probably would have cleaned it. >> reporter: former irs special agent kris vachris janczewski us macbook pro to unravel who was behind a multibillion cryptocurrency heist. >> this investigation was the most complicated i'd ever been a part of. >> reporter: it started in 2016 with a hacker stealing from bit fin x, digital money that doesn't rely on banks to make transactions. instead it's traded through thousands of computers called a blockchain. the person can watch live on the block chains, but you don't know who is making the transactions. when the 2016 hack happened, investors watched as digital money disappeared, but had no idea how or who was behind it. janczewski was watching too on his laptop. >> reporter: if you can follow the money and see who is profiting from illegal activity, you can figure out who are the ones probably conducting that activity.

>> reporter: he traced the hack back to one couple, ilya lichtenstein and heather morgan. an aspiring rapper by the name razzle con on social media. >> most people know me for traveling. >> reporter: the pair dropped clues around the world as they tried to hide the currency. >> they purchased gold coins. they purchased prepaid gift cards. they moved money through shell companies. >> reporter: so you're talking about basically every form of moneylaundering. >> yeah, they were very creative. >> reporter: the more they bought and hid the stolen currency, the more evidence became visible for the irs. it connected the couple to some 200 accounts and $3.6 billion in stolen crypto. >> i'm really concerned about the average american citizen who's not fully -- doesn't fully have the literacy in crypto. >> reporter: guy fico is chief of irs criminal investigations. with all of this talk about cryptocurrency and this incoming

administration, do you guys anticipate a rise in these types of crimes? >> i absolutely think there is going to be potential for more crimes. so i think it creates more opportunities for scam artists. >> what's up? >> reporter: like this couple, whose social media and money trail landed them in prison after pleading guilty to moneylaundering conspiracy. >> we reached out to lawyers for both lichtenstein and morgan for comment on the story. they did not get back to us by our deadline. tom hanson, washington. there is a lot more just ahead on "cbs news roundup." stay with us. i'll be home for christmas. you can count on me.

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well from inside this box, but they have no idea i can see them. it feels like i'm wearing an invisibility cloak. >> reporter: that's a luxury you don't have most of the time. >> that's true. that's true. but it also makes me feel a little bit like i'm not real. ♪ >> reporter: her whole career has been kind of unreal. eilish, who turns 23 this month, has more than 100 million followers on spotify. an ardent fan base that filled the united center in chicago. >> i kind of want to introduce you to everyone. should we do that? ♪ baby, i think you were made for me ♪ >> reporter: a few hours before showtime. >> do you want be to meet "cbs news sunday morning." >> reporter: billie was scurrying around backstage, introducing us to her backup

singers. >> this is ava. >> reporter: hi, eva. >> hi, nice to meet you. >> reporter: how are you doing. >> this is abe. >> reporter: solo. >> nice to meet you. and taking us -- >> have you gone to the puppy room yet? >> reporter: to a roomful of rescue dogs? >> welcome to the puppy room. >> reporter: who offer stress relief. >> we adopted one the other day. she adopted one the other day, too. ♪ and i could never get enough ♪ >> reporter: she's filled her crew with friends, even the furry kind, because this tour is different. how's it different? >> well, i don't have my brother. ♪ i'm the bad guy ♪ duh. >> reporter: since eilish broke out at 14, her older brother finneas has been her producer, songwriting partner, and backing band. >> i've never done a show without my brother in my life. i mean, i've barely performed and sung without my brother like ever.

>> reporter: but they agreed it was time for her to go out on her own. >> i was built into the show for several years in an irreplaceable way. i always was trying to kind of make myself replaceable. ♪ i wish you the best ♪ >> reporter: her mom maggie baird came to the chicago show but her parents also aren't touring with her anymore. the does that feel strange? >> yeah, it does feel strange. yeah. but it also feels okay. and there's also a lot of jobs i used to do where i'm like, i'm happy i don't have to do that one anymore. >> honestly, she won't admit it, but i think it's been really nice for her that i've been gone, and that then she can come see me and it's not like her whole life. i've been her whole life for 23 years now. >> reporter: pretty good life now. >> yeah, a lot. ♪ i used to float, now i just fall down ♪

>> reporter: earlier this year eilish won her second oscar for the barbie theme "what was i made for." ♪ what i was made for ♪ >> billie eilish! >> billie eilish! >> billie eilish! >> she already has nine grammys and now another -- >> seventh grammy nomination. >> yeah. how about that. >> reporter: you got record of the year and song of the year nominations for a song you almost didn't put on the album. >> right. i know. ♪ i want you the stay ♪ >> reporter: billie and finneas had struggled with the song "birds of a feather." >> we wrote the first half and it was super good and then we overthought it for like months and months and months. >> reporter: when you sing it do you hear all that you went through to create it? >> sometimes. sometimes when i listen to it i hear certain parts that i'm like, oh, that was such a nightmare.

that was so punishing. ♪ birds of a feather, we just stick together ♪ ♪ i know i said i'd never ♪ >> reporter: at least until recently, you didn't think of yourself so much as a songwriter. >> yeah. >> reporter: has that changed? >> it's changed. i did like way more writing on this album than anything ever. but this is the thing i'm trying to say. i've been writing music since i was 11. >> reporter: right. >> but because i wasn't as fast at it or it wasn't as good as my brother, i kind of thought, oh, i'm not a songwriter. >> reporter: but when they sat down to write billie's third album, "hit me hard and soft," finneas felt uninspired. >> we'd get in a studio, i'd go, can we go play pickleball? >> i know. >> i think i just sort of had a little fatigue there. >> reporter: you were in different places. >> different places.

>> reporter: in that moment, did you feel alone? >> yeah, totally. >> reporter: in the past, finneas would help pull a lyric out of his sister. this time she had to coax the words out of herself. >> in just being given that space i'd come up with it. >> reporter: on the last chorus of "birds of a feather" eilish reached for a note she wasn't sure she could hit. her vocal bravery came after she started taking singing lessons. ♪ until the day i die, forever and ever ♪ >> reporter: have you found some part of yourself you didn't even know was there? >> yeah. oh, yeah. i mean, my voice, i can't express how gratifying and satisfying and fulfilling it has been to learn these things about my own voice that's in my body that i didn't even know i was capable of. >> reporter: it's liberating.

>> it's so liberating. ♪ everybody ♪ ♪ don't want to say good-bye ♪ >> reporter: for all we may think we may know about billie eilish, the singer is just beginning to know herself. what's interesting to me is you're talking now about two things. one is you've discovered a part of your voice you didn't even know was there and you've discovered you're more of a songwriter than ever. >> than ever. >> reporter: yeah. where does that leave you? >> great question. we'll see. i don't know. >> good night! [ cheers and applause ] >> that was anthony mason with billie eilish. you can watch her perform at the upcoming grammy awards. that will be sunday, february 2nd right here on cbs and streaming on paramount+. stay with us. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.

holiday decorations are one of the joys of the season, but there is also a dark side to all those flashing lights, candles, and christmas trees. each year, about 15,000 people suffer decorating-related injuries. kristine lazar has more. >> reporter: last year on christmas day, firefighters rushed to a miami area home after the christmas tree caught fire, leaving behind major damage. no one was injured, but in 2021, a similar situation near philadelphia turned deadly. investigators believe a faulty electric star on top of a dry tree led to the fire that killed a father and two of his children. why is it so important that we make sure that our christmas tree is watered? >> if your christmas tree isn't watered, it gets dry really fast. and a dry tree can go up in a burst of flames.

>> reporter: alexander hoen s aric is chair of the consumer safety commission, who set up a demonstration to show how fast it can happen. both trees are set on fire with a device at the bottom. the one on the left is watered and the flame smolders. the one on the right is dry and in seconds the ceiling is engulfed in flames. experts say candles can also pose a danger. it's important not to place them next to anything flammable. and every year people get hurt putting up decorations. during the 2023 holiday season, nearly 15,000 people were treated for decorating related injury. >> we see a lot of falls around this time of year, mostly from people using ladders. have somebody there to spot you when you're using a ladder. put the ladder on a firm, flat surface to ensure that it's not going to tip over. >> reporter: if you are using that ladder to put up lights, make sure there are no frayed wires or loose sockets, a simple step that can prevent a tragedy this holiday season. kristine lazar, cbs news, los

angeles. >> all right, some good advice there. keep that christmas tree watered and those candles away from the drapes. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings," and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. ♪ hello and thanks so much for staying up with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are the top stories on

"cbs news roundup." the suspect accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo struggles with police and shouts to cameras while entering the courthouse. celebrities are among thousands of residents told to flee from a rapidly growing wildfire in california's malibu. and we're getting a disturbing look inside syria's most brutal and notorious political prison. at a hearing in a pennsylvania courtroom on tuesday, the suspect accused of killing unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson in manhattan was denied bail. the defense lawyer for luigi mangione told the court mangione intends to fight extradition to new york and is requesting a hearing on the issue. cbs' lilia luciano was inside the courtroom. >> clearly out of touch and the american people. >> reporter: luigi mangione shouted and struggled with police as he arrived for his extradition hearing in altoona,

pennsylvania inside the courtroom mangione was calm but defiant, sitting at the defense table, quietly mouthing words and mumbling. police say it appears mangione went to pittsburgh and then altoona after leaving new york, and that he was dodging surveillance using a signal-blocking bag. >> you put your phone in there so we can't track your phone. you can't transmit a signal. it's like if you wrapped your phone in aluminum foil and put it in a bag. >> reporter: the 26-year-old ivy league grad was spotted after he was eating hash browns at a mcdonald's. in addition to finding a 3d printed gun and a silencer similar to the one used in the murder, police say he also had a hand-written three page document reading in part "these parasites simply had it coming" which tell sources tell cbs news may be an attempt to justify his actions. altoona police say they received death threats from people calling mangione a hero, and nypd officials say they're concerned mangione's actions could inspire wider violence. >> there are also posters that

we've seen online and in new york with various ceos' pictures on them. these are perceived threats, and it is important for everybody to know we'll take the threats seriously. >> reporter: mangione hadn't posted on x since june, but he often wrote on social media about a back injury and posted this photo. rj martin was a close friends of his in hawaii. >> the only times when i noticed when he wasn't being social was when he was in severe pain. there were times he would kind of hide out. >> reporter: you were saying he was suffering in silence of extreme pain? >> that's my understanding. >> reporter: mangione's attorney is fighting the extradition saying the commonwealth of pennsylvania did not provide the exact or the proper charges that he is facing in new york, or the proper paperwork to even begin the extradition. the district attorney of manhattan and the governor of new york both said that they are doing all they can because they want him extradited as soon as possible. lilia luciano, cbs news,

huntingdon, pennsylvania. now to southern california's world famous malibu coast, where a fast-moving wildfire is raging after destroying several homes and thousands of acres in less than 24 hours. it's being called the franklin fire, and it's now threatening the upscale community of around 10,000 people along the pacific coast highway. thousands of those residents are now being ordered to evacuate. cbs' danya bacchus has the latest on this from malibu. >> reporter: within hours, the franklin fire in malibu, california exploded. rapidly scorching more than 2500 acres and damaging homes. >> the fire has grown an additional 600 acres this morning and this afternoon. over 1500 firefighters are currently assigned to this incident. >> reporter: thousands were ordered to evacuate. kurt cam stayed behind.

>> all these things were swirling down. and there is just sparks and embers flowing everywhere. and you think the world is coming to an end. >> reporter: students at nearby pepperdine university captured the flames inching closer as others took cover in the library. >> it was really scary, but we got in, and we're fine. we decided to wait it out. >> reporter: to get control of this wind-driven fire that is hitting this rugged mountainous terrain, firefighters are attacking from the air. >> we're in the middle of december, and yet we're experiencing yet another wildfire in southern california. >> reporter: the santa ana winds also fueled the deadly mountain fire that erupted in ventura county last month. >> over 100 assets were prepositioned by the state of california. 55 engines specifically, aircraft as well. >> reporter: red flag warnings remain in effect for california through wednesday. danya bacchus, cbs news, malibu, california. overseas now, israel says it has destroyed most of syria's

military capabilities, releasing this video footage saying it shows targets being hit by air strikes. israel is calling this a necessary step to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists. the u.s. considers a rebel group now in control of the country a terrorist organization, but is prepared to recognize a new syrian government that denounces terrorism. now that the assad regime has crumbled, cbs' elizabeth palmer takes us inside one of the most notorious prisons for torture and brutality in the world, where thousand of syrians are searching for loved ones who disappeared. >> reporter: the search is on for syria's disappeared. it's some kind of maybe underground holding cells. saydnaya prison is literally a dark hole. >> reporter: horrible, dark, damp, smelly, cold. >> reporter: in squalid cells, the assad regime locked up its

critics. their families were told nothing, and thousands were never seen again. syrians called saydnaya just outside damascus the slaughterhouse. last weekend, islamic fighters broke in and let the roughly 4,000 prisoners go. on the women's side, you can hear a fighter saying "go on, the regime has fallen, go home." de saydnaya is now empty. but every day families stream through the gates. they come with photos and memories of brothers, sons, husbands, hoping against hope to find a secret dungeon that might hold a loved one alive. that's unlikely. two days ago, the white helmet rescue group carried out excavations, but found nothing. the syrian observatory for human rights estimates the regime had imprisoned over 100,000 people

since 2011. were these really for executions? the nooses were found in the cells he says where countless people died. such raw grief. shared by so many, who are now trying to accept that they will simply never know. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, saydnaya prison, damascus. >> when "cbs news roundup" continues, we'll tell you how to protect yourself from the holiday porch pirates who are taking off with millions of packages. stay with us. we'll be right back. (ominous music) (bubbles rising) (diver exhaling) (music intensifies) (diver yells) (shark roars) - whoa. (driver gasps) (car tires screech) (pedestrian gasps) (both panting) (gentle breeze)

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porch pirates have made off with the packages of about 14 million americans and doorbell cameras don't always deter them. cbs' ash-har quraishi looked into some ways you can protect yourself and your deliveries. >> reporter: home security cameras capture the crimes, but can't stop package thieves from growing bolder. bold like this man in the white shirt who posed as a homeowner to intercept a new laptop from a delivery driver. it's a crime that's happening more and more at homes, apartments, and condos nationwide. >> i saw a man grabs the package and exits stage left. and so i was like come on, really? >> reporter: don archer's security cam video helped police arrest this alleged porch pirate outside chicago. >> i know of at least four houses that got packages taken. >> reporter: a new consumer survey finds over the last year,

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growing in garrett shafer's california vineyard are destined to become fine wines, but not this year. your grapes are literally dying here on the vine. these things aren't going to get harvested. >> no. they're turning to race since. they'll end up falling off. >> reporter: 50 acres, 400 tons of grapes have been left to rot here as a result of too much supply and not enough demand as sales of wine continue a downward slide. the equivalent of 3.5 billion bottles of wine does not drunk last year. >> it's a big number. >> reporter: a number shafer blames on inflation. the price of a liter of wine rose more than 13% in just the last five years. sales took a hit this year after the world health organization declared no level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health. >> orange bitters. >> reporter: and there is a generation of young people who

just aren't drinking wine as much as the baby boomers. >> i over time really realized that drinking wine regularly was not sitting super well with me. >> reporter: breanna gonzalez has shied away from traditional wine. >> my dad is a bartender by trade, but a few years ago he got sick. so that meant alcohol had to be cut out. so i went down this whole rabbit hole of nonalcoholic drinks and became fascinated by the category. >> reporter: her presence now, nonalcoholic beverages, which she sells at her shops in california. sarah chacon and her sister helen are among the steady stream of customers. >> i do not drink wine. i've actually never been a big fan of wine. but i do like an alternative. >> reporter: do you find that you're drinking less these days? >> yeah. >> reporter: why is that? >> just for health reasons. >> reporter: in california, where 80% of the country's wine grapes are grown, the impact is dramatic. here's a sight no wine lover wants to see, heavy machines

ripping row upon row of vines straight from the ground. >> that tractor can do about 30 acres a day. >> reporter: for more than 50 years don wartly built his business around weeding out diseased vines. these days growers hire him to clear their fields. >> what did it cost this man? $20,000 an acre, perhaps? now he is throwing it away. >> look what happened here. 10 acres. >> this was 10 acres that we pulled out this year. we didn't farm it. and we couldn't sell it. >> reporter: all together, shafer ripped out 60 acres, one-third of all the vineyard his family farmed since 1894. gone too are people who worked this land. >> we used to have six to eight full-time employees through the year. we're down to two of us. >> reporter: and may well get worse. experts recommend 33,000 more

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>> so one of my latest videos, i did shaving of celebrity faces. people can point to oh my god, can you do a whole video of that? so i did a whole video of that. the. >> reporter: you understand -- i don't want to sound judgmental. this sounds strange. >> a lot of asmr tours are sometimes out there and are very personal. >> reporter: the first asmr videos came out around 2009. since then it's been snap -- >> taking these crackers out of their wrappers. >> reporter: crackle. >> they came with my soup. >> reporter: and popping its way into the mainstream. even into a 2019 super bowl commercial. >> so pure you can taste it. >> this is my prop closet. >> reporter: but for viktorovna who in 2014 was able to quit her receptionist job -- >> just a comb in plastic, but it sounds lovely.

>> reporter: and work on hchannl full-time, the rewards are far beyond financial. >> i get messages almost every single day, some of the most tuching stories i get are from people who have experienced some kind of hardship, and once they start watching the videos, they kind of get lulled into that space of safety and calmness and everything's okay. >> so this one right here is a brain scan when they were feeling the tingles. >> reporter: it's on fire. >> yeah. it's red, orange, yellow colors. i mean, those are the areas of the brain that are activated. when someone feels the tingles they say they feel euphoric. >> reporter: dr. craig richard is a professor of physiology at shenandoah university in virginia. he estimates only 20% of people are wired to experience asmr. are those of us who don't feel it missing out? >> the people who are experiencing it will tell you yes because it's a beautiful thing, to be able to turn on an

asmr video can, have these moments of euphoria, have these moments of relaxation. so, yeah, you may be missing out on that. >> reporter: what else is missing is further research on amr. in some studies it's been linked to lower blood pressure and heart rate. craig richard would like to see more. >> get that pile of research, especially that clinical-based research, up higher to show that this is a worthy medical treatment. how do you deliver asmr in someone as a form of therapy. >> reporter: rebecca has opened up whisper wave in new york city just this year in new york city. it's one of the few in person asmr spas in the world. >> like an escape from the real world. >> and i believe this has been sort of natural evolution of the videos. it's more in-person experiences

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