>> reporter: passengers were evacuated after a laptop battery inside a carry-on bag spontaneously caught fire. faa data shows lithium battery fires are up 388% on u.s. flights since 2015. now on average happening nearly twice a week. two fires a week is a lot. >> it is. and any fire at 30,000 feet is unacceptable. >> reporter: david roth is with the safety advocacy and research organization ul. could one of these fires potentially take down a plane? they is a possibility. >> reporter: in a new survey of more than 800 flight attendants, ul found 87% are concerned about lithium batteries on airplanes. more than a third say airlines should do more to ensure battery safety. while the faa requires airlines to include safety information and preflight announcements, that does not include the risk of battery fires. some airlines including american, delta, and united do offer some guidance about handling your devices.

>> if you lose your phone or other device under a seat, ask a flight attendant to help find it. >> reporter: but they give no details about the risk of fire. why not include more information about what to do in case of a lithium-ion battery fire in that preflight announcement? >> that's a great suggestion. >> reporter: ben sutko oversees safety hazards for the faa. >> we probably need to do a better job striking with the airlines with the message we put out. >> reporter: do you think passengers understand how serious the risk is? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: passengers should never put a lithium battery in a checked bag, and they're warned about that during check-in. but it's also important to keep an eye on your devices in flight. >> if you notice something that is getting warm to the touch or the screen is discoloring or starting to bulge, quickly notify a flight crew and ensure that they come and address it immediately. >> reporter: and prevent situations like this. >> it cost us pretty much nothing to say hey, the reason why we're so serious about this is because it could be really

dangerous. it could catch fire. so you have to be careful. >> reporter: the ul survey also found one in four passengers admit to packing it lithium batteries in their checked luggage, a dangerous practice since it would be even harder to put out a fire in the plane's cargo hold. i'm ash-har quraishi. president-elect donald trump's promise to slap steep tariffs on imports has a lot of potential car buyers looking to pull the trigger as soon as possible. but for many, high interest rates and sticker shock at the dealership has them rethinking their purchase. elise preston is crunching the numbers. >> reporter: state-of-the-art tech and luxury can make trading in your vehicle for a new car very tempting. but before you take that test drive, experts say crunch the numbers. >> one of the things that is happening is this idea of negative equity. so people have bought a car, and right now they owe more on the car than it's actually worth. >> reporter: a recent study by edmunds found nearly one in four

new car shoppers owes more on their auto loan than they can get selling the car. and more than one in five consumers with negative equity owe $10,000 or more than their car is worth. the current average rate for a new car loan is 7.5% that can be a real struggle for shoppers, something michael schwartz sees as galpin ford in los angeles. >> because you have higher interest rates, more of the payments are going towards interest instead of paying down principle balances. >> reporter: combine that high interest with the average cost of a new automobile, nearly $48,000, and the monthly payments are increasingly topping a thousand dollars. some customers taking longer to pay off their cars with 84-month loans growing in popularity. what is the solution? >> well, the solution is you need to hang on to your car. if you are one of those people that want a new car every few years, then lease. >> reporter: another idea from the experts is to buy a new ev, which offers savings of up to $20,000, putting you in the fast lane to pay off that car. elise preston, cbs news, los

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awards people necessarily. >> no. >> no. >> reporter: the grateful dead never seemed destined for cultural nobility. so what does this mean for you? >> it's a legacy thing for me and for us, i think. ♪ trucking ♪ >> reporter: but the band, born in the hippie counterculture of the '60s is now a kennedy center honoree. ♪ just keep trucking on ♪ >> this honor to me is not just to the band members. it's also to the audience, our deadheads. it's to all the people who really enjoyed our band. >> and kept us going. >> it's a creative honor for all of us. >> reporter: the surviving members, mickey hart, bobby weir, and bill kruetzmann met us at the great american music hall in san francisco. where they played in 1975. ♪ >> maybe left some brain cells here at the same time. >> reporter: debuting their

album blues for allah on this stage, accompanied by live crickets. >> and they got loose. and that's the fun part. >> because guess what? they stay here for months. >> reporter: you can actually hear them on the live album "one from the vault." [ crickets ] you really did kind of defy eery basic rule of the music industry. >> pretty much every basic rule. >> we did? there's none left that we can work on? ♪ i will get by ♪ >> reporter: in their 30 years as a band, the dead scored exactly one top 40 hit, and not a single grammy nomination. >> we've had people come up to us say you guys are never going to make it. you play too long. you play too loud. >> reporter: the band formed in the san francisco bay area in the mid '60s. bobby weir was 16 when he first heard jerry garcia playing banjo out back of a music shop in palo

alto. >> it was new year's eve, basically, invited us in. we had enough fun that evening that we decided it was too much fun to walk away from. >> i saw jerry and bobby play at a club called the tangent. >> right. >> and i was totally blown away by jerry's ability to hold the audience in his hands. jerry held the light for everybody. ♪ and that week he called me and said hey, you want to be in the band? i said sure. >> his enthusiasm was real infectious. ♪ fire, fire on the mountain ♪ >> reporter: kruetzmann would bring hart into the band in 1967. >> bill invited me to play, sit in. when i heard the band, whoa! >> we all got turned on to the grateful dead in different ways, but we really got turned on to it. we got bit. >> reporter: garcia also

recruited phil lesh, a classically trained musician to play bass. ♪ >> phil in his autobiography described the music that you all made together as some kind of genre busting rainbow polka dot hybrid mutation. >> that was close. that was getting close. >> that about sums it up. [ laughter ] >> but we developed this language that only we spoke, really. >> we were following the muse, basically. >> yeah. >> it was pushing us around. >> reporter: you did something really unusual, certainly in rock at that time, which was you created an expectation in the audience that you would evolve and change. [ laughter ] >> we couldn't help ourselves. >> excellent observation.

>> we opted for chance, you know. some people like form and know what they're doing, but that was the opposite. the idea was to keep our songs open. >> create a new form right then, right on the spot. >> leave room for happy accidents. ♪ of followers, deadheads, who started recording and sharing their concerts. ♪ i told althea ♪ >> you look out at the from the stage and it looked like a forest of trees, of microphone. you remember that? >> our record company said you got to put a lid on this. >> oh my god. >> reporter: but they refused to be policemen. >> you weren't worried about piracy? >> no, no. >> it was the smartest thing we ever did. >> those cassettes went all over the world. ♪ down here ♪ >> reporter: the dead played more than 2300 concerts. fans recorded most of them.

>> they were our archivists as well. ♪ >> reporter: when you lost jerry in '95, did you think the music would go on as successfully as it has? >> i didn't think it would, because when jerry left, that was the end of the grateful dead, period. there is just no way that you can replace a jerry garcia. >> reporter: the surviving members went off to start satellite bands, but the dead spirit wouldn't die. bobby, is jerry still visiting you in dreams? >> yeah, time to time. >> reporter: weir says he had another visit recently. >> in the dream, jerry comes to me and says listen, i'm going to invite a song in to meet you. i want you to meet this song. the song was like -- kind of like a great big sort of ethereal english sheepdog.

and then we started singing it, a jazz duet. what that dream did is it solidified in me the notion that, yes, when we play the songs, they're living things. they come and visit our world. and they come through us. >> reporter: what happened to the sheepdog song that you nd jerry sang? did it take life? >> i'm still chasing that one. >> reporter: the grateful dead is officially a national treasure now. who could have imagined? like the song says -- ♪ what a long strange trip it's been ♪ >> and you can watch the 47th annual kennedy center honors this sunday, december 22nd at 8:30 p.m. eastern right here on cbs and streaming on paramount+. stay with us. "cbs news ro dup" will be right

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since then, his car dreams have been mostly confined to helping others with their vehicles. >> there was a nissan rogue. >> reporter: he works at o'reilly auto parts in mesquite, texas, where he has continued to share that story of the camaro that got away. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: of course, jared knew his dad never really regretted selling that car, but he still felt like he owed his dad, more than he could ever repay. so he went to work. a car exactly like the one his dad had just didn't exist. so jared spent three years scouring the internet for parts and putting it together piece by piece. until last month when he handed over the keys for his dad's 65th birthday. >> thanks for the diaper money, dad. >> and he was just overcome, and he wrapped his arms around me. it was the best. it was the best. >> he loves me a lot, as much as i love him.

>> reporter: we all give up something to start a family, but if you're lucky and patient, sometimes you can have your camaro and keep it too. steve hartman, "on the road" in mesquite, texas. >> pretty sweet birthday present. 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 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." president-elect donald trump delivers a likely death blow to congressional budget negotiations with influence from unelected tech billionaire elon musk. the federal reserve cuts its key interest rate, but says fewer cuts are likely next year. and we're learning more about the notorious captagon drug trade after the collapse of the syria assad regime. the nation is just days away from a government shutdown unless congress acts. that means millions of government workers and military members could be without a paycheck just days before the holidays. lawmakers were close to a deal on a last-minute measure to keep the government funded into the spring, but house republicans

revolted. they were cheered on by president-elect donald trump and his adviser elon musk making their feelings known on social media. cbs' natalie brand has more from washington. >> reporter: a spending bill showdown days before a deadline to avert a government shutdown after a deal unravelled wednesday night following opposition by president-elect donald trump. >> we reached the bipartisan agreement to meet the needs of the american people. house republicans have now unilaterally decided to break a bipartisan agreement that they made. >> reporter: the more than 1500-page bill released late tuesday would have kept government funding levels steady through mid-march. add-ones to the bill included more than $100 billion in disaster relief, economic assistance for farmers, a commitment for federal funding for the fallen baltimore key bridge, health care provisions and a pay raise for congress. some conservatives expressed outrage over the massive

measure. >> it is absolutely bloated pork barrel spending. >> reporter: elon musk tapped to lead the new department of government efficiency came out swinging on social media, declaring the bill dead. president trump and vice president-elect j.d. vance proposed a temporary funding without what they called democrat giveaways combined with an increase in the debt ceiling, going on to say increasing the debt ceiling is not great, but we'd rather do it on biden's watch. the last-minute negotiations now throwing congress into chaos. >> i don't know of anyone who wants to see a government shut down. >> reporter: lawmakers have until friday to avert a shutdown. natalie brand, cbs news, washington. the federal reserve closed out the year by cutting its key interest rate a quarter point. it is the third cut to interest rates this year, but wednesday's reduction won't be a gift for people carrying debt or shopping for a loan. at least not in the short-term.

cbs' katrina kaufman explains. >> reporter: americans are carrying a record amount of credit card debt, and are only expected to add more this holiday season. >> that's troubling because interest rates are not quite at record highs anymore, but aren't too far from it. >> reporter: matt shalts from the financial site lending tree says when the federal reserve started raising interest rates in 2022, the average credit card rate jumped from 19.5% to a record this past september of almost 25%. borrowing rates dropped with the fed's last two cuts, but only a little, and this new cut isn't expected to have a major impact. >> reporter: after taking the elevator up, they're going to take the stairs down. it's going to be a pretty slow process. >> that's because the federal reserve is still trying to lower inflation. the fed used high interest rates to try and slow the economy down. but americans keep spending, and prices recently ticked up. >> reporter: federal reserve chairman jerome powell shared

the board's projections for 2025. the 19 policymakers predict just two rate cuts next year. >> as for additional cuts, we're going to be looking for further progress on inflation as well as continued strength in the labor market. >> reporter: the fed already has a difficult job. one is to make sure the economy is strong enough to have a strong labor market. the other side is it can't be too strong because we don't want inflation. >> reporter: the board believes inflation could tick up in the coming months before eventually falling later next year. katrina kaufman, cbs news, washington. well, there is some bad news for millions of people waiting for amazon deliveries in the last few days before christmas. thousands of amazon workers are walking off the job thursday morning as part of a teamster strike. they say it's because amazon is refusing to bargain with union workers. the industrial action will include multiple facilities in california, new york, illinois, and georgia. turning overseas now, the head of the hts, the he believes

who overthrow syria's assad regime is telling western media his group is not a threat to the world. this despite the u.s. listing hts as a terrorist organization. as cbs' imtiaz tyab reports, its leaders are now revealing evidence of an extensive and illegal drug manufacturing business that was run by the regime of bashar al assad. >> reporter: in a remote corner outside damascus, a now abandoned potato chip factory that has shined a light on the bashar al assad regime's many dark but open secrets. >> in this storeroom we found key components of making synthetic drugs things like hydrochloric acid and there is lots of it. precursor chemicals needed to make one of the most popular street drugs in the middle east and beyond. captagon.

>> wow. >> reporter:. with hayat tahrir al sham, he told us this massive haul of captagon was found just days after the rebel group's takeover. packed in these unassuming household volt regulator kits. these look like what should have been coils of wire, but inside it's hollow and it's just full of captagon pills. . >> reporter: the highly addictive amphetamine is often referred to as poor man's cocaine. it costs just pennies to make, but can sell for up to $20 for a single tablet. for years, neighboring countries accused us and syria of being the world's main supplier of the illegal drug. >> under assad, syria is considered a narco state. how does that make you feel as a syrian? >> translator: we feel bad for the young people who were addicted to it, he says. the assad regime was destroying a generation. they only cared about making money. >> reporter: and the money is staggering. the disrupt assad government

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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the government spending bill bottled up in congress contains a measure targeting tech companies. it would require platforms to remove compromising images posted without the subject's consent. at the top of the list, nonconsensual deepfake pornography. cbs' jim axelrod has more. >> reporter: anna mcadams has always kept a close eye on her 15-year-old daughter elliston berry's life online. you've always had an eye for potential trouble. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: did you see this coming? >> no. not at all. >> reporter: hard to imagine who would have on the monday morning after homecoming in aledo, texas, 15 months ago. >> she came into our bedroom crying, just going mom, you won't believe what just happened. >> reporter: a classmate had taken this picture from elliston's instagram, ran it

through an app like this one that using artificial intelligence appeared to remove her dress, and then sent it around on snapchat. what are you looking at? >> child porn. it was horrifying. >> reporter: there was nothing about it that looked fake? >> no, no. >> just school and the environment is so different. >> reporter: six weeks into her freshman year of high school, elliston berry was confronting something sinister. >> i had psa testing and volleyball and football games. and the last thing i need to focus and worry about is fake nudes of mine going around the school. those images were up and floating around snapchat for nine months. >> reporter: your mom reached out. you tried to get them taken down right after it happened. >> and heard nothing. >> could have just as easily been my daughter. >> reporter: in san francisco, yvonne mure is starting to hear incidents similar to elliston's.

>> my daughter was 15 at the time. i'm a public lawyer and a mom, and this case unites both of those things. >> reporter: the san francisco chief deputy city attorney, mure is now suing the owners of 16 websites that produce deepfake porno pornography. >> it's not about fake or ai. it's sexual abuse. >> reporter: and a lot of it. these websites make disturbing pitches to customers. "have someone to undress" one a asks? and they're successful. 16 sites had 200 million visits in just the first six months of the year. >> we chose 16 of the largest most pernicious operators in the world. >> reporter: david chu, the city attorney of san francisco says those 16 are just the start. >> we're aware of at least 90 of these websites. so this is a large universe, and it needs to be stopped. >> every victim should have the right to say that's me. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz is co-sponsoring another

angle of attack, the take it down act just passed the senate. >> reporter: it puts a legal obligation on any tech platform you must take it down and take it down immediately. >> reporter: snapchat told us they have mechanisms for reporting this kind of content, and they're disheartened to hear families felt that their concerns went unattended. but elliston is now focused on the president. >> and i urge the house to pass this bill immediately to protect so many people, because this is a serious matter. >> i can't go back and redo what he did. instead i can prevent this from happening to other people. >> you look so happy. >> i really was. >> reporter: such strength for a high school software dealing with a modern form of abuse when she should have been focused on enjoying homecoming. in

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>> reporter: you got to give to it butch wilmore and suni williams. they've never complained, not once publicly about their multiple delays coming home from the international speculace sta. this time the capsule back on earth to bring up their replacements. it needs more work. for wilmore and williams, their eight-day original mission could now last ten months or longer. i asked wilmore about the delays back in september. talk a little bit about the psychological adjustment for you and your family. >> i can summon up in one word, and that's resiliency. eight days to nine months or ten month, whatever it is, we're going to do the very best job we can do every single day. >> ignition. >> reporter: the boeing starliner they launched on back in june developed problems with helium leaks and overheating thrusters. nasa decided to return starliner without its crew. >> touchdown. >> reporter: extending the stay of wilmore and williams until at least february when they can catch a ride home on a spacex

dragon. but nasa wants them to stay until the new crew arrives. with this latest delay, the earliest they'll come home is late march. wilmore admitted the tough part is the toll on their families. >> it is different, and they're going to learn from this. and they're going grow from this, like they never could have in any other situation. and for that i am grateful. >> reporter: resilience. it's a life lesson for all of us. mark strassmann in atlanta. back here on earth, lawmakers got a classified hearing with security officials on capitol hill looking for answers about those mysterious drone sightings. the government insists there is nothing to worry about, but people spotting the drones aren't so sure. tom hanson reports. >> reporter: in a closed meeting, members of the house intelligence committee were briefed tuesday on the mysterious drone sightings in the northeast. but after about 90 minutes, still there are questions left unanswered. >> the takeaway for me was the

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