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All cbs cares theres more extreme weather in the forecast. With arctic air blasting the northeast, rain and snow in the west, and in the midwest, the historic winter flood is rolling on. At least 25 people have been killed there. Theres no peace in olive branch, illinois, where we find David Begnaud tonight. David . Reporter scott, at least half of the town of olive branch, illinois, is underwater tonight. There are flooded homes like the one behind me for miles in areas that are known to be vulnerable theres the breech. Reporter in alexander county, illinois, the flooding is disastrous, and the temperature is near freezing. Its gotten real bad here. Reporter today the u. S. Coast guard flew us over the spot where the 18mile levee failed about 72 hours ago. This is where the levee breeched sending water from the Mississippi River into a flood plain. At least 100 structures are flooded, 14,000 acres of the county are under water, and the water is rising. Reporter this is the home of Brandon Dillow and jennifer korte. They built their levee eight feet high. Tonight theyre dry. They learned a lesson during a flood in 2011. Then the levee was five feet high and water got inside the home. Depressing. It changes your whole life. Reporter many like them have been asked to evacuate but refused. David bighams elderly parents got out, but the others stayed behind to save what was left. You got and everything youre going to lose. Reporter from the air you see the home is surrounded by water on three sides. Bigham has 25,000 sandbags and eight water pumps working to keep the property dry. So far theyre holding. Reporter back near the levee breach, we spotted this herd of deer, victims of the unrelenting flood running for an escape. We noticed tonight the water seems to have dropped about an inch in the last six hours. Thats great news for the bigham family. Friends and family are working around the clock, dead set on saving this house that has been here since 1959. Scott, some of this floodwater could reach memphis by friday. David, thank you very much. Ben tracy is reporting much of this crazy weather is being driven by the warming Pacific Current known as el nio. Reporter el nio has already hit californias mountains. The latest snowpack survey found five feet of snow in the four years of drought. Southern california is now bracing for a series of storms. Josh rubenstein is a meteorologist at kcbs in los angeles. Were looking at about an inch to two inches of rain in the l. A. Basin, and right on its heels, heres that third system thats moving in on wednesday. The rain from that could linger all the way into friday. Reporter el nio is an intense warming of the Pacific Ocean near the equator that changes weather patterns around the world. This is one of the largest on record. In glendora, california, eric erby was stocking up on sandbags. It could happen any time anywhere. It depends on how much. Either way, ill make sure im prepared. Reporter los angeles is designed to prevent flooding, which is why the Los Angeles River is encased in all of this concrete. It may look like a pathetic little stream tonight, but, scott, later this week you could have ten to 20 feet of water filling this channel. Well, it was a wave of worry that swept world Financial Markets today after stocks in china plunged. The dow was down as much as 467 points, but it recovered, ending with a loss of 276 or 1. 6 . It is the worst start to a year since the great recession. The markets were also rattled by saudi arabia and iran. The two are rivals because the saudis represent the sunni branch of islam and iran is home to the shiite branch. Over the weekend, the saudis executed a shiite cleric. After a furious iranian reaction, countries in the gulf are choosing sides. Heres holly williams. Reporter in iran today, angry protesters denounced saudi arabias execution of the shiite muslim cleric nimr alnimr. His death has opened a 1,400 tensions between sunni and shiite muslims. In the sunniled kingdom of saudi arabia, alnimr dared to demand equality for shiites and was shot and then arrested in 2012. It was in shiitedominated iran that Saudi Arabias Embassy was ransacked and burned on saturday. Around 40 people were later arrested, but iran made its feelings clear by renaming this street in honor of the executed cleric. Saudi arabia and iran are already fighting two deadly proxy wars against each other in syria and yemen, taking sides along religious lines. Now there are fears that al nimrs execution will fuel even more violence in the middle east. Shiite muslims also clashed with police in bahrain. Bullets against the protesters. Blaming iran for the escalation, saudi arabia has severed diplomatic ties with tehran. Its ally, bahrain, has followed suit, while the United Arab Emirates has recalled its ambassador. With many countries in the middle east already torn apart by religious differences, these tensions could destabilize the region even more, especially, scott, if saudi arabia and iran try to use those religious divisions to further their own interests. Holly williams reporting for us tonight in istanbul. Holly, thank you. Is man creating earthquakes in oklahoma . And theyve discovered the wreck of el faro, the worst u. S. Maritime disaster in 30 years. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Enough pressure in here for ya . Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. Yeah. Just wait til we hit ten thousand feet. Im gonna take Mucinex Sinusmax. These dissolve fast. Theyre new liquid gels. And youre coming with me. Wait, what . you realize i have gold status . Do i still get the miles . New Mucinex Sinusmax liquid gels. Dissolves fast to unleash max strength medicine. Start the relief. 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Reporter oklahoma keeps breaking records for earthquakes with a magnitude of 3. 0 or higher. More than 900 last year alone. But why . Most geologists connect the spike in earthquakes to the states oil and gas industry and its disposal of massive amounts of water into underground caverns. Geologist todd halihan teaches at oklahoma state. Unfortunately there is a side effect and now we are generating seismicity due to the injection wells, theyre startling when you feel them, and there are now them on a pretty broad scale. Reporter Lois Gillette isnt taking sides. I dont know if its manmade. I dont have any idea. Reporter you would just like it to stop . I want it to stop. Please. Reporter one geologist we talked to said no question something has reactivated fault lines here, fault lines that had been dormant for 300 million years. And well be right back. Today the National Transportation safety board said that it may press for more evidence in the sinking of the american cargo ship el faro, lost this past october in hurricane joaquin. All 33 crew were killed. Recently on assignment with 60 minutes, we sailed with the ntsbs investigator, tom rothroffy as el faro was discovered 15,000 feet under the atlantic. This is where el faro came to rest, upright, hull largely intact, her name mangled on the stern. Her depth markings reported that this, the bow, had sunk 15 feet into the mud. Her autopsy revealed a body that had been savagely beaten, steel there was no sign of the 33 crew members. Equipment and cargo litter the seabed. Thats a microwave oven, and on the right, thats a printer. Here is the top of a car with a sunroof, part of the cargo. At the top of that white line there is the most surprising part of our video surveys. Theres nothing above there. What should be there . There should be two decks above that. The lower navigation bridge deck and the bridge deck. The two top decks had sheered off, including the bridge, where captain davidson would have been fighting the storm. They were nowhere near the ship. Also missing, the voyage data recorder, like a socalled black box on an airplane. The safety board says it may search again for that data recorder, which would have captured conversations on the our final story coming up next. Woman what does it feel like when a woman is having a heart attack . Chest pain, like theres a ton of weight on your chest. Severe shortness of breath. Unexplained nausea. Cold sweats. Theres an unusual tiredness and fatigue. Theres unfamiliar dizziness or lightheadedness. Unusual pain in your back, neck, jaw, one or both arms, even your upper stomach, are signs youre having a heart attack. Dont make excuses. Make the call to 911 immediately. Learn more at womenshealth. Gov heartattack. While i was on a combat patrol in baqubah, iraq, a rocketpropelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. I was discharged from the army, and ive been working with the Wounded Warrior project since 2007. Warriors, you dont have to be severely wounded to be with the Wounded Warrior project. We do have a lot of guys being able to share your story, i guess it kind of helps you wrap your mind around what did happen over there. My name is norbie, and yes, i do suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder, the government says we need 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week. Dr. Jon lapook has one way to get it. Reporter this is considered vigorous . Right. Reporter Carol Ewing Garber teaches the science of exercise at columbias teachers college. How many calories a minute do you burn procrastinating . Because im really good at that. I dont think you burn too many at all. Reporter for those who get tired just thinking about strenuous exercise without rest, theres a fitness approach training or h. I. T. Short bursts of high intensity exertion, say a minute or two of running as fast as you can, followed by a short period of recovery, maybe a slow jog for a few minutes. So ill row for 100 meters. So thats a short row. It will be high intensity. Im going to try to bring the power up. Reporter h. I. T. Is the mantra at orange theory fitness where eddie diaz is a coach. This will be a Recovery Period here. Get those nice deep breaths in, and after youre done with your ten seconds, you get back to work. Reporter the h. I. T. Regimen varies from place the place. Here the goal is to work out in what they call the orange zone, at a high intensity level for 12 to 20 minutes of an hourlong class. I felt completely out of shape. Reporter 36yearold shelly ramsammy has asthma and used to be afraid of vigorous exertion. She tolerated the interval training well and last summer she had added incentive. I was trying to get fit for a trip. I have to get fit. Reporter after building up slowly, exercise experts recommend, she now runs twice as fast as before. Research shows highintensity training stimulates the muscles to burn fat and sugar more effectively. Why is it hot now . I think because research has been showing that it can be pretty powerful in improving peoples risk factors for Heart Disease and diabetes. Reporter powerful, too, in getting some people off the couch. Because at the end of the day, exercise works best if you actually do it. Dr. Jon lapook, cbs news, new york. Thats the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you, the news will continue. For others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. President obama fired the opening shot in the latest battle over gun control. He met with attorney general Loretta Lynch and fbi director james comey to come up with a strategy to reign in gun violence. The president plans a series of executive actions to make it more difficult for some people to purchase weapons. And hell do it without going through congress. We have tens of thousands of people every single year who are we have suicides that are committed by firearms at a rate that far exceeds other countries. We have a frequency of Mass Shootings that far exceeds other countries in frequency. And although it is my strong belief that for us to get our complete arms around the problem, Congress Needs to act. What i asked my team to do is see what more we could do to strengthen our enforcement and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands, to make sure that criminals and people who are mentally unstable, those who could pose a danger to themselves or others are less likely to get a gun. And i have just received back a report from attorney general lynch, director comey, as well as Deputy Director brandon, make a difference. And the good news is, these are not only recommendations that are well within my legal authority, and the executive branch, but theyre also ones that the overwhelming majority of the american people, including gun owners, support and believe. So over the next several days, well be rolling out these initiatives. Well be making sure that people have a very clear understanding of what can make a difference and what we can do. And although we have to be very clear this is not going to solve every Violent Crime in this country, its not going to prevent every mass shooting, its not going to keep every gun out of the hands of criminals, it will potentially save lives in this country. The extraordinary loss that theyve suffered as a consequence of a firearm being in the hands of the wrong people. Im also confident that the recommendations that are being made by my team here are ones that are entirely consistent with the second amendment, and peoples lawful right to bear arms. Reporter already it has a lot of people on capitol hill fired up. Jan crawford reports. Reporter the president is going to be holding a series of events, then hes going to sign those executive actions he hopes will help curb some of this gun violence. But before we know the details, opponents are sharpening their attacks. My new years resolution is to move forward on our unfinished business. Reporter president obama teased this latest round of executive actions over the weekend. We know we cant stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop even one . Reporter he signalled a move last month in an after 14 people were killed in San Bernardino by terrorists using legally purchased firearms. Theres some steps we could take not to eliminate every one of these Mass Shootings, but to improve the odds that they dont happen as frequently. Reporter nearly three years after the president side stepped congress with 23 executive actions on gun control, advocates are urging him to do more. The white house is now considering several steps to clarify existing laws, forcing more gun sellers to conduct background checks on potential buyers, and making it more difficult for convicted domestic abusers to acquire firearms. Democratic candidates for president were quick to praise the president s upcoming action. Most gun owners in this country understand that people who should not own guns should not be able to buy them. What if its republican that walks into the white house . Within the first day, the executive orders will be reversed. Immediately objected. On my first day behind that desk, those orders are gone. The new president comes in, boom, first hour, first minute, you can rescind that. Reporter and they attacked the president for going around congress. This president wants to act as if hes a king, a dictator. This topdown driven approach doesnt create freedom or safety, it doesnt create security. Reporter now with all these legal questions swirling around whether the president even has the authority to do this, to do an endrun around congress, one thing is almost certain, this all is probably going to end up in court. In the wilds of oregon, a group of selfstyled militiamen continue to occupy several buildings in a federal wildlife refuge. The group calls itself citizens for constitutional freedom. Members are apparently armed and are protesting the way the government runs federal lands. Theres no visible Law Enforcement presence in the area, and the fbi insists its John Blackstone reports. Reporter while the American Flag is draped over the sign here at the wildlife refuge, and thats the protesters signal that they are in charge here, theyre calling on supporters from across the country to come and join them here. They say theyll stay here as long as it takes, until their demands are met. At the occupied compound, protesters are setting up camp and settling in for the long haul. Ammon bundy is leading the occupation. He says theyre fighting back against the governments expansion of the over 100yearold federal wildlife refuge at the expense of local ranchers. This refuge here is rightfully owned by the people, and we intend to use it. Reporter back in 2014, bundys father, cliven, was embroiled in a dispute with federal officials over grazing nevada. That escalated into an armed this group set up camp saturday after a march in a nearby town in support of two ranchers. Dwight hammond and his son steven were convicted of setting fires on federal land in 2001 and served jail time. They say it wasnt arson, but controlled burns to protect their property. In october, a judge added four more years to their sentence. 73yearold hammond says this could be a death sentence for him. This makes it over for me. It just seems like a little overreach for having burned 127 acres. Reporter in a statement, the hammonds attorney reports theyre not associated with bundys group, saying reporter but protesters say they plan to stay put until all local ranchers reclaim land they allege was stolen by the u. S. Government years ago. Well be here as long as it takes, and being as gentle as but this is important. 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It took on water and sank in a hurricane last october. The el faro sits in water deeper than the titanic in the heart of the bermuda triangle. All 33 crew members were lost at sea. The worst american shipping disaster in 35 years. The exact cause of the wreck remains a mystery. Scott pelley has the story for 60 minutes. Reporter september 29th, el faro left jacksonville, florida for puerto rico. Had a long career, intended to steer 65 miles south of the storms predicted path. Even in a hurricane, the ship could likely survive by using its turbine engine to keep the bow pointed directly into the waves. A ships most survivable angle. But in 18 hours, joaquin spun into a category 3 and slid southwest toward el faro. At 7 a. M. , october 1, davidson made an emergency call to the ships owner, tote maritime. What do we know from the captains last report . We know that he had lost propulsion, that the engineers were unable to restart the main engine. We know that the vessel was listing about 15 degrees and that one of the hatches had popped or come open. Reporter he was taking on water . Correct. Reporter if the ship lost power as the captain reported, you would expect her to turn sideway to the waves, and that thats correct. Reporter the ship was approximately here, miles from the eye of the storm. The forecast predicted gusts of 150 miles an hour, and seas of 30 feet. Three weeks later, apache arrived in a search area of 198 square miles. Chief sonar operator charles kapeka towed a side scan sonar for five days, when he spotted something you dont see in nature, a right angle. Its very straight with a shadow. At this point im calling over saying i think theres something coming up you want to see. Reporter as the sonar scan slowly unfurled, the sound waves reflected the shape of a shift, about 800 feet long. At that point, we talked to the ntsb and said we believe we have found it. We then put our curve in the water and did a survey of the hull with moving and still photography. Reporter the cable controlled underwater recovery vehicle can reach 20,000 feet. And these are the cameras . Correct. So heres a pan and tilt camera. You have some lights right here. Reporter there is zero light at 15,000 feet. Correct. Reporter total utter darkness. So any light you have, you have to bring with you. Absolutely. Reporter apache dropped curve down 15,500 feet, nearly three miles. The temperature is about 33 degrees. The pressure is more than 3 tons per square inch. Flurries of tiny marine life drift by, by fish are rare in the impenetrable darkness. This is where el faro came to rest, upright, hull largely in tact. Her name mangled on the stern. Her depth markings reported that into the mud. Her autopsy revealed a body that had been savagely beaten. Steel crushed. Equipment collapsed. There was no sign of the 33 crew members. Equipment and cargo litter the seabed. Thats a microwave oven. On the right, thats a printer. Here is the top of a car with a sunroof. Part of the cargo. What do we see there . That is a liquid storage container. You can see that its kind of compressed, kind of imploded by the pressure of the sea. Reporter of its 400 cargo containers, only two remain on deck. And toward the stern, in the structure called the house where the crew lived and worked, curve discovered the most chilling evidence of the power of an unforgiving sea. At the top of that white line there is the most surprising theres nothing above there. Reporter what should be there . There should be two decks above that. The lower navigation bridge deck and the bridge deck. Reporter the two top decks had sheered off, including the ridge where captain davidson would have been fighting the storm. They were nowhere near the ship. Also missing, the voyage data recorder, like a socalled black box on an airplane. It had been bolted to the top of the bridge and was the one piece tom rothroffy wanted most. Because it would have told us what the crew was experiencing at the time in the minutes before the vessel sank, what they observed, the extent of the flooding, how they are responding. Essentially the events leading up to the actual catastrophe. Reporter im curious. When you first saw the video of the ship, what did you think . Were looking, of course, for recorder. We got up to that level and to see just openness was extremely moving and difficult to it was a very big surprise to see that. Reporter moving in what way . Just to see the violence of the sea and winds that would have had to have occurred to cause that kind of im sorry. To cause that kind of an event. Reporter because certainly there would have been people on the bridge. Yes. Reporter when that happened. Yes, quite certainly. And the shock and surprise to them, as waves and whatnot, and theyre just washed into the ocean. Reporter when you found out the news, how did you tell your son and daughter . How do you say anything to reporter jeremy ream left behind two children, 13 and 22, and his wife, tina. And that was hard, because i guess i was in denial. I thought we had to tell my kids that it wasnt looking good for daddys ship, and that was terrible. It was like my chest collapsing and i couldnt breathe. Reporter deb roberts lost her son, michael holland. Deb, do you have an opinion on where responsibility lies in this . Im not a professional, im not an engineer. Im a business manager. I think it was a series of unfortunate events, and without any other information, i truly blame it on hurricane joaquin. Reporter glenn, in your estimation, where does the responsibility for this lie . Squarely on tote maritime. Youve got to understand, money. Thats the whole horror of this tragedy. 33 people died so that frozen chickens could be delivered on time in puerto rico. Thats it. Reporter the safety board told us that tote maritime, the owner, is cooperating fully. Tote declined to talk to us, other than to say it created a fund for the families and that el faro was regularly maintained. The ship had past two inspections in the months before the accident. A week after we left, apache located those two bridge decks about half a mile from the ship. The windows were blown out. The voyage data recorder was not there. But based on the captains last message, investigator tom rothroffy has a lead on the loss of propulsion. I believe we have an actually the main turbine, the steam turbine, that was lost. Reporter one theory is in violent seas, the propeller might have been thrust out of the water, causing it to spin too fast and shut down the turbine. The captain sailed into this hurricane, we know that much, but what we dont know is why. So were looking at the oversight and the direction, the advice provided by the operating company, tote, to see what information was available to him. Certainly also were looking at the weather forecast. The accuracy and the timeliness of the information when he made his decision to sail where he did. Reporter to your knowledge was he receiving orders from the company to press on . No. From what weve identified so far in the information that weve reviewed, there has been no direct guidance by the company to sail on the route he chose. You can see scotts full report on our website, cbsnews. Com. The overnight news will be and even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. 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By now, youve probably seen a lot of Christmas Trees out on the curb waiting to be picked up by sanitation. Steve hartman checked back in on the ugliest Christmas Tree hes ever seen to find out whats become of it. Reporter we returned to redding, pennsylvania to investigate reports that the worlds ugliest Christmas Tree you may remember back in 2014 it this sorry excuse for a confer was all the rage. And i do mean rage. I think Charlie Brown has a better tree than we do. Everybody who took part in bringing this tree here should get fired. Reporter the tree is so ugly, the city decided to take it down before christmas. Just so people wouldnt have to look at it anymore. Workers removed the lights and the pretzel of bethlehem and made arrangements to bring in a new spruced up spruce. Former city councilman Francis Acosta told me this was like that tree in the Charlie Brown story. Although the lesson had obviously eluded him. Who was the moral of that story . Being together. Reporter what did they do with the tree at the end . Save it, embrace it. But its not about Charlie Brown or not Charlie Brown tree, its about a beautiful Christmas Tree for the city. Going to get rid of it. Until the phones started ringing off the hook at city hall. Public opinion changed. And the mayor issued a stay of reexecution, if you will. We will keep this thing here. Reporter and that was the end of the story. Or so i thought. I said were save thing tree and were going to do something with it. And we kept it kind of under wraps. Reporter luke was on the crew that was supposed to mulch this tree after the holidays. But he didnt. I thought there was no way we could run this tree through a chipper after everything that was said and done. We couldnt let that happen. Reporter so luke turned that poultry pine into a piece of art. A bench as quirky as the tree it came from. Today, it sits in city hall. A reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 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For the Third Straight weekend, the film was number one at the box office. Its already the second highest grossing domestic movie of alltime. And its just 20 million short of avatar. Worldwide records will likely fall when the force opens in china. Vlad dutiers reports. You might need this. I think i can handle myself. Thats why im giving it to you. Reporter since the latest chapter the Star Wars Franchise hit theaters three moviegoers to sink the titanic and roar pass jurassic world. Now star wars the force awakens is climbing toward the top spot of the north american box office. Shut up and fly straight. Reporter surpassing avatar as the biggest grossing domestic film of all time. Scott mendleson is a forbes contributor. When star wars passes avatar, it will be the first time in 18 years that a James Cameron film is not the top of the highest grossing film list. Reporter its that star power that helped make 2015 hollywoods biggest year yet, pushing it past 11 billion in domestic sales for the first time. More than 20 of that came from the top five movies, as the Film Industry battles competitors like netflix and on demand cable. There is concern that so much of the money was in the so few of the big movies. I think as long as those smaller im not as concerned about the top heavy nature of the industry overall. Just because i think those big films just overperformed. Reporter along with the latest movie, the top ten highest box offices of all time include 1999s the phantom menace and the original star wars a phenomena even critics of the force awakens cant deny. Its destined to be a hit. Not because of the quality but because of the name. Reporter whether the latest installment will take the global record remains to be seen. Its not showing avatar legs. But having said that, its making so much money, who cares . Reporter what is clear may the force be with you always. Reporter is that the force is here to stay. Thats the overnight news for this tuesday. Continues. The president does an end run around congress to restrict gun sales. Also tonight, armed protesters versus the feds in a dispute over private property. I want the federal government to abide by the constitution of the United States. A levee proves no match for the mighty mississippi. El nio storms are about to hit the west. And getting fit. Orange is the new way back. Its pretty powerful in improving peoples risk factors for Heart Disease and diabetes. News. Weve learned how president obama intends to tighten gun sales without the approval of congress. The president , frustrated by mass murders that seem to come every month, has decided in his last year to test the limits of his power. Chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford has the breaking news from the white house. Reporter well, scott, Senior Administration officials just moments ago outlined the executive actions the president will announce tomorrow which he says will help keep guns out of the wrong hands. A major focus are what Officials Say are flaws and loopholes in the nations system of background checks. Among the recommendations are requiring gun dealers, including those who sell firearms on the internet or at gun shows, to be licensed and conduct background checks for gun sales. Changing federal privacy rules to help keep people with Mental Health restrictions from possessing guns. Hiring more than 230 additional background checks. And a Budget Proposal for an additional 200 agents and investigators at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco firearms. Now, after meeting this afternoon with his attorney general, Loretta Lynch, the president said he was confident these changes are consistent with the second amendment, that theyre not an unconstitutional end run around congress, but, scott, one thing is all but certain these proposals and these executive actions are going to be challenged, whether in congress or in court. Just as the president s executive actions on immigration have been challenged in court. Jan crawford at the white house tonight. Jan, thank you very much. The president s shot was heard everywhere on the campaign trail today, and with less than four weeks to the first voting, candidates are turning to their own big guns. Major garrett is in New Hampshire tonight. Major . Reporter scott, republican president ial candidates condemned the president s executive action as overreach even before the details were not surprisingly, president obama received strong support from democrat Hillary Clinton, who today deployed one of her most potent political weapons. Bill clinton held his first Solo Campaign event of this election cycle, admitting the times feel a bit unsettling. I dont fit anymore. First of all, im a happy grandfather. Im not mad at anybody. Reporter clinton was in New Hampshire, a state where his affections run deep. The former president s second place finish here in 1992 paved the way to the nomination. Hillary clintons win in 2008 got her back into the race agait barack obama. Unlike that campaign when bill clinton acted as his wifes co strategist and hyperactive endorser, today he brought a quieter pitch. I do not believe in my lifetime anybody has run for this job at a moment of greater importance who was Better Qualified by knowledge, what needs to be done now. Reporter clinton did not directly address Donald Trumps recent attempts to dredge up his 1990s sex scandals. Campaigning in iowa, Hillary Clinton said she had a trump inspired new years resolution. Im going to let him live in his alternative reality and im not going to respond. Reporter trump took on the democratic frontrunner in his First Television ad. The politicians can pretend its Something Else, but donald trump calls it radical islamic terrorism. Reporter the border images of migrants are not migrants crossing from mexico into the United States but crossing a border in morocco. The Trump Campaign said it used that video on purpose to show what would happen in america if illegal immigration is not stopped. Major garrett on the campaign. Thanks. Now for some insight we turn to john dickerson, our cbs news political director and the anchor of face the nation. John, what do you make of that reporter well, its an ad about fear and walls, fear of mexicans crossing the border illegally. Trump started his campaign promising a wall to keep them out, and its about fear of islamic terrorists. Trump promises to keep them out by temporarily walling off muslims from entering america. Republican voters rank these emotional issues as top concerns and trump on these issues has a decided advantage over his opponents. The iowa caucus is february 1st, less than a month away. Where does the race stand . Reporter on the republican side the race is a battle between trump and everyone else. The alternative might be ted cruz or a mainstream candidate republicans like, someone like marco rubio or chris christie. On the democratic side, Bernie Sanders is the grassroots champion, but unlike on the republican side, establishment support is not split. Theres just Hillary Clinton, who is the stable frontrunner. With less than a month to go before the voting starts, every decision they make about travel, about resources could have irrevocable consequences. John dickerson, well be watching sunday on face the nation. Thanks, john. Thanks, scott. Tonight, Law Enforcement is not moving to retake a government building at a National Wildlife refuge in oregon. The building was seized two days ago by armed protesters, another flareup in the generationslong showdown between ranchers and the largest landlord in the west, uncle sam. John blackstone is there. Reporter at the entrance to the wildlife refuge headquarters, ammon bundy declared this a fight hes determined to win. And it is left to us to decide whether we allow these things to go on or whether we make a stand so they will not happen to other people across this country. Reporter the occupation began saturday after a demonstration in support of local ranchers dwight and steven they were convicted for arson after a fire on their ranch spread on to federal land. They arrived at a prison in Southern California today to begin a fiveyear sentence. So you want the federal government to give up this wildlife refuge, give it back to ranchers . Is that the demand . I want the federal government to abide by the constitution of the United States. Get out of here, you cowards reporter in 2014, bundys father cliven battled government officials over grazing rights on federal land in nevada. That escalated into an armed confrontation. So far in oregon there has been no confrontation. Not a single Law Enforcement officer to be seen for miles around the occupied refuge. Here inside the compound there is plenty of heavy equipment, but we dont see any evidence of weapons by the occupiers. Frankly, we dont see many occupiers. While there is no evidence of broad local support for the occupation, in this wideopen valued. The county sheriff did have a message for the occupiers today. He said if theyre here to help the people of this county, its time for them to go home. John blackstone r [ vocalizing ] [ buzzing ] [ tree crashes ] [ wind howling ] theres more extreme weather in the forecast. With arctic air blasting the northeast, rain and snow in the west, and in the midwest, the historic winter flood is rolling on. At least 25 people have been killed there. Theres no peace in olive branch, illinois, where we find David Begnaud tonight. David . Reporter scott, at least half of the town of olive branch, illinois, is underwater tonight. There are flooded homes like the one behind me for miles in areas that are known to be vulnerable theres the breech. Reporter in alexander county, illinois, the flooding is disastrous, and the temperature is near freezing. Its gotten real bad here. Reporter today the u. S. Coast guard flew us over the spot where the 18mile levee failed about 72 hours ago. This is where the levee breeched sending water from the Mississippi River into a flood plain. At least 100 structures are flooded, 14,000 acres of the county are under water, and the water is rising. Reporter this is the home of Brandon Dillow and jennifer korte. They built their levee eight feet high. Tonight theyre dry. They learned a lesson in 2011. Then the levee was five feet high and water got inside the home. Depressing. It changes your whole life. Reporter many like them have been asked to evacuate but refuse. David bighams elderly parents got out, but the others stayed behind to save what was left. You worry about everything you got and everything youre reporter from the air you see the home is surrounded by water on three sides. Bigham has 25,000 sandbags and eight water pumps working to keep the property dry. So far theyre holding. Reporter back near the levee breech, we spotted this herd of deer, victims of the unrelenting flood running for an escape. We noticed tonight the water seems to have dropped about an inch in the last six hours. Thats great news for the bigham family. Friends and family are working around the clock, dead set on saving this house that has been here since 1959. Scott, some of this floodwater could reach memphis by friday. David, thank you very much. Ben tracy is reporting much of this crazy weather is being driven by the warming Pacific Current known as el nio. Reporter el nio has already the latest snowpack survey found five feet of snow in the sierras, a welcome sight after four years of drought. Southern california is now bracing for a series of storms. Josh rubenstein is a meteorologist at kcbs in los angeles. Were looking at about an inch to two inches of rain in the l. A. Basin, and right on its heels, heres that third system thats moving in on wednesday. The rain from that could linger all the way into friday. Reporter el nio is an intense warming of the Pacific Ocean near the equator that changes weather patterns around the world. This is one of the largest on record. In glendora, california, eric erby was stocking up on sandbags. It could happen any time anywhere. It depends on how much. Either way, ill make sure im prepared. Reporter los angeles is designed to prevent flooding, which is why the Los Angeles River is encased in all of this concrete. It may look like a pathetic little stream tonight, but, scott, later this week you could have ten to 20 feet of water filling this channel. Ben tracy, thanks. That swept world Financial Markets today after stocks in china plunged. The dow was down as much as 467 points, but it recovered, ending with a loss of 276 or 1. 6 . It is the worst start to a year since the great recession. The markets were also rattled by saudi arabia and iran. The two are rivals because the saudis represent the sunni branch of islam and iran is home to the shiite branch. Over the weekend, the saudis executed a shiite cleric. After a furious iranian reaction, countries in the gulf are choosing sides. Heres holly williams. Reporter in iran today, angry protesters denounced saudi arabias execution of the shiite muslim cleric nimr alnimr. His death has opened a 1,400 tensions between sunni and shiite muslims. In the sunniled kingdom of saudi arabia, alnimr dared to demand equality for shiites and was shot and then arrested in 2012. It was in shiitedominated iran that Saudi Arabias Embassy was ransacked and burned on saturday. Around 40 people were later arrested, but iran made its feelings clear by renaming this street in honor of the executed cleric. Saudi arabia and iran are already fighting two deadly proxy wars against each other in syria and yemen, taking sides along religious lines. Now there are fears that al nimrs execution will fuel even more violence in the middle east. Shiite muslims also clashed with police in bahrain. Bullets against the protesters. Blaming iran for the escalation, saudi arabia has severed diplomatic ties with tehran. Its ally, bahrain, has followed suit, while the United Arab Emirates has recalled its ambassador. With many countries in the middle east already torn apart by religious differences, these tensions could destabilize the region even more, especially, scott, if saudi arabia and iran try to use those religious divisions to further their own interests. Holly williams reporting for us tonight in istanbul. Holly, thank you. Is man creating earthquakes in oklahoma . And theyve discovered the wreck of el faro, the worst u. S. Maritime disaster in 30 years. Phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . 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. Its what you do. You make me feel so spring has sprung. Hey buddy, lets get these dayquil liquid gels and go. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. These are multisymptom. Well so are these. This one is max strength and fights mucus. That one doesnt. Uh. Think fast you dropped something. Oh. Ill put it back on the shelf. New from mucinex fast max. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. After a swarm of small earthquakes in oklahoma, the state has ordered oil drillers today to reduce the amount of wastewater they inject into the ground during a process known as fracking. Heres mark strassmann. Reporter oklahoma, not california, is now americas earthquake capital. Who do you call if you feel an earthquake . Reporter until 2008, the year. Now its almost three a day. It was a big boom. And everything started shaking. Reporter including you . Including me. Reporter a 4. 5 magnitude earthquake hit crescent, oklahoma, last july. Grocery clerk Lois Gillette hugged a coworker. I thought i was going to fall. There was a lot of stuff fell off the shelves. Reporter oklahoma keeps breaking records for earthquakes with a magnitude of 3. 0 or higher. More than 900 last year alone. But why . Most geologists connect the spike in earthquakes to the states oil and gas industry and its disposal of massive amounts of water into underground caverns. Geologist todd halihan teaches at oklahoma state. Unfortunately there is a side effect and now we are generating seismicity due to the injection wells, theyre startling when you feel them, and there are now them on a pretty broad scale. Reporter Lois Gillette isnt taking sides. I dont know if its manmade. I dont have any idea. Reporter you would just like it to stop . I want it to stop. Please. Reporter one geologist we talked to said no question something has reactivated fault lines here, fault lines that had been dormant for 300 million and well be right back. Today the National Transportation safety board said that it may press for more evidence in the sinking of the american cargo ship el faro, lost this past october in hurricane joaquin. All 33 crew were killed. Recently on assignment with 60 minutes, we sailed with the ntsbs investigator, tom rothroffy as el faro was discovered 15,000 feet under the atlantic. This is where el faro came to rest, upright, hull largely intact, her name mangled on the stern. Her depth markings reported that this, the bow, had sunk 15 feet into the mud. Her autopsy revealed a body that crushed, equipment collapsed. There was no sign of the 33 crew members. Equipment and cargo litter the seabed. Thats a microwave oven, and on the right, thats a printer. Here is the top of a car with a sunroof, part of the cargo. At the top of that white line there is the most surprising part of our video surveys. Theres nothing above there. What should be there . There should be two decks above that. The lower navigation bridge deck and the bridge deck. The two top decks had sheered off, including the bridge, where captain davidson would have been fighting the storm. They were nowhere near the ship. Also missing, the voyage data recorder, like a socalled black box on an airplane. The safety board says it may search again for that data recorder, which would have captured conversations on the our final story coming up next. Every day its getting closer going faster than a roller coaster a love like yours will surely come my way babies arent fully developed until at least 39 weeks. If your pregnancy is healthy, wait for labor to begin on its own. 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, the government says we need 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week. Dr. Jon lapook has one way to get it. Reporter this is considered vigorous . Right. Reporter dr. Carol ewing garber teaches the science of exercise at columbias teachers college. How many calories a minute do you burn procrastinating . Because im really good at that. I dont think you burn too many at all. Reporter for those who get tired just thinking about strenuous exercise without rest, called high intensity interval training or h. I. T. Short bursts of high intensity exertion, say a minute or two of running as fast as you can, followed by a slow period of recovery, maybe a slow jog for a few minutes. So ill row for 100 meters. So thats a short row. It will be high intensity. Im going to try to bring the power up. Reporter h. I. T. Is the mantra at orange theory fitness where eddie diaz is a coach. This will be a Recovery Period here. Get those nice deep breaths in, and after youre done with your ten seconds, you get back the work. Reporter the h. I. T. Regimen varies from place the place. Here the goal is to work out in what they call the orange zone, at a high intensity level for 12 to 20 minutes of an hourlong class. I felt completely out of shape. Reporter 36yearold shelly ramsammy has asthma and used to be afraid of vigorous exertion. She tolerated the interval training well and last summer she had added incentive. I was trying to get fit for a trip. Im going to be in a bikini. Reporter after building up slowly, exercise experts recommend, she now runs twice as fast as before. Research shows highintensity training stimulates the muscles to burn fat and sugar more effectively. Why is it hot now . I think because research has been showing that it can be pretty powerful in improving peoples risk factors for Heart Disease and diabetes. Reporter powerful, too, in getting some people off the couch. Because at the end of the day, exercise works best if you actually do it. Dr. Jon lapook, cbs news, new york. Thats the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you, the news will continue. For others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. President obama fired the opening shot in the latest battle over gun control. He met with attorney general Loretta Lynch and fbi director james comey to come up with a strategy to reign in gun violence. The president plans a series of executive actions to make it more difficult for some people to purchase weapons. And hell do it without going through congress. Killed by guns. We have suicides that are committed by firearms at a rate that far exceeds other countries. We have a frequency of Mass Shootings that far exceeds other countries in frequency. And although it is my strong belief that for us to get our complete arms around the problem, Congress Needs to act. What i asked my team to do is see what more we could do to strengthen our enforcement and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands, to make sure that criminals and people who are mentally unstable, those who could pose a danger to themselves or others are less likely to get a gun. And i have just received back a report from attorney general lynch, director comey, as well about some of the ideas and initiatives they think could make a difference. And the good news is, these are not only recommendations that are well within my legal authority, and the executive branch, but theyre also ones that the overwhelming majority of the american people, including gun owners, support and believe. So over the next several days, well be rolling out these initiatives. Well be making sure that people have a very clear understanding of what can make a difference and what we can do. And although we have to be very clear this is not going to solve every Violent Crime in this country, its not going to prevent every mass shooting, its not going to keep every gun out of the hands of criminals, it will potentially save lives and spare families the pain and the extraordinary loss that theyve suffered as a consequence of a firearm being people. Im also confident that the recommendations that are being made by my team here are ones that are entirely consistent with the second amendment, and peoples lawful right to bear arms. Reporter already it has a lot of people on capitol hill fired up. Jan crawford reports. Reporter the president is going to be holding a series of events, then hes going to sign those executive actions he hopes will help curb some of this gun violence. But before we know the details, opponents are sharpening their attacks. My new years resolution is to move forward on our unfinished business. Reporter president obama teased this latest round of executive actions over the weekend. We know we cant stop every act of violence. But what if we tried to stop november last month in an interview with norah odonnell, after 14 people were killed in San Bernardino by terrorists using legally purchased firearms. Theres some steps we could take not to eliminate every one of these Mass Shootings, but to improve the odds that they dont happen as frequently. Reporter nearly three years after the president side stepped congress with 23 executive actions on gun control, advocates are urging him to do more. The white house is now considering several steps to clarify existing laws, forcing more gun sellers to conduct background checks on potential buyers, and makes it more difficult for convicted domestic abusers to acquire firearms. Democratic candidates for president were quick to praise the president s upcoming action. Most gun owners in this country understand that people who should not own guns should not be able to buy them. What if its republican that walks into the white house . Executive orders will be reversed. Reporter the republicans immediately objected. On my first day behind that desk, those orders are gone. The new president comes in, boom, first hour, first minute, you can rescind that. Reporter and they attacked the president for going around congress. This pdown driven approach doesnt create freedom or safety, it doesnt create security. Reporter now with all these legal questions swirling around whether the president even has the authority to do this, to do an endrun around congress, one thing is almost certain, this all is probably going to end up in court. In the wilds of oregon, a group of selfstyled militiamen continue to occupy several buildings in a federal wildlife refuge. The group calls itself citizens for constitutional freedom. Members are apparently armed and are protesting the way the government runs federal lands. Theres no visible law area, and the fbi insists its seeking a peaceful resolution. John blackstone reports. Reporter while the American Flag is draped over the sign here, thats the protesters signal that they are in charge here, theyre calling on supporters from across the country to come and join them here. They say theyll stay here as long as it takes, until their demands are met. At the occupied compound, protesters are setting up camp and settling in for the long haul. Ammon bundy is leading the occupation. He says theyre fighting back against the governments expansion of the over 100yearold federal wildlife refuge at the expense of local ranchers. This refuge here is rightfully owned by the people, and we intend to use it. Reporter back in 2014, bundys father, cliven, was embroiled in a dispute with federal officials over grazing rights on federal land. That escalated into an armed this group says up camp saturday after a march in a nearby town in support of two ranchers. Dwight hammond and his son steven were convicted of setting fires on federal land in 2001 and served jail time. They say it wasnt arson, but controlled burns to protect their property. In october, a judge added four more years to their sentence. 73yearold hammond says this could be a death sentence for him. This makes it over for me. It just seems like a little overreach for having burned 127 acres. Reporter in a statement, the hammonds attorney reports theyre not associated with bundys group, saying reporter but protesters say they plan to stay put until all local ranchers reclaim land they allege was stolen by the u. S. Government years ago. Takes, and being as gentle as possible. But this is important. Reporter here outside the compound, armed guards are standing by to monitor those entering the property. Meanwhile, dwight and steven seriously . Where do you think youre going . To work, with you. Its taco tuesday. Youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Oh, right then ill swing by in like 4 hours. Forget the tacos one pill lasts 12 hours. Im good all day. Wait your loss. I was going to wear a sombrero. Only mucinex has a bilayer tablet that starts fast, and keeps working. Not 4, not 6, but 12 full hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Dance freely in new pampers cruisers with three extra absorb channels. It doesnt sag and stays dryer. So dance, however you want the ntsb has released underwater video of whats left of the cargo ship el faro. It took on water and sank in a hurricane last october. The el faro sits in water deeper than the titanic in the heart of the bermuda triangle. All 33 crew members were lost at sea. The worst american shipping disaster in 35 years. The exact cause of the wreck remains a mystery. Scott pelley has the story for 60 minutes. Reporter september 29th, el faro left jacksonville, captain michael davidson, who had a long career, intended to steer 65 miles south of the storms predicted path. Even in a hurricane, the ship could likely survive by using its turbine engine to keep the bow pointed directly into the waves. A ships most survivable angle. But in 18 hours, joaquin spun into a category 3 and slid southwest toward el faro. David made an emergency call to the ships owner, tote maritime. What do we know from the captains last report . We know that he had lost propulsion, that the engineers were unable to restart the main engine. The vessel was listing about 15 degrees and one of the hatches had popped or come open. Reporter he was taking on watter . Correct. Reporter if the ship lost you would expect her to turn sideway to the waves, and that is her most vulnerable position . Thats correct. Reporter the ship was approximately here, miles from the eye of the storm. The forecast predicted gusts of 150 miles an hour, and seas of 30 feet. Three weeks later, apache arrived in a search area of 198 scale miles. Charles kapeka towed a side scan sonar for five days, when he spotted something you dont see in nature, a right angle. Its very straight with a shadow. At this point im calling over saying i think theres something coming up you want to seechlt reporter as the sonar scan unfurled, the sound waves reflected the shape of a shift, about 800 feet long. At that point, we talked to the ntsb and said we believe we have found it. Water and did a survey of the photography. Reporter the cable controlled underwater recovery vehicle can reach 20,000 feet. Correct. So heres a pan and tilt camera. You have some lights right here. Reporter there is zero light correct. Reporter total utter darkness. So any light you have, you have to bring with you. Absolutely. Reporter apache dropped down 15,500 feet, nearly 3 miles. The pressure is more than 3 tons per square inch. Flurries of tiny marine life drift by, by fish are rare in the impenetrable darkness. This is from el faro came to rest, upright, hull largely in tact. Her name mangled on the stern. This, the bow, had sunk 15 feet into the mud. Her autopsy revealed a body that had been savagely beaten. Steel crushed. Equipment collapsed. There was no sign of the 33 crew members. Equipment and cargo litter the seabed. Thats a microwave oven. On the right, thats a printer. Here is the top of a car with a sunroof. Part of the cargo. What do we see there . That is a liquid storage container. You can see that its kind of compressed, kind of impmpded by the pressure of the sea. Reporter of its 400 cargo deck. And toward the stern, in the structure called the house where the crew lived and work, he discovered the most chilling evidence of the power of an unforgiving sea. At the top of that white line part of our video survey. Theres nothing above there. Reporter what should be there . There should be two decks above that. The lower navigation bridge deck and the bridge deck. Reporter the two top decks had sheered off, including the ridge where captain davidson would have been fighting the storm. They were nowhere near the ship. Also missing, the voyage data recorder, like a socalled black box on an airplane. It had been bolted to the top of the bridge and was the one piece he wanted most. Because it would have told us what the crew was experiencing at the time in the minutes before the vessel sank, what they observed, the extent of the flooding, how they are responding. Essentially the events leading up to the actual catastrophe. Reporter im curious. When you first saw the video of the ship, what did you think . The bridge, and the voyage data recorder. We got up to that level and to see just openness was extremely moving and difficult to it was a very big surprise to see that. Reporter moving in what way . Just to see the violence of the sea and winds that would have had to have occurred to cause that kind of im sorry. To cause that kind of an event. Reporter because certainly there would have been people on the bridge. Yes. Reporter when that happened. Yes, quite certainly. And the shock and surprise to them, as waves and whatnot, and theyre just washed into the ocean. Reporter when you found out the news, how did you tell your son and daughter . Your kids . Reporter jeremy reed left behind two children, 13 and 22, and his wife, tina. And that was hard, because i guess i was in denial. I thought we had to tell my kids that it wasnt looking good for daddys ship, and that was terrible. It was like my chest collapsing and i couldnt breathe. Reporter deb roberts lost her son, michael holland. Deb, do you have an opinion on where responsibility lies in this . Im not a professional, im not an engineer. Im a business manager. I think it was a series of unfortunate events, and without any other information, i truly blame it on hurricane joaquin. Reporter glenn, in your estimation, where does the responsibility for this lie . Squarely on tote maritime. Commercial shipping, theyve got to keep that ship moving to make money. Thats the whole horror of this tragedy. 33 people died so that frozen chickens could be delivered on time in puerto rico. Thats it. Reporter the safety board told us that tote maritime, the owner, is cooperating fully. Tote declined to talk to us, other than to say it created a fund for the families and that el faro was regularly maintained. Inspections. A week after we left, the two bridge decks were located about a half mile from the ship. The windows were blown out. There. But based on the captains last message, investigators have a lead on the loss of propulsion. I believe we have an understanding that it was steam turbine, that was lost. Reporter one theory is in violent seas, the propeller might have been thrust out of the water, causing it to spin turbine. The captain sailed into this hurricane, we know that much, but what we dont know is why. So were looking at the oversight and the direction, the advice provided by the operating company, tote, to see what information was available to him. Certainly also were looking at the weather forecast. The accuracy and the meliness of the information when he made his decision to sail where he did. Reporter to your knowledge was he receiving orders from the company to press on . No. From what weve identified so far in the information that weve reviewed, there has been no direct guidance by the company to sail on the route he chose. 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. Are you taking a zumba class . Boy now, youve probably seen a lot of Christmas Trees out on the curb waiting to be picked up by sanitation. Steve hartman checked back in on the ugliest Christmas Tree hes ever seen to find out whats become of it. Reporter we returned to investigate reports that the worlds ugliest Christmas Tree has been immortalized. You may remember back in 2014 it was all the rage. And i do mean rage. I think Charlie Brown has a better tree than we do. Everybody who brought this tree here should get fired. Reporter the tree is so ugly, the city decided to take it down before christmas. Workers removed the lights and the pretzel of bethlehem and made arrangements to bring in a new strew. Francis acosta told me this was like that tree in the Charlie Brown story. Although the lesson had obviously eluded him. Who was the moral of that story . Being together. Reporter what did they do with the tree at the end . Save it, embrace it. But its not about Charlie Brown about a beautiful Christmas Tree reporter they really were going to get rid of it. Until the phones started ringing off the hook at city hall. Public opinion changed. And the mayor issued a stay of reexecution, if you will. We will keep this thing here. Reporter and that was the end of the story. Or so i thought. I said were going to do something with it. Reporter luke was on the crew that was supposed to mulch this tree after the holidays. But he didnt. I thought there was no way we were going to run it through a chipper. Reporter so luke turned that pull try pine into a piece of art. A bench as quirky as the tree it came from. Today, it sits in city hall. A reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And ugly, nothing more than attitude. Redding, pennsylvania. The cbs overnight news will be right back. 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. Star wars continues to conquer the movie universe. For the Third Straight weekend, the film was number one at the box office. Its already the second highest grossing domestic movie of alltime. Worldwide records will likely fall when the force opens in china. Vlad dutiers reports. You might need this. I think i can handle myself. Reporter since the latest chapter the Star Wars Franchise hit theaters three moviegoers to sink the titanic and pass jurassic world. Now its climbing toward the top spot of the north american box office. Shut up and fly straight. Reporter surpassing avatar as the biggest grossing domestic film of all time. When star wars passes avatar, it will be the first time in 18 years that a James Cameron film is not the top of the highest grossing film list. Reporter its that star power that helped make 2015 hollywoods biggest year yet, pushing it past 11 billion in domestic sales for the first time. More than 20 of that came from the top five movies, as the Film Industry battles competitors like netflix and on demand cable. There is concern that so much of the money was in the so few of the big movies. Movies are still making money, im not as concerned about the top heavy nature of the industry overall. Just because i think those big films just overperformed. Reporter the top ten highest box offices of all time include 1999s the phantom menace and the original star wars. A phenomena even critics of the force awakens cant deny. Its destined to be a hit. Reporter whether the latest installment will take the global record remains to be seen. Its not showing avatar legs, its making so much money, who cares . Reporter what is clear may the force be with you always. Reporter is that the force is here to stay. Thats the overnight news for this tuesday. Continues