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shocked me. i knew then i wanted that governor. i needed that governor. >> reporter: but others in town feel very differently, as do almost all democratic leaders. if northam does step down, lieutenant governor justin fairfax would become governor, but he has been accused of a sexual assault 15 years ago by a woman now represented by the same law firm that represented christine blasey ford in the confirmation hearing of supreme

court justice brett kavanaugh. for the third day in a row, governor northam spent the day hunkered down at the governor's mansion and his office across the street while he decides what to do. one person who wants him to stay and fight for his job is his wife. jeff? >> chip, thank you very much. actor liam neeson tried to do some damage control today after telling a british newspaper he once went looking for a deadly confrontation with any black man who would cross his path. kevin frazier of "entertainment tonight" has our report on this. >> i'm not racist -- >> reporter: as a young man, action star liam neeson once roamed the streets of his hometown in ireland with a club in his hands looking to attack any random black man. >> i did it for maybe a week, hoping some black bastard would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know, so that i could kill him.

>> reporter: neeson admitted that 40 years ago he had the urge to lash out when a close friend said she had been raped by a black man. >> i went out deliberately into black areas in the city looking to be set upon so that i could unleash physical violence. >> reporter: he revealed the story while promoting his new movie "cold pursuit" about a revenge killing. >> it kind of shocked me when i came down to earth after having these horrible feelings. luckily no violence occurred ever, thank be to god. >> reporter: neeson's characters like in the movie "taken" are often bent on revenge. >> i told you i would find you. >> reporter: neeson said he sought help from a priest and admits that his instincts were wrong. the social media backlash was swift and unforgiving. including "rolling stone"

culture writer tre johnson. >> he wanted to run into a black man that was willing to provoke something in him that would give him justification to kill someone. it made my stomach just drop. >> the naacp called neeson's story sick, adding that pain suffered is not an excuse for racism. also, the red carpet premier of his film has been canned. jeff? >> kevin frazier, thank you for that report tonight. coming up next, a young man is killed by an exploding vape pen. could a safety feature have prevented it? and later, a new ruling in a fatal police shooting that ignited protests.

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a young man from fort worth, texas, is now believed to be the second american to be killed when an electronic cigarette exploded. omar villafranca tells us what happened. >> not just 25 years old and he should have had a long life ahead of him. >> reporter: alice brown never expected to bury her grandson, 24-year-old william. brown was killed last week when his vape pen exploded in his face outside this north texas vape shop. more than 10 million american adults use e-cigarettes and experts say a malfunction can happen without warning. brown is not the first person killed by a vape pen accident. last year a florida man was killed be a projectile wound to the head from his exploding vape pen. both men were using what's called a mechanical mod. next c mechanical mobs do not have safety features to keep batteries from overheating.

carnegie mellon university engineering professor jay whitaker. >> those produced by better well-known brands probably use higher quality batteries and these higher quality batteries have a lower frequency of danger. >> reporter: a recent study found 2,000 people were burned or injured by e-cigarettes between 2015 and 2017. as for the brown family, they're considering a lawsuit and life without william. >> he had a future ahead of him, a life ahead of him. >> reporter: brown will remain here until his funeral tomorrow. the american vaping association says people who use products like juul or an internal battery do not have to worry about accidents like this one. jeff? >> all right, omar, thank you. coming up here tonight, the people who jumped from balconies to escape a terrifying fire.

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an alabama police officer will not be charged in the fatal

shooting of a young african-american man he mistook for a suspect. today video was released of the shooting on thanksgiving night. the officer was responding to a shooting at a mall when he opened fire on 21-year-old e.j. bradford, who held a licensed handgun. alabama's attorney general says the officer did not break the law. a lawyer for bradford's family calls that, quote, outrageous. ten people were killed in a fire in paris today. dozens were rescued from the burning apartment building. one woman says she escaped by jumping from balconies between floors. a 40-year-old woman is accused of deliberately starting that fire. in boston, perfect weather for a parade today with temperatures in the 60s. 1.5 million people it's estimated celebrated the new england patriots's latest super bowl win. tom brady held the trophy high as super bowl mvp. julian edelman was also there and thanked the fans. okay. up next here tonight, why

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we end here tonight with a first, after one man received a second and third chance. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: 52-year-old matthew charles walked to the white house today a changed man. >> it feels remarkable. >> reporter: he was once a so-called career offender. in 1996, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison for selling crack cocaine. >> after leaving the military in 1987, i became a lawless person, and it wasn't until my incarceration in 1996 that the transformation began. >> reporter: that transformation over 21 years behind bars earned him an early release into 2016. his lawyers successfully argued that his sentence was unfair and that he had changed. he started over in nashville where he worked in a food pantry and met his girlfriend. >> thank you. >> reporter: but freedom was

short lived when an appeals court reversed his early release and ordered him back to prison. >> it was a gut shot. it was like a bitter pill. >> reporter: in december president trump signed the first step act. it eased mandatory minimum drug sentences and led to charles' release from prison again. how do you feel about president trump? >> i'm very honored and grateful that he was, you know, signed the first step act, so i have nothing but respect and thankfulness for that. >> reporter: matthew charles is believed to be the first person freed from prison because of the first step act. >> how does freedom feel? >> freedom feels wonderful. >> reporter: he says his mission now is to push for others to get a first step to a second chance. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> 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 nation's capital, i'm jeff glor.

this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news, i'm jeff glor. with another possible government shutdown looming just next week, president trump delivered his state of the union address last night. the president called for unity and bipartisanship. but the political battle over funding for a border wall will put those ideas to the test. here is some of what the president had to say. >> as we begin a new congress, i stand here ready to work with you to achieve historic breakthroughs for all americans. millions of our fellow citizens are watching us now gathered in this great chamber hopingha tw

parties but as one nation. [ cheers and applause ] an economic miracle is taking place in the united states and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous partisan investigations. [ applause ] if there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. it just doesn't work that way. now republicans and diplomats must join forces again to confront an urgent national crisis. congress has ten days left to pass a bill that willvernment, d

and secure our very dangerous southern border. now is the time for congress to show the world that america is committed to ending illegal immigration and putting the ruthless coyotes, cartels, drug dealers and human traffickers out of business. [ cheers and applause ] tonight i am asking you to defend our very dangerous southern border out of love and devotion to our fellow citizens and to our country. no issue better illustrates the divide between america's working class and america's political class than illegal immigration.d for open borders while living their lives behind walls and gates and guards. [ applause ]

meanwhile, working class americans are left to pay the price for mass illegal immigration, reduced jobs, lower wages, overburdened schools, hospitals that are so crowded you can't get in, increased crime and a depleted social safety net. tolerance for illegal immigration is not compassionate, it is actually very cruel. my administration has sent to congress a common sense proposal to end the crisis on the southern border. it includes humanitarian assistance, more law enforcement, drug detection at our ports, closing loopholes that enable child smuggling and

plans for a new physical barrier or wall to secure the vast areas between our ports of entry. in the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got built. i will get it built. [ cheers and applause ] >> the democrats' response to the president was delivered by stacey abrams. >> just a few weeks ago, i joined volunteers to distribute meals to furloughed federal workers. they waited in line for a box of food and a sliver of hope since they hadn't received paychecks in weeks. making livelihoods of our federal workers a pawn for political gains is a disgrace. the shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the united states, one that defied every tenant of fairness and abandoned not just our people but our values.

for seven years i led the democratic party in the georgia house of representatives. i didn't always agree with the republican speaker or governor, but i understood that our constituents didn't care about our political parties, they cared about their lives. so when we had to negotiate criminal justice reform or transportation or foster care improvements, the leaders of our state didn't shut down, we came together and we kept our word. in georgia and around the country people are striving for a middle class where a salary truly equals economic security, but instead families' hopes are being crushed by republican leadership that ignores real life or just doesn't understand it. under the current administration far too many hardworking americans are falling behind, living paycheck-to-paycheck, most without labor unions to protect them from even worse harm.

the republican tax bill rigged the system against working people. rather than bringing back jobs, plants are closing, layoffs are looming and wages struggle to keep pace with the actual cost of living. we owe more to the millions of everyday folks who keep our economy running, like truck drivers forced to buy their own rigs, farmers caught in a trade war, small businessowners in search of capital and domestic workers serving without labor protections. women and men who could thrive if only they had the support and freedom to do so. we know bipartisanship could craft a 21st century immigration plan, but this administration chooses to cage children and tear families apart. compassionate treatment at the border is not the same as open borders. president reagan understood this. president obama understood this. americans understand this.

and democrats stand ready to effectively secure our ports and borders. but we must all embrace that from agriculture to health care to entrepreneurship, america is made stronger by the presence of immigrants, not walls. let's be clear, voter suppression is real. from making it harder to register and stay on the rolls to moving and closing polling places to rejecting lawful ballots, we can no longer ignore these threats to democracy. while i acknowledge the results of the 2018 election here in georgia, i did not and we cannot accept efforts to undermine our right to vote. the foundation of our moral leadership around the globe is free and fair elections where voters pick their leaders, not where politicians pick their voters. so, even as i am very disappointed by the president's approach to our problems, i

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this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome back to the overnight news. an eight-month-long cbs investigation is raising the questions about the safety of some commercial airlines. airline mechanics told us they are sometimes pressured by their managers to overlook possible maintenance records with the planes just to get them back into service. >> reporter: as part of this eight-moveiod hat rac question whether some faa investigators may be using different interpretations of the same regulations and a whistle-blower office that can identify problems but can't take its own enforcement action. >> they do retribution against

mechanics that find problems. >> reporter: in interviews with 26 airline mechanics at southwest and american airlines, all expressed concerns about undo pressure to cut corners to get planes back in service faster. claims consistent with faa whistle-blower complaints and at least 32 anonymous industry wide reports. several american mechanics agreed to speak on camera but asked we protect their identity for fear of retaliation. >> sooner or later somebody's not going to see something because yesterday they were intimidated by what a manager or supervisor might have said to them. >> reporter: this 2015 faa whistle-blower allegations stanchlted allegations american airlines margins pressured six chicago mechanics to not record discrepancies, take shortcuts or improperly sign off on work which was not actually completed. 21 faa follow-up investigations

were launched relying in part on the airline's own internal reviews. two resulted in letters of correction. >> mechanics have no place to go. >> reporter: gary santos is an american mechanic in new york. he says he's risking his job by speaking to us on camera. >> do you feel that the faa is doing enough in its role in its oversight here to be policing these maintenance issues? >> they're in an unenviable position because they have to both police the airline and promote the airline. >> reporter: mechanics can file complaints with their airline, they're union or the faa, but the faa office investigating whistle-blower complaints can only recommend other offices take follow-up actions. we found indications faa investigators may be interpreting regulations differently. essentially confirmed at american, but when different investigators found similar behavior at southwest, it was

not substantiated, despite those investigators noting the motivation behind management questioning mechanics when they discover anything outside the scope of a maintenance task appears as a tool used to influence the relaxing of standards to look the other way. >> shouldn't the faa all be on the same page about what the regulations are? >> that's the hope. there was efforts 25 years ago to try to get the faa personnel consistent. there is still inconsistency, even today. the faa was putting a lot of faith in the safety management systems. >> of the airlines? >> of the airlines. >> reporter: in 2015, the faa moved from focussing on enforcement to compliance and relying heavily on the airline's own safety standards. since 2014, the number of enforcement actions against airlines has dropped roughly 70%. >> do you think there is a willingness by the faa to come down an an airline? >> the inspectors in the faa are

out there doing their jobs when they can do it, but then you've got the oversight or the control of the top of the faa saying we're not going to persecute, we're not going to find. >> reporter: american and southwest are currently in contract negotiations with mechanics. both say they do not tolerate a hostile work environment and the faa oversight system is working. >> it's important that everybody understand that american, if it's not safe, it's not flying. >> i have the highest confidence in the work that our mechanics do and also that any issue that is brought up, any issue is dealt with appropriately. >> reporter: the faa declined our request for an on-camera interview but insists the nati avi system i t's ereen. saying in a statement to constalyoro improve consistency, safety, data collection and risk analysis. the agency promises swift and appropriate action if safety standard violations are discovered. we should tell you the d.o.t.

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>> high-tech meets timeless craft in this madrid workshop where they're reimagining the art of preservation. here they're finalizing a 21st century version of a 16th century bc supporture. it's utterly realistic yet not real. there's no artistic license, this sis accurate to 1/10 of a milammeter. >> you have all these different people working in different areas and different rooms. >> absolutely. it's the idea of a renaissance-type workshop but in the 21st century. >> reporter: the man behind this place called factum arte is clad

in the khaki colors of indiana jones and -- >> normally i say something slightly evasive like we're trying to use technology to preserve cultural heritage, but what we're really doing is we're trying to redefine the relationship between originality and authenticity. >> reporter: their efforts to repreve preserve cultural heritage involve going inside ancient tombs, chapels and cathedrals all to record masterpieces using high-tech scanners. >> we can actually study this data up to five or six times magnification without any data loss. so, in fact, you can see the surface of the tomb better in the digital files than you can see with the naked eye on site. >> how? why? >> because you can keep dooming in. so it's like a doctor using a

microscope. >> reporter: after the object is recorder? factum arte reproduces it in house, using 3-d printers and milling machines to create a base layer with all of the grooves and marks of the original. in this work so-called skins are printed and laid on top. >> we're ensuring the perfectly aligned with the surface underneath. and once they're in the right place, we put them into a vacuum back and suck them so that the contact adhesive forms a permanent bond. >> reporter: the result, not just the look of the original. >> and as you rub your finger over it, you can feel the relief. >> you can feel where it carved. >> absolutely. you look at this deep crack and you can run your finger right down in the middle of that. and at that point, you believet satisfying as seeing the real thing. >> but we still want to go to the louvre to see the original mona a print.

>> i totally agree, but hanging in front of the original mona lisa is the original, which was one of the first big projects we worked on. >> reporter: technicians from the factum foundation scanned the original at the louvre in paris and it was hung in the original space in venice, filling a gaping more than 700 square foot hole. >> we know the one in the louvre is more original, but the experience of the one in venice is perhaps more authentic. >> reporter: considering a copy more authentic is a provocative point of view. >> and i'd go to a dinner party in london and i'd say, i'm making a facsimile of the tomb and everybody would go, how horrible. it's one of those things, the touch, the prejudice that so many hold. >> we recoil at this idea of

forgeries and fakes. >> a fake is something that is intentionally deceitful. we're very public about what we do. it's not trying to replace the original, it's trying to support the original. >> reporter: factum makes only one facsimile, while all the scanned data belongs to the institution caring for the subject. they also train local people to do the scanning and see their work as crucial to the preservation of tombs like that of egyptian pharoah setty i. >> cathedrals were meant to be visited. museums were meant to be visited. tombs were not. >> reporter: replicating a tomorrow is a technological twist on preservation far from the methods practiced 200 years ago. here's what one will of seti's tomb looked like when it was discovered by the italian explorer giovanni in the early 1800s. now look at it today.

he gouged out what he wanted to take home. >> the strange thing is what was done in the name of preservation. >> reporter: lowe created a panel to show the crude attempt at preserving. >> at that time the colonial arrogance that the only way to preserve this was to remove it from the wall. why remove this when you're in the most beautiful room in the tomb? >> reporter: in one of their latest large-scale works, lowe's team recreated the so-called hall of beauties of seti i's tomb and exhibited the breathtaking room last year in basel, switzerland. it will eventually find a permanent home in egypt's valley of the king near another of factum's monumental recreations, an exact copy of the burial chamber. >> you can see the original tomb. and we're getting lots of people doing both. and the response we're getting is extraordinary.

if you can't tell the difference and you know through one you're helping the local community by being there, you're helping preserve the tombs by being there, and by the other you're contributing to their destruction, which do you end up choosing? >> reporter: for a company that spends so much time studying the past, it's contemporary artists who are generally clients and use factum's technology to create new objects and surfaces. >> what are you doing here? >> reporter: it's a sort of fantastic monster, i would say. >> reporter: that's that work that pays the bills and allows adam lowe's factum foundation to continue developing their modern take on preservation following the ideas set in ancient egypt. >> their goal was to build a tomb, build an environment filled with human knowledge that would last for eternity. that was the goal. and it did. >> reporter: the hope here is

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scientists in rwanda have discovered that the key to battling malnutrition in their nation can also be found on the thanksgiving dinnertables here in the u.s. jim axelrod has the story. >> reporter: these rwandans villagers are singing songs of gratitude. thankful for what some aid workers have brought them, a particular type of sweet potato. nearly half the kids in rural rwanda suffer from stunted growth. many others have vision problems. both due to diets lacking vitamin a. the nonprofit international potato center made introducing this type of sweet potato

chalked full of vitamin a a priority. >> it's not better sight then when you go to a field and you see a kid or a mom or a household eating our potato. >> reporter: he is the head researcher in rwanda. he oversaw the years of crossbreeding to naturally create this potato that can thrive in the country's unpredictable climate. >> i think i can be a part of changing the world. and the reason is there shouldn't be a reason why some people should be hungry or have no food. >> reporter: two of her six children had started to lose their vision when she was able to start feeding them sweet potatoes funded in part by a $4 theor ofinvestment by u.s. a changed, she said, after she started eating orange fleshed

sweet potatoes, the eyes turned. for years this woman, a widow, lived in poverty. i was so poor, she says, i had to beg for clothing. now she grows sweet potatoes so successfully she's been able to hire other women. i feel so happy that i've become a woman of importance in my community. since orange flesh sweet potatoes are just about the only variety consumed in the u.s., dr. cindy says a story about fighting hunger in rwandauld carry special meaning here today. >> i would want americans at home to understand that the yam or the orange potato that they eat at thanksgiving mainly and they take it for granted. >> reporter: whether it's here, there or anywhere else, a smile on the face of a once hungry kid, that's something for which we can all be thankful. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york.

>> that's e "overnight ws fothis wednesday. from the cbs broadcast cen captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, february 6th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." >> thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. thank you very much. >> president trump appeals for bipartisanship in his state of the union address while vowing to build a border wall. a recap of the highlights and surprises from his speech. plus, reaction to president trump's address from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. and shocking revelations from pope francis in the church sex abuse scandal. ♪