down? >> i felt given what was going on that you had more and more allegations that you had, a members that were calling for him to step down, that, that, it was just going to become really difficult for him to do his job. >> the pair of democratic resignations this week, puts even more pressure on the gop. and its alabama senate candidate, roy moore. >> the man who repeatedly preyed on young girls. >> many senate republicans disavowed roy again today. >> wish he were not our nominee. i think if he wins he is the gift that keeps on giving for democrats. >> late this afternoon they learned that arizona republican, trent franks intend to step down. the eight term congressman would not tell reporters why. >> i'll let the statement speak for itself. >> what does the statement say? >> take a look all it. >> in the statement, franks said he may have been incense tich geen discussing the topping of

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hat the uso does. [announcer] be a part of their journey, learn more today at uso.org. larry nassar former team doctor for women's gymnastics team sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. that sentence won't begin until nassar completes separate prison terms in michigan, he pleaded guilty to molesting girls, more than 140 women have accused nassar of sexual assault including at least three olympians. two students were killed today in a shooting at a high school in aztec, new mexico near colorado border. the shooter is dead. and barry peterson is there. >> reporter: a scene that has become all too familiar.

behind locked doors as a shooter opens fire. today aztec high school the school in the cross hairs, and they knew what to do. a junior at the high school. she heard shots right outside her classroom. >> we were sitting in the corner up against the wall. i could look feel it vibrating. and then it stopped. and, we, we, we, when we, evacuated out of the room there was a, dead body outside our room. and, and, we were told that it was probably the shooter. shot himself outside the door? >> some parents reported hearing from their children, via text messages that they could hear the shooter approaching. you feel like anymore, you are not safe anywhere. the high school was closed off as police cleared the campus and teens were reunited with their parents. chief mike hill runs the aztec police department. >> a

there, that helped save lives of kids. >> chief hill was one of the heroes when he and his men got here. the door was locked. the school was on lockdown. he and the men had to break through the win dez to gdows to inside to get the situation resolv resolved. jeff. >> thank you very much. as americans finalize holiday travel plans, terrorists overseas are working to build sophisticated laptop bombs that can be smuggled on to planes. debora patta traveled to somalia, where the el shaba military group nearly blew up a plane last year. >> you can see two men walking through the airport. one is carrying a laptop. watch in the bottom right as he slips the rigged computer to the bomber in the coffee shop. the man was the head of the mogadishu airport security at the time. >> sit down! >> the lap ttop exploded

only the bomber was killed. islamic militants try to perfect the laptop bomb. in fact, they tried to plant the bomb a day earlier. but the flight was canceled. in the past 18 months, three other computer bombs were found after one partially exploded in a cargo hold. new multilayered security checks including dogs, trained to sniff out explosives, are supposed to stop that. but they still have people on the inside. the deputy head of security. >> my biggest problem we have is no matter who it is. the airport manager. everybody have to follow the security. >> the militants operate freely in this crumbling city of mogadishu. >> we have repeatedly been told that they have eyes and ears everywhere. that they blend easily into communities, a street like this may not look menacing but it can

a truck bomb in october killed 500 people and injured hundreds more. according to intelligence sources, the bomb went off early, and meant to hit the airport. the u.s. embassy is next door. a senior intelligence source told us that they now have international support. the bombers tick it from last year's laptop bomb was bought in angola, the flight bound for india with the bomber had a visa and prepaid medical treatment. somalian intelligence believe the laptop bombs are all made by the same bomb maker who was possibly trained outside the country. they say the explosive devices carry his trademark signature, the use of a 9-volt battery. jeff. >> thank you very much. here are some other stories that we are watching in the news feed. ch

bureau from criticism by president trump. telling congress there is no finer institution. ray would not answer questions on the investigations of the trump campaign. or hillary clinton's e-mails because the the work is ongoing. >> general electric said today it is cutting 12,000 jobs in its power division. the unit has become a drag on earnings as demand for coal and natural gas drops worldwide. in favor of renewable energy. >> at the white house, president trump honored surviving veterans of the attack on pearl harbor, 76 years ago today. when he noted that, remember pearl harbor. a world war ii battle cry. 98-year-old mickey ganich took the cue. >> remember pearl harbors ago to meet the foe. just remember pearl harbor as we built the alamo. we shall always remember. >> and there

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insurance industry out with the list of safest cars and suvs. here's kris van cleave. >> stricter criteria for passenger protection in this crash test. and poor performing headlights cause the number of vehicles earning insurance institute for highway safety top safety ranking to plummet. >> the reason we do these tests is to show automakers w

need to improve their vehicle designs. >> iihs president, adrian lundt. >> we want cars to light up the road at night. we have a lot of particularly more serious crashes that occur at night. and, part of that reason is because, headlights haven't been very good. >> just these 15 vehicles were given the top safety pick plus rating that's down from 69 last year. no minivans, pickups or minicars made the list. to earn the designation, vehicles have to have good ratings in crash tests and roof strength as well as high marks for crash avoidance technology in addition to the better headlights standard and additional passenger crash protection. headligh performance all right shortened institute second tier safety list. 47 vehicles made the cut for 2018, down from 51 last year. four of the top 15 vehicles, are subarus. we found linda buying a 201 subaru to replace the one shoo has been driving 11 years. >> i

an accident i would be covered best as possible. >> this is a 201 hyundai santa fe one of 15 that topped the list got there thanks to optional upgrade. headlights not available on base models. crash avoidance technology won't be standard in most cars until 2022. jeff. >> kris, thank you. up next, how an artist's final work, 50 years ago, became an american classic.

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from southern california here we are about to head north to the dock of the frisco bay because this is the golden anniversary of a solid gold hit. anthony mason has the the poignant back story. >> reporter: at the monterey pop festival in 1967, otis redding, shook the world and ignited his career in america. >> but his biggest hit was still to come. how did hepp

dock of the bay? >> he called me from the airport. he was at stack studios in memphis that november. how long did it take for you to finish writing it? >> that afternoon. we were done. sitting at the dock of the bay. take one. ♪ sitting in the morning sun. >> 50 years ago today, cropper was getting ready to overdub some guitar licks to the track when redding came by. >> last time i saw otis here, said see you monday. i said great. that weekend, redding's private plane crash outside of madison, wisconsin, killing the singer and five others. redding was 26. >> and i said, i just lost my best friend. >> he was your best friend? ♪ wasting time >> the label rushed to reap lease an otis

sent into the studio to put the finishing touches on the dock of the bay. ♪ the frisco bay >> handed it to a flight attendant headed to la guardia. sitting on the dock of the bay became the first posthumous number one record on the billboard charts and won redding and cropper the grammy. >> a message in there that pretty much hits everybody. ♪ just to make this dock my home ♪ >> it became his epitaph, the record that ensured we would never forget otis redding. ♪ sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time ♪ >> anthony mason, cbs news, nashville. ♪ ♪ >> cbs this morning will have the latest overnight wildfire developments. i'm jeff glor in los angeles. thank you for watching. good night.

>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. thousand of firefighters are struggling to get the upper hand on major wildfires burning in southern california.

fires extremely dangerous and unpredictable. four large fires are burning north and west of los angeles. the threat level was set to red in ventura and los angeles counties. in other areas, it was raised to purple. a warning that has never been used before. "cbs evening news" anchor jeff g gl oechlt glor is in the fire zone. in ventura county. the fires driven by powerful santa ana wind have burned more than 116,000 acres and there is little end in sight. more than 100 homes have been destroyed or damaged. 250,000 people have been evacuated. >> southern california remains under siege. throughout the night, firefighters in ventura county, battled, walls of flames. and flam c

brush on the 101 and for stretches shut down one of the busiest freeways in america. the worst of it as we saw. >> and you get a sense of the intensity of the winds of in the air. keep in mind when the gusts really moved through. they can, pick up embers from one fire and start a new one. the embers can be carried more miles. the thomas fire is one of six major fires. the latest in san dieg quickly. >> any time we hav like th the danger. we are not letting our guard down. they are down the street working on structural protection. the challenge for firefighters its getting a handle on the steep terrain acting as fuel. what you see behind me right now are starter fires. the wind is calm right now. the concern is that if, and when, that wind picks back up, these smaller fires become far more serious situations. >> devastated. in every friend we talk to. in the same boat. kat and chris corsch ones have suffered. >> they have already suffered. they return to their neighborhood, to find their home gone. >> the photos and mementos and the family heirlooms they just, they're gone. and they're not coming back. >> yesterday, drivers in santa barbara county drove past the

fires along the 101. intense heat didn't stop this man from pulling over to rescue an animal along the side of the road. the fire threatened multimillion dollar homes in bel air in los los angeles county, 250,000 people have been evacuated. judy hoffman sanders' family owned this home since 1963. >> the flames were how high? >> oh, 12 feet. all the trees were on fire. the firemen said sorry we tried to say it. i said we appreciate it. >> that is judy hoffman's house right here. what used to be her home, see the chimney behind us. we do have more now on the biggest of the fires. that is the thomas fire burned 96,000 acres in ventura county. it is only 5% contained. david begnaud is there as well. overnight the wind never really materialize. at 10:00 a.m. local time here in ventura county off the 101 freeway. this brush went up in flames. we

wind gust that were originally predicted. >> by early afternoon. fire nighters wear taking every fire that exploded along the ocean side highway. trying to stop the flamds before reaching beach front homes. we are standing in the southbound lanes. southbound lanes, but, but, true to form when you live in suthern california, people are used to this. they don't close down the freeway. they just reduce tight one lane. as flames, more than 100 feet tall, rage right now as the wind gusts. most residents evacuated few stayed behind to shave their homes. surrounding mountains were thick with smoke. officials say the air has the not reached toxic levels yet. but ash was making it extremely difficult to breathe. >> david, thank you. a fire that broke out today north of san diego quickly spread to 2500 acres. at least 20 homes have burned in a retirement community.

governor jerry brown tonight declared state of emergency in minnesota senator al franken will reseen from congress amid mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, and pressure from his democratic colleagues. the former comedian announced his decision after being accused by at least eight women. here's nancy cordes. >> i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate. >> senator franken bowed to pressure but did not bow to accusers. >> some of the allegations against me are simply not true. others, i remember, very differently. >> if anything, franken suggested he is the victim of a double standard. >> i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault, sits in the oval office. >> like president um

franken is accused of groping multiple women before he came to washington. >> i would have liked to see him take some responsibility. the end result was the same. >> the senator is franken's minnesota colleague. >> did you think it was important for him to step down? >> i felt given what was going on that you had more and more allegations that you had, a members that were calling for him to step down, that, that, it was just going to become really difficult for him to do his job. >> the pair of democratic resignations this week, puts even more pressure on the gop. and its alabama senate candidate, roy moore. >> the man who repeatedly preyed on young girls. >> many senate republicans disavowed roy again today. >> wish he were not our nominee. i think if he wins he is the gift that keeps on giving for democrats. >> late this afternoon they learned that arizona republican, trent franks intend to step down.

not tell reporters why. >> i'll let the statement speak for itself. >> whatdoes the statement say? >> take a look all it. >> in the statement, franks said he may have been in sensitive when discussing the topping of gestational surrogacy with two of his female staffers. the house ethics committee announced that its members had voted to investigate whether franks engaged in sexual harassment. or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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homeless population in america is going up. for the first time since the end of the great recession. a recent government census counted 554,000 homeless people up nearly 1% since last year. housing costs are so expensive in some places even professionals with jobs are being priced out of their homes. a striking example of this crisis can be seen along major streets in silicon valley. here its mireya villarreal. english professor ellen jam penny the teacher whose job goes far beyond simple classroom instruction. >> i love it. i love my students thach they drive me nuts. but i love

but her campus at san jose state university is located right in the middle of silicon valley. where tech giants like google. facebook and apple have helped drive housing prices to stratospheric highs. >> the housing takes up three quarters of my monthly income. so to stay here, and to teach, which is what i love, i have to live in the car. >> three nights a week, this is her routine. after her four classes end, james penny and her husband and two dogs sets up camp in a church parking lot near campus. her 65-year-old husband jim can't work because of back injury. when it comes time to grade papers her office is this 2004 volvo. >> being homeless and trying to teach here. is almost impossible. >> we are seeing people, who are being, forced either to move out of the area completely, fall into homelessness, or find s

>> tom myers runs a social services agency in mountain view, the home of google and the town next to san jose. this is -- surprising. >> yes. >> major thur rope faoroughfare. >> last count by government officials there were 300 rvs on the streets of mountain view. somest mate there are more than 1,000 all over silicon valley. >> ten years ago weep serving, 3 f, 4,000 people today we are serving close to 10,000 people. >> more than tripled. >> yes, exactly. >> most of the growth in the last few years. >> housing experts say it is a problem of supply and demand. california officials estimate the state need to build, 180,000 new housing uniits each year, to keep up with population growth. on average, developers are building less than 80,000 per year. the result, a current gap of 1.5 million units between families who ne

they can afford. ray pearl its with the california housing consortium. >> i think the incentive is there to build. the policies that the state of california enacted makes it incredibly difficult to get that housing built. >> you keep your life up here. allen james penny to get jobs in the country ichb she ge. >> this its what happens itch i want to say and do what i do. >> you do want to stay? >> yes. i am fourth generation californian and i am being shoved out. >> you are not going to let that happen? >> trying not to. trying not to. >> good night. >> good night. >> mireya villarreal, san jose, california. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. seriously? protection.

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puerto rico is still working to recover from hurricane maria. more than two months later, 30% of the island remains without power. for those in the dark, a major challenge is cooking and preep serving food. that's why a famous chef left behind his fancy restaurants and went to puerto rico right after the storm. anderson cooper caught up with him in a story for "60 minutes."

♪ jose andres is always on the move. >> hey! >> in the kitchen his base of operations in san juan. he is a culinary commander, rallying his troops. preparing meals for so many people, is a massive undertaking. requiring trained chefs, thousand of volunteers, assembly lines of sandwiches. 900 on this table alone. >> good ham, good cheese. a lot of mayo. >> a lot of mayo here. >> all the more remarkable. none of this was set up before jose andres got to puerto rico two months ago. >> i arrived monday before the hurricane. i've asked who is in charge of feeding the people of puerto rico? and they told me, everybody. everybody is in charge. you know when you have to feed

have one, one person and one organization responsible. >> there has to be a plan. >> has to be a plan. somebody has to be response bum for achieving that plan. >> andres came up with his plan to feed as many of the islands nearly 3.5 million people as possible. he started with 10,000 dollars of his on money in cash. and pockets full of credit card. >> how do you arrive at a place, you know, you don't know where the food is, you don't know where, access to watt r is, how did it get off the ground here? >> for me it was not difficult. first thing i do, you are a chef. you go try to find a kitchen. everybody was saying there is no food. there is no food. >> that was not true. the big food distribution companies had food, fuel, diesel, they kept the refrigerators and freezers working. >> there was food here. >> plenty of food. >> what was the problem? >> the problem what the our jen seep of now. it is a very simple t

when you are hungry, you gather the food, you gather your helpers, and you begin cook and then you start feeding people. >> reporter: he joined up with the local chef named jose enrique and volunteers. cooking enormous pans of paella and stews in a parking lot in san juan. it wasn't lock before they were making more than 100,000 meals a day. >> how did you scale it up that quickly? >> well, you know one thing, when this moments happen, we have tendency to think we have to feed 3 million people. and the idea is impossible. >> seems overwhelming. >> totally overwhelming. all of a sudden. iffage in you break this. we are doing now 25,000 meals. when you do it well for two days. you increase it to 50 t when you do it well you increase it to 100,000. all of a sudden you scale up in a way that is simple. >> a big pan. >>

good amount of proteins. rice. every puerto rican. i love rice. >> ingredients often improvised. they cook whatever they can buy. techniques are impro vietzed as well. jennifer herrera says a prayer for puerto rico as she pours oil into each pan of rice. the time it takes her to say god bless puerto rico is the exact amount of oil she says she need. how many blessings do you give puerto rico every day. >> thousand of blessings. >> with the help of private donations and money from the federal government, jose andres' nonprofit organization has prepared more hot meals than any of the other bigger, more experienced disaster relief organizations here. like the salvation army, and the red cross. >> most agencies if they're giving out food. giving out mres, or snacks, or, not hot meals.

one plate a day of hot food. that's not too much to ask in america. an mre its very expensive for the american taxpayer. a hot meal is more affordable, cheaper, and what people really need, what people really want. they feel all of a sudden that, you are, caring for them. that america is caring for them. >> you are not just giving calories you are giving attention to people? >> the calories are obvious, but this is a message of hope. this is a message we care. and be patient. things eventually will get better. >> reporter: the message of hope is one andres has been preaching for weeks on social media. >> so, we have refrigerator, and fresh, produce. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> documenting his efforts to expand operations around the entire island. at the height of the emergency heap had 18 kitchens going at once. used trucks, cars

deliver meals. >> all of a sudden i have homeland security helping us deliver sandwiches and water in the most difficult areas of the island. i had, cooks, from the u.s. coast guard, helping us, volunteering, we were having so many different men and women, coming from, from the federal government, helping us. >> there are still plenty of places that need the help. in this community, an hour south of san juan, there is no electricity. this its the first hot meal this family has the eaten in more than two weeks. andres' dedication inspired others in port reke to set up kitchens of their own. in a church perched in the mountains, the pastor and parishioners cook hot meals for neighboring communities, with the rice, beans and sausages andres provided

>> we have people here with no water, no lights. they lost everything in their house. they have stopped thinking on that. for helping others. >> so even though some of your parishioners need help, they're still volunteering here? >> yeah. they're still volunteering. >> still trying to help other people. off awe still trying to help other people. >> reporter: before delivering the food to a nearby housing project. pastor santana thanks good and then jose andres. >> in the church when you were praying you thanked god first. second you thank jose. >> yes. that's very important. but, i have to say, always say, god first. then jose. >> well, jose is in good company. >> andres' pre presence not wit controversy. and after attending meetings with fema he called their

most inefficient place on earth. >> frustration it was bureaucratic, a lot of meetings you felt like things weren't getting done. >> we were alreadyifieding hundred thousand people a day. i needed their help to make sure we had money to keep buying the food. to keep foodieeding the people need. there is where, call it red tape, nothing was happening. >> fema did award andres, rural central kitsch in two short term contracts worth $11.5 million to provide dla 1.8 million meals. but the agency refused to grant them a third longer term contract. andres thinks the overall rinse to disaster relief need to change. >> people of the federal government are great people. but the red tape, some times, doesn't alup that same people, to be successful. i didn't put the name emergency on fema. i didn't. somebody is going to have to

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new ranks out for the safest cars of 20189. higher standard brought down the vehicles that got the top safety rating. kris van cleave shows us why. >> 2018 toyota camry one of the handful of vehicle got coveted top safety plus pick ranking in part because of improved headlights and front passenger crash protection. now these rankings matter to automakers, they care a whole lot about seeing

road. raising the bar on safety the number of 2018 models with iihs premiere safety ranking plummeted. we are trying to send a message to the auto makers that we do want them to improve the protection. for their customers. >> institute president, adrian lund. >> we did see a big reduction in the number of vehicles that, earned top safety pick this year. because we raised the bar. but people shouldn't think vehicles are less safe. they're, they're safer than they have ever been before. >> top safety peck plus vehicle earned ape good rating in crash tests. roof strength as well as high marks for crash avoidance technology. iihs its demanding better performance from car makers when it comes to headlights. and passenger protection in what are known as small overlap crashes which in vochl the front corner of the vehicle. four of 15 were made by

shopping for a new one of the best veeksz to travel in rain and snow. 47 vehicles made the institute second tier top safety peck for 2018 after it added requirement for good or acceptable head lights to qualify. 51 got the ranking last year. the group started testing headlights in 2016 and found most underperformed. those 15 cars got there thanks to optional equipment. the good rated headlights for example do not come standard on base models, and many vehicles, lack standard, crash avoidance technology. that will become standard until 2022. still, iihs says the auto makers are scrambling to make improvements and raise their scores. that's the "overnight news" for friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us later for the morning news and cbs this morning. fr t

york city. i'm elaine quijano. the fires continue burning in southern california as the wind picks up. and the flames turn deadly today with dozens of homes destroyed. thousands more in the line of fire. also tonight, al franken's parting shots. >> i am leaving while a man who bragged on tape while his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office. >> the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. a former cop is going to prison. >> violent protests against the u.s. in the middle east. ♪ sitting on the dock of the bay ♪ >> and from the dock of the bay to the top of the charts,

behind the first hit of its kind. ♪ sitting on the dock of the bay ♪ ♪ ♪ >> up at we are in shadow hills neighborhood of ls angeles the scene of one of six major wildfires burning tonight in southern california. and the first death has been reported, the burned body of a woman, next to her flipped over car. in ventura county. the fires driven by powerful santa ana wind have burned more than 116,000 acres and there is little end in sight. more than 100 homes have been destroyed or damaged. 250,000 people have been evacuated. >> southern california remains under siege. throughout the night, firefighters in ventura county, battled, walls of flames. and flames consumed trees and brush on the 101 and for

busiest freeways in america. the worst of it as we saw. >> and you get a sense of the intensity of the winds of in the air. keep in mind when the gusts really moved through. they can, pick up embers from one fire and start a new one. the embers can be carried more miles. the thomas fire is one of six major fires. the latest in san diego spread quickly. >> any time we have erratic wind like this, we are never out of the danger. we are not letting our guard down. they are down the street working on structural protection. the challenge for firefighters its getting a handle on the steep terrain acting as fuel. what you see behind me right now are starter fires. the wind is calm right now. the concern is that if, and when, that wind picks back up, these smaller fires become far more serious situations. >> devastated. in every friend we talk to.

they return to their neighborhood, to find their home gone. >> the photos and mementos and the family heirlooms they just, they're gone. and thy're not coming back. >> yesterday, drivers in santa barbara county drove past the fires along the 101. intense heat didn't stop this man from pulling over to rescue an animal along the side of the road. the fire threatened multimillion dollar homes in bel air in los angeles county more than 100 people have been evacuated. judy hoffman sanders' family owned this home since 1963. >> the flames were how high? >> oh, 12 feet. all the trees were on fire. the firemen said sorry we tried to say it. i said we appreciate it. >> and judy's home is where we are now. what used to be her home, see the chimney behind us. basically the only structure left sin

that its not an uncommon site in southern california. we have the biggest fires, thomas fired. burned 96,000 acres in ventura county. only 5% contained. david begnaud is also there. overnight the wind never really materialize. but around 10:00 a.m. local time here in ventura county off the 101 freeway. this brush went up in flames. we started to see some of the wind gusts, that were originally predicted. >> reporter: by early afternoon. firefighters were attack every fire that explode add long the ocean side highway trying to stop the flames before reaching beach front homes. we are standing in the southbound lanes, but, but, true to form when you live in southern california, people are used to this. they don't close down the freeway. they just reduce tight one lane. as flames, more than 100 feet tall, rage right now as the wind gusts. most residents evacuated few stayed behind to shave their homes. surrounding mountains were thick with smoke.

not reached toxic levels yet. but ash was making it extremely difficult to breathe. >> david, thank you. a fire that broke out today north of san diego quickly spread to 2500 acres. at least 20 homes have burned in a retirement community. governor jerry brown tonight declared state of emergency in san diego county. and carter evans is there. carter. >> we are in northern san diego county where the fire has been raging for hours, and it has the exploded you. can see where it is burning here. the wind is changing directions rapidly. several structures have burned. that appears to be one of them over there. maybe a barn. over here, debris burning, firefighters in the background. trying to keep the flames from spreading to homes like this one here. the wind has been very strong today. several thousand homes are in jeopardy. there its no exact number on how many have burned.

but the wind tonight, jeff, is only expected to get stronger. >> carter, thank you. >> minnesota democrat al franken took to the senate floor today. and nancy cordes tells us he made the announcement he could no longer avoid. >> i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate. >> senator franken bowed to pressure but did not bow to accusers. >> some of the allegations against me are simply not true. others, i remember, very differently. >> if anything, franken suggested he is the victim of a double standard. >> i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault, sits in the oval office. >> like president trump. franken is accused of groping multiple women before he came to washington. >> i would look to see him responsibility. the end result was the same. >> the senator is franken's minnesota colleague. >> reporter: did you thing it was important for him to step do?

>> i felt given what was going on that you had more and more allegations that you had, a members that were calling for him to step down, that, that, it was just going to become really difficult for him to do his job. >> the pair of democratic resignations this week, puts even more pressure on the gop. and its alabama senate candidate, roy moore. >> the man who repeatedly preyed on young girls. >> many senate republicans disavowed roy again today. >> wish he were not our nominee. i think if he wins he is the gift that keeps on giving for democrats. >> late this afternoon they learned that arizona republican, trent franks intend to step down. the eight term congressman would not tell reporters why. >> i'll let the statement speak for itself. >> what does the statement say? >> take a look all it. >> in the statement, franks said he may have been in sensitive when discussing the topping of gestio

the house ethics committee announced that its members had voted to investigate whether

larry nassar former team doctor for women's gymnastics team sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. that sentence won't begin until nassar completes separate prison terms in michigan, he pleaded guilty to molesting girls, more than 140 women have accused nassar of sexual assault including at least three olympians. two students were killed today in a shooting at a high school in aztec, new mexico near colorado border. the shooter is dead. and barry peterson is there. >> reporter: a scene that has

students barricading themselves behind locked doors as a shooter opens fire. today aztec high school the school in the cross hairs, and they knew what to do. a junior at the high school. she heard shots right outside her classroom. >> we were sitting in the corner up against the wall. i could look feel it vibrating. and then it stopped. and, we, we, we, when we, evacuated out of the room there was a, dead body outside our room. and, and, we were told that it was probably the shooter. shot himself outside the door? >> some parents reported hearing from their children, via text messages that they could hear the shooter approaching. you feel like anymore, you are not safe anywhere. the high school was closed off as police cleared the campus and teens were reunited with their parents. chief mike hill runs the aztec police department. >> a couple heroes we have there, that helped save

kids. >> chief hill was one of the heroes when he and his men got here. the door was locked. the school was on lockdown. he and the men had to break through the windows to get inside to get the situation resolved. jeff. >> thank you very much. as americans finalize holiday travel plans, terrorists overseas are working to build sophisticated laptop bombs that can be smuggled on to planes. debora patta traveled to somalia, where the el shaba military group nearly blew up a plane last year. >> reporter: in this cctv footage, you can see two men walking through the airport. one is carrying a laptop. watch in the bottom right as he slips the rigged computer to the bomber in the coffee shop. the man was the head of the mogadishu airport security at the time. >> sit down! >> the laptop exploded and blew a hole in the side of the plane. only the bomber was killed.

the laptop bomb. in fact, they tried to plant the bomb a day earlier. but the flight was canceled. in the past 18 months, three other computer bombs were found after one partially exploded in a cargo hold. new multilayered security checks including dogs, trained to sniff out explosives, are supposed to stop that. but they still have people on the inside. the deputy head of security. >> my biggest problem we have is no matter who it is. the airport manager. everybody have to follow the security. >> the militants operate freely in this crumbling city of mogadishu. >> we have repeatedly been told that they have eyes and ears everywhere. that they blend easily into communities, a street like this may not look menacing but it can turn nasty in an instant.

500 people and injured hundreds more. according to intelligence sources, the bomb went off early, and meant to hit the airport. the u.s. embassy is next door. a senior intelligence source told us that they now have international support. the bombers tick it from last year's laptop bomb was bought in angola, the flight bound for india with the bomber had a visa and prepaid medical treatment. somalian intelligence believe the laptop bombs are all made by the same bomb maker who was possibly trained outside the country. they say the explosive devices carry his trademark signature, the use of a 9-volt battery. jeff. >> thank you very much. here are some other stories that we are watching in the news

christopher ray defended the bureau from criticism by president trump. telling congress there is no finer institution. ray would not answer questions on the investigations of the trump campaign. or hillary clinton's e-mails because the the work is ongoing. >> general electric said today it is cutting 12,000 jobs in its power division. the unit has become a drag on earnings as demand for coal and natural gas drops worldwide. in favor of renewable energy. >> at the white house, president trump honored surviving veterans of the attack on pearl harbor, 76 years ago today. when he noted that, remember pearl harbor. a world war ii battle cry. 98-year-old mickey ganich took the cue. >> remember pearl harbors ago to meet the foe. just remember pearl harbor as we built the alamo. we shall always remember. >> and there is much more cbs news ahead.

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insurance industry out with the list of safest cars and suvs. here's kris van cleave. >> stricter criteria for passenger protection in this crash test. and poor performing headlights cause the number of vehicles earning insurance institute for highway safety top safety ranking to plummet.

is to show automakers where they need to improve their vehicle designs. >> iihs president, adrian lundt. >> we want cars to light up the road at night. we have a lot of particularly more serious crashes that occur at night. and, part of that reason is because, headlights haven't been very good. >> just these 15 vehicles were given the top safety pick plus rating that's down from 69 last year. no minivans, pickups or minicars made the list. to earn the designation, vehicles have to have good ratings in crash tests and roof strength as well as high marks for crash avoidance technology in addition to the better headlights standard and additional passenger crash protection. headlight performance all right shortened institute second tier safety list. 47 vehicles made the cut for 2018, down from 51 last year. four of the top 15 vehicles, are subarus. we found linda buying a 201 subaru to replace the one shoo has been driving 11 years.

on a busy road. want to make sure if i did have an accident i would be covered best as possible. >> this is a 201 hyundai santa fe one of 15 that topped the list got there thanks to optional upgrade. headlights not available on base models. crash avoidance technology won't be standard in most cars until 2022. jeff. >> kris, thank you. up next, how an artist's final work, 50 years ago, became an american classic.

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from southern california here we are about to head north to the dock of the frisco bay because this is the golden anniversary of a solid gold hit. anthony mason has the the poignant back story.

>> reporter: at the monterey pop festival in 1967, otis redding, shook the world and ignited his career in america. >> but his biggest hit was still to come. how did he approach you with, dock of the bay? >> he called me from the airport. he was at stack studios in memphis that november. how long did it take for you to finish writing it? >> that afternoon. we were done. sitting at the dock of the bay. take one. ♪ sitting in the morning sun. >> 50 years ago today, cropper was getting ready to overdub some guitar licks to the track when redding came by. >> last time i saw otis here, said see you monday. i said great. that weekend, redding's private

plane crash outside of madison, wisconsin, killing the singer and five others. redding was 26. >> and i said, i just lost my best friend. >> he was your best friend? ♪ wasting time >> the label rushed to reap lease an otis redding song. sent into the studio to put the finishing touches on the dock of the bay. ♪ the frisco bay >> handed it to a flight attendant headed to la guardia. sitting on the dock of the bay became the first posthumous number one record on the billboard charts and won redding and cropper the grammy. >> a message in there that pretty much hits everybody. ♪ just to make this dock my home ♪ >> it became his epitaph, the record that ensured we would never forget otis redding. ♪ sitting on the dock of the bay wasting time ♪ >> anthony mason, cbs news, nashville. ♪ ♪ >> cbs this morning will have the latest overnight wildfire developments. i'm jeff glor in los angeles. thank you for watching. good night.

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thousand of firefighters are struggling to get the upper hand on major wildfires burning in southern california. powerful wind are making the fires extremely dangerous and unpredictable. four large fires are burning north and west of los angeles. the threat level was set to red in ventura and los angeles counties. in other areas, it was raised to the flames consumed trees and brush on the 101 and shut down one of the biz yeast freeways in america. the worst of it we saw. you really get a sense of the intensity of the wind, in the air. keep in mind when the gusts really moved through. they can, pick up embers from one fire and start a new one. the embers can be carried more miles.

the thomas fire is one of six major fires. the latest in san diego spread quickly. >> any time we have erratic wind like this, we are never out of the danger. we are not letting our guard down. they are down the street working on structural protection. the challenge for firefighters its getting a handle on the steep terrain acting as fuel. what you see behind me right now are starter fires. the wind is calm right now. the concern is that if, and when, that wind picks back up, these smaller fires become far more serious situations. >> devastated. in every friend we talk to. in the same boat. kat and chris corsch ones have suffered. >> they have already suffered. they retn

the family heirlooms they just, they're gone. and they're not coming back. >> yesterday, drivers in santa barbara county drove past the fires along the 101. intense heat didn't stop this man from pulling over to rescue an animal along the side of the road. the fire threatened multimillion dollar homes in bel air in los los angeles county, 250,000 people have been evacuated. judy hoffman sanders' family owned this home since 1963. >> the flames were how high? >> oh, 12 feet. all the trees were on fire. the firemen said sorry we tried to say it. i said we appreciate it. >> that is judy hoffman's house right here. what used to be her home, see the chimney behind us. we do have more now on the

that is the thomas fire burned 96,000 acres in ventura county. it is only 5% contained. david begnaud is there as well. overnight the wind never really materialize. at 10:00 a.m. local time here in ventura county off the 101 freeway. this brush went up in flames. we started to see some of the wind gust that were originally predicted. >> by early afternoon. fire nighters wear taking every fire that exploded along the ocean side highway. trying to stop the flamds before reaching beach front homes. we are standing in the southbound lanes. southbound lanes, but, but, true to form when you live in southern california, people are used to this. they don't close down the freeway. they just reduce tight one lane. as flames, more than 100 feet tall, rage right now as the wind gusts. most residents evacuated few stayed behind to shave their homes. surrounding mountains were thick with smoke. officials say the air has the not reached toxic levels yet. but ash was making it extremely difficult to breathe. >> david, thank you. a fire that broke out today

but not bad enough to groupd the helicopters. they're still, to try to fight the fire. the firefighters trying to the line that will essentially stop the fire from moving down the mountain. minnesota senator al franken will reseen from congress amid mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, and pressure from his democratic colleagues. the former comedian announced his decision after being accused by at least eight women. here's nancy cordes. >> i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate. >> senator franken bowed to pressure but did not bow to accusers. >> some of the allegations against me are simply not true. others, i remember, very differently. >> if anything, franken

suggested he is the victim of a double standard. >> i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault, sits in the oval office. >> like president trump. franken is accused of groping multiple women before he came to washington. >> i would have liked to see him take some responsibility. the end result was the same. >> the senator is franken's minnesota colleague. >> did you think it was important for him to step down? >> i felt given what was going on that you had more and more allegations that you had, a members that were calling for him to step down, that, that, it was just going to become really difficult for him to do his job. >> the pair of democratic resignations this week, puts even more pressure on the gop. and its alabama senate

>> the man who repeatedly preyed on young girls. >> many senate republicans disavowed roy again today. >> wish he were not our nominee. i think if he wins he is the gift that keeps on giving for democrats. >> late this afternoon they learned that arizona republican, trent franks intend to step down. the eight term congressman would not tell reporters why. >> i'll let the statement speak for itself. >> what does the statement say? >> take a look all it. >> in the statement, franks said he may have been in sensitive when discussing the topping of gestational surrogacy with two of his female staffers. the house ethics committee announced that its members had voted to investigate whether franks engaged in sexual harassment. or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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i love my students thach they drive me nuts. but i love them. this is essay one. but her campus at san jose state university is located right in the middle of silicon valley. where tech giants like google. facebook and apple have helped drive housing prices to stratospheric highs. >> the housing takes up three quarters of my monthly income. so to stay here, and to teach, which is what i love, i have to live in the car. >> three nights a week, this is her routine. after her four classes end, james penny and her husband and two dogs sets up camp in a church parking lot near campus. her 65-year-old husband jim can't work because of back injury. when it comes time to grade papers her office is this 2004 volvo.

>> being homeless and trying to teach here. is almost impossible. >> we are seeing people, who are being, forced either to move out of the area completely, fall into homelessness, or find some way to make life work for them. >> tom myers runs a social services agency in mountain view, the home of google and the town next to san jose. this is -- surprising. >> yes. >> major thoroughfare. >> last count by government officials there were 300 rvs on the streets of mountain view. somest mate there are more than 1,000 all over silicon valley. >> ten years ago weep serving, 3 f, 4,000 people today we are serving close to 10,000 people. >> more than tripled. >> yes, exactly. >> most of the growth in the last few years. >> housing experts say it is a problem of supply and demand. california officials estimate the state need to build, 180,000 new housing uniits each year, to keep up with population growth. on average, developers are building less than 80,000 per year. the result, a current gap of 1.5 million units between families who need housing and rentals they can afford. ray pearl its with the california housing consortium. >> i think the incentive is

there to build. the policies that the state of california enacted makes it incredibly difficult to get that housing built. >> you keep your life up here. allen james penny to get jobs in the country. >> this its what happens itch i want to say and do what i do. >> you do want to stay? >> yes. i am fourth generation californian and i am being shoved out. >> you are not going to let that happen? >> trying not to. trying not to. >> good night. >> good night. >> mireya villarreal, san jose, california. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous. new tide pods child guard pack.

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puerto rico is still working to recover from hurricane maria. more than two months later, 30% of the island remains without power. for those in the dark, a major challenge is cooking and preep serving food. that's why a famous chef left behind his fancy restaurants and went to puerto rico right after the storm. anderson cooper caught up with him in a story for "60 minutes." ♪ jose andres is always on the

move. >> hey! >> in the kitchen his base of operations in san juan. he is a culinary commander, rallying his troops. preparing meals for so many people, is a massive undertaking. requiring trained chefs, thousand of volunteers, assembly lines of sandwiches. 900 on this table alone. >> good ham, good cheese. a lot of mayo. >> a lot of mayo here. >> all the more remarkable. none of this was set up before jose andres got to puerto rico two months ago. >> i arrived monday before the hurricane. i've asked who is in charge of feeding the people of puerto rico? and they told me, everybody. everybody is in charge. you know when you have to feed an entire island yee

have one, one person and one organization responsible. >> there has to be a plan. >> has to be a plan. somebody has to be response bum for achieving that plan. >> andres came up with his plan to feed as many of the islands nearly 3.5 million people as possible. he started with 10,000 dollars of his on money in cash. and pockets full of credit card. >> how do you arrive at a place, you know, you don't know where the food is, you don't know where, access to watt r is, how did it get off the ground here? >> for me it was not difficult. first thing i do, you are a chef. you go try to find a kitchen. everybody was saying there is no food. there is no food. >> that was not true. the big food distribution companies had food, fuel, diesel, they kept the refrigerators and freezers working. >> there was food here. >> plenty of food. >> what was the problem? >> the problem what the our jen

it is a very simple thing when you are a cook. when you are hungry, you gather the food, you gather your helpers, and you begin cook and then you start feeding people. >> reporter: he joined up with the local chef named jose enrique and volunteers. cooking enormous pans of paella and stews in a parking lot in san juan. it wasn't lock before they were making more than 100,000 meals a day. >> how did you scale it up that quickly? >> well, you know one thing, when this moments happen, we have tendency to think we have to feed 3 million people. and the idea is impossible. >> seems overwhelming. >> totally overwhelming. all of a sudden. iffage in you break this. we are doing now 25,000 meals. when you do it well for two days. you increase it to 50 t when you do it well you increase it to 100,000. all of a sudden you scale up in a way that is simple. >> a big pan. >> that is chicken, chick peas, good amount of proteins.

every puerto rican. i love rice. >> ingredients often improvised. they cook whatever they can buy. techniques are impro vietzed as well. jennifer herrera says a prayer for puerto rico as she pours oil into each pan of rice. the time it takes her to say god bless puerto rico is the exact amount of oil she says she need. how many blessings do you give puerto rico every day. >> thousand of blessings. >> with the help of private donations and money from the federal government, jose andres' nonprofit organization has prepared more hot meals than any of the other bigger, more experienced disaster relief organizations here. like the salvation army, and the red cross. >> most agencies if they're giving out food. giving out mres, or snacks, or, not hot meals. >> americans should be receiving one plate a day of hot food. that's not too much to ask in america. an mre its very expensive for

a hot meal is more affordable, cheaper, and what people really need, what people really want. they feel all of a sudden that, you are, caring for them. that america is caring for them. >> you are not just giving calories you are giving attention to people? >> the calories are obvious, but this is a message of hope. this is a message we care. and be patient. things eventually will get better. >> reporter: the message of hope is one andres has been preaching for weeks on social media. >> so, we have refrigerator, and fresh, produce. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> documenting his efforts to expand operations around the entire island. at the height of the emergency heap had 18 kitchens going at once. used trucks, cars and anyone to deliver meals. >> all of a sudden i have homeland security helping us deliver sandwiches and water in

the most difficult areas of the island. i had, cooks, from the u.s. coast guard, helping us, volunteering, we were having so many different men and women, coming from, from the federal government, helping us. >> there are still plenty of places that need the help. in this community, an hour south of san juan, there is no electricity. this its the first hot meal this family has the eaten in more than two weeks. andres' dedication inspired others in port reke to set up kitchens of their own. in a church perched in the mountains, the pastor and parishioners cook hot meals for neighboring communities, with the rice, beans and sausages andres provided them. >> we have people here with no water, no lights. they lost everything in their house. they have stopped thinking on that. for helping others.

parishioners need help, they're still volunteering here? >> yeah. they're still volunteering. >> still trying to help other people. off awe still trying to help other people. >> reporter: before delivering the food to a nearby housing project. pastor santana thanks good and then jose andres. >> in the church when you were praying you thanked god first. second you thank jose. >> yes. that's very important. but, i have to say, always say, god first. then jose. >> well, jose is in good company. >> andres presence not without controversy. and after attending meetings with fema he called their headquarters in san juan the most inefficient place on earth. >> frustration it was bureaucratic, a lot of meetings you felt like things weren't

getting done. >> we were alreadyifieding hundred thousand people a day. i needed their help to make sure we had money to keep buying the food. to keep feeding the people in need. there is where, call it red tape, nothing was happening. >> fema did award andres, rural central kitsch in two short term contracts worth $11.5 million to provide dla 1.8 million meals. but the agency refused to grant them a third longer term contract. andres thinks the overall rinse to disaster relief need to change. >> people of the federal government are great people. but the red tape, some times, doesn't alup that same people, to be successful.

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