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rades starting at just $15. back on the stump. days before a congressional special election, president trump rallies for a republican candidate in need of help. >> look at all those red hats, rick. >> also tonight, the word on the street in seoul, south korea, about mr. trump's surprise summit with the north. to trust kim jong-un's regime you would have to be an idiot, she told us. >> on the heels of two devastating nor easters, millions brace for round three. >> homeless in california, officials clear out a camp where hundreds lived. where will they go now? >> so this is all you own in the world? >> yeah. >> and, she is conquering hate with anthems of acceptance.
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this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. president trump was in campaign mode this weekend, he unleashed a torrent of tweets and spent more than an hour firing up the republican faithful in pennsylvania. the administration is also focused on the upcoming nuclear summit with north korea. after last week's surprise announcement. errol barnett begins our coverage. >> i think they want to do something. i think they want to make peace. i think it's time. >> reporter: president trump discuss his upcoming meeting with kim jong-un while delivering a freewheeling speech in pennsylvania. imploring supporters to give a chance to the dictator he previously referred to as little rocketman. >> south korea came to my office after having gone to north korea, and seeing kim jong-un and -- no, it's very positive.
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no. >> deputy press secretary raj shaw says this administration's stance has had an effect. >> our policy is pressure. pressure from our partners and allies around the world. these have had an impact and impacted kim jong-un's behavior. it has impacted his conduct. >> we have gotten more than any previous administration. >> cia director, mike pompeo believes there has been progress but the goal is for north korea to agree to verifiable denuclearization soon. >> a characterization where the regime sits today with respect to their kpa pacapacity to reac united states. >> there is no one in the administration who has face to face experience talking to north koreans. >> joel with a state department veteran who neg groeotiated wit north. what's your biggest piece of advice ahead of the talks? >> meet with people who have face to face experience talking to the north koreans. don't rely on people who are just reading briefing papers.
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>> beyond north korean talks, newly announced tariffs and legal questions surrounding an allege add fair with a porn star, president trump is focused on re-election, announcing in pennsylvania last night his updated campaign slogan, will be keep america great! elaine. >> errol barnett, thanks. tony dokoupil has more now on pennsylvania's closely watched special election. >> get out on tuesday. vote for rick saccone. we can leave right now, come on. >> president trump traveled to moon township, pennsylvania, saturday night, outside of pittsburgh, to rally for state representative republican rick saccone. >> is president trump popular in western pennsylvania? saccone struggling to lock up the special election in a district trump won by over 20 points in 2016. the seat in play held by republican tim murphy until he resigned last year after allegations the anti-abortion
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congressman encouraged his mistress to have one. now the race is a battleground. >> people agreed, that we have to do the job. we have to get the job done. >> democrat connor lamb and retired marine and former federal prosecutor is challenging saccone. should lamb win it could indicate what could lie ahead for republicans in the midterm elections. >> we are the united states of america. >> former vice president joe biden came to the district earlier this week, to campaign for lamb. >> he believes in hard work. he believes in labor. >> with thousand of steel workers living in the 1th district, recent tariffs on steel and aluminum have played a major role in both campaigns. both saccone and lamb are in favor of the tariffs. >> i don't think anybody can say that they support everybody's values. but, you know, i'm, i'm by and large with the president, and with, with rick saccone. >> republican party spent over
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$9 million on saccone's campaign for a district redrawn by the november mid terms due to court ruling. both parties looking for new voters in the coming months. >> tony, thank you. the president said this weekend he believes north korea will stick to its pledge to suspend missile tests before and during his summit with kim jong-un. holly williams reports tonight from south korea. after a spate of north korean missile tests last year, a nuclear test in september. >> rocketman is on a suicide mission for himself. >> months of insults between president trump and kim jong-un, this is an extraordinary turn of events. >> an expert on north korea and its nuclear program. and says the north is eager to talk because economic sanctions are hurting the regime. >> it's not going to be easy because the north koreans are very good negotiators they know huh to play the game. >> what is the game they're playing? >> get everything they want and
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give nothing in return. >> the north's commitment to freeze missile and nuclear tests is reversible. and, north korea has reneged on previous deals dating back to the 1990s. three u.s. citizens are still being held by the north korean regime. the family of professor tony kim says, seeking his release, should be a top priority. >> other said itting u.s. presidents have decided against meeting with north korean leaders and giving them the reward of legitimacy that goes with that without getting concessions first. >> kim jong-un he seems to want to project himself as this, bold leaders of a normal peace loving nuclear power. so this upcoming summit, gives him a good pr opportunity to, to portray that image. >> she knows more than most about the north korean regime. because the she lived under its rule. she escaped and defected to the south and owns this successful restaurant in seoul.
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>> to trust kim jong-un's reme, idiot she told us. >> president trump pride himself on being a deal-maker. but a meeting with north korea's leered is a high risk strategy. holly williams, cbs news, seoul. today, china's parliament officially ended presidential term limits. it clears the way for president xi ping to rule possibly for life. xi now has almost total thrt to pursue his vision of turning china into a military and economic superpower. china first enacted term limits in 1982. in response to the brutal regime of communist leader mao. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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nearly 30,000 homes and businesses are still without power. following a one-two punch of nor easters. most of the out raages are in n jersey and pennsylvania to. night millions from the mid-atlantic to maine are bracing for round three. parts of north carolina and virginia could wake up to nearly half a foot of snow. the nor'easter is expected to gain strength monday night as it moves north. possibly unleashing blizzard conditions and coastal floods. border patrol agents in south texas have been cracking down on human smuggling. so far this year they have stopped at least 30 trucks, packed with people, trying to sneak across the border. leading to the rescue and arrest
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of nearly 500 migrants. tonight on 60 minutes. scott pelly talks to a migrant who survived a journey that turned deadly. nearly half of mexicans live in poverty, desantos is married with three children in a small apartment. he can make up to $300 a month, which doesn't pay the bills. in america, it's 5,000 a month. he has made the trip four times. worked in a factory. bought a hog farm. helped rebuild new orleans after katrina. for his last nearly fatal trip, he sold his truck, saved money from his past trips, and paid smugglers, $6,500. it was completely dark, desantos told us about the trailer. there was no window. no light. nothing. it is estimated the 100 and more victims in the back of the san antonio truck baking in their own heat, pushed the temperature well over 120 degrees.
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which led to the ten deaths, and 29 critically ill. i heard a lot of people screaming, desantos said. they wanted water. there were some people saying that they wanted to die. i heard a mom scream fog her children. the torment lasted three hours. the last thing i remember, he told us, was calling out to god. >> in anaheim, california, a short distance from the disney land officials cleared out a camp where hundreds of homeless people lived. some for as long as ten years. many were moved to motels and shelters. others just moved on. here is jamie yuccas. >> this is moving day for john. >> what kind of stuff do you have to move out of here? >> everything. >> his home is a tent along the santa ana riverbed. not far from the disney land. >> when you heard that everybody
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was getting evicted what went through your mind? >> where am i going to go now? >> an orange county judge said encampment must go. >> all you on in the world? >> yep. >> now he is frantic to pack what he can? >> throw all of the stuff away. not right. >> see people are packing up at the very last minute. and the sheriff's office says when they tell people it is time to go. that's it. they're not giving people an extra 15 minutes. because in their mind, everyone here has had a month to vacate. there are, 130,000 people, just like john. homeless in california. that's nearly the population of syracuse. homeless advocates argue officials just want these people out of sight. when the city cleaned the area, 14,000 needles and 400 tons of trash were removed. orange county supervisor, todd spitzer says this its the only solution. >> i think that there is a group of people who want to live this
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lifestyle. and, there is nothing we can do to change the behavior. but i do believe there is a substantial number of people who do want help. but they're co-mingled with a very bad element which is keeping them from saying, hey, i'm ready to take services. >> most were offered 30 days in a motel. 90 days of storage. mental health and drug counseling. permanent housing is the real issue. the median home price in orange county its almost $800,000. the average rent, $1,800 a month. john grabbed clothes before leaving. his girlfriend is # miles away. settli -- 8 miles away. setting into their home. what's it like just living week to week? >> it's tough. really is tough. >> jamie yuccas, cbs news, orange county, california. black panther had another blockbuster weekend.
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it broke the billion dollar mark in worldwide ticket sales. joining the ranks of marvel's avengers, ironman and captain america movies. black panther hit the milestone in less than a month. only six other films have earned more in u.s. ticket sales. coming up -- a large u.s. city finally embraces mass transit by ditching buses. >> and later, her empowering songs of protest have made her a rare voice in the world of rap. ♪ ♪
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ride. v arlington texas wants to know if this could be the answer to mass transit in the uber age. the city partnered with app based ride sharing service, via to operate ten vans to shuttle residents. replacing city's 4-year-old commuter bus service. >> the commuter bus didn't apply to me at all. it didn't take me where i need to go. >> since january, bill o'toole left his car at home and commuted with via. summoning the van from his phone for a flat fee of $3 a ride or weekly pass for $10. the fees are partially subsidized by the city. >> stress at work has been alleviated, and probably just, the fact that i'm not starting stressed. >> you really hate driving? >> i really hate driving. >> getting around arlington without a car is not easy. a sprawling community of 99 square miles and sits 12 miles from fort worth and 20 from dallas. arlington residents repeatedly voted against spending money to build a mass transit system. when the bus line was scrapped. ridership had fall in to 100
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people a day on its single route through downtown. do you see, buses, and rail as, as, passe, outdated technology. >> absolutely. i think with the new technology coming on, you are going to seem very little light rail built. this soits so much cheaper. >> pilot program. if it didn't work. well we can go on to something else. and, it's a fraction of spending $50 million a mile for light rail. >> we are going to pick you up within a block of two. where you want to get picked up. not at a few fixed pickup locations. >> arlington residents are taking to virtual buss. via provide more than 5,000 rides at 97% customer approval rating. >> thank you so much. >> kris van cleave, cbs news, are lingto texas. >> the opioid epidemic worsens with a record number of emergency room visits. foaming body wash.
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downy's powerful formula conditions fibers to lock out odors all day. hey, your shirt's making me hungry. ha ha, derek. downy and it's done. the cdc says the ep oopioidc is getting worse. emergency room visits are up 30% and virtually no signs of it getting better.
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here is dean reynolds. >> reporter: acoucording to the cdc, the nation is in the grip of a fast moving epidemic for which there are no easy solution sz. illinois one of the hardest hit states with a 66% increase in suspected opioid overdose visits to the er last year. dr. tom scaletta is a physician in naperville where they treated 500 opioid dependent patients last year. >> you see fentanyl, heroin. >> yep. >> increases in states across the nation are more alarming. wisconsin up 108%. pennsylvania 80%. delaware almost 105% in suspected overdoses treated in emergency rooms. dr. ann shukat is acting director of the cdc. >> we saw increases in every geographic region, increases in men and women. increases in, all adult age
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groups. >> according to the cdc, overdoses kill about 5 people every hour across the u.s. >> the potency and toxicity of what is on the street is very high right now. so we think there probably is not an increase in people using drugs, but there is an increase in the danger associated with a single use. >> aaron weiner director of addiction services at lindon oaks behavioral health. >> we know up to 90% of people will relapse in the first year going through rehab. a difficult problem, particularly for opioids. biological pull is strong >> do you expect it to get orse? >> i hope not. >> but there is little sign that that the opioid epidemic is slowing down. emergency rooms across the country are bracing for another night of frantic efforts, to keep the victims alive. dean reynolds, cbs news, naperville, illinois. up next, she is conquering
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hate and intolerance with socks of love and empowerment.
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we end tonight with what one woman is calling resistance music. michigan native mona hadar is using her experiences and those of others to push back against intolerance with a unique brand of musical expression. >> it is not the message or the messenger most americans are used to seeing. a young muslim woman, rapping while eight months pregnant about her decision to wear the traditional muslim head scarf known as the hajab. yet mona hadar says her music fits her multilayered identity. >> i am a lot of things. i am a woman, a mother, a
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rapper. >> a muslim american woman. >> yes, a syrian, american, muslim woman. >> 29-year-old hadar is daughter of syrian immigrants who settled in flint, michigan. growing up, she was taught music was forbidden. but hadar departed from the interpretation of her faith and combined poetry with rap music leading to her first single hajabi. ♪ women haters get banished >> an anthem we could turn up to and celebrate the fact that we do what we want with our body when we want and how we want. >> hajabi now has more than 300 views on youtube, and hadar's second video, dog, tackles women hating and sexual assault has been viewed a million times. ♪ ♪ he's a dog ♪ >> i am trying to disrupt
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stereotypical their tough is of arab americans, muslims, of women. >> hadar says wearing the hajab is an act of liberation. but her music videos have been polarizing. >> my video, like, i should never be talking about liberation because, i am wearing this on my head. no, no. this is my choice. >> still she received threat online against her and her family. >> i feel like it does show the real intense islamophobia that exists. a what does it mean to be american? >> i have the right in some places to practice my religion. freedom to stay what i want to whom i want and the freedom to dress the way i want. set to release her first record in may, probing themes from her first singles. that's the "overnight news" for monday. for some, the news continues. for others check back with us later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new
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york city, i'm elaine quijano. this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. president trump was in campaign mode this weekend. he unleashed a torrent of tweets and spent more than an hour firing up the republican faithful in pennsylvania. the administration is also focused on the upcoming nuclear summit with north korea. after last week's surprise announcement. errol barnett begins our coverage. >> i think they want to do i think they want to make peace. i think it's time.
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>> reporter: president trump discuss his upcoming meeting with kim jong-un while delivering a freewheeling speech in pennsylvania. imploring supporters to give a chance to the dictator he previously referred to as little rocketman. >> south korea came to my office after having gone to north korea, and seeing kim jong-un and -- no, it's very positive. no. >> deputy press secretary raj shaw says this administration's stance has had an effect. >> our policy is pressure. pressure from our partners and allies around the world. these have had an impact and impacted kim jong-un's behavior. it has impacted his conduct. >> we have gotten more than any previous administration. >> cia director, mike pompeo believes there has been progress but the goal is for north korea to agree to verifiable denuclearization soon. >> a characterization where the regime sits today with respect to their capacity to reach the united states. >> there is no one in the administration who has face to face experience talking to north koreans. >> joel with a state department veteran who negotiated with the
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north. what's your biggest piece of advice ahead of the talks? >> meet with people who have face to face experience talking to the north koreans. don't rely on people who are just reading briefing papers. >> beyond north korean talks, newly announced tariffs and legal questions surrounding an allege add fair with a porn star, president trump is focused on re-election, announcing in pennsylvania last night his updated campaign slogan, will be keep america great! elaine. >> errol barnett, thanks. tony dokoupil has more now on pennsylvania's closely watched special election. >> get out on tuesday. vote for rick saccone. we can leave right now, come on. >> president trump traveled to moon township, pennsylvania, saturday night, outside of pittsburgh, to rally for state representative republican rick saccone. >> is president trump popular in western pennsylvania? saccone struggling to lock up the special election in a district trump won by over 20
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points in 2016. the seat in play held by republican tim murphy until he resigned last year after allegations the anti-abortion congressman encouraged his mistress to have one. now the race is a battleground. >> people agreed, that we have to do the job. we have to get the job done. >> democrat connor lamb and retired marine and former federal prosecutor is challenging saccone. should lamb win it could indicate what could lie ahead for republicans in the midterm elections. >> we are the united states of america. >> former vice president joe biden came to the district earlier this week, to campaign for lamb. >> he believes in hard work. he believes in labor. >> with thousand of steel workers living in the 1th district, recent tariffs on steel and aluminum have played a major role in both campaigns. both saccone and lamb are in favor of the tariffs. >> i don't think anybody can say that they support everybody's values.
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but, you know, i'm, i'm by and large with the president, and with, with rick saccone. >> republican party spent over $9 million on saccone's campaign for a district redrawn by the november mid terms due to court ruling. both parties looking for new voters in the coming months. >> tony, thank you. the president said this weekend he believes north korea will stick to its pledge to suspend missile tests before and during his summit with kim jong-un. holly williams reports tonight from south korea. after a spate of north korean missile tests last year, a nuclear test in september. >> rocketman is on a suicide mission for himself. >> months of insults between president trump and kim jong-un, this is an extraordinary turn of events. >> an expert on north korea and its nuclear program. and says the north is eager to talk because economic sanctions are hurting the regime. >> it's not going to be easy because the north koreans are very good negotiators they know huh to play the game. >> what is the game they're
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playing? >> get everything they want and give nothing in return. >> the north's commitment to freeze missile and nuclear tests is reversible. and, north korea has reneged on previous deals dating back to the 1990s. three u.s. citizens are still being held by the north korean regime. the family of professor tony kim says, seeking his release, should be a top priority. >> other sitting u.s. presidents have decided against meeting with north korean leaders and giving them the reward of legitimacy that goes with that without getting concessions first. >> kim jong-un he seems to want to project himself as this, bold leaders of a normal peace loving nuclear power. so this upcoming summit, gives him a good pr opportunity to, to portray that image. >> she knows more than most about the north korean regime.
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because the she lived under its rule. she escaped and defected to the south and owns this successful restaurant in seoul. >> to trust kim jong-un's regime, you'd have to be an idiot she told us. >> president trump pride himself on being a deal-maker. but a meeting with north korea's leader is a high risk strategy. holly williams, cbs news, seoul. margaret brennan of "face the nation" discussed the talks with senator cory gardner. >> president trump took a different tact entirely. put an enormous global allies, ally supported pressure campaign on the north koreans. that has had a real impact on the regime, on the north korean economy, and has cost kim jong-un to reach out say he wants to begin to have discussions on terms that the united states has never achieved before. that's where we find ourselves
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today. and we are going to work hard to make sure that we get what it is the president has the set out very clearly for his entire time in office which is the complete verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of north korea. >> if you go back to 1994, agreed framework. 2005. north korea made a lot of promises that. have reneged on every single one of the promises. and so what we have to do is to, to assure that we are in a different position than we were in '94, '05, '07? >> you want national freeze of the nuclear program before talks start? >> i would like to see concrete steps more than cessation of testing. because, you can still do computer modeling. look the united states is making, advances every day, on our nuclear program. we are not testing nuclear missiles and nuclear weapons each day. but we are still making advancements. so what we need to say is, north korea actually start living up to, some of the agreements. agreements that they have made that they said they would. to the united states, decades ago. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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after the fall of saigon in 1975, more than a million desperate people fled vietnam. many of them in small overloaded boats. one young refugee made it her life's goal to find the americans who rescued her family at sea. don dahler has the story. >> what made you want to take this journey to begin with to find these people? >> at every big juncture in my life, graduation, law school, taking the oath, having children, seeing my parents, i, in the back of my head, i would always think, you know, i have to find these, i have to find these men? >> lauren vuhn carried the passion for decades to express
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her gratitude to those who saved her life. >> my core jurageous mother, ma. >> i would ask my mom, do you ever think about them? she would say every time i have something good to eat i think of them. >> wow. >> when, when we, first arrived in america, my first thought was, how could i find the people who saved us? >> all these years later and it is still that important to you. >> that's my dream. >> vuhn never gave up her mother's dream. her parents, upper-class land owners in the south faced persecution once the victorious north vietnamese took control. under the rule, her father was taken to a viet cong re-education camp. >> when we saw our husband, you know, working and with like a -- one bowl of rice a day. and there is no, that's when i thought, we got to get out. i have to get him out.
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>> you were afraid he would die? >> for sure. 100%. >> and that led to a daring decision to get her entire family to flee the country. along with dozens of families they crammed on to a small fishing vessel and set out to the open sea. vuhn was 7 years old. >> i remember just throwing up, throwing up, so much, that's i, i didn't think there was anything left to throw up. and, there was nowhere to go to the bathroom. if you had to go you just go. >> so you are living in all of that. >> living in that. >> for how long? >> at sea for ten days. >> but some how they endured. about 120 ships were on the same route but never slowed. then on june 29, 1980, nay watched with awe as one paused and approached. a liquified natural gas tanker called the virgo. >> there was the smell of all
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kinds of things in the boat. >> dan hanson and ken nelson were the first two men she remembers seeing. >> i believe i threw my shoes and stuff over the side when we came back up. avoid the main deck because the conditions were that bad. >> there was no way that we were going to let those people go away on that boat. that would have been likely condemning them to death. >> well, the two men came on board. and then next thing i know my mom was laughing, she was crying, all at the same time. and, she says, to me, we are going to live. we are going to live. >> you saved your family at that point? you knew, you knew your family was going to be okay. >> yes. >> the rescue meant not just survival, but set the family on a path full of promise here in america. 27 years ago, lauren began her journa journey to find these men.
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she researched maritime registries, scoured the internet which led to conversations with officers, photographs and eventually an emotional reunion. >> hello. >> huh are you? >> this was the first time they had seen each other in 37 years. >> it was your words to the captain that saved us. >> dan stood on the gangway and ken stood on our boat. and they had to lift each child, time the swells and hand the child over. and so, i, i said to them, that, that i was delivered by you that day. >> like a baby. >> yes. >> it was incredible. i still feel like this is all a dream. >> she got to share that special day with her parents, siblings, husband and children. >> i'll never -- not be vietname vietnamese, that's my heritage. i can't help being american, because, it's my country.
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and, when i see that vietnamese american, hyphen, i don't see it as a dividing factor, i see it as a bridge. that hyphen is a bridge of -- where i was, who i was, with who i am now and where i am today. >> a bridge, that owes its existence to a boat, and its crew, who did the most american of things. embracing the huddled hey, need fast heartburn relief?
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the inn in colorado on the places. connor nighton tells us why. >> reporter: itch you have a habit of losing your keys you might want to stay out of this room. set them down here and you may never find them again. these keys, an estimated 30,000 of them, aren't misplaced. each one has been brought to this place, a hotel high in the rocky mountains, on purpose. small, metal donations, to the largest public key collection in the world. we tell people, you know, your first visit to the key room is free. but after that you need to bring us a key. >> lois smith is owner of the bald pate inn, above estet park,
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colorado. tourists come to enjoy the breathtaking scenery. but those who stay a night, frequently leave a souvenir behind. a key. the hotel has keys of every shape, from every state, weighing down the rafters. the bald pate celebrated its 100th anniversary. it is named after a fictional hotel, that is even older. >> you take care of it, it is the only key to bald pate inn, the only one. >> seven keys to bald pate, a story about a writer who attempts to pre deuoduce a nove 24 hours. he holes up at a lodge closed for the winter. but all night long the door keeps opening and opening and opening. >> wait. >> he's got a key. ♪ >> yes. >> it may be the only one in existence. >> turns out there are actually
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seven keys to bald pate. the 1913 comedic mystery novel inspired seven film adaptations, a smash broadway show, and, inspire the the original owners of this, mountain hotel that closes in the winter, to borrow the catchy name, and the theme. >> legend has it that they gave a key to each guest that came. so, each guest had the only key to baldpate. >> of course handing out souvenir keys got pretty expensive pretty quickly. so instead guests were encouraged to leave a key behind. and did they ever. >> these are, some of our more significant keys. key to buckingham palace, westminster abbey, submarine key. >> submarine has a key. imagine losing the key in the submarine. >> key to mozart's wine cellar, jack bennie dressing room. u.s. capitol, strange old keys, like this scorpion contraption.
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computer encryption keys. some are clearly decorative. some, are surprisingly functional. this its the, employee bathroom key to the american museum of natural history. this could come in handy. those public bathrooms are terrible. ha-ha. i'm taking this. >> no stealing the keys. >> all right, it's back. >> there is every version of key pun you can think of. m monkey, donkey, porkey pig. they aren't rare, regular old keys significant only to the people who left them behind. this is a baby's first set of keys from oklahoma. a family's first house key in minnesota. in the original story, the writer was told there was only one key to baldpate. today, this hotel has tens of thousand of them. and every single one has a story. that unlocks a memory.
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>> sometimes the power of a heart can change a person's mind. steve hartman found his heart warming story on the road. >> this neighborhood in summerville, south carolina, is pre predominantly black. no one cared when annie moved in seven years ago at least according to anita edward. no one cared at first. >> when she came here she seemed very nice. >> until? >> little while later started putting up confederate flags. every morning i would walk out to get my newspaper. first thing you see. my husband stopped going to get the newspaper in the morning. >> reporter: so began a very public fight. when the neighbors protested in front of her house, annie invited counter protesters to stand in her yard. when the neighbors put up walls on both side of her property to block the view, annie put up a taller flagpole. her brazenness made
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international news. >> once you get my hackles raised i don't make apologies. >> the war settled into a stalemate, no marches, bigger walls, no taller flag poles. just a quiet bitterness on both side. until, just recently. when annie had a change of heart. quite literally. >> when you have a heart attack, and you are being told you are not going to live very long. you are facing your mortality. i needed to clean up. messes that i made by being so stubborn. and i have asked anyone within ear shot to forgive me. >> reporter: she started with one of her fiercest critics. director of the local community reap source center louis smith. >> he said i have decided to take down the flag. i said, huh? i couldn't believe it. i was in disbelief. i went and hugged her. >> somehow, god touched her
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heart. >> not long after, she presented him with the flag. >> and miss annie, we thank you. >> today, a south carolina flag flies in its place. and annie is hopeful the walls will be the next to go. she has already getting waves from the neighbors. and enjoying her new perspective on the world. >> all species of bird can get along, why can't we? >> can we get people to beep less stubborn without the heart attack part. >> that would be lovely. but some times it takes a serious action. >> yeah. >> to happen to you before you see your actions on others. >> annie says before, she only saw the confederate flag through her eyes as a we to honor relatives who fought for the south. but now she says, she cares more about her living neighbors. than her dead relatives. >> you don't feel like you are dishonoring them? >> no, i am not. i think i have done more honor for them now than i have done in my whole life. >> and with that, our divided >> and with that, our divided country inches, a little closer
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michelle miller met a man who turned an atlantic city street fight into a lesson in brotherhood. in the midst of atlantic city street fight last march, while young bystanders recorded every swing, neighbor ali miller stepped in. >> record that too. >> broke it up. >> and gave these teens a piece of his mind. >> who advised you? who told you wrong?
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>> miller's lecture went viral. now viewed more than 36 million times. words taken to heart by sheldon ward and jamar mobley. >> why is it different? >> made me look different. >> nobody told us don't fight not kwerth worth it. >> it's important. don't make your mom and dad look like this yo. >> what did he tell you? >> he said shake hands. he said we are not leaving until we shook hand. >> he wasn't going to leave. >> what's not to smile about? >> he still won't leave. the teens say he is the big brother they both need. meeting with them at least once a week. >> i was living a nightmare, chasing a dream. >> to help them work through their own thoughts and emotions. >> rhymes and rap music are mutual therapy. >> now youtube changed the whole
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world. then the whole world think it is cool. do the right thing. >> so you are like the mayor around here? >> not like the mayor. but i think, i think people, you know, people respect, who respects them. >> one thing that you will lose, is your opportunities in life. >> a father of six himself, miller says he just wants to help kids lead better lives. >> once they know some one is paying attention. once they know that some one loves them. be there for them. hold them to account. they will rise to the occasion. >> what a difference a little attention makes? >> i just hated this person. just wanted to fight this person. and now we're calling each other brothers. >> two former foes, now feel like family. michelle miller, atlantic city. that's the "overnight news" for this monday. 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 elaine quijano.
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captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's monday, march 12th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." we've got an engine failure over the east river. a helicopter crashes into new york city's east river killing five people on board. the pilot is the only survivor. the president releases a new plan to cut down on school shootings. and millions of americans are waking up with a headache and

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