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>> on penn state's campus, and i imagine many others, there is not a very good relationship between people who are very partisan. we wanted to break that trend. >> reporter: 41 million gen zers will be eligible to vote in this year's presidential election, 8 million of them for the very first time. but turnout will be key. in 2022, only about 30% of 18-year-olds registered to vote. >> you don't need residency to vote here. >> reporter: in both presidential elections and midterms, voter turnout among 18 to 24-year-olds has been far below any other age group since the 1960s. but today's youngest voters make up a quarter of the population, enough to tip the scales come november. >> it's all about turnout. >> reporter: says stacey rosenberg who teaches policy at carnegie mellon university. >> young people need to remember that it doesn't matter how many social media posts they make or how many protests they attend, if they don't actually show up to vote, their voice won't be heard. >> reporter: according to a recent study, 66% of 18 to
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24-year-olds associate with the democratic party, compared with 34% who align with the gop, but said issues like jobs, drugs led them to the polls, not party. >> younger voters often don't feel very positive, the future. that's just the reality of being an adolescent. >> reporter: this senior is voting in her first presidential election. do you think politicians understand you and your generation? >> straight up no. i think we are so different as a generation, and we know what matters to us, and we're not tying it to just one candidate. we're critiquing a candidate while also appreciating the things that they do. >> let's talk about passion versus politics. >> yeah. >> reporter: how do you approach both? >> i've become kind of like the nonpartisan spokesperson almost where i just really want everyone to, you know have, their vote. >> reporter: with the election now just weeks away, klein and charkas hope their partnership can set an example from this college campus, all the way to washington, d.c.
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ultimately, is there something that people can learn from your experiences and your friendship? >> we're all citizens first. and so i think we need to put that hat on rather than just being a republican or a democrat. >> salud. >> reporter: a new way of thinking for old friends. for "eye on america," nancy chen, state college, chen, state college, pennsylvania. when a tough cough finds you on the go, a syrup would be... silly! woo! hey! try new robitussin soft chews. packed with the power of robitussin... in every bite. easy to take cough relief, anywhere. chew on relief, chew on a ♪ robitussin ♪ not to be dramatic, but i love my whole body deodorant. really? mine stinks. look. here. try secret whole body deodorant. it doesn't leave an icky residue. and it actually gives me 72 hour odor protection... everywhere. secret whole body deodorant.
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this wasn't enough time, michael. wasn't enough time. >> we'll get there, pop. we'll get there. >> well -- >> that's al pacino with marlon brando in the 1927 film "the godfather." pacino has spent more than half a century on the stage and screen. now he has a memoir of his life and legendary career. it's called "sonny boy." pacino invited ben mankiewicz in for a chat. >> reporter: on a bright day overlooking beverly hills, al pacino recalls a warning from years ago. what did your therapist tell you about coming out here to l.a.? >> he said, "don't go to l.a., al". >> reporter: but here he is. even now at 84, he's still adjusting to that hollywood life.
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>> you have to learn how famous you are. >> reporter: you think now? >> now, i'm trying. what do you want from me? i actually put a tie on to see you. >> you put a tie on. >> to see you. that's what famous guys do. >> reporter: he's more than famous. >> say hello to my little friend! >> reporter: he's al pacino. >> it's not personal, sonny. it's strictly business. >> reporter: nine oscar nominations. >> you're out of order. you're out of order. you're out of order. >> reporter: seven straight. >> i want this no first step and i want tracy dead. >> reporter: without a win. >> just when i thought i was out, they pulled me back in. >> reporter: until "scent of a woman". >> hooha. >> you broke my streak. >> reporter: plus two emmys, two tonys, a kennedy center honor and lifetime achievement award from the afi. he has been a leading man in the movies and a character actor for nearly 55 years.
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>> i'm an old fellow, you know. and when i have my here and now and i go out and someone takes a picture of me, all you'll see is like a white hydrant, fire hydrant. i just say i don't feel i'm gray yet. i don't want to be gray. i'm that guy in the book cover. >> reporter: the guy on the book cover is finally telling his own story. it's in his new memoir "sonny boy." that's what his mom called him. what's your mother's name? >> rose. >> reporter: they lived with his grandparents in a three-room walkup in the south bronx. rose kept her sonny boy in when his friends tempted him with the streets. they're calling up like sonny, come down. >> come down. and she said no, no. i was so upset, so angry at her. i think she was probably saved my life, kept me off drugs. i couldn't go out. i went to school. >> reporter: if his mother saved his life, another woman changed it.
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>> miss blanche rothstein, who was my eighth grade teacher, actually came to my apartment and she sat down and talked to my grandmother. what she said, i don't know. but i think it finally came down to you should encourage this boy to do what he is doing, the acting. you have to. he is made to do this. >> reporter: good reviews came early. at 13, after a school show, a stranger came up to him and said, "you're the next marlon brando." his response? >> who's marlon brando? >> reporter: at 16, pacino dropped out of school to immerse himself in the new york theater scene. to survive, he took any job, messenger, janitor, switchboard operator, twice an usher, twice fired. >> well, i was in this carnegie hall place. >> reporter: this carnegie hall place? it's carnegie hall. >> it's carnegie hall. i had this tuxedo on. and they like -- i was relatively good-looking.
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so there were these people coming in. i was supposed to seat them. >> reporter: it's the job of an usher. >> it is the job of an usher, finally. but i didn't last doing that. i just didn't have the heart. so i said sit anywhere you want. i mean, you got a better seat if you're up further than when you're down. and then there was a fistfight. on the spot, i was gone. >> reporter: the winner is al pacino. >> reporter: thankfully, pacino had the stage where he made a name for himself and got the attention of a young director, francis ford coppola, who saw him as michael corleone in "the godfather." francis wanted you. >> well, nobody else did. >> reporter: he got the part, but studio execs pushed to fire him. we watched a scene that pacino thought, even hoped would be his last on the film. you run out of the restaurant. you jump into the car.
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>> i missed the car and fell. >> reporter: the ankle is busted and you think what? >> thank god. >> reporter: you felt -- >> i'm going get out of this film. >> reporter: that's right. al pacino was relieved. he thought he was so badly injured he could get out of "the godfather." thankfully, his ankle healed and the kid stayed in the picture. >> they would take all that out, put into it straight police work, we'd have the city cleaned up in a week. >> reporter: a string of hits followed, including "serpico" and "dog day afternoon". >> robbing the bank is a federal offense. they got me on kidnapping, armed robbery. they're going bury me, man. >> reporter: where an ad lib becamea classic cinematic moment. >> this great ad, assistant director, comes running up to me as i'm about to go out and says say "attica." i said what? he said "say attica." say attica. >> attica, attica, attica!
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>> and the crowd just went into spasm. they knew it. they were right in it. >> reporter: all the attention, all the success didn't sit well with pacino. he coped by drinking. >> alcohol is a depressant. it literally brings you down. >> reporter: and how did your life change when you stopped? >> well, it got a little worse. it was terrible. but eventually, thank god, i got there. >> reporter: in his memoir, he is candid about his struggles with alcoholism, and he also reveals that he nearly died from covid. one thing i'm sure will catch people offguard is how close we all came to losing you over covid. >> yeah. out of this world. i mean, i was here and then i wasn't. the nurse said my pulse stopped. now i don't think my pulse stopped. >> reporter: does it really matter whether technically you were close to death or not, you felt it.
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>> i really did. it was so real. and i didn't see any light. i didn't see anything at all. there is this speech in "hamlet" where he says to be or not to be and talks about leaving the earth and when you die. and he says "no more, no more." how about that? >> reporter: these days, there is plenty more for al pacino. he is as busy as ever. >> i like sitting on the couch. but i keep working. i've done six films, smaller roles, of course, and they haven't come out yet. >> reporter: and despite that advice from his therapist, he's living in l.a. can we say it? is al pacino an l.a. guy now? >> no. >> reporter: okay. a bridge too far. >> i still speak english. in l.a., they speak hollywood. >> reporter: the truth is this
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is where they make movies, a fitting place for a guy who remains what he's always been, an actor, still experiencing the same buzz he felt 60 years ago on and off broadway stage in new york. >> i said i'm never going to do anything else but this. i have found it. i don't care what happens to me, whether i succeed, not succeed, it didn't matter. i had this. >> reporter: you write that maybe i'll be able to eat or i won't eat. maybe i'll have money, or won't have money. maybe i'll become famous, or won't. didn't matter. >> didn't matter. >> reporter: because? >> that's the freedom. this is where i belonged. >> that was ben mankiewicz with al pacino. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.
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a potentially deadly mosquito-borne infection that usually strikes the southern atmosphere is becoming more common in the u.s. dengue fever. the cdc confirms more than 6,000 dengue infections this year, most of them in puerto rico, but it's also showed up in florida and california. dr. celine gounder reports on the efforts to control the infection. >> reporter: on a hot florida morning, flight crews from the florida keys mosquito control district are on a mission, to stop the spread of dengue fever and other mosquito-transmitted infections. especially equipped helicopters spray natural bacteria to kill mosquito larva before the eggs become adults. >> we're seeing mosquitos in areas that we've not really seen them before. >> reporter: andrea leal is the executive director for the florida keys mosquito control district. >> we've got the perfect environment for mosquitos. we've got the heat. we've got the humidity.
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>> reporter: and those mosquitos can spread many infections, including some that are not native to the u.s., like dengue. local transmission of dengue starts with someone who travels overseas and comes back with a dengue infection. mosquitos here in the u.s. might bite that person, get infected with dengue, and then transmit to it other people. >> we've seen a very large increase in travel-related cases of dengue fever especially. >> reporter: lael's team is using novel methods like using gene editing, natural bacteria or radiation in order to limit transmission. but elsewhere, los angeles reported its first locally transmitted cases this month. and puerto rico declared a public health emergency over dengue this summer. 13-year-old benjamin ralph lives in san juan. he was hospitalized for dengue. describe what the pain has felt like for you? >> lost most of my energy. i can't really do anything. most of my body hurts. >> reporter: his mom jaro knew about the local dengue outbreak, but was still surprised when her
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son's pediatrician made the diagnosis. >> in puerto rico, it's a fact of life that you are going to get stung. you're going get bitten. >> reporter: back in the florida keys, leal and her team are working hard, using tools old and new to protect residents and tourists. dr. celine gounder, cbs news, marathon, florida. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for other, tune in later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online any time at "cbs news roundup." reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm carissa lawson. ♪
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hello, and thanks for staying up with us. i'm carissa lawson in new york. here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." breaking news. striking boeing factory workers reject a new contract offer. the presidential candidates are battling over the battleground states. president trump is in georgia while kamala harris heads to pennsylvania. and the pentagon says thousands of north korean troops are now in russia and could be heading to ukraine. we're getting late-breaking results of a vote by striking boeing workers on a proposed new contract offer by the airplane maker. after six weeks on the picket lines, boeing workers voted wednesday to reject the offer and extend the strike that has crippled production at the aerospace giant. union bosses say they are ready to get back to the negotiating table. cbs' kris van cleave reports on
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what's at stake. >> reporter: it's deal or no deal. the high-stakes vote with boeing's future on the ballot. the 33,000 striking machinists are voting whether to accept a new four-year deal that comes with a 35% pay hike as well as improved health and retirement benefits. but no pension. >> while this is a historic offer from the boeing company, that doesn't necessarily make it good. >> it's terrible. >> reporter: why do you think it's terrible? >> first of all, there is no pension. >> reporter: union president john holden negotiated the new offer. >> they wanted to send a message. do you feel like boeing has heard that message now? >> oh, they're feeling it now. members wanted their pound of flesh, and they're getting it. >> reporter: the vote comes at a critical time for boeing. the company reported a staggering $6 billion loss last quarter as it prepares to cut 10% of its global workforce after years of losses stemming from production problems, including a door panel that flew off a plane and two 737 max crashes linked to a design flaw,
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killing 346 people. >> we've got a deal that employees can feel good about and the company can be successful going forward. . >> reporter: new boeing ceo -- >> this company has had a good culture. we just need to recover that, get back to what everybody wants boeing to be, this iconic company building great aircraft and defense systems. everything i see we can do that. we just got to focus on getting back to our roots. >> that was cbs' kris van cleave reporting. let's than two weeks remain before election day, and both campaigns are responding to new remarks from john kelly, a retired marine general and former aide to donald trump. cbs' danya bacchus has the latest. >> reporter: at a live cnn town hall, vice president kamala harris seized on new comments from john kelly. former president trump's longest serving white house chief of staff. the retired four-star general said trump fit the definition of a fascist.
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>> the people who know donald trump best, the people who worked with him in the white house in the situation room have all called him unfit and dangerous. >> reporter: in now published interviews with "the new york times," kelly said trump could govern as a dictator if elected and corroborated reports that trump spoke favorably about adolf hitler. >> he more than once said hitler did some good things too. >> reporter: both harris and kelly also pointed to the former president's recent rhetoric about the enemy from within, suggesting he might use the military against domestic opponents. >> should it be very easily handled by if necessary, by national guard or if really necessary, by the military. >> reporter: something kelly says trump was repeatedly told by advisers not to do. >> originally, the conversation would be, you know, mr. president, that's outside your authority. you really don't want to do that inside the united states. >> reporter: trump held two events in georgia wednesday, but made no mention of kelly or what he said.
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>> kamala, you've done a horrible job. you're the worst ever. there has never been anybody like you. you can't put two sentences together. >> reporter: but he issued this statement on social media, accusing kelly of making up stories, calling him dumb and a low-life. trump supporters say they remain confident in his leadership. >> he was going to be a dictator, he already would have done that in the four years that he served. >> reporter: and cbs news has learned one of trump's biggest supporters, elon musk, got a letter from the justice department. the doj says his recent $1 million giveaway to registered voters to sign a petition could violate federal law. danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles. turning now to the war in ukraine, an ominous new development. the pentagon says north korea has sent thousands of troops to russia in what defense secretary lloyd austin calls a very serious escalation. and now there is concern those troops could be heading to
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ukraine. cbs' chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret grennan has more. >> reporter: video released by the ukrainian government shows north korean troops receiving military gear in russia. cbs cannot independently verify the footage, but defense secretary austin confirmed that vladimir putin and kim jong-un have their troops training side by side at three specialized military sites inside of russia. >> there is evidence that there are dprk troops in russia. >> reporter: ukrainian president zelenskyy warned him that russia may send those forces to ukraine. proving putin seeks to escalate, not negotiate. and south korean officials say the number may soon climb to 10,000, revealing that russia is already training 3,000 north korean special forces how to operate equipment, including drones. u.s. officials said the north korean soldiers traveled in
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mid-october by ship from north korea to eastern russia and could end up on the battlefield. >> if russia is indeed forced to turn to north korea for manpower, this would be a sign of weakness, not strength on the part of the kremlin. >> reporter: russia has already lost roughly 600,000 soldiers, according to the pentagon, and has turned to hired mercenaries from cuba and other countries for manpower. an axis of u.s. adversaries are now helping russia. iran sent personnel and drones. china lent much needed financial support, and north korea sent munitions. the u.s. is still trying to figure out what kim jong-un thinks he's getting out of this deal and fear it could include russian expertise to help build out his nuclear program. >> it's been concerning. certainly this development, this willingness of kim to literally put skin in the game here. >> reporter: north korea is arguably one of the most heavily
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sanctioned countries in the world, but the white house says they are planning more of them. and in these final weeks of the biden administration will be sending more weapons, including artillery to ukraine. but what is clear is america's adversaries are now working together to help russia fill in the gaps created by those western sanctions and to potentially prevail with this land grab in ukraine. that's something that sets a dangerous precedent. and the next president will have to deal with. margaret brennan, cbs news, washington. coming up on "cbs news roundup," we'll tell you how mcdonald's is investigating a deadly outbreak of e. coli at some of its restaurants while it says the rest of its food is just fine. we'll have the latest details when we return.
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i wonder if you know that the big homie needs help too. that you can't just rebound from everything. i know you've been grinding. but, how long will you fight solo? i wonder if you know that we can get help. this is "cbs news roundup." i'm carissa lawson in new york. the first lawsuit has been filed against mcdonald's in the deadly outbreak of e. coli linked to the chain's quarter pounder
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hamburgers. mcdonald's says it's pulled its most popular item off the menu in 12 states until it can confirm the source of the contamination. we're in colorado where dozens of customers got sick. >> reporter: mcdonald's says that sliced raw onions topping its quarter pounder burgers could be the culprit behind the e. coli outbreak. the onions, sourced from a single facility, are being scrutinized along with the quarter pounder beef patty. but a mcdonald's spokesperson adds the beef comes from multiple suppliers and is cooked well above the 160-degree temperature that kills the e. coli bacteria, knowing there would have to be preparation failures at several restaurants. mcdonald's' stock was down more than 5% today with the news. for now 20% of restaurants nationwide have temporarily stopped serving quarter pounders. >> other beef products at mcdonald's, including the cheeseburger, hamburger, big
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mac, mcdouble, and the double cheeseburger are not impacted. >> reporter: the cdc says 49 cases were found in 10 states. 26 of the cases were in colorado and one dead. ten people have been hopized, including a child. the cdc says cases may go up because of the time it takes for people to get sick and then be diagnosed. we also know the first lawsuit was filed on wednesday. cbs news, golden, colorado. you'll love this! centrum silver is clinically proven to support memory in older adults. so you can keep saying, you mastered it! you fixed it! you nailed it! you did it! with centrum silver, clinically proven to support memory in older adults.
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>> reporter: living on north carolina's outer banks, photographer daniel pullen has seen the thin line between living on the ocean and falling into it. if you can bring some of the old-timers back from the dead and drive them around, they would be why did you build your house here. >> reporter: in the last four years, the atlantic has toppled ten homes here on hatteras island. pullen captured this one crashing down just last month. >> i can't believe i'm watching a house disintegrate into the ocean. >> reporter: and while less than 70,000 people are permanent residents, to make their living, many of them count on the more than 5 million people that visit each year. >> i think people are meant to live on a barrier island, but i don't know to what extent you have a massive economy on it. >> reporter: this narrow strip of sand is called a barrier island, and it buffers the mainland against the force of the ocean.
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in the eastern u.s., barrier islands cover 2300 miles of seashore, and naturally, they're always shifting. out of the water, we met reed corbett, an oceanographer who runs the coastal studies institute. he works with the community, finding ways to adapt. >> the way we are developing barrier islands and living on barrier islands, how does that change the nature of what the barrier island actually wants to do? >> large dunes, houses, the infrastructure, that stops the transport of sand across these barrier islands, which leads to a more vulnerable barrier island. >> reporter: one solution, protecting waterfront homes by rebuilding the beach, pumping sand out of the ocean on to the shore. but that can cost upwards of $25 million. and with rising sea levels and more intense storms driven by climate change, the new sand that used to last five to seven years is now being washed away in less than two.
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the economics won't work always. >> yeah. >> i think we are on the outer banks, i think we're getting to that point. >> reporter: what's unique about the outer banks is almost all of the beachfront belongs to the national park service. it bought this home and another and demolished them. dave palek ran that pilot program. and unlike the ten properties that fell into the ocean, the buyouts prevented homes from littering the beach and ocean with dangerous debris. >> we consider this a mitigation program. none of these owners built their houses in these locations. when they were built, there was a backyard, dunes, maybe even a back dune area and a large white sandy beach. and it's just that erosion and the ocean has caught up to them. >> take somebody that grew up in their small little hometown their whole life and tell them go somewhere else. >> reporter: is there another way this should be or could be managed? >> there is a way it can be managed, and it's to let a
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barrier island exist the way a barrier island is meant to exist. in order to do that, it means things will look a lot different here. i probably would have to move. >> reporter: barrier islands, where people hold tight to a patch of sand that's slowly escaping their
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warmer winters interrupted by snap freezes, torrential rains followed by droughts, not to mention insects. it's all having a devastating effect on crops, from apples and peaches to grapes and berries. but there is one native american fruit that seems to be immune to much of this. it's called a paw-paw. if you have never heard of it, allison aubrey has an introduction. >> reporter: so can we find some of them right here? >> thing is a couple in the trees still, yes. >> reporter: in the woods of southeast ohio about an hour outside columbus, there is a whiff of something tropical. >> there's one. right up here. >> reporter: whoa, whoa! >> here they come. >> reporter: the american paw-paw is part of what's known as the custard apple family, with its tropical appearance, you may not be surprised to hear that's where its relatives thrive. but this varietal grows wild in over 20 states and as far north
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as canada. going back century, the fruit was revered in american life, reportedly enjoyed by george washington and thomas jefferson. more recently, chris schmeel dedicated himself to a revival. he started a paw-paw business, integration acre, and led the effort to have the pawpaw named the official native fruit of ohio. why don't more people know about it? why isn't everyone eating the pawpaw the way we eat apples? >> i'd say the number one reason is the short shelf life. >> reporter: the fruit is only in season for about a month each year. typically, around september. mm. the taste is a creamy blend, part mango, banana, hints of caramel. >> cheers. >> reporter: at the ohio pawpaw festival held annually in albany, ohio, which schmeel also
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helped create -- >> eat the yellow stuff. >> reporter: he sells his pawpaw salsa. there is pawpaw art and contests. pawpaw beer is a big draw. as well as a cook-off. >> the cream that they put on top is very pawpaw forward. >> reporter: even steve patterson, the mayor of athens, the nearby college town, pitches in. >> this is amazing. >> so the pawpaw is to athens what -- >> what air and water is to us as humans. >> reporter: it's long been a staple for native americans. the iroquois turned the fruit into dried cakes. and the cherokee used the tree bark to make rope. horticulturalist of kentucky says the fruit sustained the expedition of lewis and clark. >> they actually recorded in their journal that pawpaws helped save them from starvation. >> reporter: there are new efforts to commercialize the
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pawpaw. and its research program at kentucky state university, which houses a pawpaw gene bank, has trees from 17 states. >> we would like to see a firmer fruit and a longer shelf life, and also of course good-tasting fruit. >> reporter: like other fruits, the papaw doesn't agree with everyone. for some, it can cause an upset stomach or a rash. >> we have found that fresh fruit is not likely to bother people that have sensitivities to pawpaw. it seems like the more you cook it, the more likely people are to have a reaction like that. >> reporter: breeding he's pawpaws to be firm enough to ship and to last long enough to sell is challenging. even if the pawpaw never becomes a staple in your grocery store, is it still a success what you're doing here? >> absolutely. i think that's part of the allure of papaw is it's only available for a very short time when it's in season. and you have to kind of seek it out. >> reporter: if it were as
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common as an apple, would thousands of people trek here? part of the magic is that it's fleeting. schmeel's arm tattoo says it all. the pawpaw is a source of pride, and this local abundance is something to nurture, to cherish, even sing about. ♪ picking up pawpaws, put 'em in your basket, picking up pawpawings, put it in your basket, way down yonder in pawpaw patch ♪ >> that was alliso aubrey reporting. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.
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it's thursday, october 24th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." breaking overnight. strike still on. boeing machinists reject their latest contract offer, choosing to stay on the picket line. where do things go from here?

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