And he could face the death penalty. Mark strassmann is in charleston. Reporter that 911 call from the night of the massacre was played today for dylann roofs jury. The caller was survivor polly shepperd. Reporter today in federal court, the 72yearold testified that as the faithful shut their eyes for the closing prayer, shots rang out. She hid under a table. Dead and dying people lay around her. Then roof spotted her. She said, i was praying allowed. Roof asked, did i shoot you . She said no. He said im not going to. Im going to leave you to tell the story. Roof remembered that video the day after the murders. Reporter but while shepperd testified today, roof would not look at her. [gunfire] yesterday jurors saw this video roof took of himself firing a glock. 45 pistol in his backyard. The same weapon he brought to the murderous rampage at the Mother Emanuel Church less than two months later. A medical examiner testified that each victim was shot at least five times. Susie jackson, at 87, the oldest victim, was shot ten times. Eric manning, the pastor at mother emanuel, sees deeper meaning in polly shepperds survival. She stood in the face of evil and almost, evil backed down. Reporter when shepperd finished testifying and left the stand, most of the people in the courtroom stood up out of respect. Roof stayed seated. Scott, closing arguments are set for tomorrow morning. Mark strassmann for us. Mark, thank you. Is this morning in newtown, connecticut, they paused for 15 minutes, exactly four years after the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. 26 people were killed then, 20 of them, first graders. This month sandy hook promise, started by family members, posted a video to turn attention toward the warning signs of a tragedy. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Got some news today from the radio man he spoke the word somber reporter it seems to be a charming story of young love. Have a good summer. You too. Reporter two teens flirting. Hey, you must be bored. Reporter but then. Do you like to write on desks . Yes, thats what i do. Reporter then terror. As the scenes are replayed, we realize what weve missed, a troubled student, getting bullied, posting a disturbing selfie, gesturing violently, but as the ad points out, no one noticed. After sitting alone then all the warning signs happened. Reporter students at Broadview Middle School in danbury, connecticut, watched the video online. Declan jakobson is an eighth grader. It was saying that i should have been able to recognize the signals that this kid was giving. Reporter his school has adopted a violence prevention program, developed by sandy hook promise, called say something. What are you taught are the warning signs . When people isolate themselves, when theyre being bullied, a lot of times that will lead to something. Or when theyre obsessed with death, guns, things like that, they also teach you to talk to a trusted adult. Reporter psychiatrist dr. Harold schwartz coauthored a 2014 report on the newtown shooter. Risk signs appear in many people who will never perpetrate violence, so what we can do that will be most effective will be to create prevention programs. Reporter Research ShowsSchool Shooters have often communicated their plans beforehand, through social media, texting or conversations. We definitely need to destigmatize what it means to report. For schoolchildren, we need to try to end the code of silence. Reporter Avery Marquis spoke up after seeing another student bullied. Do you ever have any fear that you might be snitching on somebody . No, because in this school we make it such a big thing that its not snitching. Its saying something for everybodys safety. If you see something, say something. Jon, thank you. Coming up, temperatures fall as quickly as the snow. You love the soft feel of your feet when you take care of them. And at amope we love it too. But that annoying hard skin just keeps coming back. 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Reporter scott, the people here in watertown are in for a long night. Up to two feet of snow could blanket the northern and western part of the state by the end of the week. Heavy lakeeffect snow and a blizzard warning in calumet, michigan, stopped some drivers right in their tracks, making walking the quickest mode of transportation, even in four degrees. Further east, in buffalo, new york, whiteout conditions forced a battle between man and nature. The combination of snowfall and whipping 45mileperhour winds led to stressful, whiteknuckle driving in watertown. A steady band of snow started falling early this morning, enough to keep plow driver bruce reome busy. The main thing that really surprises me when im out here doing this is, people dont slow down. I see people pass me when im out clearing the road, and a mile up the road ill see them in the ditch. Reporter im jamie yuccas in stillwater, minnesota, where it is currently three degrees, but with the windchill it feels like its 14 below. Those are perfect conditions to make these manmade ice castles, but not so great if youre not bundled up. Exposed skin can get frostbite in minutes, and, scott, tomorrow morning its supposed to only be 10 degrees below zero. Demarco morgan and jamie yuccas in the fortress of solitude, thanks. Up next, thelma and louise drive off to a place of honor. coughs that cough doesnt sound so good. Well i think you sound great. Move over. Easy booger man. Take mucinex dm. Itll take care of your cough. Fine ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night ah david, please, listen. Still not coughing. Not fair you guys waffles are my favorite ah some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Well, thatll keep you up at night. The birds is one of 25 classic movies that the library of congress added today to the National Film registry, to be preserved for their cultural importance. The circle of life the list includes the lion king. The breakfast club. The princess bride. Hello. My name is inigo montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. And thelma and louise. Today, yahoo said it fell victim to what is likely the largest data breech ever at an email provider. Hackers are believed to have stolen data from more than one billion User Accounts in august of 2013. The data include email addresses, birth dates and security questions. A separate breech was announced in september involving half a billion yahoo accounts. Up next, well remember alan thicke. ,,,,, television has made dozens of sitcom dads part of our popular culture. One of the most famous was played by alan thicke, who died of a heart attack yesterday at the age of 69. Jim axelrod has his story. Show me that smile again, show me that smile reporter hard to believe perhaps, but it was 31 years ago that alan thicke introduced us to dr. Jason seaver, the warm and upbeat tv dad on growing pains. Head out on the highway reporter the role of wise and loving father wasnt a stretch for thicke, a devoted dad to three boys. If you cant hear reporter including music star robin thickee. I think all three of my boys are quite fabulous. I have a great relationship with them. Were very close. Reporter robin posted on his instagram he was the best man i ever knew, the best friend i ever had. The red hot chili peppers. Reporter before growing pains, alan thicke hosted his own talk show. And composed themes for the different strokes and the facts of life. The 69yearold canadian was a passionate hockey fan, and the hockey world loved him back. Wayne gretzky tweeted, he was a wonderful man, father, husband and friend. We got each other reporter nine words that speak volumes about alan thickes life well lived. Jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. And thats the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and be sure not the miss cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im don daler. Another ominous turn in the civil war in syria. The ceasefire that was supposed to allow rebel fighters and their families to evacuate the city of aleppo lasted one day. It was replaced by air strikes, shelling, and a ground assault by Syrian Government troops. Rebels and their families were on their way out of town when the barrage began, and the United Nations says it may constitute a war crime. The rebels say theyve negotiated yet another ceasefire, and still plan to leave. Holly williams has the latest. Reporter the buses waiting in aleppo this morning were supposed to evacuate fighters and civilians from the last remaining rebelheld section of the city. Instead the ceasefire collapsed. There was shelling, and more air strikes, and the buses went away empty. Several thousand civilians men, women and children are holed up in around two square miles of territory with aleppo now nearly entirely under the Syrian Regimes control. Its a major victory for the regime after four years of fighting in the city. But it was won by indiscriminately killing civilians, with help from syrias allies, iran and russia. Syrias president , bashar al assad, calls the rebels terrorists, and in an interview yesterday with russian tv, he castigated the west for trying to protect them. It doesnt matter what they ask. The translation of their statement is for russia, please stop the advancement of the syrian army against the terrorists. Reporter the u. S. Has condemned the regime and its friends in russia and iran, but in five years of civil war, america has avoided a direct confrontation with the Syrian Regime. Fearing a dangerous escalation and perhaps conflict with russia, the price of that policy has been paid by syrian civilians with their lives. The United Nations human rights chief said today that the bombardment of civilians in aleppo by the Syrian Regime and its allies is almost certainly a violation of international law, and, scott, he said it may be a war crime. More details are coming to light about how Russian Hackers managed to get into u. S. Government and private computers, and use the information to influence the president ial election. Jeff pegues has the latest. Reporter investigators believe the attack began in july of 2015, more than a year before the president ial election. Thousands of emails were sent to hundreds of organizations. Ultimately, the hackers known as cozy bear and tied to russian intelligence burrowed into the computers of the Democratic National committee, and they stole documents and emails that would later come back to haunt democratic president ial candidate hillary clinton. Adam hodge is with the dnc. This is unprecedented. A Foreign Government attacked the entire Democratic Party with one goal, and that was to help donald trump. Reporter the u. S. Intelligence community is split on whether the hacks were intended to help mr. Trump, but since at least 2010, u. S. Intelligence analysts have been warning of russian cyber intrusions and information warfare. A 2013 threat assessment concluded russia is among three countries focusing on using internet content that might contribute to political instability and regime change. With the dnc hack, an fbi agent first noticed the suspicious activity earlier this year. He called the dnc and was transferred to a help desk. His calls went ignored. It took several months before the dnc realized that it had been contacted by the fbi to verify the authenticity of the fbi agent who said that that said who he said he was. Reporter several months . Its hard to believe, but thats the reality. Reporter president elect trump has brushed off allegations that the russians were trying to boost his candidacy. He tweeted that unless you catch hackers in the act, its hard to determine who was doing it. And hes wondering why this wasnt brought up before the election. It will be another frigid day in the northern half of the nation. Bone chilling temperatures have taken hold from montana to the great lakes. And a new storm is in the forecast. Jamie yuccas reports. Reporter im jamie yuccas in stillwater, minnesota, where it is currently three degrees, but with the windchill it feels like its 14 below. Those are perfect conditions to make these manmade ice castles, but not so great if youre not bundled up. Exposed skin can get frostbite in minutes, and, scott, tomorrow morning its supposed to only be 10 degrees below zero. Road crews in california are battling the elements to fill a large sinkhole that opened along the coast in san francisco. John blackstone is in pacifica where the pounding waves are bringing down an entire neighborhood. Reporter here in pacifica, were right on the western edge of the continent. This Apartment Building is empty and condemned because it could slide into the Pacific Ocean because of cliff erosion. Over here now, a popular hiking path down to the beach is closed because part of it has disappeared into a huge sinkhole. A 15foot section of the trail just dropped away into the ocean. The trail is now offlimits as crews pump concrete and sand into the massive sinkhole. This is only the latest effort to stop erosion of the cliff here that has been falling away for decades. Weve seen waves up pretty high, but this is the worst ive seen. Reporter the company that told the land told cbs that an underground pipe separated causing saturated ground to separate below. Sand just, you know, washed away, and thats why we have a big cavity. Reporter the cliffs are more than 100 feet tall. When the base is pounded by high surf, the bluff is undermined. When you get the big breakers and ground swells coming in, that really takes a beating. Reporter rick grew up here. Hes watched waves erode the coastline for years. I have memories when i was a child out here, and i take my wife out here now and try and find the places where my dad and i fished years ago are gone. Reporter in storms hit in 1998, the bluffs eroded so quickly, residents fled before one home tumbled into the ocean. Other houses were knocked down before they too fell off the cliff. Earlier this year, two Apartment Buildings were demolished as the bluff beneath them continued to drop away. 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Reporter hes a native of wisconsin, and eight years ago, jared discovered photography, which became something of an obsession for him. Now, this obsession led to a dream job, making sure the past is preserved for the future. Well, at first look, his work space doesnt look so dreamy. An area like this uhhuh. Reporter is this a challenge for you . This area is very much a challenge for me. Reporter this building, abandoned for 60 years, boarded up and filled with debris, is actually supplying photographer jared bortese, with both a challenge youve got to make Something Interesting when its something but empty space. Exactly. Reporter and some powerful inspiration. When youre taking a photograph, especially the way the public consumes photography these days, its all instinct, real quick. So what you have to do is try to find a composition and angle that you know is going to capture people and interest them. Thats where the light comes into play. Usually you can play light to draw on peoples emotion and bring them through a photograph the way that you want to. Reporter ortiz is snapping his way through forgotten corner of ellis island. Far from the splendor of the great hall where 12 Million Immigrants entered the country. Whether its rusted mattress sterilizers is there a way you can take a picture in 2016 which gives us a sense of the challenges of 100 years before . Thats the hard part, because i dont think you can really capture that essence. Thats more up to the imagination. Reporter or 80yearold graffiti carved into the wall. Paul ketiman, march 30th, 1935. That must grab your eye. Absolutely. Because this is a physical remembrance of this particular person, and obviously he thought it was important, and he knew that there was Something Big happening here. Reporter ortiz is making sure all parts of the immigrant experience at ellis island are remembered. I definitely think about the emotions. I cant imagine what it must have been like to go through that boat side and coming off on that port inspires me to do the best i can. Because i think its important that these stories get told. Ellis island is important to American History because immigration is important to American History. One in three americans is descended from somebody who walked through these halls. Its an astonishing idea. But history is not about dates and speeches, its about real people doing real things. Reporter ortiz is the newest member of an exclusive club of american photographers. Those like ansill adams who captured our National Parks for the library of congress. And just like adams in the 1940s, jared ortiz uses a large format camera. If youre really meticulous and you want to have all control over every single aspect of your image, this is the camera to use. Reporter large format cameras are old school. They are old school, but theyre still used today. The resolution you get out of that film will blow away any digital photograph. Cant even come close. Reporter each shot can take up to an hour and a half to set up and light. A process involving a lot of math and precision, all for just one split second. Burned into film forever. What im doing is just trying to capture the essence of history and inform the public of whats happening in these locations, with my photographs. Why is that important . Because i think a lot of people forget about where we came from all too easy. Its what shapes us. Its how we know where we got to. Reporter ortiz was drawn to this job precisely because its focused on photographing buildings that are part of our National Parks and not just landscapes. From the beginning of his photography career, hes been passionate about documenting the industrial midwest and sees this job as an extension of that work, making sure we dont forget the lives weve led in the past. 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I have often walked down this street before but the pavement never held my star before all at once im three stories high, knowing im on the street where it lives reporter since then, its only gotten better. At age 60, hes on hollywoods alist and a red carpet regular, and no one was more surprised than cranston. I didnt feet entitled to become a star. I didnt expect it. Reporter did you want it . Not really. The things you want professionally are opportunities. And through my good fortune, thats whats happened. Opportunity has come to me. Reporter and when it came late in his career, cranston knocked it out of the park. Maybe you and i could partner up. You want to cook crystal meth . Thats right. When we first started we were telling a story and trying to do our best and it became this juggernaut. Reporter did you see it coming . No, not at all. Reporter its a familiar story now, a meek and depressed High School Chemistry teacher with terminal cancer cooks up a scheme to make and market a superior grade of meth to provide a nest egg for his family after hes gone. But over five seasons, walter white goes from milk toast to murderer to survive. I was just infused with ideas and i would dream about them, wake up and go, i have another idea about walter white. You clearly dont know who youre talking to. It was so well written and it just got into my soul. I am the danger. Reporter it was his first real opportunity to show what he could do as an actor. Run. Reporter the result was new respect and a closet full of emmys. When the show ended, he saw it as a new beginning and an opportunity to try something different. It had been years since he performed on stage. Yet he decided to sign on with a Theater Company in boston that was doing a new play called all the way about lyndon johnson, a very complicated character. It had to be an amazing challenge. Why did you do it . It was shakespearean in size, but lets do it. Reporter and there were reasons to be scared. I realized, oh, my god, this is an enormous play, and its almost all me. Big, big chunks of speeches, speeches, speeches. And i started to panic. It is all or nothing. Reporter but in boston and later on broadway, and after that, the film version for hbo, his performance was so on the mark let us begin. Reporter you had to remind yourself it was cranston and not johnson. And i love you more than my own daddy. But if you get in my way, ill crush you. Look at that. Look at that. [ laughter ] reporter after winning a tony award, broadways highest honor, he topped it off with an oscar nominated performance in the film trombo. Surprising for an old journeyman actor. Reporter got a few clips to show you here. Roll it. What the hell is wrong with you . Reporter hes been a working actor since his mid 20s. Oh, yeah. Reporter beginning with a part on the soap opera love it. That attraction is our business. Reporter and after theres been everything from the sublime to the ridiculous. Good guys, bad guys. Hes dead. Im sorry, we did everything we could. Reporter and sometimes, parts so small, even cranstons forgotten them. What is is that . Reporter amazon women on the moon. Ill take care of you later. You ended up on the cutting room floor. Amazon women on the moon, who could forget . Who wants to remember is the better question. Reporter in all, there have been nearly 150 roles. Not counting the early commercials that helped pay the bills. Now you can relieve inflamed hemorrhoidal tissue with the oxygen action of preparation h. Do you think youve grown as an actor since then . No, but my hemorrhoid has grown. Reporter there were guest spots, including five on seinfeld as jerrys smarmy dentist. It was like going to comedy boot camp for me, being on that show. Reporter and comedy proved to be something that Bryan Cranston was very good at. I just want to celebrate another day of living reporter it led to his break out role in the series malcolm in the middle has hal, the hapless father, overwhelmed by the chaos of a dysfunctional family. Wait, something we have to talk about. He was insecure, not in charge. Hello, hal. He took brain vacations often. Reporter it earned cranston three emmy nominations. Those are real bees . There were 75,000 of them. Call animal control. Reporter and yes, he got stung. Where were you stung . In the lower region, in one of the boys. Very sensitive. The beekeeper went sorry. Ill help you anywhere else. Now, you are going to get up and reporter he did seven seasons on malcolm and hated to see it go. But the shows cancellation turned out to be a very lucky moment. Had malcolm in the middle been picked up, i would not have been available for breaking bad and right now someone else bad and right now someone else would be sitting here t,,, hollywood and millions are mourning the death of actor alan thicke. He died today after suffering a heart attack. He was 69. Hes remembered as the tv dad dr. Jason seaver on the sitcom growing pains. Reporter alan thicke wasnt just a memorable tv actor of his time. He was also a singer, a composer, and maybe above all else, he was americas dad. Show me that smile reporter with a generous smile and plenty of wisdom, he enters our living rooms in 1985. Youre taking karate to help you receive the spiritual state of don hoe. Reporter he helped the seaver clan and all of us navigate life in the 80s and early 90s. Before becoming a household name on growing pains, thicke had been host of a shortlived late night show. And the composer of several of televisions most enduring theme songs. Now the world dont move to the beat of just one drum reporter including different strokes, the facts of life, and the original score for wheel of fortune. Even after growing pains, thicke continued to stay busy. Heres our host, alan thicke. Reporter hosting game shows and appearing on a number of sitcoms. Alan thicke. How can i help you . Reporter and as dr. Seaver might have once told you, for alan thicke, family was everything. When i look at my kids, i spend time with them and see what they accomplished and generally, i feel i must have done some of it right. Reporter pop star robin thicke is one of his three children. Im madly in move with all of them. All three of my boys are quite fabulous. Early this morning, robin thicke posted a brief note to instagram saying in part, my father passed away today. He was the best man i ever knew. The best friend i ever had. Thank you for your love. Love, your grateful son. Thats the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you the news continues. For others, check back with us later for the morning news and cbs morning news. For the Broadcast Center in new york city, im don dahler. Captioning funded by cbs its thursday, december 15th, 2016. This is the cbs morning news. What role did Vladimir Putin play in hacking the u. S. Election . A big one, according to officials. Now more lawmakers are saying they were targeted too. Yahoo breaks its own dubious record for biggest hack ever. This time, more than a billion accounts were compromised. Who Security Experts are blaming for the breach. As a deep freeze sets in for millions in the east this morning, snowy streets caught commuters offguard out west. Look out look out