york city, i'm jeff glor. captioning funded by cbs it's monday, january 18th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." the u.s. swap prisoners with iran and then impose new sanctions that iran says has no moral or legal illegitimacy. the glovesare off. in their final debate before the and bernie sanders clash on health care, guns, and money.

attempt t land a spacex rocket on a barge in the pacific comes up short. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. three americans released by iran are in germany this morning receiving medical evaluations. a fourth freed american decided to stainside iran. their freedom in exchange for a group of iranians in american custody came just before the u.s. slapped new sanctions on the country. iran is calling those new sanctions illegitimate. don champion is here in new york. >> reporter: from the release of the american prisoners to the lifting of old sanctions, the weekend was marked by a flurry of diplomacy when it comes to iran. this morning, the country's moderate president says the newly implemented nuclear deal will not only imove his country's economy, but also open what he calls new windows for engagement with the world. it is a long-awaited moment of

this picture shows freed "the washington post" reporter jajan rezaian, as he and two other freed americans made a stop in switzerland sunday. after leaving iran, an internal memo to "post" staff that rezaian is in good spirits. half a world away the sister and brother-in-law of freed marine veteran hekmati left detroit on sunday to see him and they spoke exclusively to cbs news. >> i don't think it will hit me until i'm hugging him and i'm seeing him. >> reporter: after spending three and a half years at iran's notorious evan prison, christian pastororaeed abedini is on his way home also. this lady went to high school with his wife in idaho. >> we put together some cards to write to him while he was in prison. >> reporter: the three men and fourth american were swapped for seven iranians held or charged in the u.s. and two of them were released from a federal detention center in houston on

also this weekend, the u.s lifted economic sanctions on iran as part of the deal to roll back the country's nuclear program. >> once again, we are seeing what is possible with strong american diplomacy. >> reporter: after iran recently test-fired a missile, the u.s. moved this weekend to impose new sanctions against 11 individuals and entities tied to the country's ballistic missile program. now, there are at least two other americans thought to be detained in iran. a fifth american who was released over the weekend as part of a separate deal is now back at home in massachusetts. >> don champion here in new york, thank you very much, don. the fate of three americans missing in iraq is a mystery this morning. iraqi media reports, say that they we kidnapped in or near the capital of baghdad. the u.s. embassy in iraq confirms they are missing but didn't provide details. embassy staff recently received information an iranian-backed american.

attacks as the polls show a tightening race. hillary clinton and bernie sanders and martin o'malley faced off for a fourth time in a debate sunday nighghin south carolina. it was their final meeting before the iowa caucuses which are just over two weeks away. weijia jiang reports from charlestst. >> reporter: under fire from hillary clinton for changing his position on immunity for gun manufacturers, vermont senator bernie sanders shot back at his opponent. >> i think secretary clinton knows that what she says is very >> reporter: sanders says he has nra, but clinton says he has voted many times with the gun lobby. >> he ted to guns to go into amtrak and guns to go into national park. he voted against doing research lives. >> reporter: former maryland governor martin o'malley accused both clinton and sanders of being inconsistent when it came to gun control.

stage that actually brought people together to pass comprehensive gun legislation. >> reporter: the candidates debated who would do the better job of reining in wall street. >> you received over $600,000 for speaking fees from goldman sachs in one year. >> you did not go as far as reining in wall street as i would. >> i have a plan that most commentators have said is tougher, more effective, and more comprehensive. >> reporter: sanders is leading in the new hampshire polls and he is tied with clinton in iowa, but a new poll gives clinton a big edge over the vermont senator nationwide. >> when this campaign began, she was 50 points ahead of me. we were all up three percentage points. >> reporter: all three candidates are looking for a spark before the iowa caucuses on february 1st. weijia jiang, cbs news, charleston. the search for 12 marine aviators missing off hawaii in its fourth day.

massive surf. the coast guard says the search has covered over 18,000 square miles off oahu. debris has turned up but no sign of survivors. the marines were aboard two transport helicopters that crashed late thursday during a training mission. florida communities are cleaning up this morning after a pair of adly tornadoes ripped through. it tossed their mobile home across the street early sunday near tampa. several other members of their family are hospitalized. >> all of a sudden, the tree behind us, the bending tree started blowing around and we, all of a sudden, snap, snap, hit the roof and got very scary very quick. >> another twister touched down near a beach community in sarasota county. the tornado destroyed or ruined several homes and debris spread over a wide area. whiteout conditions are blamed for a massive pileup in michigan that left one person

more than 40 cars and trucks were involved sunday in the chain reacacon collision. three people are hospitalized, in critical condition. federal help will begin flowing into flint, michigan, after president obama gned an emergency declaration over its water crisis. at a church servicsunday, reverend jesse jackson told worshipers the full effect of the lead contamination is not yet known. he says residents there have been portrayed. >> we are convinced that this is a disaster zone, not just an emergency. maybe there should be a duct tape around the city because flint is a crime scene. >> residents and cars were handed cases of bottled water that's been trucked in. coming up on the "morning news." rocket launch. spacex delivers a satellite into orbit but it fails to nail the landing. we will show you the dramatic

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spacex launched a falcon rocket nine on sunday and successfully delivered a weather satellite intnto orbit, but the rocket had trouble when it tried to land on a barge in the pacific. the rocket tipped over and exploded. spacex ceo elon musk said one of the landing legs did not go in place. the racket over a pro tennis scandal and a fatal police shooting inside a fast food restaurant. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "st. louis post dispatch" reports police killed an armed robbery suspect. police say last night, the man, who is black, raised a handgun toward the sergeant who is white and refused orders to drop it. the 13-year veteran officer fired two shots, killing the man. afterwards, about 40 people gathered outside, some chanting protests against police. buzzfeed reports on leaked

match fixing among top tennis players. 16 playersre accused of fixing matches at major tournaments, including wimbledon, but all have been allowed to keep playing. a 2008 probe blamed syndicates in russia and italy for organizing it. "the guardian" reports 62 of the richest billionaires@hold the wealth of the population combined. the charity objection fan says a crackdown on more spending on public services and higher wages for low earners can flow the growing divide. "the new york times" reports drug overdoses are increasing the death rate of young white adults. the overdose death rate in 2014 among whites, 25 to 34, was five times greater than in 1999. the rate for 35 44-year-olds tripled. mortality rates among this high

seen sincehe end of the aids epidemic. sese penn says he failed in his interview with drug lord el chapo. he said people didn't understand his interview with el chapo was discuss the world's dependency on drugs. charlie rose spoke with penn last night on "60 minutes." " >> i w!s not there to report on what was reported on. i was not present at murders. i was not present to see narcotics. i was not present for that. what i was present for, i wrote. i wrote that to use it as a pillar for an article about the policy of the war on drugs. >> reporter: you are not naive and you knew that if sean penn went to see a drug lord on the run and had a conversation with him, with a mexican actress who with he was smitten with, you knew that is a story. you knew that is a big story. you're not naive! and there you're blaming people for wanting to know more about it. it's inevitable. >> no, no, no. my problem with people is that they think they know more about it.

what we all want. we all want this drug problem to stop, and if you are in the moral right or on the far left, just as many of your children are doing these drugs, just as many of your brothers and sisters, your mothers and fathers, the teachers at school are doing these drugs, just as many. and how much time have they spent in the last week since this article come out, talking about that? 1%? >> reporter: there is not much dialogue about -- >> my article failed. let me be clear. my article has failed in that the -- in that everything that is spoken about is everything but what i was trying to speak about, that i failed that. >> reporter: but you're really saying what i really regret is not anything i did. i regret that people misunderstood what i did. >> that's what i'm saying. yeah. coming up on "cbs this

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>> reporter: just how far a message in a bottle can go ust took it and threw it as hard as i could. >> reporter: just how far a message in a bottle can go beyond the wildest dreams of tommy and bridget who two years ago now tossed this glass bottle with a note inside into the ocean into the jersey shore and never imagining the bottle would make it far. they didn't even sign the note inside. >> we just thought that someone would find it and be like, "you left your bottle here." >> reporter: they had left his college dorm address on the message but never thought about it again until this week when someone from loyola university in maryland contacted them saying someone had found their message in a bottle in france. the bottle floating 3,376 miles from island beach state park in new jersey to ile tariec in france. >> can't believe it, that it went all the way to france. can't believe it. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: this man speaking to us from his home in western france showing us the bottle he found on the beach this past sunday. [ speaking in foreign language ]

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