♪ ♪ne."st are shining the light on a nearly invisible threat that is causing a potential environmental disaster. tiny pieces of plastic called micro plastics are making their way through our eco system. they're found everywhere, from . and even show up in our food. michelle miller has more on the growing concern and what can be done about it. >> reporter: scientists say every year worldwide, more than 300 million tons of plastics are produced. half of it is for single use.

but around 8 million tons of it end up in the ocean where it's consumed by ocean life and eventually passed on to humans. before dawn on the oregon coast, marine biologists are on the hunt for what's nearly impossible to find. micro plastics 5 millimeters or even smaller. here, the tide pools are covered with mussels and welts a th's je >> reporter: pure ocean water flows through these shell fish, but micro plastics get stuck. >> we're seeing on average a couple of pieces of suspected plastic in each, in each animal. >> reporter: branders' lab at oregon state university is part of a worldwide micro plastics research effort that has found few places untouched. >> they are being found in arctic ice.

it's coming from global air and ocean circulation. we live in a plastic world. >> reporter: at the scripps institution of oceanography, dr. jennifer brandon found more evidence deep in the ocean floor off santa barbara. >> these are all sediment cores. >> reporter: her sediment samples date micro plastics back to the 1940s. >> we can look at how has plastic changed in the sediment. >> reporter: and it gets there in many ways. >> these fibers are coming off fishing rope, but a lot of them are coming off our own clothes. so as you're washing your clothes they're washing down the drain. they're too small to get caught at the waste water treatment plant and they're washing right out into the ocean. >> reporter: these micro plastics seem to be in everything. i mean, tea bags, you name it. clothing? >> the majority of the clothing we wear is synthetic. we drink out of plastic water bottles. we use straws and all of those things break down into smaller pieces. >> reporter: on the road, there's trouble, too. >> tire particles.

>> reporter: from discarded >>rom res frear ashe car is being driven along the road. there are small particles wearing off the tires and getting into the watershed or getting into the air even. >> reporter: a study found 7 trillion micro plastic particles pollute the san francisco bay each year. and researchers are seeing an impact. >> we do know that in aquatic animals that there are suggested effects on things like immune response and respirations. they see some effects in oysters that are exposed. they lay fewer eggs. >> reporter: does it harm us? >> we don't know yet.tio seafood, they're getting into our water. we know we're ingesting them, but we don't yet have a measurement of what the effects might be.>> a new reptgests goo has oferic

knowledge. according to the wall street journal, the effort is ma last which is a leading nonprofit health system. dr. tara narula takes a closer look. >> reporter: the federal patient privacy law, the company says the goal of this data collection is to provide better care to patients. since this is just getting reported now, the program is creating major privacy concerns. the multi billion dollar health care industry has long been on the radar for tech behemoth google. and now it's in it in a big way. as first reported in "the wall street journal," ascension is sharing information with google, a health system that includes over 2600 hospitals and health care centers in 21 states. in the program called project nightingale, ascension is reportedly providing patient names and dates of birth ats,

hospitalizations, and diagnoses to google. google is using the information centralize its patient database as well as design new intelligence to predict or identify medical conditions. >> there are huge advantages to digital health information. >> reporter: pam dickson is with the world privacy forum and says digital records are necessary. so is knowing exactly what companies are doing with such personal and private information, and how they are protecting it. >> leaks of private medical information are enormously common. the department of health and human services actually tracks all of the medical data breaches and actually some of the largest data breaches in history have been medical data breaches. so it is a significant concern. >> reporter: in a press release, google and ascension say they are fully committed to a robust data security a portability act of 1996, that protects patient privacy. dickson says more has to be done. >> i do think that there is room

for having a independent third-party taking a look at what's happening at that health information that's at google. >> reporter: while amazon and apple are also trying to get a foothold in health care, google has made the biggest strides so far. it has a previous deal with the mayo cliut in tt, not s wit pject nightingale. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. here at... snowfest...

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>> good-bye. >> reporter: it's not the first for these two veteran actors who sat down in the central park boathouse for tea and biscuits. >> oh, it's a chocolate. it's a chocolate hob knob. oh, my god, that's like heroin. >> how would you know that? >> reporter: the 80-year-old sir ian and the film together. >> you're the only person on this planet who makes me feel that i'm not alone. >> reporter: in "the good liar" he is an elegant con man. widow. >> the whole point of enjoying the movie is not to see it coming. >> reporter: they meet on an internet dating service, but nothing is quite as it seems. there's a scene in this movie where the two of you end up on the floor wrestling with each other. >> yes, there is. [ laughter ] >> i have the scars to prove it. >> there was an ooh, ooh.

i'm not quitetoet up. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the two of you have only worked together once before. >> in this city, in new york city. >> what an occasion that was. >> reporter: back in 2001, they co-starred in "dance of death" on broadway. but opening night almost didn't happen. the morning of 9/11 you were in rehearsal? >> we were doing our lto b in n i have to say. >> reporter: new yorkers kept on, and so did they. so it didn't slow you down? >> well, ian and i got a little bit bitsy. we're both children of the second world war. >> yes. >> and the knowledge of how london behaved during the blitz is sort of a part of our dna. >> right. >> and we sort of bothr:ar tward winners. >> ladies and gentlemen, you are lookig at a very happy man indeed. >> reporter: mckellan for

playing salyeri in amadeus in 1981. you did enjoyhat? o yes. the nothing like being >>hing liknbanblho.r: r? >> reporte mirren won h elizabeth ii in the audience. >> this is a dangerous business reading newspapers. you know, most of your predecessors claimed not to. >> reporter: she'd first played her majesty in the 2006 film "the queen." >> no member of the royal family will speak publicly about this. this is a private matter. >> and the oscar goes to helen mirren in "the queen." >> reporter: her oscar win made sure she'd be best known for playing the queen, jut as mckellan is best known for his oscar nominated performance. >> you shall not pass! >> reporter: playing a wizard. how do you fee abouteing soar

roles? >> god blenode ichariot.rdlandme changed forever? i didn't know what he meant. but it has. i've suddenly got thousands and thousands of friends that i didn't know about. >> now is the winter of our srt doing shakespeare. >> i swear to be by your strongest beau. >> reporter: the classic saddled her with the label secondsy. you really didn't like that. >> of course not. you don't want that. it's like a horrible thing, horrible back pack you have to carry through life. >> reporter: how do you fight that? >> you know, i always used to say, just let the work speak for itself. let it go. and honestly, that sort of -- that worked out in the end actually. >> reporter: both like where they see hollywood headed now. do you think things have changed substantially in the last five years? >> from my perspective

absolutely. >> yeah. >> and certainly from your perspective, i would think, as well, ian, in terms of the gay community. >> if the film weren't concerned with modern movements and concerns, we really wouldn't be doing it. >> reporter: at the end of our ride -- >> that was a treat. >> thank you. that was wonderful. >> reporter: dame helen and sir ian were already imagining their next project together. >> why don't we astaiand gier r >> reporr: i would go to that movie. >> you can bin igheovghnews" will

there is a big new name fighting for your attention in the battle over streaming. disney plus has now joined a growing list of services. jonathan vigliotti has more on how the cost for consumers can quickly add up. >> reporter: they're calling it the new golden age of television. >> switch to manual navigation. >> reporter: more choices than ever before. but for roseanne ramirez and her two kids, it poses very modern challenges. >> i just don't see the point in paying for so much streaming and cable and everything all at the same time. i think that's just too many. too many network, too many streaming shows, too many just overall. >> reporter: the family currently has traditional cable and watches some of their favorite shows in movies on netflix and youtube. what's the max number of >>nk it depends guess, what's th

i'm paying. americans subscribe to at least one streaming platform. a new wall street journal poll finds americans are willing to pay for an average of 3.6 streaming services or spend $44 per month. but choosing which platforms to support can be tricky, especially as media giants like disney grab their original content back from other services. for years, all of these big entertainment companies have been licensing a lot of their shows to netflix, and then now what they've realized is, we need that programming on our own platforms to survive. >> reporter: s shrks aharma is s media manager. >> they are way ahead of everybody. but there really is a threat from all of these new services. they each have something special that they bring to the table. >> reporter: let's say you wanted to watch high-profile shows from each of eight different streaming platforms.

programs like netflix's stranr things, amazon's flea bag, and hbo succession. staying current on all of these programs from all of these streaming services won't come cheap. we've added it all up, and anyw from 6bucks toervice you much as $1 says the average cabt device and internet plan. he belie customers need to o consider how much time and morn i they want spend watching tv. you're going to have to make some choices to keep an eye on your budget, and that means only the shows that you absolutely want to watch week after week and the movies that you absolutely need to have access to. >> that is the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new rk city, i'm meg oliver.

it's wednesday, november 13th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." historic hearings, the impeachment inquiry into president trump is set to go public. what we should expect from the hard freeze. il peoplwho are p tobone-chig ane's moren store. plus, the search for a ssas ten a why her mother ended up in the hospitalunde cbs > od morning fo 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with yo