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gt t vying.kylet,ing on he t >> reporter: hey, jericka, good evening to you. well, the president, former president said he would be arrested on tuesday. his team says that that's based off media reports and not from the manhattan district attorney's office. and while a grand jury vote on whether to indict the former president is coming, a timetable on when that could happen hasn't been announced. donald trump was greeted with cheers at the ncaa wrestling championships in tulsa, oklahoma last night. his first public appearance since predicting his arrest and calling his supporters to protest. a manhattan grand jury is investigating alleged hush money payments trump made to adult film star stormy daniels days before the 2016 presidential election. trump denies any wrongdoing, and sunday republicans rushed to his defense. >> i'm taken aback at the idea of indicting a former president

of the united states. >> reporter: but not everyone is in lock-step. >> the circus continues. i mean, look, he only profits and does well in chaos and turmoil. >> reporter: manhattan district attorney alvin bragg sent an e-mail to his staff saying, "we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office," ensuring the safety of his employees. legal experts say the case could be difficult to prove. >> i worry that it will have a ripple effect legally and politically on all of the other pending investigations. >> reporter: trump also faces criminal investigations in georgia and washington. accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. and the justice department has been presenting evidence before a grand jury investigating hundreds of classified documents found at trump's florida estate. >> skyler, michael cohen, who's considered a key witness for the d.a.'s office, said he'll be returning to manhattan on monday. what's the latest on where this case stands?

>> cohen says he was asked to be a rebuttal witness if the grand jury hears from his former attorney, robert costello, likely about cohen's he credibility. cohen served three years in prison for his role in this case and has been in vocal opposition of the former president since. jericka. >> he's had a lot to say. skyler henry, thank you. well, president vladimir putin made surprise visits to two russian-occupied parts of ukraine this weekend, including the city of mariupol, once a symbol of fierce ukrainian resistance. cbs's ramy inocencio is in ukraine. >> reporter: a victory lap of sorts for president putin, driving himself through mariupol. russia's military bombed, seized then annexed the ukrainian port city in may, damaging or destroying nearly all of its buildings. he toured newly built facilities in what's believed to be his closest visit to the front lines of the wafr he started.

"putin is a criminal returning to the scene of the crime," said mariupol's exiled mayor. the russian leader arrived direct from sparsely attended celebrations in crimea. saturday was the ninth anniversary of russia's illegal annexation of the peninsula from ukraine. on the same day in ukraine's east sudden death for this woman in a park. and a reason for living now lost. "my sons in the cemetery," says alekzi mazurin. "no one needs me anymore." and putin's charm offensive is not over, jericka. tomorrow he meets with visiting chinese president xi jinping in moscow. this will be a visual coup the kremlin is sure to exploit, showing beijing's support just days after putin was accused of war crimes. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. well, 20 years ago tonight president george w. bush used a late-night oval office address to inform americans that the invasion of iraq had begun. >> on my orders coalition forces

have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine saddam hussein's ability to wage war. >> and today polls show that most americans do not believe the u.s. made the right decision to invade. cbs's charlie d'agata is in baghdad tonight. >> reporter: shock and awe. the u.s. military's term and intent. for the aerial bombardment that began the war. but the takedown of saddam hussein's regime triggered a savage insurgency and a brutal sectarian conflict. a tragedy that cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of iraqis in nearly 4500 u.s. service members. this is baghdad today. gone are the blast walls and barbed wire. amid the capital's bustling marketplaces and cafes something else has returned. a sense of optimism.

but threats to iraq's security remain. not least from its powerful neighbor iran, which continues to increase its influence with political parties and powerful paramilitary groups tied to tehran. all across baghdad you'll find billboards and banners like this honoring the memory of qassem soleimani, the iranian general accused of killing hundreds of american soldiers during the war and considered such a threat he was killed in a u.s. airstrike here in the he city in 2020. we put the question to u.s. ambassador alina romanowski, who's visiting washington, d.c. >> but iran has proven in the past to make this a very difficult place to operate in. >> the iranians have made it a difficult place to operate and have contributed to some of the insecurity. but i do think this is a sovereign decision that the iraqis need to sort out with

their neighbor. >> reporter: there is a lot to sort out. iraq is recovering from decades of war and sanctions and widespread corruption continues to plague the economy despite booming oil revenues. but ambassador romanowski believes iraqi leadership has turned a t you havethcommitd to. >> reporter: iraqis tell us what they want most is for this fragile peace to remain. and hope the process poert will come. >> charlie d'agata joins us now from baghdad. charlie, you were there from the beginning of this war. what is it like to be back there in baghdad now? >> reporter: well, baghdad is a world away from even what it was just a few years ago. i can't remember a time we were able to walk around without wearing flak jackets. on that note we pay tribute tonight to our cbs colleagues and my friends cameraman paul douglas and sound man james

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>> reporter: so is it a bonus making this film being able to spend more time with each other? >> yeah. absolutely. for sure. >> that was one of the things that we kind of wanted to do, is the idea of like why aren't we hanging out and spending more time together since we managed to stay friends this whole time? >> plus we hit our 50s. so, i mean -- >> not much time left. >> i mean, you can see the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: from the sound of it ben affleck and matt damon are in a good place these days. they're working together again. and to hear them describe it, they've never had a better time. do you guys have an unspoken language? >> yeah. 40-something years of hanging out together, we -- >> it's a common frame of reference, right? i find the most wonderful thing about it was i loved coming to work every day, i loved seeing matt. i love -- first of all, he's a genius. having him as the anchor of your movie -- >> 40-something years it took you to -- >> no, i didn't used to think this. but it just makes it so easy. and it was just so much fun.

i don't know. it kind of felt like just us and getting to do the thing we wanted to do. i loved it. i miss it every day since. life question. >> reporter: and that experience is "air." ♪ you're motoring ♪ the movie in theaters april 5th is about nike and how back in 1984 they built an entire shoe brand around one nba rookie player they thought would become a household name. >> i need the greatest basketball shoe that's ever been made. >> who's the player? >> michael jordan. >> reporter: michael jordan. >> i'm willing to bet my career on michael jordan. >> come on, man. >> reporter: affleck, who's also the film's director, plays nike founder phil knight. and damon is sonny va keko, the nike exec. who tries to sell him on the idea. >> if you look at hmm, if you really look at jordan like i did, you're going to see exactly what i see. >> which is what? >> the most sxeeft guy i have ever seen. he is a killer.

>> reporter: we now know it turned out to be a killer deal for everyone involved. >> you're sure it's not the shoes? >> reporter: the jordan brand is still flying off helves with sales of more than $5 billion last year alone. >> what's it -- >> reporter: the movie is not a biopic. but affleck made sure everyone looked as close to real as possible. especially damon. >> did you notice that he's -- he lost the weight? >> yeah, so let's talk about that. >> my favorite thing about ben is that he put me in a fat suit when i finally get to work with him. actually, my wife saw the movie, and i said what did you think? and she goes, the movie is great, you look like -- >> and according to affleck michael jordan himself had a few suggestions. >> what did he tell you was important to him? >> a number of things. and i'm not sure i'm at lebt v liberty to share every single one. what i will tell you is he said viola davis is going to be my mother. >> which is kind of like choosing michael jordan for your basketball team. >> my name is sonny va kerro. i'm with nike. >> do you make it a habit of

showing up at people's front doors unannounced? an answer.ko for >> herit go. reporter: viola davis was in fact cast as michael's mom. >> best day of my life. >> reporter: and c nike vp howard white. >> all that matters is how much do you believe? i believe in you. >> i called chris tucker and he was like, who i've always thought was a genius and want to work with him. he's like i know howard white. i was like you know howard white? turns out -- chris tucker knows everybody. literally everybody. >> reporter: one person we see very little of is an actor who plays jordan. >> why do we not see michael jordan in this movie? >> we don't see michael jordan for the very what was obvious reason to me is this is a movie about an icon, about somebody so meaningful that the minute, you know, i show you and tell you like hey, that's michael jordan, you just go no, it isn't. i know what michael jordan is. and not only that, the only actor who could play michael

jordan was a little old to play this part and we probably couldn't afford him. but the idea was if i show you some -- you know that's not michael jordan. and now everything else is fake. >> reporter: sohe fulfeels real. and as always, it was a team effort. ben affleck and matt damon met as kids in cambridge, massachusetts and clicked from the start, chasing the same hollywood dream. you might not have caught them in 1989's "field of dreams" as extras somewhere in the crowd in boston's fenway park. but you might have seen them in this. >> my boy's wicked smart. >> you don't owe it to yourself. you owe it to me. because tomorrow i'm going to wake up and i'll be 50 and i'll still be doing -- >> reporter: for "good will hunting" both won the oscar for original screenplay, and it launched them, ready or not, into the hollywood stratosphere. what did it do to you guys to

win it that young? >> i remember it didn't settle in for it was a couple years a v 8 i w 25 years d. look at myself now and think i still have quite a bit to learn. that's the curse of being 25, is you think you have it all figured out. >> put your hands up. >> reporter: of course they have figured it out. individually they've earned everything from box office respect -- >> here's your director. >> you can teach somebody to be a director in a day? >> you can teach a rhesus monkey to be a director in a day. >> to more oscar gold. >> i sit out here in front of you all really just a kid. and i went out, you know, and i never thought that i would be back here. zblk >> frankly one the lessons of growing older is it's not all about money. you spend your life chasing money you'll probably end up with a lot of money but you might miss out on things. i haven't found that money changed any happiness that i had. in fact, that's the beautiful thing about this, is the happiness was being able to be here every day in los angeles with my children, see them every

day and they'd come visit the set. work with my whole life. there's nothing more i want in my whole life. this is it. this is what i've always wanted i'm about to die. >> i literal had the same act reache the mountaintop. >> reporter: and now together they've formed a new production company called artist equity that will give people on the film crew a bigger slice of the financial pie. >> that's why it's called artist equity. and the idea is we're pulling a bunch of people above the line who traditionally aren't and they stand to do a lot better financially than they've ever done on movies before. >> i believe he's the future and his story is going to make us want to fly. but a slew is just a shoe. >> until my son steps into it. >> you got a name for it? >> air jordan. >> "air" is their company's first offering. with more to come soon. >> seriously? >> maybe it will grow on me. >> we were just getting rolling and working with amazon to do the story of a wler n

chpionip frizonast int iw youe gng with this. but i won't tell you who the lead actor is. >> is there another actor in that movie? >> we always hire the very best performers. and in this case i can say every single person that's been cast so far i think is the very absolute best choice. >> you're dancing around that jefferson lopez -- >> yes. i believe jennifer lopez may be be doing that movie. you're making it look like she's just doing it as a favor to me. but she is. >> reporter: it seems fitting that affleck and damon's new movie is a story about collaboration. that's what got them here. and what keeps them going. >> what fun and what a joy to do something where to see her be great, go to work with your wife, go to work with your best friend. because ultimately your work because the lion's share of what defines your life in terms of the time you spend. that's what it is. and if you don't like who you're working with and if you have

difficulty or trouble at work i tink it's one of the things that can cause depression and anxiety and pain for people and conversely you love the people at work you probably have a great good life. you know? >> that again was tracey smith reporting. "air" will debut in theaters april 5 h.

a visual artist who began losing his sight as a child has come up with a unique way to share his work with others who are either blind or visually impaired. ian lee has more. >> reporter: clark reynolds knows his way around an art gallery. but this is the first time the blind artist is displaying his own work. >> for people with low vision. >> reporter: his power of touch exhibit in london features a color-coded braille system using raised dots that visitors touch to decode messages. >> being able to touch it is really nice because you're so

used to going to galleries and it's like don't touch anything. >> it's not just for those with visual impairment. it's for everybody. sighted, unsighted. >> reporter: reynolds was just 6 years old when he lost sight in his right eye. and over the years he lost the rest. >> when i learned braille three years ago it was like how can i make it accessible for everyone? >> reporter: he's hoping to bring braille into school curriculums and change perceptions of art while breaking down stereotypes about the visually impaired. >> there's obviously many blind artists in the world. but of course how many of those have been able to be given a voice and to be recognized as a stand-alone artist? >> if you were to step into my shoes. please look. >> reporter: reynolds encourages art lovers to try on special glasses to see what it's like to struggle with sight. >> identified by touch. >> reporter: proving in some cases art is in the hand of the

beholder. ian lee, cbs news, london. >> that is the "overnight news" for this monday. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt pieper in new york. miami beach sets a curfew due to chaotic crowds and shootings. there were two fatal shootings over the weekend at the height of spring break. the overnight curfew began early this morning. and a similar one is in place beginning thursday through next monday. a study from the pentagon finds that military pilots and groundground crews like those wl planes face higher rates of cancer. air crew members had an 87% higher rate of melanoma. overall they had a 24% higher rate of cancer of all types. and today at the white house the president and first lady will host jason sudeikis and the rest

of the cast of the hit tv show "ted lasso." it's in an effort to promote mental health and well-being. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm mar, cbs news, new york. political firestorm. republicans rush to defend former president trump as his possible indictment looms. >> feels like a politically charged prosecution here. >> mr. trump appears in public after claiming his arrest is imminent and calling on supporters to protest. >> no one is above the law. >> we'll have the latest in the hush money investigation. also, surprise visit. a defiant vladimir putin drives himself through the ukrainian city of mariupol on the front lines of a war he started. on my orders coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance.

>> plus, the iraq war 20 years later. >> i'm charlie d'agata in baghdad. 20 years after the u.s.-led invasion we take a look back at the major events while the iraqi people look forward. new banking bailout. this time it's the swiss in trouble. in california the golden state gets ready for another soaking. for this homeowner it's a cliffhanger. and later we mark the end of an era in auto sales. that jingle -- ♪ go see cal ♪ those commercials. and that so-called dog named spot. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news". good evening and thank you so much for joining us. u.s. presidential history could be made this week. that's if former president

donald trump is indicted by a manhattan grand jury following an investigation of hush money paid to women -- to women who allege sexual encounters with % him. in social media posts this weekend mr. trump referred to the allegations as old and fully debunked. he also implored supporters to save america calling on them to, quote, protest, protest, protest. cbs's skyler henry is in washington and has the very latest developments. skyler, good evening. >> reporter: hey, jericka, good evening to you. well, the former president said he would be arrested on tuesday. his team says that that's based off of media reports and not from the manhattan district attorney's office. and while a grand jury vote on whether to indict the former president is coming, a timetable on when that could happen hasn't been announced. donald trump was greeted with cheers at the ncaa wrestling championships in tulsa, oklahoma last night his first public appearance since predicting his arrest and calling his

supporters to protest. a manhattan grand jury is investigating alleged hush money payments trump made to adult film star stormy daniels days before the 2016 presidential election. trump denies any wrongdoing and sunday republicans rushed to his defense. >> i'm taken aback at the idea of indicting a former president of the united states. >> reporter: but not everyone is in lock-step. >> the circus continues. i mean, look, he only profits and does well in chaos and turmoil. >> reporter: manhattan district attorney alvin bragg sent an e-mail to his staff saying "we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office." ensuring the safety of his employees. legal experts say the case could be difficult to prove. >> i worry it will have a ripple effect legally and politically on all of the other pending investigations. >> reporter: trump also faces criminal investigations in georgia and washington. accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

and the justice department has been presenting evidence before a grand jury investigating hundreds of classified documents found at trump's florida estate. >> skyler, michael cohen, who's considered a key witness for the d.a.'s office, says that he'll be returning to manhattan on monday. what's the latest on where this case stands? >> reporter: yeah, well, cohen says that he was asked to be a rebuttal witness if the grand jury hears from his former attorney robert costello, likely about cohen's credibility. cohen served three years in prison for his role in this case and has been in vocal opposition of the former president since. jericka? >> he's had a lot to say. skyler henry, thank you. well, 20 years ago tonight president george w. bush used a late-night oval office address to inform americans that the invasion of iraq had begun. >> on my orders coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine saddam hussein's

ability to wage war. >> and today polls show that most americans do not believe the u.s. made the right decision to invade. cbs's charlie d'agata is in baghdad tonight. >> reporter: shock and awe. the u.s. military's term and intent. for the aerial bombardment that began the war. but the takedown of saddam hussein's regime triggered a savage insurgency and a brutal sectarian conflict. a tragedy that cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of iraqis and nearly 4500 u.s. service members. this is baghdad today. gone are most of the cement blast walls and barbed wire. ♪ amid the capital's bustling marketplaces and cafes something else has returned. a sense of optimism. but threats to iraq's security remain. not least from its powerful

neighbor iran, which continues to increase its influence, with political parties and powerful paramilitary groups tied to tehran. all across baghdad you'll find billboards and banners like this, honoring the memory of qassem soleimani, the top iranian general accused of killing hundreds of american soldiers during the war and considered such a threat he was killed in a u.s. air strike here in the city in 2020. >> i'm really focused -- >> reporter: we put the question to u.s. ambassador alina romanowski, who's visiting washington, d.c. >> but iran has proven in the past to make this a very difficult place to operate in. >> the iranians have made it a difficult place to operate and have contributed to some of the insecurity, but i do think that this is a sovereign decision that the iraqis need to sort out with their neighbor. >> reporter: there is a lot to sort out. iraq is recovering from decades

of war and sanctions and widespread corruption continues to plague the economy despite booming oil revenues. but ambassador romanowski believes iraqi leadership has turned a corner. >> i think you have a government that is committed to, you know, improving the lives and the services for iraqi people. >> reporter: iraqis tell us what they want most is for this fragile peace to remain. and hope the prosperity will come. >> charlie d'agata joins us now from baghdad. and charlie, you were there from the beginning of this war. what is it like to be back there in baghdad now? >> well, baghdad is a world away from what it was even just a few years ago. i can't remember a time we've been able to walk around without wearing flak jackets. on that note we pay tribute tonight to our cbs colleagues and my friends cameraman paul douglas and sound man james brolin, killed in 2006 when a car bomb exploded not far from here. they felt very strongly about covering this story and they

lost their lives doing it. returning here this week is a reminder of that. jericka?haie d'agata in baghdad for us tonight. thank you. and there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." well, now to the latest bank crisis, today swiss banking giant ubs agreed to an emergency rescue deal for rival credit suisse. the $3 billion deal was brokered by the swiss government. the move is aimed at ending immediate bankruptcy concerns and stemming panic about a growing global financial crisis. well, president vladimir putin made surprise visits to two russian-occupied parts of ukraine this weekend, including the city of mariupol, once a symbol of fierce ukrainian resistance.

cbs's ramy inocencio is in ukraine. >> reporter: a victory lap of sorts for president putin, driving himself through mriupol. russia's military bombed, seized, then annexed the ukrainian port city in may, damaging or destroying nearly all of its buildings. he toured newly built facilities in what's believed to be his closest visit to the front lines of the war he started. "putin is a criminal returning to the scene of the crime" said mariupol's exiled mayor. the russian leader arrived directly from sparsely attended celebrations in crimea. saturday was the ninth anniversary of russia's illegal annexation of the peninsula from ukraine. on the same day in ukraine's east sudden death for this woman in a park. and a reason for living now lost. "my son's in the cemetery," says oleksiy mazurin.

"no one needs me anymore." and putin's charm offensive is not over yet, jericka. tomorrow he meets with chinese president xi jinping in moscow. this will be a visual coup the kremlin is sure to exploit, showing beijing's support just days after putin was accused of war crimes. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. today in ecuador officials are searching for survivors least 15 people have died. hundreds of others have been injured. well, tomorrow marks the end of winter and the start of spring, but in the west there's no end to the storms. at least two systems are forecast this week, bringing more flooding, rain and mountain snow to california. cbs's len ramirez joins us from los angeles with more on what to expect this week. len, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. the rain is already falling again here, and storm-weary california is bracing for what

will be another powerful punch. twin storms are set to batter california this week. the latest in relentless rounds of snow, rain, and high winds. tens of thousands are struggling to dry out and dig out including lake tahoe. >> my snow tunnel to the house, after some clearing work has been done. >> reporter: in southern california there's new fears of more landslides. in orange county a rain-soaked bluff gave way this week, taking a chunk out of several properties. this pool could go next. statewide, crews are repairing roads after numerous washouts and mudslides. in hard-hit pajaro new flooding concerns after a levee failed, swamping farmland. many still can't go home. >> i can't be paying rent here and then a hotel that's 200 and something a day, imagine a week. >> reporter: the new storms come as yosemite is set to reopen tomorrow.

earlier damage shut down the park for nearly a month. california's reservoirs are fillin.d inater levels has ended years of drought for nearly half the state. and california is set to break its 40-year-old snowpack record, which is a critical indicator of future water supplies. jericka? >> len, thank you. today skiing sensation mikaela shiffrin closed out a racing season with another big win. the 28-year-old won the giant slalom at the world cup finals in andorra. it was her 88th victory. that's the all-time record for career wins, man or woman. well, it's mother's day. in britain, that is. the royal family shared new photos today to mark it. one shows kate middleton and her children perched in a tree. 4-year-old louis, 9-year-old george and charlotte 7. man, they got big. king charles also remembered his late mother, releasing a photo of him as a baby on queen elizabeth's lap. well, when we come back,

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it's been more than 50 years since the last mericans walked on the moon. those iconic spacesuits were bulky and limiting astronauts' mobility. well, now there's an upgrade. cbs's mark strassmann has more. >> that is the most beautiful sight. >> reporter: in space to dress for success is a matter of survival. >> how hard is this? >> very. it is very, very challenging. >> the glove bladder is kind of the inner layer. >> reporter: russell ralston works for axiom space. last september nasa hired the houston aerospace company to build a new space suit for the first artemis moon landing mission to the lunar south pole. >> so this is it? >> yes. it's pretty close. inevitably we'll tweak athinut pr much suit. h ble smetic difference the color. the outer layer will be white. made of mylar and kevlar. what about this suit would make neil and buzz and the apollo

guys jealous? >> oh, probably everything. i think this suit is going to have a huge leap forward in terms of mobility. >> dadgumit. >> the apollo suits were bulky, inflexible. moonwalking astronauts often fell. getting back up looked like slapstick. >> it was hard work. yeah. >> reporter: charlie duke was the tenth man to walk on the moon. >> oh, man. >> reporter: he remembers even the simplest of tasks like picking up a hammer was a struggle. >> working against that suit was demanding. squeezing the gloves and moving the arms and trying to bend over. so it was exhausting. >> i can't do it. i can't get down that far. >> this suit will be much easier to walk in or to do a allot of the same tasks that they did back in apollo and more but to do it in a little bit easier way. >> reporter: axiom engineer russell kelly slipped into the suit.

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it's the end of an era in auto sales. after 40 years the last cal worthington dealership is gone. cbs's joy benedict looks back at the man and his unforgettable commercials. ♪ if you need a car or truck go e ca♪ ♪ if you wao save bucgo >> reporter: growing upcacrazy couldn't escape the wacky commercials of cal worthington. ♪ people come right to your aid ♪ ♪ go see cal ♪ >> reporter: the oklahoma native bombarded tv for more than half a century. >> oh! >> reporter: using animals and an unforgettable jingle to sell cars. >> he was extremely charismatic, but running along with a tiger doesn't hurt. >> reporter: those commercials often ran 100 times a day and helped the charismatic pitch man build an empire of 29 dealerships from texas to alaska. nick worthington took over when his grandfather died almost ten years ago. but now the family has sold its last car lot. how do you think he would feel about his last dealership being

changed? >> you know, he wouldn't like it. he'd been a car dealer forever. ♪ go see cal ♪ >> reporter: cal worthington revolutionized car sales w his marketing genius. he grew up poor in an oklahoma town that no longer exists but went on to fly planes during world war ii and even teach astronauts. but his commercials made him a pop culture icon. >> it's cal worthington and his dog spot! >> reporter: licked by a bear, kissed by a camel, riding an elephant or riding a tiger while riding an elephant. and the animals were all named spot. >> people always want to know where is spot? you know, is he here at the dealership? >> it wasn't actually his dog spot? >> no. never a dog. favorites a tiger who would take breaks in the air-conditioned office. >> the tiger would come with them, sit on his couch and cool off between takes. >> reporter: worthington kept making those commercials well into his 90s, and while this may be the end of the road for his dealerships his legacy lives on. >> grandpa would say we love you

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a visual artist who began losing his sight as a child has come up with a unique way to share his work with others who are either blind or visually impaired. ian lee has more. >> reporter: clark reynolds knows his way around an art gallery. but this is the first time the blind artist is displaying his own work. >> full. people. with. low. vision. > reporter: his power of touch exhibit in london features a color-coded braille system using raised dots that visitors touch to decode messages. >> being able to touch it is really nice because you're so

used to going to galleries and it's like don't touch anything. >> but it's not just for those with vision impairment. it's for everybody. sighted, unsighted. >> reporter: reynolds was just 6 years old when he lost sight in his right eye, and over the years he lost the rest. >> when i learned braille three years ago, it was like how can i make it accessible for everyone? >> reporter: he's hoping to bring braille into school curriculums and change perceptions of art while breaking down stereotypes about the visually impaired. >> there's obviously many blind artists in the world. but of course how many of those have been able to be given a voice and to be recognized as a stand-alone artist >> iyou were to ep shoes, please look. >> reporter: reynolds encourages art lovers to try on special glasses to see what it's like to struggle with sight. >> identified by touch. >> reporter: proving in some cases art is in the hand of the beholder.

ian lee, cbs news, london. >> that is the overnight news for this monday. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt pieper in new york. miami beach sets a curfew due to chaotic crowds and shootings. there were two fatal shootings over the weeks at the height of spring break. the overnight curfew began early this morning and a similar one is in place beginning thursday through next monday. a study from the pentagon finds that military pilots and gr ground crews like those who fuel planes face higher rates of cancer. air crew members had an 87% higher rate of melanoma. overall they had a 24% higher rate of cancer of all types. and today at the white house the president and first lady will host jason sudeikis and the

rest of the cast of the hit tv show "ted lasso." it's in an effort to promote mental health and well-being. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new it's monday, march 20th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." trump investigation. the former president claims he'll be arrested this week and calls on supporters to rally. the political firestorm and a popular destination in miami turns into a crime scene after two deadly shootings. the new measures that authorities hope will control the chaotic crowds. dual storms.mo rain and snos week for storm-battered california. the evacuation orders already under way.

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