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accused of sexual misconduct. according to "the wall street journal," a number of women say winn harassed or assaulted them, and in one case led to a settlement. winn denied accusations but said they make it impossible to effectively run his business. technology tug-of-war is playing out in a san francisco courtroom. uber accused of stealing trade secrets from google's self driving car company, waymo. john black stone. >> reporter: a chauffeured driven suv. >> resigned as uber, ceo, last june, star witness in a trial that could shape the self-driving car industry. >> google against uber for futures. a case about domination of, future hugely important area of technology. >> google, developing
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self-driving vehicles since 2009 is claiming uber stole trade secrets to advance its own driverless cars. secrets so sensitive, they have been revealed only to the jury. he built uber into the dominant ride sharing company while building his own reputation as a fierce and volatile competitor. each fighting with an uber driver. >> everything. >> in an e-mail. >> an image accentuated in a remarkable moment in court today showing the jury a famous michael douglas speech, from the movie "wall street." >> the point is, ladies and gentlemen, that, greed for lack of a better word, is good. >> reporter: greed, google contend led him to hire a former google engineer who stole google's self-driving trade secrets. uber said it used only technology that is common knowledge. t >> it comes done to what
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particular information did they use? should they have realized the engineer from google obtained it in violation of the law? >> a loss in court here could cost uber more than $1 billion. but this case shows the the two tech industry giants are certain there are many more billions to be made, building self-driving cars. jeff. >> john black stone. thank you. now to some other stories in our evening news feed. a car on autopilot has become the fastest ever. the tesla roadster, listed on the spacex falcon heavy rocket should top out at 26,000 miles an hour. ceo elon musk post aid photo showing the car and starman headed toward the asteroid belt, between mars and jupiter. musk was brought down when spacex posted a $2 billion loss for 2017. seven people killed in a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in taiwan.
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dozens trapped in buildings left tilting in danl jer ger of coll. hit again today by powerful aftershock. a skeleton, cheddar man had dark skin and blue eyes. discovered in 1903, in the town where cheddar cheese was invented. suggested europeans, developed pale skin centuries later than previously thought. >> a program in boston is turning a patient's living room into a hospital room. >> i am feeling better today. ♪ well i was born in a small town ♪ >> songwriter's hall of fame, welcomes the class of 2018. ♪ little pink houses for you and me ♪ ♪ ♪ she played carnegie hall three times before her 15th birthday. that's not even the most impressive thing about emma yang. >> emma yang. >> emma yang. [ applause ] try degree ultraclear black + white
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>> a trillion dollars a year spent on hospital care. about a third of all health care costs in the u.s. but is it possible patients could get better, less expensive care at home? here is dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: dr. david lavine and nurse kim t tichltierny are a house call, treating fill ills petrocelli for pneumonia in her living room next to husband augie and dog max. >> still crack snlg. >> -- still crackling? >> a little better. >> reporter: patients are sent home following an er visit. one goal, control costs without sacrificing quality. >> much better.
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>> at first she was skeptical. >> old school. sick, you go to the hospital. you stay there. you don't go home. you don't have the doctor come to the house anymore. >> reporter: there are daily visits and remote monitoring from a skin patch. >> it monitors my signs to the doctor. >> heart rate. 76. breathing 30. taking 30 states. >> reporter: home stays have the same level of care as those in the hospital. at about half the cost. doctors ordered far fewer blood tests and scans. >> by moving people to their home, we automatically are able to customize a lot of what they need and tailor tight them. that's part of the place that we see a lot of cost savings. >> reporter: home patients walk ten times more than in the hospital. >> i think i healed so fast. i wasn't just laying. >> because patients are moving more at home they're going to be able to preserve their strength
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and end up better off afterwards. >> reporter: it looks like the home patients do better after discharge. new data show fewer readmission to the hospital at 30 dates. there may be benefits beyond the cost savings, better sleep, less chance of catching something from the hospital patient just a curtain away. >> fascinating concept, jon. seems to be possibly where health care is heading right? >> yeah, i am excited about it. given how expensive health care is, a great idea. >> jon lapook, thank you very much. i've gotta say, i love the new place. oh thanks. yeah, i took your advice and had geico help with renters insurance- it was really easy. easy. that'd be nice. phone: for help with chairs, say "chair." phone: for help with bookcases, say "bookcase." bookcase. i thought this was the dresser? isn't that the bed? phone: i'm sorry, i didn't understand. phone: for help with chairs, say "chair." does this mean we're not going out? book-case. see how easy renters insurance can be
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♪ little diddy about jack and diane ♪ >> that little diddy was one 22 top 40 hits for john mel encamp. just named to the songwriters hall of fame. the rest of the class of 18, jermaine dupris, alley willis, alan jackson, bill anderson, steve dorff and kool & the gang. ♪ celebrate good times come on >> reporter: every year, gerber selects a spokes baby from thousand of photos submit by proud parents. this year, 18-month-old lucas warren of georgia, he has down syndrome. and brought reactions from parents. in a puddle of tears over here, this little guy is beyond
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we end here tonight with an amazing young girl and her equally amazing invention that could change the lives of people with alzheimers. here is jim axel? rod. ♪ listen to emma yang play the piano, no surprise she played carnegie hall three times before she was in high school. but her piano skills may take a back seat to her computer skills. >> i started when i was 6. >> you were 6.
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>> when you were 6 you started coding? >> yes. >> four years later, emma's grandmother in hong kong started developing alzheimers. >> when i am on the phone sunny will ask me the same question over and over. have you eataten? >> reporter: with her ability to code. emma had the skill set to deal. >> one of the big things i love about active developing coding, it's really empowered me to do something to help her. even if she is still declining she can still stay connected with me. >> reporter: emma developed timeless, an app using facial recognition technology to remind people with alzheimers who they're talking to or looking at when sent a picture. or whether they just called someone, they're about to dial again. >> you can take a picture of you. and it will recognize it through timeless. >> so that says, my name. friend. >> yeah. >> so if you needed some help, and identifying me, there it is. that's so cool. >> yeah.
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>> it is the chief technology officer. they provide the facial recognition software. >> for some one to have the drive at that age is remarkable. >> easy, accessible and convenient. this can have the opportunity to help every single person with alzheimers. >> reporter: if you are not impressed well bill gates certainly is. >> that is a tweet from bill gates. >> emma hopes to launch timeless this summer. after that. tenth grade should be a breeze. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. that is 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 jeff glor. ♪ ♪
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this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm jericka duncan. there has been a legislative breakthrough in taukds aimed at averting a government shutdown at midnight tonight. the senate reached an agreement on a two year $400 billion budget deal. include big increases for military and domestic spending. president trump says he likes it. nancy cordes reports. >> i am pleased to announce. >> reporter: the agreement directs relief off to all corners from a cash-strapped military to storm-ravaged states. >> this bill its the project of negotiations. >> reporter: it addresses several looming crises. funding the government and
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raising federal budget caps with two years with the increase divided equally between defense and domestic spending. the bill lifts the nation's debt ceiling for a year. and allocate $90 billion in emergency fund for areas hit by hurricanes and wildfires. >> the best deal we can get. pthe main thing is the mil terry. >> reporter: gop leaders are facing a conservative uprising as budget hawks balk at the new funding demanded by democrats. >> this is a debt junkie's dream. >> reporter: that its not the only wrinkle. >> this package can not have my support. >> reporter: nancy pelosi is holding out for a promise from the house speaker on immigration. >> give us a vote. >> reporter: she commanded the house floor. for more than eight hours today, reading letters from so-called dreamers. >> i tried my hardest to fit in.
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i learned english quickly. and dropped my spanish accent. she set a house record and earned applause from democrats. the question now, will they follow her lead? >> this is a moral issue. for many of us. >> reporter: you are holding out for a promise? >> wait and see what they have to offer? was and pentagon officials are praising president trump's request for a massive military parade through the streets of washington, d.c. will it include tanks and missiles and marching bands like they do in north korea? david martin has details. >> reporter: everybody loves a parade the saying goes. and no one more than president trump. he was wowed last summer by the annual french military parade. >> one of the greatest parade i have ever seen. it was two hours. and it was military might. >> he told the french president he wanted a parade of his own only bigger. >> we may do something like that
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on july 4th in washington, down pennsylvania avenue. i don't know we will have to try to top it. >> planning has now begun for what would be the first military parade in the nation's capital since the end of the first gulf war in 1991. the last time the u.s. could unequivocally declare victory. that cost $12 million. but with no new victories to celebrate and troops still in combat, several democratic senators said another arrayed would be inappropriate and wasteful. defense secretary mattis said this parade would be a show of appreciation. >> i think we are all aware in this country of the president's affection and respect for the military. we have been, putting together some options, we'll send them up to the white house, for decision. >> reporter: north korea about to hold its army day parade and these satellite photos show 13,000 soldiers and 150 vehicles preparing.
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would president trump insist his parade be bigger, republican senator lindsay graham hopes not. >> the idea of saying thank you through a parade makes sense. the idea of showing muscle through a parade high thing is counter to what we are afwut and would actually be a sign of weakness not strength. opening ceremonies for the olympics in south korea get under way in 36 hours. and they sent a large contingent and kim jong-un's sister. is there a diplomatic thaw. mike pence threw cold walter on the idea. announcing sanctions. ben tracy its at the site of the games.
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>> reporter: younger sister of kim jong-un is heading to the olympics. kim jong is an adviser, not clear if she is being sent to deliver a message. north korea expert. jeffrey lewis. >> we will look at who is with her, what she does and what she says. we don't have an enormous amount of detail about what her role is. >> reporter: because of her influence, they call her the -- north's ivanka trump. she would be the first member of the ruling family to cross the border. she may not receive a warm welcome. protesters have been greeting the members of the north's more than 500-person delegation. they're angry that kim jong-un's regime is participating in the olympics and stealing the spotlight. vice president mike pence is attending the opening ceremony to counter what he views as propaganda. >> we will not allow, north korea to hijack the message of the olympic games. at his stop in toek -- in tokyo, he announced new but unspecified sanctions on north korea. it could complicate the efforts of south korea to engage kim jong-un's regime. experts say sending his sister is a sign of what he is thinking. >> north korea's government is a
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family affair. run by the kim family. so to send a senior, important member of the family to the olympics is a sign that government is taking this very seriously. space x founder, elon musk said his cherry red tesla is on the way to the belt between jupiter and mars. cargo on the falcon heavy rocket. which is also a new leader in the space race. manuel bojorquez explains. >> two, one. >> reporter: the falcon heavy 27 engines lifted the rocket off the same launch pad used by apolo 11. [ cheers and applause ] the successful launch of the world's most powerful rocket was received with jubilation among space x employees. but ceoelon musk described a different kind of relief. >> i had this image of just a giant explosion on the pad with of a wheel bouncing down the road. >> the launch was a near perfect
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display of the type of capabilities space x is known for. falcon heavy's three rocket boosters detached. eight minutes after launch two safely landed back on earth touching down side by side. >> and the falcon has landed. >> the big reveal, musk's tesla roadster with a dummy, starman at the wheel, with the awe inspiring backdrop planet earth. the music of david bowie's "life on mars" playing on a loop. >> that was epic. i guess, probably, most exciting thing i have ever seen. >> musk says the steks stop for starman and his roadster is a trip through the asteroid belt. in case they should stumble upon any one. musk post aid message. that read. made on earth by humans. >> kind of silly and fun. silly fun things are important. be out there in deep space, maybe millions, millions of
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las vegas casinos are famous for gambling pits and glitzy shows, but people who frequent the strip can talk endlessly about extravagant buffets. it is all you can eat. but when the crowd lead most leftover food is thrown into the trash. one hotel chain is changing that, embracing technology to get their uneaten food to the people who need it most. john blackstone explains. >> reporter: in las vegas, that most visitors seeing is glittering, opulent, a city where there seems to be more than enough of everything. especially, food. a lavish banquet room at.
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aria, away from the vegas strip. >> the dining room at catholic schar t charities serves those who don't have enough food. >> we serve a free meal to anyone who need it. there is probably more food consumed in las vegas per capita than any other place in the world. and here we serve 1,000 people every day in this kitchen. numbers fran like are astounding. >> reporter: since 2007, much of the leftover food from mgm, las vegas hotels has been used to feed pigs. yama sadiki is vice president of sustainability of mgm resorts. >> better use is to feed people. >> reporter: there are challenges? >> the process is complicated. we think it is something were lt figuring out. >> reporter: complicated because food safety regulations require
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leftover banquet food to be delivered immediately for safe consumption. but now, mgm resorts has found a way to keep their excess food safe for much longer. >> as soon as a banquet is finished. food prepared but not served is transferred and loaded on to a truck from three square, a las vegas food bank. once arrives there, flash frozen in a high tech fridge, called a blast chiller and moved to the freezer. the food can be saved for up to three months. center when needed to places like the catholic charities dining room. >> this program is absolutely going to help reduce food insecurity at the city at scale. >> sadiki says they hope other las vegas hotels will follow their example. what's in it for mgm? >> well this program is one that we believe in. one of the things we get out of this program is ability to tell major convention clients that we are doing this. >> reporter: they say the
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program could divert one million pound of food by 2020 to feed the hungry. when life changed bad for andy houstak few month as go he arrived at the dining room with $6 in his pocket. >> were you hungry then? >> boy was, i hadn't eaten in two days. never been hungrien my life. i came in here. i got a hot meal. got a bunk. got a shower. ex-sk excuse me. next day i got involved in the program. as they say the rest is history. >> reporter: what isn't needed in a hotel banquet room can help change lives when it is served to someone who does need it. john blackstone. las vegas. the krcbsove "overnight new will be right back.
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but things are starting to turn around now that the boy scouts are accepting girls. and this summer more female boy scouts will be attending adventure camps around the nation. they'll learn how to rappel down rock cliffs and take overnight camping trips. stow wh so what do the boys think of all this. tony dokoupil went looking for answers. >> who is ready for a nature hike? >> me! >> last sunday in portland, oregon, a new group of boy scouts, marched off in search of adventure. >> raise your hand if you are in pack 203. you are doing archery. >> time was being called a girl in the boy scouts was an insult. not anymore. as of three weeks ago, the boy scouts of america, are admitting girls. as cub scouts. what do boys think of all of
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this? >> i already have to deal with my sister all day every day. and this is like the only time i get away from her, really, so -- >> we asked calvin hicky whose sister mckenzie was the very first girl in the pacific north west to sign up. >> just be nice to the girls. don't be mean. or else you won't get picked on a lot. >> we did pine wood derby a couple days age i did a watermelon car. he did a -- >> ferrari. >> jordana garcia had been coming to scouting tagging along with her brother daniel. >> sometimes he would do like carving and other stuff. but i just had to sit in the car and do my notebook. and just, start, start doing whatever i did. like if you are inside her mind, she was jealous about that. >> you were reading my mind. >> to be sure, still a work in progress. but something had how to be done. since the early 1970s the boy scouts have lost 2/3 of their
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annual membership. some 4 million boys. and that's a tradition that they want to change. while still preserving almost everything else. >> looking good, man. keep going. >> switch out when you get tired. >> with the light fading in the mountains of utah, boy scout troop 1262 out of salt lake city. >> tip it up. >> there, yeah, good. >> hustles to pack and stack an old-fashioned defense against the elements. >> really, really cool. build a campfire with me. >> building camp fires and igloos is the kind of outdoor add v adventure that defined the boy scouts of america for more than 100 years. >> nice. >> a scout is what? >> trust worthy. loyal. helpful. friendly. courteous, kind. >> the boy scout began as a movement in england in the early 20th century. it took off in america almost immediately as a way to keep
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young men, as the the scout oath puts it. physically strong. mentally awake. morally straight. tens of millions of american boys have taken that oath. but only the most determined attain scouting's highest rank. eagle scouts are an elite group of american men, including billionaires, michael bloomberg, and president s like gerald for. >> say hello to fellow scouts and skoultecouters in idaho. >> eagle scout, neil armstrong even sent a message to the scout jamboree. >> like to send them best wishes. >> reporter: just before the eagle landed on the moon. >> the eagle has the landed. >> we don't know if the lewin nar module was named the ego. because of the president of eagle scouts. we would look to think we had a little bit of involve. in that. >> michael serba is the chief
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executive for scouting. >> they want camping, adventure. hiking. that's just what we do. >> reporter: the fact that fewer kids were doing it, he says has to do with mom and dad. >> you think about how namelies then in the 70s, 80s, 90s, started to change. more pressure is on the family. more activities for children. moms now are in the work force. because we didn't adapt our design. we had slow, steady erosion. >> an erosion he doesn't believe are tied to policies many saw as exclusioner. >> i think we probably had some. emotion of membership. due whether to have gay youth, gay adults. i think we were losing far more kids because family structures were changing. we hadn't changed our program design. ♪ >> reporter: which brings us back stew troop 1262. one of the fastest growing troops in america.
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the scouts are almost all burmese refugees, their namelies resettled here from thailand. >> these guys came from a land where they have to hunt, fish, be in the outdoor to survive, right. they bring those things with them. skill sets with them. >> volunteer leader, was also once a refugee. he escaped cambodia's so call killing fields. >> you guys ready for this? >> if not for scouting what do you think they would be doing? >> i'll tell you what the boys told me. if it wasn't for scouting i would probably be involved with a gang stom where, that's where all their friend are. >> at the peak of scouting in the 1970s, whatable the iffage of the boy kout. >> easy. 95%. green shorts. longs socks. help a old lady across the street. >> would they also say white? >> see it as suburban. white. if you asked what does a boy
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kout look like. i've think t. that imagine clued all races and genders. but one group that is definitely not happy with the boy scouts' decision to admit girls is the girl scouts of the usa. >> we were really taken aback because we were just told of this decision. and then they quickly announced it. frankly, two separate organizations, but we have been working together in the communities for over 100 years. >> reporter: >> she its the chief executive officer of the girl scouts. she is also a rocket scientist, really. and says she owes it all stew the organization she now lead. >> scouting, boy scouting, high adventure, camping, we offer that too. and, we have these amazing fro gr programs so relevant to 291st century. best leadership program. designed and developed for girls.
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and we know what it takes to get girls to succeed. >> follow me. >> reporter: still some girls are excited to follow their brothers into scouting. they can join all girl cub scout dens right now. older girls will be eligible to become eagle skoulgcouts in r i 2019. >> back ion tau, n utah, that i pursue with the power to change young lives for the better. >> always remember who you are, be proud where you have come from and all you have done to bring you where you are now. >> reporter: at this ceremony in salt lake city. five eagle scouts. veterans of igloos and so much more as they received their metals. in honor, tharl tilsers, may soon pursue as well. an honor their sisters may soon pursue as well. it's time for the 'ultimate sleep number event'
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a new study from the arctic sheds light on the plight of polar bears. it found bears are losing weight at a time when they should be packing on the pound. scientists blame climate change and the shrinking sea ice. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: this glimpse into the lives of polar bear from their point of view is shaky but as nine female polar bears, dove, hunted, courted over three
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springs off the coast of alaska, scientists, tracked them through collars that recorded video location and activity levels. they said what they found was worrying. >> you see the chin of the bear here. >> george and researchers at the u.s. geological survey, and university of california, santa cruz say more than half of the bears were burning more than they took in through their main meal. seals. >> if they don't do that they're going to lose weight. if they lose weight, then, then there are other things that come into play with their health. ability to reproduce and so forth >> the scientists blame climate change for rising temperatures and dwindling arctic ice, forcing polar bears to travel farther and swim longer to find food. >> sea ice melt occurs earlier in the summer. essentially pulling the rug out from the polar bears. they don't have the platform to capture seals.
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>> research comes weeks after "national geographic" showed a starving polar bear dragging itself across iceless, arctic land. nasa says the area of the arctic covered by ice year round has been shrinking steady since 1979. scientists behind the sudy warned if sea ice keeps melting at current rate. species already endangered in the u.s. will face a greater struggle for survival. well that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. i'm jericka duncan. ♪ ♪
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captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, february 8th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." today the senate is expected to vote on a bipartisan budget deal that would avert tonight's government shutdown, but its fate in the white house is still not certain. a top aide to president trump resigns following and the day before the winter olympics opening ceremony, north korea holds a military parade. good morning from the studio

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