The cbs overnight news will be right back. Almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. Together we can help them with three simple words. My name is chris noth and i will listen. From maine to maui, thousands of High School Students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. Chris young action teams of High School Students are joining volunteers of america and Major League Baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. Carlos pea its easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. If you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares president obama took a rare swipe at donald trump in an interview with National Public radio. The president said trump is capitalizing on the resentment of working class men who have seen their bills go up while their wages stay flat. You combine those things and it means that theres going to be potential anger, frustration, fear. Some of it justified but just misdirected. And, you know, i think somebody like mr. Trumps taken advantage of that. I mean, thats what hes exploiting during the course of his campaign. Odonnell mr. Obama also claimed some of the republican resentment toward him can be chalked up to his status as the first black president. Members killed yesterday by a suicide bomber in afghanistan. It was the worst attack on u. S. Forces there this year. Margaret brennan is at the pentagon. How you doing . Reporter after his first tour of afghanistan, joseph lemm came home to surprise his children and his wife. But his second tour came to a tragic end this week. He was among the six u. S. Service men killed by a taliban suicide bomber who drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into the american patrol. Lemm was a 15year veteran of the new York Police Department and a member of the air national guard. Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen was the highest ranking officer killed and one of the first openly gay female air force officers killed in action. Special agent peter taub also lost his life. His mother runs this washington restaurant and posted a note on the door saying they were closed to mourn this horrible loss. A regular customer, vivienne ramgeet, left a teddy bear and a Christmas Tree at the front im grieving for my friends. And im im im truly devastated. Reporter the three other airmen killed were michael cinco, chester mcbride, and louis bonacasa. Only a day after the american ambush, u. S. And british soldiers went to the aid of the struggling afghan army trying to hold off the taliban takeover of a crucial southern province. The taliban has been gaining strength ever since the end of the u. S. Combat mission and drawdown. Today they released a photograph of the bomber they claimed attacked the americans. Tonight, the pentagon will release officially the names of the fallen. But, norah, these deaths are especially heartbreaking for so many families coming right before christmas, and just months after president obama decided to extend the longest war in american history. Odonnell margaret brennan, thank you. A grim milestone has been reached in europes refugee crisis. The u. N. Refugee agency said today more than one Million People have entered europe this poverty in the middle east and north africa. Half came from syria. Nearly 3,700 died on the journey or went missing. Today, f. B. I. Director james comey visited the bureaus l. A. Field office to thank agents and police who investigated the massacre in San Bernardino in which 14 people were killed. And for the first time, were getting a look at the visa application filed by one of the terrorists to get into this country. Heres Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues. Reporter eight months before syed farook entered the United States with his bridetobe, he applied for a fiance visa for pakistaniborn tashfeen malik. In the document dated december 31, 2013, farook, an american citizen, wrote that they had met through a matrimonial web site. When asked for more information, farook wrote in a statement that after several weeks of e mailing, he and malik decided to meet each other. That happened when they both attended the hajj pilgrimage in 3, 2013. And it is on this day, he says, that we got engaged. He signed that statement january 20, 2014. Immigration officials asked for and received proof. Visa stamps that both were at the hajj. Ultimately, the application was approved, clearing the way for the San Bernardino killers to come into the country. In a statement, the u. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says, what they didnt they were subjected to numerous background checks and those did not reveal any derogatory information about malik. What they didnt know about what the f. B. I. Discovered after the shooting were maliks direct private messages about jihad, and evidence that both farook and malik had been showing signs of radicalization long before the couple got engaged. The k1 visa application relies on selfreporting, and in a immigration file she reportedly answered no when asked if she had ever engaged in terrorist activity. Norah, Obama Administration critics believe there were major gaps in the vetting of that application. Odonnell all right, jeff pegues, thank you. Today, Army SergeantBowe Bergdahl was arraigned in military court on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. He could face life in prison if convicted, or of the latter. He did not enter a plea. Bergdahl walked off his post in afghanistan in 2009 and was held as a taliban prisoner for five years before being swapped for five guantanamo detainees. A grand jury in texas has decided not to indict anyone in the Sheriffs Office or jail in connection with the death of sandra bland. She was found dead in her cell in july, three days after her confrontational arrest during a traffic stop. Her death was ruled a suicide. Coming up, whats taking so long mess . A close call on the slope for a world cup skier. And a christmas surprise when the cbs overnight news will be right back. cell phone rings where are you . Well the squirrels are back in the attic. Mom . Your dad wont call an exterminator. Can i call you back, mom . He says its personal this time. If youre a mom, you call at the worst time. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Where are you . Its very loud there. 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The new sites include four commercial properties and three homes. Add in the five sites already slated for cleanup, and that is 12 places around the creek with contamination. They found the tumor, about the size of a golf ball. Powers lost her nineyearold grandchild, jordan, to a brain tumor that is rare in children. If it came from this, wow, we want some answers because its making me angry. She was my only grandchild. There it is right there. Reporter it was a variety of rare illnesses that caught the attention of resident Jenelle Wright and her neighbors. Four years ago, the group created a Facebook Page that has since logged 2,700 cancers and autoimmune conditions around town. They begged federal Health Authorities to investigate. Weve had to go through many battles. I dont even know if i can recount all of them, all the different agencies, literally calling an agency 30 times and not returning your phone call. Reporter this month they finally got results. The centers for Disease Control sent a Health Assessment team to help document the residents stories. You must advocate for yourself. Reporter mary oscko has stage four lung cancer and blames it on the contamination. Why is the government getting do you notice that the tables shaking . If i shake the table enough, you cant eat your meal off of it. If i make enough noise, you want to listen to me. Were standing up and saying, hi, im mary. Im dying of cancer. Reporter residents are hoping the health study might help them in their legal fights over compensation for medical bills but the assessment could take two years, and, norah, some folks like mary are worried they wont be around long enough to see the results. Odonnell such an incredible story, vinita nair, thank you. Odonnell someone stole a secret Service Agents gun in washington. Odonnell police in washington say a secret Service Agents gun was stolen from his car outside headquarters yesterday. The agent, a member of the president ial protective division, had gone inside for 45 minutes. When he returned, a bag containing his gun, i. D. , badge, and a thumb drive were gone. The agent will likely face disciplinary charges. A world cup skier was nearly hit by a drone today during a race in italy. The drone fell from the sky and crashed just inches from marcel hirscher. He was carrying a tv camera and was shooting the race. Hirscher didnt seem to notice and came in second, but afterwards he said this can never happen again. A Surprise Homecoming in oklahoma. Kim gornick wasnt expecting to see her son, wyatt, this christmas. [ screaming ] odonnell but as you can see he made an unexpected appearance after returning home from Marine Infantry Training in san diego. She called the moment priceless. A nice, big hug, too. Kids so happy . Well show you when we come back. Chest pain, like theres a ton of weight on your chest. Severe shortness of breath. Unexplained nausea. Cold sweats. 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Reporter more than 1,000 kids were in dallas recently for four days of nonstop joy. There was no limit to the games, the rides, and the fun. Lightsabers up reporter and it was all free. If youre wondering why these kids and their parents were treated like such heroes, well, they earned it, the hard way. Every child here lost a parent in the military. Every parent here lost a spouse. Chase sullivan is seven, his brother jake is five. Their mother bree cant remember the last time they were this they get to be with other kids who get it, who understand what its like to lose a parent. Reporter Michelle Karnoski brought her 13yearold daughter, sammie. Its heartbreaking knowing that all these kids have lost a parent while on active duty military. Its hard. Reporter this is the tenth anniversary of the snowball express, a Nonprofit Charity named for an old disney movie. Some families return every year, like carol baruch and her daughter, amelia. Her husband, john, did two tours in iraq. He had a largerthanlife personality. And when he came back from his second tour, that personality had changed. Reporter suffering from severe posttraumatic stress disorder, two days after christmas in 2007, he took his own life. Around christmastime, like, a classmate will complain about a present they get, their dad gave its kind of frustrating because id do anything to get a bad present from my dad. Reporter snowball express is always held during the Holiday Season because for many here its the most difficult time of the year. Because i cant imagine not coming. Like, i cant imagine not ever having this in my life. Reporter chase and Jake Sullivan feel pretty much the same way. I just wish we could stay here a year. Reporter a year . I wish we could stay here forever. Reporter forever in a place where everyone understands. applause chip reid, cbs news, dallas. Thats the overnight news for this wednesday for some of you the news continues, for others check back with us a little later. For other news join anthony for cbs this morning. York city, im nora odonnel. This is the cbs overnight news. Hi everyone, welcome to the overnight news im demarco morgan. Winter has only just begun its already a season of weather extremes the northeast is basken in record high temperatures. And the Pacific Northwest and mountain states a much different story, driving rain along the coast and heavy snow in the higher elevations. John blackstone begins our coverage in california. Much of the country is having a somewhat mild winter, its not happening here in Northern California or much of the west. The mountain that feeds this stream has received 7 inches of rain, in fact more than 7 inches having the wettest winter on record. Mountains of the west are being pummelled with snow, certainly the winter is roaring in the west. A powerful storm system making its way across the northwest is packing it dangerous mix of blinding snow, rain and violent winds Strong Enough to knock down powerlines. You can see the conditions, its bad. Reporter several drivers were left stuck and stranded just outside east of seattle when portions of interstate 90 were buried under snow. We went off the first exit, if we would have known this, we would have turned around and went back. He used his truck to help drivers stuck in the side of the road. Sf you dont have a guy like me that comes along, youll sit there for hours and hours and hours, if i can help you out, why not reporter the threat of an disappeared over the weekend. In oregon winds gusts for miles an hour toppling trees and crashing into homes. I heard a loud boom and then the whole house, it was like it was on trampoline like it bounced. Reporter the winds were Strong Enough to blow this tractortrailer off the road. More than 35,000 people in the portland area were without power. Now up in the mountains where there has been no snow, there was no snow last winter, we had feet of snow already this winter. A heat wave across the deep south is about to turn dangerous. Meteorologists predict violent storms will rumble from louisiana to georgia packing high winds, driving hail and possible tornados. In the northeast there still is the need for winter coats and hats. Records have been falling up and down the seaboard. Reporter i cant believe were talking about the 70s. Right now im not wearing any hats, any gloves. 50 degrees here at central park. And you can almost call it an extended heat wave for the winter, having many people here in the northeast pleasantly surprised. Its beautiful here. Its incredible. Reporter at 52 degrees in buffalo it was beautiful enough for waiters and walks in the park. In a city that was slammed by 7 feet of lake effect snow last year, temperatures this week are more likely to inspire long walks on the beach. Certainly a look at buffalo, up to 61 degrees. The focus on Christmas Eve moves to the northeast and were talking 60s and 70s, the warmest Christmas Eve anyone alive has seen in that area. Reporter more than 2,600 record high temperatures have been tied or broken across the lower 48 states this month. In washington, d. C. , Cherry Blossoms arrives months ahead of in chicago, christmas shoppers wore light coats. Im not complaining that its not snowing right now. But it doesnt feel like christmas yet. Reporter but nowhere is this tail of two climates more obvious than the ski slopes. The connecticut resort cant keep the fake snow from melting. While in colorado the real snow just keeps coming, skiers there are enjoying being on the edge of a much larger cold weather band stretching from park city up to spokane. This is a tail and were just watching to see if its possible the stormy and snowy conditions out west will eventually come eastern on us. Reporter and meteorologists say the el nino factor is the main reason behind this unseasonably warm, beautiful weather. Things are also heating up on the campaign trail. G. O. P. Frontrunner donald trump in his criticism of Hillary Clinton. The candidates have been trading shots ever since clinton called some of trumps comments a recruitment tool for isis. A poll shows prefer clinton to trump 47 to 40 . Here is more on how the two frontrunners are squaring off. In case you just awoke and were wondering, though, the general election hasnt begun. But trump would like republicans to imagine him going toe to toe with Hillary Clinton. Thats what this confrontation is all about. And other republicans are, as has been so often this the case in the campaign, just trying to get a piece of the increasingly obnoxious trump action. Youre a loser. You really are a loser. In a rally monday night, donald trump fought through more than a dozen interruptions. Theres another guy up there. Theyre very noncombative people. Thats a very weak voice. Hes holding up his hands like hes mike tyson, he would never throw a punch. Challenge rival Hillary Clinton, assailing her accusation that isis used trumps words about muslims to recruit followers. Turned out to be a lie. Shes a liar and the last person she wants to return against is me, believe me. Reporter trump made a mad reference to clintons debate to the bathroom that lasted longer than the commercial break. Sorry. [ laughter ] where did she go . I thought she quit. I thought she gave up. I know where she went. Its disgusting. He hit clinton for losing the 2008 nomination. She was favored to win. Besides trumps lewd leap towards yiddish, he was accused of accepting the targeted killing of journalists. I would never do that. Lets see. No, i wouldnt. Reporter she said the thrust of her criticism remains true. The hateful rhetoric that were hearing from donald trump is blaing in the hands of other terrorists and other groups. Rubio comes close to tying clinton. A new poll has it 4344 . And clinton and texas senator ted cruz are tied at 44 . The new numbers come a day after lindsey graham, a candidate eesz whose numbers didnt register dropped out of the will be right back. Yesterday charlie rose gave us an inside look at the secret of the world of apple. This morning hes sits down with apples ceo, tim cook to discuss one of the companys most confidential trade secrets, encryption. Some say it lets terrorists communicate without fear of getting caught. Here is charlie with tim cook for 60 minutes. In the government they say its like you have a search warrant but you cant unlock the trunk. Here is the situation, on your iphone, theres likely health information, theres financial information, there are intimate conversations with your family or your coworkers. Theres probably business secrets and you should have the do that is to encrypt it. Why is that . Its because if theres a way to get in, then somebody will find a way in. There have been people that suggest that we should have a back door, but the reality is if you put a back door in, that back door is for everybody, good guys and bad guys. Does the government have a point in which they say, if we have good reason to believe in that information is evidence of criminal conduct or National Security behavior . Well, if the government lays a proper warrant on us today, then we will give the specific information that i irequested, because we have to by law. In the case of encrypted communication, we dont have it to give. And so if your imessages are encrypted we dont have access to those. Help me understand how you i dont believe that the trade off is privacy versus National Security, i think thats an overly simplistic view. Were america, we should have both. Please stand and raise your right hand. National security isnt the only battle tim cook has been fighting with washington. Apple earns twothirds of the revenue overseas. Rather than bring it balk back, apple like many, parks billions of dollars in overseas income in sub sid dares and countries like ireland. The practice is not illegal, but its at the heart of a battle that has been unfolding in washington to reform the Corporate Tax code and bring that money home. How do you feel when you go before congress and they say, youre a tax avoider . What i told them and what ill tell you and the folks watching tonight is, we pay more taxes in this country than they know that and you should because of how much money you make. Well, i dont deny that. We happily pay it. You probably also have more money overseas. We do. I said before, twothirds of our business is over there. Why dont you bring that home, is the question . I would love to bring it home. Why dont you bring it home . It would cost me 40 to bring it home and i dont think its a reasonable thing to do. This is a tax code, charlie, that was made for the industrial age, not the digital age. Its backward. Its awful for america. It should have been fixed many years ago. Its past time to get it done. But here is what they concluded, apple is engaged in a sophisticated scheme to pay little or no Corporate Taxes on 74 billion in revenues held overseas. That is total political crap. Theres no truth behind it. Apple pays every tax dollar we owe. Reporter tim cook has spent much of the last decade the world nowhere more than in china. Thank you. In october, cook made his ninth trip there since becoming ceo four years ago. In the last year apple sales in china have doubled. Will there be at some point in the near future a bigger market than the United States . Yes. I am as certain as i can be of that. The numbers simply tell you that. The numbers tell us that, and not just the number of people, but the numbers of people moving into the middle class, that for a Consumer Company is the thing that really begins to grow the market in a big way. And most americans would be surprised to know that nearly all apple products are manufactured by one million of apple factories including fox con. Yet tim cook insist that chinas vast and labor force is not the primary reason for manufacturing there. If its not wages, what is it . Its skill. Reporter skill . They have more skills than american works . No. Let me be clear is, china put an enormous focus on manufacturing in what we would call, you and i would call vocational kind of skills. The u. S. , over time, began to stop having as many vocational kind of skills. You can take every tool maker in the United States and put them in every room were sitting in room. In china youll have multiple football fields because its a focus of their educational system. So that is the reality. Reporter manufacturing in china has brought serious labor concerns to apple about low after series of suicides at fox con in 2010, a Company Installed safety nets outside its employees dormitories. Reporter do you have a responsibility to look at the Labor Conditions and make sure whatever might be for people to commit suicide is eradicated . The answer to your question is, yes. We have a responsibility and we do it. We are constantly auditing our supply chain, making sure that Safety Standards are, you know, the highest, working conditions are the highest. All of the things that you would expect us to look for and more, were doing it. Reporter according to its most recent internal review apple has limited the work week to 60 hours, raised pay and cracked down on child labor. But 30 of the facilities that make its products around the world still do not meet apples own Safety Standards. That has values and acts on them, can really change the world. Reporter since taking over apple, tim cook has broadened his companys mission beyond making products. Apple has invested billions in Renewable Energy to Power Data Centers an operations. Cook has become a strong advocate for human rights. His motives are personal. He grew up in segregation and last year he made a bold public announcement that he is gay. No other ceo of fortune 500 company that might be gay has come out. Reporter you said it was gods greatest gift to you. When youre in a minority group, it gives you a sense of empathy of what its like to be in the minority and you begin to look at things from different point of views and i think it was a gift for me. Out earlier . Honestly, i value my privacy. Im a very private person. But it became increasingly clear to me that if i said something, that it could help other people. And im glad because i think that some kid somewhere, some kid in alabama, i think if they, just for a moment, stop and say, if it didnt limit him, it may not limit me, or this kid thats getting bullied or this kid worse, ive gotten notes from people contemplating suicide. So if i could touch just one of those, its worth it. And i couldnt look myself in the mirror without doing it. Reporter before we finished to show us one more thing, as steve jobs use to say, a glimpse of apples future, so we packed into four by fours and with cameras, drones and technicians supplied by gulf prowe ascended this giant mound of dirt. It is the companys biggest project ever. This is like a small city. It is. Its about 3,500 people working here right now and this is what people are commonly calling the spaceship. Reporter yes. Were going to have about 13,000 people that are working in this circle and its going to be a center for innovation for generations to come. Reporter some have said its a 5 billion project. Its a lot. Its a lot. Its somewhere near there. Reporter i knew 5 billion is a lot. We think its important to have a place that inspires you. On apple, just click on our web site. The overnight news will be right back. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Red 97 set red 97 did you say 97 . Yes. You know, that reminds me of geicos 97 Customer Satisfaction rating. 97 . Helped by geicos fast and friendly claims service. Huh. Oh yeah, baby. Geicos as fast and friendly as it gets. Woo nasa says it is scrubbing the plan to launch next march of the inside spacecraft that was supposed to be bound for mars. They discovered a leak in a key research instrument. The earth and mars wont be lined up for another launch for two years. At space x, they managed to launch a rocket into orbit and bring it back to earth. You might call it a high flying hightech cost saving move. Getting the rocket back to earth means that space x can use it again saving the Company Millions of dollars. The successful launch of the new falcon 9 rocket was just the first obstacle for space x to over come after lifting off to put 11 satellites into space the big challenge was getting the rockets first stage booster back on earth in one piece. Space x is now clear to resume deliverly flights which have been on hold such a spectacular failure last june. That ill fated mission wasnt the companys only failure, two previous landing attempts ended in disaster including this one that deter the founder of space x tesler ceo who tweeted this photo of launch and reentry, there and back again. Jeff bezos founder of amazon responded with this tweet congratulating space x adding, welcome to the club. Amazon founder recovered the rocket use to launch one of his spacecraft earlier this fall, that rocket was only going to sub orbital altitude, in other words, much less extreme than the falcon 9 experience going to orbit. But to be successful, space x needs to be profitable, which includes being able to reuse those 60 million rockets. Pulling off this landing was a major achievement, perhaps historic it could be the first dip for dramatically lowering launch cost. This rocket is the tester. To see how it weathered the launch and landing. Space x hopes to start reusing the rockets next year. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Want to do Something Special this Holiday Season . Support i have a dream foundation. Help a child achieve the dream of a higher education. Cbs cares. Organ donation can truly provide a Second Chance at life. Find out how you can help someone in need be a real survivor. Go to donatelife. Net. Cbs cares. Want to do Something Special this christmas . Support i have a dream foundation. Cbs cares. franklin d. Roosevelt the inherent right to work is one of the elemental privileges of a free people. Endowed, as our nation is, with abundant physical resources. And inspired as it should be to make those resources and opportunities available for the enjoyment of all. We approach reemployment with real hope of finding a better answer than we have now. Narrator donate to goodwill where your Donations Help Fund if you are the type who waits till the last minute to do your holiday shopping, amazon. Com has something for you this season. Amazon prime customers in some cities can order their holiday essentials and get them delivered to their door in just two hours. I paid a visit to one of Amazons Fulfillment Center right here in the heart of manhattan to see how they conjure up this christmas time magic. Shoppers dart in and out of Retail Stores five floors above employees bring some of the yield tide joy to your door in two hours or less. One hour. Using the prime now app last minute shoppers can choose from over 4,000 items. Amazon guarantees delivery of gifts until the clock strikes how does this change a retailer like amazon and also the competition . It changes the game for customers being able to get something deliver td to you in an hour. It is changing the game for our company too. Were adding more shopping days to the Holiday Season. Urban Fulfillment Centers available in places like San Francisco, houston, miami and atlanta are purposely centrally located. Theres no way to get things in an hour if it werent in the center of the city. As soon as the order is arrived its processed and bagged. Amazon prime customers will shell out an extra eight bucks to have their order in an hour. For those willing to wait for two hours, the service is free. Here in new york deliveries are done by subway, bike or on foot. Shannon says the prime now app marks amazons latest attempt to gain a upper hand on the competition. Most of the competitors youre looking at five to seven amazon is always one to two steps ahead. You call it the procast nay tor screen, is that sending a bad signal. We like to serve customers needs and we dont judge. Hell work from 6 00 a. M. To midnight on Christmas Eve despite his familys wishes. I told them i will see them when i get home. The pressure to get it there on time. On any given window you can do maybe four or five deliveries. Well, not at all, thats if the traditional holiday colors cooperate with the holiday cheer. And in case youre wonder what if i order seasoning and they dont have it, amazon insists that cant happen. They say the quick delivery app only shows merchandise thats in stock and ready to go. And thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you the news continues, for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this center here in new york city. Odonnell the storms before christmas, floods and snow in the west, tornado threats in the south, and tshirt weather in the east. Also tonight, a visa application tells us more about the San Bernardino terrorists. Donald trump hits below the belt in a new attack on Hillary Clinton. She was favored to win and she got bleep . Odonnell and riding the joy of christmas on the snowball express. I just wish we could stay here for a year. Reporter a year . I wish we could stay here forever. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs overnight news scott is off tonight. Theres a rough few days ahead for anyone traveling for the holidays. In the northwest, violent storms have sent trees into houses and on to cars. Heavy snow has been falling in the mountains. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are forecast from the deep south to the ohio valley as east heat up to springlike weather for christmas. We have a team of correspondents covering this, beginning with john blackstone. Reporter harsh weather in the west has left communities buried in snow, soaked by heavy rain, and battered by powerful wind. In portland, oregon today, crews were cleaning up trees blown over in the storm. I heard a loud boom but didnt really know what it was. And then the whole house, it was like it was on a little trampoline, like, it almot bounced. The cookies everything went flying. Reporter the power was still out today for thousands in the portland area. A line came down near heather kurmas. The power lines were turning green, blue, orange, and everything was shaking. It was pretty crazy. Reporter at snoqualmie in the mountains outside seattle, deep and heavy snow stopped traffic. Country skier resumed today after being called off yesterday because of weather. Alan labissonier of king county searchandrescue. You see the conditions, its bad. Avalanche danger is really extreme. Reporter the same storm buried the town of kamas 40 miles from Salt Lake City under a foot of fresh snow. In california, on the road to lake tahoe, mountain traffic came to a near standstill as plows worked to clear the snow. On these roads, trucker bill brown is in no hurry. My only concern is a guy in a fourwheeler whos doing way 50 Miles Per Hour and hydroplanes in the rain and i have to dodge him. Reporter in southern californias mojave desert, more than 15 tractor trailers were blown over by winds gusting 60 80 Miles Per Hour. In the mountains east of los angeles, enough snow fell to open the slopes for night skiing. Another cold storm from up in the gulf of alaska is coming it could bring snow on Christmas Eve to seattle and portland, two places that dont usually get a white christmas. And, norah, we could even get snow in some of the high hills here in the San Francisco area. Odonnell how about that. John blackstone thank you so much. As the west cools down, the eastern half of the country is heating up. Jericka duncan has that story. Reporter on the busiest shipping week of the year, mail carrier Valerie Dickson has some spring in her step. Usually i have my big coat, two pairs of gloves, a scarf around my throat, mouth, nose and all that. I have a scarf on but i dont need to be wrapped all up. Reporter in chicago, where dixon was making her rounds, temperatures were in the 50s, but this was dixon last year with wind chills at 20 below. Snow, cold im dressed for it. Reporter seeing green means more green at this golf course in massachusetts. Manager dick murphy thanks mother nature. Right through sunday, so were beyond christmas. Thats unheard of. Reporter but other businesses in the northeast, like ski resorts, are watching profits melt away. New york city is bringing in winter on a high note. Central park is on pace to break a december record for fewest days below freezing. The Macleod Family of scotland is visiting the city for the first time. We brought big, massive winter jackets, expecting to have to keep warm going for walks and that, but as you can see, theyre back in the hotel and im wearing a tshirt. Reporter the high on Christmas Eve is expected to break a record, and, norah, if the temperature gets above 64 degrees on christmas day, well, that, too, would be historic. Odonnell historic, indeed. Jericka duncan thank you so much. Eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. So, eric, i understand the south is in for some heavy storms. Head through this holiday week. Norah, the ingredients are there for a potential Severe Weather outbreak tomorrow. Weve got cold dry air coming down across the plains and unusually warm, moist air being lifted up out of the gulf of mexico. Were really watching this area in particular, could see several tornadoes during the day tomorrow and into tomorrow night. Its those night time tornadoes that are the most dangerous because folks are asleep, and sometimes you dont see it coming. A couple of rounds of storms. Theyll all be racing off to the eastnortheast. A lot of heavy rain goes along with all of this. So certainly we want people to stay weather aware here as we head through wednesday and into Christmas Eve. Of course, all of this fueled by the incredible warmth, just dozens and dozens of records set up and down the coast from maine all the way down to florida. Norah, for the southeast many cities will set record highs every single day until monday of next week. Odonnell incredible, thank you. Also heating up is the feud between the republican and democratic frontrunners in the race for president. Today, Hillary Clinton responded to some crude comments made about her by donald trump. And Major Garrett is following we love michigan. Reporter Donald Trumps final rally before christmas was full of interruptions. Youre a bigot byebye. Reporter and insults for Hillary Clinton. Shes terrible. Donald trump is on video, and isis is using him on the video to recruit and it turned out to be a lie. Shes a liar. Im watching the debate, and she disappeared. Where did she go . I know where she went. Its disgusting. I dont want to talk about it. Reporter pretty standard for trump abrasive, accusatory, slightly bizarre. But nothing compared to this. Hillary, thats not a president. Even a race to obama, she was going to beat obama. She was favored to win and she got bleep . She lost. Reporter that yiddish vulgarism prompted Hillary Palmieri to tweet, the campaign would not respond. You are looking at somebody who has had a lot of terrible things about me. Reporter campaigning in iowa today, clinton cast trumps insults as a form of bullying. Its important to stand up to bullies wherever they are and why we shouldnt let anybody bully their way to the presidency. Shes great at being a victim. Reporter in new hampshire, trumps g. O. P. Rival, jeb bush, took a swipe at both candidates. There has to be a level of decorum to win. Its not a sign of strength to insult people with profanity. Its not a serious thing. Reporter a new Quinnipiac National poll found clinton ahead of trump, and clinton effectively tied with marco rubio and ted cruz. Norah, that survey also found 50 of voters say they would be embarrassed to have trump as president. Garrett, thank you. The cbs [ vocalizing ] [ buzzing ] [ tree crashes ] [ wind howling ] president obama took a rare swipe at donald trump in an interview with National Public radio. The president said trump is capitalizing on the resentment of working class men who have seen their bills go up while their wages stay flat. You combine those things and it means that theres going to be potential anger, frustration, fear. Some of it justified but just misdirected. And, you know, i think somebody like mr. Trumps taken advantage of that. I mean, thats what hes exploiting during the course of his campaign. Odonnell mr. Obama also claimed some of the republican resentment toward him can be chalked up to his status as the first black president. Tonight, were learning more members killed yesterday by a suicide bomber in afghanistan. It was the worst attack on u. S. Forces there this year. Margaret brennan is at the pentagon. How you doing . Reporter after his first tour of afghanistan, joseph lemm came home to surprise his children and his wife. But his second tour came to a tragic end this week. He was among the six u. S. Service men killed by a taliban suicide bomber who drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into the american patrol. Lemm was a 15year veteran of the new York Police Department and a member of the air national guard. Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen was the highest ranking officer killed and one of the first openly gay female air force officers killed in action. Special agent peter taub also lost his life. His mother runs this washington restaurant and posted a note on the door saying they were closed to mourn this horrible loss. A regular customer, vivienne ramgeet, left a teddy bear and a Christmas Tree at the front im grieving for my friends. And im im im truly devastated. Reporter the three other airmen killed were michael cinco, chester mcbride, and louis bonacasa. Only a day after the american ambush, u. S. And british soldiers went to the aid of the struggling afghan army trying to hold off the taliban takeover of a crucial southern province. The taliban has been gaining strength ever since the end of the u. S. Combat mission and drawdown. Today they released a photograph of the bomber they claimed attacked the americans. Tonight, the pentagon will release officially the names of the fallen. But, norah, these deaths are especially heartbreaking for so many families coming right before christmas, and just months after president obama decided to extend the longest war in american history. Odonnell margaret brennan, thank you. A grim milestone has been reached in europes refugee crisis. The u. N. Refugee agency said today more than one million year after fleeing war and poverty in the middle east and north africa. Half came from syria. Nearly 3,700 died on the journey or went missing. Today, f. B. I. Director james comey visited the bureaus l. A. Field office to thank agents and police who investigated the massacre in San Bernardino in which 14 people were killed. And for the first time, were getting a look at the visa application filed by one of the terrorists to get into this country. Heres Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues. Reporter eight months before syed farook entered the United States with his bridetobe, he applied for a fiance visa for pakistaniborn tashfeen malik. In the document dated december 31, 2013, farook, an american citizen, wrote that they had met through a matrimonial web site. When asked for more information, farook wrote in a statement that after several weeks of e mailing, he and malik decided to meet each other. Attended the hajj pilgrimage in mecca saudi arabia, on october 3, 2013. And it is on this day, he says, that we got engaged. He signed that statement january 20, 2014. Immigration officials asked for and received proof. Visa stamps that both were at the hajj. Ultimately, the application was approved, clearing the way for the San Bernardino killers to come into the country. In a statement, the u. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says, what they didnt know about that the f. B. I. Discovered after the shooting were maliks direct private messages about jihad, and evidence that both farook and malik had been showing signs of radicalization long before the couple got engaged. The k1 visa application relies separate part of maliks immigration file she reportedly answered no when asked if she had ever engaged in terrorist activity. Norah, Obama Administration critics believe there were major gaps in the vetting of that application. Odonnell all right, jeff pegues, thank you. Today, Army SergeantBowe Bergdahl was arraigned in military court on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. He could face life in prison if convicted, or of the latter. He did not enter a plea. Bergdahl walked off his post in afghanistan in 2009 and was held as a taliban prisoner for five years before being swapped for five guantanamo detainees. A grand jury in texas has decided not to indict anyone in the Sheriffs Office or jail in connection with the death of sandra bland. She was found dead in her cell in july, three days after her confrontational arrest during a traffic stop. Her death was ruled a suicide. Mess . A close call on the slope for a world cup skier. And a christmas surprise when weve been changing things up with ky love. Oh yeah. Its a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensations. It gives us chills in places weve never gotten chills before. Yeah, it makes us feel like. Music starts and plays throughout gucci guilty enough pressure in here for ya . Im gonna take mucinex sinusmax. Too late, were about to take off. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. You realize i have gold status . Mucinex sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Odonnell weve reported extensively about an unusual number of cancer cases north of st. Louis, where several have lowlevels of radiological contamination. Tonight vinita nair reports even more sites have tested positive and now theres a federal health investigation. Reporter 300 residents of north Saint Louis County crowded into a local gym last week, anxious about what they would hear. Soil near their local creek was contaminated by improperly stored Nuclear Weapons waste in the 1960s and 70s, and people the army corps of engineers delivered the latest test seven additional parcels that have been identified. Reporter those seven new areas of lowlevel nuclear crews tested the creek this the new sites include four commercial properties and three homes. Add in the five sites already slated for cleanup, and that is 12 places around the creek with contamination. They found the tumor, about reporter last fall, angela powers lost her nineyearold grandchild jordan to a brain tumor that is rare in children. If it came from this, wow, we want some answers because its making me angry. She was my only grandchild. There it is right there. Reporter it was a variety of rare illnesses that caught the attention of resident Jenelle Wright and her neighbors. Four years ago, the group created a Facebook Page that has since logged 2,700 cancers and autoimmune conditions around town. They begged federal Health Authorities to investigate. Weve had to go through many battles. I dont even know if i can recount all of them, all the different agencies, and gate keepers to different agencies to even have our phone calls returned, literally calling an agency 30 times and not returning your phone call. Reporter this month they sent a Health Assessment team to help document the residents stories. You must advocate for yourself. Reporter mary oscko has stage four lung cancer and blames it on the contamination. Why is the government getting involved now . Do you notice that the tables shaking . If i shake the table enough, you cant eat your meal off of it. To listen to me. Were standing up and saying, hi, im mary. Im dying of cancer. Reporter residents are hoping the health study might help them in their legal fights over compensation for medical take two years, and, norah, some folks like mary are worried they wont be around long enough to odonnell such an incredible story, vinita nair, thank you. Odonnell someone stole a secret Service Agents gun in that story is next. Odonnell police in washington say a secret Service Agents gun was stolen from his car outside headquarters yesterday. President ial protective division, had gone inside for 45 minutes. When he returned, a bag containing his gun, i. D. , badge, and a thumb drive were gone. The agent will likely face disciplinary charges. A world cup skier was nearly hit by a drone today during a race in italy. The drone fell from the sky and crashed just inches from marcel hirscher. He was carrying a tv camera and was shooting the race. Hirscher didnt seem to notice and came in second, but afterwards he said this can never happen again. A Surprise Homecoming in oklahoma. Kim gornick wasnt expecting to see her son, wyatt, this christmas. screaming screaming odonnell but as you can see he made an unexpected appearance after returning home from Marine Infantry Training in san diego. She called the moment priceless. Still ahead, why are these kids so happy . Well show you when we come want to do Something Special this Holiday Season . Support i have a dream foundation. Help a child achieve the dream of a higher education. Cbs cares. Organ donation can truly provide a Second Chance at life. Find out how you can help someone in need be a real survivor. Go to donatelife. Net. Cbs cares. Want to do Something Special this christmas . Support i have a dream foundation. Help a child achieve the dream of a higher education. Cbs cares. Every day its getting closer going faster than a roller coaster a love like yours will surely come my way hey, hey, hey babies arent fully developed until at least 39 weeks. If your pregnancy is healthy, a healthy baby is worth the wait. O0 c1 travel is part of the american way of life. When were on vacation, we keep an eye out for anything that looks out of place. [ indistinct conversations ] miss, your bag. When we travel from city to city, we Pay Attention to our surroundings. [ cheering ] everyone plays a role in keeping our community safe. Whether youre traveling for business or pleasure, be aware of your surroundings. If you see something suspicious, odonnell finally tonight, the holidays are supposed to be the happiest time of the year for kids, and some eager volunteers are making sure that it is. Heres chip reid. Reporter more than 1,000 kids were in dallas recently for four days of nonstop joy. There was no limit to the games, lightsabers up reporter and it was all free. If youre wondering why these kids and their parents were treated like such heroes, well, every child here lost a parent in the military. Every parent here lost a spouse. Chase sullivan is seven, his brother jake, five. Their mother bree cant remember the last time they were this they get to be with other kids who get it, who understand what its like to lose a parent. Reporter Michelle Karnoski brought her 13yearold daughter, sammie. Its heartbreaking knowing that all these kids have lost a parent while on active duty military. Its hard. Reporter this is the tenth anniversary of the snowball express, a Nonprofit Charity named for an old disney movie. Some families return every year, like carol baruch, and her daughter, amelia. Her husband, john, did two tours in iraq. He had a largerthanlife personality. And when he came back from his second tour, that personality had changed. Reporter suffering from severe posttraumatic stress disorder, two days after christmas in 2007, he took his around christmastime, like, a classmate will complain about a present they get, their dad gave them, that they didnt like and its kind of frustrating because id do anything to get a bad present from my dad. Reporter snowball express is always held during the Holiday Season because for many here its the most difficult time of the year. Because i cant imagine not coming. Like, i cant imagine not ever having this in my life. Reporter chase and Jake Sullivan feel pretty much the same way. I just wish we could stay here a year. Reporter a year. I wish we could stay here forever. Reporter forever in a place where everyone understands. applause chip reid, cbs news, dallas. Thats the overnight news for wednesday. For some of you check back with us. From the Broadcast Center in new im nora odonnel. This is the cbs overnight news. The mountain that feeds this stream has received 7 inches of rain, in fact more than 7 inches of rain since sunday. Having the wettest winter on weather, mountains of the west are being pummelled with snow, certainly, the winter is roaring in the west. A powerful storm system making its way across the northwest is packing it dangerous mix of blinding snow, rain and violent winds Strong Enough to knock down powerlines. You can see the conditions, its bad. Reporter several drivers were left stuck and stranded just outside east of seattle when portions of interstate 90 were buried under snow. We went off the first exit, if we would have known this, we would have turned around and went back. He used his truck to help drivers stuck in the side of the road. If i can help you out, why not. Reporter the threat of an suspend a search for a skier who disappeared over the weekend. I heard a loud boom and then the whole house, it was like it almost bounced. Reporter the winds were Strong Enough to blow this tractortrailer off the road. More than 35,000 people in the portland area were without power. Now up in the mountains where there has been no snow, there was no snow last winter, we had feet of snow already this winter. A heat wave across the deep south is about to turn dangerous. Meteorologists predict violent storms will rumble from louisiana to georgia packing high winds, driving hail and possible tornados. In the northeast there still is the need for winter coats and hats. Records have been falling up and down the seaboard. Reporter i cant believe were talking about the 70s. Right now im not wearing any the temperature right now about 50 degrees here at central park. And you can almost call it an extended heat wave for the winter, having many people here in the northeast pleasantly surprised. Its beautiful here. Its incredible. Reporter at 52 degrees in buffalo it was beautiful enough for waiters and walks in the park. In a city that was slammed by 7 feet of lake effect snow last year, temperatures this week are more likely to inspire long walks on the beach. Certainly a look at buffalo, up to 61 degrees. The focus on Christmas Eve moves to the northeast and were talking 60s and 70s, the warmest Christmas Eve anyone alive has seen in that area. Reporter more than 2,600 record high temperatures have been tied or broken across the lower 48 states this month. Blossoms arrives months ahead of schedule. In chicago, christmas shoppers wore light coats. Im not complaining that its not snowing right now. But it doesnt feel like christmas yet. Reporter but nowhere is this tail of two climates more obvious than the ski scloeps. The connecticut resort cant keep the fake snow from melting. While in colorado the real snow just keeps coming, skiers there are enjoying being on the edge of a much larger cold weather band stretching from park city up to spokane. We oar watching to see if its possible the stormy and snowy conditions will eventually come eastern on us. Reporter and meteorologists say the el nino factor is the main reason behind this unseasonably warm, beautiful weather. Things are also heating up on the campaign trail. G. O. P. Frontrunner donald trump the candidates have been trading shots ever since clinton called some of trumps comments a recruitment tool for isis. A poll shows prefer clinton to trump 47 to 40 . Here is more on how the two frontrunners are squaring off. In case you just awoke and were wondering, though, the general election hasnt begun. But trump would like republicans to imagine him going toe to toe with Hillary Clinton. And other republicans are, as has been so often the case trying to get a piece of the increasingly obnoxious trump action. Youre a loser. You really are a loser. In a rally monday night, donald trump fought through more than a dozen interruptions. Theres another guy up there. Thats a very weak voice. Hes holding up his hands like hes mike tyson, he would found plenty of time to challenge rival Hillary Clinton, availing her accusation that isis used trumps words. Shes a liar the last person she wants to return against is me, believe me. Reporter trump made a mad reference to clintons debate to the bathroom that lasted longer than the commercial break. Sorry. [ laughter ] where did she go . I thought she quit. I thought she gave up. I know where she went. Its disgusting. He hit clinton for losing the 2008 nomination. She was favored to win. Beside trumps lead towards yiddish, he was accused of accepted the targeted killing of journalists. I would never kill them. I would never do that. No, i wouldnt. I would never kill them. I do hate them. Reporter she said the thrust of her criticism remains true. The hateful red rick is playing into the hand of isis and other terrorist groups. Others have kept the focus on clinton. A new poll has it 4344 . Cruz are tied at 44 . These new numbers come a day after lindsey graham, a candidates whose numbers didnt register dropped out of the race. Will be right back. Phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . Is that you . Its me. You dont look a day over 70. Am i right . Jingle jingle. If youre peter pan, you stay young forever. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. You make me feel so young. You make me feel so spring has sprung. Covergirl is the easy way to draw attention Perfect Point liner smudge with spongetip to create a smokin kitten eye lash blast mascara adds an instant blast of volume add a pow to your brow wow from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl weve been changing things up with ky love. Oh yeah. Its a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensations. It gives us chills in places weve never gotten chills before. Yeah, it makes us feel like. Yesterday charlie rose gave us an inside look at the secret of the world of apple. He sit down with tim cook to discuss one of the companys most confidential trade secrets, encryption. It lets terrorist communicate without fear of getting caught. Here is charlie with tim cook for 60 minutes. In the government they say its like you have a search warrant but you cant unlock the trunk. Here is the situation, on your iphone, theres likely health information, theres financial information, there are intimate conversations with your family or your coworkers. Theres probably business secrets and you should have the and the only way we know how to do that is to encrypt it. Why is that . Its because if theres a way to get in, then somebody will find a way in. There have been people that suggest that we should have a back door, but the reality is if you put a back door in, that back door is for everybody, good guys and bad guys. Does the government have a point in which they say, if we have good reason to believe in that information is evidence of criminal conduct or National Security behavior . Well, if the government lays a proper warrant on us today, then we will give the specific information that is requested, because we have to by law. In the case of encrypted communication, we dont have it to give. And so if your i messages are encrypted we dont have access help me understand how you get to the governments delima. I dont believe that the trade off is privacy versus National Security, i think thats an overly simplistic view. Were america, we should have both. Please stand and raise your right hand. National security isnt the only battle tim cook has been fighting with washington. Apple earns twothirds of the revenue overseas. Rather than bring it back, apple like many, parks billions of dollars in overseas income in sub sid dares and countries like ireland. The practice is not illegal, but its at the heart of a battle that has been unfolding in washington to reform the Corporate Tax code and bring that money home. How do you feel when you go before congress and they say, youre a tax avoider . What i told them and what ill tell you and the folks taxes in this country than anyone. They know that and you should because of how much money you make. Well, i dont deny that. We happily pay it. You probably also have more money overseas. We do. I said before, twothirds of our business is over there. Why dont you bring that home, is the question . Why dont you bring it home . It would cost me 40 to bring it home and i dont think its a reasonable thing to do. This is a tax code, charlie, that was made for the industrial age, not the digital age. Its backward. Its awful for america. It should have been fixed many years ago. Its past time to get it done. But here is what they concluded, apple is engaged in a sophisticated scheme to pay little or no Corporate Taxes on 74 billion in revenues held overseas. That is total political crap. Theres no truth behind it. Apple pays every tax dollar we owe. Much of the last decade expanding apples reach around the world nowhere more than in china. Thank you. In october, cook made his ninth trip there since becoming ceo four years ago i am as certain as i can be of that. The numbers simply tell us that. The numbers tell us that, but not just the number of people, but the numbers of people moving into the middle class, that for a Consumer Company is the thing that really begins to grow the market in a big way. Reporter and most americans would be surprised to know that nearly all apple products are manufactured by one million Chinese Workers in the factories its largest fox con. Yet tim cook insist that chinas vast and labor force is not the primary reason for manufacturing there. If its not wages, what is it . Its skill. Reporter skill . They have more skills than american works . No. Let me be clear is, china put an enormous focus on manufacturing in what we would call, you and i would call vocational kind of skills. The u. S. , over time, began to stop having as many vocational kind of skills. You can take every tool maker in the United States and put them in every room were sitting in room. In china youll have multiple football fields because its a focus of their educational system. So that is the reality. Reporter manufacturing in china has brought serious labor concerns to apple about low conditions. After series of suicides at fox con in 2010, a Company Installed safety nets outside its employees dormitoryiesdormitories. Reporter do you have a responsibility to look at the Labor Conditions and make sure whatever might be for people to commit suicide is eradicated . The answer to your question is, yes. We have a responsibility and we do it. We are constantly auditing our supply chain, making sure that Safety Standards are, you know, the highest, working conditions are the highest. All of the things that you would expect us to look for and more, were doing it. Reporter according to its most recent internal review apple has limited the work week to 60 hours, raised pay and cracked down on child labor. But 30 of the facilities that make its products around the own Safety Standards. We believe that a company that has values and acts on them, can really change the world. Reporter since taking over apple, tim cook has broadened his companys mission beyond making products. They have invested millions to Power Data Centers. Cook has become a strong advocate for human rights. His motives are personal. He grew up in segregation and last year he made a bold public announcement that he is gay. No other ceo of fortune 500 company that might be gay has come out. Reporter you said it was gods greatest gift to you. When youre in a minority group, pit gives you a sense of em papathy of what its like to be in the minority and you begin to look of views and i think it was a gift for me. Reporter why didnt you come out earlier . Honestly, i value my privacy. Im a very private person. But it became increasingly clear to me that if i said something, that it could help other people. And im glad because i think that some kid somewhere, some kid in alabama, i think if they, just for a moment, stop and say, if it didnt limit him, it may not limit me, or this kid thats getting bullied or this kid worse, ive gotten notes from people contemplating suicide. So if i could touch just one of those, its worth it. And i couldnt look myself in the mirror without doing it. Reporter before we finished to show us one more thing, as steve jobs use to say, a glimpse of apples future, so we packed into four by fours and with cameras, drones and technicians supplied by gulf prowe aasinded this giant mound of dirt. It is the companys biggest project ever. This is like a small city. It is. Its about 3,500 people working here right now and this is what people are commonly calling the spaceship. Reporter yes. Were going to have about 13,000 people that are working in this circle and its going to be a center for invasion for generations to come. Reporter some have said its a 5 billion project. Its a lot. Its a lot. Its somewhere near there. Reporter i knew 5 billion is a lot. We think its important to to see man sternly where do you think youre going . Mr. Mucus to work, with you. Its taco tuesday. Man youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Im good all day. [announcer ] mucinex keeps working. Not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. Nasa says it is scrubbing the plan to launch next march of the inside spacecraft that was supposed to be bound for mars. The earth and mars wont be lined up for another launch for two years, meanwhile they at space x, the private Company Managed to launch a rocket into orbit and bring it back to earth for picture perfect reports. You might call it a high cost move. Getting the rocket back to earth means that space x can use it again, saving the Company Millions of dollars. The successful launch of the new falcon 9 rocket was the first obstacle for space x to over come. Space x has cleared a resume space station cargo deliverly flight which has been on hold since the spectacular failure last june. That ill fated mission wasnt the companys only failure, two previous landing attempts ended back in april. He tweeted this photo of the launch and reentry space trails with the caption there and back again jeff basos founder of amazon and founder of blue region responded with this tweet adding welcome to the club and liftoff. Amazon founder successfully recovered the rocket used to launch one of his spacecraft earlier this fall, but that rocket was going to be much less extreme in terms of velocity and altitude. But to be successful, space x needs to be profitable, which includes being able to reuse those 60 million rockets. Pulling off this landing was a major achievement, perhaps a historic achievement it could be the first for dramatically lowering cost. This rocket is the tester. To see how it weathered the launch and landing. Space x hopes embarrassed by a prostate exam . Imagine how your doctor feels. As a urologist, i have performed 9,421 and a half prostate exams. So why do i do it . Because i get paid. Und. On this side of the glove i know prostate exams can save lives. So, if you are a man over 50, talk to you doctor to see if a prostate exam is right for you. If we can do it, so can you. If you are the type who waits till the last minute to do your holiday shopping, amazon. Com has something for you this season. Amazon prime customers can order their holiday essentials and get them delivered to their door in just two hours. I paid a visit to one of Amazons Fulfillment Centers to see how they conjure up this christmas time magic. Holiday shoppers on 34th street dart in and out of Retail Stores to bring some of the seasons joy to your door. Using the prime, last minute shoppers can choose over 4,000 hours, amazon guarantees deliver gifts and electronics until Christmas Eve until the clock were talking about one hour, two hour delivery, how does this change the competition . It changes the game being able to get stuff delivered for you in an hour. Its also changing the game for our company too, were adding more shopping days. Reporter the centers now available in more than 20 cities including places like San Francisco, houston, miami and atlanta are purposely centrally located. Its no way we can get them in an hour. As soon as the order arrives its processed, bagged and handed off to a delivery associate. Amazon prime customers willing to shell out 8 bucks to have their order in an hour. For those willing to wait two hours, their service is free. Here in new york deliveries are done by subway, bike or on foot. Shannon says the prime now app marks amazons latest attempt to gain the upper hand on the competitions attention. Two steps ahead. You call prokrast nay tors dream. We dont judge. Sylvester will work from 6 00 a. M. To midnight on Christmas Eve despite his familys wishes. I told them i will do work and i will get off when i can and see them when i get home. Rushing to get it there on time. On any given window, you can do maybe four, five deliveries. Well, not at all. Thats the traditionally holiday colors cooperate with the holiday cheer. And in case youre wondering what if i wonder something its sold out, amazon insist that cant happen. They say the quick delivery app only shows merchandise thats in stock and ready to go. And thats t overnight news for this wednesday, for some of you the news continues, for others check back with us a little later for the morning