journalist alerted him to marines united, a facebook page on which current and former marines shared nude photos of women. >> this is an ongoing issue. it's not something new. >> reporter: but erin kirk-cuomo who left the corps in 2010 told cbs news female marines were complaining about these sites even then. >> this is something that has been pervasive and has been going on for over a decade. >> reporter: kirk-cuomo believes it is part of a culture which begins with boot camp, when women recruits are segregated from the men. >> this behavior is ingrained in marine corps culture simply because as male marines are told

from the very beginning of training that females are inferior. >> reporter: general neller testified that about 500 current and former marines have been identified so far as having shared nude photos of female marines over the internet, and that's just one site. investigators have found at least 17 more sites containing thousands of photos. anthony. >> david martin at the pentagon. thank you, david. one republican, one democrat, one car. on the road with will and beto next. because i'm a woman...

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d.c., and we would love to take y'all's questions. >> reporter: they're live streaming on facebook and periscope. we caught up with them on skype. they said they're already reaching some bipartisan compromises. >> it's possible we both ordered a number 2 with cheese from whataburger. >> reporter: and when they don't agree -- >> we can disagree without being disagreeable. >> reporter: with congress so sharply divided on everything from health care to taxes, they say members need to get to know people from the other party, the way it used to be. >> i hope some of our other colleagues take this lead and we see more of these bipartisan road trips. but it wouldn't have happened without the east coast being shut down. ♪ we're the best of friends. >> reporter: yes, sometimes even a blizzard can be a good ching. chip reid, cbs news, washington. ♪ on the road again >> we wish them safe travels. up next, a sheriff turns

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it's been said the wheels of justice turn slowly, so we end tonight with a lawman who is trying to speed them up. here's mark strassmann. >> wheel of fugitive! >> reporter: every week, brevard county sheriff wayne ivey goes on facebook. >> you're watching wheel of fugitive, our weekly program. >> reporter: and spins a wheel

of misfortune for local criminals. the wheel spins the names and photos of 10 fugitives, locals wanted for outstanding warrants. there's one unlucky winner. >> once we do the show, i just rely on our citizens and our fugitive team. >> reporter: and right away, tipsters call and email. >> if you're a fugitive in brevard county and you think you have friends, you do not, because as soon as this rolls, they're going to turn you in. in fact, we've had fugitives who say, "yeah, i watch it every week to see if i'm on the wheel." >> reporter: what about this connects with people? >> one, there's a little bit of humor mixed in it. ♪ it's lady's night >> two, people, at least in our community, and most communities throughout the country, want to be engaged with law enforcement. they want to help keep their communities safe. >> reporter: the show has helped catch dozens of fugitives like teon gay, arrested within 24 hours. >> looks like this week's fugitive is alicia lee pack. >> reporter: alicia pack posted

on facebook she saw herself on the show but was headed to the beach, where police tracked her down. >> they ended up having to tase her, so we put on our facebook page, "tanned, tased, and arrested all in the same day." >> reporter: is there a public shame about this? >> if you don't want to be a fugitive, don't commit a crime. our team is going to come offer, our community is going to come after you. >> reporter: on florida's east coast, ivy's show is a hit with a captive audience. >> but i'd really like for you to turn yourself in. >> reporter: mark strassmann, cbs news, titusville, florida. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back 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. a report card by the congressional budget office is providing new ammunition in the battle over health care reform. the cbo says the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare will actually lead to 14 million americans losing their health care in the first year alone. democrats say that should be enough to kill the bill. republicans insist the numbers are wrong. nancy cordes has the story. >> the cbo report raises some serious concerns. >> reporter: gop opposition to the gop plan mounted today after congressional number crunchers projected that the party's obamacare replacement

bill would add 24 million people to the ranks of the uninsured. >> obviously, in a state like mine that had medicaid expansion, we have deep concerns. >> reporter: republican leaders were reluctant to call it a setback. >> we're going to do our thing and pass it. >> reporter: but the white house said it is working with the house speaker on some changes. >> we are, obviously, in talks with house leadership. >> reporter: one flashpoint -- the cbo's finding that premium costs for some low-income, older americans would spike 750%, not an easy sell back home for lawmakers like lynn jenkins. >> cbo scores are rarely if ever right. they were -- >> reporter: democrats like pennsylvania's bob casey were unsympathetic. >> this is what happens when you don't work on a problem for many years and you try to slap something together in a matter of weeks. >> reporter: gop leaders like missouri's roy blount downplayed the drop in coverage. >> the congressional budget office is notoriously bad at anticipating what's going to happen in a marketplace.

>> reporter: and, they note, the cbo did some find some upsides. >> lower taxes, lower deficit. >> reporter: it sounds like you're saying the part of the cbo analysis you like are accurate and the parts you don't like are flawed. >> um -- that's not what i was saying. i pointed out the part that i think is an accurate reflection of the tax reduction. it's pretty hard to predict coverage when the government stops telling you, you have to buy something you don't want. also on capitol hill, the leaders of the navy and marine corps came under fire over their handling of the scandal of nude online photos of service members. david martin has that story. >> we'll take action to correct this stain on our marine corps.

>> reporter: the xh >> reporter: marine commandant robert neller did not impress senator jeanne shaheen. >> why should we believe it's going to be better this time than it's been in the past? >> is it going to be different? it's got to be different. >> when you say to us, "it's got to be different," that rings hollow. >> reporter: then senator kirsten gillibrand pointed t a letter sent to the previous marine commandant in 2013 identifying website which again denigrate female marines. >> who is being held accountable for doing nothing since 2013? who? which commander? >> i don't have a good answer for you. i'm not going to sit here and duck around this thing. i'm not. i'm responsible. i'm the commandant. i own this. >> reporter: neller has said he was not aware of these sites until this year when a former marine-turned-journalist alerted him to marines united, a facebook page on which current and former marines shared nude photos of women. >> this is an ongoing issue. it's not something new. >> reporter: but erin kirk-cuomo who left the corps in 2010 told

cbs news female marines were complaining about these sites even then. >> this is something that has been pervasive and has been going on for over a decade. >> reporter: kirk-cuomo believes it is part of a culture which begins with boot camp, when women recruits are segregated from the men. >> this behavior is ingrained in marine corps culture simply because as male marines are told from the very beginning of training that females are inferior. the scandal over russia's efforts to hijack the election continues to percolate. roger stone now admits he had contact with a hacker named guccifer 2.0 during the campaign. jeff pegues has more. >> there is no collusion here.

>> reporter: despite that claim, roger stone now admits that he was in contact with guccifer 2.0, at least 16 times during the 2016 campaign. that twitter handle released hacked election information believed to be stolen from democratic party servers. it targeted hillary clinton and democratic candidates in at least six states. >> at the time i had my one and only communications with him. >> reporter: you had more than just one contact with this personal. you had one, two, at least three, between august 12 and september 9. >> right. i would refer to it as an exchange. >> reporter: that exchange appears to have started after guccifer's first account was suspended, and then reactivated in mid-august. "delighted you are reinstated," stone wrote. guccifer responded, "do you find anything interesting in the docs i posted? a day later, according to these texts confirmed by stone he asked guccifer to retweet an article stone had written. "please retweet how the election can be rigged against donald trump."

guccifer replied, "done." and later on the same day, "please tell me if i can help you anyhow." earlier this year, u.s. intelligence concluded that guccifer sites were a front for russian military intelligence. in a way, you're encouraging them to release more information. >> yeah, that's called networking. remember, i have no idea this gentleman is allegedly a russian. the storm that pounded the northeast is now moving off into canada. but it reeve leaves behind a bl of problems, including thousands of travelers whose flights were canceled. kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: washington's dulles airport roared back to life tuesday after crews worked through the night to prepare. but here in new york's laguardia, virtually all flights were halted for the day and plows had free reigns on the runway. across the country, cancellations left thousands stranded. >> all the other flights are booked. so they have to book us on friday.

my vacation ends wednesday, so i'm spending half of my vacation in this airport. >> reporter: the storm slowed amtrak, too. rail service was suspended between new york and boston when the snow was as its heaviest. >> it's caused me to spend five hours here that i would rather not. >> reporter: what's your biggest concern right now moving ahead? >> that people don't get a full sense of -- oh, we're back to normal. let's go back. >> reporter: jim esposito is new york city's emergency management commissioner. he said with the plows and salt trucks working to clear icy roads, normal isn't here yet. >> that's why we're trying to get people to stay off the roads today. we're trying to get back to normal rush hour tomorrow, you know, with conditions that are advantageous for people driving around. and we think that that will happen. >> reporter: have you ever seen laguardia like this? it looks deserted. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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there's a county sheriff in florida who has become an internet sensation. he hosts a game show called "wheel of fugitive" and it's the biggest hit in the county. mark strassman has the story. >> reporter: and spins a wheel of misfortune for criminals. puts it on facebook and waits for tipsters to call and e-mail. >> wheel of fugitive! >> reporter: for the last 18 months, this studio at the sheriff's office has become must-see viewing. sheriff wayne ivey had the idea. >> we'll get you into a nice,

warm cell. >> reporter: and the personality to host it. >> when we put someone up, our citizens send us messages and contacting us right away. >> reporter: he spins a wheel with the names and photos of ten wanted fugitives and highlights an unluckily winner. >> he's got no bond. >> reporter: dozens of fugitives have been arrested or turned themself in. last month, the wheel picked teon gay. he was in custody within a day. >> the fugitives watch it. it's amazing how many say yeah, i saw it. we've had fugitives that say yeah, i watch it every week to see if i'm on the wheel. >> reporter: fugitive alicia pack posted she saw herself on the show but added she was going to the beach, where police tracked her down. >> they ended up having to tase her. so we put on our facebook page,

tanned, tased and arrested in the first day. people in our community and throughout the country want to be engaged with law enforcement. so it reaches out to them and gives them an opportunity to do it. watch as a man commits this crime. >> reporter: social media is a new weapon for law enforcement. >> look at me, son. i'm talking to you. >> reporter: in louisiana, captain clay higgins, nicknamed the cajun john wayne, talked directly to criminals. >> we're going to identify you, arrest you, and put you in a small cell. after that, i'm going to have a cheese burger here. >> reporter: the youtube sensation led to multiple arrests. >> see which one of these ladies are going to get to spend time in jail. >> reporter: the sheriff's favorite show was "lady's night." but critics object his approach is public shaming. >> it reinforces the offender's

sense of being rejected and excluded from society. >> is there a public shaming to this? >> if you don't want to be on the wheel of fugitive, don't commit a crime here. our team is going to come after you. our community is going to come after you. tonight's another edition of the show. and the people watching could very well include some of the ten fugitives you see in this wheel. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. i love you so much, that's why i bought

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richard cheech marin gained fame and fortune in the '70s as part of cheech and chong. he's got a new book out called "cheech is not my real name, but don't call me chong." anthony mason has this story. >> reporter: the now 70-year-old comedy icon admits he's enjoyed his share of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. he takes us back to the roots of his pot-smoking persona when he was richard marin. >> i was a straight-a student who was a wise ass. and they would go, shut up! unlikely candidate to become america's most likable pothead. so when did you smoke your first

joint? >> when i was a freshman in college. because my dad was lapd 30 years, and i got that line growing up. marijuana, don't you ever try marijuana or i will end your short little life. after i smoked my first joint i was like wow, what else have they been lying about? >> reporter: it was the late 1960s, cheech joined anty war protests. dropped out of college. and moved to canada to dodge the draft. that's where he met a chinese canadian, and it changed his life. tommy chong, you met him in a strip club? >> it was vancouver's first topless bar, and he owned it. >> reporter: he joined chong's hippie burlesque show and before long a comedy show was born. ♪ why did it work?

>> i think because we're exactly opposite of each other. >> hey, man, am i driving okay? >> those two characters played off each other. >> i think we're parked, man. >> basically it was comedy jazz. and we knew how to play that. >> reporter: their routines became albums. then radio hits. >> let's make a done deal. >> i remember listening to your albums in our dorm rooms, and it was like we felt like seditious when we were listening to your records. >> that was the purpose. >> what's your name? >> isn't it on the license plate? >> reporter: with their first film "up in smoke" in 1978, they would find an even wider audience. >> we were extremely sophisticated under the guise of being these dummies. [ laughter ]

♪ mexico, america, don't like to get up early ♪ >> reporter: they would make eight movies together, all directed by chong. but cheech says as their success grew, so did chong's ego. >> that's all i got. how do you like it? >> it affects your personality, especially being a director, because you're god. he was the creative genius, and i was the actor and i was lucky to be there. i don't think so. >> reporter: in 1987, cheech broke away with "born in east l.a." his film about a mexican-american who was mistakenly deported. >> they think i'm an illegal and throw me in the bus. this guy was not only rude, he was degrading. >> reporter: it ended up being your declaration of independence. >> it was. >> reporter: a career that's included six years with don johnson, in the cbs series "nash bridges."

and a rresume packed with rolls animated movies. that success has allowed him to indulge a passion for art. especially the work of the mexican-american artists of the c chicano art movement. >> you can't love or hate chicano art unless you see it. >> reporter: his election, some 700 pieces, is considered the fine nest the country. you've lived here how long? >> going on four years now. >> reporter: after more than two decades apart, in 2008, cheech and tommy chong, finally reunited. >> where were you born? ♪ i was born in east l.a. >> reporter: did the fact that you ultimately found your own identity make it easier to go back? >> yeah, it did. >> you're the first one that

identified that, but yeah, i did. we came to the conclusion we don't have to love or hate each other, which we do both. we have a business. >> reporter: and it's a growing business. perhaps in part due to the growing legalization of pot. >> i remember one time we were doing this big show in detroit, and drunk white guys in suits were trying to get on the stage. like this is really changed. >> they did win a grammy for best comedy album for 1974s "lost cochinos." alison krause, the queen of blue grass, has won 27 grammys, the second most of all time. she has a new album called "windy city" and here again is anthony mason. ♪

>> reporter: for alison krause, blue grass is more than just a music genre. >> it's a real lifestyle. it's a mindset of people who love blue grass. i think they're all drawn and connected to the past. and it's a simpler way of life. >> it's power. >> boy, it's basic human connection. ♪ put it all behind me it's always about holding on to where you came from and admiring that and the land, family, god and home. the most beautiful girl always lived next door. it's a very sweet, strong value system. ♪ >> reporter: krause started going to fiddle contests and blue grass festivals as a girl growing up in illinois. >> so i was always around this kind of music.

>> reporter: did you know you wanted to do it? >> i liked it. i really started to love it when i got -- started singing and the harmonies were really fascinating to me, getting to do that. i just couldn't get enough of that. ♪ an the banjo, people who get attracted to that sound, i was one of them. ♪ >> reporter: she was 16 when she released her debut solo album in 1987. ♪ i hear the melody, i search >> reporter: and soon after, she teamed one the band union station. for windy city, her first solo album in almost 18 years -- ♪ -- krause connected with renowned nashville songwriter

and producer buddy campbell who has worked with george jones, willie nelson and merl haggard. ♪ if this is goodbye from me >> his nickname is ears. and what i loved about that was that in a town full of musical geniuses, buddy's the one who got that title. i thought that was so great. >> reporter: tells you a lot. >> it does. >> reporter: in the end you went after a very particular kind of song. >> the only thing we talked about was wanting songs that were older than me. and there's a real romance with things that are outside of your own generation, because you kind of make up what it was like, because you didn't have it firsthand. you really ended up finishing the story. i love how the record is -- it's songs of loss, but it's not weak. it's almost like you don't know it's sad.

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scientists have come up with a new compound, a single layer is 1,000 times thinner than human hair and 200 times stronger than steel. the creators don't know what to do with it yet, so for now they are making dresses. jonathan vigliotti has the story from london. >> reporter: they look like pages out of vogue, but these are part of a scientific experiment, and the designers say it could revolutionize every aspect of human life. >> graphine is so extraordinary. in 2010, the scientists wo made it were awarded the nobel prize for physics. >> reporter: in 2004, two scientists from manchester, england used scotch tape, yes, tape, to isolate graphine from

graphite. the result, while invisible to the naked eye, is stronger than steel. flexible like rubber, and energy conducting. >> it stretches and twists and rolls to create bendable devices. >> reporter: in this case, it becomes one little black dress. >> that's graphine. >> reporter: this is the design team behind cute circuit, the fashion label that specializes in wearable technology. the pair has illuminated stars like u2's bono and katy perry. but their latest piece is light years ahead of the others. how is your dress different from a dress you just put on a switch and it lights up? >> well, it's different in a lot of ways. the first way that comes to mind

is it's a lot more intelligent. if you just turn on a switch and it lights up, that's a simple circuit like you would have on a christmas tree. ours is storing the microprocessor. so in a sense, the dress is a computer in itself. >> reporter: the result, lights on the dress can change colors with the rhythm of a heart beat. so at future cocktail parties, you can tell if somebody is anxious by the color of their dress? >> yeah, maybe. that's one of the things people discovered about wearable technology, it redraws the boundaries of privacy information. >> reporter: it's being developed for cars and computers and medical equipment. these first steps are just the beginning. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us later for the morning news and

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