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on the defensive. president trump insists he has nothing to hide in the russia probe, but rudy giuliani says the president's testimony could be used against him. also tonight, it's the first sunday since the grand jury revealed shocking sex abuse allegations against catholic priests in pennsylvania. and now church officials are asking for forgiveness. parents of football players meeting with school officials as the university of marylands is being investigated for reportedly having a toxic culture. >> this program is not toxic. >> and as millions of muslims gather in saudi arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, some canadian pilgrims may not be
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able to return home. welcome to the overnight news. i'm elaine quijano. president trump went on the twitter war path this weekend slamming the press and the special counsel's russia investigation. he compared robert mueller to joseph mccarthy and once again called the investigation a rigged witch hunt. mr. trump also blasted "the new york times" report that implies white house counsel don mcgahn provided, quote, john dean-type information to the special counsel. john dean was a lawyer for richard nixon who spilled the beans on watergate. errol barnett is traveling with the president in new jersey. >> reporter: president trump appeared on the defensive all morning, insisting he allowed white house counsel don mcgahn to be insure viewed by the special counsel because, quote, i have nothing to hide. calling the russia probe disgusting and robert mueller conflicted. >> they're down to desperation time. they have to write a report and they don't have a single bit of evidence. >> reporter: the president's
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personal lawyer rudy giuliani is still negotiating terms of an interview between the president and special counsel. >> i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped into perjury. >> reporter: he fears the president's testimony could be used against him. >> truth isn't truth. donald trump says, i didn't talk about flynn with comey. comey says, you did talk about it. so tell me what the truth is? now, who do you think mueller is going to select? one of his best friends comey or the president? >> reporter: president trump's dismissal of comey led to the special counsel probe. now mr. trump's decision to revoke the security clearance of former cia director john brennan could also lead to legal problems. >> and if it means going to court, i will do that. >> reporter: brennan is exploring legal options because he believes the president's intent is to silence critics. >> i think it was a clear signal to others who still have their security clearances, if you cross him, if you speak out against him, he is going to use whatever tools he might have at
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his disposal to punish you. >> reporter: former director of national intelligence james clapper is among more than 70 intel officials backing brennan. >> the common denominator among all of us that have been speaking up, though, is genuine concern about the jeopardy or threats to our institutions and values. >> reporter: now, clapper is among those whose security clearances may soon be revoked by president trump. john bolton today said that it was senator rand paul who suggested brennan's clearance be revoked and the president agreed. >> errol, looking ahead at the midterm elections, cbs news has a new battle ground tracker out today. what's the headline there? >> reporter: well, that the midterm election math just got more ominous for president trump, and that's because our latest polling shows democrats have a slight edge in taking back the majority in the house. that would, of course, give them authority to cherokee committees and compel trump officials to
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testify under oath, and fueling democratic enthusiasm is women, telling cbs news president trump is a factor in their decisions of who to vote for. but, elaine, as you know, with 78 days to go until the mid terms, anything can happen. >> all right, errol barnett reporting for us. errol, thank you. the catholic church has been apologizing since a grand jury report on sexual abuse in six pennsylvania d pennsylvania diocese was released. chur churches across the northeast are holding a mass of forgive nels. dimarco morris has the latest. >> in the name of our local church, i voice again my heart felt sorrow and sincere apology to all survivors of clergy sexual abuse. >> reporter: the diocese of haburg n joins the l o this com after a gra jury's report last week in the commonwealth of pennsylvania
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alleged rampant sex abuse affecting more than 1,000 children by 300 priests in six syiocesever the past seven decades. gainer who was named in the report is accused of reaching out to the vatican to protect two of the priests accused of the ever abuse. the harrisburg diocese has taken some responsibility for their actions but the implications of dozens more priests in past decades has victims like sean dougherty speaking out against the church. >> fool me once, fool me twice. it's not -- no, i'm not getting fooled again. statutes of limitation, legislative fight, that's it for me. i'm not looking for -- to regain the church. >> i am very sad and disheartened by the whole scandal. >> reporter: maria warner from mass of forgiveness at saint patrick's cathedral on 5th avenue in manhattan said more healing is needed. >> now that this has come to
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light, the church can take the necessary steps to have this never, ever happen again. >> reporter: robert richey delivered today's sermon at saint patrick's. >> i hope we're able to confront the problems and see what has to be done to change them and give justice to the people that have been hurt. >> reporter: even new york's top priest, archbishop op timothy dolan expressed his concern stating in a newspaper op-ed he felt disgusted, hurt and by trayed by the report. elaine, now the focus shifts to the vatican and pope francis and what he plans to say at the world meeting of families next week in iowa. >> demarco morgan, thank you. in california, a 36-year-old undocumented worker could be deported just days after his wife gave birth. the couple has five children. the youngest was born a few days ago, but the child's father wasn't there because he'd been
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>> reporter: surveillance video shows maria del carmen nine months pregnant and hysterical on the phone. i.c.e. agents just arrested her husband surrounding their car at a gas station while they were on the way to the hospital to give birth by a scheduled c-section. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: they asked if i could show some i.d., she says. then they asked for her husband's i.d., which she says was at home. that's when i.c.e. agents asked joel to step out of the vehicle and took him into custody. she had to drive herself to the hospital. he's never even had a ticket, she says. the police have never stopped him. she said her husband has been in the u.s. for 12 years. immigration and customs enforcement initially said in a statement that lara was illegally residing in the united states, but after video of the arrest was w viewed, these a se statement saying, mr. arona lara was brought to isis attention due to an outstanding warrant
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>> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. >> at the university of maryland, parents of current football players met with school officials this weekend. they were looking for answers in the death of a player three months ago, and whether the football team has a, quote, toxic culture. tony d tony dee cope reports. >> reporter: two university of maryland football players are speaking out about their experience on the team. would you describe the
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program as being toxic? >> no, not at all. we're working hard, it's a little too hard, whatever it is. i've seen someone straight up fall down. >> reporter: as players continue to practice, some parents met with university officials on saturday. >> for me being there as a parent, it was emotional. they ask questions. >> reporter: their meeting comes on the heels of the governing board of the public university of md, looking into the program. they are looking into the death of 19-year-old offensive lineman jordan mcnair who died of a heat stroke at a teamwork out in may. they are also looking at whether the program fostered an abusive culture. as a result, head coach d.j. durkin was placed on leave. his players are coming to his defense. >> the accusations are false. i hope the coach comes back because he deserves to. he'd laid the done t hardk to g
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where we are. de co-poe c, s news, new york. >> officials are looking into how he handled domestic abuse allegations against a former assistant coach back in 2015. meyer was suspended without pay on august 1st. the report on the investigation is expected to be delivered to university leaders sometime this week. 14 people were hurt at an oklahoma casino when wild weather hit the concert venue where the back street boys and 98 degrees were scheduled to perform. wind star world casino and resort says it began evacuating fans from the concert site when lightning was reported in the area saturday afternoon. but about 150 concert goers didn't leave. when the storm hit, 80 mile an hour winds and heavy rains knocked over the trusses and the entrance collapsed on the remaining fans. >> they were trapped in there. they actually had to use a
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forklift to get people out. it was very gut wrenching to see all of the stretchers being wheeled out. >> the injured fans were taken to likal hospitals. at least two have been released. afterwards, the back street boys tweeted that they never want to put their fans in harm's way and that they will try to reschedule the show. in india, the state of karola has been devastated by the worst flooding in the century. more than 50 people have kbn skilled and now 800,000 are homeless. the intense downpour started almost two weeks ago and have triggered raging floods and landslides. officials say the weather is improving and they hope to rescue nearly 10,000 people by monday. the annual hajj pilgrimage is underway. able bodied muslims are required to make the trip once in their life. but for some muslims for canada, their trip is in jeopardy because of an escalating
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diplomatic dispute. deborah padok explains. >> reporter: as the 2 million pilgrims begin to replace their prophet muhammad's steps, they will notice something very different this year. women are behind the wheel for the first time after the ban on female drivers was lifted. but some of the women who advocated for the right to drive are in jail. it is their immediate release that the canadian foreign minister demanded in a tweet earlier this month. unleashing a torrent of fury from saudi arabia who accused canada of interfering in its internal affairs. and as diplomatic tensions escalated, the saudi kingdom canceled all flights to canada. for many canadian muslims, the journey of a lifetime has become mired in uncertainty. he decided to risk it anyway. >> we have no idea what we are going to get back to canada. >> reporter: muslims are obliged
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to make the hajj pilgrimage to mecca at least once in their lives. now canadians are cancelling a trip they've been saving for for years. and those who are already there are struggling to find return flights on other routes. deborah patter, cbs news, london. >> coming up next, scientists fear california could face another natural disaster. and later, something movie goers haven't seen in 25 years. (alex trebek) $8,000. over $8,000. now, why is this number so important? because $8,508 is the average cost of a funeral.
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here. >> reporter: hurricanes that form in the eastern pacific ocean usually don't make it past baja, california. only one managed to reach as far as san diego in 1858. however, there is now the potential this rare event could strike the san diego area again. oceanographer art miller. >> it could happen, especially if the ocean temperatures to stay in this anomalously warm state. >> it's very simple. scientists at the scripps hill have been recording temperatures in the pacific ocean, as high as 79.5 degrees. that's about 10 degrees above normal. what has the temperature gauge showed you in the last week or so? >> it showed we have been right at or outside the record temperatures that were already set back in the 30s. we know we are experiencing an extreme temperature event. >> it increases the likelihood a hurricane might track just a little further north than it would have. >> reporter: even though california has been battle tested by fires, mudslides and
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earthquakes, the widespread impact of a hurricane on lives and property is still unknown. >> the risk associated with surprising since we haven't been test foder th tested for that natural phenomenon. >> reporter: the weather service found higher temperatures in other parts of the pacific. the ocean absorbs more heat than it does on the land. also the northern southern california winds have been been picking up which would allow cooler waters to mix in. scientists believe the warming trend will continue. along the southern california coast, jaime yuccas, cbs news. >> up next, how a romantic comedy could break the mold in hollywood. cleaning floors with a mop and bucket... ...is a hassle. swiffer wetjet makes cleaning easy. it's safe to use on all finished surfaces, ...trapping dirt and liquid inside the pad. plus, it prevents streaks better than a micro fiber strip mop.
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take pleasure seriously. ♪ the romantic comedy "crazy rich asians" opened this week and is expected to have a big impact at the box office, raking in more than $25 million. but there's a lot more riding on it than just ticket sales. lee cowan spoke with the movie's director. >> people want to get rich. they're crazy rich. >> reporter: in a better world we wouldn't be talking about the ethnicity of the cast in "crazy rich asians". we'd be talking about whether or not they gave a good performance. overall most critics agree they do, but it's the oddity of an all-asian cast that's still drawing headlines. and for director john m. chu,
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that's just fine. for now. >> i hope that in ten years we look back at this moment and we forget about it, we're like, that was a thing, an all-asian cast was a thing? >> reporter: it is a thing given this is the first studio film since the joy luck club. way back in 1993, and featured an asian american ensemble. chu, an asian american whose parents owned a chinese restaurant, loved movies as a kid. that's him dressed as yoda. but he rarely saw anyone who looked or sounded like him on the big screen. chu realized as a director, he wasn't casting asians either. and was part of the problem. >> i think for myself as an artist, i wanted to know that i was an artist, like what -- do i have the courage to push something through the system that i now have known so well for the last ten years. so that desire grew too much for me to hold inside and it was time. >> reporter: rebecca sun is a senior reporter at the hollywood reporter.
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movies are her life. and yet this one felt decidedly different. >> to see one about a chinese american girl like myself, who looks and dresses like me was -- it was incredible. it felt really, really validating and it felt like recognition. >> reporter: the stakes are high and so are the expectations. maybe i mpossibly high. >> we are on a journey and it cracks the door. i'd be happy if people go to the movie and have a great time. you can't take back what you see. >> i just fell in love with you all over again. >> reporter: what you see is a romantic comedy about a boy and girl and complexity of family. it could be almost anyone anywhere and that's the point. lee cowan, hollywood. >> still ahead, an urban legend that's absolutely true.
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jersey that's inspiring people across the country to pay it forward. here's michelle miller. >> reporter: ruth reid never thought a visit to her favorite convenience store would make her a celebrity. >> i want to drop off a couple cases of root beer to your house. >> reporter: she hates all the attention. >> stop it. >> reporter: that's what picking up a stranger's tab gets you these days. >> and he just walks up here and was standing here with you. >> he looks familiar. >> reporter: that man was multi-grammy award winning country music star keith urban, reportedly worth $75 million. but ruth didn't believe him. ann sk would keith urban be sth. gu and te noced was behind us andhat's >> rr:djust fellt. habit aying a
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reso tre something well >> rorter: hopinto sd attitude posted the experience on facebook, but coming a social media sensation that's even inspired a song. ♪ somebody's paying for me short on money ♪ ♪ >> reporter: ruth says, don't think of her as a saint. >> i'm not mother teresa here. >> reporter: but as a retired third grade teacher still offering a lesson or two. >> if i can get a couple people to say, okay, i'm going to do what she does, this will have all been worth it. >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, medford, new jersey. >> terrific story. and that's the overnight news for this money. for some of you, the news 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.
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>> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm elaine quijano. president trump went on the twitter war path this weekend, slamming the press and the special counsel's russia investigation. he compared robert mueller to joseph mccarthy and once again called the investigation a rigged witch hunt. mr. trump also blasted "the new york times" report that implies white house counsel don mcgahn provided, cohen, john dean-type information to the special counsel. john dean was a lawyer for richard nixon who spilled the >> reporresirump e. appeared on the defensive all morning insisting he allowed
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white house counsel to be interviewed by the special counsel because, quote, i have nothing to hide. calling the russia probe disgusting and robert mueller conflicted. >> they're down to desperation time. they have to write a report and they don't have a single bit of evidence. >> reporter: the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani is still negotiating terms of an interview between the president and special counsel. >> i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped into perjury. >> reporter: he fears the president's testimony could be used against him. >> truth isn't truth. donald trump says, i didn't talk about flynn with comey. comey says, you did talk about it. so tell me what the truth is? now, who do you think mueller is going to select? one of his best friends comey, or the president? >> reporter: president trump's dismissal of comey led to the special counsel probe. now mr. trump's decision to revoke the security clearance of former cia director john brennan could also lead to legal problems. >> and if it means going to court, i will do that. >> reporter: brennan is
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exploring legal options because he believes the president's intent is to silence critics. >> i think it was a clear signal to others who still have their security clearances, if you cross him, if you speak out against him, he is going to use whatever tools he might have at his disposal to punish you. >> reporter: former director of national intelligence james clapper is among more than 70 intel officials backing brennan. >> the common denominator among all of us that have been speaking up, though, is genuine concern about the jeopardy or threats to our institutions and values. >> reporter: now, clapper is among those whose security clearances may soon be revoked by president trump. john bolton today said that it was senator rand paul who suggested brennan's clearance be revoked, and the president agreed. >> well, errol, looking ahead at the midterm elections, cbs news has a new battle ground tracker out today. what's the headline there >> reporter: well, that the midterm election math got more
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ominous for president trump. and that's because our latest polling show democrats have a slight edge in taking back the majority in the house. that would, of course, give them authority to cherokee committees and compel trump officials to testify under oath and fueling democratic enthusiasm is women, telling cbs news president trump is a knack factor in their deci who to vote for. elaine, as you know, with 78 days to go until the midterms, anything can happen. >> all right, errol barnett reporting for us. errol, thank you. the catholic church has been apologizing since a grand jury report on sexual abuse in six pennsylvania diocese was released. today is the first sunday since then and churches across the northeast are holding a mass of forgiveness. demarco morgan has the latest. >> in the name of our local church, i voice again my heartfelt sorrow and sincere apology to all survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
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>> reporter: the diocese of harrisburg now joins the list of catholic clergy praying and asking for forgiveness. this comes after a grand jury's report last week in the commonwealth of pennsylvania alleged rampant sex abuse affecting more than 1,000 children by 300 priests in six pennsylvania diocese over the past seven decades. gaynor who is named in the report is accused 6 reaching out to the vatican to protect priests accuse the in the abuse. the diocese has taken some responsibility for their actions, but the preliminary indications of dozens more priests in past decades has victims like sean diane sawyoug speaking out against the church. >> fool me once, fool me twice. i'm not getting fooled again. i'm not -- statutes of little elm tags, legislative fight, that's it for me. i'm not looking for -- to regain the church. >> i am very sad and
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disheartened by the whole scandal. >> reporter: maria warner from washington, d.c. who attended a mass of forgiveness at saint patrick's cathedral on 5th avenue in manhattan says more healing is needed. >> now that this has come to light, the church can take the necessary steps to have this never, ever happen again. >> reporter: monsignor robert richey delivered the sermon at saint patrick's. >> i hope we're able to confront the problems and see what has to be done to change them and give justice to the people that have been hurt. >> reporter: even new york's top priest archbishop op timothy dolan expressed his concern stating in a newspaper op-ed saying he fest disgusted, betrayed by the report. the focus shifts to the val cann a -- vatican and pope francis and what he'll say to families next week in iowa. >> demarco morgan, thank you. in california a 36-year-old undocumented worker could be
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deported. just days after his wife gave birth. the couple has five children. the youngest was born a few days ago, but the child's father wasn't there because he'd been arrested by i.c.e. agents. carter evans has the story. >> reporter: surveillance video shows maria del carmen vanegas nine months pregnant and hysterical on the phone. i.c.e. agents arrested her husband, surrounding the car while they were on the way to the hospital to give birth by a scheduled c-section. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: they asked if i could show some i.d., she says. then they asked for her husband's i.d. which was at home. this is' when i.c.e. agents scad him to step out of the vehicle and took him into custody. vanegas had to drive herself to the hospital. he's never even had a ticket, she says. the police have never stopped him. she said her husband has been in the u.s. for 12 years. immigration and customs enforcement initially said in a statement that lara was
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illegally residing in the united states, but after a video of the arrest was widely viewed, the agency released a second statement saying, mr. arona lara was brought to i.c.e.'s attention due to an outstanding warrant issued for his arrest in mexico on homicide charges. were you able to confirm any homicide charges? >> no, so far we haven't been able to verify anything. >> reporter: the couple's attorney emilio admits both are in the u.s. without the proper documents. >> it's not so much the risk, but the fact that i.c.e. acted in total disregard for the health and the well-being of the mother. >> reporter: the family's attorney says he's not aware of any mexican extradition orders for the father. currently he's being held in custody pending a removal order. elaine? >> carter evans, thank you. in india, the state of karola has been devastated by the worst fodin aen. more than50 people bn killed and around 800,000 are
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>> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. >> so far the 2018 hurricane season hasn't spawned any dangerous storms, sparing people who live along the east coast and the gulf of mexico. hurricanes don't usually hit the west coast, but scientists say the temperature of the pacific ocean off san diego hit a record this month, and that could be a sign of hurricane trouble ahead. jaime yuccas reports. >> reporter: irma, harvey and katrina are among the hurricanet and the gulf of mexico. but here in california hurricanes are virtually unheard of. >> what do you do in the case of a hurricane? i don't know.
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i can't imagine that kind of devastation hitting the shores here. >> reporter: hurricanes that form in the eastern pacific ocean usually don't make it past baja, california. only one managed to reach as far as san diego in 1858. however, there is now the potential, this rare event could strike the san diego area again. oceanographer art miller. >> it could happen, especially if the ocean temperatures continue to stay in this anomalously warm state. >> very simple. >> reporter: scientists at the scripps pier have been recording historic temperatures in the pacific ocean as high as 79.5 degrees. that's about 10 degrees above normal. what has the temperature gauge showed you in the last week or so? >> it's shown we have been right at or outside the record hat lr. very extreme temture e >> that potentially mitr ae bittherthat a hurricane north an it would as b
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tested by mudslides and earthquakes, the widespread impact of a hurricane on lives and property is still unknown. >> the risk associated with those high wind events might be surprising since we really haven't been tested for that type of natural phenomenon. >> reporter: the national weather service has found even higher temperatures in other parts of the pacific. that's because the ocean absorbs more heat than it does on the land. also, the normal southern california winds have not been picking up which would allow ol to mix in. scientists believe the warming trend will continue. >> a scorching hot summer in europe is causing glaciers to melt in the mountains of switzerland and that's led to a historic discovery. deborah patta has the story. >> reporter: it is one of the most improbable stories in aviation history. the 1946 emergency landing on a swiss glacier of a and their families. the ghostly relics of the
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aircraft have resurfaced over 70 years later, scattered by the elements and exposed by the scorching temperatures sweeping europe that melted the glacier. the dakotas pilot was forced to make the perilous landing to avoid crashing the plane. for four days rescue flights braved treacherous weather searching for survivors, and then. >> almost a miracle, half buried in snow and 10,000 feet up on a snow swept mountain side. >> reporter: they had huddled in the plane trying to keep warm in sub-zero temperatures. >> then at last the rescue party of swiss mountainees made their way to the dakota. >> reporter: the rescue marked a milestone in aviation history. two swiss pilots fnnssce planesd up the stranded americans two at a time. >> as for the reunions, they certainly were good to see. he greets his wife. >> reporter: experts continued
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to be astounded to this day that everyone survived the ordeal. deborah patta, london. >> if you visit disney world or disneyland, there is a good chance you'll be headed home with an armful of souvenirs. there is a man in los angeles who seemingly collected every disney article that's ever been put on sale and he's planning to hold an auction next week. here again is jaime yuccas. >> reporter: this former sporting good store is 40 miles, an hour's drive away from disneyland. once you get inside? >> this is from peter pan's flight. >> welcome to world disney. >> reporter: it's easy to imagine you're right in the middle of the happyest place on earth. >> everybody has their own hometown. everyone's collective hometown is disneyland. >> reporter: richard craft is a los angeles talent agent who spent the last 25 years collecting more than a thousand disneyland artifacts. >> because i'm deranged and obsessive, one poster became
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every poster, then it became ride vehicles and there was no stopping. >> reporter: like many grown up kids, craft has indelible childhood memories of his family's visits to disneyland. for the craft family, those trips were much more than a simple vacation. >> an older brother with crohn's disease. we had to wait for a day he was feeling well. so a trip to disneyland was like the best day of the year. it was disneyland and my brother being healthy. >> reporter: 25 years ago, craft's brother david passed away and richard consoled himself with an impromptu trip to disneyland. >> all of a sudden all these memories of my childhood with my brother came rushing back. and shortly after that, there was an auction i heard about of pieces of disneyland. >> reporter: that auction started it all. >> these loud guys over here are "it's a small world" figures. >> reporter: now craft has amassed a collection including everything from larger than life
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sea certificaserpents to creepys from the haunted mansion. above it all is craft's pride and joy. >> everybody on planet earth has been this this dumb bow, am i correct? >> reporter:pound dumbo hang in craft's living room. >> his ears are 8 feet long and would not get through our front door so we did the logical thing. we bought a different house and moved to one with french doors. >> reporter: for the next two weeks it's all on display in this free exhibit, and then it all goes up for auction. >> i've got to send it back out into the world. i keep hearing the voice of the great poet elsa saying, "let it go, let it go" and i'm just following directions. >> these things don't get sold 06 often. >> reporter: mike van eaton is staging the auction. he thinks this enchanted bird could go for $100,000.
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and dumbo could fetch up to twice that amount. >> these items really trigger a lot of childhood memories for people. there's a lot of love here. we've had people who actually have started crying when they see a vehicle that reminded them of some experience they had when they were a child. >> reporter: craft insisted on staging this free exhibit before the auction so he could share his happiness with as many people as possible. >> so far in the first week we had 10,000 people come through. and we had 10,000 legitimately happy people. >> reporter: and as for the collection itself? >> i hope it all gets happy homes. >> reporter: if they weren't happy already, artifacts like these will likely do the trick. jaime yuccas, los angeles. >> the cbs overnight news will be right back.
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why did i want a crest 3d white smile?
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dinner date. meeting his parents, dinner date. so i used crest. crest 3d white removes 95% of surface stains in just 3 days, for a whiter smile that will win them over. look for a one dollar coupon in this sunday's paper. for some people, working with their hands is no work at all. tony dokoupil has the story for "sunday morning." >> reporter: are you the kind of person who actually likes washing dishes? how about folding laundry? yard work? really? what all these have in common, of course, is they occupy our
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hands, and as it turns out, some researchers think that may be key to making our brains very happy. >> i've made up this term called behavior suiticles instead of pharmaceuticals. we change the chemistry of our brain in ways that a drug can change the chemistry of our brain. >> reporter: kelly lambert is a neuroscientist at the university of richmond who says our brains have evolved to reward us for getting a grip on the world. which is why -- >> the 19th century doctors used to prescribe knitting to women who were over wrought with anxiety. they assumed it calmed them down. it sounds simplistic. when you think about repetitive movement produces chemicals, you make a hat or scarf, there's the reward. >> reporter: of course working with your hands is not always easy. just ask matthew crawford, a
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part-time mechanic from richmond, virginia. >> there is literally blood on the table right now. >> there usually is, yeah. >> reporter: crawford prefers some nicks and cuts to what he used to do. as executive director of a think tank in washington, d.c. did your hands look like that? >> probably not, no. they were pretty clean. but i was, you know, i was sleepy. i just -- there was no amount of coffee that could keep me awake. >> reporter: in the garage using his hands, crawford finds that his mind goes into high gear. >> and there are times when i crack some nut, we're all like run over, kick the garbage can out of elation. >> reporter: it was such a revelation, he wrote a best-selling book on the subject. which taps into the same attraction that makes reality shows like forged in fire, top chef, and project runway so popular. >> use one color with it --
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>> reporter: they all glorify handy work. >> if you're making something and painting or cooking and putting things together, you're using both hands and a little bit more creative way, that's going to be more engaging for the brain. >> reporter: it's something a lot of us crave, especially now as fewer of us do much at all with our hands. as of 2015, jobs requiring social and analytical skills, desk jobs, had increased 94% from 1980 while jobs requiring physical skills went up a mere 12%. and that has kelly lambert concerned. >> you just sit there and we press buttons. you start to lose a sense of control over your environment. >> reporter: she's been using rodents to study the hand/brain coectionrats made to dig for re showed greater signs of mental health. when compared to what she calls her trust fund rats, who got a pass on doing any physical work.
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>> when we took an animal that was really in tune with the environment and we just gave them their rewards without having to work for them, their stress hormones went up high. they lost all of their benefits. >> reporter: wow. so we turned ourselves into trust fund rats is what you're saying. >> i'm scared we are, yes. >> reporter: few of us are as in touch with our hands as zaria foreman in her studio she creates stunningly realistic portraits of icebergs all with the tips of her fingers. >> i always just started using my hands from an early age. i think there is something very piitdsnd about feeling the moving it around and in a way that is a part of me as an artist into each piece that i make. >> do you want to try? >> reporter: yes, i do. okay. and while what i made wasn't much more than a smudge -- just move it around. >> yeah, move it around.
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>> reporter: what i felt while doing it was something my brain
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we end this half hour with a story of a remarkable sculptor. here's susan spencer of "sunday morning." >> reporter: alonzo clemens is able to work part time. do you like your job at the y? >> yes, pick up trash. >> reporter: but a childhood accident left him with a traumatic brain injury. he can't read or write or do math. this is your studio, as it were. and yet astonishingly he can do this. when did you make him? >> on the weekend. >> reporter: this past weekend? >> yeah. >> reporter: as naturally as the rest of us breathe, alonzo can sculpt. his meticulous creations fill his bolder, colorado, apartment.
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he's made hundreds of them, all with his bare hands. when you make an animal, what are you thinking about? >> running around the pasture. >> reporter: you can see it running in the pasture? >> yeah. >> reporter: this is the clay. >> yeah. >> reporter: and this is how you start every piece? >> yes. >> reporter: he can't explain how he does it. what are you going to make? >> horse. >> reporter: but he loves to show you how. you just use your fingers? >> yes. >> reporter: we watched him work out every detail from the mane to the muscles all with apparent ease. is alonzo a savant? >> yes, no question. >> reporter: psychiatrist darrell is research director at the treffert center. >> this is the largest planet jupiter. >> reporter: and is a leading sperlt expert on sa sanities of all ages. >> it is a rare but remarkable condition in which someone with
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a disability has a striking ability that stands in stark contrast to overall handicap. >> reporter: dr. treffert says alonzo is what's called an acquired savant. it's believed that his head injury somehow rewired his brain. holy spirit' coming alive. >> reporter: damaging cognitive abilities but freeing up artistic gifts. that took you 15 minutes at most. i could take 15 years and i couldn't do that. do you think alonzo would be making horses today if he'd never had that accident? >> probably not. >> he's an artist. >> reporter: nancy mason has worked as alonzo's assistant for more than two decades. what is it like for you when you watch him work? >> it's a joy and a blessing in my life. >> reporter: and in alonzo's life as well. can you imagine not doing this? >> i'd be miserable.
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>> you'd be miserable. >> that's president overnight news this monday. it's monday, august 20th, 2018, this is the cbs morning news. the investigation into president trump's ex-lawyer michael cohen for alleged bank fraud is coming to an end and what mr. trump's current lawyer said about truth is going viral. >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> catholic churches hold masses of forgiveness in the wake of a scathing grand jury report on the alleged sex abuses of more than 300 priests. and a man is arrested by i.c.e.

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