michelle miller sat down with the rapper, logic. ♪ i've been on the low i been taking my time i feelike i'm out of my mind it feel like my life ain't mine ♪ >> reporter: a song about a desperate caller contemplating suicide is resonating with millions of listeners. ♪ i just want to die today i just want to die ♪ >> reporter: and saving lives. that's because the song's title "1-800-273-8255", is also the phone number for the national suicide prevention lifeline. >> this is about so much more than-- than entertainment. >> reporter: logic, a rapper and songwriter originally from gaithersburg, maryland, came up with the single's concept, a person in despair reaching out to the hot line for help. in an upcoming segment for "cbs sunday morning," logic told us he has never thought about committing suicide but he has experienced firsthand what it's like to feel hopeless. you said that you struggled with anxiety. >> yeah, for sure, 100%. i was in the worst place of my life. i had made more money than i could have ever dreamed of. i bought this home that we're in right now. i was happily marri

reena. >> ninan: michelle miller. thank you, michelle. eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at our cbs boston station, wbz. what's the latest, eric. >> reena, we've been watching nate intensify today, now a hurricane, yet another hurricane that will make landfall in the united states this evening. moving exceptionally fast, upwards of 25 miles per hour to the north. that' s very unusual for the gulf of mexico. it means that wind is going to come in very quickly, the surge as well, but it's also a little bit of a lopsided storm there's a look at wind speeds. you can see all the strongest winds are on that northeast side. so that would really push the strongest wind gusts around new orleans eastward over toward biloxi, golfport, mobile bay, even the western part of the florida panhandle. and those winds will be at least category 1 hurricane strength reena. >> ninan: so, eric, when does this ultimately make landfall, what can we expect? >> i think the biggest impact here is storm surge. this is a part of the gulf of mexico where water can

anthony. >> mason: michelle miller with the preparations in new orleans. thanks. the body of a fourth u.s. service member was recovered today in the african nation of niger. the soldier's name was not released. american troops were ambushed wednesday during a counter-terrorism patrol. al qaeda is suspected. three army green berets were killed. staff sergeants, bryan black, 35 of washington state. jeremiah johnson, 39, of ohio. and dustin wright, 29, of georgia. president trump has set off an international guessing game with a few ominous words. today, he wasn't giving any clues. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> reporter: what did you mean by "calm before the storm" yesterday? what did you mean by that? >> you'll find out. >> reporter: at a dinner last night with top military leaders and their spouses, the president made this cryptic commentst comment: >> you guys know what this represents. >> reporter: tell us, sir. >> maybe it's the calm before the storm. >> reporter: what's the storm? >> could be the calm, the calm before the storm. >> reporter: the om

here's michelle miller. ♪ i've been running low. ♪ taking my time. ♪ i've feel like i made up my mindng about a desperate caller contemplating suicide is resonating with millions of listeners. ♪ i just want to die. ♪. >> reporter: and saving lives. that's because the song's title "1-800-273-8255" is also the phone number for the national suicide prevention lifeline. >> this is about so much more than entertainment. >> reporter: logic, a rapper and songwriter originally from gaithersburg, maryland, came up with the single's concept, a person in despair reaching out to the hotline for help. i just want to die. ♪. >> reporter: in an upcoming segment for "cbs sunday morning," logic told us he's never thought about committing suicide but he has experienced first hand what it's like to feel hopeless. you said that you struggled with anxiety. >> yeah, for sure, 100%. i was in the worst place of my life. i was happily married and yet i was unhappy. >> suicide prevention center crisis line. >> reporter: since the single's release back in april, calls are up 33% at crisis hotline centers around

michelle miller, cws news, new orleans. >>> and they could impact our weather early next week. meteorologist katie fehlinger tracking nate from the cbs-3 sky deck him. there, katie. >> the storm system will lift on shore once it make land fall near new orleans but once it does that so often it is over land mass so it will lose steam pretty quickly. it is moving along relatively swiftly. it is only until monday that we are ending up with that wet weather and right now that storm is still, just making its advance, on the yucatan peninsula. it will cover a lot of ground in a relatively short amount of time. lets put this into motion. it is still a tropical storm but as we her in the package it is expect to strengthen moving over opened waters of the gulf. likely to be a category one specifically hurricane making its p.m. land fall on saturday , whether it is a direct hit to new orleans or not they are on stand by here. then it moves inland and makes a sharp turn to the right and curve to the right and that moisture gets lifted in our area we will keep the steam iness around in the

michelle miller took a ride. a test track that mimics any detail of our transportation world, choks full of highways, byways, railroad crossings and bus stops. >> how is in city different from your average test drive? >> great question. so, in city itself. isn't really different than the real world. and that's in and of itself what makes it different. >> carrie is the director, and lab director greg mcguire. we toured the ultimate learning curve for driverless research. >> typical test track. you are testing for performance of an individual vehicle. we can look how they operate and the infrastructure around them. >> you need this stimulated world in order to do it the right way. >> that's right. on 16 acres of the university of michigan campus and every driving condition. >> right now on the urban side of m city. that allows to us study your typical downtown urban environment. we have parking meters. angle parking. parallel parking. seven types of traffic liekts. now entering the high speed side which simulates h

here is michelle miller. >> i've been running low, taking my time. i feel like i'm out of my mind. reporter: a song about a desperate caller contemplating suicide. is resonating with millions of listeners. and saving lives. that's because the the song ear title, 1-800-273-8255 is the phone number for national suicide prevention lifeline. >> this is about so much more than, than entertainment. >> logic, rapper and songwriter from maryland came up with the single's concept. a person in despair reaching out to the hotline for help. in an upcoming segment for cbs sunday morning, logic told us he never thought about committing suicide but he has experienced firsthand what it is look to feel hopeless. >> you said that you struggled with anxiety. >> yeah, for sure. 100%. in the worst place in my life. i was happily married and yet i was unhappy. >> suicide prevention center crisis line. >> since the release in april, calls are up 33% at crisis hot line senters around the country. john draper. >> if you show people positively coping through suicidal moments. research shows that can save li

i'm michelle miller.dent trump made a rare trip to capitol hill to lobby gop senators to pass what he calls the biggest tax cut in history. the meeting was overshadowed by the president's war of word with tennessee senator bob corker. the pair have been trading insults online and in the press. and when the president left the building, another gop senator, jeff flake took to the senate floor. he announced he would not run for re-election. and proceeded to lambaste the president, nancy cordes has the it all. >> none of this is normal. >> arizona's jeff flake stood on the senate floor his voice quivering as he called the president indecent, reckless and undignified. >> when the next generation asks us why didn't you do something? why didn't you speak up? what are we going to say? mr. president, i rise today to say, enough. >> the breadth of his condemnation was matched by a series of comments made by his gop colleague, bob corker, earlier in the day. >> the president has great difficulty with the truth. on m

i'm michelle miller.sident trump flew to las vegas a city stillrying from the deadliest mass shooting in modern american history. the president visited survivors in their hospital rooms and spent time at local and federal law enforcement officials. investigators have been unable to determine why steven paddock, a 64-year-old retiree with no criminal record would unleash such a deadly assault. he killed 58 people and wounded hundreds more. before turning the gun on himself. paddock's girlfriend returned to the u.s. from the philippines she could hold the key to the motive. john blackstone begins the coverage. >> reporter: this afternoon, marilou danley was questioned at the fbi field office. she returned after visiting her native philippines taken from the gate in a wheelchair and met by federal agents. authorities say she is key in helping to piece together what motivated paddock. in an interview with australian tv, danley's sisters whose identities were withheld said paddock himself had sent her out of t

michelle miller. >>> mueller comes out swinging. two criminal indictments and a guilty plea.r ready to cooperate in the russia investigation. but the white house says today's announcement has nothing to do with the president. >> also tonight, the death of a green beret is called a homicide. and two members of the elite seal team six are under investigation. >> netflix announces the end of "house of card" as actor kevin spacey its accused unwanted sexual advances. >> and high fly ball. good-bye! >> the world series turns into a record setting home run derby. >> another home run! ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this the cbs "overnight news." >>> the criminal investigation of russian interference in the u.s. election moved into a new phase monday. the special counsel announced a plea deal with a former trump campaign adviser who has agreed to cooperate. and a former campaign chairman and his deputy, were indicted on charges that include money laundering. they are under house arrest. the white house tried to distance the president from all of this, we have extensive coverage. jeff pegues has t

michelle miller says the big easy its breathing aeds tonight. >> the sun has been shining all day herew orleans. a far cry from what many expected to wake up to. residents had hunkered down, fearing hurricane nate would drench southeast louisiana and repeat the august fifth flash flooding, that dumped 5 inches of rain here in as many hours. that uncovered deficiencies in city's drainage pumping system. right now, 109 of the city's 120 water pumps are working. nate veered east, producing very little precipitation for the big easy. much of louisiana breathing a collective sigh of relief. october storms are unusual for this part of the gulf. and, with a month and a half left before the end of hurricane season, folks around here are hoping the worst is over. elaine. >> michelle. thanks. >> one week after the las vegas massacre, 60 minutes reports tonight on a handwritten note that shows the gunman made calculations to maximize the carnage. 58 were killed. nearly 500 wounded. here is jamie yuccas. ♪ today, parishioners at churches across las vegas came together hoping to heal from last week

." >>> welcome to the "overnight news," i'm michelle miller.ident trump's efforts to roll back the affordable care act may have put the program on life support. but it is not dead yet. two u.s. senators, republican lamar alexander and democrat, patty murray have come up with a plan to rein state federal subsidies and stabilize the insurance markets. the president says he supports their effort, but called it a short term fix. meanwhile, the president stepped up his war of word with arizona senator john mccain. nancy cordecs has details. >> it is absolutely bizarre, this bizarre conduct. >> after holding back for nine months, the former vice president unad scathing, seven minutes. >> we have a president who does not understand governance. forget his policies for a minute. he doesn't understand how the government functions. >> he said the president's behavior -- and language. >> get that son of a -- off the field right now. >> are rapidly perhaps irreversibly shattering societal standard. >> violating the norms of personal conduct, jen rates more

i'm michelle miller. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's wednesday, october 25th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> if we simply become inured to this condition, thinking that it's just politics as usual, then heaven help us. >> the president has great difficulty. >> back-to-back hits. president trump is slammed by two retiring republican senators. now some are calling it a victory for the president. >>> the infachmous dossier abou president trump being tied to russia was reportedly funded by hillary clinton and the dnc. >> they cast the tie-breaking vote that helps customers sue banks and credit card companies. good morning here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> the republican party civil war erupted with a blistering verbal assault by two retiring gop senators. first tennessee's bob corker and then arizona's jeff flake. corker said the president has trouble with the truth while flake declared he would not be complicit, calling mr. trump's behavior dangerous to a democracy. >> we must never regard as normal the regular and casual underm

jeff. >> michelle miller, thank you very much. with an update on those who were hurt. major garrett has reaction from the white house tonight to what we saw here in manhattan this afternoon. major. >> reporter: jeff, president trump has been briefed on this terrorist attack and for the very first time through his twitter feed just moments ago gave it an inisis inspiration or at least indirect isis linkage, the president writing, "we must not athrough isis to return our country after defeating them." that is a tweet from the president just moments ago. earlier today, the president made his first comment about this episode in new york saying, this yief trump, saying, "heartbreaking news coming out of new york city. praying for theer investigation. and social media executives tell congress russian election hacking was a lot bigger than they thought. but do they need help making more of their own tears? if you have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation, restasis multidose® can help, with continued use, twice a day, every day, one drop at a t

there were fears that nate could overwhelm the troubled drainage system in new orleans but michelle miller says the big easy is breathing easy tonight. >> reporter: the sun has been shining all day here in new orleans, a far cry from what many expected to wake up to. residents had hunkered down fearing hurricane nate would drench southeast louisiana and repeat the august 5 flash flooding that dumped five inches of rain here in as many hours. that uncovered deficiencies in the city's drainage pumping system. right now 109 of the city's 120 water pumps are working. nate veered east producing very little precipitation for the big easy. much of louisiana breathing a collective sigh of relief. october storms are unusual for this part of the gulf. and with a month and a half left before the end of hurricane season, folks around here are hoping the worst is over. elaine? >> quijano: michelle, thanks. one week after the las vegas massacre, "60 minutes" reports tonight on a handwritten note that shows the gunman made calculations to maximize the carnage. 58 were killed, nearly 500 wounded. here's j

michelle miller in nooerchs. thanks, michelle. vice president mike pence will visit las vegas today nearly a week after the snooiper shooting that left 58 dead and injured nearly 500. meanwhile we eastern learning more about gunman stephen paddock and his arsenal ahead of sunday's atake. these new tee tails fwit s - give a better view. but they're still looking for motive. anna werner has more. >> reporter: if you know something, say something. it's a mesh of how little police know about why paddock did what he did. >> we do not still have a clear motive or reason why. >> reporter: las vegas metro police undersheriff kevin mcmahill says his department is following up on more than 100 stephen paddock's motive for mass murder. >> we've looked at everything, literally, the suspect's personal life, any political affiliation, his social behaviors. >> reporter: but nearly a week after the deadly shooting, investigators remain frustrated by a look of clues as to what prompted the attack. >> in the past,tory rar attacks or incidents, moti

jeff. >> michelle miller, thank you very much. with an update on those who were hurt. major garrett has reaction from the white house tonight to what we saw here in manhattan this afternoon. major. >> reporter: jeff, president trump has been briefed on this terrorist attack and for the very first time through his twitter feed just moments ago gave it at least indirect isis linkage, the president writing, "we must not athrough isis to return our country after defeating them." that is a tweet from the president just moments ago. earlier today, the president made his first comment about this episode in new york saying, "looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. law enforcement is following this closely. of." then in all caps, "not in the u.s.a.." moments after that, the vice president, mike pence, also went on twitter saying he was saddened by the tragedies offering prayers to the families, first responders and the victims adding, "those responsible must be held accountable." the very first within the white house whitehouse to tweet on this yief trump,

i'm michelle miller the two former associates of president trump spending halloween under house arrestthey're the first ones charged in the investigation of russian interference in our presidential election. former trump campaign chairman, paul manafort, and his top aide rick gates, both pleaded not guilty to a long list of charges that could land them in prison for decades. paul manafort posted $10 million bail. gates $5 million. and one of president trump's former foreign policy advisers, george papadopoulos, has already pleaded guilty to meeting with russian agents and lying to the fbi about it. he said to be cooperating with the investigation. that's where jeff pegues begins our coverage. president trump showcased his foreign policy team for "washington post" editors march 21, 2016 among them a political unknown in his late 20s. >> george papadopoulos, he's an oil and energy consultant. excellent guy. >> court papers say, papadopoulos now admits he want to work right away. setting up meetings with russian operatives who told him in april 2016, they had dirt on then candidate hillar

michelle miller, ann arbor, >> a tributes are pouring in after the passing of rock star tom petty theck at his home in malibu, california. anthony mason who is on assignment in las vegas looks back on petty's life and remarkable career. >> they released they debut album and created classic hits that generations of fans would embrace. ♪ ♪ in 1999, petty sat down with charlie rose on his pbs program. and discussed how his songs came to life. >> so this is your office? >> yeah, guess you could call it that. >> i spoke with petty in 200 # for cbs sunday morning about the pressure of working with your idols. ♪ sunset all right ♪ >> something he did when he joined the strtraveling wilburi. harrison, glen, orbison and dylan. >> what is it like writing with dylan? >> he is just as good as you would think he would be. i was there for a reason. so i had to get past his bobness, you know. >> a year later he released the first of three solo albums. ♪ free falling >> petty will most be remembered as the front man of the heartbreakers. ♪ ♪ >> just last week the band closed out their 40th anniversar

i'm michelle miller.0 minutes report on the opioid epidemic has sent political shock waves through capitol hill. 33,000 americans died of opioid related overdoses in 2015. and that was before a new law that essentially ties the hand of the dea. one of the sponsors of that bill, pennsylvania congressman, tom marino has been nominated to head the office of national drug control policy. but president trump now says, he may withdraw that nomination. here is bill whitaker's report. thiss control that allowed millions of drugs to go into bad pharmacies and doctors' offices that distributed them out to people who had no need for the drugs. >> one example, a pharmacy in kermit, west virginia, a town of 392 people. ordered 9 million hydrocodone pills. >> the companies are a big reason? >> absolutely they are. i can tell you with 100% accuracy we were in there on multiple occasions trying to get them to change their behavior. they flat out ignored. >> reporter: then there was congress, a bill introduced in the hous

michelle miller traveled to martinsburg, west virginia, to meet with the hope dealers. >> you can findf the night or the middle of the afternoon. >> reporter: she knows all the trouble spots in martinsburg, west virginia. >> the worst part is winchester afternoon from 7-eleven all the way out to the motels that's where the most activity goes on. >> reporter: this was once a textile town. the factories have long since closed. many people here have filled the empty spaces in their lives with opioids. the city, in desperate need of a hero. who has lost someone to heroin? it got four of them, heroines, actually, as ironic as that sounds. >> lost my son-in-law week before christmas in 2015 and lost my daughter in may. >> lisa melcher, tara mason and christy pilotner are all affected by the heroin plague. >> i have a son that is actually one year clean from heroin. >> tara? >> i was in a relationship that struggled with drug abuse. six years. >> i have a daughter who also got hooked due to prescription medication after a broken arm. >> so all four of you know it can happen to anybody? >> abs

michelle miller is here. good morning. >> good morning. spacey tweet he does not remember the alleged encounter which rapp detailed. still he's beyond horrified by the story and it has encouraged something he has never bun before, publicly acknowledged he is gay. in 1986 kevin spacey was a 26-year-old starring on broadway. he met fellow broadway actor rapp was 14. rapp now starring in discovery and was in the original cast of broadway "rent." rapp recalls being alone in a room after a party. my impression he was drunk, he picked me up and lice down on top of me. i was aware he was trying to get with me sexually. he said he was able to squirm away and left. spacey who stars in "house of cards" is a two-time oscar oner. he joked about the longstanding rumors about his sexuality. ♪ i'm coming out no, wait. >> spacey tweeted he doesn't remember the encounter. quote, if i did behave then as he describes, i owe him sincerest apology. i've had relationships with both men and women. i choose now to live as a gay man. >> people on social media are

(on phone): michele, bob miller. what's going on here? keith morrison (voiceover): there is something else about this you should know. the night michele harris vanished was not just any night. it was september 11, 2001. things are in some kind of disarray. keith morrison (voiceover): so they were. and so nobody was paying much attention with the disturbing events up here around little owego, new york. troopers have all been sent to new york city. um, there's a skeleton crew left at all the stations. keith morrison (voiceover): back then, sue mulvey was a senior investigator with the new york state police. she took the call the morning of september 12th. what'd you do? i sent two investigators over to talk to calvin harris, and i sent a uniform trooper up to the house. keith morrison (voiceover): cal harris opened up his house to them. he said, "whatever you need. look wherever you need to look. you have carte blanche. i want this to be solved. i want to know what happened." keith morrison (voiceover): that morning, investigator mulvey knew

michelle miller is outside one of the city's largest pumping stations. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this city breathing a collective sigh of here we go again. this pumping station, three of its 15 pumps are offline. across the city, nine others still nonon raggal as officials try to bring those back up to speed, hoping to avoid a repeat of what happened here back in august. >> once again we find ourselves in familiar territory with another storm coming our way. >> reporter: take nothing chances, mayor mitch landry declared a state of emergency. they had flash flooding back on august 5th when 8 to 10 inches of rain fell in one day. there was a shortage of personnel. the city has a total of 120 pumps. 19 of those pumps were not operational during the august storm. seven of them are back online and 26 backup generators are also in place. >> starting saturday at noon we'll have 140 pump operators and personnel that will be operat operated. >> the main concern is storm surge. louisiana governor john bel edwards has activated 1,300 nationa

michelle miller is outside one of the city's largest pumping stations. ele, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, new orleans breathing a collective sigh of here we go again at this pumping station, three of the 15 pumps are offline. nine others across the city are nonoperational as officials try to bring those up to speed before nate hits, hoping to avoid a repeat of what happened back in august. >> once again, we find ourselves in familiar territory threatened by another storm that's coming our way. >> reporter: taking no chances in the big easy mayor mitch landrieu declared a state of emergency in new orleans. the city's drainage issue was revealed during flash flooding back on august 5th when a storm drenched the city with 8 to 10 inches of rain in one day. the problems included pumps and turbine power stations not working and a shortage of personnel at the sewage and water board, the agency that runs the drainage system. the city has a total of 120 pumps. 19 were not operational during the august storm. 7 of them are back online and 26 backup gene