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well, hillary clinton's mind was concentrated on terrorism as well today. she laid out her strategy for fighting isis and protecting the homeland. nancy corps des has that. >> reporter: clinton argued the u.s. should start scrutinizing the social media postings of visa applicants. >> any one who has traveled in the last five years to a country facing serious problems with terrorism and foreign fighters should have to go through a full visa investigation, no matter where they're from. >> reporter: clinton unveiled her proposals in minneapolis, because it's home to the largest smalley somali community.
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join isis from america came from minnesota. this city councilman is part of a new task force trying to counter extremist propaganda. how hard is it to pin point who's being radicalized? >> they're usually young, born here, grew up here or came here as toddlers. they're unemployed. >> reporter: today clinton called out republicans like donald trump and ted cruz who she accused of quote, shallow slowingganeering sloganeering. >> promising to carpet bomb until the desert glows doesn't make you sound strong. it makes you sound like you're in over your head. >> reporter: but republicans claim the former secretary of state didn't do enough to prevent the rise of isis. >> she's killed hundreds of thousands of people with her stupidity stupidity. >> reporter: the clinton campaign said that comment
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tonight they say the country can't give in to demagoguery, a clear reference to trump and his proposal to ban muslims from the u.s. >> nancy, thank you. the president's been telling us not to little fear control our lives. our dr. john lapook talked about the effects of fear. >> one of the things i think is different about this, you know, this threat is that, again, it's ongoing. people sort of can't know when and where or how it's going to happen. it's this thing that never ends, and it's ubiquitous. it's everywhere. >> how does that affect their lives? >> they tend to avoid different aspects of their lives. they fly less, ride on public transportation less, go into public settings less. there's research shown that they have a tendency to engage people from different cultural backgrounds less. they even consume media less, ironically.
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the last ten years of studying this that might surprise people? >> how potent fear can be in terms of altering people's lives and the impact that it can have in different aspects of life. whether it's making decisions about a president, whether it's supporting different policies that are important socially or even down to sort of, you know, how people live their every day lives. >> is there a danger to society of people incrementally changing their behavior over time because of terrorism? >> yeah, i think it changes the structure of our country. it changes the structure of our government. fear can maybe even change things in ways that weren't consistent with how the country was founded originally. >> as a psychologist, is there some insight into that? >> i think fear moves people to become much more polarized in their viewpoints, and i think that fear motivates people to, you know, go to further lengths to feel safe. >> in small doses, fear can be a lifesaver, prompting us to react
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but in large doses it can cause fatigue, depression and even stroke. he says it's important to continue normal routine, but if fear starts taking over and you avoid things it might be time to get professional help. well, a plumber in texas has certainly been anxious to tell anyone who will listen that he is not selling vehicles to isis. anna warner has that story. >> it was just such a shock when it happened. you know, i didn't know what to say. >> reporter: when houston area plumbing company owner sold his truck to a local dealer in october of 2013, he had no idea it would wind up on syria's front lines, being used by islamist fighters. with his plumbing company name and phone number still on the side. >> yeah, it hurts my feelings that anyone could possibly think we were connected to terrorism
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>> reporter: he says he was assured by the dealership it would remove his information before selling the truck, but there it was in the photo which then went viral. >> that country is going down the toilet, but for the first time, they know who to call to unclog it. >> reporter: it was featured on the last episode of the colbert report, seen by millions of people earlier this year. since then, he says he's had threats and thousands of phone calls like this one. >> what the [ bleep ] is going on? you selling your truck to isis? who did that? that's not right. >> reporter: here's how the truck left the country. he sold the truck to an auto nation dealership in houston which sent it to an auction near dallas. then a used car dealer bought the truck and the lettering was still on it and advertised it for sale on their website. the manager told us someone then called from an international phone number to buy it for use in turkey.
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arranged for shipment, and that was it. the car ended up being shipped to turkey. >> reporter: it's not known exactly how the truck made its way from turkey to syria. >> it used to have mark one plumbing inc. would come up on the internet. now it comes up mark one plumbing inc. isis. >> reporter: he's now suing the dealership that sold the truck. they did not respond to requests for comment, but an executive told our cbs afill yats in houston that they thought the auction company was removing the details. the auction house couldn't confirm for us that they sold the truck. >> anna werner for us. thanking very much. on this second day of dleb rations, jurors said they were deadlocked in the trial of a cop. gray was fatally injured in a police van. officer william porter had not buckled him in or called for medical help.
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folks in denver got a surprise this morning, 8 inches of snow, which made driving nearly impossible. but in the east, the seasons are all out of whack. april's cherry blossoms are blooming now in d.c. after a week in the 60s and 70s, and you'd barely recognize buffalo. jericka duncan is there. >> reporter: the last time we visited janice, we were sitting on her snow-covered roof. this is back breaking work. do you want to go back there? >> no, i don't ever want to go back on the roof again. >> reporter: in 2014, two major snowstorms dumped more than 7 feet of snow in 48 hours. public works commissioner says
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$6 million snow removal budget. do you miss it a little bit? i mean, it keeps you guys in business. >> yeah, there's something in me that does miss it a little bit. but it's there. it's going to be there eventually. >> reporter: but tis the season to break records. this is the latest buffalo has gone without snow since 1899. it's due to el nino. it has mild air blowing in from the west. at the same time, a polar jet stream is keeping the cold air bottled up and away from the northeast. meteorologist erik fischer. >> it allowed the cold air to move its way southward. this year it's spinning tightly around the arctic and where it's expected to stay. >> reporter: it has created
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in the buffalo area, the only real signs of winter are christmas decorations. lake-effect snow could hit buffalo on friday. and the national weather service is saying next week temperatures could be in the 50s, possibly near 60 on christmas eve. >> gentleman jericka duncan, thank you. we'll show you a rare view
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where they joined three others already on board. the newcomers include tim kopra, the american, and the first british astronaut on the station, tim peeke. back on earth, britain's iron lady has become a gold mine. hundreds of items went up for bid today. her blue velvet wedding dress sold for $38,000. and this red box that carried official papers went for 365. but that model of a bald eagle, a gift from president reagan, took in $400,000. if you think thatcher was tough, wait until you meet grandma,
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milwaukee. today the justice department said it has agreed to help row form the milwaukee police department to improve relations between cops and the community. we end tonight with a retired officer who is reforming her own little corner of that city. here's don dahler. >> how you doing? >> reporter: her name is martha freeman, but on the tough streets of milwaukee, everyone calls her mom. >> thank you, mom. >> okay, honey, you welcome. >> reporter: by night, the 77-year-old mother looks for trouble and stops to. the former corrections officer wields only two weapons, kindness. >> why weren't you at church yesterday?
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>> this your car? >> reporter: has any of them ever hurt you when you confronted them? >> hm-mm. no. >> reporter: you think you can handle yourself? >> yeah. i don't see them as bad people. i see them needing help. i think it's respect. i try to respect them also. give you an example. most of our young people nowadays walk around with their pants halfway down. >> y'all all right? >> we good. >> what i usually do is say hey, i like the color of those underwear, and they'll pull their pants up. >> yeah, sure. >> reporter: by day, she delivers donated bread. >> thank you. bye! >> reporter: you've kind of adopted the people in this neighborhood. >> i think so. either that, or they have adopted me. >> hey! >> reporter: behind the bluster, she says, are young people who crave guidance. >> father god, in the name of jesus. >> reporter: april bentley says
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until she met mama freeman. >> see said you don't have to live that life. she planted a seed that no one actually had planted before. >> i love you. >> reporter: a seed of hope and the realization that no matter how bad things are, there's always someone, even on the tough streets of milwaukee. >> why y'all over here? y'all scared? >> reporter: who cares. don dahler, cbs news, milwaukee. >> and that's the "cbs overnight news" or this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues, for others, check back a little later for the morning news, and of course cbs this morning.
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york city, i'm scott pelley. this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. the republican presidential contenders gathered the venetian hotel in las vegas last night for round five of their presidential debate. it is the final political slugfest of the year, and donald trump remains front and center. a monmouth university poll shows 40% of republican voters support trump. he leads ted cruz by 27 points, but trump has issues in iowa where two out of three recent polls show cruz in the lead. all that sets the stalg for the debate. here's what some of the candidates had to say. >> mr. trump, as you mentioned in your opening statement, part of your strategy is to focus in on america's borders, to keep the country safe, you say you want to temporarily ban
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to the united states, ban refugees fleeing isis from coming here, deport 11 million people and wall off america's southern border. is the best way to make america great again to isolate it from much of the rest of the world? >> we are not talking about isolation. we are talking about security. we are not talking about religion. we're talking about security. our country is out of control. people are pouring across the southern border. i will build a wall. it will be a great wall. people will not come in unless they come in legally. drugs will not pour through that wall. as far as other people, like in the migration, where they're going tens of thousands of people having cell phones with isis flags on them, i don't think so, wolf, they're not coming to this country, and if i'm president, and if obama has brought some to this country, they are leaving. they are going.
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[ applause ] >> governor bush, you called mr. trump unhinged when he proposed banning non-american muslims from the united states. why is that unhinged? >> well, first of all, we need to destroy isis in the caliphate. that's, that should be our objective. the refugee issue will be solved if we destroy isis there, which means we need to have a no-fly zone. safe zones there for refugees and to build a military force. we need to embed our forces, our troops inside the iraqi military. we need to arm directly the kurds, and all of that has to be done in concert with arab nations. if we're going to manban muslims, how are we going to coordinate it. they're muslim. it will push the aesh world eye way from -- away from us when we need to
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donald is great at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate. and he'd be a chaos president. he would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe. >> mr. trump? [ applause ] >> jeb doesn't really believe i'm unhinged. he said that very simply because he has failed in this campaign. it's been a total disaster. nobody cares, and frankly, i'm the most solid person up here. i've built a tremendous company and all i want to do is make america great again. i don't want our country to be taken away from us, and that's ha's what's happening. the policies that we've suffered under other presidents have been a disaster for our country. and jeb in all fairness doesn't believe that. >> he mentioned me. i can talk, this is the problem. banning all muslims will make it
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we need to do, which is to destroy isis. 2003 need a strategy, to get the lawyers off the back of the war fighters. right now under president obama we've created this standard that is so high that it's impossible to be successful in fighting isis. we need to engage with the arab world to make it happen. it is not a serious proposal to say to the people that you're asking for their support that they can't even come to the country to even engage in a dialog with us? that's not a serious proposal. we need a serious leader to deal with that, and i believe i'm that guy. >> i'm going to senator rubio. you have said banning muslims is unconstitutional, but according to a recent abc news/washington post poll, a majority of republicans support mr. trump's idea. why are they wrong? >> i understand why they teal that way, because this president hasn't kept us safe. we had an attack in san bernardino and were paying
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issue since 9/11. this is what's important to do. we must deal frontally with this threat of radical islamists. this is the most sophisticated terror group that has ever threatened the world or the united states of america. they are recruiting americans. the attacker in san bernardino was an american, he had a newborn child and left that behind to kill 14 people. we understand it's growing in governance and territory. they are predominant in libya, beginning to pop up in afghanistan. they're increasingly involved in yemen, jordan in their sights. this group needs to be confronted with serious proposals, and this is a very significant threat we face and the president has left us unsafe. he spoke to the american people to reassure us, i wish he hadn't spoken at all. he made things worse. what he basically said was we're going to keep doing what we're doing now. and what we're doing now is not working. [ applause ]
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question? >> senator cruz, you've said you disagree with mr. trump's policy. i don't want a cage match. you've tweeted you don't want a cage match. but republican primary voters deserve to know with the specificity you've delivered in your supreme court arguments, will you spell that out. >> everyone understands why he's suggested what he's. we're engaged with a president who's involved with double speak where he doesn't call radical islamic terrorism by its name and gives a speech after the san bernardino attack where his approach is to try to go after the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens rather than to keep us safe. and even worse, president obama and hillary clinton are proposing of bringing tens of,000 of syrian refugees to this country when the head of the fbi has told congress they cannot vet those refugees. i understand why donald made
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i introduced legislation in the senate that i believe is more focussed at the actual threat, which is radical islamic terrorism. and what my legislation would do is suspend all refugees for three years from countries where isis or al qaeda controls substantial territory. >> so you're saying you disagree because he's too broad and you're having a narrower focus? why do you disagree with him? >> i am reminded of what fdr's grandfather said. he said all democrats are horse thieves, but not all democrats are horse thieves. there are people in india where there are not the problems we are seeing in nations controlled, have territory controlled by al qaeda or isis. and we should direct at the problem, focus on the problem and defeat radical islamic terrorism.
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with the holiday shopping season in full swing, the federal government is putting new restrictions on one of the hottest gifts of the year -- drones. the faa wants you to register your drones starting next week. we report from a best buy in virginia. >> reporter: the increasingly crowded skies and reports of airborne close calls means starting monday, nils will have to register with the faa to fly any of his 11 drones. >> the technology's getting so it's not so much toys but a hobby. >> reporter: all drones weighing as little as 250 grams or more will have to be registered. operators will have until february 19 to register the drones they.
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when the website goes live, they will have to be register before flight. can a drone registration make the skies safer? >> i think it can. it's going to help the faa deal with the new drone user about what they need to know when they fly that drone. >> reporter: through that education effort, the faa hopes to reduce the reports of reckless drone use. registration requires a person's name, mailing address and e-mail. each operator will be given a registration number which must be displayed on every drone owned. while the drone industry has been largely supportive of the effort, the academy of model arrowair aeronautics says it's cumbersome for their members. others have questioned the decision to charge an a $5
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>> i think would be somewhat naive. >> reporter: the faa is going to waive the $5 fee for the first 30 days. the fee is the same whether you're registering a drone or a commercial airliner like a 787. the nationwide opening of the most anticipated movie of the year is just days away, "star wars the force awakens," has just shattered records. ben tracy was there. >> reporter: even if you're not a fan, it's been impossible to escape the force that is "star wars." for die-hard fans, it's a religious experience. and even for casual moviegoers, this is the "star wars" they've been looking for. >> i'm a "star wars" fan, so i'm
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>> reporter: the latest chapter features a stable of fresh faces. and some familiar ones too. >> we're home. >> listen, these kids have it so together, i'm thinking of asking them for advice. >> jj is a director i really admire. have for a long, long time. en i'm pleased to be there. >> reporter: anticipation for this movie is out of this world. the premiere here in hollywood was so massive they shut down four city blocks, the oscars is done in this same street and they only shut down one. not bad for a film franchise that many worried about when kree arts george lucas sold it to disney. disney paid lucas $4 billion. and then gave the keys to their newest toy to director jj abrams. >> their is obviously as surreal as it gets, and i couldn't feel more honored or more lucky to be here and to be part of this.
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>> reporter: disney is hoping a massive box office performance is part of this too. the hollywood reporter says theakens is being released on a record number of screens, more than 41400. it's estimated it could rake over $220 million on opening weekend, putting the force awakens in a galaxy of its own. ben tracy, los angeles. but don't get just any one. get one inspired by dentists. with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head cups your teeth to break up plaque and rotates to sweep it away. and oral-b delivers a clinically proven superior clean versus sonicare diamondclean. my mouth feels super clean. oral-b
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the creator of "star wars," george lucas, has been making movies for more than 40 years. his impact on cinema earned him one of this year's kennedy center honors. we joined him at his ranch in california where he talked about life and what it means to be a film director. >> a film director is someone who has a getfetish of making the world the way you want it. all directors are vaguely like emperors. which is i want to build the society to reflect me and what i want.
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a lot less mono anddayey and say i'm going to create a world in which people can fly. >> reporter: george lucas didn't crow it's a new society. he constructed an entire glaex. on its surface, the "star wars" series is a sci-fi space odyssey with odd creatures and epic space battles. but its genius lies in the simple storstorey beneath all of that. timeless elements like family. and the fight between good and evil. >> i felt a great disturbance in the force. >> reporter: as its crow it'sats creator lucas has been called one of the greatest film makers in history.
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himself a story taker. didn't you decide to make three movies and then decide to take one part of that life story? >> i took the first act, but then the first act didn't really work. so i said okay, what i'm going to have to do is take the ending of the third film and put it on the first film. you know, what you do, you have a bunch of stuff on your desk, let me take that and stick that in there. so i wasn't worried that much about the sequels. i was worried about making this the best film. then when i moved on to the others, i thought, gee, ben kenobi's now dead, i killed him. phow am i going to fix that. and what am i going to do about the fact that i already blueew the death star up? part of it was simply when i got down to some of the other movies, i was able to create an environment and world that wasn't possible when i started
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so to me, getting yoda to do a sword fight, i couldn't ever do it because he was a muppet. >> reporter: lucas became a pioneer in the world of special effects. his work forever changed the way films are made. and he changed the way they sound too. one, two, three o'clock >> reporter: in his 1973 hit "american graffiti", lucas opted out of a traditional composer. he narrated the entire story with popular songs. 16 candles >> that's the clearest end point for a teenager is the music. half of what a teenager is, is music. and the other half is trouble or raging hormones, or however you want to describe it. but at the same time, that's what the movie is about.
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>> yeah. i should have called it that. >> cars and music and raging hormones. >> you finally figured it out. >> the studio wanted to call it "another slow night in modesto." but cars, music and hormones could have been a hit. let's go surfing now >> reporter: the low-budget film was one of the most commercially successful films of its time. some enchanted evening >> reporter: before he was 40, lucas went on to make the first three "star wars" and "indiana jones, raiders of the lost ark". and then he walked away. >> i mine, i gave up directing in order to become a dad. you know, for 15 years. i just ran a company and was an innovator. but it was not doing what i really liked to do, which was actually make movies. >> reporter: because you wanted to be a dad. >> because, yeah.
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things where you don't expect it to happen. but once i was a dad, it was like a bolt of lightning struck me. >> reporter: lucas adopted his first daughter with his wife marsha in 1981. after they divorced he adopted two more children and raised them as a single dad. everyone says the following things. they're so very different. then in 2013 he married mellody hobson, an investment executive and cbs news contributor. >> the thing that's a miracle is we're exactly the same. >> reporter: together they have a 2 year old dater. >> it's a miracle. it shuchbts have happened but somehow it did. >> reporter: here in aranch near san francisco he's able to concentrate on being a father. he sold his business to disney
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let me just talk about the upcoming "star wars," "the force awakens." how do you feel about it? >> well, it's, you know, i made the decision to sell the company.company i made the decision, i looked at the fact that i was married, i had a baby, i wanted to build a museum, and i looked at the fact that i wanted to make experimental films. so my life was going on a different track. so that started that ball rolling. so, in the end, when i sold it, they hired jj to come in. >> reporter: so are you at peace with this? >> yeah. >> reporter: as much as you can be? >> yeah, i said look, i'm fine. fortunately, i'm old enough to have been through all this stuff before. and i'm sure it will do magnificent business, i'm sure they'll do a great job. you know, it will be different from what i would have done.
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done has earned him an administration honor. at the awards, his good friend best. >> george lucas's "star wars" forever. >> he makes three movies every year, and i say steven, when are you going to row tierretire? i'm not going to retire. my ultimate desire is to die on the set. i said my ambition is to die in bid watching one of your movies. >> reporter: but that doesn't mean he's slowing down anytime soon. >> because you are a director, writer, technological innovator, what do you want the first line
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>> i was the recent mass shootings and terror attacks have a lot of new gun owners heading to the range. that's including some pastors in california. >> reporter: god fearing, gun toting. those training in california's sierra foothills were invoted here by gun safety instructor jeff pea body. who are these people here today? >> these are pastors and church security. and they've come from different churches. >> reporter: peabody offers the class free to members of churches. he's trained more than 500 in the last eight years. many carey conry concealed weapons in church. >> safe and saved. >> reporter: does it seem to go against the sanctity of the church to be bringing guns in?
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the bible tells us to be our brother's protector. it's just another tool. >> reporter: micah anderson leads the yooituth ministry at his church. >> the drive behind it is to protect myself and my family. the fact that i can protect the church is an added benefit. >> reporter: many trainees become more focussed with each new mass shooting and they know churches have been targeted. most recently in june when nine people were killed at a bible study in south carolina. police training changed for active shooters after the tragedy at columbine high school in 1999. a national course was created to teach officers to react more rapidly. but peter blair says even a good guy with a gun can be a danger. >> you might end up shooting another concealed weapons holder that you don't recognize. the police might shoot you.
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person when you're shooting at the attacker. >> reporter: even gun safety training can go wrong. while jeff peabody's classes have within accident free, this pastor was wounded taking shooting lessons near his church in modesto. guns in church, good idea? >> great idea. >> reporter: eldorado sheriff has been an enthusiastic supporter. do you feel safer the more concealed carry permits out there? >> absolutely. it's the evil criminal that's the threat. >> reporter: even here, concealed carry permits are sharply on the rise as worshippers and church leaders are targeting security. that is the "cbs overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning.
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