about this? >> well, jeff, deaths from powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl that are available on the street doubled in a single year. and they now surpass the death rate from painkillers like codeine, oxycodone. those are the drugs overprescribed by doctors in the past. doctors like me are trying to prescribe fewer of these opioided, but what do you do about drugs that are illegally obtained on the street or elsewhe elsewhere? it's really a challenge. >> so what parts of the country are getting hit hardest here? >> the 22 states plus the district of columbia that have drug overdose death rates higher than the national average. and at the top of the list was west virginia followed by ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. >> and so how does this compare now to causes of death from other factors? >> this is causing more deaths than breast cancer, colon cancer or car accidents. >> that's sobering to think

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this is the cbs overnight news. >> in melbourne, australia, 19 people were hurt today when a man driving an suv plowed down a busy street. police say it was a deliberate attack, but there are no links to established terror groups. the suspect is an australian citizen of afghan descent. he is said to have a history of drug use and mental illness. police are also questioning a second man who was recording the crash on his cell phone and had a bag containing three knives. vice president mike pence made an unannounced trip to afghanistan today. he told u.s. troops that bagram air base that president trump is committed to staying in the fight against the taliban and other terror groups. america's been at war in

margaret brennan travelled with the vice president who spoke about the importance of the mission. >> it's so important to remember that 9/11 was launched from here in afghanistan. today afghanistan is actually home to dozens of terrorist organizations, including isis, including al qaeda, the haqqani network. so being here on the front lines, in the fight, supporting the afghan people as they defeat these terrorists and we stand shoulder to shoulder with them. >> the way you describe staying to the last terrorist, it makes it still sound like a forever war. to all the american parents who are still sending their kids here to fight, how do you respond to that? >> first and foremost, it's important for the american people to know that president trump's view of this is that the afghan people are leading this fight. our armed forces here with new freedom, new flexibility and new resources are supporting their efforts to take the fight to the enemies of both of our countries. and the objective here,

up government institutions as it is about defeating the enemy in the field. >> how do you explain to the american people how they should understand what just happened this month with mike flynn pleading guilty lying to the fbi about his contacts with the russian ambassador, which the president said he lied not only to you about, but to the fbi. and that's why the president fired him? >> my view of all these matters is that the special counsel has a job to do. we're fully cooperating with that inquiry. but for the president and myself and our entire administration, we're focused on what the american people hired us to do. >> but when he was fired, did you know he had lied to the fbi? >> what i can tell you is i knew he had lied to me. and i know the president made the right decision. with regard to him. >> margaret brennan with the vice president in afghanistan. defense secretary jim mattis flew today to the u.s. naval base at guantanamo bay on the eastern tip of cuba. mattis spent time with tor

than 5,000 u.s. troops stationed there, but he did not visit the detention center which once held nearly 800 inmates. 41 remaining including khaled sheikh mohammed, the 9/11 mastermind. the numbers for open enrollment in obamacare are out. about 8.8 million enrolled in plans for next year through the federal healthcare.gov marketplace that is 400,000 fewer than last year. the trump administration cut the enrollment period in half. and yesterday as part of the tax bill, the penalty for not having insurance was eliminated. and now to some of the other stories we're following in tonight's evening news feed. the commerce department said today the economy grew 3.2% in the third quarter. that's enough to give the u.s. the best back-to-back gdp rates in three years. the murder rate in the nation's 30 largest cities is down more than 5.5% this year. that includes double-digit decreases in houston, new york, and chicago. but murders have spiked in charlotte, north carolina, columbus, ohio, and portland, eg

baltimore has the highest murder rate of any large city. at least 353 murders so far this year. the national academies of sciences, engineering and medicine say the trump administration has halted an independent study of offshore oil rig inspections. the federal agency has been inspecting rigs since the massive deepwater horizon disaster in the gulf of mexico. the agency told us the study was halted because it may be duplicating other work. there is much more ahead. what's behind a new class action lawsuit against apple? >> instant message willing be slower. your camera will be slower. basically, it will affect almost all the functionalities of your phone save for making phone calls. remembering the man behind one of the great literary hoaxes. ♪ we all breathe the same >> why do you think was so important to use music? >> what is the best way to bring cops and kids together than music? >> i cam

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apple was hit with a class action lawsuit today after admitting that it intentionally makes older models of iphones work slower. the tech giant says it's done to save battery life. some customers say it's an i-scheme. here is anna werner. >> when users online forum read it complained their iphones were running slow, canadian computer science john pool dug into the program. >> your web browseler be slower. instant message willing be slower. your camera will be slower. basically, it will affect all the functionality of your phone save for actually making phone calls. >> reporter: he found as he posted on his geekbench blog that apple was limiting the power going from the battery to the processor which runs apps and other functions on purpose and slowing it down. >> at this point in time the only fix is to replace the battery. >> apple now confirms it, saying the issue came up when the iphone 6 experienced sudden shutdowns last year. the problem was older batteries

with the phone's power demands. so the company issued a software update which made them run slower. >> should a thousand dollars smartphone have this sort of issue, you know, 12, 16, 18, 24 months after it's been shipped? it's disappointing. >> reporter: nick thompson of "wired" magazine says -- >> they're not making it up. they are doing it to prevent spikes so your phone doesn't shut down that is a perfectly good reason. >> reporter: but he also told cbs this morning. >> then why are they only telling us about it now? >> well, they're telling us about it because they got busted on reddit. >> why are they telling us? they should have just admitted it up-front. but they got busted on reddit. >> because there are all these forums that have been test it thands kind of proved it. >> apple told us in a statement that their goal is to provide the best experience for their customer, including overall performance and prolonging the life of their devices. but, jeff, no response on the lawsuit. for now, some customers say yeah, we're not too happy than. >> anna

>> thanks very much. eric schmidt is stepping down as executive chairman. he has been with the company since 2001 and served as google's ceo. he'll remain on the board of alphabet and serve as a technical adviser to the company. when we come back, another big corporate shake-up, this time at papa john's. these birds once affected by oil are heading back home. thanks to dawn, rescue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home she's had a tiny cough. see you at 5! seriously? protection. lysol kills over 100 illness-causing germs and viruses, even those that may cause coughs. lysol. what it takes to protect.

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founder of papa john's is stepping down as ceo of his pizza chain. john schnatter who appears in the tv commercials had blamed falling sales on the nfl's anthem protest. papa john's is a major sponsor of the league. the move drew immediate backlash on social media and schnatter immediately apologized. he'll stay on as the company's chairman. the man behind a notorious literary hoax has died. in the early 70s, cliffing irving conda claimed to have paid a huge advance for what he claimed was the authorized biography of howard hughes. he bluffed his way through interviews including one with mike wallace on "60 minutes." hughes himself finally blew the whistle. irving went to prison for 17 months. clifford irving was 8

old. britain's royal couple released two engagement photos today and then a third as a way to say thank you. prince harry and his american bride-to-be meghan markle posed for the photos on the windsor castle estates. the bonus photo is a full-length candid of the happy couple. the wedding is may 19th. winter began today with the solstice. crowds gathered at stonehenge to see the rebirth of the sun. from now on, the days will get longer. the san diego zoo trucked in snow today, and the animals loved it. black bears, brown bears, and of course the pandas could not get enough, nice, of this rare treat. up next here, community policing on stage at carnegie hall. ♪

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until then, i'll see you on the radio. >> there is news in the cbs news family we wanted to keep you updated on. charles osgood is retiring from the radio. the long-time anchor of "cbs sunday morning" is stepping down from "the osgood file" because of health concerns. osgood, now 84 first joined cbs radio in new york 50 years ago. the broadcasting legend who always said "i'll see you on the radio" signs off at the end of this year. finally tonight, you might wonder what were nypd officers doing on stage at carnegie hall. tar tarika duncan found out they're bringing tet

>> reporter: whether thaw threw a rap or melodic verses -- ♪ we all believe the same >> reporter: last night's performance at carnegie hall had cops and kids in one accord. >> the apprehension was definitely there on both sides. >> reporter: when you first started? >> absolutely. ♪ >> reporter: the collaboration started two months ago by dakota, a carnegie hall ensemble group. the mission, to start a dialogue after community protests and targeted shootings of police. the lyrics are based on experiences like those of 18-year-old edson hughes. >> me and my cousin was playing. and then next thing you know this police officer came out of nowhere, put me on the wall. >> reporter: veteran officer mark wilson. >> the people i'm interacting with only see the blue uniform. and they fail the see that there is skin, there is blood that runs through the veins and somebody that has feelings underneath. >> reporter: johnny heinz has been an officer for more than 13 years. how do you cone

makes a difference? >> change is the only constant. i want to add positive change should be the only constant. it's a slow process. it's not going to be overnight. ♪ this happened to my friends, it's happened to my brothers ♪ >> reporter: 16-year-old edward. what responsibility do you all have in going back to your communities and sharing these experiences that you've had with the police officers? >> i can retort. i can use this as my experience with police officers that is going great. >> i can honestly say i came out of here as the educated by the educator. every day that i came in to our work shops, he welcomed me with a hug, always. always came up to me, shook my hand and gave me a hug. >> reporter: what was that like? >> oh, you can't describe something like that. ♪ >> reporter: sometimes just talking takes courage. but creating music s

tarika duncan, cbs news, new york. this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. it was the slap heard around the world. the united nations general assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn president trump's decision on jerusalem as null and void. the president announced the u.s. will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and move the u.s. embassy there. nikki haley reminded the world body of president trump's threats to cut off aid. but it made no difference. here is major garrett. >> the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign ti

ambassador to the united nations slammed member nations voting against the u.s. >> we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us as they so often do to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit. >> reporter: among the 128 countries voting to condemn the embassy move were u.s. allies britain, france, and japan. joining the u.s. and israel in the vote just guatemala, honduras, marshall islands, micronesia, nauru, palau and togo, combined population 33 million and recipients of more than $686 million in u.s. aid. at a cabinet meeting yesterday, president trump tried to put the general assembly on notice. >> they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and they then vote against us. well, we're watch:00 those votes. let them vote against us. we'll save a lot. we don't care. we cannot solve our problems by making the same failed

assumption assumptions and repeating the same failed strat zwroyfs past. >> reporter: previous american presidents have refused to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital to preserve space for palestinians who want to claim east jerusalem as a capital of an independent palestinian state. the u.s. move earlier this month okay. >> mahmood abbas called it a constraint on middle east piece. millions of americans will be heading to their holiday destination by trains, plains, and automobiles. kris van cleave now with the government's efforts to keep everyone safe. >> reporter: over the hills and through the crowded and traffic and airports by the millions we go. the end of the year holiday season is hitting its peak. in new york, that means noticeably increased security. teams of bomb-sniffing dog, heavily armed officers and

deployed to train stations and airports while radiation detecters are scanning vehicles coming over bridges. >> this is the right thing to do. our experience we've seen and all throughout the world. this is the right time to do this. >> reporter: in the wake of this month's subway bombing, chuck schumer is calling for this scanner to be deployed in new york city. it scans people as they enter the subway looking for explosives like hidden suicide vest. last week the los angeles transit system started testing it. >> reporter: alex wiggins is the head of mta's security. >> if it detects something dense, it will then alarm and give our officers an indication that here is something we need to take a very close look at. >> reporter: the 6.4 million expected to fly in the next few weeks will also see security changes. new automated screening lanes aimed at

were just deployed in boston. they're already in place in a few airports. passengers will be asked to remove any devices larger than a cell phone from their cell phones. tsa administrator david pikaski. >> that declutters the image the operator looks at. that testing shows the procedure increases security significantly. if you have an older iphone and it's running slow, apple now confirms it's doing that on purpose. it turns out the batteries in aging models cannot keep up with the power needed by new software and apps. here is anna warner. >> when users on online forum reddit complained their iphones were running slow, john pool dug into the program. >> your web browseler be slower. instant message willing be slower. your camera will be slower. basically, it will affect all the functionality of your phone save for actually making phone calls. >> reporter: he found as he posted on his geekbench blog that apple was limiting the

the processor which runs apps and other functions on purpose and slowing it down. >> at this point in time the only fix is to replace the battery. >> apple now confirms it, saying the issue came up when the iphone 6 experienced sudden shutdowns last year. the problem was older batteries crashed while trying to keep up with the phone's power demands. so the company issued a software update which made them run slower. >> should a thousand dollars smartphone have this sort of issue, you know, 12, 16, 18, 24 months after it's been shipped? it's disappointing. >> reporter: nick thompson of "wired" magazine says -- >> they're not making it up. they are doing it to prevent spikes so your phone doesn't shut down that is a perfectly good reason. >> reporter: but he also told cbs this morning. >> then why are they only telling us about it now? >> well, they're telling us about it because they got busted on reddit. circumstances i was wondering, why are they telling us? they should have just admitted it up-front. but they got busted on reddit. >> because there are all these forums that have been testing it and they kind of proved it.

president trump has vowed to rebuild the u.s. military, and some pentagon brass are pressing for a new cold war at the top of the world. >> reporter: when the coast guard polar star plows through the ice, it can feel like an earthquake on board. its missions are vital to keeping shipping lanes open in the north and south pole. >> america is an arctic nation. that's part of our country, part of our land. >> reporter: but coast guard vice admiral fred midgett warns the u.s. is being outspent on the ice by vladimir putin. russia has six new heavy ice breakers. >> if you look at what russia is doing, there is almost a mini arms buildup going on in the arctic. >> reporter: meanwhile, the 40-year-old polar star, america's only heavy icebreaker is near the end of its life. this ship was commissioned in 1976. >> 1976. >> reporter: how many heavy ice breakers has the coast guard built since then? >>

star afloat is job one. we caught up with the ship as it was undergoing vital repairs. everything from the boiler room to the propulsion systems. some of the most critical maintenance involves replacing the ship's 16-foot-tall propellers. but these are not new. they came from the polar star's sister ship. it was damaged beyond repair in 2010. if you didn't do this maintenance before you headed out, what could have happened? >> we probably would have lost the rudd their year because there was a lot of cracks and corrosion there. >> reporter: the captain showed us around the ship. where the computer is so antiquated, the coast guard had to find old parts online. >> this use helps the ship run. >> reporter: yes, it does. and you found it on ebay. the coast guard found it on ebay. >> reporter: the coast guard told cadets help is on the way. but with the new ship seven years away at best, polar star always sails with a year's worth of food, just in case it

down and gets stuck in the ice. carter evans, cbs news, vallejo, california. the cbs overnight news will be right back. that cough doesn't sound so good. take mucinex dm. i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! why take 4-hour cough medicine? just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. it says you apply the blue one ok, letto me. this. here? no. have a little fun together, or a lot. k-y yours and mine. two sensations that work together, so you can play together.

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is the cbs overnight news. gold medal olympian mckayla maroney is suing usa gymnastics. she is saying the organization forced her to sign a nondisclosure to hide years of abuse by the team doctor. dr. larry nassar has been accused by more than 140 women and girls. he faces what amounts to life in prison for unrelated sexual abuse and pornography charges. maroney received more than a million dollars for treatment after agreeing to stay quiet. but she is now speaking out. >> reporter: four years after rising to fame by winning gold

mckayla maroney says usa gymnastics tried to silence her at the expense of other female athletes. in a lawsuit filed on wednesday, maroney claims the confidentiality agreement she chose to sign allowed usa gymnastics to further conceal the true nature of former team dr. larry nassar's horrific sexual abuse of minors. the u.s. olympic committee, nassar, and his former employer michigan state university are also named as defendants in the suit. >> they wanted to keep their dirty laundry quiet. and they were willing to sacrifice mckayla's health and well-being and voice to do that. >> reporter: john manley is maroney's attorney. >> her mom said in the last two years there were days where she wasn't sure if she was going to walk in her room and find her little girl dead. >> reporter: despite the agreement, maroney shared her story of sexual abuse on twitter in october saying she was molested for years by nassar. usa gymnastics responded

>> knowing she can't talk and putting out a statement that seems to indicate they approve her coming forward is hypocritical and repugnant. >> reporter: in a statement this morning usa gymnastics says it was mckayla's attorney at the time, gloria allred who initiated the settlement's confidentiality agreement. alp red declined our request for comment. last month on "60 minutes," maroney's former teammate, olympic gold medalist aly raisman was critical how usa gymnastics handled complaints against nassar. >> what did usa gymnastics and larry nassar do to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up. >> reporter: gymnastics champion jessica howard who also accused nassar of sexual assault said on cbs this morning that she hopes speaking out will help others. >> i know we can do what we need to do to make sure that this never happens again so, not one person has to come up and say, you know, me too. >> reporter: in california,

victim of child sexual abuse cannot be forced to sign a nondisclosure agreement as a condition of a settlement. usa gymnastics says the settlement was in accordance with state law in 2016. the u.s. olympic committee says it first learn to have had sexual abuse allegations of usa gymnastics athletes in the summer of 2015 after being contacted by usa gymnastics. now michigan state says it does not comment onion going litigation. the holiday season brings out the grinch in some people, like the ones who walk up to your front door and steal your packages. well, in some communities, these porch pirates are getting a big surprise. don dahler reports. >> reporter: they come in the dead of night and in broad daylight, grinches stealing your holiday cheer, and sometimes thousands of dollars of gifts. in campbell, california, homeowner terry bowlen's securityam

>> you should feel safe and comfortable. not only in your home, but in your neighborhood. >> reporter: online shopping and thus home deliveries are up 17% over last year. ups and fed ex expect to deliver more than one billion packages combined. 11 million packages were stolen last year. 74% while the homeowner was away. making porches prime targets for pillagers. detectives in washington county, oregon, using a baited package, traced a porch pirate two blocks from where he snatched a box. >> our gps tracker is in our package. so we can essentially watch from a distance as our package takes a route around the city or back to the person's home who stole it or wherever it goes. we can watch it. >> reporter: homeowners have taken advantage of new security technologies like this ring doorbell to nab would-be thieves. [ bleep ]. video of this nanny who

doorbell and chased her down went viral. tacoma entrepreneur jeremy baro took it one step further. he invented and is now selling booby-trapped boxes containing blank shotgun shells designed to share the noel out of holiday crooks. >> to combat porch pirate, amazon introduced a program in which delivery people unlock your door and place packages inside. and some stores like whole foods offer the use of delivery lockers. but carriers say the safest bet is to schedule deliveries when someone is home. don dahler, cbs news, new york.

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lot. k-y yours and mine. two sensations that work together, so you can play together. academy award winner christoph walt stars in a new movie premiering today called "downsizing." it's the latest role in a career that exploded for him at an older age. also delighting audiences with his work behind the scenes. here is seth doane. ♪ >> reporter: usually it's the music that draws opera goers. or maybe it's the set or the performers. ♪

but at this staging of "fallstaff" by the great guiseppe verdi, the biggest draw is the director. >> see him? and yes, yes, yes. that's just it. you just love music? >> who doesn't? as someone said once, life without music is wasted. ♪ >> reporter: it's not music that makes christoph waltz recognizable or his work at this opera house in the belgian city of antwerp. rather, it's his acting resume, noticeably his portrayal of a cunning ss officer in quentin tarantino's "inglorious bastards". >> my hands, to be exact. and i've been waiting a long time to touch you. >> reporter: tarantino called the character the best he'd ever written.

>> that role changed everything for you? >> careerwise, yes, absolutely. >> ooh, that's a bingo! is that the way you say it? that's a bingo? >> you just say bingo. >> bingo! how fun. >> reporter: waltz picked up another academy award in another tarantino film, ""django unchained"" where he played a bounty hunter. >> like slavery, it's a flesh for cash business. >> reporter: a role written specifically for him. >> it was all me, james. it's always been me. the author of all your pain. >> reporter: he also played a notorious bond villain inspector. you often play the bad guy. >> that's on account of my mug. >> reporter: you think you look like a bad guy? >> no. but it sort of lends itself to the bad

beautiful. >> reporter: nor, he says, is much of the world he sees around him, which fuels his choice in roles. >> you know, this is the worst trait about small people. they're lazy. >> reporter: the latest example is his role in the film "downsizing" out this week. >> i ask myself, why the people they want to come smugglkocome ? to help the environment? they become small to have the things which until now were only for the rich which by the way is the genius of the concept. >> reporter: waltz stars along with matt damon in this satire in which technology is developed to shrink humans in order to combat ills of the world, including overconsumption and overpopulation. >> you know, our hubris needs to be downsized. thinking that profiteering on earth on whatever level, environmenta

culturally is unlimited, and everybody should get as much as he wants or she wants. humans need to be shrunk again to their actual size. >> reporter: though in the film, even though they're smaller people that. >> still have a lot of the same problems. >> exactly. physical. physical downsizing won't really solve it. >> reporter: lately, he's seen outsized issues his own industry needs to solve. disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein was an executive producer of several of waltz's films. we asked about those accusations of sexual assault. >> do you feel that a reckoning is overdue? >> absolutely. absolutely. but we can't stop with harvey weinstein. that's just the tip of the iceberg. what do we do with it? well, my tendency is to look at my life. look at what can i

i think the housekeeping is the first thing. >> reporter: to take the news and say do a little soul-searching? >> otherwise it has no value for us. >> reporter: he did not become a hollywood star until ""inglourious basterds." waltz was in his 50s when tarantino did a casting call in berlin and discovered the austrian-born actor. >> the exposure to the rest of the world doesn't happen on german stages. >> reporter: he says finding celebrity later in his career changed his view of fame. >> i am almost neurotically private myself. >> reporter: why? >> because i think it's an important distinction to make between privacy and public sphere. >> reporter: he also guards his acting process, though we saw some of it revealed in the intensity with which he directs

picking up on the tiniest detail. >> with conviction as -- >> reporter: are there times you want to get on stage and do it yourself? >> constantly. >> reporter: isn't that frustrating? >> at times it is. >> reporter: so he's directing himself in an upcoming film "georgetown." annette bening whom he says he adores is his co-star. >> she knows about details. she knows about specificity. >> reporter: she acts in the way that you like to act. >> precisely. ♪ >> reporter: waltz grew up in the very precise world of music. his stepfather was a composer. he is accompanied by his wife, udith who designs the costumes for this performance, and cease everyday interactions as mul.

and you try to find the harmony that you now improvise in.

a secret santa made an early christmas stop in beaumont, texas. steve hartman found the story on the road. >> reporter: joanne petty isn't exactly in the christmas spirit. and who can blame her? >> these are my christmas dishes. >> reporter: four months after harvey flood beaumont, texas, joanne and hundreds like her are still living in these conditions. virtually homeless. for the holidays. which is why the man in red made beaumont his first stop this year. >> i'm secret santa. >> hi, santa. >> you got hit hard, didn't you? >> yeah. >> reporter: joanne said she lost everything. couldn't even afford to buy her grandkids christmas presents. until. now. >> that's a secret santa $100 bill. and here is another one. >> reporter: he gave

total. not much in the scheme of things, but plenty to restore some hope. >> god is with you. >> reporter: and that's what this anonymous businessman does every year, with his own money. >> for real? >> reporter: travels the country, giving out about $100,000 worth of $100 bills to random bills. >> thank you! >> reporter: but this year was a little different. this year he had a secondary motive, to call attention to the beaumont police department for their extraordinary sacrifice. >> well we had two feet inside the house. >> reporter: half the officers in the department had their homes damaged too. and yet like sergeant rick boaz here -- >> this is the hot point on the water line. >> reporter: virtually all of them showed up for work the next day. but you literally did not have the shirt on your back. >> no, sir. >> reporter: did you feel it because you felt like you had to? >> no, because i felt like i needed to. >> i want the officers to know that their heroism, their sacrifice is not unrecognized.

>> reporter: so as a thank you, some of the most affected got several hundred dollars each. not to buy what they want, but for a greater joy. >> oh my god -- >> reporter: to give it all away. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: tiffany p said she has had a few run unders with a the law before, but none like this. and for the officers breaking down the barriers, sharing these moments of catharsis. >> i know it's stressful. >> reporter: after the year they've had, this was just what everyone needed. beaumont will now celebrate christmas with a fresh start based on renewed trust and overwhelming kindness. thanks to america's secret santa. steve hartman, on the road in beaumont, texas. well, that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us later for the

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. the holiday rush as millions head out, new surveillance techniques are deployed. >> it scans people as they enter the subway looking for hidden explosives like suicide vests. also tonight -- it is decided. >> the u.n.'s vote on the trump administration's jerusalem plan. >> this vote will be remembered. margaret brennan is with the vice president on an unannounced visit to afghanistan. life expectancy in america goes down as opioid overdoses rise. apple gets called out for slowing down iphones. >> the conspiracy theories about apple are true. and -- ♪ we have to come together like a greatest people nation ♪ >> police and kids coming together at

♪ >> this is the cbs overnight news. >> the holiday getaway is officially at its peak. aaa says we're now inside the busiest 48-hour travel window of the season. a record 107 million americans are expected to be traveling between december 23rd and january 1. more than 97 million are driving to their destinations. nearly 6.5 million flying. over 3.5 million others are taking buses, trains, and ships. the christmas crush comes as the tsa is testing a new security screening technology. it is designed to spot hidden explosives and suicide vests. here is transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: over the hills, through the traffic and crowded airports by the millions we go. the end of the year holiday travel season is hitting its peak. in new york, that means noticeably increased security. teams of bomb-sniffing dogs, heavily armed officers and

deployed to train stations and airports while radiation detecters are scanning vehicles coming over bridges. >> this is the right thing to do. our experience that we've had within the last week or two and what we've seen all throughout the world, this is the right time to do this. >> so we see the green -- >> reporter: in the wake of this month's subway bombing, senator chuck schumer is calling for this scanner to be deployed in new york city. it scans people as they enter the subway, looking for hidden explosives like suicide vests. last week the los angeles transit system started testing it. >> as that bar turns from green to red, we know we've identified an individual that may need a little closer scrutiny. >> reporter: alex wiggins is the l.a.'s mta's head of security. >> if it detects something that's very dense, like what would be in a suicide vest or an explosive vest, it will then alarm, and it will give our officers an indication that here is something we need to take a very close look at. >> reporter: the 6.4 million expected to fly will see new security changes. new automated screening lanes aimed at speeding up the process

were just deployed in boston. they're already in place in a few other large airports. passengers will also be asked to remove any devices larger than a cell phone from their cell carry-ones. tsa administrator -- >> that declutters the image the operator looks at. our own testing shows that that new procedure increases security significantly. >> reporter: federal law enforcement officers tell cbs news there is no specific intelligence pointing to pending threats over the holiday period, but they remain concerned about the potential for lone wolf-style attacks. just today, the fbi and dhs put out a video urging people if they see something to say something. jeff? >> all right, kris. can you also talk to us about if there is a ban on certain kind of suitcases there? >> yeah, they call them smart bags. this is one of them. it's got a gps sensor and battery so it can charge my phone. and the battery is the concern. see how in this bag you can't take the lithium-ion battery out? airlines are worried about fire danger. they're saying if this bag were to be ke

to be able to come out. since this one can't be removed, starting in january it's on the no-fly list. >> the lithium batteries remain a big concern. kris van cleave, thanks very much. late today the house voted to avoid a government shutdown that would have taken place on saturday. members then adjourned for the year. the senate is expected to follow suit. the stopgap measure will fund the government through january 19th. the united nations general assembly voted 128-9 with 35 abstentions to condemn the white house's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and move the u.s. embassy there. u.n. ambassador nikki haley threatened to withhold u.s. aid to countries that supported that resolution. major garrett has more on this. >> the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. >> reporter: president trump's ambassador to the united nations slammed member nations voting against the u.s.

>> we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us as they so often do to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit. >> reporter: among the 128 countries voting to condemn the embassy move were u.s. allies britain, france, and japan. joining the u.s. and israel in the vote just guatemala, honduras, marshall islands, micronesia, nauru, palau and togo. combined population 33 million, and recipients of more than $680 million in u.s. aid. at a cabinet meeting yesterday, president trump tried to put the general assembly on notice. >> they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars and they vote against us. well, we're watching those votes. let them vote against us. we'll save a lot. well don't care. >> we cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past. >> reporter: previous american presidents have refuse

capital to preserve negotiating space for palestinians who want to claim east jerusalem as the capital of an independent palestinian state. the u.s. move earlier this month provoked days of palestinian street protests. palestinian leader mahmood abbas called it a deliberate constraint on middle east peace. the state department said after the lopsided vote against the united states, the threat to cut off future funding is real, and nations that cross the trump administration will now receive extra scrutiny. judging by this vote, however, it appears many of the countries came to the conclusion mr. trump's threat is more bluff than bite. jeff? >> major garrett, thank you very much. the second year in a row, life expectancy in america declined. in 2016 to 78.6 years. big reason for that is more than 63,000 overdose deaths, many from opioids. dr. jon lapook is here with more

on all of this. doctor, what stood out to you about this? >> well, jeff, deaths from powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl that are available on the street doubled in a single year. and they now surpass the death rate from painkillers like codeine, oxycodone. and hydrocodone. and those are the drugs that have been commonly overprescribed by doctors in the past. doctors like me are trying to prescribe fewer of these opioids, but what do you do about drugs that are illegally obtained on the street or elsewhere? it's really a challenge. >> so what parts of the country are getting hit hardest here? >> well, you can see in blue, the 22 states plus the district of columbia that have drug overdose death rates higher than the national average. and at the top of the list was west virginia followed by ohio, new hampshire, and pennsylvania. >> and so how does this compare now to causes of death from other factors? >> this is causing more deaths than breast cancer, colon cancer or car accidents. >> that's sobering to think about. >> it takes your breath away. as a physician, ak

>> jon lapook, thanks very much. >> we're back in just a moment.

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this is the cbs overnight news. >> in melbourne, australia, 19 people were hurt today when a man driving an suv plowed down a busy street. police say it was a deliberate attack, but there are no links to established terror groups. the suspect is an australian citizen of afghan descent. he is said to have a history of drug use and mental illness. police are also questioning a second man who was recording the crash on his cell phone and had a bag containing three knives. vice president mike pence made an unannounced trip to afghanistan today. he told u.s. troops that bagram air base that president trump is committed to staying in the fight against the taliban and other terror groups. america's been at war in afghanistan for 16 years.

margaret brennan travelled with the vice president who spoke about the importance of the mission. >> it's so important to remember that 9/11 was launched from here in afghanistan. today afghanistan is actually home to dozens of terrorist organizations, including isis, including al qaeda, the haqqani network. so being here on the front lines, in the fight, supporting the afghan people as they defeat these terrorists and we stand shoulder to shoulder with them. >> the way you describe staying to the last terrorist, it makes it still sound like a forever war. to all the american parents who are still sending their kids here to fight, how do you respond to that? >> first and foremost, it's important for the american people to know that president trump's view of this is that the afghan people are leading this fight. our armed forces here with new freedom, new flexibility and new resources are supporting their efforts to take the fight to the enemies of both of our countries. and the objective here, though,

is just as much about standing up government institutions as it is about defeating the enemy in the field. >> how do you explain to the american people how they should understand what just happened this month with mike flynn pleading guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with the russian ambassador, which the president said he lied not only to you about, but to the fbi. and that's why the president fired him? >> my view of all these matters is that the special counsel has a job to do. we're fully cooperating with that inquiry. but for the president and myself and our entire administration, we're focused on what the american people hired us to do. >> but when he was fired, did you know he had lied to the fbi? >> what i can tell you is i knew he had lied to me. and i know the president made the right decision. with regard to him. >> margaret brennan with the vice president in afghanistan. defense secretary jim mattis flew today to the u.s. naval base at guantanamo bay on the eastern tip of cuba. mattis spent time with the more than 5,000 u.s. troops stationed

detention center which once held nearly 800 inmates. 41 remaining including khaled sheikh mohammed, the 9/11 mastermind. the numbers for open enrollment in obamacare are out. about 8.8 million enrolled in plans for next year through the federal healthcare.gov marketplace that is 400,000 fewer than last year. the trump administration cut the enrollment period in half. and yesterday as part of the tax bill, the penalty for not having insurance was eliminated. and now to some of the other stories we're following in tonight's evening news feed. the commerce department said today the economy grew 3.2% in the third quarter. that's enough to give the u.s. the best back-to-back gdp rates in three years. the murder rate in the nation's 30 largest cities is down more than 5.5% thi year. that includes double-digit decreases in houston, new york, and chicago. but murders have spiked in charlotte, north carolina, columbus, ohio, and portland, or.

baltimore has the highest murder rate of any large city. at least 353 murders so far this year. the national academies of sciences, engineering and medicine say the trump administration has halted an independent study of offshore oil rig inspections. the federal agency has been inspecting rigs since the massive deepwater horizon disaster in the gulf of mexico. the agency told us the study was halted because it may be duplicating other work. there is much more ahead. what's behind a new class action lawsuit against apple? >> instant messaging will be slower. your camera will be slower. basically, it will affect almost all the functionalities of your phone save for making phone calls. remembering the man behind one of the great literary hoaxes. ♪ we all breathe the same >> why do you think was so important to use music? >> what is the best way to bring cops and kids together than music? >> i came out of here as the educated by the educator.

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apple was hit with a class action lawsuit today after admitting that it intentionally makes older models of iphones work slower. the tech giant says it's done to save battery life. some customers say it's an i-scheme. here is anna werner. >> reporter: when users on online forum reddit complained their iphones were running slow, canadian computer scientist john pool dug into the problem. >> your web browser will be slower. instant message willing be slower. your camera will be slower. basically, it will affect all the functionality of your phone save for actually making phone calls. >> reporter: he found as he posted on his geekbench blog that apple was limiting the power oing from the battery to its processor which runs apps and other functions on purpose and slowing it down. >> at this point in time the only fix is to replace the battery. >> apple now confirms it, saying the issue came up when the iphone 6 experienced sudden shutdowns last year. the problem was older batteries crashed while trying to keep up

so the company issued a software update which made them run slower. >> should a thousand dollars smartphone have this sort of issue, you know, 12, 16, 18, 24 months after it's been shipped? it's disappointing. >> reporter: nick thompson of "wired" magazine says -- >> they're not making it up. they are doing it to prevent spikes so your phone doesn't shut down that is a perfectly good reason. >> reporter: but he also told cbs this morning. >> then why are they only telling us about it now? >> well, they're telling us about it because they got busted on reddit. >> i was wondering, why are they telling us? they should have just admitted it up-front. but they got busted on reddit. >> because there are all these forums that have been testing it and they kind of proved it. >> apple told us in a statement that their goal is to provide the best experience for their customers, including overall performance and prolonging the life of their devices. but, jeff, no response on the lawsuit. for now, some customers say yeah, we're not too happy about that.

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founder of papa john's is stepping down as ceo of his pizza chain. john schnatter who appears in the tv commercials had blamed falling sales on the nfl's anthem protest. papa john's is a major sponsor of the league. the move drew immediate backlash on social media and schnatter later apologized. he will stay on as the company's chairman. the man behind a notorious literary hoax has died. in the early '70s, clifford irving claimed a huge advance to what he claimed was the authorized biography of howard hughes. he bluffed his way through interviews including one with mike wallace on "60 minutes." hughes himself finally blew the whistle. irving went to prison for 17 months. clifford irving was 87 years old. britain's royal couple released two engagement photos

today and then a third as a way to say thank you. prince harry and his american bride-to-be meghan markle posed for the portraits this week at frogmorehouse on the windsor castle estate. the bonus photo is a full-length candid of the happy couple. the wedding is may 19th. winter began today with the solstice. crowds gathered at stonehenge to see the rebirth of the sun. from now on, the days will get longer. the san diego zoo trucked in snow today, and the animals loved it. black bears, brown bears, and of course the pandas could not get enough. nice, of this rare treat. up next here, community policing on stage at carnegie hall. ♪

until then, i'll see you on the radio. >> there is news in the cbs news family we wanted to keep you updated on. charles osgood is retiring from the radio. the long-time anchor of "cbs sunday morning" is stepping down from "the osgood file" because of health concerns. osgood, now 84 first joined cbs radio in new york 50 years ago. the broadcasting legend who always said "i'll see you on the radio" signs off at the end of this year. finally tonight, you might wonder what were nypd officers doing on stage at carnegie hall. jericka duncan found out they're bringing a community together. ♪ >> reporter:

rap or melodic verses -- ♪ we all believe the same ♪ >> reporter: last night's performance at carnegie hall had cops and kids in one accord. >> the apprehension was definitely there on both sides. >> reporter: when you first started? >> absolutely. ♪ >> reporter: the collaboration started two months ago by decoda, a carnegie hall ensemble group. >> she's going to sing the first. >> reporter: the mission to start a dialogue after community protests and targeted shootings of police. the lyrics are based on experiences like those of 18-year-old edson hughes. >> me and my cousin was playing. and then next thing you know this police officer came out of nowhere, put me on the wall. >> reporter: veteran officer mark wilson. >> the people i'm interacting with only see the blue uniform. and they fail the see that there is skin, there is blood that runs through the veins and somebody that has feelings underneath. >> reporter: johnny hines has been an officer for more than 13 years. how do you convince people that even something this small really makes a difference?

i want to add positive change should be the only constant. it's a slow process. it's not going to be overnight. ♪ this happened to my friends, it's happened to my brothers ♪ >> reporter: 16-year-old edward wosu. what responsibility do you all have in going back to your communities and sharing these experiences that you've had with the police officers? >> i can retort. i can use this as my experience with police officers that is going great. >> i can honestly say i came out of here as the educated by the educator. every day that i came in to our work shops, he welcomed me with a hug, always. always came up to me, shook my hand and gave me a hug. >> reporter: what was that like? >> oh, you can't describe something like that. ♪ >> reporter: sometimes just talking takes courage. but creating music sounds even better.

jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm jericka duncan. it was the slap heard around the world. the united nations general assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn president trump's decision on jerusalem as null and void. the president announced the u.s. will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and move the u.s. embassy there. america's u.n. ambassador nikki haley reminded the world body of president trump's threats to cut off aid. but it made no difference. here is major garrett. >> the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. >> reporter: president trump's ambassador to the united nations

against the u.s. >> we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us as they so often do to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit. >> reporter: among the 128 countries voting to condemn the embassy move were u.s. allies britain, france, and japan. joining the u.s. and israel in the vote just guatemala, honduras, marshall islands, micronesia, nauru, palau and togo, combined population 33 million and recipients of more than $686 million in u.s. aid. at a cabinet meeting yesterday, president trump tried to put the general assembly on notice. >> they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and they then vote against us. well, we're watching those votes. let them vote against us. we'll save a lot. we don't care. we cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past.

>> reporter: previous american presidents have refused to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital to preserve space for palestinians who want to claim east jerusalem as the capital of an independent palestinian state. the u.s. move earlier this month provoked days of palestinian street protests. palestinian leader mahmood abbas called it a deliberate constraint on middle east peace. this weekend is one of the busiest travel times of the year. millions of americans will be heading to their holiday destination by trains, planes, and automobiles. government's efforts to keep everyone safe. >> reporter: over the hills and through the traffic and crowded airports by the millions we go. the end of the year holiday travel season is hitting its peak. in new york, that means noticeably increased security. teams of bomb-sniffing dog, heavily armed officers and enhanced surveillance have been deployed to train stations and

detecters are scanning vehicles coming over bridges. >> this is the right thing to do. our experience that we've had in the last week or two and what we've seen all throughout the world, this is the right time to do this. >> reporter: in the wake of this month's subway bombing, chuck schumer is calling for this scanner to be deployed in new york city. it scans people as they enter the subway looking for hidden explosives like suicide vests. last week the los angeles transit system started testing it. >>s that bar turns from green to red, we know we've identified an individual that may need a little closer scrutiny. >> reporter: alex wiggins is the l.a.'s mta's head of security. >> if it detects something dense like would be in a suicide vest or explosive vest, it will then alarm and give our officers indication that here is something we need to take a very close look at. >> reporter: the 6.4 million expected to fly in the next few weeks will also see security changes. new automated screening lanes aimed at speeding up the process were just deployed in boston. they're alad

few other large airports. passengers will be asked to remove any devices larger than a cell phone from their cell carry-ons. tsa administrator david pekoske. >> that declutters the image the operator looks at. that testing shows the procedure increases security significantly. if you have an older iphone and it's running slow, apple now confirms it's doing that on purpose. it turns out the batteries in aging models cannot keep up with the power needed by new software and apps. here is anna werner. >> reporter: when users online forum reddit complained their iphones were running slow, canadian computer scientist john pool dug into the problem. >> your web browser will be slower. instant message willing be slower. your camera will be slower. basically, it will affect all the functionality of your phone save for actually making phone calls. >> reporter: he found as he posted on his geekbench blog that apple was limiting the power going from the battery to the processor which runs apps

>> at this point in time the only fix is to replace the battery. >> apple now confirms it, saying the issue came up when the iphone 6 experienced sudden shutdowns last year. the problem was older batteries crashed while trying to keep up with the phone's power demands. so the company issued a software update which made them run slower. >> should a thousand dollars smartphone have this sort of issue, you know, 12, 16, 18, 24 months after it's been shipped? it's disappointing. >> reporter: nick thompson of "wired" magazine says -- >> they're not making it up. they are doing it to prevent spikes so your phone doesn't shut down that is a perfectly good reason. >> reporter: but he also told cbs this morning. >> then why are they telling us about it now? >> well, they're telling us about it because they got busted on reddit. right? because, like -- >> i was wondering, why are they telling us? they should have just admitted it up-front. but they got busted on reddit. >> because there are all these forums that have been testing it and they kind of proved it. president trump has vowed to

rebuild the u.s. military, and some pentagon brass are pressing for a new cold war at the top of the world. >> reporter: when the coast guard polar star plows through the ice, it can feel like an earthquake on board. its missions are vital to keeping shipping lanes open in the north and south pole. >> america is an arctic nation. that's part of our country, part of our land. >> reporter: but coast guard vice admiral fred midgett warns the u.s. is being outspent on the ice by vladimir putin. russia has six new heavy ice breakers. >> if you look at what russia is doing, there is almost a mini arms buildup going on in the arctic. >> reporter: meanwhile, the 40-year-old polar star, america's only heavy icebreaker is near the end of its life. this ship was commissioned in 1976. >> 1976. >> reporter: how many heavy ice breakers has the coast guard built since then? >> zero. >> reporter: so keeping polar star afloat is job one.

we caught up with the ship as it was undergoing vital repairs. everything from the boiler room to the propulsion systems. some of the most critical maintenance involves replacing the ship's 16-foot-tall propellers. but these are not new. they came from the polar star's sister ship. it was damaged beyond repair in 2010. if you didn't do this maintenance before you headed out, what could have happened? >> we probably would have lost the rudder this year because there was a lot of cracks and corrosion there. >> reporter: the captain showed us around the ship. where the computer is so antiquated, the coast guard had to find old parts online. >> this use helps the ship run. >> reporter: yes, it does. >> reporter: and you found it on ebay? >> yes. the coast guard found it on ebay. >> reporter: earlier this summer, the coast guard told cadets help is on the way. but with the new ship seven years away at best, polar star always sails with a year's worth of food, just in case it breaks down and gets stuck in the ice.

carter evans, cbs news, vallejo, california. the cbs overnight news will be right back. it traps and removes the waste that weighs me down, so i feel lighter. try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. and that's not a tissue protection. lysol kills over 100 illness-causing germs and viruses, even those that may cause runny noses. lysol. what it takes to protect.

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this is the cbs overnight news. gold medal olympian mckayla maroney is suing usa gymnastics. she claims the organization forced her to sign a nondisclosure agreement to hide years of sexual abuse at the hands of the team doctor. larry nassar has been accused by more than 140 women and girls. he faces what amounts to life in prison for unrelated sexual abuse and pornography charges. maroney received more than a million for counseling and other treatment after agreeing to stay quiet. but she is now speaking out. >> beautiful! >> reporter: four years after rising to fame by winning gold at the 2012 summer olympics,

gymnastics tried to silence her at the expense of other female athletes. in a lawsuit filed on wednesday, maroney claims the confidentiality agreement she chose to sign allowed usa gymnastics to further conceal the true nature of former team dr. larry nassar's horrific sexual abuse of minors. the u.s. olympic committee, nassar, and his former employer michigan state university are also named as defendants in the suit. >> they wanted to keep their dirty laundry quiet. and they were willing to sacrifice mckayla's health and well-being and voice to do that. >> reporter: john manley is maroney's attorney. >> her mom said in the last two years there were days where she wasn't sure if she was going to walk in her room and find her little girl dead. >> reporter: despite the agreement, maroney shared her story of sexual abuse on twitter in october saying she was molested for years by nassar. usa gymnastics responded it admired maroney's courage. >> knowing she can't talk and putting out a statement that

seems to indicate they support her copping forward is just hypocritical, and under the circumstances, repugnant. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs this morning, usa gymnastics says it was mckayla's attorney at the time, gloria alp red who initiated the settlement's confidentiality agreement. alp red declined our request for comment. last month on "60 minutes," maroney's former teammate, olympic gold medalist aly raisman was critical how usa gymnastics handled complaints against nassar. >> what did usa gymnastics and larry nassar do to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up. >> reporter: gymnastics champion jessica howard who also accused nassar of sexual assault said on cbs this morning that she hopes speaking out will help others. >> i know we can do what we need to do to make sure that this never happens again so, not one person has to come up and say, you know, me too. >> reporter: in california, a victim of child sexual abuse

nondisclosure agreement as a condition of a settlement. usa gymnastics says the settlement was in accordance with state law in 2016. the u.s. olympic committee says it first learned of the sexual abuse allegations of usa gymnastics athletes in the summer of 2015 after being contacted by usa gymnastics. now michigan state says it does not comment on ongoing litigation. the holiday season brings out the grinch in some people, like the ones who walk up to your front door and steal your packages. well, in some communities, these porch pirates are getting a big surprise. don dahler reports. >> reporter: they come in the dead of night and in broad daylight, grinches stealing your holiday cheer, and sometimes thousands of dollars of gifts. in campbell, california, homeowner terry bowlen's security cameras caught a man

>> it's just one of those things in life you don't need to go through. you should feel safe and comfortable, not only in your home but in your neighborhood. >> reporter: online shopping and thus home deliveries are up 17% over last year. ups and fed ex expect to deliver more than one billion packages combined. 11 million packages were stolen last year. 74% while the homeowner was away. making porches prime targets for pillagers. detectives in washington county, oregon, using a baited package, traced a porch pirate two blocks from where he snatched a box. >> our gps tracker is in our package. so we can essentially watch from a distance as our package takes a route around the city or back to the person's home who stole it or wherever it goes. we can watch it. >> reporter: homeowners have taken advantage of new security technologies like this ring doorbell to nab would-be thieves. [ bleep ]. what are you doing? video of this nanny who spotted a popi

tacoma entrepreneur jeremy baro took it one step further. he invented and is now selling booby-trapped boxes containing blank shotgun shells designed to share the noel out of holiday crooks. >> to combat porch pirate, amazon introduced a program in which delivery people unlock your door and place packages inside. and some stores like whole foods offer the use of delivery lockers. but carriers say the safest bet is to schedule deliveries when someone is home. don dahler, cbs news, new york. ok, let's try this. it says you apply the blue one to me.

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but at this staging of "fallstaff" by the great guiseppe verdi, the biggest draw is the director. if you're thinking you don't know opera directors, look closer. >> see him? and yes, yes, yes. that's just it. you just love music? >> yes. who doesn't, you know? as someone said once, life without music is wasted. ♪ >> reporter: it's not music that makes christoph waltz recognizable or his work at this opera house in the belgian city of antwerp. rather, it's his acting resume, noticeably his portrayal of a cunning nazi ss officer in quentin tarrant tino's "inglourious basterds." >> my hands, to be exact. and i've been waiting a long time to touch you. >> reporter: tarantino called the character the best he'd ever written. >> tha

>> careerwise, yes, absolutely. >> ooh, that's a bingo! is that the way you say it? that's a bingo? >> you just say bingo. >> bingo! how fun. >> reporter: waltz picked up another academy award in another tarantino film, "django unchained" where he played a bounty hunter. >> like slavery, it's a flesh for cash business. >> reporter: a role written specifically for him. >> it was all me, james. it's always been me. the author of all your pain. >> reporter: he also played a notorious bond villain inspector. you often play the bad guy. >> that's on account of my mug. >> reporter: you think you look like a bad guy? >> no. but it sort of lends itself to the bad guy. >> reporter: how? >> it's not, let's say, beautiful.

>> reporter: nor, he says, is much of the world he sees around him, which fuels his choice in roles. >> you know, this is the worst trait about small people. they're lazy. >> reporter: the latest example is his role in the film "downsizing" out this week. >> i ask myself, why the people they want to become small? to help the environment? please. they become small to have the things which until now were only for the rich which by the way is the genius of the concept. >> reporter: waltz stars along with matt damon in this satire in which technology is developed to shrink humans in order to combat ills of the world, including overconsumption and overpopulation. >> you know, our hubris needs to be downsized. thinking that profiteering on earth on whatever level, environmentally, economically, culturally is unlimited, and

everybody should get as much as he wants or she wants. humans need to be shrunk again to their actual size. >> reporter: though in the film, even though they're smaller people, they still have a lot of the same problems. >> exactly. physical. physical downsizing won't really solve it. >> reporter: lately, he's seen outsized issues his own industry needs to solve. disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein was an executive producer of several of waltz's films. we asked about those accusations of sexual assault. >> do you feel that a reckoning is overdue? >> absolutely. absolutely. but we can't stop with harvey weinstein. that's just the tip of the iceberg. what do we do with it? well, my tendency is to look at my life. look at what can i do.

>> reporter: to take the news and say do a little soul-searching? >> otherwise it has no value for us. >> reporter: he did not become a hollywood star until ""inglourious basterds." waltz was in his 50s when tarantino did a casting call in berlin and discovered the austrian-born actor. >> the exposure to the rest of the world doesn't happen on german stages. >> reporter: he says finding celebrity later in his career changed his view of fame. >> i am almost neurotically private myself. >> reporter: why? >> because i think it's an important distinction to make between privacy and public sphere. >> reporter: he also guards his acting process, though we saw some of it revealed in the intensity with which he directs his actors, pushing them and

>> do it with conviction as -- >> reporter: are there times you want to get on stage and do it yourself? >> constantly. >> reporter: isn't that frustrating? >> at times it is. >> reporter: so he's directing himself in an upcoming film "georgetown." annette bening whom he says he adores is his co-star. >> she knows about details. she knows about specificity. >> reporter: she acts in the way that you like to act. >> precisely. ♪ >> reporter: waltz grew up in the very precise world of music. his stepfather was a composer. he is accompanied by his wife, who designs the costumes for this performance and sees everyday interactions as musical.

>> you listen. you look. and you try to find the harmony that you now improvise in. >> rep

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captioning funded by cbs it's friday, december 22nd, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." crisis averted. congress approves a temporary spending bill to keep the government running through january 19th, but major issues like immigration and health care have yet to be resolved. holiday getaway. a record number of americans are expected to travel this season, and some could be facing some nasty weather. and hall of fame broadcaster dick enburg who called ten super bowls and other sports