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,$8drw mode. he needed to leave. >> inside, family photos, hung above floodwaters. she says she still felt more comfortable at home. >> i have been here all my life. been here all my life. but this is the worst. >> as residents started returning, the abandoned puppy had its own homecoming. the owner said he left the dog with family members. >> reporter: 149 people were rescued here in orange county. to give you a sense of the

damage. our crew was sitting under this structure yesterday when we were reporting live here. and look at it now. jeff. >> adriana diaz, thank you very much. >> as a coast guard chopper here, returns, from a rescue mission in clearwater we have been seeing them go in and out all day long. the best perspective on irma's wrath remains from above to. day our cbs news team surveyed the damage across central florida as these rescues continued. >> off the coast of sarasota, as irma began to churn in, the coast guard made this dramatic rescue in rough seas. two people and their dog lifted to safety. >> going for a wild ride now. >> reporter: this morning in orlando, a view from the air. a scene reminiscent of houston after harvey. neighborhood flooded. irma overturned cars and left homes under water. this afternoon we went up over

plant city. right now, passing through east of tampa, where irma's eye came through. as the it went south to north. we are not seeing, a lot of trees down, but many of these fields are just inundated with floodwaters. >> in clearwater where we took off from, we also spoke with pilot george mencie at largest busiest coast guard station in the lower 4. >> you worked katrina, deep water horizon and rita. he its now ready to perform rescues in his home state. >> from what we have seen, we, we were some what lucky. with, with what could have happened what did happen. >> coming up next, why steve

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political history. >> that would be probably too bombastic for me. maybe modern political history. off awe pret >> pretty stunning admission by the former white house chief strategist. >> pretty damning admission. biggest political mistake something that could end a presidency. at the least what he is saying the russia investigation is going to be a cloud that hangs over this white house, indefinitely. one other thing, steve bannon said, he said the russia investigation is a whole bunch of nothing. but he also noted the breadth of mueller's investigation. and so that begs the question, of what does steve ban nonknow, that mueller could uncover. >> now let's listen to steve bannon talking about white house economic adviser, gary cohen who was critical of the president's initial response to the racist violence in charlottesville, virginia. >> if you are going to barack with him resign.

stuff looekd eaked. if you find it unacceptable resign. >> who? >> gary cohen and other people. if you don't like what he is doing, and you don't agreen with it, you have an obligation to resign. >> quick reminder here, after the president's response to charlottesville, gary cohen who is jewish was under pressure to speak out or even receive sign. sources say that he is committed to staying at this white house, at least through the initial phases, of tax reform. >> nancy cordes, here is steve bannon on some folks you cover on capitol hill. >> the republican establishment, is trying to nullify the 2016 election. that is a brutal fact. >> the republican establishment. >> republican establishment. >> wants to nullify the 2016 election. >> absolutely. >> who? >> i think, mitch mcconnell, to a degree, paul ryan that if do not want donald trump's populist, economic, nationalist agenda, to be implemented. it's very obvious. >> what was the reaction to that

on the hill, nancy? >> well there was some disgust, frankly. anthony from republicans who say look here is a guy who was a lightning rod in the white house. who has the not been shy about breaking with the president. on certain, use. and yet, who seems to deem every other republican insufficiently loyal to the president, when they do the same. beyond his criticism, however, what really bothers republicans is he reiterated in the interview he plans to work to unseat senate republican income benlt incumbents from arizona, alabama, perhaps others that will force the gop to spend more money protecting incumbents as one top gop aide put it today, anthony, every dollar that bannon puts into one of primaries a dolldollar, he is sg the democrats. >> bannon showed a lot, bombast, three weeks after leaving the

white house does he have influence? >> sure in some way he has more influence. back atop breitbart, hugely influential operation, millions of readers all could be donors. made it clear he is not afraid to speak his mind. and he also has the got, very close friends, who are wealthy and who would think nothing of spending millions of dollars on political primaries. >> nancy cordes at the capitol hill, julian na goldman at the white house, thank you both. >> up next, the children of 9/11, 16 years later. it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous. new tide pods child guard pack. helps keep your laundry pacs safe and your child safer. align, press and unzip. clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. but will it stop this teen from chugging hot sauce?

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anniversary of the attacks of september 11th, 2001. more than 3,000 people were killed that day. their children, now 16 years older. here is jim axelrod. >> reporter: while the rituals remain the same. ♪ how we keep 9/11 in our hearts and heads is still a work in progress. >> michael earnest -- not just because of the loved ones lost that day. because of the more than 3,000 children they left behind. >> and my father, christopher edward -- >> reporter: for years the kids had their stories told for them. now they're telling their own. dela delany, 3 years old on 9/11 lost her dad and two uncles. a documentary, we go higher, interviews 70 of these children. >> it is a healing process for us and for other people to see that, no matter what tragedy brings in their life, that you can write your own story. >> reporter: the story jillian

suarez is writing part tribute to her dad, nypd officer ramon suarez. just 9 when he was killed at ground zero hauchlt a. >> i missed 16 years of father's days. it is very hard. >> jillian is now 25. and soon to enter the police academy. to follow in her father's heroic footsteps. >> of i want to beep there if anybody need me. >> just like he was. >> just like he was. he never hesitated. i will never hesitate to help anybody either. >> reporter: it is how we remember, is a process that never stops evolving, so too is how the children of 9/11, inspire. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. 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. thank you for watching. >> announcer: this its the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm michelle miller. the remnants of hurricane irma continue to deliver, dark, welt misery from florida to alabama. and up through the carolinas. the storm's torrential rain is drenching the south and its powerful winds knocked out power. to more than 7 million homes. the storm surge has touched off flooding along the georgia coast, all the way up through charleston. but florida got the worst of it. vast stretches of the state are underwater. thousand of homes, schools, and businesses are either damaged or, destroyed. the u.s. navy and the national n the florida keys. and that's where elaine quijano begins our coverage.

the humanitarian crisis grows more urgent every hour, according to officials in parts of key largo where we are now where you can see some of that damage. and in parts south of key largo there is no power, no running water and no working sewer system. today we saw some of that firsthand. >> the first aerial view of devastation, the splintered homes and wind tossed boats were only matched by the scene on the ground. in the lower key areas, 10 miles east of irma's landfall, the brute force of 130 mile per hour winds and nearly 15 feet of surge, easily destroyed ocean side homes in marathon and in big pine key. some, like these two were still smoldering from a fire that burned them off to the ground. residents like mike, marine

reserve helping houston recover from harvey's floods, came back to find this. >> i have got the balls up. we can always rebuild it. and, but, hey, live on the ocean, you are going to have to -- take the chances. >> the national guard is conducting a door to door search for survivors in the hardest hit areas. residents who left are blocked from returning, and a dusk to dawn curfew is in effect. relief missions are also organizing -- disaster mortuary teams. went mile by mile trying to evaluate the roads and bridges. so far, half of the bridges have been deemed safe. but the department of defense have warned without power or water the 10,000 people who stayed may be forced to evacuate. those who stayed like ira concrete ventured out to find loved ones. >> when we were walking out, a neighbor about, a block up, he survived. because we talked to him on the way out.

>> governor rick scott, took an area view of the damage says recovery is a long way away. >> my heart goes out to the people in the keys. there is devastation. i've hope everybody survived. it's, it's horrible what we saw. >> reporter: uss lincoln off the coast of key west. two more navy carriers are on the way. they will be bringing in, relief supplies, to those hard hit areas. where they are desperately needed. jacksonville about as far from t keys you can get and be in the sunshine state. right now, city is grappling with historic flooding. jericka duncan is there. >> reporter: downtown jacksonville looks like this. today transformed into this. park monuments swallow by floodwaters because of record breaking storm surge. barreling in from st. john's river. >> about 3:00 in the afternoon. it is still very windy. most of the city its without power, you can hear security

alarms, going off. and, many of these businesses behind me, hotels, surrounded by -- water. officials said the situation will not get better, probably worse, because of high tide. people most at risk were told to leave wednesday. >> are you okay? >> more than 100 people were rescued from their home within two blocks. in st. john's county, south east of jacksonville, several properties could not with stand the over 80-mile-per-hour wind gusts that toppled this beach house. putting people like donna mount in danger. >> when did the tree fall down? >> probably, 3:30 this morning. we heard a bang. and, i opened the back door. and i thought my gosh it was just right on our deck here. >> reporter: the water where we are standing has receded.

over the last few hours, but officials warn, they expect the floodwaters to rise and to fall gradually, over the next several days. >> irma made second landfall in florida around naples. jonathan vigliatti is there. >> reporter: hurricane irma turned naples into sea of destruction plunging neighborhoods like this underwater after dropping nearly a foot of rain. some areas were flooded by 6 feet of storm surge. but far less, than the 12 to 18 feet predicted. the winds gusting to more than 140 miles per hour, were so punishing, this gas station was twisted into a pile of metal. the neighborhood took a beating. >> we are, quite amazed at all of the, major trees that are down. been through a couple hurricanes before. nothing like this experience. >> almost all of the county's 300,000 residents are without power. downed trees and power lines, barricaded streets.

and pose aid threat to homeowners anxious to see what is left. on marco island, the clean-up has begun. but the lack of electricity and water is slowing the process. farther east, the farming community, america's tomato capital turned into a flood zone. many residents like deborah estrada are migrant farmers who feel they have been left on their own. >> nobody is out here trying to help, water, anything. you know, they don't know if we need anything. >> most of the county has the dried out. just north here in bonita springs, that is a different case. this is one of many neighborhood, buried under self feet of water and blocked by downed trees. >> in the wake of hurricane irma reports of dramatic rescues. adriana diaz reports.

>> reporter: before sunrise, people atop rescue trucks thanked those who carried them to safety out of the floodwaters. barefoot children in blankets, escaped waist deep water with their only belongings in plastic bags. this puppy was found caged and alone in a house filling with water. and he cheered at the sight of first responders at his door. a fire and rescue team tried to convince his parents to leave. >> it's not safe to stay here. we can take you guys to a shelter. >> the answer was no. so crews marked the house as having three people still inside. >> i left because i know we needed food. we needed lights. and start getting hot in there. i was hoping convince my mother to leave. >> he tried by phone. >> once the electricity come back on it will be a hazard. >> afterward we checked in on his mother. >> you think he jumped ship? >> he did. it is okay. because the he was in the panic mode. he needed to leave. >> inside, family photos, hung above floodwaters. she says she still felt more

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this the cbs "overnight news." >> hillary clinton's new book hits store shelves this week, called, what happened? clinton described what happened to jane pauley for sunday morning. >> i'm wondering how are you? >> i think, i am good, but that doesn't mean that i am complacent or resolved about what happened. it still is very painful. it hurts a lot. >> him ear ra hillary rodham cl the last ten months trying to figure out why she isn't president of the united states. can we talk about election day? >> uh-huh. >> did you have any clue what

the outcome of that day would be? >> no. >> as the polls closed, clinton supporters gathered in a new york city convention center. expecting to see history being made. but as the returns came in, the celebratory mood began to fade. >> you know i just went into the bedroom. laid down on the bed. just thought okay i have to wait this out. but then, midnight, i decided, well, you know, looks like it is not going to work. >> reporter: after midnight she called donald trump. the president-elect. and then she called the white house. you called the president. >> i did. i felt like i had let everybody down. >> morning came. and the nation was waiting to hear from her. >> i had not drafted a concession speech. i had been working on -- a victory speech. >> our best days are still ahead of us.

>> reporter: then on what she thought would be her first day as president elect, hillary and bill clinton headed back home to chappaqua, new york. >> i just felt this enormous letdown. this kind of -- loss of, feeling and direction and sadness. and you know, bill just kept saying, you know, that was a terrific speech. trying to just kind of bolster me a little bit. off i've went into a frenzy of closet it cleaning, and long walks in the woods, and, and playing with my dogs, and, yoga, alternate nostril breathing which i recommend, trying to calm myself down. and, you know my share of charred n chardonay. a really hard transition. i struggled. i couldn't feel. i couldn't think. i was just, gob smacked, wiped out. >> reporter: weeks passed.

she couldn't remain in seclusion forever. >> after the first of the year i had a big decision to make. was i going to go to the inauguration. >> defeated candidates don't necessarily show up. but you are a former first lady. >> i am a former first lady. former presidents and first ladies show up. it's part of the demonstration of the continuity of our government. and, so there i was. on the platform, you know, feeling like an out-of-body experience, and, then his speech which was a cry from the white nationalist gut. >> this american carnage stops -- >> what an opportunity to say i am proud of my supporters, but i am the president of all americans. that's not what we heard at all. >> clinton had been so sure she would be the one giving that inaugural speech. >> you specifically baltimore this house for a reason. >> i did. >> this was to be --

>> well, i know a lot about what it takes to move a president. and i thought, i was going to win. >> of the clintons acquired the house next door to accommodate white house staff and security during a second clinton administration. >> doesn't it kind of haunt you that -- >> no, i am very happy we did it. >> at a dining room table in that house, she wrote about what happened. i couldn't get the job done. and i'll have to live with that for the rest of my life. >> reporter: so what did happen? hillary clinton was supposed to make history as the first woman president of the united states. >> i started the campaign knowing that i would have to work extra hard to make women nd men feel comfortable with the idea of a woman president. it doesn't fit into the -- the stereotypes we carry around in our head. and a lot of the sexism and the

mi mysogony was in service to these attitudes. you know, we really don't want a woman commander-in-chief. >> i will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. i tell you that. >> her opponent, real estate billionaire and reality tv star, donald trump. >> you're fired. >> a political novice, who had previously defeated 16, gop, primary challengers. >> we will make america great again. >> he was quite successful in referencing a -- a nostalgia that would give hope comfort settle grievances, for milling yu millions of people that were upset about gains made by others. >> millions of white people? >> millions of white people. yeah. awe th >> and then the russians. american intelligence began

picking up signals moscow was attempting to influence the election in trump's favor. both by hacking into democratic national committee e-mails by spreading false information online. >> the forces that were at work in 2016 were unlike anything that i have ever seen or read about. it was a perfect storm. >> i should have used two e-mails. >> reporter: but there were serious elf inflicted wound too. >> were there things had you not but for that might be the president. >> oh i think the, the most important of the mistakes i made was, using personal e-mail. >> i never sent or received any classified material. >> reporter: a stream of use the private e-mail server while secretary of state, never satisfied critics. or the press. >> i said it before. i will it again. that was my responsibility. it was, presented in such a -- such a negative way.

and i never could -- get out from under it. and it never stopped. not even -- the director of the fbi james comey. cleared her of any criminal charges. >> we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. >> adding a postscript that stopped. >> there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive highly classified information. >> i gotten know white what audience he was playing to, maybe some right-wing commentators, right-wing members of congress, whatever. >> the e-mail investigation appeared to be over. until late october. >> and then, the fbi investigation. with early voting, already under way in some states. traces of clinton's e-mails were on a home computer of the estranged husband of her close aide, huma abedin. anthony weiner the former congressman being investigated in a sexting scandal.

>> 11 days before eat election. and it raised the specter that somehow, the investigation was being reopened. it just stopped my momentum. now remember this too, jane, at the same time he does that, about a closed investigation, there its an open investigation into the trump campaign and their connections with russia. you never hear a word about it. when asked, later he goes well it was too close to the election. help me make sense of that. i can't understand it. >> no improprieties were discovered. but clinton believes comey's 11th hour intrusion cost her the election. and then there was the harm she believes was done by bernie sanders. her fiery populist primary opponent. >> she has given speeches on wall street. >> she writes, his attacks caused lasting dachlage. making it harder to unify progressives in the general election. and paving the way for trump's

crooked hillary campaign. >> she is crooked, folks. crooked as a $3 bill. >> you can see jane's full report on our website. cbs news.com.

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john blackstone has the story. headphones and ear bud transformed the way we listen to music. now, the tech industry wants to do the same for how the hearing impaired hear the world. >> it's been a very difficult experience for me. >> reporter: she has worn hearing aids since she was 2 1/2 years old. her devices today are small and hidden. but that doesn't mean the sig na has disappeared. >> you wear glasses, socially acceptable. may have five, six pairs. fashion statement. why can't hearing technology be that way. >> reporter: lou work for doppler labs, a san francisco startup that hopes to market a version of its $300 hear one ear buds as alternative to standard prescription hearing aids that cost thousand. >> this industry is going to be disrupted the question is by who. this is for your left ear. >> noah craft, ceo, co-founder of doppler labs says ear bud are not just for those with hearing loss. they can be used to stream

music, answer calls and raise or lower sound around you. in a demonstration room made to sound look a noisy restaurant. >> can we really turn up the restaurant? >> craft sthoed howed me how ea and smart phone app can help any one hear better. off awe amplifying and my speech, what a earring aid could do. >> these could be hearing aids. >> you got it. >> awedy sampler, sim lates what it sound like on an airplane when the knnoise filter is act vagt activated. doppler's product is sold in select stores and on line as wireless ear buds, not as a hearing aid. but that could soon change. in august, the senate passioned a measure that will allow companies like doppler to market devices directly to people with mild to moderate hearing loss. no prescription needed. >> what this legislation does

opens the market to neleaders t say we are looking at problems differently. >> roughly 40 million adults in the u.s. suffer from some hearing loss. in a study earlier this year, researchers at johns hopkins found the rates may double by 2060. >> you are going to need hearing aids. >> an audiologist wants more people with hearing loss to get help, weres reself diagnosing might in some cases, mask a bigger problem. >> there are many diseases that create hearing loss. and they could be medically or surgically manageable. by just going, and getting a hearing aid, you will -- neglect that. >> dp doppler isn't the only company that sees huge market potential of a handful of others introduced similar audio enhancing gadgets a. >> everybody's need are different. can you match them with the over the counter product. >> we can do it better. i say that with confidence. >> they help that for those with hearing loss, high-tech ear buds will not just bring sound, but

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>> millions of people in florida face the task of cleaning up after hurricane irma. to see what is a head of them. they need to look no further than houston. city is picking up the pieces from hurricane harvey. we checked in on the recovery efforts there. >> everything is bigger in texas. including, the clean-up. more than two weeks after harvey flooded the texas gulf coast, thousand of houston residents are still picking up the mess the storm left behind. >> pat arthur was rescued by a boat. his home couldn't escape the storm. everything is going. 23 years worth of memories now thrown into a pile in the front yard, ready for the land fill.

>> we are going to stay for a while. first thing you do is you cut it at 4 foot. and pull the sheet rock out. >> it was still raining outside when mike greg started gugt his home. everything soaked by the 2 feet of water had to be removed. and thrown away. >> everyone is fine. everyone is healthy. and i have a big support system. >> but the hardest thing for mike to get rid of was his wife's piano. >> it was very valuable to me. >> of it was the last thing they splurged on together before starting their family. >> it's okay. it's okay. no it's okay. >> reporter: for edward zilton's clean-up crews, the amount of debris seemed endless. >> i've been here for the last two storms. and this one is actually a total catastrophe. it really is. >> each truck holds nine tons of debris. the crews fill up roughly 2 trucks in a day. clean-up is expected several

months. >> this is my house underwater. >> harvey submerged, sandra carasco's home in 10 feet of water. she lost everything. and days after the storm, the mother of two says, she hadn't seen a government of a jaens or relief group drive down her street. >> do you feel like they're forgetting you? >> yes, i honestly do. >> reporter: like many people here, sandra and her family didn't wait for help. when we caught up with her this past week, her home was already cleared out. is get the things done. get it done now. >> while national attention shifts to mother nature aech latest wrath, irma, the houston may yorp says there is a lot of work to do. >> the cameras are going to move on. people are going to move on. attention is going to move on. but of the people that are directly impacted they don't move on. they are left, in the possession of having to recover. >> that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you the news

continues. for others, check back a a bit for others, check back a a bit later for the morning it's tuesday, september 12th, 2017. this is the cbs morning news. path of destruction. irma leaves behind downed power lines and millions of homes still without power. >> i've never seen one this big, this wide that in essence covers up the entire state of florida. >> and for many trying to make it back home, the trouble is finding gas. many stations running on e.