omar villafranca, cbs news, baytown, texas. >> despite the damage, the manager says the cars are movinghe racetrack as fast as they arrive. >>> waiting in the dreaded line of the dmv may be a thing of the past thanks to the department's new machines. dmv now is a self-serving terminal with touchscreen technology that allows you to renew your vehicle registration without the hassle of going to the dmv. just scan your registration and pay for your renewal. then the machine prints out your new tag and registration. the dmv is trying to make it more convenient for drivers. >> they are now available in 14 bay area safeway locations. you can come in with your vehicle registration or the registration in your car. >> and here is a map of where to find the machines. they are scattered throughout the bay area at various grocery stores. the machines accept cash, debit, credit or checks. >> anything to stay out of the lines of dmv. >> very popular. >> right. >> not a fan of that. >>> you may be a fan of the cooler air that's coming on through. it's clearing the air a bit. some of the smoke is settl

omar villafranca, cbs news, baytown, texas. >> ninan: well, still ahead, tourists at a roman landmarksoon be getting a new colossal view. . >> ninan: when in rome, go to the coliseum. the angstiant gladiator arena is a must-see attraction in the eternal city, and starting next month, tourists will be allowed to take in a colossal view from sections that have been closed off for decades. as usual, seth doane got to see it first. >> reporter: this view may be millennia old, but it has not been seen for four decades. that will change in november when the top two tiers of the coliseum are officially opened to the public. >> i said a breathtaking view. >> federica galloni is the director of the archeological parent of the coliseum. in america, they would call these the "cheap seats." >> the cheap seats, yes. >> reporter: way far away from the action. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: from here, women in the lower classes, could barely see want spectacles unfolding below, as far back as nearly 2,000 years ago. there were mock military battles, gladiators fighting each other, and battling animals br

anthony. >> mason: omar villafranca in baton rouge. thanks. in syria, the u.s.-led coalition said today there will be no deal to let isis fighters withdraw from raqqa before it is liberated in the next few days. the coalition is work to free about 4,000 civilians trapped there. holly williams in northern syria has the story of an american teenager who made it out. >> reporter: on the edge of raqqa, these women have just escaped isis territory. when one of them reveals she's american. >> i'm from kansas. i've been in syria for five years. >> reporter: she's just 15 years old and says she was brought to syria by her father, against her will. >> my father, of course, he didn't tell us that we're coming to syria. when it was time to, like, get out of the car and cross the border, he was like, "you're going to syria." and yeah, it was a really big shock. >> reporter: her father was later killed, she says, leaving her to fend for herself. she's a devout muslim, but hated isis. >> we were prisoners. we were just, you know, quiet, shut up, sit down, you're in your house

omar villafranca, cbs news, jackson, mississippi. >> mason: democracy in action in jackson.s the cbs evening news. i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> star uproar, the president chief of staff's message to america. >> absolutely stuns me. >> fake art at trump tower? >> is the president's prize work of art a cheap copy? >> food truck fire ball. how dangerous can they get? inside edition investigates. >> wow! >> branded by a secret society. she says she was held down and branded like cattle. >> inside the controversial secret sister head. >> powerful people, celebrities. >> why these teachers getting together for dinner are in trouble today.

omar villafranca, cbs news, jackson, mississippi. >> mason: democracy in action in jackson.s the cbs evening news. i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org cnarrator: ed gillespie and i wants to endis ad. a woman's right to choose. ed giof a woman'sd put thpersonal decisions,rge not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie never becomes governor. >>> if you elect to call a family like this, it is about the most difficult thing you can imagine. it's not the phone call that parents, or family members are looking forward to. >> what a day at the white house. unexpected appearance from the white house chief of staff today. john kelly, a retired marine corps general, a gold star parent. he offered an emotional statement, saying he was b

omar villafranca, cbs news, jackson, mississippi. >>> that's the overnight news for this friday. the news continues, for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. i'm anthony mason. thanks for watching. >>> hi everyone and welcome to the overnight news. donald trump has faced harsh criticism for his handling of the deaths of four u.s. soldiers in niger. yesterday chief of staff former marine general kelly strolled into the white house press room to defend the president. >> and he said to me, "what do i say?" i said to him, "sir, there's nothing you can do to lighten the burden on these families." but let me tell you what i tell them. he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. he knew what he was getting into by joining the-- that 1%. he knew what the possibilities were because we're at war. and when he died, in the four cases we're talking about in niger, and in my son's case in afghanistan-- when he died, he was surrounded by best men on this earth-- his friends. that's what the president tri

>> mason: omar villafranca. thanks, omar. today the nation's highest military honor was awarded to mike gary roaded for heroic act of terrorism. president trump said rose's love for country inspires us all. david martin introduces us. >> reporter: mike gary rose was a green beret med nick 1970 when he and 15 other americans were sent on a top-secret mission inside laos. >> this was a relatively cleared area. >> reporter: we explain why it took him to so long to get the medal laos was originally a country where the u.s. could not go. the north vietnamese were using it as a base camp from which to launch attacks into south vietnam, so the u.s. military went in secret. all rose was told was to bring extra medical supplies. what does that tell you about the mission? >> it's going to be a tough one, and it proved to be. >> reporter: helicopters carried the americans and a company of about 120 tribesmen 50 miles inside laos. >> we took two casualties going in, and we hit the ground running. and it became a running gun battle for th

omar villafranca is there. >> tampa police are trying to catch a killer. have somebody killed three people. our department is a hunter of men. we are going to get this guy. not leaving the neighborhood until we catch him. >> police won't call the suspect a serial killer but say the murders are linked. 22-year-old benjamin mitchell died after he was shot at a bus stop. a few days later, 32 year owed, monica hoffa was shot and killed. her body found in a vacant lot less than a mile from the first murder. and last week, 20-year-old anthony naiboa killed after he got off the bus. naiboa's father kazimar says his son was autistic. i want them to know my son was a good kid. >> detectives released surveillance video of a man walking in the area where the % first victim was kill. police say he may have information about the murder. we will catch the guy. catch him before another one happens. >> you think this person is going to make a mistake. they always do at some point. >> hundreds of residents took to the streets last night to take back their neighborhood and

omar villafranca for cbs news, tampa, florida. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" a neighborhood mysteryn people come outside to see their car mirrors broken but it is not your typical vandal, find out what police believe is the culprit. >>> plus the game that had everyone smiling, some very special guest players joined eagles on the green, pat. >>> i'm pat gallen inside pennhurst asylum in the containment tunnels, they are trying to make me a new patient. i don't want to. come back. >>> we have been informed that pat is okay, stick around, and catch his live report when we come right back. >>> doesn't that song make you smile. >> yes. >> fresh off a hard earned win for the philadelphia eagles the team didn't way anytime. >> bird were back at it on the practice field but this time, with very special guest players, "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff has the story. >> let's get a little bit rowdy. >> reporter: after a late night and win against washington eagles players, returned to the green. >> making me sweat already. >> reporter: inside practice dome linebacker gentlemen walker

omar villafranca is also in san juan with more on the recovery efforts. >> reporter: there are signs of progress in san juan, puerto rico. 10 days after maria crippled the island's infrastructure, some buss are back running weekend routes in the capital. "i think they are doing everything possible because there is still debris on the roads, and they are doing everything to help us. i don't have a car and i need the transportation." the day after the storm made landfall, marines launched on to the island from the navy's el ns "kearsarge." we caught up with the marines in want el yunque. their nition migz: clear 16 miles of road that lead to two vital communication towers. as of saturday, marines have cleared access to seven damaged towers. yabucoa was the first town to get hit by maria and one of the last to get help. when the relief trucks moved into town, residents like manolo morales, desperate for food and water. he said basically they didn't have much inside. this is a gift from god. now they just have water and squash and whatever food has been given in the packages. in lozia, t

here's omar villafranca. >> reporter: the davis magnet ho jackson public school district.e students here are african american. ty did his homework on his school's namesake. do you know who jefferson davis is? >> the president of the confederacy. >> reporter: what else do you know about him? >> that he wanted slaves. >> reporter: ty's older sister, farah, who also went to davis, wrote a letter and started a campaign. it worked. how did you react when you found out they were going to change the name of the school? >> i was really excited about it, to hear that there was going to be a change. it was like a dream come true to me. >> reporter: this month, the school board let parents decide on a new name, and p.t.a. prid the littlest voices cast the biggest vote. >> it was overwhelmingly there was support from the parents and the student vote, you know, for president obama. >> reporter: starting next year, the jefferson davis magnet school will become the barack obama magnate school. at least 109 public schools across the country still bear the names of rebel leaders like rober

omar villafranca reports from a texas racetrack turned into a giant storage yard. >> reporter: up tof houston. and while there are tens of thousands of cars here at the raceway alone, that's just a fraction of the total number of cars damaged by hurricane harvey. on 500 acres of east texas land, thousands of neatly placed vehicles fan out across the horizon. row upon row of cars and trucks, now sit empty waiting to be repaired, resold, or scrapped. >> there is tens of thousand. 30, 40,000 cars. it is just -- it is a picked number. >> seth angel, general manager of royal purple raceway. >> every vehicle here, here for a reason. damaged in some way, shape, form. by the storm. >> it is estimated up to a million vehicles were damaged by harvey. many end up here, a handful of make shift scrap yards designed for a similar aerial photos show tens of thousand of cars lining the track. >> when you see this, you really get a really great perspective and idea of the damage. >> the massive inventory is grouped according to insurance scum p company names. the cars will be sold to salvage yard. de

omar villafranca in baton rouge. >> 19-year-old student turned himself into lsu police this morning. charged with negligent homicide and hazing in the death of 18-year-old max groover. nine other men ranging 18-21 also surrendered. each facing one misdemeanor hazing charge. eight are current lsu students. all fraternity. the national organizaon today. david borland an attorney for zachary hall. >> he is very sad about what happened. i mean who isn't? all right. and it was a fellow fraternity brother of his. he feels horrible about that. but he had, he had nothing to do with those unfortunate circumstances. >> groover was an lsu freshman from roswell, georgia. september 13th. police records showed that, received a text bible study would take place. pledges were quiz add but fraternity history if they got an answer wrong they were forced to drink alcohol. a witness told police, a highly intoxicated groover was left on a couch. but the next morning he was found with a weak pulse. fraternity members took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. an autopsy showed that groover's b

here's omar villafranca. >> reporter: the national organization has since terminated their membershipesses say grubber was targeted because he was often late to events and they forced him to drink because he had trouble reciting the greek alphabet during pledging. it took less than five hours for all ten current and former lsu students to surrender to campus police on wednesday. the men were arrested and brought to the local prison. all are charged with one misdemeanor count of hazing. 19-year-old matthew is also charged with a felony count of negligent homicide. according to the affidavit, he was the most aggressive during the alleged hazing incident. his bail was set at $10,000. nine of the suspects were released on bond in less than 24 hours. >> i don't think he'll be pleading guilty at this point. >> reporter: this is an attorney for sean. >> i don't know what happened in that fraternity house. i have my client's version of the story. i'm looking forward to hearing everybody else's version of the story. >> reporter: it shows pledging received a text message on december 13th, order

omar villafranca is at the raceway in baytown, texas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ing stored here at the purple royal raceway. we're about 30 miles least of houston, and while there are tens of thousands of cars at the raceway alone, that's just a fraction of the total number of cars damaged by hurricane har y harvey. on this 500 acres tens of thousands cars placed on the horizon. they now sit empty, waiting to be repaired, resold, or scrapped. >> there's tens of thousands, you know, 30,000, 40,000 cars. it's a big number. >> seth angel is a general manager of the royal purple for a reason. it was damaged in some way, shape, or form by the storm. >> reporter: it's estimated that up to a million vehicles were damaged by harvey. many end up here or at a handful of makeshift scrap yards designed for a similar purpose. aerial photos of the texas speedway 70 miles north of houston showed tens of thousands of cars lining the track. >> when you see this, you really get a really great perspective and idea of the amount of damage that the storm caused. >> the massive invento

omar villafranca is near the center where aldine performed.> the main focus was inside where jason aldean talked about what happened i happened, how h to cope and how the country is moving forward. in tulsa last night jason threw a party playing hit after hit for his fans, a stark difference from only 13 days al dean and his band was on stage when paddock opened fire. >> like everyone i'm struggling to understand what happened that night and how to pick up the pieces and start to heal. >> reporter: thursday night was a return to normal for him, his fans, and for those mourning the loss of so many innocent lives. >> i'm hoping him going out and being in front of the could will help with this one. >> every day that goes by, we think about the 58 people who lost their lives. i don't count the [ bleep ] who was doing the shooting. >> reporter: only three songs into his set aldean slowdown it down sharing a message of unity and perseverance. >> even though sometimes the united states may seem really divided and we're fighting each other, at the end

. >> omar villafranca with the frantic search for information. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. residents of seminole walked the streets last night in an attempt to take back their area. there's been a memorial set up for a young man who got off at >> we won't be afraid, you know. you won't get away with it. >> reporter: at a memorial for 20-year-old anthony, his father says he was targeted. >> he never said nothing bad to me. >> reporter: naiboa was shot in the head walking through the neighborhood. ten days earlier 100 yards away 22-year-old benjamin mitchell was shot at a bus stos. later they found 32-year-old monica's body. she was walking off to meet a friend before being shot. >> we're doing everything we can to put an end to this. >> reporter: the police chief believes the killings connected. >> i'm cautious with that term because we don't have enough information. we don't know. it could be multiple people. >> reporter: we rode along with one of the officers now blanketing the area warning neighbors to keep vigilant. what are you l