mother's pain. >> it is a celebration and i just want to thank everybody. >> reporter: her school reopened today. jazmine would have gone back to second grade. >> she wasn't only my daughter and my baby, and my angel, she's all of our daughter. >> reporter: the senseless death of one family's child as a entire community grieves. cbs news, houston. there is a development tonight in the investigation of russian interference in the 2016

election. we are learning that they accused the president's former campaign of sharing information with a russian operative. >> lawyers for paul manafort revealed in a court filing today that the special counsel has evidence manafort shared polling data during the 2016 campaign. as special counsel robert mueller continues to probe russian interference in the election it's the first time a trump official has been accused of sharing campaign information with russian interests. the associate works closely with manafort for years promoting russian backed interests. he may have discussed a peace plan on more than one occasion. investigators have been questioning witnesses about whether russia tried to influence the trump campaign to broker a resolution to hostilities between russia and ukraine. new details were revealed in a

filing that was supposed to be redacted but could be read. >> traitor. >> he was convicted on bank fraud last year. the special counsel accused him of violating a subsequent plea deal to cooperate in the investigation. president trump continues to deny there was any coordination between his campaign and russia. >> there was no collusion. >> manafort's contacts are the new information we expect will be included in mueller's final report. the white house could try to block portions of that report from being released, but congressional democrats vowed the entire thing will be made public, even if they have to subpoena special counsel robert mueller. >> paula, thank you. there's new tensions tonight between the u.s. and turkey, a key nato ally. national security adviser john timing of america's withdrawal from syria but he never got to meet with turkey's president.

>> reporter: john bolton was in turkey today looking for an assurance that when the u.s. pulled it's roughly 2,000 troops out of neighboring syria, the turkish will not attack america's syrian allies on the ground. instead, an angry turkish president accused bolton of making a serious mistake after mixed messages on the u.s. withdrawal plan. america's partners in syria are ou, tlbugtat be turkey a views a terrorist organization and says it's drawn up plans to attack them. >> now we have won -- >> reporter: less than a month after president trump announced that american troops in syria would be coming home, there's now confusion over exactly when they'll withdrawal leaving u.s. allies unsettled here in the middle east. meanwhile, america's partners in the fight against isis, known as

the syrian democratic forces also feel betrayed. they have called the u.s. withdrawal a stab in the back and fear an on slot from turkey. a rag tag army of farmers, students, and shopkeepers. in 2017, a u.s. commander told us just how crucial their role was. >> our syrian partners here are doing the world's bidding, the world's fight. they're doing what no one else is willing or capable to do. >> reporter: the u.s. undoubtedly faces difficult choices when it comes to the presence in syria but with the confusion surrounding this withdrawal plan, the trump administration seems to have angered all sides. >> holly, thanks, coming up next, iran jails another here's a simple true-or-false quiz for you. if you're between age 50 and 85, it's important for you to know the truth, so please listen closely.

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a navy veteran from california has been jailed in iran. michael white's family reported him missing after he failed to return from a trip there in july. >> michael white, the 46-year-old u.s. navy veteran from california was traveling to iran to see his girlfriend, according to his mother joe an white that found out about his arrest three weeks ago. white had visited the country previously three or four times without issue. his mother said she is concerned

for her son who suffers from asthma and is a cancer survivor. white is one of at least four american prisoners held in iran including the princeton student as well as a former u.n. diplomat and his son. he is a friend of the family. >> in order to release american citizens from iranian prisons requires a large financial package from the united states and the release of iranian prisoners held in the united states. >> president trump repeatedly criticized his predecessor for green lighting a prisoner swap and unfreezing a billion dollars in assets. >> i didn't do what obama did, give them $1.8 billion in cash to get back four hostages. >> but president trump's confrontational stance, exiting the nuclear deal and sanctioning iran has not stopped the regime from detaining more

administrations. >> has the trump administration policy made it harder to bring americans home? >> there's no diplomatic context between the united states and iran, high level sustained contacts. it is going to take some type of a quid pro quo for iran to release the prisoners. >> before the u.s. exited the nuclear deal last year, iran refused u.s. requests to set up diplomatic talks by prisoners. recent overtouures have gone unanswered. they issued a call to release innocent detainees. >> thank you for that report tonight. still ahead, prosecutors take [cell phone rings]

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we are here with a high school wrestler that went to the mat to make a teammate's dream come true. jim axlerod introduces us. >> reporter: on the right, a senior at bradford high in northwestern pennsylvania, took on teammate jake meister, a junior and couldn't wait to lose. >> he's been such a big inspiration to all of us. what he has done is incredible. >> jake is autistic and has cerebral palsy. but he's become close with the wrestling team that made them his honorary captain. still they wanted to get jake a little closer to the action, which was just fine with his mom. >> as a parent who was told

that, you know, when jake was three, that he would never walk, talk, anything, to be able to watch him actually participate in a sport, it was a dream come true for the both of us i guess you could say. >> reporter: the match ended just the way you would have wanted it . undefeated district champ, pinned by jake, and the gym going nuts. >> it's a nice feeling. but that's not what it's about for me. showing that whenever you're given a situation to make a difference in soon e' ke s.li,fe >> reporter: one match, two winners. jim axlerod, cbs news, new york. >> that is the overnight news for this wednesday. 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.

this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. the latest battle in the political war over president trump's long promised border wall played out in primetime. the president took to airways to tell americans there's a national security and humanitarian crisis on the southern border, and in his view, only a wall can fix it. well, democrats of course have a different view. they agree there's problems along the mexico border but insist a wall is not the solution. we'll hear from both sides now beginning with president trump. >> tonight i am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis der ur southern bo.rd b patrol agents encounter

thousands of illegal immigrants trying to e ont holur t hem and we have no way to promptly return them back home to their country. america proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants that enrich our society and contribute to our nation but all americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal migration. it strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages. among those hardest hit are african americans and hispanic americans. our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. our proposal was developed by law enforcement professionals and border agents at the department of homeland security. these are the resources they have requested to properly perform their mission and keep america safe.

in fact, safer than ever before. the proposal from homeland technology for detecting drugs, weapons, illegal contriband and many other things. we have requested more agents, and immigration judges to contrast the sharp rise of immigration fuelled by our strong economy. our plan also contains an urgent request for humanitarian assistance and medical support. furthermore, we have asked congress to close border security loopholes so that illegal immigrant childreann c back home. finally, law employment professionals requested

$5.7 billion for a physical barrier. at the request of democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall. this barrier is absolutely critical to border security. it's also what our professionals at the border want and need. this is just common sense. the border wall would very quickly pay for itself. the cost of illegal drugs exceeds $500 billion a year, vastly more than the $5.7 million we have requested from congress. the wall will also be paid for indirectly by the great new trade deal we have made with mexico. senator chuck schumer who you will be hearing from later tonight has repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other democrats. theyha tir mindnly electedpresiden

the fedeovernmtin shutdown for one reason and one reason only, because democrats will not fund border security when i took the oath of office, i swore to protect our country and that is what i will always do so help me god. >> the democratic leaders of congress were also granted air time. house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer suggested it was filled with false figures and misstatements. >> on the first day of this congress, house democrats passed senate republican legislation to reopen the government and fund smart effective border security solutions. but the president is rejecting these bipartisan bills that would reopen government over his obsession with forcing american taxpayers to waste billions of dollars on an expennd ineffective wall.

a wall he always promised mexico would pay for. the fact is president trump has chosen to hold hostage the health, safety of the american people and with hold the paychecks of 800,000 innocent workers across the nation. many of them, veterans. he promised to keep government shutdown for months or years no matter whom it hurts. that's just plain wrong. the fact is, we all agree we need to secure our borders while honoring our values. we can build the infrastructure and roads at our ports of entry. we can install new technology to scan cars and trucks for drugs coming into our nation. we can hire the personnel we need to facilitate trade at the border and fund more to detect unauthorized crossings. the fact is, the women and children at the border are not a security threat. they are a humanitarian challenge. a challenge that president trump's own cruel and counter

productive policies only deepened. and the fact is, president trump must stop holding the american people hostage and stop manufacturing a crisis and must reopen the government. thank you. >> my fellow americans, we address you tonight for one reason only. the president of the united states having failed to get mexico to pay for his ineffective, unnecessary border wall and unable to convince the congress or the american people to foot the bill has shutdown the government. american democracy doesn't work that way. we don govern by temper tantrum. no president should pound the table and demand he gets his way or els down. hurting millions of americans who are treated as leverage. tonight and thrmpas

appealed to fear, not facts, division, not unity. make no mistake, democrats and the president both want stronger border security. however, we sharply disagree with the president about the most effective way to do it. so how do we untangle this mess? there's an obvious solution. separate the shutdown from arguments over border security. there's bipartisan legislation supported by democrats and republicans to reopen government by allowing debate over border security to continue. there's no excuse for hurting millions of americans over a policy difference. federal workers are about to miss a paycheck. some families can't get a mortgage to buy a new home. farmers and small businesses won't get loans they desperately need. most presidents have used oval

office addresses for noble purposes. this president just used the backdrop of the oval office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear, an

welcome back. the former retail giant sears is oon to go the way of the atrake going nowhere, the company is on the verge of liquidation. what happened? the story of the rise and fall of sears. >> dear mr. sears and robuck i've been sitting here thumbing through your book. >> at its peak, it was the biggest retailer in the world. it's heauale builth rld.hant companies was s

roebuck. >> it was even america's biggest publisher thanks to its famous catalog. >> sears has officially filed for bankruptcy. >> the company has struggled for years after it dominated the department store business for much of the 20th century. >> today many of the sears stores you grew up with look like this. >> did you ever know this as a sears? >> yeah. i was here. i used to shop in here. >> this sears in new jersey is about to become a grocery store. stew leonard jr. is the ceo. >> i always looked at sears as a great retailer and now to see us taking over a sears, i will sit there and say boy, we have to keep changing too as retailers. >> sears was founded 125 years ago by a railroad man named

richard sears. with his partners, he figured out that america's new railroads and postal services package delivery would let them deliver products to small towns all over the country. sears sold everything you'd ever need. from cradle to grave. everything for the house including the whole house. >> no greater anticommunist propaganda could be disseminated than the few thousand of sears catalogs every year. >> they took them and made them accessible to people that were rising up through this new thing called the middle class. >> he's the author of the big store, an inside look at sears written in 1986. he says sears didn't invent the future, only once. in 1925, the company's then vice president robert wood launched

sears second act, opening physical stores. >> he decided that the automobile was the key to what was going to happen to commerce in america. and he began to buyoutside of cities and towns all over the country. >> those crossroads eventually became the suburbs and when americans moved in, sears was waiting. >> you make it sound like sears was this incredibly innovative company at the beginning. >> completely innovative. they were inventing consistently. >> sears people will tell you that the real satisfactions come from building into a job apart of yourself. >> in it's heyday they offered job benefits like profit sharing and generous pensions. no wonder so many employees stayed with the company for decades. >> this came from sears and the two wing backs came from sears. >> bobby jones worked at sears for 35 years. >> recliner. >> and filled his house with

it's products. >> this is a kenmore dishwasher, microwave oven, this table and chairs and the china cabinet came from sears. the drapes came from sears. from my very first memory as a child, the sears catalog was there in our house. the majority of the clothes and shoes was ordered from sears. my mother even ordered her fruitcake each christmas from sears. >> but over the years, innovation slowed and things began to change. >> sears became increasingly inwardly focused, as many businesses that become very successful and very large do, to their peril. >> he was once the ceo of sears canada. today he teaches retail studies at columbia university. he says that sears could have survived the competition from walmart, home depot and even

amazon. what ultimately doomed sears, he says, was bad leaders. especially billionaire investor edward lambert that bought sears in 2004 and merged it with k-mart. >> today k-mart went shopping and came home with sears. >> he has sold off sears brands and real estate and closed hundreds of stores. of the 2,300 sears locations 8 years ago, only about 500 remain open today. >> he has publicly defended his efforts to turn the company around. and in an e-mail to sears employees, he blamed the bankruptcy in part on today's difficult retail environment. after declining our repeated requests to interview lampert, sears provided a statement that reads in part, protecting the interests of sears associates and all stakeholders has and will continue to be a priority for the management. >> is it possible that sears was

already behind the times doomed to go out of business when he came along and that he wasn't the tipping point? >> well, i believe in 2005 when lampert took over, the company could have been resurrected. amazon one in a position. sears still had a tremendous reputation. especially in brands like kenmore, craftsman, and die hard. so there's no reason to believe the company to quote, unquote fail. >> many retirees at the sears reunion in atlanta can't understand why sears couldn't turn it's successful catalog business into a successful internet store. >> get the orders in. get the merchandise out and get it out fast. >> sears could have had control of that just like amazon, many years ago, and i guess -- >> they gave it away. >> they gave it away. >> that's right. >> well, good point.

after predicting the impact of the railroad and then the highway system, how could sears miss the rise of the internet? well, it didn't. >> connect to your computer and get stock quotes almost as fast as a broker. >> remember the early online service called prodigy? it was a joint venture between sears, ibm and cbs. >> gets sports scores faster than on tv, shop at home. >> 11 years before jeff besos founded amazon.com. it was just a little ahead of its time. >> what happens when you lose your way is you don't even know what you have anymore. >> 20 years after writing his book about sears, he left journalism to found the audio book company audible which in 2008 was bought by amazon. he says all companies, even his own, can learn from what happened to sears. >> they needed to reinvent themselves in a really

it just didn't happen. >> the remaining sears stores are still open for the holidays and just last week, edward lampert's hedge fund offered to buy the company out of bankruptcy for $4.6 billion saying they believed in sere's potential to evolve. but the retail professor isn't optimistic. >> the company has zero chance of success. i hate to say that because there's still quite a few people in the u.s. at least who look to sears for their employment. but there's no chance for the future there, in my opinion. >> you walk in and you hit the farmer's market and then you'll hit the bakery right over there. >> and at that grocery store in new jersey, the only bit of sears that will remain, is a lesson. >> it's just a message to all businesses in america, you know? businesses in america, you know? you have to think only specialty stores have what's new? olay has this season's hottest debut.

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washington d.c. is the latest city in the nation to ban plastic straws. it's part of the push for more environmentally friendly packaging. and lawmakers in washington state are considering a statewide band after the success of a law in seattle. >> you don't think much about a straw. that is, of course, until it

fails you. >> try to suck that milk shake through there. >> it's an effort, right? >> a lot of work for a little bit. >> they have spent hundreds of hours testing straws. >> we have paper straws, we have plastic straws from plants. >> all of this because millions of plastic straws end up as litter often in the oceans. which is why seattle banned straws in restaurants and replaces them with compostable or paper options. >> the tourists are amused by this. they think this is a great adventure. what is this about? how come i can't sulk yock your shake through this straw. it becomes an education opportunity. >> if you ask environmental

advocate, the straw is only the beginning. >> so it's a symbol and a token as you put it? >> yes. >> it's a symbol of our relationship to single use plastic that has no end of life. >> an organization through social media campaigns has helped portray the plastic straw as something we can do without. >> isn't there something to be said on behalf of convenience. >> as a mom of a 4.5-year-old, there's something that can be said for convenience. so the question is how much are we willing to foresake our planet for the cup of coffee in a to go container. >> there's a lot of cups. >> look at that. >> are there straws in the bag? >> yes. >> the truth is, the plastic straw is just part of the throw away packaging involved in

eating on the go. >> five drinks, three straws. >> a few more straws in there. >> four straws. >> five straws. >> that's correct. >> perfect. >> lynn has been tracking the anti-straw movement as president of the food service packaging institute. >> what's the argument against an outright ban? >> you're not taking into account any of the considerations for your consumers or your customers. so for example, what are the alternatives? are there alternatives? >> it's a question on the minds of more and more americans. paper? >> usually i ask for a paper straw. >> if you didn't have a plastic straw, what would you use? >> my mouth. >> metal? >> my metal straw. it's my favorite thing. i have like 20 of them. >> when you're done with your straw, you shake it out. >> yeah, paper towel, put it back in your bag. >> it's not a hassel? >> it's not a big deal.

>> but what she really prefers is not using a straw at all. that might be hard for some folks to swallow. >> i'm imagining don't miss the grand opening of the new floor & decor

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you have to go. floor & decor. now open in burlingame, 101 & broadway in the old gokart racer building. most of the nations national parks are partially closed. you can get in but there won't be any bathrooms or tour guides. a look at what we are missing at one park in nevada. >> great basin national park isn't really on the way to anywhere. head to this remote stretch of the nevada desert and you could spend an entire day wandering the pines by yourself. but if you go home when the sun goes down, you'll have missed one of great basin's greatest attractions. as they're fond of saying, half of this park is after dark. this is what great basin looks like at night. the stars shine so brightly here because this place is so

unbelievably dark. >> we're pretty rare. this is one of, if not, the darkest place in the lower 48. >> she is part of a special team of stargazers at great basin. >> we're the dark rangers which i do love telling people i'm a dark ranger here. >> the dark rangers lead nighttime programs, setting up telescopes and showing off distant galaxies to people that may be seeing them for the first time. >> what's it like seeing something like this? >> our world is so small and the galaxy out there is so big, our minds can't even imagine it. >> great basin is less than 300 miles away from the las vegas strip. the brightest spot on earth when viewed from space. protecting the skies out here is a priority from the park. >> having a dark night very different from the daylight matters to all the wildlife here. the plants and trees as well. >> this year after redoing all of it's lighting, the park was

certified as one of a hand full of international dark sky parks and has been promoting itself as one of the plalast places to se what's becoming an endangered national resource. >> all aboard. >> during the summer, visitors can join a ranger on star trains hopping into historic rail cars and heading into the desert to see what the night sky might look like across most of america 100 years ago. >> came all the way out from st. louis to take a look. >> light could reach us from millions of miles away and traveling forever and getting to me. this one individual person on this planet. it's amazing. >> it's hard not to have that reaction as you look up to the

heavens. they're stars of wonder, stars of night. of night. >> that's the captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, january 9th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump taking his plea for a border wall straight to the american public in a primetime address. >> some have suggested a barrier is immoral. then why do wealthy politicians build walls, fences, and gates around their homes? and a mistake exposes new former trump campaign chairman paul manafort who's accused of sharing information with a

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