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accomplish tonight was to give these people some dignity. holding their hand. ask them if they'd like somebody to pray with them. as much as i believe we were a blessing to those people, i know as a matter of fact that they were a blessing to me tonight. >> what incredible work. volunteers saving others. throughout the night they rescued 207 people in the path of florence. they're continuing to work around the clock in other flood-prone areas. coming up next -- how a within escaped death and helped stop a killing spree allegedly by a border patrol agent. later, the warning that may have been disregarded before a deadly shark attack on cape cod. i can't believe it.

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we learn more today about how a would-be victim helped stop a killing spree. sheriff deputies say the suspect, a border patrol agent, has confessed. they know of four victims and say there could be more. omar villafranca has more on this. >> carried out these murders in a cold and callous way. >> reporter: late this afternoon, investigators recounted the chilling details of how border patrol agent juan david ortiz lured and allegedly murdered four women. the killing spree began on september 3rd when ortiz killed 29-year-old melissa ramirez and left her on the side of the road. last thursday, he picked up and then shot 42-year-old claudine luera, also leaving her on the side of the highway. friday he picked up erica pena who escaped from his truck after she pulled off her shirt to get

free. she fled from his vehicle and alerted a state trooper which started the manhunt for ortiz. detectives say he killed two more victims before he was found hiding under a truck. sheriffs investigators said ortiz's victims were prostitutes and drug users. >> are you confident you'll not find any more victims? >> we're not confident of that, sir. we know it's still an ongoing investigation. >> reporter: ortiz served in the u.s. navy for eight years and then work forward cued for cust border patrol for almost ten years. what investigators don't know is why ortiz went on the alleged killing spree. >> he had entrusted his victims to come along with him several times. he knew the victims, and the victims knew him. >> reporter: chief garza says ortiz was heavily arm and ready for a shootout with deputies. ultimately, no shots were fired. jeff, ortiz is in this jail behind me on a $2.5 million bond. >> chilling story, omar.

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72-year-old wanda barzee has served 15 years in prison. she wasn't expected to go free until 2024, but the utah parole board said it miscalculated and barzee will now be released on wednesday. smart, who is now 30 years old, spoke about it with gayle king of "cbs this morning" in her first one on one interview on this subject. >> do you still believe that she's a danger? why do you feel that way? >> i do believe she's still a danger through my sources i've heard that she is still carrying around this book of revelations that brian mitchell wrote that said that he should kidnap me and not just kidnap me but six other young girls and that we'd all be his wives and that she was this great woman among us. and i think that clearly she hasn't let it go. so that leads me to believe that, yes, in fact, she is still a big threat. and not just to me but to the public in general.

>> the massachusetts man killed by a shark on saturday may have brushed off a warning to stay out of the waters off cape cod. the boston herald reports that 26-year-old arthur madichi told his aunt the sharks don't bite me. i'm superhuman, superman. he was bitten in both legs and bled to death. was the first deadly shark attack there in 82 years. the first in the nation since 2015. bizarre moment in western new york yesterday. defensive back von tay davis left the game. the bills game at halftime and retired. davis, 30 years old, was in his tenth season. his first season with the bills. he later cited multiple injuries tweeting, today on the field, reality hit me fast and hard. i shouldn't be out there anymore. up next here, a marine corps veterans face a new enemy together.

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adrian diaz with marines that went back into action when florence struck. >> i think we have about two more families to pull out. >> reporter: just two days ago this typically quiet street called hampton court was a fast moving river. they used boats to help anyone in need of help. we saw a pickup truck nearly submerged in water. this is that truck. it's hard to believe it's the same one. >> surrounded by water. >> reporter: it belongs to brandyglen harris, one of many retired marines on this block. this was his house saturday. >> i think about all the years my wife and i have been together and stuff that we had to bring into our lives and then just one swift night and the day, just

totally washed away. but you want to stay strong to know that life does go on. >> reporter: resilience comes with an address on hampton court. a few doors down, marine veteran anthony love's family is back home after evacuating saturday. the neighborhood evacuation reminded him of overseas deployments. >> there was tribes or villages that would still get together and take care of each other. >> this neighborhood got together like a tribe? >> yes. >> reporter: when they returned, they saw the water had only reached their doorstep and celebrated with cigars. >> people that went through it a lot worse, those are the ones i plan on helping once i get done here. >> reporter: once a marine, always a marine. adriana diaz, cbs news, jacksonville, north carolina. >> that is the "overnight" news for this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.

♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm jericka duncan. brett kavanaugh's road to the supreme court just became a little more rocky. a college professor in california claims kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers. kavanaugh denies it. the republican chairman of the senate judiciary committee says he'd like to handle this all in a conference call. but one influential gop senator is calling on kavanaugh and his accuser to both testify under oath. nancy cordes reports from capitol hill. >> he's an outstanding intellect, outstanding judge respected by everybody. never had even a little blemish on his record.

the fbi has, i think, gone through a process six times with him over the years where he went to higher and higher positions. >> reporter: just as republicans had hoped to wrap it up. senate republicans huddled on how to handle the now public allegations. >> to go back 30 years to high school, we're in a very unusual place. dr. christine placey ford, a psychologist and professor told "the washington post" that kavanaugh pinned her to a bed on her back and put his hand over her mouth at a party when she was 15 and he 17. he was trying to attack me and remove my clothing, she said. i thought he might inadvertently kill me. >> i believe her. many, many, many americans believe her. >> do you have any response to christine ford? >> reporter: kavanaugh reiterated his denial today saying this is a completely

false allegation. adding because this never happened, i had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself yesterday. he and his accuser said they're willing to testify publicly. the president said they should. >> i want him to go in at the absolute highest level, and i tong do that, you have to go through this. if it takes a little delay it will take a little delay. >> that sparked a debate among republicans who were hoping to hold a committee vote on kavanaugh this week. >> democrats have spent weeks and weeks searching for any possible reason that the nomination should be delayed. >> reporter: but rushing him through now could antagonize undecided republicans like susan collins of maine. >> senator, do you need to see a public hearing featuring ford before you can vote on kavanaugh? >> i have said that i believe in order for me to assess the credibility of these allegations that i want to have both

individuals come before the senate judiciary committee and testify under oath. >> reporter: ford first shared the allegation with her congresswoman anna eshoo in july. but at the time she wished to remain anonymous. >> she was worried about her family. she has young children. her husband. >> reporter: eshoo helped ford write a letter detailing her claims. last week, word of that letter leaked which prompted ford to come forward. democrats had wanted the fbi, which conducts background checks on nominees to look into this allegation before any public hearing. republicans called that a stalling tactic. the rain and ferocious winds of hurricane florence have died down, but for millions of people in the carolinas, this is likely the calm before the next storm. record rainfall has already washed out roads and bridges and turned hundreds of neighborhoods into swamps. but the rivers there are slowly

rising, threatening more wet misery. demarco morgan is in fayetteville and begins our coverage. >> reporter: the river is now the city's biggest worry. much lower than this before florence made landfall. now it's almost at 54 feet. and it's expected to go even higher. more than 30 feet above flood stage. a break in the clouds today can't overshadow the looming threat, the overflowing rivers and lakes could swallow whole communities. brandon came to have a look at the overflowing dam near fayetteville. >> it's fun to get out. everybody is going stir crazy being stuck in the house, but there's still a lot of water to come. that's dangerous. >> reporter: parts of fayetteville are already under water with the worst yet to come. >> i can't swim, and i don't want my babies to drown. >> reporter: and the last 36 hours we've seen hundreds of rescues. evacuations and road closings up and down the swollen river south of here with no end in sight.

>> our biggest threat here is the lumber river rising. >> reporter: we rode along with police rescue commander matthew locklear. >> when we came out here last night, the water was flowing we got an ambulance we lost at the back. it flooded out. >> so you guys had to evacuate yourself? >> we had to evacuate ourselves. >> this is a monumental disaster for our state. >> reporter: north carolina governor roy cooper. >> for many parts of north carolina, the danger is still immediate. floodwaters are rising as rivers crest. and they will for days. >> reporter: now, if predictions hold, the water will crest right above the bridge which means, jeff, where we are standing could be under water come tomorrow. the tornado touched down in chesterfield county just south of the virginia capital of richmond, ripping the roofs off buildings and sending countless

debris swirling in the powerful winds. the chesterfield fire department confirmed that one person was killed when a building collapsed. virginia's first fatality caused by florence. one person was injured. tornadoes are rare in virginia where the average number during september is usually just four. but as a result of florence, which continues to move north, there have been 12 tornado watches in north carolina, south carolina and virginia over just the past five days. chip reid, cbs news, washington. look at that line to get gas this morning at a costco in wilmington. it was nearly a quarter mile long by 9:00 a.m. first in line was vincent who waited. >> today? since 2:00 this morning. >> reporter: right behind him was ray mcveigh. >> i have all the caps off. just have to drop the tailgate, lay the caps down, fill it, slap it and go. >> reporter: this costco where they were all in line had about 8500 gallons of fuel today. the pumps were dry by 1:00 p.m.

getting both fuel and food to wilmington has been a challenge. road closures have turned the city o 120 int an island. every primary road is closed into and out of wilmington meaning private citizens cannot drive out of the city to get supplies and evacuees can't return home. for a fifth day, the watson family has been without electricity and desperate for supplies. >> how low are you on fuel? you're on "e"? >> that's the only way to charge my phone, too. >> reporter: the city will start distributing meals tomorrow morning. without gasoline for his car, though, he and his wife brittany and their 8-year-old daughter malia might have to walk. >> we have to walk ten blocks, then it's ten blocks. as long as we're together. >> reporter: no need to walk. i just found out someone brought gas to the watson family. speaking of fuel, there's still people waiting to get gas. here, more than 300 cars deep. some have been waiting three hours. we just got word that right now they're prepping distribution centers that will open tomorrow

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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> soon-yi is breaking her silence about allegations of sexual misconduct against her husband woody allen. previn told "new york" magazine what's happened to woody is so upsetting, so unjust. she's referring to allegations by dylan farrow that he molested her. soon-yi expresses her doubt and says she's only recently felt compelled to tell her side of the story. in an interview with sh sunday , soon-yi previn defended woody allen, her husband of more than 20 years. the filmmaker is accused of molesting his daughter dylan farrow but soon-yi says her

adoptive mother mia farrow is behind the claims. mia has taken advantage of the me too movement, she says in the article, and paraded dylan as a victim and a whole new generation is hearing about it when they shouldn't. >> i want to show my face and tell my story. i want to speak out, literally. >> reporter: back in january, farrow described the alleged incident to gayle king. >> let's go to august 4th, 1992, and if you could tell us what happened that day. >> i was taken to a small attic crawl space in my mother's country house in connecticut by my father. he instructed me to lay down on my stomach and play with my brother's toy train that was set up. and he sat behind me in the

doorway. and as i played with the toy train, i was sexually assaulted. >> reporter: woody allen was never charged with a crime in the case. both new york state child welfare and a report by the yale new haven hospital found the abuse didn't happen. the connecticut state prosecutor on the case questioned the yale new haven report's credibility saying there was probable cause to charge allen, but he thought dylan was too fragile to face a celebrity trial. in a statement sunday, dylan farrow responded to the article saying, thanks to my mother, i grew up in a wonderful home. i continue to be an adult woman making a credible allegation unchanged for two decades, backed up by evidence. in the article, soon-yi also spoke at length about the tumultuous relationship with her mother, portraying them as oil and water. she says mia farrow had a tendency of playing favorites among the children and showing her power by slapping and spanking soon-yi or calling her

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on the way, but she's also had a rough couple of years. tracy smith has the story. ♪ >> reporter: she's only 35, but carrie underwood has already had a lifetime of success. ♪ she's sold 64 million records and won seven grammys with a voice that's been called the best of her generation. ♪ >> carrie underwood all the way. >> reporter: we met her last month at the high church of country music, nashville's grand ole opry. and the place was packed to the rafters. >> this makes me nervous, not you. >> you can go sing, if you want. >> no, thank you. i'll leave that to you. ♪ >> reporter: she's expecting her

second child but she still did two shows that night. and as always, she managed to make it all look easy. ♪ was there a point where you thought, this has got to stop. like this winning streak has to end at some point? >> a good life and you can't win all the time. you've got to have some downs to realize when you're up. >> reporter: and she's definitely had her share of downs. ♪ ♪ where 69 meets 40 that single stoplight town ♪ >> reporter: that single stoplight town is dakota, oklahoma. it's typical enough, except for that big green sign just off the interstate. carrie underwood grew up here. the youngest of three girls. she's always loved animals, even helped build a local shelter. her mom carol is a vonteer. >> we don't have a bad dog here.

we hardly have ever had a bad dog here. >> did you feel like an only child? >> in some ways. >> reporter: carrie has been gone since 2001 but a part of her has never left. >> are there things you miss about it? >> yeah. i feel like this is the only place that my soul can rest. i'm going to cry. dang it. >> what do you mean? >> hormones. it's just when i come here, i can turn off, and there's no other place in the world that's like that. and i feel like everybody's got that place. everybody's got that home feel but it's like i sleep when i'm here. like i sleep. and it's like, i don't get that any place else. >> reporter: still, there was a world beyond chakota. at northeastern state university, she sang a bit with a country music group and majored in journalism with her sights on a career in tv news. but that all changed in the summer of 2004 when she tried out for "american idol." ♪

♪ you can't make your heart feel ♪ >> i was hoping through "american idol" at least she'd get some face recognition. >> at least, right. >> so she might get a job at one of the news stations in tulsa. >> that was the hope? >> uh-huh. >> and then this happened. >> carrie underwood! >> reporter: for carrie underwood, winning "idol" was like launching a country music moon rocket. she made a hit album and then a few more. she toured the world and the awards started piling up. >> and the acm entertainer of the year is -- carrie underwood. >> reporter: she also got married in 2010 to nhl hockey star mike fisher, had a little boy isaiah, started a workout wear line and learned to enjoy her stardom and all that went with it. ♪

but just when it seemed that all was perfect, life threw her a curve. last november, she tripped outside her nashville home and landed on her face. >> my face broke my fall. >> you can joke about it now but how many stitches? >> they said between 40 and 50. >> reporter: but as bad as that fall was, it was almost trivial compared to the personal agony she endured last year. all while working on a new album called, appropriately enough, "cry pretty." let's talk about that title track "cry pretty." when you talked about it with your fans you said it speaks to a lot of things that have happened in this past year. what did you mean about that? >> here we go. oh, lordy. sorry. 2017 just wasn't how i imagined

it. >> in what way? >> i had kind of planned that 2017 was, you know, going to be the year that i work on new music and i have a baby. we got pregnant early 2017 and it didn't work out. >> i'm sorry. >> yeah. it happens. and that was the thing in the beginning. it was like, okay, god, we know this is -- just wasn't your timing, and that is all right. we will bounce back and figure a way through it. and got pregnant again in the spring and it didn't work out. got pregnant again early dikout. so at that point it was just kind of like, okay, like what's the deal? what is all of this? and throughout the whole process, you know, i'm writing finding out that i would lose a baby, i'd have a writing session and i'd be like, let's go. i can't just sit around thinking

about this. like i want to work. i want to do this. because i would literally have these horrible things going on in my life, and then have to go smile and like do some interviews or like do a photo shoot or something. so it was just kind of like therapeutic, i guess. >> reporter: and, she says, it could also be excruciating. >> this is what the song is about. that you put this face on for the world. >> and sometimes you just can't. >> was there a point you're looking up going, what are you doing to me? >> i had always been afraid to be angry because we are so blessed. and my son isaiah is the sweetest thing, and he's the best thing in the world. and i'm like, if we can never have any other kids, that's okay because he's amazing. and i have this amazing life. like, really, what can i

complain about? i can't. i have an incredible husband, incredible friends, incredible job, an incredible kid. can i be mad? no. and i got mad. >> reporter: then one night, after what she thought was another miscarriage, she says she prayed like never before. >> mike was away just for the evening and i text him and i was like, you know, i don't really want to be alone so i'm just going to go snuggle with isaiah. and i don't know how i didn't wake him up, but i was just sobbing. i was like, why do i keep getting pregnant if i can't have a kid. shut the door.so either shut the door or let me have a kid. and for the first time, i feel like i actfee supposed to do that. that was like a saturday, and the monday i went to the doctor to like confirm another

miscarriage, and they told me everything was great. and i was like, you heard me. maybe he hasn't in the past. i don't know. he heard me. >> god heard your prayer. >> he did. >> reporter: looking at her now, you'd never guess anything was ever wrong. she'll go on tour this spring. hopefully, she says, with her new baby in tow. it seems carrie underwood waded through a year of despair and found something beautiful. >> i feel there's a lot of songs, several songs on the album that came from that, you know, or i connect with in a totally different way because of those experiences that we went through. and they were hard.

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alzheimer's disease can rob its victims of their memories and often their ability to function. but in rare cases, it can actually unlock a hidden talent. susan spencer has the story for sunday morning. >> reporter: ione and steve have been happily married for more than four decades. but in 2013, they got some shattering news. >> she was diagnosed at 57. >> and the diagnosis was? >> early onset alzheimer's. >> devastating for both of us. >> reporter: for years now, steve has been watching ione gradually lose her grasp on much of daily life. >> i love the way you did this. >> reporter: but to his amazement, he has also seen her

gain something entirely unexpected. >> tell me about this one. >> reporter: she has started painting. >> very intense colors. you like intense colors. >> yes. >> reporter: something the former dental assistant had never even thought about doing before her illness. >> once i finish one, i want to start another one and then finish that and start, you know, another one. >> this almost seems to be an obsession. >> it's her new occupation. >> reporter: neurologist bruce miller directs the ucsf memory and aging center in san francisco. he's uncovered an unexpected and remarkable connection between savants and dementia patients who suddenly exhibit new talents. >> so they'd have trouble communicating but could pick up a paint brush and paint? >> yes, some of the most beautiful art i've seen has come out of my patients with degenerative diseases. and over here is a painting by

jack. >> reporter: dr. miller's office is a small gallery of his patients' art work. >> this is somebody also who had never painted before? >> had never even stepped into an art museum. >> reporter: in his research, dr. miller compared brain scans of dementia patients with those of a child savant. >> we're seeing the same pattern of loss of function on the left side of the brain, increased function in the right posterior parts of the brain. the parts that allow us to take something visual in our mind and put it on a canvas. >> reporter: his conclusion, in these rare ntia patients, so-called acquired savants, the disease that destroys some brain areas activates others, unlocking hidden talent. >> wow. >> yes. >> it's fairly exciting stuff. >> it very much has humanized my patients for me. >> does the brain ever cease to amaze you? >> never, never, never. >> and that's the "overnight"

news for this tuesday. from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. it's tuesday, september 18th, 2018, this is the "cbs captioning funded by cbs it's tuesday, september 18th, 2018, this is the "cbs morning news." answering to cit. >>r itp it 1818thr 18th18th, 201p this morning." answering to allegations, supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman who accuses him of assaulting her decades ago will testify on capitol hill. the risks involved. rivers are still rising. the aftermath of hurricane florence still poses a deadly threat as new problems arise. and president trump orders the release of documents in the russia investigation. what the decision could prove. good morning from the studio 57