Transcripts For WSPA CBS Overnight News 20151230

Be right back. [ vocalizing ] [ buzzing ] [ tree crashes ] [ wind howling ] now to ethan couch, the socalled affluenza kid. Couch was wanted for possibly violating probation in texas after beating prison time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. After a threeweek manhunt, omar via frank ca says he has been arrested in mexico. Ethan couchs newly dyed black hair didnt fool authorities who caught the teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charged in the deadly drunk drying accident. Tarrant county deanderson. We worked a tremendous amount of leads and learnrn through some interviews that they had planned to disappear, that they almost akin to a going away party. Reporter investigators say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck into mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north texas in the coastal resort town of Puerto Vallarta. They fled shortly after this video surfaced which appeared to show couch at a party with alcohol. Even though hes 18, Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson says couch is only facing juvenile justice. Im not satisfied with four months in a juvenile facility. Were asking for him to be moved to adult court. Reporter couch was only 16 when he avoided jail time and was sentenced to ten years probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident. His defense team argued that the teen suffered from something they termed affluenza, arguing thatis rich parents never taught him right from wrong. Sheriff, now that he is in custody, what do you want to happen to ethan couch in time well, id like for him to be held accountable. I dont think ten years probation was appropriate for killing four innocent people. Reporter even if couchs case is transferred to adult court, he only faces four months in jail because he was convicted as a minor. Jim, mexican officials tell cbs news couch and his mother will be flown back to texas tomorrow. Omar, thank you. Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke pled not guilty today in the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. Van dyke faces first degree murder charges after shooting the teenager 16 times. Dashcam video of the confrontation sparked days of protests when it was released last month. Van dykes lawyer says he may ask for a change of venue. The last day of the year is always among the most challenging days of the year for the new York City Police department. And two days away, paris and San Bernardino have only raised the stakes. Reporter with over a Million People expected in midtown manhattan and a billion more watching on tv, new york officials are determined to make times square the safest place on earth. Mayor bill deblasio. Were the best prepared city in the country. We know how to do big events. Weve shown it time and time again. Reporter 5,000 uniformed and undercover officers will be in the square. Garbage cans removed, Manhole Covers sealed shot, radiation detectors deployed. This year the nypd established a 500person special Response Unit that holds regular drills. At a new Operation Center in down the manhattan, officers monitor thousands of feeds. On new years eve the room will be staffed with members of governmental agencies. Last week james oneill gave us a tour. Do you think people should feel safe . Im notot going to tell them to feel safe. Work better than the nypd, along with our federal partners. Reporter but memories of the paris and california terror attacks are fresh. Commissioner bill bratton. The pattern this year has been terror attacks on relatively small soft targets with all the focus on times squaua, what about the thousands of businesses outside this area . Capabilities on the threat analysis beforehand the prevention side as well as the capability to respond very quickly, we believe we are as prepared as anybody can be. Reporter spectators coming into this area will all be searched and required to get to their places early and stay there. Jim, they will also not be allowed to bring in large bags, backpacks or alcohol. Don dahler in times square where it will be even busier in two nights. New information about the federal governments handling of the texas ice cream maker blue bell, the subject of a cbs news cbs news has learned the department of justice has started an investigation into blue bell after their ice cream was linked to a deadly listeria outbreak earlier this year. Three people died. An fda investigation found listeria in three of blue bells production plants in alabama, oklahoma, and texas. As well as records indicating the company knew one plant was contaminated at least as early as 2013. The fda investigation uncovered other troubling problems. Including condensation dripping directly into ice cream and unsanitary equipment. In april, blue bell shut down all three production facilities and recalled all its ice cream. Sources tell cbs news, the Justice Department is trying to determine what blue Bell Management knew about potentially deadly hazards in their plants and when they knew it. In october, gerald bland who worked at the blue bell factory in bren am, texas, described to on the wall by the three gallon machine, if it would rain real hard and water sat on the roof, it would just trickle down that wall. Reporter rain water from the roof. From the roof. Reporter would get into the factory. Yeah. Reporter another worker Terry Schultz told us his complaints to management about unclean conditions went nowhere. The response i got at one point was, is that all youre going to do is come in here and bitch every afternoon . What do you think his message to you was . Production was more importantpthan cleanliness. All three plants are now back up and running and by the end of next month, its ice cream will be back on the shelves in 15 states. Blue bell did not respond to our requests for comment today. This investigation into blue bell is being led by the same Justice Department lawyer who prosecuted the Peanut Corporation of america. The companys owner stewart shipping salmonella contaminated peanut products. That is the longest sentence ever for a food safetyrelated crime. Coming up next, walking while distracted is sending hundreds to hospitals. A former star of glee is arrested for child pornography. And mike tyson loses to hoverboard. Dish issues . Get cascade platinum. One pac cleans tough food better than 6 pacs of the bargain brand combined. Cascade. 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. Lets end this. cell phone rings where are you . 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. Where are you . Its very loud there. Are you taking a zumba class . I did everything i could to make her party perfect. Almost everything. You know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, ridx helps break down waste. Distraction turn deadly for a man who fell off a cliff in san diego on christmas day. He had been staring at his phone or camera completely unaware of the looming danger. As kris van cleave reports, this type of thing happens all the time. Reporter investigators believe Joshua Burwell may have been trying to take a picture of the sunset when he made the deadly 40foot fall. San diego lifeguard sergeant bill bender. Wasnt watching where he was walking looking more down at the device. Soccled distracted walking growing problem. The number of er visits for related injuries most often due to falling doubled between 2005 and 2010 to more than 1500 with millennials ages 21 to 25 the most likely to get hurt. Its important to recognize this as a problem. Reporter surgeon dr. Claudette la john believes the true number of injuries is even higher. When they come into my office, theyll have an injury and say they tripped over the curb but never admit they were looking down at their phone instead of looking in front of them. Security cameras capture this had woman who was so focused on her phone she walked into a fountain. This man fell right off the train platform. We spotted jordan video chatting while crossing a busy new york veet. I know i shouldnt. Kelly davis was working away as she walked to lunch. Have you ever had a moment where youve walked into absolutely, i walked into one of the very short like light posts. Reporter she may not be surprised by the findings of a 2014 study that estimated nearly 10 of all pedestrian injuries are due to distraction. Jim, i know it sounds obvious, but if youre looking down at your phone, you may not see an obstacle right in front of you in time. Chris, thank you. An unlikely pedestrian was that is just ahead. One of the stars of the fox tv show glee was arrested today for possession of child pornography. Mark salling played puck on the program. Police say they served a warrant at his home and took the 33yearold actor into custody. Glee aired its final episode earlier this year. Mike tyson was once one of the most feared plen on the planet, but the heavyweight became a heavy weight on a hoverboard. Oh, my. That could be the hardest hes ever hit the floor. Tysons daughter got him the hoverboard for christmas and clearly, it won this round. In northern california, this question. Why did the elephant seal want to cross the road . She tried several times to cross highway 37. Wildlife teams shoot her back into San Pablo Bay each time but she kept coming back. They believe she may be pregnant. Late today, they tranquilized some of this countrys top t we close tonight with a mission to change the composition of Classical Music. Not the sound, but the color. Fewer than 4 of symphony musicians in this country are black. Lee cowan found its not for lack of talent. Reporter rachmaninoff was seamless on this night in charleston, south carolina. Remarkable because this was the musicians had ever played together. Maestro Marlin Daniel conducts not only the orchestra but this festival called the color of you know a lot of musicians of color get pigeon holed into jazz and hiphop and all these things. Reporter its a stereotype. A big stereotype. A lot of people find there are not any musicians of color out there doing clack cal music but there are actually in reality tons of us. Reporter clarinettist robert davis says in most symphonies he sticks out as a black classical artist but not here. You usually see the same ones. I came down here and theres another group. Like where are they coming from. I was shocked about that. Reporter the festival highlights black classical composers. On this night, it was a dolphus hail stark performed one block from the Historic Church where in june a gunman opened fire killing nine. Were very lucky. Pringle who founded the event helps sites liking there will help diversify other orchestras. I think that most orchestras want to change. They just dont know how to change. Reporter and how do they change . By having people at the table who look like me. Reporter music should be color blind and to make it that way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors. Reporter a unique unity that for a few days at least makes for an especially powerful sound. [ applause ] lee cowan, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. And thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others collect back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new news. News. Im michele miller. Police in mexico have captured the socalled affluenza teen, tonya. The pair had been on the run for weeks after a video surfaced that could send the teen to prison for years. At 16 years old, couch killed four people in a drunk driving accident but he avoided jail time by claiming he was so rich and pampered that he didnt know right from wrong. His next lesson will come in fort worth, texas. Omar villal frank ca is at the Tarrant County courthouse. A bizarre International Search for the socalled affluenza teen and his mother is now over. But the question of why they were running, thats just getting started. And son, are now in the hands of mexican authorities after the pair was apprehended in puerto val yar ta on the Pacific Coast of mexico. This new image released by mexican officials shows the 18yearold couch with an altered appearance, his blonde hair now a dark brown. Ethan couch who is being south now by the u. S. Marshals service. Reporter earlier this month, the two disappeared after couch missed a meeting with his probation officer. Ethan couch made headlines two years ago when he eluded jail time after killing four people in a drunk driving crash. During the trial, a psychologist testified on behalf couch saying the teen suffered from affluenza, suggesting his parents wealth left him without a sense of responsibility. Officials believe the pair may have fled because of this video. It surfaced earlier this month and appears to show couch at a party where a drinking game was this could have violated his probation. Even though hes 18, couchs case hasnt been moved over to adult court and that means at worst he will face sentencing in front of a juvenile judge and it could only go to juvenile detention. The Pentagon Says Coalition air strikes in iraq and syria over the past month have killed state. One of the dead linked to last months terror attacks in paris. Inside the war zone, the Iraqi Military is fighting to drives the last remaining pockets of isis gunmen out of the city of ramadi. Elizabeth palmer reports from london. Reporter finally, the symbol of victory. For the First Time Since may, iraqs flag was hoisted over government buildings. All week, Iraq Special Forces had led the fight to retake ramadi. They won, thanks to better equipment and more than 600 air strikes by Coalition Planes on but the iraqis also won because theyve been learning on the job. In ferocious battles in tikrit earlier this year, they managed to push isis out. In ramadi, they did it without major help from regular shiite militias. For these soldiers, that was a big morale boost. Cbs News National security analyst juan xeroti. Theyre better trained and enabled in part through the u. S. And Coalition Partnership but also they have greater will and capacity. They are clearly fighting with more strategic intent and capability. Reporter the battle to retake ramadi important though it was, is just preamble for whats coming in 2016. On national television, iraqs Prime Minister warned we are coming to Liberate Mosul next and deal isis a fatal blow. First though, the government will have to repair the damage to lure residents back. And keep them loyal so isis stays on the run. And the iraqi army is warning that operations in ramadi arent entirely over yet. There are still pockets of isis fighters in at least one suburban the city is heavily bobby trapped. Officials at the Southern California gas company say they finally located the source of a gas leak that forced thousands of people from their homes. We have the story from los angeles. Reporter an underground well at the natural gas facility in the hills of porter ranch is leaking. This is infrared camera shows methane gas billowing into the air. It was shot by the Environmental Defense fund. A law firm representing several homeowners filing suits against Southern Californias Gas Utility Company shared these images. You could smell the gas inside the house with the windows closed. Just smacked you in the face. Reporter Robin Shapiro move her family into her parents hoe after she claims the gas made them sick. I was getting headaches that were lasting days and days. Migrainelike headaches. Then my son started getting bloody noses. And respiratory issues for both of my children. Reporter the leak started in october. So far, more than 6500 families have filed for help. But the gas Company Admits theres a backlog and only 2200 have been relocated. Students at two schools will move to other schools when classes are back in session next week. Once the leak is stopped, well be able to evaluate what caused the leak and we will be able to evaluate how much natural gas escaped as a result of the incident. Reporter the state agency that monitors air quality of gas is released every hour, but Health Officials say methane doesnt pose longterm health risks. To fix the leak, the gas company drilled a relief well nearby using Magnetic Technology workers have located the leaking well some 4,000 feet below ground. They have to drill another 4,000 feet where theyll intersect the faulty well, then fill it with cement to seal it. A solution that cant come soon enough for homeowners like Robin Shapiro. We feel like this is never going to end and we have nobody to thank but the gas company. Reporter fans of heavy metal are mourning the death of lemmy kilmister, the lead singer and bassist of motorhead. Lemmy as he was known to just about everyone turned 70 Christmas Eve and had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Anthony mason has his story. Bring on motorhead. We play rock n roll. Reporter with his gravelly british rocker embodied the soul of heavy metal influencing generations of performers. Reporter lemmy formed motorhead in the mid70s and the band produced music with a hard gutteral sound. In 1980, the ace of spades cracked the charts in britain and the u. S. And became a heavy metal anthem. Have a drink. Reporter with his heavy drinking and wild antics, lemmys lifestyle appeared to live up to the lyrics in the songs he wrote. Mama, im coming home he penned hits for other performers such as mama im coming home for ozzy osbourne. Last night osbourne tweeted lost one of my best friends lemmy today. He was a warrior and a legends. Fans salemy will be remembered for staying true to himself and i did it right, you know. Thats about as much as i can say. Thats the biggest thing that i can say, that you did it rightits taco tuesday. Man youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Im good all day. Lysol spray kills 99. 9 of bacteria. Making it more than just the pungent stink neutralizer. Its even the prevent mold on the shower curtain for up to 7 days spray. Discover more ways you can use lysol star wars the force awakens continues to break box office records. It sold 1 billion worth of ticks faster than any movie and doing it without crater george lucas. He has had no role in this film. Lucas sat down with charlie rose to discuss life, love and what it means to be a directoror well, a director is just somebody whos got a fetish with making an the world to be the way he wants it to be, sort of narcissistic. Thats you . All director, theres no different. And youre a director. All directors are vaguely lime emperors which is i want to build the society to reflect me and what i want. But a director can do it with a going to create a world where people can fly. George lucas didnt create a new society. He constructed an entire galaxy. On its surface, the star wars series is a scifi space odyssey with odd creatures and epic space battles. But its genius lieie in the simple story beneath all of that. He told me you killed him. Timeless elements like family. I am your father. Is ththdarkside stronger. No, no. Reporter and the fight between good and evil. I felt a great disturbance in the force. Reporter as its crater lucas has been called one of the most innovative filmmakers in history but in his heart he considers didnt you intend to create three movies when you started . And then you decided only to take one part of that life story. Yeah, i took the first act but then the first act didnt really work so i said okay, what im going to have to do is take the ending of the third film and put it on the first film. What you do, youve got a bunch of stuff sitting on your desk as youre creating. Lets me stick that in here and make it. So i wasnt worried that much about the sequels when i was actually making it because i have to make this the best film. Then when i moved onto the other ones, i said behnken know by is now dead. I killed him. How am i going to fix that. And what am i going to do about the fact that i blew the death star up and thats what the ending is . But part of it was simply when i got down to some of the other movies i was able to create an environment and a world that so to me, getting yoda to do a sword fight which id always wanted to do but could never do it because he was a muppet. Lucas became a pioneer in the world of special effects. G geral command ship is dead ahead. Reporter his work forever changed the way films are made. And he changed how they sound, too. One in his 1973 hit american graffiti, lucas opted out of a traditional composer he narrated the entire story with popular songs. Make a lovely night thats the clearest end point for a teenager is the music. Half of what a teenager is is music. You know, and the other half is trouble or raging hormones. But at the same time, its reporter cars and music and raging hormones. Yeah, i should have called it that. We were looking for a title and you finally figured it out. Yes. Studio wanted to call it another slow night in modesto, but cars, music and raging hormones would have been it could have been a hit. Lets go surfing now the low budget film was one of the most commercially successful films of its time. Before he was 40, lucas went on to make the first three star wars and Indiana Jones raiders of the lost arc. And then he walked away. I mean i gave up directing in order to become a dad. For 15 years. I just ran a company and was an innovateor innovator, but it was not doing what i really liked to do which is actually make movies. Because yeah, i and i never was one of those things where you dont expect it to happen but once i was a dad, it was like a bolt of lightning struck me. Reporter lucas adopted his first daughter with his wife marsha in 19 1 after they divorced, he adopted two more children and raised them as a single dad. Everybody says the following things theyre soo very different. Then in 2013, he married mel dil hop son an investment executive and cbs news contributor. The thing we discovered which we call a miracle is the fact were exactly the same. Together they have a 2yearold daughter. Its a miracle. Thats how i see it. It shouldnt have happened and somehow it did. Reporter here at skywalker ranch north of san francisco, george is once again able to concentrate on being a father. Three years ago, he sold his Company Lucas films to disney for 4 billion. Reporter let me just talk about the force awakens. Probably needs this. Reporter how do you feel about it . Well, its you know, i made the decision to sell the company. With star wars. I made that decision because i looked at the future, i thought that i was going to have a baby, i looked at the fact that i was married and wanted to build a museum. And i looked at the fact that i wanted to make experimental films. So my life was going on a different track. So that started that ball rolling. And so in the end, when i sold it, they hired jay jay to come in. Are you at peace with this. Yeah. As much as you can be . Yeah, no, i said look, im fine. Fortunately im old enough to have been through all this stuff before. And im sure it will do magnificent business. Im sure theyll do a great job. You know, it will be different everything hes done has earned him a prestigious Kennedy Center honor. George lucas. Hes a pathfinder and a pioneer. At the awards his good friends Steven Spielberg explained the lucas legacy best. George lucas changed movies forever. I was successful because i made one movie every three years. He makes three movies every year. I said when are you going to retire . He said im not going to retire. My ultimate dream is to die on a set. I said gee, my ambition is to die in bed watching one of your movies on television. Reporter but that doesnt mean h hs slowing down anytime soon. Because you have worn all of these hats though, filmmaker, director, story teller, writer, technological innovator, what do you want the first line of your i was a great dad. Or i tried. Hi, anne. How are you doing . Hi, evelyn. I know its been a difficult time since your mom passed away. Yeah. I miss her a lot, but im okay. Wow. That was fast. This is the check ive been waiting for. 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Their nick names. Ellen. Thats nice and your name . My name is jean. Zhou peng goes by vic. Why do you have an english name . Everyone has one at work, he told us. But many nicknames do not exactly translate well to native english speakers. Weve met a girl named king and at starbucks a ghost and a right as in mr. Right. A lot of expats and International Restaurants around. Reporter Lindsay Jernigan was introduced to the phenomenon when she moved from washington, d. C. To shanghai and started meeting people. And their names were boat, yoyo, 11, apple and there are normal once that didnt fit like what did you think of all these names . At first i was sort of confused. I was more curious. Why is this your english name. Reporter in all of this, the 26yearold jernigan saw an opportunity and launched a website to help chinese find an english name. Here we have the name. We have the origin, meaning. Our target audience is really 18 to about 30. Its people that are kind of getting a little bit more serious about their job or studying abroad or going abroad multinational company. Reporter users can take a quiz or for 45 get a 30minute oneonone consultation. Jernigan explains the meaning of names and says chinese often want one thats uncommon and similar to their chinese name. I always kind of like when Chinese People say i dont have an english name. Im going to s sck with my were in china. Yeah, totally. On our website, we never say english name. Its very much a resource for people actively already looking for an english name. Almost all of my friends have their english name. Reporter meet this 28yearold, formerly known as 11. The number of her favorite soccer player. When you told people my name is 11. Uhhuh. What did they say . Thats my trouble. They always say where is seven. The famous Convenience Store in china. So they always say where is seven. Where is seven . I dont know. Youd say gosh, another 7eleven joke. Of an working with jern ing withing with ing withing with governor jernigan become kiera. Kiera is not that common. It sounds smart and keira knightley. Sure. Jernigan says it can hard to explain why some names just dont work. You run into people here have the name scarlet and violet. I totally understand why its confusing. Theres a learning curve for all involved. This juice store manager was formerly known as ding. His knew name courtesyf jernigan took some practice for his father. Evan. Evan. Evan . Evan . Thats what your dad said . Yeah. He couldnt pronounce it when you told him . Yeah. Reporter now, this goes both ways. In japan, they have a hard time pronouncing the th in my name seth so they call me sees sue. Here in china, the ministry of Foreign Affairs has given me a chinese name. Thats do an. 2 palestinians much kindness. For cbs morning, im seth doane in shanghai. Be right back. On 2015 is coming to a close and Charles Osgood looks back on the year that was. Reporter january brought the terrorist attack on the french magazine charlie hebdo. It had lampooned islam. 13 people were killed. Millions would soon rally in paris saying charlie. In february, isis shocked the world again. Posting online videos of a captured jordanian pilot being burned alive and later the mass beheading of 21 coptic christians. We remember march for the crash of the germanwings jetliner. 150 lives were lost. When the copilot deliberately apriled the plane into the in april, a boston jury convict marathon bomber. May saw the duke and duchess present Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana to the world. Im always going to be your dad. In June Caitlyn Jenner formerly known as bruce jenner made her debut. And the Supreme Court made samesex marriage a right nationwide. A mile long tunnel provided mexicos powerful drug lord el chapo an escape from prison in july. That same month, pluto was revealed in spectacular photos snapped by a nasa spacecraft. In august, news that minnesota dentist Walter Palmer had killed zimbabwes beloved cecil the lion for sport triggered global outrage. Lifeless body on a kurdish beach in september quickly became a symbol of the worlds indifference to the apply the of syrian refugees. October brought an official end to chinas controversial onechild policy. Allowing families now to have two children. Islamic terrorists targeted paris again in november. 10 people would die in multiple attacks. Leaving the heart of the french nation badly wounded. And this month, radicalized husband and wife killers would take 14 lives in San Bernardino, california. And two weeks ago, 2g0 nations met in paris to adopt the first global pact to combat climate change. Thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others collect back with us a little bit later for the from the broadca hell at the airports. High water along the mississippi. Flooding, snow and ice from a storm that wont quit. Also tonight, caught in mexico. The teen who once beat a prison term by claiming to be too spoiled to know right from wrong. Walking into danger. The consequences of paying too much attention to the cell phone. And music should be color blind and to make it that way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors. Reporter a maestro on a mission. Captioning funded by cbs scott pelley is off. Im jim axelrod. The deadly storm system that swept through the south and northern new england. Half a foot has f flen in maine. Its also producing hick flooding in missouri where theyre filling and stacking sandbags to hold back the surging Mississippi River. Bad weather is blamed for more than 10,000 flight delays over two days and more than 4,000 cancellations. We have a team of correspondents deployed beginning with adriana diaz at chicagos ohare airport. Adriana . Reporter all day long, weve seen lines stretch across the length of the term naal as passengers try to get through security to their gates. Many flights were canceled or delays. Crowded chaos took over the terminals here. Checkin lines six rose deep. Security checkpoints packed with passengers running out of patient. I dont even know what to think. Reporter 800 flights were canceled or delayed by late this afternoon on top of a nearly 1400 canceled yesterday. With an estimated 80,000 trying through ohare today, emotions were high. I want to speak to someone. This is such [ bleep ]. Its such [ bleep ]. Reporter hundreds were stranded last night with no place to go. 850 were able to get cots but scott mill man and his girlfriend hope slept on the cold hard floor after their flight to portland, oregon, was cancelled. Ive been using my coat as a blanket or a mattress. Yeah, this is my pillow right here. Reporter flightaware said ohares location is critical to air travel nationwide. Its a large hub for American Airlines and united airlines, as well. Chicago is a vital artery for the United States air traffic system. Reporter as the wintry mix moved east dumping as much as a foot of snow from new york to maine, delays moved with it. More than 800 flights at new yorks three area airports were 400 or so at bostons logan airport. Back here at ohare, American Airlines rebooked scott and hope on another flight but it leaves next year on new years day. Is the airline paying for your hotel . No, they wont pay for anything. Reporter it will take at least one more day for flights to return to normal here at ohare. Part of the problem is flights are mostly full because of the holidays leaving few seats for rebooking. Adriana diaz with the stranded travelers at ohare. Tror recollectional rains have swollen rivers in illinois and missouri. The Mississippi River is expected to crest on thursday south of st. Louis at levels that could exceed t t historic 1993 flood. Union, missouri, has already flooded. Russell kinsaul of kmov is there. Russell . Reporter yeah, jim, at least two dozen homes are underwater and a number of businesses, as well. This mcdonalds a gas station, a hotel and a jimmy johns ago is now flooded. There have been 13 deaths most from people driving through water rushing across roadways. Jay nex on declares a state of emergency. He was in the st. Louis area today touring some hard hit areas in st. Charles county. All of this heavy rain has created what is beak ten extra vertical feet of water. There have been mandatory evacuations and requests forevolunteers to fill sandbags. In st. Louis today, they needed volunteers to fill 20 thousand bags and some of those lunteers that showed up today were children on their holiday break. In some places water is up to the rooftops of homes and some businesses are underwater. The burbis river is causing all of the flooding and theyre saying it will reach an alltime high when it crests later today. Russell kinsaul with the devastating floodwaters in missouri, thank you. Lets bring in eric fisher from our cbs boston station wbz. Get . Were watching a widespread area of 8 to 14 inch rainfall. Just over the last seven days alone creating the huge issues weve been seeing in this Mississippi River basin. We look across 20 different states here. All these rivers that all feed into the mississippi reaching at least major flooding if not a record flooding. A lot of these crests the highest in at least several decades. All this water feeds into the Mississippi River at st. Louis crest ong thursday at 44 feet. 14 feet more to rise. Arkansas river at little rock will be cresting on friday at 26 feet. Very high water levels. Now, the good news is here that as we look over the next seven days, a much drier pattern s ss up an all across the region. It wont stop the flooding expected but at least it wont exacerbate the problem anymore. Garland texas has begun the cleanup after tornadoes damaged or destroyed nearly 800 homes there. Property can be replaced but lives cannot. Reporter in bad shape. I lost my wife. She was my best friend. Reporter ruben porras and petra ruiz were married for ten years with four young children. He had both worked as paralegals. For christmas, ruben surprised his wife with a special hair appointment. She was on her way home saturday night when she connected with her husband on facetime. We were just talking about dinner. And all of a sudden, she just started screaming. Reporter she starts screaming. And she all i said was babe, whats wronging . The image just became black. Reporter using a mobile app and gps, ruben tracked his wifes phone to the crash site and asked his brotherinlaw to drive him there. Blocked by fire trucks and debris, he ran the last mile and a half to find his wife. I see her vehicle. It was really it was crushed. I was hoping she would still be alive in there, you know . Reporter you crawled into the car . I crawled into the car to try to help her. Reporter about five hours later, porras came home and called his children together. I said mommy was in a terrible accident. And shes left us. But she will be watching over. Reporter petra ruiz was one of eight people who died in the city of garland. All of those victims died in their vehicles. David begnaud with the heart breaking story. Thank you. Will be right back. Almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. Together we can help them with three simple words. My name is chris noth and i will listen. From maine to maui, thousands of High School Students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. Chris young action teams of High School Students are joining volunteers of america and Major League Baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. Carlos pea its easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on all cbs cares now to ethan couch, the socalled affluenza kid. Couch was wanted for possibly violating probation in texas after beating prison time in a fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. After a threeweek manhunt, Omar Villafranca reports couch has been arrested in mexico. Ethan couchs newly dyed black hair didnt fool mexican authorities who caught the texas teenager on monday despite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charge in the deadly drunkiving accident. We worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had planned to disappear, that they even had something that was reporter investigators say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck into mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north texas in the coastal resort town of Puerto Vallarta. They fled shortly after this video surfaced which appeared to show couch at a party with alcohol. Which might have violated his juvenile probation. Even though hes 18, Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson says couch is only facing juvenile justice. Im not satisfied with four months in a juvenile facility. Were asking for him to be moved to adult court. Reporter couch was only 16 when he avoided jail time and was sentenced to ten years probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident. His defense team argued that the teen suffered from something they termed affluenza, arguing that his rich parents never taught him right from wrong. Sheriff, now that he is in custody, what do you want to happen to ethan couch this time around . Held accountable. I dont think ten years probation was appropriate for killing four innocent people. Reporter even if couchs case is transferred to adult court, he only faces four months in jail because he was convicted as a minor. Jim, mexican officials tell cbs news couch and his mother will be flown back to texas tomorrow. Omar, thank you. Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke pled not guilty today in the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. Van dyke faces first degree murder charges after shooting the teenager 16 times. Dashcam video of the confrontation sparked days of protests when it was released last month. Van dykes lawyer says he may ask for a change of venue. The last day of the year is always among the most challenging days of the year for the new York City Police department. And two days away, paris and San Bernardino have only raised the stakes. Heres don dahler. People expected in midtown manhattan and a billion more watching on tv, new york officials are determined to make times square the safest place on earth. Mayor bill deblasio. Were the best prepared city in the country. We know how to do big events. Weve shown it time and time again. Reporter 5,000 uniformed and undercover officers will be in times square. Snipers will be on rooftops garbage cans removed, Manhole Covers sealed shut, radiation detectors deployed. This year the nypd established a 500person special Response Unit that holds regular drills. At a new Operation Center in downtown manhattan, officers monitor thousands of camera feeds. On new years eve the room will be staffed with members of governmental and private agencies. Last month, chief james oneill gave us a tour. Do you think people should feel safe . You know what, im not going concerned but im not going to tell them to feel safe. I dont think anyone does this work better than the nypd, along with our federal partners. Reporter but memories of the paris and california terror attacks are fresh. Commissioner bill bratton. The pattern this year has been terror attacks on relatively small soft targets with all the focus on times square, what about the thousands of businesses s tside this area . Both through capabilities on the threat analysis beforehand, the prevention side of it as well as the capability to respond very quickly, we believe we are as prepared as anybody can be. Reporter spectators coming into this area will all be searched and required to get to their places early and stay there. Jim, they will also not be allowed to bring in large bags, backpacks or alcohol. Don dahler in times square where it will be even busier in two nights. Thanks u. Now to new information about the federal governments handling of the texas ice cream maker blue bell, the subject of a cbs news investigation this fall. Cbs news has learned the started an investigation into blue bell after their ice cream was linked to a deadly listeria outbreak earlier this year. Three people died. An fda investigation found listeria in three of blue bells production plants in alabama, oklahoma, and texas, as well as records indicating the company knew one plant was contaminated at least as early as 2013. The fda investigation uncovered other troubling problems. Including condensation dripping directly into ice cream and unsanitary equipment. In april, blue bell shut down all three production facilitits and recalled all its ice cream. Sources tell cbs news, the Justice Department is trying to determine what blue Bell Management knew about potentially deadly hazards in their plants and when they knew it. In october, gerald bland who worked at the blue bell factory in brenham, texas, described to cbs news unsanitary condiions on the factory floor. On the wall by the three gallon machine, if it would rain real hard and water sat on the roof, it would just trickle down that wall. Reporter rain water from the roof. From the roof. Reporter would get into the factory . Yeah. Reporter another worker Terry Schultz told us his complaints to management about unclean conditions went nowhere. The response i got at one point was, is that all youre going to do is come in here and bitch every afternoon . What do you think his message to you was . Production was probably more important than cleanliness. All three of blue bells plplts are now back up and running and by the end of next month, its ice cream will be back on the shelves in 15 states. Blue bell l d not respond to our requests for comment today. This investigation into blue bell is being led by the same Justice Department lawyer who prosecuted the Peanut Corporation of america. The companys owner Stewart Parnell got 28 years for shipping salmonella contaminated that is the longest sentence ever for a food safetyrelated crime. Coming up next, walking while distracted is sending hundreds to hospitals. A former star of glee is arrested for child pornography. And mike tyson loses to be right back. 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. 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Reporter investigators believe Joshua Burwell may have been trying to take a picture of the sunset when he made the deadly 40foot fall. San diego lifeguard sergeant bill bender. Wasnt watching where he was walking looking more down at the device. Socalled distracted walking especially from handheld devices like cell phones is a growing problem. The number of er visits for related injuries most often due to falling doubled between 2005 and 2010 to more than 1500 with millennials ages 21 to 25 the most likely to get hurt. Its important to recognize this as a problem. Reporter surgeon dr. Claudette lajam believes the true number of injuries is even higher. When they come into my office, for instance, theyll have an injury and theyll say they tripped over the curb but theyll never admit na they were looking down at their phone instead of looking in front of them. Mall security cameras captured this woman who was so focused on her phone, she walked fountain. This man fell right off the train platform. We spotted jordan videochatting while crossing a busy new york street. I know i shouldnt. Kelly davis was working away on her phone as she walked to lunch. Have you ever had a moment where youve walked into something or fallen or absolutely, i walked into one of the very short like light reporter she may not be surprised by the findings of a 2014 study that estimated nearly 10 of all pedestrian injuries are due to distraction. Jim, i know it sounds obvious, but if youre looking down at your phone, you may not see an obstacle right in front of you in time. Chris, thank you. An unlikely pedestrian was one of the stars of the fox tv show glee was arrested today for possession of child pornography. Mark salling played puck on the program. Police say they served a warrant at sallings home and took the 33yearold actor into custody. Glee aired its final episode earlier this year. Mike tyson was once one of the most feared men on the planet, but the heavyweight became a heavy weight on a hoverboard. Oh, my. That could be the hardest hes ever hit the floor. Tysons daughter got him the hoverboard for christmas and clearly, it won this round. In northern california, this question. Why did the elephant seal want to cross the road . She tried several times to cross highway 37. Wildlife teams shoot her back into San Pablo Bay each time, but she kept coming back. They believe she may be pregnant. Late today, they tranquilized her and planned to take her to a national seashore. Thats next. We close tonight with a mission to change the composition of Classical Music. Not the sound, but the color. Fewer than 4 of symphony musicians in this country are black. Lee cowan found its not for lack of talent. Reporter rachmaninoff was seamless on this night in charleston, south carolina. Remarkable because this was the very first time many of these musicians had ever played together. Maestro Marlin Daniel conducts not only the orchestra but this festival called the color of music now in its third year. Of color get pigeon holed into jazz and hiphop and all these things. Reporter its a stereotype. A big stereotype. A lot of people find there are not any musicians of color out there doing Classical Music when there are actually in reality tons of us. Reporter clarinettist robert davis says in most symphonies he sticks out as a black classical artist but not here. You usually see the same ones. But then i came down here, and theres a whole other group. Where are they coming from . So i was very, very shocked about that. Reporter the festival highlights black classical composers. On this night, it was adolphus hail stark and his serenade performed one block from the Historic Black Church where in june a gunman opened fire, killing nine. Were very lucky. Pringle who founded the event hopes sites like this will help diversify other orchestras. I think that most orchestras want to change. They just dont know how to change. Reporter and how do they change . By having people at the table who look like me. Reporter music should be color blind and to make it that way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors. Reporter a unique unity that for a few days at least makes for an especially powerful sound. [ applause ] lee cowan, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. And thats the 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 in new this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im michele miller. Police in mexico have captured the socalled affluenza teen, ethan couch and his mother tonya. The pair had been on the run for weeks after a video surfaced that could send the teen to prison for years. At 16 years old, couch killed four people in a drunk driving accident but he avoided jail time by claiming he was so rich and pampered that he didnt know right from wrong. His next lesson will come in fort worth, texas. Omar villafranca is at at Tarrant County courthouse. A bizarre International Search for the socalled affluenza teen and his mother is now over. But the question of why they were running, thats just getting started. Ethan and tonya couch, mother mexican authorities after the pair was apprehended in Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific Coast of mexico. This new image released by mexican officials shows the 18yearold couch with an altered appearance, his blonde hair now a dark brown. Ethan couch who is being saw the now by the u. S. Marshal service. Reporter earlier this month, the two disappeared after couch missed a meeting with his probation officer. Ethan couch made headlines two years ago when he eluded jail time after killing four people in a drunk driving crash. During the trial, a psychologist testified on behalf of couch saying the teen suffered from affluenza, suggesting his parents wealth left him without a sense of responsibility. Officials believe the pair may have fled because of this video. It surfaced earlier this month and appears to show couch at a party where a drinking gamamwas being played. This could have violated his even though hes 18, couchs case hasnt been moved over to adult court and that means at worst he will face sentencing in front of a juvenile judge and it could only go to juvenile detention. The Pentagon Says Coalition air strikes in iraq and syria over the past month have killed ten top leaders of the islamic state. One of the dead has been linked to last months terror attacks in paris. Inside the war zone, the Iraqi Military is fighting to drives the last remaining pockets of isis gunmen out of the city of ramadi. Elizababh palmer reports from london. Reporter finally, the symbol of victory. For the First Time Since may, iraqs flag was hoisted over government buildings. All week, Iraq Special Forces had led the fight to retake ramadi. They won, thanks to better equipment and more than 600 air strikes by Coalition Planes on isis targets. But the iraqis also won becausus job. In ferocious battles in tikrit earlier this year, they managed to push isis out. In ramadi, they did it without major help from irregular shiite militias. For these soldiers, that was a big morale boost. Cbs News National security analyst juan xeroti. Theyre better trained and enabled in part through the u. S. And Coalition Partnership but also they have greater will and capacity. They are clearly fighting with more strategic intent and capability. Reporter the battle to retake ramadi important though it was, is just preamble for whats coming in 2016. On national television, iraqs Prime Minister warned we are coming to Liberate Mosul next and deal isis a fatal blow. First though, the government will have to repair the damage to lure residents back and keep them loyal so isis stays on the run. And the iraqi army is warning that operations in ramadi arent entirely over yet. There are still pockets of isis fighters in at least one suburb, and the city is heavily booby trapped. Officials at the Southern California gas company say they finally located the source of a gas leak that forced thousands of people from their homes. Maria villareal has the story from los angeles. Reporter an underground well at the natural gas facility in the hills of porter ranch is leaking. This is infrared camera shows methane gas billowing into the air. It was shot by the Environmental Defense fund. A law firm representing several homeowners filing suits against Southern Californias gas utility cocoany shared these images. You could smell the gas inside the house with the windows closed. Just smacked you in the face. Reporter Robin Shapiro moved her family into her parents home after she claims the gas made them sick. I was getting headaches that were lasting days and days, migrainelike headaches. Then my son started getting bloody noses and respiratory issues for both of my children. Reporter the leak started in october. So far, more than 6500 families have filed for help. But the gas Company Admits theres a backlog and only 2200 have been relocated. Students at two schools will move to other schools when classes are back in session next week. Once the leak is stopped, well be able to evaluate what caused the leak and we will be able to evaluate how much natural gas escaped as a result of the incident. Reporter the state agency that monitors air quality estimates nearly 70,000 pounds but healththfficials say methane doesnt pose longterm health risks. To fix the leak, the gas company drilled a relief well nearby using Magnetic Technology workers have located the leaking well s se 4,000 feet below ground. They have to drill another 4,000 feet where theyll intersect the faulty well, then fill it with cement to seal it. A solution that cant come soon enough for homeowners like Robin Shapiro. We feel like this is never going to end and we have nobody to thank but the gas company. Reporter fans of heavy metal are mourning the death of lemmy kilmister, the lead singer and bassist of motorhead. Lemmy as he was known to just about everyone turned 70 Christmas Eve and had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Anthony mason has his story. Bring on motorhead. We play rock n roll. Reporter with his gravelly vocals and signature style, the generations of performers. Reporter lemmy formed motorhead in the mid70s and the band produced music with a hard gutteral sound. In 1980, the ace of spades cracked the charts in britain and the u. S. And became a heavy metal anthem. Have a drink. Reporter with his heavy drinking and wild antics, lemmys lifestyle appeared to live up to the lyrics in the songs he wrote. Mama, im coming home he penned hits for other performers such as mama im coming home for ozzy osbourne. Last night osbourne tweeted lost one of my best friends lemmy today. He was a warrior and a legend. Fans say lemmy will be remembered for staying true to himself and his music. I did it right, you know. Thats about as much as i can can say, that you did it right. Star wars the force awakens continues to break box office records. It sold 1 billion worth of tickets faster than any other movie and is doing it without crater george lucas. He has had no role in this film. Lucas sat down with charlie rose to discuss life, love and what it means to be a director. Well, a director is just somebody whos got a fetish with making the world to be what he wants it to be, sort of narcissistic. Thats you . All directors. Theyre no different. And youre a director. All directors are vaguely like emperors which is i want to build the society to reflect me and what i want. But a director can do it with a lot less money and just say im people can fly. George lucas didnt create a new society. He constructed an entire galaxy. On its surface, the star wars series is a scifi space odyssey with odd creatures and epic space battles. But its genius lies in the simple story beneath all of that. He told me you killed him. Timeless elements like family. I am your father. Is the darkside stronger . No, no. Reporter and the fight between good and evil. I felt a great disturbance in the force. Reporter as its crater lucas has been called one of the most innovative filmmakers in history, but in his heart he considers himself a story teller. Three movies when you started . And then you decided only to take one part of that life story . Yeah, i took the first act but then the first act didnt really work so i said okay, what im going to have to do is take the ending of the third film and put it on the first film. What you do, youve got a bunch of stuff sitting on your desk as youre creating. Let me take that and stick that in here and make it. So i wasnt worried that much about the sequels when i was actually making it because i have to make this the best film. Then when i moved onto the other ones, i say kenobi is now dead. I killed him. How am i going to fix that. And what am i going to do about the fact that i blew the death star up and thats what the ending is . But part of it was simply when i got down to some of the other movies i was able to create an environment and a world that wasnt possible when i started the first one. Sword fight which id always wanted to do but could never do it because he was a muppet. Lucas became a pioneer in the the generals command ship is reporter his work forever changed the way films are made. And he changed how they sound, too. One, two, 3 004 00 rock. In his 1973 hit american graffiti, lucas opted out of a traditional composer. He narrated the entire story with popular songs. Make a lovely night thats the clearest end point for a teenager is the music. Half of what a teenager is is music. You know, and the other half is trouble or raging hormones. But at the same time, its thats what the movies about. Reporter cars and music and yeah, i should have called it that. We were looking for a title and you finally figured it out. Yes. The studio wanted to call it another slow night in modesto, but cars, music and raging hormones would have been it could have been a hit lets go surfing now the low budget film was one of the most commercially successful films of its time. Before he was 40, lucas went on to make the first three star wars and Indiana Jones raiders of the lost ark. And then he walked away. I mean i gave up directing in order to become a dad. You know for 15 years, i just ran a company and was and i know straighter, but it was not doing what i really liked to do which is actually make movies. Reporter because you wanted because yeah, i and i never was one of those things where you dont expect it to happen but once i was a dad, it was like a bolt of lightning struck me. Reporter lucas adopted his first daughter with his wife marsha in 1981. After they divorced, he adopted two more children and raised them as a single dad. Everybody says the following things theyre so very different. Then in 2013, he married melody hobson an investment executive and cbs news contributor. We call a miracle is the fact were exactly the same. Together they have a 2yearold daughter. Its a miracle. Thats how i see it. It shouldnt have happened and somehow it did. Reporter here at skywalker ranch north of san francisco, george is once again able to concentrate on being a father. Three years ago, he sold his Company Lucas films to disney for 4 billion. Who are you . About the force awakens. Probably needs this. Reporter how do you feel about it . Well, its you know, i made the decision to sell the company with star wars. I made that decision because i looked at the future, i thought that i was going to have a baby, i looked at the fact that i was married and i looked at the fact that i wanted to build a museum and i looked at the fact that i wanted to make experimental films. So my life was going on a so that started that ball rolling. And so in the end, when i sold it, they hired j. J. To come in. As much as you can be . Yeah, no, i said look, im fine. Fortunately im old enough to have been through all this stuff before. And im sure it will do magnificent business. Im sure theyll do a great job. You know, it will be different from what i would have done. Everything hes done has s center honor. George lucas. Hes a pathfinder and a pioneer. At the awards his good friend Steven Spielberg explained the george lucas legacy best. Forever. I was successful because i made one movie every three years. He makes three movies every year. I said when are you going to retire . He said im not going to retire. I said, my ultimate dream is to die on a set. And just keel over in the middle of shooting. I said gee, my ambition is to die in bed watching one of your movies on television. Reporter but that doesnt mean hes slowing down anytime soon. Because you have worn all of these hats though, filmmaker, director, story teller, writer, technological innovator, what do you want the first line of your obituary to say . I was a great dad. cell phone rings where are you . Well the squirrels are back in the attic. Mom . Your dad wont call an exterminator. Can i call you back, mom . He says its personal this time. If youre a mom, you call at the worst time. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Where are you . Its very loud there. Are you taking a zumba class . I did everything i could to make her party perfect. Almost everything. You know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, ridx helps break down waste. Man sternly where do you think youre going . Mr. Mucus to work, with you. Its taco tuesday. 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. In china, english nicknames are all the rage. Seth doane caught up with one american helping people find just the right name. Too lessen those lost in translation moments, its common nicknames are unusual. I worked with a girl named haze spelled haze and my chinese teacher is named echo. On the streets of shanghai, we met chen yinge and wang jing. Their nicknames . Ellen. Thats nice and your name . My name is jean. Zhou peng goes by vic. Why do you have an english name . Everyone has one at work, he told us. But many nicknames do not exactly translate well to native english speakers. Weve met a girl named king and at starbucks a ghost and a right as in mr. Right. A lot of expats and a lot of different International Restaurants around. Reporter Lindsay Jernigan was introduced to the phenomenon when she moved from washington, d. C. To shanghai and started meeting people. And their names were boat, yoyo, 11, apple and there are like edison, edi for short. These names . Confused. Why is this your english name . Reporter in all of this, the 26yearold jernigan saw an opportunity and launched a website to help chinese find an english name. Here we have the name. We have the origin, meaning. Our target audience is really 18 to about 30. Its people that are kind of getting a little bit more serious about their job or studying abroad or going abroad or even working in china in a multinational company. Reporter users can take a quiz or for 45 get a 30minute oneonone consultation. Jernigan explains the meaning of names and says chinese often want one thats uncommon and similar to their chinese name. I always kind of like when Chinese People say i dont have an english name. Im going to stick with my chinese name. Were in china. Yeah, totally. On our website, we never say Chinese People have to have an english name. People actively already looking for an english name. Almost all of my friends have their english name. Reporter meet this 28yearold, formerly known as 11. The number of her favorite soccer player. When you told people my name is 11 uhhuh. What did they say . Thats my trouble. They always say where is seven. 711 eleven is the famous Convenience Store in china. So they always say where is seven. Where is seven . I dont know. Youd say gosh, another 7eleven joke. After working with jern garngs 11 became keera. Kiera is not that comn. It sounds smart and keira knightley. Sure. Jernigan says it can be hard to explain why some names just dont work. You run into people here named green or yellow but you have the name scarlet and so why . I totally understand whyts confusing. Theres a learning curve for all involved. This juice store manager was formerly known as ding. His new name courtesy of jernigan took some practice for his father. Evan. Evan. Evan . Evan . Thats what your dad said . Yeah. He couldnt pronounce it when you told him . Yeah. Reporter now, this goes both ways. In japan, they have a hard time pronouncing the th in my name seth so they call me sess sue. Here in china, the ministry of Foreign Affairs has given me a chinese name. Thats do an. It means much kindness. For cbs this morning, im seth doane in shanghai. Be right back. O 2015 is coming to a close and Charles Osgood looks back on the year that was. Reporter january brought the terrorist attack on the french magazine charlie hebdo. It had lampooned islam. 13 people were killed. Millions would soon rally in paris saying charlie. In february, isis shocked the world again. Posting online videos of a captured jordanian pilot being burned alive and later the mass beheading of 21 coptic christians. We remember march for the crash of the germanwings jetliner. 150 lives were lost. When the copilot deliberately aimed the plane into the french alps. Convicted marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. A month later he was sentenced to death. May saw the duke and duchess of cambridge present their new daughter, Princess Charlotte elizabeth die and fla to the world. Im always going to be your dad. In June Caitlyn Jenner formerly known as bruce jenner made her debut. And the Supreme Court made samesex marriage a right nationwide. A mile long tunnel provided mexicos powerful drug lord el chapo an escape from prison in july. That same month, pluto was revealed in spectacular photos snapped by a nasa spacecraft. In august, news that minnesota dentist Walter Palmer had killed zimbabwes beloved cecil the lion for sport triggered global outrage. Kurdees lifeless body on a kurdish beach in september quickly became a symbol of the worlds indifference to the plight of syrian refugees. October brought an official end to chinas controversial onechild policy. Allowing families now to have two children. Islamic terrorists targeted paris again in november. 130 people would die in multiple attacks. Leaving the heart of the french nation badly wounded. And this month, radicalized husband and wife killers would take 14 lives in San Bernardino, california. And two weeks ago, 200 nations met in paris to adopt the first global pact to combat climate change