they've left or like great americans like rudy giuliani is still engaged. what's going on? people see this. there's thugs. giuliani and the two guys helping him, they get arrested at the airport trying to leave the country. i mean, where has that happened on any other president's watch? >> well, you can see our full interview with joe biden. that's sunday night on "60 minutes." a solemn sight today on capitol hill. former congressman elijah cummings lies in state outside the house chamber. he is the first african american lawmaker to have that honor. the influential maryland democrat died last week at age 68. earlier, in a rare display of unity, both democrats and republicans remembered cummings as both a great speaker and a loyal friend. now our investigation into law enforcement's handling of rape cases. nationally, fewer than 1% of reported cases result in a

felony conviction, and in many place, police are closing cases and marking them as solved without making an arrest. in tonight's "eye on america," nikki battiste tells us how a woman in austin, texas is fighting back against a system she says has failed her. >> you never lose hold of who you are. >> reporter: emily barchardt's art illustrates how she says she was treated after she reported being raped by a stranger. last year when she was 21, borchardt says she was returning to her austin, texas home when two men abducted her. >> the man behind me grabs my throat, and i go unconscious. >> reporter: she was brought to this motel where she says a third man raped her multiple times over 12 hours. according to borchardt, the man gave her cigarettes and whiskey, and demanded that she shower with him. borchardt managed to escape, call police, and have a rape kit done. this man, who was on parole after serving 20 years for

murder first claimed he did not know her, but when his dna came back as a match, he said the sex was consensual. borchardt's lawyers asked us to blur his face for her protection. he was never arrested. the police suggest why in this audio recording. >> taking a shower with him, consuming whiskey in the shower with him together, it doesn't paint the best picture. >> the police act like that was consensual when really i was trying to prevent another -- from being assaulted again. >> reporter: and you were probably afraid he might kill you. >> yes. >> reporter: her case fell under what law enforcement calls an exceptional clearance. that's when cases can be closed if the victim is uncooperative or a district attorney declines to prosecute. it turns out more than 40% of closed rape cases were exceptionally cleared nationwide in 2017, giving the public the

impression they have been solved. >> exceptional clearance is not being use correctly. >> reporter: liz donegan led the sex crimes unit at the austin police department for nearly a decade. now retired, donegan tells cbs news that she refused pressure to change rape cases from suspended to exceptionally she was eventually transferred out of the sex crimes unit. >> the public's perception about exceptional clearance is that the case has been closed, it's been cleared. we've held somebody accountable. >> reporter: which couldn't be further from the truth? >> right. >> reporter: the decision not to prosecute borchardt's case made by the office of margaret moore, the travis county district attorney allowed austin police to exceptionally clear it. are you ever deciding not to prosecute because you want to keep your record the best possible because you're worried you may not get a conviction? >> no. we've taken cases to trial during my administration where we've gotten not guilties, but we believed in the case. the jury didn't. >> reporter: if what happened to emily happened to your daughter

or granddaughter would you want the case to be prosecuted? >> i will not comment on emily's case. >> reporter: that's caus moore, along with austin law enforcement are defendants in a class action lawsuit brought by borchardt and seven other women who say their sexual assaults have been mishandled while borchardt's rapist walks free, she just wants to beheard. >> i much rather would have endured more physical violence and been believed than be doubted. >> reporter: an austin city spokesperson speaking on behalf of the police department tells cbs news the city is currently undergoing a third party review of its training policies and resources. the department of public safety recently audited the austin police and, norah, it found that 30 sexual assault cases were improperly closed. >> i hope this will bring new attention to it. nikki, thank you. and there is still much more ahead. a former trump education official quits and says he has a plan to wipe out hundreds of

billions in student loan debt. the houston astros fire an executive following his clubhouse outburst at female reporters. and a rare look at efforts to save snow leopards threatened by poachers and climate change.

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currently have student debt. the average household owes almost $47,000. taylor smith graduated from texas a&m owing $53,000 in student loans. >> it just seems unconquerable, and that anxiety has just sat with me since. >> reporter: month by month, smith is paying it down. but 5.4 million student borrowers are in default. johnson has a plan to wipe away much of student debt. >> $50,000 of your federal student loan debt will be extinguished. >> reporter: is your plan income-based? >> no. anybody -- everybody will get the $50,000. we are beset with a problem that's been ten years in the making. >> reporter: to pay for it, johnson would hike corporate taxes by 1%. he's about to run in georgia as a republican for the u.s. senate. student debtors like taylor smith will be watching. mark strassmann, clbs news,

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now to this story right in the middle of their world series matchup, the houston astros today fired their assistant manager. this comes after the astros defeated the yankees last weekend and brandon taubman taunted a group of female journalists, yelling he was glad the team had signed pitcher roberto osuna. the astros acquired the pitcher last year while he was serving a 75-game suspension for domestic violence. now to a terrifying close call. police in phoenix released this video showing a jeep running a red light, speeding towards a couple crossing the road with their 1-year-old son in a stroller. the jeep was hit by another car that had the right of way. the driver of the second car was hurt, but everyone else escaped without injury. a new poll finds your coworkers may be making you sick. 90% of employees admitted coming to work even if they're not feeling well. one-third say they always go to work with cold or flu symptoms. most say they've simply got too much work to call in sick.

coming up next, they used to set traps to kill snow leopards. now they're planting cameras to save them. >> this porti is

we're going to end tonight in the mountains of siberia, where the elusive snow leopard prowls. only about 4,000 remain in the wild. they're threatened by poachers an climate change. in tonight's "eye on earth," elizabeth palmer shows us how these magnificent cats are being saved. >> reporter: our long journey into leopard country in the foothills of russia's altai mountains ended at last with a scramble above the tree line. our guide was park biologist and researcher alexei kuzhlekov, who is working with the world wildlife fund to bring the leopards back by shooting them with motion-activated cameras. sergei keberykov is a former poacher. he shows me the kind of simple wire trap that killed so many animals, but sergei has switched sides. he, along with other former hunters, now gets a salary from the world wildlife fund to monitor the cameras, with

spectacular results. here, for example, are several babies hunting with their mother at night. back at sailugemsky national park headquarters, alexei showed us his favorite images. it looks like it's peering around the corner. each imagine has a unique pattern of spots, and alexei knows them all. this one preparing to bite the camera is turai. there is very good news from this program. in just five years, the number of altai snow leopards has just about doubled to 45. looks like alexei is going to need a few more names and probably a few new cameras. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, altai, siberia. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. 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.

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm meg oliver. parts of northern california's wine country are ablaze ts morning. santa ana winds are fueling a firestorm burning through the bone-dry countryside in sonoma county, north of san francisco. the entire town of geyserville has been evacuated, and power was cut off to thousands as the local electric company fears downed power lines could spark more flames. jonathan vigliotti is on the fire line. >> reporter: within minutes,

these hillsides exploded overnight. the inferno could be seen for miles as flames raced across tinder-dry grass and brush. driven by 60-mile-per-hour winds, the fire burned the length of a football field every three seconds, sparking fire tornadoes and torching several homes. farm animals were trapped and firefighters overwhelmed. you can see how the high winds are really whipping up these flames. the embers are flying at times. it's actually been quite terrifying. at one point the erratic flames surrounded first responders and news crews. our only option, to drive through the blaze. >> we have to ask for their help. >> reporter: we were guided through the thick smoke, and it became clear everyone needed to get out fast. >> wow. >> it was outpacing us, and we couldn't really keep ahead of it. it's always these fall months. they are the most damaging, the most destructive. >> reporter: here in california's wine country, crews

continue to battle the fire with ten air tankers and multiple ground crews. but for some, it's too late. >> the hose water, put it on. >> reporter: so you started spraying with water. carlos gonzalez and his coworkers tried to fight off the flames at their vineyards in the town of geyserville. the grapes survived. their homes did not. >> this four house. >> reporter: four homes in total? >> yeah. >> reporter: it all went up in flames. washington, president trump's supporters in congress opened a new attack on the impeachment inquiry, which continues to pick up steam. democrats say the private depositions will be over within weeks followed by public hearings and the first impeachment votes before thanksgiving. nancy cordes has the latest. >> there is a right way to do and a wrong way to do it, and this is a dangerous way to do it. >> reporter: senate republicans, led by lindsey graham entered the impeachment fight today with a resolution accusing house democrats of denying president trump basic fairness and due

process. graham had come straight from a soul-baring lunch with president trump. >> he felt like from the time he's become president, he's been hounded about things he didn't do. >> reporter: mr. trump has been urging his party to step it up all week, calling his gop >> the republicans have to get tougher and fight. >> reporter: house republicans complied yesterday, storming into an impeachment deposition. >> they're trying to impeach a president in secret. >> reporter: republicans haven't always opposed closed hearings. this was former oversight chair trey gowdy last year. >> our private hearing was much more constructive than the public hearing. i mean, public hearings are a circus. >> reporter: democrats say these early interviews, nine so far, have to take place in private. >> we don't want people working together to manufacture alibis or to align their testimony. >> reporter: but graham argues the venue isn't the only problem. his resolution calls on the

democrat-led house to give the minority equal authority to issue subpoenas and give the president's counsel access to the evidence, as president clinton got during his impeent process. now our investigation into law enforcement's handling of rape cases. nationally, fewer than 1% of reported cases result in a felony conviction. in many place, police and prosecutors are now using the term "exceptional clearance" to close rape cases, marking them as solved, even when there is enough evidence to make an arrest. in tonight's "eye on america," nikki battiste shows us how women in austin, texas, are fighting back against a system they say has failed them. >> you never lose hold of who you are. >> reporter: emily barchardt's art illustrates how she says she was treated after she reported being raped by a stranger. last year when she was 21, borchardt says she was returning to her austin, texas home when two men abducted her.

>> the man behind me grabs my throat, and i go unconscious. >> reporter: she was brought to this motel where she says a third man raped her multiple times over 12 hours. according to borchardt, the man gave her cigarettes and whiskey, and demanded that she shower with him. borchardt managed to escape, call police, and have a rape kit done. this man, who was on parole after serving 20 years for murder first claimed he did not know her, but when his dna came back as a match, he said the sex was consensual. borchardt's lawyers asked us to protection. he was never arrested. the police suggest why in this audio recording. >> taking a shower with him, consuming whiskey in the shower with him together, it doesn't paint the best picture. >> the police act like that was consensual when really i was trying to prevent another --

from being assaulted again. >> reporter: and you were probably afraid he might kill you. >> yes. >> reporter: her case fell under what law enforcement calls an exceptional clearance. that's when cases can be closed if the victim is uncooperative or a district attorney declines to prosecute. it turns out more than 40% of closed rape cases were exceptionally cleared nationwide in 2017, giving the public the impression they have been solved. >> exceptional clearance is not being use correctly. >> reporter: liz donegan led the sex crimes unit at the austin police department for nearly a decade. now retired, donegan tells cbs news that she refused pressure to change rape cases from suspended to exceptionally cleared. she was eventually transferred out of the sex crimes unit. >> the public's perception about exceptional clearance is that the case has been closed, it's been cleared. we've held somebody accountable. >> reporter: which couldn't be further from the truth? >> right. >> reporter: the decision not to

prosecute borchardt's case made by the office of margaret moore, the travis county district attorney allowed austin police to exceptionally clear it. are you ever deciding not to prosecute because you want to keep your record the best possibleecse you're worried you may not get a conviction? >> no. we've taken cases to trial during my administration where we've gotten not guilties, but we believed in the case. the jury didn't. >> reporter: if what happened to emily happened to your daughter or granddaughter would you want the case to be prosecuted? >> i will not comment on emily's case. >> reporter: that's because moore, along with austin law enforcement are defendants in a class action lawsuit brought by borchardt and seven other women who say their sexual assaults have been mishandled while >> i much rather would have endured more physical violence and been believed than be doubted. >> an austin city spokesperson

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome back to the "overnight news." i'm meg oliver. there are troubling questions this morning about the automatic braking systems found in a lot of new cars. the technology is designed to help drivers avoid front-end collisions, but hundreds of drivers say it sometimes slams on the brakes for no reason, and that has proven dangerous. kris van cleave has the story from washington. >> reporter: the technology is supposed to sense when a crash is eminent, alert the driver, and if need be, hit the brakes. but we've found reports from

drivers claiming crashes, even injuries because of false activations of the emergency braking systems on cars. now carmakers and safety advocates say the vast majority of the time the technology works as it should, but it is not perfect. do you worry every time you get in the car now? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: for cindy walsh, just getting behind the wheel of her 2019 nissan rogue raises her anxiety. since she bought the new suv last october, it has slammed on the brakes three times for no clear reason when she says there was no risk of a collision. >> the first one, i was driving down a four-lane highway going about 55, and it completely came to a complete stop. >> reporter: how do you feel about driving the car now? >> i'm scared to. i don't drive it. >> reporter: walsh took to it the dealer each time. twice she says they told her they fixed it. the national highway traffic safety administration is now investigating after learning of nearly 850 complaints of false activation of the suv's automatic braking system.

that includes reports of 14 crashes and 5 injuries. jason levine from the center for auto safety. >> you are just going along the road, and your car just stops. >> reporter: the rogue, like about half of new cars sold, is equipped with forward collision tecology that includes emergency automatic braking. it's supposed to sound an alarm and automatically brake if you're about to rear end another vehicle. it will be standard in most cars within three years. people are saying they were turning it off. the technology can help and save you and prevent crashes, but only if it's on and working. >> reporter: the insurance for auto safety says auto driving is making driving safer, estimating it could cut rear end collisions in half, preventing 28,000 crashes and 12,000 injuries by 2025. these autonomous braking systems are braking and working in the real world, but there is definitely room for improvement. >> reporter: since 2015, there

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legal battle over her hit song "truthhurts." they helped her write a song two years ago. they want credit and royalties. lizzo is fighting back, saying the brothers signed away all their rights to the tune. whatever way it goes, lizzo is on top of the world. tracy smith has her story ♪ baby, baby >> reporter: she has been compared to some of the greatest singers of our time. ♪ >> reporter: and now you know why. ♪ i'm crying >> reporter: her name is melissa jefferson. but she's known by her childhood nickname, lizzo. you might say this has been her year. she's still riding the wave of an acclaimed new album. and this summer, she had the number one song and the cover of

"elle" magazine. plus, she stole the show on mtv's biggest night. ♪ ooh, girl, kick off your shoes ♪ >> reporter: at 31, it seems lizzo has finally arrived, though she has been here all along. do you feel like your career was a slow build or something that happened fairly quickly? >> it's the slowest build of all time. it's the slowest burn. i've done so many tour, but nobody knows who i am until this year. but what i have been able to maintain this type of mainstream success ten years ago, hell to the no. >> reporter: you needed that ten years? >> i needed this ten years. i feel like a master. >> and you all can change the world. >> reporter: she also has become a master of the ipo attitude. in nearly every show, she leads the audience in her own personal mantra. >> i love you. >> i love you. >> you are beautiful. >> you are beautiful. >> and you can do anything.

>> and you can do anything. >> reporter: does it work? >> it works. because talking bad to yourself works. it's the antidote to oh, so stupid. it's no, you deserve this. you're intelligent. words are so powerful. >> reporter: and she knows just how powerful those words can be after a lifetime spent listening to mean or even well-meaning comments about her weight. >> it's like a little mosquito bite. somebody is well, you a big girl so you can never have short hair. you always have big hair because you're a big girl. and they say that lovingly, but that's a little mosquito bite. you don't even know it's there. soon you look up, you're covered in mosquito bites and you're oh my god, i have all of these things, but they were so normalized to me because they were so innocent. >> reporter: people meant well? >> they meant well. but i had to, like, peel back a lot of layers. >> reporter: but it didn't start out that way. lizzo was born in detroit and grew up in the houston suburbs. >> i would walk to my best

friend's house, and we played spice girls and we made our own little girl groups. >> reporter: she learned flute as a teen and says that her band director at elsik high school, manny gonzalez, helped give her the focus she needed. >> i had a lot of talks from my band director. you're always late. you're always daydreaming, but you're so talented. get it together. and those talks really impacted me. even though i was probably like -- >> reporter: he was formative to you, right? >> yes. he was -- i mean, he was like -- [ screaming ] >> reporter: we brought him back. >> oh, my gosh! >> how you doing? >> oh my god, so good, oh my god. thank you. >> you did good. >> wow, i did it, didn't i? you told my ass. get it together, girl, because you are special. apply yourself. those moments meant so much to me. hi. >> reporter: with gonzalez's help, lizzo went to the

university of houston on a music scholarship, majoring in classical flute. but two years into her university studies, she dropped out of school. her father michael, who was battling congestive heart failure, urged her to stay with the flute. >> he wanted me to perform and wear the little mic and playing through a synth. he wanted me to innovate flute. i was i'm going to do all of this. and his health just declined and declined and declined. and i really just wanted to be able to afford to take care of him. >> reporter: you wanted to save him. >> i wanted to save him. >> reporter: michael jefferson died in 2010, and lizzo's world crumbled. >> there is nothing anyone can do. that pissed me off. i was so mad. what do you mean there is nothing anyone can do? aggh! >> reporter: i'm sorry.

>> i think sometimes i get angry instead of sad because it's like a defense mechanism to be strong. >> reporter: and you want to be strong? >> yeah. well, i have to be. like i have to be strong, because, like, life really doesn't give you an opportunity to show vulnerability. life doesn't really give you a chance to let your guard down. >> reporter: eventually, she picked herself up and started climbing the rungs of a music career through bouts of poverty, homelessness, and crippling self-doubt. ♪ was deeper then, deeper than >> reporter: she says her career finally took off once she started to believe that beauty doesn't have a size. ♪ the most beautiful thing that you ever seen ♪ >> reporter: you said you've struggled with self-confidence. how did you change it? >> it's not something that you really change.

it's something that you address and work on. i had to address every layer of insecurity, because i can't just be like all right, my arm's not jiggly and lumpy anymore. that's delusion. that's not ugly to me anymore and that's not wrong to me. it's beautiful to me. i think that's why i am able to call myself fat and people are like no! even my friends. i'll be like but, you know, i'm fat. don't say no. i am fat. i am beautiful. i think it's because i learned to actually look all of my insecurities in the face, call them by their name, and fall in love with them. >> reporter: last month, lizzo went back to the university of houston and got a reception worthy of a superstar. >> i want to play a piccolo so bad! but i'm scared. okay, i got lip gloss on.

oh, god! [ laughter ] ♪ >> reporter: the school's most famous drop-out has become a role model. >> you're not supposed to be happy all the time. you're not supposed to know what you're doing all the time, especially at this age, but not knowing what you're doing has nothing to do with where you're going. so i want you to know that. cherish your journey and respect your journey. and keep playing your instrument, man, because people jealous of me because i still -- ♪ >> reporter: you could say this is lizzo's moment, and it's one she wants to share. with the world. >> hopefully, by existing there can just be more opportunities for people that look like me that are, you know, beyond what

a trend is, and that they're there on the merit of their talent. they're there on the merit of their beauty, and they're there because they're good enough. >> reporter: just like ou are.

a lot of kids go to college, in part to get away from their parents. but what if your mom followed you to college and even took the same classes? here is janet shamlian. >> reporter: when janet ehrhardt walks to class, she is the first to admit this isn't the usual college experience. >> i mean, i really can't remember a defining moment, but all i was thinking was, okay, you can come to college with me, but you're not going to take classes with me. >> reporter: kathy ehrhardt is not only emma's mom, she is her classmate. >> their stomach pain, missed work. >> reporter: together they tackle the same tough suggests and a shared dream. both want to become doctors.

kathy enrolled after 14 years as stay-at-home mom. >> you don't have to do this at 18. you can do this at 30, 40, 50, 60, whatever age you want. it's when you're ready and when you're ready to give what it takes. >> reporter: but that's not the only extraordinary aspect of this family affair. emma is a prodigy. a junior in college majoring in biology with a high school diploma and an associates degree to her name at 16 years old. >> i'm supposed to graduate from here at 17 years old with my bachelors in biology and get my md at 22. i started school at 5, as every kid does. >> she was 14, and she was stressing over not knowing what she wanted to be. and i'm like you're 14. you've got time to decide that. >> reporter: kathy says her daughter's drive gave her the courage to finally go for a goal of her own. >> it's going to take a lot, and it is a huge risk.

who's to say i for sure get to go to medical school, or that something doesn't happen. >> reporter: what started as one class together has turned into identical schedules. and for good measure, some healthy competition. >> it will always be like oh, i'm at a higher testrade tha you, or i did better on this. we're pretty even. >> reporter: the challenge extends beyond emma and her mom. while they're in school full-time, emma's dad handles home duties with emma's two other siblings. >> it takes a little bit of sacrifice from everybody. everybody has to have the understanding that the dues have to be paid for these goals to be met. and everybody is okay with that. >> reporter: for all the togetherness and shared dream, emma hasn't forgotten she is her mother's daughter. >> she's mye's my friend in the school. at home, yes, she is my mom. she'll tell me go unload the dishwasher. but she's not overprotective of me. you know, we're both followi our own paths, you know. but we're doing it together.

and i think it's really -- it's really special, you know. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this fr ay. from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm meg oliver. 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." raging wildfires. tens of thousands of california residents are evacuating their homes as strong winds fuel the flames. >> i'm literally seeing sticks and fire of what used to be our home. criminal inquiry. the justice department expands the review of the russia investigation, and why some are concerned that the president is using the government to target his opponents. and a russian circus bear attacks its trainer during a live performance. how another worker was able to stop the bear as it approached