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just kicked in. >> reporter: as the heat on e-cigarettes increases, juul labs ceo kevin burns announced his immediate resignation. on ctm last month, burns gave a blunt message to young users. >> don't vape. don't use juul. don't start using nicotine if you don't have a preexisting relationship with nicotine. >> he uses juul in the house whenever he wants. >> reporter: the company has also suspended all advertising and says it will not lobby the trump administration on new vaping laws, saying in a statement it will fully support and comply with the final policy when effective. op the first day of a four-month ban, smoke shops across massachusetts had empty shelves. the moratorium of e-cigarette products includes flavored and unflavored containing tobacco or marijuana, which is legal in massachusetts, and both online or retail sales. massachusetts governor charlie baker said it was necessary for health officials to get a handle on a spike in vaping-related illnesses. >> this temporary ban will allow state government and medical
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providers the time they need to understand the dangers and respond accordingly. >> reporter: the massachusetts governor says he can extend that ban beyond the four months and other states are taking similar steps. neighboring rhode island is now banning all flavored vaping products, and norah, california is urging its residents to not vape at all. >> wow, don. interesting details. thank you so much. now an extraordinary warning for the fbi about possible attacks at theaters shong the upcoming movie "joker." officials are concerned a drastic retelling of the villain's story could incite violence. barry petersen tonight is in aurora, colorado where there was a mass shooting during a batman movie in 2012. >> when you bring me out, can you introduce me as joker? >> reporter: extremist media posts about "joker" prompted the unusual national alert. cbs news has learned authorities are concerned about the new movie's plot inspiring someone to commit a mass shooting.
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>> i have a negative thoughts. >> reporter: in the alert to law enforcement and the military, the fbi encouraged people to identify two escape routes from theaters and run, hide, fight if in an active shooting situation. tina marine coone join three other family members. >> shooting in the auditorium. >> whose children were killed or traumatized by the theater 16 massacre in aurora, colorado. in a letter, they ask warner brothers to actively lobby for gun reform. are you concerned that a movie like this could trigger someone else? >> oh, absolutely. i believe there is all kinds of reasons, and i don't think we can stop all the triggers from happening. >> reporter: the movie's star is joaquin phoenix. >> if you have somebody that has that level of emotional disturbance, i think that they can find fuel anywhere.
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>> reporter: warner brothers says part of its job is provoking difficult conversations. as for the aurora movie heater where the massacre took place, "joker" will not be shown here. norah? >> barry, thank you. ♪ here i go again on my own ♪ goin' down the only road i've ever known ♪ ♪ like a drifter i was-- ♪ born to walk alone! ...barb! you left me hangin' on the high harmony there. if you ride, you get it. geico motorcycle. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more.
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u.n. scientists released their most alarming report yet on climate change. oceans are warming, sea levels rising and polar ice is melting. all of that is accelerating because of increasing carbon dioxide levels. we're already seeing the effects in more intense storms and floods. fish populations are dropping, and animal species are being driven from their habitats. the report warns the harshest consequences may be on low-lyin people live. in tonight's eye on earth, mireya villarreal looks at the potential impact on south florida, where more than six million live. >> reporter: multimillion-dollar homes and yachts line the shores of miami beach. for more than 60 years, this has been home for charter boat captain dan kipnes. >> i mean, it's a great little town. >> reporter: but this great little town is in the climate change crosshairs.
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low-lying miami beach has a history of flooding during high tides, but not because of storms or hurricanes. >> eventually, the water just keeps coming. and this you cannot turn off. >> reporter: so kipnes is headed to higher ground. was it hard for you to leave? >> very hard for me to leave. i live farther up the coast now, 16 feet above flood level. >> reporter: in the future he may be joined by millions of others. the new u.n. climate change predicts local sea levels will leave low-lying coastal areas vulnerable to land loss. this is a satellite image of miami beach. climate scientists have developed this simulation showing an extreme scenario where sea levels rise roughly 10 to 12 feet by the year 2100. >> over there the higher seawall. >> reporter: trying to stem the tide is miami beach chief resilience offers susanne torriente. for those that will say watch out miami or florida is sinking, how do you flip the script on
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that? >> it's not that we're solving these issues and there is going to be some sort of miracle with this one project and we're done. no. this is the new normal. >> reporter: the city is raising street levels. >> and fortifying its seawall. so people are buying into this right now? >> absolutely. we're adapting and investing. >> reporter: author jeff goodell has written extensively on rising ocean waters and the potential effect. >> if you're looking over the long-term, 80 or 100 years, i will argue miami as we know it today will not exist. >> reporter: captain dan agrees. >> we're not going to be able the stay here because we're going underwater. >> reporter: the city's fixes seem to be working. we are standing at one of the lowest points on miami beach, and so far they have dodged 40 different king tide flood events in the last two years. but officials do admit they can't hold the water back forever. norah? >> fascinating new details, mireya. thank you so much. and there is still much more ahead. how email scammers are bilking americans out of their dreams of
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buying a home. britain's youngest royal makes his first official public appearance. and they say they're not heroes, but you may disagree when you see exactly what they did.
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tonight about an email scam that has hit home buyers hard. losses have soared from $360 million in 2016 to $1.3 billion last year. meg oliver spoke to a victim who lost her money and her part of the american dream. >> so what's it been like here? >> it's rough. >> reporter: dina palmieri has lived in her parents' basement, saving money for eight years. the preschool teacher was about to close on her first condominium last spring. >> so excited. it was -- everything was happening so fast. >> reporter: two weeks before the move, she received an email she thought was her attorney, asking her to wire almost $11,000 for closing costs. >> it just popped up with your lawyer's name, not the email? >> correct. when i double clicked, that's when i was able to see the difference, after i found out that these were fraudulent. >> reporter: she lost her money and the condo. better business bureau investigator steve baker authorized a new report
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highlighting the exploding number of similar real estate email scams. reports of real estate fraud attempts rose 1100% between 2015 and 2017. >> 80% of businesses and other organizations have gotten one of these sorts of emails in the last year. >> reporter: palm meieri i knows to start all over. >> it's evil. i don't lick to think there is evil in this world because i naturally see the good in people. >> reporter: no one knows how the hacker was able to find out the details of dina's closing and start emailing her, but bbb's advice to consumers, use the telephone to confirm all money transactions, and norah, don't rely on email. >> amazing how big that scam has gotten, meg. thank you. coming up, our series "medical price roulette" gets major results for a patient hit with big bills.
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as promised, we have some baby pictures for you. the youngest member of britain's royal family made a rare appearance today. 4-month-old archie joined his parent, prince harry and meghan as they met anti-apartheid hero desmond tutu in south africa. it's the first time we've seen archie since his christening in july. he looks just like his dad. wow, right down to it looks like red hair that's coming in. an update now on our series "medical price roulette." monday we told you about a man who was hit with more than $650,000 in bills after his company denied coverage for emergency back surgery. frank esposito still owed more than $222,000. tonight oxford health care told us it will pay that change.
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esposito will only owe his usual copays. the break came after new york governor andrew cuomo saw our story and told state officials to look into esposito's case. up next, when the unthinkable happened, they jumped into action.
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new york is celebrating two men who witnessed a tragedy on a subway platform, but helped save a life. on monday, jairo torres and antonio love jumped on to the tracks and rescued a little girl from under a train. her father had jumped in front of it with her in his arms. he was killed. well, today the two men were honored for their heroics. the girl is okay tonight and back with her family. finally tonight, some of you might be wondering where i've been the last few days. well, i've just returned from saudi arabia where we conducted a rare interview with crown prince mohammad bin salman. you can see that interview this sunday on the 52nd season premiere of "60 minutes." i'm norah o'donnell in new york. thank you so much for watching. we'll see you right back here tomorrow night with all the news. good night.
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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm errol barnett. it was like a scene out of a reality tv show playing out at the united nations. president trump holding a photo up with the president of ukraine as he fends off charges he strung up crane to dig up charges on biden. a phone call at the center of all of this where president trump asked him to, quote, do us a favor and work withba. weijia jiang begins our coverage.
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>> no push, no pressure, no nothing. it's all a hoax, folks. it's all a big hoax. >> reporter: president trump basked in his belief that the summary of his phone call with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky proves he did nothing wrong. earlier zelensky backed that up. >> i think you read everything. i'm sorry, but i don't want to be involved to democratic open elections of usa. nobody push it, pushed me, yes. >> in other words, no pressure. >> reporter: the summary of their july 25th phone call reveals the president repeatedly asks zelensky to investigate joe biden and his son hunter, who was on the board of a ukrainian oil company, even suggesting he work with u.s. attorney general william barr. the summary is not a verbatim transcript, but a memo based on the notes and recollections of those listening in. mr. trump said there is a lot of talk about biden's son, and a lot of people want to find out about that. so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great
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president has never asked him to contact ukraine. president trump also told zelensky to speak to his personal attorney rudy giuliani. "i will have mr. giuliani give you a call, and i'm also going to have attorney general barr call, and we will get to the bottom of it." cbs news legal analyst jonathan turley. >> the idea that the president would suggest that the head of state work with his private counsel in investigating one of his political opponents is grotesque. it's not criminal, but it is grossly inappropriate. >> reporter: the whistle-blower who shed light on the call in a formal complaint was concerned about a violation of campaign finance laws that prohibit foreign entities from providing donations or another thing of value to candidates. justice department prosecutors determined mr. trump did not break those laws. the call logoes not mention the nearly $400 million in military aid the president froze just days before the conversation which democrats
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argue was a bargaining chip. >> it's very sad what the democrats are doing to this country. they're dividing. they're belittling. they're demeaning our country. >> reporter: but right after zelensky mentions buying more american-made weapons, the president asks for a favor, to investigate whether a server that was hacked during the 2016 election ended up in ukraine. >> where did it start? how come it started? it was all nonsense. it was a hoax. >> president trump avoided answering why giuliani would be allowed to have anything to do with ukraine investigating biden and gave an alternative explanation to why he mentioned giuliani to zelensky at all, claiming it was to find out the origins of the russia investigation. >> so how does this affect the plan for an impeacs'hment inquiry?mo nancycr cordes brings us the vi from capitol hill. >> this is how a mafia boss talks.
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what have you done for us? we've done so much for you. >> reporter: democrats said the summary of the president's call was even more damning than they expected. >> he directed the ukrainian president to have a follow-up conversation with giuliani as part of the effort to dig up dirt on joe biden, period, full stop. >> he violates the law. he crossed the line. he has to be held accountable. >> watch your back. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi and other top democrats are now discussing whether to expedite impeachment by pursuing a narrow process focused solely on this ukraine controversy. the white house says that this call summary proves that there was no quid pro quo because the withheld military aid never even came up in the conversation. >> there was only one message that that president of ukraine got from that call, and that was this is what i need. i know what you need. like any mafia boss, the president didn't need to say
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that's a nice country you have, it would be a shame if something happened to it. >> reporter: a highly anticipated whistle-blower's complaint about the call and more was finally delivered to re >> very well done. disturbing, alarming. >> it heightens our concern, and it also gave us new leads, new witnesses, new materials to follow. >> reporter: the department of justice warned that the whistle-blower's information was secondhand and that there are indications, quote, of an arguable political bias on the part of the complainant. >> to impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane. >> reporter: the president's top allies rushed to his defense. >> it was a dark day for the rule of law, that a president is going to be held guilty without any proof. >> lawmakers who have looked at the whistle-blower's complaint tell us about it's ten pages long, clearly written. and while part of it is classified, democrats plan to grill the acting director of
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national intelligence all about it when he testifies before the house intelligence committee in the morning. so the new movie "joker" is making headlines a month before it even hits theaters. warner brothers denies it makes a hero out of a mass murder, but the fbi has issued a warning. barry petersen reports. >> when you bring me out, can you introduce me as joker? >> reporter: extremist media posts about "joker" prompted the unusual national alert. cbs news has learned authorities are concerned about the new movie's plot inspiring someone to commit a mass shooting. >> i have a negative thoughts. >> reporter: in the alert to law enforcement and the military, the fbi encouraged people to identify two escape routes from theaters and run, hide, fight if in an active shooting situation. tina marie coon joined three other family members. >> we're seeing shooting in the
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auditorium. >> reporter: -- whose family members were killed or traumatized by the theater 16 massacre in aurora, colorado. in a letter, they ask warner brothers to actively lobby for gun reform. are you concerned that a movie like this could trigger someone else? >> oh, absolutely. i believe there is all kinds of reasons, and i don't think we can stop all the triggers from happening. >> reporter: the movie's star is joaquin phoenix. >> if you have somebody that has that level of emotional disturbance, i think that they can find fuel anywhere. >> reporter: warner brothers says part of its job is provoking difficult conversations. as for the aurora movie heater where the massacre took place, "joker" will not be shown here. norah? >> and the cbs overnight news will be right back.
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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm errol barnett. the long-awaited report on climate change paints a bleak picture of our environmental future. more than 100 scientists spent the last three years looking at the impact rising temperatures are having on glaciers and the seas. mark phillips is in monaco where the findings were released. >> reporter: this reports concerns the oceans and regions. the conclusions? they can't take it anymore. the consequences for humanity severe. until now, much of the earth's warming has been absorbed in its
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oceans. but according to this latest u.n. report, tipping points are being reached where some of the more severe consequences of climate change can no longer be avoided. melting ice in greenland and antarctica and from mountain glaciers is continuing at accelerating rates, and the resulting sea level rise around the world already threatens coastal populations. in the worst case scenarios, as many as a billion people could be affected. it may all sound like doomsday, but one of the authors of the report, arizona climate scientists ted scherr said the signs of it are already happening. >> looking at the time that the events happened one in 100 years happen in a year. >> reporter: major flooding events? >> exactly. imagine you have a story that your grandfather told you about, the town flooding, but it was back 80 years ago. well, imagine that happening every year. >> reporter: the report lists a cascade of potential negative
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effects, from more severe storms to droughts to declining fish stocks. and the more we continue to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the more catastrophic etsay be. the report's authors say that we are now in a race between the speed of climate change and our ability to adapt to it and that it's a race that we're losing. it's no longer a question of if or when the consequences will happen, but how bad they will be. >> now, you don't have to travel too far to see for yourself how bad the consequences of climate change may be. just take a trip along the california coastline. jonathan vigliotti did just that. >> reporter: we've been on the road two days, arriving in pacifica last night finding what we thought would be a idyllic beach but finding a disaster zone. the ocean ripped it apart. it's now being rebuilt to protect the homes that sit above this cliff. from our travels, i could tell you this is hardly an isolated
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case. from mexico to oregon, california's rugged coast run morse than 3400 miles. we're starting here in san diego. we're going to be driving about 600 of them to show you how this state is getting ready for what scientists call an inevitable future. our first stop is del mar. it's a small beach community about 20 miles north of san diego. >> we maintain the lagoon. >> reporter: principle planner amanda lee says her town wants to dump additional sand on this beach over the next decade at a total cost of about $6 million. >> if we do nothing at this time, as soon as the year 2060, we could potentially lose our beach. >> reporter: there is more at risk than just homes here in del mar. at the top of this 50-foot bluff, more than four million people every single year ride rails that sit precariously close to the edge. our next stop is the city of ventura, about 60 miles north of los angeles. you can see where the pacific ate away at a bike path. officials ripped it up.
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they put rocks in its place and actually moved it inland about 60 feet. just this took more than 25 years and cost about $5 million. not a single home was involved, just a bike path. when homes get involved, private neighborhood groups build seawalls, but those come with a big downside says uc santa barbara's charles lester. >> when you build a seawall and you try to stop that erosion, you're going to lose your beach over the long-term. so the choice we're facing in a lot of places is seawalls and no beach or something else. >> reporter: up the coast near san simeon, where erosion average is 5 feet a year, we literally reached the end of the road. so the state chose to do something else. >> we're talking about a realignment of state route 1, about 2.8 miles that we moved inland about 475 feet. >> reporter: the price tag to move a world famous highway? $55 million.
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mother nature was also loud and clear up the coast in pacifica, just south of san francisco. so far at least nine homes and three cliffside apartment buildings have been condemn and demolished. >> all of the struggles that we've had with erosion are going to be exacerbated over the next 20, 50, 100 years. >> i can tell you that is a long drive from san diego to san francisco, but at least jonathan didn't have to travel by bus. you see, the democratic presidential candidates, on the other hand, aren't that lucky. they practically live on the bus. our ed o'keefe climbed aboard with indiana mayor pete buttigieg. >> reporter: how do you convince everyone else over the next 100 days that you're the guy they need to vote for? >> well that. >> need to see me in action. you're going to see in addition to the national conversations i'm having in places like the democratic candidate debates, you're going see me on the ground here in iowa directly making the case to voters. i think people are looking for not only a set of policy, but
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for a kind of lead they're is going to lead news a very, very different place than this current president. and this is my opportunity to show as well as tell what kind of leader i would be for the american people. >> reporter: buttigieg is using the bus tour to talk up his medicare for all who want it health care plan. >> medicare for all means we take a version of medicare and make it available for every american. i believe that this will be a better option than any of the private plans out there. i also believe americans ought to be able to decide for themselves. >> reporter: the ultimate end goal is a government-run health care system? >> i think that it's going to lead toward everybody or almost everybody opting into that public plan, but you're not required to. see, the important thing to me is not whether or not the government is the main insurer. the important thing to me is that everybody get care. >> reporter: does your plan require a tax increase formiddl? >> no. perhaps the top 2%.
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now i do believe that our tax code needs to be fair. there are corporations and very wealthy americans who should be paying their fair share and aren't. and we're going adjust that, not just in order to fund our health care plan, but in order to fund the needs of this country. it's not punitive. it's not unreasonable. it's just what we need in order to make sure we can move forward as a country. >> reporter: buttigieg is ranked fourth in the latest iowa poll. nobody quite like him has ever run for president before. the 37-year-old mayor has been married to his husband chastin for over a year. >> have you thought what you would call him? >> the first gentleman. i imagine it would be the same in the white house. >> reporter: you think the nation is ready for this? >> yes. i asked the mayor if the historic nature of his campaign historic nature of his campaign set in yet, he said he i if your adventure... keeps turning into unexpected bathroom trips.
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gleason five years ago, already speaking out about health care. >> i am the patient, and i need to be heard. >> these are all my morning pills. >> reporter: now 21, she has learned a lot about the system through her own journey. gleason suffers from a disease which causes severe muscle weakness. treatment requires expensive infusion therapy once a month in a hospital. if you couldn't get those, what would that mean for you? >> i mean, not to sound morbid or anything, but i could die. >> reporter: but as a budding health activist, it was the payments for those monthly infusions that caught her attention. >> it was mind blowing to me. it was just shocking. >> reporter: shocking, because she discovered insurance companies paid different amounts for the same procedure. gleason is covered under her parents' insurance, which over a year changed three times. for each infusion, the hospital billed roughly the same amount, and $29,000. in june 2018, records show cigna paid a negotiated rate of just
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over $3300 for that procedure. then in december 2018, blue cross blue shield alabama paid a different negotiated rate, just over $3,800. yet in february this year, insurance company geha paid five times as much, nearly $21,000. >> it was $17,000 more. >> reporter: $17,000 more? >> yeah. >> reporter: was this bill. >> how was this even possible? the only thing that's changed has been what insurance i have. >> reporter: that difference affected the cost to her parents too. gleason says the price they paid went from about $222 out of pocket to more than $4,000 under the different insurance plans, for the same procedure at the same hospital. >> there is no rhyme or reason to it. >> reporter: doctor and health services resrcher aaron carroll says it's all about the price negotiations between hospitals and insurance companies. deals he says are done in secret. >> they don't want everyone to
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know the information. >> reporter: because why not? >> well, because if everyone knows the price, then everybody letting everybody else know someone else is getting a discount is a good way to get some people to pay more money. >> reporter: ashley thompson is with the american hospital association. why don't hospitals make it public what those deals actually are with the insurance companies? >> hospitals don't expose privately negotiated rates. it's a competitive market. it's a private market. and both hospitals and insurers believe it should remain that way. >> reporter: but if it was public, if consumers knew those prices and could understand them better, wouldn't that help? >> again, i mean, i think what consumers really want to know is what they're going to pay out of pocket. >> reporter: but even figuring that out can be a real challenge, as new jersey's beth toffel knows. three years ago she wound up paying $4,000 for cardiac tests after insurance. >> it's a lot of money, and it's a lot of money when you're
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already spending money on insurance. >> reporter: she needs those tests again, but this time she is calling around to check prices and let us listen in. >> can you tell me what they would run this time? >> reporter: they told her they didn't know the price. she would have to speak lab. so -- >> i'm trying to find out approximately what a test will run. >> reporter: the lab told her to call the financial counselor. >> hi, gladys. this is beth toffel calling. >> reporter: it went to voice mail. two hours later, she was no closer to an answer than when she started. >> i think that's what happens. i think people either probably give up. they don't understand half of what they were told, and maybe they don't get the care they need. >> reporter: well, she is still working on getting those tests. we reached out to the insurance companies in this story. only cigna responded, saying it empathize was gleason's situation, but said it's important for people to realize that health care costs vary, and they're right. so to share the prices, the varying prices you pay, go to
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cbsnews.com/health costs. you can see what others paid when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week.
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here in new york city, the fdny swore in its latest class of recruits, 301 in all, and that includes 13 who lost a parent in the 9/11 attacks. mola lenghi brings us their stories. [ siren ] >> ever since i was little, i always wanted to do this. >> reporter: for leonard and anthony regalia, becoming firefighters has been a lifetime in the making. >> standing before you today, been trained by the best, be prepared for the worst. >> reporter: the brothers are part of fdny's latest training class, but for them it's not just a job, it's a way of life. >> i really want to be like that, helping people. fdny ran in the family. >> reporter: they say their passion for helping others stems interest their father, leonard
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j. regalia, like manny's dad. >> growing up my father was superhero to me. >> reporter: it's a family legacy, a proud but painful one. >> september 11th this year was definitely different for me. >> reporter: how? >> it gave me a different outlook on it. now going through the training and understanding the job, it gives a little sense of clarity that i didn't really have growing up. >> reporter: how old were you guys on 9/11? >> i was 10. >> and i was 7. >> i was 7. >> i was 9. >> reporter: mark and rebecca asaro's father, carl asaro was a firefighter when he died on 9/11. >> i remember that morning. he came in my room early morning to go to work, and that he brought me tic tacs. and i went off to school. >> kids were getting called home one by one. nobody knew what was going on. >> i kept asking my mother when my father was coming home. she didn't have an answer. they never found him. the guys were stepping up, always there, whatever we needed. and it just continued for years.
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>> it's an honor to be a part of that now, knowing that people rely on us. >> reporter: thomas 'dle's father, dennis heetle died in 2015 from cancer he developed from sifting through ground zero. >> the books are written in blood. and 9/11 one of the biggest events that happened. it definitely makes you think about it and stuff, especially all the guys here lost a father thet >> reporayter: you guys know better than anyone the risks and the dangers involved in this line of work. but you choose to do it anyway. why? >> i'm thinking my father gave his life for this job, you know. so many other people did. it's a very rewarding job. >> being anything else. being like him outweighs the dangers and the risks of the job. >> reporter: some might feel bound by their legacy, but these firefighters seem emboldened by theirs. what does it mean to wear that fdny on your chest right there? >> it means everything to me. these four letters will
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hopefully guide me for the rest of my fe. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. news" for this thursday. from the cbs captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, september 26th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." push for the president's impeachment. the acting director of national intelligence testifies on capitol hill this morning as new details emerge from mr. trump's controversial phone call with ukraine's president. >> no push, no pressure, no nothing. all a hoax, folks. it's a big hoax. another death linked to vaping. why this new case is different than most others. and mounting concerns of violence that haunt the release of the movie "the joker." ♪

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