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as lucky as me but you don't actually face them. >> thankfully violence did not appear to be a motive this week. lochte told me he would continue on. >> i'm glad that i'm here, and i'm just going to keep pushing myself every day. turning now to new york housewife and us weekly's current cover girl, bethenny frankel. we know she has absolutely no filter, and that rings especially true when it comes to her divorce. >> i don't know if i'm supposed to congratulate you on divorce. >> um, yes, you're supposed to congratulate me on the divorce because i'm an independent woman who supports myself. if you get yourself into a bad situation, you have to get yourself out of a very bad situation. >> bethenny's divorce nightmare from estranged husband jason hoppy far juicier than any drama you'll see on the real housewives of new york. only the insider was backstage with the reality star at us weekly's most stylish new yorkers party. >> talk about it being a living hell inside the apartment.
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time in my life. i don't know if i'd get legally married again. >> the business mogul claims her ex hacked into her computer, read her e-mails, secretly tape recorded their conversations, called her a derogatory name in front of their 6-year-old child and kept her away from their apartment for four years. hoppy's attorney described the article as unproven allegations and his client has no time to engage with his ex wife on this subterranean level. >> the footage of you going back to the apartment wasor watch. >> i was so surprised by it. >> how do you guys co-parent? >> i don't speak about the specifics of my relationship. i only speak about my perspective. >> however, your daughter, when she grows up and she'll be able to read these stories -- >> my daughter is young, and news is so much different than it was ten years ago. so i would imagine ten years from now, no one will even remember my name. >> the day frankel signed her divorce papers, she headed straight to the four seasons new
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littering the hotel pool. >> i had the papers. it was so disgusting. i just threw them in there. i got married on that pool. so it began there and it ended there. >> all right, guys, moving on to the 68th annual prime time emmy awards. early buzz says it is going to be a big night for fx's "the people v. o.j. simpson." they've already taken home 12 awards at the creative arts emmys out of a 22 possible nominations. for first time nominee sterling k brown, who plays attorney chris darden, he m having a big case of beginner's luck. talk to me about the emmy nomination. >> i was at home, and i was watching all my friends get nominated, cuba and courtney and sarah, but then i got a chance to geek out on a personal level. but also that the top six names on the call sheet all got nominated, which is sort of like crazy. >> the n-word is a dirty, filthy word, your honor. >> while sterling is up against
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john travolta for supporting actor in a limited series, the odds have his mesmerizing performance winning sunday night. >> i still sort of battle this idea that like little sterling k. brown from st. louis missouri slipped through the cracks and like eventually people will realize they made a mistake, and they'll revoke my nomination. >> who do you bring as a date because this is so big? mom? >> if i didn't bring the wife, that's the person i have to go home and share a bed wi my wife got nominate ford a s.a.g. award when she was a series regular on boston legal, and she took her manager. every once in a while, i say hey, you remember when you invited your manager to the s.a.g. awards and you didn't take me? and she gets really mad that i keep bringing it up. >> i guess we're just going to have to wait and see who he walks on that emmy red carpet with. all right, guys. coming up -- ? fifty on fire.
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>> i just feel like everyone's reading it. >> jewel la louie dreyfuss, can she do it again? >> then our panel of tv experts goes head to head at the insider emmy round table. who is walking away with emmy gold? >> it will win all the emmys. plus new york fashion week by the numbers. >> in this show we have 24 models. >> we're with a style wizard calling all the shots as her famous friend shows up to support. >> osbor osborne. >> that's all straight ahead. >> closed captioning provided
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welcome, everyone, to the season finale. >> heidi klum bringing project runway to fashion week once again and clearly so much goes into making these huge runway shows from the models to the fashion to the music. and i got a behind the scenes look with the wizard of fashion week.we ? >> okay. so you tell us how does this relate to what we normally see out there? >> so we're backstage. this is the loading area. we have hair and makeup. this is referred to as back of house. from here we're going to move the girls out to the clothing area and they're going to get dressed. then we're going to run a rehearsal. >> it is a mad house backstage with over 300 people, including stars scrambling to get ready
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fashion show. fashion publicist and producer kelly ca troen taking us behind the scenes. >> this is called a run of shows. and this is every model that's going to be in the show. so in this show we have 41 lifts and 24 models. >> it takes the models about an hour and a half to get ready and their pay ranges from $1,000 to $10,000 per show. there's a sn. but kelly takes charge. >> if you are not part of the team, let's clear it out, people. >> this is a seating chart. each one of these seats cost the designers between $500 and $1,000. if you're going to be in that front row, you have to be able to do something for the rent. over here we have kelly osbourne. >> ca troen's bestie helps her
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she knows how to get it done. fashion is not fun. >> and finally it's show time. a fashion week cat walk can cost up to a million dollars, so for designers like francesca, it's important that it's produced seamlessly. >> it's very, very important. >> and that is why kelly is one of the best in the biz. fashion week was such a blast, and we have something very sexy for you guys coming up. are you just going to stand ther >> yes. >> we get "fifty shades darker" and go inside the booming business of the erotic romance novel. >> this has become lucrative for the authors and the publishers. then can amy stop emmy juggernaut julia. >> there is a reason why she is a record breaking emmy winning actress. >> our predictions.
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? >> mr. gray will see you again. the highly anticipated trailer for "fifty shades darker" debuted this week, and, guys, these kinds of novels have never been the same since the first one debuted in 2011. but does the industry show any signs of slowing down? debbie taking us inside the fascination with fifty. >> everyone's reading it. they're a great escape. >> my guilty pleasure right there. >> i think it starts a conversation, no matter what the conversation is. if it's about this, if it's about that, i think it's great. >> the fifty book franchise has sold over 100 million copies with the first movie raking in $571 million worldwide. >> we just wanted to take a quick break to thank you. >> the power of mr. gray dominating facebook as well. it stars jamie dornan and dakota johnson thanking their 10 million facebook fans. meanwhile the first look at
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out over the other woman. >> calling it definitely shows up on e-book sales. >> our insider publisher's weekly senior editor mark row tell la on fifty shades of hotness. >> when fifty shades of grey came out we saw a 30% boost in sales prior to and then after the movie. >> oh, my gosh. it's very sexy. >> not so surprisingly, 1 romance. an industry with over a billion in sales a year. >> i think it might give them a little bit of insight into the things that women find attractive. >> best selling author of the steamy crossfire series son why sex sells? >> i write one man, one woman, using the equipment god gave them. it's a very relatable experience for most readers. we try as a writer to make readers have to turn the next page. you want that compulsion.
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>> and i think we all know what happens next. >> i'm going to leave it right there. moving on to sunday's emmy race. it's already being hyped as the tightest race ever for both the drama and comedy categories. debbie assembled a panel of tv experts to break it all down in our "insider" emmy round take. >> let's start with best drama category. "game of thrones" won last year. could this happen again? >> going to mr. >> what? >> what? >> in my dreams. >> no one is going to believe that. >> we knew from the very start our round table of emmy insiders were passionate about tv's biggest night. caitlyn becker, michael schneider and the hollywood reporter's senior reporter rebecca sun. >> if you're a betting person, you got to bet on game of thrones. >> everything is stacked in its favor.
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chance? >> julia louis-dreyfus. fourth year in a row. can she do it again? >> keep it going. without a doubt. >> there's a reason why she is like a record-breaking, emmy-winning actress. >> amy schumer is a comic. she's hysterical and i love her. but against someone who has just the chomomic chops, there's no contest. last year viola think she'll win again this year? >> there's not enough buzz about how to get away with murder. i'm thinking about robin wright penn and house of cards and just that powerful, powerful performance. >> the thing with viola davis, it seems like they kind of almost give her an emmy episode. in the first season it was where she pulled off her makeup and wig and eyelashes. in season 2, it was the episode where she lost the baby. so there really was a powerful
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a -- >> she's your dark horse. >> that is what is important right now. >> one of my favorite actors, anthony anderson. >> wow! >> could he win in the best actor for a comedy because jeffrey tambor last year took it. could anthony anderson knock him out of that slot this year for blackish? >> i think maybe. i think, again, it goes down to who is playing the character most different from whom they seem to be in real life. and you can't argue with the character in transparent. >> murder. >> let's talk about "the people v. o.j. simpson." if they don't win something, there clearly is a miscount because this show had so much -- >> we're burning that place down. >> we are taking it down. >> it will win all the emmys, everything it's eligible for, i think it's going to win. "the people v. o.j. simpson" already won the aword for best hairstyle. you saw those marcia clark wigs. guaranteed it should have won for that.
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monday, "the insider" at the emmys. heidi klum just dropped >> dropping the mike on tv's biggest night. >> our inside take on the top emmy moments. >> the girl has soul. >> plus our "insider" style guide to emmy fashion. ? >> yes, yes. >> and the best dressed stars of the night. >> that's monday on "the insider."
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before we go, kelsey, earlier this week, james corden realized that beyonce songs are the perfect dialogue for a soap opera. >> and he enlisted meg ryan and actor adam scott to prove it. here is the bold and the lyrical in case you missed it. >> how the hell did this happen i've been drinkin'. >> and i get filthy when that liquor get into me. >> oh, relax, relax. you're lookin' so crazy right now. >> your love has got me lookin' so crazy right now. >> they don't love you like i love you. >> you're beautiful. you wake up flawless, post up flawless. riding round in it flawless. >> i woke up like this.
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>> other kids at the hospital. >> chances of relapse are high. he has regular checkups. >> you look at aiden. my goodness you would never know he was sick. i'm grateful every day. >> reporter: this family is making every day count. >> two, three, go. >> danielle nottingham. >> what a force that little aiden. up next, he barely survived a wildfire. then his life took a turn he
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the sole survivor of a battle against a wildfire last year in central washington state. carter evans tells us about his long road to recovery. >> in this fire, daniel lyon faced the unimaginable. in blinding smoke, the engine he was riding in, crashed. >> all you see at that point is flame. intense, feeling that your entire body was burning. he was the only one to make it
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daniel's parents, dan and barbara, vividly remember the phone call from another fire fighter. >> he says, looked like -- daniel came as an angel came running out of the flames of hell. >> this is what daniel looks like a year after the fire. burns over 75% of his body. thank god i can still see. the site saved by the sijed sun the watch still working is another reminder off the awe i kind of have a natural tattoo on my wrist now. >> that's where the watch was. daniel has undergone 14 surgery as seattle's harbor view burn center off the awe i feel like i have come a long ways. but i also got a really, really long ways to go. >> reporter: did you feel guilty for surviving? >> of course you do. survivor guilt is a real thing. you ask yourself. why am i here. and they're not. why was i given a second chance. they didn't get that second
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>> daniel's recovery is now more about than just survival. >> did you have a girlfriend before you got burned? >> no, i did not. >> your friend is in a fire you want to be there for him. >> but the friendship turned into something more. >> even after all he has been through. he has a smile on his face. just super strong. really good person. >> the biggest thing that she does for me is, is helps me ee ooe motionally. mentally. shows respect. he is the best boyfriend. >> fire can destroy. but it can also, regenerate. and here out of the ashes, something special has bloomed. carter evans, cbs news, washington. that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back a little while later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center here
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welcome to the overnight news. i'm reena ninan. world leaders gathered in new york for the opening of the u.n. general assembly. president obama will address the u.n. for final time in office. this year's meeting will focus on worldwide refugee crisis. as well as the the 5-year-old war in syria. but the threat of tersm hang over the gathering, a bombing went off in new york city's chelsea neighborhood saturday night. injuring 29 people. all have been released from the hospital. but the investigation into the bombing and a second unexploded device, found in area, just beginning. it happened hours after another home made bomb went off at jersey shore. before a 5 k race benefiting sailors and marines. and islamic state claiming responsibility for knife attack in minnesota.
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>> reporter: surveillance video, reveals the white flash of the explosion as the blast sent people running. still unanswered. who set off the bomb and why. it was intentional, a violent act. a criminal act. the blast injured two dozen people. and just a block away driving west on 23rd street when he felt it. >> massive shock wave. my ear was sort of numb. my right ear. specifically. >> reporter: two hours after the bombing a pair of new york state troopers canvassing the area noticed something next to a dumpster. new york police commissioner jim o'neal in his second day on the job said they probably saved more lives. they circled their vehicle.
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>> reporter: the pressure cooker was taken by the bomb squad and analyzed for clues as to its origin. authorities are sifting through surveillance camera individually looking for a suspect and are asking for the public help. >> for new yorker, central message we want to give is be vigilant. be vigilant at this point in time. >> two law enforcement sources tell cbs news that components believed to have come from a pressure cooker have been recovered at the scene of the explosion behind me. those and parts from a cell phone. a federal source is said to believe to have set off the device. >> anna werner, thank you. >> the fbi is calling a stabbing spree at a minnesota mall saturday night a potential act of terrorism.
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>> reporter: armed with a knife and dressed in a private security uniform, police say the attacker, inside this minnesota mall, left nine people wounded in his path. the ordeal sent shoppers at the saint cloud mall scrambling for safety. and investigators trying to determine if it was carried out by an isis connected or inspired terrorist. >> we will try to sort of peel back the onion and see what motivated the individual. >> reporter: islamic state run news agency calling the attacker a soldier of the islamic state. law enforcement forces described him as a 20-year-old minnesota man. officials say he mentioned allah during the spree and asked people if they were muslim before deciding whether to attack. authorities ared off-duty police officer for saving lives, who shot and killed the man as the the attacker was coming at him. >> he again, protected others from being injured. and potential loss of life. a hero. authorities have not publicly i identified the attacker, leaders of the somali american community in minnesota have, they said as far as they know he never had any sort of violent history. >> we hear that so often. kenneth. thank you.
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security correspondent jeff pegues talking to law enforcement sources about the cases in new jersey, new york and minnesota. jeff, what can you tell us? >> investigators have not definitively made the connection between the bomb in manhattan and one in seaside park, new jersey. but law enforcement sources say both used similar components. a clearer picture is i merging abut what happened in saint cloud, minnesota and the motive behind the attack. witnessell that attack, who stabbed nine people was asking people if they were muslim. those who replied that they were not were stabbed. sources say that the man has had recent run-ins with police and lives in minnesota. an isis related website is claiming that the attacker was an isis soldier. but investigators are still trying to confirm itch that is accurate and the nature of the attacker's connection to sources. and all the evidence in the
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they will be scrubbing his electronic devices to see who he was communicating with with before the attack. >> jeff pegues, thank you. john dickerson of face the nation discussed the attacks with peter king sits on homeland security and intelligence committees. congressman, governor cuomo said there are no links to international terrorism, do you think that's the case? >> we don't know. in many of the cases we don't know, two, three, four later whether or not a terrorist link. whether or not connected overseas. whether or not it is home groechblt the fact there is no evidence right now. doesn't mean much. times square bombing in new york, 2011, guess it was. and there was no, took several days before, to realize that that was coming out of the, taliban in pakistan. boston marathon bombing we didn't know for several days for certain if, if that was terrorists. so i think you have to assume from the start, terrorism is a real possibility.
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whether it turns out to be or not. you know we don't know. certainly would not even think of ruling out terrorism at this stage. >> what's the best way to react for the public and law enforcement officials in incidents like this. we now are so connected. the minute something happens, there is a kind of a rush to, to, name it right away. one thing or another. what's the proper way to respond to these? let the nypd and fbi handle it. they're the best in the what to do. and also to realize as we go forward. and that terrorism and type of attacks from overseas or home grown or whether they're just malcontents, we are always vulnerable to these type of attacks. it is so important the police be allowed to do their job. we have to have surveillance. we have to monitor. we can tell in advance when these are going to happen. at least have a better grip on when they, when they could be happening.
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with. we put them in the recesses of the mind. whether this is everstaez terrorism. domestic terrorism, any terrorism at all. a whack krupp call another one as to how vulnerable we are. so important for the police, fbi to be given the tools and be able to do what nay need to do. >> if new york can bea city on top of the issue, obviously since 9/11. what more can be done. just these kind of things will happen. part of the new normal? >> i didn't think we can accept it as being part normal. go to the debate. the nsa is important. surveillance is communities, where the threat can be coming from is important. why key canwe can't allow overc of civil liberties get in the way. let's not let political correctness to stop the police and fbi from doing investigations they have to do. use the example many times. going after the mafia you go to italian. irish, communities when looking for the westies.
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earth was rocking in oklahoma this weekend. the u.s. geological survey recorded 13 small quakes including magnitude 3.5 near fairview. 3.2 outside oklahoma city. oklahoma now the most earthquake prone state, in the continental u.s. wasn't always like before 2009 an average of two earthquakes a year magnitude 3 or higher. last year, there were nearly 1,000. all most all were man made. bill whitaker has the story for "60 minutes." >> reporter: the vast majority of earthquakes are small causing little or no damage. but what they lack in punch. they make up in sheer volume. this tally from the u.s. geological survey shows the
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year since 2009. with more than 2,000 magnitude 3 and above. that means more of the bigger ones. the 4.3 magnitude quake in edmond, oklahoma. >> i wok up scare up scared to . >> melinda and kathy matthews are neighbors in edmond. >> what quake app do you use? >> they check their phone apps to check earthquakes around the state all day long. >> look at that. cherokee, enith, medview. >> all in one day. >> 24 hour period. >> must be unnerving. >> no way to live. no way to live. >> cornell university seismologist, katie kerrinan was teaching in oklahoma when the increase in quakes began.
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unprecedented. >> reporter: what's going on in here in oklahoma has never been seen before. >> number of earthquakes is astounding. how fast it grew is perhaps more astounding. >> caller: karen and her student katherine lambert set up equipment to detect extremely small quakes in an area where there haven't been any. hoping small quakes may provide warnings of larger ones. >> so far looked at data from four days of recording. we see small earthquakes in the area. >> even over four days. >> over of earthquakes. >> many dozens? >> she was among the first scientists to link the earthquakes to oil and gas production. >> these are man made earthquakes? >> most people feel that the majority of these are linked to this water being disposed. >> the water that is causing the earthquakes is not from fracking. which is water and chemicals pumped under ground to free up oil and gas. this is naturally occurring water. that's been trapped below ground
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of years. this is the oil being pumped out. >> oil, gas, water. >> gary is president of petrol warrior, a small independent oil company that operates 14 wells in oklahoma. what happened in the cylinder happens in a grand scale in wells across the region. oil, gas, water naturally separate. so the bubbles. >> salt water here. gas up here. the gas. >> here is the oi >> oil. >> like any other operator in the region big and small, larue's oil wells produce more water than petroleum. gas and oil are collected in tanks for sale. but the water is too briny to be recycled or used. it's considered waste. >> awful this is, salt walter. >> salt water. awe hautz to -- getting rid of water means sending it down a
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freshwater to prevent contamination and zone where it came from. >> this is it? >> this is it. >> what the talk is about. >> well in the ground. >> larue's disposal well is one of 3,000 in oklahoma. the state created a website to explain the earthquakes. this map shows disposal wells as blue dots. orange dots are earthquakes. when the price of oil went over $100 a barrel in 2008. oil and gas production increased dramatically. so did the amount of waste water. and earthquakes. what's causing these earthquakes? >> what we have learned in oklahoma its that the earthquakes that are occurring in enormous numbers are result of waste water injection. mark zobach, professor of g geophysics at stanford. zobach says two factors behind the earthquakes. one is the large volumes of
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deep down into a layer of earth called the arbuckle. >> what makes this such a good place to dispose of all that water? >> well it is very thick. it's porous. permable. it can accommodate very large injection rates. >> reporter: the only problem with the arbuckle its that it sits directly on top of the crystaline basement. a rock layer riddled with earthquake faults. >> this water is seeping into the faults. >> water prush oessure. fault is clamped shut. the water pressure pushes two side apart. and allows slippage occur today when it might not occur for thousand of years into the future. >> earthquakes are now a daily occurrence in oklahoma. it was three quakes in november, 2011 near the town of prague that caught everyone's attention. one was magnitude 5.6.
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>> having an earthquake. >> toppled a spire at saint gregory's university. and severely damaged 14 houses including the one where john and jerry loveland lived with their two children. >> our bed was shaking. all you could hear was glass. >> earthquake insurance is stug you don't think you are going to have. >> reporter: like most of those in oklahoma, the lovelands didn't have earth quake insurance doing their own repairs to save money. more than four years after the simply hiding the damage. doesn't that concern you. you have a crack like this. >> afraid if we went in and fixed these. there was another earthquake. even a little. going to crack it all. then you have done all that work for no reason. >> not sure covering is fixing it. >> it's not fixing it. that is our only choice. not like we have the money to bulldoze the house and start over. that would be great. not going to happen. we have a mortgage. we live on one income.
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we have been visiting national gems. tonight we are taken to denali park in alaska and introduces us to furry residents. >> this is cupcake. >> hey, cupcake. >> oh. it hurts. it hurts so much. >> if you are anything like me, you are going to need a minute here. it is okay. take your time. get it out of your system. take a deep and say, oh. more puppies. all the puppies. i want all right puppies. these adorable little guys and girls. five of them total, were born in july at the denali national park. cupcake, happy, party, pinanta and hundo named in honor of the 100th anniversary of the park
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denali, formerly, mount mckinley. turns 100 next year. and the pups are just the latest additions to a legacy of alaskan sled dogs as old as the park itself. denali's first superintendent was a veteran dog musher, harry karstens, who used sled degrees to patrol the back country looking for poachers. as the park grew it needed the supply of well trained dogs. and only working kennel in the national park. we joke they're the happiest government employees you will ever meet. really, really true. >> it is true. >> the yard stays between 30, 35 dogs. >> jennifer rafielli is the current kennels manager at denali. hi, handsome. looking after the stable of canine rangers. and while a dog team may seem
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era, they're very much in use today. >> really amazing thing about dog teams in alaska is that some times they still prove to be the most reliable and effective means of transportation. andwinter conditions. 50 below. the sm 50 below the i go out. these guys jump up. ready to go. >> in the frigid winter, the dogs run well shuttling supplies and trails. they come with a built in gps. navigationally do they help you at all? >> incredibly so. the dogs have brains and hearts. memories better than most rangers. perhaps most importantly they do all of this, quietly. in 1980, two million acres were designated as federally protected wilderness. that means, no forms of
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these dogs were bred to sled. during summer presentations, they show off their skills around the kennel track. dogs run, pull a sled. the highlight of every program for them. >> reporter: all summer long the canine rangers meet their adoring public. volunteer walkers help them stay in shape. and the staff takes small groups out to play. let's go! eventually, after nine years or so of service, it's time for retirement. the park matches the dogs with active owners, like the winter family. we still go for two mile runs. >> aurora ran over 7,000 miles at denali.
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adopted a few new routines. does that feel good. for nose who can't bring a sled dog home with them. the park has a popular puppy-cam. 24 hours a day. visitors can log on and see what the gang is up to. eechl one has his or her own fans. i may be partial to pinata. >> you are stay dog whisperer, you have him pretty comfortable there. >> but, you know what nay kids grow up so fast. before long, these dogs will join their relatives out on the trail. carrying gear. and carrying on a tradition. more than a century old. >> cbs overnight news will be
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town in new jersey is preparing for life without its oldest resident. steve hartman found the story on the road. >> reporter: at the basking ridge presbyterian church in new jersey, they dent need stained glass to make their windows breathtaking. parishioner john klippel says for the 300 year history of this church one of the most mag nif tent oak trees known to man has
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the church was intentionally built beside the tree and the town grew around the church. any body who ever lived here has recognized that tree as sort of a symbol of home. >> reporter: george washington walked past it. some of the soldiers are buried under it. the tree predates america, columbus, pretty much everything we know came after this 600-year-old oak. but now, our matriarch is fading. after decade of leaning on the oldest white oak tree in north america is on its last limbs. local residents can't believe it. >> it just kind feels like a part unfortunate the town is dying wit it. >> nobody thought about the tree dying. one of the things that was going to go on forever. >> that's what a lot of people thought it is always going to be here. but apparently it is not. >> reporter: for the folks of basking ridge it is very much a
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anticipation of loss. i think it is traumatic. i think people have to go through their own steps of wreck reconciliation with it. >> reporter: for centuries the tree has been an ever-present metaphor for preachers at this pulpit. whether the lesson was pare spa ens, creation, and soon will come its final lesson. maybe a sermon about the psych of life. to stare out the window one last time. at the finest stained glass picture god ever created. steve hartman, on the road, in
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captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's monday, september 19th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." it's still unclear who was behind a weekeom york city. >> it was intentional, it was a violent act. it was certainly a criminal act. >> police and the fbi are chasing leads in the city and in new jersey, where at least one other homemade bomb exploded. and isis claimed responsibility for a knife attack at a minnesota mall. the suspect wounded nine people before he was shot dead by police. good morning from the studio
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