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♪ the government shutdown showdown. a friday deadline looms with the debate over border wall funding taking center stage. >> we're going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall. >> they're playing games with people's lives. they're playing games with the shutdown. also tonight -- return to paradise. evacuation orders are finally lifted in a town wiped out by a historic wildfire. >> hard to believe that your most expensive things mean ts t. growing outrage over the death of a migrant girl in border patrol custody. her father disputes claims she went without food or water for days.
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the search for a missing mother from colorado. investigators bring heavy digging equipment to the home of her fiance. >> do i think kelsey is still alive? i think that's still a possibility and that is our hope. an american artist builds a sand sculpture not at the beach but at the home of st. peter's basilica. >> it's the pinnacle and i can't ever see topping it. welcome to the overnight news. i'm elaine quijano. the first hours of winter could usher in another government shutdown. the white house and congress have until the end of friday, the winter solstice, to agree on a spending bill. if not, the government will essentially run out of money. and thousands of federal employees will have to work without pay or face temporary layoffs just days before christmas. at the center of the showdown is funding for a u.s./mexico border wall. president trump wants a lot more than democratic leaders want to
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give. their tense meeting last week set the stage for a frosty face-off this week in washington. here's errol barnett. >> we're going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. >> reporter: president trump's senior adviser steven miller told "face the nation" a government shutdown is possible unless there's $5 billion of funding for a border wall. >> if it comes to it, absolutely. this is a very fundamental issue. >> he is not going to get the wall in any form. >> reporter: but the democrat senate minority leader chuck schumer refuses to budge. he's urging the president to accept his party's offer of $1.6 billion for border security instead. >> all he's going to get with his temper tantrum is a shutdown. he will not get a wall. >> reporter: the president's irritation today is aimed at multiple federal investigations implicating him and his associates. calling his former lawyer michael cohen a rat for cooperating with federal prosecutors in new york and sending his current personal
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lawyer rudy giuliani out on tv to discredit him. >> the man is pathetic. he lies to fit the situation he's in. >> reporter: cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for paying hush money during the campaign to two women who allege they had affairs with mr. trump. cohen says trump directed him to do it. giuliani says it doesn't matter. >> paying $130,000 to stormy whatever and paying $100,000 to the other is not a crime. >> reporter: giuliani also says president trump will not answer more questions by the special counsel. in addition to the written answers that have already been submitted. >> if the special counsel wants to interview the president -- >> yeah, good luck. after what they did to flynn, the way they trapped him into perjury and no sentence? >> you say good luck. no way, no interview. >> they're a joke. >> over my dead body. >> reporter: rudy giuliani could not explain why president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with the russian
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ambassador during a transition. now flynn is to be sentenced on tuesday, but robert mueller's team has suggested little to no jailtime for him because of his ongoing cooperation. elaine? >> errol, thank you. an autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death of a 7-year-old migrant girl in border patrol custody. it could be weeks before the results are made public. her family spoke out about the tragedy this weekend. here's mireya villareal. >> reporter: in a small village in guatemal anearly 2,000 miles from the u.s. border, there are no roads. no running water, no electricity in these meager homes. this is where the home of jacqueline still lives, and they are mourning her death. her grandmother domingo says the 7-year-old jumped with joy when talking about her trip to the united states. her mother claudia says jacqueline's father is taking this hard because she died in
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front of him, and there was nothing he could do. her case is quickly becoming fuel for critics who continue to question the trump administration's rigid immigration policies. democratic senator amy klobuchar voiced her concerns on "face the nation." >> under law they're supposed to tell congress within 24 hours if someone dies so we clearly have to get to the bottom of that. >> reporter: jakelin was picked up with her father in a remote area of new mexico. it took more than nine hours to transport them to a border patrol station. she wasn't breathing and had a high fever when she arrived. she was then airlifted to an el paso hospital where she died. a local shelter housing the father disputes the government's initial claims about her journey. >> she had not suffered from a lack of water or food prior to approaching the border. >> reporter: members of the hispanic caucus will be traveling down to new mexico to visit the border patrol station where jacklin was taken.
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also u.s. customs and border patrol commissioner will be there on tuesday to join them. >> thank you. turning overseas to the war in yemen. despite a cease-fire set to begin on tuesday, there was more fighting in and around the port city of hodaida today. pro-government forces backed by saudi arabia unleashed air strikes on houthi rebels backed by iran. elizabeth palmer continues her reporting from the scene of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: here are the tiniest victims of yemen's war. in the malnutrition ward of the sanaa hospital. it's a haven for the babies and their mothers where they'll get food and support. which is more than you can say for millions of other families left destitute by the fighting and yemen's economic collapse. last week, peace talks in sweden showed the warring factions, the houthis and yemeni government
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shaking hands. we asked the houthi foreign minister about the cease-fire both parties had agreed to. when will your fighters start to pull out? >> until now it is the concept that such time of withdrawal should take place. >> do you have any idea? are we talking days, weeks or months? >> i think we're talking about weeks. >> reporter: meanwhile, the u.n. is warning that 10 million yemenis face hunger and a quarter of a million are actually in danger of starving. it's a tragedy amplified in houthi authority by armed groups who block aid. aid groups struggling with this humanitarian disaster also blame houthi politicians for all kinds of interference, like not issuing visas to their staff. >> in one month, if you come back to this country, i can tell you that visa restrictions will be lifted. >> and will aid be moving? >> it will be moving better than what is happening now.
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>> reporter: with winter closing in, 20 million desperate people when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you.
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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> the search continues for a mother from colorado who vanished on thanksgiving day after dropping off her young daughter with her fiance. investigators this weekend brought heavy digging equipment to the home of kelsey berreth's fiance patrick phrasy. about 25 officers searched the property. there's a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the location or safe return of kelsey berreth. evacuation orders were finally lifted this weekend in paradise, california, more than five weeks after the town was wiped out in the state's worst wildfire.
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residents were allowed to return to their homes to see what was left. the fire killed 86 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes. i paid a visit to the community struggling to rise from the ashes. >> well, this would have been my front porch area right here. >> reporter: it's been a month since high school teacher virginia partang escaped from paradise. >> i mean, look. there is nothing here. my neighborhood is gone. >> reporter: she had just renovated after her husband's death five years ago. but nothing is left. >> what happens now? >> i'm at a loss as to what happens next. >> reporter: when the fire swallowed her town, the only things she grabbed besides her cats were her students' college application essays. >> there's a part of us that we're always the teacher. they had to get their essays done to get into college. >> reporter: paradise high school is still standing. but there's no power or water.
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and no one is allowed back. >> we're headed to our new school at the chico mall. >> ready for another day? >> i'm ready. >> reporter: she's taught english for more than 20 years and helps seniors with their college essays. she hasn't seen most of her students until now. >> we don't know who is going to show up today. i'm hoping everybody. >> reporter: their temporary classroom is a former lenscrafters at the mall in the nearby town of chico. with more than 95% of paradise destroyed, students have been displaced around the country. >> we just want to bring this sense of healing back to our community. >> oh, my gosh, i love you. >> i love you, too. >> i'm so glad you're safe. >> i'm so glad you are, too. >> awesome. >> reporter: each reunion brought comfort and pain. >> she was in my room that morning, so it was just like --
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it was real again. so, anyway, happy face for the kids. >> check your e-mail. teachers are going to communicate and send you assignments that way. >> reporter: harmony is a senior and wants to become a physician's assistant. >> i'm really excited to be back at school. i miss you. i'm glad that we at least have this and it's bringing all the students together. >> i would say be real and honest with them. mention your entire town burned down. you lost everything. >> reporter: harmony's essay was one of those that partang saved. >> how about instead of a victim, a survivor. >> survivor, yeah. i don't want to use the word victim. >> you're not a victim. you're a survivor. you always have been. >> i know that i go to school tomorrow and i teach the kids. and i bring them hope that it's going to be okay, that we'll make it through this. coming up next -- a former u.s. army commando is charged with murdering a man in
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a former u.s. army commando is now charged with murder for allegedly hunting down and killing a man in afghanistan who had been suspected of killing two u.s. marines. it's a case that goes back to 2010. tony dokoupil has the details. >> reporter: major matthew goldstein, american war hero or american killer? the u.s. army has grappled with that question for eight years through two investigations before finally charging the former green beret on thursday with the alleged murder of a detainee in afghanistan in 2010. the detainee was a suspected bombmaker who allegedly killed two marines during a fierce conflict called the battle of marja. goldstein acknowledged the killing but told fox news in
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2016 it was, quote, a legal engagement of a known enemy combatant on the battlefield. on sunday, president trump promised to review the case calling goldstein a u.s. military hero who could face the death penalty from our own government after he admitted to killing a terrorist bombmaker. goldstein's role in the battle initially earned him a silver star for valor, but following the first army investigation, the medal was stripped and goldstein was given a general discharge in 2014. a second army investigation began in 2016 after goldstein discussed the killing on fox news. >> what is it like going from war hero to accused war criminal? are you angry? >> no. it has been incredibly painful. very -- and very difficult over the last year or years, everyone who served with me stood by me.
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and so it's over and time to move on. >> on sunday, the pentagon cold the goldstein case a law enforcement matter and pledged to, quote, respect the integrity of the process. any intervention by president trump could jeopardize those proceedings, of course, triggering further legal complications. no hearing has been scheduled. >> we'll continue to follow it. tony, thank you. up next -- a california-based rocket blasts off on a
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it was a spectacular sight in new zealand today. the california-based company rocket lab launched a 56-foot tall rocket that sent 13 small satellites into orbit. this was the first time nasa booked a private rocket for this type of mission. police in northern japan say more than 40 people were injured in an explosion at a restaurant. this happened in the city of sapporo on the island of hokkaido. the cause of the blast is under investigation. windows on nearby buildings were shattered. a witness told reporters he smelled gas after hearing the explosion. thousands of teachers working for the nation's second largest school district rallied in downtown los angeles saturday. eachers unis demanding a new contract and
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the sequel "mary poppins returns" flies into theaters this week. the popular character, a magical nanny, is set to be based on a real-life nanny who graduated from a legendary school for professional nannies in bath, england. forry okida takes us there. >> reporter: for more than a century, orleans college has educated the world's most elite nannies as students take their career choice very seriously. >> at the only thing at the end of the day the thing you need to care for is the child and family's needs. >> reporter: the three-year degree includes courses on early childhood development. it covers classes on cooking, baking, sewing, even how to cut kids' hair. >> the degree offers something that really is quite unique and
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you probably won't find anywhere else in the world. >> reporter: this year for the first time, two nannies, male nannies, graduated. he's proud to have made history. >> all of us are very passionate about what we do, and all of us want to do it to the best of our ability. >> reporter: they've become somewhat of a tourist attraction in this town. the school says the required iconic brown uniform makes them appear professional and practically perfect. like a certain other nanny. >> how did you do that? >> do what? >> do you mind being compared to mary poppins? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: it's rumored the mag malmary points was modeled after a norland nanny. royalty, including prince william and duchess kate use their services. >> the norland nannies will go anywhere around the world?r the world. >> reporter: graduates can earn $35,000 to $135,000. for these nannies, it means
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framed by the magnifent colonnade. but now a lesser known at has done just that. this massive nativity was unveiled earlier this month. american rich varano is head sculptor. >> the vatican in italy surrounded by so much culture, so much history, so much art, it all makes it very special. the emotion was quite intense for me. >> reporter: varano's medium is not marble, but sand. in this case, 720 tons of it. >> to do a piece this big, it's almost 20 feet tall, 52 feet wide. it requires a bit of a ballet because in sand sculpture, unlike sculpting in marble or wood, you have to finish it at a certain level at the top and then proceed down. there's no going back to work on it again. >> reporter: this is not like building a sand castle at the beach. sculptors told us ocean erosion makes beach sand too soft.
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sort of like trying to stack marbles. inland sand is better as the grains can lock together. it hardens as it dries and the secret to making this is compaction. varano had this special sand trucked in from near venice. the 60-year-old sculptor who is based in florida brought three of his favorite carvers to help from the netherlands, russia and czech republic. they worked for about a month. he's done this many times in his 30 years of sculpting. >> to do it here at the vatican is the penultimate of my career. the absolute pinnacle. i can't see ever topping it. >> reporter: like all good christmas decorations, this will come down, too, in january. fitting for the fleeting nature of this holiday season. seth doane, cbs news, vatican city. and that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for the "morning news" and "cbs this
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morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. the first hours of winter could urber in another government shutdown. the white house and congress have until the end of friday, the winter solstice, to agree on a spending bill. if not, the government will essentially run out of money. and thousands of federal employees will have to work without pay or face temporary layoffs just days before christmas. at the center of the showdown is funding for a u.s./mexico border wall. president trump wants a lot more than democratic leaders want to give. their tense meeting last week set the stage for a frosty face-off this week in
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washington. here's errol barnett. >> we're going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration. >> reporter: president trump's senior adviser steven miller told "face the nation" a government shutdown is possible unless there's $5 billion of funding for a border wall. >> if it comes to it, absolutely. this is a very fundamental issue. >> he is not going to get the wall in any form. >> reporter: but the democrat senate minority leader chuck schumer refuses to budge. he's urging the president to accept his party's offer of $1.6 billion for border security instead. >> all he's going to get with his temper tantrum is a shutdown. he will not get a wall. >> reporter: the president's irritation today is aimed at multiple federal investigations implicating him and his associates. calling his former lawyer michael cohen a rat for cooperating with federal prosecutors in new york and sending his current personal lawyer rudy giuliani out on tv to discredit him. >> the man is pathetic.
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he lies to fit the situation he's in. >> reporter: cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison for paying hush money during the campaign to two women who allege they had affairs with mr. trump. cohen says trump directed him to do it. giuliani says it doesn't matter. >> paying $130,000 to stormy whatever and paying $100,000 to the other one is not a crime. >> reporter: giuliani also says president trump will not answer more questions by the special counsel in addition to the written answers that have already been submitted. >> if the special counsel wants to interview the president -- >> yeah, good luck. after what they did to flynn, the way they trapped him into perjury and no sentence? >> when you say good luck, no way, no interview? >> they're a joke. over my dead body. >> reporter: rudy giuliani could not explain why president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with the russian ambassador during the transition. now, flynn is to be sentenced on
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tuesday, but robert mueller's team has suggested little to no jail time for him because of his ongoing cooperation. elaine? >> errol, thank you. an autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death of a 7-year-old migrant girl in border patrol custody. it could be weeks before the results are made public. her family spoke out about the tragedy this weekend. here's mireya villareal. >> reporter: in a small village in guatemala, nearly 2,000 miles from the u.s. border, there are no roads, no running water, no electricity in these meager homes. this is where the family of jackelin caal still lives, and they are mourning her death. her grandfather domingo says the 7-year-old jumped with joy when talking about her trip to the united states. her mother claudia says jackelin's father is taking this hard because she died in front of him, and there was nothing he could do.
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jackelin's case is quickly becoming fuel for critics who continue to question the trump administration's rigid immigration policies. democratic senator amy klobuchar voiced her concerns on "face the nation." >> under law, they're supposed to tell congress within 24 hours if someone dies so we clearly have to get to the bottom of that. >> reporter: jackelin was picked up with her father in a remote area of new mexico. it took more than nine hours to transport them to a border patrol station about 95 miles away. she wasn't breathing and had a high fever when she arrived. she was then airlifted to an el paso hospital where she died. a local shelter housing the father disputes the government's initial claims about jackelin's journey. >> she had not suffered from a lack of water or food prior to approaching the border. >> reporter: senior white house adviser steven miller blamed her death on smugglers. >> the loss of that precious life is horrifying. it is a painful reminder of the ongoing humanitarian tragedy
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that is illegal immigration and the misery that it spreads. >> reporter: members of the hispanic caucus will be traveling down to new mexico to visit the border patrol station where jackelin was taken. we've also confirmed u.s. customs and border protection commissioner will be there on tuesday to join them. >> mireya, thank you. the search continues for a mother from colorado who vanished on thanksgiving day after dropping off her young daughter with her fiance. investigators this weekend brought heavy digging equipment to the home of kelsey berreth's fiance patrick frazee. about 75 officers searched the property. there's a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the location or safe return of kelsey berreth. turning overseas to the war in yemen. despite a cease-fire stoet to begin on tuesday, there was more fighting in and around the port city of hodeida today. pro-government forces backed by
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saudi arabia unleashed air strikes on houthi rebels backed by iran. elizabeth palmer continues her reporting from the scene of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: here are the tiniest victims of yemen's war in the malnutrition ward of the sanaa hospital. it's a haven for the babies and their mothers where they'll get food and support. which is more than you can say for millions of other families left destitute by the fighting and yemen's economic collapse. last week, peace talks in sweden showed the warring factions, the houthis and yemeni government, shaking hands. we asked the houthi foreign minister about the cease-fire both parties had agreed to. when will your fighters start to pull out? >> until now, it is the concept that such kind of withdrawal should take place. >> do you have any idea? are we talking days, weeks or months? >> i think we're talking about
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weeks. >> reporter: meanwhile, the u.n. is warning that 10 million yemenis face hunger and a quarter of a million are actually in danger of starving. it's a tragedy amplified in houthi territory by armed groups who block aid. aid groups struggling with this humanitarian disaster also blame houthi politicians for all kinds of interference, like not issuing visas to their staff. >> in one month, if you come back to this country, i can tell you that visa restrictions will be lifted. >> and will aid be moving? >> it will be moving better than what is happening now. >> reporter: with winter closing in, 20 million desperate people are waiting. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, sanaa. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. if you have moderate to severe
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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> if you are planning to fly this holiday season, the tsa is reminding you to leave your guns at home. screeners have already set a record, spotting 4,000 firearms in carry-on bags this year. and 80% of those were loaded. kris van cleave has the details at reagan national airport. >> reporter: we have been sifting through police records from 2017, and in almost every case, people say this was a mistake. they simply forgot or didn't realize the gun was in that carry-on bag. 239 airports found guns last year. many of the airports that found
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the most are in states with looser gun laws, but we found some things that are raising real questions this morning about airport security. a loaded gun inside a flyer's carry-on bag at dallas-ft. worth airport. it's a scene that played out thousands of times last year at tsa checkpoints across the country at a rate of nearly 11 guns a day. >> bought it online or something like that? >> yes, sir. >> that gun is coming back stolen out of florida. >> reporter: cbs news obtained video from security and police body cams at dfw airport showing some of the 211 incidents where a gun was found inside a traveler's bag at a tsa checkpoint in 2017. in this 59-year-old's carry-on bag, police found a loaded pistol and several additional magazines loaded with what police say was 61 rounds of ammunition. in texas, that will get you arrested if you don't have a license to carry a concealed weapon. but laws vary by state.
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>> just an oversight. >> hands behind your back. >> reporter: just ten airports accounted for nearly one-third of all incidents last year. through freedom of information requests we were able to review police records from seven of them. the vast majority involved are men. 63% were white. most ranged in age from their 30s to their 50s but guns were found in the luggage of an 84-year-old woman, a 10-year-old boy, an airport worker and a pastor from texas who told police he forgot the gun was in his backpack. >> can you explain why you were carrying a gun? >> reporter: colorado state representative lori saine spent a night in jail after a gun was found in her purse at denver airport. >> i made a mistake and that's when i was cuffed. >> reporter: she was ultimately not criminally charged but did receive a nearly $2,000 fine from the tsa. >> hopefully this is a learning experience for others not to make the mistake in the first place. >> reporter: the agency can seek fines up to $13,000. in press releases, tsa says a
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typical first offense draws a $3,900 fine. we found on average it's actually closer to $1,100. no one last year received the maximum. tsa administrator david pikoske. >> the fine could be $3900 or $4,000. >> but no one ever pays that. >> on occasion they do, though. we're trying to provide that warning, if you will, that, hey, there is a penalty here. and if we can prevent it in the first place, i think that's a better way to approach it. >> reporter: a review of the police documents reveals at least three incidents last year where it appears the gun was missed by tsa screeners at one airport and only discovered on the person's trip home. how does that happen? >> it happens because the technology doesn't get everything all the time. either there's a technology issue, there's a procedural issue or there's a training issue. >> i'm a little troubled by the fact that the gun went through the x-ray machine and was missed. >> oh, i'm troubled by that, too. i think nerve tsa is troubled by it, and mistakes happen.
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>> how often do those mistakes happen? >> i can't give you an answer how often but we do everything to figure out why it happened. >> reporter: the tsa is starting to roll out new ct scanners to checkpoints. that should make it easier to spot weapons. the agency is also working with airports to try to improve signage around checkpoints reminding people you cannot bring a gun through. while there are procedures for having a gun in your checked bag, you can never have a weapon loaded or unloaded in your carry-on bag. all of the people you saw in our story told police they did not realize the gun was in the bag they brought to a checkpoint. when is the rightimee finai? a new study found nearly 80% of parents still help their adult children with living expenses. the study also found that can wreak havoc on your retirement planning. berry peterson looks at the numbers. >> reporter: if you're like a lot of parents this scene from the hbo series" girls" may hit a
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little close to hope. >> we can't keep bank rolling your groovy lifestyle. >> my groovy lifestyle? >> the bills add up. we're covering your rent, your insurance, your cell phone. >> you said it was cheaper for you if i was on the family plan. >> yep. >> reporter: not so funny in real life where 34% of young people 18 to 34 still live at home and even many 30 or 40-somethings who are out of the house and seemingly on their own, aren't. with more than three-quarters of parents paying for things like groceries or cell phone bills. which is why parents spend $500 billion a year supporting adult children and only half that much saving for retirement says a study by merrill lynch. >> i go back to ensuring the family bank isn't bankrupted. >> reporter: where lorna works with clients on retirement. >> if you get to a point where truly your retirement savings or savings in general is depleted to support your kids, ultimately, your kids may
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actually have to provide financial support for you later on in life as well. >> reporter: an estate planning attorney denise hoffman weis worries that props up adult kids today hurts them tomorrow. >> you start to see adult children who are not being put in a position where they can be successful in their own right because they have a crutch, which is different than an opportunity. >> it's not really the kid's fault. it's the parents driving this process? >> the parents are the enablers. >> reporter: she tries to train her clients who are parents to talk to their kids about money. the same way they teach about manners or good grades. >> so this basic understanding of what it is, we call it adulting. adulting is hard. what does it cost. >> also called growing up. >> reporter: gary and sandy cooper's children may be grown up far beyond their years. gary is a private wealth adviser at ubs financial services in denver and sandy is an eids lean
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this family, they help pay their own way. >> you want to get, but sometimes giving them isn't actually helping them. our job is to help them, not do it for them, right? >> reporter: with kids, a life-long lesson in budgeting and money discipline can start with simply buying one box of oreos a month. >> you're welcome to eat them all tonight or you can allot them out and learn to make them last until the next time we go buy the next box of oreos. >> reporter: this isn't even about money. it's about a concept. >> it's a concept, yep, of saving, of budgeting, of understanding that feeling of delayed gratification. >> reporter: when 16-year-old kyle wanted to buy the family car, he paid for it by maintaining a $1,000 a year high school academic scholarship. >> i think the lesson was, regardless of the money that it's -- if you work hard for something, then you will be rewarded, whether it be by some physical thing or some
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emotional. you'll be rewarded for hard work. >> reporter: as he does part-time jobs for any extras. >> what if he runs out of gas money? >> well, that's going to be a bad day, right? >> reporter: no one at 14 already knows his parents will only fund four years of college. and after that, he's on his own. >> if my parents start us while we're young with the expectation that we have to work to get what we really want, that later in life we'll be able to prosper in that sort of environment. >> reporter: because you'll work for it? >> exactly. >> reporter: at 11, sophie is so financially far sighted, she is already saving money for the apartment she will rent after college. >> so you don't feel like this is unfair to an 11-year-old? >> uh-uh. everybody is going to reach a challenge in their life where they can't ask for help and they need to be able to do it by themselves. and by our parents making us grow up this way, it's going to help us overcome that more than somebody that just gets stuff. >> i think they'll have the
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the rock 'n' roll hall of fame announced the class of 2019. anthony mason goes behind the music. ♪ >> reporter: more than 20 years after the jackson five were inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame, they'll be joined by their younger sister. ♪ rhythm nation >> reporter: janet jackson headlines the hall of fame's class of 2019 announced this week. ♪ already a hall of famer as a member of fleetwood mac, stevie nix is the first woman to be inducted twice. this time as a soloist. >> reporter: nix reacted to the honor on twitter writing, i have been in a band since 1968. to be recognized for my solo work makes me take a deep breath and smile. it's a glorious feeling.
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♪ british rockers def leppard gained entry with more than a half million votes from fans. two of the band's albums, hysteria and pyromania reached diamond status in the u.s., selling more than 10 million copies apiece. ♪ with a gothic look and longing lyrics, the cure churned out familiar hits like "friday i'm in love" and "pictures of you." it was an eventful week for the cure. along with being added to the hall of fame, the band announced it's putting the finishing touches on its first album in more than a decade. radiohead is the newest band to go into the hall of fame. the experimental rockers broke onto the scene in 1993 with the grunge hit "creep" but their sound has evolved through the course of nine studio albums.
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rocksy music were rock pioneers who hit number one three times in the uk. the band launched the careers of singer brian ferry and superproducer brian eno. ♪ it's too late to say you're sorry ♪ >> the longest wait to get into the hall of fame was for the zombies. as part of the british invasion their 1968 album "odyssey and oracle" gained success after they broke up. now it's ranked by "rolling stone" as one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded. band members rod argent and collin blomstone spoke with us about the album's unexpected success. >> it was totally ignored at the time. >> but it sells more now every year than it ever did. >> reporter: and they performed their biggest hit in our saturday session. ♪
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[construction noise] secret santa continues to sprinkle his christmas magic. steve hartman found him "on the road." >> ma'am, how your doing today? you ready for christmas? >> reporter: a lot of people ignore the homeless. but folks rushing past moses elder may regret their haste. because this week, all people had to do was pay him some attention. and he would pay them back. in benjamins. >> so there's $100 for you. >> reporter: you can imagine the shock. >> $100 for you. >> thank you. >> oh, that's what christmas is all about. >> reporter: moses' mission was financed by secret santa. >> merry christmas to you, sweetie. >> reporter: the same anonymous wealthy businessman who every year goes around the country
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handing out $100 to random strangers. but this holiday season, in addition to his normal giving, he came here to phoenix. >> morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: and recruited this most unlikely homeless elf. >> i want to enlist you to help me. can we do that? >> yes. oh, man. >> here's what we're going to do. >> reporter: he gave moses about $3,000 with the instruction to give it away to whoever he saw fit. >> i think this will be a joyful experience for him. it's a myth that, you know, the homeless just take. from my experience, the people with the least give the most of what they have. >> reporter: we saw that, too. >> come here for a minute. >> reporter: danny mccoy put change in the cup even though he has seven kids and until this moment -- >> $100 for you for showing your kind heart. >> reporter: -- had no idea how he was going to buy christmas presents. >> eternally grateful for what he did. >> you looking for a job? >> reporter: and that's the kind of relief moses brought to so
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many people here. most of those he blessed were strangers who just happened by. but not all. >> we love you. don't you ever forget that. >> reporter: he gave this guy from church $400. he gave this homeless mother of five, $500. >> and remember, people appreciate you with your caring, giving heart that you take care of your kids the way you do. >> thank you. >> reporter: of course, in the end, secret santa also gave moses some money to keep for himself. >> this here is a new beginning for me. >> reporter: but he says that reward pales to the joy he received from helping others. >> today we changed a lot of people's lives. but i believe my life was changed the most. god bless you both. >> reporter: even when you're homeless, it feels better to give than to receive. >> i'm happier than you all. >> kindness is a bridge between all people. and so if you're ever down and you want to lift yourself up, go do something kind for somebody. >> maybe that will help you. >> reporter: it will make you fe like way more than a
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hundred bucks. steve hartman, "on the it's monday, december 17, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." the battle over the border wall is pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown. the clock is ticking. the death of a migrant child is highlighting possible communication challenges asians are facing at the southern border. what may have been lost in translation. and for the first time, an all-woman panel of judges chooses a new miss universe and a transgender contestant make a transgender contestant make history. captioning funded by cbs
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