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without burning or charring. >> and you know what i like with my steak? >> i know. >> a perfectly baked potato, which i can do right here in my nuwave oven in minutes. >> or if you like my favorite thing, sweet potato fries. whatever you make in the nuwave, it comes out perfect every time. [chuckles] >> announcer: according to the u.s. department of energy, 50 cents of every dollar you spend heating up your gas or electric stove is wasted. but not so with your nuwave p.i.c., because it uses induction technology. this infrared camera shows how a traditional cooktop heats the area all around the pot. but look how the nuwave p.i.c. heats up only the pot. this means no more wasted energy. >> i love that i'm saving energy, that i'm only heating up the bottom surface of the pot where i need the heat to be, and i really think we're seeing the difference in our electric bills, and i love that. >> one of the best things about the nuwave precision induction
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cooktop is it's portable. i can take it anywhere, i don't have to leave it in the kitchen. so i'll take it into my dining room and i'll set up my own egg station, so when i have visitors-- especially my family-- i can cook my own omelets, they can cook their own omelets, they can cook their eggs, they can cook pancakes and it's just this simple because i've got precise temperature control. and look how beautifully non-stick this is. all i have to do to make the omelet is tip it, the omelet runs back. i tip it again, it runs back. i'm going to be able to fill this up. so everybody can have whatever filling they like. i always like to have some mushrooms, some cheese, some peppers... >> and you know i like the healthy spinach, bob. >> ohh... >> i just ruined his omelet. >> [laughs] well, with the perfect green fry pan, we just simply fold that over, it's going to continue to cook while it's in the pan. i fold that out and look at this: my pan is clean, i'm ready to cook another omelet again. >> the heating is consistent, so i can set up a buffet with four or five of these and have different temperatures that are going to maintain. i think one of the biggest complaints is that sometimes
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the buffet, they get the cold food, and with the p.i.c., the food stays warm through the entire event and the guests really appreciate that, as does the host and hostess. >> announcer: introducing the revolutionary precision induction cooktop from nuwave, the leader in portable induction cooking technology. the nuwave heats up twice as fast, uses up to 70% less energy and is safer than any cooktop. best of all, the nuwave is the only portable cooktop that gives you precise temperature control with the simple press of a button. >> i love the temperature control. >> as you press the buttons, you can see exactly what the temperature is-- you can watch the water boil change. >> mm-hmm. >> that's incredible. >> anything you boil water for... [snaps fingers] it's that quick. >> announcer: make pasta in half the time. melt butter with no chance of it burning. melt chocolate to creamy perfection. make sauces with perfect temperature control. gas and electric stoves have hot coils and open flames which can burn you.
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heat only to your cookware, so it's 100% safe. look what happens with this egg: the pan is hot, but the cooktop is not. that's the magic of induction cooking. >> group: wow! >> woman: it's not even hot. >> will it change the way you cook at home? >> group: yes. >> announcer: why crowd your kitchen with expensive, bulky appliances? the nuwave precision induction cooktop is a complete kitchen all in one. it's your portable indoor grill, temperature-controlled deep fryer, festive fondue maker, time-saving pressure cooker, healthy vegetable steamer and programmable slow cooker. >> if i had this, i would fry all day, every day. [laughter] >> so i can steam my vegetables on top, i've got my couscous, my rice, my pasta underneath, everything is done, you come home from a hard day at work, 10 minutes, you got food for the whole family. >> announcer: the oversized 12-inch tempered glass surface can handle even large pots and pans. the nuwave p.i.c. works with most cookware-- just check for the "induction cooking ready" symbol-- plus it works perfectly with the induction-ready nuwave pressure cooker.
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its compact size makes it the ideal solution for r.v.s, small apartments, and dorm rooms too. and because it's portable, you can take it anywhere, so it's perfect for buffets and outdoor parties. induction cooking can cost thousands of dollars, but the nuwave precision induction cooktop is a bargain at just four easy payments of only $33.33. your nuwave comes with the quick start guide, gourmet dvd and the nuwave recipe book giving you the precise temperature settings to make all your favorite meals come out perfect every time. and get this: when you call now and order direct, we'll drop a payment! you pay only three payments of $33.33. that's a 25% savings. but we're not done. you also get the nuwave stainless steel 3-1/2 quart pot with premium tempered glass lid. alone, it's worth more than $100, but call today and it's yours free. plus we'll also include this stainless steel steamer basket. wait-- there's more good news. we'll also send you the
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cookware set, including a nine-inch omelet pan, plus a 10-1/2-inch sauce pan that can be used with your glass lid too. the non-stick surface is coated with duralon diamond-infused nano-ceramic coating. it helps you make great-tasting low-fat meals. we'll also send you the nine-piece deluxe fondue kit, perfect for making your favorite fondues. hold on! are you ready for an amazing deal? act now and we'll send you a second nuwave p.i.c. absolutely free-- all you pay is the shipping and processing. keep it for yourself or send it as an unforgettable gift from you. this buy one, get one free special promotion won't last long. and listen to this: we'll let you try the nuwave p.i.c.s risk-free, not for 30 days, not for 60 days, but 90 days. if you're not happy, return them and we'll refund the purchase price, but these six gifts are yours free to keep-- all you pay is the shipping and processing. this special television offer
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won't last long, so act fast. don't forget to ask about special savings on the nuwave pressure cooker with bob warden's great food fast cookbook. the nuwave pressure cooker is fully induction-ready and compatible for use with the nuwave p.i.c., so you can prepare tender meats, rich risottos and flavorful seafood cooked to perfection in minutes. and with bob warden's great food fast cookbook, you'll get over 100 delicious, healthy, time-saving recipes. plus, ask about the nuwave cast-iron barbecue grill and griddle and the 10-piece perfect green cookware set. [ ...] call or go online now. [ ...] >> announcer: the nuwave precision induction cooktop is the most convenient and efficient way to cook. you get the convenience of traditional stovetop settings plus the flexibility to control the temperature
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in 10-degree increments. sear a steak to perfection or melt chocolate or butter without a double boiler. you can do it all with the nuwave p.i.c. the smart sensors inside ensure you'll create delicious meals every time by maintaining the constant correct temperature. it's like having a professional chef cooking for you. the result: no more mistakes, no more burning. >> it takes the human error out of cooking. there's no more guesswork in what temperature you're cooking at. it's very easy to just set the temperature at the touch of your fingertips. you can go up 10 degrees, 20 degrees, 30 degrees. in a matter of seconds, it's going to be perfect every time. >> now we'd like to talk about the perfect temperature to fry chicken. now, up to now we've been talking about what you can do when you have precise temperatures, like with chocolate, right? look at that, jenny. that's been in there for hours, it's still not sticking, it's still the perfect, perfect creamy texture. >> did you taste it? >> i know, it's almost unbelievable, isn't it?
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oh, and then we went to high-temperature searing. so with the push of a button, we got this to 575 degrees, seared the steaks, then we brought it down to 350 and we have beautiful grilled sausages, pork chops, salmon, even those grilled vegetables-- they were good too. >> well, frying temperature is 375 degrees, especially when you're using vegetable oil. we want to hold that perfect temperature, so lookit here. we have a probe in here, we set this to 375 degrees. it says 375 degrees. our chicken is frying gently, it's not going to burn. >> here on my burner-- it's a typical electric coil under here... >> i can see jenny's been cooking over here. >> this is what happens. it's not safe. and not only is it not safe, i have no idea what the temperature is-- i'm just guessing. >> when you get that really good fried chicken at one of those fast food chicken places, it's because they have a very expensive deep fryer, they've set it at 375 degrees, they can use that oil all day long without it burning. well, now you have that precise control at home with the precision induction cooker. let me give you an example.
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in the test kitchen, we cooked over 200 pieces of chicken, and this is what the oil looked like. >> it looks like it just came out of the bottle. >> and this is breaded chicken, right? here we cooked just 20 pieces of chicken on a gas stove, same results would have been on an electric stove-- you'd guess. you set it someplace between medium and medium-high, you don't know. the minute it smokes, it's gone, it's ruined. that's typically what happens. you have to throw the oil away. >> yeah. well, that gets expensive. >> announcer: third-party analysis shows the advantage of nuwave's precise temperature control versus conventional stovetops. oil cooked with an electric stove contained 45% more saturated fat. oil cooked with a gas stove contained 10 times more transfatty acids. oil cooked with an electric stove contained over 90% more cholesterol than oil cooked with the precision induction cooktop. now some of your favorite foods can be healthier with the nuwave precision induction cooktop. >> when you're cooking with frying foods, you're, um, you're trying to keep that temperature high so the grease doesn't get in the food,
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greasy chicken or greasy fish. and with the precision induction cooktop, i was able to master frying that chicken perfectly. >> announcer: the nuwave p.i.c. has been tested and recommended by the cooking club of america and is the safest cooktop ever invented. every 85 seconds a fire strikes a home in america, and most often, that fire starts in the kitchen. >> my very, very first fire was a 16-year-old kid who was cooking french fries on the stove and he forgot about them and he burned his parents' entire house down. >> announcer: well, that will never happen with the nuwave p.i.c. there is no open flame, no red-hot electric coil to catch fire and as soon as a pot is removed from the nuwave, the conduction of heat stops. >> the safety features of the p.i.c. impressed me so much that i'm going to send one to my mother. she's getting a bit elderly and forgetful and i'm always a bit worried that she might start a fire and the p.i.c.'s going to eliminate that problem. >> during our show, we've showed
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you what a difference the nuwave precision induction cooktop can make in your cooking. whether you're cooking breakfast or snacks. hors d'oeuvres. >> whether you're grilling or griddling, when you have precise temperature control, it can make all the difference. >> whether you're searing at high temperatures... >> or whether you're having precise temperature control at only 110 or 20 degrees for perfect chocolate, you have got it. in 10 degrees intervals you can go from 120 to 130 to 140, all the way up to 575 degrees, which you can never get with your stovetop-- you're always just guessing. so to sum it up, what do you get with the nuwave precision cooktop? you get, first of all, speed-- it heats up really fast. >> and safety. there's no red-hot coil or open flame. >> and you get precise temperature control that you can never get with your old electric burner or gas stove. and you save... >> both: money. >> so, here's how you can get your nuwave precision induction cooktop right now. >> announcer: introducing the revolutionary precision
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the leader in portable induction cooking technology. the nuwave heats up twice as fast, uses up to 70% less energy and is safer than any cooktop. best of all, the nuwave is the only portable cooktop that gives you precise temperature control with the simple press of a button. induction cooking can cost thousands of dollars, but the nuwave precision induction cooktop is a bargain at just four easy payments of only $33.33. your nuwave comes with the quick start guide, gourmet dvd and the nuwave recipe book giving you the precise temperature settings to make all your favorite meals come out perfect every time. and get this: when you call now and order direct, we'll drop a payment! you pay only three payments of $33.33. that's a 25% savings. but we're not done. you also get the nuwave stainless steel 3-1/2 quart pot with premium tempered glass lid. alone, it's worth more than $100, but call today and it's
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plus we'll also include this stainless steel steamer basket. wait, there's more good news. we'll also send you the nuwave perfect green non-stick cookware set, including a nine-inch omelet pan, plus a 10-1/2-inch sauce pan that can be used with your glass lid too. the non-stick surface is coated with duralon diamond-infused nano-ceramic coating. it helps you make great-tasting low-fat meals. we'll also send you the nine-piece deluxe fondue kit, perfect for making your favorite fondues. hold on! are you ready for an amazing deal? act now and we'll send you a second nuwave p.i.c. absolutely free-- all you pay is the shipping and processing. keep it for yourself or send it as an unforgettable gift from you. this buy one, get one free special promotion won't last long. and listen to this: we'll let you try the nuwave p.i.c.s risk-free, not for 30 days, not for 60 days, but 90 days. if you're not happy, return them and we'll refund the purchase
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price, but these six gifts are yours free to keep-- all you pay is the shipping and processing. this special television offer is not available at stores and won't last long, so act fast. don't forget to ask about special savings on the nuwave pressure cooker with bob warden's great food fast cookbook. the nuwave pressure cooker is fully induction-ready and compatible for use with the nuwave p.i.c., so you can prepare tender meats, rich risottos and flavorful seafood cooked to perfection in minutes. and with bob warden's great food fast cookbook, you'll get over 100 delicious, healthy, time-saving recipes. plus, ask about the nuwave cast-iron barbecue grill and griddle and the 10-piece perfect green cookware set. [ ...] call or go online now.
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>> woman: this has been a paid for some, the step from feeling marginalized to taking up arms can be a short one, and holly williams has been exploring that part of the story. >> reporter: at least five of the terrorists were french citizens, some of them born and raised here. the french president says his country is now at war, but the uncomfortable truth is that the enemy comes from within. they're a tiny fraction of france's more than five million muslims. but around 1,000 french citizens are thought to have joined extremist groups in iraq and syria, and over 200 are believed to have returned home. christian prouteau used to lead the anti-terror squad in
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france's paramilitary police. and he has studied how young men are radicalized. >> reporter: dying? >> dying. >> reporter: in the name of god. >> in the name of god. right. >> reporter: after the bloodshed, the french have shown unity in their grief. muslim leaders have condemned the attacks. and yet, many muslims in france say they feel excluded, ghettoized in poor suburbs, and discriminated against because of their religion. kamal masaudi told us he immigrated to france four years ago from algeria. only in a small minority of cases do those feelings turn to violent extremism, but christian
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problems is the only solution. >> reporter: there was a sharp spike in anti-muslim incidents in france following the "charlie hebdo" shooting in january. the fear now, scott, is that in the aftermath of these attacks, french muslims will become even more isolated. >> holly williams in paris for us tonight. holly, thanks. president obama's plan to admit 10,000 syrian and iraqi refugees in the next year was dealt a serious blow today. the house voted 289 to 137 for tougher screening procedures, requiring the fbi director to sign off on each and every refugee from those two nations. every republican and nearly 50 democrats voted yes. the senate will consider this after thanksgiving. the president threatened to veto, but today's vote would be enough to override it.
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a new report by congress says more than 250 americans have attempted to join isis. one in four is from minnesota, many of them former refugees. jamie yuccas examines why this state has become a fertile ground for terror groups. >> reporter: 18-year-old dahir ali is exactly who groups like isis are looking to recruit. he's young, muslim, and often feels like an outsider. >> people come up to me and say you're this, you're that, you're a terrorist. >> reporter: he grew up in the cedar riverside community in minneapolis which has the largest somali population in the country. many came as refugees in the 1990s. the unemployment rate here is 21%, three times the state average. and an alarming number of young somali men from this neighborhood have left to join extremist groups. since 2007, two dozen have joined al shabaab in somalia. imam adbisalam adam is part of a
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this summer to stop the radicalization. >> it's really time for muslims to really, you know, stand up and really fight these groups and defeat them through both faith and militarily, too. >> reporter: what is so appealing to young people? >> they are appealing to the sense of accomplishment, of being the other, more, you know, bigger than yourself kind of sentiment. there's no contradiction between being a muslim, being an american, and being a somali. all three are good. >> reporter: this city has also deployed somali police officers, like mukhtar abdulkadir and abdiwahab ali to develop trust in a neighborhood suspicious of authorities. they walk the beat, meeting elders, interacting with the young, and men in the neighborhood now know them. >> you give them a number, they call you before they call 911. >> reporter: but they feel the frustration when one of those calls comes too late.
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>> they say, "mom, i called-- i join the terrorist group. i will see you in heaven." >> reporter: currently five somali men from minnesota are awaiting trial accused of trying to join the terror group isis. scott, there are at least 15 other cases being investigated. >> jamie yuccas reporting for us tonight. jamie, thank you. some american veterans of iraq can't bear watching the country they fought to secure, lost to the forces of isis, and incredibly, some of them are returning to iraq as volunteer soldiers. we have an extraordinary report tonight from charlie d'agata. >> reporter: the explosion caught the americans off guard. for these former u.s. soldiers, it's a return to a deadly war zone, but this time they're fighting alongside kurdish peshmerga forces. >> it's just one wound to his
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tush. we have another guy down there, too. he's kind of bloody. he was back that way. >> reporter: they're volunteers in the battle against isis, also known as daesh, who have dug in around the oil-rich region of kirkuk. >> we've got daesh to the left in the village when you get all the way up here. kidd, you all still good back there? >> this is an isis flag i captured on my very first offensive. >> reporter: your first offensive? ohio native chris kidd was a marine sergeant in 2004 and fought in some of the fiercest battles in the iraq war. >> to watch isis try to take over all of iraq, i felt like it was destroying everything that we worked so hard to get because we didn't fight and die for nothing. >> reporter: so kidd sold his house and quit his job to join the new war against isis. he's teamed up with about 10 u.s. vets, including this former
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we wears a body camera on each raid. to protect his family, we agreed not to use his name. >> they thought i was crazy at first for coming out here. but they're supportive now. >> reporter: the peshmerga are often outgunned, and isis has proven to be resilient. the u.s. vets go house by house, but on this day, the enemy has vanished. back on base, kidd repairs the u.s. army vehicles they've recaptured from the extremist group. but the biggest difference has been the increased u.s. airstrikes. >> after the air support and when we push into towns, daesh run. >> reporter: how much of a difference does that make? >> a big difference. >> reporter: with the fighting growing more intense, these u.s. vets are counting on that support from their former brothers in arms. charlie d'agata, cbs news, kirkuk, iraq. >> there's a good deal more news
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the u.s. coast guard is fighting a record tide of cocaine off the pacific coast. carter evans went on a mission, and discovered what a billion dollars in drugs looks like. >> reporter: when surveillance aircraft spotted this makeshift submarine off central america, a boarding team from the coast guard cutter "bertholf" found more than $200 million of cocaine. scott perigo on was part of the team. >> getting it was pretty exciting. seeing the sheer amount of drugs they packed into it, almost 18,000 pounds. >> reporter: 18,000 pounds? >> almost. >> reporter: this year the coast guard working with the military and u.s. customs has seized more cocaine in the pacific than the last three years combined. on board the "bertholf," we found 50,000 pounds of cocaine worth almost $800 million. to give you an idea of how much cocaine we're talking about here, each one of these bricks is a kilo worth about $25,000. that means this is a quarter
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million dollars. this entire palette here, about $12 million worth of cocaine. the coast guard estimates it's only catching a third of what's out there. commandant paul zunkuft says the reason there's more cocaine is economics. >> when you look at the business case of what it takes to produce one kilo of cocaine, about $2,000 in colombia, that same kilo sells for $25,000 here in >> reporter: this is a lot of drugs. for coast guardsman brent leytezll, who has two kids, these 100-day missions hit home. >> this makes a difference, and i can tell after all this stuff right here, my kids are safer now. >> reporter: nearly 700 smugglers have been arrested so far this year. as for the cocaine, some will be kept for evidence. the rest will be incinerated. carter evans, cbs news, aboard the coast guard cutter "bertholf." >> another earthquake overnight
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that's coming next. today, jared fogel, who got rich and famous making tv ads for subway, was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison. fogel pleaded guilty to trading in child pornography and having sex with underage girls. he is headed to a prison in colorado that offers treatment for sex offenders. today, the food and drug administration approved the first genetically engineered animal for human consumption-- salmon, modified to grow twice as fast as normal. critics call it frankenfish, but the fda says it's safe to eat and safe for the fish and the environment. but it won't be available for for several more years. a magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattled northern oklahoma overnight. it was centered near cherokee, about 140 miles north of oklahoma city. there was no serious damage, but it was felt for hundreds of
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miles. geologists say an outbreak of quakes is likely caused by underground injection of wastewater from oil well fracking. state officials now want to close a couple of wells in the area. in a moment, images of a city as we've never seen it before. we end tonight with images that caught our eye. these are some of the youngest refugees from the wars in the middle east. swedish photographer magnus
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wennman captures them as they sleep, or try to, far from the homes that they fled. dreams of a better future battling nightmares of the past. and bertrand kulik photographed the most famous landmarks of paris this week as they were reflected in droplets of water, each one a sign of hope, for just beyond the tear drops lies the city's eternal beauty. that's the "cbs 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
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this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." justice ministers of the european union will hold an emergency meeting this morning in brussels, trying to avoid a repeat of last week's terror attacks in paris. france wants the eu to tighten its gun laws, toughen border security, and choke off funds to extremist groups. meanwhile in paris, there was loud applause in the french parliament on confirmation that the alleged ringleader of the terror attacks was killed in wednesday's commando raid. elizabeth palmer is in paris. >> reporter: abaaoud, a convicted isis recruiter and presumed terrorist mastermind was killed here in a suburban
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[ gunfire ] as he and his accomplices made their last stand in a ferocious gun battle with police wednesday morning. the police aren't sure if the 28-year-old was shot or if he blew himself up, but forensic officers had to rely on skin samples and fingerprints to identify his dismembered body. french media say the woman who is thought to have detonated a suicide vest in the shootout is abaaoud's cousin, hasna aitboulahcen. authorities believe abaaoud not only directed the paris attacks last friday, but is connected to four out of six other failed attacks in france this year, including one on a train in august when a gunman was overpowered by three american passengers. french intelligence thought abaaoud was in syria and had no idea he was in france until a tip-off three days ago that he was back.
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said the interior minister, "from any of the european countries he must have traveled through." with hundreds of young european men like abaaoud traveling back from isis battlefields in syria, that points to serious holes in european border controls, and a dangerous failure of some countries to share their data. france's government is pushing to extend the state of emergency for three more months here, which, among other things, gives police the right to search properties without a warrant and order house arrests. today, france's prime minister said that since friday, 600 searches have been carried out and 157 people with links to islamist extremism have been put under house arrest. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, paris. a new online video suggests that isis is preparing an attack on new york city.
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a man building a suicide bomb. mayor bill de blasio insists new yorkers will not live in fear. here's our report now from the crossroads of the world, times square. >> reporter: footage that includes times square appears on this video. isis has used this footage before, which security says does present a problem, but at this time, they say there is no credible or specific threat. >> the people of new york city will not be intimidated. >> reporter: the video appears to show a man constructing an explosive device, strapping it around his waist and zipping his leather jacket. it then cuts to a shot of new york's times square. and other crowded street scenes that were flashing to the detonation device. >> that video looks like it's been hastily produced. it is a mismash of previously released video. >> reporter: on wednesday night, the police commissioner spoke from times square during a rare
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>> in new york, we understand that we are a terrorist target. it reflects the importance of this city. >> reporter: a large portion of supporters praising last week's deadly massacres in paris. the terror group has long used videos to spread their message and john miller, new york city deputy police commissioner nor intelligence and counterterrorism, says the release of this latest video is no different. >> this is isis doing what isis and al qaeda and terrorist groups do, which is propaganda. when we see the video, we make note of it, but it's like a lot of the videos we've seen. >> reporter: earlier this week, the nypd enlisted an additional 500 officers, trained to handle terrorist threats. we have seen some of them this morning. we even saw a canine unit sweep some of our equipment. feshls continue to stress the importance of see something, say something. the battle against isis is also being fought online by the
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called anonymous. the hackers say they've launched a devastating attack on the terror group's online presence, and anonymous insist there is's more to come. isis is also having to cope with a change of policy at a major tech company. >> reporter: more than 20,000 twitter accounts belonging to isis were just taken down by anonymous. >> wednesday, anonymous says it made good on its threat, launching a cyber attack against isis in retaliation for the violence in paris. >> isis, we will hunt you, take down your sites, accounts, e-mails and expose you. >> it offered a link to a list of thousands of twitter accounts it says belonged to isis, claiming to have taken them offline. while twitter has proven to be a valuable recruiting tool for the terrorist group, experts are down playing the impact of anonymous' actions. >> they're not going to be able to disrupt coordination between the isis network.
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it's much more of an annoyance than anything else. >> yesterday, u.s. intelligence officials stressed the need for greater cooperation between the government and tech companies that develop highly encrypted messenger apps, which allow undetected communication between users, including potential terrorists. >> they find somebody they think might kill on their behalf or might come and kill in the caliphate. they move them to a mobile messaging app that's end-to-end encrypted. at that moment, the needle we've been searching the entire nation to find and have found goes invisible to us. >> they've been able to use these advances in technology to further their aims. >> amid these concerns, telegram one of those highly encrypted online messaging apps, announced a significant shift wednesday. it says it's blocked 78 isis related channels, which the group has been using to disseminate propaganda.
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company took in september, when telegram's co-founder was confronted about the fact that isis uses his app. >> privacy ultimately, and our rightful privacy, is more important than our fear of bad things happening, like terrorists. >> even though telegram took those 78 channels offline, users are still free to communicate under the radar on telegram and
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get your move on. many of the most important monuments in the united states have something in common. they were inscribed by the same family of stone carvers. michelle miller reports for sunday morning. >> reporter: with a mallet and chisel, the slowest writer in newport, rhode island averages just two letters an hour. even when nick vincent breaks out his power tools, he's not much faster. but for stone carvers, it's not about speed. it's about standing the test of time. >> you get into a runner's high with it, where it becomes this really out of body experience. while at the same time it's really cerebral. >> reporter: you can see his work across our country, from headstones to war monuments to presidential memorials. who i am, that it runs the
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gamete. i love it, i hate it, i am driven by it. it drooifs -- drives me crazy. it's everything. >> reporter: his craft is among the most ancient known to man. so perhaps it's fitting that the john stevens shop where he works dates back to 1705. tucked away on this quiet street for the last 310 years, it's changed ownership only once, in the 1920s when nick's grandfather bought it from the stevens family. who is that guy? >> so this is my grandfather. all the time i'm working in here, he's looking down on me to make sure i get it right. >> reporter: do you always get it right? >> no, not always, not always. >> reporter: to ensure nick gets it right, he begins each job with calligraphy, designing the letters free hand on brown butcher paper. >> this is really the way the romans used to lay out all of
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their lettering. >> reporter: can i try? >> absolutely. >> reporter: this is without any experience -- >> whatsoever. and twist a little bit. there you go. that's good. i like that. and then let it out. that's it. i love it. >> reporter: a third generation carver, nick began his apprenticeship under his father at the age of 15. what was it like to have your dad as your teacher, your mentor? >> it was like work, work, work, work. when i got further into it, i realized i'm capable of doing this well. >> reporter: so well, that in 2010, he received a prestigious macarthur foundation fellowship, a so-called genius grant. the first and only stone carver to earn that recognition. >> you're getting pretty tight there, nicky. >> reporter: john benson is nick's father and mentor. at 75, he's now retired. >> they're all crazy, these romans. >> reporter: but in his day, he
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his work can be found everywhere, from rockefeller plaza in new york city, to the national gallery of art in washington, d.c. >> there's a tremendous, emotional appeal about a carved letter. it partakes of the substance of the building. >> reporter: famed architect ian pae commissioned benson to work on the museum of fine arts, boston. they didn't always see eye to eye. >> i can remember arguing about where lettering would go. he wanted it in one place, i moved it. then he wanted to move it again and i dug my heels in. >> reporter: who won? >> i turned to him and i said at the end of it when i knew he wasn't going to budge, i said well, it's your building. he said, yes, it is. >> reporter: perhaps his best known work is the john f. kennedy grave site at arlington national cemetery.
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he recalled the importance of it in the 1979 documentary "final marks." >> this was the biggest job. of lettering our time had seen. more people were going to see this and look at this as a piece of lettering. whether they were conscious of it or not. >> reporter: it earned him unique stature in american arts. >> and for a tiny little period there, i was unquestionably the best in the world at it. but there were only about ten of us. [ laughter ] >> let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a newer generation of americans. >> reporter: and as if echoing john kennedy's words, for the benson family, you might say stone etching is engrained in its dna. when did your grandfather design these encryptions? >> he designed them back in the late '40s, early '50s. >> reporter: nick's grandfather,
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so if you run your hand across, you can feel a very subtle dish here in the word presence. but no one can tell. i've just outed myself, though. >> reporter: but no matter the magnitude of the job, whether a monument on the washington mall or a simple headstone, in the end, a memorial is an honor and a dedication. >> a legacy of 300 years of responsible and well-made work is enough for anybody. very few people can have that. and i can claim that. i can claim to be connected to something, which has survived in diverse societies, through war and peace, in the same ridiculously limited little town for 310 years. and that's amazing. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. it's a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensations. it gives us chills in places we've never gotten chills before.
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last week, president obama marked veterans day by bestowing the medal of honor to an army captain severely wounded in afghanistan who saved the lives of fellow soldiers. it's the nation's highest military honor, but did you ever wonder who makes the medals of honor? mark albert went to find out. >> reporter: just 13 miles from where america declared its independence, chris mcdaniels works to recognize those who
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fight and bleed to guaranty it will endure. mcdaniels is one of two full-time engravers in the veteran metals unit, with diamond tip precision, he chisels names synonymous with grit and daring, on medals that adorn the chests of the courageous. >> you get a glimpse into the life of a soldier. >> reporter: with each name. >> with each name. >> reporter: ever give you pause? >> sometimes. because i put myself in their position, would i have been brave enough to do what they did? >> reporter: on this day, he's etching names onto purple hearts, an award created by george washington and now bears the first president's likeness and honors those woulded in battle. more than two centuries later, the names keep coming. a line of purple, seemingly without end. >> unfortunately, there's never been a shortage of names. >> reporter: never a shortage. >> never a shortage of names.
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on the battlefield, these are the patriots that all may bear witness. the unit of eight people engraves and ships medals for all branches. along with 130 medals for the army, 20 of which they engrave. mcdaniels has been here 28 years. >> i've engraved the medal of jeffrey zaun, when he was shot down. president clinton presented medals to soldiers that were entitled in world war ii and i did all of those medals. and he presented them on tv. >> reporter: a decade and a half later -- >> on his very worst day, he managed to summon his very best. >> reporter: another president honored a legend from another war, america's longest. on thursday, former u.s. army captain groberg became just the 13th recipient of the medal of honor, the nation's highest, for
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saving many lives. the five-pointed star weighs only 2 1/4 ounces, but its true weight is often immeasurable for those who earned it. >> i'm honored. i'm overwhelmed. >> reporter: two american companies mold the medals of honor. one in rhode island, one in texas. captain's groberg's medal was shipped to the navy base in philadelphia to be engraved and kept locked in this safe. only two people know the combination. one of whom is rob henry, jr., who supervisors the medals unit. >> everlasting. >> reporter: you'll be gone. >> and they'll still have their medals. >> for service to our country. [ applause ] >> reporter: earlier this month, fulton county, ohio presented 152 engraved bronze stars to world war ii veterans and their families. only seven of those veterans are still alive. they won the war all right, but
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vets like these who were never told they earned the medals or they who lost them are still in a battle, with time and a backlog. veterans are waiting four months now for their medals. delays are up sharply from last year after two assemblers left the team. they have not yet been replaced. at the same time, the number of cases processed has fallen steadily, coinciding with the stabbing shortage and a drawdown of u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. dennis bae is the general in charge of the medals program. it is a priority to reduce that backlog? >> absolutely. i've had the privilege of attending a medal of honor ceremony at the white house and seeing the descendants and the expression and the care that they have when they hold that medal, and so it means a lot. it means more than we can express. so we want to ensure we're doing everything we can to get it to
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>> reporter: this was the general's first visit to the unit whose work will long outlast his own. that's the finished product? >> reporter: these aren't just pieces of medal. >> they represent lives. they represent individuals. and they represent families. >> reporter: it seems few people in the army would have more of a lasting impact than the eight folks here at this team. >> i would agree with you whole heartedly. this is very, very fundamental to the legacy of the united states army. >> reporter: for chris mcdaniels, who did not serve in uniform, it's that legacy he thinks about as he carves the name of the brave into the bronze. would your father be proud of what you do today? >> definitely. definitely. >> reporter: he served in one way, you're serving in another. >> yes, yes. this is sort of a family thing. >> reporter: mark albert, philadelphia.
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grammy award winner singer/songwriter carly simon has a new memoir coming out called "boys in the trees." she's revealing the secrets to her hit song "you're so vain." michelle miller has the story. >> reporter: "you're so vain" quickly rose to number one after being released 43 years ago. while it's endured all the way to 2015, it has one of the greatest questions in music history. for more than 40 years, carly simon has left her listeners wondering who inspired her 1972 hit song. you're so vain
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with "people" magazine about her upcoming memoir, "boys in the trees," simon confirms the second verse is about warren beatty. when you sit there and that you will never leave but you gave away the things you love and one of them was me >> reporter: beatty was just one of simon's well-known lovers speculated to be the song's protagonist. others included mick jagger, jack nicholson and former husband james taylor. but the pop star dismissed them all. including in a 2001 interview with cbs sunday morning. >> everybody thinks it's about mick jagger. >> oh, they don't really. >> yes, they do. is it? >> oh, no, no. >> and i heard it might be warren beatty. >> don't listen to what other
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people tell you. >> do you want to solve that mystery for us? >> i could never solve it, because if i solved it, no one would have anything to talk to me about. >> reporter: what she will not talk about is the men in the song's other verses, saying she's keeping quiet, at least until they know it's about them. >> in terms of marketing, it's great because she's about to release a book and she only gave us one of the three names. so i think she's going to take this to the grave with her. >> that's the "cbs overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning
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