race was closer. norah, now, it may be even closer. >> jericka, thank you very much. new tonight one of america's oldest gun makers says it's suspending the production of the ar-15 rifle. it has been used in a number of mass shootings. jeff pegues tells us what's behind the decision. >> reporter: ar-15 is among the most lethal and popular guns you can buy in america with 11 million currently on the streets. but in a statement today, colt, the west hartford, connecticut, based company that manufactures the rifle announced it was suspending production for the civilian market because there are already so many of the weapons out there. the ar-15-style weapon is the gun of choice for many mass shooters. the mass keracres at new town, parkland, las vegas, there has been a backlash on military style weapons that can kill several people in seconds.

like this gunman who killed five policemen. families of the new town victims have sued other gun makers and democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke who represented el paso in congress, recently called for the guns to be confiscated. >> hell yes, we're going to take your ar-15, your ak 47. >> reporter: colt's decision comes as mass retailers announced they would stop selling guns and ammunition that can be used in assault-style weapons. a gun rights advocate we spoke to today dismissed the idea that colt's decision will affect the sale of ar-15s. a spokesman for the national shooting sport's foundation said america's appetite for the rifle remains strong. norah. >> all right, jeff pegues, thank you. a new battle is brewing between the trump administration and house democrats. nancy cordes reports it started with a mysterious complaint from a government whistleblower apparently over communication between the president and with a

foreign leader. >> reporter: the whistleblower's warning has to do with the president's communications with a foreign leader, but congress has been blocked from learning much more. >> that whistleblower material must be made available to >>ngress. community's inspector general determined last month that the information provided by an employee met the definition of an urgent concern and must be conveyed to congress within seven calendar days. but the president's acting director of national intelligence refused. house intelligence chairman adam schiff. do you believe that the white house or the president himself are pressuring the acting director of national intelligence not to hand this information over to you? >> we do know they are making some claim that a privilege may apply. well, that narrows the category who may be intervening here. >> reporter: mr. trump speaks to a range of leaders, including the presidents of russia, ukraine, and china. today he tweeted, "i understand that there may be many people listening.

is anybody dumb enough to believe that i would say something inappropriate?" republicans backed him up. >> this is not something i would ever see the president doing. i would instead of jumping to conclusions actually get the facts first. >> nancy joins us from capitol hill. so, nancy, what justification is there for not turning over this information? >> reporter: well, the acting director of national intelligence says that he consulted with the department of justice and determined that he doesn't have to inform congress in this case because the subject of the complaint, who we now know is the president, doesn't work for him, isn't part of the intelligence community. chairman schiff disagrees, norah, and he's now threatening to go to court over this or to withhold key intelligence funds. >> all right. fll be more on this story. nancy, thank you. and flou a cbs news exclusive. holly williams goes inside a rawling refugeamnyrt is described as a breeding ground for isis and a ticking time bomb. a few hundred u.s. allies guard

the camp where the strict laws of isis are followed, and here's what holly found. >> reporter: the guards call this syrian refugee camp "the islamic state," because while they control the fence, inside they told us isis is in charge. 10,000 foreigners live here, the wives and children of accused isis fighters, the men are mostly dead or in prison. >> allah is the one that put me in this camp and in this prison, and he will take me out of here. >> reporter: these women won't say where they come from, but they sound british, and they defended isis terror attacks in europe and the u.s. >> this is isis ideology, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. that's what it is. >> reporter: you're saying those terrorist attacks were an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. >> basically. >> reporter: and therefore justified under islamic law? >> yeah. >> reporter: when there is violence here, and there have been several murders, it's almost impossible to find the

perpetrators, because the women all cover their faces.inis prog these women sent a message from the camp. "we're a ticking bomb," says one of them, "just you wait and see." in another video, young boys chant that they'll crush the heads of non-believers. there are no real schools here, but one guard told us the entire camp is effectively an isis academy. many women here say they're repentant. this pair from france and belgium told us they want to go home if their governments will have them. they say isis hardliners have threatened to burn their tents down at night. >> isis is like an idol for them. >> reporter: they still worship isis? >> yeah, too much. >> reporter: these women don't want to go home. they came here to live under islamic law.

>> we are in favor in what allah sent upon us. if he says an adulterer should be stoned, then it's said and i have to accept it. that's it. >> reorter: and what about people who are gay, how should they be treated? >> yeah, they get chucked off a building. >> reporter: thrown off a building? >> yeah. >> reporter: isis may have been defeated on the battlefield, but it still commands the hearts and minds of its followers. holly williams, cbs news, al hol, in syria. >> that is incredible reporting. there is still much more ahead right here. delta passengers panic when their jet suddenly drops nearly 30,000 feet. what caused it? later, yet another death linked to vap

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with 2 medicines in 1 pill. tonight, hundreds of delta airlines passengers are still recovering from a terrifying flight. their flight from atlanta to fort lauderdale descended nearly 30,000 feet in a matter of minutes. kris van cleave on the panic on board. >> reporter: frightened fliers as oxygen masks deploy and delta flight 2353 starts a dramatic descent. >> the masks dropped and you saw everyone's faces just like, oh, my gosh, this is really happening right now. >> reporter: brandon tomlinson traveling with his mother worried he might be hugging his 2-year-old son parker for the

last time. >> we weren't sure if this was, you know, the last time we were going to see each other, so i looked over to my mother, i told her i loved her. >> reporter: the pilots of the boeing # 767 with 213 people on board got an alert there may not be an oxygen in the cabin. they put their oxygen masks on and brought the plane down 29,000 feet in >> minutes to an altitude people could safely breathe. while flight attendants urged calm, some sent messages to loved ones on the ground fearing the worst. >> i was trying to stay calm inside. i was jumping all over the place hypervting.e eoe u front of us that were actually screaming and crying. >> reporter: the plane landed safely. there were no injuries. delta is apologizing to their passengers. the faa is investigating. norah? >> scary story. kris, thank you. coming up, we've got

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high above the netherlands today, american d-day veteran tom rice of san diego took flight. the army vet is 98 years old. in june we showed you his parachute jump marking his 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion. today's jump marks 57 years since operation market garden. he said he's going to keep jumping until he's 100. i believe him. next, in a battle of young entrepreneurs, most can't hold a candle to these brothers.

we're going to end tonight with some young business owners who are making money, and not just for themselves. errol barnett shows us how they are lighting the way. >> this is nice. >> thank you. >> reporter: at this farmers market, the gil brothers are selling their own homemade candles. 8-year-old austin pushes his favorite. >> to me it smells like water melon bubblegum. >> reporter: two years ago austin with his brothers ryan and collin were looking for a way to make money.

had you ever thought about making candles before it was time to make a business? >> no. >> not at all. >> reporter: they call their company gil brothers in french, and they've decided not to keep all the earnings for themselves. they now donate an average of $500 a month to area homeless shelters. why is that something you want to do? >> because as the community gives us, we want to give back. >> reporter: each brother with his own role to play. >> i pour the fragrance into the pitcher. >> reporter: interesting. this is going to smell good. on top of school and sports, they produce ten to 15 batches of candles every day. the wax is over 200 degrees. it really hurts when you get burned. >> reporter: have any of you burned yourselves? >> yes. >> reporter: three young men using their own burning passion to light up the lives of others. errol barnett, cbs news, indian head, maryland. >> and that's the overnight news for this friday.

from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm norah o'donnell. noose this is the c"cbs overnigt news." >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm vladimir. for the second time in two years, the people who live in and around houston will be dealing with another 100-year flood. a storm named imelda pounded region with torrential rain before moving along. houston was getting nearly 5 inches an hour. some places got hit with 3 1/2 feet of rain. flooding is everywhere. roads and bridges are washed out. and the water rescues will continue today. janet shamlian is there. >> reporter: norah, heavy rain was predicted, but few expected what happened here today. floodwaters poured into homes, people begging for help, and entire neighborhoods and parts of the city cut off, including

where we are now. beaumont is a city submerged tonight after a steady relentless drenching. more than 3 feet of rain in just 24 hours. the heaviest hitting overnight. >> the fact there are cars stranded and people are getting high-water rescue, that's never happened in the time we lived here, even after harvey. >> reporter: our team was trapped, too. the water shows no sign of receding because the rain is still falling. in fact, the floodwaters here are rising. the storm closed interstate 10. drivers stranded on the highway for more than nine hours. this coast guard chopper flying in to rescue someone with heart issue. >> let's go, guys! we got to go. >> reporter: the life- threatening flooding overwhelming first responders. >> there was a child back there. >> reporter: in the beaumont area they lost count after 700 calls for help. >> i have never seen this amount of flooding in this amount of time. >> reporter: dr. george davis was evacuated by boat so he

could work emergencies at st. elizabeth's hospital. houston was also hit hard, people wading through floodwaters, cars submerged, the airport shut down and homes surrounded. two years after hurricane harvey drowned southeast texas, some say imelda is even worse. >> we never flooded before, and we've had a lot worse rain than this and it's never been this bad. >> there are charges the white house is orchestrated a cover up of a whistleblower complaint against president trump. the inspector general for america spy agencies ruled the complaint of was of urgent concern and should be forwarded to congress. the attorney general stepped in to block that. nancy cordes has the view from capitol hill. >> reporter: the whistleblower's warning has to do with the president's communications with a foreign leader, but congress has been blocked from learning much more. >> that whistleblower material must be made available to congress. >> reporter: the intelligence community's inspector general determined last month that the

information provided by an employee met the definition of an urgent concern and must be conveyed to congress within seven calendar days. but the president's acting director of national intelligence refused. house intelligence chairman adam schiff. do you believe that the white house or the president himself are pressuring the acting director of national intelligence not to hand this information over to you? >> we do know they are making some claim that a privilege may apply. well, that narrows the category who may be intervening here. >> reporter: mr. trump speaks o the presidents of russia, ukraine, and china. today he tweeted, "i understand that there may be many people listening. is anybody dumb enough to believe that i would say something inappropriate?" republicans backed him up. >> this is not something i would ever see the president doing. i would instead of jumping to conclusions actually get the facts first. >> the people of canada go to the polls next month and prime minister justin trudeau's reee

leks campaign is on the defense i have about pictures of him posing in blackface. jericka duncan has the story. >> this is something i never should have done and i regret. >> reporter: this latest video released by global news, the video appears to show trudeau wearing dark makeup as he raises his hands in the air and smiles for the camera. >> darkening your face regardless of the context or the circumstances is always unacceptable. >> reporter: but pressed hard by reporters, trudeau would not say exactly how many times he's worn black face. >> more than three times? >> next question. >> more than three times? >> next question. >> reporter: yesterday when confronted about this photo taken in 2001, trudeau admitted it was him and apologized. he also recalled one other time in high school that he dressed in blackface, but never

mentioned any video. the son of one of the country's most popular prime ministers acknowledged he grew up privileged. >> i now need to acknowledge that that comes with a massive blind spot. >> reporter: as leader of canada's governing liberal party, trudeau built his reputation on supporting diversity. his first cabinet had a record number of minorities and an equal balance of men and women. >> the islamic state has been driven from its so-called caliphate in iraq and syria, but in some places, the terror group and its ideology are still in charge. holly williams has the story from northern syria. >> reporter: the guards call this syrian refugee camp "the islamic state," because while they control the fence, inside they told us isis is in charge. 10,000 foreigners live here, the wives and children of accused isis fighters, the men are mostly dead or in prison. >> allah is the one that put me in this camp and in this prison, and he will take me out of here.

>> reporter: these women won't say where they come from, but they sound british, and they defended isis terror attacks in europe and the u.s. >> this is isis ideology, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. that's wht it is. >> reporter: you're saying those terrorist attacks were an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. >> basically. >> reporter: and therefore justified under islamic law? >> yeah. >> reporter: when there is violence here, and there have been several murders, it's almost impossible to find the perpetrators, because the women all cover their faces. in an isis propaganda video, these women sent a message from the camp. "we're a ticking bomb," says one of them, "just you wait and see." in another video, young boys chant that they'll crush the heads of non-believers. there are no real schools here, but one guard told us the entire camp is effectively an isis academy.

many women here say they're repentant. this pair from france and belgium told us they want to go home if their governments will have them. they say isis hardliners have threatened to burn their tents down at night. >> isis is like an idol for them. >> reporter: they still worship isis? >> yeah, too much. >> reporter: these women don't want to go home. they came here to live under islamic law. >> we are in favor in what allah sent upon us. if he says an adulterer should be stoned, then it's said and i have to accept it. that's it. >> reporter: and what about people who are gay, how should they be treated? >> yeah, they get chucked off a building. >> reporter: thrown off a building? >> yeah. >> reporter: isis may have been defeated on the battlefield, but it still commands the hearts and minds of its followers. holly williams, cbs news, al

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♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome back to the overnight news. i'm vladimir. thousands of protest marches are planned across the nation and around the world today as the united nations opens a summit on climate change. demonstrators are demanding bold action to address the warming of the planet including fewer cars on the roads and a push to renewable energy. the effects of climate change can most easily be seen in the coldest places on earth, like greenland. seth doane paid a visit. >> reporter: icebergs, broken off glaciers, fjords. it's affecting sea levels around

the world. all of greenland's ice sheet melted, sea levels could rise 23 feet worldwide. we choppered out to the glacier which holds enough frozen water to fill the entire state of pennsylvania a foot deep. you can see the camp now. scientists are perched at the glacier's edge. among them nyu's david holland and his wife denise who manages logistics. >> people say follow the money. this is a story of follow the warm water. water melts quicker than air. the ocean can melt this ice sheet much faster than air. >> reporter: denise holland took this video of the glacier breaking off last summer. the ice chunk was so big it could stretch from lower manhattan to mid town in new york city. >> it was huge chunks, small chunks, everything. just broke apart in this one big jumble of ice. >> this is a radar detector.

>> reporter: they set up radar equipment that peers into the glacier to measure its movement and thickness. the icy surface is deceiving. >> one comes up here and does president see a problem. >> right. so the potential problem is when we put our probes down in this fjord in the bottom and detect large volumes of salty water. >> reporter: that could melt the ice. >> yes. that's not sustainable. >> reporter: greenland's ice sheet shed 11 billion tons of surface ice in just one day in august. that's enough to fill around 4.4 million olympic-size swimming pools. >> the mayor of greenland says they are feeling climate change with more ferocious storms. >> it's noisy. >> reporter: because of this extreme weather, because of the wind? >> because of strong wind. >> reporter: and nearby in the picturesque port town --

this is all inuit culture. his winter sport adventure business had a shorter season. >> last year was extremely good. we had a lot of snow, a lot of ice. we were able to go into the first week of june. this year i had to close down my business for winter activities in the middle of april. >> reporter: summer came sooner? >> summer came very much sooner. >> reporter: coming off the ice sheet in winter, david holland and his team have been surprised to learn just how finicky the atmosphere is. >> people say climate will change by a degree or something. in the tropics i don't think that matters. but when you're at the freezing point, minus half degree below is freezing, half degree above is melting. 1 degree is everything. >> reporter: they are collecting data to understand what is happening, so scientists can then tacklthe qution why. seth doane, helheim glacier,

greenland. >> peter frampton has been on the road half a century, but now he's sick and announced this current tour will be his last. anthony mason sat down with frampton back stage at madison square garden. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the talk box became his signature sound in the '70s. frampton's 1976 album frampton comes alive is still one of the best-selling live albums of all time. but a sudden illness forced td 69-year-old to announce a farewell tour. we join frampton back stage for his last new york city show at madison square garden last weekend. he made his final walk to the iconic stage and said good-bye to thousands of adoring fans. >> oh, my goodness. look at this. how did i miss this? >> reporter: the garden greeted peter frampton with tributes. on the walls. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: when was the last time you played the garden? >> and in the arena.

>> did you see the welcome back sign? >> i did. i can't believe it. look at that. >> reporter: frampton first played here in 1970. ♪ ♪ with his former band, humble pie. and still remembers waiting with drummer gerald shirley to go on. >> i put out a big huge e chord on the gi far. i looked at jerry. wow, it's gone. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: he would return to the arena repeatedly in the '70s. after the block buster success of frampton comes alive, which spent ten weeks at number one. ♪ i want you to show me the way ♪ ♪ >> reporter: on friday, though -- ♪ ♪ >> reporter: frampton came back to say farewell.

in february on "cbs this morning" saturday, frampton revealed he has a degenerative muscular disease. >> ibm, which is what i have -- >> reporter: inclusion body myositis is a rare incurable inflammatory condition which causes muscles to weaken slowly. what exactly have you felt? >> going upstairs and downstairs is the hardest thing for me. i'm going to have to get a cane. the other thing i noticed, i can't put things up over my head. >> reporter: frampton was diagnosed about four years ago after an incident on stage. >> and i fell over. >> reporter: was that a suggestion to you that something was happening? >> yes. i started thinking, what's going on, you know? so, then, two weeks later i fall again on stage. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: so, the singer announced this tour would be his last. how are you feeling physically? >> i feel good.

i feel it coming into the fingers. it's coming down my arm. but so far it hasn't really affected my playing, so i'm thankful for that. >> reporter: taking the stage at madison square garden as he has at other arenas, frampton said he noticed a different feeling in the room. what is that feeling? >> it's a feeling of love from the audience. ♪ ooh baby, i love your ways ♪ >> they don't want me to leave. it's awesome. they've been -- my fans are awesome. >> reporter: on the road he's met other ibm sufferers. like a man who came up to him at the show to thank him. >> then he said, i went to all these doctors. i didn't know what i had. they didn't know what i had. and i turned on the tv and watched you and anthony talking and he said, you diagnosed me. >> reporter: wow. wow. >> so there's people out there that we really -- thank you --

that we really helped. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: frampton will conclude his farewell tour next month near san francisco where he recorded frampton comes alive. >> so it's completing the circle. you know, wonderfully. >> reporter: are you looking forward to that? >> no. [ laughter ] i try not to think about this thing coming to an end. >> reporter: yeah. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> reporter: friday night he took his final bow at the garden. >> i woern't say good-bye. >> reporter: and left the stage he first set foot on almost half a century ago. you said you don't want to say good-bye. >> i'll just wait. you never know. there they are. there they are. thank you! i can't believe it. that sophie opened up a wormhole through time?

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there is a track coach in new york who is teaching her kids more than how to throw a javelin. michelle miller reports. >> reporter: debra thomas had no background in track or javelin throwing, but now runs a club of 30 students. ten are junior olympians, six are national all americans. 23 are regional champions. five are track record holders. three are athletic scholarship winners. but the club has given them much

more than just medals. >> good job. >> reporter: on the track -- >> come on. >> reporter: and field. >> good job, baby. >> reporter: coach debra thomas is said to wield a iron fist. >> they say i'm strict. i don't care. >> reporter: with a velvet glove. >> okay, you got to work on thatha that. >> they all know i got their back. >> reporter: they are in motion. the u.s. track and field club thomas founded seven years ago. >> nice job. >> reporter: it offers options not available in the area, like javelin and discus throwing. >> i'm doing javelin and i'm trying to throw it as long as i can. >> reporter: at 8 years old, she's already placed first in competition. >> good job. >> she's a great coach and i wouldn't be doing the track if she wasn't. >> reporter: others on the team, a junior olympic champion,

national champions, and u.s. track and field record holders. stephen fortunate got into college on an athletic scholarship because of the club. >> i give her that name. she's a great coach and a great person to me. she's like another mom to me in a way. >> she conducts this team like -- >> like a big family. hence the name mama thomas. >> good job! >> reporter: she runs the team like a family because that's how it started. >> i'm proud. >> reporter: you have no background in this. >> no, i do not. >> reporter: what led you here? >> i'm telling you, my girls. my girls. >> reporter: her girls are this mother of nine, five daughters. she started the team to give them something to do together. >> the kids only do what you follow and show them. if you give them a purpose and you give them a reason, they're going to go far. >> reporter: after raising two

biological children and her niece and nephew as her own, she became a foster parent. you're the first baby that came to her. >> i was. >> reporter: how old were you? >> i think i was 4. >> reporter: when thomas learned she had four other sisters, one foster child became five. >> i wanted her to be happy, and one of the ways i could do that is to get her sisters back with her. >> she fell in love with all of us. >> reporter: how often does that happen? >> it never happens. >> five girls, it's a lot. >> come on, guys. >> reporter: without your mom, where do you think you guys would be right now? >> i think we would be not here. >> definitely not. track. i don't think we would be anything. >> reporter: so this year, what are you guys trying to throw in discus? >> in discus -- >> reporter: she made an investment in you guys. >> yes. she has.

>> reporter: and now it is aim time to tell her we're not going to let her down.

steve hartman now with the story of a handyman who can fix more than your sink and cares more than you think. >> reporter: there is a superhero in pittsburgh. a mild-mannered guy in a funny looking van who goes around town striking happiness in the hearts of hundreds. >> if i can go out and help people and have them experience what love is just between neighbors, that's sweet. where is 270? >> reporter: 29-year-old jon potter is a handyman by trade, but he doesn't charge for most of what he does. >> do you mind starting it up? >> reporter: whether it's a pizza delivery guy with no way to deliver, or an electric scooter guy with no way to scoot, jon is always to the rescue. >> actually, let's throw it in the back. >> just like a saint pretty much. he's willing to help anybody, like, with whatever size problem you have. >> it might take me a day honestly. >> reporter: jon finds his rescuees on reddit.

people who have a window broken out or can't afford the roof they need. or maybe just want help moving. switch.s it all for total s lik >> reporter: he started doing this four years ago after a woman approached him at this gas station. >> she's like, hey, can i get a ride to the battered women's shelter or can i have money for the bus? >> reporter: and your answer? >> i said, no, sorry. >> reporter: it was a response he regretted almost immediately. >> yeah, that haunted me right from the start. >> reporter: jon vowed from that day forward he would say yes to anyone who asked for help, no matter what they needed. and so far he's done about a thousand good deeds. has he ever been scammed? he doesn't know. and quite frankly, he doesn't care. >> i give because i want to give and that's just for me. if anything, i go to bed at night feeling happy. come on in. >> reporter: happy, but not wealthy. >> is the check okay? >> reporter: typically john has a few hundred dollars to his name. yet he continues to give. sometimes a lot more than just

handyman services. >> would you mind carrying it to the car? after the kidney surgery, i can't lift anything. >> reporter: that's right. jon has now moved on to vital organs. >> it's unbelievable. >> reporter: last month, michael moore another total stranger, got jon's kidney. this is not fixing somebody's scooter. >> no. eporte michael says the best gever. but not only for the obvious reason. >> because you find out that there's other people in the world that care, and that's, that's a strong message. >> reporter: a message that jon says is only going to get louder. >> i really want to give a piece of my liver. >> reporter: are you joking? >> no. if the grave is home plate, i want to come sliding into it at this point, you know? bare minimum, organs. you might find me on a "my strange addiction." i'm addicted to giving organs. >> reporter: addicted to helping others. there are certainly worse vices. steve hartman, on the road in pittsburgh.

>> and that's the overnight news for this friday. from the captioning funded by cbs it's friday, september 20th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." tropical depression imelda turns deadly. parts of texas are under water this morning after heavy rain inundates cities and towns. blackface scandal backlash. canadian prime minister justin trudeau apologizes again for offensive photos recently brought to light. the one question he wouldn't answer about the controversy. and another death linked to vaping. why the fda is now using criminal investigators to search for answers in the mounting crisis.