a w minutes ago just off to the side of where i'm standing i what's your name and when did you know that there was a sawnvestigators going down t shooting going on? >> my name is cole knapp. embament with m s outside. i was standing right next to him. i had a coal line of sight. they're still trying to piece i saw somebody walk in. it's normal because there's together exactly what happened here and certainly come up with people coming in all night. a motive and try and understand i saw him draw something. i wasn't really focused on him. what was behind this shooting as soon as the first shot went that occurred here about 40 miles northwest of los angeles. off, the first thought through my head was someone had an m-80 >> carter, there was also some or something. then i saw he had a firearm information that there were smoke bombs or some kind of drawn. he continued to fire at the lady at the front desk, and he continued. >> some have said there might diversion na diversionary device that the have been a smoke bomb or some shooter deployed. did any witnesses talk about sort of smoke screen involved? that? >> we heard a lot of talk about that. >> i didn't see anything. one of the witnesses did tell me there was a lot of smoke inside >> by the time -- he may have the bar. she didn't know specifically if there was a smoke bomb used. deployed it, may not. she did confirm there was a lot we looked at him for a split of smoke and it was very second and, we're getting these difficult to see inside there. people out exit and got out. she described a scene of chaos, people scrambling over each other to get into this place, i heard there was a lot of

people that saw smoke bombs and gunshots going off in all directions. but at the same time while people hiding. people are trying to escape, she >> have you been able to reconnect with all of your saw the gunman take multiple friends? >> most of them. magazines out of his jacket and we're missing two close friends reload several times. we've heard some descriptions, and have had no word on them for we going to be getting more information as the night, the a good part of however long it's morning progresses here and the sheriffs and investigators here at the scene begin to learn more been. the last thing i heard from them about what occurred inside. was good-bye. >> carter, there were reports they were going home. that at least one of the witnesses there heard the gunman shout something. are you getting confirmation of there are other friends they that from others that you've talked to? came with that just made it out >> reporter: well, the witnesses i've been talking to said they the door. heard lots of shouting, but they that's the last thing i heard from them, was good-bye. didn't hear anything specific. >> how many people were inside when the gunshots rang out? they couldn't tell if he was >> probably 100 to 130 people. probably a lighter night. yelling at anyone specifically >> and describe the scene there. or if it was other people yelling in the bar. they said there was a lot of people screaming and yelling and you said you pushed everybody it was hard to make out what was down to the ground and got under said. >> carter, we don't obviously the pool table. know a motive. >> everyone congress gates in but we should reiterate that that area, and everyone went

this borderline bar and grill on agt w a far as they wednesday night specifically could and down as far as they carrots to college students could because a lot of these which means they let people in as young as 18 years old. people here are familiar with firearms. they know what situations happen, so they know what to do, they know how to be the smallest >> reporter: yes. we talked to a girl who was 19 target possible. and we just -- we were focused years old who was out here celebrating with her friends on shielding all the girls that tonight. again, there is no real we could to just get on top of understanding why this happened. this was a western night, very popular night. everyone that didn't have any there are a lot of people here defense. in their cowboy attire. basically all of us didn't have we saw people reuniting with anything. so we waited there, making sure friends out here. again, we're just probably 100 feet away from the borderline everyone was quiet, trying to draw the least amount of bar and grill here. attention to us as we could. we saw these victims coming out. when that break came, we got through the glass and pushed fairly chilly out here, about 50 everyone to t degrees. they're coming out in the back,ng clothes they were in. friends coming from different the parking lot that were colleges bringing jackets and blankets for them to keep them warm as people try and reconnect calling people. we said you can't be here, it's not safe. he's still in there. with everyone that they came >> by all accounts, there were with here. dozens of shots fired. we talked with one girl who said do you have any indication of how many shots were fired? she was able to reconnect. did you see him targeting anyone

she came with about ten people. in particular? >> the only person i saw him she was toobl reconnect with eight of them but still hasn't been able to get in touch with targeting was the woman behind the front desk. two of the people she came this after that i did what he said, with. tried to get people out of she's very concerned. >> describe thousand oaks to us. there. the total amount that i heard they say the venue was 2,500 was probably 30 total. square feet. seems rather large. what is the community like in there was an initial grouping of firing and then a pause. which this has taken place? >> thousand oaks is one of those i assume he was reloading. after we had left the building, bedroom communities of los we were going back to find more angeles. it's about 40 miles from people to get to safety. downtown los angeles. there was a -- what seemed to me on the direction, as you're heading north to santa barbara an exchange. that's the last we heard. this is i would say a somewhat so probably a total of 30. suburb community. >> did you see that sheriff's deputy and chp officer go inside there are several colleges near. the bar? that's why this place was so >> when we were pushing out, he particularlyopul with college students as you said. ran and grabbed his attention wednesday night is college night and told him what was happening at the borderline bar and grill. and he took off in that direction. >> that was you? >> carter, i understand you have >> there was a chp officer that some eyewitnesss with you who pulled somebody over for a were in the borderline when the traffic stop right there. shooting started. i got to him, screamed to him there's a shooter in the bar.

he kind of like -- indifferent >> reporter: yes, we did talk to a couple of about it for a second. he realized i was being serious est description that and then went over there. we've got of the shooter who that's when i went to find him. opened fire was that he was >> did you see him go inside the wearing all black. he had a mask on, but it was bar? >> i didn't see him go in. only covering the lower part of his face and he was wearing a black hat. >> do you know if authorities, the person that we spoke to said police were able to engage this they only saw him with a pistol, gunman with gunfire? and the sheriff's investigators >> i would assume with the amount of rounds that went back seemed to confirm that at this and forth that someone engaged point, there may have only been a pistol involved. at least that's what they found with him. i don't know if anything was successful. we haven't heard anything. at this point. >> i believe we may have some we've been here for hours and we eyewitnesss there with you, haven't heard word on what correct me if i'm wrong, cole actually has happened. knapp and matt winterstrom? there's not much -- we got people as far away as possible, >> yes. i want to talk to someone here. and we pushed the boundaries you were inside when this shooting occurred. what was safe just because i what's your name and tell me know where i'm going if i die, what it was like inside there as but i wanted to make sure the shooting was going on? >> my name is matt winterstrom. there's other people that have another chance to get themselves in line with where they need to just a regular night here. be before they die. wednesday. it's college night. >> we hear the shooting lasted about three minutes.

>> he was definitely not the local ball. you can get in at 18. fastest at reloading, which i this is where we congregate. was very thankful for because it it's fun. it's a healthy environment. took us -- i was shuffling these people are all my family. people through for at least 15 i was in there, probably only in or 20 seconds before i heard there for half an hour, 40 minutes, still saying hi to people, still getting the night shots. >> did the bar have security at going and then i heard shots, all? >> the bar has secured, but and that's a noise that you they're not armed. mistake for anything else. loud music and i still heard the a lot of them are regulars that come to the bar that decide they shots, looked to where the shots were coming from. saw a tall, probably 6'2", 6'3" want to take on larger gays -- they're not armed. not a threat we normally face. figure dressed in dark clothing >> they're just big guys that with a handgunment he was the average person would say, i don't want to mess with that opening fire on whoever was guy. >> did you see them engage this standing by the counter that you guy at all? pay the cover to get in. >> i did not. ta aerticul?em likee >> i didn't know who was who. i saw the people that were >> i probably two within arm's reach of me trying to get them out. seconds, three seconds at most before i went in toctn i know a lot of the guys that are security here, and i know at mode and it was whoever was least a couple of them did everything in their power to right there behind the counter make shurl other people didn't get hurt. >> all this happened in three

and in that close vicinity to minutes. how long did it feel to you? the front door. after that i grabbed as many >> like an eternity. people as i possibly could around me, everyone, and got them below the tool table that >> i just kept trying to go back we were standing to, because in there, getting yelled at to that was the largest thing, get the hell out of there. until we hear the shots stop or i was really, as stupid as it pause. at that point i knew he was was, i didn't want to listen to anyone. reloading and there wasn't going i wanted to go back in there. my life is -- to be much he could do, so i >> were you able to see back jumped up and looked down the inside there after all this was over? >> the most i saw. back -- the bar is all glass, we got closer than a majority of people were able to. and i saw someone throw a bar the most i saw inside the bar, stool through the window, there was a line of sheriffs followed suit and i threw a bar stool through the window and we with rifles, and inside i saw pushed people to the bar so we weren't in the direct line of what looked like a tack light, sight. i filed people, everyone there in the area thread gotten every flashlight shining across the bar. that is the most i saw inside. a few boys that were shuffling >> this is becoming a common people through, we basically occurrence here in this country. jumped out the window and pushed did you ever think you'd be in this type of situation? everyone down the side alongide. >> no. it's something you see on the

internet, all the news all the time now. it's something that you look at and said, that's tragic and you pray for those that were there. but you think that will never happen to me. >> what was it like inside the bar? was it dark? was it light? >> the bar is dark, the outside even darker which bothered me more because i didn't know if it was a more than one person attack and they were waiting for everyone to get at. my goal was to keep everyone i was with as hidden as possible, basically hiding them behind the cars, the trash cans and everything we could. my focus wasn't really to find out what was going on inside. it was to make sure what was going on inside didn't affect the people i was with. >> i saw sheriff's investigators with flashlights down the ' embankment there. >> that's where we jumped out. >> the building is right against the on-ramp to the freeway. >> yeah. >> so presumably they were looking for more victims in the bushes? >> looking for more vek tims, i

assume. the gunman who was hiding, he could have shed his dark clothing and dropped his gun and gone in with the rest of everyone else. >> you guys have been through a traumatic experience. thank you for taking the time to talk with me. i'm glad both awful you are well. i hope you're able to get in touch with those two friends that you haven't been able to reach. good luck going forward. thanks for talking to us. for everybody who is just joining us right now, this shooting occurred at about 11:30 last night. this is a gentleman, a man who walked right into this bar and opened fire. he was described as wearing all black, a black face mask covering half his way. it's not clear if he was targeting anyone in particular, what may have drawn him to this area in the first place. police were on scene within minutes. a police officer entered, a sheriff's sergeant. he was shot.

he has passed away. there are 11 other victims and the gunman himself is dead. >> no motive known quite yet, carter. just to give our viewers a sense of what transpired overnight. there was a mass shooting at the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks in ventura, about 40 miles west of los angeles. it is the largest venue, largest country dance hall and live music venture in ventura county. more than 2,500 feet. wednesday nights attract a larger crowd because that's when the establishment reaches out to college students. it is college night, which means patrons as young as 18 are allowed and invited to come in. at about 11:30, shooting began. it took place in about three minutes' time. we know 11 have been killed, 11 students killed and one sheriff, one sergeant, ron helus.

we heard from sergeant dean who paid tribute to sergeant helus. he died later at the hospital. let's hear what the sheriff had to say about his sergeant. >> ron was a hard working, dedicated sheriff's sergeant. he was totally committed. he gave his all, and tonight, as i told his wife, he died a hero because he went -- he went in to save lives, save other people. >> i have to say, sheriff jeff dean has served for 41 years. he is just retiring, about to be replaced. his replacement was just announced a few days ago. to see these sergeants and officials multiple times after we've covered these shootings become so emotional, saying they've never seen carnage like

this in their careers, really says something about where we are in the country. >> the sheriff described ron helus, being on the force for 29 years, going to retire in a year. they used to work out together. a tragic scene. we will have much more on this shooting at 7:00 a.m. yu can also follow coverage on your local news on this cbs station and our 24-hour streaming network cbsn. this has been a cbs news special report. i'm john dickerson with beyoan h golodryga. justice department employees saluted attorney general jeff sessions as he departed the building hours after resigning. >> thank you all. >> reporter: earlier he delivered a letter to the white house, which started bluntly, dear mr. president, at your gy resignation. s news has learn

kly callesni to inforhim t pd. but at a midday press conference, president trump did not tip his hand when asked about sessions by cbs news major garrett. >> and can you give us clarity, sir, on your thinking currently now after the midterms about your attorney general and your deputy attorney general? do they have long-term job security -- >> i'd rather answer that at a little bit different time. we are looking at a lot of different things. >> reporter: shortly after the press conference, mr.umeetee ne sessions, we wish him well. it was a dramatic, if not surprising, end to one of the president's earliest campaign supporters. but less than a month after being confirmed as attorney general, sessions angered the president by recusing himself from overseeing the russia investigation. career prosecutors at the justice department had advised him to do so because of his contacts with russian ambassador sergey kislyak during the 2016

campaign. the president has railed against the move ever since, frequently disparaging sessions on twitter as very weak. >> jeff sessions, never took control of the justice department and it's sort of an incredible thing. >> i'm disappointed in the attorney general for many reasons. >> reporter: after sessions' recusal, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein took over the russia probe as special counsel robert mueller indicted 35 people and company, including some of the president's top campaign officials. but now rosenstein will likely whaker wl oversee the d matthew investigation. whitaker, sessions' chief of staff and from iowa, has been t could become a political fishing expedition. in this interview, he spoke about the president's criticism of sessions. >> it's clear the president is trying to put enough pressure on jeff sessions so that jeff does

what the president, i believe, would think would be honorable. >> reporter: even though whitaker's thinking appears to be in line with the president's thinking as far as the russia investigation is concerned, mr. trump tweeted today that he will be nominating someone else at a later date. one potential candidate, lindsey graham, appeared to suggest today that he will not be interested in the job, saying that he will stay in the senate. >> president trump is claiming a major victory in the midterm elections. republicans, of course, tightened their grip on the senate, but democrats won back the house. and now the president says he's open to compromise. but he also issued a threat that if the new house leadership opens investigations of him or tsre ofndt he'll assume, quote, a war-like posture. chip reid reports. >> i'll be honest, i thought it was a, i hot it was a very close to complete victory. >> reporter: president trump celebrated the election results today, focusing on the seats

republicans gained in the senate and he gave the lion's share of the credit to himself. >> i only had me. i didn't have anybody else. >> reporter: he down played the democratic take over of the house and said there is a good chance the two parties can work together. >> i would like to see bipartisan ship. i'd like to see unity. >> reporter: but when asked what will happen if house democrats use their power as the majority to initiate a flurry of investigations of the president and his administration, his tone changed dramatically. >> if they do that, then it's just -- all it is is a war-like posture. >> reporter: the press conference itself took on a war-like posture as he repeatedly lashed out at reporters. >> are you worried -- mr. president -- >> that's enough. that's enough. >> pardon me, ma'am. >> sit down, please. sit down. i didn't call you. i didn't call you. >> reporter: hurling insults when he thought questions were unfair. >> you called yourself a nationalist. some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists. now people

>> i don't know why -- that's such a racist comment. >> reporter: reporters were on the receiving end of his ire. >> mike kaufman. peter roskam didn't want to embrace. barbara comstock, she could have won that race. >> reporter: he mocked republican incumbents by name who distanced themselves from him and lost. >> mia love gave me no love, and she lost. too bad. sorry about that, mia. >> reporter: perhaps surprisingly, he praised democrat nancy pelosi, one of his biggest critics who is likely to be the next speaker of the house. >> i give her a great deal of credit for what she's done and what she's accomplished. hopefully we can all work together next year. >> winning the majority gives democrats the power to set the house agenda. it also gives them the power to investigate the president or his cabinet members for suspected ethics lapses, like extravagant

travel. they can subpoena documents like the president's tax returns or compel top officials to testify about controversial policies or foreign investments in trump properties. maryland's elijah cummings will now chair the key oversight committee. >> we have a duty to look into government, and to try to figure out what might be wrong and try to correct it and make things better. >> reporter: house democrats ended their eight years in the minority by picking off republicans in urban and suburban swing districts that hillary clinton won in leave he i walk out with my head high. >> reporter: exit polling shows that voters, like democratic candidates, considered health care the number one issue. and they turned out in record numbers. >> tonight the people of missouri have delivered. >> reporter: republicans found comfort in a series of senate gains, as democrats claire mccaskill, joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp were all defeated

in their republican leaning states. >> we took a thumping in the rural areas and i understand that. >> reporter: democrats laid out their goals for divided government today, saying they want to work with the president to lower prescription drug costs and to invest in infrastructure. the president said he shares those goals, but will only play ball if they agree not to investigate him. >> i think it's very inappropriate. we should get along and get deals done. now, we can investigate. they look at us, we look at them, it goes on for two years. then at the end of two years, nothing's done. now, what's bad for them is being in therity just going to blame them. you understand. i'm going to blame them. they're the majority. honestly, it makes it much simpler for me. >> reporter: but democratic leader nancy pelosi set to retake the spr'savel come january, said her party has a duty to root out fraud and wrongdoing in government. >> this doesn't mean we go looking for a fight. looking for a fight. but

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> the cdc reports ten new cases of a rare polio-like illness popping up across the country. 72 people, mostly children, have now been diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis or asm. symptoms include sudden arm, leg weakness or reflex loss. adriana diaz visited brandon who has asm. he received what doctors say is a first of its kind surgery that's allowed him to walk again. >> one saturday we played baseball, everything was normal. >> reporter: ryan said his son brandon's health deteriorated in just one week in 2016. >> tuesday into wednesday, cold-like symptoms, and then as the week progressed, had a headache and neck pain. >> reporter: days later brandon

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give me a hug. good to see you. >> reporter: 14 months ago, moore performed the nerve transfer surgery on brandon at st. louis children's hospital. during last week's checkup, brandon says he now only uses his wheelchair to play basketball. >> i bet you're the best. >> he's getting better. >> reporter: now i see you're walking. >> it's been amazing. thanks to miss -- dr. moore, i can go outside, play on my brother's play football. >> reporter: the cause of asm is still unknown. according to the cdc, nearly 400 people have been diagnosed since 2014. in august, cases spiked after a 2017 lull. >> it's a very rare condition, about 1 in a million. >> reporter: during a recent interview for "cbs this morning," robert red field told john dickerson he was calling for a special task force to investigate asm. >> it doesn't appear to be transmissable from human to human. we don't see clustering in

families. >> reporter: while the cdc tries to pinpoint the cause, dr. moore is working to help those affected. >> my intention is to give these families hope that there are options if they get this horrible diagnosis. >> reporter: brandon says that horrible diagnosis brought him new basketball friends, and has inspired him to one day pursue a career in medicine. you don't know where you're going to go. this is so exciting. >> reporter: adriana diaz, st. louis. >> well, the cdc is also keeping a close watch on the influenza virus. last year there were more deaths from the flu than any year since they started keeping track. john dickerson discussed this ththe cdc dr. robert redfield. >> we lost more children last year from flu deaths than any year before since i want to come back and argue that immunization is one of the most critical tools we have to eliminate diseases. in this case, it's the most

important tool we have to minimize flu. >> reporter: we are approaching the 100th anniversary of the spanish flu, which was devastating. is that possible in our modern age? >> you know, people ask me what keeps me up at night, and the thing that keeps me up at night is just what you brought up, pandemic flu. i think it's very possible, and we're at risk for another pandemic. our best preparation for that pandemic is to optimize a response to seasonal flu, but, john, i think that is, you know, remains a serious possibility. >> reporter: president trump has mentioned twice in conversations with bill gates that he was thinking about a task force to look into vaccines and whether there was a downside to them or whether they caused any illnesses. has he ever talked about that with you? >> no. >> reporter: have you ever thought about maybe educating him about the benefits of vaccines? >> the most powerful tool we have to eliminate disease is vaccination. we're on the verge of eliminating polio from the world. there are 22 cases of polio right now. how did we get on the verge? vaccination. >> reporter: there has been a

spike in acute flaccid myelitis. what do we know about where it comes from and where do you think this is headed? >> well, it's a very serious condition. it's a very rare condition, about 1 in a million. cdc has been working very hard on this, since 2014, to try to understand causation, etiology. as we sit here today, we don't have an understanding of the cause, and i recently asked again to put together a task force to really try to look at where we're at and what else we could do to try to solve this problem. the good news is that it doesn't appear to be transmissable from human to human. we don't see clustering in families. i want to make it clear to the american public it's not polio. i will say to the families that have had

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well, a dormant geyser has come back to life in yellow stone national park. and it brought with it some surprises. michelle miller reports. >> reporter: it's been quite a few months of activity in yellow stone national park. steam boat geyser, the world's tallest, is approaching a record number of eruptions this year. nh since 1957, erupted with some surprising results. >> i got there just after the eruption, and it was pretty

amazing what i saw. >> reporter: after the hot spring belched water ueen air, park officials found this. piles of manmade debris. >> it was an incredible wash, the water had just washed out under the board walk and had strewn trash all around. >> reporter: including a cement block. cans. dozens of coins. and a baby's pacifier that dates back to the 1930s. the trash is being catalogued now and could become part of yellow stone's archives. as a reminder to the millions of visitors to not use the park's natural wonders as a dumping ground. >> you might think that if you toss something in a hot spring or in a geyser it kind of disappears, but it doesn't disappear. it stays in that. and what normally happens is can actually plug and kill the feature. that's happened in many places in the park. >> in lisbon, ase doane got to

work. >> reporter: fitted with a hard hat and respirator, and hoisted well above street level, this is an unlikely image of a portrait artist at work. one who uses not a delicate brush, but drills and jackhammers. to create very large-scale pieces. when you're doing this, are you constantly running back and forth, trying to get the perspective? >> yes, you really need to go back and forth to really realize the proportions and how things are coming together. >> reporter: alexandre's tribute to factory workers in a formeru portugal, stretches across several blokds. he showed us where he carved out his tag name, vhils, which he

came up with back when his art was considered vandalism. >> kind of my nickname i used to protect my name as well. in the beginning i was doing stuff that was illegal. >> reporter: did you ever get in trouble? >> a few times, yes. >> reporter: growing up vhils used his lunch money to buy fray paint and got his training on the streets of lisbon doing graffiti, working quickly to evade authorities. as a kid, did you see yourself as an artist or as a punk? >> mostly as a punk, i guess. >> reporter: today he has his own studio. inside, we saw him at work using that same approach. up close it appears random and . is this person from lisbon? >> yes. usually anonymous. is to kind he calls them everyday heroes. the 31-year-old artist likes the idea of elevating ordinary

people and materials to the realm of art. >> instead of painting, i paint with the layers of the passage of time on the history of the city. >> reporter: in a way this almost becomes a little time capsule. you're looking back layer upon layer. >> yes. >> reporter: in this case, those layers were stacked up in a studio we see old billboards. you see the potential for art. >> kwlae, for sure. >> reporter: not surprisingly, it's that large-scale work that first gained him attention. in los angeles, we saw how he used the side of a film studio ramase canvas. stands outm theed with an street art shepherd ferry, widely known for his iconic image of barack obama.his signature style, has transformed buildings across the globe, from l.a. to new york, moscow to hong kong.

he sees his work as a sort of artist archeologist. >> through the walls, instead of using paint to paint a portrait, i was carving, exposing the real layers that were present 100 years ago. >> reporter: he's fueled the flourishing street art scene in his native lisbon where murals have transformed the city, adding a colorful touch to the otherwise overlooked or mundane. early on, vhils benefited from the support of banksy. perhaps the world's most famous street artist. banksy gave you a new platform. >> not just me, but to the whole community of artists that work in the space. he really put this movement on our level. >> reporter: once seen as a vandal, vhils' work is now considered an asset. in some cases, cities are commissioning him to scrape and chip into buildings. his work also appears in galleries, often touching on the

themes of globalization and urban development. and he's constantly tweaking, or blowing up his technique, using explosives is one of his newer approaches. which the band u2 used in one of its videos. ♪ ♪ >> i wanted to pick something that's -- was kind of a metaphor for us. sometimes you just need a spark. >> reporter: but working outside in public spaces means his art won't last. >> and i like the fact that the artwork will evolve, the image will fade away or be destroyed because it makes it more human. >> reporter: the finishing touch on your work is it falling apart? >> it's the nature of things. nothing lasts forever. >> reporter: while it lasts, the idea is to make people look up and see something differently. using destruction to create.

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it's been seven weeks now since hurricane michael carved a path of destruction through the florida panhandle. steve hartman now with a story of love that was stronger than the storm. >> reporter: when firefighter brian hughes proposed to his police officer girlfriend cory clark, he kept it short and not very sweet. >> yeah. >> he literally said, here, will you? i was like, i thought he was pouring out spray. >> reporter: hard to recover from a proposal like that. but you're going to make up for it with the wedding. >> yeah. >> he called and said, we're going to be getting married, but this is the spot.

>> reporter: unfortunately, brian's shot at redemption, the place he picked for their october wedding, was the end of a jetty in mexico beach, florida. ground zero of hurricane michael. the house they rented for the wedding party used to be right here. no one knows where it is now. michael washed away everything but the ocean view. even the pavilion where they planned to hold the ceremony is now just a few crooked timbers. obviously they had to call it offer. >> yeah, we told all of our families not to come down here. >> reporter: especially as first responders. in the wake of the storm, they barely had time to shower, let alone fasten table decorations. in fact, cory said the wedding was the last thing on her mind. brian came up with a crazy idea. >> got tired of losetion, getting our teeth kicked in. we had to get something good out of it. >> he said hurricane michael has taken so much from us and from everybody, like we can't let it take away our wedding day.

>> reporter: and so on the same day they had planned to get married originally, bride and groom walked down an aisle of rubble to concrete. the guests coworkers. the dress bought on amazon. but the ceremony was everything cory dreamed of. >> we were in our little bubble. everything ended up being perfect. >> reporter: michael tried to spoil this moment. but turns out, even hurricanes are no match for the formidable force of nate we call love. steve hartman, on the road, in mexico beach, florida. >> and that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news andyork city, i'm anna wer.

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