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from pools of all sizes. >> i've got a two-year-old. >> to coins, aluminum cans and even publicies. there's been some nationwide shortage of very unusual items. >> it's played a role in customer behavior has played a role. >> what covid-19 has done is provide a shock to the system that these manufacturers did not anticipate. >> absolutely. it's provided the shock to the system. people who don't have bottles to bottles are buying bottles now. same thing are exercise equipment. you had a surge in demand which most suppliers are not prepared for. >> 97% reported disruption. supplies combined with a boom in demand. >> everybody that was in there is now gone. >> are those promotion really
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enough to fundamentally change the supply change? >> in the long term, no. because we are only going to do so many projects over the long term, but in the short term, this does cause significant disruption. >> a disruption that he and his brother now have to deal with as they pursue that perfect backyard. >> you will have to do this again, take my time and put together assemble efg that i need before starting. >> vladimir duthiers reporting from. there home depot to the deep blue sea. a worldwide study of sharks find the predator has literal livan ishd from many places. before the pandemic, mark phelps sat down with the lead authors of the study. >> we're off the coast of
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florida near palm beach hunting for scars. not because they're in the news for all the wrong reasons. but because they're no too few places. they use simple contraption with a complicated name. or bruv, bruf for shorv for sho. did you invent this photo trap or is it common to use this? >> i'd say we perfected it. >> you drop it overboard and lower it to the ocean floor. the project they call fin print has done this over 15,000 times over four years in 58 countries. the idea is to leave it down there for an hour and see how many sharks show up.
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sometimes at some places, quite a few. sometimes none. >> almost 400 reeves that been surveyed around the world, 20% we didn't see a single shark. >> is that right? >> an indicator of the problem. >> absolutely. >> caught by fishermen sometimes accidentally, often on purpose, to provide the growing shark meat market. in this drop off the florida coast, the pickings were slim. >> nurse shark. >> nurse shark? >> yeah. big one. >> sometimes they'll come in and have a sniff and just head right away. >> a loggerhead turtle seemed more interested in this free lunch than the sharks were. but recording for the same amount of time on each drop around the world, the researchers have been able to draw the first comprehensive database ed conclusions.
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>> do you think the population is under crisis? >> absolutely. >> but a different kind of crisis, one with a new term. the word extinction gets thrown armed, do you use that phrase? >> we use functional extinction. >> meaning there may be some sharks around but there are not enough of they will to perform their essential role of controlling other marine populations. you might think hey, let's get rid of predators so we can have more fish. when you lose top predators, ecosystems start to unravel. there are bright spots in this study where marine protection zones have been introduced or fishing restrictions are tightened so fewer sharks are caught. their numbers have begun so p are sayin w areshks?
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sharks don't get great press what we're seeing is you need that healthy shark population. you need healthy reeves and that's fogs to help people, too. the story isn't only about gathering knowledge. it's about gathering ammunition. way i to convince governments and fishing communities around the world to do something. >> mark phillips enjoying the sunshine off the coast of florida. and the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. gillette proglide and proglide gel. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke, while washing away dirt and oil. so you're ready for the day with a clean shave and a clean face.
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they fell in love with itsusing irresistible scent. looks like their dog michelangelo did too. gain ultra flings with two times oxi-boost and febreze. the white house and congress remain at others over another crisis relief package. but there's a little town in washington state that's coming up with an old school way to help local businesses. they're printing their own money. luke burbank has the story. >> like a lot of small towns, it was hit hard economically by the covid shutdown. residents like molly an out of work school bus driver. >> i've be cutting down trees, mowing lawns, whatever i can for a buck.
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>> but there's something unusual going on in this town of 1800 people. the city government of tenino is doing what it can to help folks like her. but not can with a check or a debit card but with, believe it or not, a pile of wood. >> every once in a while i run into a cashier that hasn't taken it before. i'd a blast. i'm paying for food with something historical. you know. >> the up to is printing its open money. $10,000 worth of thin sheets of wood that can only be spent in tenino. it's not the first time. in fact, the city issued its first wooden currency back in 1931 during the great depression. >> they patent infringemented $10,000. only $40 came back. >> wow. >> it was so popular as a souven souvenir, just hike these are today. >> the currency is printed on the same machine.
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>> this is a press. >> lauren ackerman is the president of the museum and is the only person in up to who knows how to operate the 19th century machine that printed tenin o's depression era currency. >> are you printing this? is this legal? >> think so. they vice president called us yet. maybe they'll call us after this story. >> way is a firefighter and tenin o's mayor. we met at the quarry pool, which is closed due to the pandemic. he said when the idea came up to print wood script, as it's called, he startedh google. >> started as simple concept is is, trying to understand those things and wrap my mind around them. all the information's out there on the intercept. i guess i hadn't thought of
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that, so it's like you're the mayor of this city. the city has a history of doing its own currency when times get tough. but when you had to do it yourself, you had to google itself to figure out how it works? >> what economic? i'm a firefighter. i'm not an accountant. i guess i'm a mayor, you know. >> the wood money has drawn attention from all over the world. it's be much more of a joke or a gimmick. >> it's be a god send. i can buy things that i couldn't buy because i was scrapping for any kind of work i could get. barely be able to buy food. >> when we caught up with her she was buying groceries with the wooden money. she could have also paid her water bill with it, gotten her prescription filled, or even had a tasty meal at top juan's
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mexican kitchen. >> when something like this happens we go into survival mode. you start thinking, ok, these are my expenses. can i type out? probably not. i think this money has allowed people to have that and even people who really do need it, need to have their groceries every week and cooperate afford this, i think this would really help them. >> it also helps businesses when they redeem the bills with city hall for regular cash. >> each bills igne dtu a rough latin rase meaninge'veot this handled. >> that is incredible. >> but good luck getting molly's share. >> i have actually be offed up to $300 for it but i won't sell
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with sports sidelined all these month, many people who usually wager on games turn their attention to the stark. but baseball's back so that could change things. tom hanson has the story. >> life under lockdown had consisted of social distancing, mask wearing and now a new found interest: investing.
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>> thanks i guess, and you know, the political to actually started that thing. >> the increasingly popular robin hood they've waded into a highly volatile stock market. >> everything so far for me has been dreaming for it because of the time. >> as the pandemic sent stock prices tumbling, they added three million users. >> stocks only go up. >> including influential day trader like this person who tracks on his daily trading videos. >> these are gamblers. these are not investors. the losses can be significant. one day trader's portfolio dropped more than $700,000.
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>> investing to new consumers, that's a great thing. but you know, coming on the individual to make sure that they're asking appropriately for their goals. >> she says she's taking a more conservative approach. >> we're going farther. what that means for me is not just looking for a positive financial return as after investor, but as companies that really uphold, you know, the rule that they play. >>erts advise theteurs to have a a long-term plan. hanson, cbs news, new york. >> and that's the overnight news for this thursday. follow us online anytime at krbtsz.com. reporting from the nation's capital. i'm ed o'keefe.
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