>> simon: yeah. >> bradley: how? >> simon: i don't know. to tell. >> kroft: when "60 minutes" came calling in 1998, the new job offered bob the opportunity and the freedom to pursue his curiosities like never before. any kind of a story he couldn't do? >> fager: he could do any kind of story. his range was so great, it almost didn't matter what he was covering. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> fager: he loved opera. we all know he loved classical music. the metropolitan opera was his favorite place on earth. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> simon: tonight, we're going to take you backstage at the met and show it to you in a way you've never seen it before. >> stahl: so he did a lot of opera, he did a lot of symphony stories, conductors. it was his passion and it came through with his pieces. >> simon: there's something about gustavo that is primal something that makes people describe him as a conducting animal. he coaxes his musicians. he inspires them. >> stop! >> simon: he amuses them. >> kroft: from the big symphony halls to a warehouse in the congo... ♪ ♪ ♪ ...bob found joy in music.

kris van cleave reports on simon's remarkable career. >> i'm bob simon. >> general, call me a fool. >> no, i won't. >> reporter: bob simon was a legendary news man, a gifted story teller a fullbright scholar, and one-time foreign service offer with that distinct powerful voice of truth. >> soldiers and teenagers were playing catch with tear gas grenades. >> but he looked so dashing. he was the epitome of a foreign correspondent. he was brave. he would go places where you probably shouldn't have gone. >> reporter: simon came to cbs news in 1967. four years later he moved to saigon to cover the vietnam war. he was on one of the last helicopters to leave saigon in 1975 as it fell. he built a career in war zones around the world. the falklands, yugoslavia, sew mala and nearly every conflict in between covering the area for nearly a decade. >> tel a viv was created by sadness, sadness beyond works. >> reporter: he went where the news was, risking his life along the way. >> we saw a jeep in the distance, and it was an iraqi army jeep, and they took us away. >> reporter: during the opening d

yes. >> simon: smallpox? >> kadlec: yes. >> simon: marburg virus?: no. >> simon: plague. >> kadlec: not quite ready for primetime. >> simon: the fallout from a radiological or nuclear attack? >> kadlec: something like fukushima, if it were to happen today, i... i think we'd be scrambling. >> simon: chemical attack? >> kadlec: no. in some ways, we were prepared and i'd say less so today than we were then. >> simon: in terms of the accumulation of your responses it doesn't sound very good, does it? >> kadlec: it's not very promising. and again, i think the ebola crisis offers the opportunity to highlight to the american public and to policymakers, both in congress and the white house that we can do better on this. we must do better on this. and if there's any other requirement for a reminder ebola has served that purpose. >> pelley: more about bob simon later in the broadcast, and we'll have a special edition of "60 minutes presents" all about bob next sunday. >> to watch more of bob simon's stories from his 47-year career, go to 60minutesovertime.com

kris van cleave reports on simon's remarkable career. >> i'm bob simon. >> general, call me a fool. >> no i won't. >> reporter: bob simon was a legendary news man, a gifted storyteller, a scholar and one time foreign service officer with that distinct voice of truth. >> but he looked so dashing. he was the epitome of a foreign correspondent. he was brave. he would go places where you probably shouldn't have gone. >> reporter: simon came to cbs news in 1967. four years later he moved to saigon to cover the vietnam war. he was one of the last continues to leave as it fell. he built a career in war zones around the world. the falklands, yugoslavia somalia, including every decade. >> tel a viv was created by sadness, sadness beyond works. >> reporter: he wrenlt he was risking his life along the way. >> we saw a jeep in the distance, an iraqi army jeep and they took us away. >> reporter: during the opening days of the first gulf in 1991. simon and three members were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as p.o.w.s in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> has this changed you? >> yeah. >> h

>> simon: i have never... >> duvernay: it's the... >> simon: ...been invited. >> duvernay: it's the... it's people, it's coordination it's organization. it's mass scale in terms of everything falling into line. so, my cameramen are going to be walking and moving along the crowd. >> simon: in short, it's what movie directors do. you exude confidence. but are you saying that you weren't the slightest bit intimidated? >> duvernay: you know, i was not. i felt in pocket, you know? >> simon: what does that mean, "in pocket?" >> duvernay: i felt that i was in the place that i should be. i had made five films before that time. my not making me a film of this size was not by choice. it was not because i couldn't do it. it's because no one was handing me $20 million to make a picture. i found myself really wanting to come back here... >> simon: a californian by birth, duvernay visited alabama every summer as a kid. her father's family has worked the land for decades in hard- scrabble lowndes county, not far from selma, where the klan once had free reign. >> duvernay: there was no one protecting

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and we'll remember bob simon a reporter's reporter, who turned words into sweet symphonies. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>ter: and if you ever questioned that music is the universal language, watch this. ♪ ♪ ♪ a german-speaking teacher tutoring a french-speaking african how to sing an aria in italian. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we're beginning with an ending and we're doing this to give you a better idea of what's been lost. there was a car wreck in manhattan last night nothing remarkable, except the one person killed was bob simon. simon was in his 19th season on "60 minutes"," and before that he'd spent nearly 30 years on this program. he was among the most courageous and gifted reporters of our time, and he reminded us how good journalism can be. >> reporter: i'm from bronx. and in fact it took a long time before cbs would put me on the air because i had such a thick bronx accent. we're going to pick up an american. >>american. >> pelley: the voice would become unmistakable, the perspective indispensable. >> reporter: they don'

our hearts go out to the simon family. ukee and erika. >> for sure. >>> chris, we her you just recently crossed paths with bob as well. >> yeah, it was yesterday, in fact, you know walking out of the 60 minutes offices i had had a reason to be over in their space and up is a remarkable place to even walk through, you know pinnacle of journalism and in the hallway was bob simon. we said hello. i in the back of my head said wow, there is bob simon. it is still so exciting when you get to see some of these icons i have a privilege of sharing this building with. we said hello, and went about our way and of course learned this terrible news the same day, it was moving for me personally. >> i can certainly understand that feeling chris thanks so much for that insight, thank you. >> reporter: absolutely. >>> now to a cbs-3 exclusive a dramatic police chase caught on camera. you can watch here as the suspect is speed ago way from officers as he went through chester and montgomery counties. you can see a jeep swerve on to ridge pik

simon wasn't wearing a seat belt. an unlikely end to a life lived on the edge. >> this is where the bobdies are stored. >> reporter: bob simon had it all. the looks, the style, the resume. he was hemingway with a microphone. >> hundreds became thousands until an exodus of biblical proportions was under way. we're going to pick up an american. >> reporter: as they say in the business he made his bones in vietnam, giving humanity to the inhumanity of war. >> there's nothing left to say about this war. there's just nothing left to say. >> reporter: bob simon had a way with words, like babe ruth had a way with a baseball bat. >> historians may one day view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. the beatles are breaking up. >> reporter: and durhis report on israeli soldiers. >> this seemed cold methodical. it went on for 40 minutes. >> reporter: once, when he was the story, taken prisoner along with a cbs crew in 1991 simon told his ordeal not with hubris but humility. >> has it changed you? >> yeah. >> how

our hearts go out to the entire simon family, we should tell you that the driver of the sedan simon was riding in was injury in the crash, ukee? >> chris, we heard you just recently crossed paths with bob, um. >> reporter: yeah, you know, kind of one of those daily occurrences in the broadcast center. was walking down the hall way and there was bob he said hello, it is one of those things where you take for granted. we work around some of these icons in the business, some of the best journalist in the country, and you know, it was just a hello in passing but it turned out to be the last time will would i see him. >> i just saw his pizzas many people did with selma and i think commenting on that ever since and new this. chris, thanks very much. >> reporter: thank you. >>> had happening today, final city council vote on paid sick leave. city council public health and human service committee unanimously approved the measure this month. it is up for a full vote today and is expected to pass. mayor nutter is expect to sign the measure that requires companies with ten workers or more one hour

i had big news and they kept tugging me at my arm saying it's bob simon, it's bob simon. he was sitting right next to us at the table. all they wanted to do was meet bob simon. i introduced them and it was a lovely moment. >> to this day we honor bob and think about his family. we'll share more memories of bob simon in the next hour. his longtime colleague and "60 minutes" news anchor scott pelley will speak about bob. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." >>> the draft resolution follows more than 2,300 air strikes on isis targets in iraq and syria. the proposed legislation already has critics from both parties. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where the debate could last for months. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. you know for a long time there were many members including some leaders who didn't think the president needed this authorization. after all, as you pointed out, the u.s. has been striking from the air. but over the past months it has been clear the fight against isis is going to be a long one, it's going to be costly, and it requires congress to sign off. >

bob simon, driven in a lincoln town car that could liedllided with another vehicle. >> bob simon was a giant broadcaster in journalism and a dear friend to everyone in the cbs news family. and "60 minutes" executive producer said simon "escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern times. bob was a reporter's reporter. he was driven by a natural curiosity that took him all over the world covering every kind of story imaginable. >> bob simon spent more than 47 years at cbs news received dozens of awards for his reporting and earned the respect and admiration of his colleagues and world leaders. >> reporter: as a globetrotting foreign correspondent, bob simon cut a striking figure. his assignment thousands, took him to far flung corners of the earth but it all began in veet navm. >> reporter: we're going to pick up an american. all we know about him he's at fire base andrews and hit by shrapnel. >> reporter: a war simon covered for much of the 1970s, he was on one of the last american helicopters out of saigon. >> pretsident assad's tough statement warning agai

abc's byron pitts, who worked with simon, on what happened last night, and on bob simon's storied career. >> reporter: this is the mangled wreck. evidence of the violence of the crash that took bob simon's life. investigators looking into just how fast the driver was going when he hit a car at a manhattan traffic light and slammed into a metal barrier. simon wasn't wearing a seat belt, say police. an unlikely end to a life lived on the edge. >> this is where the bodies are stored. >> reporter: regal in his late years, rugged in his youth, bob simon had it all. the looks, the style, the resume. he was hemingway with a microphone. >> hundreds became thousands until an exodus of biblical proportions was under way. we're going to pick up an american. >> reporter: as they say in the business, he made his bones in vietnam, giving humanity to the inhumanity of war. >> there's nothing left to say about this war. there's just nothing left to say. >> reporter: bob simon had a way with words, like babe ruth had a way with a baseball bat. >> historians may one day view it as a landmark in the declin

simon was killed last night in a new york city car crash. he joined cbs news in 1967 and reported from no less than 67 countries, in a career lasting more than 40 years. bob simon was 37. >> i heard that earlier this morning still can't believe it. what a man whacker a man. >>> our time 4:49. lets get a check of business news. >> jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange. we have just learn about that massive cyber breach at anthem health insurance and new there is a new warning? >> reporter: that is right ftc says scammers are praying on potential anthem victims, sending phony anthem e-mails that ask for personal financial information and they offer some credit monitoring. the ftc says, do not respond anthem will be only contacting customers by regular mail. ukee and erika. >> okay. jill, lots of couples who are about to get married register for things like china, silverware but now an electronics store wants a piece of the action. >> reporter: if you are getting married and more interested in flat screens then dish wear you can

kris van cleave, cbs news, new york. >> bob simon was 73 years old. he is survived by his wife, daughter and grandson. we'll >>> members of the public are invited toway in today on a proposed fare increase for metro. to cut costs rail and bus fairs could go up by as much as 10 cents that could bring in an additional $22 million but service cuts are also being considered. riders could have to wait an extra to minutes between subway trains on peak hours and some bus routes could be scaled back or eliminated entirely. a public hearing on the the proposed changes will be held at metro headquarters on 6th street beginning at 1:00 this afternoon. >>> federal investigators are revealing how metro botched the handling of the deadly smoke incident at l'enfant plaza station last month. the national transportation safety board says the transit operator activated two giant sets of fans at opposite ends of the tunnel. so instead of drawing the noxious smoke away from a train take was disabled on the tracks, it actually kept the fumes over the train car. investigat

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simon and the driver had to be cut out of the car. simon had been with c.b.s. since 1967. in 1996 he joined '60 minutes" becoming a more familiar face known for his distinctive voice and one of the best storytellers in the business. in his 50 year career he covered many topics. in the opening days of the iraq war, iraqi forces took simon and his crew hostage. he spent 40 days in on iraqi prison, and spoke about the experience on al jazeera this past december. >> when you are there, in prison, you become obsessed with hunger with food. pretty much that's it you can't get your mind off food. and you lose sense of time. i mean here today is thursday isn't it. and tomorrow is friday. in prison it doesn't make a difference what day it is or frankly there's a difference between two weeks and two months a minimal. >> simon not only reported on hard news but covered the beatles break up in 1970. he won pea body award, and is survived by a wife and daughter >>> randall pinkston worked with bob simon at pbs and joins us on the phone. i never had the pleasure of meeting bob. i admire

jeff on bob simon.'s a vigil at the university chapel hill. >>> people gathering to remember three local students, two from unc. their killing raises an especially ugly question beyond the simple and horrible fact three accomplished and deeply loved people raised the word. murdered because of their religion that was islam? the three students, dental student, new wife and sister were all muslim. the suspect, a 46-year-old man named craig hicks who turned himself in last night appears to have made strong anti-religious statements online. it's unclear whether they targeted islam specifically or all religions. his wife said it has nothing to do with that but the father calls it a hate crime. getting global as well as national attention. i spoke with a sister of one of the victims, unc about the brother he was. >> my brother, deah, was a 6'3" young man, who had the kindest heart, who loved everyone he met. greeted strangers with hugs and dedicated his life to service. he loved his family. he loved his wife,

ahead with "60 minutes" in mourning, john roberts helps us remember bob simon.ut after the break, piers morgan who knows something about being under fire scorches the critics who try to take down media and political big shots. >>> piers morgan may have left cnn, but he has plenty of strong opinions. he takes on the toxic online culture that turns on one embattled figure after another and insists off with his head. and piers morgan joins me now from los angeles. let me start by quoting your column. you write politicians, celebrities, news anchors are all tossed on to the furnace of rightness at the just the suggestion. >> i think we're in a new phase where social media has empowered everyone to be as vicious and hes they want to be and i'm not sure how helpful that is to the democratic process. watch what happened to brian williams. yes, he practice a big mistake, but the way people went organization you would have thought he'd been a mass serial killer. and i think that has to be some kind of restraint sometimes where, yes, you acknowledge the mistake, yes you c

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simon's family has close ties to cbs. bob's daughter tanya is a talented producer for 60 minutes and tonight our thoughts are with tanya and bob's family. bob simon was 73 years old. a big, big shock for the company. i met him more than a decade ago outside of ramala while we were covering the violence in the west bank. he was a great help to me and my crew. offered us contacts, his video tape, whatever we needed. this guy was fearless and a dedicated journalist who will be missed. >>> only on 5 tonight, a doctor taken away in handcuffs. state investigators say he was hired through craigslist for 22 grand a month cash. what is going on? we go under cover. >> this is where bay area police found a suitcase with body parts stuffed inside. no one knew who it was until tonight. >> check your power ball tickets. one sold in san leandro is a win tore night. not the big winner, but we are still >> tonight, the medical examiner has confirmed what one vallejo family feared. the dismembered body found in a suitcase on a san francisc

kkk. >> simon as a correspondent for 60 minutes reported on the movie selma.so covered the vietnam nem war during his storied career. >> and late tonight the exec tough producer for 60 minutes released this statement which says it's a terrible loss for all of us at cbs news. such a tragedy made worse loss because we lost nim a car accident. a man who escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern times. there is no one else like bob soy mon ". >> simon won several awards during his career. he's survived by his wife and their daughter who also a producer for 60 minutes. the investigation into tonight's deadly car crash is just beginning. no one else was killed. reporting live tonight in the sat center todd quinones cbs3 oy witness news. >> what a loss, todd. all right. thanks so much. >>> simon covered syrian the war on isis for cbs news and today president obama took action calling on congress to give him formal authorization for the use of military force against the group. this evening david spunt spoke to local peacekeeping couple who

simon?> no. >> at the time of her arrest, stephanie was traveling in the company of a man named simon hudson. >> asks me for a ride, i give her a ride. >> hudson was charged with deriding proceeds of prostitution after admitting he'd drive stephanie to dates in exchange for money. >> do you know what human trafficking is? >> i understand what it is. >> hudson insists that he is not stephanie's pimp. he claims that he is actually her best friend. >> i just don't like the fact that these people are making it out to seem like i'm some kind of individual that's forcing somebody, you know. i'm not forcing anybody. she doesn't have a license, she asked me to drive her here, know what i'm saying? i'm not going to sit here and let these people make me seem like i'm some kind of human trafficker. that's not what i'm doing. >> is she living with you now? >> yeah. >> how long's she been living with you? >> i guess -- maybe -- six months, maybe. >> was she homeless when she met you? >> uh-huh. she was -

this question is for simon. i hope this does not violate -- we have established that teddy roosevelt was a leader. simon, who do you think, of our presidents or other prominent politicians in the last 50-60 years, would qualify as a leader under the test you have articulated? simon: if we are going to talk current history, i have got nothing. [laughter] sheila, ow. -- sheila: ow. simon: leaders seem to stand for something. if you want to compare the first inaugural of reagan and kennedy, they both use the terms peace on earth. regardless of their methodologies, they are idealists. that is really the difference between them across and republicans, is how we get to the american ideal. whether it is margaret thatcher vaclav havel, or ronald reagan they stood for something, and they existed on a level above their own position. i got nothing of a politician now who seems to exist on the level above their own position and seems to stand for something. and more importantly, who would actually risk their own career for

bob simon was a respected and loved newsman. tonight his colleagues open up about one of the most difficult stories they've ever had to cover. because we still -- nobody here has processed it yet. >> when steve told me, i think we sat on the phone and there was silence. there was nothing

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and the sadness of bob simon's death. joining us to examine all of this rich lowry, a fox news contributor. marissa guthrie and joe klein, columnist for "time" magazine. marissa, john sturltn stewart became a cutting edge social and media political critic. how did he do that? >> he came along at the right time. he could -- and cable news had ramped up and was 24-hour talking headfest. so there were always going to be times when these people put their foots in their mouths and so he had these huge targets in which to expos hypocrisy which really epndeared him to his young audience which was already suspicious of media. >> stewart is upfront about leaning left and mostly skewers republicans and fox news and bill o'reilly but it's all cloaked in comedy. >> this is one of my big problems with him. he is constantly lecturing us about the tone of our politics, but he was a big-time political commentator himself. what he added to the conversation -- >> oh, no, no no. he says i'm just the media. >> this is the game he would play.

simon's friend simon is going to help. >> simon and simon? >> yes. like a 1980s tv show. so simon climbs up this very tall ladder. it's very easy for him to get this pigeon untangled. he brings this little pigeon back down the ladder. he takes this little pigeon back to the vet, totally fine. they feed the pigeon a little bit of food release him right back into the wild. >> cctv in london giving you the definition of a smash and grab robbery. this moped comes streaming up to the front, guys jumps off the back holding an ax kicks in the front door and starts smashing up the pace. >> those scooters can go anywhere. they are quick and agile and you're gone. >> as the guy is reaching his arm in just grabbing everything he can, as the getaway driver is waiting for him. he smashes up a little bit more. in fact he's taking almost $30,000 u.s. of jewelry and $23,000 u.s. solitaire ring. he comes up with a baseball bat and gives him licks as they drive off. they almost crash there and almost crash into the blue car before getting away. he got a couple good hits in swinging for the

also her husband and their son, jack, bob simon' his grandson. -- bob simon's grandson.ob simon, dead at 73. ♪ >> adam silver is here, he is the commissioner of the nba. he has had a busy first year after taking over for david stern last february. he imposed a lifetime ban on former los angeles clippers owner donald sterling. his racist remarks were caught on a recording. in august, steve ballmer bought the clippers for a record $2 billion. this year, the average nba franchise is worth $1.1 billion. all-star festivities will return to new york this weekend on saturday. barclays center in brooklyn will host events including the dunk contest and three point shootout. on sunday, the all-star game will be played at madison square garden. i am pleased to have adam silver back. welcome. >> thank you. >> you were last year when you were getting ready to take over. it is been one hell of a ride. >> it has. it has been a chock-full year. last i was here with david stern and we came on together. >> to remember this, you love the knicks -- >> growing up. i still love them, but i lo

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simon moved to saigon in 1971 and london in '72 covering the vietnam war. he was on one of the last helicopters out of saigon in 1975 but returned several times. >> vietnam is more isolated today than it was 10 or 15 years ago. internationally, the vietnamese were a lot more popular as victims of american aggression than as the aggressive regional power they've become. >> reporter: his extensive experience overseas and at war zones often put him in danger. and in january, 1991, simon and three cbs news colleagues were captured by iraqi forces near the kuwaiti border. they were held in iraqi prisons for 40 days before they were finally released. the next year he wrote about the experience in his book, 40 days. >> the window looks pretty good. >> that's what bankruptcy looks like, huh. >> reporter: he joined "60 minutes" in 1996. there season marked his 19th year with the broadcast. simon was one of the most honored journalists in the business winning 27 emmy award among many, many others. simon's family has close ties to cbs. >> bob's daughter tanya is a tal

and her husband and their son jack bob simon's grandson. bob simon dead at 73. adam silver is here, the commissioner of the nba. he has had quite a busy first year after taking over for david stern the former commissioner last february. in april he imposed a life-time ban on former los angeles clippers owner donald sterling following sterling's racist remarks caught on a recording. in august-- he bought the clippers for a record $2 billion. the franchise is worth 1.1 billion. that is 74% more than last year, according to forbes. all-star festivities return to new york this weekend. on saturday the barkley center in brooklyn will host events including the dunk contest and three-point shoot-out. on sunday the all-star game will be played at madison square garden. i'm pleased to have adam silver back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: you were last here when you were getting ready to take over. it has been one hell of a ride. >> it has. it's been a chock full year. last i was here with david stern. we came on together. >> rose: yeah. just a brief to rem

>> a not so much as a bob simon but a guy -- not so much as bob simon but a guy. one day you discover is the will to survive that had never really been put to the test for me before and driven -- >> and driven by the love of your family? >> i think that might be sentimental but driven by this biological will to survive, more powerful than you can experience anyone does experience on till they are really against it. you know it is there. it is there and it works. >> worse moments was? >> i do not know i am asked that sometimes. there were several. a whole bunch a worst moments. the first time they accuse me of being a spy. it was something i could get through. what you are up against in an experience like this are not a bad ones like inspect upon are getting called that -- get spat upon or being called bad names. >> this is you in a baghdad hotel. >> i cannot find a word for this. because "regret" is not a strong enough word. it might not be a strong enough word. the pain i know, i caused my loved ones i will try to make up for it in any way i can. and i thank god

simon led a remarkable career working for cbs news for 47 years and for "60 minutes" since 1996.covered vietnam and was one of the last helicopters out of saigon and he achieved nearly celebrity status in israel while riding a motorcycle. he became close with prime minister yit sack rabin, playing tennis with him before his public as sas sass nation. he and his crew were taken into captivity, beaten with canes, which he then wrote about in his book. >> we saw a jeep in the distance, and it was an iraqi army jeep and they took us away. and we eventually wound up in the secret police headquarters and treated very badly. >> yesterday they were released in bagdad. this morning they talked with ed bradley. >> bob simon, producer peter bluff, cameraman roberto alvarez and sound man juan calbera. >> has it changed you? >> yeah. >> how? >> i don't know. too early to tell. >> simon says he was sure he would be killed if cbs had not lobbied gorbachev to intervene. he and his daughter were working on a report for ebola for this weekend's "60 minutes" broadcast. bob simon was 73 years old. >

. >> simon cowell scared of heights. simon's friend simon, is going to help. >> simon and simon? >> yep. like a 1980s tv show. ♪ >> so simon climbs up this very tall ladder. it's easy for him to get the pigeon untangled. brings the pigeon back down the ladder. takes this pigeon back to vet. totally fine. feed the pigeon a little bit of food release him right back into the wild. >>> it's an all-out street brawl and this has nothing to do with sports or anything like that. two separate families including one 65-year-old man, retired defense ministry official getting beaten with a hockey stick. you see women. you see men involved. the whole thing over -- >> a wedding? >> no. a parking space. >> are you serious? >> six people injured including the 65-year-old man who fractured his hand. apparently these families have been warring over the parking spot for some time. one of the families asked the other family to not park the suv in a certain spot and that kicked off this whole big thing. head over to argentina, this video older but now trending. guy in orange shirt, guy in white shirt