are going out there. >> reporter: recent national polls suggest biden hasn't lost supporters over the charges. but since the summer, he has seen his front-runner status challenged, including here in new hampshire, where he's neck and neck with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. the biden campaign says the former vice president changed his mind on impeachment in part because of the president's refusal to cooperate with congress. he is the last of the 19 democratic presidential candidates to call for impeachment. norah. >> big development there, ed. thank you. there's breaking news in california tonight. in an unprecedented move, more than half a million people have had their power cut. that could rise to a million. pacific gas and electric is trying to prevent its wires from sparking wildfires. jonathan vigliotti is in sonoma and tells us, this is sparking anger. >> more of these guys. >> reporter: the power outages began early this morning as these california residents loaded up on essentials for what they say is a manmade disaster.

the state's largest power supplier, pg&e, has been forced to shut off electricity to customers because of a forecast of high winds and bone-dry heat expected to put pressure on its aging and faulty infrastructure. it is a desperate attempt to avoid what happened last november when sparks from power lines ignited the fire that ripped through the town of paradise, killing 86. >> this is ridiculous. >> reporter: ron blasingame lost his power at 2:00 this morning. he could be in the dark for days. >> they're a public utility. how do they pass their mistakes on to us? >> reporter: up to 34 california counties are experiencing a rolling blackout that began at midnight and will continue throughout the day and evening. by 6:00 p.m., as many as 800,000 people will be off the grid. dermot coll is keeping his bar open for a few more hours with a generator. he is anticipating losing a lot of money. >> i'm going to throw a number at it and tell you $30,000.

>> reporter: stanford energy expert michael wara estimates turning off the power could cost as much as $2.6 billion. lot depending on who is blacked out, what kind of customer, whether it's a factory or a supermarket or a home. >> reporter: and here at this sonoma hardware store people have actually been waiting in line to be escorted around it by flashlight. this is not business as usual for a state facing a growing wildfire season. norah, the worst of the wind is expected to hit tomorrow. >> all right, thinking of everyone there, jonathon. thank you.

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informally in one place so they can sell their vape cartridges. this is the illicit market for t.h.c. vape oil. to find out how dangerous and potentially deadly vape products end up on the streets, we brought hidden cameras to a warehouse 75 miles east of l.a., where marijuana's black market feels more like a house party. >> i see everybody having a good time. >> reporter: the t.h.c. oil inside these cartridges is unregulated. there's no way to know exactly what's in them and how it could hurt you. everyone claimed to have a pure product. >> no fillers, no additives. >> guaranteed to not -- >> reporter: it's places like this where some people come to buy hundreds of vapes at a time so they can resell them nationwide. so here's what we got. why would you buy these when you can go and buy a certified product in the store?

>> well, it's price. these are a lot cheaper. these were about $20 a piece. you go buy them in a store, they're about $60 a piece. >> there's been so much media coverage about the legal market and no one has been covering the illicit market. >> mark hoashi runs an app called doja that provides customer reviews of cannabis products. a year and a half ago, long before reports of deaths and illnesses across the country, he noticed something -- people were getting sick. >> they were getting headaches on this product and that product. >> reporter: many of the vape cartridges came from an underground scene like the one we went to. >> the current black market comes with, you know, a cartridge that has a brand, that has social media, that has websites, and it's really hard to distinguish between what is a legal cannabis product and what is an illicit product. >> reporter: and in fact, really, the only way you can tell is by taking it to a lab. >> exactly. >> this definitely is not pure cannabis distillate. >> reporter: we took our

cartridges to belcosta labs in long beach. myron ronay is c.e.o. what's the worst thing you've ever found? >> i say predominantly in the underground market what we're seeing is a slew of pesticides. >> reporter: that was the case for the illicit vapes we picked up. they failed for a total of five pesticides, including one called myclobutanol. >> when you heat myclobutanol, you're getting hydrogen cyanide. >> reporter: cyanide, something you definitely don't want to inhale. >> no. >> reporter: what's the message here? shop legal. if you're in a state that doesn't have legal cannabis, don't buy it. >> reporter: but people are still buying it because it's so easy to be fooled. anyone can make black market vapes look legitimate and fill them with whatever they want. we took our undercover cameras to downtown l.a. where empty vape cartridges and professional packaging are easy to get in bulk. >> people are going out there, buying, like, a liter of dirty

oil at a time and filling it and trying to make a buck. i don't think they're intentionally trying to hurt people. we still don't know what is actually making people sick, but i do believe that the problem is in the black market. >> reporter: the overwhelming majority of vaping-related illnesses appear to be associated with black market t.h.c. cartridges, and it's a tough problem to combat, especially in states where marijuana is still illegal and the thriving black market is the only option. norah. >> incredible reporting tonight, carter. thank you so much. there is much more ahead on matt lauer is responding tonight to a former colleague's rape allegation. and later, montgomery, alabama, makes history again by voting makes history again by voting for chan what might seem like a small cough can be a big bad problem for your grandchildren. babies too young to be vaccinated against whooping cough are the most at risk for severe illness. help prevent this! talk to your doctor or pharmacist today about getting vaccinated against whooping cough. ♪ work so hard our doctor ♪ give it everything you got ♪ strength of a lioness ♪ tough as a knot ♪ rocking the stage

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along with hollywood producer harvey weinstein and charlie rose, who were accused of sexual misconduct as want "me the "me, too" movement emerge. a source familiar with the reporting tells cbs news, ronan farrow's book uncovers seven allegations of workplace sexual misconduct by lauer that appear to contradict the network's stance that management had no knowledge of his behavior. in a statement to cbs news, a spokesperson for nbc says, "matt lauer's conduct was appalling, horrific, and reprehensible. as we said at the time. that's why he was fired 24 hours of us learning about the complaint. our hearts break again for our colleague." tonight, cbs news obtained an email sent to nbc news employees last year about their investigation into matt lauer. it described four men, not

seven, coming forward, after lauer was fired to allege that he engaged in iappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. norah. >> the story continues. jericka, thank you. coming up, three rock stars of chemistry are hono d for an

american airlines says its boeing 737 max jetliners won't return to the sky until january 16 at the earliest. american has cut 140 flights from its daily schedule since the max was grounded in march. following two deadly crashes overseas. the nobel prize in chemistry was awarded today to three scientists who developed the light-weight and rechargeable lithium ion battery, now used in everything from cell phones and laptops to electric cars. m. stanley whittingham first

developed the battery in the 1970s. in the 80s, john goodenough and akira yoshino made it safer and more powerful. coming up next, historic change in a city that was once the cradle of confederacy.

montgomery, alabama is making history again. the first capital of the confederacy, and the launchpad of the civil rights movement has elected its first black mayor. 45-year-old probate judge steven reed captured about 67% of the vote in tuesday's runoff election. >> tonight sent a signal not just to all of us here in montgomery, all of us in alabama. it sent a signal throughout this country about what kind of community we are right now. not where we were, but what we are right now, and what we want to do going forward. >> reed said the election was about all the hopes and dreams that we have as individuals and collectively in his city. congratulations. and that is the overnight news or this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a

little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm norah o'donnell. /s >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm don dahler. the invasion of northbound syria is underway. 48 hours after president trump ordered the withdrawal of u.s. troops, turkey's military unleashed a ground and air assault on america's closest allies in the region, the kurdish militias. the spectre of u.s.-made war planes targeted soldiers who were essentially the ground troops in the fight against the islamic state has touched off outrage in europe, the middle east, and in congress. charlie d'agata has the latest from across the border in iraq.

>> reporter: phase one of the turkish onslaught has been even more intense and widespread than many feared. america's steadfast partner in syria is now abandoned and on the receiving end of air strikes and artillery bombardment. dozens of attacks across the kurdish-held region, nowhere is safe. villages, once held by isis until u.s. and kurdish forces took them back, now civilians here are once again running for their lives. cbs news analyst admiral sandy winnefeld said the offensive will likely result in serious national security repercussions. >> if the turkish incursion results in backing off pressure on isis in syria and the release of hundreds of isis prisoners, that is potentially very destabilizing, and it poses a threat not only to the united states but a lot of our partners in europe and elsewhere in the region. >> reporter: the s.d.f. lost at least 11,000 men and women in the campaign to defeat isis, with the backup of u.s. troops and air power.

thousands of isis militants are now being held in packed prisons that kurdish forces are struggling to contain. there have already been reports of unrest in overcrowded detention centers tonight, sparking fears of breakouts and an isis resurgence. s.d.f. commanders we spoke to today say they feel like they were stabbed in the back by america, and they warned there would be chaos if turkey invaded, and they would no longer be able to continue their fight against isis. >> form vice president joe biden has joined the growing chorus calling for the impeachment of president trump. biden says the president has betrayed the nation. the white house is refusing to provide any documents to congress or allow witnesses to testify, and the whole affair seems headed to the supreme court. major garrett begins our coverage. >> reporter: according to the memo described to cbs news, the white house official characterized the call as "completely lacking in substance related to national security."

"the official stated there was already a conversation under way with white house lawyers about how to handle the discussion because, in the official's view, the president had clearly committed a criminal act by urging a foreign power to investigate a u.s. person for the purpose of advancing his own re-election bid." the memo went on to say, "the official who listened to the entirety of the phone call was visibly shaken by what had transpired and seemed keen to inform a trusted colleague within the u.s. national security apparatus." the whistleblower's conversation with the white house official "lasted a few minutes." >> thank you very much. mr. president. >> reporter: the 30-minute trump-zelensky call raised questions about the president's alleged efforts to coerce ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden or his son hunter. >> this was a fraud. because that call was perfect. >> reporter: the president has dismissed the whistleblower for having secondhand information and partisan motives. >> what the whistleblower said bore no relationship to what the call was.

>> reporter: but the whistleblower's memo comes directly from an official who was on the call, and the acting director of national intelligence told congress he found the whistleblower's claim credible. >> i think the whistleblower did the right thing. >> reporter: according to a source familiar with the investigation, the whistleblower is a registered democrat. >> the whole thing is a scam. it's a fix. >> reporter: it's president trump's conduct not the resume that is the central issue. the attorneys added a few more details asserting the whistle-blower has never worked for a political campaign, candidate or party, but served in the executive branch, they said, as an a political civil servant who, on occasion, worked alongside elected officials, some of whom later ran for political office. >> ed o'keefe is on the campaign trail with former vice president joe biden. >> to preserve our constitution, our democracy, our basic integrity, he should be impeached. >> reporter: after hedging on impeachment for weeks, joe biden

ripped into president trump today, calling him a threat to every american. >> we all laughed when he said he could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot someone and get away with it's no joke. he's shooting holes in the constitution. and we cannot let him get away with it. >> reporter: the president responded during biden's speech tweeting, "joe's failing campaign gave him no other choice." >> he didn't say that until right now, and he sees what's happening to him. i guess he's no longer the front-runner. >> reporter: tonight, biden told cbs station wbz, that he did nothing wrong as vice president, while his son hunter served on e board of a ukrainian energy company. >> i don't discuss things with my son or my family because i don't want them to have any knowledge of any -- i don't want to be accused of, "well, you talked with your s, or you talked with wall street whom ever. >> reporter: biden has been reluctant tow get into specifics on ukraine. leaving some voters with doubts. >> i think there's been a loat of questions lately about --

that i want answered from him about hunter and, you know, just a lot of the kind of rumors that are going out there. >> reporter: recent national polls suggest biden hasn't lost supporters over the charges. but since the summer, he has seen his front-runner status challenged, including here in nehampshire, where he's neck and neck with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. >> 800,000 electric customers in northern california remain in the dark this morning. pacific gas & electric cut off all power to the region which is being buffeted by howling winds. the fear is that downed power lines could touch off wildfires. jonathan vigliotti reports. >> more of these guys. >> reporter: the power outages began early this morning as these california residents loaded up on essentials for what they say is a manmade disaster. the state's largest power supplier, pg&e, has been forced to shut off electricity to customers because of a forecast of high winds and bone-dry heat expected to put pressure on its aging and faulty infrastructure.

it is a desperate attempt to avoid what happened last november when sparks from power lines ignited the fire that ripped through the town of paradise, killing 86. >> this is ridiculous. >> reporter: ron blasingame lost his power at 2:00 this morning. he could be in the dark for days. >> they're a public utility. how do they pass their mistakes on to us? >> reporter: up to 34 california counties are experiencing a rolling blackout that began at midnight and will continue throughout the day and evening. by 6:00 p.m., as many as 800,000 people will be off the grid. dermot coll is keeping his bar open for a few more hours with a generator. he is anticipating losing a lot of money. >> i'm going to throw a number at it and tell you $30,000. >> reporter: stanford energy expert michael wara estimates turning off the power could cost as much as $2.6 billion. >> the economic impacts vary a lot depending on who is blacked out, what kind of customer,

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♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome back to the overnight news. i'm don dahler. turkey's offensive into northern syria has unleashed another flood of migrants fleeing the war zone. ironically many of these people will end up in turkey. the country is already home to 4 million syrian refugees. many of those people don't want to stay in turkey, and they make a dangerous ocean journey, trying to get to greece. roxana saberi has the story from

the greek island of lesbos. >> reporter: for many migrants and refugees, this is the gateway to a new life here in europe. off the coast of the greek island of lesbos, come cries for help: a dingy has capsized flinging frightened passengers into the sea. these afghan migrants all survived thanks to this small crew. their name is refugee rescue, and their mission is to save lives when people seeking safety and stability dare to cross this perilous stretch of water from turkey to greece. it's about six miles from turkey, which is right behind us to lesbos, which is right over here. turkey is home to the world's largt refugee population. the number of people fleeing to lesbos has soared, the u.n. said, to more than 16,000 so far this year. that's the biggest influx since

2016. as the only n.g.o. left in lesbos with a rescue boat, they are working overtime all the time. >> we are tired. we are tired. but that's our job. >> reporter: in the middle of the night, we watched as they helped bring dozens of afghan migrants to shore. that's where we met zara and her 18 month old son. she said, we had a lot of trouble. our dingy was overcrowded and the motor stopped working. this is the dingey they came in on. it looks deflated. these are the life jackets they were wearing. you can tell just by holding them they're fake. >> most of them don't know how to swim. >> reporter: are you creating an atmosphere encouraging more migrants and refugees to come because they know they will be rescued by people like you? >> people did not start crossing because we were here. people are desperate and they seek safety.

>> reporter: that's why she said she fled afghanistan. we met her again at a u.n. transit camp where we saw bus loads of syrians, yemenis for medical care. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: what would you like to say to the people who rescued you last night? she said, we're very grateful for them. without them, we don't know where we would have ended up. to get an idea of just how many people have made the dangerous journey across the sea, take a look at this. tens of thousands of life jackets discarded on this hill in lesbos piling up to make what's known here as the mountain of misery. for many migrants, the misery flows even onto shore at the camp built for 3,000 people. it's bursting with 13,000. crammed into tattered tents with no electricity and no school, they wait. >> many, many months.

>> reporter: u.n.'s philip la claire calls this place a time bomb. what about the skeptics who say we don't have enough space for more migrants? >> well, for refugees, people fleeing war, persecution, you have no choice. it's the basic human values. >> reporter: that's why the young volunteers at refugee rescue say they do what they do. this afghan man told me he attempted this treacherous journey across the sea four times. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: he said he couldn't believe that he actually made it this time. he was afraid that they would all die on the way here and his hope is for the children to study in the future and succeed. what do you feel when you rescue these people who are making this crossing? >> both relief and frustration because it's going to be a long journey. >> reporter: refugees still living in camps on this island hope their asylum requests are approved before winter sets in.

in the meantime, more people keep arriving on these shores. >> this year's nob prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists who developed the lithium ion battery. their work has changed the lives of billions of people, essentially, anyone with an e-cigarette, cell phone, computer,pacemaker, or even electric car. but those batteries aren't perfect. and in a small number of instances, they've been known to overheat and catch fire. now the president of the largest flight attendants union wants the faa to ban them from the skies. kris van cleave has this story from reagan national airport. >> they are pretty much in every mobile device we have, so there are a lot of them on an airplane. this is the back pack that i travel with. ofbatteries.show you the number you have the laptop, of course. you have the i pad. you have your wireless ear buds. mobile internet. you have your phone with lithium ion batteries. and, of course, the portable

batteries you use to power everything. the e-cigarettes cheaply made and thus prone to failing. spare lithium ion batteries sparked this fire in february aboard a delta flight while it sat at the gate. those batteries are in e-cigarettes like this one that went up in flames in the tsa line in charleston, west virginia's airport. and here another fire at the airport in savannah georgia last year. a quick-thinking tsa officer removed the smoking bag from security. the cause? the battery for a vape pen. faa reports from 1991 through this august show at least 48 e-cigarette related smoke or fire incidents at airports or on planes. that's more than laptops and tablets, cell phones, battery chargers, or spare batteries. this faa test video shows why lithium ion batteries have been banned in checked luggage. if a battery fails and enters what's called thermal run away,

it can burn so hot the plane's fire suppression can't put it out. in 2016 the faa took the unusual step of banning samsung galaxy note 7 smart phones due to its ligtd yum ion batteries starting fires. >> a lithium ion battery fire on a plane can be catastrophic. >> reporter: the president of the association of flight attendants says flight attends ants have become firefighters on planes and the faa needs to do more. >> how about we just not have these e-cigarettes on the plane at all. >> reporter: but mark mill an from the flight safety foundation says while batteries from e-cigarettes are a great concern on planes, more information is still needed before an outright ban makes sense. >> a ban could happen when there is the right information that's understood about it. >> reporter: flight attendants are trained to handle battery fires. that includes putting a smoldering or flaming device in fire resistant bag like this one now carried on many planes. in a statement the faa tells "cbs this morning" it has clear

regulations on the safe transport of lithium ion batteries. e-cigarettes, vape pens and spare batteries must be transported in carry-on bags only adding because the wide variety of battery issues that can occur, it is important airlines have the flexibility to assess and address the risks involved in each individual situation. the faa has done extensive battery testing. we should tell you that just today, the inventors of lithium ion batteries were honored with a nobel prize for chemistry. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. 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. i'm alex trebek, and all of the answers are false. so what is true?

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made to move. in africa, a new bridge and highway linking mozambique to south africa is changing the lives of thousands of people, most for the better. debra patta is there. >> reporter: mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world. many amenities are inaccessible here because of the treacherous quality of the roads. which is why this bridge and the 60-mile stretch of road leading from it could potentially be game changers. a year ago, there was nothing here but fresh air. now this bridge is a potential gateway to economic development. the only way to travel was like this. a ten-minute trip on a crowded ferry. this was how he used to get his

supplies from the capital. now she takes a quick ride in the subds diessidized bus acros bridge. but it's come at a cost. we are standing on what used to be her home underneath the new highway. she was compensated for her loss. a new plot of land and a better house, but it's a lot further away. ♪ ♪ and she's had to leave behind her parents' burial site, friends and all her memories. [ speaking foreign language ] you see my heart, she said. i cried a lot. >> reporter: it was painful. but the mozambique government believes ultimately the state of the art infrastructure will bridge the country's massive wealth gap by increasing tourism and trade. the journey from the capital to the border used to take five hours on a road that was so bad you could only drive on it if you had a luxury four-wheel

drive. now with this new bridge and road, it takes a mere one hour. it always had the potential to live up to its name, place of gold. but the shocking quality of the road meant most never got to experience their own country during their lifetime. for 25 years, she battled to make ends meet at her beach restaurant. then the new road opened, and her business was transformed. what happened? [ speaking foreign language ] >> i can say it was poof, yeah. it is amazing. >> reporter: she is making enough money to add a little bed and breakfast to her restaurant and is planning her first holiday abroad. but the new road has also had unintended consequence. filming on hidden camera, we traveled with smugglers who move tax-free goods and undocumented

m mozambiqueians across the border. they pay $25 to be smuggled into neighboring south africa in search of desperately needed jobs. he told us corrupt police officers patrolling the border have benefited the most from the new road. we pay them bribes, he said, so we can go across the border. but the economic benefits still seem to outweigh the problems. the new road has increased tourism and bilateral trade between south africa and mozambique. those economic gains, however, now need to reach the nearly 50% of mozambiqueians now living on the equivalent of $20 a month, and who cannot simply afford the $4 toll. for now, these children will only get to experience the bridge playing in its shadow. over the next two decades,

the mozambique government will have to find ways to lift people out of poverty so they can afford to use the bridge and road and ensure that they do not become as inaccessible to t

action tr actress and four-time grammy winner olivia newton john discussed cancer with gayle king. >> i'm not afraid of anything right now. >> reporter: olivia newton john has mastered living in the moment. >> can i have a kiss, please? thank you. >> reporter: even as she battles breast cancer for a third time. i think when you're dealing with something, when you have a diagnosis like this, how do you stay in the moment and stay present and not let it consume you and worry you? >> okay, denial is really good. it's really healthy. it was consuming my day, and

after a time i went, you know what? i need to enjoy my life, so i'm going to eat a cookie if i want it. the joy of life and everyday living has to be a part of that healing process as well. so i've chosen that path to be grateful and to feel good about things because the other side is not so good. >> reporter: yeah. >> and i'm not a victim. i don't want to be one. i feel that what has happened to me has had purpose. >> reporter: that purpose is raising money and awareness for the olivia newton john cancer and wellness research center in melbourne. you said one of your dreams is to see the end of cancer in your lifetime. do you think that will happen? >> i'm praying for it, you know. i think that we're getting closer to better treatments, kinder treatments. >> reporter: this november julian's auction house will sell off her most iconic costumes. some of the proceeds going toward her center, including a dress from "the physical" tour. ♪ let's get physical,

physicality ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and those famous skin-tight pants from "grease." how many people think olivia can get in the pants? >> yea! >> reporter: we believe in you, olympia newton john. in case you're wondering, they still fit. yea! whoa, that's amazing. that's amazing. do you have a favorite olivia newton john song, one that stands out for you that says, every time i sing that or every time i hear that, i really love that one? >> well, yes, "i honestly love you" would be one of those songs. ♪ i love you ♪ i honestly love you ♪ >> because i alway closed my show with it. uld be something new and there beautiful in the lyric for me. >> reporter: even after a lifetime of making beautiful music, olivia newton john says she's not done yet. >> i keep telling my buddy,

we've got to keep going. we havanothe 20 years to go, so keep well, folks. >> and that's the overnight news for this thursday blaking news a brush fire breaks out and evacuations issued overnight in maraga. good morning i'm michelle griego. >> reporter: 50 homes are under evacuations orders. let me show you where this is. around the area of merrell circle road and holland's drive affected by the fire that broke out around 1 a.m. you can see that glow burning so close to those homes. at this point this is 50% contained. it's burned about