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ere is more snow and subzero temperatures in the forecast. >> omar villafranca in bismarck for us. now let's go to eric fisher, the chief meteorologist of our boston station wbz. eric, what's next? >> well, scott, the remarkable thing here is that in november we had widespread record warmth nearly over all of north america. at the same time we had major snow and cold across siberia and russia. now, all that air, which was kind of cook in the dark and the cold, is moving right up over the pole and coming right down warmest last month. it's a complete 180 in the pattern. so how cold are we talk about? low temperatures certainly subzero in the northern plains. the 20s all the way down to mississippi, alabama, and georgia tonight. by saturday morning we could be seeing 20s all the way down into north florida. so freeze warnings will likely be needed there. now, at the same time another winter storm moving into the northwest and this one right now not bringing just mountain snow but lowland snow. we're getting snowfall into the cities of seattle and portland
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today donald trump made another cabinet appointment that shows he's turning america in a new direction. he's nominating a labor secretary who believes that wages are often too high. this comes a day after naming one of the epa's biggest critics the agency's new administrator. also today, dean reports that the president-elect got into a twitter battle with a labor boss. >> reporter: the president-elect made his second visit to ohio since his election, and while his stop in columbus involved soothing the survivors of last week's attack at ohio state, getting back at any and all critics was still on his mind. the latest to draw mr. trump's wrath was chuck jones, an indianapolis union president who had the crust to say that mr. trump exaggerated the number of
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carrier company. >> if in fact it was an oversight, you know, it's a big mistake. not knowing how many people's livelihoods you're negotiating to keep here in this country. >> reporter: the president-elect claimed he'd saved 1,100 jobs at carrier. >> by the way, that number's going to go up very substantially. >> reporter: as cbs news reported last week, the actual number is 800 jobs saved. but mr. trump did not like being corrected. chuck jones, he tweeted, "has workers, and if united steelworkers 1999 was any good they would have kept those jobs in indiana. spend more time working, less time talking." but jones said his members felt betrayed. >> they're upset because they got their hopes up that they was going to be able to provide for their families for a while, to have that hope ripped away. >> reporter: continuing on the workers' front, mr. trump named as his new labor secretary
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who says raising the minimum wage is bad for business. >> we are not dependent on the government at our company for any particular benefits, so i don't really think american businesses should be. >> reporter: now, in the late 1980s andrew puzder's then wife alleged in divorce proceedings that he had physically abused her, and her attorney at the time told us today he had evidence of but scott, today she gave cbs news an e-mail which she said she sent to puzder just last week which states that she made the whole thing up. >> dean, you've also learned something today about the president-elect's reality show "the apprentice." >> reporter: yes. he's going to continue apparently as executive producer of nbc's show, which will hit
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it's not known how much he will be paid for this or what it will mean to have a sitting president on the payroll of a tv show. scott? >> dean reynolds, thanks. in syria the battle for aleppo has become a rout. government forces backed by russia have retaken 3/4 of the territory held by rebels. today one local politician warned that 150,000 civilians face extermination if they aren't given safe debora patta is in aleppo. >> reporter: 7-year-old abdul ghani tarab was eating lunch when a shell hit his home two weeks ago. shrapnel tore through his body as syrian and russian bombs continued to rain down. his parents told us there was only one very basic makeshift clinic still working. it wasn't equipped to help their son. "i felt dead inside.
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was helpless." he would moan and call for help, his mother told us. it took two weeks to get tarab out of eastern aleppo to a proper hospital. after being systematically targeted by syrian military strikes, there are no longer any working hospitals in rebel parts of the city. medical supplies are all but gone. doctors and nurses under immense pressure to sav as they possibly can. often they cannot. overnight, 150 injured people were evacuated from aleppo's old city in the opposition-held east. but there are still thousands of civilians trapped inside, in need of urgent medical attention, the kind that is only available in the government-controlled west. tarab begs for water, but he
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life-saving surgery, something he couldn't get until now. since the russian announcement that the syrians have stopped military operations in eastern aleppo to allow for civilian evacuation we can tell you, scott, that things have quieted down, but we'll have to see if it holds long enough for people to get out safely. >> debora patta in aleppo. debora, thank you. for many who've been through war the battle continues long after the guns go silent. to know a veteran who owned -- owed his life to his best friend, and chip reid has the end of their story. >> tuesday, kiss. >> reporter: luis carlos montalvan and tuesday, his golden retriever service dog, have been inseparable for the past eight years. before they met, army captain montalvan did two tours in iraq, earning a purple heart and two bronze stars. but he returned broken in body
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post-traumatic stress disorder left him terrified to leave home. >> drinking heavily to deal with, you know, physical and psychological issues. >> reporter: that all changed when he and tuesday became partners, as he later told david letterman. >> he -- he brightens my days, and he calms my nights. >> reporter: in 2011 montalvan co-authored a best-seller "until tuesday: a wounded warrior and the golden retriever who saved him. tv. >> he enables me to live my life. if that isn't life saving, i don't know what is. >> reporter: tuesday learned more than 100 commands, and he improvised when montalvan was showing signs of stress. >> whether that's lay his head, his snout on my laptop keyboard so i can't type anymore. >> reporter: they toured the country together, preaching a message of hope for those
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montalvan was also working on a second book. but last week in el paso at just 43 years old montalvan was found dead in his hotel room. people close to him say they were stunned to learn he had left his beloved dog with someone else for safekeeping. the cause of death is not yet official, but one thing is for sure -- no one will miss him more than his best friend. >> tuesday. >> reporter: chip reid, cbs news, washington.
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the nation's top doctor is sounding an alarm on e-cigarettes. here's our top doctor, jon lapook. >> reporter: 17-year-old tyra nicola started using e-cigarettes three years ago as a high school freshman. >> i thought they were just water vapor. and a majority of my friends thought the same thing. >> reporter: dr. the surgeon general. >> when i've traveled the country, jon, i've realized that many people are confused about e-cigarettes. they don't recognize that these aren't harmless are products. >> reporter: e-cigarettes contain nicotine but not the cancer-causing tar present in traditional cigarettes. nicotine is a highly addictive drug, and today's report warns it may harm the developing adolescent brain. >> the bottom line is that there is no safe use of tobacco products for kids, and those
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are different. >> reporter: e-cigarette companies have rapidly increased advertising spending. from $6.4 million in 2011 to $115 million in 2014. regular e-cigarette use among high school students increased from less than 2% in 2011 to 16% last year. >> to the pursuit of happiness. >> what we've seen is that the vast majority of kids, 7 out of 10, are actually seeing these advertisements. whether that's intentional or that we're not doing a good enough job at protecting kids. >> reporter: do you think that bubble gum flavor for e-cigarettes is unintentional? isn't it targeted right to kids? >> well, we do know that flavors have a powerful impact on kids. in fact, 81% of kids, when asked why they use e-cigarettes, cite flavors. >> reporter: dr. murthy says more research is needed on whether e-cigarettes are a gateway to traditional cigarettes. industry groups are criticizing today's report because it does
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e-cigarettes may have in helping people stop smoking. >> dr. jon lapook. thank you, doc. up intersection, what a lucky man he was. i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! some cough medicines only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. manolo! you're so cold, come in! what's wrong? it's dry... your scalp? mine gets dry in the winter too. it nourishes the scalp and... ...keeps you up to 100% flake free head and shoulders' dry scalp care ?living well? rise above joint discomfort with move free ultra's triple action joint support for improved mobility and flexibility, and 20% better comfort from one tiny, mighty pill...
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fled. he was discovered today hiding in a nearby home. the police say that he shot himself to death as the s.w.a.t. team prepared to move in. for the first time in more than 20 years the life expectancy of americans has declined to an average 78.8 years. for men it's fallen to 76.3 years, and for women it's down to 81.2 years. heart disease is still the number one killer, but de a pioneer of 1970s progressive rock has died of cancer. guitarist greg lake co-founded the groups king crimson and emers emerson, lake & palmer. ? ooh, what a lucky man he was ? >> elp sold 48 million records, blending rock, classical music, and elaborate staging. greg lake was 69.
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tonight the flag at the capitol flies at half staff. john glenn once said he never thought of himself as a hero. but then, heroes never do. >> you know, i guess i'm not untypical of this country in that we all have so many opportunities that come our way. and i happened to be around at a going on and was able to take advantage of some of those opportunities that came my way, and i guess it's typical of what happens in this country to a lot of people. >> i jokingly of course said that i got on this project because it would probably be the nearest to heaven i'd ever get and i wanted to make the most of it. but my feelings are that this whole project with regard to space sort of stands with us now as if you want to look at it one way, like the wright brothers stood at kitty hawk about 50 years ago.
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ignition. lift-off. pilot john glenn is reporting all systems go, is giving routine reports, reading off his instruments. >> roger, zero-g, and i feel fine. capsule is turning around. oh, that view is tremendous. >> an end of something means the beginning of something else, and i don't think that something else is going to be a -- the death of the manned space program. well, i think w job well done but that's just the precursor to even greater things in the future. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning."
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? >> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. and welcome to the overnight news. i'm don dahler. one of the original americans with the right stuff, john glenn, has passed away. glenn was a fighter pilot, an astronaut, and a long-time u.s. senator from orbit the earth, and four years ago was honored with the presidential medal of freedom. john glenn was 95. nancy cordes has more on his life and legacy. >> reporter: from the cosmos to capitol hill and then back again, john glenn was an astronaut, a politician, and a patriot. >> godspeed, john glenn. >> reporter: on february 20th, 1962 john glenn famously became
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>> oh, that view is tremendous. >> reporter: glenn's experience as one of the original seven mercury astronauts, heroes at the height of the cold war, was immortalized in the epic film "the right stuff." ? years before he made history above his "friendship 7" spacecraft glenn flew fighter planes for the marine corps, racking up 149 missions during world war ii and korea. during his four terms in the senate glenn was a key player in democratic politics, serving chairman of the powerful governmental affairs committee. but his hero status didn't translate into national political appeal. >> i believe this nation of ours can be number one in this world. >> reporter: his bid for the presidency in 1984 never really got off the ground. glenn's political career was further marred by the savings and loan scandal. having accepted a $200,000 campaign contribution from financier charles keating, glenn was dubbed one of the so-called
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wrongdoing but was found by a senate commission to have used "poor judgment." after serving nearly a quarter century on capitol hill, glenn retired from politics in 1998. that same year nearly 40 years after his first nasa journey glenn returned to the stars. >> lift-off of "discovery" with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. >> reporter: at the age of 77 the first american to orbit the earth made history once again, becoming the oldest to travel into space. the nation's senior astronaut returned to earth with a message for other americans his age. >> i think too often people set their lives by the calendar. old folks have ambitions and dreams too like everybody else. and why don't they work for them? why don't they go for it? don't sit on a couch someplace. that's my attitude. >> and glenn followed his own advice, staying politically active until the end, publicly opposing the decision to end the
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medal of freedom in 2012. >> john glenn has streaked through three days -- >> now as a nation bids farewell to a true hero, americans for one last time can wish john glenn godspeed. >> godspeed, john glenn. >> reporter: nancy cordes, cbs news, washington. a deadly blast of arctic cold has descended on the upper midwe midwest, and it's working its way east. omar villafranca has the cold hard facts from bismarck, north dakota. >> reporter: slick roads are being blamed for the deadly pileup of mangled cars, trucks, and 18-wheelers. three people were killed and 11 people injured after dozens of vehicles careened off of michigan's i-96 just south of lansing. 300 miles east in lake county, ohio another pileup with as many as 50 vehicles occurred after a truck jackknifed due to icy road
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17 inches of thick, sticky lake effect snow an hour north of syracuse. roads quickly became treacherous, testing the skills of any driver who dared to get behind the wheel. north dakota residents are still cleaning up after the one-two punch of snow and howling wind tore through the state. icy roads were too slippery for even the toughest since monday tow trucks have pulled roughly 400 stranded or damaged vehicles into this lot alone. scott, they expect to stay busy because there is more snow and subzero temperatures in the forecast. president-elect donald trump's victory tour pulled into des moines, iowa last night. mr. trump and vice president-elect mike pence will be in louisiana today. meanwhile, the president-elect's cabinet continues to take shape.
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made his second visit to ohio since his election, and while his stop in columbus involved soothing the survivors of last week's attack at ohio state, getting back at any and all critics was still on his mind. the latest to draw mr. trump's wrath was chuck jones, an indianapolis union president who had the crust to say that mr. trump exaggerated the number of jobs he saved last week at the carrier company. >> if in fact it was an oversight, you know, people's livelihoods you're negotiating to keep here in this country. >> reporter: the president-elect claimed he'd saved 1100 jobs at carrier. >> by the way, that number's going to go up very substantially. >> reporter: as cbs news reported last week, the actual number is 800 jobs saved. but there trump did not like being corrected. chuck jones, he tweeted, has done a terrible job representing workers, and if united steelworkers 1999 was any good
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in indiana. spend more time working, less time talk." continuing on the worker's front mr. trump named as his new labor secretary andrew puzder, a fast food chain ceo and anti-regulation crusader who says raising the minimum wage is bad for business. >> we are not dependent on the government at our company for any particular benefits. so i don't think american businesses should be. overseas, the syrian go assault on the besieged city of aleppo. the regime wants to give trapped civilians time to evacuate before a final push to oust the rebels. debora patta is there. >> reporter: 7-year-old abdul ghani tarab was eating lunch when a shell hit his home two weeks ago. shrapnel tore through his body as syrian and russian bombs continued to rain down. he his parents told us there was only one very basic makeshift clinic still working.
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son. "i felt dead inside. i'm his father," he said, "and i was helpless." it took two weeks to get tarab out of aleppo to a proper hospital. after being systematically targeted by syrian military strikes there are no longer any working hospitals in rebel parts of the city. medical supplies are all but gone. doctors and nurses unim as they possibly can. often they cannot. overnight 150 injured people were evacuated from aleppo's old city in the o'opposition-held east. but there are still thousands of civilians trapped inside in need of urgent medical attention, the kind that is only available in the government-controlled west. tarab begs for water, but he
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the eagles have sold more than 150 million records over their long career. that's more than any other american band. founding member glenn frey died in january. so when the band was honored at this year's kennedy center honor ceremony the eagles didn't get up and play their own music. in fact, don henley says the band will never perform again. gail king has more. >> and now, mr. henley, if you're toodling around in your car and an eagles song comes on, what do you do? >> i usually turn it. >> you do? p>> yeah. >> i turn it up. >> well, good. that's what you're supposed to do. ? ? because i'm already ? >> after 44 years -- ? welcome to the hotel
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i just don't want to hear them when you're off. when i'm off duty. i'd rather listen to somebody else or just silence. silence is good. you don't get much of it these days anywhere. so i'm a big fan of silence. ? i like the way your sparkling earrings lay ? >> he may be a fan of silence, but with the eagles don henley created some of the most popular sounds in american music. ? life in the fast lane ? ? surely make you lose mind ? you guys have a song "life in the fast lane." you really were sex, drugs and rock and roll at one point. you really did seem to be. the eagles as a group did seem to be life in the fast lane. >> yeah. >> did it feel like that? did you like that? >> everybody was doing that. it was the '70s. >> doing what, don? >> living that kind of lifestyle. >> sex, drugs and rock and roll. >> yeah. that was what everybody was doing. which does mn'take it right necessarily. and you know, looking back on
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productive. although we were pretty productive considering. >> reporter: they sure were. the eagles have sold more than 150 million records worldwide. and they remain the best-selling american band of all time. ? one of these nights ? it all began in 1970 at the los angeles nightclub where don henley met glenn frey. >> he walked up to me one night in the troubador and beer and just started talking to me. you know, the troubador bar was the center of the universe at that point in time. ? the same thing happened to everybody ? >> after playing backup for linda ronstadt frey convinced henley to form a band of their own. ? on a dark desert highway ? ? cool wind in my hair ? >> "hotel california"'s such a classic. i have no clue what it means but i like it.
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days. >> don, stop it. you know what it means. you wrote it. >> some idea. >> can you just give me two sentences what the hell it means? >> not in two sentences, no. >> okay. three. ? there she stood in the doorway ? ? i heard the mission bell ? >> i always say it's a journey from innocence o'experience. ? this could be heaven or this could be hell ? and it's not really about california. it's about america. it's about the dark underbelly it's about excess. it's about narcissism. it's about the music business. it's about a lot of different things. you can have a million interpretations. ? welcome to the hotel california ? >> i'll just do a speed dial about the numbers and you just tell me what comes to you when i name them. bernie. >> bernie. really great musicianship.
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limit ? >> randy meisner. >> very sensitive guy. very talented. a farm boy like me. he was the only guy that could sing that high. ? >> don felder. >> incredible guitar player. ? one of the best in the business. >> joe wals >> again, another amazing guitar player and a very funny guy. he brought a lot of good humor. and he was sort of the wild card. ? he was just a hired hand ? >> glenn frey. what you would have to say about him. >> he was a very dynamic individual. he came up like i did, playing in rock and roll bands starting in high school. ? we understood each other. we both loved cars.
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gladis that we used to ride around in. we were just -- we were a good fit. you know, i had strengths that made up for his weaknesses and he had strengths that made up for my weaknesses. >> no, i insist, you first. >> henley and frey co-wrote most of the band's music. their success leading one dj to call them america's mccartney and lennon. >> the thing is now to try to see how long we can stay up here it's very narrow and windy up here. >> we probably continue doing what we're doing as long as the songs keep coming. >> the way the group broke up was glenn called me up and said i need to go do my own thing for a while. you know. and that was it. >> you said okay? >> i said okay. whatever. and -- >> were you mad about that? >> no. i knew it was coming. we all knew it was coming.
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was going. >> can you just take us through the steps you went through on the road to reunification? >> after what henley calls a 14-year hiatus -- >> no. [ laughter ] >> reporter: -- the eagles enjoyed two more decades of making music and filling arenas. ? take it easy ? ? take it easy ? came to an end last year after glenn frey became ill. he died in january. and tragic. and you know, it was basically the end of the band, i think. >> the eagles. >> reporter: last sunday don henley went to the kennedy center to accept the prestigious award with bandmates joe walsh and timothy b. schmidt. >> please welcome 20-time grammy winner vince gill. >> reporter: they also watched a tribute to glenn frey.
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earrings lay ? >> do you miss him? >> yeah. sure. >> do you? >> yeah. in these past several years we haven't been around each other that much. i miss him, and i miss knowing that he's just on the planet. ? you better let somebody love you ? ? let somebody love you ? >> can you imagine the eagles continuing in any form? is that something you even think about? >> not at thisoi no. it doesn't seem feasible to me. glenn was such a pivotal part. i mean, he was the leader of the band.
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i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! some cough medicines only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. president-elect donald trump has former general david petraeus on his short list for secretary of state. it's aig petraeus, who's still on probation for giving classified documents to his girlfriend and biographer paula broadwell. broadwell is a former military intelligence officer, and her affair with petraeus has derailed her professional career. she discussed it all with norah o'donnell. >> i've been strongly advised to not talk to the press and understand that sometimes it's better to remain silent. i've had that philosophy for the last five years.
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to fight back for my life. >> you want to move on. >> it's time to move on. >> reporter: but moving on has been difficult for paula broadwell. broadwell and petraeus admitted to an extramarital affair in 2012. prosecutors found that petraeus mishandled classified information while broadwell was writing his biography, "all in." he pleaded guilty last year in federal court to unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents. he was fined broadwell was never criminally charged. >> do you think he should be allowed to serve in a top-level post in a trump administration? >> no, i think he's unequally qualified for many positions but that's not my position to say. i think the president-elect would have to decide and members of the senate. as i woke up to the news, you know, it was a bit of a shocker that he was being considered for
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still in this tenuous position and yet happy because i think he should be able to go on with his life. he's earned it. and so should his family. but then it begged the question of why shouldn't i be able to go on? >> reporter: she served 21 years in the u.s. military. 13 years in the army reserve. after the affair she was demoted from lieutenant colonel to major, lost her top secret security clearance, and just last month received a formal petraeus found out in january that he won't face any military discipline. >> what is your status now with the u.s. army? >> i am waiting for my resignation paperwork to be approved. >> and when do you expect that to happen? >> well, i'd love a merry christmas present. but i don't know. i was -- i thought earlier this year when david petraeus was pardoned for lack of a better word that i would hear something
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i'm hopeful that the end is here. >> reporter: what she really wants, she tells us, is equality. while petraeus has seen new opportunities, broadwell says she's been denied them including a position at a prominent bank. >> so i think i was qualified for this position. but i was told by the military recruiter that it would be front page news if we got hired at the bank and the bank wouldn't want to deal with that. >> if the bank hired paula broadwell. >> exactly. >> and i realized probably true, but it was hard to stomach at the time. i have a degree from the university of denver in international conflict resolution. i have a degree from harvard in public policy. >> you're a west point graduate. >> i went to west point undergraduate. sometimes i try to forget those days. but also very proud of it. and it's shaped the person i am. it's shaped me into a fighter, which is why i'm fighting to take back my own narrative and my life. but i also believe on principle i've got something to offer the
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warmer. that's not my personality. put me in, coach. >> senators from both parties have expressed support for broadwell. democrat claire mccaskill told the political website the hill there shouldn't be two standards. republican lindsey graham has been a vocal supporter of petraeus. >> she wasn't convicted of anything. no one's ever brought charges against her. i think she should be treated fairly in terms of, you know, what they did. >> reporter: still, broadwell says the future has made for some very difficult years. >> what has this been like for your family? >> well, they've been incredibly supportive. and i frankly owe my life to my husband and my children. they know i made a mistake and that it hurt daddy and what i talk about with them is that when you make a mistake you acknowledge it, yet you don't dwell on it and you need to move forward at some point. so we apply that mantra in
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the best-kept secret in many hospitals is that surgeons often perform two operations at the same time. well, congress found out and wants the practice stopped. chip reid reports. >> the senate started investigating simultaneous surgeries after reports in the "boston globe" by their spotlight team raised questions about thra and when the senate started calling hospitals, more than half of them did not even have policies on simultaneous surgeries. >> tying run at second. two out. palmeiro. over the head of jenks. >> reporter: pitcher bobby jenks helped the chicago white sox break their 88-year-old world series drought in 2005. >> and the white sox have won the world series! >> reporter: his major league career ended six years later, following a back operation at
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was botched by a surgeon working in two different operating rooms. he spoke to the "boston globe" in 2015. >> i had no idea that there was another surgery booked at the same time. >> reporter: the senate finance committee surveyed 20 teaching hospitals and found as much as 33% of their surgeries are double booked. some surgeons reported even higher rates, up to 46% of their operations. >> i think it's a real mistake to try to do multiple operations or more than one operation at the >> reporter: the american college of surgeons says a primary attending surgeon's involvement in concurrent or simultaneous surgeries is inappropriate, but its guidelines still permit operations to overlap under certain conditions. for example, a surgeon may begin operating on a second patient after the critical components of the first surgery are done. or if another surgeon takes over the first operation. >> almost like a bait and switch. >> reporter: surgeon james ricker is president of the society of patient-centered
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kept in the dark. >> when people become aware of it, they're usually surprised and sometimes a little horrified to hear that their surgeon who they've picked out will not be doing their entire surgery. >> reporter: most study suggest simultaneous surgeries do not increase risks to patients. hospitals say the practice maximizes the number of people who can be helped by highly skilled specialists, especially during mass casualty events. it also allows younger surgeons to gain experience in the operating room. >> it's very, that doctors be right on top of everything they do. especially surgeons. because you never know what can happen. >> reporter: mass general declined to comment on the jenks case because of patient privacy rules. a hospital memo released in january said, "the "globe's stories and columns have mischaracterized our hospital, our surgeons, our case and our commitment and health and safety. mass general strengthens its policies on simultaneous surgeries in 2012." that's the overnight news for this friday.
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for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm don dahler. ? godspeed, john glenn. >> 5, 4, 3 -- >> tonight, we remember an american hero. space pioneer john glenn, the first american to orbit the earth. also tonight, wicked weather creates masspiive psle-u, blizzard conditions, and arctic chill across much of the country. and -- i thought they were just water vapor. >> the nation's top doctor sounds the alarm on e-cigarettes. is a new generation getting hooked on nicotine?>> to botm line is that there is no safe use of tobacco products for kids, and those include e-cigarettes.
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overnight news." john glenn, the last of the mercury 7 astronauts, the first american to orbit the earth, has died at the age of 95. back in 1962 america was losing the space race. the soviets had already sent a man into orbit, and six months after that they detonated the world's largest atom bomb. so the pressure and excitement were sky high that february day when glenn, america's knight in shining spacesuit, compressed himself into "friendship 7." school children held their breath watching black-and-white tvs. grand central terminal stopped in its tracks, eyes glued to a big screen. and president kennedy waited to exhale at the white house. >> 3, 2, 1, 0. ignition. >> minutes later glenn reported
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it would be his signature catch phrase for the rest of his life. a life of many orbits, remembered now by nancy cordes. >> reporter: from the cosmos to capitol hill and then back again -- >> godspeed, john glenn. >> reporter: john glenn was an astronaut, a politician, and a patriot. >> i had i guess you could say 47 years of federal service. 24 years in the senate, 23 years in the marine corps and space program, and we're proud of this country and what it provides for people. and it's a -- i still think we're the example for the rest of the world. >> reporter: on february 20th, 1962 john glenn famously became the first american to orbit the earth. >> oh, that view is tremendous. >> reporter: when he came back, glenn became a national hero and received a ticker tape parade in new york city, the largest since world war ii. >> i got on this project because it would probably be the nearest
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>> reporter: years before he made history aboard his "friendship 7" spacecraft, glenn flew fighter planes for the marine corps, racking up 149 missions during world war ii and korea. during his four terms in the senate glenn was a key player in democratic politics, but his hero status didn't translate into national political appeal. >> i believe this nation of ours can be number one in this world. >> reporter: and his bid for the presidency in 1984 never really got off the ground. glenn's political career took another hit in the late '80s, when he and four other senators, investigated for accepting hefty campaign contributions from savings and loan owner charles keating. senator glenn was eventually cleared of wrongdoing, but a senate commission found he used "poor judgment." after serving near liu a quarter century on capitol hill, glenn retired from politics in 1998. that same year, nearly 40 years after his first nasa journey, glenn returned to the stars.
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a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. >> reporter: at the age of 77 the first american to orbit the earth made history once again, becoming the oldest human ever to travel into space. the nation's senior astronaut returned to earth with a message for other americans his age. >> i think too often people set their lives by the calendar. old folks have ambitions and dreams too, like everybody else. and why don't they work for them? why don't they go for it? don't sit on a couch someplace. that's my attitude. his own advice, staying politically active until the end, publicly opposing the decision to end the space shuttle program. president obama awarded him the medal of freedom in 2012. >> john glenn has streaked through three days -- >> reporter: now as a nation bids farewell to a true hero, americans for one last time can wish john glenn godspeed. >> godspeed, john glenn. >> reporter: glenn's famous spacecraft, the "friendship 7,"
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the white house said today that journey lifted the hopes of a nation, and president-elect trump, scott, called him a great pioneer. >> nancy cordes for us tonight. nancy, thank you. the dangerously cold weather turned deadly today. blinding snowstorms caused major pile-ups in the midwest. and omar villafranca is in the deep freeze. >> reporter: a snow squall and slick roads are being blamed for the deadly pileup of mangled cars, trucks, and 18-wheelers. three people were killed and 11 people injured after dozens of vehicles careened off of michigan's i-96 just south of lansing. 300 miles east in lake county, ohio another pileup with as many as 50 vehicles occurred after a truck jackknifed due to icy road conditions. farther east, in upstate new
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nearly 17 inches of thick, sticky lake effect snow an hour north of syracuse. roads quickly became treacherous, testing the skills of any driver who dared to get behind the wheel. north dakota residents are still cleaning up after the one-two punch of snow and howling wind tore through the state. icy roads were too slippery for even the toughest four-wheelers. dan boschee's truck slid into a ditch. but luckily, his dad, reid, showed up to pull him back on track. tim kunz of ace 24-hour towing started working earlier this week pulling dozens of cars and even big-rig trucks off the roads around bismarck. >> the guys that are empty, it's been the wind. the wind pushes the trailer off, and then they get jackknifed and stuck. >> reporter: since monday tow trucks have pulled roughly 400
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scott, they expect to stay busy because there is more snow and subzero temperatures in the forecast. >> omar villafranca in bismarck for us. now let's go to eric fisher, the chief meteorologist of our boston station wbz. eric, what's next? >> well, scott, the remarkable thing here is that in november we had widespread record warmth nearly over all of north america. at the same time we had major snow and cold across siberia and ru. kind of cooking in the dark and the cold, is moving right up over the pole and coming right down into the same areas that were warmest last month. it's a complete 180 in the pattern. so how cold are we talk about? low temperatures certainly subzero in the northern plains. the 20s all the way down to mississippi, alabama, and georgia tonight. by saturday morning we could be seeing 20s all the way down into north florida. so freeze warnings will likely be needed there. now, at the same time another winter storm moving into the northwest and this one right now not bringing just mountain snow but lowland snow. we're getting snowfall into the cities of seattle and portland this evening. and scott, as we look toward
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today donald trump made another cabinet appointment that shows he's turning america in a new direction. he's nominating a labor secretary who believes that wages are often too high. this comes a day after naming one of the epa's biggest critics also today, dean reynolds reports that the president-elect got into a twitter battle with a labor boss. >> reporter: the president-elect made his second visit to ohio since his election, and while his stop in columbus involved soothing the survivors of last week's attack at ohio state, getting back at any and all critics was still on his mind. the latest to draw mr. trump's wrath was chuck jones, an
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had the crust to say that mr. trump exaggerated the number of jobs he saved last week at the carrier company. >> if in fact it was an oversight, you know, it's a big mistake. not knowing how many people's livelihoods you're negotiating to keep here in this country. >> reporter: the president-elect claimed he'd saved 1,100 jobs at carrier. >> by the way, that number's going to go up very substantially. >> reporter: as cbs news reported last week, the actual number is 800 jobs saved. but mr. trump did not like b "chuck jones," he tweeted, "has done a terrible job representing workers, and if united steelworkers 1999 was any good they would have kept those jobs in indiana. spend more time working, less time talking." but jones said his members felt betrayed. >> they're upset because they got their hopes up that they was going to be able to provide for their families for a while, to have that hope ripped away.
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as his new labor secretary andrew puzder, a fast food chain ceo and anti-regulation crusader who says raising the minimum wage is bad for business. >> we are not dependent on the government at our company for any particular benefits, so i don't really think american businesses should be. >> reporter: now, in the late 1980s andrew puzder's then wife alleged in divorce proceedings that he had physically abused her, and her attorney at the time told us today he had but scott, today she gave cbs news an e-mail which she said she sent to puzder just last week which states that she made the whole thing up. >> dean, you've also learned something today about the president-elect's reality show "the apprentice." >> reporter: yes.
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apparently as executive producer of nbc's show, which will hit the airwaves again next month. it's not known how much he will be paid for this or what it will mean to have a sitting president on the payroll of a tv show. scott? >> dean reynolds, thanks. in syria the battle for aleppo has become a rout. government forces backed by russia have retaken 3/4 of the territory held by rebels. today one local politician warned that 150,000 civilians face extermination if they aren't given safe passage out. debora patta is in aleppo. >> reporter: 7-year-old abdul ghani tarab was eating lunch when a shell hit his home two weeks ago. shrapnel tore through his body as syrian and russian bombs continued to rain down. his parents told us there was only one very basic makeshift clinic still working. it wasn't equipped to help their son. "i felt dead inside. i'm his father," he said, "and i
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"he would moan and call for help," his mother told us. it took two weeks to get tarab out of eastern aleppo to a proper hospital. after being systematically targeted by syrian military strikes, there are no longer any working hospitals in rebel parts of the city. medical supplies are all but gone. doctors and nurses under immense as they possibly can. often they cannot. overnight, 150 injured people were evacuated from aleppo's old city in the opposition-held east. but there are still thousands of civilians trapped inside, in need of urgent medical attention, the kind that is only available in the
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tarab begs for water, but he can't have any. he is finally about to get life-saving surgery, something he couldn't get until now. since the russian announcement that the syrians have stopped military operations in eastern aleppo to allow for civilian evacuation we can tell you, scott, that things have quieted down, but we'll have to see if it holds long enough for people to get out safely. >> debora patta in aleppo. debora, thank you. for many who've been through war the battle continues long after the guns go silent. through the years we have come to know a veteran who owned -- owed his life to his best friend, and chip reid has the end of their story. >> tuesday, kiss. >> reporter: luis carlos montalvan and tuesday, his golden retriever service dog, have been inseparable for the past eight years. before they met, army captain montalvan did two tours in iraq, earning a purple heart and two
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but he returned broken in body and spirit. a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder left him terrified to leave home. >> drinking heavily to deal with, you know, physical and psychological issues. >> reporter: that all changed when he and tuesday became partners, as he later told david letterman. >> he -- he brightens my days, and he calms my nights. >> reporter: in 2011 montalvan co-authored a best-seller "until tuesday: a wounded warrior and the golden retriever who saved him." he explained the title on smile tv. >> he enables me to live my life. if that isn't life saving, i don't know what is. >> reporter: tuesday learned more than 100 commands, and he improvised when montalvan was showing signs of stress. >> whether that's lay his head, his snout on my laptop keyboard so i can't type anymore.
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message of hope for those struggling with ptsd. montalvan was also working on a second book. but last week in el paso at just 43 years old montalvan was found dead in his hotel room. people close to him say they were stunned to learn he had left his beloved dog with someone else for safekeeping. the cause of death is not yet official, but one thing is for sure -- no one will miss him >> tuesday. >> reporter: chip reid, cbs news, washington. coming up next, does vaping
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the nation's top doctor is sounding an alarm on e-cigarettes. here's our top doctor, jon lapook. >> reporter: 17-year-old tyra nicola started using e-cigarettes three years ago as a high school freshman. >> i thought they were just water vapor. and a majority of my friends thought the same thing. >> reporter: dr. vivek murthy is the surgeon general. >> when i've traveled the country, jon, i've realized that many people are confused about e-cigarettes. they don't recognize that these aren't harmless are products. >> reporter: e-cigarettes contain nicotine but not the cancer-causing tar present in traditional cigarettes. nicotine is a highly addictive drug, and today's report warns it may harm the developing adolescent brain. >> the bottom line is that there is no safe use of tobacco products for kids, and those include e-cigarettes.
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>> reporter: e-cigarette companies have rapidly increased advertising spending. from $6.4 million in 2011 to $115 million in 2014. regular e-cigarette use among high school students increased from less than 2% in 2011 to 16% last year. >> to the pursuit of happiness. >> what we've seen is that the vast majority of kids, 7 out of 10, are actually seeing these advertisements. whether that's intentional or unintentional, that tells us that we're not doing a good enough job at protecting kids. >> reporter: do you think that bubble gum flavor for e-cigarettes is unintentional? isn't it targeted right to kids? >> well, we do know that flavors have a powerful impact on kids. in fact, 81% of kids, when asked why they use e-cigarettes, cite flavors. >> reporter: dr. murthy says more research is needed on whether e-cigarettes are a gateway to traditional
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today's report because it does not highlight the possible role e-cigarettes may have in helping people stop smoking. >> dr. jon lapook. thank you, doc. up next, what a lucky man he was. delsym helps control the impulse to cough for 12 hours. which means, you're controlling your cough on your morning commute. and later when you're joking with beth... even when most cough medicines stop, delsym is still working.
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the suspect, minquell lembrick, fled. he was discovered today hiding in a nearby home. the police say that he shot himself to death as the s.w.a.t. team prepared to move in. for the first time in more than 20 years the life expectancy of americans has declined to an average 78.8 years. for men it's fallen to 76.3 years, and for women it's down to 81.2 years. heart disease is still the number one killer, but accidental deaths are up. a pioneer of 1970s progressive rock has died of cancer. guitarist greg lake co-founded the groups king crimson and emerson, lake & palmer. ? ooh, what a lucky man he was ? >> elp sold 48 million records, blending rock, classical music, and elaborate staging. greg lake was 69.
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opportunities that came my way, and i guess it's typical of what happens in this country to a lot of people. >> i jokingly of course said that i got on this project because it would probably be the nearest to heaven i'd ever get and i wanted to make the most of it. but my feelings are that this whole project with regard to space sort of stands with us now as if you want to look at it one way, like the wright brothers stood at kitty hawk about 50 years ago. >> 3, 2, 1, 0. ignition.
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pilot john glenn is reporting all systems go, is giving routine reports, reading off his instruments. >> roger, zero-g, and i feel fine. capsule is turning around. oh, that view is tremendous. >> an end of something means the beginning of something else, and i don't think that something else is going to be a -- the death of the manned space job well done but that's just the precursor to even greater things in the future. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new
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? >> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. and welcome to the overnight news. i'm don dahler. one of the original americans with the right stuff, john glenn, has passed away. glenn was a fighter pilot, an astronaut, and a long-time u.s. senator from ohio. glenn was the first american to orbit the earth, and four years ago was honored with the presidential medal of freedom. john glenn was 95. nancy cordes has more on his life and legacy. >> reporter: from the cosmos to capitol hill and then back again, john glenn was an astronaut, a politician, and a patriot. >> godspeed, john glenn.
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1962 john glenn famously became the first american to orbit the earth. >> oh, that view is tremendous. >> reporter: glenn's experience as one of the original seven mercury astronauts, heroes at the height of the cold war, was immortalized in the epic film "the right stuff." ? years before he made history above his "friendship 7" spacecraft glenn flew fighter planes for the marine corps, racking up 149 missions during world war ii and korea. during his four terms in the senate glenn was a key player in democratic politics, serving as chairman of the powerful governmental affairs committee. but his hero status didn't translate into national political appeal. >> i believe this nation of ours can be number one in this world. >> reporter: his bid for the presidency in 1984 never really got off the ground. glenn's political career was further marred by the savings and loan scandal. having accepted a $200,000 campaign contribution from
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keating five. glenn eventually was cleared of wrongdoing but was found by a senate commission to have used "poor judgment." after serving nearly a quarter century on capitol hill, glenn retired from politics in 1998. that same year nearly 40 years after his first nasa journey glenn returned to the stars. >> lift-off of "discovery" with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. >> reporter: at the age of 77 the first american to orbit the earth made history once again, becoming the oldest human ever to travel into space. the nation's senior astronaut returned to earth with a message for other americans his age. >> i think too often people set their lives by the calendar. old folks have ambitions and dreams too like everybody else. and why don't they work for them? why don't they go for it? don't sit on a couch someplace. that's my attitude. >> and glenn followed his own
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opposing the decision to end the space shuttle program. president obama awarded him the medal of freedom in 2012. >> john glenn has streaked through three days -- >> now as a nation bids farewell to a true hero, americans for one last time can wish john glenn godspeed. >> godspeed, john glenn. >> reporter: nancy cordes, cbs news, washington. a deadly blast of arctic cold has descended on the upper midwest, and it's working its way east. omar villafranca has the cold hard facts from bick dakota. >> reporter: a snow squall and slick roads are being blamed for the deadly pileup of mangled cars, trucks, and 18-wheelers. three people were killed and 11 people injured after dozens of vehicles careened off of michigan's i-96 just south of lansing. 300 miles east in lake county, ohio another pileup with as many
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truck jackknifed due to icy road conditions. farther east in upstate new york the moving system dropped nearly 17 inches of thick, sticky lake effect snow an hour north of syracuse. roads quickly became treacherous, testing the skills of any driver who dared to get behind the wheel. north dakota residents are still cleaning up after the one-two punch of snow and howling wind tore through the state. icy roads were too slippery for even the toughest four-wheelers. since monday tow trucks have pulled roughly 400 stranded or damaged vehicles into this lot alone. scott, they expect to stay busy because there is more snow and subzero temperatures in the forecast. president-elect donald trump's victory tour pulled into des moines, iowa last night. mr. trump and vice president-elect mike pence will be in louisiana today. meanwhile, the president-elect's cabinet continues to take shape.
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made his second visit to ohio since his election, and while his stop in columbus involved soothing the survivors of last week's attack at ohio state, getting back at any and all critics was still on his mind. the latest to draw mr. trump's wrath was chuck jones, an indianapolis union president who had the crust to say that mr. trump exaggerated the number of jobs he saved last week at the carrier company. >> if in fact it was an big mistake not knowing how many people's livelihoods you're negotiating to keep here in this country. >> reporter: the president-elect claimed he'd saved 1100 jobs at carrier. >> by the way, that number's going to go up very substantially. >> reporter: as cbs news reported last week, the actual number is 800 jobs saved. but mr. trump did not like being corrected. "chuck jones," he tweeted, "has done a terrible job representing
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and "if united steelworkers 1999 was any good they would have kept those jobs in indiana. spend more time working, less time talk." continuing on the worker's front mr. trump named as his new labor secretary andrew puzder, a fast food chain ceo and anti-regulation crusader who says raising the minimum wage is bad for business. >> we are not dependent on the government at our company for any particular benefits. so i don't really think american overseas, the syrian government says it's halted its assault on the besieged city of aleppo. the regime wants to give trapped civilians time to evacuate before a final push to oust the rebels. debora patta is there. >> reporter: 7-year-old abdul ghani tarab was eating lunch when a shell hit his home two weeks ago. shrapnel tore through his body as syrian and russian bombs continued to rain down. his parents told us there was only one very basic makeshift
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it wasn't equipped to help their son. "i felt dead inside. i'm his father," he said, "and i was helpless." it took two weeks to get tarab out of eastern aleppo to a proper hospital. after being systematically targeted by syrian military strikes there are no longer any working hospitals in rebel parts of the city. medical supplies are all but gone. doctors and nurses under immense as they possibly can. often they cannot. overnight 150 injured people were evacuated from aleppo's old city in the opposition-held east. but there are still thousands of civilians trapped inside in need of urgent medical attention, the kind that is only available in the government-controlled west. tarab begs for water, but he
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the eagles have sold more than 150 million records over their long career. that's more than any other american band. founding member glenn frey died in january. so when the band was honored at this year's kennedy center honor ceremony the eagles didn't get up and play their own music. in fact, frey's writing partner don henley says the band will never perform again. gail king has more. >> and now, mr. henley, if you're toodling around in your car and an eagles song comes on, what do you do? >> i usually turn it. >> you do? >> yeah. >> i turn it up. >> well, good. that's what you're supposed to do. ? ? 'cause i'm already ? >> after 44 years -- ? welcome to the hotel
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hear them when you're off. when i'm off duty. i'd rather listen to somebody else or just silence. silence is good. you don't get much of it these days anywhere. so i'm a big fan of silence. ? i like the way your sparkling earrings lay ? >> he may be a fan of silence, but with the eagles don henley created some of the most popular sounds in american music. ? life in the fast lane ? ? surely make you lose your mind ? you guys the fast lane." you really were sex, drugs and rock and roll at one point. you really did seem to be. the eagles as a group did seem to be life in the fast lane. >> yeah. >> did it feel like that? did you like that? >> everybody was doing it. it was the '70s. >> doing what, don? >> living that kind of lifestyle. >> sex, drugs and rock and roll. >> yeah. that was what everybody was doing. which doesn't make it right necessarily. and you know, looking obackn it, there are some regrets about that. we probably could have been more
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although we were pretty productive considering. >> reporter: they sure were. the eagles have sold more than 150 million records worldwide. and they remain the best-selling american band of all time. ? one of these nights ? it all began in 1970 at the los angeles nightclub where don henley met glenn frey. in the troubador and handed me a beer and just started talking to me. you know, the troubador bar was the center of the universe at that point in time. ? the same thing happened to everybody ? >> after playing backup for linda ronstadt frey convinced henley to form a band of their own. ? on a dark desert highway ? ? cool wind in my hair ? >> "hotel california"'s such a classic. i have no clue what it means but i like it. >> well, me neither.
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>> don, stop it. you know what it means. you wrote it. >> some idea. >> can you just give me two sentences what the hell it means? >> not in two sentences, no. >> okay. three. ? there she stood in the doorway ? ? i heard the mission bell ? >> i always say it's a journey from innocence to experience. ? this could be heaven or this could be hell ? and it's not really about california. it's about america. it's about the dark underbelly of the american dream. it's about excess. it's about the music business. it's about a lot of different things. you can have a million interpretations. ? welcome to the hotel california ? >> i'll just do a speed dial about the members and you just tell me what comes to you when i name them. bernie. >> bernie. really great musicianship. a guy who did not like fame at all.
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>> randy meisner. >> very sensitive guy. very talented. a farm boy like me. he was the only guy that could sing that high. ? >> don felder. >> incredible guitar player. ? one of the best in the business. >> joe walsh. ga player and a very funny guy. he brought a lot of good humor. and he was sort of the wild card. ? he was just a hired hand ? >> glenn frey. what you would have to say about him. >> he was a very dynamic individual. he came up like i did, playing in rock and roll bands starting in high school. ? we understood each other. we both loved cars.
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gladys that we used to ride around in. we were just -- we were a good fit. you know, i had strengths that made up for his weaknesses and he had strengths that made up for my weaknesses. >> no, i insist, you first. >> henley and frey co-wrote most of the band's music. their success leading one dj to call them america's mccartney and lennon. >> the thing is now to try to see how long we can stay up here at the top of the mountain. it's very narrow and windy up >> we probably continue doing what we're doing as long as the songs keep coming. >> the way the group broke up was glenn called me up and said i need to go do my own thing for a while. you know. and that was it. >> you said okay? >> i said okay. whatever. and -- >> were you mad about that? >> no. i knew it was coming. we all knew it was coming. it couldn't continue the way it was going.
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the steps you went through on the road to reunification? >> after what henley calls a 14-year hiatus -- >> no. [ laughter ] >> reporter: -- the eagles enjoyed two more decades of making music and filling arenas. ? take it easy ? ? take it easy ? came to an end last year after glenn frey became ill. he died in january. >> it was unexpected and sudden and tragic. and you know, it was basically the end of the band, i think. >> the eagles. >> reporter: last sunday don henley went to the kennedy center to accept the prestigious award with bandmates joe walsh and timothy b. schmidt. >> please welcome 20-time grammy winner vince gill. >> reporter: they also watched a tribute to glenn frey.
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>> you want to move on. >> it's time to move on. >> reporter: but moving on has been difficult for paula broadwell. broadwell and petraeus admitted to an extramarital affair in 2012. prosecutors found that petraeus mishandled classified information while broadwell was writing his biography, "all in." he pleaded guilty last year in federal court to unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents. he was fined $100,000 and remas broadwell was never criminally charged. allowed to serve in a top-level post in a trump administration? >> norah, i think he's unequally qualified for many positions but that's not my position to say. i think the president-elect would have to decide and members of the senate. as i woke up to the news, you know, it was a bit of a shocker that he was being considered for
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i was both shocked that i'm still in this tenuous position and yet happy because i think he should be able to go on with his life. he's earned it. and so should his family. but then it begged the question of why shouldn't i be able to go on? >> reporter: she served 21 years in the u.s. military. 13 years in the army reserve. after the affair she was demoted from lieutenant colonel to major, lost her top secret security clearance, and just last month received a formal reprimand. discipline. >> what is your status now with the u.s. army? >> i am waiting for my resignation paperwork to be approved. >> and when do you expect that to happen? >> well, i'd love a merry christmas present. but i don't know. i was -- i thought earlier this year when david petraeus was pardoned for lack of a better
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i'm hopeful that the end is here. >> reporter: what she really wants, she tells us, is equality. while petraeus has seen new opportunities, broadwell says she's been denied them including a position at a prominent bank. >> so i think i was qualified for this position. but i was told by the military recruiter that it would be front page news if i got hired at the bank and the bank wouldn't want to deal with that. >> if the bank hired paula broadwell. >> exactly. >> and i realized that's probably true, but it was hard i have a degree from the university of denver in international conflict resolution. i have a degree from harvard in public policy. >> you're a west point graduate. >> i went to west point undergraduate. sometimes i try to forget those days. but also very proud of it. and it's shaped the person i am. it's shaped me into a fighter, which is why i'm fighting to take back my own narrative and my life. but i also believe on principle
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that's not my personality. put me in, coach. >> senators from both parties have expressed support for broadwell. democrat claire mccaskill told the political website the hill there shouldn't be two standards. republican lindsey graham has been a vocal supporter of petraeus. >> she wasn't convicted of anything. no one's ever brought charges against her. fairly in terms of, you know, what they did. >> reporter: still, broadwell says the uncertainty over her future has made for some very difficult years. >> what has this been like for your family? >> well, they've been incredibly supportive. and i frankly owe my life to my husband and my children. they know i made a mistake and that it hurt daddy and what i talk about with them is that when you make a mistake you acknowledge it, yet you don't dwell on it and you need to move forward at some point. so we apply that mantra in
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