cbs' chris livesay has more. >> reporter: to say that finland values education is an understatement.hat's not finnish they're speaking. this is a spanish class at a public elementary school in the capital helsinki. and yet their language proficiency is not the only thing that makes these fourth grade finns so remarkable. at just 10 years old, they're already learning to separate fact -- >> can you figure out which is the fake news? >> from fiction. today's assignment, let's find out if an alien really did land on earth in the past decade. yep, they also speak english. >> i don't think they have been ever somebody who has seen an alien. it's already fake because it says that it was ten years ago in 2013. still nobody has seen aliens ever. >> reporter: so you're saying if this happened ten years ago, you probably would have heard about an alien. >> yeah. >> reporter: these kids are already pros. they've been at it since they were 6. and they'll keep sharpening their ability to spot hoaxes, avoid scams, and debunk propaganda throughout their education. just like every child in finland.

late reaction from the white house in a moment, but we want to begin in tel aviv, where cbs's chris livesaynessed the barrage. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. israelis have been bracing for a major retaliation after the recent assassinations of hamas and hezbollah leaders. well, tonight, that retaliation finally came. [explosions] ballistic missiles light up the night sky as israel intercepts them. sending red-hot shrapnel floating like embers. some leaked through israel's defenses, hitting targets on the ground, and iran blanketed the length of the country with some 180 missiles, israel says, from the north... >> on the right, the right side. >> left side. >> reporter: to the western wall in jerusalem. to tel aviv. where we were when the sirens blared and panic erupted. >> we've just been told to back away from the door of the shelter. everyone's moving away, we've heard a series of booms. you can see everybody is just piled into this parking garage, that's doubling as a bomb shelter. there are children here. there are dogs here. >> reporter: the israeli military say

cbs's chris livesay was given a closer look at that israeli troop build-up. >> reporter: cbs news hasmited raids into southern lebanon, gathering intelligence on hezbollah's troop positions and its tunnel system ahead of an expected ground offensive. we witnessed some of the build-up. the roar of engines is the beating drum of war. at this staging area in northern israel soldiers prepare to put israeli boots on the ground in southern lebanon. dozens and dozens of tanks, armored fighting vehicles and bulldozers, everything you'd expect for a ground invasion and the clearest sign yet that israel's preparing to expand the conflict. israeli defense minister yoav gallant tells his troops we will employ all that is needed, from the air, from the sea, and also from the land. the mission, to push back hezbollah and its onslaught of rockets that's forced around 70,000 israelis to flee their homes. two reserve brigades have been called up to join the thousands of soldiers already deployed on the border. as the almost year-long conflict is poised to enter a new and potentially much deadlier phas

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have team coverage from the middle east, as it careens toward a wider war, beginning with cbs's chris livesaytel aviv. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. his rosh hashanah, the start of the jewish new year tonight, but as israelis celebrate, tensions are boiling over iran's huge missile strikes last night and how israel will respond. of the nearly 200 missiles fired by iran, israeli defenses shot down almost all of them. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: not without the help of u.s. destroyers based in the eastern mediterranean. but some missiles did get through. >> no! >> reporter: like the one that smashed this car, leaving twisted metal and a massive crater in this residential area outside tel aviv. the israeli military has vowed to strike back. "we have the capabilities to reach any point in the middle east," said the head of the armed forces. "our enemies, who have not understood this yet, will soon understand." that message being carried across the northern border today. israeli military video shows troops advancing through the mountains of southern lebanon and entering vi

. >> norah: imtiaz tyab in beruit and chris livesay in tel aviv, thank you. breaking news, let's get to shanelle kaul. >> reporter: pete rose has died at the age of 83, and the baseball world has lost one of its most famous and infamous stars. rose played 24 seasons mostly for the cincinnati reds and remains the all-time hits leader. but in 1989, he was banned from major league baseball for gambling on the game which also blocked him from the hall of fame. pete rose will forever be known as one of baseball's most energetic and divisive figures. shanelle kaul, cbs news. >> norah: a labor dispute may affect some of your household purchases. that's beginning tomorrow. that story is next. >> norah: a labor dispute may affect some of your household purchases. that's next. i thought i'd have to settle for never stepping foot on this trail again. i became great at making excuses. but i have people who count on me so i talked to my cardiologist. i said there must be more we can do for my symptoms. he told me about a medication called camzyos. he said camzyos works by

sirens, this is the moment when those sirens sounded across tel aviv cbs news correspondent aviv chris livesay tel aviv and sent this report. the israeli military confirms that it's begun, quote, limited, localised and targeted raids against his brother in the border area of southern lebanon. but as we saw at a staging ground, it's building up for much more. there were more than 100 israeli tanks, armoured fighting vehicles and bulldozers in the clearest sign yet that israel is mobilising for a full blown ground offensive. but on the other side of the border with lebanon, just a few miles away, tens of thousands of his brother soldiers are waiting. in fact, israel said intense clashes erupted this morning. his brother is known to have a vast network of tunnels and a reputation for guerrilla warfare and suicide bombers. for its part, israel's elite 98th division has been prepping in the darkness to enter mountainous and treacherous terrain across the border, where explosions were heard throughout the night. their mission is to stop hezbollah�*s onslaught of rockets on northern israel, which has

cbs' chris livesay has more. >> reporter: it span morse than a million square feet and soars 13 storiesala were one of the most luxurious spas the world has ever known. and now, for the first time in some 1500 years, water is back. visitors can see and hear it flowing like it did in ancient times, says director marella sur lorenzi. there is even mist of steam that filled the heats rooms. the baths could house 8,000 romans with plumbing unmatched in the ancient world. amy schroeder and matthew are tourists and engineers from idaho. >> it's still standing today. i'd be god enough to make something still standing 2,000 years later. >> reporter: at its peak, it can hold two million gallons of water making it the biggest standing monument in roam and inspiring some of the biggest and finest works of architecture in the united states. union station in chicago, grand central in new york, each inherited the grand arches, vaulted ceilings and lavish spaces of rome's public baths. it even boasted two libraries and spaces for performing arts. ♪ today there is ballet. and in the summer, opera. but

have team coverage from the middle east as it careens toward a wider war, beginning with cbs' chris livesayn tel aviv. >> reporter: of the nearly 200 missiles fired by iran, israeli defenses shut down almost all of them. not without the help of u.s. destroyers based in the eastern mediterranean. but some missiles did get through. like the one that smashed this car, leaving twisted metal and a massive crater in this residential area outside tel aviv. the israeli military has vowed to strike back. "we have the capabilities to reach any point in the middle east," said the head of the armed forces. that message being carried across the northern border. israeli military video shows troops advancing through the mountains of southern lebanon and entering villages as it announced close quarter fighting with hezbollah. and the deaths of eight soldiers. thousands more are being sent north as part of what the israeli military is calling a limited ground operation that's expanding in scope by the day. >> i'm imtiaz tyab in the southern beirut suburb. some areas now in ruins. overnight, israeli air stri

cbs news foreign correspondent chris livesay joins us from tel aviv.ael is promising retaliation. what's the latest on the ground where you are tonight? >> reporter: good evening, cecelia. israelis have been bracing for major retaliation after the recent assassinations of hamas and hezbollah leaders. tonight that retaliation finally came some 180 missiles lit up the night sky as israel intercepted most of them, sending red-hot shrapnel floating like embers from the western wall in jerusalem today here in tel aviv. there was one reported death in the occupied west bank and some minorinjuries due to falling debris. we are also reporting -- the conspicuous turn just moments before the missile barrage, there was an apparent terrorist attack here at a tel aviv train station where two men opened fire with assault rifles, killing at least seven and wounding eight, police say. this violence is set against the backdrop of a widening war. the past 24 hours, israel launchedwhat he calls a limited ground offensive into southern lebanon, targeting hezbollah rocket