another suspected chemical attack. horrifying images from syria. it its said to be an assad regime chemical attack on families in a rebel held neighborhood. president trump warns there will be a big price to pay. >> also tonight, rising trade tensions with china. how will the stock market react to the treasury secretary's remarks on "face the nation." >> canada mourns the tragic deaths of players and coaches on a junior league hockey team. >> bill cosby sexual assault retrial begins monday. this time he will face six accusers in court. not just one. >> major retailer helps law enforcement target criminals. >> and another memorable sunday at the masters.

who is going home tonight with the coveted green jacket? ♪ ♪ welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. president trump is vowing to punish the syrian regime and its allies russia and iran, after another suspected chemical attack in syria. the president says there will be a big price to pay after poison gas reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel held town outside damascus. last year, mr. trump responded to a deadly chemical attack, by ordering air strikes against a syrian air base. today, the united nations security council is expected to hold an emergency meeting. some of the images you are about to see may be hard to watch. here is holly williams. >> videos from the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack, show apparently lifeless bodies with no obvious injuries.

survivors struggling to breathe, especially children. and being hosed down as if to remove a substance from their skin. >> we cannot independently verify any of the videos, or confirm whether a chemical attack took place. survivors though reportedly smelled of chlorine, a chemical that can be deadly in enclosed spaces. it is thought to have been widely used as a weapon throughout the syrian conflict. this comes as the the syrian regime assaults eastern ghuta, the last stronghold of syrian rebels close to the country's capital damascus. but the regime has denied any involvement in this alleged use of a chemical weapon. so has its ally, russia. it is almost exactly a year since another large scale chemical attack on the town in northern syria. scores were killed by sarin nerve agent. blamed by the u.s. and u.n. investigators on the syrian

regime. this video of this man carrying his twin daughter andston to their burial sparked outrage. that's how i carried them when they were alive, he told us. after he crossed into the safety of neighboring turkey. the u.s. responded to the attack with strikes on a syrian regime air base. nearly 60 crews missiles targeting regime aircraft and ammunition dumps. now, let's bring in "face the nation" host, margaret brennan. beyond making statements, how its president trump expected to respond to this latest incident in syria? >> well the president is leaning hard into the idea of taking action. a senior administration official are still waiting on intelligence to confirm exactly what substance was used and exactly who used it in syria. but they are near certain that this was an attack carried out by the assad regime and near

certain that the president will decide to take action. they have previously drawn up plans for a military response at the pentagon. shu should the regime decide to cross the red line, the president drew last year when they used sarin gas. the administration has the decided that a chlorine gas attack in and of itself, something that is not a banned substance under international law but is a chemical weapon would justify military action. >> margaret brennan. thank you. the trump administration meanwhile is trying to calm fears of a trade war with china. our correspondent at the white house. >> we have to do something substantial. >> after a week of threatening china with tariffs on imports that total $160 billion, and accusing the country of stealing u.s. intellectual property, president trump softened his tone on twitter sunday morning, writing he will always be friends with his chinese counterpart. that china will take down its

trade barriers because it is the right thing to do. and a deal will be made on intellectual property. the president did not clarify why he is now confident about compromise. neither did treasury secretary steve manuchin. >> i don't want to comment on specific discussions where they stand. what i will emfa size is that this is really our objective, free and fair trade. >> president trump is also tackling a potential problem in his cabinet. defending embroiled epa administrator, scott pruitt on twitter insisting scott is dug a great job. but calls for pruitt's resignation are growing for wracking up tabs on security detail and travel. and renting a condo linked to an energy lobbyist. >> not saying he is not a good person. but, but, the appearance of impropriety matters. and you can, you can you can't put lipstick. >> for you. >> president trump is also defending his relationship with his chief of staff, john kelly.

amid reports kelly recently threat tuned resign frustrated with the president's decision making. but elaine, the president calls the claims just another hilt job. >> at the white house for us, thank you. canada is mourning the tragic deaths of at least 15 members of a junior league hockey team. they were killed friday night when their bus collided with a truck. here is mireya villarreal. >> the humble broncos were on wait to a playoff game friday night 30 minutes from their final destination when a tractor-trailer collided with their bus on a rural canadian highway. the top of the bus was sheered off and its front end was completely destroyed. 29 people on board including the bus driver. 15 of them killed. royal canadian police assistant commissioner curtis oblacke said the driver of the semitrailer was not hurt. >> the driver is not in custody. >> residents are reeling over the loss.

>> we have got a lot of youth in this community that are really, really, struggling and in trouble right now. >> tributes to several victims have been posted on line. tyler beeber, the radio announcer. his brother wrote i don't know what to do or say right now. i know one thing is you will always be true mine heart. rip my sweet brother. >> 15 members of the broncos junior team lost their lives. >> the accident sent shock waves through the entire hockey community. >> you have to embrace each and every day, each and every day you are with your -- with your family. you belttter enjoy it. >> nhl teams, paid tribute wearing the team's name, broncos on their jerseys. ♪ ♪ 'o canada we stand on guard for thee ♪

>> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

new york city fire officials are investigating the cause of a deadly fire at trump tower. an apartment on the 50th floor was destroyed saturday. 67-year-old art dealer, todd brasner died at the hospital. the upper floors of trump tower do not have sprinklers. they're not required in older buildings. >> in northern california, a bed was found this weekend, near the spot where an suv went off a cliff. killing at least five members of a family. an autopsy will determine if it is one of three missing siblings from the hart family. sarah and jennifer hart are suspected of intentionally driving their family off the cliff. police in germany say they

prevent aid knife attack today at the berlin half marathon. several suspects are in custody. they're believed to have ties to the man who pleaed through a berlin christmas market in 2016 killing a dozen. germany was on edge this weekend. after a deadly van attack in the city of munster. >> bill cosby sexual assault retrial about to begin. this time he will face multiple accusers in court not just one. here is meg oliver. >> reporter: 80-year-old bill cosby returns to court monday for his second sexual assault trial in less than ape year. >> the trial completely changes. >> cbs news legal analyst, ricky clemen says the metoo movement could have an effect on the jury perception. >> metoo, the presumption has changed. the inverse. we believe an accusation by a woman whether or not krob rated must be truthful. >> the comedian once known as america's dad is charged in the

2004 alleged drugging and sexual assault of andrea constan. cosby insists the encounter, a temple university colleague was consensual. >> the defense is portraying or attempt to portray andrea constant, accuser as a greedy woman willing to frame bill cosby. >> for this trial, a high profile lawyer will representative cosby. known for the acquittal of michael jackson in the child molestation case. last week the defense won a crucial ruling. the judge will allow a friend to testify about an alleged conversation between the two. >> ms. jackson is going to testify allegedly that, andrea said to her, that i am going to frame a celebrity and get money. >> more than 60 women have accused cosby of sexual assaults dating back decade. constan the only one that

resulted in criminal prosecution. during this trial. five other accusers are expected to take the stand. testimony that could help the prosecution. elaine. >> meg oliver. thank you. >> coming up next. who've is going home from the masters to night with the coveted green jacket. later, a child hey julie, i know today's critical, but i really need... ...a sick day. dads don't take sick days... dads take dayquil severe. the non-drowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat... ...stuffy head, no sick days medicine.

the first major golf tournament of the year is in the history books. another thrilling finish at the masters. v the latest from augusta national in georgia. >> reporter: patrick reid slipped on the first green jacket and into the history books at the masters. reid fought off furious rallies by ricky fowler and 2015 masters champ jordan speith but won by one stroke. the day started with an anticipated showdown between the final pairing of reid and rory mcilroy. two years ago, at the ryder cup which pits americans versus europeans, the pair traded birdies and barbs on the course. reid won the match. wow. that's gone off side ways. mcilroy couldn't keep up. after a few bogeys fell behind the leaders. fowler had six birdies in the final round. >> dead center. >> put the pressure on reid when he birdied the 18th. reid who led nearby augusta

state to two ncaa golf titles, sealed his first major win with the short putt on 18. >> captain america. captures augusta. >> reid takes home the coveted green jacket and hefty $1.9 million paycheck. up next, a former hacker reveals the steps you can take to protect your identity online.

facebook ceo mark zuckerberg set to testify on capitol hill this week. expected to answer question house his company plans to protect users privacy and prevent further elect, meddling. tony dokoupil now shows us steps you can take to actually conseem your identity online. >> back in the 1990s. he spent five years in prison for crimes related to hacking into the networks of major telecom companies. now he special is in protecting corporate security, and our security too. >> i love educating the public on -- what they can do to protect their privacy. >> he took us through three steps for shopping online without giving up any personal information. step one, buy a prepaid gift card. >> why a gift card? >> anonymous credit card.

>> step two, buy a new computer. >> one not already associated with our regular internet browsing. >> step three, find a new way to get online. >> we are going to buy what a hot spot? >> hot spot and a mobile phone. >> at that point, we were almost ready. >> exactly. i will help you with this. >> the mobile hot spot gave us an anonymous internet connection. a fake e-mail address made us unrecognizable to companies. and the cell phone helped us verify the new information. >> google will send a one time text message. >> we go out. >> in a all, we invested $400 on equipment. add to cart. there it is. >> but for that, companies had no way to associate our real identities. >> yes. >> thank you for your order. >> with what we were doing online. >> almost like a super power. a cloak of invifzability. off awe righ . >> right. >> super power. it doesn't come free. >> or easy.

>> or easy. >> basically, you, when you want more security, it's more inconvene yenlinku convenient. your internet address would identify you to company. in our case we did leave a digital trachil. one slip-up such as logging into real e-mail addresses companies would know exactly who did the shopping. tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. york. still ahead, how a 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico. goin' up the country. later, gary' i have a motorcycle! wonderful. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides.

there are more than 1800 target stores in the u.s. as you probably know they sell a little bit of everything. you may not be aware the retailer plays an important role in targeting criminals outside its stores. dean reynolds looked into this. >> our goal will be to take a -- photograph of each of the fingerprints that are on this piece of evidence. >> in the dark recesses of this laboratory near minneapolis, experts like rick lautenbach are busy solving crimes. >> what do you get convicted of snen. >> grand larceny. >> the lab uses the latest in digital forensics to nab suspects. >> process the fingerprints. turn those over. >> turn those over. these pressure chambers, and rows of computer monitors, are not located in a police department. >> target national investigation center how can i help you? >> they're at target, the

retailer. i'm at one of the 1800 target stores nationwide, and all of them can be viewed live from several angles at the company's national investigation center. >> lautenbach senior corporate security manager. >> why do you need this? >> for target, really our business problem is organized retail crime. organized theft. fraud. >> target's lab opens about 300 cases a year. and is so efficient actual police departments have asked for its help. 20% of the lab's work doesn't even involve offenses against the store. >> we have found it in this county to be helpful. >> tony polombo its the county attorney. >> well have solved murder cases, very, the toughest ones to solve of course. very quickly by relying on our scientific evidence. >> if you look at the am of detail. >> target's lab helped the los angeles police identify this decoy get away car.

that led to homicide arrests and convictions. helping the police is great. but big box stores have a huge incentive to do this sort of thing. given that organized retail crime cost them $30 billion annually. all the more reason for labs like this one, to be on target. dean reynolds, cbs news, brooklyn park, minnesota. when we return, he earned $2 a day mining cobalt. but dreamed of going to school. thanks to special help, he is. fire fighting is a very dangerous profession.

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we end in central africa in the democratic republic of co o congo. a politically unstable country. extremely rich in natural resources. its largest export is raw minerals used to make cell phones and lap tops. much is mined by children. debora patta has been following a boy, zicke, who dreamed of ditching the mines and going to school. now his dream has come troupe. we first met zicke here, at a mine in the blistering heat. there he is, with a christmas sweater on, hard to miss, at just 11 years old. he is one of an estimated 40,000 children getting paid a pittance to produce the cobalt that powers our electronics. every evening, zicke, an orphan

returns home with a dollar or two for his family. i feel very bad because i can see my friend going to school, zicke told us. i am struggling. >> when you go to sleep at night, before you go to stleep what do you think about? >> school. he told us, his only dream. well, sometimes, dreams do come true. now zicke its getting ready for school for the very first time. around 50 cbs viewers were so moved by zicke's plight they connected with the sister who saved over 1,000 children from the mines. enough money was raised to send zicke and three siblings to school. i would see the other kids going to school and i would look at them, zicke said. but today i feel the happiness they feel and i am now like them. ♪ >> it was the first day nerves. he held back tears outside the

classroom. but it wasn't long before zicke bravely stood up and introduced himself to his new classmates. and, joined the soccer team. zicke has changed the lives of the children and maybe more. >> if i become a government minister, he said, i would ask all of the children who work in the mines to go off to school so that they could become like me. debora patta, cbs news, democratic republic of congo. that's the "overnight news" for monday.

welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. president trump is threatening to punish syria. the president says there will be a big price to pay after poison gas reportedly killed dozens of people in is a rebel held town outside of damascus. last year, mr. trump responded to a deadly chemical attack by ordering air strikes against a syrian air base. today, the united nations security council is expected to hold an emergency meeting. some of the images you are about to see may be hard to watch. here is holly williams.

videos from the aftermath of the alleged chemical attack show apparently lifeless body, with no obvious injuries. >> videos from the aftermath of survivors struggling to breathe, especially children. and being hosed down as if to remove a substance from their skin. >> we cannot independently verify any of the videos, or confirm whether a chemical attack took place. survivors though reportedly smelled of chlorine, a chemical that can be deadly in enclosed spaces. it is thought to have been widely used as a weapon throughout the syrian conflict. this comes as the the syrian regime assaults eastern ghuta, the last stronghold of syrian rebels close to the country's capital damascus. but the regime has denied any involvement in this alleged use of a chemical weapon. so has its ally, russia. it is almost exactly a year since another large scale chemical attack on the town in

northern syria. scores were killed by sarin nerve agent. blamed by the u.s. and u.n. investigators on the syrian regime. this video of this man carrying his twin daughter andston to their burial sparked outrage. that's how i carried them when they were alive, he told us. after he crossed into the safety of neighboring turkey. the u.s. responded to the attack with strikes on a syrian regime air base. nearly 60 crews missiles targeting regime aircraft and ammunition dumps. the questions include whether investigators will be given access to the site of the alleged chemical attack, whether investigations find that a chemical weapon was used. if it was chlorine, whether that will draw an international response. elaine. holly williams, thank you. now, let's bring in face the

nation host, nation" host, margaret brennan. beyond making statements, how its president trump expected to respond to this latest incident in syria? >> well the president is leaning action.to the idea of taking a senior administration official are still waiting on intelligence to confirm exactly what substance was used and exactly who used it in syria. but they are near certain that this was an attack carried out by the assad regime and near certain that the president will decide to take action. they have previously drawn up plans for a military response at the pentagon. should the regime decide to cross the red line, the president drew last year when they used sarin gas. the administration has the decided that a chlorine gas attack in and of itself, something that is not a banned substance under international law but is a chemical weapon would justify military action. >> margaret brennan. thank you. the trump administration meanwhile is trying to calm fears of a trade war with china.

house. >> we have to do something substantial. >> after a week of threatening china with tariffs on imports that total $160 billion, and accusing the country of stealing u.s. intellectual property, president trump softened his tone on twitter sunday morning, writing he will always be friends with his chinese counterpart. that china will take down its trade barriers because it is the right thing to do. and a deal will be made on intellectual property. the president did not clarify why he is now confident about compromise. neither did treasury secretary steve manuchin. >> i don't want to comment on specific discussions where they stand. what i will emphasize is that this is really our objective, free and fair trade. >> president trump is also tackling a potential problem in his cabinet. defending embroiled epa administrator, scott pruitt on twitter insisting scott is dug a great job.

but calls for pruitt's resignation are growing for wracking up tabs on security detail and travel. and renting a condo linked to an energy lobbyist. >> not saying he is not a good person. but, but, the appearance of impropriety matters. and you can, you can you can't put lipstick. >> for you. >> president trump is also defending his relationship with his chief of staff, john kelly. amid reports kelly recently threat tuned resign frustrated with the president's decision making. but elaine, the president calls the claims just another hilt job. >> at the white house for us, thank you. new york city fire officials are investigating the cause of a deadly fire at trump tower. an apartment on the 50th floor destroyed saturday. 67-year-old art dealer, todd brasner died at the hospital. upper floors of trump tower do not have sprinklers.

they're not required in older buildings. canada is mourning the tragic deaths of at least 15 members of a junior league hockey team. they were killed friday night when their bus collided with a truck. here is mireya villarreal. >> the humble broncos were on wait to a playoff game friday night 30 minutes from their final destination when a tractor-trailer collided with their bus on a rural canadian highway. the top of the bus was sheered off and its front end was completely destroyed. 29 people on board including the bus driver. 15 of them killed. royal canadian police assistant commissioner curtis oblacke said the driver of the semitrailer was not hurt. >> the driver is not in custody. >> residents are reeling over the loss. >> we have got a lot of youth in this community that are really, really, struggling and in trouble right now. >> tributes to several victims have been posted on line. tyler beeber, the radio announcer.

his brother wrote i don't know what to do or say right now. i know one thing is you will always be true mine heart. rip my sweet brother. >> 15 members of the broncos junior team lost their lives. >> the accident sent shock waves through the entire hockey community. >> you have to embrace each and every day, each and every day you are with your -- with your family. you better enjoy it. >> nhl teams, paid tribute wearing the team's name, broncos on their jerseys. ♪ ♪ 'o canada we stand on guard for thee ♪ in less than 48 hours a go fund me page for the broncos raised $3.5 million. there is a vigil tonight.

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if you haven't done your taxes yet, time is running out. the deadline is just over a week away. many americans put off the painstaking task until the last minute. so what if there was a better easier way to get through tax time. a college professor says, yes, there is. here is chip reid. >> for the average american what is it like doing their taxes? >> impossible. think of your credit card bill. what if visa sent you a blank piece of paper each month. said figure out your purchases. keep track of them. write them. save the receipts. >> they dent do that. the government should. >> i want to welcome everybody.

>> stanford law professor, joseph bankman wants to make doing your tax is a lot easier. this year americans will spend on average. $100 and eight hours to make sense of our 1099s and w 2s for our 1040s. and if just thinking about that makes your head hurt, well, that's why bankman wants a tax return that many americans would only have to read, review, and sign. >> the government takes all of the information it has already collected from your bank, your employer, your mortgage lender. and it takes those numbers and it puts that on the right line of a tax return that you could download or get in hard copy. >> that would save the average taxpayer time and money. >> type and money. and anxiety. >> known as a prefilled tax return, it is a system already used in many other countries. including, sweden and australia. and an idea here, with a history

of bipartisan support. >> we envgs a system where more than half of us, would not even have to fill out a return. >> sound good. right? but, consider our complex tax code. and then already, overstretched irs. >> there is a significant cost to doing something like this. and the irs did not currently have funding to do this. >> jared walzak of the tax foundation says, getting the details right, for every filer. is a lot to ask. >> something that superficially makes sense. unfortunately it potentially lose thes taxpayers a lot of deductions they might be, able to take. >> is this a tax increase in disguise. >> tie dent think any one intend it as one. when you conflight the preparer and collector there are incentive structures. sin tiff to reduce tax lie built team. the irs dow not have the same

obligation. >> major criticism of this. do you really trust the irs to tell you how much money you owe? >> yeah. well if you don't just the irs. you really want this. >> it is telling you. here's what's in our file. and here is what we are going to use. if, it is wrong, you can then fight the irs. if it is right, you can accept it. the problem of filing your taxes is to figure out what to put in each line. the government already has all of those numbers. if they started off with all of the numbers in the right place, filing taxes would be no big deal. >> your social security number. >> it's not a pipe dream. back in 2005. the idea tested in a california pilot program. ready return. >> look it over. make sure it is right. if it its not. ready return makes it very easy to make changes. >> 97% of filers said they would use it again. but, the next year, when bankman went to the state house to

expand the program, he ran into opposition he didn't see coming. >> there are 120 legislators. i didn't see all of them. i saw a lot of them. all of them, had previously met the lobbyists. from industry. >> the lobbying efforts were led by intuit, the company behind popular tax preparation software turbotax. public record show, intuit spent $200,000 lobbying on this and issues in california alone. intuit donated $1 million to a group backing ready return opponent for state controller. so bankman fought back. >> you actually hired a lobbyist. >> right. >> with your own money. off awe right. >> how much did you spend? >> i think the lobbyist was $30,000. >> $30 t. >> the bill to expand ready return. never passed. though, some of the programs features are still available in

california today. >> cal file also imporlts sots l information on record. like your name. >> why isn't a prefilled tax program avalleyable to all americans. well for one thing. congress is split on the issue. as for the irs, in 2002, intuit, h & r block and other online tax preparation companies made a deal with the agency. >> give free file a try. >> companies agreed to provide free services to taxpayers who qualify under the deal. about 3.5 million filers use it each year. in exchange, the irs agreed not to develop its own free tax preparation website. in other word. for now, the irs has pledged not to put its own prefilled returns on line. >> these are the companies that make big bucks by making tax filing hard. >> massachusetts senator

elizabeth warren twice unsuccessfully sponsored bills that would help develop a prefilled return system. >> they have persuaded most of america and most of the united states congress that they are a necessary part of getting taxes paid. but for millions and millions of americans, figuring out your taxes ought to be easy. and the irs all right to put it online. the companies, if that happens, would lose a lot of money. >> and in repeated filings, with the securities and exchange commission, int tuch acknowledg efforts to provide free tax preparation may cause us to lose customers and revenue. intuit and h & r block declined our reap quests for on camera interviews. in statements available in full on our website. they assert that they are advocates for millions of taxpayers, taking into account,

their unique circumstances. intuit says it support making the tax filing process easier through a simpler tax code. but argues a prefilled system, doesn't advance that goal. the company also writes, self determination, powered by an individual's active participation in the tax preparation process, is the backbone of the american tax system. it is a point jared walzak agrees with. >> it is a civic virtue to have a sense of the cost of government. whether you think taxers should be higher or lower. we should have a sense of what our obligations are, so we can participate in the process. >> stanford's joe sef bankman sees frus traegs of tax day. and believes it is a matter of when not if doing our taxes becomes much easier. >> our present system is so much worse than it has to be. i think, sooner or later,

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one of the most well known sci-fi movies marking the 50th year since release. 2001 space odyssey gripped audiences with its portrayal of space travel and left many puzzled with the way it ended. a new smithsonian exhibit opened, featuring replica of the hotel room shown at the end of the movie. a scene that is still being analyzed and debated to this day. here is kris van cleave. >> 50 years ago, the movie had a premiere here in washington, d.c. at the uptown theater not far from the museum. we got a sneak peek at the exhibit. and i can tell you it is not

going to help you understand the ending better than you do. but they're hoping, it makes you think about space travel, and, and things beyond. >> liftoff. we have a liftoff. >> before the world watched live as kneel armstrong took the one small step. >> one small step for man. >> director stanley kubrick and arthur c. clark captured imagination with their ground breaking film, 2001, space odyss odyssey. a mission to jupiter exposed the cast to extra terrestrial life. and the computer gone rogue. while it earned mixed reviews the film gained a cult following if the ending left many baffled. >> when you walked in here the first time. what struck you? >> one of the things is the character of the lighting in the room. it is -- a, reflects a, an approach that kubrick took to usually build in the lighting into the sets themselves. >> martin collins is the curator

of the air and space museum exhibit celebrating the film's 50th anniversary. it include this re-creation of the iconic hotel room from the scene intenned to make you think. >> are we alone in the universe? if we encounter extra terrestrial life how might that experience change us as well. >> new book from author michael benson, published by a di vegs of cbs, looks at the four year production of the film. >> we are still talking about 2001, 50 years later because for one thing the film deals with four million years of human evolution. >> benson says the movie sparked the rise of science fiction in hollywood. >> the human characters in 2001, seem semiautomated. robotic. the only real human character. and this was definitely kubrik's intention. >> this is arthur c. clark. >> year after 2001 became a blockbuster, arthur c. clark appeared along side walter

cronkite to cover launch of apolo 11. >> clark whose collection of works is are kiefd at smithsonian said he was already thinking abut travel to mars and beyond. >> i'm excited elt yet it is familiar. familiarity about all of this. now of course, i am thinking about the next thing. >> cronkite wanted an answer to the question on everyone's mind. asking clark to explain the ending of the movie. >> would you look to tell me what that is all about? >> don't think we have time. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

we end tonight in send africa in the democratic republic of congo, a politically unstable country. rich in natural resources. its largest export is raw minerals used to make cell phones and lap tops. much mined by children. debora patta following a boy named zike, dreamed of dichg the mines and going to school. now his dream has come true. we first met zicke here, at a mine in the blistering heat. there he is, with a christmas sweater on, hard to miss, at just 11 years old. he is one of an estimated 40,000 children getting paid a pittance to produce the cobalt that powers our electronics.

every evening, zicke, an orphan returns home with a dollar or two for his family. i feel very bad because i can see my friend going to school, zicke told us. i am struggling. >> when you go to sleep at night, before you go to stleep what do you think about? >> school. he told us, his only dream. well, sometimes, dreams do come true. now zicke its getting ready for school for the very first time. around 50 cbs viewers were so moved by zicke's plight they connected with the sister who saved over 1,000 children from the mines. enough money was raised to send zicke and three siblings to school. i would see the other kids going to school and i would look at them, zicke said. but today i feel the happiness they feel and i am now like them. ♪ >> it was the first day nerves. he held back tears outside the

classroom. but it wasn't long before zicke bravely stood up and introduced himself to his new classmates. and, joined the soccer team. zicke has changed the lives of the children and maybe more. >> if i become a government minister, he said, i would ask all of the children who work in the mines to go off to school so that they could become like me. debora patta, cbs news, democratic republic of congo. that's the "overnight news" for monday. for some of you the n continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.

captioning funded by cbs it's monday, april 9th, 2018. missiles strike a syrian air base following a suspected chemical attack in syria that killed dozens of men, women, and children. breaking overnight, many are hurt as a bus carrying teens on their way home from spring break slams into an overpass. and summit meeting. north korea signals that its leader is willing to discuss denuclearization. good morning from the io