a firefighter/paramedic. >> 20 bad calls a shift that involved everything from suicides to gunshot victims to knifes to fights. these guys see some things that you can't unsee. >> reporter: do you think the >> welcome to the "overnight things that billy saw and news." experienced changed him? i'm elaine quijano. >> oh, my, yes. the death toll from severe we knew he was deteriorating, storms that roared across the country this weekend has risen and we were helpless. >> reporter: his mother says a again. at least 12 people are now brutal domestic violence call was a breaking point. confirmed dead, some from at least nine tornadoes that tore >> this woman was laying on the through the south. ground covered in blood in front more than 230,000 lost power. of her children, and when they got back to the station, he just 13,000 flights are canceled or delayed, and in the east, record lost it. heat. >> reporter: after more than 20 boston and pittsburgh both hit years as a firefighter, billy 70 degrees. it was a weekend of extremes, as resigned and got help for post traumatic stress, but his mental meg oliver reports. struggles continued.the vae's d. tornadoes ripped through at least three states this weekend. in carrollton, alabama, larry jones raced for cover as his >> i found him.

roof pealed away. >> devastated, scared. he had hanged himself. >> reporter: fire departments after everything was over and across the country are grappling with similar stories at an net he four-wheel alarming rate. >> reporter: governors i in 2019, reported suicides among si states of e a fierce active and retired firefighters were more than double the number nds trees. who died in the line of duty. icy conditions in bentonville, >> we are just losing way too arkansas made driving many good men and women. treacherous. in the southeast, the storm left a trail of damage from texas to georgia. >> reporter: jeff dill founded the firefighter health alliance, power outages left tens of one of the only organizations thousands of people in the dark. that tracks first responder up north, fast-moving floods suicides. >> when we put this uniform on, near saginaw, michigan stranded we are expected to act in a certain manner, and that is drivers. >> i was coming through there. i was behind a semi following brave, strong, courageous, give help, don't ask for help because in. i didn't see the water out here we don't want to be the weak at all. >> reporter: and in chicago, link. >> reporter: in sacramento, support has become a priority. powerful waves swamped bike paths along lake michigan, firefighters are now trained as peer counselors, so they can shutting down parts of lakeshore spot trouble early. drive, creating a dangerous fire captain keith wade. winter attraction. >> the days of ignoring a >> we're just trying to keep a problem and just going, oh, handle on it, make sure people are safe, that they're staying well, they'll deal with it are away from the dangerous waves. we don't want anyone swept out. gone. if you're working next to me, >> reporter: as parts of the i'm with you 48 hours at a time,

country suffered, the northeast saw bright sunshine and high i'm going to know if you're not temperatures. being yourself. it's up to me, it's my duty to golf courses and ski resorts were both open for business in say something at a certain point, if not to you directly, massachusetts, with temperatures to my supervisor. well above normal. >> reporter: so now here you are sounding the alarm for first here in new york city, the responders. >> we are. mercury reached a balmy 66 >> if we could have done something then, started a degrees sunday, but dramatic conversation then, maybe the change is on the way. outcome would have been different. by next weekend, temperatures >> reporter: it's estimated that are expected to plunge with rain only roughly half of all and snow in the forecast. elaine? firefighters suicides are >> all right, meg oliver, thank reported. so the numbers really could be you. it's now the pacific much higher. fire officials we spoke with sa% northwest that's bracing for fire departments need to look at severe weather. a coastal storm is blowing in creating shorter shifts so that from the pacific. firefighters can get more sleep several feet of snow are and downtime. forecast for the cascades and elaine? >> carter, thank you. still ahead, pope francis blue mountain regions. winter storm warnings are in spends sunday morning with a place across the region. crowot known for being quiet in church. in oregon, so-called king tides turned deadly. 30-foot waves pounded the coast saturday. a 47-year-old man was watching the waves with his two children when all three were swept out to sea. the 7-year-old girl was rescued but later died. the 4-year-old boy is missing,

and the search for him has been ♪ suspended. the father survived. ♪girls on the floor gotta thirty point lead and a minute left♪ now to the latest on iran. today the country's supreme ♪queens on the team in real life not just on the internet♪ leader, ayatollah khamenei called for greater cooperation ♪all strength, we ain't stoppin' believe me♪ in the region and played the ♪go straight till the morning look like we♪ u.s. for, quote, a corruptive presence. in washington, defense secretary mark esper seemed to contradict ♪n't waitwe' taking everything we wanted we n do it♪al, no sweat president trump's justification for killing iran's top general, ♪all strength, no sweat taking both countries to the brink of war. here is nicole killian. >> reporter: tensions flared in tehran as anti-government demonstrators protested the regime's stunning admission that uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15%ain? it mistakenly shot down a or more on car insurance." ukrainian jetliner, killing all i think we're gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." 176 people on board. on twitter, president trump what, we're just gonna swap over? yep. pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. urged iran's leaders do not kill your protesters. >> the iranian people are pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over? standing up and asserting their that's right. instead of all this that i've already-? rights. >> reporter: on "face the yeah. what are we gonna do with these? nation," defense secretary mark esper insisted the u.s. is safer keep it at your desk, and save it for next time. since taking out iran's top geico. over 75 years of savings and service.

general, qassem soleimani, but around here, nobody ever does it. sought no specific evidence that i didn't do it. so when i heard they added ultra oxi iran was targeting attacks at to the cleaning power of tide, it was just what we needed. four american embassies as the president claimed in a fox news dad? interview. i didn't do it. >> i can reveal that i believe #1 stain and odor fighter, #1 trusted. it would have been four embassies. >> i can't see one with regard it's got to be tide. to four embassies. what i'm saying is i share the upbeat music♪ president's expectation that no cover-up spray here. probably they were going to go cheaper aerosols can cover up odors in a flowery fog. after our embassies. >> reporter: but a u.s. defense official contradicted any but febreze air effects eliminates odors. speculation, telling cbs the with a 100% natural propellent. secretary agrees with the it leaves behind a pleasant scent you'll love. [ deep inhale] assessment that as many as four embassies in the region could freshen up. don't cover up. febreze. have been targeted by iranian proxies. >> that's a big thing. what four embassies are we talking about here? >> we were very concerned about the situation. new warnings tonight of a we had exquisite intelligence. >> reporter: the president's volcanic tsunami in the national security adviser philippines after an eruption near manila. downplayed any differences, adding to lawmakers' lightning struck as a plume of frustrations following a ash spewed up to nine miles into the sky. briefing last week. >> we got less detailed tremors shook the area. information than president trump more than 6,000 people were the president.ura ingraham. evacuated. officials are warning another explosive eruption could happen the problem is with those who at any time. are briefing us. to the vatican, where pope >> reporter: as congress demands

francis baptized a small crowd more justification of the strike, nancy pelosi says she is today. 32 babies, including two sets of ready to remove articles of impeachment, warning senators twins were baptized in the could pay a price if they don't sistine chapel. the children remained amazingly hold a fair trial. quiet throughout the service, the president tweeting ask crazy prompting the pontiff to joke nancy why hearing was most that the concert still hasn't begun. unfair and unbiased in the history of the country. serena williams is back >> he has to know every knock from him is a boost. winning her first tennis title since becoming a mom. >> the president belief s are oe the 38-year-old, who's daughter alexis was born in 2017, broke a three-year dry spell when she of the witnesses should be pelosi herself. captured the auckland classic in new zealand. after the match, williams >> so when will the articles be announced she is donating her winning to the victims of released? >> the president tweeted that he australia's bush fires. next, how a young girl's agrees with those who think a senate trial could give credibility to democrats rather than an outright dismissal. no matter what happens, the president will be impeached for life. >> nicole killian at the white house, thou. firefighters battling massive wildfires in australia say a break in the heat will allow them to go on offense.

this weekend, sydney's opera house paid tribute to those firefighters, projecting images of them on the building's iconic sails. and now an investigation is being launched into the government's response to the fires. jamie yuccas is in sydney. >> reporter: dangerous brushfires continue to burn throughout australia, and even the flames aren't present, smoldering areas are proving deadly. a father of two with nearly 40 years of firefighting experience died when a tree fell on him as he battled hot spots. >> the trees, yeah, they're just falling out of the ground, without any warning at all. so you have to be ultra careful when you're operating under trees. >> reporter: after weeks of criticism over the government's slow response to the brushfires and people dismissing handshakes from prime minister scott morrison -- >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: -- he sat down with australian broadcasting corporation. >> there are things i could have ndled oe groun muc better. >> reporter: he also

acknowledged climate change playing a role in hotter, dryer summers and discussed australia's role as one of the largest producers of coal in the world. >> what i'm saying is we want to reduce emissions and do the best job we possibly can and get better and better and better at it. >> reporter: cooler weather conditions are allowing firefighters to get an upper hand this weekend. but the emotional toll led the government to dedicate roughly 55 million u.s. dollars for ongoing mental health services. here at the rural fire service headquarters, that blue board means that firefighters are at their lowest alert level yet. but throughout the country of australia, there are still more than 200 fires burning. elaine? >> jamie yuccas, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

8-year-old naomi short is a little lady with a big personality. since september, naomi has been this the fight of her life, inspiring her hometown to rally to her side. here is dean reynolds. >> reporter: from the merchants on high street to the kids at her school, everyone in hamilton, ohio seems to be pulling for naomi short. do you think you can wish her to get well? >> yes. >> do you hear the e? >> reporter: naomi's third grade teacher is heather shank. >> i think about her all the time. i'm sorry. i don't mean to get emotional. >> reporter: it's an emotional

subject. >> it's a lot. >> reporter: naomi is going through stage 4 brain cancer. she has had 30 rounds of radiation, four surgeries, and soon comes chemo. chances of survival, 30%. >> my dream is just to get everything, like, every treatment over with and to just hang out with my friends again. >> reporter: and hamilton is practically willing her to recover. teachers and kids wear blue in solidarity and boxes dot business counters to pitch in with medical bills. >> i'll get the wax. >> reporter: sheri haskins' candle shop features acola scented versn that naomi designed. you wanted to remind people of chocolate? >> because i am a sucker for chocolate. >> reporter: how have your customers responded? >> unbelievable. they have come all from over just to buy this candle or to come in and put money into our donation box. >> yeah, i love unicorns. >> reporter: in a time of

division in this country, the people of naomi's hometown found a reason to unite behind an 8-year-old girl who loves unicorns. >> it makes me feel so happy that everybody cares about me ♪ this much. >> reporter: they do, naomi, they really do. dean reynolds, cbs news, this is the "cbs overnight hamilton, ohio. news." >> and that's the "overnight news" for this monday. >> cbs news has confirmed that for some of you, the news us a more than a dozen saudi royal air force pilots will be little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." expelled from the u.s. the move follows a review of a from the broadcast center in new shooti a pensacola naval york city, i'm elaine quijano. air station in december by a fellow saudi pilot. three sailors were killed. the men are not accused of involvement in the incident, but some are said to be linked to extremist movements, and some are accused of possessing child pornography. top members of the british royal family will meet tomorrow in the wake of last week's dramatic rift. ♪ queen elizabeth, along with prince charles and his sons will >> announcer: this is the "cbs discuss the future for prince overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight harry and meghan markle after news." i'm elaine quijano. the couple's bombshell decision the death toll from severe or t

to step back from their royal country this weekend has risen roles. here is imtiaz tyab. again. at least 12 people are now confirmed dead, some from at >> reporter: the queen carried least nine tornadoes that tore on as usual, going to church not through the south. far from her estate, but on more than 230,000 lost power. monday the royal property will 13,000 flights are canceled or host crisis talks as she meets delayed, and in the east, record grandsons harry and charles and heat. son for the first time following boston and pittsburgh both hit 70 degrees. the bombshell announcement they it was a weekend of extremes as want to step back from public duties. the queen says she wants the situation wrapped up in day, not meg oliver reports. weeks, but tensions are already running high. britain's sunday times is quoting prince william as saying "i've put my arm around my senior. >> reporter: tornadoes ripped brother all our lives, and i through at least three states can't do that anymore. this weekend. we're separate entities." in carrollton, alabama, larry jones raced for cover as his roof pealed away. william's apparent sadness has >> devastated, scared. been eclipsed by the tabloid after everything was over and see who i can see, you know. >> reporter: governors in press which continues to rage at mississippi and arkansas called the couple, but it appears states of emergency after heavy rains, flooding, and fierce winds toppled trees. opinion polls are on harry and icy conditions in bentonville, arkansas mae driving meghan's side with most treacherous. supporting their decision to step back. >> the monarchy needs to just in the southeast, the storm left accept what they're saying and a trail of damage from texas to let them live their life. georgia. >> reporter: but the vast

power outages left tens of majority of those polls say thousands of people in the dark. harry and meghan should no longer receive any financial up north, fast-moving floods support as step-back royals. near saginaw, michigan stranded drivers. on their new website, being >> i was coming through there. financially independent is i was behind a semi following in. something the couple have said they want to achieve as they i didn't see the water out here at all. carve out a progressive knew >> reporter: and in chicago, role for themselves. meghan, who is in canada with powerful waves swamped bike baby archie is expected to take paths along lake michigan, part in monday's talks via shutting down parts of lakeshore drive, creating a dangerous conference call, where she and winter attraction. her husband's family will no >> we're just trying to keep a doubt have a lot to talk about. handle on it, make sure people elaine? >> all right, imtiaz tyab, thank are safe, that they're staying away from the dangerous waves. we don't want anyone swept out. you. today marks ten years since >> reporter: as parts of the a massive earthquake devastated country suffered, the northeast saw bright sunshine and high temperatures. haiti. golf courses and ski resorts the magnitude 7 quake, called one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of the were both open for business in massachusetts, with temperatures hemisphere killed an estimated 250,000 people. well above normal. billions of dollars poured in to here in new york city, the mercury reached a balmy 66 help. jeff glor visited a country degrees sunday, but dramatic that's still recovering to report on a special project change is on the way. that's offering hope. by next weekend, temperatures are expected to plunge with rain >> reporter: our trip began in and snow in the forecast. the capital, port-au-prince. elaine?

in the wake of haiti's worst >> all right, meg oliver, thank you. year since the earthquake, mass it's now the pacific northwest that's bracing for severe weather. protests, gang violence, rampant political corruption. a coastal storm is blowing in from the pacific. jobs are scarce. several feet of snow are but perhaps most tragically, forecast for the cascades and basic medical care can be almost blue mountain regions. impossible to find. winter storm warnings are in so this is the general hospital place across the region. in oregon, so-called king tides in port-au-prince, or at least turned deadly. should it be the hospital. 30-foot waves pounded the coast after the earthquake decimated saturday. the old hospital, a new one was a 47-year-old man was watching planned immediately after. the waves with his two children more than $80 million has been when all three were swept out to sea. spent on it. it sits empty today. the 7-year-old girl was rescued but later died. in the meantime, the old general the 4-year-old boy is missing, hospital, what should be the and the search for him has been main source of care for haiti's suspended. the father survived. biggest city wreaks of raw now to the latest on iran. sewage, piles of trash are everywhere. today the country's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei called for greater cooperation this woman and her feuer-month-old son have been in the region and played the here for eight days. u.s. for, quote, a corruptive presence. in washington, defense secretary mark esper seemed to contradict >> sorry. he is he's crying. president trump's justification >> he has to go, and he can't go for killing iran's top general, taking both countries to the

brink of war. to bathroom. here is nicole killian. i'm sorry. i can't imagine the pain that he's in right now. >> reporter: tensions flared in >> reporter: but take a trip tehran as anti-government demonstrators protested the outside the capital and you find a remarkable place that many doubted could ever exist in this regime's stunning admission that it mistakenly shot down a ukrainian jetliner, killing all country. this is st. boniface hospital up 176 people on board. the mountains on haiti's on twitter, president trump soutern peninsula. it was started in 1983, and in urged iran's leaders do not kill your protesters. the last ten years has become a >> the iranian people are standing up and asserting their leading beacon for haitian hope. rights. >> reporter: on "face the nation," defense secretary mark >> people come from hours away esper insisted the u.s. is safer to this hospital. and it could be anything, since taking out iran's top general, qassem soleimani, but emergency room, maternity, sought no specific evidence that anything. >> reporter: conner shapiro is iran was targeting attacks at the president of health equity international, which oversees targeting four american st. boniface. embassies, as the president people risk their lives to get claimed in a fox news interview. here because they have no other choice. >> i can reveal that i believe for more than two million people it would have been four embassies. on the southern peninsula, this is the only place to get an >> i didn't see one with regard to four embassies. emergency c-section. what i'm saying is i share the the only place with a neonatal intensive care unit. president's view that probably >> we have 35 babies here. my expectation they were going to go after our embassies. >> reporter: but a u.s. defense over 95% of these babies were

official disputed any born here at this hospital in the maternity center. contradiction, telling cbs news >> reporter: if this unit weren't here, what would happen as many as four embassies in the to these kids? >> it's very difficult to talk region could have been targeted by iranian proxies. about, but if this unit wasn't here, these babies would all >> that's a big thing. what four embassies are we die. talking about here? >> we were very concerned about the situation. we had exquisite intelligence. >> reporter: the president's really, it's about investing in national security adviser the haitian people, in the downplayed any differences, physicians, the health adding to lawmakers' practitioner, the nurse, lab frustrations following a briefing last week. teches who are here already. >> we got less detailed and we need to invest in them to information than president trump shared with laura ingraham. provide that care. there are lots of excuses for >> the problem there is not with the president. why things can go wrong in the problem is with those who haiti. are briefing us. we just don't accept any of them, because we know that this >> reporter: as congress demands is the right thing to do. more justification of the >> reporter: in fond du blanc, strike, house speaker nancy haiti, jeff glor, cbs news. pelosi signaled she is ready to move articles os coul a straight ahead -- >> why suicide is proving more price if they don't hold a fair deadly to firefighters than trial. flames. a volcano rumbles as the the president tweeting ask crazy philippines warns of an explosive eruption. nancy why hearing was most unfair and unbiased in the and how a third-grader history of the country. >> he has to know every knock from him is a boost. fighting for her life is inspiring a hometown rally. >> reporter: the speaker doesn't regret holding the articles, and believes it's bolstered democrats' case for witnesses.

the president suggests one of those witnesses should be pelosi herself. elaine? >> so nicole, when will the articles be released? >> the speaker meets with her caucus tuesday to determine when to send them over. the president tweeted that he agrees with those who think a senate trial could give credibility to democrats rather than an outright dismissal. the speaker says no matter what ♪ happens, the president will be ♪ impeached for life. elaine? >> nicole killian at the white the calming scent of lavender house. nicole, thank you. firefighters battling by downy infusions calm. massive wildfires in australia say a break in the heat will allow them to go on offense. laundry isn't done until it's done with downy. this weekend, sydney's opera house paid tribute to those firefighters, projecting images of them on the building's iconic sails. and now an investigation is being launched into the government's response to the fires. ushfires continue to burn throughout australia, and even the flames aren't present, smoldering areas are proving deadly. a father of two with nearly 40

years of firefighting experience died when a tree fell on him as he battled hot spots. >> the trees, yeah, they're just falling out of the ground, without any warning at all. so you have to be ultra careful when you're operating under trees. >> reporter: after weeks of criticism over the government's slow response to the brushfires and people dismissing handshakes from prime minister scott morrison -- >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: -- he sat down with australian broadcasting corporation. >> there are things i could have lehe gund mu beer acknowledged cteng aya ho, drd discussed australia's role as one of the largest producers of coal in the world. >> what i'm saying is we want to reduce emissions and do the best job we possibly can and get better and better and better at it. >> reporter: cooler weather conditions are allowing firefighters to get an upper hand this weekend. but the emotional toll led the government to dedicate roughly 55 million u.s. dollars for ongoing mental health services.

here at the rural fire service headquarters, that blue board means that firefighters are at their lowest alert level yet. but throughout the country of australia, there are still more than 200 fires burning. elaine? >> jamie yuccas, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. frequent heartburn? not anymore. frustrated that clean clothes you want to wear always seem to need an iron? try bounce wrinkle guard dryer sheets. the bounce wrinkle guard shorts have fewer wrinkles and static, and more softness. it's the world's first mega sheet that does the job of three dryer sheets! bounce out wrinkles.

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a piece of hollywood history went on the auction block this weekend. used the movie "bullet slow sold for $3.4 million at a florida auction house. that's the highest price ever paid for a mustang. the car became famous when steve mcqueen raced it across the scene in a scene that gave birth to the studio car chase. but the bullet mustang later disappeared for decades. mark strassmann has the story. >> reporter: this is an american icon on four wheels. we're going to pop inside the glass box in a second, but first, listen to the car's story. it has taken one american family on the ride of a lifetime. in this sea of super car, only one revs star power. not these porsches or ferraris. not this million mclaren sena. nope. this is the star car, a rusted,

dented highland green 1968 ford mustang gt fastback. it's worth a fortune. >> this is the holy grail of muscle cars. it's the holy grail of mustangs. >> reporter: dana mecum owns the world's leading auction house for collector cars. >> this will pretty much be the first american muscle car to sell as art. it's going to sell at pop culture. >> reporter: here's why. the movie "bullet" and this ten-minute thrill ride on the streets and hills of san francisco. it reinvented chase scenes for hollywood, man and mustang, steve mcqueen and his classic pony car, the epitome of old school cool. even faster than mcqueen's car, its disappearance after the movie. collectors have chased it ever since. >> it was never lost. it was always in the garage. >> reporter: shawn kiernan's father bought the mustang in 1974. >> it's kind of the craigslist

of today was the road & track then. found a fastback 1968 mustang. >> reporter: found it in this back page ad, mcqueen's bullet mustang, best offer. robert kiernan paid $8500. >> he is the only one that showed up, paid for it and took off and ended up in the driveway. >> reporter: robbie kiernan is shawn's mother. she drove the car to work every day as a third grade teacher. >> back and forth to school. it was loud. i would have to drive through the center of madison, and they all knew the car. here she comes. >> reporter: when you're driving a multimillion-dollar -- >> it was to me a used car. >> reporter: in 1977, mcqueen tracked down the kiernans. he wanted to buy what he called "my mustang." they never responded. in 1980, its clutch died. the car was parked in a barn for 35 years. >> the car sat on jack stands and the world kind of evolved around it.

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>> reporter: there is a certain confidence when he takes the stage. ♪ and from the first riff, it's clear why. ♪ this is gary clark jr. and he wields his guitar like a man possessed. i'm not like a religious person. i quit going to church a long time ago. but music is my religion, i guess you could say. ♪ ♪ got to get up, got to get up, got to getp calming. it can hype me up. it's everything to me. >> reporter: his mastery of the six-string won him a grammy in 2013. and has earned him four more nominations this year. he's played the white house, even toured with the rolling

stones and eric clapton, who by the way said that he's never seen a flow like yours. >> a flow like mine? >> reporter: uh-huh. >> that's what he said? >> reporter: he said "i haven't seen someone like that since jimi." >> oh, damn. pressure. >> reporter: jimi, as in hendrix. and it turns out this 35-year-old is still allowing comparisons like that to sink in, as he told us when we sat down with him on his ranch in texas. >> it doesn't really resonate until i'm at home and i go wow, this is real, you know what i mean? all those dreams and hopes and aspirations i had as a kid and i thought were silly and i was scared to share with people because they might think that i. >> reporter: gary clark jr. is from austin, texas.

the son of gary clark sr., a car salesman and his wife sandy, an accountant. mom still does his books and says her son's life changed forever at age 12. >> he got the guitar for christmas, and then checked out a couple of books and was just totally self-taught. >> you know, he is upstairs in his room playing and still is. come here, come listen to this. got upstairs, looked a little closer, and there he is, he is hitting note for note. >> reporter: the very next year, clark was good enough to play gigs in the city, on school nights no less. >> i used to feel guilty having him in night clubs. i used to look around, why do i have my 13-year-old kid in a bar. >> reporter: why did you? >> because he wanted to be there. >> i was raised real religious baptist, go to church every sunday. fear of god was very present in the house, you know what i mean.

>> reporter: we caught up with clark on the set of his latest music video. ♪ ♪ i remember when i left home in that old cadillac". >> reporter: "her old cadillac" is about leaving to go on tour for the first time and understanding everything his mother had done for him. >> i didn't realize what it took to be a parent. ♪ i won't let you down, i'm going make you proud, yeah ♪ >> wow. >> reporter: it's work. >> you put up with a lot, like a lot a lot. i was dang, thank you. >> reporter: for example, his parents put up with him borrowing the family car without their permission. that earned him the nickname hot wire. >> i would steal my parents' car, start the thing up and go wherever i wanted from. so whenever my dad fell asleep watching "star trek" to when they woke up to get everybody

ready for school. >> and today we're joined by gary clark jr., i guess we could say local blues phenom. >> reporter: in 2001, gary, just 17, was featured on the local news. ♪ ♪ well you can juvenile me acan want to, i ain't going to worry no more ♪ >> reporter: that same year, austin's mayor proclaimed may 3rd gary clark jr. day. how do you measure success? >> i got a beautiful family. i got two kids that i'm crazy over. i got a mainly supportive wife who is my backbone. i think that's success to me. >> reporter: his success has always allowed him to buy his own piece of texas hill country. >> this is my peaceful zone. this is my serenity. >> reporter: it's so different than when you're on stage and you've got your screaming fans up there and you've got your guitar going. >> my life is so loud and noisy.

and i like to hear crickets. at heart, i'm kind of a country boy. i like to be around nature and nothing. >> reporter: clark's ranch outside of austin is where he lives with his wife, australian model nicole truntfeo and their two children. ♪ until i'm gone, yeah, i'm going love you just a little bit longer, baby ♪ >> reporter: it's also where he records music when he's not out touring the country. and it was this land that gave clark the material for the title track on his ts land is my land land is my land ♪ >> reporter: the song is about a confrontation with a neighbor who couldn't believe a black man could own this land. >> he said i need to speak to the owner of the house. dude, you're talking to me.

♪ ♪ go back where you come from ♪ we don't want, we don't want your kind ♪ >> i'm 35. i've been dealing with this since i was elementary school, you know what i mean? >> reporter: that's a sad statement. >> yeah, it is. but it's a reality. ♪ >> reporter: a reality clark's parents couldn't shield him from. >> dog feces in the mailbox, the "n" word written on our fence. >> reporter: and what was the discussion in the household when those things happened? >> you just can't let that get to you. that's that other person's issue. that doesn't speak to you as a person and what kind of person you are. that's someone else with the problem. >> reporter: i was born this way, and i love it, you know what i mean? and so for somebody to judge me based upon this and not ask any questions, not even try and get in here, just made me upset.

it made me sad. it made me curious about the future, kids and the family, they tap into your emotions. >> reporter: so it's not all about you anymore. >> they unlock things that i didn't realize i was holding on to. ♪ >> reporter: gary clark jr. he is considered one of the greatest guitarists in a generation. ♪ but don't tell him that. >> i'm not special. simpleude f austin, texas who picked up guitar and -- ♪

finally this half hour, steve hartman takes a trip down ancestry lane. >> reporter: it was in this cellar that i found my roots. >> that's the tin with all the film. >> reporter: davina shuman, a

relative i never met, graciously gave me this glimpse. >> be my guest. >> reporter: of the family i never knew i had. the levys were a conservative jewish family from cleveland. their patriarch, harry levy, the balled guy there, is my great grndfather. and in the spring of 1930, one of his four daughters, we don't know which, gave birth out of wedlock to my mother. davina, one of harry's legitimate grandchildren says no one ever knew about this baby. >> it would be scandalous really in those day, for this family. >> reporter: my mom died knowing none of this. she was raised by another for d ancestry would have remained a secret. a recent survey shows about a quarter of the people who take these tests find some kind of surprising result, or in my case, two surprising results. the test was more definitive

regarding my grandfather, an irish catholic railroad worker named frank black. >> i'm steve. >> reporter: this is his other daughter carol, my new aunt. >> i see a little bit of my mother in you actually. >> you do? >> yeah, i do. >> reporter: and another brother also named frank black. together they told me all i needed to know about my grandpa. how many wives? >> five. >> reporter: five wives. so-so this is not an a plus character. >> a d minus. >> reporter: are there any good characteristics? >> in the '30s he ran for councilman. >> and he won? >> he lost. >> he really a drinker. st. paddy's day came and he would dress up and we wouldn't see him for three days. >> we were the apples that fell off the tree and rolled away. u went to catholic school.

now i find my grandpa was were jewish. >> i'm jewish now. >> yes, if your mother was jewish, you are jewish, no question. >> i never knew that. >> reporter: mos mosul massel t. >> you'll find an a family tree full of flowers and broken branches and a lot of leaves you don't recognize. but i think it's important to embrace it all, because whatever is there, it's exactly what your tree needed to grow the pfect you. it's monday, january 13th, 2020. this is the "cbs morning news". rising tensions. protests break out in iran in the aftermath of the airline tragedy outside tehran.

this as questions arise over the justification of killing iran's top general. deadly weather. at least a dozen people are killed as storms march across several states. and bracing for the blast. a volcano in the philippines sends people running for safety as lava starts to flow. the philippines good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. i'm anne-marie green.