Right back. The federal Railroad Administration is imploring states to inspect stop lights at rail crossings. Many of them are not timed properly. This. Reporter federalegulators say this shouldnt happen. A traffic light did not turn green long enough to give this semitruck enough time to get off approached. The driver survived, but many dont. Since 2013, 96 have died. Another 419 were hurt at intersections where the stop the railroad equipment. Sarah fineberg. If the traffic signal is working, connected the right way to the Railroad Crossing equipment we should be able to keep people off the track when a train is coming. Reporter tonight federal Railroad Administration is issuing a safety adviseory asking the states to inspect the Traffic Signals at Railroad Crossings nationwide. Really important to monitor the lights to make sure signals are not losing a second over team to make sure the traffic is moving through. Whenever drivers are approaching railroad tracks, they just have to assume that a train is coming. Reporter dr. Lany wilsons 14yearold daughter lauren died when the car sunny was ridingn was struck by a train. Seemed like she had the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow. We were there with her until the crash. Then since then we have, we have done a lot to try to prevent this tragedy from happening to other families. Asking that event recorders be installed in these Traffic Signals to help determine if the signals are factoring into accidents. Scott, regulators are working with google to share gps data so one day drivers will be warned as theyre approaching train tracks. Chris, thanks. Today, pope francis went to the heart of mexicos drug war and challenged priests to fight injustice, violence and corruption. This comes at the same time of a fascinating revelation about Pope John Paul ii. Private letters reveal a close friendship with a woman that lasted for decades. Mark phillips has the story. Reporter he was then a young polish cardinal. She was a polishamerican writer and married. Yet when karol wojtyla, the man who would become Pope John Paul ii begin to collaborate with annateresa tymieniecka on a translation, something more than a book happened. Rest of their lives. His letters recreated in a bbc documentary. Their relationship would test the cardinals vow of celibacy. You write about being torn apart, Cardinal Wojtyla wrote, but i can find no answer to these words. Particularly the word i belong to you. Mall mall malina malinovsky, brokered the sale of the letters. I believe she finlell in love with him. Theyeyidnt just write. They spent private times at her prompt in vermont. Skiing in poland. In the old communist days when he was in crackkrakov, she had her letters hand delivered so the Party Officials couldnt use scandal to undermine t t popular priest. Its good you sent your letters by hands, he says. It contains thing too deep for when he became pope he didnt stop. I am thing abut you he wrote. In my thoughts i come to pomfret her house in vermont every day. When he died, friend say, that the vatican wont confirm, she was at his bedside. The popes letters are now public. Annateresa tymienieckas letters to him have not been published. What a story they might tell. Mark phillips, cbs news, london. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Living well you can support it by eating healthy, drinking fluids, and getting some rest. And you can combine these simple remedies with airborne. No other leading immunity brand gives you more vitamin c. Plus it has a specially crafted blend of 13 vitamins, minerals and herbs. So when you want to support your immune system, take airborne, and enjoy living well. Here in the city, parking is hard to find. Seems like everyone drives. And those who do should switch to geico because you could save hundreds on car insurance. Ah, perfect. Valet parking. 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The strong gusts tore roofs off buildings. Uprooted trees and tossed some on houses. A power line snapped, starting a miami. This same storm system also spawned an ef3 tornado late yesterday in century, florida. On the alabama border. The over135 mile per hour winds, flattened cars, and destroyed homes. Southern mississippi was also hilt. This home was depolished. Malcolm erwin lives nearby by. Sounds look a low flying jet. It did. In miami, 100 mile per hour winds tossed the tree like a toy. I am 61, nearly enough to swallow me. Scott, tornados here are not rare. Forecasters say because of el nino, south florida could get more tornados like today well into march. David begnaud thanks. The wild weather swings we have seen are caused in part by the phenomenon known as el nino. The warming of the pacific that lead to drought in much of africa and storms and high temperatures on americas west coast. We have two reports on this tonight, beginning with ben traien southern california. Reporter this is winter on the west coast. With temperatures running 15 to 25 degrees above normal it looks and feels more like july than february. It is so hot outside. Its crazy. Just kind of embracing it. Going with it. Wow, look at this. Californians were expecting this. Nonstop rain storms fueled by but after heavy rain last month. Southern california is on a hot and dry streak. It has been 15 days since a drop of rain fell in los angeles. Nasa climatologist bill pastert called the massive band of warm water in a godzilla el nino predicted to drench drought ravaged california. Is this godzilla more bark than bite . El nino remains immense. It has the had a powerful impact over the last six months. Even this winter, all of the volatile weather we have had across the united states, the fingerprint of el nino is on all these events. Reporter turns out the el nino is so big it shifted the jet stream further north. Allowing storms to batter Northern California and Pacific North west. Rain soaked cliffs near San Francisco have been dropping into the ocean. But northern storms are also dramatically boosting California Snow pack. More than a decade. Spring snow melt will help fill the states depleted reservoirs and 30 of californias water supply. The temperature hit 90 here today in los angeles. That is a new record for this date. But forecasters say they still expect those el nino rains and cooler temperatures to hit los angeles and scott they say that will happen in the next couple of weeks. Ben tracy for us tonight. Ben, thank you. Well there has been precious little water in southern and Eastern Africa where el nino is scorching the earth. The u. N. Says as many as a million children are at risk of starvation. Many are in the tiny nation of lesotho. We sent Deborah Patta there. Reporter dawn breaks. Villagers hope for rain but it promises to be another scorching day. 70yearold, Malepota Makara most of them orphaned by aids. It doesnt take long to get the three eldest ready for school, thats because there is nothing to eat. Like everyone else in the village. Malepota makaras crops have failed. It is painful, says 9yearold, to go to School Without food. This drought his grandmother explains is more severe than i have ever seen. Makara knows instinctively what experts have confirmed. This is the strongest el nino on record in Southern Africa delaying the rains and putting 14 Million People at risk of starvation. A pitiful burst of rain in recent days coaxed out some greenery. It is a cruel illusion as it has come too late. This should be lesothos rainy season. Normally i wouldnt be able to stand here, because i would be instead the riverbed is bone dry. U. N. Humanitarian coordinator is worried at what is ahead . The rainfall has been delayed to an extent that people havent been able to plant the crops that they need to survive. So, we are looking at people having not enough to eat, at least until, 2017. At school, makaras grandchildren get their one meal of the day. A bowl of watery pour yy porrige, and corn. Schools are worried they will have to stop feeding schemes. Watt r iser is a concern. Lesotho trucks walter to the villages. A nearby dam has two weeks sa ply left before it too runs dry. At home, makara manages to downfor unripened peaches for younger children. Sisters return she rests for the first time. There is no supper once again. If i can just give them food and love, she sighs, then, they will be fine. Lesotho desperately need at least 27 million to feed people on the brink of starvation. They are battling to attract the attention of International Donors scott who are already overstretched dealing with global crises. Remarkable reporting from Deborah Patta in johannesburg. And well be right back. Tonight the grand finale of the westminster dog show, a super bowl without the tailgating just the tail. Heres don dahler. Reporter rumor has it that the german shepard named rumor slated to win best in show. The 4yearold female from wisconsin wowed the crowd yesterday taking best of breed honors, her owner kent boyles. Whats the difference between a true champion dog and a really well trained dog . She is very close to the breed standard, beautiful animal. Good attitude loves and shows. Most of the 3,000 dogs do seem to enjoy the attention, the primping and the cheering crowds. Judge Michael Faulkner involved with show dogs since he was 9 years old. Hearing the cheering, what is it so big . That bond between dog and man is so important. And then you add competition and applause and glamour and doesnt get any better. The seven new breed in this competition raise the number to 197 include some faces and hair styles. Many fans have never seen before. It took Jackie Walker over ten years to get french herding dogs, Berger Picards into the big show. What process does it take to get a breed accepted . Awe a very long one. Putting on shows and tests. Reporter all to reach the ultimate test. Performing in the center ring at westminster. In the midst of the pomp and pageantry, what is some times lost why we love the animals so much. Dogs just being dogs. Don dahler, cbs news, new york. Thats the cbs overnight for some, the news continues. For others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. York city, im scott pelley. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the cbs overnight news, im michelle miller. We are three days away from a key racen the marathon run for the white house. E republican president ial candidates will compete this saturday in the first in the south primary in South Carolina. Frontrunner donald trump and jeb bush continue to trade jabs on the campaign trail, now bush has added a political heavyweight to his corner. Former president george w. Bush. Jeb bushs campaign is counting on the 43rd president to give his brother a much needed boost. Here is major garrett. President bush ended years of self imposed political exile and drew the biggest most enthusiastic crowd in South Carolina. By itself the upbeat rally cannot reverse jeb bushs the event did take the edge off a nasty day of primama politicking. I think the voters should vote for the candidate who has got the most opinionated mother. Former president george w. Bush came to South Carolina on a rescue mission for brother jeb. In my experience, the strongest person usually isnt the loudest one in the room. George bush made a mistake. Reporter recent attacks by g. O. P. Frontrunner, donald trump on the former president s 9 11 leadership had jeb playing defense. He didnt know that 9 11 was going to happen. He rolled up his sleeves. He inspired us. Why do you mention jeb bush . He is not competitive. His brother came today. They have a thing. Trying to make competitive. Dont think it will happen. Reporter trump drove home his criticism at a glitzy primetime rally. Everything now is an offchute reporter during the afternoon press conference, donald trump said bush overlooked warnings and mismanaged intelligence before 9 11. Was it negligence on the part of president bush . I dont say anything. The World Trade Center came down the bush family was not Donald Trumps only target. I think ted is an unstable guy. I have never seen anybody that lied as much as ted cruz. Well bring a lawsuit if he doesnt straighten his act out. Ted cruz appeared unfazed. You cannot simply scream liar when somebody points out the actual position of donald trump. Reporter amipd thed the ever nasery campaign, the brothers bush reunited to build momentum. I love my brother the i am happy that he came to do this. He can still bring it. Reporter after the rally, president bush told me he loved hitting the campaign trail. And likes jebs chances here in South Carolina. Meanwhile, trump said he again doesnt secure the gop nomination. He also said that he might sue ted cruz over eligibility to run for the woumshite house. One of the differences between jeb bush and donald trump is their positions on immigration. Trump called for the deportation of all illegal immigrants. Bush wants to give undocumented workers a path towards legal status. Jeb bushs approach is tempered in part by experience as governor of florida which has the the Third Largest hispanic population in the country. Many cuban refugees are trading miami for a different entry point into the u. S. Mark strassmann shows us why. Reporter every day, cubans cross this border bridge from mexico into laredo, texas. The cuban adjustment act guaranteed asylum to refugees fleeing the communist regime. They qualify for a green card after a year and a day. And citizenship five years later. Thawing of diplomatic relations will end that special protection. She says how was i supposed to get here if they change the law . It would have been impossible . Most cuban refugees no longer try to reach miami on make shift rafts. Capture and the currents are risky. They now fly to a latin American Country like ecuador. Then spend months making a 2,000 mile trip on land through half dozen countries before reaching the texas border. 51,000 arrived here last year. 68 of them through laredo. Whole transnational human smuggling operation. Jorge studies human migration patterns at Florida International university. Well organized . Very well organized. Second most profitable illegal network after the legally trade business. Office. We met andres hernandez. His trip here from cuba, took eight months. He toemd usld us it was stress and days without eating. Worth it to him and cubans. Immigrants desperate to start fresh in america and worried they may soon join the back of the line with everyone else. Mark strassmann, miami. Newly released letters between Pope John Paul ii and married polish American Woman are getting a lot of attention. They reveal a powerful personal bond that lasted for decades. Here is mark phillips. Reporter imagine a cross between the vatican newspaper and hollywood gossip site, tmz, you might get Something Like the letters. Theyre about a story of unrequited love. Or a story of a long intellectual friend sthp withship with overlay of affects. Plenty of argument for both. Dynamic, young, polish priest, from krakov. She was a polish emigrant, in the u. S. And married. When they met to collaborate on anything lish version level clicked. They began an exchange of letters that continued for the rest of his life. Her letters to him seemed to make him uncomfortable. You write about being torn apartable. I can find no answers to these word, wojtyla says. Particularly the word i belong to you. As he rose up hierarchy they continued to correspond, the letters sent in a way to avoid communist sensors who could have used the width of scandal to undermine the powerful catholic church. It is good you sent your letters by hand it contains things too deep for the censors eyes. They are so meaningful and the couple spent time together in vermont, where annateresa had a house. In poland. More than friend, some said, less than lovers. When wojtyla is elected pope, communication would become more difficult but not impossible. Pope john paul soon wrote i promise i will remember everything at this new stage of my journey. I am thinking about you. In my thoughts, i come to pomfret, her house in vermont every day. She is said to have come to rome to be at his bedside as he was dying. But she has been removed from the official vatican history. The letters are held in the polish national library. Significantly his letters have now been released. But hers are still being kept secret. 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Worked with her daughters dance team. We trust our school system. Just dont like the idea of a child batterer taking care of my child. Her background check system is almost set up as if teachers stay in one state for their whole career. And they they clearly dont. Reporter Usa Today Network Investigative Reporter steve riley says she is one example of teachers with checkered pasts slipping through the cracks of the system. Off awe not not only are parents unable to find information. Education agencies and School Districts dont have access to the comprehensive list of teachers unable to teach because of Sexual Misconduct or physical misconduct against students. The Usa Today Network found the names of at least 9,000 educators disciplined are missing from a privately run, clearinghouse, the nations centralized system for tracking teacher misconduct. 1400 of those teachers had licenses permanently revoked. 200 for sexual or physical abuse. It is challenging. Because each of the states have rules and regulation that oversee the certification of educators in their state. Is it perfect, no . Do we work to make it perfect . Every single dale. Reporter last year a georgia teacher resigned after a string of allegations including physical altercations with students. But that teacher still got a teaching license in both north and South Carolina. In 2006, dallas Area Middle School teacher, Stanley Kendall was captured on nabss to catch a predator allegedly soliciting a young boy for sex. I honestly didnt think he was 13. I thought about driving away when high saw him at the door. Reporter he lost his job and texas teaching less license. I let it happen because i didnt years later, kendall returned to the classroom. Substituting in indiana until some one saw a rerun of the nbc program and alerted officials. And the cases are too many to ignore. Reporter pennsylvania senator pat toomey spent years pushing for federal regulations. Varpous states have wildly varying standards for doing background checks for employee. There is no good reason why the children in a particular state should be more at risk than children in another state. As for the teacher, she resigned from her job in louisiana last week after usa today contact herd School District as part of its investigation. In a statement to cbs this morning, she said i made an error in judgment in florida it was greatly exaggerated. I learned from my misfake. I sought a second chance. And i got it. How do you track teachers like this . I guess right now you dont. Thats the question how is this going on and no one is seems like our children are worth a little bit more than that to me. One of the smallest babies ever born who survived is now back home with her parents in north carolina. She arrived 14 weeks before her due date. And weighed 10 ounces. Mark strassmann was there for the homecoming in charlotte. Girl. So happy. So happy. Life. Reporter megan smith waited five months for this moment. The chance to go home with alaya, her baby girl. Allaya. Like dont cry. Im sorry. Im sorry. Im happy. Reporter allaya is a medical miracle. We got to see the human being formed outside of the womb. They were thrilled when they learned she was pregnant. But early on they could see this barely 6 months in, the higher tension put megan at risk for a stroke. Allaya stopped growing inside her. Doctors had trouble finding a fetal heartbeat. Megan needed an emergency c section. Allaya was born, 14 weeks early. She weighed 10 ounces. And head to toe measured ten inches long. She is tiny. Size of a small kilten or smaller. A baby bird. A neo nay toll gist says allaya was born half the size of the smallest premature babies at levine Childrens Hospital in charlotte. What did you tell the parents . The risk was that she could very well die. As long as theyre, there is hope. I will focus on the hope. But hope seemed like a stretch. Less than 1 of babies in the u. S. Are born as early as allaya. And her world for weeks was an of challenges. Medical, technical, and emotional. None of her organs are work like they should. Her skin is one cell layer thick. Almost like the bottom of a, blister. Even taking a blood sample was risky. Allaya was born with less than an ounce of it in her body. Because she was so small. She really was reaching the limits of our technology. So we had to sit down and get creative about our approaches to many things. One night her heart rate plummeted. Cpr brought her back to life. She left the hospital, six weeks after her original due date. Weighing 5 pounds, eight ounces. Almost 9 times her birth weight. Never doubted it. Oh, no. I refuse to put doubt in there. She was here for a reason. And, everything happens for a reason. Reporter tiny allaya was born with a big heart. I had hope, faith, prayer. I had everything. There was no doubt in my mind that they couldnt dupe what they needed to do to make my baby live. Dr. Herman says she shows no signs of devil of mental issues. I am still in awe of her and her parents and awe of the team. I fought for her to live. And she fought to live. Im sitting in my living room holding my baby. Yea. There you go. Its joy. I love it. Look i finally have my baby home. Reporter allaya has more than lived up to her middle name. Faith. Mark strassmann, charlotte. Only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. Let your eyes decide. Flonase. 61 changes everything. Important message for residents age 50 to 85. Write down this number now. 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I take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn because you cant beat zero heartburn prilosec otc. One pill each morning. 24 hours. Zero heartburn. New York Fashion Week now under way. A lot of eyes are focusing on the work of designer zach posen who dressed some of the most famous women it world. Nora odonnell takes a closer look. Reporter when zac posens fall and winter 2016 collection debuted last night the fashion world took notice. Why are all the fabrics on the ground . Theyre doing coloration. Reporter creating gracefulness by way of sim police fee simplicity made t t 35yearold one of the brightest fashion talents. His well known clients regularly land magazine covers and leading roles. Reporter last month demi moore wore vintage dress by posen to the s. A. G. Awards. Posen created the dress in 2002. Put a dress on her, from second collection, she wore it. Kind of showed hollywood this its what a great star is. This is the power of it. Thats not something you can create. Reporter what is the business effect of such a high profile actress wearing one of your gowns. You cant directly necessarily quantify it unless that piece of clothing is in a star at the moment. Reporter when posen got his start, 14 years ago, Department Stores sold his lines. Now, his Shopping Habits evolve, he is ready to sell his pieces directly to his customers on line. Reporter you are going straight to ecommerce instead of the zac posen storefronts . I didnt want rent right now. Reporter right. I didnt want inflated rent. I would love to have a store. I did ecommerce first because i wanted to directly have the reporter that dialogue include his contemporary line, davids bridal, Engagement Rings he designs, all while creating his namesake Fashion Shows twice a year. Is burnout an issue at all . It has become a huge issue within fashion. The pace is enormous. The pressures are very high. Reporter when i read burnout had become a phrase that many in the fashion industry was talking about, one react, that i had was like, well you are not pumping gas for a living, digging ditches or working in construction, real physical costs of burnout. Is it fair . Its fair because it is real. However, working within fashion is an honor and a great luxury. There is no question. Listen, creative burnout and physical burnout is real. There are moments when i get home after overseeing almost 16 where i cant move. Reporter in addition to those 16 yearly collections, posen is also pairing up with Brooks Brothers. The brand recently chose him as the its creative director. Oh, wow. Look at this. Welcome. Reporter nice display here. Welcome to our world of brooks brother women. Reporter posens characteristic style, hourglass gowns, billowing trains, colors out of the crayola hits a practical tone. When i follow you on instagram, you do big dresses, spinning like this, full skirt comes out. Its like my gosh, the design element and everything. Big couture fashion as you say. This is different. Yes, this is very different. This is streamline. Great discipline on my part. Of not overdetailing. You dont want to put a big. No, no, no. Making people look chic on the street. Reporter collaboration gives the working woman wears. I wear a dress. Dont have to pick the top and bottom to go together. I think dresses are really smart, liberating. Separates thing too hard to coordinate in the morning. Good. Just put it on. Set to go. Dresses have the power. Knit suiting. Comfortablblon the go. Reporter the idea that a designer known for his thousand dollar gowns now wants to dress Everyday Americans may sound unbelievable. But posens perch in the fashion industry is distinctly democratic. What about some one that says zac posen dresses models, hollywood, and i will not look good in anything from Brooks Brothers. Im a regularly shaped woman. The steam starts coming out of my ears. Since the beginning of my career i haveve publicly dressed and represented women of all sizes, and thats the big part of who i the music world is buzzing about the grammys. Kevin frasier, cohost of entertainment tonight shows us some of the highlights. Reporter the imagery presented by kendrick lamar, stark, the setting a jail with lamar in chains. The grammys provided a showcase for the racially charged message and pure pop stylings of taylor swift who won album of the year for 1989. Swift used her acceptance speech to empower women after some of kanye wests recent lyrics claimed he was responsible for making her famous. There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success. And you dont let those people side track you. Some day when you get where you and you will know it was you and the paemeople who love you who put you there. A strange sound look an out of tune guitar marred adeles performance and then her mic dropped out. Adele tweeted, the piano mics fell on to the piano strings. The guitar sound. Made it sound out of tune. Blank happens. And rihanna who sang sunday night at a grammy event pulled out of the award show at the last minute. Her reps claiming fighting an infection and unable to perform. Despite the glitches, other artists shined. Ground control to major tom lady gaga transfirmed herself into multiple personas to pay tribute to the late david bowie. Turn paying tribute to Jackson Brown joined the surviving eeg eagles to celebrate the late glen frey. Take it easy Stevie Wonder joined an acapella tribute to earth, wind, fires maurice white. Lionel ritchie given a tribute for his music and humanitarian efforts. All night long and showed he still has what it takes to bring down the house. Oh yeah thats how to do it right there [ cheers and applause ] thats the cbs overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center here miller. An election prediction from president obama. I continue to believe, mr. Trump will not be president. Also tonight violent weather in the south including a tornado on an interstate. It was basically like the twister movie. Extreme weather fueled by el nino. Tonight well look at the effects from the u. S. To africa where millions are threatened with famine. People havent been able to plant their crops that they need to survive. And its showtime for americas top dogs. It doesnt get any better. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. The president has weighed in on the political phenomenon that is donald trump. Question at a News Conference late yesterday and he did not mince words. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. And the reason is because i have a lot of faith in the american people. And i think they recognize that that being president is a serious job. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show, its not promotion, its not marketing, its hard. Well, republicans were also hard on trump today. Nicki haley the governor of South Carolina said she will not endorse trump before the primary there on saturury. And in fact, haley said trump is everything a governor does not want in a president. Major garrett with the Trump Campaign in South Carolina. Major. Reporter scott, we asked the campaign for reaction to president obamas comments. Donald trump told me directly the following obama is lucky i if i ran instead of romney, he would have been a one term president. I have never see a human being lie so much. It was another pants on fire day in South Carolina as both donald trump and marco rubio accused ted cruz of being dishonest. Hate to say it about a person. During the debate. Rubio called him a liar. I felt a lot better. Spent the last two weeks, little really making stuff up. Both donald trump and marco rubio have a pattern if you point to the record, words that come out of their mouth the theyve dont respond on substance they scream, liar, liar, liar. Reporter in a lengthy post, he claims cruz midless voters. Trump describes himself as prolife and against obama care. Rubio told us, cruz distorts on many fronts. Didnt tell the truth about ben carson in iowa, not telling the truth about my position on health. Ted cruz is desperate. Look, he is, yeah, i think ted is a very unstable guy. Texas senator called for increasing the size of the u. S. Military in a speech aboard the u. S. S. Yorktown. We asked cruz about trumps unstable charge as he walked off the aircraft carrier. The reason donald insults is because he cant defend with substance. Social media is abuzz over the tweet from governor jeb bush showing a firearm with his name on it. Some supportive. Many said your campaign is dying, please, governor bush, dont take your own life, only in jest. But shows you how painful things have become for bush here in South Carolina. Never seen a primary like this. Major, thank you. The latest cbs news poll shows that trump is leading his closest rival in South Carolina, ted cruz, by better than 2 1. Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by 19 points. As both of them court africanamericans. Heres nancy cordes. Reporter we pray for Bernie Sanders. As one candidate met with black ministers in columbia, South Carolina, the other sat down with civil rights leaders in harlem. Both of them trying to send the same message. My campaign is really about breaking every barrier. Reporter clinton proposed a 2 billion plan to Reform School discipline policies that she says are failing black students. We will dramatically expand support for guidance counselors, school psychologists, and social workers. Black incarceration rates. Tell me why in the richest country in the history of the world why we should have more people in jail than any other country on earth . Anyone tell me why . Clinton is leading among South Carolina africanamericans by nearly 40 points. Sought to cement the advantage by implying sanders is new to the fight for racial equality. You cant just show up at election time and say the right things and think thats enough. Relationships a few weeks. Movement inspired his fight against wall street greed. People didnt cower. People didnt back down. People kept going forward. That my friend is courage. Reporter both candidates bring up race more frequently than thensenator barack obama perhaps, scott, because hes was all too aware back then that highlighting now. Nancy cordes, thank you. At the Supreme Court today Antonin Scalia for 30 years was draped in his honor. Scalia died apparently in his sleep over the weekend at the age 79. Senate republicans want to delay replacing scalia for nearly a year so the next president can make the choice. But today, mr. Obama said he plans to follow the constitution. Historically this has not been viewed as a question. There is no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off years. Thats not in the constitutional text. Im amused when i hear people who claim to be strict interpreters of the constitution suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are there is more than enough time for the senate to consider in a thoughtful way the record of a nominee that i present and to make a decision. In just a moment, what you need to know to prevent deadly accidents at rail crossings. And, private letters reveal a close relationship between a pope and a married woman. Right back. The federal Railroad Administration is imploring states to inspect stop lights at rail crossings. Many of them are not timed properly. Kris van cleave is looking into this. Reporter federal regulators say this shouldnt happen. A traffic light did not turn green long enough to give this semitruck enough time to get off the tracks before the train approached. The driver survived, but many dont. Another 419 were hurt at intersections where the stop lights are interconnected with the railroad equipment. Sarah fineberg. If the e affic signal is working, connected the right way to the Railroad Crossing equipment we should be able to keep people off the track when a train is coming. Reporter tonight federal Railroad Administration is issuing a safety advisory asking the states to inspect the Traffic Signals at Railroad Crossings nationwide. Really important to monitor the lights to make sure signals are not losing a second over team to make sure the traffic is moving through. Whenever drivers are approaching railroad tracks, they just have to assume that a train is coming. Reporter dr. Lany wilsons 14yearold daughter lauren died when the car sunny was riding in was struck by a train. Seemed like she had the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow. We were there with her until the crash. Then since then we have, we have done a lot to try to prevent other families. Reporter regulators are asking that event recorders be installed in these Traffic Signals to help determine if the signals are factoring into accidents. Scott, regulators are working with google to share gps data so one day drivers will be warned as theyre approaching train tracks. Chris, thanks. Today, pope francis went to the heart of mexicos drug war and challenged priests to fight injustice, violence and corruption. This comes at the same time of a fascinating revelation about Pope John Paul ii. Private letters reveal a close friendship with a woman that lasted for decades. Mark phillips has the story. Reporter he was then a young polish cardinal. And married. Yet when karol wojtyla, the man who would become Pope John Paul ii begin to collaborate with annateresa tymieniecka on a translation, something more than a book happened. They wrote to each other for the his letters recreated in a bbc documentary. Their relationship would test the cardinals vow of celibacy. You write about being torn apart, Cardinal Wojtyla wrote, but i can find no answer to these words. Particularly the word i belong to you. Malina malovsky, brokered the sale of the letters. I believe she fell in love with him. They didnt just write. They spent private times at her prompt in vermont. Skiing in poland. In the old communist days when he was in krakov, she had her letters hand delivered so the Party Officials couldnt use scandal to undermine the popular priest. Its good you sent your letters by hands, he says. It contains thing too deep for the sensors eyes. Stop. I am thinking about you he wrote. In my thoughts i come to pomfret her house in vermont every day. When he died, friend say, that the vatican wont confirm, she was at his bedside. The popes letters are now public. Annateresa tymienieckas letters to him have not been published. What a story they might tell. Mark phillips, cbs news, london. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Man sternly where do you think youre going . Mr. Mucus to work, with you. Man youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Im good all day. [announcer ] mucinex keeps working. Not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. Lets end this degree motionsense is the worlds first deodorant activated by movement. As you move, fragrance capsules burst to release extra freshness all day. Motionsense. Protection to keep you moving. Degree. It wont let you down. sounds of birds whistling music introducing new ky touch gel cr me. For massage and intimacy. Every touch, gently intensified. A little touch is all it takes. I think we shouldve taken a left at the river. 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David begnaud is there. At least four tornados barreled through south florida in the middle of rush hour this 86 to 110 mile per hour winds ripped the top off this 18 wheeler on floridas busy i95 in miami. Tossing the big rig on its side. And basically like the twister movie. The way to describe it. Something like a metal sign, bam, flashed. Hit the front of my car. And shattered the window. The strong gusts tore roofs off buildings. Uprooted trees and tossed some on houses. A power line snapped, starting a fire in this residential area of miami. This same storm system also spawned an ef3 tornado late yesterday in century, florida. On the alabama border. The over135 mile per hour winds, flattened cars, and destroyed homes. Southern mississippi was also hilt. This home was demolished. Sounds look a low flying jet. It did. In miami, 100 mile per hour look at the base. I am 61, nearly enough to swallow me. Scott, tornados here are not rare. Forecasters say because of el nino, south florida could get more tornados like today well into march. David begnaud thanks. The wild weather swings we have seen are caused in part by the phenomenon known as el nino. The warming of the pacific that lead to drought in much of africa and storms and high temperatures on americas west coast. We have two reports on this tonight, beginning with ben tracy on the southern california. Reporter this is winter on the west coast. With temperatures running 15 to 25 degrees above normal it looks and feels more like july than february. It is so hot outside. Its crazy. Just kind of embracing it. Going with it. Wow, look at this. Californians were expecting this. Nonstop rain storms fueled by one of the largest el ninos on record. Southern california is on a hot and dry streak. It has been 15 days since a drop of rain fell in los angeles. Nasa climatologist bill pastert called the massive band of warm water in a godzilla el nino predicted to drench drought ravaged california. Is this godzilla more bark than bite . El nino remains immense. It has the had a powerful impact over the last six months. Even this winter, all of the volatile weather we have had across the united states, the fingerprint of el nino is on all these events. Reporter turns out the el nino is so big it shifted the jet stream further north. Allowing storms to batter Northern California and Pacific North west. Rain soaked cliffs near San Francisco have been dropping into the ocean. But northern storms are also snow pack. Now the deepest it has been in more than a decade. Spring snow melt will help fill the states depletededeservoirs and 30 of californias water supply. The temperature hit 90 here today in los angeles. That is a new record for this date. But forecasters say they still expect those el nino rains and cooler temperatures to hit los angeles and scott they say that will happen in the next couple of weeks. Ben tracy for us tonight. Ben, thank you. Well there has been precious little water in southern and Eastern Africa where el nino is scorching the earth. The u. N. Says as many as a million children are at risk of starvation. Many are in the tiny nation of lesotho. We sent Deborah Patta there. Reporter dawn breaks. Villagers hope for rain but it promises to be another scorching day. Wakes her five grandchildren. Most of them orphaned by aids. It doesnt take long to get the three eldest ready for school, thats because there is nothing to eat. Like everyone else in the village. Malepota makaras crops have failed. It is painful, says 9yearold, to go to School Without food. This drought his grandmother explains is more severe than i have ever seen. Makara knows instinctively what experts have confirmed. Record in Southern Africa delaying the rains and putting 14 milliononeople at risk of starvation. A pitiful burst of rain in recent days coaxed out some greenery. It is a cruel illusion as it has come too late. This should be lesothos rainy season. Normally i wouldnt be able to stand here, because i would be instead the riverbed is bone dry. U. N. Humanitarian coordinator is worried at what is ahead . The rainfall has been delayed to an extent that people havent been able to plant the crops so, we are looking at people having not enough to eat, at least until, 2017. At school, makaras grandchildren get their one meal of the day. A bowl of watery pourage and corn. Schools are worried they will have to stop feeding schemes. Water is a concern. Lesotho trucks walter to the villages. A nearby dam has two weeks sa ply left before it too runs dry. At home, makara manages to downfor unripened peaches for younger children. Later when the brothers and first time. There is no supper once again. If i can just give them food and love, she sighs, then, they will be fine. Lesotho desperately need at least 27 million to feed people on the brink of starvation. They are battling to attract the attention of International Donors scott who are already overstretched dealing with global crises. Remarkable reporting from Deborah Patta in johannesburg. And well be right back. Tonight the grand finale of the westminster dog show, a super bowl without the tailgating just the tail. Heres don dahler. Reporter rumor has it that the german shepard named rumor slated to win best in show. The 4yearold female from wisconsin wowed the crowd yesterday taking best of breed honors, her owner kent boyles. Whats the difference between a true champion dog and a really well trained dog . She is very close to the breed standard, beautiful animal. Good attitude loves and shows. Most of the 3,000 dogs do seem to enjoy the attention, the primping and the cheering crowds. Judge Michael Faulkner involved with show dogs since he was 9 years old. Hearing the cheering, what is it about dogs that makes this event so big . That bond between dog and man is so important. Applause and glamour and doesnt get any better. The seven new breed in this competition raise the number to 197 include some faces and hair styles. Many fans have never seen before. It took Jackie Walker over ten years to get french herding dogs, Berger Picards into the big show. What process does it take to get a breed accepted . Very long one. Putting on shows and tests. Reporter all to reach the ultimate test. Performing in the center ring at westminster. In the midst of the pomp and pageantry, what is some times lost why we love the animals so much. Dogs just being dogs. Don dahler, cbs news, new york. Thats the cbs overnight news for this wednesday. For some, the news continues. For others check back later for the morning news and cbs this from the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. Overnight news. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the cbs overnight news, im michelle miller. We are three days away from a key race in the marathon run for the white house. The republican president ial candidates will compete this saturday in the first in the south primary in South Carolina. Frontrunner donald trump and jeb bush continue to trade jabs on the campaign trail, now bush has added a political heavyweight to his corner. Former president george w. Bush. Jeb bushs campaign is counting on the 43rd president to give his brother a much needed boost. Here is major garrett. President bush ended years of self imposed political exile and drew the biggest most enthusiastic crowd in south by itself the upbeat rally cannot reverse jeb bushs fortunes, running third or fourth. The event did take the edge off a nasty day of primary politicking. I think the voters should vote for the candidate who has got the most opinionated mother. Former president george w. Bush came to South Carolina on a rescue mission for brother jeb. In my experience, the strongest person usually isnt the loudest one in the room. George bush made a mistake. Reporter recent attacks by g. O. P. Frontrunner, donald trump on the former president s 9 11 leadership had jeb playing defense. He didnt know that 9 11 was going to happen. He rolled up his sleeves. He inspired us. Why do you mention jeb bush . He is not competitive. His brother came today. They have a thing. Trying to make competitive. Dont think it will happen. Reporter trump drove home his criticism at a glitzy primetime rally. Everything now is an offchute of the decision. Afternoon press conference, donald trump said bush overlooked warnings and mismanaged intelligence before 9 11. Was it negligence on the part i dont say anything. The World Trade Center came down the bush family was not Donald Trumps only target. I think ted is an unstable guy. I have never seen anybody that lied as much as ted cruz. Well bring a lawsuit if he doesnt straighten his act out. Ted cruz appeared unfazed. You cannot simply scream liar when somebody points out the actual position of donald trump. Reporter amid the ever nasery campaign, the brothers bush reunited to build momentum. I love my brother the i am happy that he came to do this. He can still bring it. Reporter after the rally, hitting the campaign trail. And likes jebs chances here in South Carolina. Meanwhile, trump said he again might run as independent if he doesnt secure the gop nomination. He also said that he might sue ted cruz over eligibility to run for the white house. One of the differences between jeb bush and donald trump is their positions on immigration. Trump called for the deportation of all illegal immigrants. Bush wants to give undocumented workers a path towards legal status. Jeb bushs approach is tempered in part by experience as governor of florida which has the the Third Largest hispanic population in the country. Many cuban refugees are trading miami for a different entry point into the u. S. Mark strassmann shows us why. Reporter every day, cubans cross this border bridge from mexico into laredo, texas. The cuban adjustment act guaranteed asylum to refugees fleeing the communist regime. They qualify for a green card after a year and a day. And citizenship five years but now theyre afraid the thawing of diplomatic relations will end that special protection. She says how was i supposed to get here if they change the law . It would have been impossible . Most cuban refugees no longer try to reach miami on make shift rafts. Capture and the currents are risky. They now fly to a latin American Country like ecuador. Then spend months making a 2,000 mile trip on land through half dozen countries before reaching the texas border. 51,000 arrived here last year. 68 of them through laredo. Whole transnational human smuggling operation. Jorge studies human migration patterns at Florida International university. Well organized . Very well organized. Second most profitable illegal network after the legally trade business. Most head to miami. At this Refugee Resettlement we met andres hernandez. His trip here from cuba, took eight months. He told us it was stress and days without eating. Worth it to him and cubans. Immigrants desperate to start fresh in america and worried they may soon join the back of the line with everyone else. Mark strassmann, miami. Newly released letters between Pope John Paul ii and married polish American Woman are getting a lot of attention. They reveal a powerful personal bond that lasted for decades. Here is mark phillips. Reporter imagine a cross between the vatican newspaper and hollywood gossip site, tmz, you might get Something Like the letters. Theyre about a story of unrequited love. Intellectual friendship with overlay of affects. Plenty of argument for both. In the beginning he was a dynamic, young, polish priest, from krakov. She was a polish emimiant, annateresa tymieniecka living in the u. S. And married. When they met to collaborate on english, something on another level clicked. They began an exchange of letters that continued for the apart. I can find no answers to these word, wojtyla says. Particularly the word i belong to you. As he rose up hierarchy they continued to correspond, the letters sent in a way to avoid communist sensors who could have used the width of scandal to undermine the powerful catholic church. It is good you sent your letters by hand it contains things too deeply personal. The couple spent time together in vermont, where annateresa had a house. In poland. More than friend, some said, less than lovers. When wojtyla is elected pope, communication would become more difficult but not impossible. Pope john paul soon wrote i promise i will remember everything at this new stage of my journey. I am thinking about you. In my thoughts, i come to pomfret, her house in vermont every day. She is said to have come to rome to be at his bedside as he was dying. But she has been removed from the official vatican history. The letters are held in the polish national library. Significantly his letters have now been released. But hers are still being kept secret. What a story they might tell about the life of this popular now sainted pope. Right back. cell phone rings where are you . Well the squirrels are back in the attic. Mom . Your dad wont call an exterminator. Can i call you back, mom . He says its personal this time. If youre a mom, you call at the worst time. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Where are you . Its very loud there. A Usa Today Network investigation has uncovered major flaws in the way many States Screen teachers and track misconduct. The probe into all 50 states and district of columbia revealed re than 20 states rereived a d or an f grade. David begnaud reports. Reporter more than three years ago Kindergarten Teacher resigned from her job in florida after she was accused of shoving, spanking and aggressively shaking a 6yearold. After she completed a deferred prosecution program. A year after that, she resurfaced at North Webster Junior High School in louisiana where she taught until last week. Sheila thornton says that she worked with her daughters dance team. We trust our school system. Just dont like the idea of a child batterer taking care of my child. Her background check system is almost set up as if teachers stay in one state for their whole career. And they they clearly dont. Reporter Usa Today Network Investigative Reporter steve riley says she is one example of teachers with checkered pasts slipping through the cracks of the system. Not only are parents unable to find information. Education agencies and School Districts dont have access to the comprehensivlist of teachers unable to teach because of Sexual Misconduct or physical the names of at least 9,000 educators disciplined are missing from a privately run, nonprofit database the nastek clearinghouse, the nations centralized system for tracking teacher misconduct. 1400 of those teachers had licenses permanently revoked. 200 for sexual or physical abuse. It is challenging. Because each of the states have rules and regulation that oversee the certification of is it perfect, no . Do we work to make it perfect . Every single dale. Reporter last year a georgia teacher resigned after a string of allegations including physical altercations with students. But that teacher still got a teaching license in both north and South Carolina. In 2006, dallas Area Middle School teacher, Stanley Kendall was captured on nabss to catch a predator allegedly soliciting a young boy for sex. I honestly didnt think he i thought about driving away when high saw him at the door. Reporter he lost his job and texas teaching less license. I let it happen because i didnt have the money to fight it. Years later, kendall returned to the classroom. Substituting in indiana until some one saw a rerun of the nbc program and alerted officials. And the cases are too many to ignore. Reporter pennsylvania senator pat toomey spent years pushing for federal regulations. Varpous states have wildly varying standards for doing background checks for employee. There is no good reaean why the children in a particular state should be more at risk than children in another state. As for the teacher, she resigned from her job in louisiana last week after usa today contact herd School District as part of its investigation. In a statement to cbs this morning, she said i made an error in judgment in florida it was greatly exaggerated. I learned from my misfake. I sought a second chance. And i got it. How do you track teachers like this . I guess right now you dont. This going on and no one is doing anything about it . Seems like our children are worth a little bit more than that to me. One of the smallest babies ever born who survived is now back home with her parents in north carolina. She arrived 14 weeks before her due date. And weighed 10 ounces. Mark strassmann was there for the homecoming in charlotte. I love you so much, baby girl. So happy. So happy. This is the best moment in my life. Reporter megan smith waited five months for this moment. The chance to go home with alaya, her baby girl. Allaya. Like dont cry. Im sorry. Im sorry. Im happy. Reporter allaya is a medical miracle. Formed outside of the womb. They were thrilled when they learned she was pregnant. But early on they could see this was not going to be easy. Barely 6 months in, the higher tension put megan at risk for a stroke. Allaya stopped growing inside her. Doctors had trouble finding a fetal heartbeat. Megan needed an emergency c section. Allaya as born, 14 weeks early. She weighed 10 ounces. And head to toe measured ten inches long. She is tiny. Size of a small kilten or smaller. A baby bird. A neo nay toll gist says allaya was born half the size of the smallest premature babies at levine Childrens Hospital in charlotte. What did you tell the parents . The risk was that she could very well die. As long as theyre, there is hope. But hope seemed like a stretch. Less than 1 of babies in the u. S. Are born as early as allaya. And her world for weeks was an incubator, respirator and series of challenges. Medical, technical, and emotional. None of her organs are work her skin is one cell layer almost like the bottom of a, blister. Even taking a blood sample was risky. Allaya was born with less than an ounce of it in her body. Because she was so small. She really was reaching the limits of our technology. So we had to sit down and get creative about our approaches to many things. One night her heart rate plummeted. Cpr brought her back to life. She left the hospital, six weeks after her original due date. Weighing 5 pounds, eight ounces. Almost 9 times her birth weight. Never doubted it. Oh, no. I refuse to put doubt in there. She was here for a reason. And, everything happens for a reason. Reporter tiny allaya was did you have faith . I had hope, faith, prayer. I had everything. There was no doubt in my mind that they couldnt dupe what they needed to do to make my baby live. Dr. Herman says she shows no signs of devil of mental issues. I am still in awe of her and her parents and awe of the team. I fought for her to live. And she fought to live. Im sitting in my living room holding my baby. Yea. There you go. Its joy. I love it. Look i finally have my baby home. Reporter allaya has more than lived up to her middle name. Faith. Mark strassmann, charlotte. Music introducing new ky touch gel cr me. For massage and intimacy. A little touch is all it takes. Ky touch. Degree motionsense. The worlds first antiperspirant with unique microcapsules activated by movement, that release bursts of freshness all day. Motionsense. Protection to keep you moving. Degree. It wont let you down. Living well your immune system works hard to keep you on top of your game. You can support it by eating healthy, drinking fluids, and getting some rest. And you can combine these simple remedies with airborne. No other leading immunity brand gives you more vitamin c. Plus it has a specially crafted blend of 13 vitamins, minerals and herbs. 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Reporter when zac posens fall and winter 2016 collection debuted last night the fashion world took notice. Why are all the fabrics on the ground . Theyre doing coloration. Reporter creating gracefulness by way of sim simplicity made the 35yearold one of the brightest fashion talents. His well known clients regularly land magazine covers and leading roles. Flashing reporter last month demi posen to the s. A. G. Awards. Posen created the dress in 2002. We put a dress on her from my second collection, she wore it. Kind of showed hollywood this its what a great star is. This is the power of it. Thats not something you can create. Reporter what is the business effect of such a high profile actress wearing one of your gowns . You cant directly necessarily quantify it unless that piece of clothing is in a star at the moment. Reporter when posen got his start, 14 years ago, Department Stores sold his lines. Now, as Shopping Habits evolve, he is ready to sell his pieces directly to his customers on line. Reporter you are going straight to ecommerce instead of the zac posen storefronts . I didnt want rent right now. Reporter right. I didnt want inflated rent. I would love to have a store. I did ecommerce first because i wanted to directly have the dialogue with the consumer. A collaboration with davids bridal, Engagement Rings he designs, all while creating his namesake Fashion Shows twice a year. Is burnout an issue at all . It has become a huge issue within fashion. The pace is enormous. The pressures are very high. Reporter when i read burnout had become a phrase that many in the fashion industry was talking about, one reaction that i had was like, well you are not pumping gas for a living, digging ditches or working in construction, real physical costs of burnout. Is it fair . Is that term a little bit its fair because it is real. However, working within fashion is an honor and a great luxury. There is no question. Listen, creative burnout and physical burnout is real. There are moments when i get home after overseeing almost 16 where i cant move. Reporter in addition to those 16 yearly collections, posen is also pairing up with Brooks Brothers. The brand recently chose him as the its creative director. Oh, wow. Look at this. Welcome. Reporter nice display here. Welcome to our world of brooks brother women. Reporter posens characteristic style, hourglass gowns, billowing trains, colors out of the crayola hits a practical tone. On the floor of the global retailer. Because, when i follow you on instagram, you do big dresses, spinning like this, full skirt comes out. Its like my gosh, the design element and everything. Big couture fashion as you say. This is different. Yes, this is very different. This is streamline. Great discipline on my part. Of not overdetailing. You dont want to put a big. You want a no, no, no. This is about making people look chic on the street. Reporter collaboration gives posen experience to hone what the working woman wears. Dont have to pick the top and bottom to go together. I think thats smart. I think dresses are really smart, liberating. Separates thing too hard to coordinate in the morning. Okay, thats good. Just put it on. Set to go. Dresses have the power. Knit suiting. Knit suiting. Comfortable on the go. Reporter the idea that a designer kno for his thousand dollar gowns now wants to dress Everyday Americans may sound unbelievable. We have to do color story. But posens perch in the fashion industry is distinctly democratic. What about someone who says, well, zac posen dresses models, hollywood actresses, and now i will not look good in anything from Brooks Brothers . Im a regularly shaped woman. The steam starts coming out of my ears. Since the beginning of my career i have publicly dressed and represented women of all sizes, of all colors. And thats the big part of who i am. World. The music world is buzzing about the grammys. Kevin frasier, cohost of entertainment tonight, shows us some of the highlights. Reporter the imagery presented by kendrick lamar, was stark, the setting a jail with lamar in chains. The grammys provided a showcase for lamars racially charged message, as well as the pure pop stylings of taylor swift who won album of the year for 1989. Swift used her acceptance speech to empower women after some of kanye wests recent lyrics claimed he was responsible for making her famous. There are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success. And you dont let those people side track you. Some day when you get where you are going, you will look around, and you will know it was you and a strange sound like an out uf tune guitar marred adeles performance and then her mic dropped out. Adele tweeted, the piano mics fell on to the piano strings. Thats what the guitar sound was. It made it sound out of tune. Blank happens. And rihanna who sang sunday night at a grammy event pulled out of the award show at the last minute. Her reps claiming fighting an infection and unable to perform. Despite the glitches, other artists shined. Ground control to major tom lady gaga transformed herself into multiple personas to pay tribute to the late david bowie. Nostalgic turn paying tribute to artists who recently passed away. Jackson brown joined the surviving eagles to celebrate the late glen frey. Take it easy Stevie Wonder joined an acapella tribute to earth, wind, fires maurice white. Te for his music and humanitarian efforts. All night long and showed he still has what it takes to bring down the house. Oh yeah [ cheers and applause ] captioning funded by cbs its wednesday, february 17th, 2016. This is the cbs morning news. Battle for the bench. President obama issues a challenge to Senate Republicans saying they have no constitutional grounds to refuse consideration of a new Supreme Court nominee. Order to unlock. A federal judge tells apple it must help the fbi hack into the iphone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Rock n roll returns to paris. Eagles of death metal take the stage in defiance three months after being targeted by terrorists. And meet the leader of the
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