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I dont think he has the right temperament. I dont think hes got the right judgment. Reporter trump mocked cruzs frequent clashes with gop leaders, most memorably when he triggered the 2013 Government Shutdown in a futile attempt to end obamacare. You look at the way hes dealt with the sene, where he goes in there like, frankly like a little bit of a maniac. Youre never going to get things done that way. Reporter cruz considers the shutdown a demonstration of conservative zeal among gop establishment timidity, but cruz, ever wary of aggravating trump supporters, did not argue the point. Instead he posted this throwback video of the movie flashdance, dedicated, cruz said, to maniacs everywhere. Trump and cruzs battle in iowa has come at the expense of former leader ben carson. He told an iowa radio show hes fallen behind as terrorism has become a top campaign issue. Reporter tomorrow nights prime time debate will give carson a chance to turn the tide on foreign policy. Marco rubio, whose november rise in the polls, has suddenly stalled, is also in need of fresh momentum. Scott, rubio is still best positioned as the republican alternative should voters want one, to trump, cruz and carson. Major garrett not in venice but in vegas. Major, thanks very much. Today the army said that Bowe Bergdahl will be courtmartialed for desertion and endangering his fellow troops. Bergdahl was a taliban prisoner for five years after he walked away from his post in afghanistan. He was swapped last year for five prisoners at guantanamo. An army hearing officer had recommended no jail time, but bergdahl now, if convicted, could face up to life in prison. It was three years ago today that a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut, killing 20 first graders and six adults. Vice President Biden tweeted, since that nightmare, an estimated 555 children have been killed by guns in america. It is shameful that congress has not acted. As the nation continues to debate gun laws and access to Mental Health care, newtown parents are reminding us of the urgency. And heres michelle miller. We gather here in memory of 20 beautiful children. Reporter when the numbers became names charlotte, daniel. Reporter and the names became faces, suddenly they were americas children. 20 first graders gunned down in their classrooms along with their teachers. Its always 12 14. It is always the last day that they went to school. Thats never going to change. Reporter but something had to change for nicole hockly, who lost her sixyearold son dylan. This is about not accepting this. We cant just passively sit back and say, these shootings happen. Reporter together with other newtown parents, she helped found sandy hook promise, a group working to prevent gun violence. I can still feel him. I can smell him. I can hear his little voice. Reporter mark barden also lost his sixyearold son daniel. In almost every one of these Mass Shootings, there are signs and signals. There are opportunities to intervene to stop that continuum before it leads to tragedy. Reporter together they travel the country teaching others how to respond to those signs. They call it the Say Something campaign. If you see someone at risk, Say Something. That training worked recently in cincinnati when a student reported someone plotting an attack. The whole thing was stopped and diffused. Reporter did the hairs. Oh, yeah. I burst into tears. It was overwhelming. To actually know we potentially saved lives, that means something. Reporter and so does sweeping Gun Legislation they helped pass in connecticut two years ago. It expands the ban on assault weapons and limits the number of rounds per magazine. But the campaign has had its setbacks. With the defeat of a bill two years ago that would have closed loopholes in background checks for gun buyers. A lot of people say, if it didnt happen with newtown, when will it happen . It is happening. Sandy hook was the start. It was a catalyst for change. Its too late for us, but theres a lot of other positive change for this country that will come. Reporter change that will keep a promise to the children of sandy hook. Michelle miller, cbs news, new york. We have been bringing you a variety of opinions on how to curb gun violence, from gun rights to gun control. Tonight we continue our series, voices against violence. Im tom farley, the former Health Commissioner for new york city, and now the chief executive officer for an Organization Called the public good projects. Let me put the problem of gun violence into perspective. Think of the most horrific Mass Shootings in american history. Newtown, 26 people killed, virginia tech, 32 people killed, and we lose that many people to gun violence every day in america. On an average day in america, 31 people are killed with gun homicides, and 58 people shoot themselves with guns. This isnt just a Law Enforcement problem, its a Public Health problem. Homicides and suicides are the numbertwo and numberthree causes of death in young people and teenagers in america today. Those people arent being killed with viruses. Theyre being killed for the most part by bullets. The gun is, after all a machine, a mechanical object that causes injuries, like a car, and car crash deaths in this country have dropped by more than half since 1980 by a Public Health approach with safer highways and safer car design. We can take a Public Health approach to design safer guns and put in other Public Health policies to reduce gun deaths, as well. We need a much more thorough process for background checks. You can undergo a more thorough vetting if you want to adopt a cat from a shelter than to get a gun. 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The skies are getting crowded with drones. So today, the federal government said theyll have to be registered. Transportation correspondent kris van cleave shows us how that will work. Reporter when the faa registration website goes live next monday, current drone owners will have two months to register. Newly purchased devices will have to be registered before taking flight. I think this does add a level of seriousness to the operation of the drone. Reporter former faa assistant administrator scott brenner. Do they need to have a Drone Registration Program . I think the faa was struggling with how do we educate new users, and by creating this registry, now we have a direct link to every user, which will allow us to do a tremendous amount of education. Reporter the faa hopes that education will prevent more close calls in the air. A new report identified 158 incidents in the last two years where a drone came within 200 feet of another aircraft. 28 times the pilot had to take evasive maneuvers. There has never been a confirmed collision between a drone and another aircraft. The new Registration System will require drone owners to give their name, Mailing Address and email and pay a 5 fee. I think its going to create a deterrent. I think some will not want to pay that fee. Reporter lawyer Michael Drobac works with the drone industry, which has been supportive of a Registration System. Does having the Registration System make the skies safer, do you think . Do i think those who would act in an inappropriate manner, do i think they will register . Probably not. Reporter the faa will waive that 5 fee for the first 30 days. Scott, all operators will be given an Identification Number that has to be displayed on their drones. Kris van cleave, thanks very much. Still ahead, the bully poultry. Why the mailman has to walk swiftly and carry a big stick. Today, bill cosby filed suit against seven of the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. They are suing him claiming he defamed them by trying to brand them as liars. In his countersuit, he says they are trying to assassinate his reputation. More trouble today for americans who make a living in the oil patch. Shell says it will cut 2,800 more jobs. Shells total for the year comes to 10,000 layoffs. Oil closed today at 36 a barrel, down nearly 25 since may. 18 months ago in the summer of 2014, it was 105, nearly three times higher. Stocks closed higher. The dow gained 103 points. On cape cod its not foul weather that stays this courier from the swift completion of his rounds, its just plain fowl, as in turkeys. The letter carrier carries a pole to keep the birds at bay. Not clear why they follow him. Perhaps theyre looking for mail companionship. Were not looking for a stamp of approval on that last line. After the diplomatic breakthrough, the sounds of havana are playing in chicago. And that story is next. Today president obama said he is very interested in visiting cuba, but not until cubans are given more freedom. It was one year ago this week that the u. S. Began restoring diplomatic ties that were severed half a century ago. And Dean Reynolds tells us that has led to a musical breakthrough. Reporter for this ensemble of young, cuban jazz musicians, better relations with the United States sound like this. Performing for the first time on american soil at chicagos auditorium theater, 24yearold conductor ernesto lima says there is a message in their music. Well, the improvisation is freedom of the music. Reporter so improvisation is freedom. Yes, i think so. Reporter their concert was a year in the making, and the dream of the chicago jazz philharmonics artistic director orbert davis. We have to think about the people, the musicians, the culture. Music is everybodys and its what they value. If they can trust us with that, theyll trust us with other things. Reporter we first met davis and these students a year ago in havana. 21yearold wendi galvez has been playing violin since she was seven. Billie holiday, ella fitzgerald, those are my gods. Reporter wendi, ernesto and the rest of the students study music here, where the residue of jazz left over from america before the castro revolution still echoes through the instruments. Dizzy gillespies 1947 manteca is one of the best examples of the two nations musical collaboration before fidel castro closed jazz halls and took over clubs like the famous tropicana. The u. S. Embargo that followed created another challenge. You dont have the bestquality instruments. No, because we dont produce instruments in cuba. Reporter so this is not a stradivarius . No. [ laughter ] reporter which made their performance on this night all the more remarkable. Do you think music is a universal language . Yes, if you dont know how to speak english, but when you are playing, you understand everything. Reporter with music there is no language barrier. Dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. And thats the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us just a little bit later for the morning news and of course, 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 dahler. With the holidays right around the corner, president obama is trying to assure americans that their celebrations will be safe. One week afer his Oval Office Address on terrorism, the president made the rounds of his security agencies. At the pentagon, mr. Obama insisted u. S. Intelligence has uncovered no credible threat of an attack over the next few weeks, and he said the u. S. Military is taking the fight to the Islamic State in both iraq and syria. This fall, even before the revolting attacks in paris and san bernardino, i ordered new actions to intensify our war against isil. These actions, including more firepower and special Operations Forces are well under way. This continues to be a difficult fight. As i said before, isil is dug in, including in urban areas and hide behind civilians, using defenseless men, women, and children as human shields. Even as were relentless, we have to be smart, targeting isil surgically, with precision. At the same time, our partners on the ground are rooting isil out town by town, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block. That is what this campaign is doing. We are hitting isil harder than ever. Coalition aircraft, our fighters, bombers, and drones have been increasing the pace of their strikes. Nearly 9,000 as of today. Last month in november, we dropped more bombs on isil targets than any other month since this campaign started. Were also taking out isil leaders, demanders, and killers one by one. Going after them from their strongholds in downtown raqqah to libya, where we took out the isil leader there. The point is, isil leaders cannot hide, and our next message to them is simple you are next. Every day, we destroy as well more of isils forces, their fighting positions, bunkers, staging areas, heavy weapons, bomb making factories, compounds and training camps. Many places isil has lost its freedom of maneuver, because they know if they mass their forces, we will wipe them out. In fact, since this summer, isil has not had a single successful major offensive operation on the ground in either syria or iraq. In recent weeks, weve unleashed a new wave of strikes on their lifeline, their oil infrastructure, destroying hundreds of their tanker trucks, wells, and refineries. And were going to keep on hammering those. Isil also continues to lose territory in iraq. Isil had already lost across kircut province and tikrit. More recently, isil lost at sinjar and baiji, where its oil refinery. We saw a daring raid supported by our special forces which rescued dozens of prisoners from isil, which Master SergeantJoshua Wheeler made the ultimate sacrifice. So far isil has lost about 40 of the Populated Areas it once controlled in iraq. And it will lose more. Iraqi forces are now fighting their way deeper into ramadi. Theyre working to encircle fallujah and cut off supply routes into mosul. Again, these are urban areas where isil is entrenched. Our partners on the ground face a tough tight ahead, and were going to continue to back them up with the support they need to ultimately clear isil from iraq. The president s strategy is playing out on the front lines in northern iraq. Although isis still controls vast territory, their offensive to overrun the kurds has been stopped in its tracks outside mosul. Charlie dagata took a news crew there. Reporter in ways it was a routine assignment. Head out to the front lines and see how Kurdish Peshmerga forces are holding up against isis. But we got to within a half mile of isis territory and man, did we witness how deadly and determined this enemy can be. Colonel badal bandi and his forces have been fighting to hold this line outside of mosul for more than a year. How often does isis attack you . They attack whenever they can, sometimes three or four nights in a row. Until he showed us where three suicide car bombers tried to charge their outpost at dawn. His soldiers were able to kill the drivers before they detonated their explosives. But two car bombs remained there not more than 50 yards away posing a deadly threat to the troops. Here on the front line, the bomb squad is a. 50caliber gunner. He fired rounds into one vehicle until it went up in a plume of smoke. He then opened up on the car much closer to us. We watched from a bunker hole until finally, a direct hit. [ explosion ] that noise you can hear is debris raining down on top of us. Shrapnel from the bomb and twisted remains of the week blown sky high after the explosion. Everybodys ears were ringing. But the next sound was laughter. Its a happier ending when car bombs blow up on the other side of the front line. We are up close to one of those huge car bombs, you realize how destructive they can be in civilian areas and why they are the most feared isis weapon on the battlefield. Attacks like these are happening every day. Another component of the u. S. Strategy is to cut off funding for the Islamic State. The Treasury Department says isis makes about 40 million a month, just selling oil. So thats become a prime target. Elizabeth palmer reports. Reporter u. S. And Coalition Planes have now begun to bomb tankers full of oil sold by isis in syria. Part of an effort to cut off an estimated 40 million a month the group makes from petroleum sales. And in the kin cynical economics of war, some of that oil even goes to president assads government, isis sworn enemy. Most of the oil fields in syria are in isis controlled territory. Once pumped, its moved by tanker to be sold locally, to buyers in regime controlled syria, or smuggled over the border in iraq and turkey. The coalition began bombing isis refineries last year and the russians have now joined in, choosing oil related bombing targets. That may have made a dent in isis ability to supply oil clean enough to be used, but it didnt stop it. Matthew phillips is with bloomberg. We overestimated really the damage that we did, the longterm damage and underestimated their ability to kind of adapt to that. Reporter syrian locals simply set up crude refineries, basically cooking the oil in pits in the desert before selling it on to traders who get it to market. Attacks on what are isis linked operations like this will inevitably kill innocent civilians who are simply working in it to survive. One more thought while cutting off revenue is going to hurt isis, it wont bring the group to collapse. Solid numbers are hard to come by. The best estimates say isis is making twice as much money on widespread, what they call taxes on every person in business livi the Republican Party holds round five in its series of president ial debates tonight. This one in las vegas. Donald trump will be front and center with ben carson on his right and ted cruz on his left. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was a late add. A Des Moines Register poll of likely iowa caucus goers shows cruz leading by ten points with just seven weeks to go before the caucuses. Nancy cordes reports. Reporter this is the second poll in less than a week to show cruz leading the gop field in iowa. The Trump Campaign trashed the poll, while trump himself chose to trash cruz, saying hes unfit for the job. I dont think hes qualified to be president. Reporter donald trump had this message for gop leaders who might think his support in iowa is waning. I dont go down, i go up. My whole life has been about winning. Im going to win. Reporter and he went after his sometimes ally ted cruz after promising for weeks he wouldnt. You look how hes dealt with the senate where he goes in there like a maniac. Reporter on twitter, cruz brushed off the comments. Maniac posting a link to this 1980s movie clip for the song maniac. Cruz refrained from attacking trump, whose supporters he would like to win over. I like donald trump. A lot of our friends here have encouraged me to criticize and attack donald trump. Im not interested in doing so. Reporter nationwide, the real estate mogul still has a big lead, beating cruz by nearly 20 points in the latest cbs News New York times poll. Still, the texas senators outspoken opposition to obamacare and his willingness to take on both sides of the washington establishment resonates with iowa conservatives. The way Republican Leadership punishes anyone who stands up to the cartel is they engage in public flagellation. Reporter that approach has made him unpopular with leaders in his own party. Who worry that he could be just as polarizing of a nominee as trump. Brian walsh worked to elect republicans to the senate in 2010 and 2012. He would be equally problematic. Reporter why . Again, going back to if were going to win in 2016, we need to expand the electorate. We need more females and hispanics. Instead of learning those lessons, you have candidates like cruz and trump who are doing the opposite. Meanwhile, trumps comments on banning muslims from entering the United States is becoming a drag to his business interests overseas. Julianna goldman reports from from the site of the trump hotel in washington. Reporter donald trump has made his fortune in part by plastering his name around the world from washington, d. C. To istanbul, people have bought into the trump brand as a symbol of luxury and success. But with each new controversy, more and more Business Partners are severing ties. These twisting high rises in turkey bear the name of donald trump. Some who work inside trump towers in istanbul say the buildings namesake has given them reason to quit their jobs. This 20yearold Sales Consultant said trump should close the building. There are muslim people working here. This is affecting me in an unfavorable way. This week, a major middle east retailer, with 190 department stores, stopped selling the trump home decor brand. In stanford, connecticut some in the Muslim Community are calling on the developer to strike trumps name from this high rise. And at this trump residence in new york city its embarrassing to have his name on the building. Considering the bigotry that comes out of his mouth sometimes. Reporter gordon gray with the u. S. Arab chamber of commerce said he cant calculate the damage to trumps reputation in the muslim world. He gets the nomination, that prolongs his exposure in the public eye. Then of course if hes elected president , the question is what policies is he going to implement . If some of the businesses are affected, its not important to me. Reporter since he declared his candidacy, trumps rhetoric may have had a cost. After his cost about mexican immigrants, more than a Dozen Companies from macys to the pga and nascar severed ties. Those are small in his empire compared to his real estate fortune. He has several projects in the muslim world. Randall lane is an editor at forbes magazine. Its hard to quantify the consequences exactly, because its not just deals he may or may not lose, its deals that you dont know he may or may not have gotten. So thats always the big question mark out there. Reporter trumps own Financial Disclosures dont break down the dollar amount of each investment, but forbes estimates that last year trump brought in about 128 million in branding and licensing fees. In other news tonight, dog flu. Theres a new strain threatening our fourlegged friends this year, along with a new vaccine to fight it. But as molly hall reports, the shots are expensive and may not be necessary. Reporter veterinarian katie gribbs says a new strain of canine flu that started in chicago last spring is spreading fast and has proven deadly for some dogs. This type of the virus progresses so quickly, it moves into the lungs, causing severe pneumonia. Reporter the United States department of agriculture has conditionally approved a new vaccine to address the epidemic. Its being shipped to veterinarians right now. Dr. Douglas aspros, former president of the american veterinary association. Its a totally novel virus. Dogs dont have u. S. Dogs dont have any historical experience with this virus. Therefore, they have no protective cross reaction with any other antibodies that theyve formed in the past. Reporter since the epidemic began, more than 1500 dogs became ill in a few months. At least eight died from secondary infections. The strain has now spread across the country. The new strain is different from the common dog flu, which already has an effective vaccine available. In some cases, two vaccinations might be necessary. The old shot can cost up to 90 for two rounds. The vaccine for the new strain costs double that. If your dog is in close contact with other dogs very frequently, then its extremely important to be thinking about and talking to your vet about doing this vaccine series. Reporter veterinarians dont know how effective the new vaccine will be. They hope down the road, a shot will be developed that covers both strains of flu. For now, check with your vet to see how common each flu is in your area. If your dog never leaves the yard, youre probably safe. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Its a pleasure gel that magnifies both our sensations. It gives us chills in places weve never gotten chills before. Yeah, it makes us feel like. Dare to feel more with new ky love. I absolutely love my new but the rent is outrageous. Good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. With great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me. Delivery. Hey. 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Some of the most recent breakthroughs, however, are happening here at the universitys Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence lab. Where this simple looking box applies a complex set of algorithms. To do something once limited to science fiction. This shows the ability if tracking people through walls. Reporter dina is the professor leading the project, dubbed emerald. Which has this ph. D. Student demonstrating a Wireless Technology that captures motion in realtime and regardless of obstruction. This red hot is chen moving. Reporter so hes not wearing anything special . Nothing. Reporter its just picking up his movement through the wall . No cell phone, no sen fors. Its purely based on how the signal reflects off our body. Reporter what was the inception for this . We work on wireless networks. The question is, can we use this for purposes other than communication . Can you sense the environment with it . Reporter the wireless signals not only detect his position in the room, but his el vision from the floor. You want to see the red dot fall . Reporter yeah, lets see the red dot fall. Researchers hope it can protect seniors at risk for falling. A problem that sends an estimated 2. 5 million elderly americans to hospitals each year at a cost of 34 billion. When it detects a fall, it sends an s. O. S. Message to the caregiver. Reporter thats just scratching the surface of emeralds capabilities. With chen seated, it hones in on his vitals. Respiration and heart rate are read without wires. Being able to get the heart rate, wow, its that sensitive. Reporter and its not in any way as dangerous as say constant exposure to xrays would be . No, not at all. I tell people all the time, the technology is the same carrier as wifi. Its actually 10,000 times or more lower power than wifi. So if youre not worried about wifi in your home, you shouldnt be worried about this. Are there any privacy concerns about this, like maybe a burglar can use this to see where you are in the house . Basically like with any new technology, it comes with a challenge. I think as society discovers new technologies, there are rulings and laws a person has to abide by. If you look at that red dot over there reporter after more than three years, the m. I. T. Team demonstrated their work for the president last summer. What was his reaction to this . So i think when he saw the breathing and heart rate, he said, wow. That potentially has applications for baby monitors. Reporter the goal now is to take it to peoples homes within the next year. You and your partners have this great invention that has huge promise, do you stay a professor or become a businesswoman . Is there a reason not to be both . Reporter is there enough hours in the day to be both . I have 24 hours a day. I dont even track holidays. I dont know that there is a holiday. I come to the lab and my students say oh, yeah, its a holiday today. So i think there are plenty of hours as long as a person is interested in what they are doing. And having a great team like i have here. They also point out that First Responders could benefit a great deal by knowing exactly where people are in life threatening situations. Another wifi solution shes exploring is a way to charge smartphones without having to plug them in. We like her. I like that she kind of told you, yeah, she can do it. I can be both. I just ask the questions. And i think its good seeing through the wall, because i was concerned that you could physically see like if someone was Walking Around naked. Bhu no, all you see is the dots. Its like sonar. And do with that information what you will. Thank you. Got to go. [ laughter ] this is new information for me. You know what . The news is back in the morning. What can we say . What can you say . Wisconsin has a state pastry called the kringle, and like chris kringle, its a big hit at christmas time. Vinita nair went for a taste. Reporter in racine, wisconsin, the holidays are all about the kringle. Theres certain skill involved in making the wisconsin state pastry. Good lord, thats a lot of dough. It takes lots of this. To make the dough flaky. Then you have to do this, again and again, to make the 36 layers. Does everybody do this much by hand . As far as i know. Now nobody at all does. I think were the last ones. Reporter for four generations, bensons bakery has been mastering the technique. You can see the layers. Reporter when the benson family opened its bakery 81 years ago, they followed the danish tradition of a pretzel shaped pastry. Its popularity quickly earned racine the nickname kringleville. Complete with a kringle queen and kringle inspired polka. Originally the danish pastry had an almond filling with raisins. Now ben, jr. And his son, ben iii, make close to 30 flavors. My grandpa, until he died, would say, just keep the quality and youll be here forever. Im still here. Reporter not far from bensons is this danish bakery, family run since 1949. That looks good. We make our own fillings here. Reporter owner eric olson took us on a tour of his 39,000 square foot facility, where machines have mastered the delicate layers and folds. Daily, they make 5,000 to 7,000 kringles. During the holidays, they ship up to 20,000 in one day. In the 1950s, some of the bakers started shipping kringle as gifts. And that became very popular. So the word kind of spread. People come here because we have kringles. And were known for it. Reporter at larsons bakery, they combined techniques rolling the dough by machine. Then filling and forming their kringles by hand. Don hutchisons father bought the bakery in 1969, and he says a kringle from anywhere else just isnt the same. You know, its kind of like going to new york and having a new york bagel. You cant get a new york bagel anywhere else, because they put the time and the labor into making it right. And thats cbs overnight news for this tuesday. Its tuesday, december 15th, 2015. This is the cbs morning news. The republican candidates square off one last time. While donald trump will be center stage the surging ted cruz will get extra attention from voters and trump. An unarmed man shot by police as he tries to escape from a wrecked vehicle. Why the officer isnt facing charges by the driver is. Hotel workers dive for safety when a pickup truck smashes into the front desk and police say it was no accident. And a