>> in a statement, mgm, owner of mandalay bay, disputed the latest police time line. but gave no detail. saying in part we believe what is currently being expressed may not be accurate. >> in a taped interview with the las vegas review journal, lombardo said police have yet to fiend a motive for the attack. paddock did not have gambling debts and traveled to mesquite nevada several times in the days before the shooting, an area, law enforcement think he's may have used for target practice. >> we are looking for a trigger point. right now we haven't been able to find one. >> sheriff lombardo says paddock's girlfriend was not concerned with his mental health. and it appears a bellman may have helped paddock get his bags to his room. >> thanks, jamie. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

this is the cbs "overnight news" news. president trump today denounced an nbc news report that he is planning a tenfold increase in the u.s. nuclear arsenal. he called it pure fiction, meant to demean him. and he threatened to challenge network licenses. there are nearly a dozen nbc tv stations licensed by the fcc. it is a page out of the nixon playbook which included license challenges and threats of an type trust suits against the networks. nearly 30 women have now accused movie mogul harvey weinstein of sexual ahasment or assault. his studio fired him. politicians and hollywood ak for have denounced him. now a new york

decision not to prosecute him. here is jericka duncan. >> reporter: for the first time since the explosive allegations, tmz obtained video of harvey weinstein outside a home in los angeles. >> come on, harvey -- >> under growing pressure, the manhattan district attorney, explained today his decision to not prosecute weinstein for alleged sexual assault. >> if we had a case that we felt we could prosecute, my experts felt we could prosecute against him we would have. >> the case stems from an incident in 2015 when model amber batalana gutierrez, went to new york city police after she claimed weinstein groped her. police wired her the next day to see if weinstein would make a move. the new yorker obtained the audio.

that encounter, vance decided to close the case, citing lack of evidence to prove criminal intent. attorney caroline policci. >> they're doing a mea culpa, had we known the nypd was conducting an undercover investigation. they should have contacted us, we would have counseled her what to say, to get criminal intent. >> due to two year statute of limitations on misdemeanor sexual assaults. weinstein could never be charged criminally for what he allegedly did to gutierrez. there its no statute of limitations in new york for alleged rapes that occurred after 2005. weinstein has not been charged with rape. a number of women who claimed weinstein assaulted them were paid settlements from $50,000 to $250,000. according to a source involved in the internal investigation, the company did not pay $1 to alleged victims of sex assault and rape

of weinstein. we reached out to the los angeles county district attorney's office and the lapd because alleged assaults happened in those jurisdictions. officials say they have no record of any reports filed against weinstein. anthony. >> thank you. ten suspects were arrested to day in the death of a fraternity pledge at louisiana state university. the ten all current or former lsu students are accused of forcing the pledge to drink extreme amounts of alcohol. omar villafranca in baton rouge. >> 19-year-old student turned himself into lsu police this morning. charged with negligent homicide and hazing in the death of 18-year-old max groover. nine other men ranging 18-21 also surrendered. each facing one misdemeanor hazing charge. eight are current lsu students. all fraternity. the national organizaon

today. david borland an attorney for zachary hall. >> he is very sad about what happened. i mean who isn't? all right. and it was a fellow fraternity brother of his. he feels horrible about that. but he had, he had nothing to do with those unfortunate circumstances. >> groover was an lsu freshman from roswell, georgia. september 13th. police records showed that, received a text bible study would take place. pledges were quiz add but fraternity history if they got an answer wrong they were forced to drink alcohol. a witness told police, a highly intoxicated groover was left on a couch. but the next morning he was found with a weak pulse. fraternity members took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. an autopsy showed that groover's blood alcohol level was six times the legal limit. groover is the second student to die in an alcohol fueled hazing incident this year. 19-year-old penn state student,

fraternity party in february. the district attorney plans to take the case to a grand jury, which could decide on additional charges if necessary. anthony. >> in baton rouge, thanks. in syria, the u.s.-led coalition said today there will be no deal to let isis fighters withdraw from raqqa before it is liberated in the next few days. the coalition is working to free about 4,000 civilians trapped there. holly williams in northern syria has the story of an american teenager, who made it out. on the edge of raqqa these women have escaped isis territory. when one of them reveals she is american. i'm from kansas. i've been in syria for five years. >> reporter: she is just 15 years old and says she was brought to syria by her father against her will. >> my father of course he didn't tell us that we wereom

syria. when it was tomb to get out of the car and cross the border, he was like, you're going to syria. and yeah, it was a really big shock. >> her father was later killed she says, leaving her to fend for herself. she is a devout muslim, but hated isis. >> we were prisoners. we were just, you know, quiet. shut up. si sit down. you are in your house. you have nothing to say. thank god your head isn't chopped off. this blog previously written by her mother. shows the the girl in happier times. a seemingly normal american family. because she is still a minor, we are not revealing her identity. her mother, she thinks, is still in the u.s. >> hi, mom. please, please, if you see this video, please contact me. >> she also misses the comforts of home. >> there its a restaurant called the texas

they have steak there. >> the it is easy to forget she is just a teenager when sheep describes what he has seen. >> when you walk outside, there its -- intestines on the street. there its a head, from the shrapnel, there is a leg. >> she married a syrian man, she says, who was recently killed by an air strike. and is now six months pregnant with his child. >> i still have -- hope to go to school. hope to be a normal person. hope to be a mother to my child. >> holly williams, cbs news, in northern syria. remarkable reporting there from holly. still ahead, girls in the boy scouts. it is happening. scouts honor. >> and dogs and vets. these pooches are both. want in on the secret to ageless skin. take the olay 28 day challenge.

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the boy scouts will soon be adding girls to their ranks. the announcement today is likely to make the sister o. the girl scouts unhappy campers. here is jim axelrod. saying the values of scouting are important for young men and women. the head of the boy scouts of america, mike serba exed

announcement. >> we talked to parents about what they want for their kids. we heard they want their sons and daughters to have a place where they can come as a family. participate in exciting activities. >> reporter: the boy scouts will start admitting girls next year. cub sougcout dens, smallest uni will remain single gender. larger packs, several dens will have the option of remaining all boys or welcoming girls. the program for older girls will start in 2019, and allow them to pursue the coveted rank of eagle scout. to hear the boy scouts tell it the move was driven by requests from families. to open up the organization to both boys and girls. >> it is really amazing. >> 16-year-old sydney ireland, unofficial member of her brother's troop since he was four wanted to become an eagle scout look her brother. >> not every girl has to want to do the things that the girl scouts do. i want to do the things that the boy scouts do. >> critics say the move i

designed to boost the boy scouts diminishing membership. critics like, the girl scouts. also facing declining numbers. the girl scouts didn't address the boy scouts specifically today. when word leaked that boy scouts may admit girls. she request they'd stay focused on serving the 90% of american boys not currently participating in boy scouts. anthony. >> jim, thanks. still ahead, a major city sours on taxing sweet drinks.

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broke a record today when ophelia, became the tenth hurricane to form in the atlantic. hasn't happened since 1893. o could hit ireland next week. >> canned a penny an ounce tax on soft drinks meant to curb obesity and diabetes. philadelphia and san francisco are among cities with similar taxes, chicago's fizzles out december 1st. now you want to see pure joy, have a look at this. in south jordan, utah, the school office manager told 11-year-old tanna butterfield her foster parents won court approval to adopt her and two younger siblings. tanna wouldn't let go calling it the best thing that ever happened to me. what happiness l

up next, honors for heroes on four legs.

every dog has its day. this day belongs to four very special dogs. ranger, cappa,

here is cbs news canine correspondent, chip reid. >> on capitol hill today, these retired working dogs were awarded the american humane canine medal of courage. the nation's highest honor for military dogs. for heroic service in afghanistan and iraq. >> it is about time that we recognize these incredible war dogs. >> ranger sniffed out bombs for the u.s. marines. cappa did the same for the navy. al fich alfie works for the tsa. reunited today with his marine handler, will herin. >> remember me? >> after four long years apart. >> i think alfie is as true a friend as you could have. >> coffee did three tours in afghanistan. with army are gent james bennett. she led the way again and again alerting him and his fellow marines to roadside bombs. >> she has never lost a soldier, ever. she saved a lot of lives. >> yes, sir. >> including perhaps yours? >> i know mine. >> do you c

>> i consider her an angel. >> an angel. >> this one, brought me home. his wife lindsay couldn't agree more. >> she is the reason i have my husband. >> we have 17 years of marriage right now. we wouldn't have that. >> no. >> without her. >> wouldn't have the three kids we have without her. >> lindsay bennett says coffee has a new mission instead of watching over her children. - >> who here loves coffee. raise your hand? >> why do you love coffee so much? >> because she brought my daddy home. >> they're well aware that at 13, coffee its approaching her last years. >> i want her to enjoy this last part. shoo earned it. >> for ten years of devoted military service, love is her endless reward. >> she is excited. >> chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm ant m

welcome to the "overnight news," i'm don dahler. wildfires continue to rage throughout california. incinerating entire neighborhoods and sending tens of thousands fleeing for their lives. about, two dozen major fires are burning out of control. they have destroyed more than 5,000 homes and billsnesses and killed at least three dozen people. hundreds more are missing amid the ashes. carter evans begins our coverage. >> reporter: amid another day of flames, the fire chief did not mince words. >> this is a serious, critical, catastrophic

this dash-cam video from a sonoma county patrol car, a deputy driving through the flames. that hellish view is what california highway patrol paramedic, whilt knee lowe saw from the sky. he air lifted 44 people to safety. but one man refused to leave his elderly parents. i have five kids and a wife. same decision i would have made. hope i never have to make the decision. out on the front lines of one of the worst wildfires california has seen. >> this is not a backfire is it >> no, head of the fire creeping down on the hillside. >> reporter: battalion chief jonathan cox. >> we have firefighters on the line working nonstop since sunday night when the fires broke out. you know there is a real sense of purpose and mission for the firefighters. >> reporter: with each day comes a greater awareness of just how massive and how extra ordinary the destruction is, entire neighborhoods, obliterated. this wasa

this is the same street today. there its nothing left. nothing. and now, with more strong wind in the forecast, firefighters are desperately trying to put out hot spots. what worries you the most? >> that the red flags may push this fire in other directions. >> these firefighters are the line between the front of the fire and thousand of homes impacted right now. >> reporter: that wind is already starting to kick up. it is forecast to get up to 30 miles an hour that could fan the flames causing even more destruction like this. you can get an idea of roughly how hot this fire was by looking at the rims on this vehicle. anthony aluminum melts at 1200 degrees.

were flooded with hundreds of calls for help. >> the coffee park neighborhood was demolished by the fire. heather bower's mother barely made it out before the wildfire consumed her home. >> did anybody get any warn warnings? no, i want out to check. it was just -- it was look a tornado outside. there was ash everywhere. >> people don't have land lines. >> reporter: sonoma county sheriff admits warning people with an automated calling system was difficult. >> now without land lines if you don't sign your cell phone up, you don't get that service. >> 77 cell towers went down during the fire. the widespread outages didn't just affect first responders. this is pam hughes, one of hundreds reported missing. >> family posted on facebook, but now her niece is going from shelter to she t

>> i don't know how to get any, any word to her, when, when, you know i am using what resources i do have. >> a note i posted yesterday. >> reporter: as a last resort, she posted a handwritten note with dozens on the shelter door. >> this is an absolute war zone. you can't find anybody. and my case, my aunt. and i, she is right here in town. >> a congressional delegation will land in puerto rico to see firsthand the devastation by hurricane maria. three weeks after the storm made landfall it continues to take lives. the death toll now stands at 45 and counting. david begnaud is there. >> repoter: a potential health crisis is one thing that gives the governor of puerto rico pause. contaminated water key to that. look at the water in san juan. it is purple. let me show you. water here for four weeks. before maria this was here since irma. it is backed up by the trash. stilty workers were told they're overwhelmed. don't have the time to collect all of the trash in the city. so left up to people to comend

their home. we have literally seen people reaching into drains to pull out trash so the water can recede. two people died from symptoms tough leptocirrosis, tests are pending. five other people have symptoms of bacterial infection are being treated with antibiotic. look, clean walter its key. for whatever reason, nobody seems to be able to figure out how to get enough clean walter to everyone on this island who needs it. it has been three weeks since maria devastated puerto rico. from the air it looks like the storm hit yesterday. blue tarps cover homes where roofs were damaged or ripped off. we were with the governor, as he flew over some of the hardest hit areas by helicopter. >> reporter: on the southern part of the island in ponce grocery stores are running low

in yanesco, families are given one box of food supposed to last a day or two. >> you have been helping each mother? >> yeah, a lot. >> isabelle morales got a box for four family members. they have very little food, and less water. >> we just need a lot of water. we don't find it. it is really hard to find tip. >> the investigation of the las vegas massacre its now mired in controversy. at issue, when did managers at the mandalay bay casino learn there was an active shooter on the 32nd floor. and when did they call police? jamie yuccas has the the latest. >> reporter: in a hotel radio recording you hear some of the first gunshots fired by 64-year-old stephen paddock.

>> the voice is building engineer steven shuck. he arrived to find security guard, jesus campos under fire. >> reporter: the recording, in a revised police timeline show that although officers initially told reporters, campos interrupted paddock's assault. paddock first fired through the door at campos, six minutes before the deadly attack. >> nobody is trying to be nefarius or hide anything. >> the sheriff defended the shift this morning to our cbs station in las vegas. >> what we want to do is draw the most accurate picture we can. and, i'm telling you, right now, today, that that, time line might change again. >> in a statement, mgm, owner of mandalay bay, disputed the latest police time line. but gave no detail. saying in part we believe what is currently being expressed may not be accurate. the sheriff says paddock's girlfriend was not concerned with his mental health.

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this dorfman, germany. ♪ ♪ anyone who says the germans are not emotional, has never stood at the base of dorfman south stand. it is called the yellow wall. 25,000 fans, bounce along with the ball, through misery. to euphoria. a collective manic mood swing. that would put most teenagers to shame. the yellow wall lives by two rules. no sitting in the stands. and no excuses on the field. even if you are a shy 19-year-old 4,000 miles from home. >> it is loud. >> yeah. >> no it is really

from, from ten yards away trying to talk to you. >> is it intimidating at all? >> it is intimidating at times. but i think as you gain experience and after i played more and more games it just gets easier and easier. >> heap certainly makes it look easy. christian pulicic was 17 when he scored his first goal for dorfman. the youngest american ever to score in the german pros. >> an historic day for the young american. he celebrated like any teenager would with a dab. >> how do you say dab in german. >> dab. the same. >> just dab. yeah, the same. >> what makes christian pulicic special and so fun to watch is his explosive speed. his passing ability can seem clairvoyant at times. and he can shoot like a sniper. at 19, pulicic scored as many professional goals as lionel

player had when he was 19. >> do you feel like, people are expecting you to be the next messi. >> yeah, i think, i think it is what american fans, soccer fans do, especially. they're looking for the next, the next star, the next player to, to, just be the face of u.s. soccer and all of this stuff that i hear every day. >> slow down. just slow down. >> 4 million american kids play youth soccer. more than in any other country. but the u.s. men's team has never produced an international superstar, and never made it to the finals of the world cup. this year, the team is struggling to qualify. they were 0-2 when bruce arena was named coach in november. one of his first moves was to unleash pulicic and build the game plan around him. >> what did you think when you saw him play in person? >> first, you don't think he is an american. >> a compliment. he

field. he moves gracefully. he is strong forsize. >> reporter: and the defenders and somehow find a teammate for a goal. [ cheers and applause ] he is either set up or scored, nine of the usa's last 11 zbogo. [ cheers and applause ] >> makes you think this is going to be, perhaps, the first american superstar in the sport. >> you are willing to say that? >> i'm welling to say that. >> lot of people are hedging. >> you have to be hesitant about this. but this is a very talented young man. >> sometimes if i am laying in bed at night and thinking wow this is really happening. and you really don't feel like it is real. >> there was never a master plan. >> no, no master plan. not even close. >> mark and kelly pulicic met at george mason university where they beth played soccer. >> get some distance between you, right?

kelly just retired as a physical education teacher. they have three children. chase, d.d. and christian their youngest. >> everything he does, it has to be at a very high level. he doesn't like to fail. and he wants tight be perfect. and he wants it to be perfect. when he was 2 years old. he would color and he would color out of the lines and just, flip out. i'm thinking what's wrong with this kid. basically, i didn't want to color with him anymore. and what had happened was. i bought whiteout for a 2-year-old. he would get the whiteout and go around the edges to make it perfect. and i never seen anything like that. i have two other kids. i'm thinking, this isn't normal. that's like his personality. kind of in a nutshell. at 2 years old he had to keep it in the lines. >> he became obsessed with soccer. and before he started kindergarten, had mastered one of the sport's most difficult skills. playing with both feet. he would play for hours i

yard. when his parents finally coaxed him inside for dinner, he would pass under this sign. confidence, the one word gospel according to mark. >> it was playing up against older kids. so i said one thing you can never lose. and you always have to play with confidence. that you belong. so -- i wrote it up there. and, i did a spell check first to make sure it was spelled properly. >> so he would have full confidence. >> it would be there. >> the boy wonder ran circles around older kids all over pennsylvania. >> he was really small. and i would hear people going, ooh, who brought their little brother. they probably didn't have enough players. somebody's little brother is out there. >> isn't that sweet. >> the game would go on. get the ball and do something. i would giggle. they were like, oh, look at that little kid. somebody mark him. cover him. >> by the time he was 12, pro scouts around the world noticed him too. >> we would get calls constantly. oh, c

we had to really find the balance of -- what was too much. >> i just think what we did differently was we made sure that, we didn't put him in a -- structured environment. all the time. he played for one team. he would practice twice a week. and play a game on the weekend. >> sound pretty normal. >> yeah. >> you hear the stories about the parents who are doing, thousands of miles in their car, taking their kids everywhere. special coaches, special diets. backyard workouts. >> it doesn't work. >> you didn't do that with christian? >> no. >> didn't keep him on a gluten free, fat free -- >> no. >> diet. >> after games there were slurpees and doritos, right? >> yeah. >> the pulicics decided to see if christian could cut it in one of the most competitive leagues in the world. at 16 he signed with the club that has a reputation for building stars.

germany to play. a ton of teams in the u.s., would love to have you. >> as a kid, i learned if you want to be the best you have to play against the best. >> his father moved with him and enrolled christian in a german high school. >> what was school like? >> i remember going in first day. teachers would talk in germans. other kids would say he doesn't speak german. i'm thinking to myself. how is no one aware thought of. >> he calls me after the first day of school. mom, mom. what's up, christian. i went to school, sat in class. didn't know what class it was. >> was he lonely at first? >> he was very lonely. >> what did you stay? >> christian, what do you want to do. want to say. believe it or not. lot easier to come home on everybody. mom, i don't want to come home. >> see the full report on our website. cbsnews.com. the "overnight news" will be right back. ♪ ♪

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cappa. al fich alfie, and coffee. we got to spend special time with coffee most of the day. she was always with me. side by side. she was going to get me through. >> james bennett served with coffee, chocolate labrador retriever by his side almost ten years. they did three tours in afghanistan. coffee was an explosive detection dog. sniffing out bombs and facing danger head on as the unit's line of defense. >> never lost a soldier. never. never had to go anywhere and say, okay, something happened. she has never lost anybody. >> she saved a lot of lives. >> yes, sir. >> including perhaps yours? >> i know mine. >> did she come under fire? >> yeah, too many times. >> too many times. they know how valuable she is. they target her. >> yeah, they do. several instance these was targeted. >> dogs are valuable to the

and their extraordinary sense of smell. over 1600 dogs are currently serving in u.s. and around the world. 34 have been killed in action. during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. bennett says through three deployments. coffee became much more than a dog. each more than a best friend. >> do you consider her a hero. >> i consider her an angel. she brought me home. >> you think you would have survived three tours in afghanistan without her? >> i don't know. >> good girl. >> his wife lindsay encouraged him to nominate coffee for the canine -- k-9 medal of courage. >> there were a couple times i didn't hear from him a couple days. it was panic. >> panic. >> the tight feeling. you hear things on the news you. don't know. t did you feel better knowing he was with coffee. >> coffee now lives with the bennetts and their three kids. for ten years of service, love is coffee's endless

who here loves coffee. raise your hand? why do you love coffee so much? >> because she brought my daddy home. >> home from afghanistan? >> yeah. >> to them coffee is a member of the family. at 13 years old they know she is approaching her final years. >> we have 17 years of marriage right now. we wouldn't have that. >> no, we wouldn't have the three kids we have. without her. >> no. >> really giving me heaven now. going to give me a chance to enjoy by kids and time with my wife. i want her to enjoy the last part. she's earned it. awe all okay. you melt coffee. take a look at the other three. first, alfie here. alf tichlt e in afghanistan, now works as bomb sniffer with the tsa. then you have cappa served in the navy went to iraq and afghanistan. and, protected the president of the united states. and then we have ranger who served with the u.s. marines in iraq and afghanistan. now you may be wonderingbo

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we are going to end the half-hour with one song's unlikely rise to the top of the charts. the hook, i want to die today. but it is actually a song of hope. michelle miller reports. ♪ ♪ >> a song about a desperate caller, contemplating suicide is resonating with millions of listeners. ♪ ♪ and saving lives. that's because the song's title, 1-#00-273-8285 is also the phone number for the national

prevention lifeline. >> this is about so much more than, than, entertainment. >> logic, rapper and songwriter from maryland came up with the single's concept. a person in despair reaching out to the hotline for help. ♪ ♪ in an upcoming segment for cbs sunday morning. logic told us he never thought about committing suicide but he has experienced first hand what it is look to feel hopeless. >> you said that you struggled with anxiety. >> yeah, for sure. 100%. in the worst place in my life. i was happily married. and yet i was unhappy. >> suicide prevention center crisis line. >> since the single's release in april, calls are up 33% at crisis hotline centers around the country. john draper is the director of lifeline. >> if you show people positively coping through suicidal moments. research has shown that can save lives ined

rate. lifeline's call volume soared even higher after logic's performance at mtv individually music award. he shared the stage with dozens of people, personally affected by suicide. rosie chin was among them. >> chin's ex-boyfriend committed suicide two years ago. and she struggled with thoughts of taking her own life. >> it was so moving. it was very powerful. and, and, i just couldn't stop crying. >> i just wanted them to know that they really weren't alone. ♪ i finally want to be alive ♪ i finally want to be alive >> michelle miller, cbs news, los angeles. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm done dahmer. ♪

test. burned to the ground. >> deadly wildfires wipe out entire california neighborhoods. >> their whole life is gone. >> and the flames are still spreading out of control. >> be advised there are two people trapped -- >> also tonight a las vegas hotel worker's frantic alert before the massacre. >> call the police. someone is firing a gun up here. someone is firing a rifle on the 32nd floor down the hallway. >> ten suspects are arrested in an lsu hazing death. >> the boy scouts open their ranks to girls. >> and highest honors today for military heroes. >> why do you love coffee so much? >> because she brought my daddy

home. >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." dry and powerful wind are kicking up again in northern california. creating blow torch conditions. for more than 8,000 firefighters the state is a multifront war zone. a growing number of out-of-control fires, 22 at latest count have burned more than 170,000 acres. since sunday at least 21 people have been killed, hundreds have been reported missing, more than 3500 homes and businesses wiped out. carter evans begins our coverage. >> reporter: amid yet another day of burning homes and towering flames, cal fire chief ken penlot did not mince words. >> this is a serious, critical, catastrophic event. >> reporter: this just released dash-cam video from a sonoma

county patrol car, a deputy driving through the flames. that hellish view is also what california highway patrol saw from the sky. one man refused to leave his elderly parents. >> that's when it became real. i have five kids. and a wife. and so that is the same decision i would have made. but i hope i never have to make that decision. >> they all got out safely. >> reporter: out on the front lines of one of the worst wildfires california has ever seen. >> this is not a backfire is it? >> no, head of the fire creeping down on the hillside. >> reporter: battalion chief jonathan cox. >> we have firefighters on the line working nonstop since sunday night when the fires broke out. you know there is a real sense of purpose and mission for the firefighters. >> reporter: with each day comes

the destruction is, entire neighborhoods, obliterated. this was nina court in santa rosa, row after row, beautiful homes, full of life. this is the same street today. there its nothing left. nothing. and now, with more strong wind in the forecast, firefighters are desperately trying to put out hot spots. what worries you the most? >> that the red flags may push this fire in other directions. >> these firefighters are the line between the front of the fire and thousand of homes impacted right now. >> reporter: that wind is already starting to kick up. it is forecast to get up to 30 miles an hour that could fan the flames causing even more destruction like this. you can get an idea of roughly how hot this fire was by looking at the rims on this vehicle. anthony aluminum melts at 1200 degrees. >> wow, carter evans. thanks. firefighters doing incredible work there in california. the fires have also knocked out cell phone service, making it more difficult for people to call for and to get help. and for families to locate loved ones. here is mireya vilea

sheriffs department dispatchers were flooded with calls for help. >> the coffee park neighborhood was demolished by the fire. heather bower's mother barely made it out before the wildfire consumed her home. >> did anybody get any warn sngz. >> -- warnings. no, i want out to check. like a tornado. there was ash everywhere. >> people don't have land lines. >> the sheriff admits warning people with an automated calling system was difficult. >> now without land lines if you don't sign your cell phone up, you don't get that service. >> 77 cell towers went down during the fire. the widespread outages didn't just affect first responders. thiss

hundreds reported missing. >> family posted on facebook, but now her niece is going from shelter to shelter trying to find her. >> i don't know how to get any, any word to her, when, when, you know i am using what resources i do have. >> a note i posted yesterday. >> reporter: as a last resort, she posted a handwritten note with dozens on the shelter door. >> this is an absolute war zone. you can't find anybody. and my case, my aunt. and i, she is right here in town. >> reporter: normally the sheriff's department gets about 3,000 calls in a month. in the last four days they have received over 1600. but communication in this area is getting better. of the 77 cell towers that went down. 64 of them are back up and running now. anthony. >> mireya villarreal, thanks, mireya. we know more to night about what was going on inside a las vegas hotel just before a gunman opened fire on an outdoor concert. but there are still questions about the timeline.

in a hotel radio recording you hear some of the first gunshots fired by 64-year-old stephen paddock from inside his mandalay bay suite. >> the voice is building engineer steven shuck. he arrived to fid security guard, jesus campos under fire. >> the recording, revietzed police time line show that although officers initially told reporters, campos, interrumted paddock's assault. paddock first fired through the door at campos, six minutes before the deadly attack. >> nobody is trying to be nefarius or hide anything. >> the sheriff defended the shift this morning to our cbs station in las vegas.

the most accurate picture we can. and, i'm telling you, right now, today, that that, time line might change again. >> in a statement, mgm, owner of mandalay bay, disputed the latest police time line. but gave no detail. saying in part we believe what is currently being expressed may not be accurate. >> in a taped interview with the las vegas review journal, lombardo said police have yet to fiend a motive for the attack. paddock did not have gambling debts and traveled to mesquite nevada several times in the days before the shooting, an area, law enforcement think he's may have used for target practice. >> we are looking for a trigger point. right now we haven't been able to find one. >> sheriff lombardo says paddock's girlfriend was not concerned with his mental health. and it appears a bellman may have helped paddock get his bags to his room. >> thanks, jamie. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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this is the cbs "overnight news" news. president trump today denounced an nbc news report that he is planning a tenfold increase in the u.s. nuclear arsenal. he called it pure fiction, meant to demean him. and he threatened to challenge network licenses. there are nearly a dozen nbc tv stations licensed by the fcc. it is a page out of the nixon playbook which included license challenges and threats of an type trust suits against the networks. nearly 30 women have now accused movie mogul harvey weinstein of sexual ahasment or assault. his studio fired him. politicians and hollywood ak for

have denounced him. now a new york da is defending a decision not to prosecute him. here is jericka duncan. >> reporter: for the first time since the explosive allegations, tmz obtained video of harvey weinstein outside a home in los angeles. >> come on, harvey -- >> under growing pressure, the manhattan district attorney, explained today his decision to not prosecute weinstein for alleged sexual assault. >> if we had a case that we felt we could prosecute, my experts felt we could prosecute against him we would have. >> the case stems from an incident in 2015 when model amber batalana gutierrez, went to new york city police after she claimed weinstein groped her. police wired her the next day to see if weinstein would make a move.

audio. >> but less than two weeks after that encounter, vance decided to close the case, citing lack of evidence to prove criminal intent. attorney caroline policci. >> they're doing a mea culpa, had we known the nypd was conducting an undercover investigation. they should have contacted us, we would have counseled her what to say, to get criminal intent. >> due to two year statute of limitations on misdemeanor sexual assaults. weinstein could never be charged criminally for what he allegedly did to gutierrez. there its no statute of limitations in new york for alleged rapes that occurred after 2005. weinstein has not been charged with rape. a number of women who claimed weinstein assaulted them were paet

$250,000. according to a source involved in the internal investigation, the company did not pay $1 to alleged victims of sex assault and rape allegations on behalf of weinstein. we reached out to the los angeles county district attorney's office and the lapd because alleged assaults happened in those jurisdictions. officials say they have no record of any reports filed against weinstein. anthony. >> thank you. ten suspects were arrested to day in the death of a fraternity pledge at louisiana state university. the ten all current or former lsu students are accused of forcing the pledge to drink extreme amounts of alcohol. omar villafranca in baton rouge. >> 19-year-old student turned himself into lsu police this morning. charged with negligent homicide and hazing in the death of 18-year-

also surrendered. each facing one misdemeanor hazing charge. eight are current lsu students. all were membered of the fraternity. the national organization terminated their membership today. david borland an attorney for zachary hall. >> he is very sad about what happened. i mean who isn't? all right. and it was a fellow fraternity brother of his. he feels horrible about that. but he had, he had nothing to do with those unfortunate circumstances. >> groover was an lsu freshman from roswell, georgia. september 13th. police records showed that, received a text bible study would take place. pledges were quiz add but fraternity history if they got an answer wrong they were forced to drink alcohol. a witness told police, a highly intoxicated groover was left on

fraternity members took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. an autopsy showed that groover's blood alcohol level was six times the legal limit. groover is the second student to die in an alcohol fueled hazing incident this year. 19-year-old penn state student, timothy piazza died at a fraternity party in february. the district attorney plans to take the case to a grand jury, which could decide on additional charges if necessary. anthony. >> in baton rouge, thanks. in syria, the u.s.-led coalition said today there will be no deal to let isis fighters withdraw from raqqa before it is liberated in the next few days. the coalition is working to free about 4,000 civilians trapped there. holly williams in northern syria has the story of an american teenager, who made it out. on the edge of raqqa these women have escaped isis territory. when one of them reveals she is american. i'm from kansas. i've been in syria for five years.

years old and says she was brought to syria by her father against her will. >> my father of course he didn't tell us that we were coming to syria. when it was tomb to get out of the car and cross the border, he was like, you're going to syria. and yeah, it was a really big shock. >> her father was later killed she says, leaving her to fend for herself. she is a devout muslim, but hated isis. >> we were prisoners. we were just, you know, quiet. shut up. sit down. you are in your house. you have nothing to say. thank god your head isn't chopped off. this blog previously written by her mother. shows the the girl in happier times. a seemingly normal american family. because she is still a minor, we are not revealing her identity. her mother, she thinks, is still in the u.s.

>> hi, mom. please, please, if you see this video, please contact me. >> she also misses the comforts of home. >> there its a restaurant called the texas roadhouse. they have steak there. >> the it is easy to forget she is just a teenager when sheep describes what he has seen. >> when you walk outside, there its -- intestines on the street. there its a head, from the shrapnel, there is a leg. >> she married a syrian man, she says, who was recently killed by an air strike. and is now six months pregnant with his child. >> i still have -- hope to go to school. hope to be a normal person. hope to be a mother to my child. >> holly williams, cbs news, in northern syria. remarkable reporting there from holly. still ahead, girls in the boy scouts. it is happening. scouts honor. >> and dogs and vets. these pooches are both.

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and daughters to have a place where they can come as a family. participate in exciting activities. >> reporter: the boy scouts will start admitting girls next year. cub scout dens, smallest unit will remain single gender. larger packs, several dens will have the option of remaining all boys or welcoming girls. the program for older girls will start in 2019, and allow them to pursue the coveted rank of eagle scout. to hear the boy scouts tell it the move was driven by requests from families. to open up the organization to both boys and girls. >> it is really amazing. >> 16-year-old sydney ireland, unofficial member of her brother's troop since he was four wanted to become an eagle scout look her brother. >> not every girl has to want to do the things that the girl scouts do. i want to do the things that the boy scouts do.

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broke a record today when ophelia, became the tenth hurricane to form in the atlantic. hasn't happened since 1893. could hit ireland next week. >> canned a penny an ounce tax on soft drinks meant to curb obesity and diabetes. philadelphia and san francisco are among cities with similar taxes, chicago's fizzles out december 1st. now you want to see pure joy, have a look at this. in south jordan, utah, the school office manager told 11-year-old tanna butterfield her foster parents won court approval to adopt her and two younger siblings. tanna wouldn't let go calling it the best thing that ever happened to me. what happiness looks like. up next, honors for heroes on four legs.

every dog has its day. this day belongs to four very special dogs. ranger, cappa, alfie and coffee. here is cbs news canine correspondent, chip reid. >> on capitol hill today, these retired working dogs were awarded the american humane canine medal of courage. the nation's highest honor for military dogs. for heroic service in afghanistan and iraq. >> it is about time that we recognize these incredible war dogs. >> ranger sniffed out bombs for the u.s. marines. cappa did the same for the navy. alfie works for the tsa. reunited today with his marine handler, will herin. >> remember me? >> after four long years apart. >> i think alfie is as true a friend as you could have. >> coffee did three tours in afghanistan. with army are gent james bennett. she led the way again and again alerting him and his fellow marines to roadside bombs. >> she has never lost a soldier, ever. she saved a lot of lives. >> yes, sir. >> including perhaps yours? >> i know mine. >> do you consider her a hero? >> i consider her an angel.

>> this one, brought me home. his wife lindsay couldn't agree more. >> she is the reason i have my husband. >> we have 17 years of marriage right now. we wouldn't have that. >> no. >> without her. >> wouldn't have the three kids we have without her. >> lindsay bennett says coffee has a new mission instead of keeping marines safe she is watching over her children. >> who here loves coffee. raise your hand? >> why do you love coffee so much? >> because she brought my daddy home. >> they're well aware that at 13, coffee its approaching her last years. >> i want her to enjoy this last part. >> for ten years of devoted military service, love is her endless reward. >> she is excited. >> chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm anthony mason. thank you for watching.

welcome to the "overnight news," i'm don dahler. wildfires continue to rage throughout california. incinerating entire neighborhoods and sending tens of thousands fleeing for their lives. about, two dozen major fires are burning out of control. they have destroyed more than 5,000 homes and businesses and killed at least three dozen people. hundreds more are missing amid the ashes. carter evans begins our coverage. >> reporter: amid another day of burning homes and towering flames, the fire chief did not mince words. >> this is a serious, critical, catastrophic event. this dash-cam video from a sonoma county patrol car, a deputy driving through the

flames. that hellish view is what california highway patrol paramedic whitney lowe saw from the sky. he air lifted 44 people to safety. but one man refused to leave his elderly parents. i have five kids and a wife. same decision i would have made. hope i never have to make the decision. out on the front lines of one of the worst wildfires california has seen. >> this is not a backfire is it >> no, head of the fire creeping down on the hillside. >> reporter: battalion chief jonathan cox. >> we have firefighters on the line working nonstop since sunday night when the fires broke out. you know there is a real sense of purpose and mission for the firefighters. >> reporter: with each day comes a greater awareness of just how massive and hotr

neighborhoods, obliterated. this was nina court in santa rosa, row after row, beautiful homes, full of life. this is the same street today. there its nothing left. nothing. and now, with more strong wind in the forecast, firefighters are desperately trying to put out hot spots. what worries you the most? >> that the red flags may push this fire in other directions. >> these firefighters are the line between the front of the fire and thousand of homes impacted right now. >> reporter: that wind is already starting to kick up. it is forecast to get up to 30 miles an hour that could fan the flames causing even more destruction like this. you can get an idea of roughly how hot this fire was by looking at the rims on this vehicle. anthony aluminum melts at 1200 degrees. sunday night, dispatchers

calls for help. >> the coffee park neighborhood was demolished by the fire. heather bower's mother barely made it out before the wildfire consumed her home. >> did anybody get any warn warnings? no, i want out to check. it was just -- it was look a tornado outside. there was ash everywhere. >> people don't have land lines. >> reporter: sonoma county sheriff admits warning people with an automated calling system was difficult. >> now without land lines if you don't sign your cell phone up, you don't get that service. >> 77 cell towers went down during the fire. the widespread outages didn't just affect first responders. this is pam hughes, one of hundreds reported missing. >> family posted on facebook, but now her niece is going from shelter to shelter trying to find her.

>> i don't know how to get any, any word to her, when, when, you know i am using what resources i do have. >> a note i posted yesterday. >> reporter: as a last resort, she posted a handwritten note with dozens on the shelter door. >> this is an absolute war zone. you can't find anybody. and my case, my aunt. and i, she is right here in town. >> a congressional delegation will land in puerto rico to see firsthand the devastation by hurricane maria. three weeks after the storm made landfall it continues to take lives. the death toll now stands at 45 and counting. david begnaud is there. >> reporter: a potential health crisis is one thing that gives the governor of puerto rico pause. contaminated water key to that. look at the water in san juan. it is purple. let me show you. water here for four weeks. before maria this was here since irma.

stilty workers were told they're overwhelmed. don't have the time to collect all of the trash in the city. so left up to people to come and sweep the streets in front of their home. we have literally seen people reaching into drains to pull out trash so the water can recede. two people died from symptoms tough leptocirrosis, tests are pending. five other people have symptoms of bacterial infection are being treated with antibiotic. look, clean walter its key. for whatever reason, nobody seems to be able to figure out how to get enough clean walter to everyone on this island who needs it. it has been three weeks since maria devastated puerto rico. from the air it looks like the storm hit yesterday. blue tarps cover homes where roofs were damaged or ripped off. we were with the governor, as he flew over some of the hardest

part of the island in ponce grocery stores are running low on food and water. nearby, at a distribution center in yanesco, families are given one box of food supposed to last a day or two. >> you have been helping each mother? >> yeah, a lot. >> isabelle morales got a box for four family members. they have very little food, and less water. >> we just need a lot of water. we don't find it. it is really hard to find tip. >> the investigation of the las vegas massacre its now mired in controversy. at issue, when did managers at the mandalay bay casino learn there was an active shooter on the 32nd floor. and when did they call police? jamie yuccas has the the latest. >> reporter: in a hotel radio recording you hear some of the first gunshots fired by 64-year-old stephen paddock. >> the voice is building engineer steven shuck. he arrived to find security guard, jesus campos under fire. >> reporter: the recording, in a revised police timeline show that although officers initially told reporters, campos

interrupted paddock's assault. paddock first fired through the door at campos, six minutes before the deadly attack. >> nobody is trying to be nefarius or hide anything. >> the sheriff defended the shift this morning to our cbs station in las vegas. >> what we want to do is draw the most accurate picture we can. and, i'm telling you, right now, today, that that, time line might change again. >> in a statement, mgm, owner of mandalay bay, disputed the latest police time line. but gave no detail. saying in part we believe what is currently being expressed may not be accurate. the sheriff says paddock's girlfriend was not concerned with his mental health. and a bellman may have helped paddock get his bags to his room.

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long distance blast! it is alvin jones! one for the legend books. >> the u.s. men's soccer team was knocked out of the world cup competition with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to trinidad and tobago. the first time the u.s. hasn't qualified for the world cup since 1990. if there its one ray of hope, in the loss, it was the play of 19-year-old christian pulicic. sharon alphonsi spoke to him for 60 minutes. >> reporter: when 80,000 fans scream your name. you better deliver. this dorfman, germany. ♪ ♪ anyone who says the germans are not emotional, has never stood at the base of dorfman south

stand. it is called the yellow wall. 25,000 fans, bounce along with the ball, through misery. to euphoria. a collective manic mood swing. that would put most teenagers to shame. the yellow wall lives by two rules. no sitting in the stands. and no excuses on the field. even if you are a shy 19-year-old 4,000 miles from home. >> it is loud. >> yeah. >> no it is really loud. you can't hear your teammates, from, from ten yards away trying to talk to you. >> is it intimidating at all? >> it is intimidating at times.

experience and after i played more and more games it just gets easier and easier. >> heap certainly makes it look easy. christian pulicic was 17 when he scored his first goal for dorfman. the youngest american ever to score in the german pros. >> an historic day for the young american. he celebrated like any teenager would with a dab. >> how do you say dab in german. >> dab. the same. >> just dab. yeah, the same. >> what makes christian pulicic special and so fun to watch is his explosive speed. his passing ability can seem clairvoyant at times. and he can shoot like a sniper. at 19, pulicic scored as many professional goals as lionel messi, the world's greatest player had when he was 19. >> do you feel like, people are

expecting you to be the next messi. >> yeah, i think, i think it is what american fans, soccer fans do, especially. they're looking for the next, the next star, the next player to, to, just be the face of u.s. soccer and all of this stuff that i hear every day. >> slow down. just slow down. >> 4 million american kids play youth soccer. more than in any other country. but the u.s. men's team has never produced an international superstar, and never made it to the finals of the world cup. this year, the team is struggling to qualify. they were 0-2 when bruce arena was named coach in november. one of his first moves was to unleash pulicic and build the game plan around him. >> what did you think when you saw him play in person? >> first, you don't think he is an american. >> a compliment. he looks like a natural on the field.

he is strong for his size. >> reporter: and the defenders and somehow find a teammate for a goal. [ cheers and applause ] he is either set up or scored, nine of the usa's last 11 goals. [ cheers and applause ] >> makes you think this is going to be, perhaps, the first american superstar in the sport. >> you are willing to say that? >> i'm welling to say that. >> lot of people are hedging. >> you have to be hesitant about this. but this is a very talented young man. >> sometimes if i am laying in bed at night and thinking wow this is really happening. and you really don't feel like it is real. >> there was never a master plan. >> no, no master plan. not even close. >> mark and kelly pulicic met at george mason university where they beth played soccer. >> get some distance between you, right?

>> mark is a professional coach. kelly just retired as a physical education teacher. they have three children. chase, d.d. and christian their youngest. >> everything he does, it has to be at a very high level. he doesn't like to fail. and he wants it to be perfect. when he was 2 years old. he would color and he would color out of the lines and just, flip out. i'm thinking what's wrong with this kid. basically, i didn't want to color with him anymore. and what had happened was. i bought whiteout for a 2-year-old. he would get the whiteout and go around the edges to make it perfect. and i never seen anything like that. i have two other kids. i'm thinking, this isn't normal. that's like his personality. kind of in a nutshell. at 2 years old he had to keep it in the lines. >> he became obsessed with soccer. and before he started kindergarten, had mastered one of the sport's most difficult skills. playing with botfe

he would play for hours in the yard. when his parents finally coaxed him inside for dinner, he would pass under this sign. confidence, the one word gospel according to mark. >> it was playing up against older kids. so i said one thing you can never lose. and you always have to play with confidence. that you belong. so -- i wrote it up there. and, i did a spell check first to make sure it was spelled properly. >> so he would have full confidence. >> it would be there. >> the boy wonder ran circles around older kids all over pennsylvania. >> he was really small. and i would hear people going, ooh, who brought their little brother. they probably didn't have enough players. somebody's little brother is out there. >> isn't that sweet. >> the game would go on. get the ball and do something. i would giggle. they were like, oh, look at that little kid. somebody mark him. cover him. >> by the time he was 12,

him too. >> we would get calls constantly. oh, can christian play with us. we had to really find the balance of -- what was too much. >> i just think what we did differently was we made sure that, we didn't put him in a -- structured environment. all the time. he played for one team. he would practice twice a week. and play a game on the weekend. >> sound pretty normal. >> yeah. >> you hear the stories about the parents who are doing, thousands of miles in their car, taking their kids everywhere. special coaches, special diets. backyard workouts. >> it doesn't work. >> you didn't do that with christian? >> no. >> didn't keep him on a gluten free, fat free -- >> no. >> diet. >> after games there were slurpees and doritos, right? >> yeah. >> the pulicics decided to see if christian could cut it in one of the most competitive leagues in the world. at 16 he signed with the club that has a reputation for building stars. >> why d h

germany to play. a ton of teams in the u.s., would love to have you. >> as a kid, i learned if you want to be the best you have to play against the best. >> his father moved with him and enrolled christian in a german high school. >> what was school like? >> i remember going in first day. teachers would talk in germans. other kids would say he doesn't speak german. i'm thinking to myself. how is no one aware thought of. >> he calls me after the first day of school. mom, mom. what's up, christian. i went to school, sat in class. didn't know what class it was. >> was he lonely at first? >> he was very lonely. >> what did you stay? >> christian, what do you want to do. want to say. believe it or not. lot easier to come home on everybody. mom, i don't want to come home. >> see the full report on our website. cbsnews.com. the "overnight news" will be right back. ♪

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ranger. cappa. alfie, and coffee. we got to spend special time with coffee most of the day. she was always with me. side by side. she was going to get me through. >> james bennett served with coffee, chocolate labrador retriever by his side almost ten years. they did three tours in afghanistan. coffee was an explosive detection dog. sniffing out bombs and facing danger head on as the unit's line of defense.

never. never had to go anywhere and say, okay, something happened. she has never lost anybody. >> she saved a lot of lives. >> yes, sir. >> including perhaps yours? >> i know mine. >> did she come under fire? >> yeah, too many times. >> too many times. they know how valuable she is. they target her. >> yeah, they do. several instance these was targeted. >> dogs are valuable to the military for loyalty, courage and their extraordinary sense of smell. over 1600 dogs are currently serving in u.s. and around the world. 34 have been killed in action. during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. bennett says through three deployments. coffee became much more than a dog. each more than a best friend. >> do you consider her a hero. >> i consider her an angel. she brought me home. >> you think you would have survived three tours in afghanistan without her? >> i don't know. >> good girl. >> his wife lindsay encouraged him to nominate coffee for the canine -- k-9 medal of courage. >> there were a couple times i didn't hear from him a couple days. it was panic. >> panic. >> the tight feeling. you hear things on the news you. don't know. did you feel better knowing he was with coffee. >> coffee now lives with the bennetts and their three kids. for ten years of service, love is coffee's endless rd

raise your hand? why do you love coffee so much? >> because she brought my daddy home. >> home from afghanistan? >> yeah. >> to them coffee is a member of the family. at 13 years old they know she is approaching her final years. >> we have 17 years of marriage right now. we wouldn't have that. >> no, we wouldn't have the three kids we have. without her. >> no. >> really giving me heaven now. going to give me a chance to enjoy by kids and time with my wife. i want her to enjoy the last part. she's earned it. awe all okay. you melt coffee. take a look at the other three. first, alfie here. works as bomb sniffer with the tsa. then you have cappa served in the navy went to iraq and afghanistan. and, protected the president of the united states. and then we have ranger who

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