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possible and then some to make sure that we bring this killer to justice. >> she brought so much joy. >> reporter: jazmine's mom laporsha washington, was hit by gunfire. before she was released from the hospital last night, we talked at her bedside. >> i haven't seen seen her yet. her father hasn't seen her yet. he didn't even want to go see her because he wanted to remember her as she was. and not what this man left us. >> reporter: she believes it's only a matter of time before the shooter is caught. >> we're going to bring justice to my baby. >> reporter: announced late today, a $50,000 reward for information leading to the shooter. also, one of the teenagers in the car is now working with a sketch artist. authorities hope to release that composite drawing tomorrow. jeff? >> terribly $15 story. janet, good to have you with us and thank you for that reporting. one of the world's iconic cities is under threat from a rising tide of tourists. italy has a solution for venice

tonight. it involves a cover charge. and seth doane is there. >> reporter: think venice, both canals and crowds come to mind. >> we're all kind of surprised seeing how many tourists there are in the winter. >> reporter:? fact, locals say the city is losing its soul. the vast majority of tourists here are day-trippers who do not spend the night. that means hoe tells do not collect taxes for the city. but venice still has to deal with all of the maintenance of this fragile place. italy's new law allows venice to tax those who only come for the day. at peak times, they'll pay up to 10 euros, about $11.50. the money would go towards keeping the city clean, venice's mayor said. while some argue the city should be free for everyone, venetians told us they are concerned about the daily deluge of visitors. some coming on giant cruise ships. we've seen protests by residents

who are outnumbered by tourists. around 50,000 compared to an estimated 80,000 daily visitors. >> we have many, many -- too much tourists. >> reporter: too many tourist s? >> yes. >> reporter: that's paola mar who manages tourism. she said visitors are essential, but the city has reached a breaking point. we want to treat tourists with respect, mar told us, but wemericapath .ound ans and underred. wod you pay at tax? >> yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: you wouldn't think twice about it? >> nope, came this far. cost me a lot more to get here than tenure owes. >> reporter: it is not clear how this tax will be implemented. what is certain is that other cities trying to manage this crush of tourists, like florence, will be watching closely. jeff? >> a director of tourism saying we have too much tourism. pretty remarkable. seth doane in venice for us

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a high school senior in florida claims she is being unfairly punished after showing a huge improvement the second time she took her s.a.t.. the testing service says it's invalid. here's jericka duncan. >> reporter: 18-year-old kamilah campbell of miami thought she did everything she could to improve her s.a.t. score from 900 to over 1200, but then she received a letter from the testing company saying her score wasn't valid. >> they tell you that you need to practice and work and study to do better, but then when you do better, they question it. >> reporter: the educational testing service, which oversees testing for college entrance exams, told campbell that her score is under review because of discrepancies on her answer key. >> because it improved for over

300 points, so they're saying i that's skeptical for them. >> reporter: campbell credits her more than 300-point improvement with months of studying, tutors and a free online s.a.t. prep program. >> they're not looking at it as if, maybe she studied, maybe she focused and dedicated herself to passing this test. >> reporter: campbell said she missed the deadline to apply for her first choice florida state university, and she cannot apply for some scholarships without her latest s.a.t. score. her attorney benjamin crump is considering a lawsuit. >> we intend to fight for the legitimacy of kamilah's test scores. >> reporter: despite the setback, campbell remains hopeful. >> i'm proud of myself, and i need my scores released. >> reporter: education testing services told us they don't cancel scores based solely on a point increase. they say other factors, which they won't disclose, are taken

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finally tonight we are getting our first good look at

the most distant object ever explored. a piece of rock spinning way out in space. fitting it took a "rock star" to help find it. here's mark strassmann. >> reporter: this is the first image of ultima thule, shaped like a frozen snowman. 1 billion years beyond pluto. >> this is what -- >> reporter: it astounded the new horizon science team including ph.d. astrophysicist brian may. >> you're seeing an object here which has been untouched since the dawn of the creation of the solar system. >> reporter: dr. may, a sir isaac newton-look alike, is also this brian may. co-founder and lead guitarist of queen, the iconic british rock band. rocket scientist by day, rock star by night. ♪ ♪ >> different kind of rocks.

>> reporter: bigger thrill. one in a stadium or the photos of ultima thule? >> you can't do that to me. i'm happy to be here right now. that's all i can say. it's amazing. and the whole trip with new horizons is such a privilege for me. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: may wrote this anthem for new horizons fly by of ultima thule. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: a tribute to a glimpse beyond our solar system. >> i didn't imagine that it could happen. >> reporter: and now it has. another one bites the dust. mark strassmann, cbs news, laurel, maryland. >> that is the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> hi, everyone, and welcome to the overnight news. i'm demarco morgan. in just a few hours, the 116th united states congress will convene and for the first time in a decade, democrats will hold the reins of power and the house of representatives. the first order of business, passing legislation aimed at ending the partial government shutdown which is about to enter its 13th day. at issue, president trump's demand for 5 1/2 billion dollar for a border wall, ceiling off mexico from the united states. talks aimed at ending the impasse went nowhere. major garrett has the story. >> i think we can work with the democrats actually and get quite a bit done. >> reporter: that was before president trump met with

democratic leaders in their first face-to-face meeting since the partial government shutdown began 12 days ago. the impasse will continue until at least friday, when the president has asked congressional leaders back to the white house. he offered no clues on when government will reopen. >> could be a long time, and it could be quickly. could be a long time. >> reporter: publicly, the president is sticking to his demand for $5 billion for a wall on the southern border. democrats have offered roughly a 5th of that amount for border security, but not wall construction. >> we're talking about national security. this isn't just a border, this is national security. this is health and wellness. this is everything. >> reporter: after meeting with mr. trump in the situation room for about 90 minutes, top democrats said polls show the country is on their side. >> the bottom line is very simple. at our last meetling, the president said i am going to shut the government down. they are now feeling the heat. it is not helping the president.

it is not helping the republicans to be the owners of this shutdown. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, tourist attractions like the national zoo, most museums and the national archives are closed. national parks remain shut down, too, but some are getting unsupervised use, like yosemite, where trash piles up for lack of funds to haul it away. >> it's a very stressful situation. >> reporter: laurie mccann, a analyst programmer outside of chicago, is worried about paying her medical bills after a recent surgery. >> i have to figure out how to pay my necessary living expenses soon. i will go right through my savings, you know, and then i have to figure out what to do. >> reporter: the new house democratic majority will open congress and pass two gop-drafted bills that could end the shutdown, one that could provide additional months of negotiation over border security funding. but senate republican leaders said that legislation dead on

arrival. why? because president trump opposes it. >> a war of words is raging between president trump and incoming senator and former governor and presidential candidate mitt romney. ed o'keefe updates us on the fallout. >> reporter: incoming senator mitt romney wrote in the washington post that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office. he said he wport trump policies that he agrees with, but will speak out against significant statements or actions that are divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or destructive to democratic institutions. on cnn, romney said he spoke out in response to recent controversies. >> the departure of secretary mattis and the decision to pull out of syria and the abrupt way that it was done was a precipitating event. >> reporter: president trump responded during a cabinet meeting. >> well, i wish mitt could be more of a team player. if he fought really hard against president obama like he does against me, he would have won the election. >> reporter: today's back and forth was the latest twist in

the president and romney's on again-off again relationship. mr. trump endorsed romney's presidential bid in 2012, but romney didn't return the favor in 2016. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. >> reporter: the pair seemed to reconcile after mr. trump's election meeting twice to discuss romney serving as secretary of state. now mr. trump's allies wonder whether romney is positioning himself for a 2020 challenge to the president, something romney denies. >> i'm not sure what mitt romney is trying to accomplish. it's kind of sad. >> i don't know how it really helps anybody's cause for people to stand up there like they're holier than thou. >> reporter: even romney's own niece, the national republican committee chairwoman ronna mcdaniel called the comments disappointing and unproductive. >> memories of the cold war are coming into focus after an american citizen was arrested in moscow and charged with espionage. the american paul whelan insists he was only in russia to attend a wedding. jan crawford has the latest.

>> reporter: five days after russia arrested the former marine for espionage, state department officials and ambassador jon huntsman met with paul whelan at this russian prison just hours after secretary of state mike pompeo delivered a pointed message. >> we have made clear to the russians our expectation that we will learn more about the charges, come to understand what it is he's been accused of. and if the detention is not appropriate, we will demand his immediate return. >> reporter: the russians have offered no evidence whelan, now head of corporate security for a michigan auto parts company, is a spy. his family said he was in moscow for a friend's wedding and told "stars and stripes" he gave wedding guests a tour of some of the kremlin museums friday morning, but never made it to the wedding friday night. his twin brother david told cbs news he had been to russia many times before and called it inconceivable he is a spy. >> he does corporate security. it's the sort of personality that you wouldn't expect to be a law breaker of any sort, let

alone someone who is breaking spy laws. >> reporter: whelan has a long history of military service. he spent 14 years in the marines, but was discharged in 2008 forbad conduct, on several charges related to larceny. his arrest triggers speculation that whelan got caught up in a diplomatic tit-for-tat, pay back after the u.s. arrested russian maria butina on espionage charges. russian president vladimir putin had warned of consequence, saying, the law of retaliation states an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth. now, putin did add that they were not going to be arresting innocent people just to exchange them for others, but russia's security service has opened a criminal case against whelan. and if he's convicted, he could face up to 20 years in russian prison. >> a rare white rhino at a zoo in florida will not be punished after a close encounter with a 2-year-old girl. the girl got into the rhino exhibit and touched the animal's

snout. neither of them happen again. manuel bojorquez reports. >> reporter: today only zoo keepers were allowed in the rhinos encounters area. a day after a two-year-old girl stumbled through the poles designed to let people brush and touch the white rhinos. >> we think at least one of them made contact with the snout and mom hurt her arm pulling the baby out. >> reporter: a child's shoe could be seen in the enclosure after her parents plucked her out and crews rushed her to the hospital. in a statement, the family said she is now doing well. winston says it's the first time in the rhino encounters nine-year history something like this has happened. is there pressure for zoos to make hem more interactive to bring visitors in ? kids spend time on technology, they're rarely outside it is our

duty to get people connected with nature. >> reporter: clearly here something might have to change. >> i think we can make it better. >> reporter: the rhinos program has suspended while they review safety procedures.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> in washington, the battle over how to deal with illegal immigration has led to a partial government shutdown that could last for weeks or more. overseas, great britain has its own migrant problem. they are coming in by sea across the english channel. barry petersen reports. >> reporter: increasingly, this british shore patrol ship is launching its rescue teams. by day and by night, they respond to emergency cell phone calls from illegal immigrants crossing the english channel, hoping to reach british shores. some try to make the dangerous more than 20-mile crossing in nothing more than overloaded rafts. once on shore, they are quickly

treated for hypothermia. amnesty internationals steve valdez sim ongz. >> the fact is unless and until there is a direct response to people's urgent needs, i'm afraid people will continue taking these risks. >> reporter: some are middle class iranians fleeing because newly reimposed american sanctions have driven down iran's economy and its standard of living. the british are not sure what to do. some say they should deploy more rescue ships to keep desperate refugeesrom drowng others, like immigration minister caroline nokes, who visited the area today, say that could actually make it worse. >> it's really appropriate to make sure we have the correct level of response out there. it's feasible that were we to put additional craft, they might act as a magnet, encouraging people to make a perilous crossing. >> reporter: in some ways it's like what's happening on america's southern border. desperate people making

desperate journeys in hopes life will be better if they can somehow just get to another country. >> the retailer is taking shape 7,000 miles away in china. a growing number of people there are leaving cash and credit cards at home and going out shopping or even to dinner with only their cell phones. ben tracy has this story. >> reporter: it's lunch time in shanghai, and there are plenty of cooks in this restaurant's kitchen. but when the food is ready, you won't see any wait staff. instead, dishes are delivered by these robot pods on a high-tech track that quickly guides them to their destination. i have never seen anything like this before. have you seen anything like this before you came here? this customer says this is so classy and fun, and the food is delicious, too. the robot restaurant is i think side a rapidly growing chinese grocery store chain called humma. that's hippo in mandarin, where almost everything is done digitally. it's owned by alibaba, one of

the largest e-commerce companies on the planet. it also owns alipay, the most used digital payment service in china. its chairman jack ma is now trying to reinvent brick and mortar retail by fully merging it with e-commerce. designing physical stores around our smartphones. he calls it new retail. the entire experience at these stores is based around their app. you can scan every single product that they have on the shelves, for instance, with this lettuce, you can find out which day it was delivered to the store, at what temperature, on which truck, and they even give you recipes for what you can make with it. but these people will also do your shopping for you. online orders show up on workers' devices. they grab the goods off the shelves, and a conveyor belt then whisks the bags to the back of the store. the food is boxed up and rolled out to a delivery driver who then brings it directly to the customer's house. all in about 30 minutes. >> china's become the laboratory for creating new models of

innovation for online to off line retail sales. >> reporter: who is buying coffee right now? sean ryan runs china market research group in shanghai. he says china is two to three years ahead of the u.s. when it comes to merging e-commerce and traditional retail. >> all of the new concepts for retail is starting with the mobile phone at the center of the experience. while in the united states, most of the retailers, like a walmart, are trying to force a e-commerce experience onto brick and mortar. >> reporter: amazon does have its amazon go stores where purchases are made through their app and no check-out is required. but in roughly the same time it launched eight stores in the u.s., alibaba has rolled out 100 humma stores in china where you can even pay with facial recognition because nobody here carries cash. >> yeah, no cash. >> reporter: have there been problems with growth this big

and this fast? >> so humma has become so popular and that's grown so fast in the last year that we're starting to hear concerns about quality control. especially in their produce. >> reporter: and now its competcompetitors such as jd.co launching their own brickay peoy cars. chinese consumers can now browse makes and models on an app on their phones, and then come here to this giant automobile vending machine for a test drive. they pick up a car at an unmanned kiosk and drive it for up to three days, all without ever having to deal with high-pressure salespeople. is this also the future of retail in the u.s.? >> so, it's happening in china with online to off-line shopping and shopping through your mobile phone is the future of global retail. >> reporter: that future may be >> reporter: that future may be more convenient and efficient,

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>> reporter: americans are awash in information. most of us walk around with devices that give us instant access to all the knowledge in human history. >> for me, this is where it all began. >> reporter: but before you could google it and long before we met alexa, there was brin britanica. >> you think of the encyclopedia. >> i 4rer7learned how to write copying articles out of britanica. this is an original first edition. >> reporter: which turns 250 years old this month. founded in 1768 in edinborough, scotland, britanica was the brain child of a printer and an engraver. also, they had an editor named

william smelly. >> william smelly was an editor, a very learned man. >> reporter: his problem? >> his capacity for drinking. >> reporter: and yet somehow these two men with no formal training and one very drunk editor managed to write and publish the first edition of the encyclopedia britanica. >> it was useful, combining scholarship with practical information. >> reporter: and some guesses. >> very short article in california, an entry from 1768, spells california with two ls, and says it's a large country of the west indies. it is uncertain whether it be a peninsula or an island. >> reporter: from those humble and somewhat factually challenged roots grew a great tree of knowledge. >> this is knowledge in-depth. large, authoritative essays. >> reporter: considered by many to be the definitive resource of information over the years.

>> just think of it. it's a device by which all the knowledge or most of the knowledge of the world at any one given time is collected in one place. >> reporter: but there were also challenging times for the company. the great depression of the 1930s, for example. >> folks did not have disposable income. a lot of it to spend on encyclopedias. britannica had to find a way to stay relevant. >> reporter: enter the answer girls, an elite core of women who would research and answer any question a britannica owner might have. >> you would write your question on a postcard, attach one of these stamps, and in return one of the women from the research center would type up and research up to a 10 4,000 word report as an answer to your question. >> reporter: in fact, katharine hepburn's character in desk set. >> the old farmer's almanac. >> reporter: is said to be

modelled on the answer girl's director. >> this is from the bible. >> reporter: then there's the whole set club. people who have read an entire edition of the books, including george bernard shaw, tesla founde elon musk. >> it is lengthy. mt. everest of knowledge. >> reporter: and writer a.j. jacobs. how long does that take? >> that took about a year and a half. and reading six hours a day every day. >> reporter: the hardest part, he says, was actually trying to keep all those facts and figures to himself. >> i had all this knowledge. i kind of wanted to share it. and my wife started to fine me $1, penalize me $1 for every irregular fact i inserted into conversation. she would say, i have a headache. and i would throw in, oh, you know, the bayer aspirin company patented heroin back in 1898. she would be like, that's a dollar.

>> have you looked at one of those before? >> no. >> reporter: these days it's rare that students, like these 5th graders at eisenhower academy at joliet, illinois, would even pick up a physical copy of britannica. >> when i first saw it, it was kind of amazed because it was kind of a variety of everything because on this page you see animals, people, ancient illustrations. >> i immediately went, this literally looks like a pdr. >> reporter: of course, the information on wikipedia could come from anywhere. but it's actually relatively reliable compared to what else is out there. >> with great power comes great responsibility kind of thing. >> reporter: which is where david mickelson comes in. >> my initial goal was to be like this encyclopedia britannica for urban legends. >> reporter: mickelson runs

snopes.com from his tiny home in tacoma, washington. the site started as a hobby, debunking odd rumors, if you can believe it, about walt wasn't >>orter: but some 25 years s ar million visitors per month. people hoping to separate fiction from fact. >> the very idea of what the objective facts of our world are, are really foup for debate right now. >> some people you're never going to reach or convince, the people who are willing to take a critical or skeptical look at something are the ones you need to reach. >> reporter: and those are the people britannica is hoping it can still reach through its various online tools. the hope and idea, really, being that now, maybe more than ever, facts actually do matter. and not all information is created equal.

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the canals of venice have been attracting tourists for hundreds of years. last year alone 30 million visitors packed into the historic city. it's gotten so crowded local officials are starting to charge abentrance fee. seth doane has the story. >> reporter: locals say this place has become so busy it is like a disneyland for tourists. this view has amgs been cesarean as priceless, but now it in fact may come with a price upwards of 10 euros, the u.s. equivalent of $11.50 per visit. its famed canals and picture-perfect setting has made venice infamous for its tourists. hords pack its narrow alleys

searching for the all-important selfie. the vast majority, 4/5 of visitors do not stay overnight. they lose potential earnings from hotel taxes. now italy's parliament has approved a measure that will allow the city to charge tourists that only come for the day. the money would go towards keeping the city clean, mayor said. and allow locals to live with more decorum. venetians have told us they're concerned the daily deluge of visitors some coming on giant cruise ships has not only strained the resource ands delicate architecture, but causing venice to lose its soul. since 1951, the city's population has plummet today fewer than 55,000 people, but it did see on average more than 80,000 visitors per day. we have reported on the regular protests from residents who have carried suitcases as a symbol they are on their way out. >> we have many, many -- too much tourists. >> reporter: too many tourist s? >> yes. >> reporter: that will according

to paola mar who manages tourism for the city. before the new tax was announced, she told us visitors were essential to the economy, but the city has reached a breaking point. tourists are our guests, mar told us. we want to treat them with respect, but we want respect. this is a fragile city. officials have put up gates so they can control the flow, and have proposed raising a fine to more than $500 for those sitting or lying on undesignated public spaces. they have also banned the opening of new fast food chains out of concern venice was at risk of losing its identity. the tax will be higher during peak periods, though it this fee will be implemented. though it is certain that other cities facing this tourist crush will be watching venice closely. >> and that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues, and for others you can check back with us a little later for the morning news and, of course, "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new

york city, i'm demarco morgan. it's thursday, january 3, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." the new congress prepares to convene with a democratic majority in the house which plans to pass legislation today to end the government shutdown. a historic feat. china says it has landed a spacecraft on the other side of the moon. and back on earth, tens of millions of americans are in the path of a dangerous winter storm.