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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." right now, the housing market is booming in both high and low tax states. omar villafranca found it is alo about supply and demand. >> reporter: they're on the hunt for the home of their dreams in dallas. >> oh, wow. this is cool. >> a large kitchen and a yard are must haves. >> good sized pantry. >> i like the floors. >> as the the real estate market heats up in dallas and nationwide, speed is now the name of the game. if a house sounds

couple has to act fast. >> if you don't, then it is going to be off the market. before you can even, even, take a look ate. >> open house traffic, tichically shrtich iypically sluggish picked up. according to zillow, some cities with fastest growing values, san jose, nashville, seattle, sherry lot, and dallas. >> you got gas range. >> dallas real estate agent, mark bullock. >> at this point people have to come of in preapproved? >> 100%. things moving so quickly. that if you are not submitting that along with your contract for purchase, you are not going to get very far. >> do small dining room table. >> for austin pointer the question is whether the market will keep going strong? >> is it better to goen now. better to wait six months to see if the prices are going to drop at all. at this rate, it has been going up and up and up. last couple of years. we are at the point where we might as well buy now. hope it continues to go up.

>> so, omar, what are some factors behind the boom? >> combination of new and existing home sales that are driving the market. both are up more than 5%. just in october. realtors, also expect to see a strong 2018 led by millenial mortgages, buying homes and continued strong sales groint the sou growth in the south. >> good to see you. president trump talked up the tax cult. as he visited firefighters in west palm beach, florida. based on tweets. the russia investigation is what is really weighing on his mind. chip reid is traveling with the president. >> i have nothing to do with russia. everybody knows it. that was a democrat hoax. an excuse for losing eat election. >> reporter: president trump repeatly condemned the investigation of his campaign's contacts with russia. in a tweet yesterday, he once again attacked the fbi, for its role, calling the agency tainted. but even before the investigation began, the u.s. intelligence community concluded

influence the 2016 presidential election, and president trump's favor. the question for special counsel robert mueller its whether the trump campaign or the candidate himself worked with or colluded with russia in that effort. >> there is absolutely no collusion. >> trump's lawyers predict the investigation will wrap up soon. many legal observers say mueller appears to be only in round one. two former staffers including former campaign chairman, paul manafort, have been indicted and their trials are months away. two other former staffers including former national security adviser michael flynn, have pled guilty, flynn admits he lied to the fbi yesterday, flynn's brother tweeted that the president should pardon flynn. earlier this month, the president didn't rule it out. >> we'll see what happens. >> immediately afterward his attorney insisted there is no consideration of pardoning flynn. >> the white house emphasizes that no one has been charged with or pled guilty t

election. the question is whether mueller is trying to squeeze them for information in kate eindicatingy or others did. recently the president supporters have rach effortratc attacks on mueller. some have gone after the staff. claiming they're mostly anti-trump. some others have urged the president to fire mueller. but the president's attorney says there are no plans to do that. elaine. >> chip reid. thank you. in toledo, ohio, four teenage boys are accused of murdering a man by throwing a sandbag off an interstate overpass. jericka duncan is following this. >> the teens charged as juveniles didn't speak much today in court but did show emotion. the deputy chief prosecutor of the juvenile division. >> saw tears today. from each of the juveniles. don't always see that at detention hearing. i know one through his

sorry he was for the victim. >> last week, a 22-year-old was riding with his friend on interstate 75 in toledo when a sandbag launched from the overpass came crashing through the passenger side windshield severely wounding byrd. the driver pulled over and called 911. >> my friend, i don't know, something hit my car, hit my friend. >> byrd died over the weekend. the case is similar to one in october where five teens near flint, michigan, facing second degree murder charges after allegingly throwing a six pound rock off an overpass that killed 32-year-old kenneth white. those teens have been charged as adults. but pleaded not guilty. as for the teens in ohio, the harshest punishment they could face is staying in juvenile detensid detention until age 21. none of the teens involved has a criminal record. ages 13-14 at the time. and elaine, all four

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pot smokers in california are counting down to the new year's toek ke of midnight. the most populous state will join the growing list of states that allow sale of recreational marijuana. as carter evans reports there are still burning questions. >> as holder of the very first state license to sell recreational marijuana, a medical pot shop in san diego is scrambling to implement a host of new rules and regulations, so it can sell to the public, by new year's day. >> you have to create new packaging. >> we did. our pack aaging is changing. >> marketing director, ruthy edelson is

requirements for marijuana active ingredient, thc. >> something like this has 100 milligrams. >> should fit within the rules. >> it doesn't. each piece needs to be 10 milligrams. or less. >> smoking marijuana is offlimits in restaurants. bars and public areas. unless your land lrd approvlord you may not smoke it in your apartment. local governments are banning pot shops entirely and others are working out legal details. los angeles is the largest city in the country to allow sales of recreational marijuana. come january 1, the general public will not be able to come into medical shops like this and buy it. in fact the city won't even start taking retail applications until next week. lori ajax runs california bureau of control. >> going to take a while for the businesses to, to get up and running. but we are also asking people to be patient. >> california highway patrol officers are also bracing for legal pot. he

that smoking marijuana and driving is illegal. >> did you know that smoking a joint can get you a dui. >> authorities expect to see an increase in crashes. just like other states where the drug is legal. >> if you can buy a drink, or, buy a joint, you can also afford a lift, uber, taxi. >> with more than 39 million residents, california has the sixth largest economy in the world. legal marijuana could be a $7 billion industry here. elaine that means cash strapped state and local communities they could collect up to $1 billion ate yea year in taxes. >> carter evans. thank you. when we come back, a piece of history was removed from the white house ground.

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president andrew jackson. and has been a frequent backdrop for first family photos. in 1994, it was damaged when a man crashed a stolen plane into it. he was killed, but the tree survived. >> for passengers aboard an all nippon airway jet, a flit to nowhere. they were headed from los angeles to tokyo yesterday, when the crew discovered one of the passengers had boarded the wrong plane. pilots following security procedures turned back. model chrissie teagen was flying with john legend. she live tweeted throughout the eight-hour ordeal. >> what's the thing about being president, number 44 opens up.

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two of the world's most famous men find themselves in unfamiliar roles. one trying his hand at interviewing. and another adjusting to life outside of the white house. barry peterson on the prince and the president. >> there was no loafing for harry, in the studio at predawn 6:00 a.m. just like all the other hosts. who was the man being interviewed. he sees his job as shunni ingsh spotlight on climate change, charity and helping soldiers. >> whether people, causes, issues, whatever it is. so, i will continue to do the, the play my part in society. >> and he was the man doing the interview. scoring the first sitdown with president obama since obama left office.

games in canada last september. part of harry's efforts to raise awareness for wounded soldiers. the interview was taped there. >> obama warned about social media. in this age of a tweeting president trump. >> the dangers of the internet is that, that people can have entirely different realities. they can be, just cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases. >> then, quick questions starting with the reference to the tv show, suits. that featured his fiancee, meghan markle. >> suits or the good wife? >> suits. obviously. >> great, great answer. >> cigarettes or gum? >> gum now, baby. >> gum. >> white house or buckingham palace? >> white house just because buckingham palace looks like it would take a really long time to mow. >> serious stuff to be sure. but he also talked about royal family stuff. like his fiancee, meghan ma

first christmas with the family, where behind the scenes, it was, every family's christmas chaos. >> together we had an amazing time. great fun staying with my brother and sister-in-law. and running around with the kids. a christmas was fantastic. >> next may is the royal wedding. the friendship with barack and michelle puts them in the running for the invite of the year. >> we haven't put the invites or guest lists together yet. who knows whether you will be invited or not. wouldn't want to ruin that surprise. >> translation, mr. and mrs. obama, keep a close eye on your mailbox. barry peterson, cbs news, london. that's the "overnight news" for thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.

welcome to the "overnight news." for millions of americans the dream of a white christmas has given way to the nightmare of an arctic new year. bone chilling cold has settled over the northern parts of the country, bringing with it dangerous subzero temperatures and in some places, mountains of snow. demarco morgan is in eerie, pennsylvania where they have dig out to do. the snowfall in pennsylvania doesn't want to stop for anything. >> we love snow. >> the storm had resident dave wander working 36 hours straight clearing snow in his plow truck. >> this is probably the tenth time we plowed this place.

nonstop. >> 60 inches of snow and counting. shattering the state record. peering over the feet of snow are slide and swings in the playground. now most of the roads itch not all of them here in eerie, pennsylvania look like this one. completely covered in ♪ . you can barely make out the roads. leading in and out. members of the pennsylvania national guard have been deployed to help residents dig out the snow. >> ready? >> neighbors helped each other out by getting cars back on the road. while children attempted to help their parents shovel snow. >> good job. >> eerie tinted with snow top to bottom. they aren't alone in dealing with the winter blast. wisconsin dropped to negative 23 degrees. main street bridge got stuck due to the freezing wind chilled. and the coast guard deployed a ship to break water of green bay. sioux falls, south dakota froze over with parts of the grand

and the falls in minnesota. city officials have not said when they will lift the state of emergency because of the heavy snowfall. well are on track to recording nearly 70 inches of snow from the one storm. and we're not done yet. >> meteorologist danielle niles with our cbs boston station, z wbz the jet stream drives. straight out of the arctic in place. wind chill warnings up from the northern plains to new england. talking wind chill values. 15 to 35 below zero. tomorrow morning in the afternoon. subzero wind chill values will continue through the end of the week friday. with the heart unfortunate the cold air. digging from central canada into the great lakes. and then east towards northern new england. frostbite in as little as 15 to 30 minutes. precautions. bundle up. layer up. snow spreading from the northern plains to the great lakes for

additional several inches. in fact the northern tier of the united states will see the totals. see the deep pinks here. storm system out of the pacific will drop one to two feet of snow will elevation from idaho to montana. near zero visibility. 3 to 6 inches in central iowa as well as the localized amounts, elaine, where they had feet of snow, over a foot additional on the eastside of the great lakes. >> millions of taxpayers and tax preparers are scrambling to make sense of the new tax code. one thing for certain homeowners stand to lose deduction for their property taxes many are frying to beat the tax man to the bunch. >> it will be the greatest christmas present. >> despite that tax bill proclamation from president trump. >> how will i know what the amount is? >> homeowners with higher property values are lining of in droves. to get around paying more next year. >> wanting to prepay my real ta

>> sure. >> right now, you can deduct certain state and local taxes like property taxes on your federal tax return. >> i will be guessing you a receipt. >> as of january 1st, that deduction gets capped at $10,000. so if you own an expensive home, or live near a big city like atlanta or dallas, or in a high tax state, california, massachusetts or new york. some taxpayers are scrambling to see if it makes sense to prepay their 2018 property taxes. or even if you are allowed to. >> there is no one answer. >> joe kovar, account outside of san francisco, says some stand to lose thousands. >> if it is confusing to the tax professional community, it's doubly confusing for the general public. >> in new york, governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order making it easier to prepay property taxes. but in westchester county, suber north of manhattan, some municipalities can't calculate payments in time. median property tax bill there is $13,000. among the highest in the country. >> with the bill being passed in december you only gave the

average person approximately two, three weeks, to make an informed decision. >> outside of boston in arlington, massachusetts, town treasurer, dean carmen said over 1,000 taxpayers have come in within the past few days. >> i've don't think anybody has seen anything like this before. president trump continue is his holiday at mar a lago in florida. turns out the president has spent nearly a third of his first year in office staying at his various properties. meanwhile the russia investigations continue and so do the president's critical tweets. chip reid reports. >> i have nothing to do with russia. everybody knows it. that was a democrat hoax.

an excuse for losing eat election. >> reporter: president trump repeatly condemned the investigation of his campaign's contacts with russia. in a tweet yesterday, he once again attacked the fbi, for its role, calling the agency tainted. but even before the investigation began, the u.s. intelligence community concluded that russia did attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election, and president trump's favor. the question for special counsel robert mueller its whether the trump campaign or the candidate himself worked with or colluded with russia in that effort. >> there is absolutely no collusion. >> trump's lawyers predict the investigation will wrap up soon. many legal observers say mueller appears to be only in round one. two former staffers including former campaign chairman, paul manafort, have been indicted and

their trials are months away. two other former staffers including former national security adviser michael flynn, have pled guilty, flynn admits he lied to the fbi yesterday, flynn's brother tweeted that the president should pardon flynn. earlier this month, the president didn't rule it out. >> we'll see what happens. >> immediately afterward his attorney insisted there is no consideration of pardoning flynn. >> the white house emphasizes that no one has been charged with or pled guilty to working with russia to influence the election. the question is whether mueller is trying to squeeze them for information indicating that they or others did. recently the president supporters have ratcheted their attacks on mueller. some have gone after the staff. claiming they're mostly anti-trump. some others have urged the president to fire mueller. but the president's attorney says there are no plans to do that. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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the islamic state's reign of terror appears to be coming to a close not before the jihadis destroyed statues, buildings and books they deemed unislamic. fortunately texts were saved by a pair of brave padres. lesley stahl has their story. >> gra monk from minnesota in black, and the father, a dominican fryar from iraq in white decide to partner up. to rescue what old documents they could from places like

monastery, in northern iraq. that goes back to the fourth century. it was occupied and defaced by isis. >> they seem to want to destroy everything christian. >> exactly. >> to delete our history. off to say that they're not christian. nothing, nothing, before islam. and, even here the statue of virgin mary, they destroyed it. >> the monastery according to historians was sacred to both christians and muslims in medieval times. it had amassed a collection of manuscripts dating back to the 12th century. >> this kind of containers. >> as isis was closing in the resident monks hid the texts in the barrels which they entombed behind a fake wall. >> isis never found it. >> for two years. >> exactly. bah t when this part of iraq was liberated last year, those

drilled through the two walls, found the barrels and the precious hand written books. >> so the one thing that they couldn't replace. because you could rebuild a building. put a new cross up. those could not be replaced. those were saved. >> there were more than 500, now protected in a house in irbil, capital of kurdistan. >> very good condition. >> very good condition. >> early fifth century author. >> they include bibles, scientific works, and this grammar book filled with doodles scribbled down centuries ago. fathers have been cleaning, restoring, and photographing the documents they have rescued from all over iraq. in going through them, they're unearthing finds. like this copy of a 7th century contract, believed off to be a mandate by the prophet muhammad that says christians will be

and allowed to practice their religion. >> the whole middle east at one time. was characterized by pluralize pluralism. different people. religions, languages co-existing all. off if it's interesting there are people who are risking their lives to preserve these documents. the very documents that isis is risking their lives to destroy. you know, there is a war over these books. >> there is a real war. >> in that war, isis swept across northern iraq in 2014, causing christians and others to flee in desperate caravans. when the city was attacked by isis, 50,000 christians were driven out in a matter of days. many on foot, the ill on make shift stretchers. before the father left on the final night of the siege, he gathered up as many books as he could from this monastery

>> we mad mahad many, many chil and families with us. i asked them to carry something with me. so they help me. >> carry the man to scripmanusc. >> little girl, and boys. 10 to 12 years, they carry the heritage and manuscripts from 13, 14 century. >> they raced to the safety of kurdistan as isis fighters chased after them. >> i saw many hundreds of isis flags. and cars. and they are -- ready to attack us and to cut our, our root, and kill us. >> frieft frightening. >> i feel at that moment is the end of my life. and the end of, of the life of everyone. >> then it got worse. when they got to the check point, the kurdish army, the peshmerga wouldn't let

>> ftry to attack isis. by fight like that. and we saw the fire, became, became, over our head. >> you are right in the middle. >> we are in middle. in the middle between both of them. >> i start to pray in my heart. >> our father who art in heaven, forgive us our sin. start to give absolution to the population, everyone, christian, not christian. at that moment, sure we heard a voice, many voice. check point is open. we are very happy and quickly start to -- to escape. at that moment. to be in the safe side in kurdistan. >> he said it was a miracle that all those lives were saved. but he wasn't able to save all of his books. isis burned the ones left behind. as we saw when he took us back to his old house in the

are you okay? >> no. >> she hoowed us what isis did 30,000 boorks in library. >> you can see the pages. torched it. >> the book he's managed to save are here. >> here in the holy of holies. >> holy of holies is a room in a secret location in the kurdish region of northern iraq. it is where father najib is protecting his treasured processions. >> gospel. new testament. when jesus go to jerusalem. and with the donkey. and this -- look at the colors. >> this with -- with -- yellow. >> the egg yolks. >> the yellow is made from egg yolks. >> exactly.

>> pomegranate. >> pomegranate. >> it survived? >> yeah. >> just one of the 3500 texts he saved from isis. books like these, from the 16th, 17th century that were used by missionaries, dispatched by the church, to spread roman catholicism in the region. >> and, saint thomas aquinos. >> some show ravages of time and war. like this fragment of the new testament written in the year 500. and, so -- >> this parchment from 10, 11 century. a parchment. >> wow. >> with -- with shipeepskin. >> that is aramaic, language of jesus christ and our mother tongue. >> other thing to remember these aren't all religious manuscripts. some of them are purely history. so those are ones that tell us about, political events. and kings and

and famines. and, all of these other things. so, not simply history of religion. it is history of every aspect of life. >> you can see the full report on our website, cbs news.com. theover wi "overnight news" wil right back.

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2017 found trouble under the big top. two circuses went out of business. right here in new york, big apple circus filed for bankrupt see. then something magical happened. anthony mason has the story. >> reporter: under the big dop in lincoln center the big apple circus marking its 40th anniversary. but it almost had nothing to celebrate. after declining ticket sale, it filed for bankrupt seep last november. then, just when the circus needed a life line, it found a doctor. >> i think that to let this disappear would have been a crime. >> the doctor, and a team of investors bought big apple circus at a bankruptcy auction. and this holiday season, have brought it back to life. some people are saying you are saving the

do you feel that way? >> no person can single-handedly save the circus. as a group. saved the circus. >> what does a surgeon know about running a circus? follow the doctor into his trailer, and you'll find he knows a lot. >> this is actually the trampoline act, and, and that's me on the bottom. >> you on the bottom. >> he spent five years on the road in the circus life. working his way from trampoline clown to trapeze artist while he was studying for his medical degree. >> were you a good trapeze artist? >> no. but, i used to tell people, i was the greatest flayeren medicine today. >> there aren't a lot of surgeon trapeze artists. >> that's why i was the best. >> the 68-year-old surgeon was about to reap titire when the c came. when he agreed to take the job. no surprise, he went looking for

>> this year for the first time ever, circus history, the two most daring feats in the air are being done under the same tent. >> the flying family, the quadruple somersault on the trapeze. and the fabulous walendas are performing the seven person pyramid on the high wire. risky business. in february, nick and his team, suffered an accident in training. >> we were trying to, again, up the ante, raise the limits. doing an eight person pyramid. four layers high on a wire 2 feet up. unfortunately we began to lose our balance. we don't know why. or particularly what happened. >> five members hit the ground. his sister, leana was most seriously injured. >> your sister is doing okay. >> my sister is doing incredibly well. this happened in february. she ac

amazing. >> the circus industry has to start pushing the limits. >> it hasn't kept up. >> how do you stay relevant? >> ketrailers where the performs live? >> yes. rancher >> reporter: in two weeks they'll pack up and helped for atlanta. and the doctor will go with them. >> is the harder running a circus than you thought? probably the greatest understatement i have heard ever. i never worked so hard and long in my entire life. >> yeah. >> this puts medical school to shame. >> how does it feel to come back to the circus after all this time? >> some moments, recently where i have been able to silt and watch the show. and realize that, wow, we did this. >> do you feel look you are, closing a circle for yourselfen some way? >> you know not a

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the green revolution found its way into architecture. more people are living in all wood buildings including skyscrapers made entirely of timber. critics say the towering inferno waiting to happen. tony dokoupil has the story from portland. >> this is the tallest wood building in the united states. >> right now that is. >> right now. >> wow. hard to tell from the outside, but inside, portland developer, eric wily walked us through the milestone in wood construction. nearly finished eight story condominium. with million dollar apartments and picturesque screws. >> these beams is in fact holding the building up. >> correct. >> the building known as carbon 12 is part of a boom in wood construction including

projects in minneapolis, vancouver and london. >> but a fire science professor at john jay college thinks wood could fuel an inferno, firefighters can't fight like the deadly fire in london which climbed the building a aluminum cladding. >> you think some new wood high rises could go up in flames the way it did in london? >> yes, once over 10, 15 sfoer. no way to put watt r on it. unstoppable basically. >> an of the projects we are looking at primarily wood based. >> well, there are wood models. >> none of the models. >> architect, who helped design the world's tallest building in dubai worries more wood could mean more fire if code aren't structly enforced. >> we have got a responsibility to think of unthinkable things. glad there are advocates for timber. need control and understanding aplayed to it. >> when you a

wood office? >> we are. >> thomas robinson lead architect for framework, building in portland. at 148 feet expected to surpass carbon 12 as tallest wood building in america. >> this is the three-ply. >> designed with cross laminated timber. that robinson says is actually fire resistant to get a building permit in fact. material had to survive two hoursen a furnace at 2,000 degrees. >> what happened here? >> he showed us what remand of the wood. >> the fire burned it down to there. >> exactly. >> at this level would it hold? >> it would hold. shows the you how the structure is durable. >> so durable in fact. >> you think there is going to be an explosion in this. you think there is going to be people building buildings all over. >> they're building a number of them in, in, portland. you are going to see them all over. as long as there are no termites. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you've the news continues. for

the morning news and of course, "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city. i'm jerick after duncan. the arctic invasion. >> this is probably the tenth time we saw this place. >> the snow piles up more than 5 feet in places as temperatures plummet. >> also tonight, a power failure stops rides at disneyland. >> the red hot housing market forces buyers to act fast. >> if you don't, then it is going to be off the market before you can take a look at it. >> while some homeowners scramble to get around the new tax law, by paying early. >> something hit hit and he is not moving. >> driver hit by a sandbag on a highway. now four teens face murder charges. >> president obama tells prince harry what's changed since he left the white h

>> the fact that i didn't use theed to experience traffic. i used to cause traffic. ♪ >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." the next few days could bring some of the coldest weather in years for much the country. subzero temperatures in minneapolis turned waterfalls into ice caves. in michigan, a skier hitched a christmas week ride behind an amish buggy. >> freezing arctic winds turned the great lakes into massive snow machines. demarco morgan begins our coverage in eerie, pennsylvania where a snow emergency in effect with more than five feet on the ground. >> the snowfall in eerie, pennsylvania doesn't seem to want to stop for anything. >> around here we love snow. >> the relentless storm had dave wander working 36 hours straight clearing snow in his plow truck. >> this is probably the tenth time we plowed this place. there is just, keep plowing. nonstop.

counting shattering the state record. peering over the snow are slides and swings in the playground. most of the roads if not all of them here in eerie, pennsylvania look like this one. complete leave covered in snow. you can barely make out the roads, leading in and out. members of the pennsylvania national guard have been deployed to help residents dig out the snow. >> ready? >> neighbors helped each other out by getting cars back on the road. while children attempted to help their parents shovel snow. while eerie its tinted with snow top to bottom they aren't alone in dealing with the winter blast. parts of wisconsin dropped to negative 23 degrees. the bridge got stuck due to freezing wind chill. the coast guard deployed a ship falls park, sioux falls, south dakota froze over with parts of the grand haven river in

michigan. and the falls in minnesota. well, today official have not said when they plan to lift the state of emergency because of the heavy snowfall. but we are on track to recording nearly 70 inches of snow from this one storm. and we're not done yet. >> incredible. demarco morgan. demarco, thank you. >> how cold will it get? and where? meteorologist daniel niles with our cbs boston station, wbz. >> record cold temperatures dangerously cold wind chill val use as the jet stream dives off to the south. air straight out of the arctic in place with wind chill warnings and advisories up from the plains to new england. talking wind chill values, 15 to 35 below zero. tomorrow morning in the afternoon. subzero wind chill values will continue through the end of the week in friday with the heart of the cold air digging from central canada into the great lakes and then east towards northern new england. frost bite, 15 to 30 minutes.

precautions need to be taken. bundle up. layer up. snow spreading from the northern plains to the great lakes for thursday into friday will drop an additional several inches. in fact the northern tier of the united states will see these totals, see the deep pinks here. a storm system out of the pacific will drop one to two feet of snow with elevation from idaho to montana. near zero visibility. 3 to 6 inches in central iowa as well as localized, elaine, feet of snow over a foot additional on the eastside of the great lakes. back to you. >> danielle, thank you. >> the new tax overhaul president trump signed into law last week, set off blizzard of activity at local tax offices. homeowners from coast to coast are scrambling to prepay their property taxes for next year. to save money. julianna goldman explains. >> it will be the greatest christmas present. >> despite that tax bill proclamation from president

trump. >> how will i know what the amount is? >> homeowners with higher property values are lining of in droves. to get around paying more next year. >> wanting to prepay my real estate taxes. >> sure. >> right now, you can deduct certain state and local taxes like property taxes on your federal tax return. >> i will be guessing you a receipt. >> as of january 1st, that deduction gets capped at $10,000. so if you own an expensive home, or live near a big city like atlanta or dallas, or in a high tax state, california, massachusetts or new york. some taxpayers are scrambling to see if it makes sense to prepay their 2018 property taxes. or even if you are allowed to.

>> there is no one answer. >> joe kovar, account outside of san francisco, says some stand to lose thousands. >> if it is confusing to the tax professional community, it's doubly confusing for the general public. >> in new york, governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order making it easier to prepay property taxes. but in westchester county, suber north of manhattan, some municipalities can't calculate payments in time. median property tax bill there is $13,000. among the highest in the country. >> with the bill being passed in december you only gave the average person approximately two, three weeks, to make an informed decision. >> outside of boston in arlington, massachusetts, town treasurer, dean carmen said over 1,000 taxpayers have come in within the past few days. >> i've don't think anybody has seen anything like this before. >> today the irs said homeowners need to have an official tax assessment to prepay property taxes. which complicates things for people who prepaid based on an estimate. elaine, we know that nothing in life is certain. death and taxes, exempt with the later, confusion reigns supreme. >> thank you. a bomb went off today at a

russia. at least ten people were taken to hospitals for injuries. no arrests have been made. russian officials do not believe this is linked to terrorism. the world health organization is looking into officially recognizing video game addiction as a mental health disorder. scientists say excessive gaming can cause depression, and aggressive behavior diagnosed and treated. parts of california's disneyland went dark today. a blown transformer shut down ride at fantasyland and tunetown on one of the busiest days of the year. families were stranded on it's a small world. >> we would look to add edibles or anything? >> marijuana legal in california next week. many will not be able to buy it. >> thank you so much for taking me on this awesome vacation, babe. >> a famous couple ended up on a flit to nowhere. >> i will interview you if you want. ig

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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." right now, the housing market is booming in both high and low tax states. omar villafranca found it is about supply and demand. >> reporter: they're on the hunt for the home of their dreams in dallas. >> oh, wow. this is cool. >> a large kitchen and a yard are must haves. >> good sized pantry. >> i like the floors. >> as the the real estate market heats up in dallas and nationwide, speed is now the

if a house sounds promising, the couple has to act fast. >> if you don't, then it is going to be off the market. before you can even, even, take a look ate. >> open house traffic, typically sluggish picked up. according to zillow, some cities with fastest growing values, san jose, nashville, seattle, sherry lot, and dallas. >> you got gas range. >> dallas real estate agent, mark bullock. >> at this point people have to come of in preapproved? >> 100%. things moving so quickly. that if you are not submitting that along with your contract for purchase, you are not going to get very far. >> do small dining room table. >> for austin pointer the question is whether the market will keep going strong? >> is it better to goen now. better to wait six months to see if the prices are going to drop

at this rate, it has been going up and up and up. last couple of years. we are at the point where we might as well buy now. hope it continues to go up. >> so, omar, what are some factors behind the boom? >> combination of new and existing home sales that are driving the market. both are up more than 5%. just in october. realtors, also expect to see a strong 2018 led by millenial mortgages, buying homes and continued strong sales groint growth in the south. >> good to see you. president trump talked up the tax cult. as he visited firefighters in west palm beach, florida. based on tweets. the russia investigation is what is really weighing on his mind. chip reid is traveling with the president. >> i have nothing to do with russia. everybody knows it. that was a democrat hoax. an excuse for losing eat election. >> reporter: president trump repeatly condemned the investigation of his campaign's contacts with russia. in a tweet yesterday, he once again attacked the fbi, for its role, calling the agency tainted. but even before the investigation began, the u.s. intelligence community concluded that russia did attempt to influence the 2016 presidential

election, and president trump's favor. the question for special counsel robert mueller its whether the trump campaign or the candidate himself worked with or colluded with russia in that effort. >> there is absolutely no collusion. >> trump's lawyers predict the investigation will wrap up soon. many legal observers say mueller appears to be only in round one. two former staffers including former campaign chairman, paul manafort, have been indicted and their trials are months away. two other former staffers including former national security adviser michael flynn, have pled guilty, flynn admits he lied to the fbi yesterday, flynn's brother tweeted that the president should pardon flynn. earlier this month, the president didn't rule it out. >> we'll see what happens. >> immediately afterward his attorney insisted there is no consideration of pardoning flynn. >> the white house emphasizes that no one has been charged with or pled guilty to working with russia to influence the election.

is trying to squeeze them for information indicating that they or others did. recently the president supporters have ratcheted their attacks on mueller. some have gone after the staff. claiming they're mostly anti-trump. some others have urged the president to fire mueller. but the president's attorney says there are no plans to do that. elaine. >> chip reid. thank you. in toledo, ohio, four teenage boys are accused of murdering a man by throwing a sandbag off an interstate overpass. jericka duncan is following this. >> the teens charged as juveniles didn't speak much today in court but did show emotion. the deputy chief prosecutor of the juvenile division. >> saw tears today. from each of the juveniles. don't always see that at detention hearing. i know one through his attorney, stated how upset he was and

sorry he was for the victim. >> last week, a 22-year-old was riding with his friend on interstate 75 in toledo when a sandbag launched from the overpass came crashing through the passenger side windshield severely wounding byrd. the driver pulled over and called 911. >> my friend, i don't know, something hit my car, hit my friend. >> byrd died over the weekend. the case is similar to one in october where five teens near flint, michigan, facing second degree murder charges after allegingly throwing a six pound rock off an overpass that killed 32-year-old kenneth white. those teens have been charged as adults. but pleaded not guilty. as for the teens in ohio, the harshest punishment they could face is staying in juvenile detention until age 21. none of the teens involved has a criminal record. ages 13-14 at the time. and elaine, all four deny

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edelson is preparing for dosing requirements for marijuana active ingredient, thc. >> something like this has 100 milligrams. >> should fit within the rules. >> it doesn't. each piece needs to be 10 milligrams. or less. >> smoking marijuana is offlimits in restaurants. bars and public areas. unless your landlord approves you may not smoke it in your apartment. local governments are banning pot shops entirely and others are working out legal details. los angeles is the largest city in the country to allow sales of recreational marijuana. come january 1, the general public will not be able to come into medical shops like this and buy it. in fact the city won't even start taking retail applications until nextee

lori ajax runs california bureau of control. >> going to take a while for the businesses to, to get up and running. but we are also asking people to be patient. >> california highway patrol officers are also bracing for legal pot. so they're getting the word out that smoking marijuana and driving is illegal. >> did you know that smoking a joint can get you a dui. >> authorities expect to see an increase in crashes. just like other states where the drug is legal. >> if you can buy a drink, or, buy a joint, you can also afford a lift, uber, taxi. >> with more than 39 million residents, california has the sixth largest economy in the world. legal marijuana could be a $7 billion industry here. elaine that means cash strapped state and local communities they could collect up to $1 billion a year in taxes. >> carter evans. thank you. when we come back, a piece of history was removed from the white house ground.

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on the south lawn. the tree was planted in 1835, by president andrew jackson. and has been a frequent backdrop for first family photos. in 1994, it was damaged when a man crashed a stolen plane into it. he was killed, but the tree survived. >> for passengers aboard an all nippon airway jet, a flit to nowhere. they were headed from los angeles to tokyo yesterday, when the crew discovered one of the passengers had boarded the wrong plane. pilots following security procedures turned back. model chrissie teagen was flying with john legend. she live tweeted throughout the eight-hour ordeal. >> what's the thing about being president, number 44 opens up.

two of the world's most famous men find themselves in unfamiliar roles. one trying his hand at interviewing. and another adjusting to life outside of the white house. barry peterson on the prince and the president. >> there was no loafing for harry, in the studio at predawn 6:00 a.m. just like all the other hosts. who was the man being interviewed. he sees his job as shining the spotlight on climate change, charity and helping soldiers. >> whether people, causes, issues, whatever it is. so, i will continue to do the, the play my part in society. >> and he was the man doing the interview. scoring the first sitdown with president obama since obama left

office. the two met up at the invictus games in canada last september. part of harry's efforts to raise awareness for wounded soldiers. the interview was taped there. >> obama warned about social media. in this age of a tweeting president trump. >> the dangers of the internet is that, that people can have entirely different realities. they can be, just cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases. >> then, quick questions starting with the reference to the tv show, suits. that featured his fiancee, meghan markle. >> suits or the good wife? >> suits. obviously. >> great, great answer. >> cigarettes or gum? >> gum now, baby. >> gum. >> white house or buckingham palace? >> white house just because buckingham palace looks like it would take a really long time to mow. >> serious stuff to be sure. but he also talked about royal family stuff. like his fiancee, meghan markle. >> saying today, she spent her first christmas with the family, where behind the scenes, it was, every family's christmas chaos.

time. great fun staying with my brother and sister-in-law. and running around with the kids. christmas was fantastic. >> next may is the royal wedding. the friendship with barack and michelle puts them in the running for the invite of the year. >> we haven't put the invites or guest lists together yet. who knows whether you will be invited or not. wouldn't want to ruin that surprise. >> translation, mr. and mrs. obama, keep a close eye on your mailbox. barry peterson, cbs news, london. that's the "overnight news" for thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.

welcome to the "overnight news." for millunder of americans, the dream of a white christmas has given way off to the nightmare of an arctic new year. bone chilling cold settled bringing with it dangerous subzero temperatures and in some places mountains of snow. demarco morgan is in eerie, pennsylvania where they have some digging out to do. this is probably the tenth time we have plowed this. and just, just, keep plowing. it

>> reporter: 60 inches of snow and counting. >> 60 inches of snow and counting shattering the state record. peering over the snow are slides and swings in the playground. most of the roads if not all of them here in eerie, pennsylvania look like this one. complete leave covered in snow. you can barely make out the roads, leading in and out. members of the pennsylvania national guard have been deployed to help residents dig out the snow. >> ready? >> neighbors helped each other out by getting cars back on the road. while children attempted to help their parents shovel snow. while eerie its tinted with snow top to bottom they aren't alone in dealing with the winter blast. parts of wisconsin dropped to negative 23 degrees. the bridge got stuck due to freezing wind chill. the coast guard deployed a ship to break the water.

dakota froze over with parts of the grand haven river in michigan. and the falls in minnesota. well, today official have not said when they plan to lift the state of emergency because of the heavy snowfall. but we are on track to recording nearly 70 inches of snow from this one storm. and we're not done yet. meteorologist daniel niles with our cbs boston station, wbz. >> record cold temperatures dangerously cold wind chill val use as the jet stream dives off to the south. air straight out of the arctic in place with wind chill warnings and advisories up from the plains to new england. talking wind chill values, 15 to 35 below zero. tomorrow morning in the afternoon. subzero wind chill values will continue through the end of the week in friday with the heart of the cold air digging from central canada into the great lakes and then east towards northern new england. frost bite, 15 to 30 minutes. precautions need to be taken. bundle up. layer up. snow spreading from the northern

thursday into friday will drop an additional several inches. in fact the northern tier of the united states will see these totals, see the deep pinks here. a storm system out of the pacific will drop one to two feet of snow with elevation from idaho to montana. near zero visibility. 3 to 6 inches in central iowa as well as localized, elaine, feet of snow over a foot additional on the eastside of the great lakes. back to you. >> millions are scrambling to make sense of the tax code. one thing is for certain. a lot of homeowners stand to lose the deduction many are trying to beat the tax man to the punch. julianna goldman explains. >> it will be the greatest christmas present. >> despite that tax bill proclamation from president trump. >> how will i know what the amount is? >> homeowners with higher propertyue

to get around paying more next year. >> wanting to prepay my real estate taxes. >> sure. >> right now, you can deduct certain state and local taxes like property taxes on your federal tax return. >> i will be guessing you a receipt. >> as of january 1st, that deduction gets capped at $10,000. so if you own an expensive home, or live near a big city like atlanta or dallas, or in a high tax state, california, massachusetts or new york. some taxpayers are scrambling to see if it makes sense to prepay their 2018 property taxes. or even if you are allowed to. >> there is no one answer. >> joe kovar, account outside of san francisco, says some stand to lose thousands. >> if it is confusing to the tax professional community, it's doubly confusing for the general public. >> in new york, governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order making it easier to prepay property taxes.

north of manhattan, some municipalities can't calculate payments in time. median property tax bill there is $13,000. among the highest in the country. >> with the bill being passed in december you only gave the average person approximately two, three weeks, to make an informed decision. >> outside of boston in arlington, massachusetts, town treasurer, dean carmen said over 1,000 taxpayers have come in within the past few days. >> i've don't think anybody has seen anything like this before. the russia investigation continued, and so do the president's critical tweets. chip reid reports. >> i have nothing to do with russia. everybody knows it.

>> reporter: president trump repeatly condemned the investigation of his campaign's contacts with russia. in a tweet yesterday, he once again attacked the fbi, for its role, calling the agency tainted. but even before the investigation began, the u.s. intelligence community concluded that russia did attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election, and president trump's favor. the question for special counsel robert mueller its whether the trump campaign or the candidate himself worked with or colluded with russia in that effort. >> there is absolutely no collusion. >> trump's lawyers predict the investigation will wrap up soon. many legal observers say mueller appears to be only in round one. two former staffers including former campaign chairman, paul manafort, have been indicted and their trials are months away. two other former staffers includfo

security adviser michael flynn, have pled guilty, flynn admits he lied to the fbi yesterday, flynn's brother tweeted that the president should pardon flynn. earlier this month, the president didn't rule it out. >> we'll see what happens. >> immediately afterward his attorney insisted there is no consideration of pardoning flynn. >> the white house emphasizes that no one has been charged with or pled guilty to working with russia to influence the election. the question is whether mueller is trying to squeeze them for information indicating that they or others did. recently the president supporters have ratcheted their attacks on mueller. some have gone after the staff. claiming they're mostly anti-trump. some others have urged the president to fire mueller. but the president's attorney says there are no plans to do that. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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the islamic state's reign of terror appears to be coming to a close not before the jihadis destroyed statues, buildings and books they deemed unislamic. fortunately texts were saved by a pair of brave padres. lesley stahl has their story. >> a monk from minnesota in black, and the father, a dominican fryar from iraq in white decide to partner up. to rescue what old documents they could from places like this monastery, in northern iraq. that goes back to the fourth century. it was occupied and defaced by isis. >> they seem to want to destroy everything christian. >> exactly.

>> to delete our history. off to say that they're not christian. nothing, nothing, before islam. and, even here the statue of virgin mary, they destroyed it. >> the monastery according to historians was sacred to both christians and muslims in medieval times. it had amassed a collection of manuscripts dating back to the 12th century. >> this kind of containers. >> as isis was closing in the resident monks hid the texts in the barrels which they entombed behind a fake wall. >> isis never found it. >> for two years. >> exactly. when this part of iraq was liberated last year, those intelligent monks returned, drilled through the two walls, found the barrels and the

>> so the one thing that they couldn't replace. because you could rebuild a building. put a new cross up. those could not be replaced. those were saved. >> there were more than 500, now protected in a house in irbil, capital of kurdistan. >> very good condition. >> very good condition. >> early fifth century author. >> they include bibles, scientific works, and this grammar book filled with doodles scribbled down centuries ago. fathers have been cleaning, restoring, and photographing the documents they have rescued from

unearthing finds. like this copy of a 7th century contract, believed off to be a mandate by the prophet muhammad that says christians will be protected from their enemies, and allowed to practice their religion. >> the whole middle east at one time. was characterized by pluralize pluralism. different people. religions, languages co-existing all. off if it's interesting there are people who are risking their lives to preserve these documents. the very documents that isis is risking their lives to destroy. you know, there is a war over these books. >> there is a real war. >> in that war, isis swept across northern iraq in 2014, causing christians and others to flee in desperate caravans. when the city was attacked by isis, 50,000 christians were

driven out in a matter of days. many on foot, the ill on make pbefore the father left on the final night of the siege, he gathered up as many books as he could from this monastery there. >> we had many, many children and families with us. i asked them to carry something with me. so they help me. >> carry the manuscripts. >> little girl, and boys. 10 to 12 years, they carry the heritage and manuscripts from 13, 14 century. >> they raced to the safety of kurdistan as isis fighters chased after them. >> i saw many hundreds of isis flags. and cars. and they are -- ready to attack us and to cut our, our root, and kill us. >> frightening. >> i feel at that moment is the end of my life. and the end of, of the life of everyone. >> then it got worse. when they got to the check point, the kurdish army, the peshmerga wouldn't let them in. >> try to attack isis. by fight like that. and we saw the fire, became, became, over h

>> you are right in the middle. >> we are in middle. in the middle between both of them. >> i start to pray in my heart. >> our father who art in heaven, forgive us our sin. start to give absolution to the population, everyone, christian, not christian. at that moment, sure we heard a voice, many voice. check point is open. we are very happy and quickly start to -- to escape. at that moment. to be in the safe side in kurdistan. >> he said it was a miracle that all those lives were saved. but he wasn't able to save all of his books. isis burned the ones left behind. as we saw when he took us back to his old house in the city.

>> no. >> showed us what isis did to 30,000 books in library. >> you can see the pages. torched it. >> the book he's managed to save are here. >> here in the holy of holies. >> holy of holies is a room in a secret location in the kurdish region of northern iraq. it is where father najib is protecting his treasured processions. >> gospel. new testament. when jesus go to jerusalem. and with the donkey. and this -- look at the colors. >> this with -- with -- yellow. >> the egg yolks. >> the yellow is made from egg yolks. >> exactly.

>> pomegranate. >> pomegranate. >> it survived? >> yeah. >> just one of the 3500 texts he saved from isis. books like these, from the 16th, 17th century that were used by missionaries, dispatched by the church, to spread roman catholicism in the region. >> and, saint thomas aquinos. >> some show ravages of time and war. like this fragment of the new testament written in the year 500. and, so -- >> this parchment from 10, 11 century. a parchment. >> wow. >> with -- with sheepskin. >> that is aramaic, language of jesus christ and our mother tongue. >> other thing to remember these aren't all religious

manuscripts. some of them are purely history. so those are ones that tell us about, political events. and kings and battles. and famines. and, all of these other things. so, not simply history of religion. it is history of every aspect of life. >> you can see the full report on our website, cbs news.com. the "overnight news" will be right back. hey julie, i know today's critical, but i really need... ...a sick day. dads don't take sick days... dads take dayquil severe. the non-drowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat... ...stuffy head, no sick days medicine.

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2017 found trouble under the big top. two circuses went out of business. right here in new york, ig apple circus filed for bankrupt see. then something magical happened. anthony mason has the story. >> reporter: under the big dop in lincoln center the big apple circus marking its 40th anniversary. but it almost had nothing to celebrate. after declining ticket sale, it filed for bankrupt seep last november. then, just when the circus needed a life line, it found a doctor. >> i think that to let this disappear would have been a crime. >> the doctor, and a team of investors bought big apple circus at a bankruptcy auction. and this holiday season, have brought it back to life. some people are saying you are saving the circus. do you feel that way? >> no person can single-handedly save the circus. as a group. big apple circus family, we have saved the circus

>> what does a surgeon know about running a circus? follow the doctor into his trailer, and you'll find he knows a lot. >> this is actually the trampoline act, and, and that's me on the bottom. >> you on the bottom. >> he spent five years on the road in the circus life. working his way from trampoline clown to trapeze artist while he was studying for his medical degree. >> were you a good trapeze artist? >> no. but, i used to tell people, i was the greatest flayeren medicine today. >> there aren't a lot of surgeon trapeze artists. >> that's why i was the best. >> the 68-year-old surgeon was about to retire when the call came. when he agreed to take the j

no surprise, he went looking for the best aerial acts. >> this year for the first time ever, circus history, the two most daring feats in the air are being done under the same tent. >> the flying family, the quadruple somersault on the trapeze. and the fabulous walendas are performing the seven person pyramid on the high wire. risky business. in february, nick and his team, suffered an accident in training. >> we were trying to, again, up the ante, raise the limits. doing an eight person pyramid. four layers high on a wire 2 feet up. unfortunately we began to lose our balance. we don't know why. or particularly what happened. >> five members hit the ground. his sister, leana was most seriously injured. >> your sister is doing okay. >> my sister is doing incredibly well. this happened in february. she is back on the wire.

amazing. >> the circus industry has to start pushing the limits. >> it hasn't kept up. >> how do you stay relevant? >> trailers where the performers live? >> yes. >> reporter: in two weeks they'll pack up and helped for atlanta. and the doctor will go with them. >> is the harder running a circus than you thought? probably the greatest understatement i have heard ever. i never worked so hard and long in my entire life. >> yeah. >> this puts medical school to shame. >> how does it feel to come back to the circus after all this time? >> some moments, recently where i have been able to silt and watch the show. and realize that, wow, we did this. >> do you feel look you are, closing a circle for yourselfen some way? >> you know not a circle.

to me, how many people get to run away with the circus twice?

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23478 captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, december 28, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." arctic blast, bitter temperatures hit much of the u.s. and the cold conditions are expected to stick around. rushing to prepay your property tax to save money? we'll tell you why it might not make off. and the magical world of disney lost a little luster for some after a park blackout. >> there was no rides, couldn't buy anything. it was all bad.