believes his isst work is still ahead of him, but with his depictions of scmple american scenes, peter damonoduced his most extraordinary work. david martin, cbs news, at the true grit gallery in middleborough, massachusetts. >> glor: a little beauty for the fourth. one of those is going up on the wall. i'm jeff glor. have a great fourth of july. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org defendants taking plea deals. the men accused of creating a deadly fire trap-- agree to go to jail to avoid >>> kpix 5 news begins with taking plea deals. the men accused of creating a deadly fire trap agreed to go to jail to avoid a high profile jury trial. the defendants were convicted on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for each of the victims killed in the inferno. >> under the terms of today's deal, master tenant, derick almena agreed to 9 years in bars. max harris agreed to 6. with time served and good behavior they could be out sooner. >> we have team coverage starting with kpix 5 melissa kane. >> reporter: the maximum sentence for involuntary

. >> reporter: peter damon turns out about 30 paintings a year, and sells them for between $250 and $1,500ds meet. but it has made him whole again. >> painting with my left hook here. >> reporter: after he lost both arms in iraq. >> having this skill of even able-bodied people find difficult is something that really sort of gave me a boost, and sort of made me feel like i fit in more with the world. >> reporter: he was an army helicopter mechanic working on a landing gear in 2003 when pressurized gas blew it apart, killing one soldier and gravely injuring him. >> i lost my right arm above the elbow, about three inches above the elbow. and my left, about six inches below. >> reporter: he was a blue collar guy who had been an electrician before he joined the army. >> how am i going to make a living and take care of my family? i've always worked with my hands. >> reporter: then, with this simple little drawing, a new future opened up. >> that was done right after i lost my arms, i was still at walter reed. >> reporter: what was it like discovering that you had this way out? >> it was kind of

but wi depictions of simple american scenes, peter damon has already produced his most extraordinaryoro, massachusetts. >>> that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and of course "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new from the broadcast center in new york city i'm paula reid. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, july 5th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> a protester climbs onto the statue of liberty on independence day. what prompted the high drama standoff. >>> extreme weather, massive wildfires out west, flash flooding in the south, and the sweltering heat wave across the country. >>> and how america celebrated independence day coast to coast. >>> good morning from the io

with his depictions of simple american scenes, peter damon has already produced his most extraordinary david martin, cbs news, at the true grit gallery in middle borrow, massachusetts. >> true inspiration. and that's the overnight news for this monday. 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. /s >> announcer: this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm elaine quijano. officials in thailand say the operation to rescue the 12 boys and their coach is going better than expected. so far, four boys have been tarik taken out of that flooded cave. officials said they were chosen because they were the healthiest. in this photo emergency personnel is taking one of the boys to the helicopter on the left. there were several ambulances at the scene. emergency personnel were lied up ready to help. the ambulances later arrived at a hospital in chiang rai. ben tracy is there and following the latest developments. >> reporter: ela