what's the impact of that? >> the impact is lives, human lives. >> financial advisers say if you're planning to stop itemizing, you should probably make some of your 2018 donations to charity in the next few days before the end of the year so you can deduct what you were

planning to give to charity or your church on this year's tax returns. bianna? >> some good advice, jan. our thanks to you. with three simple words. my name is chris noth and i will listen.

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democrats want massive $1 trillion spending program. but republicans want to spend on the other hand 1/5 of that, $200 billion, money used to create public/private partnerships to fund the rest of the spending. democrats say it will never work. reaching a compromise in an election year when the two sides are that far apart will not be easy. >> yes, we can! >> reporter: also high on both parties' agendas is finding a way to allow 800,000 so-called dreamers, people who were brought to the u.s. as children, to remain here permanently. a law that protects them from deportation expires in march. democrats say it's a moral imperative. >> they are americans in every single important way but one, their paperwork. >> reporter: the president has made his personal feelings clear. >> i have a love for these people and hopefully now congress will be able to help them and do it properly. >> reporter: though he has tied his support to funding for a border wall. another key issue, funding the federal government. republicans and democrats need

to reach a deal by january 19th or risk a partial government shutdown. and a long festering issue, obamacare. the tax bill the president signed last weekends the individual mandate. >> it ultimately leads to the end of obamacare. >> reporter: but that's far from clear. and in a tweet this week, the president predicted that democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. the president and congress will have to move quickly if they really do hope to compromise on these issues because it won't be long before they move in to full battle mode in preparation for the midterm elections. bianna? >> chip reid, thank you. isis struck afghanistan's capital today. a suicide bomber from the sunni extremist group targeted a shiite cultural center. at least 41 people were killed. the attack underscores isis'

growing power in afghanistan. joining us now is michael morell, the former number two at the cia and cbs senior national security contributor. mike, great to have you on with us this evening. given today's attack, buzz isis in afghanistan pose a threat to the u.s. similar to isis in iraq and syria? >> bianna, afghanistan is one of the places where the isis cancer has spread. it's not yet a threat to the u.s. homeland, but if it is allowed to continue to grow in strength, if it allowed to acquire a safe haven, it could very well become a threat to the u.s. homeland. >> is the u.s. doing enough to prevent that from happening? >> so the military pressure on isis in afghanistan is significant. isis is one of the reasons why president trump decided to leave a u.s. troop presence there. and those operations against isis are intensive. >> let me switch gears and ask you about secretary rex tillerson, who has written an op-ed really promoting u.s. foreign policy. he took a rather tough stand regarding russia. in fact, he wrote that absent a

peaceful resolution of the ukraine situation, there cannot be business as usual with russia. mike, those are strong words. but does this carry any weight with vladimir putin? >> so they are tough words, but from putin's perspective, he really only listens to the president. he mirror images. and in his system, he is the only person that matters. so when he looks at us, he thinks the president is the only person that matters. the most important thing to putin are u.s. actions. and we have not taken tough action with regard to the meddling in the election. but just last week, we took very tough action by allowing the ukrainians to acquire from the united states anti-tank weapons that is a very tough step with regard to russia. and putin will see that. >> mike morel, our thanks to you. and happy new year. >> same to you, bianna, thank you. now here are some other stories we're following in our evening news feed. 128 law enforcement officers have died this year in the line of duty.

that's a 10% drop from last year, according to the national law enforcement officers memorial fund, which says possible reasons include better safety gear and training. apple apologized today for slowing down older iphones. the company said it was done to preserve battery life and prevent shutdowns. but in multiple lawsuits, customers argue it was a scheme to get them to buy new phones. apple is now offering those with an iphone 6 or newer a $29 replacement battery. and public filings show apple's ceo tim cook got a 47% raise this year to $12.8 million. that's on top of the stock he owns worth hundreds of millions of dollars. apple's board has also told cook to use only private planes for security and efficiency. and there is much more ahead. >> you can board without presenting your boarding pass passport or other travel documents. >> biometrics are being used increasingly by the airlines, but there are questions about privacy.

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we all know america loves a winner. but jamie yuccas found a place where they always raise a glass, even to the loser. >> reporter: remember google glass? how about rejuenique. >> what it does for the face for the body. >> reporter: the hawaii hula chair. it looks a little silly.

>> it is. >> reporter: martin biallas brought the museum of failure to los angeles. >> imagine your ceo sitting there in the meeting and just going like this. when you see the commercial, you've got all these smiling people going like this. ♪ if you can sit, you can get fit, the hawaii chair ♪ >> well, that didn't help either. the product tanked. >> reporter: the museum showcases major flops by big-name brands, like olestra-laced pringles. >> make sure you had an imodium with you when you were consuming that. >> reporter: or ford's revolutionary edsel. >> the steering wheel where they tried to center all the pieces, all the controls into the steering wheel. and people just got confused. >> 80, 90% of all innovation projects, they fail. >> reporter: psychologists and innovation researcher samuel west curated the museum. we tracked him down on vacation. >> there is a saying that failure is a better teacher than success. and i truly believe that. we have so much more to learn from failure. >> reporter: colgate learned

that its lasagna wasn't nearly as fresh an idea as its toothpaste. bic bombed. with its her line. but sticking to the basic, sells more than 30 million products a day. what do you hope is the biggest takeaway for people who visit the museum? >> i hope people leave the museum with a reevaluation of what failure means for progress. >> reporter: it's a message that visitors hear loud and clear. >> as a parent, i want to teach my kids it's okay to fail. >> reporter: which brings up the biggest irony. the museum dedicated to failure appears to be a huge success. jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. >> and that's overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news, and of course "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm bianna golodryga. thanks for watching.

this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm don dahler. new year's weekend starts today, and it's doing so in frigid fashion. old man winter has brought bone-chilling cold from montana all the way into the south. and for most, it won't be warming up any time soon. in new york city, the arctic weather isn't the only thing putting a chill on preparations for new year's eve. police are planning the biggest security cordon in city history around times square. tony dokoupil is there. >> reporter: three days before the ball drops in times square, security is building up. new york police commissioner james o'neill. >> we take away are our preparations this. people will be safe. and they should feel safe too.

>> reporter: to protect about a million revellers in a city still shaken by a botched pipe bombing this month and a deadly vehicle attack on halloween, the nypd is promising stepped up patrols, k-9 teams and heavy weapons squads. the old barriers are back too, along with sand trucks to guard against a vehicle attack. but the nypd is putting a new focus on aerial security with spotters on buildings. and for the first time officers in hotels up and down the avenue to react in the event of a sniper-style attack. three months after las vegas suffered the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history, the city's new year's eve party has been designated a sear 1 security threat by the department of homeland security. a designation typically reserved for political conventions and the super bowl. law enforcement is taking no chances, adding snipers and twice as many armed rapid response teams on top of 800 steel security pylons. clark county sheriff joe lombardo. >> i'm confident every available

resource is being used to make sure this new year's eve will be safe. >> reporter: other big cities are beefing up too. chicago police say they are adding specialized teams with a focus on vehicle-style attacks. for the first time miami will conduct random security checks at its outdoor events. in san francisco, days after spoiling an alleged plan to attack the city's popular tourist site pier 39, police are beefing up security along the famed embarcadero. so just how cold will it be for this new year's eve weekend? meteorologist danielle niles is with our cbs boston station wbz. >> it's just brutal. we're going to be talking about this cold for days, if not weeks, as another reinforcing shot of cold air straight out of the arctic, a little piece to the polar vortex dives down for a record start. temperatures 20 to 40 degrees below normal. and that may be a little bit on the conservative side. you're making your plans for new year's eve. ball drop forecast.

midnight, windchill values, 15 to 30 below zero from boston back into northern new england. stretching west towards the midwest. 3 below the ball drop in new york. that's what it's going the feel like as we head into new year's eve night. the first day of 2018, brutal. single digits and teens in terms of actual temperatures. most of the nation, 70% of it going to be below the freezing mark with a lot of cold air in place. meanwhile, the next couple days we're measuring the snow in feet in parts of the west coast with a multiple disturbances coming in off the pacific. these deep pinks you see here from northern portions of washington, stretching back into montana with elevation will be measuring the snow in two to three feet in spots. thousands of people in states with high property taxes are scrambling to pay their 2018 tax bills before the start of the year. the new trump tax code limits the property tax deduction for many. but the irs says it may audit people who try to get around the law. and that's not the only confusion on the tax horizon. jan crawford has some details on

charitable giving. >> how you doing? >> reporter: in the nation's capital, this charity serves hundreds of meals daily to the needy, operating largely through charitable donations. but under the new tax reform law, nonprofits like so others might eat will soon be taking a big hit. >> we are absolutely concerned that tax reform and also just confusion about what the new laws are going to be will impact charitable giving. >> reporter: it's a concern shared by nonprofits across the country, because the new tax law lowers incentives for people to donate. before, people could reduce their tax burden by writing off charitable donations and itemizing them on their tax returns. under the new law, many middle class taxpayers no longer will need to itemize, but instead offers a bigger standard deduction, doubled to $12,000 for individuals and $24,000 for couples. but here is the rub. if you don't itemize, you can't

deduct your charitable donations. >> people will continue to give to charity. they just won't give as much. if you get a thousand dollars more in your paycheck and there is no financial incentive to give it to charity, you may still give to charity, but you're probably going get the washing machine. >> reporter: united way ceo brian gallagher says his organization, which collects $3.5 billion a year in donations and funds charities like so others might eat expects to take in $300 million less. estimates that overall charitable giving will go down $13 billion a year, which would mean up to 10 million people will lose needed services. >> the impact is lhu >> come january 1, california will become the eighth state in thtieation sale of marijuana to adults.t st because it's leg doesn't mean it will be easy for the stores.

>> murder shop called urban trees.y ll medical marijuana. but they would like to get a license to sell recreational. to do that, though, things are going to have to change. for example, this brownie here has 500 milligrams of thc. the new limit is only 100 milligrams. and then it has to be divided into 10 milligram doses. come january 1, anyone 21 years of age or older will be able to buy recreational marijuana legally in california. that is if they can find a place allowed to sell it. banning pot shops altogether, while others are still working through the pmi this is the head of the permits in los angeles regulation department. >> this is a process, not an event. >> reporter: l.a. won't even u. and it could take weeks before stores are properly licensed to sell recreational marijuana.

>> we do not want to necessarily disrupt this market, but we do need to regulate this market. >> reporter: medical shops like tory holistics in san diego face challenges in becoming recreational sellers. so you've had to create new packaging? >> we did. our packaging is completely changing so that it is not see-through. >> reporter: opaque, childproof this is 115 pages. what is this? >> this is the proposed regulations by the state of california.o the are the rules you've got to follow? >> these are the rules we're following. >> so it's rea rional pot users will have plenty of rules too. smoking marijuana is not allowed in restaurants, bars, and most public areas. o and the california highway patrol wants everyone to know while high. did you know that smoking a joint can get you a dui? >> if you can buy a drink or buy a joint, you can also afford a

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>> reporter: and you get this. >> yeah. >> look at that! >> amazing, isn't it? >> wow. >> >> reporter: this feat of engineering, aerodynamics and conservation has been choreographed by jacques flamand, a veterinarian who is moving these rhino to save them. why did yoar rhinos, transporting them by helicopter instead of by road or other means? >> some of these rhino are in very inaccessible parts of the reserve.lifting them provided us with an opportunity. i immediately thought this is getting them out of rugged mountainous, or thick forested o in. >> reporter: with more than 100 sqre ravines, the tala game reserve

when we joined flamand and his team, they were searching the rhino they had selected for relocation, part of his plan to protect them fm why did you choose the black rhino to focus on? >> well, i didn't choose it. it chose itself becae orr: so h rhino were there in the country when you began?rhinin south afr started the project. >> reporter: that was 15 years ago. the black rhino was a critically endangered species. to get the numbers up, flamand started the black rhino range o of the world wildlife fund. the idea was to take a small number of rhino from government parks and settle them in new where they would breed and create new populations. people. >> we got the word out that we were looking for land for black rhino. worked amazingly.

so those 20 black rhino, howeveo a new and we wanted to put 20 because that's a genetically viable number. >> reporter: flamand's team captured the rhino by them, then by driving trucks in to pick them up. but when they ran out of road, they turned to the skies. >> i mean, it's spectacular and unbelievable and also slightly . it's sort of everything. >> you really have to put your mind adrift that the animal psychologically is not being harmed in any way. as been the chief veterinarian for kwazulu natal parks for 22 years. e air for less than ten minutes and fully sedated the entire time. >> it looks as if the anim

but we've done our homework. we didn't justo ift was going t. we hung rhino upside down with cranes and sat and monitored th. >> reporter: didn't you volunt upside down from the helicopter? >> i did. but the pilots wouldn't let me. >>they told me anything that ca walk on its feet can be hung by its feet. >> reporter: pilot tosh ross and dave cooper have been working together from the be ross told us the huey helicopter he is flying for this two tons, more than enough to lift a black rhino. you've done how many now? >> this will be 198. you've lost none? >> we do three today and it will be 200, yeah. >> reporter: what's the most difficult part? >> putting it down. >> reporter: so you don't hurt the animal? >> yeah.>>yeah, if it was easy,

everyone would be doing it. >> reporter: we saw just how difficult it can be as tosh ross struggled to land the first rhino. he got it down safe and unhurt on the second try. vet dave cooper was already up in another smaller helicopter, looking for the next rhino. >> here we go. >> reporter: he prepped darts for his tranquilizer gun with a dose strong enough to knock the animal out for 30 minutes. the first dart didn't fully pierce the inch-thick skin. three minutes later, his second shot stuck. they tracked the rhino until it dropped. we were right behind him in the huey with jock flamand and the game capture team. i see the rhino down.

how many minutes do you have now to get that rhino? >> we've got a bit of time. >> reporter: as soon as we landed, it was a race to get to the sedated animal. dave cooper's priority removing the tranquilizer dart and treating the wound with an antibiotic. >> i darted him once here. >> reporter: yeah? >> the dart went in and out. so i immediately had to put another one in. >> reporter: so that's the first thing you do is cover the eyes? >> that's right. because that stops them. >> reporter: so is this a male or female? >> this is a male. >> reporter: he is young and has many years of breeding ahead of him. exactly what they need. they id'd him from notches in his ears. most rhino in the kwazulu natal parks are marked this way. is that him breathing? >> that's him breathing. it's lovely, big, deep breaths.

i'm happy with that. >> reporter: the game capture team cleared a path to above. >> the helicopter is now going to come. >> reporter: wow. >> and they're going to hitch up the four straps. >> reporter: tosh ross maneuvered in the chain and swept the rhino away. it took them less than 16 minutes. for dave cooper, it's a small victory every time. >> i have tears in my eyes. >> reporter: because? >> they mean a lot to me. >> reporter: as a vet, you're the one that gets called out when the poachers have been there. >> yeah. >> reporter: and they've hacked off the horn and the animal is bleeding. >> yeah. >> reporter: is that very difficult for you? >> yes. so much negativity around rhino at the moment with all the poaching that to be involved in something like this is what lifts you and keeps you positive about things. >> reporter: this is what cooper and flamond are seeing more and

more. when the program started in 2003, three or four black rhino were being killed a year. >> now we're into the hundreds for this province alone this year. >> reporter: so why is that? >> well, because there is that stupid demand for rhino horn, which has absolutely no medicinal value, sadly. >> reporter: rhino horn is made of keratin, the same substance as human finger nails. yet in countries like china and vietnam, people believe it can cure hangovers and increase virility. private game parks are drowning in security costs. most remove the horns to deter poachers. but it's worth so much, more per ounce than gold or cocaine that every place there is rhino is a target. >> you can see the full report on our website, cbsnews.com. the overnight news will be right back.

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in our series living stronger, we're introducing you to some older americans who are an inspiration for people of all ages. here is julianna goldman. ♪ five, six. ♪ show your shoulders. >> reporter: solange binda mclane. madame binda, known to her students, has been teaching for 67 years. and at 95 years old, she says she has no intention of slowing down. the story of your birth is pretty noteworthy? >> it was a little unusual.

it was at that time no doctor. so it happened to be japanese vet. >> reporter: a veterinarian delivered you? >> yes. >> reporter: that was in china, where her belgian father worked as an engineer. she had a privileged childhood. a big house, horses, and dance lessons with a renowned russian ballerina. all of which went away during world war ii. >> we had about a week to be told that we were going to go to a concentration camp. and we stayed there for three and a half year. >> reporter: amid the starvation and squalid conditions at the internment camp, she still managed to dance. >> we made our own costume. because out of sheets. so anything. >> reporter: after allies liberated the camp, mclane married an american soldier and moved to the washington, d.c. suburbs. but the marriage didn't last. with two small children to support, she started teaching dance. that was in 1950. in the years since, she has taught thousands of students, many of whom have gone on to dance careers themselves. >> these are the little ones. >> reporter: her studio is a

shrine to decades of rehearsals and recitals. it's packed with her hand-stitched costumes. thousands of costumes in here? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: she doesn't sew as much anymore, but she still drives, both her car and her lawnmower. >> you have to look at your heel. >> reporter: and of course she teaches. you could have stopped doing this years ago. >> that's my vitality. i take my oxygen from them. >> reporter: for madam binda, ballet is life. and it's kept her on point throughout the years. julianna goldman, cbs news, falls church, virginia. >> thank you, ladies. >> and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues.

captioning funded by cbs it's friday, december 29th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." people were screaming, fire, help, fire, help. we knew there was trouble. >> a fast-moving fire at an apartment building in new york. the largest new year's eve party is getting a big security boost. and iphone slowdown outrage has apple rushing to make amends with customers. and good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news