robert bigelow should come clean.e guy gave to him. you are just starting to break up. quickly, dvd programme like this is still ongoing? -- do you think a programme like this. aliens are trying to block the signal here. if we spent $22 million on this and robert bigelow built these buildings to store this metal, please come clea n, to store this metal, please come clean, where is the metal, what did you learn? the truth is out there. in mountainous switzerland, transport is a bit different to the norm, children regularly using cable cars to get to school. but now the world's steepest funicular line has been unveiled and opens to the public today. located in central switzerland, the railway runs from the valley town of schwyz up to the village of stoos. virginia langeberg reports. appear, 3000 metres above sea level, it is not a view for the fainthearted and transporting people are bit steep swiss mountainside is not without its challenges. two yea rs not without its challenges. two years behind schedule, it has taken

reporter: elizando refused to discuss the number of cases he investigated, but he did work with robert bigelow, a las vegas aerospace ty who recently told "60 minutes" that alien life is real. >> i am absolutely convinced. that's all there is to it. >>reporter: do you also believe that ufos has come to earth? >> there has been and an existing presence. >>reporter: from 1947 to 19 investigated more than 12,000 u.f.o. sightings, 700 of which are still unsided. >> i would say remain skeptical, absolutely. but there comes a point where the evidence becomes overwhelming. >>reporter: elizondo says we're not at that point yet, but he believes something is out there and ignoring it just won't fly. tony doukopil, cbs news, new york. >>> well, it certainly has been pleasant and refreshing out there. 55 degrees, it's good golf weather as we've heard earlier today. we're topping out at the 60- degree mark out there. warmer, partly cloudy, but a cold front is heading our way tonight. so we'll notice the changes tomorrow when cooler air settles in. we do see some showers well off to our north and east, and

reporter: elizondo refused to discuss the number of cases he investigated, but he did work with robert bigelowrospace tycoon who recently told "60 minutes" that alien life is real. >> i'm absolutely convinced. that's all there is to it. >> reporter: do you also believe u.f.o.s have come to earth? >> there has and is an existing presence. >> reporter: from 1964 to 1969, an air force program investigated more than 12,000 u.f.o. sightings,00 of which are still unidentified. >> i would say remain skeptical, absolutely, but there comes a point when the evidence becomes overwhelming. >> reporter: elizondo says we're not at that point yet, but he believes something is out there. and ignoring it just won't fly. tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. >> glor: that is the "cbs evening news." i'm jeff glor. good night. >>> all the sudden, i felt the train doing a hovering motion. i heard a loud noise that something was happening. >> [ screaming ] >> i just grabbed onto the chair in front of me. my laptop went flying. people were screaming. it was crazy. >> our deepest sympathies and most heartfelt prayers fo

some of the money for the project went to an aerospace firm owned by billionaire robert bigelow-- a longtime friend of reid. the defense department has never before acknowledged the existence of the program. (jr stone) coming up... a major bay area company held a holiday run in the south bay.... we'll show you how they were giving back.(justine) plus... marijuana becomes legal in the state starting on the new year... hear why researchers say some marijuana sold could be tainted.(jr stone) and... mayor ed lee honored in city hall...and we heard from his family for the first time today. that is after the break. (jr stone) hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the life of san francisco mayor ed lee today. thank you for joining us...i'm jr stone.(justine) and i'm justine waldman. the memorial service took place inside san francisco city hall rotunda. mayor lee died suddenly at the 65-years- old...leaving behind a wife and his two daughters.(jr stone) his daughters....al ong with other politicians...shared their fondest memories of ed lee. (justine) they spoke of his passion for san francisco

to get in harry reid because apparently made it so that $22 million of taxpayer money went to robert bigelowry interested in ufos and has a company called bigelow aerospace that tries to track them down. harry reid says he doesn't feel bad about it at all. in fact he considers it to be -- he said i'm not embarrassed or ashamed or sorrow that i got this going. i think is one of the good things that i did during my congressional service. i've done something that no one has done before. charlie. >> certainly a crowd pleaser but i think probably what he's actually doing is probably looking for more voters because once democrats institute all of their policies and run off all of the people that they now have, they will need to import even more new voters. >> that argument is so laughable. if that's almost as laughable as hillary rosen's tweet. listen, to don't get me wrong. there's way too much fraud, waste and abuse happening in our government. a lot of it happens at the pentagon. this is a great example of it whether it's a democratic party doing it or the republican party doing it, it all happ

. >> robert bigelow, billionaire aerospace magnet, has a lot of interest.t a lot of his own money. he got some of the $22 million that was part of the program, as he tried to get to the bottom of this. he is absolutely convinced. he made statements. he's been on cbs, "60 minutes," talking about that he is a true dlooe believer that extraterrestrials are out there. he has proof, has fun and is willing to put his money where his suspicions are. >> hans nichols at the pentagon with the story. your reporting is always out of this world. i'm sorry. we'll be right back with today's big picture. when you have a cold, pain from chest congestion can make this... ...feel like this. all-in-one cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the #1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. tylenol®. afi sure had a lot on my mind. my 30-year marriage... ...my 3-month old business... plus...what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i made a point to talk to my doctor. he told me about eliquis. eliquis treats dv

harry reid championed the ufo program and some of funding reportedly went to one of his donors, robert bigelowigelow aerospace. the las vegas tycoon spoke with "60 minutes" in may. >> do you imagine in our space travels we'll encounter other forms of intel jernlt life? >> you don't have go anywhere. >> you can find it here. >> yeah. >> it's just light right under people's noses. oh, my gosh. wow. >> reporter: unlike in the movies, most ufos don't turn out to be alien spacecraft. this green fireball above buenos aries in 2015 was likely a meteor while this strange light over los angeles was actually a missile test. >> i think this is a national security imperative. we have clear things that we do not understand how they work operating in areas that we can't control. >> elizondo refused to tell us how many cases his former group investigated saying that information was sensitive. from 1947 to 1969 an air force program called project blue book looked into more than 12,000 ufo sightings and about 700 of them remain unidentified. >> interesting how they bur blurry name advanced aviation identificat

billionaire, most of thgf fundig money going toda friend of l reed's, robert bigelow, telling 60 minutesis a true believer. >> there has been and is an existing presence. an e.t. presence. of the program, he told "politico" that he resigned because he wasn't being taken seriously enough. he says he wanted to take the voodoo out of voodoo science. guys? >> hans. >> live long and prosper, my friend. >> al, you are very excited about this sorry. >> my gosh. >> are we alone? >> no, we are not alone. unfortunately a lot of people are together in the atlanta airport, they are going to stay that way for a file because we've also got weather problems to talk about. 39 million people impacted by dense fog advisories from texas to florida. a quarter mile visibility in atlanta and in dallas. so airport delays are going to continue. and we've got a coast to tuesday this big storm comes into the pacific northwest, it makes its way to the east and by thursday it's causing problems in minneapolis and denver due to snow. as it makes its way further east by the time we get on into friday, we're going to

most of the funding money going to a friend of rooesd, robert bigelow, who founded his own aerospacepany, telling "60 minutes" he's a true believer. >> there has been and is an existing presence. an e.t. presence. >> reporter: the director of the program, the former director of the program, he told politico that he resigned because he wasn't being taken seriously enough. he says he wanted to take the voodoo out of voodoo science. guys? >> all right. >> live long and prosper, my friend. thank you. >>> al, you're excited about this story. >> my gosh. >> are we alone? >> we're not alone. we're definitely not alone. unfortunately, a lot of people are together in the atlanta airport. they're going to stay that way for a while. we have weather problems to talk about. 39 million people impacted by dense fog advisories from texas to florida. a quarter-mile visibility in atlanta and in dallas. airport delays are going to continue. and we have a coast-to-coast week of travel impacts. tuesday, this big storm comes into the pacific northwest. it makes its way to the east. and by thursday, it's c