this is a perfect strategy if you just want to dip your toe in the market on a part-time basis and if you don't have a lot of money. >> my name is jonathan "legacy" perez. i'm a professional dancer. i'm a b-boy. i was on "so you think you can dance" season six as a finalist. never in my life have i ever envisioned myself as successful as i am now in real estate, because i never felt that i had the capacity, and i'm happy that they saw what a gem i had inside of me in order to succeed in my real-estate career. >> another technique you're gonna be introduced to at my event is how to find wealthy cash buyers who are currently buying properties in your area. these are wealthy people who are paying cash for properties right in your area and around the country, and many of my students have tapped into this source of buyers and has made it so much easier for them to get started and have success.

>> as a practicing attorney, i was definitely somewhat skeptical at first. however, after having a chance to meet all the guys, i can tell you that they're really a down-to-earth group, unbelievably successful, and it is very refreshing to be learning from guys who are operating at this kind of a level -- at such a high level -- in today's market. >> we actually were able to make $19,000 in profit when all was said and done in our first wholesale deal. >> and the system that you guys are delivering to us? oh, my gosh. it is priceless. >> as a single woman, i was somewhat intimidated by investing in real estate. however, than's event gave m much confidence to succeed. i now have made $30,000 on my first deal, and i have five other deals in the works. >> right now, the middle class is shrinking in this country at an alarming rate, and there's a huge transfer of wealth taking place between those people who understand the laws of money and how to invest in real estate and those who don't. a job does not mean you have security. you need to know that, no matter

what happens to your job or the economy, that you have the knowledge in place to make money forever in real estate. and nobody can ever take that away from you. just imagine having more time for you, for your family, and having complete control of your financial destiny. that's the gift that i want to give to you. >> i'm so excited. i left my job a few months ago, so i've been pursuing this full-time, and it's awesome. and this event couldn't have come at a more perfect time. >> folks, it's scary right now. less than 5% of people who reach age 65 have enough money to retire on or are financially secure. and this is according to the u.s. census bureau. so, if you've ever worried about money, or you're not where you want to be financially right now, then you have to make a change. you have to step outside of your comfort zone, learn something new that can help you get to

your financial goals and help you live a life you've always dreamed of. the reality is, if you keep doing what you're doing right now, you're gonna have another year next year like you had this year. if you want a different year, a better year, more time for your family, more time for yourself, just a better life overall, then you need a specific plan and system to get you there. that's why you have to pick up the phone. make your guaranteed reservation for this educational event and attend so you can better understand this opportunity. put the power in your hands and start taking control of your own life financially. >> if you really want to have a game changer and do something different and you want to have a financial freedom in your life and be able to provide for your family and for yourself and do things differently than what you've been able to do before,

take this vehicle and ride it all the way. >> at the event, we will also teach you the second way i flip properties. and that's by fixing the property up and then selling it, like we do on our tv show. for example, this is one of the 31 properties i'm working on right now. here are the profits i made in two months alone just on properties i've rehabbed. [ cash register dings ] [ cash register dings ] [ cash register dings ] just imagine how doing just one deal like this would impact your entire life. i love this aspect of real estate because you can make even bigger profits, while, at the same time, you're improving neighborhoods. however, it's not as easy as it looks on tv. that's why you have to learn how to do it the right way. you see, a lot people who end up fixing up properties without a system -- they end up spending way too much time working on the houses themselves. at the event, we teach you our hands-off system for rehabbing

properties and how to get these properties fixed up without you ever having to pick up a single paintbrush. >> as soon as i found out about this opportunity, i immediately called my dad, because i knew this was gonna be our way out. i'd been looking for a way to retire him, 'cause i know he's been the hardest worker i've ever been around. >> and at the time, i was saying i was a little too busy to come. so he called me a week later and said, "no, dad, you have to come to this." and then when he said to me, "i don't want you swinging a hammer anymore," i decided that i would come and see what it was about. got to tell ya, i was skeptical about it when i went to that meeting. but afterwards, i was amazed at the information, the knowledge, the systems. that's what i really liked about it. that's the things i was lacking when i was building and selling real estate years earlier. >> we educucatyou on the process so you know the steps, who you have doing what, and in what

time line. we also teach you exactly how to get the money for these types of projects. in fact, one source we show you is an absolute gold mine. our students have used this source to get millions of dollars for deals they've rehabbed. just listen to some of these stories. >> i've been in construction as a residential home builder and side contractor for over 40 years. i even sit on the board of directors for the national association of home builders. i'm here to tell you that the systems that than, paul, and j.d. have put together are the most extensive and conclusive systems that exist anywhere. they make it so easy to flip houses and make money. >> i thought i knew what i was doing. i've been investing in real estate for 30 years. it's so refreshing to learn from someone that's doing the business at such a high level in today's market. >> i bought five properties. i've wholesaled three of those properties. i've just finished my last -- my first flip, and i'm holding

onto one piece of property as a long-term strategy. go ahead. take this step. it's a leap of faith, and you will not look back. it will change your life forever. >> announcer: if you're looking to make more money and take control of your personal and financial future, then get ready, because than merrill, the star of a&e's hit tv show "flip this house," one of the most successful real-estate investors in the country and america's number-one real-estate-investing expert has one heck of an opportunity for you. than is hosting a one-of-a-kind free two-hour real-estate wealth-building workshop where you will learn his three-step system for getting started flipping homes and buying and holding income properties. at this event, you will learn exactly how you can do this without needing money, credit, or any prior experience. than's system has created thousands of success stories around the country and helped numerous people make money and change their financial futures forever. when you attend this live event, you will discover five untapped and consistent sources of

properties than and his students have been buying for significantly under-market value that the general public doesn't know about. you'll also learn about a nationwide source of wealthy cash buyers than and his students flip these properties to. when you register and attend, you'll also get than merrill's "money resource guide" that shows you the seven best sources of money you can utilize to flip real estate using little or none of your own money or credit. this resource guide addresses the number-one problem most people have, which is how to get the money for your deals, and it's yours, free, when you attend. plus, you'll also get than's vip success package for free, which details out how than finds his deals and buyers and is full of other valuable resources that every real-estate investor needs to be successful. don't let this opportunity for you and a guest to attend this powerful live training event in your backyard pass you by. seating is extremely limited, so you must call the number at the bottom of your screen or go online right now to reserve your free tickets. make your guaranteed reservations right now, before it's too late.

>> we'd been investing in real estate. we'd had some income properties, and we were tired of the rat race, the grind, so we decided that, "yeah, let's go take a look at this." we went to the one night. it intrigued us. the things that they were telling us -- they're already things that we had in our mind. we were like, "yes, yes, yes," and so we wanted more. it's been a godsend ever since. >> it's important for you to know tha when you attend one of my live training events, you're gonna be learning from someone who is successfully doing this right now in today's market. over the years, i've flipped hundreds of properties. i built a sizeable rental portfolio, and i have 31 deals going on right now, like the one behind me. i also have a track record for teaching other regular, everyday people how to be successful in real estate. in fact, i have some of the most successful students in the country, who have done thousands of documented deals using my system.

i've literally created a road map for you to achieve your financial goals. this event -- it's gonna be a turning point for many of you watching this show right now. but you have to pick up the phone in order to make that change. all you need to do is call the number at the bottom of the screen or go online right now to reserve your two free tickets to my upcoming two-hour educational event. >> i've been a stay-at-home mom for a few years now. >> i used to be in the air force. i still am in the air force. i'll be retiring in a few months. >> i've always wanted to rehab, and i didn't realize how much i didn't know. >> to put it into a whole system that creates a business for you. i know the value of that, being in a military environment. they don't just tell you what to do, they tell you how to do it and how to build your business. and for me, that's what set them apart for every other real-estate investment company out there. >> we have a lot of students who had zero real-estate experience who are now flipping multiple properties a month.

however, learning how to flip is only part of what we teach you at the event. the second important step we teach you is how to build long-term wealth with real estate. you see, the key to building true lifelong wealth is to learn how to acquire income-producing properties, like this one right here, that produce monthly checks for you whether you work or not. and if you think about it, no matter what you do for work right now, chances are you wake up, you leave your house, you leave your family, and you trade your time for money. however, there's only so many hours in a day that you can work. so, your ability to produce income is capped. just imagine owning real estate that produces money for you every single month, regardless of whether you're at work, on vacation, or asleep in your bed. this newfound financial freedom

is gonna give you peace of mind, it's gonna give you more free time, and it's gonna allow you to give back to those that you care about the most. >> after having two masters degrees and a doctorate, i was being laid off, and i was going to be looking for a job, and the same thing was likely to happen again in my life. i had actually maximized my earning potential with that education. and so i made the decision at that point that i was not gonna work for anybody else again. i never really thought about passive income before and what that meant. having some money coming in whether i'm actively renovating a property or not is now my main goal in life. >> now, i know some of you watching at home may have been to other trainings, or you're financially comfortable right now, or you're already in real estate in some shape or fashion. you might be wondering how i can help you. well, over the years, i've helped so many people grow and literally automate what they do by learning our system.

>> the fact that they've taught me to build systems so i can run it like a business -- before, i was not running it like a business. i was just going for it. i was making money, but now i'm gonna make big-boy money. >> i've even had students who have attended our training events, who started using our systems, and are now so successful that other people started taking notice, and they now have their own tv shows and have been featured on shows like "flipping san diego" on a&e and "property wars" on discovery and "house hunters" on hgtv. in fact, here is one of those students. >> than, your system and what you teach is amazing. as you know, i was a realtor before becoming an investor, and i went to your seminar, and it all clicked. i started rehabbing properties and using your systems, and my business took off like wildfire. and as you know, the discovery channel started calling me when they found out what i was doing, and now i'm featured on "property wars." going to your seminar was the best decision i ever made. >> curt is a great guy who's

become very successful using our three-step system. and what really blows me away is not only how well curt and our thousands of other students are doing financially, but, more importantly, how proud their spouses and families are of what they've done and what they've accomplished and just how happy they are now. >> i have a business that my wife and children are proud of. we're going into neighborhoods and being paid to fix up properties. i'm building a legacy for my wife, my children, and my grandchildren, and i'm doing something that i absolutely love. >> we introduced you to three powerful and little-known strategies for investing in real estate passively and earning high rates of return. in fact, one of those strategies you're gonna be introduced to, you can earn up to 16% to 18% interest on your money, supported by united states state law and backed by real estate. this is a little-known, passive real-estate-investment vehicle

that's been around for over 100 years. we're also gonna show you how to use this strategy and other strategies to flip properties 100% tax-free. these are killer ways to invest in real estate and possibly build a retirement account for you and your family, because your money's gonna be growing so much faster in a tax-free or a tax-deferred environment. you see, working a job and just saving money alone may not get you to your long-term financial and retirement goals, and that's why it's so critical for you to learn these powerful, long-term wealth-building strategies. >> than's event gave me the confidence that i needed to succeed. since then, i have completed 15 real-estate deals, and i'm in the current process of completing two more. >> it completely turned my life around from "a" to "z." that is, by far, the best thing that could have happened to me.

>> this house behind me -- i got it under contract. and using the strategies that you taught me at your event, i was able to sell that contract, and i made over $9,000. >> as you're watching at home -- we only have a few seconds left, so pick up the phone and call the number right now to make your guaranteed reservation. this event is an opportunity many people will jump on in this area and change their lives forever. i really hope that you're one of them. if you want a better year this year, compared to last year, you have to do and learn something different. regardless of your financial situation or your background, you can do this successfully. real estate has changed my life, and i know it can change yours. i hope today is a day that you mark on your calendar, one where you can put a mark of an event where you and your financial future and your life took a giant leap forward. thanks for watching.

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firefighters making progress against a huge wildfire in the mountains north of los angeles. some folks have been allowed to go back home. others don't have homes to return to. mireya villarreal is there. >> reporter: this is where the sand fire did its worst. consuming 18 homes. the one behind me included in that number. three to four days after this home burned, firefighters are on scene, concerned the structre might come down. which is why they're on scene putting out hot spots.

in five days the sand fire has eaten up 37,000 acres of land. it is at 25% containment. threatening homes north of here. some evacuation orders are still in place. at its high, 10,000 homes were evacuated. at this point a lot of homeowners have been allowed back in. not in this area. here is why. over my shoulder, see although the hillside is burned. there is fuel for this fire. so if there are any flare-ups it could become another dangerous situation. >> mireya villarreal, thank you very much. norah o'donnell has been talking to delegates about the history they made here tonight. >> history it is. i was up there with delegates. four women from missouri who wept with joy. they held hands. hugged each other. one of them said to me it has taken 96 years for women to get the right to vote. started crying, saying now we have a woman how to be the first in history to win a major party

nomination. that's a moment. i think the clinton campaign is hoping that a night like tonight, history will ultimately hope people go to the polls. feeling that they want to be part of history. and electing her president of the united states. also think the democrats are hoping to recapture some of the magic that obama did, aspirational magic that got him into the white house. >> norah o'donnell. thank you very much. that's the overnight news for wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us later for the morning news and of course "cbs this morning" broadcasting live from philadelphia. from the site of the democratic national convention, i'm scott pelley. ♪ ♪

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "cbs overnight news." i'm anna werner. history was made at the democratic national convention in philadelphia. hillary clinton officially won the presidential nomination. becoming the first woman ever to head a major party ticket. meanwhile, her husband bill clinton made some history of his own. he is now the first former president to endorse his first lady for the highest office in the land. -- here is some of what he had to say. >> this is a really important point -- if you believe in making change from the bottom up, the measure of change is how

many people's lives are better, you know it is hard, some people think it is boring. speeches like this are fun. actually doing the work is hard. so people say "well we need to change." she has been around a long time. she sure has. and she has sure been worth every single year she has put into making people's lives better. [ cheers and applause ] >> i have lived a long, full, blessed life. it really took off when i met and fell in love with that girl in the spring of 1971. when i was president i worked hard to give you more peace and shared prosperity. to give you an america where nobody is invisible or counted out. but -- boy, this time, hillary is uniquely qualified to seize the opportunities and reduce the risk we face. and she is still the best darn change maker i have ever known.

[ cheers and applause ] you -- those of us who have more yesterdays than tomorrows. tend to care more about our children and grandchildren. the reason you should elect her its that in the greatest country on earth, we have always been about tomorrow, your children and grandchildren. will bless you forever if you do. god bless you. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] russian president vladamir putin, mocked the democratic party as paranoid for blaming embarrassing e-mail hack on moscow. hillary clinton's campaign suggests the russians hacked into the dnc server in an effort to help donald trump be elected president. the e-mails forced debbie wasserman schultz to resign and

the fbi is on the case. jan crawford has more. >> reporter: officials believe the hacking of the dnc went on more than a year starting in june, 2015, a wave of cyberattacks into american political and government institutions. the story didn't gain traction until wikileaks published e-mails embarrassing the democrats before the convention. >> if the republicans said that. they would say a conspiracy theory. donald trump hit back at democrats attempts to turn their new e-mail scandal into a problem for him. >> when the democrats say it, maybe trump stole everything from the dnc. aye, aye, aye, what a group we have. >> the clinton campaign is pointed to a so-called bromance with vladamir putin. something trump touted more than ape year. >> wouldn't it be nice if we actually did get along with russia. >> releasing the e-mails sort of

a form of information warfare. >> "the new york times" national security correspondent, david sanger says intelligence agencies routinely collect information on political campaigns. but releasing those documents is unusual. >> it is clear russian actors were behind the attacks. seems clear it was probably two intelligence agencies. unclear what the political motive was. >> like many international business men, trump sought to curry favor with the russian government and courted russian investors for business ventures. trump projects in manhattan, phoenix, and fort lauderdale were financed with the help of the bayrock group started by a former soviet official.

>> i never met putin in all fairness. but that put spin likes trump. therefore he went in and he stole it. he wants trump to win. okay. >> sanger says the timing is key to understanding the hackers motivations. >> it would seem unlikely though that influencing the election was the initial goal. because the first intrusion was in the summer of 2015. long before anybody knew that donald trump would emerge as the candidate. >> former u.s. intelligence analyst told abc news, the hack and like. looks like russians may be playing tit for tat, following a string of embarrassing stories, like olympic doping scandal. and may not be an attempt to meddle in the election. >> as for the olympic doping scandal. 86 russian athletes barred from the rio game. most of them belong to the track & field team which was banned al together. individual members of canoeing, sailing, swimming and rowing teams have also been told they cannot compete. still the decision by the international olympic committee, not how to ban the entire russian team touched off outrage around the world.

mark phillips has the story from london. >> well, a mockery. shameful. cowardly. some of the polite terms to describe the ioc decision not to ban the entire russian team from the rio games. this is a decision that made nobody happy, except the russians. >> you know, you can't help realize the olympic flame is less bright to day that in was before. >> travis tigart, u.s. anti-doping agency chief is just one voice in an international chorus of criticism. but the truth is the olympic flame has been flickering for some time. particularly following the revelation that at the sochi games, the russians carried on elaborate state-run scheme to cover up illegal drug use by athletes. now the russian team, at least those who haven't previously failed a drug test will be allowed to complete in rio. the ioc punted. the various international sports governing bodies are asked to

vet their own athletes to determine whether any should be banned in the way the iwaf has band, russian track & field team. it is unclear whether the federations have the resources or the will to do serious detective work in the less than two weeks before the rio games are due to open. the ioc president, thomas bach, decided not to confront vladamir putian on the grounds that clean athletes shouldn't be punished because of dirty ones. >> every human being is entitled to individual justice. >> but the international call for a ban is based on the fact that the russian olympic program has been tainted by the scheme. with the help of moscow security forces to swap, clean, urine samples for tainted ones. >> unfortunately, the russian federation and types at the top, with the ioc and the state of russia. are such, russia is essentially to big to be held accountable, as we would say, too big to

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16 years after he left office, former president bill clinton now has a chance to become the nation's first gentleman. if his wife hillary gets elected president. so what does the husband of a chief executive do? faith sally found out for sunday morning. >> meet andy, husband, a working father. >> slow down, buddy. >> and gardner in chief. >> so the other day i was out there, cutting the hedges, and some guy came by, said does the governor live here? i said, yeah. if you see her, tell her she is doing a great job.

>> reporter: it is pretty easy for andy moffett to get an audience with the governor of rhode island. awe you look beautiful. >> he is married to her. >> today. >> she is the first female governor of the state. which makes her husband, the first -- what? >> i do remember being at an event where i was, a group of seniors, a man introducing me. sort of paused. he said this is andy, he's the -- uh -- what's your title again? looked back at me. explained. first gentleman. all the older men and women laughed. kind of giggled. >> how are you, mayor? >> good to see you. >> andy moffett, rode island's first, first gentleman. while that title may not exactly roll off the tongue, you might want to get used to it. >> hello, i am mike haley, first gentleman of south carolina. >> from michael haley in south

carolina to dan little of oregon, there are now six count them, six, first gentlemen in the united states. and while we don't know if the title of the cookbook by wade christianson, first gentleman of oklahoma sums up his take on the job. dan mullhorn, former first gentleman of michigan says the role can be humbling. his wife, jennifer granholm served two terms as governor. >> did it change your mare snij -- marriage? >> yeah, for a man to see your wife in the position of power and prominence all of the time, you have to -- think about how to manage yourself and how to manage your ego, and how to play roles that are unusual roles. >> in fact, mullhorn, lawyer and teacher at uc berkeley said he had considered running for office himself. but, it was during his wife's first campaign for attorney general, that his role began to change. >> she gave a big speech at the convention, 3,000 people packed in. she was amazing. and i was holding my son. and this horrific smell starts

wafting up to me from his backside. i was on the floor in a bathroom stall with my son on a plastic diaper pad changing him. and i was just fussing like crazy with myself. i can't believe i'm here, why am i here. i can't believe i am doing this now. >> during his wife's first term, mullhorn sought advice from who else, a former first lady. paula blanchard of michigan. >> i said to her, how did you decide to what role you would play? and she said -- your primary role is emotional. >> what did that mean? >> well, it meant a lot of things. number one it meant i was the lead in the family. at that time our children were 8, 7, 1. you know you think of yourself as the smart. you think of yourself as, up on the ideas, you may think you have talents. but, that's -- that's not where you're supposed to be. >> the duties of the first

spouse have never been one size fits all. it is a very amorphous job, job without a definition. >> lisa kathleen gratti, curator of the first lady's exhibit at the smithsonian in washington, d.c. >> what we expect of women and what we expect of first ladies at the time. dolly madison established the white house as a backdrop for social diplomacy. she also, as you may recall, learned how to pack up and move in a hurry. >> dolly madison when the white house was burned by the british in 1814, managed to save it. >> century and a half later, jacqueline kennedy reigned domestic, famously restoring her new home. >> columbia island, is a gift of nature. >> lady bird johnson the first to enter the job with aan announced slate of programs. including highway beautification. our more reece first ladies have

taken on issues like health care, literacy, and obesity. >> how much do we expect of first lady and first gentleman has to do with our expectations of gender? >> i think almost all has to do with our expectations of gender. i don't think people are necessarily going to expect a first gentleman to do the christmas decoration tour. >> but, but maybe we should. >> maybe we should. >> maybe we should. >> take one of rhode island first gentleman's first task. >> you held a tea. >> i have a platform as first gentleman. i have a real license. an intention to do something with it. to make an impact on our state. they were very encouraging in that way. >> these days, while his wife is at the state house. >> you have 50 kids. >> moffett is focusing on causes, food, hunger related issues.

that is when he is not working for a management consulting firm. which brings us to this guy. who may soon find himself with a wife who is president. >> she is the best i have ever known. >> reporter: and a case of serious role reversal. >> you don't make the decisions. your wife makes decisions. coach, support per, cheerleader, encourager. keep that clear in your mind. she's the boss. >> still to hear, dan mullhorn tell it, there is nothing second rate about being first gentleman. if you had to assign adjectives, you know, my years as first gentlemen were -- what would you say? >> extraordinary. you know, magical. really confusing. disempowering. humbling. uplifting. very sweet. very sweet.

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in abu dhabi where it began its mission in march 2015. the aircraft traveled 25,000 miles making 16 stops along the way in 10 countries. the longest leg of the trip from japan to hawaii took nearly 120 hours. that broke the world record for the longest uninterrupted solo flight. david polk has the story. >> reporter: this is the solar "impulse." its impossible mission to fly around the world without using a single drop of fuel. not exactly nonstop. and not without a hitch. >> so different. he is an engineer. i'm a medical doctor. >> these are the two swiss explorers. andre borschberg, and were bertrand piccard, the visionary. >> exploration, you go into the unknown. you have no idea what is going to happen.

you try to use the doubt and the question marks to stimulate your creativity. what i tell to the team almost every week is if it is easy, everybody else would have done it. >> it's definitely not easy. a solar plane lives in a tiny mathematical sweet spot, limited by weight. solar panel area, and batteries. the wing span is bigger than a 747s. but of the plane weighs about as much as a car and holds only one person. >> everything is designed to be light. it has taken the plane a year and five month to circle. the earth. it needs ideal weather and it's not an especially fast plane. >> 55 miles an hour. >> this thing goes as fast as a car. >> not how fast you go, but how you get to the destination. i checked the plane everything works. >> no surprise to find were trained piccard driving the project. heave comes from a long line of

famous adventurers. so famous, creators of star trek, named jean lucpiccard after a relative. >> named after the twin brother of my grandfather. >> really? not just a coincidence? >> no, no. tau awe the balloon will take the professor up after it is inflated. >> in 1931, his grandfather. august piccard, the first man to reach the earth's stratosphere in a balloon. >> a brave thing this little man is doing. risking his life for the benefit of science. >> jacques piccard climbs done through the gasoline float. >> his father. jacques, was the first man to reach the deepest point of the ocean. in the mariana trench. solar plane isn't even were trained's first record breaking journey. he wumtz the first man to pilot a balloon nonstop around the world. >> it seems like for the balloon it was adventure. pioneering.

seems like with solar impulse there is a message as well. this is more than just a stunt. right? >> it is not a stunt. all the challenges that the engineering team had to build the plane you. see exactly the challenges that our world has to be cleaner, more energy efficient, and to soefl all the problems of solution. >> the flight from new york to seville spain, took three days. if you are going to spend that much time couped up in the cockpit. you have to figure out how to sleep. >> you put the alarm clock over 20 minutes. >> huh to exercise. >> i tried that on delta once. didn't like it. >> and how to do everything else. >> you see here, you have the bag for the bathroom. >> you are basically sitting on a toilet for five days. awe a sitting on the toilet. you can see it that way.

it took piccard, borschberg and sponsors to get the solar "impulse" off the ground. >> tell me about your relationship. do you fight? >> sometimes we fight. but we disagree. the source of our creativity. i think we understand that we are at the end better off if we are together than if we are alone. >> reporter: for now, solar impulse is to be a demonstration of how far clean technologies have gun. they think this is only the beginning. >> i make the bet that in less than ten years time. electrical airplanes, transporting 50 people for 1,000 mile trips. and this will happen. >> willing to make that bet? >> yeah, i make that bet. absolutely. >> 10 years right back here. >> yes, yes. >> i might just lose that bet. >> wright brothers had a single seater. flying very slowly. in good weather. 66 years later, there were two men on the moon.

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the heat wave gripping much of the nation is proving deadly. at least four children have died in the past week after being left in cars. the latest a 3-year-old boy left in an suv parked outside of a dallas church. his parents went in for a sermon and apparently forgot about him. kris van cleave reports on how one car company's new technology may reduce the risk. >> that is dangerous for small children. their bed temperatures can heat up four times as fast as adults. if it reaches 107, that can be fatal. 8-month-old raylee mercer died after being left in a hot car for two hours. her father apparently forgot to drop her at day care. parked his car.

went to work. it reached 93 degrees that day in louisiana. >> i know he is destroyed over this. he love his girls. he love his kids. he love his wife. this is a horrible accident. >> reporter: this year, 23 kids in 14 states have died after being left in hot cars. experts say heat stroke can happen when the outside temperature is as low as 57 degrees. >> she was the youngest of three. blond hair. beautiful blue eyes. just a great, great child always happy. >> reggie mckinnon's 17-month-old daughter died after he forgot to drop her off at day care following a doctor's appointment. he drove back to work, one block from peyton's day care. >> when i opened the-- the back door to the vehicle, the moment my life and family's life changed forever. i found peyton still in her car seat. >> such a tragic death. she is urging parents to look

before they lock their cars. >> truly it is that we distracted by the task at hand. not remembering most precious cargo in the back seat. >> that's a warning sound, general motors helps can prevent the accidents. the new technology built into the 2017 gmc acadia, first to alert drivers if a rear door was open prior off to the start of the drive. a simple reminder that could save a life. there are smart phone apps that can remind parents. they have to remember to use them. this warning system. beeping you can will be expanded in the near future.

captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, july 27th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." >> hillary clinton makes history as at the democratic national convention, becoming the first presidential woman nominee of a major party. >> if there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch, let me just say, i may become the first woman president, but one of you is next. bernie sanders delivered the delegates. >> i move that hillary clinton be selected as