One of the two men who tried to attack a garland, texas, Conference Center in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 times that morning. And to this day, i cant tell you what he said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that attack. Reporter so congress is considering legislation that would compel Tech Companies to unscramble and hand over suspicious and encrypted messages, but many of these Companies Operate outside of the u. S. Telegram was founded by a russian and is based in germany, and experts warn that isis is testing out its own encrypted android app, so it wont have to rely on outside companies at all. Even u. S. Tech companies have balked at the notion of new laws. They say encryption is there to protect all kinds of personal data and if they give Law Enforcement a way in, scott, eventually, hackers will find their way in, too. Nancy cordes on capitol hill. Thank you, nancy. Become the first state to ban anyone on a Government Watch list from buying a firearm. That is something that congress has not done, despite a request from the president. Governor dan malloy announced today hell do it by executive order. Supreme Court JusticeAntonin Scalia is under fire tonight for comments he made during oral arguments yesterday. The court was hearing a challenge to affirmative action at the university of texas. Heres our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford. Reporter Justice Scalia was describing an argument made in court papers by opponents of affirmative action. There are those who contend it does not benefit African Americans to get them into the university of texas where they do not do well, says scalia, as opposed to a slower tracked school where they do. Scalia was referring to the mismatched theory that affirmative action, often from disadvantaged communities, tend to enter at the bottom of the class. Then they have trouble competing. With that in mind, scalia continued, i dont think it stands to reason that its a good thing for the university of texas to admit as many blacks as possible. But outside the court, no one cared about the legal arguments. Scalia was deemed racist. Minority leader harry reid even took to the senate floor. But it is deeply disturbing to hear a supreme Court Justice endorse racist ideas from the bench. Its not the least bit racist. Reporter Stuart Taylor coauthored the book that pioneered the mismatch theory. Justice scalia used rather awkward words, but the point he was making was absolutely correct that when you dramatically lower academic standards to let in a racial group into a college who wouldnt get in otherwise, theyre going to have trouble competing with the people who got in the oldfashioned way. Reporter now supporters of affirmative action say the mismatched theory understates the real advantages that minority students get by attending these highly selective schools. And, scott, they point out that minorities at u. T. Austin, well, theyre the highest of any Public College in the state. Jan crawford in the washington newsroom. Thanks, jan. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl is speaking for the First Time Since he was released in a prisoner swap last year. Bergdahl was captured by the taliban in 2009 after he wandered from his post in afghanistan. His first interviews are now on the podcast serial, and david martin is at the pentagon. Reporter the armys investigation of bergdahl portrayed him as a cockeyed idealist, an image he seemed to confirm with his own words. The soldier the army has charged with desertion, and some have branded a traitor, told an interviewer he abandoned his post in an effort to draw own unit. Reporter bergdahl said it wasnt long after he walked away that he realized how stupid. Reporter it took the taliban about a day to find him. Reporter bergdahl spent the next five years as a prisoner of the taliban. Much of it was in a pitchblack room. Reporter bergdahls stunt backfired not only on himself but also on his fellow soldiers. Jeopardy by having to spend several weeks hunting for him. The army still has not decided what to do with bergdahl. He faces charges that could bring a life sentence, but investigators have recommended he not spend any more time in prison. Scott. David martin at the pentagon. David, thanks. Tornadoes are rare in the pacific northwest, but people who live in the town of battleground, washington, near the oregon border, think their town was hit by one today, and David Begnaud is there. There really is a tornado. Reporter it looked like a tornado to People Living in battleground, washington. We got multiple calls. Trees down all over. Reporter the unusual weather came amid four days of fastmoving pacific storms that left much of oregon and washington a mess. Andrew says his neighbors shingles were hitting his home like knives. What did it look like outside . It looked like the wizard of oz out here. There was debris flying everywhere, trees flying down trampolines. Reporter since monday, as much as 18 inches of rain has swelled northwest rivers and saturated the ground, toppling trees. A landslide closed the interstate connecting oregon and washington most of today. I was told the department of transportation has hopes, this is hopes at the moment, to reopen at least one lane. Reporter governor jay islee declared a state of emergency. Two people died, including a 72yearold woman who drowned overnight her car in clactskani, oregon. Her husband was able to crawl out of the sunroof. Back here in battleground, the witnesss say what looked like a tornado lasted only 30 seconds. Scott, no one was hurt. David, thanks. Coming up, more people become ill after eating at chipotle. I absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. Good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. 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Reporter City Health Officials believe this outbreak may have begun with a sick employee who contaminated the food. Health inspectors cited the restaurant for allowing that sick employee to work and for having meat that was below safe temperatures. Chipotles healthrelated issues began last july with a small e. Coli outbreak in seattle. In august, 100 people were sickened by norovirus in california. Then starting in october, dozens of customers in chipotle restaurants across nine states came down with ecoli infections. The chain temporarily closed 43 of its restaurants. Data shows chipotle is the fastest expanding restaurant chain in the u. S. , opening 799 restaurants since 2009. Sales have more than doubled to 4 billion. Im sorry for the people who got sick. Reporter Ceo Steve Ells pledged to overhaul food safety protocols in an interview with the stock has rebounded today but is still down almost 25 since august. And just a short time ago, authorities in seattle announced they have closed a chipotle because of repeated violations. It is one of the 43 restaurants that were shut down voluntarily during the ecoli outbreak. The company says it will address the problem. Scott. Anna werner, thanks. Thats next. Today, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released its annual list of safe vehicles and out of 48 models rating, only one, the chrysler 200, is american made. You can find the full list and more on how the vehicles are tested on our web site, cbsnews. Com. You can now call Michelle Obama the first lady of rap, or at least the first, first lady to rap. In a new video with saturday night lives jay pharoah, she urges students to go to college. South side, chicago, we all know, we had to devote time to take it to tomorrow and we will rap in a moment with the man who hopes to awaken empire. Star wars episode seven opens the friday before christmas, and that gave Bill Whitaker of 60 minutes a chance to talk to a man who has one of the coolest jobs in the galaxy. Reporter six weeks before the premiere, we dropped in on a hollywood scoring session for the force awakens. Composer John Williams, who won an Academy Award for the first star wars film, was back, along with the iconic refrain he wrote 38 years ago. Take a look behind williams. Thats not some awestruck groupie. Thats the movies director, j. J. Abrams. I saw you up here with your well this is this is like momentous. You know, John Williams conducting his star wars music. I mean, as a fan, i cant believe i get to be here. Reporter abrams saw star wars when he was 11 and never outgrew his passion for the film. On this day, when he wasnt in the middle of the orchestra filming on his phone, he was racing around the sound stage, here the fan do you think it can work . Let me just think. Yeah. Its incredible reporter there the director. We may need to make the badada we might need to repeat those bars because it might be a little longer before we get into the interior of the transport. Reporter i see you running around, youre very really, i felt so calm. Reporter this is you calm . Yes. In any way . Oh, yeah. Reporter oh, yeah. Its there are moments of just abject terror, as to what were all taking on. You can see Bill Whitakers interview with j. J. Abrams this sunday on 60 minutes. And thats the overnight news for this friday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us just a little bit later for the morning news and cbs this morning. Scott pelley. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im don dahler. Republican president ial frontrunner donald trump says hes postponing his scheduled trip to israel. Trump planned to meet israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu after christmas, but his comments about barring muslims from entering the United States have caused an uproar in israel. Trump now says hell travel to israel after hes elected president. The latest cbs News New York times poll shows him surging. He now has the support of 35 of likely republican primary voters. Whats more, twothirds of his supporters say theyll vote for trump, even if he runs as an independent. Major garrett reports. Reporter donald trump taunted republicans with a recycled threat to run as an his scope to ban all muslims from america. Some republicans are reconsidering endorsing trump if he is the nominee, and president obama took on trump while celebrating the end of slavery in america. Donald trump says he needs from the Republican Party what he rarely displays on the campaign trail, decorum. If they dont treat me with a certain amount of decorum and respect, if they dont treat me as the frontrunner, if the Playing Field is not level, certainly all options are open. Reporter other than quitting, theres only one other option, running as a third party candidate. History says thats a path to defeat for trump. Top republicans fear it could hand the election to the democrats. But trump says he wants the gop nomination. I will beat hillary. The one person that they dont want to run against is me. Reporter trump is sticking with the proposed ban on muslims unconstitutional, republicans have called unamerican, and the white house labels disqualifying. Its a temporary ban on not everybody, but many. People have to be vetted. Reporter its all becoming too much for some republicans. Gop president ial candidate john kasich said for the first time he might not endorse trump if hes the nominee. I hope he changes his rhetoric and becomes a unifier. But if he doesnt, and the divisions and the extremism continues, ive got to take another look. Reporter at an event marking the 150th anniversary of the 13th amendment that abolished slavery, president obama drew sustained applause with this indirect response to trump. Our freedom is bound up with the freedom of others. Regardless of what they look like or where they come from or what their last name is or what faith they practice [ applause ] reporter in israel, Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said adding israel respects all religions. In a demonstration of his faith, boxing legend muhammad ali said, im a muslim. And thats nothing islamic about killing innocent people. Muslims have to stand up to those who use islam to advance their own personal agenda. The first funeral was held yesterday for the victim of the San Bernardino massacre. En 27yearold Yvette Velasco died along with 13 others in that attack. Survivors and family members were allowed to return to the scene of the shooting, the inland regional center. Carter evans is there. Reporter were now getting a clearer picture of the relationship between farook and malik. The fbi says its clear they shared extremist views long before they shared wedding vows. They were radicalized before they started courting. Reporter fbi director james comey on capitol hill wednesday husband and wife terrorist, syed farook and tashfeen malik. As early as the end of 2013, they were talking about jihad and martyrdom before they were engaged. Reporter that would have been months before he brought here from saudi arabia using a fiance visa. Was the woman shooter radicalized before she came to america . It looks like she was. Reporter lawmakers are questioning how thoroughly she was vetted before being granted the visa and whether her marriage to farook could have been part of a terrorist plan all along. Do you agree with me if it was arranged by a terrorist operative or organization, that is a game changer . That would be a very, very important thing to know. Reporter the fbi is also zeroing in on enrique marquez, who investigators say purchased the rifles the couple used in their attack. Cbs news learned that marquez told investigators that he and farook were planning an attack in 2012, but they didnt follow through. Played in the San Bernardino attacks, if any, remains unclear. He has not been arrested. Meanwhile, the fbi was able to recover photos from farooks cell phone, which contained exterior photos of Carter High School in realto. According to school officials, as a county health inspector, farook inspected schools, but it was unusual for him to keep photos of the school exterior. As the fbi continues to comb through evidence in the San Bernardino shooting, it has an estimated 900 active investigations involving isis sympathizers and other extremists nationwide. What would be your greatest fear after last weeks terrorist attacksome what dont we know . What cant we see . Reporter marquez has not been arrested because he provided some of the weapons in the attack. Were learning federal authorities are now considering charging him with Material Support of terrorism. To the streets of chicago demanding mayor rahm emanuel resign. Dean reynolds has the latest. Reporter rahm emanuel is known as a political tough guy, but weeks of protests have taken their toll and exposed the mayors vulnerable side. Rahm emanuels got to go reporter protests continued into the night wednesday after echoing through the heart of chicago all day. Rahm emanuel needs to stop playing games with peoples lives. Reporter hundreds of protesters descended on city hall. Skeptical of the embattled mayors public mea culpa. Were going to begin the healing process. The first step in that journey is my step, and im sorry. Reporter an emotional emanuel acknowledged black chicagoans were treated differently by the police. And this is wrong. And that has to change in this city. That has to come to an end and reporter the crisis was sparked by the release of Police Dash Cam video showing a white policeman shooting black teenager Laquan Mcdonald 16 times. For over a year, Rahm Emanuels administration fought to keep the video under wraps. Every day we held onto the video contributed to the publics distrust, and that needs to change. Shut it down reporter other Police Killings have reawakened the stark complaints of police brutality, prompting rahm emanuel to force his Police Superintendent and the head of the board overseeing policemens conduct to resign. After initially imposing a federal investigation of Chicagos Police department, he now welcomes it. Now, a bill was introduced into the Illinois Legislature on wednesday that would allow the legislature to recall mayor emanuel, but the chances of there is no City Ordinance allowing for the recall of a sitting mayor. Silent night holy night sleep in heavenly peace lets get these dayquil liquid gels and go. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. This one is max strength and fights mucus. Mucinex fast max. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Fbi director james comey is pressing Tech Companies to allow Law Enforcement a back door into their hardware. He told congress powerful encryption is standing in the way of terror investigations. Nancy cordes reports from capitol hill. Reporter he had a very ominous warning for lawmakers. He said the governments ability to track terrorist communications is not keeping pace with their ability to evade detection. Increasingly we are unable to see what they say. Reporter fbi director james comey provided a chilling example wednesday. He said the two men who attempted to attack a garland, texas Conference Center in may communicated with an overseas terrorist 109 times that very morning, using powerful encryption the fbi cant crack. What he said with that terrorist 109 times the morning of that attack. That is a big problem. We have to grapple with it. Reporter encrypted apps, he said, are now standard tools for terrorists. The paris attackers likely used them to plan secretly, conspirators in france, belgium, and syria. Now top lawmakers are considering legislation that would compel tech giants like apple, google and facebook to hand over encrypted data to Law Enforcement. Along with tools to crack the code. Even simple commercial products that you can buy encrypt the conversation. And some of them encrypted in a way that even with a court order, you cant break into it. Reporter Tech Companies say their products are designed that way for a reason, to protect personal information like bank account and credit card data. Sometimes even the Tech Companies themselves cant crack them. Industry representative michael when youre asking for a back door encryption or special key, youre asking to have an engineered vulnerability in the system that can be used by Law Enforcement or governments, but also that can be exploited by hackers or statesponsored terrorists. Reporter after the San Bernardino shooters posted their allegiance to isis on facebook, lawmakers introduced a bill that would require Tech Companies to alert Law Enforcement when users post terrorist activity, such as attack planning or recruitment on their sites. Lorenzo is an expert on extremism at George Washington university. Is this essentially turning social media sites into watch dogs . Thats obviously very complicated, and im not sure that social media has the ability, the expertise and the manpower to do that. Think about Companies Like facebook and twitter that billions of users, can they be checking what everybody is saying. Reporter the fbi director Tech Companies do the best that they can. Snap chat and twitter, in statements yesterday, both said they do work to comply with Law Enforcement and facebook said it has zero tolerance for terrorists and said the Company Works aggressively to remove content and inform Law Enforcement of any threat. High technology has already arrived at the kennel. For the first time researchers at Cornell University used in vitro fertilization on a dog. The result seven healthy puppies. Jim axelrod reports. Reporter five months old. Theyre so cute. Reporter these two colorfully named beagle puppies, red and green, owe their lives to their master, alex travis. I love them very much. They just need a little more house breaking, though. Reporter not owe their lives as in feeding and caring for them or he rescued them from the pound. No, red and green are among the a process this professor at Cornell Universitys vet school helped pioneer. We hope to be able to use this as a launching point for curing genetic disease or trying to remove it from the populations of different breeds. Reporter in vitro fertilization, in which an egg is fertilized by a sperm in a lab and implanted in a surrogate has been an option for humans since the late 1970s. But dog reproduction is different from just about every other mammal. Scientists just figured it out. But the birth of these seven puppies signals a new era for dog breeding. Not just that champion lines will have a better chance to reproduce, even when a mother dog has trouble carrying to term, but scientists can address genetic issues, eye defects in collies or urinary stones in dalmatians. We can use that to fix those before it starts. 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Reporter whats the highest compliment that people pay . Something . Im really a downtoearth person. Thats the highest compliment, to be a downtoearth person is a value that i have tried to keep throughout the years, through the whole trajectory of my life. I feel the earth move under my feet reporter a trajectory that made carole king one of, if not the most prolific songwriters of an era, in a career spanning over 50 years. Now and forever and for more than 100 hit singles, she gave voices to generations. She was born carole klein in 1942. Raised in brooklyn, her mother taught her to play the piano at just 4 years old. He would crowd the living room with people to listen to you. Yep. It was my First Experience of being uncomfortable before an audience. Reporter as a child, she was writing her own songs. And by 15, carole was pitching them to some of new yorks most famous record executives. She didnt stop until abc paramount offered her a contract. At Queens College in 1958, she met jerry, who became her writing partner. And then her husband. At just 18 years old, carole had her first number one hit. And like a man completely we hoped to bring about some change in the music of the time. It went from strictly teeny in the lyrics. But will you love me tomorrow reporter america fell in love with caroles songs. In the 1960s, she wrote more than 24 hits, brought to life by names like little eva, the drifters, and the monkeys. Then one day in 1967 looking out reporter carole turned on the radio and heard her words sung by the queen of soul. It was just the height of all my dreams and expectations. I knew i had to face another day Aretha Franklin can do things that i cant do. I hear them singing it in my so when its actualized, wow. Because you make me feel, you make me feel you make me feel like a natural woman yeah. Reporter but you do things they cant do. This is true. Because if i make you happy, i dont need to do more you make me feel the one thing i can do that nobody else can do as the songwriter is deliver the songwriters version of that song. You make me feel like a natural woman theres this authenticity thats just as close to the source as you can get. And its too late, baby reporter with success came heartache. Carole and jerry divorced. Looking for a fresh start, she california, where she met a longhaired guitarist named james taylor. Even your darkest knight reporter they formed a band and began a lifelong friendship. You just call out my name reporter james recorded her song youve got a friend and it was his first number one hit. Everybody understands friendship. And friendship is different than love. Friendship has more freedom, more latitude. You dont expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be. You expect your friend to just love you as a friend. Youve got a friend he always said i inspired him as a songwriter, but he completely mentored me as a performer. He showed me the confidence and put me in the position where i needed to learn that. But the audience gave me the confidence. Reporter how so . Need to worry about whether im good or im not good. Because its not about me. I am the vehicle for which the audience is getting to hear their favorite songs. Reporter in 1971, it was caroles voice that affirmed her status as a pop icon. I feel the earth move under my feet i feel the sky tumbling down reporter her second solo album tapestry shot to number one on the charts and stayed there for 15 weeks. The album won four grammys and carole became the first woman to win song of the year. I had success as a songwriter, and that is completely different. I only wanted to be a songwriter. I never wanted to be a singer, where you lead, i will follow reporter in the 1970s, carole would marry twice more but found her peace when she idaho, in 1978. You say it took you until your 60s until you could feel like you really knew who you were. Yeah, my one area of vulnerability is i didnt know to have a healthy relationship with a man. Reporter did that fuel your creativity . Did it distract from it . Neither. My creativity is an entity unto its own. It did its own thing, always. Reporter in concerts. In covers. Because you make me feel, you make me feel reporter on broadway. You make me feel like a natural woman reporter you might say america is having a carole moment. Because you make me feel reporter or maybe it just never stopped having one. Like a natural woman if youre tired of climbing on the roof to hang your holiday lights, you now have an alternative laser lights. They sit on the ground and point up at the house. One trouble, though, if you dont aim them right, they shine into the sky, and that can be dangerous for passing aircraft. Mireya villarreal reports. Whoa reporter believe it or not, this is a christmas decoration. But from the air. Last week, one just like it 22 miles away from dallasft. Worth International Airport put a passenger plane in harms way. There was a similar complaint last month in michigan. Its like pointing oh reporter its a federal crime to shine a laser at a plane. While no one was charged in those cases, several socalled laser strikes are being blamed on the holiday laser displays. I think they look cool. You can do all green and red. Reporter jen cravenparker bought hers for 40 at bed, bath, and beyond. Lazy lights. Thats what facebook is calling them. Reporter lazy because theyre so easy to install. Clearly a dangerous problem for you guys. But helicopter reporter stu mandell from our los angeles station encountered other types of consumer lasers while in the air. I saw the laser in the corner of my eye and i looked at it and it went right into my eyes. It stings, it burns. It feels like you have a sunburn on your eye. Reporter within minutes of taking off, we spotted exactly what those pilots were talking about. Were about 1,000 feet up in the air right now, and some of the Christmas Decorations look like fuzzy blobs, but for the laser light displays not properly installed, those lasers can aircrafts cockpit, causing potential problems, as we saw for ourselves. Thats pretty bright right there. If the box is aimed a little high, some of the laser light will not hit the roof of the house, it will just keep going off into space. Reporter laser strikes, often intentional, have become a growing problem for pilots. In 2014, the federal Aviation Administration investigated more than 3800 laser light complaints. This year, that number has nearly doubled. I dont think its hitting the house at all. Reporter the faa is asking homeowners to make sure their decorations arent pointed toward the sky or to pull the plug on them all together. Mireya villarreal, los angeles. And thats the overnight news for this friday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning