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his killer was not. pointed out on this veterans' website. bob and jean summers are his aunt and uncle. tau a scott and karen marshal were also in the air force, stationed in north carolina. they met in the barracks. mike had known the couple since then. >> i knew that i had a brother and sister that, that had my back. >> reporter: both families are reminiscent of the deep sense of service that runs through this part of texas. both have sons on active duty. their loss still unfathomable to those who worshipped with them. >> you not it's just hard to imagine these people that had no idea -- >> this memorial of 26 crosses is just one of many throughout this town.
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coping with their shared grief. jeff, funeral plans are under way that may include a mass
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tonight getting a look at video shot just after the gunman was chased down by two men. the video shot by johnny langendorf drove the car in the chase. the shooter had driven off the road where he took his own life. officers can be seen there with weapons drawn. as in any mass shooting, law enforcement is looking for clues that could help prevent the next attack. here is jeff pegues with more on that. >> come on! >> police in hamilton, ohio training for the next active shooter situation. 171 to 384. >> columbine, aurora, colorado, newtown, las vegas have taught investigators it is important to move fast.
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difficult to predict who will be the next shooter. tom manger president of the major city police chief association. >> we have yet to find this checklist of -- of red flags or indicators that is really i think detailed enough and sophisticated enough for us to say, okay, we need to worry about, you know this individual because, he meets so many of the criteria. >> most active shooter situations occur in less than five minutes. >> an fbi report says, 70% of the time they happen in either a business or educational environment. and, with less frequency, open spaces, government properties, and houses of worship. former fbi agent, katherine schweit who co-authored the study, said preventing the attack is seeing the warning signs. >> they get fixated on something. >> get fixated on something regard to idea, anger over a spouse, or anger over an
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employer, or particular political position. that fixation, and it grows and it strengthens. >> as much as police try to adapt their tactics they know there is a limit to what nay can stop. >> if there was a perfect way to prevent the things sure we would have, already, you know, implemented that. >> because these active shooter situations often unfold before police arrive on the scene, law enforcement officials emphasize it is important to be aware of your surroundings and pay attention to where the exits are. jeff? >> jeff, thank you very much. now, go back to anthony mason in new york. anthony. >> thank you, jeff. breaking news. former pitching ace, roy halladay killed today in a plane crash off florida's coast. don dahler is following this. >> roy halladay single engine aircraft went down off the town of holiday, florida. the sheriff says there was no mayday, and the plane was found in six feet of water. >>
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caring husband, loved his wife randi, loved his two boys. >> halladay, a new, avid pilot. posting pictures and video on social media of icon a-5. small amphibious sport plane. before retiring from baseball four years ago, halladay, a pitcher. threw a perfect game during the 2010 season. >> he retires all 27. and a no hitter in the post season that same year. >> roy halladay. in his 16 year career with the blue jays and phillies he was an eight-time all star. during his retirement press conference, halladay talked about the game. >> baseball has given us a lot. tremendous run, tremendous experience. something i will never forege. >> the philadelphia phillies released this statement. there are no words to describe the sadness the phillies namely is feeling, over the loss of one of the most
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anthony, roy halladay was 40 years old. >> thank you, don dahler. >> president trump trying a new approach to dealing with north korea's nuclear threat. revealed it today in south korea when questioned by margaret brennan. >> reporter: have you seen any success in your diplomatic strategy so far and do you still believe that direct talks are a waste of time? >> i think we are making a lot of progress. i really believe that it makes sense for, north korea to come to the table and to make a deal that is good for the people of north korea, and the people of the world. i do see certain movement, yes. >> with secretary of state rex tillerson looking on, the president declined to say whether he still thought direct negotiations were a waste of time as he tweeted last month. undercutting america's top diplomat
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your energy, rex. standing in seoul, within artillery range, the president was reluctant to use military force. >> waw >> we have many things happening that we hope, we hope, in fact, i will go a step further, we hope to good we never have to use. >> he notably chose not to repeat his ridicule of kim jong-un. >> rocketman is on a suicide mission for himself. strikingly different tone from his past tough talk. >> they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. >> the visit appeared carefully scripted to calm concerns in south korea, whose president favors a restrained approach. he asked mr. trump to visit this military base, and said the demiliarized zone on the north korean border. the president expects south korea to buy billions in u.s. made weapons says the u.s. has significant military assets of
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a nuclear submarine. and by the end of the week. three air craft carriers. anthony. >> margaret brennan in seoul. thank you. coming up, new allegations that harvey weinstein enlisted an army of spies to silence his accusers. and later, plans for a high profile, auction, a master stroke? or a crime against the arts? hey honey, how was practice? good. must've been hot out there today, huh? yeah. yeah.
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cbs news confirmed manhattan district attorney plans to present evidence against harvey weinstein to a grand jury next
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week. the disgrasd movie mogul is facing a wave of sexual assault and misconduct allegations now the new yorker magazine reports weinstein hired an army of spies to silence his accusers. here is jericka duncan. >> reporter: the article, in one case, an investigator posed as woman rights advocate to gain information about mcgowan getting ready to go public. reporter rownan farrow, deceptive, intrusive behavior, terrified women and made them fear for their safety, was being run through legitimate law firms in secrecy. >> reporter: this contract obtained by the new yorker, dated july 11 this year signed by attorney david boise who fought for same-sex marriage. it shows the law firm
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with blackcube, company made up of veterans of elite israeli intelligence uniits. one of the objectives to provide intelligence which will help the client's efforts to completely stop the publication of a negative article in a leading new york newspaper. last month, "the new york times" reported that weinstein allegedly paid off sexual harassment accusers. today a spokesperson from the times told cbs news, we learned that the law firm of boyce schiller and flexner worked to stop our reporting on harvey weinstein at the same time as lawyers were representing us in other matters. it is inexcusable and we will be pursuing appropriate remedies. in a statement to his employees, boise, addressed perceived conflict of interest saying we made clear we need to be able to continue to representative clients adverse to the times. but he went on to say, contracting with private investigators on behalf of weinstein was a mistake. >> a spokesperson for
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targeted or suppressed. now some conversations between a private investigator and rose mcgowan were secretly recorded and sent to weinstein, which may have been illegal. >> still ahead, a baltimore officer learns whether he will face punishment in the death of freddie gray. i just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. start at the new carfax.com show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs] ah... ahem...
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last holdout of the 2015 agreement to curb global carbon emissions and means the u.s. would be the only united nations member outside of the deal if president trump makes good on his threat to pull out. a baltimore police van driver was cleared today of all wrongdoing in the 2015 death of freddie gray. caesar goodson found not guilty of 21 administrative charges. goodson acquitted last year of second degree murder. gray died a week after being injured while being driven to a police station. his death sparked days of riots in the city. >> when we come back, jeff glor has an update from texas, plus can a painting be too valuable to sell?
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want to start a fight among art lovers. try putting a price tag on priceless works. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: norman rockwell spent much of his life in new england, capturing, sweet,
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sentimental in smalltown america. which paints the protests at the berkshire museum in massachusetts with a certain irony. rockwell donated two works here including his masterpiece. shuffleton's barber shop. >> no question when rockwell donated paintings with the understunde understanding they would be displayed at the museum. >> tom rockwell is norman's grandson. >> he loved that community. so for him, it was clearly an intent to give it to the people of the berkshires and to make it accessible for public view. >> well we are hoping to raise $50 million. >> elizabeth mcgraw, chair the berkshire museum board. >> the rockwell is one of the most valuable pieces that we do have. >> with the museum facing tough times, they decided to auction off the rockwells, which they saw as assets. >> i think it would be a sad state of affairs if t
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empty building which is what we are facing. >> is that really the only choice to sell the rockwells or to have an empty building here? >> well it's -- yeah. >> just feels like a tragedy to me. >> the rockwell family sued to stop the sale. >> we kind of feel like it would be rolling over in his grave if he knew about this. >> it is a tough decision the tough decision. we have a trust with our community that we are entrusted with keeping this museum open. >> late this afternoon, the court ruled in favor of -- the museum. leaving them free to sell and to remind us all of the difference between money and treasure. jim axelrod, cbs news, pitsfield, massachusetts. that's the "overnight news" for wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news, and cbs this morning. for jeff glor in sutherland springs, texas. i'm any
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welcome to the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. the investigation of the church massacre in texas continues to dredge up new and troubling information about the killer. turns out that not only was devin kelley court martialed by the air force but the service actually had him committed to a mental facility. he escaped, and according to a police report, threatened to kill superior officers. there is also chilling accounts on how kelly carried out his bloodbath. david martin begins our coverage. >> reporter: a police report of a brief escape from a mental health facility threw an even darker light on the air force career of devin kelley. a 2012ol
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himself and others, as he add already been caught sneaking firearms onto holloman air force base in new mexico where he was stationed and attempting to carry out death threats he had made on his military chain of command. five months laltd ter court martialed for beating his wife and sentenced to a year in prison. despite the history of mental health problems and conviction for domestic violence, the air force failed to enter his name into the fbi database that is searched to determine if a person is barred from purchasing firearms. allowing him to buy the assault rifle he used to kill 26 people. air force secretary, heather wilson spoke with the cbs news streaming channel, cbsn. >> it is pretty clear that the checklist that we use was not followed by the local office. and his fingerprints
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been put into the database. >> statistics indicate the air force, but the department of defense, all most never files a report unless the offender also received a dishonorable discharge. a arerer punishment. 11,000 dishonorable discharges entered into the database. only one for domestic violence. and one for mental health. >> robert corrigan and his wife, ee pit mietz that devotion at their church ♪ note your happiness is the lord ♪ and in their community. a deeply patriotic one. corrigan moved here two years ago after a decorated 30 year career in the air force. as chief master sergeant of the 55th medical group the offut air force base in nebraska, he led
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air combat command. >> being a musician i really like, paslm 33. >> chief corrigan was everything his killer was not. pointed out on this veterans website. bob and jean summers are his aunt and uncle. >> we lost a young man that loved the military. loved to serve his country. >> scott and karen mar sthal were also in the air force, stationed in north carolina. they met in the barracks. meek norton had known the couple since then. >> i knew that i had a brother and sister that had my back. >> beth families are reminiscent of the deep sense of service that runs through this part of texas. both have sons on active duty. their loss still unfathomable to those who worshipped with them. >> you know, just hard, hard to imagine. >> president trump continues his tour of asia. the latest stop, south korea. e
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a different tune about the threat from the north. mr. trump didn't call kim jong-un little rocketman or threaten to rain down fire and fury. as he has in the past. the president told the leaders it would all work out. >> have you seen any success in your diplomatic strategy so far, and do you still believe that direct talks are a waste of time. >> we are making progress. it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a, a deal. good for the people of north korea and the people of the world the i do see certain movement, yes. >> with rex tillerson looking on, the president declined to say whether he still thought direct negotiations were a waste of time as he tweeted last
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telling top diplomat to save your energy, rex. we have many things happening, that we hope to god, >> he notably chose not to repeat his ridicule of kim jong-un. >> rocketman is on a \suicide mission for himself. strikingly different tone from his past tough talk. >> they will be met with fire >> they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. >> the visit appeared carefully >> the visit appeared carefully scripted to calm concerns in south korea, whose president favors a restrained approach. he asked mr. trump to visit this military base, and said the demiliarized zone on the north korean border. the president expects south korea to buy billions in u.s. made weapoay
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significant military assets of its own in the region including a nuclear submarine. and by the end of the week. the plot continues to thicken around disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein and his alleged sexual misdeeds. a published report says weinstein paid an army of detectives, lawyers and former spies, to try to side line the investigation. jericka duncan has that. >> the article exposes how top private investigators tried to discredit alleged rain victim, rose mcgowan. in one case, an investigator posed as a woman's rights advocate to gain information about mcgowan getting ready to go public with her story. reporter rownan farrow, deceptive, intrusive behavior, terrified women and made them fear for their safety, was being run through legitimate law firms in secrecy. pobtained by the new yorker,
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dated july 11 this year signed by attorney david boise who fought for same-sex marriage. it shows the law firm executed contract on behalf of weinstein with blackcube, company made up of veterans of elite israeli intelligence uniits. one of the objectives to provide intelligence which will help the client's efforts to completely stop the publication of a negative article in a leading new york newspaper. last month, "the new york times" reported that weinstein allegedly paid off sexual harassment accusers. today a spokesperson from the times told cbs news, we learned that the law firm of boyce schiller and flexner worked to stop our reporting on harvey weinstein at the same time as lawyers were representing us in other matters. it is inexcusable and we will be pursuing appropriate remedies. in a statement to his employees, boise, addressed perceived conflict of interest saying we made clear we need to be able to continue to representative clients adverse to the times. but he went on to say, contracting with private investigators on behalf of weinstein was a mistake.
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this the cbs "overnight news." aerial photography was reserved for the pros, pilots and shooters. now all you need is your cell phone and enough money to hire a helicopter. jeff glor took to the skies for the story. >> looking up across america's largest city it is impossible to beat the views. unless you try looking down. from central park to one world trade and the statue of liberty, new york is even more impressive from elevation. >> that is an unbelievable shot. you can't get that anywhere else. you can't do it through mobile helicopter. >> one of the businesses taking advantage of a rapidly
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aerial photography market. by offering tours without the doors. >> another view. nothing between you and the city. >> tim ohr is the company's coo. [ indiscernible ] >> buzz to day people don't just want to look at great photos they want to take them, themselves. >> indeed an experience. the city, actually is an experience. from the air. nothing like it. >> when it launched in 2013 it was geared to professionals. >> all of this for you are a lot is seshl social media. >> 100%. posting photographs, sharing what we see with the world. it was coming back, ten-fold. how can i do this? i want to do that. where did you get the picture. just the lightbulb went off. and it was like, i don't see why you can't come either. so we, we opened the doors. people started jumping on board. >> quickly expand to las vegas, miami, san francisco, and los angeles. >> this
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everybody. you buy a seat. you go up when you want to. and you take your photos. you post them on instagram, facebook. and, your friends are going, whoa, i want to do that. >> everybody is a photographer today. >> it is true. >> is that bad? >> no, i think it is great. >> reporter: a long way from where alex mclane started 42 years ago. mclane published 11 books on aerial photography over his career. >> i would go up and go, shoot, come back, get my film back. three days later. all overexposed. you wanted to shoot yourself. it was really expensive. now you can get to see how you are doing right on the spot. it is just, it's very simple. >> reporter: his views of landscapes range from tobacco farms to rows of cut flous to b-52 bone yards. >> but the first thing i had to do was learn to fly. that was stuff in itself. terrified of flying. we joined him for a recent flight outside boston. >> i'm
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this. in a cessna 172. >> there its nothing fancy about this. >> nah. >> huh. >> what is that? >> these are wetlands, the river, this is a famous farm right here. it's -- it is an old farm that has been here forever. >> okay. so there is the farm right there. >> we flew over the famed walden pond. mclane pointed out the water level its so low, nearly surrounded by beach. much of his work today focuses on the environment. >> it's, you know the most, immediate threat and so many different ways. every where you look, you can see, climate issues. at play. you know from agriculture, coastal areas. heat, fire, fire, that we have now. >> google is also in the game. earth lets users, aerially explore the planet in 3 d. now in an update you can trace the path of hurricanes see how
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>> it is such a unique vantage point to see a place from that altitude and to kind of understand of how more the earth is connected between the oceans and mountains and different land masses. and there is really no wit to do that without having that kind of perspective. >> this year, google added a voyager feature. part tourist guide, part teacher. you can tour everything from the kennedy space center to lost civilizations. >> if google earth is a place to get lost, google voyager is a police to learn. >> voyager is a bit of your guide to help you navigate some of the places. >> to have that kind of ability to spin the globe, zoom into a place that you think might be interesting, and, and, go along for the ride. and, see where it takes you. >> addicting? >> it is a little bit addicting. it also doesn't cost anything. so, the beauty of it is, you can, see all the places from wherever is most comfortable for you. >> all this said, ohr says the most important place to capture a memory its still in the mind. >> are there times when peo
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pictures that they're not, paying attention to what they're actually seek with their eyes. >> they're shooting so fast, trying to capture everything, some times we actually tell them, put the camera down. look at what you are seeing. picture the memories, actually some times a lot more valuable. >> jeff glor, new york.
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murder mystery of all time returning to the silver screen. seth doane behind the scenes of "murder on the orient express." ♪ >> reporter: whether the baby grand piano, white tablecloths and fine china, or the art deco details it is clear this is no ordinary train. it's the venice simpllon orient express made up of 1920s carriages, reminiscent of the legendary train dating back to 1800s which transported passengers between paris and istanbul in very high style. we hopped on board in paris. >> it's quite beautiful. >> it is incredible. >> our traveling companion was james pritchard. if his name is not recognizable, his great grandmother's certainly is, agatha christy. >> probably feel as close to my great grandmother as i
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>> you can feel what she must have felt. you feel sense of history here. >> avid traveler, christy was a regular on the orient express. >> the orient express. >> which she called the train of her dreams. no wonder it was the setting for her most famous tale of murder. >> think when you walk along the carriages you can imagine the way her mind worked. just presumably lay there at night and kind of thought about, how, someone might die in one of the carriages and then how it might all -- pan out. you can kind of see how hear imagination developed. >> christy's imagination pours on to the pages of her 66 novels. 150 plus short stories. and, more than 20 plays. perhaps none is more beloved than murter on the orient express. >> a passenger has died on the train. >> it has been told, retold several times. >> he was murdered. >> dear god, murder here? >> my name its hercule
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probably the greatest detective in the world. >> kenneth brannagh, direct and stars in the lateest aadaption. >> she is such a master at laying out in this case, very, very fascinating interesting group of characters. >> that made brannagh's job of directing and casting the film all the more interesting. >> we spent a lot of time, making sure. >> he may be a towering figure in hollywood, but was dwarfed next to the hulking train he had built for his film. >> we wanted very much to be away from friendly trains, the world of thomas the tank engine. >> this is not thomas the tank engine. >> at a movie studio lot outside london. >> it's the restaurant car. >> brannagh took us on board. in his role as the the legendary investigator. >> the world famous detective. >> hercule perot. >> he sports the trademark mustache. >> envisioning you behind the
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camera with the big mustache? >> one of the most difficult things popping behind the camera, literally, getting the mustache caught in bits of, what was holding up the eye piece. that provided a few, unfortunate moments. >> it was a fair share of mustache maintenance on set not to mention, some wrangling of the all stash cast. >> agatha christy loved that performance magic. so she absolutely invites you to get an elite team. and if you get that elite team, which we had here, you see them coming at this material understanding all of the subtle ways in which they can make an impression with the character. >> well, hello. >> brannagh calls actors thur rebreds. >> eyes linger any longer, i'll have to charge rent. >> i'll pay. >> nothing to say to penelope cruz, johnny depp, michelle pfeiffer, judy dench. when you see them arrive on the
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assurance which is thrilling to see. >> also interesting he says to watch them watch each other. >> on the first day they all worked together. it was like the first day of school. they were bringing. >> judy dench. >> hello, johnny depp. michelle pfeiffer. hello, johnny. very shy. respectful. and quite a built nervous. >> nervous. >> why would you be nervous? they were so impressed by the others? >> i think johnny depp doesn't want to do anything less than perfect work in front of judi dench. and doesn't want to do anything other than perfect work. don't want to be any one that drops the ball. >> to go on the set of a proper hollywood movie just takes your breath away. >> james pritchard was on set making sure the spirit of christy's writing was protected. he sees his great grandmother as a trail blazer. she reportedly sold more than 2 billion books. and a number believed to be surpassed only by shakespeare and the bible.
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>> she was the breadwinner for the family. some would say she still is the breadwinner for the family. she really was a very extraordinary woman. >> in an era where women had limited options she long saw writing as more of a hobby. >> books and stories. they were published. >> but a writer its what she was. >> it looks like it was written in 192. >> at the rather refined bar on board, pritchard showed us copies of notes, christy penned. detailing fellow travelers on the orient express. >> an old gentleman of 85 with the most amusing wife of 70 with a hideous but very attractive face.
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its just extraordinary. >> in a way it seemed christy was a silent fellow passenger for those riding the train today. >> i have always been a fan of agatha christy. i read all of her books. this is like, really old. >> you have it right here. >> samantha collins told us the atmosphere evoked that of the book. and another passenger, amy pole, traveled from alaska to celebrate her 20th wedding anniversary here. >> have you been thinking about the journaly? >> yes, yes. for 57 years. >> no. >> yeah. yeah. >> since you first read the book. >> since i first read the book. >> murder on the orient express. >> we kept hearing, agatha christy stories were timeless, classics. which kenneth brannagh said demanded to be told and told again. >> with some one look agatha christy, the longevity to do with the in ate quality of the original material. it seems to me her genius is not confined to one telling of
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story. >> a genius for murder. that never seems to go out of style.
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we end this half-hour with steve hartman. a couple years ago i, confessed to after the kids were in bed. the fact was that i could not stop pulling the things. some of my favorites. i realize the extent of my addiction only after my cameraman interviewed my wife andrea about it. >> he goes out at 7:00 at night and weeds until dark. some times out there past dark. >> her point is? >> it's not weeding a garden. it's weeding five acres. >> 4 1/2 technically. see, a few years earlier i had this idea. to turn this weedy hillside into
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native wildfires and grasses. i contacted this man, who would eventually become my dealer. >> we started with prairie plants. >> ee ohe got me hooked on weed through gateway plants. purple coneflower, compass plant and smooth aster. >> yeah, my product is highly addictive. it's called love of nature. awe bought here's the problem. before you see those flowers in the magazine, you often need to spend a great deal of time, weeding a new prairie meadow. and neil made no mention of how addicting that could be. >> i would come out here every night and dread it. then a switch flipped i started coming out here. and loving it. >> weeding can induce a meditative state. that its therapy for all of us in this crazy world. you can tune everything out and focus on one single-minded purpose. >> also, just as a practical matter, after investing hundred wh hours out here.
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up on the whole project. >> it would -- >> andrea? >> i could live without it. >> you want your husband back, don't you? >> no, i don't know if i could live with how, defeated my husband would feel if we gave it up. >> after this story first aired in 2015, i thought a lot about her hesitation. i realized you can take a hobby too seriously. which is why, i am now a recovering weedaholic. oh, i will clip the occasional spotted nap weed. i don't obsess like i used to. choosing instead to focus on these three blossoms. growing like weeds in the only garden we tend, that truly matters. steve hartman, at home, in catskill, new york. and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others. check back with us a little later for the morning news and you don't want to miss "cbs this morning." from the broadst
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york city. i'm do i'm don dahler. warnings missed. the texas church gunman once escaped from a mental health facility and threatened air force superiors. witnesses say he targeted crying babies in the church. >> it sound like he didn't want to take his finger off the trigger. he was like -- >> also tonight. president trump tries a new strategy on north korea. >> breaking news, cy young award winning pitcher, roy halliday killed in a small plane crash. he was one in a million. >> harvey weinstein accused of hiring an army of spies to dig up dirt on his accusers.
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and a museum's quest for green has an artist's family seeing red. >> we kind of feel like he would be rolling over in his grave. >> announcer: this the cbs "overnight news." i'm jeff glor in sutherland springs, texas. anthony mason will join us from new york in a moment to. night it appears there were multiple warning signs about the gunman who opened fire during sunday services here. they include reports of his vief lent past, an escape from a mental health facility and death threats to air force superiors. he was able to buy weapons because of a mistake by the air force. 26 people were murdered at first baptist church. 20 hurt. ten are in critical condition. david martin begins our coverage. >> reporter: a police report of a brief escape from a mental health facility, threw an even darker light on the air force career of devin kelley. a 2012 el paso police department report described kelly as a danger to himself and others as he had already been caught sneaking firearms on
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holloman air force base in new mexico where stationed. and was attempting to carry out death threats he made on his military chain of command. five months later he was court martialed for beating then wife and stepson. and was sentenced to ape year in prison and bad conduct discharge. despite the history of mental health problems and convection for domestic violence, the air force failed to enter his name into the fbi database, that is searched to determine if a person is barred from purchasing firearms. allowing him to buy the assault rifle he used to kill 26 people. air force secretary heather wilson spoke with the cbs news streaming channel, cbsn. >> it is pretty clear that the checklist we use was not followed by the local office. and his fingerprints should have been put into the database. they were not. >> fbi statistics indicate not just the air force, but the entire department of defense, almost never files a report, unless the offender also received a dishonorable discharge. a slightly harsher punishment than kelly's bad conduct discharge.
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discharges have been entered into the database. only one for domestic violence. and one for mental health. in other word, the ferrier to flag kelly to the fbi may not have been an isolated oversight. but part of a pattern of poor reporting throughout the defense department. a pattern first identified by the pentagon inspector general, 20 years ago. jeff. >> david martin. thank you very much. it is believed that one week ago, the killer attended the fall festival at first baptist and did not raise any alarms. five days later he showed no mercy at the same house of worship. even to his youngest victims. mark strassmann has more on
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this. >> reporter: outside the church that became a killing field, crime investigators reconstructed a madman's rampage. lorenzo flores spotted him first. >> this guy was dressed like gi joe all in black and stuff. >> 11:10 sunday morning. flores across the street saw a man with a rifle close in on the church. he was across the street look that in this position. >> on a mission? >> gunman devin kelley first fired through the windows of first baptist church. when he walked inside the real carnage began. >> it was so scary. and that man was shooting. i mean he was shooting hard. >> roseanne celice wounded played dead on the floor. >> everybody got down, crawling under, wherever they could hide. >> they were among 50 inside. within minutes about half of them were killed. the gunman paced the room. stalking the dead and the dying.
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and pumped bullets into whomever showed signs of life. especially crying babies. >> how long did the shooting go on for? >> man, just sounded like forever. >> flores thought the popping sound would never end. >> sounds like he didn't want to take his finger off the trigger. he was look -- and constant like. it wouldn't, wouldn't let off. >> investigators recovered 15 empty magazines. each held 30 round. freeman martin its with the texas department of public safety. >> when the first call came in, the wilson county sheriff's office arrived within 4 minutes. i can tell you 4 minutes is a long time during an active shooter situation. >> investigators refused to talk specific as but a motive. but kelly, estranged from his second wife sent threatening
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text messages to his mother-in-law. she attend this church. but missed services this past sunday. the sheriff's office told cbs news there was a 2013 sexual assault case against kelly investigators dropped it after he moved out of state. they now plan to reopen that case. jeff. >> thank you very much. like the killer, some of the dead were air force veterans. miff shell miller shares their stories. >> their deaths are in stark contrast to the lives they lived. lives defined by a love of god and country. >> happiness is the lord. >> robert and his wife shani epitomize devotion at the church. ♪ your happiness is the lord >> reporter: and in their community. a deeply patriotic o.
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corrigan moved here two years ago after decorated 30 year career in the air force. as chief master sergeant of the 55th medical group in nebraska he led the largest and biz yeast in the air combat command. >> being a musician i really like psalms, 33. >> chief corrigan was everything his killer was not. pointed out on this veterans' website. bob and jean summers are his aunt and uncle. scott and karen marshal were also in the air force, stationed in north carolina. they met in the barracks. mike had known the couple since then. >> i knew that i had a brother and sister that, that had my back. >> reporter: both families are reminiscent of the deep sense of service that runs through this part of texas. both have sons on active duty. their loss still unfathomable to th
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>> you not it's just hard to imagine these people that had no idea -- >> this memorial of 26 crosses is just on
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tonight getting a look at video shot just after the gunman was chased down by two men. the video shot by johnny langendorf drove the car in the chase. the shooter had driven off the road where he took his own life. officers cn be seen there with weapons drawn. as in any mass shooting, law enforcement is looking for clues that could help prevent the next attack. here is jeff pegues with more on that. >> come on! >> police in hamilton, ohio training for the next active shooter situation. 171 to 384. >> columbine, aurora, colorado, newtown, las vegas have taught investigators it is important to move fast. but they have also learned it is difficult to predict who will be the next shooter. tom manger president of the major city police chief association. >> we have yet to find this
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think detailed enough and sophisticated enough for us to say, okay, we need to worry about, you know this individual because, he meets so many of the criteria. >> most active shooter situations occur in less than five minutes. >> an fbi report says, 70% of the time they happen in either a business or educational environment. and, with less frequency, open spaces, government properties, and houses of worship. former fbi agent, katherine schweit who co-authored the study, said preventing the attack is seeing the warning signs. >> they get fixated on something. >> get fixated on something regard to idea, anger over a spouse, or anger over an employer, or particular political position. that fixation, and it grows and it strengthens. >> as much as police try to adapt their tactics they know
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stop. >> if there was a perfect way to prevent the things sure we would have, already, you know, implemented that. >> because these active shooter situations often unfold before police arrive on the scene, law enforcement officials emphasize it is important to be aware of your surroundings and pay attention to where the exits are. jeff? >> jeff, thank you very much. now, go back to anthony mason in new york. anthony. >> thank you, jeff. breaking news. former pitching ace, roy halladay killed today in a plane crash off florida's coast. don dahler is following this. >> roy halladay single engine aircraft went down off the town of holiday, florida. the sheriff says there was no mayday, and the plane was found in six feet of water.
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>> we know roy as a person. caring husband, loved his wife randi, loved his two boys. >> halladay, a new, avid pilot. posting pictures and video on social media of icon a-5. small amphibious sport plane. before retiring from baseball four years ago, halladay, a pitcher. threw a perfect game during the 2010 season. >> he retires all 27. and a no hitter in the post season that same year. >> roy halladay. in his 16 year career with the blue jays and phillies he was an eight-time all star. during his retirement press conference, halladay talked about the game. >> baseball has given us a lot. tremendous run, tremendous experience. something i will never forege. >> the philadelphia phillies released this statement. there are no words to describe the sadness the phillies namely is feeling, over the loss of one
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years old. >> thank you, don dahler. >> president trump trying a new approach to dealing with north korea's nuclear threat. revealed it today in south korea when questioned by margaret brennan. >> reporter: have you seen any success in your diplomatic strategy so far and do you still believe that direct talks are a waste of time? >> i think we are making a lot of progress. i really believe that it makes sense for, north korea to come to the table and to make a deal that is good for the people of north korea, and the people of the world. i do see certain movement, yes. >> with secretary of state rex tillerson looking on, the president declined to say whether he still thought direct negotiations were a waste of
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time as he tweeted last month. undercutting america's top diplomat telling him to save your energy, rex. standing in seoul, within artillery range, the president was reluctant to use military force. >> we have many things happening that we hope, we hope, in fact, i will go a step further, we hope to good we never have to use. >> he notably chose not to repeat his ridicule of kim jong-un. >> rocketman is on a suicide mission for himself. strikingly different tone from his past tough talk. >> they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. >> the visit appeared carefully scripted to calm concerns in south korea, whose president favors a restrained approach. he asked mr. trump to visit this military base, and said the demiliarized zone on the north korean border. the president expects south korea to buy billions in u.s.
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significant military assets of its own in the region including a nuclear submarine. and by the end of the week. three air craft carriers. anthony. >> margaret brennan in seoul. thank you. coming up, new allegations that harvey weinstein enlisted an army of spies to silence his accusers. and later, plans for a high profile, auction, a master stroke? or a crime against the arts?
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cbs news confirmed manhattan district attorney plans to present evidence against harvey weinstein to a grand jury next week. the disgrasd movie mogul is
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facing a wave of sexual assault and misconduct allegations now the new yorker magazine reports weinstein hired an army of spies to silence his accusers. here is jericka duncan. >> reporter: the article, in one case, an investigator posed as woman rights advocate to gain information about mcgowan getting ready to go public. reporter rownan farrow, deceptive, intrusive behavior, terrified women and made them fear for their safety, was being run through legitimate law firms in secrecy. >> reporter: this contract obtained by the new yorker, dated july 11 this year signed by attorney david boise who fought for same-sex marriage. it shows the law firm executed contract on behalf of weinstein
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of veterans of elite israeli intelligence uniits. one of the objectives to provide intelligence which will help the client's efforts to completely stop the publication of a negative article in a leading new york newspaper. last month, "the new york times" reported that weinstein allegedly paid off sexual harassment accusers. today a spokesperson from the times told cbs news, we learned that the law firm of boyce schiller and flexner worked to stop our reporting on harvey weinstein at the same time as lawyers were representing us in other matters. it is inexcusable and we will be pursuing appropriate remedies. in a statement to his employees, boise, addressed perceived conflict of interest saying we made clear we need to be able to continue to representative clients adverse to the times. but he went on to say, contracting with private
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weinstein was a mistake. >> a spokesperson for weinstein says no individuals were targeted or suppressed. now some conversations between a private investigator and rose mcgowan were secretly recorded and sent to weinstein, which may have been illegal. >> still ahead, a baltimore officer learns whether he will face punishment in the death of freddie gray. my bargain detergent couldn't keep up. it was mostly water. so, i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated, so i get a better clean. i mean, i give away water for free. i'm not about to pay for it in my detergent. #1 trusted. #1 awarded it's got to be tide. and for a plant-based clean, try tide purclean
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last holdout of the 2015 agreement to curb global carbon emissions and means the u.s. would be the only united nations member outside of the deal if president trump makes good on his threat to pull out. a baltimore police van driver was cleared today of all wrongdoing in the 2015 death of freddie gray. caesar goodson found not guilty of 21 administrative charges. goodson acquitted last year of second degree murder. gray died a week after being injured while being driven to a police station. his death sparked days of riots in the city. >> when we come back, jeff glor has an update from texas, plus can a painting be too valuable to sell?
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which paints the protests at the berkshire museum in massachusetts with a certain irony. rockwell donated two works here including his masterpiece. shuffleton's barber shop. >> no question when rockwell donated paintings with the understanding they would be displayed at the museum. >> tom rockwell is norman's grandson. >> he loved that community. so for him, it was clearly an intent to give it to the people of the berkshires and to make it accessible for public view. >> well we are hoping to raise $50 million. >> elizabeth mcgraw, chair the berkshire museum board.
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>> the rockwell is one of the most valuable pieces that we do have. >> with the museum facing tough times, they decided to auction off the rockwells, which they saw as assets. >> i think it would be a sad state of affairs if this was an empty building which is what we are facing. >> is that really the only choice to sell the rockwells or to have an empty building here? >> well it's -- yeah. >> just feels like a tragedy to me. >> the rockwell family sued to stop the sale. >> we kind of feel like it would be rolling over in his grave if he knew about this. >> it is a tough decision the tough decision. we have a trust with our community that we are entrusted with keeping this museum open. >> late this afternoon, the court ruled in favor of -- the museum. leaving them free to sell and to remind us all of the difference between money and treasure. jim axelrod, cbs news, pitsfield, massachusetts. that's the "overnight news" for wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news, and cbs this morning. for jeff glor in sutherland springs, texas. i'm anthony mason in new york. thank you for watching.
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welcome to the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. the investigation of the church massacre in texas continues to dredge up new and troubling information about the killer. turns out that not only was devin kelley court martialed by the air force but the service actually had him committed to a mental facility. he escaped, and according to a police report, threatened to kill superior officers. there is also chilling accounts on how kelly carried out his bloodbath. david martin begins our coverage. >> reporter: a police report of a brief escape from a mental health facility threw an even darker light oe
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a 2012 police department report described kelly as a danger to himself and others, as he add already been caught sneaking firearms onto holloman air force base in new mexico where he was stationed and attempting to carry out death threats he had made on his military chain of command. five months later court martialed for beating his wife and stepson. sentenced to a year in prison. despite the history of mental health problems and conviction for domestic violence, the air force failed to enter his name into the fbi database that is searched to determine if a person is barred from purchasing firearms. allowing him to buy the assault rifle he used to kill 26 people. air force secretary, heather wilson spoke with the cbs news streaming channel, cbsn. >> it is pretty clear that the checklist that we use was not followed by the local office. and his fingerprints should have been put into the database.
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>> statistics indicate the air force, but the department of defense, all most never files a report unless the offender also received a dishonorable discharge. 11,000 dishonorable discharges entered into the database. only one for domestic violence. and one for mental health. >> robert corrigan and his wife, their church ♪ note your happiness is the lord ♪ and in their community. a deeply patriotic one. corrigan moved here two years ago after a decorated 30 year career in the air force. as chief master sergeant of the 55th medical group the offut air force base in nebraska, he led the largest and busiest in the air combat command. >> being a musician i really like, paslm 33.
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>> chief corrigan was everything his killer was not. pointed out on this veterans website. bob and jean summers are his aunt and uncle. >> we lost a young man that loved the military. loved to serve his country. >> scott and karen mar sthal were also in the air force, stationed in north carolina. they met in the barracks. meek norton had known the couple since then. >> i knew that i had a brother and sister that had my back. >> beth families are reminiscent of the deep sense of service that runs through this part of texas. both have sons on active duty. their loss still unfathomable to those who worshipped with them.
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>> you know, just hard, hard to imagine. >> president trump continues his tour of asia. the latest stop, south korea. where the president was singing a different tune about the threat from the north. mr. trump didn't call kim jong-un little rocketman or threaten to rain down fire and fury. as he has in the past. the president told the leaders it would all work out. >> have you seen any success in your diplomatic strategy so far, and do you still believe that direct talks are a waste of time. >> we are making progress. it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a, a deal. good for the people of north korea and the people of the world the i do see certain movement, yes. >> with rex tillerson looking on, the president declined to say whether he still thought direct negotiations were a waste of time as he tweeted last month. telling top diplomat to save your energy, rex. we have many things happening,
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notably chose not to repeat his ridicule of kim jong-un. >> rocketman is on a mission for himself. strikingly different tone from his past tough talk. >> they will be met with fire >> they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. >> the visit appeared carefully >> the visit appeared carefully scripted to calm concerns in south korea, whose president favors a restrained approach. he asked mr. trump to visit this military base, and said the demiliarized zone on the north korean border. the president expects south korea to buy billions in u.s. made weapons says the u.s. has significant military assets of its own in the region including a nuclear submarine.
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and by the end of the week. the plot continues to thicken around disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein and his alleged sexual misdeeds. a published report says weinstein paid an army of detectives, lawyers and former spies, to try to side line the investigation. jericka duncan has that. >> the article exposes how top private investigators tried to discredit alleged rain victim, rose mcgowan. in one case, an investigator posed as a woman's rights advocate to gain information about mcgowan getting ready to go public with her story. reporter rownan farrow, deceptive, intrusive behavior, terrified women and made them fear for their safety, was being run through legitimate law firms in secrecy. >> reporter: this contract obtained by the new yorker,
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dated july 11 this year signed by attorney david boise who fought for same-sex marriage. it shows the law firm executed contract on behalf of weinstein with blackcube, company made up of veterans of elite israeli intelligence uniits. one of the objectives to provide intelligence which will help the client's efforts to completely stop the publication of a negative article in a leading new york newspaper. last month, "the new york times" reported that weinstein allegedly paid off sexual harassment accusers. today a spokesperson from the times told cbs news, we learned that the law firm of boyce schiller and flexner worked to stop our reporting on harvey weinstein at the same time as lawyers were representing us in other matters. it is inexcusable and we will be pursuing appropriate remedies. in a statement to his employees, boise, addressed perceived conflict of interest saying we c
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this the cbs "overnight news." aerial photography was reserved for the pros, pilots and shooters. now all you need is your cell phone and enough money to hire a helicopter. jeff glor took to the skies for the story. >> looking up across america's largest city it is impossible to beat the views. unless you try looking down. from central park to one world trade and the statue of liberty, new york is even more impressive from elevation. >> that is an unbelievable shot. you can't get that anywhere else.
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helicopter. >> one of the businesses taking advantage of a rapidly rising aerial photography market. by offering tours without the doors. >> another view. nothing between you and the city. >> tim ohr is the company's coo. [ indiscernible ] >> buzz to day people don't just want to look at great photos they want to take them, themselves. >> indeed an experience. the city, actually is an experience. from the air. nothing like it. >> when it launched in 2013 it was geared to professionals. >> all of this for you are a lot is social media. >> 100%. posting photographs, sharing what we see with the world. it was coming back, ten-fold. how can i do this? i want to do that. where did you get the picture. just the lightbulb went off. and it was like, i don't see why
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you can't come either. so we, we opened the doors. people started jumping on board. >> quickly expand to las vegas, miami, san francisco, and los angeles. >> this makes it accessible to everybody. you buy a seat. you go up when you want to. and you take your photos. you post them on instagram, facebook. and, your friends are going, whoa, i want to do that. >> everybody is a photographer today. >> it is true. >> is that bad? >> no, i think it is great. >> reporter: a long way from where alex mclane started 42 years ago. mclane published 11 books on aerial photography over his career. >> i would go up and go, shoot, come back, get my film back. three days later. all overexposed. you wanted to shoot yourself. it was really expensive. now you can get to see how you are doing right on the spot. it is just, it's very simple. >> reporter: his views of landscapes range from tobacco farms to rows of cut flous to b-52 bone yards. >> but the first thing i had to
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do was learn to fly. that was stuff in itself. terrified of flying. we joined him for a recent flight outside boston. >> i'm curious to see how you do this. in a cessna 172. >> there its nothing fancy about this. >> nah. >> huh. >> what is that? >> these are wetlands, the river, this is a famous farm right here. it's -- it is an old farm that has been here forever. >> okay. so there is the farm right there. >> we flew over the famed walden pond. mclane pointed out the water level its so low, nearly surrounded by beach.
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on the environment. >> it's, you know the most, immediate threat and so many different ways. every where you look, you can see, climate issues. at play. you know from agriculture, coastal areas. heat, fire, fire, that we have now. >> google is also in the game. earth lets users, aerially explore the planet in 3 d. now in an update you can trace the path of hurricanes see how our world has been affected. >> it is such a unique vantage point to see a place from that altitude and to kind of understand of how more the earth is connected between the oceans and mountains and different land masses. and there is really no wit to do that without having that kind of perspective. >> this year, google added a voyager feature. part tourist guide, part teacher. you can tour everything from the kennedy space center to lost civilizations. >> if google earth is a place to get lost, google voyager is a police to learn. >> voyager is a bit of your guide to help you navigate some of the places. >> to have to spin the globe, zoom into a interes for the ride. and, see where it takes you. >> it is a little bit addicting. it also doesn't cost anything. so, the beauty of it is, you can, see all the places from wherever is most comfortable for you. >> all this said, ohr says the most important place to capture a memory its still in the mind. >> are there times when people are so focused on taking
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pictures that they're not, paying attention to what they're actually seek with their eyes. >> they're shooting so fast, trying to capture everything, some times we actually tell them, put the camera down. look at what you are seeing. picture the memories, actually some times a lot more valuable. >> jeff glor, new york.
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seth doane behind the scenes of "murder on the orient express." ♪ >> reporter: whether the baby grand piano, white tablecloths and fine china, or the art deco details it is clear this is no ordinary train. it's the venice simpllon orient express made up of 1920s carriages, reminiscent of the legendary train dating back to 1800s which transported passengers between paris and istanbul in very high style. we hopped on board in paris. >> it's quite beautiful. >> it is incredible. >> our traveling companion was james pritchard. if his name is not recognizable, his great grandmother's certainly is, agatha christy. >> probably feel as close to my great grandmother as i have.
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>> you can feel what she must have felt. you feel sense of history here. >> avid traveler, christy was a regular on the orient express. >> the orient express. >> which she called the train of her dreams. no wonder it was the setting for her most famous tale of murder. >> think when you walk along the carriages you can imagine the way her mind worked. just presumably lay there at night and kind of thought about, how, someone might die in one of the carriages and then how it might all -- pan out. you can kind of see how hear imagination developed. >> christy's imagination pours on to the pages of her 66 novels. 150 plus short stories. and, more than 20 plays. perhaps none is more beloved than murter on the orient express. >> a passenger has died on the train. >> it has been told, retold several times.
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>> dear god, murder here? >> my name its hercule perot and probably the greatest detective in the world. >> kenneth brannagh, direct and stars in the lateest aadaption. >> she is such a master at laying out in this case, very, very fascinating interesting group of characters. >> that made brannagh's job of directing and casting the film all the more interesting. >> we spent a lot of time, making sure. >> he may be a towering figure in hollywood, but was dwarfed next to the hulking train he had built for his film. >> we wanted very much to be away from friendly trains, the world of thomas the tank engine. >> this is not thomas the tank engine. >> at a movie studio lot outside london. >> it's the restaurant car.
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>> brannagh took us on board. in his role as the the legendary investigator. >> the world famous detective. >> hercule perot. >> he sports the trademark mustache. >> envisioning you behind the camera with the big mustache? >> one of the most difficult things popping behind the camera, literally, getting the mustache caught in bits of, what was holding up the eye piece. that provided a few, unfortunate moments. >> it was a fair share of mustache maintenance on set not to mention, some wrangling of the all stash cast. >> agatha christy loved that performance magic. so she absolutely invites you to get an elite team. and if you get that elite team, which we had here, you see them coming at this material understanding all of the subtle ways in which they can make an impression with the character. >> well, hello. >> brannagh calls actors thur rebreds. e
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>> nothing to say to penelope cruz, johnny depp, michelle pfeiffer, judy dench. when you see them arrive on the set, there is certainty and assurance which is thrilling to see. >> also interesting he says to watch them watch each other. >> on the first day they all worked together. it was like the first day of school. they were bringing. >> judy dench. >> hello, johnny depp. michelle pfeiffer. hello, johnny. very shy. respectful. and quite a built nervous. >> nervous. >> why would you be nervous? they were so impressed by the others? >> i think johnny depp doesn't want to do anything less than perfect work in front of judi dench. and doesn't want to do anything other than perfect work. don't want to be any one that drops the ball. >> to go on the set of a proper hollywood movie just takes your breath away. >> james pritchard was on set making sure the spirit of christy's writing was protected. he sees his great grandmother as a trail blazer. she reportedly sold more than 2 billion books.
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and a number believed to be surpassed only by shakespeare and the bible. >> she was the breadwinner for the family. some would say she still is the breadwinner for the family. she really was a very extraordinary woman. >> in an era where women had limited options she long saw writing as more of a hobby. >> books and stories. they were published. >> but a writer its what she was. >> but a writer its what she was. >> it looks like it was written in 192. >> at the rather refined bar on board, pritchard showed us copies of notes, christy penned. detailing fellow travelers on the orient express. >> an old gentleof
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the most amusing wife of 70 with a hideous but very attractive face. i think that last description its just extraordinary. >> in a way it seemed christy was a silent fellow passenger for those riding the train today. >> i have always been a fan of agatha christy. i read all of her books. this is like, really old. >> you have it right here. >> samantha collins told us the atmosphere evoked that of the book. and another passenger, amy pole, traveled from alaska to celebrate her 20th wedding anniversary here. >> have you been thinking about the journaly? >> yes, yes. for 57 years. >> no. >> yeah. yeah. >> since you first read the book. >> since i first read the book. >> murder on the orient express. >> we kept hearing, agatha christy stories were timeless, classics. which kenneth brannagh said demanded to be told and told again. >> witso
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original material. it seems to me her genius is not confined to one telling of the story. >> a genius for murder. that n
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