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congress could do this rapidly, but republicans have shown no interest in moving this kind of legislation. major garrett at the white house tonight. thanks. >> we turn now to syria in the civil war that has lasted seven years. some of the worst acts of violence have come in the last 48 hours. at least 200 civilians have been killed in government shelling and air strikes. the assad regime propped up by russia is trying to bury the opposition in ghouta, on the outskirts of damascus. charlie d'agata has more on this. >> reporter: after another air strike, residents scrambled to find survivors and protect themselves from the next one. even by the standard of the syrian war, activists describe what has happened in the past 48 hours in ghouta as a bloodbath. with help from their russian al lies, the syrian regime's bombs half the left hundreds dead. syria's civilian rescue crews,

the white helmets captured the chaos, evacuating terrified residents, rushing the wounded to the hospital. medics pleaded with the desperate father to let his son go. moments later, the boy had become yet another victim of a war he wasn't fighting. white shrouded bodies, line the hospitals floors, many of them children. the rebel held enclave of ghouta under siege more than five years. suffering a chemical attack in 2013, that shocked the world. food supplies, aid, medical assistance were cut off. pro government forces, are reportedly preparing a new ground assault, that will crush the rebels, once and for all. all residents can do its brace for the onslaught. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. ♪

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the man later died. the doctor and the hospital say they did nothing wrong. his death was not caused by any delay in treatment. our doctor, a cardiologist spoke with his we dough. >> one of my favorite pictures. >> tammy cleveland's happy memories can erase the nightmare of her husband's final hours. >> can you imagine what it must have been like for him to listen to the people i should be able to trust, telling me, trying to convince me and my family that he is dead. he is laying there alive. >> reporter: after michael cleveland collapsed, medics performed cpr and shocked his heart. then rushed him to nearby degraph memorial hospital. less than an hour later, michael was pronounced dead by er doctor. dprek gregory perry. >> when you first walked in the room what was your observation? >> that michael wasn't dead. he was following me with his eyes. >> reporter: what else did you witness that made you think he might still be alive? >> he was, trying to hug me.

he was breathing. >> reporter: she claims over several hours, the family repeatedly asked medical staff to check hip. dr. perry entered the room twice. the lawsuit says on first visits he did not perform a physical exam that could confirm life or death. what was his explanation? >> he said michael is 46 years old. he said that he has got a lot of life, to expel out of his body. >> reporter: a coroner came to remove the body a cording to his pretrial testimony he was startled by what he saw. and called out for nurses to get dr. perry. dead people don't move, he said, he needs to go in there and check his pulse. two hours and 40 minutes after michael had been pronounced dead. dr. perry examined him and found a pulse. he was alive. medical tests showed michael suffered a heart attack. he was trained fensferred. and doctors performed a procedure to open a blocked

artery. too late. at 10:48 the next morning. michael cleveland died. >> i am a wreck. i need closure. and i need accountability. >> dr. perry and degraff memorial hospital would not comment citing the law suit. degraff said it followed all medical standard and required procedures. dr. perry seen here at his 2010 medical school graduation said in his deposition that he did check for a pulse in those first two visits. and found no signs of life. but on the third visit, michael cleveland's condition was vastly different. >> i trusted, i trusted the medical field at the time. i feel horrible. >> the doctor who opened the blocked artery said in his deposition even without the delay, cleveland was too sick and would have never survived. the case is scheduled to go to trial in april. jeff, while a doctor not involved in the case can't comment, what we know its that heart muscle dies quickly when

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in a first for men's college basketball, the ncaa took away the university of louisville's 2013 national championship. this after a staffer was accused of hiring escorts to have sex with recruits. the cardinals have to return $600,000 in tournament revenue. no champion will be listed for 2013. last year, louisville fired rick pitino amid a separate bribery investigation. >> there may soon be a treatment for peanut allergies. a california biopharmaceutical company reported to day it found exposing children with allergies to tiny amounts of peanut dust can help them build up a tolerance. in the company study, 2/3 were able to eat two peanuts after a year of treatment. >> queen elizabeth met fashion

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its no surprise, norway leads the medal count at the olympics. what are all the athletes from the tropics doing at the winter games. ben tracy in pyeongchang, learned it is all part of the master plan. >> reporter: when the bob sleds started racing down the track, a couple of names stood out. brazil, nigeria, jamaica. not exactly places you associate with a frozen sheet of ice. >> i was like, i don't know, from ghana, he competed in skeleton. he came in dead last but still the first have riff can african in olympic history.

25 so-called tropical nations are competing including the nigerian women's bobsled team. the country's first ever winter olympians. >> it is no accident that these athletes are here. >> matthew fudderman covered five olympics and said the international olympic committee is recruiting athletes in places known for palm trees than snow skis. >> this is about selling television rights in the countries. about selling olympic paraphernalia, about getting people to tune in to, the new olympic channel. >> remember the shirtless tongan from rio summer game he is here competing in cross-country skiing. >> i learned on roller skis. we found ways how can we midge being on snow without actually being on snow. he came in 114th out of 118 skiers. but these tropical trail blazers, stay they're here to show that where you are from, does not limit how far you can go. ben tracy, cbs news,

pyeongchang. that is the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a bit later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. i'm jeff glor.

>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm meg oliver. about 100 survivors of the deadly school shooting in florida will rally at the state capital today. demanding action on gun control. today, marks one week since a gunman opened fire at marjorie stoneman douglas high school killing 17 people. fellow classmates are turning their grief into a movement for change to prevent similar massacres. they arrived in tallahassee last night. adriana diaz joined them on their journey.

days. this is a they say this is a taste of their determination. >> this is about a discussion. this as it bout us demanding change. >> reporter: 100 students from stoneman douglas high school boarded buses taking their fight for gun reform to the state's capital 450 miles away. some students wrote lists of demands. including universal background checks, and a ban on military grade weapons. their passion palpable. >> we will not rest until our voices are heard. we will not rest until people open their eyes and listen to us. >> reporter: as they were sitting on the bus, florida legislators voted down an attempt to revive a bill that would ban assault rifles. students say they're not deterred. >> we are not going to let that vote down stop us. we are never going to stop pushing and, if it was introduced once it could be introduced again. >> new photos from inside their closed school show empty classrooms and textbooks open on desks. alleged shooter, nikola cruz attended a school for behaviorally disabled students in 2015. documents obtained by the station show the school was aware he was fascinated by the use of guns.

james and kimberly sneed took cruz into their home in november. >> everything everybody seems to know we didn't know. we had no idea. we knew he was depressed. >> funerals were held today for four victims. 14-year-old, gi na and 15-year-old peter, posthumously admitted to the military academy at west point. some students attended funerals this morning and say they're fight in the names of their friend. what is your greatest hope? >> my greatest hope is that we can be the last school shooting. we can be the change that this world has needed for a long time. when the buses roll in tonight they will be greeted by local students. they will meet with law makers. this will be a tough fight. discussing what to ask for. the important thing is to be heard. alleged shooter, nikolar cruz moved into a friend any house after his mother died in november. the couple who accepted him said they knew he was depressed and had multiple guns.

but they say they had no idea how disturbed he really was. here is john blackstone. >> the nick we knew was not the nick that everybody else seemed to know. >> he pulled one over on us as well as a lot of people. >> nikolas cruz living with the sneed family three months when he allegedly carried out the deadliest school shooting in florida history. >> how many guns? >> five, six. >> he was coming into your house you didn't know he had guns? >> i knew he had five or six. i didn't know what kind they were. didn't matter what kind of guns they were. i have guns. i respect guns. as long as they're, they're handled properly. >> safely. >> safely. one of the stipulations with him moving in was to have a gun safe before he moved in. >> you wanted him to have a gun safe. you didn't know how many guns or what kind of guns they were he would be putting in the safe? >> hunting rifles. >> thought they were hunting rifles? >> i knew he had an assault rifle. i knew he, he used it out

hunting. >> that seemed a reasonable thing? >> it is his right to own a gun. >> you thought it was fine for a 19-year-old to have an ar-15. >> it's his right to have it. >> do you feel any differently about that now? >> no, nope. >> according to florida department of children and families report, cruz suffered from depression, adhd, and autism. between 2011 and 2016, broward county sheriffs deputies were called to cruz's mother's home 39 times. several of them allegedly due to cruz's violent outbursts. >> didn't worry you him having access to guns? >> no. he was depressed. thought he was depressed over his mother's death. >> woere there any signs of trouble beyond depression? >> no, we put him on a pz tiff path. trying to heal. he just blew it. just, floored us. >> absolutely floored us. >> ruined his future.

ruined the future of 17 others. >> uh-huh. >> and their families. >> their families. >> very selfish act. >> do you feel any responsibility for that at all? >> we feel, heartfelt sorrow for t the families involved. as far as being responsible. feeling responsibility. you know we worked that tout. there was nothing different we would have done. >> a california state lawmaker who has been leading the metoo movement its now defending herself against sexual misconduct allegations. assembly woman christina garcia on unpaid leave as investigators look into claims that she groped two men. mireya villarreal spoke with garcia and one of her accusers. >> we control our bodies our destinies and our future. >> assembly woman christina garcia authored numerous bills about sexual assault and consent, recently featured in time magazine's person of the year issue recognizing the metoo

movement silence breakers. but now she is among the accused. >> i remember feeling, a little confused about what happened. >> daniel fiero working in the state capitol when he says garcia cornered him at a staff softball game. >> she touched you sexually? >> yeah, she, she, her hand dropped down, and she grabbed my butt. and i spun to turn around. so as i turned, she, she tried to reach for my crotch. and she, she did. >> daniel fiero has said that you groped him at a softball game. did that happen? >> no. >> what do you remember happening that day? >> i was at the game. end of the game. left with staff and members. and so, you know, i have faith that the investigation will, will, make sure and have the facts and clear my name. >> second unnamed accuser claims garcia made a graphic sexual proposal before groping him. something she denies. the four former state employees

who have filed formal complaint allege garcia talked openly about sexual activities with other elected officials, claimed to have sex in assembly offices and said having sex was a good way of getting information. >> that's definitely not anything happened. i did not have the conversations but not engaging in sex for information or votes. >> women define what success is. >> as a metoo activist she called on those accused off rasment to resign immediately. but does not plan to do so >> i don't know i would go so far to say hypocritical. i do know it is incredibly questionable. >> i will be respectful of the process. i have been trying really hard to be respectful of people coming forward. i have never had allegations like this against me. >> mireya villarreal, los angeles. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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the case of a man who was declared dead when he actually wasn't is set to go to trial in april. tammy cleveland says her husband, michael, was moving and breathing, after his doctor told her he died. cleveland says hospital staff ignored her calls for help, until the coroner told them, dead people don't move. here is dr. tara narula. >> one of my favorite pictures. he does something silly and making me laugh. >> reporter: tammy cleveland's happy memories cannot erase the nightmare of her husband's final hours. >> can you imagine what he, what it must have been like for him to listen to the people that i should be able to trust. telling me, trying to convince me and my family that he is dead and he is laying there alive. >> michael cleveland collapsed while shopping for dinner in

this buffalo area supermarket. medics performed cpr, shocked his heart. then rushed him to nearby degraff memorial hospital. less than an hour later michael was pronounced dead by er doctor. gregory perry. >> when you first walked in the room what was your observation? >> michael wasn't dead. he was following me with his eyes. it wasn't just an involuntary thing. he looked right at me. you saw his eyes and body moving what made you think he might still be alive? >> he was trying to hug me. brought his leg up. knees bent. flatfoot flatfooted. he was breathing. over the next several hours, her husband showed signs of life. his family asked medical staff to check him. >> did you see his chest moving? >> yes. chest moving up and down. >> while dr. perry entered the room twice, the lawsuit says on the first visits.

he did not perform a physical exam, that could confirm, life or death. never put a hand on him or stethoscope. >> hook him up to a monitor? >> no. michael had a tube down his throw. he said michael is 46 years old, he said that he has got a lot of life out of his, to expel out of his body. >> a coroner came to remove the body. according to his pretrial testimony, he was startled by what he saw. and called out for nurses to get dr. perry. dead people don't move, he said. he need to go in there and check his pulse. 2:40 after michael had been pronounced dead. dr. perry examined him and found a pulse. he was alive. medical tests showed michael suffered a heart attack. transferred to buffalo general medical center. doctors there performed a procedure to open a blocked

artery. it was too late. the next morning. michael died. >> i need closure. i need accountability. >> dr. perry and degraff hospital would not comment citing the lawsuit. degraff said in legal filings it followed standard procedures. dr. perry seen here at his 2010 medical graduation, said in his deposition he did check for a pulse in the first two visits and found no signs of life. but on the third visit, michael cleveland's condition was "vastly different." the doctor at buffalo general who opened the blocked artery stated in his deposition, michael cleveland was too sequester. he would never have survived even without the delay at degraff. cbs news legal analyst, ricky cleman says the effect of the delay will be criticaler to for the jury >> you will have defense experts who say they did everything they could and he was pronounced dead. no matter even if that was in error, and we know it was in

error because he became alive that. that would have made no difference. he was going to die anyway. plaintiff's experts are going to say of core thrs was a chance he would have survived. he was only 46 years old. >> reporter: dupe you carry guilt that you were supposed to be michael's voice? and you couldn't do enough for him? >> i trusted, i trusted the medical field at the time, yeah, i feel horrible. >> it's hard for any doctor who wasn't there to comment on this particular case. but that being said, in general, when someone has a heart attack due to blocked artery every men out counts because the heart muscle dies very quickly without oxygen. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. foaming body wash.

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some olympic athletes scan get rich in their quest for gold. but for many others chasing an olympic dream means facing a harsh financial reality. dana jacobson has more from the. >> it is like driving a car. >> on oil. really fast.

>> really fast with guardrails around. >> for team usa luger, chris master, riding really fast has the paid off in pyeongchang. >> it is awesome to say we did it. and thank you. >> he won silver in individual men's luge, becoming the first american man to ever medal in the event. it almost didn't happen. >> you, a couple weeks ago thought i might have to get out of the sport. >> i wanted to stay in for four years. the thought of staying in the sport without being able to make anything, or, to be able to give back. pay rent, is, it is a really serious thing that people don't know exists. >> while he savors the victory here, remembers the struggle. >> i was a bar tender. i worked ban quits. restaurants. so, it is a fight to get to that level. but if you are, as committed like you will do anything. >> how big of a disparity is there between winter olympic athletes? >> well, huge. >> patrick quinn is an agent representing several athletes at

the games. >> when you talk about an extreme of a lindsay vonn and shaun white and vast majority of the olympians. unlike many other countries, the u.s. federal government does not fund olympic programs. in 1978, congress turned over the job of representing american@latamerican athletes to u.s. olympic committee. a nonprofit. chris master has been successful enough to get free housing in an olympic training center. >> congratulations, awesome. >> that's not given to everyone. you have to get to that level. but you are not really making any money. >> the usoc, dolls out money using pay for performance. athletesen sports most likely off to win medals get the most money. >> coming from a small sport. finances there is the little bit of jealousy. you feel like you are putting in similar amount of effort but don't receive the same back.

i think the reason you stay in luge, you are passionate. >> the usoc says 93% of revenue goes to support olympic and paralympic athletes. 2008, olympian, ben barger former member of the uso advisory councilest mates 6% reaches athletes pockets in form of payments. when if correct, usoc said no but would not provide a number. the u.s. congress should review what he calls fight noon shall strategy and waste of the usoc. for athletes who fund their own way, sponsors can be a big source of financial help. the ioc puts restrictions on brands that don't sponsor the game. >> can't use the word olympic, gold, silver, 201. how do athletes work their sponsors if they're not olympic sponsors? >> it is challenging. gets complicated. >> can't use the words.

>> can't use this word. at this time. that sort of thing. >> while the rules have been relaxed. a ski jumper, tweeted his frustration saying the ban makes it hard for the lit guile to make money or support themselves. >> i do compliment, the usoc, they do a tremendous amount of bringing spin sores in to support athletes. the reality they can't fund all the@lates that need the funding. so some of the rules have been relaxed. >> as for luger, chris, he is pondering a future as financial planner but not giving up his sled just yet. >> few weeks ago you didn't know if you would continue financially. what does the silver medal mean now? >> this silver medal says i am going four years. it also gives me the ability, to say thank you. but to give back. because i understand the struggle. i have been there for many, many years. >> he said that while he wasn't always rewarded financially for his support, he was paid in life

experience. things he would not have got in to do otherwise. as the he moves forward. he will have help along the way. patrick quinn, agent we spoke with will be working with him. we should pin the out that we reached out to international olympic committee for comment on our story. they referred us to the usoc. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

for most people a postcard is a fleeting snapshot from a trip or vacation. from man, it is a way to deliver a much bigger and lasting message. here is steve hartman on the road. generally speaking, post guards are for braggarts, the core message is the same. i'm on vacation. you are not. nana. were you were here. >> if they really weshd you were there, they wouldn't have left you behind. but in valdosta, georgia, we found a man bringing a certain sincerity to the petty postcard. the campaign started in 1995. david lassiter dropped off his daughter at college. she was going to notre dame. he was going to mush. >> buzz i cried from south end

indiana to elizabethtown, kentucky, with the whole family in the car when i left her. and i missed her. >> reporter: that night he sent a postcard. >> then i quit. >> just as he has done every day since. for all four kids. any day they're not with him he sends cards. nearly 20,000 over 20 years. his daughter, sarah who lives in savannah, georgia, has saved them all on strings and racks and crammed in cabinets. >> there is nothing i love more than just the picture of a building. >> all most every card is unique. on front and back. >> uncle ben any rice box. >> what did he say? >> whole lot of talk about gardening and football. >> apologies to your dad. that sound boring. >> ha-ha. >> i mean, come on. >> who really cares what happened at the podiatrist. >> he taped my foot and said wear my shoes all the time. >> i don't know if they read the

card any more. >> he doesn't mind if they don't. david says, this was never about conveying new information. this was always about repeating the same message. over and over and over and over again. when i am gone. they'll know their daddy loved them. >> reporter: i think they know that now. >> you know, if life gets tough. and it's nice to know some body loves you no matter what. >> a good reminder. off to tell your kids you love them. as daily andy yap tiffly as you possibly can. steve hartman, on the road, in valdosta, georgia. that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others. check back with us a bit later for the morning news. and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm meg oliver. ♪

captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, february 21st, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." today survivors of the florida school shooting rampage take their demands for tighter gun laws directly to lawmakers as president trump makes a push to ban so-called bump stock devices for guns. and new hope in preventing life-threatening reactions in kids with peanut allergies. good morning from the studio