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the hawks up by 16. but they had issues holding on. pit kins led all scores 27 and the hawks lose. 72-69. time for a final break. when we come back, it's a top three
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skidded off the run way and plummeted down a cliff headed for the black sea.
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passengers described a scene of panic. as they evacuated the precarious plane. and amazingly, each and every one made it off uninjured. in a statement, pegasus airlines said the plane experienced a run way excursion incident. the cause of the excursion is still under investigation. reports in turkey say a bird strike or ice may have been responsible. in central, florida, three people are under arrest in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. tony dokoupil has the the story. >> i get emotional because it just touches me so deeply that one of our citizens was killed in such a manner. >> sheriff russell gibson dealt with murder in a 30 year career in florida. never quite like this before. >> this was a murder-for-hire. >> last week, alexis ramos riviera and his girlfriend glori ann marie allegedly kidnapped
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their victim outside a mall. >> tied the victim with zip ties and then her head induct tape and garbage bags. >> the sheriff says they were after a romantic rival of this woman, who supposedly hired the hit. but according to authorities, they picked up the wrong woman. discovered their error, and killed her anyway. >> do you have anything to say to her family? >> i'm sorry. >> now janice tores, wife and mother dead, her body beaten and suffocated. the three are charged with the murder and the veteran law man is left wondering what next? >> in the end, it appears to be a lover's triangle. wow. >> police moved in after lopez allegedly used the victim's bank
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card. now all three suspects have reportedly confessed and elaine on facebook earlier the victim's husband wrote to his late wife, waiting for you at home. >> tony, thank you. coming up next, oprah's cbs sunday morning discussion with the organizers of the time's up movement. later, the music teamer known as mr. d. what a difference he is making. kelp is on the way! with herbal essences bio:renew made with active antioxidants that work from the inside out...
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last sunday, oprah winfrey electrified the golden globes speaking out about systemic abuse of power by men. today in a special segment for cbs sunday morning she spoke with organizers of the times up move, natalie portman, kathleen kennedy, tracy ellis ross, shonda rimes, nina shaw and reese witherspoon. >> i think a big parting is not changing the written rules but unwritten rules. i think what we are experiencing right now is a tectonic shift underneath our feet where women and, and men, are feeling like, we can no longer not say the truth.
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and when the truth is said, there is maybe a ripple in our culture right now that is going to allow, for there to be a change. i feel like there is a constrictive fury that has resulted in a resolute pursuit of equity. like there is -- tectonic shift. then, something galvanized. we are all not just my hurt this is more than my hurt. this is not just my anger. this our anger. instead of it being a feeling it is becoming an action. >> i have heard, confusion, of, about the difference between, or, the difference, the, people are afraid to even say there is
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a difference between, inappropriate behavior, inappropriate comments, and, sexual assault, and, and sexual predators, and, and rape. there is a difference. >> there is a difference. but a culture that, one part of it supports the other. there is an understanding of consent. and, respect. that i think has gotten very confused in our culture that has the set up a space that can make all of that happen. >> in my business, in my law firm. several people have come to me and said, i just don't know what to say. don't know what to do. i said. you know the difference between right and wrong. is it a conversation that you would be comfortable going home at night and telling your wife or your mother that you had. if you are uncomfortable in telling them about this conversation, then you shouldn't have it. >> critically important discussion. oprah's full segment for cbs sunday morning is posted on our website at cbs news.com. still ahead, they're tired of traffic apps guiding cars into their neighborhood. now they're saying, no way. >> 1,000 feet stay to the right.
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find aahs and oos in every fresh bottle of herbal essences bio:renew. let life in. if you find yourself in a traffic jam there are apps and ways that can guide you to open roads. some who live along the all ter that routes are now trying to block cars from clogging their streets. jim axelrod has more on this. >> this will change the life in leoni. >> it should. >> this sign in new jersey is a low tech solution to a high tech problem.
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>> there its approximately 60 streets closed. >> a way to control the out of control traffic for residents like melissa sousman. >> how long does it take? >> 10 minutes. 15 minutes. who is going to be nice? how much i will push against their car till they let me out. >> reporter: a one square mile town in the shadow of new york city's george washington bridge. for years, whenever traffic would back up at the bridge. savvy commuters would get off the highway and take a short cut through leonia. if you knew the secret there were ways to beat the jam. >> stay to the right to exit 78, leonia. >> reporter: now, everyone has ways. or other traffic apps that routes them through leonia. once the main streets get clogged start sending commuters through residential side streets. mayor juda siegler. >> they have an app. >> reporter:s look like on the once quiet streets of leonia. their plan. receive strict the streets
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during rush hour, just to leonia residents. have a hang tag in your car. or get a ticket. >> not talking $20. >> no, $200. $200 has some teeth. >> from medford massachusetts to california, communities have become victims of the traffic apps, as leonia's police chief discovered if you pass a law the app will remove side streets from the menu of short cuts. >> people will do whatever the app tells them to do t it's scary sometimes. up aup at it is what the app tops telling them to do that should make life less scary. off awe in 1,000 feet stay off to the right. >> jim axlerod, leonia, new jersey. up next, meet mr. d, a high school music teacher making a difference for kids in one of the nation's most troubled cities.
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we end in camden, new jersey, across the river from philadelphia. it has a reputation as one of the nation's most troubled cities. a music teacher there is affectionately known as mr. d. rocksanna shows the us how mr. d is making a huge difference in his students any's lives. >> it is hard to see how young people make it in a city like
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camden, new jersey. until you meet jamal dickerson. >> what kind of things do your students see in the streets? >> they see, just strug m, real struggle. like, like their friend, in trouble, their friend, selling drugs. friends dying. >> no he is a real genius. you have got to work hard. and you will be rewarded. >> he has found a way to keep them safe at camden creative arts high school. >> i just know that, you know, keeping the kids off the street. keep them busy. . >> mr. d as the students call him, says the band is just an instrument to transform their lives.
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>> i just wanted to make better human beings. that's it. >> kids like senior isaiah riviera. >> through the music it is really shown me that hard work does pay off. >> sophomore, tajmir curry. >> he never gives me a chance to slip through the thing either. basically like a father figure. i would say. currently my mom and dad is incarcerated. >> how long have your parents been incarcerated? >> since my fifth grade year. >> how many of you plan to go off to college? all of you. how involved do you get in these students any's lives? >> yeah -- i don't know if i have a life without them? my life is lived with figuring out how to make theirs better, every day. >> fine tuning lives, one note at a time. a final note about mr. d. he not only grew up in camden, he married his high school sweetheart. that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.
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♪ ♪ this is the "overnight news," i'm elaine quijano. the false alarm that shook the 50th state is being called an unacceptable mistake. an accidental alert went out warning of an incoming ballistic missile. a congresswoman from hawaii is warning errors like this can bring nations to the brink of war. david begnaud its in honolulu. >> reporter: 24 hours after the panic in paradise, federal communications officials say hawaii did not have the reasonable processes and safe guard in place to prevent a
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false alarm warning that a missile was headed for the islands. people ran for their lives saturday. as the text alert lit up cell phoes. the warning read, ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii. seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill. panicked people looked to police officers for answers. >> we're getting flagged down by a lot of people for that asking where the nearest shelter its. >> reporter: this was the radio alert. >> a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this is not a drill. off awe frightened families hilt in closets. tourists packed this lobby. >> i sent a message to my grand kids. >> of it took 13 minutes for the emergency managen't agency to tweet no missile threat to hawaii. but it took 3 minutes to get out a cell phone alert telling
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people it was a false alarm. >> it is just unacceptable and mind-boggling how it could take so long. >> the congresswoman sent ape tweet telling people it was a false alarm. the explanation for the errant message, someone hilt the wrong button. not once, but twice. vern miagi its add strap tore for the state emergency management agency. >> i accept responsibility for this, this is my team. >> they took responsibility, but there has to be action. there has the to be an investigation. ha says employee who claims to have pushed the wrong button feels terrible about what happened. the governor doesn't juan aent more practicing of the alert system until a full investigation is done. when it is complete the governor wants two people to now be involved in pressing that button. elaine. >> david begnaud. thank you. next saturday marks one year since president trump took office. a new cbs news poll out today shows 35% of americans think the country overall its better off now than it was a year ago. 43% say things are worse. 21% say things are about the same.
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the president is spending the holiday weekend at his resort in florida. errol barnett is there. >> reporter: cbs polling found 70% of americans say they support allowing the children of undocumented immigrants known as dreamers to stay in the country. >> i have a lot of confidence in the people in the room that you will come up with something really good. despite confidence that president trump would sign a daca deal. protecting legal status of dreamers, today blaming democrats. yet his own tough language on immigration is threatening any bipartisan agreement to fund the government and adress dreamers. >> i for one will not vote for government funding until we get >> civil rights leader congressman lewis was blunt in . >> i think he is a racist. congress said the president were racist.
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>> i think there are people i think that would show real >> 76% of americans found president trump's comments abou can nations as inappropriate. but department of homeland security secretary, kirsten neilson disputes reports mr. >> what the president is saying he would look to move to merit based. based on an individual. >> rand paul. >> you can'te f erybody is out there calling the president a racist. >> now, president trump announced an end to daca in september. a federal court ruling last week iz migration agency said, based on that court order, it will accept new applicatis those qualifying for deferred r. the death toll from mudslide in california climbed to 20. officials say four people are missing in the coastal community of montecito. john blackstone is there.
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>> aerial drone footage of the thick sludge and debris on highway 101 helps explain why part of california's busiest freeway is still shut down. days after the mudslide that now covers 30 square miles of santa barbara county. crews are working around the clock to clear trood and restore power. but 7,000 people are still under a mandatory evacuation order. through damaged cars, trees on the ground, and debris from people's homes, search teams can continue to look for victims. you never give up hope. why give up hope. i've mean there is people down there who are hoping. i mean, what right do i have to give up hope? we can't get in the car. it is being swept away by a 5, 6 foot wall of mud and debris. david grockenberger, described what he saw on tuesday as apocalyptic. >> i looked over and said where
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is the three car garage. it was gone. i've don't mean just a stick or rough. it wasn't there. >> cell phone video shows the the mud filling up the family home. quickly rising, stair by stair. but the house remained intact. and the family was able to escape. some of their neighbors did not. >> we lost some of our best family friend. all the other families are going through. we are lucky. just hard to think about, you know how lucky we are when they were not so lucky. >> reporter: debris from boats, surfboard, cars, still clogs this river of mud. that its buried highway 101 at least five feet deep. no prediction when the major california freeway will be reopened. elaine. >> john blackstone. thank you. now some other stories we are following in the cbs weekend an iranian oil tanker that had been burning for more than a week off the coast of china, exploded and sank today.
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32 crew members were killed last week when the tanker collided with a cargo ship. the tanker was carrying nearly a million barrels of oil. a driver who was speeding through the streets of santa ana california last night hilt a median and literally flew into the second story of a dentist's office. remarkably there were no serious injuries. police say the driver admitted to being high. >> high flying snow boarder shaun white earned a ticket this weekend to next month's winter olympics in south korea. the two time olympic gold winner scored a perfect 100 at the u.s. grand prix in colorado. three months ago a terrible crash sent white to the hospital for almost a week. the 31-year-old is now headed to his fourth winter olympics. coming up next, oprah's cbs sunday morning discussion with the organizers of the time's up movement. later the music teacher known as mr. d. what a difference he is making.
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this the cbs "overnight news." this is turning out to be one of the toughest flu seasons in years. the cdc reports the virus is widespread across the entire continent of the united states. the epidemic claimed the lives of 20 children. dr. jon lapook reports. >> reporter: in hoip hoi richard and valerie reben are mourning the death of their 4-year-old son jonah from flu. he had underlying health conditions. >> one of the most difficult things i ever had to do. was tell my other children on saturday morning that their little brother wasn't coming >> reporter: the cdc reported 20 pediatric deaths so far this season.
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at this time last year there were three. >> there is a lot of flu happening now. >> the doctor is director of the cdc influenza division. >> we saw the season started early in november had a really rapid rise as probably peaking right about now. >> flu peaks most often in february. of the 49 states where the flu is widespread, these 36 are the hardest hilt. california has had 42 adult deaths. up from 9 last year. kentucky, 36 deaths, up from 4. and oklahoma, more than four times as many. >> this year the predominating virus is h 3 n 2. and in years where that one its most common virus we see a lot more hospitalizations, a lot more cases, and also, more deaths due to that particular influenza virus that strain affects people over 65 and children. hospitalizations r in those two groups are rising. >> the numbers of people being hospitalized is really doubled in the last couple of weeks. >> there is still three months so it is not too late to get a shot. which takes about two weeks to
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become effective. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. starting to day, air travelers who bought one of fancy new smart bags could be in for a rude awakening at the airport. am can airlines, delta, alaska airlines and hawaiian airlines are all banning the high tech luggage. the fear is the lithium ion battery can explode. kris van cleave has the the story. >> this is a smart bag. see my phone is plugged into it. and charging as we speak here. the maker of the bag says they have about 65,000 or so out there that could be affected by this. the issue is right here. this is the battery. since you can't take it out. this bag is going to be on a no fly list. the internal battery that can be a flier's dream could become a travel nightmare.
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as airlines ban bags with batteries that cannot be removed. worrying checked bags can catch fire if the bags malfunction. >> there are smart bags that will not e no longer be permitted to fly. >> reporter: ross finestein from american airlines largest carrier first to ban the bags. if the bag has to be checked you must remove the battery bring it into the cabin of the aircraft with you. but if the bag has to be checked, the battery is not removable. weave will not accept that bag. >> earlier this year, the faa, urged regulators to prohibit electronics with lithium ion batteries from checked bags. new testing revealed poe ten poe ten sthal for a catastrophic fire. smart bags use their batteries to power gps, sync, weigh, lock themselves. charge the phone. some can pro tell themselves. putting them on many holiday wish lists. bags with the battereries removed will be allowed on board
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...right from her phone! geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. okay - let's try this. it says you apply the blue one to me. here? ..'s day with k-y yours and mine. two sensations. one great way to discover new feelings together. sharon stone has been out of the public eye more than a decade. that is about to change. lee cowen spoke to stone about her life and the next stage of
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her career. >> this was the montgomery cliff property, i wanted, i'm sure that, then, elizabeth taylor and natalie wood and, robert wagner and, and all of those great people were over here swimming. i just wanted to keep it. preserve it. >> sharon stone's home does have that sweet smell of old hollywood. those ear huge. >> yeah, they smell fantastic. >> not that she is hold old mind you, shy of 60 and looks 40. hers is hardly the lonely mansion from sunset boulevard. >> which one of you hethens is throwing their nach kin. if the echos with the chaos of kids. stone's three adopted sons, 11, 12, 17, make sure of that. >> mom. >> what. can i play. thank you. you want to guard me. >> as a single mom there isn't
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much time for reflection. but if there is a place for peace, it is by that pool. under her angel's trumpet tree. >> i talk to my tree. >> pretty fabulous. smells so great. >> does the tree talk back? >> it kind of does. >> life does talk differently than it used to. ever since a serious brain hemorrhage she suffered in 2001 nearly take it all away. >> there was about a 5% chance >> so it affected your speech? >> my speech. my hearing. >> walking? >> walking. >> did you have to sort of, start over? and relearn? >> everything. >> all of this. >> everything. >> really? >> my whole life was -- wiped out. >> yes! >> it didn't matter, she was an
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oscar nominated actress. one of the most talked about of the 90s. after her stroke, in the eyes of hollywood stone says, she was considered damaged goods. >> others aren't that interested in a broken person. >> so you just felt alone in a lot of ways? >> i was alone. >> she tried to go back to work never felt before. >> i'm sure i seem peculiar coming through this all these years. i didn't want to tell everybody what was happening. because, you know, you just seem, this is not a forgiving environment. >> so, that's where sharon stone's been all these years. recovering, being a mom. and, putting her life back together after her second divorce. >> that if i wanted to have a man in my life it would be for partnership. it wouldn't be an arrangement, it would be an actual relationship. and -- since those are pretty hard to come by. >> relationships? >> yeah, real ones. >> i have been around. i've know the track. >> her focus now she says is getting back to work. reclaiming her place in the spotlight.
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>> you know, don't pretend that you, that you weren't throwing me all kind of signals. >> the vehicle she is using for her come? back is mosaic. a steven soderberg project that couldn't hatch been iffage inned way back in the 90s. a who done it where viewers can choose how they pick their way through the clues via a smart phone app. >> then you follow it like a family tree. it has the your family tree branches out. like that. push where you want to watch. you see it from different people's point of view. >> let's say i buy you a drink or something? >> drink would be great. e a ow about now. becaaditional six part mini-series for those who don't feel like being tech savvy. stone, plays a famous children any author. looking for love with, with plenty of willing suitors. who all become suspects, when she mysteriously disappears. she thought the role had something to say.
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about the relationships that was unique and powerful. especially now. >> we -- we were raised to accommodate men. particularly in my generation. and women so often lose their own identity to the identity of men that they're with. they even change the way they dress. what they do. to, to, fit to the men that they're with. >> things are changing she says. she joined others on the golden globe red carpet this past week. with her son rowen in tow. wearing black in solidarity with those hive lighting sexual harassment and gender inequality in hollywood. >> we are starting to acknowledge our own gifts as women. and not think that we have to behave as men. in order to be -- empowered or powerful. or valuable. >> i don't know how to ask this in a delicate way, were you ever in a position like that that you felt look you were uncomfortable?
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[ laughter ] >> you are laughing. i've don't know itch that is a nervous laugh. or are you kidding me, of course i was laugh? >> i have been in this business for 40 years, lee. can you imagine the business i stepped into 40 years ago. >> that's why i asked? >> looking like a look from nowhere, pennsylvania. i didn't come here with any protection. i have seen it all. >> reporter: her journey through the business started as you might expect. as a model. she had just what photographs were looking for even itch she thought she dent always fitted in. >> i always thought i had the worst body. >> seriously you did? >> yeah. >> how its that possible? >> well because the i just.
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in those days everybody was reed thin. everyone was 9 feet tall and 2 pound. >> she had a more athletic she calls it. her first big movie role, och -- role opposite arnold schwarzenegger put that build on full display. >> why are you doing this, laurie? >> yet, stone says there was still something standing in the way of stardom. >> no one thought i was sexy. and probably, i i'm not or wasn't. but, i was smart enough to realize that i had to seem sexy. >> so, she decided to pose for playboy.
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a calculated move that helped her land perhaps her most provocative role. >> there is no smoking in the building ms. trammel. >> what are you going to do charge me with smoking? >> you don't have to remember the plot of basic instinct to remember that moment. >> it's nice. >> do you get tired of -- of that scene? following you around ven to this day? >> you know, people think they saw so much. but i too have a pause on my reap mote control. there is not that much to see. >> you are in over your head. >> maybe. but this is how i will catch my killer. >> she proved she could be sexy. but sex was not the selling point of the part she says. in fact, it was not the point at all. >> that character its a sociopath. >> but a very sexy sociopath. >> but for her sex was just another tool. >> pour me something tall and muscular. >> just as she willed her way into that role, she is willing her own come? back. engineering it in a way that doesn't ignore her time away but uses it. >> the well that i am now bringing back to work is not a well i had before. i'm so grateful to have this. the chanceof my having it is so slim. ha-ha. >> if it is meant to be, she says it will be. >> quinn! >> but from the looks of it. sharon stone has already made the most of her second chance at life.
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on martin luther king day, steve hartman has a story of justice 60 years in the making he found on the road. >> reporter: at mount arie resort in poconos of pennsylvania, the reverend and wife are arriving for their second honeymoon. they were greeted warmly. a sharp contrast to their first visit, 60 years earlier. in 1957, they were married in north carolina, then drove eight hours only to be turned back for being black. how did they put it? give you a reason? >> first they pretended i didn't have a reservation where i brought a copy. they said if we said yes, our guests would be very unhappy.
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>> reporter: they had to stay at a black owned hunting lodge instead. >> men with these big yunz. >> not what you were planning for your honeymoon. >> now the what we were planning on. >> reporter: prodded by that experience, gill immersed himself in the civil rights movement. working side by side with martin luther king jr. today he speaks about the movement which is how he ended up at bear elementary in titusville, he told the honeymoon story he had done 100 times before. for whatever reason this group of fifth graders really took it to heart. >> at the end of the story i was like, that is just terrible. >> it was really heartbreaking. >> just because, it's so wrong. >> i feel like this is the worst thing some one could do some one. >> after months after the couple visit itted, kids are still affected. >> you feel bad for them? that they had to go through that. >> a ton. >> a ton. >> yeah.
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>> which is why each fifth grader wrote a letter to mount arie, one said. the caldwells made me think of not only standing up for myself but standing up for others and fixing mistakes that were made in the world. in closing, the kids reap quested an all expense paid honeymoon redo which they got. >> makes me feel good inside we know even though we are just kids we made an impact on the world. >> it was really magnificent to know that kids cared that much. >> the rug feels so nice. >> i should mention that the original mount arie was torn down years ago. this is a new bidding with new owners who were so impressed with the kids they wanted to help make it right. >> was this worth waiting 60 years for. >> obviously this does not make up for decades of racial injustice. but it is a step and a sign that we can get there. steve hartman, on the road, in the poconos. that is the "overnight news" for this monday.
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captioning funded by cbs it's 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." hopes for a daca deal begin to fade and president trump faces desperation. operator error sends the hawaiian island into panic mode after a false missile alert. now officials are trying to figure out how to prevent it from happening again. and a trifying close

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