>> brendon cox.

>> these groups have always existed but never had a recruiter, recruiting sergeant like the president of the u.s. before. it makes legitimate the type of hatred that they breed. >> and anthony, the criticism from the highest levels of the government here was blunt as well. the prime minister spokesman simply said it is wrong for the president to have done this. >> mark phillips in london. thanks. for two months people in tampa florida were living in fear as a suspected serial killer targeted residents at random. last night, the police made an arrest. young man they stay purchase aid handgun, used in at least three of the killings. two days before they began. manuel bojorquez is in tampa. >> victims relatives embraced after tampa police chief announced the arrest that eluded investigator for 58 days. >> i assure you this is the man who did this. >> police arrested 24-year-old

howell donaldson at this mcdonald's in ibor city after a handgun in a food bag. >> he admitted he owned the gun but did not admit to murders. >> police say donaldson, terrorized the seminole heights neighborhood of tampa killing four people since october. benjamin mitchell, monica hoffa, anthony nauboa. and officers flooded streets with few clues except the surveillance video. investigator stays they found a hoody similar to the one seen here in donaldson's car. what still confounds police and people here is lack of a clear motive. for monica hoffa avenue uncle, robert, relief over the arrest is enough for now. >> having somebody sit on your chest for 51 days and you are not breathing. and this 52nd day you took your first breath of air. >> reporter: police say donaldson did not live in the

seminole heights neighborhood and at this point has no connection here. tonight residents say they will sleep well for the first time in nearly two months. anthony. >> manuel bojorquez in tampa, thank you. manny. at a news conference, paula read asked attorney general jeff sessions about his department's civil rights priorities. her question seemed to touch a nerve. paula, what happened? >> anthony, i tried to ask attorney general jeff sessions about the justice department investigation into harvard university's use of race in admissions at issue whether the elite school discriminates against asian-american students by holding them to higher standard than other applicants. letters we obtained showed civil rights investigators determined the school its out of compliance with federal law. former justice officials tell me this kind of investigation is unprecedented. the letters also indicate harvard is refusing to hand over documents and gone so far as to challenge the department's authority to investigate. the justice department has threatened to sue the university if it does not cooperate.

now none of this should have come as a surprise to the attorney general or his staff. but when i brought it up here's what happened. >> mr. attorney general, your civil rights department for the most part has not done many investigations into systemic racial discrimination. but you are currently investigating? this is the attorney general of the united states, understand you are doing your job. i am doing mine too. your civil rights investigation is investigating harvard university for possible civil rights violations related to affirmative action, possibly discriminating against asian americans and white students. why is this a priority for your department? >> why can't he answer that though? >> is this a conversation about opioid policies. >> he was able to ask about alabama, sanctuary cities. why can't i ask about this? >> justice department reporters, we regularly ask about ongoing investigations, and mr. sessions staff repeatedly declooines to comment. not allow the attorney general to deal with direct question in

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finally tonight, two frenchmen were determined not to miss their flight. in theory their stunt was quite simple. all fred fugan and vince furgette had to do was strap on a wing suit and leap from a 13,000 foot mountain in the swiss alps and fly into the open door of a light plane. >> turns out, it's not so easy. every near miss meant gliding back to earth, and starting all over. working with red bull they practiced the stunt more than 100 times. until they go out, just right. with their man made wings, they soared down the mountain, head first. the plane dove after them sleg -- sleg to 85 miles an hour. suddenly the target was in sight. rufette went first, not the most graceful landing but two cares.

fugan was next. he nailed it. >> whoa! >> ah! and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back 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 is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm tony dokoupil. there will be no tomorrow for the long-time host of the "today" show. matt lauer is out. fired amid accusations of sexual misconduct with a co-worker at nbc. lauer is the latest celebrities who sudden downfall came after allegations of harassment. our correspondent reports. >> welcome to "today" and hoda is here with me this morning, a sad morning here at today and nbc news. >> a visibly shaken savannah guthrie broke the news only moments after learning it herself.

her co-host, matt lauer had been fired over allegations of sexual misconduct. >> you know for the moment all we can say is that we are heartbroken. >> nbc chairman andy lack made the decision after an hour long meeting with an nbc staffer and her attorney where she detailed egregious acts of sexual harassment and misconduct through 2014. later this afternoon both "the new york times" and variety magazine reported the incidents with the staffer began at the sochi olympics. they go on to report additional cases of sexual misconduct by lauer including exposing himself and sending explicit text messages. nbc reported today, because of the seriousness of the accusations, together with information that it may not be an isolated incident, nbc decided to terminate lauer's contract. >> nbc is absolutely reeling. >> media reporter broke the story for "the new york times." >> you really can't understate how big a deal this is for nbc.

today is the franchise. matt lauer is their biggest star. it finances a lot of their news division. >> i have a sickening feeling of deja vu. >> just last week, cbs this morning, co-host, charlie rose was fired. after "the washington post" revealed eight allegations of sexual misconduct at his pbs sponsored talk show. cbs news independently identified four women at cbs who also say rose acted inappropriately. >> we are very excited to be celebrating you, matt. >> lauer, a 59-year-old married father of three was the longest standing co-host at the today show. he recently sat down with former fox anchor bill o'reilly himself accused of sexual harassment. >> you were the guy that the ratings and the revenues were built on, you carried that network on your shoulders. >> what makes it even more surreal that both men, matt lauer in particular, covered this very topic, that led to their firing. >> and that footage now will, will wallpaper the coverage. that's legacy is cooked. on capitol hill the u.s.

congress grapples with sexual harassment troubles. nancy cordes reports. >> democrat john conyers, leaving d.c. in the middle of the workweek. >> he is at home with his family. they are discussing the allegations. >> reporter: colleagues in the congressional black caucus say it is not their police to urge the veteran law make tire resign over claims that he propositioned staffers. >> we think that is a decision for he and his family and his constituents. to make. >> the house did vote today to belatedly require anti-harassment training. for members and their aide.

>> resolution agreed to. >> there is also a bipartisan push to prevent lawmakers from losing government funds to settle with accusers. as conyers did. >> if you are somebody in power, you can misbehave, the taxpayer will bail you out. house speaker paul ryan said he isn't informed when members pay off victims. some female law makers like new york's kathleen rice have begun to ask why elected officials aren't being drummed out like private sector counterparts. >> you see the actions that cbs, nbc take when there are allegations against well known men in positions of power. we don't do the same. it's a disgrace. some british law makers want mr. trump barred from the country. mark phillips has details from london. >> reporter: she is an admitted agitator from the far right anti-immigrant fringe of british

politics who has been convicted of religious hate crimes. and provoking muslims where they live is what she does. >> take over -- >> now donald trump has done jada francin a huge favor. >> good day for you? >> very good indeed. >> early this morning the president retweeted three old largely discredited videos francin had dug up. one her britain first party claims, shows extremists throwing somebody off a roof. turned out fight between rival political factions in egypt and a crime for which perpetrators were sentenced to death. another show, jihadist fighter destroying a christian statue.

third claimed to show an islamic immigrant in the netherlands attacking a dutch boy on crutches. turns out both the attacker and victim were born and bred in holland. the content of the videos is suspect, the message is clear. >> i think the issue here that we need to hone in on, is that islam threatened the world for far too long. >> that said white house spokesperson, sarah huckabee sanders is why the president did what he did. >> whether it is a real video, threat is real. and that is what the president is talking about. >> francin could not have a better promoter than donald trump. she is seen by 60,000 followers, the president's retweets increased her audience to 40 million. no wonder she wrote, god bless trump and thanks. >> others were furious including the husband of joe cox, the british member of parliament, murdered last year by a man shouting, britain first. >> brendon cox. >> these groups have always existed but never had a recruiter, recruiting sergeant like the president of the u.s. before. it makes legitimate the type of hatred that they breed. people in tampa are breathing a sigh of relief. four people were gunned down

over two months. although the suspect is behind bars, investigators still don't have a motive. manuel bojorquez reports. >> victims relatives embraced after tampa police chief announced the arrest that eluded investigator for 58 days. >> i assure you this is the man who did this. >> police arrested 24-year-old howell donaldson at this mcdonald's in ibor city after an employee alerted them to a handgun in a food bag. >> he admitted he owned the gun but did not admit to murders. >> police say donaldson, terrorized the seminole heights neighborhood of tampa killing four people since october. benjamin mitchell, monica hoffa, anthony nauboa. and officers flooded streets with few clues except the surveillance video.

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it is illegal to fly a drone within five miles of an airport. but, people continue to do it anyway. the faa has received an average of 250 reports of drones near airports every month this year. that's up from about 159 last year. in a new study by the faa shows that if a drone hits a plane, it can be catastrophic. much worse than a bird strike. kris van cleave has details. >> this researcher used computer simulations to confirm what many in the aviation industry long suspected. drones even small ones can present a real threat to aircraft. because the they're made of dense plastic, metal components. batteries.

cameras. packs a bigger punch than a bird. bird strikes shut down engines on miracle on the hudson flight. the los angeles police department depend on its helicopters to get on scene fast. >> 16, 18. working something near glendale. >> and be the eyes in the sky. they fly fast and low. which has kevin cook always looking out for drones. >> we had a drone. now, 5,500 pound of aircraft. 130 gallons of jet petroleum. coming down into a residential neighborhood. >> in august 2015, a drone came within 50 feet of a helicopter, circling searching. the pilot dove to avoid a collision. the drone operator, pleaded no contest to obstructing an officer. a drone hit the army helicopter over staten island, damaging rotor and windshield earlier this year. the chopper made an emergency landing. last weekend this man arrested for allegedly dropping leaflets from his drone over the crowd. video from youtube shows practice drops. stadium in the flight path of

san jose airport. despite rules against flying drones in times square. this one crashed right into a building. these newly released animations show just how dangerous a drone strike scan be to a passenger plane. here, a drone slams into a jet engine. snapping its blades and lakely rendering it useless. another shows poe ten sthal damage to the tail section. the damage was found to be consistently worse than if a bird of the same weight hit a plane. and bird strikes can do plenty of damage. a retired airline captain. he worries most about a low altitude collision. >> the danger becomes when -- when air craft are close to the ground during takeoff and landings. >> researchers looked at the batteries that power drones. tended to shatter in high speed collision. if they didn't remain intact, batteries tended to heat up. researchers worried could be a fire danger if the drone became lodged. drones are not to fly above 400

feet or five miles of airport. >> overseas, two americans are victims of the same mysterious sonic attack launched against the u.s. embassy in cuba. this time target was the u.s. embassy in uzbekistan. and fingers are pointing at russia. steve dorsey has the story. >> the incident in uzbekistan involves a u.s. aid officer and his wife. a u.s. government source familiar with the matter tells cbs news the two americans reported affects similar to victims in cuba. the husband and wife were flown out of uzbekistan's capital by the state department for evaluation according to a source. their medical condition 'tis unclear. two security sources say russia may be involved in the incident. in the sonic attacks in cuba. russians have means, motive. opportunity. foreign policy official says russian president vladamir putin has been trying to exert his nation's in flew aens broad. >> seems this all began around the same time that president

obama expelled 35 russian diplomats because of russia's interference in election. victims of at take in cuba, describe a loud, high pitch sound in usual places in their homes. associated press obtained this recording. two dozen confirmed victims face a range of health issues including hearing loss and mild traumatic brain damage. in american tourist staying at hotel capri in 2014 suspects he suffered a sonic attack and described the sensation. >> went from the tip of my toes, through the toes, done through the, the, arch of my foot, and, and, up to my ankles. and i could feel, a little built in my fingertips. >> when asked about the latest case in uzbekistan, the state department told cbs news we ensure our personnel are examined and receive appropriate treatment. following our report, spokeswoman heather nauert tweeted. >> there was not an interest on

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famous dad. paul. but she is making quite a name for herself. next week honored for innovation at british fashion awards in london. elena cho has her story. buckingham palace, 2013. stella mccartney, daughter of music royalty. yes her father is sir paul, was recognized as fashion royalty. >> very lucky to get the queen i have to say. some days you don't get the queen. yeah, i got the queen. >> queen elizabeth herself. honored still la with an obe, an officer of the order of the british empire. >> i go up. she goes, i just, had done the 2012 olympic games. drop the mike on that. and, and, the queen looks at me and says, so, you seem very busy. i was like, oh, my god i was not expecting the queen of england to say i was busy. i said not quite as busy as you, ma'am. >> hard to believe if you saw mccartney in the final moments before her most recent runway

show. the venue couldn't have been more glamorous. the opera house in paris. for fashion this event is the super bowl and world series, combined. still amidst the chaos, stella wanted her time to remember all you need is love. >> my adrenaline is going. can't imagine. you seem pretty zen. >> i am fine. stella mccartney. try not to take ourselves too seriously. you know, having said that it is pretty stressful and crazy. so, don't believe anything i just said. >> international fashion critics were shoulder to shoulder with the world's most important retailers. and stella's celebrity friends. there is stella's husband, also in fashion. and jerry and jessica seinfeld

were in the crowd too. though the comedienne wasn't there for the clothes. >> i like the walking, yeah, i like the walking. >> reporter: a little more than just walking of course. this representatives, months and months of work. for a show that lasted minutes. >> you can always do better. it is never finished. >> a work ethic passed down from her parents. >> we would go back a little bit. >> where you play the long and winding road. plant that little seed in that moment. ♪ the long and winding road . stella's mom. linda was an american photographer and musician. she and paul. both vegetarian raised their family in london. and on an organic farm in the countryside. you love a horse. >> love a horse.

>> she was also raised on the road. where her parents toured post beatles in the band wings. >> band on the run. >> there were stage outfits. my mom's thigh high flittery boots. and the other side was knit wear, or corduroy krouzers, jeans, horse riding. >> the example of the knit wear in scotland. >> mccartney was inspired by the father's classic tailored look and unconventional life her parents led. >> at what point did you realize, my parents are famous. >> i think i always knew it. but it was just the norm. you know, this kind of mad, upbringing where one minute you are hanging out with michael jackson. next men out back on a horse in a field. or getting on the school bus. >> she studied design at one of the world's prestigious fashion schools. but didn't let on that her father was a beatle. >> when you entered central ain't martins you did not enroll

as stella mccartney. >> i was stella martin. always aware that i wanted to try to do things on my own merit. otherwise you are insecure. you spend your career trying to think did i get this because of that. or happen because of this. you get to a certain stage you want to walk in with a clean slate, no baggage or heritage to, a certain extent. >> it wasn't always easy. especially at first. in 1997, at age 25, stella was named creative director of the french fashion house chloe. the industry was skeptical to say the least. some, like designer karl lagerfeld, held the same title at chloe years before. aired his doubts in public. >> you know what he said, obviously. >> you will tell me. >> should have taken a famous name. they did in music, not in fashion. i remember when he said that. look, that was just like

amazing. karl is uttering my name. i was naive. i think that, naivete served me well. i just designed. thought nobody is going to know. nobody will watch this. let me do what i would instinctively do. >> it worked. under stella's direction, sales at chloe quadrupled. and in 2001, she launched her own label. her name is now, on everything from perfume to sunglasses to platform shoes. and this is her famous handbag. it looks like leather. it's not. coated canvas. vegetable oil coating on top of it. >> you never once used leather or fur. >> interesting is our fact fur. i do look at my upbringing and enabled me not to have to compromise. >> stilla mccartney says fashion is one of the least environmentally friendly industries in the world. she wants to change that.

>> a cheap price on an animal's life in the fashion industry. here to suggest maybe it is broke. needs fixing. >> wouldn't it be much easier to use leather or fur. >> yes, it would. would be much easier. be a much bigger company if we did so. you know what. life is too short. i love the challenge. >> she worked closely with tech companies to develop new fabrics. like man made silk. materials made from ocean baste. for me that is the future of everything. >> it is fashion. with a conscience. and it all comes back to how she was raised. stella's mom was able to see her daughter's first show at chloe and then died from breast cancer, not long after, in 1998. >> what do you think she would say about your success now? >> you know, i think she would want me to be happy and healthy. but i think end of the day. because she is a mommy and i am her baby, i think she would want to make sure that i was doing okay. >> your dad seems to think it is really pretty great doesn't he?

>> yeah, i think he is very proud. i think ultimately as a

>> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music]

uber is planning to drive 25,000 self driving cars from volvo in 2019. new york's governor wants to bring self driving cars to the big apple sooner. but is the city ready? here is transportation correspondent, kris van cleave. mix millions of cars, pedestrians, bicyclists, delivery trucks, and you get manhattan driving. at its best unpredictable. at worst chaos. for today's self-driving cars, mixture might be too much. >> so this is flagging traffic here. right now, that would confuse, the current generation of the

self driving cars. >> yeah, not there yet. because they're not. the brain isn't as advanced to understand what that person is doing. >> we drove the city streets with brad sturtz from audi working on autonomous driving over a decade. with the self driving car of the future predict that guy is going to swing into my lane. >> not predict. you would have seen him start to edge over. would have backed off a little bit. >> he thinks it could be 2035 before self driving cars are common in new york city. governor andrew cuomo wants autonomous vehicles to got a big apple test drive next year. mayor bill de blasio said not so fast. >> don't like it. mistake. creates a danger. >> self driving cars use sensors to detect surroundings and programmed to follow laws. a dense city environment might overwhelm technology. >> if it weren't for humans. >> the former new york city traffic commissioner.

>> two things that autonomous vehicles have not figured out yet are what pedestrian as but to do what are bicycle ride ears but to do. >> this is one vision of how self driving cars could work in manhattan. dedicated autonomous thoroughfares leading into the city cutting across town. potentially allowing some roads to go unused and become green space. john meier from design firm, edg, entered the idea into a contest organized by new york city. >> getting pedestrians and drivers out of way. allows true efficiency. >> efficiency will require time. upgraded infrastructure, smarter, self driving cars, and, patience. in a city, not known for it. kris van cleave, cbs news, new york. i'll take it if it helps the traffic. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news, and you don't

want to miss cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. i'm tony dokoupil. captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, november 30th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump retweets a british group's anti-muslim videos and offers some advice to prime minister theresa may. a sexual conduct scandal hits nbc, leaving the company to fire longtime tv host matt lauer and now more women are coming forward with allegations. and holiday crisis. a scheduling snafu could have travelers booked on american