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today, a senate report found that gilead sciences, which makes a cure for a fatal form of hepatitis, is more interested in profits than patients. the cure was invented under the leadership of the celebrated doctor in the department of veterans affairs. but at $1,000 a pill, even the va can't afford to save the lives of vets who need it. chip reid has been looking into this. >> reporter: in 2013, vietnam veteran zion yisrael was told he had five years to live. he had stage four liver disease caused by hepatitis c.

230,000 veterans. most contracted it in vietnam where it was spread by battlefield blood transfusions and vaccinations. >> the longer it goes, the harder it is to treat. >> reporter: after decades of suffering, earlier this year yisrael was overjoyed to learn there was a cure. >> i felt like my prayers were answered. >> i am ready to be cured. >> reporter: the drug, sofosbuvir, is sold as sovaldi and harvoni and claims to cure up to 99% of hepatitis c patients, but there's a catch. the retail price for a 12-week treatment is $84,000. the department of veterans affairs gets a 50% discount, but even with that, the va told yisrael they can't afford to give it to everyone who needs it, including him. >> come back next year, and all the time i'm thinking about that, my condition is getting

>> reporter: dr. raymond schinazi founded the company and led the scientific team that discovered the drug. he has worked for the department of veterans affairs since 1983. he says he's only a seven- eighths government employee and what he does with his remaining time is up to him. so you're only spending one- eighth of your time on your private company? >> well, even less than that. >> reporter: even less? >> yes. i'm very efficient. >> reporter: dr. schinazi made more than $400 million when he sold his company for $11 billion to pharmaceutical giant gilead in 2012. do you see how that looks to an average veteran? >> i'm sorry you're taking it personally. >> reporter: if you're surprised that a government scientist can make that kind of money, given federal laws surrounding conflicts of interest, so were we. has anybody ever questioned the

you to become very wealthy while working seven-eighths of your time with the government? >> nobody has ever questioned that. i think i've done everything, i've disclosed everything to the va. >> reporter: the va declined our request for an interview but approved the arrangement, and in a statement said federal employees are allowed to invest in private companies, provided all conflict of interest rules are followed. gilead, the company that now owns and sets the price on sovaldi and harvoni, told us that the cost is in line with the previous standards of care. but in this 2013 trade journal, dr. schinazi said it only costs about $1,400 to manufacture the full 12-week treatment. that's less than 2% of the retail price. why is it so much more expensive than what it costs to make it? >> that's a good question. i mean, i think the price will come down eventually. >> reporter: zion yisrael wonders if the price will come

two years his doctor says he has left. >> it's not right that the vets, we're still alive and we come here, and because of $84,000, you know, we can't get cured, a medication produced by the country that we're protecting? >> reporter: dr. schinazi says the drug he helped create has helped save hundreds of thousands of lives around the world, but, scott, the va concedes that funding for u.s. veterans is limited. so far they've treated about 35,000 vets, just 15% of the veterans infected with hepatitis c. >> chip reid with a revealing story in our washington newsroom. chip, thanks. patients who suffer from a rare infection called toxoplasmosis got some help today when express scripts offered to sell the treatment for $1 a pill. the drug is similar to daraprim,

for $750 a pill. after an uproar, turing's c.e.o. martin shkreli promised to lower the price and then he appeared to backtrack. don dahler has more on this. >> reporter: when shkreli increased its price, they complained they were being unfairly vilified. >> there are a dozen companies just like ours that raise prices higher than ours and i don't see them getting the criticism i got. >> reporter: he's partially right. after valiant pharmaceuticals bought the rights to a heart medication, it raised the price from $179 a dose to almost $1,500. activis increased the cost from $2,700 a bottle to over $1,800. >> you have your foot on the patient's throat. >> reporter: industry analyst richard evans: >> there is a moral obligation. you have to have the patient's well-being at heart and you have to act accordingly. >> reporter: imprimis pharmaceuticals says they're

they're using the basic ingredients of daraprim to make their own version of the drug. the infamous founder and ceo mark baum. >> we decided to take action to make this new formulation available to this vulnerable population. >> reporter: you're selling it for $1. are you taking a loss on this? >> no. the chemicals that we use to make this formulation are quite inexpensive. we make a really nice profit on this, but we make what i feel is an ethical profit. >> reporter: after a global backlash, shkreli said he'd lower the price of daraprim, last week he did, but only for hospitals, not individuals. members of congress have called for an investigation into steep increases in drug prices, and, scott, imprimis says it's looking at selling cheaper versions of other expensive medication, as well. >> don dahler for us tonight. don, thank you. it's cool in the midwest

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tonight winter storm warnings are up in much of the upper midwest. snow is falling and cars are sliding.

>> reporter: in sioux falls, south dakota, driving has been an uphill battle. the second winter blast in less than a month created white-out conditions. molly liberko lives here. >> this is pretty heavy snow. i know i heard some warnings yesterday. this is "heart attack" snow because it's heavy. >> reporter: 81-year-old eldora zea spent an hour today shoveling her landlord's property. >> at my age, you get used to it. you just put a little extra apparel on. >> reporter: on monday, sioux falls got nearly nine inches of snow, breaking a daily record. that didn't stop donald shea from delivering more than 2,000 pieces of mail. you moved to south dakota from san diego ten years ago. >> yes, i did. >> reporter: ever wish you were back? >> i love it out here. you put it through the test, rain, sleet or snow. out here or south dakota. >> reporter: in minnesota, there have been over 500 weather-related accidents since yesterday. we rode with bryon foote as he plowed interstate 90.

really good road and catch some slush, and it will pull you into a ditch or another vehicle or something. >> reporter: back here in sioux falls, just south of the downtown area, nearly 26 inches of snow fell in the month of november. that was a record. scott, looking forward, northeastern minnesota is under a winter weather advisory for tomorrow morning. >> but it is beautiful. david begnaud reporting for us tonight. david, thank you very much. now a correction: in our report yesterday on cyber monday shopping, we misspoke when we said that nordstrom's website had crashed. it did not crash. and we are sorry about the error.

fans of "60 minutes" know and admire the work of harry radliffe. harry was the producer of some of our most memorable stories. today at the age of 66, harry lost a seven-year battle with colon cancer, and we lost an extraordinary talent and friend. harry radliffe was a trailblazer. in the 1980s he became the first african american to head a cbs news bureau in london. as a "60 minutes" producer for a quarter of a century, he traveled the world, producing nearly 100 stories. harry was asked recently which one was his favorite. he picked the story that he did with the late correspondent bob simon about monasteries at mt. athos on a remote peninsula in northern greece.

city. holiness seems to seep from the very stones. >> the monks called me after they saw our story and were happy that they had cooperated with us, that they let us tell their story. they started referring to me as "beloved." >> beloved. >> not bad. that doesn't normally happen on "60 minutes," let me tell you. >> but beloved he was, by all of us. "60 minutes" executive producer jeff fager said it best today. "harry radliffe was elegant,

today, to celebrate the birth of his daughter, mark zuckerberg announced he's pledging 99% of his facebook stock, about $45 billion, to philanthropy: paying it forward. that was also the goal of a young man of more modest means, and carter evans has his story. >> reporter: with two small children, stay-at-home mother jamie lynne knighten has her hands full. it was a recent trip to the

her to the breaking point, when the only credit card she had with her was declined. you're in line, wyatt's going nuts, what are you going to do? >> trying to figure out if i could go home and get my other card. that's when matthew stepped up. >> reporter: 28-year-old matthew jackson was behind her and offered to pay for her $200 grocery bill. he refused to take no for an answer but he had one condition: >> just do it for somebody else. >> reporter: a few days later knighten, tracked down the good samaritan to the gym he worked at. she called to thank him and manager angela lavender picked up the phone. >> when she said, i just wanted the manager to know what kind of a beautiful person they get to work with, my heart broke. >> she started to cry and she said, you know, i'm sorry to have to tell you this, but matthew passed away. >> reporter: matthew was killed in a car accident. >> and i put the dates together and it was the day after i had

i wanted to honor this man. i wanted people to know what he did for me. >> reporter: so knighten set up facebook page in matthew's honor. it now has more than 10,000 followers and hundreds of stories inspired by matthew. >> you can't put a price on that. you can't put a price on giving people hope again. >> reporter: carter evans, cbs news, carlsbad, california. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley. --

this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm anna warner. the next republican debate is just two weeks away, and gop front runner donald trump is predicting it will be a ratings bonanza. trump told supporters that so many people will be tuning in to cnn $5 million just to appear on stage. whether or not that's a joke, iowa's first in the nation caucuses are less than two months away, and polls in the state show senator ted cruz is now nearly even with trump. that's got cruz going on the offensive. major garrett reports.

politicians said oh, no, oh, no. that's what they are. >> reporter: trump stayed on the offensive monday night, demanding $5 million from cnn for veterans charities or he would bug out of the network's december 15th debate. >> should i do it? i don't know if i want to take the chance. >> reporter: but trump pulled punches when he talked about senator ted cruz, now nearly tied with trump in iowa. >> he's been so supportive, but at some point he's going to have to hit me, right? it's going to be a sad day, but >> reporter: that day is already >> i don't believe donald trump i don't believe he's going to be our president. >> reporter: cruz invited controversy of his own to last week's shooting at a colorado planned parenthood clinic. >> here is the simple and undeniable fact. the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are democrats.

>> reporter: earlier in new york, trump met with black pastors to discuss comments he's made in the past. >> i think they want to see victory. >> reporter: trump's message appealed to some. >> i see strength, leadership. >> reporter: but others were skeptical. >> it's very unfortunate the way he's talked to not just the african-american community but things he's said about mexicans and muslims. >> reporter: ted cruz has risen more than ten points in two weeks. cruz said yesterday conservatives are coalescing around his campaign and he says if that won't s continues, it's "game over." hillary clinton says she has a plan to destroy the islamic state. her strategy includes special forces, air strikes and a no-fly zone over parts of syria. but she told charlie rose her plans do not include combat troops. >> i agree with the president's point that we're not putting american combat troops back into syria or iraq.

>> under no circumstances would you not do that? >> well, at this point i cannot conceive of any circumstances where i would agree to do that. we don't know yet how many special forces might be needed, how many trainers and surveillance and enablers might be needed. but in terms of thousands of combat troops like some on the republican side are recommending, i think that should be a non-starter and it should be a non-starter both because i don't think it's a smartest way to go after isis. i think it gives isis a new recruitment tool if we get back in the fight. >> tell me how serious the threat of isis is and what level do we decide we'll do anything we have to do to stop them? >> well, i think we have to haves our objective their defeat. i think you have to fight them in the air, fight them on the ground, and fight them in cyberspace. now you're facing an even more barbaric enemy which has more money and now controls territory.

choice between either going after assad or going after isis. because everybody is talking about that. how do you do both? it clear and bringing the russians in. you know, the russians have paid a big price because of the bomb in their jet coming from sharm el sheikh. so they've lost people to isis, right? i think you say, look, we need your -- if not your active help, your acquiescence in what we're going to do going after isis. so that means you're going to have to pull back while we go after their leadership and their economic infrastructure. but if you want to be part of that, we welcome you and you have a dog in hunt now because you're worried about what's happening in the caucuses. you're worried about isis spreading its ideology. right now we're not going to see a military defeat of assad. that's not going to happen. it might have been possible a

it's not going to happen now. >> there's a no-fly zone, which you advocate. and the russians invade that no-fly zone, would president clinton say, shoot it down if you give it warning? >> that would not happen. we're going to put up a no-fly zone where the russians are clearly kept informed. i want them at the table. they don't have to participate in it, but i want them to understand that there has to be safe areas on the ground. >> is there some lesson we need to learn and it may be applicable to syria, don't get rid of a strongman until you have somebody that can come in there. because you don't want chaos. because what you have in libya now is an increasing force of isis. >> there are armed groups that are fighting for power within libya that are not in any way identified with or allied with isis. they need to form even a loose confederation to try to push isis literally into the sea before they get a stronghold.

continues over president obama's plan to resettle 10,000 syrian refugees. the governors of 31 states say they won't allow it. now the white house is offering to provide an individualized report on every refugee settled this year. that's not good enough for the governor of texas, who is threatening legal action against organizations helping the immigrants. manuel bojorquez reports from austin. >> reporter: almost 200 syrian refugees resettled in texas last fiscal year, many with the help of organizations like the international rescue committee, or the irc, a nonprofit. that group is now under the scrutiny of texas governor greg abbott. >> we will be working to ensure that syrian refugees are not going to be allowed into the state of texas and given refuge in the state of texas. >> reporter: 31 governors, all

oppose accepting syrian refugees, fearing terrorists may sneak in with them and carry out attacks similar to those in paris two weeks ago. texas is threatening legal action, sending a letter to the irc saying failure to cooperate violates federal law and your contract with the state. this woman runs another immigrant services organization that works in texas with syrian refugees. what about those security concerns, though? what would you tell people who say we should take a pause? >> prove to me there's been one active terrorism by a refugee during the past year since 2001. there have been none. >> reporter: but now many resettlement organizations find themselves having to choose between following state orders and federal law. the obama administration sent a letter to resettlement organizations last week, reminding them that federal law

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extreme athlete j.t. holmes is celebrating his conquest of one of the world's most forbidding mountains, iger mountain, in switzerland. anderson cooper and the "60 minutes" cameras went along for the thrill of a lifetime. >> reporter: the 13,000 feet, the icy summit of the iger, is ski down. >> ready? >> reporter: so j.t. holmes is training in three extreme sports to rocket down more of the iger than anyone ever has. right now he's practicing one of

nearby mountain slope with his friend and cameraman. to speed ride, he's using skis, but he's also attached to a glider-like parachute called a speed wing. it allows him to soar over rocks and legends, impossible to ski. >> you're capable of transitioning skiing and flying. and you're flying. and then you're skiing a little bit more. >> exactly. >> reporter: but speed riding will only take j.t. so far down the iger. he'll ski off a cliff and freefall the rest of the way, all in one long, non-stop, breath-taking ride. >> three sports, one run. and they're my three favorite sports. >> reporter: these are the three things you love? >> yeah. these are three of the things i love. >> reporter: j.t. needs perfect

so far he hasn't been lucky. weather on the iger is unpredictable. fierce winds whip the slopes and change directions dramatically. j.t. checks the iger every day to see if he can finally head to the summit. for the past two years, he had to cancel plans because wind bleu the snow off the top of the mountain. today, the conditions are not right? >> yeah, today you can't even see the top, so we can't get a helicopter up there. >> reporter: how long have you been planning this? >> the first thoughts of it were upwards of six years ago, but focused on a good three. >> reporter: why has it taken to long? >> you're putting your life in unnecessary risk. so i need the right day. >> reporter: j.t. is well aware of the risk. he started out as a professional skier. the steeper the slope, the better. >> ready, set, go! >> reporter: now at 35, he makes a living through endorsements and filming his remarkable feats.

ago in norway, he and his daredevil friends were pioneering the use of wing suits, jumping off mountains and flying more than 100 miles per hour. but in the last several years, a number of his friends and acquaintances have died in wing suit accidents. one of his friends was killed in 2012 when he struck a cliff and fell 1,000 feet. j.t. won't be wing suit flying off the iger. the most dangerous part of his descent will be when he tries to jettison his skis and freefall down the rest of the mountain. to practice, he makes base jumps without skis, off a tiny, slippery piece of rock he calls the mushroom. >> i stepped off the helicopter onto the mushroom and that was fine. i had a good grip. but then i took one step and there was this really thin ice layer.

remember. >> he's off. >> reporter: he falls for about 20 seconds, accelerating to 110 miles per hour, before opening his parachute. >> he's right toward us. his parachute is open. >> reporter: that was amazing. how was it? >> scary. >> reporter: when j.t. jumps off the cliff, he'll have his skis on. properly releasing them is critical. what's the danger if you can't get the skis off? >> you're at risk of an unstable parachute deployment or a snag. >> reporter: that risk is foremost in his mind because of what happened to his best friend, shane. in 2007, j.t. and shane started skiing off mountains, dropping their skis, and flying away in wing suits.

they found thrilling. >> oh, yeah. another wing suit ski base. here we go. >> reporter: but on this jump in italy in 2009, shane's ski release mechanism jammed. he couldn't get his skis to come off. he crashed into the ground at high speed and was killed instantly. that's how he died? his skis didn't come off? >> he couldn't get his skis off, struggled in his wing suit and crashed. >> reporter: when j.t. is training, he wears a t-shirt with a funny picture of shane on it. without his old friend there to help him, he's turned to new friends. martin sherman is an experienced swiss mountain guide. >> it can change very quickly, from good conditions to really nasty. >> reporter: it can turn bad very quickly? >> and then you're in trouble. >> reporter: they are cautious

trips to plan in advance every part of the complex descent. particularly this spot where j.t. will jump, jettison his skis, and begin to freefall. you're standing there on top of the mountain. what goes through your mind? >> there's two mindsets. there's the evel knievel, which is kind of kamakazi, and who knows how it's going to work out? and then there's the james bond. and bond is composed and dialed and he's uses clever pieces of gear which he developed to outwit his opponents and pull off tremendous things. >> reporter: which one are you? >> i'm bond. >> reporter: after days of waiting and years of false starts and canceled attempts, on this visit in april, the weather on the mountain suddenly clears. j.t. decides the time is right. he and his team take a chopper to the iger's summit. >> i'm checking for landmarks on

path of descent. >> reporter: so you already have a path of descent in your mind? >> it's something that's been memorized. >> reporter: the iger might be a monster of a mountain, but the summit is shockingly small. here there is no room for error. no room for the helicopter. it's not big enough for the helicopter to land? >> no. it just puts its nose into the iger and hovers there. >> reporter: how big is the area that you're standing on at the top? >> it's pretty small. there is no slat spot. workable space is three ping-pong tables. >> reporter: that's it? >> something like that, yeah. >> reporter: a mistake here, one wrong step at 13,000 feet could cost them their lives. they work for almost an hour, they dig trenches with ice axes so they won't fall down the

the surface is jagged ice, not powdery snow, and it can easily rip the speed wings. >> i don't like how these things drag the lines. >> reporter: they file down the sharp pieces of ice so they won't snag the speed wing lines. but the wind picks up and they have to quickly reposition them. j.t. decides it's now or never. >> okay, three, two, one, go. >> reporter: j.t. launches off the summit. champion ski rider valentin quickly follows. videotaping for us with a camera on his helmet. the ride of a lifetime has begun. >> that's when you turn your skis downhill. that's very committing, because you point your skis down the iger, you're probably not going to stop until tomorrow. >> reporter: one way or the other. >> one way or the other.

wing for much of the descent, flig over outcroppings of rock and icy slopes too steep to ski. he reaches an open slope on the iger's western flank and lands. he cuts loose his ski wing so it won't slow him down. now he relies solely on his skis and skill. >> you're in a really cool place where few people ski. what you're trying to do is gather as much as possible and propel yourself off the cliff. >> reporter: the cliff he'll ski off is coming up fast. this is the most dangerous part of the descent. there is no stopping. he completes a double back flip to stabilize himself, releases his skis, then freefalls. his nylon suit is arrow dynamically designed, propelling him forward.

finally opening his parachute. >> yeah! [ cheering ] >> reporter: he drifts safely to the ground, landing more than a mile below the iger's summit. >> oh, yeah! >> oh, my god. that was pretty intense, man. >> holmes actually did it a second time, but that run didn't go so smoothly. you can see the full story on our website, cbsnews.com. the "overnight news" will be right back. coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24

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a pharmaceutical ceo who jacked up the price of a life-saving drug for cancer and aids patients is now backtracking. martin shkreli faced withering criticism over the price hike, and promised to low it it again. patients say it never happened. don dahler reports. >> reporter: when turing pharmaceuticals doubt the drug this summer, ceo martin shkreli insisted it was being sold at a loss for $10.50 a pill. he increased the pill 5,000% to $750. why was it necessary to raise the price so drastically? >> the drug was unprofitable at so any company selling it would be losing money.

not excessive at all. >> reporter: but after a backlash, he told "the new york times" a modest reduction would happen by the end of the year. shkreli now says he's reducing the price for hospitals only. individuals will pay the full amount. but last month, a san diego based drug company announced it will offer its version of the drug for $1 a pill. mark baum is the founder and ceo. you're selling it the equivalent for $1. are you taking a loss on this? >> no. the chemicals that we use to make this formulation are quite inexpensive. we make a really nice profit on this. but we make what i feel is an ethical profit. >> reporter: the drug is considered the most effective treatment for a rare but deadly disease that inflicting person's with lowered immune systems, including cancer and hiv persons. the fda says it's looking into

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pirelli is famous for making high performance tires, but it also puts out a calendar every year, usually filled with scantily clad models. but after five decades, pirelli is changing gears. >> it is a simple concept. 13 women chosen for their accomplishments and not just shot by one of the most respected female photographers around. it is a deep departure and one that is rethinking female sexuality. cindy, jennifer, sophia. for decades, those pages have been a who's who of top models and hollywood a-listers, shot in seductive poses by some of the

published by a premium tire company, where tires are anything but the focus. this year, the pirelli calendar is causing a stir for what it doesn't contain -- nudity. in a dramatic shift, women of all ages, sizes and colors are showcased in a series of black and white photographs, taken by photographer annie lieboviz. >> i thought the women should look good and simple. >> reporter: artist yoko ohno. angus gunn with her granddaughter. musician patty smith. clothed and striking in each image. cbs news contributor melody hobson is ms. june. >> i thought, well, here's an opportunity to perhaps showcase a career and a story that is not common.

me have been dreaming of. >> reporter: only two women kept with the calendar's typical theme. tennis star serena williams is pictured topless, with her muscular back to the camera. and comedienne amy schumer in her underwear, sipping coffee. >> she had an idea that there was going to be clothing this year, and i was like, great, let's do it. nudity. >> reporter: nudity has been a near constant since pirelli began the project in 1964. it hoped to be an artistic version of a pin-up calendar, legitimized by fashion's elite. but times are changing. and attitudes about objectifying women along with them. >> i think it would risk a lot of people saying, this wasn't sincere. >> that's the "cbs overnight