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gamers play madden nfl, you could hear gunshots in the background. fatalities. also tonight, an outpouring of respect for senator john mccain. presidents, congressional colleagues and the people he served remember the war hero and maverick lawmaker who led with compassion and wasn't afraid to compromise. >> my country saved me and i cannot forget it. and i will fight for her as long as i draw breath, so help me god. [ cheers and applause ] >> pope francis at sunday mass in ireland begs forgiveness for child abuse in the catholic church. a former vatican official is now
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accusing the pope of covering up allegations against an american cardinal. and tropical storm lane dumps nearly 4 feet of rain on hawaii washing out roads and triggering mudslides. we're there with the latest. welcome to the overnight news. i'm elaine quijano. police in jacksonville, florida, still don't know the motive behind a shooting at a video gaming conference. several people were killed before the shooter turned the gun on himself. tony dokoupil is here. >> it happened during a live stream of the tournament for a new game madden nfl 19. was being played in an area of jacksonville called the landing which is down on the waterfront. it is an area filled with shops and restaurants. police tell us several people are dead at this hour and multiple others are injured. take a look at this video which shows the game being played in a room at what's known at a game bar. now, listen as the feed is
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inerrupted by the sound of gunshots followed by shouts and screams. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: eyewitnesses tell our local affiliate there was an absolute scramble to get to safety. the jacksonville sheriff's department posted a tweet telling people in the area to stay far away from the area. the area is not safe at this time and they repeated, stay away. there is one suspect identified by the sheriff's office as a white male who is dead at the scene. elaine, they say there are no other suspects involved. >> chilling to hear that audio. tony dokoupil, thank you. we turn now to the outpouring of respect for senator john mccain. from the nation's capital to his home state of arizona, flags are flying at half staff in his honor. the vietnam war hero and maverick lawmaker died saturday just days before his 82nd birthday. and exactly nine years after senator ted kennedy died from the same type of aggressive brain cancer. a police escort ushered mccain's
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body from his hometown of sedona to phoenix where he will lie in state. tributes have been pouring in from presidents trump, obama, clinton, carter and the bushes. mccain is being remembered as a patriot of the highest order. nancy cordes has more tonight from arizona. >> reporter: arizonians laid flowers and flags outside a phoenix funeral home as the political world mourned. >> it was tough. i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: republican jeff flake is the junior senator from arizona. >> i have admired him, like i said, my entire life. and it's tough to imagine a senate without him. it's tough to imagine politics without john mccain. >> reporter: mccain ran for president twice, served in congress for 36 years, and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in vietnam. this week he'll get a hero's send off, lying in state at both
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the arizona and u.s. capital buildings, eulogized at memorial services by former vice-president joe biden and former presidents obama and george w. bush. democratic leader chuck schumer proposed renaming the russell senate office building where mccain worked after him. >> and i'd like decades from now, little children to ask their parents, who was john mccain? >> reporter: in a statement, mccain's wife cindy said, my heart is broken. i am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. his daughter megan said he was a great fire who burned bright and we lived in his light and warmth for so long. >> we are getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> reporter: it was his willingness to call out anyone and work with anyone, rerm, immigration, and foreign policy. >> his voice will be missed, but his legacy in that area certainly lives on. >> reporter: there are few
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places mccain loved as much as the sedona hills, but the u.s. naval academy was one of them. he loved to remind people that he finished 5th from the bottom of his graduating class. and he has asked to be buried there in annapolis, maryland near the grave of a long time friend. elaine? >> nancy cordes, thank you. mccain was born on a military base in panama and said he was from all around until he became an arizonian through marriage. jamie yuccas says the state has embraced him. >> reporter: as the sun set and the motorcade carrying the body of senator john mccain, arizona honored him for his words. >> he stood for what he believed in and did it in a decent way. >> rteee. ep remri him asset dmond cktadium >> it' a everyone. reporr: to hs a warks s w embodied
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civility and integrity. >> the late senator john mccain. >> reporter: so it was no surprise when his image came on the jumbotron at last night's game against the mariners. the crowd gave mccain a standing ovation. >> we adored him. >> in my language, a samurai and hishi, which is a warrior. >> reporter: jennie and charlie never met mccain in person, but felt like others. they knew him personally. >> he was just great. it broke my heart when i saw that news come over. >> reporter: it was a fitting tribute for this huge diamond backs fan who threw out the first pitch at game 7 of the world series in 2001. before watching his team thrash the mighty yankees. even after his illness, he was a fixture at the games, a loyal fan, cheering on the home team, often giving handshakes and posing with other diamond back
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fans. >> he just made us all feel that he was doing his job for us. ba. >> reporter: here in this stadium as they reflect on his values, they are taking stock of their own. do you think this could be a gut check for the country? >> hopefully it will be. people will gather and realize what we lost and try to do better. >> reporter: governor announced senator mccain's body will lie in state here at the arizona state capital starting on wednesday. it would have been mccain's 82nd birthday. elaine, the governor says he will not name a replacement to the senator's 76-seat until after the funeral. >> jamie yuccas, thanks. the cbs overnight news will be right back.
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>> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. >> cbs this morning co-host john dickerson covered senator mccain on the campaign trail for both his presidential runs in 2000 and 2008. and john joins us now from chicago. john, thanks for being with us. you rode on senator mccain's campaign bus dubbed the straight talk express. why was the 2000 presidential campaign so significant? >> well, it was significant because john mccain was such an under dog. he used to joke he might be in negative position in the polls when he started. but it wasn't just that he was an under dog i. was running on a message and it was this, that he could fight the establishment of his party, that he could fight the money and the endorsements that are all going to george w. bush and that in doing well, he could show the path for how he might change politics in america
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because his argument was that big money had corrupted politics and that was what we were seeing in all policy fights in america. and so when he succeeded in new hampshire, it was proof of concept, and then finally when people saw in front of them in those town halls behavior that they associated with the best of america, you know, it's one thing to hear somebody talk about bipartisan ship. it's another thing to see a person listening to a questioner who is clearly on the opposite side of an issue, but affording them dignity and respect. they gravitated towards that in big numbers. >> and, john, what was senator mccain's impact on american politics over the last several decades? >> well, senator mccain's impact over the last few decades was to change the rules of campaign finance. of course, some of them -- those rules were changed then by law. but it was to be a constant fighter for the concept of freedom, both in america and globally. and that those who were free and those who had not known freedom owed a duty to human rights
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across the world to speak out and reach out to those people who were oppressed. he also just in the way he carried himself maintained and tried to maintain a set of standards that he believed went back to america's founding. and particularly not in the abstract, but when he fell from those standards, he was always the harshest on himself in some ways, although he was brittle about criticism, i know. and he was basically in the service of doing his job, also trying to maintain a standard that a lot of people think is totally up for grabs in politics right now. >> john dickerson, thanks very much, john. >> thanks, elaine. >> at sunday mass in ireland, pope francis begged forgiveness for child abuse in the catholic church and vowed justice for the victims. his remarks come as a former vatican official is now accusing the pope of covering up allegations against an americann ireland. >> reporter: mass in dublin's
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phoenix park marked the end of a trip overshadowed by church scandal. pope francis asked the crowd of faithful for forgiveness, saying the church had failed to find justice and truth for abuse victims. >> translator: truth, justice, love. >> reporter: elsewhere in the city, hundreds protested what they called the church's lack of action. but the most explosive criticism launched at the pope came from inside his own ranks. sunday morning, the vatican's former ambassador to the u.s. claimed the pope knew disgraced washington cardinal theodore mccarrick was guilty of sexual abuse, but still used him as an advisor. in a bombshell 11-page letter, archbishop op carlo called on pope francis to, quote, set an example for cardinals and bishops who covered up mccarrick's abuses and resign with all of them. he claims he first warned senior ntually officials about mccaickt
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nishedarckndanned him from hsemina he then alleges current washington cardinal wuerl turned a blind eye after bennedict stepped down. vigano said he had a private audience with pope francis in 2013 and told him about mccarrick's past, but he said the pope didn't take any action until mccarrick resigned in june following media reports he abused a minor. the vatican has not responded to the letter. a spokesperson for cardinal wuerl said he, quote, did not receive any documentation or information during his time in washington regarding any actions taken against mccarrick. vigano said the church has become what he calls a fet it swamp and is acting on his conscience. he said this could be politically motivated. he's a staunch critic of the pope and blames him for allowing home owe sexuality in the church. elaine? >> jonathan vigliotti, thank
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you. hawaii dodged a direct hit by hurricane lane, which became tropical storm lane over the weekend. but the big island was hit by more than 4 feet of rain. roads are washed out, homes are damaged and dozens needed to be rescued. maria villareal is there. >> i could see the water coming between the crack and underneath. >> reporter: debris heading downstream jammed up this creek rushing into margot's home. part of her foundation is now gone. have you stopped at all to think -- >> no. >> reporter: what could have happened? >> not until i started talking about -- realizing if these doors had not stayed, that i would have been dead. >> reporter: stranded, collins had to be rescued friday morning along with her neighbors jill ann and ryan boscher. >> it was terrifying. coming out, you just don't -- you under estimate the power of water. to come out and have your waist coming from under you, it was very scary.
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>> reporter: torrential rain has been relentless for nearly five days dousing the big island with 51 inches. downpours flooded out entire neighborhoods. and created dangerous road hazards. so far 39 people have been rescued. as the storm moves out, homeowners are slowly moving back in, determined to rebuild no matter the loss. >> i am so fortunate that in hawaii, if you don't have family here, you make a family, hanai, aloha. >> reporter: the river behind me is taking all that flood water out to the pacific ocean. with rain expected to linger the next few days, crews are working around the clock to make sure did debris doesn't back up. elaine? >> maria villareal, thank you. coming up next, families separated by the korean war and kept apart by politics are reunited, if only for a weekend. and later, senator john mccain on his li
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without knowing whether my brother was alive or dead, he said. and so for me to have met him feels like a dream. but there is also sorrow in saying good-bye. south korean president moon jae-in and north korean leader kim jong-un have agreed to bring more families together, but the north has often used these reunions as bargaining chips. 57,000 south koreans are still hoping to meet their long-lost relatives. but with many now in their 80s and 90s, time is running out. 3,000 die each year without seeing their loved ones again. these fortunate few had to say good-bye wednesday. their 12 hours together is all too brief comfort for a lifetime sp ben tracy, cbs news, seoul. >> the cbs overnight news will be right back. sleep disturbances keep 1 in 3 adults up at night.
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we end tonight yielding the floor to senator john mccain, reading passages from his book, the restless wave. good causes, great fights and other appreciations. mccain's coauthor, speech writer and long time friend mark salter said it was supposed to be a book about foreign affairs and national security before mccain was diagnosed last summer with stage 4 brain cancer. it immediately became a book of reflections on mccain's life and service. >> whether we think each other right or wrong on tour views of the issues of the day, as long was share all our differences, for the all the rancorous debates that demean our politics, a mutual devotion to the ideals our nation was conceived uphold, that all are created equal and liberty and equal justice are the natural
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rights of all. my country saved me and i cannot forget it. and i will fight for her as long as i draw breath, so help me god. [ cheers and applause ] >> there's no doubt that all of us will leave from time to time. i was. unfortunately, not all of us can emulate john wayne, but i think the overwhelming majority of us do the best we could. >> the american people don't hold washington and the people who work there in very high esteem. we need to make sure that we give the american people what they deserve, and right now they're not getting it. >> let's trust each other. let's return to regular order. we've been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. i've had the good fortunated service to thi won bn repaid a
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times over with adventures, with good on serving something more important than myself. of being a big player in the extraordinary story of america, and i am so grateful. >> i love life and i want to stay around forever, but i also believe that there's a great honor that you can die with. i want to smell the rose scented breeze and feel the sun on my shoulders. i want to watch the hawks hunt from the sycamore, and then take my leave, bound for a place near my old friend chuck larson, in the cemetery on the severn back where it began. >> and that's the overnight news for this monday. 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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/s >> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm elaine quijano. we begin with an outpouring of respect for the late senator john mccain. from the nation's capital to his home state of arizona, flags are flying at half staff in his honor. the vietnam war hero and maverick lawmaker died saturday just days before his 82nd birthday. and exactly nine years after senator ted kennedy died from the same type of aggressive brain cancer. a police escort ushered mccain's body from sedona to phoenix where he will lie in state. tributes have been pouring in from trump, obama, carter and the bushes. mccain is being remembered as a patriot of the highest order. nancy cordes has more tonight from phoenix.
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>> reporter: arizonians laid flowers outside a phoenix funeral home today as the political world mourned. >> it's tough. i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: republican jeff flake is the junior senator from arizona. >> i have admired him, like i said, my entire life, and it's tough to imagine a senate without him. it's tough to imagine politics without john mccain, but we need to go on. >> reporter: mccain ran for president twice, served in congress for 36 years, and spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in vietnam. this week he'll get a hero's send off, lying in state at both the arizona and u.s. capital buildings, eulogized at memorial services by former vice-president joe biden and or. democratic leader chuck schumer proposed renaming the russell
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senate office building where mccain worked after him. >> so that future generations who work there and future generations throughout america will remember him. >> reporter: in a statement, mccain's wife cindy said, my heart is broken. i'm so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years. his daughter meghan said, he was a great fire who burned bright, and we lived in his light and warmth for so long. >> we are getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> reporter: it was mccain's willingness to call out anyone and work with anyone, too, that mad pim reform, >>be ss tha area certainly lives on. >> reporter: there are few places mccain loved as much as the sedona hills, but the u.s.
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naval academy was one of them. he loved to remind people that he finished 5th from the bottom of his graduating class. and he has asked to be buried there in annapolis, maryland near the grave of a long-time friend. elaine? >> nancy cordes, thank you. mccain was born on a military base in panama and said he was from all around until he became an arizonian through marriage. jamie yuccas said the state embraced him as a hometown hero. >> reporter: as the flags were lowered and the sunset on a motorcade carrying the body of senator john mccain, arizonians honored him for his words. >> he stood for what he believed in and he did it in a very decent way. >> reporter: and his deeds. >> he absolutely is missed. he's an asset to the state of arizona. >> reporter: remembering him at his regular haunt, the diamond back stadium. >> it's a loss for everyone. >> reporter: so his constituents he was a war hero, states man civility and integrity. >> the late senator john mccain. >> reporter: so, it was no
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surprise whent last night's game against the mariners. the crowd gave mccain a standing ovation. [ cheers and applause ] >> we adored him. >> in my language, a samurai and hishi, which is the warrior. >> reporter: jenny and charlie never met mccain in person, but felt like others, they knew him personally. >> he was just great. it broke my heart when i saw that news come over. >> reporter: it was a fitting tribute for this huge diamondbacks fan who threw out the first pitch at game 7 of the world series in 2001 before watching his team thrash the mighty yankees. even after his illness he was a fixture at the games, a loyal fan, cheering on the home team. often giving hand shakes and posing with other diamond back fans. >> he just made us all feel that he was doing his job for us.
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>> and he loved baseball. >> reporter: here in this stadium, as they reflect on his values, they are taking stock of their own. do you think this could be a gut check for the country? >> hopefully it will be hopefully people will gather and realize what we lost and try to do better. >> reporter: governor announced senator mccain's body will lie in state here at the arizona state capital starting on wednesday. that would have been mccain's 82nd birthday. elaine, the governor says he will not name a replacement to the senator's 76-seat until after the funeral. >> jamie yuccas, thanks. cbs co-host this morning john dickerson covered mccain on the campaign trail for both his presidential runs in 2000 and 2008. and john joins us now from chicago. john, thanks for being with us. you rode on senator mccain's campaign bus dubbed the straight talk express. why was the 2000 presidential campaign so significant? >> well, it was significant because john mccain was such an
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under dog, he used to joke he might be in negative position in the polls when he started. but it wasn't just that he was an under dog, he was running on a message and it was this. that he could fight the establishment of his party, that he could fight the money and the endorsements that had all gone to george w. bush and that in doing well, he could show the path for how he might change politics in america. because his armageddon umgument big money corrupted politics. that's what we were seeing in all policy fights in america. when he succeed ed in new hampshire, it was proof of concept. finally when people saw in front of them in those town halls behavior that they associated with the best of america, you know, it's one thing to hear somebody talk about bipartisan ship. it's another thing to see a person listening to a questioner who is clearly on the opposite side of an issue, but affording them dignity and respect. they gravitated towards that in big numbers. >> and, john, what was senator mccain's impact on american politics over the last several decades? >> well, senator mccain's impact over the last few decades was to
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change the rules of campaign finance. of course, some of those rules were changed, then, by law. but it was to be a constant fighter for the concept of freedom both in america and globally, and that those who were free and those who had not known freedom owed a duty to human rights across the world to speak out and reach out to those people who were oppressed. he also just in the way he carried himself maintained and tried to maintain a set of standards he believed went back to america's founding. and particularly not in the abstract. but when he fell from those standards, he was always the harshest on himself in some ways, although he was brittle about criticism, i know. and he was basically in the service of doing his job, also trying to maintain a standard that a lot of people think is totally up for grabs in politics right now. >> john dickerson. thanks very much, john. >> thanks, elaine.
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>> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. >> tributes are pouring in from across the country and around the world for john mccain. the vietnam war hero and long-time arizona senator passed away saturday at his home surrounded by family and friends. mccain was something of a fixture here at cbs news. he appeared on face the nation, a record 112 times. most of those interviews were conducted by our own bob schieffer who looks back now on mccain's life and legacy. >> reporter: americans first came to know john mccain as a navy pilot shot down in 1967 over north vietnam. as a prisoner of war, his
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captors tortured him for 5 1/2 years. when they learned he was a famous admiral's son, they tried to release him for propaganda purposes, but he refused to go until the other prisoners were freed. it was such courage that marked his long political life. through two presidential campaigns and decades in the senate, he became one of the best-known politicians in america and was never afraid to cross party lines. >> libertarians, vegetarians, come on over. vote for me. >> reporter: in 1985, he made his first appearance on "face the nation." >> joining us are arizona congressman john mccain. >> reporter: by 2008 he had set ancesn thecast.e most weome, johnppeance. rd on the sunday after winning the republican presidential nomination with
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what may have been the most unusual strategy in pol >> we lost the trust of the american people when some republicans gave in to the temptations of corruption. >> reporter: he told the nominating convention his party had lost its way and was part of the country's problem. >> we came to power to change washington and washington changed us. >> reporter: the general election campaign proved to be as unusual as his fight for the republican nomination. at one point he found himself defending his opponent, barack obama's honor. >> he is a decent person. >> reporter: after a supporter called obama arab. >> no ma'am, no ma'am. he's a decent family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that's what this campaign is all about. >> reporter: mccned to win the presidency by attracting independent swing voters. to do that he toyed with making independent democrat joe
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liebeler man his running mate. advisors talked him out of it. >> the next vice-president of the united states -- >> reporter: instead, they recommended little-known alaska governor sarah palin. >> you can actually see russia from land here in alaska. >> reporter: her phone campaign ended whatever chance he had to win independents. add onto that a bad economy and he lost in a land slide. mccain got over it by plunging into his work in the senate where he championed causes large and small, sometimes causes his own party wanted no part of. it was former prisoner of war mccain who took on many republicans to declare america could never condone torture, even against our worst enemies. >> it's not about them, it's about us. it's about us, what we were, what we are, and what we -- and what we should be. and that's a nation that does not engage in these kinds of
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violations of the fundamental basic human rights that we guaranteed whether we declared our independence. >> he's not a war hero. >> reporter: americans were shocked during the 2016 campaign when republican candidate donald trump attacked mccain, saying -- >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> reporter: mccain stayed above the fray during the controversy that ensued, but his relationship with trump was never warm. and he was the deciding vote that killed the new president's plan to repeal obamacare. for mccain, it was always about the issues, seldom about who sided with him. he could be the senate's fierce est critic. >> we're getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. >> reporter: but he loved the place, respected its rules and tougheponents, like the late democratic senator ted kennedy. >> oh, we had some of the great
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bouts, and yet i rbe one time we had a huge fight that two freshmen had begun. we drove them from the floor and afterwards we were walking off the floor and he put his arm ha round me and he said, we were really did a good one that time, didn't we, john? >> reporter: when he and democratic senator chuck schumer were working to find a compromise on immigration, i remarked it was the first time they had appeared on the "face the nation set" together. what i didn't say was it was mccain who convinced schumer to cancel travel plans and stay in washington to show solidarity. when hillary clinton called him her favorite republican, as she was preparing to run for president, i asked mccain the obvious question. >> is she your favorite democrat? >> actually -- i hope this program is blacked out in arizona. please cut. look, i respect secretary/senator clinton. i roo espect her views.
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we have had disagreements object a number of issues. i think it's my job to work with every president if she is, regrettably, if she attains the presidency. >> reporter: as chairman of the armed services committee, mccain flew to battle fields and trouble spots around the world. when ukraine became dangerous, i questioned his decision to go to kiev. >> i know you think you're bullet proof, but do you feel safe there, senator? >> i always feel safe, bob. i told you in the past, i know that i'm going to die, but it's only going to be in bed. >> reporter: i always felt john mccain had no more fear of death than he had of taking on an uphill political fight. anthee fight with every ouncee d. and he was still fighting when time ran out. >> i'm sorry. thank you, senator. we've run out of time. >> i have more to say. >> reporter: so john mccain's voice is stild, but how he lived his life will always speak coun
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nasa has an unmanned spacecraft on the collision course with a speeding asteroid. the plan is to have the craft scoop up a little comet dust and bring it back to earth. chris van cleave reports. >> reporter: nasa unveiled these new images of an asteroid about the size of five football fields and the focus of a roughly billion dollar mission to collect samples from its surface. >> lift off. cyrus rex. >> reporter: the spacecraft was launched almost two years ago and is now close enough to get a look at the asteroid. by december, it will begin a delicate dance with benu steering close enough that its robotic arm will reach out and touch the surface to collect dust and gavel. it will spend more than a year orbiting the asteroid and at the right moment bring it back to earth and with it a treasure trove of other worldly samples by 2023. >> it's chock full of what we believe are amino acids, some of
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the building blocks of life. we think it has a fair amount of water. it's these kind of objects that bombarded the earth after the earth was created we believe may have brought the material so necessary to have sparked life here on earth. >> reporter: nasa believes benu contains carbon that dates back to 4 billion years to the start of our solar system. the mission if successful will bring back the largest collection of space samples since the apollo moon rocks. >> by going there bringing back a sample, that's the only time we'll know for sure how this fits in our evolution. >> there is another reason benu has nasa's attention. it has a one in 2700 chance in striking earth in 2035. that sounds remote, but by astronomical standards, that's close enough to pay attention. next week a different asteroid, this one the size of an egyptian pyramid will blow by our planet at 20,000 miles per hour, passing a mere 3 million miles from earth. >> and speak oe, there's a family in florida whose home is right out of the
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van goh painting starry night. and thankfully they get to keep it that way. steve hartman explains. >> reporter: lou and nancy of mount dora, florida say it was the strangest thing. they noticed their 25-year-old autistic son chip kept opening the same art book, kept turning to the same page, and kept staring into the same starry night. >> and it seemed to comfort him. and given that there is not a whole lot that helps, we have to capitalize on whatever we can use. >> reporter: which is why they hired someone to paint a huge starry night inspired mural on the wall in front of their house. chip loved it. the city did not. last year, this citation showed up at the door. it said, graffiti is prohibited and until the van gogh is van gone, the family could be fined as much as $250 a day up to the
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value of the house. >> first i thought it was a prank. and then i thought it was a mistake. >> reporter: so they asked the code enforcement officer, which is is it? >> what do we have to do to fix this? she said the wall has to match the house. >> you know, she meant for you to repaint the wall to match the house. >> we followed the instructions. >> reporter: they did follow the instructions. today the wall definitely matches the house. but despite their cynical compliance, or perhaps because of it, the couple's legal problems only intensified. next the city said the mural needed to come down for a second reason. >> it violated a sign ordinance. >> reporter: a sign? that was their new argument. this is a sign. mount dora mayor. >> it is based on the fact it had squigglies. >> reportequ of tho.tor aie circl v. agait.ily w evene
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disappointed, nancy and lou almost paint it had over in surrender white. >> and the turning point for you, i think, was when a young girl offered her allowance to help us to fight to keep the mural. >> even if it was the house, so be it. >> reporter: to lou beck especially, the mural had become a first amendment issue, and eventually the city saw it that way, too. last month the mayor conceded and publicly apologized. >> to the benefit of all concerned -- >> reporter: today those once scorned squiggles are now a tourist attraction with people visiting from around the world. why do you think people are drawn here? >> when two crazy people are willing to lose a house -- >> one, make that one. >> reporter: freedom of speech on full display under the sun-splashed starry night. steve hartman, on the road, in
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emf technicians are being taught a new method of cpr. it's called hands only. that means no more mouth to mout resuscitation. for one couple, the old-style cpr led to a life of love. rena has the story. >> reporter: andy and trina's relationship nearly ended before it even started. they met through facebook. montgomerie posted an invite asking friends to train with him for a marathon paddle board event in new york city. trainer answered. after their fourth paddle session, montgomerie felt a burning sensation in his chest. >> i kept saying, just make it
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to the car, make it to the car. and i said, i need to put the board down. and i just put the board down and then, boom, that was it. >> reporter: montgomerie went into cardiac arrest. he didn't have a heartbeat for 17 minutes. >> i checked for a pulse and i didn't feel a pulse. i thought he was dead. >> reporter: that's trainer, doctor, andy trainer, on her knees administering cpr and mouth to mouth. >> i had gone 10.4 miles the night before. i had no idea that i was going to have a heart attack. luckily i was with someone who knew cpr. without it, i'm not here. >> cpr kept his brain alive so that he could be who he always has been. >> reporter: it took six defibrillator shocks for the emts to get his heartbeating again. but montgomerie says if it wasn't for trainer, he wouldn't be standing here today. >> to me that first kiss being cpr is obviously very magical because here i am and i'm very grateful that i'm able to
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experience further kisses. >> i got the opportunity to share life with him, and it doesn't seem awkward or anything, but that was our first kiss. >> reporter: the couple now sharing their story in the hopes of saving lives. >> anything could happen at any time to anyone, so we started bringing this kind of very five, ten-minute lifesaving instructions to teach people how to give cpr, how to call 911, how to get an aed device. >> we want to empower people to do a lot of things, but especially to know that they have the power to save a life, too. >> if you're wondering how that whole episode was caught on camera, there was a wildlife photographer on the beach documenting bird migration at the right place at the right time. that's the overnight news for this monday. 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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it's monday, august 27th, 2018, this is the cbs morning news. an online gaming tournament in florida turns into a horrifying event as a fellow gamer opens fire killing two people. what we're learning about the suspected gunman. and this week the nation will say good-bye to senator john mccain. a war hero and maverick. he dedicated his life to public service. good morning from the studio

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