jamie yuccas, cbs news, eden, australia. >> o'donnell: imagine that, those handmeat pouches and mittens for all of those animals. we'll be right back.

jamie yuccas, cbs news, eden, australia. >> imagine that, those handmade pouches and mittens for allnimals. the world is taking notice. we'll be right back. >>> that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from our cbs studios in washington, i'm norah o'donnell. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. there is breaking news as we come on the air tonight. we have been following it all evening because we have learned that iran has just launched dozens of ballistic missiles at two locations in iraq where u.s. troops are based. the pentagon saying late tonight the missiles were fired from iranian territory in retaliation for the u.s. drone strike in baghdad last week that killed iran's top general. we heard from the president today who said that he was prepared to strike back strongly if iran retaliated. tonight, we can tell you american b-52s are being moved closer to the region in a show of strength. this comes as the white house is

jamie yuccas is in sidney. >> reporter: brush fires continue to burn. smoldering areas are deadly.40 years of firefighting experience died as a tree fell on him as he was firing hot spots. >> you have to be careful. >> reporter: after weeks of criticism over the government's slow response to the brush fires, and people dismissing hand shakes from prime minister scott morrison -- >> good morning everyone. >> reporter: he sat down with australia broadcasting corporation. >> there were things i could have handled much better. >> reporter: he acknowledged climate change. playing a role in hotter, drier, summers. and discussed australia's role as one of the largest producers of coal in the world. >> what i'm saying we want to reduce emissions and do the best job we can to get better and better at it. >> reporter: cooler weather conditions are allowing firefighters to get an upper hand but the emotional toll led the government to dedicate roughly $55 million for ongoing mental health services. here at the world fire service headquarters, that blue board means firefighters are at their lo

cbs reporter jamie yuccas is in the australian capital. >> we cannot guarantee your safety at present. >> reporter: authorities across southeast australia are racing to get people to safety, using the light rain and cool weather for cover after super charged fires continue to ravage the continent over the weekend. >> it's like something out of a horror movie. i've never seen anything like it. >> reporter: the fires have scorched nearly 20 million acres of land, forcing thousands to flee. >> my neighbor stayed to defend his property. my house is gone. >> reporter: fire officials here in new south wales say the flames roared through here so quickly that the fire consumed things like cars, homes, and vegetation at a rate of seven miles in two hours. australian firefighters are working around the clock, battling both the fierce flames and exhaustion. >> all the crews in this area are just hurting. they're tired. >> reporter: as a crew of u.s. firefighters arrived to provide welcome assistance. >> did you ever think you'd see something of this magnitude in australia? >> never. never. >> re

jamie yuccas met her poolside. >> go! ripe old age of 98, maurine kornfeld is at the peak of her career. >> i don't want to say we wrship her but we definitely ake her biggest fans. >> i want a hug, too! >> reporter: around the pool, the woman known as "mighty mo" is a legend to everyone but herself. so how many awards have you won now? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: you lost count? >> i never counted. >> reporter: we counted. among senior masters swimmers, she has earned 14 world se worecorand sld medals, has recently inducted into the ioternational swimming hall of fame-- all in a career that began at age 65. that sounds crazy. >> it probably was. and is. >> reporter: a child of the depression, maurine was told, "good girls don't play sports." well, look at her now. >> courage, courage. >> reporter: this late-in-life hobby also inspires her new family of teammates. >> what i like about the team is seeing them starting from little or nothing into becoming quite accomplished, and that's really anat. >> reporter: they tra

>> jamie yuccas, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪ >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> cbs news has confirmed that more than a dozen saudi royal air force pilots will be expelled from the u.s. the move follows a review of a shooti a pensacola naval air station in december by a fellow saudi pilot. three sailors were killed. the men are not accused of involvement in the incident, but some are said to be linked to extremist movements, and some are accused of possessing child pornography. >>> top members of the british royal family will meet tomorrow in the wake of last week's dramatic rift. queen elizabeth, along with prince charles and his sons will discuss the future for prince harry and meghan markle after the couple's bombshell decision to step back from their royal roles. here is imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: the queen carried on as usual, going to church not far from her estate, but on monday the royal property will host crisis talks as she meets grandsons harry and charles and son fo

here's jamie yuccas. >> reporter: many parents at this vista, california school, were behind on lunch so kiki hardee, a soft-spoken kindergartner, decided to take action. >> because somebody's mom didn't buy lunch. >> reporter: her solution? open a cocoa and cookie stand. >> and we got money for school lunch. >> i didn't even know who she was. >> reporter: teresa sharp runs the cafeteria. >> you never know what their little minds are thinking, what's going around and around in their heads. >> reporter: this is what kiki's mind cooked up-- a series of fund-raisers. >> i heard that somebody donated $250, i think? >> reporter: and someone else donated $7,000. >> whoa. >> reporter: kiki's kindness project didn't just pay off for elementary school's debt, but the entire district's. >> for her to come up with this all on her own was just amazing to me. >> reporter: fifth-grader dawson spies says he's now inspired to plant trees. raylyn chavez now wants to feed the homeless. >> if it wasn't for kiki, would you have even thought about some of these ideas? >> probably not. >> reporter: raylin

jamie yuccas has this story from napa valley. >> while a red wine should be aged in barrels, these cabernete. andy has been growing grapes for some of the biggest names in california wine country sinc 70s. how much cab do you drink a day? >> breakfast, lunch or dinner? >> reporter: but he's concerned about his harvest. >> we have bugs we never heard of. we have diseases we fore. beusoft. the w w >> reporter: you're fighting against climate change. >> yes. >> reporter: here in napa valley, cab is king. it's also why researchers are trying to save it, with 11 different projects all over the area. you want to keep the wine quality? >> that's right. we want to keep it delicious and cost worthy of that $300 bottle. >> reporter: they are investing tens of millions of dollars, partnering with u.c. davis, for the worth's most ambitious cabernet root stock and vin trial. the area has heated up by nearly two degrees a year. but it's enough to eventually make cabernet grapes extinct. >> we can't say we'll think about it 20 or 30 years from now. you have to take action now. >> reporter: what does it me

jamie yuccas, cbs news, vista, california. >> coming up on "cbs this morning" a crackdown on social securitythe justice department is launching a new initiative to fight fraudulent robo calls that cost seniors $38 million last year and a preview of some of the most highly-anticipated super bowl ads we'll see on sunday. wnba sars sue bird and diana taurasi talk about the summer olympics and the fight to level the playing field in women's sworts. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

jamie yuccas shows us one of the efforts to save them. >> reporter: koalas are only found in australiaires they've been hit particularly hard. it's estimated that here in new south wales a third of the population has died. in other areas the numbers are higher. that's why these dogs are so important. they sniff out and find the most vulnerable. tommy, emma, and becky are working to save as many koalas as their noses will find. >> where's the koala? >> reporter: steve austin is their trainer. he's been working with dogs for 30 years and says they're constantly learning and adapting. >> the beauty of the dog is that it's not got a bias. it won't go, oh, well, there can't be a koala over there. there has to be a koala. so the dog just uses his nose, and that's why they're so good. >> reporter: this canine team is specifically trained to find injured koalas. sometimes by tracking the scent of their waste, known as scat. >> good boy. and for that he gets the ultimate reward for him, which is the 98 cents tennis ball. >> reporter: so when he sat down, does that indicate to you that's where t

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. >> quijano: jamie yuccas, thank yo romily will meet tn om iriftw, queen elizabeth along with prince charles and his sons will discuss the future of prince harry and meghan markle after the couple's bombshell decision to step back from their royal roles. >> reporter: the queen carried on as usual on sunday going to sandringham estate butmo crisis talks as she meets grandsons harry and william and son charles face to face for the first time following harry and meghan's bombshell announcement they want to step back from public duties. the queen has said she wants the situation wrapped up in days not weeks. but tensions are already running high. britain's sunday times is quoting prince william as saying "i have put my arm around my brother all our lives and i can't do that any more. we're separate entities." william's apparent sadness has been eclipsed by the tabloid press which continues to rage at the couple. but it appears opinion polls are on harry and meghan's side with most supporting their decision to step back. >> the monarchy needs to just accept what they're saying and let the

jamie yuccas is in australia. >> reporter: the american firefighters we spoke to have spent decades fighting. they say they can't believe the amount of destruction these fires have caused in australia. you can see how flames just rip through this area, and the damage goes on for miles. the americans who come to australia to help with the massive firefighting effort say this is nothing like they've ever seen. >> what have you been surprised by? >> the extent of this fire. the length of it. the depth of it and the amount of structures its impacted is pretty breathtaking. we'll fly this >> reporter: he's helping coordinate air operations. he left his family behind in colorado, including his 7-month-old son to lend his support. >> i do miss them a lot. and thinking about having four more weeks, three and a half hoar weeks over here, it gets challenging. but we have technology and facetime. >> reporter: his family sends him videos to keep his spirits up. but live communication with the 18-hour time difference is difficult. >> the windows are very narrow. sometimes you are hoping you can get two m

of the grammys is hitting the recording academy with a discrimination come placement jamie yuccas reportse new allegations. >> hi, everyone. i'm deborah dugan. >> reporter: deborah dugan was the grammys' first female chief executive when she was ousted last week, just ten days before the awards show. today her attorneys filed a federal discrimination claim on her behalf, charging the recording academy with sexual harassment and retaliation reminiscent of those deployed by individuals defending harvey weinstein. one of her attorneys represents a jane doe who is scheduled to testify in the weinstein trial. today's charge says that the academy sought to destroy dugan's reputation by leaking false information to the press. as recently as last month, dugan gave interviews promising a major restructuring of the awards show. in the charge, she claims there are voting irregularities when it comes to the nominating process. favoring artists with academy connections over big names like ed sheeran and ariana grande. in a new statement to cbs news, the academy says dugan never raised these allegation

jamey jamie yuccas paid a visit to the largest wildfire rescue center in the country. >> reporter: theselike wallabies and kangaroos exist nowhere else in the world. because of the fire, australia's qua las and other unique species could be moving closer to extinction. but now there is a major grassroots effort to make sure that unto the happen. these four wallaby sisters were found without their mother, who died trying to find food after wildfire took her habitat. >> we're really worried. >> yeah. >> we really are. >> reporter: jan sheehan is one of hundreds of volunteer rescue workers. >> these little girls we have to make sure they get back out to the wild to reproduce. >> reporter: nelda patterson is caring for a wombat she has named naked nellie and an eastern kangaroo named fina. between kangaroos and cam bats. >> you're looking at this as the future. >> really, it's shocking. to all of us, they're quite unique in australia, these animals. and once they're gone, that's it. >> this will be their home. >> reporter: an hour north, julie taylor mills has conner haved her property into

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jamie yuccas has the story. >> reporter: a massive response by police and firefighters sunday morning. started with a 911 call from a woman in this affluent honolulu neighborhood. >> a female had been stabbed in the leg. >> reporter: she was trying to evict the suspect. >> shortly thereafter we heard shots being fired. >> reporter: the suspect opened fire on officers approaching the house killing officer tiffany enriquez. kaulike kalama was among a second group of responding officers. he was also shot and killed. >> they are missing. >> reporter: the neighbors described the suspect as mentally disturbed and has a history of run ins with police. this body cam from last year shows him being cited for making false 911 calls. police sources say he set fire to the house. he and two women believed to have been inside are still unaccounted for. a total of seven homes were destroyed. >> we will continue to search for him until we confirm that his remains are recovered. >> reporter: processing the crime scene could take several more days. for "cbs this morning" i'm jamie yuccas. >>> richmond,

for "cbs this morning," jamie yuccas, australia. >> they want to go.ople started -- >> i like the when the australian firefighter said there's weird accents from the americans. no, you have the weird accents. we're doing it right. >> that battle is far from over. a million-acre fire. >> exactly. >>> before we go, how a third grader cried, well, tears of joy because of the anniversary of michigan's marching band. you're going to like this story. we'll be right back. - will invisalign aligners really work for my smile. - is there a better alternative to braces? - only invisalign aligners use smarttrack technology. it moves teeth more comfortably and predictably. and in many cases, it works faster than braces. (upbeat music) ♪ >>> before we go, tears of pure joy from a 9-year-old marching band super fan. henry boyer loves to play drums and the piano and is obsessed with the university of michigan's marching bands. he wrote the university a letter saying "i really like your football team, especially your marching bands, and i'd love to sign up." the unexpe

jamie yuccas is in los angeles. how is this affecting the show?rter: billie eilish and alisha keys are still set to perform. one of the most she's charges the grammys are rigged with secret committees selecting the final nominees some of whom may not have been top choices of voting academy members. ♪ as in years past the recording academy is still promoting sunday night's grammy awards as music's biggest night. but deborah dugan's accusations are putting a harsh spotlight on the integrity of the nominations. variety senior editor. >> general reaction to this complaint has been horror. >> reporter: dugan was put on administrative leave last week after she was accused of misconduct. then she levelled her own grievances saying review committees are shrouded in secretscy and control in large part who is nominated. she claims one artist who came in 18th in initial voting for song of the year not only sat on the committee deciding those nominees but is represented by a member of the academy board. she says that artist wound up as one of the final nomine

jamie yuccas is in los angeles. do you think any of this is affecting plans for the show good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. so far the answer is no. as you can see the stage is set. artists have been practicing their performances. and the place cards are in the seats. but it doesn't mean it won't be brought up when the show is live on sunday. ♪ as nominees rehearse thursday in preparation for sun's grammy awards the recording academy came out in defense of its voting process. in a statement the recording academy said the process is led in a fair and ethical manner and voting members make their choices based solely on artistic excellence and technical merits. it was a response to a complaint filed by suspended ceo deborah dugan. on "cbs this morning" she talked of corruption within the nomination voting committee meetings. >> in that room not only are there trustees that have conflict of interest in particular artists that are nominated but more importantly there are even artists that are nominate

jamie yuccas reports from one hard hit area. >> reporter: good morning. this is one of nearly 3,000 homes damaged or destroyed by australia's wildfires. there are still more than hundred fires burning right now including a mega blaze the size of delaware. haunting images. flames, plumes of smoke and firefighters desperately battling walls of fire. weather conditions deteriorated once again going into the evacuate.he sou lia. but instead many prepared to protect their homes with hoses. >> did you evacuate last time? >> we did. >> you're not evacuating this time? >> that's right. >> why? >> just because it puts stress on everybody. >> reporter: many fires were kept one control. in the thick brush of australia's mountain ranges, two fires merged into a one and a half million acre blaze. firefighters say the flames are taking hold because of record drought. this inspector has been a firefighter for three decades. >> for 33 years you never seen conditions like this? >> no. duration and severity and just, you know, the magnitude of them is incredible. i've seen