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he'll distance himself from his business interests. dialogue. >> reporter: vice president-elect mike pence emerged friday after a day of meetings that included a highly anticipated visit from the country's top intelligence officials to discuss russia's cyber intrusion into the u.s. election. >> we're going to take aggressive action in the early days of our new administration to combat cyber attacks. >> reporter: officials from the dni, fbi, cia, and nsa
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mr. trump for almost two hours at his election. absent from his statement was any support e-mails to organizations like wikileaks by the russian intelligence service a . >> the russians intended to meddle t
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we're on the same team.r. trump on thursday, director of national intelligence jamesnkhe between skepticism and disparagement. >> reporter: the intelligence report does not make any assessment if russia'spridentia clear no vote t alterd. mr. trump said he would develop a plan to combat cyber attacks in the future. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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blowing stuff up. it caksamsung, google, and facebook each released new vr headar. and just this week, another half dozen were unveiled at the electronics show. with so many different
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coming out, the binesses are considering the possibilities. bradley stern went shoppinghi realityou people buy homes forever. >> where are we going to be in a few years? is the client going to be able to design their property before it's built? i think it's going to be spectacular. >> wow. >> reporter: virtual reality has been around for decades. >> is he asleep for sure? >>? st. louis, a man swings at nothing. in a north carolina lab, a man bends to look at nothing. have these people all lost touch with reality? in a way, yes. this is virtual reality.
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>> reporter: but vr was never good enough toisitn. >> reporter: that's when mark $ buy oculus. a headset created by this 17-year-old. these days, silicon valley seems to believe that soon we'll all live our lives wearing vr goggles. never mind they could cost as much as $800 and must be wired to a high of end pc. but just because a new technology gets a lot of hype doesn't mean it's ready for primetime. >> first of all, it's a giant thing on your road. >> reporter: dimitri williams studies how people interact with technology. >> a lot of people had problems
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that will drop down. even bigger problem with vr. it's going to be wearing vr goggles much of their days because they can't look at other people. >> reporter: that's where augmented reality comes in. that's where you can still see the real world, but the computer layers graphics. last summer, millions of people played pokemon go, searching the real world for creatures that only appeared on the screen. the microsoft lens is an augmented reality headset, or what microsoft calls mixed reality. >> welcome to windows holographic.
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>> that's a natural hologram. >> reporter: alex wireless, weighs only a pound, and responds to hand and voice commands. >> to ahead and look at a browser and select it. >> ahh. >> you're an expert. this, you're saying you have virtual floating monitors like this, so you can say here's my programming, here's my web. >> that's correct. you can have infinite monitors at your fingertips. >> reporter: it's still a long way from the floating screens from "the minor report," but maybe not as far as you think.
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>> oh, hello. there's a dude here.ic s anatom curriculum. trational cadaver lab with clean, upright, hearts still pumping digital bodies, courtesy of holo lens. mark griswold led the team. >> what you're doing is what our students did for the first time. they got on the ground and looked at it from underneath, because that's the first time they could see that. >> that is crazy. they always tell singers, sing from the diaphragm, and i they ever knew what that meant. >> that's the diaphragm. this is the muscle that helps us breathe. >> wow.
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in a thinking it was going to be a fun day. i walked out havingthint showin lens in their backpack. this is going to be a core part of what you learn, whether history or anatomy, you're going to be learning on a holo lens. >> is this radical enough that is something everybody has got some day? >> absolutely. there is a world in front of us where these things are replacing your phone, replacing your tvs. they're replacing your desk top. think about how long ago you
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shoot.ri augmented or virtual reality, this technology won't succeed until it becomes more interesting than, well, real reality. >> imagine it's a year or two, five years from now and everybody can throw on their goggles and do things. is it better than not wearing goggles? is it better than when we were just watching tv or having dinner or having a conversation? and 20% better comfort from one tiny, mighty pill... get move free ultra, and enjoy living well.
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recovery that have not able to get and over.heseds perennial grass established. >> reporter: scientists say conmods have a 90% success rate. >> this area is going that direction on its own. >> reporter: we got an upclose look at the program during the slow season here. what sit about this place in winter time? >> i think the winter, everything slows down. you can almost feel or hear the rocks taking a deep breath. and there's a sense of solitude and stillness that is pretty special. >> reporter: alison has been a ranger at arches since 2012. >> i felt a
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place that every time i left, h to more than 2,000 natural stone gateways, including the world famous delicate arch. all formed by relentless and timeless exercise of erosion. it moves slowly, even though the turnstiles don't. attendance has gone from about 2500 people in 1940 to nearly 1.5 million today. getting a look and listen to the pas lit this is rare. [ birdshi ] >> you can hear the birds singing right now. on a busy day in spring or summer or fall, there would be a lot of voices here. >> yeah, just listen. >> like i said, you wouldn't hear that at other times of the year sitting in this spot. >> this seems like the national park service's best kept secret. >> don't tell anyone about decembnd
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after dog catcher, repoe is probably the most disliked profession in america. but you may change your mind. >> reporter: if you need to feel loved, jim ford says this is not the job for you. >> you have people trying to run you over with their car. >> reporter: for 20 years, he's worked as a repo man outside st. louis. but this story isn't about his most disgruntled customers, but s he's wonderful. >> wonderful? the repo man? >> he was wonderful.
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met in my car, i said ized they couldn't do whatever you think is best for us. god works in mysterious ways. >> if he's working through a repo man, that's the most mysterious of all. >> that's right. >> they're like america's grandparents. i saw my grand parents in mine. and i made it a block before i pulled over and called the bank and i asked them if i could pay off the past due amount. >> you must have cleaned it up a lot. >> reporter: jim returned a few days later. he had the
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>> you have no car payment or them an envelope with the extra money. more than $17,000 extra to date. >> how has this changed your outlook on life? >> there's good people out there. he's our gaudian angel. >> reporter: there are good people out there. guardian angels. and sometimes you find them in the most unlikely places and professions, because although kindness is rarely a job, no matter what you do, it's always an option. steve hartman, on the road, in st. louis. >> that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the
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york city, i'm elaine quijano. t airport attack. it'sanpening fire. he's due in court as we learn more about the victims. also tonight, another deadly truck attack overseas. was it inspired by isis? u.s. tanks roll into germany to protect europe against a potential russian invasion.in t east. 00:00:23,990 --> 4222190269:4294967266:4294967240,4294966851 the west braces for floods and mudslides. 00:00:23,990 --> 4222190269:4294967266:4294967243,4294967221 and spacex's high stakes return to space is delayed 00:00:23,990 --> 4222190269:4294967266:4294967249,4294966860 again. >> they really needed this for confidence. this is the "cbs overnight news."
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i'm elaine quijano. we begin with david begnaud. in pulls out the gu a been the first shot. cart. there is no audio on the 20-second recording. posted by tmz. it appears to be surveillance video, but it's unclear how tmz got the video. a law enforcement source tells cbs news the 9 millimeter hand gun he used to kill five people and kounld six others was the
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same hand gun he had when he went to an fbi office iny u.s. intelligence and he was being forced to watch isis terror videos. police confiscated his gun and had him committed for a mental evaluation for four days. about a month later, his gun was returned. u.s. district attorney karen lawfler. >> there is a federal law with regard to having a gun by somebody who is mentally ill, but the law requires the person be adjudicated mentally ill, which is a difficult standard. >> reporter: in puerto rico, his mother elizabeth says her son sounded strange during their last phone call, which was less than two weeks ago. "i'm feeling like, scream, cry, because since she was so far away, i could not do anything." santiago allegedly confessed to planning the airport attack and chose ft. lauderdale at random. a portion of the baggage claim area where the shooting happened has been reopened but curtai
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now shield pet bullets and then dropped the gun on the ground.rnin% he could get the death penalty. david begnaud, thank you. tonight, omar villafranca tells us more about the people e srt in an instant. >> reporter: olga waltering never missed mass at her catholic church in marietta, georgia. but this weekend she wasn't in the pews. >> just really hits close to home and you just go, why? >> reporter: she was one of five victims who didn't survive the airport attack. parishioners and the priest are honoring the woman with the british accent who always called people lovey. >> even though the roads are frozen and it was difficult for people to come to mass, still
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he was killed in the shooting, she was injured. iowa senator chuck grassley tweeted, pray i will for the family of iowa. father michael was killed an kari the mother was founded at ft. lauderdale massacre. and volunteer firefighter terry andres died in the attack. a 12-year veteran with the department. his fellow firefighters said in a statement he was well liked and respected for both his dedication to being a volunteer, as well as his professional approach to his job as a support tech. 70-year-old shirley timmons of ohio was also killed. she was there to board a cruise with her husband, steve. he was wounded and tonight is in critical condition. the couple was about to celebrate their 51st wedding anniversary. the attack sent 37 people to broward health medical center, including six gunshot victims.
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working in the emergen room. for this, so it's second nature. >> reporter: five people injuree gunshot victims. winter storms caused major problems from coast to coast this weekend. in the east, at least three people were killed on icy roads. as snowstorms cleared out, frigid temperatures moved in. the west has been getting blasted for days by waves of heavy rain and snow. >> reporter: rain and snow continues to pound the west, from oregon -- >> oh, this is just such scary weather. >> reporter: -- where whiteout conditions caused at least 350 crashes statewide, to california, where flooding shut down roads and forced this water rescue after a couple refused to evacuate.
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here in santa cruz, this river s next to the river. come barreling down, if they hit a pillar, it could take my deck down, and that would be devastating to me. >> reporter: in san francisco, strong wind and rain knocked down utility lines leaving thousands without power. and in san ramone valley, a falling tree killed a woman at this golf course. further east in yosemite valley, raging water is filling the river and mandatory evacuations are in place ahead of expected flooding. along the california-nevada border, warm rain falling in the sierras is expected to melt snow and cause flooding along the truckee river, prompting a state of emergency to be declared.
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carter evans, cbs news, santa cruz.gland, millions spent sundi re >> reporter: shovel by shovel, and plow by plow, the east coast is shaking off a massive winter storm which snarled traffic and grounded flights from mississippi to massachusetts. the storm contributed to more than a thousand crashes in north carolina and virginia alone. plus, this pile-up involving 20 cars and trucks in connecticut. rescuers in north carolina used thermal imaging, seen here to spot lost hikers late saturday. severe weather had slowed the search. massachusetts, including cape
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myo-worker was pressured by her landlord to pay her rent with sexual favors. my neighbor was told she needs to get rid of her dog, even though he's an assistance animal. they all reported these forms of housing discrimination. when you don't report them, landlords and owners are allowed to keep breaking the law. housing discrimination is illegal. if you think you've been a victim, report it. like we did. narrator: if you suspect that you've been discriminated against because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status or disability, report it to hud or your local fair housing center. visit hud.gov/fairhousing or call the hud hotline at 1-800-669-9777. fair housing is your right. use it.
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jonathan vigliotti has the loon supporter of isis. surveillance video shows the moment the man turned his truck ainto weapon, speeding off the road and barreling into a crowd of israeli soldiers. the driver quickly begins to back up before he is shot and killed. officials say the attacker was palestinian. netanyahu suggested the driver was inspired by isis assaults in europe, including nice, france, and more recently the truck attack on
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market in berlin.ntbos have involved vehicles. the violence has slowed in recenton been rising since president-elect donald trump vowed to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. both sides claim jerusalem as their capital, and palestinians view the move as a threat. >> jonathan vigliotti, jonathan, thanks. u.s. tanks rolled into germany this weekend. the deployment, which includes eastern europe against a potential russian invasion. elizabeth palmer is in northern germany. >> reporter: i'm standing in the dock area of germany, and aural around me is american military equipment, just off the boat. everything from humvees to tanks.
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display of military muscle is y. movein ws ket had been ukraine and seized it for the kremlin. this is america's response. a decision to stop the drawdown of u.s. troops in europe and reverse it in the first buildup since the end of the cold war. lieutenant general timothy ray is deputy commander of the u.s.' european command. >> we intend to reassure all those here in europe that we are committed to peace and security and to send a signal to anybody else who would differ with that, that's not going to work. >> reporter: that "anybody else"
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would be vladamir putin, who's equipment will leave germany and be sent to poland and from there fra sce at palmer reporting pe. chicago's o'hear airport today. a man breached security and tried to board a flight. he fought with officers before he was taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation. authorities in mexico say they arrested the gunman who shot an american diplomat this weekend in the city of guadalajara. surveillance video shows the diplomat at an atm before the gunman shot him moments later in his car. the american is in stable condition. the transition of power continues in washington, d.c. this week. congress will begin confirmation hearings for key members of president-elect donald trump's
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administration. and president obama gives his ec submitting background paperwork. >> all of these little related to their frustration in having not only lost the white house but having lost the senate. >> reporter: trump's choice for attorney general, senator jeff sessions, and his pick for secretary of state, exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson, are two of the seven cabinet nominees to face confirmation hearings this week. >> we confirmed several cabinet appointments the day president obama was sworn in. we didn't like most of them either. but he won the election. >> reporter: repealing obamacare is trump's first priority. but democrats are resisting. >> the effort to repeal obamacare right now without a plan to replace it, this is about real people in america who
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>>ork, pe farewell to you in this tuesday. >> reporter: also this week, the president-elect is expected to explain how he will separate himself from his global business brand in his first press conference since the election. trump has scheduled it for wednesday, the same day five of his nominees face congressional hearings. >> errol barnett, thanks. coming up next, the so-called trump rally. how long will it last? we get the word from wall street traders.
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when president-elect trump is sworn in later this month, he will not be the first political outsider to move into the white house. craig boswell tells us about some other presidential mavericks who shook up the establishment. >> we are change.
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>> reporter: donald trump rode a most far outside outsider of cay history professor alan lichtman says other notorious renegades made it to the white house. >> the first true outsider to be elected president was, of course, andrew jackson. >> reporter: historians say mr. trump has a lot in common with jackson, a volatile but recognizable public figure. jackson rose to national prominence with a victory over the british during the war of 1812. >> he was elected on a platform of cleaning up the mess in washington. does that sound familiar? >> reporter: jackson forced native americans from their land and dismantled the bank of the united states, which plunged the country into a depression. this statue of andrew jackson
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will welcome donald trump when he takes over the white house. >> that damn >> reporter: general dwight eisenhower ran for president without holding a political office. so again ulysses grant. and major general zachary taylor. >> we are going to drain the swamp of corruption. >> reporter: at 70, mr. trump will become the oldest person to become president. craig boswell, cbs news, washington. innext, spacex's return to space has been delayed agai
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this launch.
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finally tonight, spacex's highly anticipated rn
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space was delayed sunday. surda. kenneth craig has more on this >> reporter: four months after this devastating explosion that destroyed an unmanned falcon nine rocket in cape canaveral, spacex says it's ready to give it another go. the rocket is ready to send ten satellites into space, but bad weather at the california launch site has forced a delay. bill harward is cbs's space consultant. how much is at stake here? >> this is extremely important to spacex. they need to restore confidence in the falcon nine rocket. especially after the failure in december. >> reporter: spacex chalked up 18 successful flights in a row. then a 2015 launch failure, and another nine flights before th
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>> clearly two failures in 29 rockets is not the kind of rock who has his eyes on mars, finds himself in an increasingly competitive space race with amazon's ceo jeff bazos and boeing and lockheed martin. >> there's a big competition heating up between them. every flight is important in these high stakes launches. >> reporter: musk is setting his sights higher for 2018, with a test of the dragon capsule. he hopes it will bring astronauts to the international space station. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.
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in a moment, we'll show you the portion of the video where the gunman opens fire. and we're learning more about the gun used in the attack and more about the five people who were killed. we begin with david begnaud. >> reporter: two young boys walking with a man appear first in the video. then comes 26-year-old estaban santiago. that's him in blue. he reaches into his waist band, pulls out the gun and starts shooting. people drop to the floor. one woman hides behind a luggage cart. there is no audio on the 20-second reporting, posted by tm
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it appears t a the iraq war veteran complained. police confiscated his gun and had him committed to a mental evaluation for four days. about a month later his gun was returned. u.s. district attorney karen laufler. >> there is a federal law with regard to having a gun by somebody who is mentally ill, but the law requires that the person be "adjudicated mentally ill." which is a difficult standard. >> reporter: in puerto rico, his mother, elizabeth, says her son sounded strange during
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weeks ago. "i'm feeling like, don't k t nd curtains shield people from seeing the crime scene. a mass shooting at a major. shooting only when he ran out of bullets and dropped the gun on the ground. elaine, he'll face a judge tomorrow morning. he could get the death penalty. >> david begnaud, thank you. tonight, omar villafranca tells us more about the people whose lives were cut short in an instant. >> reporter: olga woltering never missed mass at her catholic church in marietta, georgia. but this weekend she wasn't in the pews. >> it just hits close to home. you just go, why? >> reporter: she was one of five victims who didn't survive the airport attack.
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parishioners and the priest arel people "lovey." >> even though the roads are frozen and it was difficult for people to come to mass, still they came to this mass because olga normally came to the 5:00 p.m. mass. >> reporter: 57-year-old michael ohme and his wife kari were in florida for a cruise. he was killed, she was injured. virginia beach volunteer iowa senator truck zbrasly -- grassley tweeted -- virginia beach volunteer firefighter terry andres died in the attack. a 12-year veteran with the department, his fellow firefighters said in a statement he was well liked and respected for his dedication to being a volunteer, as well as his professional approach to his job as a support tech. 70-year-old shirley timmons of ohio was also killed. she was there to board a cru
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he was wounded and tonight is i. the attack sent 37 people to broward health medical center, including six gunshot victims. dr. christopher roberts was working in the emergency room. >> it was quite hectic, but it was certainly very controlled. there's human lives at stake, and that's why we train specifically for this, so it's second nature when it does happen. >> reporter: five people injured in the attack are still in the hospital. elaine, four of those people are gunshot victims. >> omar villafranca, thank you. there was a scare at chicago's o'hare airport today. police say a man breached a security checkpoint at terminal three and tried to board a spirit airlines flight. he fought with officers before he was taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation. confirmation hearings begin
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president-elect donald trump's . he's expecte discu diimlf from business interests. meanwhile, the president-elect hasn't said how he'll retaliate against moscow for its efforts to influence the election on his behalf. errol barnett has details. >> it was a constructive and respectful dialogue. >> reporter: vice president-elect mike pence emerged friday after a day of meetings that included a highly anticipated visit from the country's top intelligence officials to discuss russia's cyber intrusion into the u.s. election. >> we're going to take aggressive action in the early days of our new administration to combat cyber attacks. >> reporter: officials from the dni, fbi, cia, and nsa met with mr. trump for almost two hours at his trump tower home friday.
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in a statement, the y byside adding, there was absolutely no absent from his statement was any support of the conclusion that russian president vladamir putin interfered in the u.s. presidential election. the now public intel report says putin ordered an influence campaign, wanted to undermine faith in u.s. democracy, denigrate secretary clinton, and preferred donald trump, proving they say by the passing of hacked democratic e-mails to organizations like wikileaks by the russian intelligence service. >> the russians intended to meddle and they did. we have to rd
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we're on the same team.if yk national intelligence james clapper testified on capitol fi . >> i think there's a difference between skepticism and disparagement. >> reporter: the intelligence report does not make any assessment if russia's activity had an impact on the presidential election but made clear no vote tallies were altered. mr. trump said he would develop a plan within 90 days of taking office to combat cyber attacks in the future. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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offering their brand of computer generated life. david pogue has the story. truly experiencing these environments. >> reporter: ryan demonstrates the htc-vive. >> i'll have you put on your headset. >> reporter: as soon as you put
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you can look around inside it. virtual world. oh, explosions! but it can be more than just blowing stuff up. it can take you places you couldn't or wouldn't go. like the bottom of the ocean. oh! [ laughter ] okay, that's a big whale. hi. or the top of mt. everest. htc isn't alone, of course. sony, samsun facebook each released new vr headsets last year. and just this week, another half dozen were unveiled at the electronics show. with so many different goggles coming out, the software
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ft a new townhouse without leaving his realtor's office. >> reporter: evan thinks virtual reality could change the way people buy homes forever. >> where are we going to be in a few years? is the client going to be able to design their property before it's built? i think it's going to be spectacular. >> wow. >> reporter: virtual reality has been around for decades. >> is he asleep for sure? >> in st. louis, a man swings at nothing. in a north carolina lab, a man bends to look at nothing. have these people all lost touch with reality? in a way, yes. this is virtual reality. >> rep
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good enough to appeal to the y oculus.til 2>>eporter: that's a headset created by this 17-year-old, palmer lucky, in his parent's garage. these days, silicon valley seems to believe that soon we'll all live our lives wearing vr goggles. never mind they could cost as much as $800 and must be wired to a high of end pc. but just because a new technology gets a lot of hype doesn't mean it's ready for primetime. >> first of all, it's a giant thing on your road. which is just obnoxious. >> reporter: dimitri williams studies how people interact with technology. >> a lot of the early sets had these significant problems with motion sickness and
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that will drop down and go awayn even bigger problem with vr. it's incredibly isolating. it shuts you off from the world. >> i don't think people are going to be wearing vr goggles much of their days because they can't look at other people. and it is just that simple. >> reporter: that's where augmented reality comes in. that's where you can still see the real world around you, but the computer layers new graphics onto that view. remember pokemon go? last summer, millions of people played this game, searching the real world for creatures that only appeared on the phone's screen. that is augmented reality. the microsoft holo lens is an augmented reality headset, or what microsoft calls mixed reality. >> welcome to windows holographic. these are actually off.
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but even this early model is wireless, weighs only a pound, . browser and select it.t a >> ahh. >> you're an expert. >> when you work then, wearing this, you're saying you have multiple virtual floating monitors like this, so you can say here's my programming, here's my web, here's my e-mail. >> that's correct. imagine infinite monitors at your fingertips. >> reporter: it's still a long way from the floating screens in the t cruise movie "minority report," but maybe not as far as you think. >> let's get in. >> oh, h.
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there's a dude here.ster mark griswold led the team that designed the curriculum. >> what you're doing is what our students did for the first time. they got on the ground and looked at it from underneath, because that's the first time they could see that. >> that is crazy. they always tell singers, sing from the diaphragm, and i they ever knew what that meant. >> that's the diaphragm. this is the muscle that helps us breathe. >> wow. >> it's really difficult to see in a cadaver.
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visitors last year. most came during the summer, but every year, a hardy few made the trip in the winter. yef jeff glor visited two national parks in utah that are equally inviting in the cold. >> reporter: they look like strangers who have been here for of 65 million years. red risers in the desert that accept sunlight in mind bending ways. you can see any shape you want. though it's hard not to see one of the most beautiful places on earth. what sit about the desert? >> for me, it's always bee the wide open spaces. you're very small, and so therefore, any problems y
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small. and so it's really a 1800s, vast stretches of which is why they have come up with an innovative program called conmods. when somebody hears that, what is that? >> it's short for connectivity modifier. >> doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but it's important. >> yes, it's a catchy term, conmod.
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that, they modify the co islands of recovery that multiply over and over. >> we're in salt valley now, one of the areas in need of restoration. by having these islands of recovery out here on the landscape, we're able to get perennial grass established into these systems again. >> reporter: scientists say conmods have a 90% success rate. >> this area is going that direction on its own. >> reporter: we got an upclose look at the program during the slow season here. one of the best times to visit. what is it about this place in wintertime? >> i think the winter, everything slows down. you can almost feel or hear the rocks taking a deep breath. and there's a sense of solitude and stillness that is pretty special. >> reporter: alison has been a ranger at arches since 2012. >> i felt a connection to this
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came back. to more than 2,000 natural stone gateways, including the world famous delicate arch. all formed by relentless and timeless exercise of erosion. it moves slowly, even though the turnstiles don't. attendance has gone from about 2500 people in 1940 to nearly 1.5 million today. getting a look and listen to the park at moments like this is rare. [ birds chirping ] >> you can hear the birds singing right now. on a busy day in spring or summer or fall, there would be a lot of voices here. >> yeah, just listen. >> like i said, you wouldn't hear that at other times of the year sitting in this spot. >> this seems like the national park service's best kept secret. >> don't tell anyone about december and january. we're not on television, are we? [ laughter ]
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>> reporter: jeff glor, arch's
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bs it's monday, january 9, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." a winter storm pummels parts of the west coast. strong winds topples trees while heavy rain causes flooding, forcing people to evacuate their home. and another round of wicked weather is on their way. the man charged in the deadly ft. lauderdale airport shooting rampage will make his first court appearance today. and confirmation hearings begin this week for the president-elect's cabinet. without all the

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