>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin with breaking news. the u.s. carried out two air

strikes on what u.s. military officials say is a training facility and a safehouse in eastern syria. defense secretary lloyd austin said the strikes were in response to iran-linked attacks on american personnel. the strikes come four days after two u.s. war planes hit a munitions warehouse in the same region. turning to the israel/hamas war, tonight gaza's largest hospital is caught in the crossfire. the world health organization today called for urgent action to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, saying quote, the world cannot stand silent while hospitals, which should be safe havens, are transformed into scenes of death. meanwhile, cbs news has learned negotiations to free the hostages taken by hamas are ongoing, as qatar continues to mediate deal-making. about 240 hostages remain in gaza following the terrorist organization's october 7th raids which triggered the war. today, tens of thousands marched in paris to protest the rise of

anti-semitism worldwide. cbs' debora patta leads us off tonight in east jerusalem. and a warning -- some of the images we're about to show you are very hard to watch. >> reporter: good evening. today marks 37 days since those hostages were kidnapped by hamas. now president biden's senior middle east advisor brett mcgurk will be traveling to the region to focus on efforts to release them. they came in their thousands chanting "now, now." israelis demanding the immediate release of the nearly 240 loved ones abducted by hamas on october 7th. a reminder, when it comes to pain, there are no winners. after more than five weeks of war. in gaza city, fierce street to street battles around several hospitals, including the largest, al shifa, now a front

line. hollow-eyed doctors and nurses work in torchlight in a health system that is on its knees. no medicine, no beds. this little boy struggling to breathe. treated on the floor where he lay. our colleague, cbs producer marwan al ghoul, in gaza spoke to a doctor inside al shifa hospital. >> who told me the smell of death is everywhere in the hospitals. they don't know where to bury those brothers. the administrations of the hospital attempted to dig mass graves. >> reporter: the doctors here pledge to save lives but fear nobody will make it out alive. already at least three babies relying on incubators have died after the power ran out.

the medical staff want guarantees that the nearly 600 patients still inside can be safely evacuated. the israeli military has kept up its drumbeat of accusations. hamas, it says, is using the hospital as an operating base. a charge the group denies. and palestinians continue to flee southwards, but it is a perilous journey. "my son was shot dead in the chest," he sobs, "i had to leave his body behind." sometimes only a number identifies the dead. this is the true cost of war, counted in the lives of thousands of civilians killed. men, women, and children now being buried in nameless mass graves.

the israeli military has said it would help evacuate over 40 babies still inside al shifa hospital, but the hamas-run health ministry insists they have not yet been told, jericka, how this will happen. >> debora patta, thank you. today, the pentagon announced that five u.s. service members were killed in a helicopter crash in the mediterranean sea. we learned the crash happened friday during a refueling exercise in the eastern part of the mediterranean. house speaker mike johnson is pitching a new plan to avoid a government shutdown. his proposal would fund the government into next year, but it's already drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle. cbs' natalie brand has details tonight from the white house. natalie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. the white house in a statement calls this proposal a recipe for more chaos and shutdowns, and it comes just five legislative days before the next deadline to avert a shutdown. house speaker mike johnson faces his first big test this week,

revealing over the weekend a proposal for a two-step stopgap funding measure. the first bill would extend money for veterans' programs, transportation, housing, agriculture, energy until january 19th. the second would fund the rest of the government, including defense, until february 2nd. house foreign affairs chair michael mccall of texas was asked today on cbs' "face the nation" whether republicans have the votes. >> there's no choice here. i mean, the world is on fire, from where i sit. >> reporter: but already some gop hardliners are pushing back, upset the continuing resolution does not include cuts to funding levels. it also doesn't include emergency aid for israel, ukraine, or the southern border, setting the stage for a separate fight. and any plan will require compromise with the democratic-led senate. >> i don't like what the house is talking about. but i'm willing to listen. >> reporter: while the politics play out, the american federation of government employees says its members are once again on notice and on edge.

>> they've got families to support. they've got kids to support. the holidays are coming up. cold weather's coming up. they've got car payments. they've got rent. they've got mortgage payments. >> reporter: the house proposal could get a vote as early as tuesday. the speaker can only afford to lose a handful of gop votes, meaning he could need democratic support in order to pass it. jericka? >> switching gears, natalie, president biden as you know has a critical meeting this week in san francisco with the chinese president. a number of topics on the agenda? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. president biden will be trying to stabilize rising tensions between the u.s. and china. a major focus will be trying to reopen military communications channels which have been cut off for more than a year. taiwan, of course, another big focus. and china's military aggression in indo-pacific. experts on the region, though, say don't expect major breakthroughs. jericka?

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now in its second month of fighting, israel says a new phase in its war with hamas is under way. the target, hundreds of miles of tunnels under gaza. it's what israel's military calls the underground city of terror. david martin visited another tunnel system to offer a sense of what's to come. >> reporter: israel controls the skies over the gaza strip. from air or ground can flatten any building it considers a legitimate target. its troops, backed up by tanks, are moving into gaza city. as they advance through the rubble, they are uncovering another battleground. the vast tunnel network built by hamas. >> they place a city underneath that city, from 15 feet underground to 200 feet. 20, 30 stories underground. concrete-reinforced tunnels. >> reporter: if israel truly intends to destroy hamas, says john spencer of west point's modern war institute, it will have to go into those tunnels.

>> nothing that was created for fighting on the surface works. you can't see down there, you can't navigate, you can't shoot. it's literally the worst place any soldier would ever want to go. >> reporter: welcome to the underworld. it is in terrain like this that israel's final battle with hamas could be fought. this is a two-mile tunnel complex in colorado where american special operations forces train. the hamas tunnel network under gaza is believed to stretch for 300 miles. >> these are the dirty, dark, and dangerous things that we don't want humans to do. >> reporter: sean humbert of the university of colorado at boulder headed a team of grad students in the subterranean challenge, a pentagon competition to develop technologies for operating in this alien battleground. >> first of all, you don't have gps. also, communications is very difficult in these sort of environments. so the communications signals don't propagate through the rock down here.

>> reporter: before humans go in, an autonomous robot scouts the terrain using lasers to navigate even if it's pitch black and operating on its own without orders from base camp. >> the robot's building the map, figuring out where it is within the map, and doing its best to expand the map and explore places we haven't been. >> reporter: underground like this, the robot can cover a kilometer an hour. >> it can see that right now. it's starting and stopping, so it's noticing that there's obstacles in the way. it will temporarily stop, plan a new path around those obstacles, and then execute that path. >> reporter: the robot is is a marvel of technology, but when it comes to underground war, it has one glaring weakness. >> if either you or i had a weapon, this would be a sitting duck. >> it would be, but the whole point of deploying these systems instead of humans, these are expendable. >> reporter: hamas fighters use the tunnels to ride out the bombing and spring ambushes.

the tunnels are their best chance of survival against the overwhelming firepower of the israel defense force. >> hamas has built the tunnel system to give hamas time to slow the idf down and for the international community to say the damage happening on the surface is too much for the world to bear and to stop, and hamas lives to fight another day. >> reporter: in the past, israel has simply sealed off the tunnels it discovered. but that won't work this time. because there are almost certainly hostages being held in them. 85-year-old yosheved lifshitz was one of them. >> there are a huge network of tunnels underneath. it looked like a spiderweb. >> reporter: how does the likelihood that there are hostages being held in those tunnels change how israel would go about attacking them? >> it takes away the ability to say, any tunnel i find, i can destroy all of them. >> reporter: do the israelis have no choice but to go into at

least some of these tunnels? >> there will be many situations which will require an idf system or soldier to enter the tunnels, yes. >> reporter: this is what it looks like when american troops train to clear a tunnel. how does the fight change when you crawl down into that tunnel? >> it's a game changer. all your normal tactics, options, all that change. the environment can be more of a challenge than the actual enemy. >> reporter: which side do you think has the advantage in the war for the tunnels? >> hamas has the advantage because they've built such an expansion of tunnels, and they're going to use them to attack, to defend, to preserve, to buy time. >> reporter: the israelis have robots like these and specially trained tunnel units, but it may be more than any robot can do. >> that again was david martin reporting. we now turn to the nationwide rise in cases of the respiratory illness rsv.

a children's hospital in fort worth, texas, says it's seeing about 500 patients a day. as mark strassmann explains, supplies of a new antibody shot designed to protect infants from the virus is not keeping up with demand. >> reporter: little lucas' mother was lucky to get him an rsv shot while his pediatrician still had it in stock. >> i've been dispensing a lot and babies get real sick. >> reporter: demand for the antibody shot has been unprecedented, so popular the cdc is recommending pediatricians like dr. jennifer shoe give it only to their most vulnerable patients. infants younger than 6 months, and those with underlying conditions that put them at risk. >> we're hoping it's going to really cut down on hospitalizations as well as complications like pneumonia or death. >> why are they particularly susceptible? >> their immune systems aren't developed yet. the second thing that is their airways are a little bit smaller. >> reporter: rsv symptoms include high fever, worsening

cough, and trouble breathing. symptoms that can lead to hospitalization and even death. chris comstock's 20-month-old daughter, adeline, got rsv in september. she spent nine days fighting for her life in the hospital. >> i just remember my wife and i were standing in the hospital room crying, going what do you do? i have zero control. knowing i can do nothing to help my child. then watching her walk and run and get back to health again? you can't put a price tag on the thankfulness that we have. >> reporter: dr. shoe says with cases still rising in georgia, she's almost out of shots. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta.

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as temperatures drop nationwide, you might be wondering how long and harsh this year's winter will be? groundhogs trydict spring's arrival in february. in the fall, there's a caterpillar that might offer some clues. conor knighton tells us more. >> on your mark, get set, go! >> reporter: at this gathering of the fast and the furiest -- >> all right, they're off to a fast start! >> reporter: competitors inch their way to glory. speed demons with named like "woolly wonka," "worminator,"

"wormheart jr." in front of cheering fans and passionate coaches. >> you've got it! you've got it! >> reporter: there's a lot on the line. in addition to cash prizes -- >> $25! >> reporter: an entire forecast hangs in the balance. >> remember, this one's going to determine how our winter weather goes. >> reporter: the town of banner elk, north carolina, home to the annual willie worm festival, isn't big on meteorologists. >> we really don't even check the weather forecast after the willie worm festival. >> reporter: legend has it the 13 segments on a woolly worm's body correspond to the 13 weeks of winter. a black segment means lower than average temperature, brown is average, light brown is above average. the problem with that is, not all woolly worms have the same markings. >> what we've done is broken it down. we go with the greatest athlete

of the bunch. >> reporter: tommy burleson knows a bit about athleticism. after a career in the nba, he moved back home to north carolina where woolly worm festival cofounder jim morton asked the local celebrity to assist on stage. >> when you race up the string 32 inches, by the time you get to the top it's a little over seven feet. >> they need a tall person to pluck it off. >> exactly. >> reporter: he was on hand for the 47th annual woolly worm festival held this month. there are multiple heats, semifinals all weekend long. it's a spectacle that makes that groundhog in pennsylvania seem kind of underwhelming. >> they hold up a rodent and its sees its shadow. this is scientific. >> reporter: in the interest of science, we should point out that these are not actually worms. they're technically caterpillars, sometimes called woolly bears. the larval stage of the isabella tiger moth. they can be found across the

country, often on warm rocks or pavement when they head out to get some sun. >> we found three worms, then we put them through the preliminary trials. >> we put them in my hat and saw which ones climb to the top first, so we knew those were the climbers, and we identified our winner. >> reporter: of course, everyone thinks they've scouted the champion. >> you know, it was kind of a connection right away. i knew he was the winner right when i saw him. >> she's not too active right now, but she's warming up. and she's feeling the win. >> spamalicious, he's going to take home the $1,000 prize. >> reporter: that's right, the overall winner gets $1,000. but these small competitors generate a far larger amount for the local community. this is a big boost for the economy? >> this is a huge boost for the economy. it keeps some of our small business owners, mom and pops, they make enough money in one weekend to sustain them through three winter months. >> reporter: mary jo brew baker

is the chair of the festival, which brings around 20,000 visitors to a town with a population of less than 1,500. >> i think it's small town america at its best. >> reporter: it's basically an excuse to throw a giant party. there's food and craft vendors. mascot meriweather poses for photos. >> it's worms, it's competition, what's not to love? >> reporter: this year's top competitor was jeffrey. entered by brock and maxton wright, before he could be officially certified, he must first be examined by the woolly worm doctor to check for performance enhancers. where does one find a worm doctor? >> do you want me to tell the truth? >> please. >> he's my dentist. >> the first rings are black. >> reporter: the official jeffrey prediction that it will be a chilly winter in this part of north carolina. >> that's your winter forecast.

>> reporter: after the races, the woolly worms are collected and released back into the woods where they'll miss out on most of the winter. they cuddle up in their cocoons until spring, when they emerge as moths. they'll soon be able to fly, and yet they will never be celebrated more than back when they could only crawl. >> that again was conor knighton reporting. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

in bars and restaurants around the world, cocktails and spirits are going wild. how so, you may ask? wendy gillette explains by introducing us to professional foragers who are bringing new plants and flavors to a glass near you. >> reporter: james donaldson and

kate hannett spend many workdays foraging in the fields of isla, a remote island in western scotland. what they pick is dried and distilled with the island's springwater to help create the botanous gin made on the island. >> everything we're doing is to get the best flavor and aromas. >> reporter: the foragers pick 22 local botanicals across the island, they use nine berries, barks, peels, and seeds to make the gin. >> it was really an effort to try and gather all the wild flavors of isla into a glass. >> reporter: scottish resident scott jackson and a friend sat down for a gin and tonic at the distillery. >> i'm picking up a few notes. citrusy. some licorice. some spearmint. >> reporter: in paso robles, california, aronberg picks

flowers and fruits to create his gins and cocktails. >> when i smell something nice, that's the first sign it's probably going to taste nice and i figure out what it's going to be. >> reporter: the area known as slocal is home to three companies using foraged ingredients in spirits and mixers. niner wine estates offers cocktail foraging classes with advice, like knowing the entire plant is edible so don't be afraid to experiment. wendy gillette, cbs news. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt piper in new york. exit tim scott. the republican senator from south carolina said on fox news that he's dropping out of the race for the white house. polls had him in fifth place, and he said he will not be endorsing anyone else.

a defense official tells cbs news the latest u.s. air strikes in syria sunday likely caused casualties. previous strikes have come against weapons storage areas, but this was on a safehouse and a training area. the strikes come after a number of attacks on bases housing u.s. troops in iraq and syria. a less than marvelous open at the box office for "the marvels." taking in about $47 million, this 33rd installment is the lowest ever for a marvel movie. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm ma piper, cbs news, ne ♪ desperate situation. gaza's largest hospital reported to be at its breaking point. it has been surrounded by intense fighting now for several days. israeli military officials say they believe it sits on top of a

hamas command center and claim they are working to get the sick and injured to safety. >> i'm debora patta in east jerusalem. as the fighting rages around hospitals in gaza, newborn babies and critically ill patients urgently needing evacuation. >> while hundreds of thousands of gazans flee from the north to the south, food, water, and fuel are becoming increasingly scarce. ramy inocencio shows us the journey many are being forced to medication make to survive. shutdown showdown. the now speaker of the house reveals a unique short-term plan to keep the government up and running but is getting pushback from both sides of the aisle, with less than a week to go before the money runs out. new york mayor eric adams under fire. new detail on this the federal probe into his campaign financing. why investigators are said to be focusing on this building. and later, the festival of

lights. how the holiday of divali is heating up right here in the u.s. >> we're a part of that. we're part of that changing tide. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with breaking news. the u.s. carried out two air strike on this what u.s. military officials say is a training facility and safehouse in eastern syria. defense secretary lloyd austin said the strikes were in response to iran-linked attacks on american personnel. the strikes come four days after two u.s. war planes hit a munitions warehouse in the same region. turning to the israel/hamas war, tonight gaza's largest hospital is caught in the crossfire. the world health organization today called for urgent action to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, saying quote, the world cannot stand silent while hospitals, which should be safe

havens, are transformed into scenes of death. meanwhile, cbs news has learned negotiations to free the hostages taken by hamas are ongoing, as qatar continues to mediate deal-making. about 240 hostages remain in gaza following the terrorist organization's october 7th raids which triggered the war. cbs' debora patta leads us off tonight in east jerusalem. and a warning -- some of the images we're about to show you are very hard to watch. >> reporter: good evening. today marks 37 days since those hostages were kidnapped by hamas. now president biden's senior middle east advisor brett mcgurk will be traveling to the region to focus on efforts to release them. they came in their thousands chanting "now, now." israelis demanding the immediate release of the nearly 240 loved

ones abducted by hamas on october 7th. a reminder, when it comes to pain, there are no winners. after more than five weeks of war. in gaza city, fierce street to street battles around several hospitals, including the largest, al shifa, now a front line. hollow-eyed doctors and nurses work in torchlight in a health system that is on its knees. no medicine, no beds. this little boy struggling to breathe. treated on the floor where he lay. our colleague, cbs producer marwan al ghoul, in gaza spoke to a doctor inside al shifa hospital. >> who told me the smell of death is everywhere in the hospitals. they don't know where to bury

those bodies. >> reporter: the doctors here pledge to save lives but fear nobody will make it out alive. already at least three babies relying on incubators have died after the power ran out. the medical staff want guarantees that the nearly 600 patients still inside can be safely evacuated. the israeli military has kept up its drumbeat of accusations. hamas, it says, is using the hospital as an operating base. a charge the group denies. and palestinians continue to flee southwards, but it is a perilous journey. "my son was shot dead in the chest," he sobs, "i had to leave his body behind." sometimes only a number identifies the dead. this is the true cost of war, counted in the lives of

thousands of civilians killed. men, women, and children now being buried in nameless mass graves. the israeli military has said it would help evacuate over 40 babies still inside al shifa hospital, but the hamas-run health ministry insists they have not yet been told, jericka, how this will happen. >> debora patta, thank you. today, foreigners and injured palestinians began arriving in egypt again, two days after the rafah border crossing over gaza was closed. as cbs' ramy inocencio reports, for those left behind in gaza, conditions are becoming more dire by the day. >> reporter: scared, tired, hungry, hundreds of thousands of gazans fleeing strike in the north are desperate for aid. "there is no food or drink, people are fighting in bakeries," said this man.

in hospitals, some doctors have no choice but to operate through the pain. >> we're really running out of things now, dressings particularly for the burns. we're running out of anesthetic and analgesic drugs. >> reporter: the food and supplies must pass through here, on the border of israel and egypt. israel's military told cbs about 100 trucks now get inspected here each day in convoys of 20 to 30 vehicles. they then drive about 25 miles west to rafah, constantly monitored. to make sure there's no contraband added in. these are aid trucks now on their way to gaza. they are carrying everything from water to biscuits to detergent to toothpaste. the goal here is to make sure that these get into the hands of palestinian civilians and not weapons or fuel into the hands of hamas. fuel, too, is in short supply. some apparently attempting to use cooking oil for their cars. as is potable water.

some children drinking from the mediterranean. in the first month of the war, the united nations says just over 500 trucks with supplies have been allowed into gaza from egypt's rafah crossing. before the war, about 500 trucks went in each day. some people are so desperate, they've gone back home in the rubble of their shattered lives. "it's the lesser of two evils. better for the children than being around sick people, hunger, and fear." but most choose to move, distancing themselves as fast as they can from the clouds of war. ramy i cencio, cbs news.

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that five u.s. service members were killed in a helicopter crash in the mediterranean sea. we learned the crash happened friday during a refueling exercise in the eastern part of the mediterranean. the pentagon has not specified which branch the downed aircraft belonged to. house speaker mike johnson is pitching a new plan to avoid a government shutdown. his proposal would fund the government into next year, but it's already drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle. cbs' natalie brand has details tonight from the white house. natalie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. the white house in a statement calls this proposal a recipe for more chaos and shutdowns, and it more chaos and shutdowns, and it comes just five legislative days before the next deadline to avert a shutdown. house speaker mike johnson faces his first big test this week, revealing over the weekend a proposal for a two-step stopgap funding measure. the first bill would extend money for veterans' programs, transportation, housing,

agriculture, energy until january 19th. the second would fund the rest of the government, including defense, until february 2nd. house foreign affairs chair michael mccall of texas was asked today on cbs' "face the nation" whether republicans have the votes. >> there's no choice here. i mean, the world is on fire, from where i sit. >> reporter: but already some gop hardliners are pushing back, upset the continuing resolution does not include cuts tofunding levels. it also doesn't include emergency aid for israel, ukraine, or the southern border, setting the stage for a separate fight. and any plan will require compromise with the democratic-led senate. >> i don't like what the house is talking about. but i'm willing to listen. >> reporter: while the politics play out, the american federation of government employees says its members are once again on notice and on edge. >> they've got families to support. they've got kids to support. the holidays are coming up. cold weather's coming up. they've got car payments. they've got rent. they've got mortgage payments.

>> reporter: the house proposal could get a vote as early as tuesday. the speaker can only afford to lose a handful of gop votes, meaning he could need democratic support in order to pass it. jericka? >> switching gears, natalie, president biden as you know has a critical meeting this week in sn francisco with the chinese president. a number of topics on the agenda? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. president biden will be trying to stabilize rising tensions between the u.s. and china. a major focus will be trying to reopen military communications channels which have been cut off for more than a year. taiwan, of course, another big focus. and china's military aggression in indo-pacific. experts on the region, though, say don't expect major breakthroughs. jericka? >> natalie brand for us tonight, thank you. new details are emerging about the federal investigation into new york city mayor eric adams. "the new york times" reports the

fbi is looking into whether the democrat improperly weighed in on permits for the turkish consulate building. cbs' astrid martinez has the latest from new york. >> reporter: in a growing federal investigation into new york city mayor eric adams, fbi agents are sifting through his text messages according to the "new york times." they reportedly want to see if adams pressured fire department officials to fast track permit approval for a proposed highrise to be used for the turkish government's consulate in manhattan, despite safety concerns with the building. the "times" says the 2021 text messages were discovered in adams' phones and ipads after the devices were seized by authorities last week as part of a larger corruption probe into foreign funds. the "times" saying adams was asked by turkish officials for help keeping the opening of the turkish headquarters on schedule. adams has denied any wrongdoing and spoke briefly to reporters today following an unrelated event in queens.

>> i'm really hoping is that these periodic leaks stop. we're cooperating. we just do this together so all the details come out. >> just because his iphone and ipad were seized by the fbi, it doesn't mean that he's the target. it means they think that there is information on those devices. >> reporter: after the raid of the mayor's chief fund-raiser, neither adams nor his campaign have been accused of any wrongdoing, and at this time there have been no charges filed in connection with the investigation. jericka? >> astrid martinez, thank you for that reporting. a state of emergency is in place in los angeles after a massive fire forced the closure of a busy downtown roadway. it's unclear when interstate 10 freeway will reopen. cbs' elise preston is in los angeles. elise, good evening. those images are incredible from that fire.

>> reporter: crews in downtown los angeles are assessing the damage after a massive fire indefinitely shut down one of the city's busiest freeways. >> this is a serious situation for our infrastructure. >> reporter: flames broke out saturday at a pallet yard. it melted guardrails and damaged overpass support columns. los angeles mayor karen bass -- >> as much as traffic is a challenge for all of us in our city, there will be no time like this when we will need to come together and all cooperate until the freeway is rebuilt. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency after more than 160 firefighters from 26 engine companies spent three hours putting the fire out. repairs will start once it's safe for crews. >> it's of significant consequence to the economy, to the health and safety of angelinos, for 300,000-plus vehicles going through this

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of college football, for coach goldstein and his team -- >> we don't have a level playing field. we just don't. >> reporter: the game can be even harder. >> you're a football coach, doesn't wear a whistle? >> nope. >> reporter: goldstein's players are deaf or hard of hearing. >> our players never quit. >> reporter: student athletes at gallaudet university, in washington, d.c. a university for the deaf or hard of hearing. >> we won a conference championship last year. >> reporter: john scarborough is team captain, communicating with us through an interpreter. >> one of the biggest sources of pride in my life, and i feel like we represent gallaudet to america and to the world. >> reporter: the team uses sign language to call in the plays and the audibles. >> you can't stand behind a player and tell him what to do. those little things you don't realize coaching a hearing team. >> reporter: they made history long ago, 1894, by necessity inventing the huddle. the gallaudet is plagued by penalties. >> ever get a penalty because the play was over?

>> all the time. >> reporter: from late hits and late snaps, unable to hear the reps and the calls. it's trying to make a new type of history, testing a new 5g helmet made by at&t which relays a red flash when a play is over or to alert the quarterback to look to the coach for the signs, according to athletic director warren keller. >> smoother communication. much faster to change plays. a safer field for everyone's safety. >> reporter: to relay a play to a visual prompt on a small screen inside. >> coach can get his attention by hitting one button. it flashes red. like an exclamation point. >> reporter: they were permitted once to test the helmet in a game this year. now the gallaudet bison hope college sports officials will approve its use for all games down the world. for america's only ncaa football team for the deaf and hard of hearing, overcoming the hurdles is part of the winning. >> when we beat a hearing team, they always think low of us. i can see their facial expressions when they lose, and

that makes me proud too. >> you think the opponents underestimate you? >> oh, always. >> reporter: the ncaa will review this helmet and whether to allow it during game action. that review could be done as early as next season. as the bisons seek their third conference championship in the past 11 seasons. scott macfarlane, cbs news, washington. >> go gallaudet go. next, dazzling display of lights and south asian culture becoming more widely recognized right here in america. >> so there are some very ecial limited editio

today, divali, one of the biggest festivals in india, being celebrated around the world. india set a begin guess world record with volunteers lighting more than 2.2 million oil lamps. divali has become more popular in the u.s. this year it became a public holiday in new york city.

cbs' chanel call shines a light on exactly how it's celebrated in tonight's "weekend journal." >> this is a hand-embroidered vest. >> reporter: like most southeast asian americans, she went to india to shop for indian dresses. >> getting in a plane, traveling 18, 20 hours, being jet lagged. i just felt like there's got to be a better solution. >> reporter: in 2015 before much of america knew about divali, she launched a clothing line called holy chic. >> a blend of east and west. >> reporter: born in queens, new york, to indian immigrant parents, she wanted to offer tradition with an american twist. holy chic has been featured in "vogue," "elle," and "harper's bazaar." then this divali, her clothes were part of a popup inside nordstrom's flagship new york store. >> it feels surreal.

>> reporter: the festival is now a city holiday in new york and celebrated in communities across the country. >> i think divali becoming a season is amazing. >> reporter: fuja, founder of malai ice cream, has been busy this season, even catering vice president kamala harris' divali reception. >> it's almost like this indian cookie dough. >> reporter: each bite steeped in tradition, giving way for a new generation to experience a new american divali. shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt piper in new york. exit tim scott. the republican senator from south carolina said on fox news that he's dropping out of the race for the white house. polls had him in fifth place, and he said he will not be endorsing anyone else.

a defense official tells cbs news the latest u.s. air strikes in syria sunday likely caused casualties. previous strikes have come against weapons storage areas, but this was on a safehouse and a training area. the strikes come after a number of attacks on bases housing u.s. troops in iraq and syria. a less than marvelous open at the box office for "the marvels." taking in about $47 million, this 33rd installment is the lowest ever for a marvel movie. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. it's monday, november 13th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." stunning decision. senator tim scott abruptly drops out of the republican race for president, surprising his donors and campaign staff. first, gaza's largest