exercise. >> reporter: kissinger also spearheaded highly controversial policies, including the brutal bombing of cambodia. yet was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1973 for helping to extricate the u.s. from the vietnam war. >> will this meeting take very long? >> reporter: he remained loyal to nixon throughout the watergate scandal and was one of the few inner circle members to escape virtually unscathed. his legacy has been dogged by claims of war crimes, having supported murderous dictatorships in latin america. but over nearly five decades of service, he canceled several american presidents, including obama and trump. in an interview on "face the nation" in 2014, kissinger made the case for american leadership. >> every part of the world is changing simultaneously, but it cannot change creatively without a major american contribution. >> reporter: henry kissinger's contribution will never be in doubt, and his strategic

decisions will continue to shape foreign policy for generations to come. margaret brennan, cbs news, washington. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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truth behind the production of one of america's favorite treats, chocolate. debora patta has our exclusive report on the use of child labor in the harvesting of cocoa for candy giant mars used in products like m&ms and snickers. >> reporter: laboring in the blistering heat, as young as 6, slicing the grass with lethal ease, their machetes nearly as long as the smallest among them. these ghanaian children are harvesting the cocoa that aims up in america's best loved chocolates. instead of going to school, they are learning that sharp blades cut deep, and big corporations make promises they seldom keep. we traveled across ghana's remote cocoa belt, visiting small subsistence farms that supply u.s. chocolate giant mars and found children working on every one of them.

mars did over $45 billion in annual sales last year, in large part from selling chocolates like m&ms and snickers. its owners are the third wealthiest family in the u.s. the company vowed to have systems in place to eradicate child labor from its supply chain by 2025. even boasting about rescuing thousands of children who are listed as beneficiaries of what mars calls their robust monitoring system to keep them off plantations and in schools. cbs news obtained copies of these lists from a whistle-blower. we're going to try and find some of the children on these lists and see if the information checks out. our first stop, 15-year-old vanira. and your name i think is on this list. do you want to check for me?

is this you? >> reporter: here she is toiling away on the family farm, her life since she was 5 years old. school is a luxury. she's hardly ever been. >> i feel sad. i want to be a -- like medical doctor, but they don't -- they don't have money to support me. >> reporter: the family says it harvested only one bag of decent quality cocoa the entire year, a 140-pound sack fetches around $115. last year field supervisors contracted by mars visited manira. and this is all they gave you? handing out a backpack and school books with the title i am a child. i play, i go to school. in the 18 months since that visit, nobody has been back to check that she is in school. this cocoa field supervisor for the past 13 years spoke out on condition we hide his identity. >> personally, i've made the

list before. and i can say on authority that almost every data, almost every data is cooked. >> reporter: or in correct? >> it's not correct. nobody has come up to check whether there is school or not. >> reporter: cbs news spoke to nearly a dozen children on that list used by mars. none of them were in school, nor had they been regularly monitored to ensure they attended classes. no one came here ever? >> reporter: and in some cases, the name on the list was an outright fabrication. we've come to visit another household where a child is listed by mars as no longer working on cocoa farms. she was supposed to be this man's daughter. the only problem, she doesn't even exist. when children do go to school, instead of pencils, they carry

machetes. >> put your hands up if you work on the cocoa farms. >> reporter: less than a third of the 300 students registered here actually attend classes, and they all told us they harvest cocoa either before or after school. cbs news visited a warehouse that supplies cocoa giant mars. so you get 100% guarantee that all the cocoa here has no child labor in it? >> in ghana, that's on the fence. >> reporter: that's not my question. can you guarantee that all the cocoa here is free of child labor? >> that one i can say 100%. >> reporter: u.s. human rights lawyer terry collingsworth has filed a proposed class action lawsuit for consumer fraud against american chocolate manufacturers mars, cargo and

mondelez. >> they're telling the public we're rehabilitating this kid, and they're cynically coming here and checking a box and the kid is back working the next day. >> reporter: he has collected statements from ghanaian children working for mars suppliers. >> okay. thank you for being very brave. >> reporter: like these little boys, doing the back-breaking work of adult men. tiny hands struggling with the dangerous work of hacking open cocoa pods, the long blade narrowly missing this 5-year-old's fingers. mars is one of the biggest privately owned companies in the world, raking in billions every year in large part from chocolate. billions made on the backs of these young children. and we have repeatedly asked mars for an interview. they declined every request. a security guard asked us to

leave their headquarters when we went there. and we even went to the ceo's home to try and get some answers. mars did send us a statement where they condemn the use of child labor, but concedes more needs to be done. mars also denies, norah, pressuring any field workers to fabricate data. >> and debora, this is such an important investigation. what about the parents of these children? >> well, the parents we spoke to told us that it breaks their heart that they can't afford to send their kids to school, but one thing many insiders do agree on is to pay the farmers more for their cocoa so that they can put their kids in school instead of working on farms. >> debora patta, thank you. parts of the northeast are walloped by the first major snowstorm of the season. wait until you hear ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life

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santos is facing nearly two dozen federal charges, including stealing from donors and using campaign contributions for personal expenses. a virgin atlantic plane powered by environmentally friendly fuel makes a historic flight. that story is ahead. (female) i grew up in a home that didn't have running water. my shoes always had holes in them.

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finally tonight, actress frances sternhagen has died. the two-time tony award winner appeared on both stage and screen during a career that spanned more than 60 years. she is perhaps best remembered for her maternal roles like cliff's motheret ester on "cheers." >> you're my pride and joy. you're the best thing that ever happened to me. gee, think of that. >> she made countless appearances on tv, including as bunny mcdougle le on "sex & the city." her family says she died

peacefully at home on monday night. that's the over night news for this thursday. for some of you, news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us any time online at "cbs overs cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm naomi ruckum in new york. henry kissinger has died. he was 100 years old. he rose to the heights of u.s. government and helped steer foreign policy through the trbulent 60s and '70s. pro-palstinian protesters tried to disrupt the rockefeller center christmas tree lighting. police stopped the group as they tried pushing their way towards the tree.

the lighting went off without a hitch. and talk about a discovery that is out of this world. astronomers found a rare in sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm naomi ruckem, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> reporter: we begin tonight with major news out of the middle east on this sixth day of a temporary ceasefire between israel and

hamas, and we are just hours away now from the end of that pause in fighting unless a last-minute deal is reached. today, an american citizen was released from captivity in gaza as part of the latest group of hostages freed by hamas. the 49-year-old woman who holds dual u.s. and israeli citizenship was one of 16 hostages released today. that includes 10 israelis, 4 thai citizens, and 2 russians. 30 palestinian prisoners were handed over as part of the latest exchange. now this brings the total number of hostages freed during the truce to 97. that means about 150 are still detained. all this as at this hour the international team of mediators, including from the u.s. and qatar are working around the clock to extend the pause in fighting for several more days. cbs' lilia luciano will start us off tonight with all the new developments from tel aviv. good evening, lilia. >> good evening to you norah. just moments ago, we saw secretary antony blinken's motorcade arrive here in tel aviv, all part of the u.s.'s efforts to extend that ceasefire, to increase aid to gaza, and of course to free all of the hostages. and tonight a leader from hamas telling cbs news that they are

willing to release every hostage. that includes men and soldiers in exchange for every palestinian prisoner. the sixth wave of hostages released included the first time an american woman, liat beinin was freed from captivity. but for her father yehuda, the joy is incomplete. her sister tal flew from portland, oregon for the reunion. what's in your mind? what's in your heart today, right now? >> i'm just very grateful to be here with my family right now. i think that's the most important thing to me right now, and i'm going to feed off of that energy. >> i need to point out that her husband aviv is still captured in gaza. and getting him out of gaza is a more complex issue than getting women and children out. >> reporter: and tonight, they heard from the president. >> i talked with her mother and father. they're very appreciative and

things are moving well. she'll soon be home with her three children. >> reporter: raya rotem and her daughter hila separated in captivitity just before the 13-year-old's release saturday are expected to be together again tonight. the fate of eight more american hostages hangs in the balance. and tonight a devastating blow to all who awaited news on the release of the bibas family. hamas claims 10-month-old kfir, his 4-year-old brother ariel, and their mother shiri were all killed in an israeli strike in gaza. a hamas leader tells cbs news they're willing to provide evidence. the idf briefed the bibas family and said they're investigating those claims. relatives said in a statement "we're waiting for the information to be confirmed and hopefully refuted by military officials." and today it was clear again that a temporary truce does not mean safety for palestinian children.

and in the west bank today, shocking video emerged showing the shooting of an 8-year-old, one of two children, the other 15 that the palestinian ministry of health alleges were killed by idf soldiers. we reached out to the idf but have not heard back. and today the u.s. special envoy for hostage affairs joined the director of the cia in the region in those efforts to extend the temporary truce, which is still set to end at 7:00 a.m. local time, which means they have less than 5 1/2 hours to do so. urgent, norah. >> a critical moment. lilia luciano, thank you. we have breaking news just coming in. let's get to those details. >> i'm margaret brennan in washington with the breaking news. former secretary of state henry kissinger has died, according to a statement released by his firm. henry kissinger first arrived on u.s. shores as a refugee fleeing nazi germany. following a brief u.s. army stint, he became a prominent

harvard professor, which paved his way to the highest echelons of american power. >> "face the nation." >> in 1958, kissinger appeared on "face the nation" to discuss the issue that would dominate his career, the cold war. >> over the long-term that russia is much more likely to be a threat to its security than we are. >> reporter: he caught the eye of president richard nixon, who appointed him national security adviser in 1969, a partnership that would shape his legacy. kissinger eased relations with the soviet union and led secret talks to reopen relations with china after a two-decade-long estrangement. in an interview with "60 minutes," kissinger was asked what it was like to work with the most powerful man in the world. >> when you're in this job, you're not conscious of working with the most powerful man in the world. you're much more conscious of the problems that have to be solved than of the power you exercise. >> reporter: kissinger also spearheaded highly controversial

policies, including the brutal bombing of cambodia. yet was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1973 for helping to extricate the u.s. from the vietnam war. >> will this meeting take very long? >> reporter: he remained loyal to nixon throughout the watergate scandal and was one of the few inner circle members to escape virtually unscathed. his legacy has been dogged by claims of war crimes, having supported murderous dictatorships in latin america. but over nearly five decades of service, he counseled several american presidents, including obama and trump. in an interview on "face the nation" in 2014, kissinger made the case for american leadership. >> every part of the world is changing simultaneously, but it cannot change creatively without a major american contribution. >> reporter: henry kissinger's contribution will never be in doubt, and his strategic decisions will continue to shape foreign policy for generations to come.

margaret brennan, cbs news, washington. millions of people across the great lakes and the northeast are digging out from two days of heavy snow. several areas were buried under more than 3 feet. a town east of lake ontario in upstate new york got more than 42 inches. tonight forecasters are tracking potentially dangerous storms expected to hit the south on thursday. the house on friday is expected to vote for the third time on whether to kick republican george santos out of congress. santos is facing nearly two dozen charges including stealing from donors and using campaign contributions for personal expenses. former first lady rosalynn carter was laid to rest today in plains, georgia. the same town where she and her husband of 77 years were born. after a motorcade through town,

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facilities. some of the computers are coming back online, and about half of the e.r.s are now expecting patients. the fbi doesn't know who carried out the ransomeware attack, how much money could be involved or if patient health care records were compromised, but the hack is causing more than inconvenience for people in need of care. and nicole sganga reports. >> they informed me that my procedure for tomorrow had been canceled. >> reporter: jd bloomer has had annual cancer checks since he was diagnosed in 2008. but last week's ransomeware attack turned his appointment into a headache. >> when would it be rescheduled? she says when the network returns. >> reporter: in a statement monday, ardent health services said it first became aware of a ransomeware attack on november 23rd, and its technology team proactively took its system offline. adding in an abundance of caution, our facilities are

rescheduling some nonemergent elective preach years and diverting some emergency room procedures to other areas of the hospitals. but with 30 hospitals in more than 200 health care sites across six states, the attack is likely to cause a ripple effect impacting nearby hospitals. >> what we decided to call it was a blast radius. >> reporter: dr. christian demethod is a hacker turned physician who saw firsthand how ransomware attack impacted his san diego hospital after a 2021 hack crippled a nearby facility. >> we saw three times the number of ambulances one day than we ever had before because of a ransom attack in our community. >> reporter: so far at least 299 hospitals have suffered ransomeware attacks in 2023. >> life-threatening time sensitive medical conditions like stroke, trauma, heart attacks, all of these, minutes truly matter. and when these systems are down, we can't do our job effectively. >> reporter: i'm nicole sganga in washington, d.c.

in other health news this morning, doctors are now using artificial intelligence to help detect breast cancer. researchers at northwestern university's school of medicine are using the technology to help detect cancer early. and also to spare patients from unnecessary treatments. dr. jon lapook reports. >> reporter: tahila harris was only 32 when her mother died of breast cancer. >> my mom was very concerned about my level of risk. >> reporter: harris gets screened regularly at mount sinai in new york, where ai is used to assist reading mammograms and breast sonograms. >> the doctor said they have this new technology with ai, and would i be interested? sure, sign me up. i can have an extra set of eyes. >> reporter: preliminary results from a study found physicians assisted by ai in mammography screening detected 20% more cancers. >> why is that important? you might need less chemotherapy, when you might not

need a mastectomy. >> reporter: dr. laurie margulies is the director of breast imaging at mount sinai. she demonstrated how ai analyzes mammograms and sorts them into low, intermediate and elevated. ai is also used to read breast sonograms. >> so we put our owl, put it on the findings and we're going to analyze it. a radiologist also reads the scans. >> i think ai is here to help us in the same way 30 years a magnifying glass helped us. people look at ai and say it's as good as me. >> reporter: why won't their jobs be eliminated? >> doctors' jobs won't be eliminated for many reasons. ai is not empathetic. it just gives an opinion. it doesn't know a family's history and it certainly can't provide that hug. >> you want someone to come in and explain it to you, and if needed hold your hand. >> reporter: a combination of care. ai with a human touch. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york.

overseas, 41 construction workers trapped inside a collapsed mine tunnel are breathing fresh air again this morning after 17 days under ground. the workers were pulled out one by one to the cheers of hundreds gathered at the site. they're all said to be in good condition. samira hussein reports the rescue mission. >> reporter: this moment more than two weeks in the making. 41 trapped workers finally rescued. an eruption of cheers from workers and onlookers. these are the ambulances with the first workers that have come out from inside the tunnel. 17 days they have spent inside that tunnel, and now they are finally out and in those ambulances. it's been a harrowing experience for the men inside and those working to get them out. rescuers spent the last several days pushing an 800 millimeter

pipe through 60 meters of rubble and debris. once through, the men were pulled out on wheeled stretchers one by one. "my hands, they have blistering from pulling the rope. we worked very hard, but now we're very happy. everyone was cheering and hooting." >> reporter: he has been waiting for 14 days, watching the mouth of the tunnel, praying for his son. "i am very happy. i am 55, and i have seen life, but my son is very young, and he has a long life." >> reporter: the rescue operation that gripped the country finally has its happy ending. samira hussein, bbc news. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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♪ wu tang clan coming at you ♪ >> reporter: it's 1993. new york city, and the freshest sound in american hip-hop was coming from staten island. ♪ ♪ got it going on, pal, cal me the rap assassinator, like schwarzenegger ♪ >> reporter: inspired with a unique name inspired by films of the 1970s, the wu tang clan were as dangerous with their rhymes as their martial arts counterparts with with their hands. ♪ tossing and bossing my sound ♪ where did the influence of shaolin, martial art, how did that come into play? >> it started in manhattan on 42nd street. instead of going to school, we hung in the theaters all day. we're talking about 13, 14-year-old men, absorbing three of these movies a day.

>> reporter: robert diggs, known mieuli as the music was the engine behind wu tang's early success. ♪ yeah, another one down ♪ >> reporter: and helped assemble the group's roster. the old dirty bastard, method man, inspect raekwon the chef, and eventually master killer. >> within those films, there was always philosophy there was brotherhood. it was train yourself to be the best you can be. >> discipline? >> discipline, sacrifice. obviously it shows up in our music. >> reporter: 36 chambers was gritty, raw, and low budget. sometimes violent, and much of the time mixed with samples. it helped expand what hip-hop could be, an alternative to the west coast gangsta rap and jazz-infused hip-hop that was leading the pop charts.

>> when i pick up this right here, what does this mean to you and to the wu tang? >> man, i'm going to call it like a signpost, all right, a lamppost or a point where hip-hop, of course, was here before us. but once this thing comes, it's going to change. >> reporter: what was it like for y'all working on the inside? >> in the midst of growing success, we still had all the basic problems of being a young black men. police pulling us over, putting guns to our heads, and all of the sudden we drop "cream." ♪ living in a world no different ♪ >> reporter: those road trips, i never forget. we started off in a van. and everybody is laying on each other's shoulder, right. and we went from being cold to headed towards platinum. >> reporter: for those that don't know, platinum is what? >> platinum is selling one million records, physical.

>> reporter: that's old school physical. this isn't streams. >> nah. ♪ >> reporter: in 2004, at only 35 years old, old dirty bastard, founding wu tang member and his cousin died following an accidental overdose. >> the wu tang was a group of individuals that moved like a family. but even within those individuals, odb stood out. >> reporter: what was it like growing up and understanding the impact your father had? >> this is how we do it from brooklyn. >> we didn't know what was going on, obviously. we had pampers on, you know what i'm saying? as long as mommy changed me, we was good. he was real dirty, but we weren't that dirty. >> reporter: barson jones known as young dirty bastard is odb's oldest son. today he performs with wu tang in dad's place. >> after the show at the barclays, we actually sat down and we had a family dinner.

it's like two sides of the family. it's like the dirty side and it's the digs. and no matter what, how high we climb, that just bring us back to who we are as impeachment, deeply rooted into each other. i don't think nobody could change the dirt. >> i think i can speak for the entire clan. when we see him on stage embodying that energy of this father, and somebody the other day said he actually performed a little bit better than night than they've seen odb perform. and i was whoa, whoa, whoa, hold it. but the energy that he is giving, encapsulating. for us, it's a joy, because we know our brother is not physically here, right, but yet to have a physical representation of him that is as close as you can possibly get to him, and to see him, you know, whether he is conscious of it or not, he goes into it. >> reporter: more than three decades and seven studio albums

later -- ♪ -- today the wu tang clan continues to tour and pump out music. so we've seen what hip-hop has accomplished over the first 50 years. where do you see hip-hop headed? >> always say that hip-hop is a mountain, and i think 50 years only marks the base of the mountain. so i think we

if you want the know-how far artificial intelligence has come, the technology is now creating its own robots. charlie de mar reports. >> reporter: at first glance, it may look like a small toy or gadget, but sam freedman, a northwestern university professor seeing the future. >> the goal of this robot is incredibly simple. it's just to make the robot move forward. >> reporter: and what does that show you? >> movement is fundamental to

intelligence. it's why animals have brains and plants do not. >> so what are we looking at here? >> reporter: the wiggling chunk of purple silicone is the product of a simple command to a computer. make a robot that can move across a flat surface. building on decades of research into artificial intelligence, it only took the program seconds to design the complex series of chambers and connections that make it move when air is pumped in. >> so basically, it's sketching out the shape of the mold. >> reporter: kriegman and his team say this is the first time ai has built a robot. but what it can do isn't the main point. it's what it could mean. you refer to this as instant evolution. what do you mean by that? >> it's going to provide a whole new window into biological evolution, because now we can watch evolution unfold before our eyes. >> reporter: for all that promise, gary marcus, a leading voice on artificial intelligence, says right now ai is about as developed and understood as a temperamental

teenager. >> there are railroad few checks and balances right now. it throws its weight around. it doesn't really have firm values yet. that's a problem. >> reporter: giving aye human values and a conscience are just two of the problems facing the technology. charlie de mar, evanston, illinois. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm olivia gazis. this is cbs news flash. i'm naomi ruchim in new york. former secretary of state henry kissinger has died. he was 100 years old. he rose to the heights of u.s. government and helped steer foreign policy through the turbulent 60s and '70s. pro-palestinian protesters tried to disrupt the rockefeller center christmas tree lighting. police spped the group as they tried pushing their way towards the tree. the lighting went off without a hitch.

and talk about a discovery that is out of this world. astronomers found a rare in sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm naomi ru im, cbs news, new ♪ tonight, the breaking news. an american hostage is released as the end of the temporary efin extension grow louder. what we're learning about the negotiations. here are tonight's headlines. more hostages return home. tonight the last-minute talks to extend the pause as the deadline approaches. >> we'd like to see the pause extended because what it has enabled is hostages being released, coming home, being reunited with their families. a deadly crash of a u.s.

military osprey with eight on board. eyewitnesses telling cbs news there was an engine on fire. the new details. our cbs news investigation. child labor in chocolate. we travel to west africa to find out the bitter truth behind your favorite candy. >> can you guarantee that all the cocoa here is free of child labor? >> i'm looking forward to seeing what you're doing with your life and how we can go about fixing it. >> and remembering the beloved broadway actor who played cliff's mom on "cheers." >> isn't that fascinating, eh? >> perhaps if you live in a cave. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news". we begin tonight with major news out of the middle east on this sixth day of a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas, and we are just hours away now from the end of that

pause in fighting unless a last-minute deal is reached. today, an american citizen was released from captivity in gaza as part of the latest group of hostages freed by hamas. the 49-year-old woman who holds dual u.s. and israeli citizenship was one of 16 hostages released today. that includes 10 israelis, 4 thai citizens, and 2 russians. 30 palestinian prisoners were handed over as part of the latest exchange. now this brings the total number of hostages freed during the truce to 97. that means about 150 are still detained. all this as at this hour the international team of mediators, including from the u.s. and qatar are working around the clock to extend the pause in fighting for several more days. cbs' lilia luciano will start us off tonight with all the new developments from tel aviv. good evening, lilia. >> good evening to you norah. just moments ago, we saw secretary antony blinken's motorcade arrive here in tel aviv, all part of the u.s.'s

efforts to extend that ceasefire, to increase aid to gaza, and of course to free all of the hostaes. and tonight a leader from hamas telling cbs news that they are willing to release every hostage. that includes men and soldiers in exchange for every palestinian prisoner. the sixth wave of hostages released included the first time an american woman, liat beinin was freed from captivity. but for her father yehuda, the joy is incomplete. her sister tal flew from portland, oregon for the reunion. what's in your mind? what's in your heart today, right now? >> i'm just very grateful to be here with my family right now. i think that's the most important thing to me right now, and i'm going to feed off of that energy. >> i need to point out that her husband aviv is still captured in gaza. and getting him out of gaza is a more complex issue than getting

women and children out. >> reporter: and tonight, they heard from the president. >> i talked with her mother and father. they're very appreciative and things are moving well. she'll soon be home with her three children. >> reporter: raya rotem and her daughter hila separated in captivity just before the 13-year-old's release saturday are expected to be together again tonight. the fate of eight more american hostages hangs in the balance. and tonight a devastating blow to all who awaited news on the release of the bibas family. hamas claims 10-month-old kfir, his 4-year-old brother ariel, and their mother shiri were all killed in an israeli strike in gaza. a hamas leader tells cbs news they're willing to provide evidence. the idf briefed the bibas family and said they're investigating those claims. relatives said in a statement "we're waiting for the information to be confirmed and hopefully refuted by military officials."

and today it was clear again that a temporary truce does not mean safety for palestinian children. and in the west bank today, shocking video emerged showing the shooting of an 8-year-old, one of two children, the other 15 that the palestinian ministry of health alleges were killed by idf soldiers. we reached out to the idf but have not heard back. and today the u.s. special envoy for hostage affairs joined the director of the cia in the region in those efforts to extend the temporary truce, which is still set to end at 7:00 a.m. local time, which means they have less than 5 1/2 hours to do so. urgent, norah. >> a critical moment. lilia luciano, thank you. turning now to a deadly u.s. military crash off the coast of japan. at least one person was killed and seven other crewmembers are missing after a u.s. air force osprey went down during a

routine training mission. cbs' elizabeth palmer reports the osprey has been involved in a string of fatal crashes in recent years. >> reporter: a japanese coast guard vessel that reached the crash site recovered what appears to be an inflatable life raft and a large piece of debris was visible floating in the water. a witness told japanese media he saw the plane's left engine on fire just before it plummeted into the sea. it had been flying in clear skies on a routine training mission off the coast of yakushima island in southern japan. ospreys are the main assault support aircraft for the u.s. marines. they can tilt their rotors to fly like helicopters or conventional planes, but the aircraft has a troubling track record. last august, one crashed in australia during international training exercises. three marines were killed. since 2012, six other crashes have left a total of 13 dead, including marine captain john

sachs, one of five killed in this 2022 accident in california. attorney tim loranger represents the sachs family. >> there have been several cashes say since 2022. so the questions have to be asked, what is causing these issues. >> reporter: a marine corps investigation of the 2022 crash found the osprey had suffered an unanticipated, unrecoverable and catastrophic mechanical failure. but the pentagon said there was no reason to ground the aircraft. >> if these investigations lead to something that would cause us to adjust anything about how we believe the osprey should be used, we would do that. >> reporter: now the sun has been up for a couple of hours here in japan, and u.s. military and japanese coast guard continue to comb that crash site. meanwhile, the governor of okinawa, the island where the main u.s. military base is here in japan has said he's going to

ask the u.s. military to suspend all osprey flights. norah? >> elizabeth palmer, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we have breaking news just coming in. let's get to those details. >> i'm margaret brennan in washington with the breaking news. former secretary of state henry kissinger has died, according to a statement released by his firm. henry kissinger first arrived on u.s. shores as a refugee fleeing nazi germany. following a brief u.s. army

stint, he became a prominent harvard professor, which paved his way to the highest echelons of american power. >> "face the nation." >> in 1958, kissinger appeared on "face the nation" to discuss the issue that would dominate his career, the cold war. >> over the long-term that russia is much more likely to be a threat to its security than we are. >> reporter: he caught the eye of president richard nixon, who appointed him national security adviser in 1969, a partnership that would shape his legacy. kissinger eased relations with the soviet union and led secret talks to reopen relations with china after a two-decade-long estrangement. in an interview with "60 minutes," kissinger was asked what it was like to work with the most powerful man in the world. >> when you're in this job, you're not conscious of working with the most powerful man in the world. you're much more conscious of the problems that have to be solved than of the power you exercise.

>> reporter: kissinger also spearheaded highly controversial policies, including the brutal bombing of cambodia. yet was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1973 for helping to extricate the u.s. from the vietnam war. >> will this meeting take very long? >> reporter: he remained loyal to nixon throughout the watergate scandal and was one of the few inner circle members to escape virtually unscathed. his legacy has been dogged by claims of war crimes, having supported murderous dictatorships in latin america. but over nearly five decades of service, he counseled several american presidents, including obama and trump. in an interview on "face the nation" in 2014, kissinger made the case for american leadership. >> every part of the world is changing simultaneously, but it cannot change creatively without a major american contribution. >> reporter: henry kissinger's contribution will never be in doubt, and his strategic decisions will continue to shape

foreign policy for generations to come. margaret brennan, cbs news, washington. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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treats, chocolate. cbs' debora patta has our exclusive report on the use of child labor in the harvesting of cocoa for candy giant mars used in products like m&ms an snickers. >> reporter: laboring in the blistering heat, as young as 6, slicing the grass with lethal ease, their machetes nearly as long as the smallest among them. these ghanaian children are harvesting the cocoa that aims up in america's best loved chocolates. instead of going to school, they are learning that sharp blades cut deep, and big corporations make promises they seldom keep. we traveled across ghana's remote cocoa belt, visiting small subsistence farms that supply u.s. chocolate giant mars and found children working on every one of them.

mars did over $45 billion in annual sales last year, in large part from selling chocolates like m&ms and snickers. its owners are the third wealthiest family in the u.s. the company vowed to have systems in place to eradicate child labor from its supply chain by 2025. even boasting about rescuing thousands of children who are listed as beneficiaries of what mars calls their robust monitoring system to keep them off plantations and in schools. cbs news obtained copies of these lists from a whistle-blower. we're going to try and find some of the children on these lists and see if the information checks out. our first stop, 15-year-old manira. and your name i think is on this list. do you want to check for me? is this you? >> reporter: here she is toiling

away on her family farm, her life since she was 5 years old. school is a luxury. she's hardly ever been. >> i feel sad. i want to be a -- like medical doctor, but they don't -- they don't have money to support me. >> reporter: the family says it harvested only one bag of decent quality cocoa the entire year. a 140-pound sack fetches around $115. last year field supervisors contracted by mars visited manira. and this is all they gave you? >> reporter: handing out a backpack and school books with the slogan "i am a child. i play. i go to school." in the nearly 18 months since that visit, nobody has been back to check that she is in school. this cocoa field supervisor for the past 13 years spoke out on condition we hide his identity. >> personally, i've made the

list before. and i can say on authority that almost every data, almost every data is cooked. >> reporter: or in correct? >> it's not correct. nobody has come up to check whether there is school or not. >> reporter: cbs news spoke to nearly a dozen children on that list used by mars. none of them were in school, nor had they been regularly monitored to ensure they attended classes. no one came here ever? >> reporter: and in some cases, the name on the list was an outright fabrication. we've come to visit another household where a child is listed by mars as no longer working on cocoa farms. she was supposed to be this man's daughter. the only problem, she doesn't even exist. when children do go to school, instead of pencils, they carry machetes.

>> put your hands up if you work on the cocoa farms. >> reporter: less than a third of the 300 students registered here actually attend classes, and they all told us they harvest cocoa either before or after school. cbs news visited a warehouse that supplies cocoa giant mars. so you get 100% guarantee that all the cocoa here has no child labor in it? >> in ghana, that's on the fence. >> reporter: that's not my question. can you guarantee that all the cocoa here is free of child labor? >> that one i can say 100%. >> reporter: u.s. human rights lawyer terry collingsworth has filed a proposed class action lawsuit for consumer fraud against american chocolate manufacturers mars, cargill and mondelez. >> they're telling the public we're rehabilitating this kid,

and they're cynically coming here and checking a box and the kid is back working the next day. >> reporter: he has collected statements from ghanaian children working for mars suppliers. >> okay. thank you for being very brave. >> reporter: like these little boys, doing the back-breaking work of adult men. tiny hands struggling with the dangerous work of hacking open cocoa pods, the long blade narrowly missing this 5-year-old's fingers. mars is one of the biggest privately owned companies in the world, raking in billions every year in large part from chocolate. billions made on the backs of these young children. and we have repeatedly asked mars for an interview. they declined every request. a security guard asked us to leave their headquarters when we went there.

and we even went to the ceo's home to try and get some answers. mars did send us a statement where they condemn the use of child labor, but concedes more needs to be done. mars also denies, norah, pressuring any field workers to fabricate data. >> and debora, this is such an important investigation. what about the parents of these children? >> well, the parents we spoke to told us that it breaks their heart that they can't afford to send their kids to school, but one thing many insiders do agree on is that a key solution is to pay the farmers more for their cocoa so that they can put their kids in school instead of working on farms. >> debora patta, thank you. parts of the northeast are walloped by the first major snowstorm of the season. wait until you hear how much wait until you hear how much snow buried one to

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dozen federal charges, including stealing from donors and using campaign contributions for personal expenses. a virgin atlantic plane powered by environmentally friendly fuel makes a historic flight. that story is ahead.

aviation history was made on history when a virgin atlantic plane made the first transatlantic flight using only sustainable aviation fuel. the flight from london to new york was powered not by fossil fuels, but fuel made from animal fat and sugar. this fuel is said to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 70%. but for now it's in short supply. we remember the life and career of "cheers" actress frances sternhagen. that's next.

finally tonight, actress frances sternhagen has died. the two-time tony award winner appeared on both stage and screen during a career that spanned more than 60 years. she is perhaps best remembered for her maternal roles like cliff's mother ester on "heers." >> you're my pride and joy. you're the best thing that ever happened to me. gee, think of that. >> she made countless appearances on tv, including as bunny macdougall on "sex & the city" and on "er" and "the closer." her family says she died peacefully at home on monday night.

frances sternhagen was 93 years old. that's the over night news for this thursday. for some of you, news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us any time online at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm naomi ruchim in new york. former secretary of state henry kissinger has died. he was 100 years old. he rose to the heights of u.s. government and helped steer foreign policy through the turbulent '60s and '70s. pro-palestinian protesters tried to disrupt the rockefeller center christmas tree lighting. police stopped the group as they tried pushing their way towards the tree. the lighting went off without a hitch.

and talk about a discovery that is out of this world. astronomers found a rare in sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm naomi ruchim, cbs news, new york. it's thursday, november 30th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." >> and that i'll never forget you. >> remembering henry kissinger. a statesman who served as national security adviser, secretary of state for two presidents, and a nobel peace prize winner. his triumphs and tribulations. first, breaking overnight, cease-fire extended. israel and hamas agree to push the temporary truce another day