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carolin carolinas. as death toll rises,levels. neighborhoods are caught off guard. we have a team of correspondents across the disaster zone. also to be the a super typhoon slams asia leaving a path of death and destruction in the philippines to china. >> this is a massive storm. the woman accusing brett cav fought of an assault decades ago is speaking out in a new cor derais
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nomination? a beach community is in shock after a deadly shark attack. >> i w be in the water any time soon. >> and a special bond between a nurse and a doctor. these co-workers met decades ago when he was a fragile infant. >> i was in shock. welcome to the overnight news. the massive storm that was a monster hurricane is slowing moving out of the carolinas leaving at strosk flooding in its wake. flash floods and tornadoes are still a threat. 17 people are dead and hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. rain totals are piling up. the highest so far is 34 inches and rising in north carolina. many areas got two feet of rain. some neighborhoods are cut off by flood waters. inland rivers are rising so historic levels. stretches of major interstate highways are closed. rescues have been ongoing all
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weekend. and heroes have come from across the country. the los angeles fire department posted dramatic video of the rescue team saving a man from a submerged suv. here's more. >> the pembroke fire and rescue squad has been working for the better part of two days pulling people out of cars and homes. >> it's sad because i know a lot of us are going to lose our homes. >> reporter: cumberland county woke up this morning to still rising waters. many rivers broke flood stage as florence continues to pound this area with heavy rain. the cape river this morning swelled to 36 feet. there's a mandatory evacuation order for people loiving withina mile radius. the river is expected to crest at 62 feet on tuesday. on friday as florence swept in,
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volunteers and national guardsman began sandbagging a section of the town levee that drops down for railroad tracks. the sandbags did not work. this is the river heading toward town as it did toward hurricane matthew. mary jane allen is not leaving, at least for now. >> what are you thinking and why are you choosing to stick around? >> because i believe that's not coming this way that time. that river down this. if it comes up between our houses and stuff like that, it's not good. >> reporter: just last thursday we were standing at the very bottom of river bank. take a look at all this water. it's safe to say the rain will. stop soon, but the flooding will not. >> incredible images. thank you for joining us. part of the coastal city of wilmington was cut off from the mainland by flood waters. >> it's vir yulely impossible to
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get in or out of wilmington and because of flood water. every black dot that you see represents a road closure. that gives you a good sense of how difficult it is to drive around the southeastern part of the state right now. we found sand. >> we have a thousand males here and here. >> with every place closed, anybody would take a good meal. we haeded west to bishop just a few miles up the road and there we ran into another road block. flood water. people from the stoney creek neighborhood were being et evacuated. families being taken across the water by boat by fema personnel. that was happening on highway 1 in bishop. from there et we could only make it to where we saw a truck stranded in flood water. he's been stuck there ever
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since. he's got enough food and water but asked us to call his wife because he had no cell recession. we did but also called 911 to let them know his location. tonight at last check, his colleagues are on their way to check on him. bottom line, if you can stay off the road, you really want to do so right now. >> great advice, thank you, david. wilmington was hit by the storm's most powerful gust when it made landfall 105 miles per hour. cities littered with fallen trees and power lines. >> reporter: this is one of the reasons why getting around within wilmington is so tough. you can see this two-lane road along the eastern shore of the tar heel state is caved in and crumbling. transportation secretary. >> right now we don't have a land access to will moing. . we are working with the department of defense and national guard and we're also working other cob tn tin gents support them on the ocean side.
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>> reporter: 170 primary roads are closed. even the governor can't get around. so they got on a plane instead. >> we were able to get into the air and et see significant damage in north carolina. people need to understand that some areas are likely to be without power for awhile. >> reporter: one side of normalcy in the city of 120,000, this groecery store open to a crowd today. in this historic neighborhood where homes are 100 years old and trees are even old r, we found michael smith. >> i have been out and about and the electrical problems because of the trees is awful. it's awful. this is going to be a long time. >> reporter: but emily wilson told usnce simply d simply koms down to attitude. >> i was just listening to the radio and someone said that positive attitudes are contagious. and everyone, especially in the naubd, seems to be in a good mood. all you can do is make sure that
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everyone is safe and your neighbors have everything they need. >> reporter: the city has already broken its annual record for rain. roads throughout north carolina are under water and impassable. first responders, utility crews and gas tankers trying to access towns and neighborhoods simply cannot get through. it's a problem that could hamper the recovery process for the foreseeable future. >> thank you. in jacksonville, north carolina, gas supplies are running low. along with patience. >> reporter: officials say they have had to conduct water rescues today. they did a handful of rescues and yesterday they rescued roughly 200 people from the flood waters. now believe it or not, parts of the city do have power back on. and where we sue lights, we saw long lines that were people waiting outside a gas station for two hours to fill up cans of gas. now the recovery process is going to be a slow one and
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officials want people off the streets at night because they
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meteorologists at our cbs station in chicago has been tracking the storm for us. >> reporter: the national hurricane center issued the last advisory at least in their part on florence, but we know that n falling across a large chunk of
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north carolina into south carolina. and as it moves farther west, the mountainous terrain in the western portions of the state e will serve to squeeze more rainfall out of this storm system. so even into tonight and tomorrow morning, we still expect to et see some hefty thunderstorms coming on shore for areas like myrtle beach and wilmington and moving into early into the workweek probably lightening up a bit for those folks. the damage will have been done. we likely have about three feet of rain on the ground across poarts of north carolina. by the time it's said and done, we could have more than four feet in spots if not of the of the realm of possibility. we're looking at additional rainfall through tuesday morning. that will likely top 8 inches, maybe 12 inches in spots. and all that rain has to go somewhere. where does it go? it flows into the creeks and rivers and that's something that can take some time to move downstream. so essentially us what we're looking at moving forward is pbasically a river flood threat.
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it was all about the storm surge and the wind. then it was all about the rainfall. at this point we have big concerns about river flood iing. there may be 20 river gauges at major or record flood stage by tuesday. >> far from over, thank you for joining us. our storm continues around the clock objen our streaming channel. the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of an assault decades ago is speaking out in a new interview. could her allegations derail his nomination? we have more from the white house. >> reporter: christine ford, a 52-year-old research psychologist in california is now publicly detailing her allegation of attempted rape by judge brett kavanaugh. from when they were both at a high school party in the 1980s. telling the "washington post" kavanaugh stumbling drunk corralled her into a bedroom,
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pinned her to a bed and groeb groeped her. saying while another person watched, kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream. a third person jumped on top of them sending all three tumbling. the nominee had categorically denied the allegation say iing did not do this back in high school or at any time. the white house is standing with kavanaugh's denial. >> they had this stuff for three months. if they were serious about it, they should have told us about it. republicans on the senate judiciary committee were critical of democrat dianne feinstein who was aware of the allegation but did not disclose it to the committee. instead sharing it with the fbi. feinstein originally said she was respecting the desire to stay anonymous. but with today's decision to
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come forward, feinstein says she wants the fbi to conduct an investigation before any ommittee vote. >> senator chuck grassley who shares the judiciary committee said today that these, quote, uncorroborated allegations, end quote, coming to light on the eve of the committee vote make him suspicious of democratic motives. that vote is still scheduled for thursday. grassley noting that kavanaugh has been et vetted by the fbi multiple times without any assault allegations coming to light. >> thank you. on this last weekend of summer, a beach community on cape cod is reeling from a deadly shark attack. it's the first in the nation since 2015. >> i saw a tail and a lot of thrashing. afterwards, you could tell that the guy in the water that something wasn't right. they got hum to the beach. >> reporter: moments after a
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shark fatally attacked a man about 30 feet into the water off this cape cod shore beach goers pulled him on ta to a makeshift stretcher. >> unconscious and began cpr. definitely looked like he was in a world of hurt. >> reporter: calls flooded into 911. >> i have a report of an unknown shark bite. >> we have an unconscious male. sglrt 26-year-old had been riding waves with another young man just off the beach when a shark bit into his legs. >> there was half a dozen people try tricing to stop the bleeding with towels. i guess the cord from the boogy board. >> reporter: he was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead about an hour later. >> it's just crazy. it's a little scary and sad for that family. >> reporter: last month a few miles up shore a 61-year-old man was bitten by a great white shark but survived. police have closed the beach for
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now as this community has left alarmed by a surging shark population along shores. >> it's off the charts right now with sightings and seems like there's one every day along the national seashore. i would not be in the water any time soon. >> reporter: a shark biologist told cbs news et had believes he took him for a seal. he krooited a rising population close to cape cod shores. this is the first fatal attack in 81 years. up next, a deadly super typhoon slams ash asia. are you taking the tissue test?
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the most powerful storm this year slammed into mainland china today killing two people there. the caused sky scrapers to sway and injured more than a dozen 350people and left a trail of destruction in hong kong. in the philippines, a storm killed at least 60. dozens more are feared to be dead. ben tracy is in hong kong. >> reporter: it's been bat. ering hong kong for several hours now. windows have been blown out of high-rises. we have seen scaffolding ripped off the side of buildings. this is normally a street, but it's bisically now a lake. the real issue here has been the wind. it's basically a ghost town. everyone has been told to stay inside. the airport is closed. this is a massive storm. at one point the most powerful
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storm on the planet anywhere this year. and already roared through the philippines. it's a category 5 hurricane. the storm has now lost some of that strength as it's now approaching the coast somewhere around a category 1 or 2 hurricane. but enough to cause significant problems and many very densely populated cities here in the south of china. still ahead, a u.s. border patrol supervisor is accused of being a serial kill er.
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loost last week were allowed to return home. a wave of 80 natural gas explosions thursday night killed one person and injured about two dozen. power has been restored to nearly 8600 homes. the firefighters on saturday investigated more leaks in the area. columbia gas and federal and local officials are trying to figure out what caused the disaster. olympic champion from kenya regarded as the greatest marathoner of all time shattered the world record today in berlin. the 33-year-old ran the 26 plus mile course in 2 hours, 1 minute and 40 seconds. that's a minute faster than the world record set in 2014 on the exact same course. when we return, the special bond between a nurse and a fragile infant who became a doctor.
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to be able to be a doctor in the hospital i was born in. >> reporter: he was doing his rounds last month when he ran into a nurse who told him his name sounded familiar. >> i said, was your father a police officer. and then there was a big silence and that's when he said to me, are you vel ma. >> his parents told me about the nurse who cured for him when he was a newborn. >> i had to text my parents. i had to be like so i think us met this person who is the person you keep telling me about. and they sent the picture. >> you see the picture. what was your reaction? >> i was in shock. i was just smiling and going i can't believe that. >> it didn't seem real. how could this be the nurse that was helping take care of me. >> reporter: last sunday parent hs their chance to reconnect. >> i was so shocked. >> reporter: it happened at an event the hospital holds every
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year designed to bring together nicu patients with their doctors and nurses. his parents hope they have the same connection with the families he helps. >> it's amazing that he did come full circumstanle. i'm hoping he will make an impact on future families the way that vel ma has made an impact on our family. >> both hope their fateful meeting will inspire other nicu families. >> i think he's a role model for our patients. sometimes it's good to say, you kn know, i took care of brandon. he's a doctor. just to give them a little ray of hope. that's very important. >> reporter: cbs news, los angeles. that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later this morning for "cbs this morning."
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welcome to the overnight news. the massive storm that was once a monster hurricane is slowly moving out of the carolinas leaving catastrophic flooding in its wake. flash floods and tornadoes are still a threat. at least 17 people are dead and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are without power. rain totals are piling up. the highest so far is 34 inches and rising in swans burro, north carolina. many areas got two feet of rain. some neighborhoods are cut off by flood waters. inland rivers are rising to historic levels. stretches of major interstate hays are closed. rescues have been ongoing all weekend and heroes have come from across the country.
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the los angeles fire department posted dra mat you can video of a swift water rescue team saving a man from a nearly sub amerimu suv. >> it's sad. a lot of us are going to lose our homes. >> reporter: they woke up this morning to still rising waters. many rivers and streams broke flood stage overnight as florence continue s s to pound s area with heavy rain. there was a mad toir evacuation forward for those within a mile. residents were told to leave the area by 3:00 p.m. today. the river is expected to crest on tuesday. >> the worst is yet to come.
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>> there's two feet of water in a city still dealing with the aftermontana of hurricane matthew in 2016. volunteers and national guardsman began sandbagging a section of the town levee that drops down for railroad tracks. the sandbags did not work. this is the river heading toward town as it did toward hurricane matthew. mary jane allen is not leaving, at least for now. >> what are you thinking and why are you choosing to stick around? >> because i believe that's not coming this way that time. that river down there. if it comes up between our houses and stuff like that, it's not good. >> reporter: just last thursday we were standing at the very bottom of river bank. now take a look at all this water. it's safe to say the rain will stop soon, but the flooding will not. >> incredible images. thank you for joining us.
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part of the coastal city of wilmington was cut off from the mainland by flood waters. >> it's virtually impossible to get in or out of wilmington and because of flood water. every black dot that you see represents a road closure. that gives you a good sense of how difficult it is to drive around the southeastern part of the state right now. he works for world central kitchen. he had a lot of food with him. >> we have a thousand meals here and here. >> he had hot stew, roast and potato salad. then we head to bishop a few miles up the road and there we ran into another road block. flood water. people from the stoney creek neighborhood were being evacuated. families being taken across the water by boat by fema personnel.
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that was happening on highway 17 in bishop. from there we could only make it to where we saw a truck stranded in flood water. he's been stuck there ever since. he's got enough food and water but asked us to call his wife because he had no cell reception. we did but also called 911 to let them know his location. tonight at last check, his colleagues are on their way to check on him. bottom line, if you can stay off the road, you really want to do so right now. >> great advice, thank you, david. wilmington was hit by the storm's most powerful gust when it made landfall 105 miles per hour. cities littered with fallen trees and power lines. >> reporter: this is one of the reasons why getting around within wilmington is so tough. from the air, you can sene roatr shore of the tar heel state is caved in and crumbling.
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north carolina transportation secretary. jim trogden. >> right now we don't have a land access to wilmington. we are working with the department of defense and national guard and we're also working other con tin gents to support them on the ocean side. >> reporter: 170 primary roads are closed. around. so they got on a plane instead. >> we were able to get into the air and et see significant damage in north carolina. people need to understand that some areas are likely to be without power for awhile. >> reporter: one side of normalcy in the city of 120,000, this grocery store open to a crowd today. in this historic neighborhood where homes are 100 years old and trees are even older, we found michael smith. >> i have been out and about and the electrical problems because of the trees is awful. it's awful. this is going to be a long time. >> reporter: but emily wilson told us moving beyond florence simply comes down to attitude.
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>> i was just listening to the radio and someone said that positive attitudes are contagious. and everyone, especially in the neighborhood, seems to be in a good mood. all you can do is make sure that everyone is safe and your neighbors have everything they need. >> reporter: the city has already broken its annual record for rain. roads throughout north carolina are under water and impassable. first responders, utility crews and gas tankers trying to access towns and neighborhoods simply cannot get through. it's a problem that could hamper the recovery process for the foreseeable future. >> thank you. in jacksonville, north carolina, gas supplies are running low. along with patience. adriana diaz is there. >> reporter: just take a look at this. officials say they have had to conduct water rescues today. they did a handful of rescues and yesterday they rescued roughly 200 people from the
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flood waters. now believe it or not, parts of the city do have power back on. and where we sue lights, we saw long lines that were people waiting outside a gas station for two hours to fill up cans of gas. now the recovery process is going to be a slow one and officials want people off the streets at night because they don't want anyone running in to this. >> thank you very much. the cbs overnight news will be right back.
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the torrential rains of what was hurricane florence continue to work their way inland from the carolinas. but the devastation left behind more wet misery. as all that rain water sends rivers and streams over their banks, our coverage continues now with mark strasman and adriana decent yaz. >> reporter: the race is on to save towns all over north carolina. in lumberton, the river could crest later tonight. all weekend volunteers and national guardsmen sealed a left veto and a break in the railroad tracks. as desperate residents along the river fled homes that could soon
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disappear under water. >> we have basically got a will the of work to do and no time to do it. >> reporter: public works official cory walters. >> not a lot of time to think about how we're doing. >> reporter: not far off the rising cape hefear river should wash over this bridge by tomorrow. and 100 miles to the east, a storm of misery lingers. one by one, coast guard helicopters rescued dozens of people. 13 in one house including this elderly woman. she needed two canes to weigh through flood water and be hoisted 40 feet in the air to sauf tu. >> most people never get into a rookie basket. >> there's waist high water r and a very scary situation. >> a situation getting more scary across much of inenland, north carolina.
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communities like lumbar perton shutter thinking about the week ahead. this is their second hurricane-related flooding in two years. >> you're never going to get used to seeing nerns under water. you never get used to it. >> but more and more flood victims may need to get used to being airborne and grateful for their rescue. >> this is adriana diaz. days after the storm as the rain keeps falling, the water keeps rising. how fast did this neighborhood get flooded? >> it was pretty quick. i woke up to half way up the street. despite a mandatory evacuation and a power outage, many in
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jacksonville insisted on staying and became witnesses to history. >> we have never seen this before. never, never, never. not like this. >> reporter: florence continues to bring devastation but not despair. from this city and beyond, people are arriving to help the stranded. >> you're all right. we're coming. >> reporter: volunteers included off duty mull tear. they served their country and are now saving their community. they hauled their ownen hunting both to the floods. kalli sterling, joined them. s. there's people freaking out. >> 40 miles away, swamped by up to ten feet of water. a new york city police teamieth
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safety. and while some residents are still leaving, others are beginning to return. this was all that was left of this couple's home of 12 years. >> the mayor knows his city is suffering, but he also knows it could have opinion a lot worse. >> i'm thinking and glad that nobody got cleaning floors with a mop and bucket...
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he explained it all during the walk. >> if you look at it this way, that's the mountain. >> robert redford wouldn't look right in the city. he spent most of his life in places with more rocks than people. like his 250-acre ranch outside santa fe, new mexico. >> you can see why this had an impact on me. when i saw that and realized it was a greatest part of america used to look that way, but there's less and less of it now. why don't i buy some land to preserve at least this butte day ty. >> his love of nature is as signature as his wind swept hair. but it's perhaps one scene from one of his most famous movies that best sums up how robert
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redford has lived his life. >> what the hel lrl you mean mo? >> better when i move. >> is that true for you in real life? >> yeah, i think so. i like movement. us always have. >> at 82 he says it's time to move on from acting. >> it's hard for me to hear that. >> it's hard for me to say it. yeah, you don't like talking about your end. i can't do this forever. i've been doing it since i was 21. as you move into your 80s, you say that's enough. >> it's not exactly retirement. he will still direct and produce. but as far as performances, he says it's time to go. >> this place is not my style. >> it's not your style. >> you have style? >> i do. >> his last role one more chance
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to show off his charm. >> i don't believe a word you say. >> probably a good idea. >> in the old man in the gun, he plays an ageing bank robber on the run. the story is based on a real man who started robbing banks in the 1930s and never stopped. >> step on it. >> this is not only a true story, but i can connect with it very easily because of the whole idea of an outlaw. >> excuse me, i'd like to open up an account. >> great, what type of account do you have in mind? >> this kind. >> i must have been bord born with an outlaw sensibility because from the time i was a little kid, i was always wanting to go away from the rule. i didn't want to break any, i just didn't want to be held by them. in kindergarten, i ran away three times. >> he was born in santa monica, california, in the shadow of
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hollywood, but had had no interest in movies as a career. >> i grew up ain a rough neighborhood. any time there was a love scene, we go, boo, and make fun of the scene. the idea us would be that guy is just too much for me to take. >> love earth well, both man and bird and beast. >> he came to define what a leading man was, full of character and charisma. the camera loved him. >> i read where you said there was as the success got bigger and bigger you felt a certain danger in the air. what was the danger? >> success. i think success is a double-edged sword. you want a shadow box with it, but you don't want to dance too close. >> obviously, good looks are
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nothing to be shy about. but did you feel that sometimes people were looking at that instead of looking at the work? >> i did. and in the beginning tvs a surprise to me because i didn't see myself that way. so therefore, when it. happened, i was taken back. i thought i guess it could be worse. >> redford starred in hit after hit, but many. of thoeds films he's never watched. >> how many have you not seen? >> i don't know. i haven't ever counted, but a lot of i thought if i look at myself too much, i'm going to be too aware of myself. that means when i go to do something new, i wont be able to do it without being slightly aware of what i'm doing rather than just be free. how do you feel? you must see yourself on these shows as the interviewer.
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>> i got to be honest. i don't watch myself either. >> then we have that in common. this is really great. >> you don't like anything? >> not much. i guess it has a lot to do with you do something and moved on. >> he moved on to directing where he won an oscar for "ordinary people." >> maybe this is how they talk about at the hospital. >> the tale of depression wasn't as ease us is lived, but that's what he was looking for. something different. >> he never would have been in the hospital. >> that's enough. that is enough. >> he produced and acted in "all the presidents men", which was another hard sell. >> we can run it tomorrow. >> you don't have to. sure of it. it's gold. >> we go it w it. >> watergate the movie was an idea few reallyished including the publisher of "the washington
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post." who begged redford not to make it. >> she said, i can't stop you from making the film, but do not have me in it. you have to honor me that. she saw the film and said i'm sorry i told you not to have me in the film. >> all the political involvement you have had over your career, you haven't stumped for any individual candidate. why is that? >> i think i first learned that when i was starting out. i was an actor who was being asked to appear with candidates. i thought, wow, that's an honor. somebody wants to have me stand up there with themselves. no, they wanted me to attract a crowd. i realized i was being used. i said, no more of this. >> did you ever think of running for anything yourself? >> no, that would be a disaster. >> this is the 33rd festival. >> he's had great success at protecting independent film. sun dance institute in utah.
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>> ever expect sun dance to grow into what it became? >> no, no. i didn't think it would last past two or three years. >> it's almost too big now, he confesses. at least for a man as private as redford. he's proud of it, but that's about as far as he will go. >> the rest is not our business. it's one of my favorite phrases. you can't guarantee what trying is going to get you. so you can't guarantee the result. the only thing that is in place is the trial. that's where the action is. >> for a man so at home in the mountains, he's enjoyed the climb more than his time at the summit. but easing into retirement, he admits the view from the top wasn't half bad. >> at a certain point, i was
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getting so much attention that i began to think, hey, i guess maybe i a >> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music]
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this moment captured on cell phone video was more than three decades in the making. butt the journey to get here and in wisconsin was a journey of heartbreak, pain, but most of all love. >> the parents that adopted me have always been souper supportive. >> reporter: the 36-year-old was a newborn when he was adopted. his birth mother was just 16 years old when she found out she was pregnant. several months after she and hr high school boyfriend broke up. >> i struggled with the decision. i prayed adoption was the best
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choice. >> did you ever stop thinking about him? >> never, never. >> reporter: michelle and dave went their separate ways after the adoption. michelle moved to hawaii. dave stayed in wisconsin and had several biological and stepchildren. in 2014 with a by by of his own on the way, martin got in contact with his birth mom. she in turn reached out to dave. >> et we talked until 2:00 that morning on the phone and probably three hours. and it just felt natural like we just picked up from 17 years old again. then later in the month, she's like why don't you come out to hawaii. >> the connection was instant. >> when i got off the plane in hawaii and walked down that airport stairs, i could just see that i felt it. >> did you? >> yes. >> what did you feel? >> a connection. i saw him and i saw his smile. i know this guy. >> that trip led to dating and eventually she moved back to
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wisconsin and the couple's relationship with each other and martin blossomed. >> when you look at the man that he's become, the father that he is, what goes thus your mind? >> he's a great man. to watch him with his kids, he connects with them. et he pays attention to them, he sees them. his parents did a great job. >> i couldn't ask for anything better to find. >> that you have found each other and fallen in love after finding me. >> in early august dave and michelle tied the knot and martin officiated. >> i think that the reason this is working out so well is that these are really good people. >> what have you learned from just this entire process of rediscovery? >> miracles do happen. >> never give up hope. there's a will the of love out there in the world. >> that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others check back later this
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morning for "cbs this morning." from it's monday, september 17th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." the storm is moving on but the problems from florence are ongoing. new dangers and damage. a woman who says she was attacked by supreme court nominp nominee brett kavanas identified herself. her detailed claims. and what may be the cause of the deadly gas line explosions massachusetts. good morning from cbs headquarters here in new york. i'm anne-marie green.

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