In another breaking news story tonight, a mistrial has been declared in the murder case of a black man who was shot in the back by a north charleston, South CarolinaPolice Officer. A unanimous verdict was required, but the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked. Mark strassmann was there when the decision came down. Mark . Reporter scott, the jury deliberated for 22 hours, they could only agree there was no point continuing. The cell phone video of a white Police Officer shooting a fleeing black suspect in the back shocked the country. But in court, a mistrial became a real possibility last friday when a juror wrote the judge that in good conscience he or she could not kid a guilty verdict. And the scott family said, they were prepared to be disappointed. Michael slager cannot escape what is coming to him. But for now slager remains free on bail. Up to the prosecutor to decide whether to have another trial. Whats likely to happen . Scarlet wilson said she is going to retry slager, first has to prosecute the states case against dylann roof, charged with the Charleston Church massacre here last year, killing nine people. Federal trial starts wednesday. Could be months is retried. Mark strassmann, thank you. Note on the president ial transition. The trump braintrust will include a brain surgeon. Today the president elect said he will nominate former rival, dr. Ben carson to be secretary of housing and urban development. One of the big surprises of the president ial campaign was the explosion of fake news on the internet. Fantastic tales that some believed to be true. Item led to a dangerous situation in washington. Reporter 2yearold edgar welch was arrested in washington sunday afternoon outside comet pingpong, a popular family pizza parlor. D. C. Police say welch fired at least one round into the restaurant floor with an ar15 rifle like this one, on his facebook page. No one was injured. Police say welch drove all the way from North Carolina to selfinvestigate fictitious online conspiracy theory. Pizza gate started on the internet before election day when rightwing sites that make up fake news spread rumors Hillary Clinton was involved in a child sex trafficking ring in d. C. Court docknts ss document show that welch read on line that he was there to rescue them. He surrendered when he found no evidence that underaged children were being harbored in the michael j. Flynn, son of michael t. Flynn chosen by president elect trump to be his National Security adviser. The two were seen together at trump tower last month. After welchs arrest sunday, the younger flynn tweeted until pizza gate proven to be false it will remain a story. General flynn himself has also spread stories, claiming to link mrs. Clinton to criminal activity. Six days before the election. Flynn tweeted you. Decide. Hillary emails. Muls read, the story he referred to was fake. This is not the first time pizza gate believers have confronted comet pingpong owner james oliphantus. He says he has been getting threats for weeks. These stories are false. What happened today demonstrates that promoting false and reckless conspiracy theories do come with consequences. Experience. Sharifa comet pingpong with his wife and three children when welch walked in. This is nothing but terrorism. It should be condemned as such. In addition to the ar15. Welsh was carrying a handgun and shotgun in his car. Scott, charged with multiple offenses. Chip reid, thank you. Tonight protesters are celebrating unexpected victory. In their fight to block an oil pipeline in north dakota. An occupation began in the engineers refused to issue a Building Permit for a section near the Standing Rock sioux reservation. Reporter scott, while thousand are bracing for blizzardlike conditions, the mood here is definitely warm. Cheers erupted and tears flowed as news spread throughout the camp that pipeline construction would not continue under the missouri river. Reservation. But many active tiss. Told me despite the news theyre staying to make sure this isnt a temporary victory. Energy transfer Partners Funding the piem line called the decision purely political. Theyre counting on the Trump Administration to reverse the decision to. Day a spokesperson for president elect trump said the incoming president , support the construction of the pipeline. People here are bracing for more snow. Scott, the forecast calls for subzero thanks. To today the u. N. Security council tried to impose a ceasefire to allow civilians to escape aleppo, syria, but russia and china vetoed the plan. No surprise. Russia is backing the Syrian Military as it destroys neighborhoods held by rebels. War correspondent debora patta is in aleppo. Reporter once a thriving builter fighting between the rebels and the government has destroyed it. A Syrian Government soldier leads us to the body of a man we says was a rebel fighter. The rebels in eastern aleppo are being pushed back by the syrian army together with russias military muscle. When a mortar landed on a hospital we were summoned to seep the aftermath. When we got there, we found russian troops. A russian general told us two nurses had sthap a they are not opposition fighters theyre terrorists he said. They kill civilians. Civilians bearing the full front of the battle under syrian and russian bombs. If they want to escape the bombing, they must run the gaunt let of this road. Becoming vulnerable to sniper fire. Mustahof, and this shelter with equally scared of being killed by the rebel fighters as they are of being captured or killed by pro government fighters. They are just very afraid, he said. Simply stuck in the middle and not taking sides. Next door, 100yearold fatima alfaoud lets out a painful wail. My heart is broken for imagined she would wind up like this. Clear from the devastation, we saw, scott, that the sear yand and rush forces have not held back. And theyre prepared to take back aleppo no matter how many lives are lost. Debora patta reporting from the war zone. Deborah, thank you. Coming up next, police shut down a crime that held thousand of comrspute hostage. T sound so. Take mucinex dm. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. Jack be nimble, jack be quick, jack knocked over a candlestick onto the shag carpeting. And his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. Luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. Because all his belongings went up in flames. And now has new pants he ordered from banana republic. Visit geico. 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Computer servers in four countries and stole hundred of millions of dollars. Sue song, the acting u. S. Attorney for Western District of pennsylvania. We successfully identified computers in 189 computers throughout the word we calculate, 20,000 malware infected computers in the United States. In allegheny county, pennsylvania, investigators accused cyberthieves of over and freezing some Government Computers until ransom was paid. Criminals hacked two unnamed Pennsylvania Companies and attempted wire transfers totaling more than 600,000. The theft used socalled malware which infects computers after victims click on phony link. Those behind avalanche were providing servers for krim namz to use in cyberattacks. Often stolen money was laundered through money mules, the big break in the operation came when German Police reverse engineered the code that operation avalanche was using. Scott, german investigators brought in the fbi to trace the servers some in the u. S. And canada. Jeff peg ues. Thank you. In a moment, the best of the the Kennedy Center honors were awarded last night. Such a fine sight to see. The kings of leon performed the eagles song take it easy. Cowritten by the late glen frye, Kennedy Center honors air december 27th right here on cbs. coughs that cough doesnt sound so good. Well i think you sound great. Move over. Easy booger man. Take mucinex dm. Itll take care of your cough. Fine ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. Ah david, please, listen. Still not coughing. Not fair you guys waffles are my favorite ah some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. The bible says there is a time for everything. And in this nation so sharply divided, two churches in macon, georgia, decided it is a time to heal. Jam james brown has their story. Reporter it is sunday morning and First Baptist church is making a joyful noise. . Baptist church of christ is starting its worship. Like many churches in america the difference between the two is pretty much black and white. The First Baptist church. The one i pastor. First Baptist Church of christ where i pastor. You guys have been around the corner from each other for how long . Since 1887. How often have you guys interacted one with another . Reporter pastor Scott Dickerson and James Goldsby met two years ago and decide it was time for their congregations to got to know each other. Not only do their churches share a name, but they share a history. In 1826 one church, white slave owners worshipped in the front with their slaves in the back. By 1845, Church Records show that the slaves out numbered owners two to one. So a separate was formed. Most people are familiar with what dr. King said was the most segregated hour in america is worship hour, is that still the case . The reality is, yes it still is. I think so. But i also think we wouldnt worry so much about that one hour a week of being divided if we werent so divided the other hours of the week. After the tragic murders ate a charleston our chch last year the two pastors got their two and impact on their community. We were the only nonafroamerican people in the room. On this night before thanksgiving, Church Members met to break bread. And walls, that have separated them for years. One door that said colored, and one door that said white. My first consciousness. For three hours they shared funny stories and sad ones too. By the end of the night thewo 19yearold Ethan Thompson may have summed it up best. This has taught me that despite what the world is telling us right now, that this kind of conversation is possible. A conversation that perhaps can build a new future. James brown, cbs news, macon. And thats the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us just a little bit later for the dont miss, cbs this morning. From the broadcasten cter in new york city, im scott pelley. Announcer this its the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news, im michelle miller. Donald trumps president ial transition continues to chug along. Mr. Trump named ben carson as choice to head the housing department. He discussed Climate Change with al gore. And candidates for secretary of state. Mean while, mr. Trumps choice for National Security adviser is being dragged into a political firestorm. It involves a fake news story about Hillary Clinton, a pizza shop, and allegations of child abuse. Reporter 28yearold edgar welch was arrested in washington sunday afternoon outside comet pingpong, a popular family pizza parlor. D. C. Police say welch fired at least one round into the restaurant floor with an ar15 rifle like this one, on his facebook page. No one was injured. Police say welch drove all the way from North Carolina to selfinvestigate pizzagate, a fictitious online conspiracy theory. Pizza gate started on the internet before election day when rightwing sites that make up fake news spread rumors Hillary Clinton was involved in a child sex trafficking ring in d. C. Court docen read on line that the comet restaurant was harboring child sex slaves and he was armed to help rescue them. He surrendered when he found no evidence that underaged children were being harbored in the restaurant. Pizza gate has been pushed by michael j. Flynn, son of michael t. Flynn, chosen by president elect trump to be his National Security adviser. The two were seen together at trump tower last month. After welchs arrest sunday, the younger flynn tweeted until general flynn himself has also spread stories, claiming to link mrs. Clinton to criminal activity. Six days before the election. Flynn tweeted you. Decide. Nypd blows whistle on new hillary emails. Money laundering, sex crimes with children, et cetera. Must read. The story he referred to was fake. This is not the first time pizza gate believers have confronted comet pingpong owner james oliphantus. He says he has been getting threats for weeks. These stories are false. What happened today demonstrates that promoting false and reckless conspiracy theories do come with consequences. This was a terrifying experience. Sharifa comet pingpong with his wife and three children when welch walked in. This is nothing but terrorism. It should be condemned as such. At the pipeline protest in north dakota, the chairman of telling supporters to head home. The protesters won a victory when the army corps of engineers put the brakes on the stretch of pipeline that runs under the missouri river. But a lot of those camped out dont trust the government and are planning to stay. Omar villafranca is there. Reporter while thousand are bracing for blizzardlike conditions, the mood here is definitely warm. Cheers erupted and tears flowed as news spread throughout the camp that pipeline construction would not continue under the missouri river. That provides water to the sioux reservation. But many activists told me despite the news theyre staying to make sure this isnt a temporary victory. Energy transfer Partners Funding the pipe line called the decision purely political. Theyre counting on the Trump Administration to reverse the decision. Today, a spokesperson for president elect trump said the incoming president , support the construction of the pipeline. People here are bracing for more snow. Italys president is asking Prime Minister mateo renzi to delay resignation until parliament can pass a federal budget due at the end of the month. Renzi went to the president ial palace to resign after his referendum calling for government reform was rejected by the voters. Renzi told the president , it is not possible to continue in his post. Seth doane is in rome. Renzi, latest in a string of populist upsets. The Prime Minister said the people had spoken. He would turn in his rezing nation to italys president today. Italian Prime Minister renzi wanted voters to choose si, the reforms he argued would decrease bureaucracy. His case wasnt convincing enough. I have lost he said. And i say it out loud. Although with a lump in my throat. Renzi personalized the about on 60 minutes. Its become a vote about you and thats not good. Yes. This is, was my mistake. In the first days of electoral campaign. I understand a mistake. The opposition celebrated the news, one of the loudest no voices was, the five stars movement. This vote here in italy continues this seen in the u. S. And elsewhere here in europe. Yes. We asked Louis University professor pier palabanino about the shock to the system. Uncertainty is something that the mark doesnt like. And in a year there are a lot of degree of uncertainty. And this crisis comes at a time of high unemployment and significant debt issues here in italy. Across europe antiestablishment parties are watching this vote germany. At the united nations, russia and china blocked a draft resolution in the Security Council that called for a seven day truce around the syrian city of aleppo. Syrian Government Troops backed by russia are closing the noose on rebel held parts of the city, but as debora patta reports, moscow isnt only providing air support, but Ground Troops as well. Reporter once a thriving aleppo neighborhood. But look at it now. Builter fighting between the rebels and the government has destroyed it. A Syrian Government soldier leads us to the body of a man we says was a rebel fighter. The rebels in eastern aleppo are being pushed back by the syrian army together with russias military muscle. When a mortar landed on a hospital we were summoned to see the aftermath. When we got there, we found russian troops. A russian general told us two they are not opposition fighters theyre terrorists he said. They kill civilians. Civilians bearing the full front of the battle under syrian and russian bombs. If they want to escape the bombing, they must run the gaunt let of this road. Becoming vulnerable to sniper fire. Mustahof, and this shelter with his three sons. He told us the men inside, are by the rebel fighters as they are of being captured or killed by pro government fighters. They are just very afraid, he said. Simply stuck in the middle and not taking sides. Next door, 100yearold fatima alfaoud lets out a painful mournful wail. My heart is broken for syria, she cries, she never took a side and never this. The cbs overnight news will be right back. coughs cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex i had frequent heartburn, but. My doctor recommended prilosec otc 7 years ago, 5 years ago, last week. Just 1 pill each morning. 24 hours and zero heartburn, its been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10 straight years, and its still recommended today. Use as directed 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, 60 minutes. How often have you speaking to the president elect. About every day. Do you call him or he call you . Both. He answers his cell phone. I shouldnt say that. He answers the phone. You call him on the cell phone. How does he answer . He says, hi, hello. He doesnt say, this is the president elect. He calls me paul. I call him mr. President elect. I have reference for the office. Yeah he is casual. About. Yeah, yeah. How long do the conversations go on . 4045 minutes. Have you told him being president is not being ceo of the United States that the congress is going to have a say . We have talked about that extensively. We have talked about the constitution. Article one of the constitution. Sepp raegs separation of powers. He feels under president obamas watch he stripped a lot of power away from the constitution away from the legislative branch of the government. We want to reset the power so that people and the constitution are rightfully restored. Thats what donald trump believes. He believes in the separation of power. You dont think he things he is going to run the country the way he wants to . No, i think he understands there is a constitution and that those separate but ookable branches of government give us a limited government the he believes that. You called donald trump a racist . No, i didnt. I said his comment was. Uhhuh. Not sure there is a great deal of day light between those two ineffective and disloyal . Have you patched it up . Yeah, we have. We are fine. We are not looking back. That is behind us. We are way beyond that. Now we are talking about how we fix the countrys problems. Im curious, how did you patch it up, who apologized to whom, how did that conversation go . It went fine. Pretty much the day after the election, maybe two days after the election, decided to let bygones be bygones move forward and fix the problem. Over and done with. We have had productive conversations. Reporter paul ryan led the majority in the house just over a year. He took the job, reluctantly, when his predecessor gave up on trying to pull the fractured party together. Ryan is 46, from wisconsin, and an expert on the budget. What is the first bill you intent to pass . The first bill we are going to be working on is obama care legislation. Repeal it first . Yes. Not pulling the rug out from we want to make sure we have a transition people yud. People can get better coverage at better price. Months, years . Cant give you an answer. People talked three years in terms of transition. I dont know the answer to that now. What we know is that we have to make good on this promise, we have to bring relief as fast as possible to people who are struggling under obama care. What do republicans intend to put in its place . Patient centered health care that gets everybody access to Affordable HealthCare Coverage so they can buy what they people will still get coverage regardless of their preexisting condition . We think preexisting condition is an important feature of any health care system. Children on their parents plans until 26 . Something we actually have had in our plan as well. And, women will pay the same as men . That didnt use theed to be the case . Depends on the age of a person. We believe that, we should have support based on age. Sicker and older you get, the more support you ought to get. Assistance than a person with high income. Is your plan going to cover everyone in america . We will give everyone access to affordable coverage. In the first year what do you expect through the congress . Really want to focus on Economic Growth and growing the economy. A lot of regulations that are really crushing jobs. Look at the coal miners in the rust belt out of work, look at the loggers, in the timber workers in the paper mills in west coast, look at ranchers, or farmers in the midwest, with regulations. Environmental regulations . Smarter regulation that help us grow jobs in this country. We want to have good stewardship and conversation of the environmentment and Economic Growth. We have anning noming growth problemen america. Limping along. Wages are flat. Jobs arent being created to the extent they could and should be. Regulatory relief is very, very important. Thats something we will work on day one. Ryan told us that he can now support trumps changed Illegal Immigrants to focussing on only those who have committed crimes and from building a 2,000 mile wall to something less. We are not working on a deportation force. Heres what we are working on with respect to immigration. Securing our border, enforcing laws. He talked criminal aliens. Enforcing laws for people who came here illegally, came and committed violent crimes. We should enforce those laws. But really what we are focused on is trump said he was going to bill a wall . Conditions on the ground deter men what you need in an area. Some areas you may need a wall, some areas double fencing. My own view, whatever kind of device or barrier or policy to secure the border is necessary to secure the border do it. And you can see the full report on our website, cbs news. Com. The overnight news will be right back. coughs cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. James taylor one of seven performing artists celebrated at thKennedy Center honors. Before the show he sat down with our own norah odonnell. . No one can tell me that im doing wrong . Reporter away from the bright lights and crowd add reas arenas, james taylor spends most day in the serenity of the berkshires. Yeah, yeah, we have been up here for the past dozen years, maybe, 13, 14 years. Reporter most of the songs for his latest album before this world, were recorded in this home studio. . This was your first collection in 13 years. Yeah, it has been a long time. The music was always there. Taylor only needed the time to reach it. Take is a couple days of empty time before idea start to show up. Reporter what is empty time . Used to be this thing called boredom. It pretty much has been eradicated. It doesnt exist anymore. It turned out a lot of things got done when you were bored. Growing up in North Carolina, you know we had a lot of empty time. . In my mind im gone to carolina . Another. You pretend if you were a songwriter. Then maybe it turned out you were. Reporter take me back to james taylor at 19. Well, i had been in new york with this band, the flying machine for lack of a better name. . But my eyes are made for for darkness . Reporter turned out there was another flying machine doing better than we were. It wasnt great. The flying machine crashed and burned. I went back down to North Carolinaing lick my wound, i ha pound, was like a deck chair in a high wind. My dad came and he heard my voice on the phone. He said, you stay there, james, i am going to come get you. He and my brother, hugh, drove up the coast, moved my meager belongings back down to North Carolina the i sat around there for a bout six months. And talked my folks into buying me a ticket to go to london and to visit a friend of mine over there. Reporter you were the first beatles label. Uhhuh. It was, an amazing stroke of good luck. And it, it it got that first album, you know for awful its rough edges and faults, it got the first album recorded. It got me noticed a little bit. . Theres something in the way she moved . Reporter the earliest reviews of your work were noteworthy. I think you were described as the huh. Reporter your music was called the coolest breath of fresh air. I dont know, saying all this stuff. But, yeah. Reporter taylors second album, sweet baby james, delivered his first top ten hit. . Ive seen fire and ive seen rain . . Ive seen sunny days that i next year he landed on the cover of Time Magazine as the face of new rock. . Thought id find a friend . That really got peoples attention particularly my family and my friends and my, you know, the culture at large, Time Magazine was still a really big deal. And yeah, that was that was a big change. . Good night moonlight ladies . Ne your look as a cowboy jesus. When you look at the pictures. These people are mory yae tiff than i. I dont know. I thought i was trying to look like george harrison. . And you need some loving care . Reporter nearly all of taylors songs are personal reflections, but his first and friend, carole king. . See you again . You talked abut you got a friend. And she said, he showed me the confidence, he completely mentored me as a performer. A really beautiful tribute. That is a lovely thing to say. Yeah, carole, of course was a huge talent. She is genuine. Very genuine. Reporter you sold 100 ive heard that figuree, bounced about. And thats hard to believe. Thats a lot of records. Reporter yeah, yeah, and, lots of grammys. And now the Kennedy Center honors. Uhhuh. [ applause ] james, we salute you, we love you, and we want you to know in all of us you have got a friend. What does it moon to you . I have been part of this event so, many times in the it. Reporter youre like, hello, james taylor here. Hello . Ive seen fire and rain. Remember me . You got a friend. Yeah. . I want to stop and thank you baby . Of course i am i am very glad as it turns out that i get to do it in the company of my favorite president , barack obama. People in general when they hear that really seems to get peoples attention. So it gives me a, i think it, has given me a certain amount of, of cred. . How sweet it is to be loved by more on the . Living well . Rise above joint discomfort the with move free ultras triple action joint support for improved mobility and flexibility, and 20 better comfort from one tiny, mighty pill. President obama received the biggest ovation of the night. At the 39th annual Kennedy Center honors. Seven of the worlds brightest stars were honored at the gala. Alex wagner was there. . Take it easy . . Take it easy . Reporter one of todays biggest rock bands, kings of leon paid tribute to the most successful American Band of all time. The eagles. . Welcome to the Hotel California . They were honored without cofounder glen frye who died earlier this year. . Ive got a peaceful . . Easy feeling . Feeling is honoree al pacinos signature. You broke my heart. To do an al pacino impression. Pat yourself down. Ooh, hooha. Stephen colbert hosted. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished honorees, politicians, endangered swamp dwellers. His nod to president obamas final Kennedy Center honors in office, brought the crowd out of their seats. The last eight years the white house has given us a leader who is passionate, colbert had high praise for singer and civil rights activist, mavis staples. With her music she serves god with all her soul and is yet herself a goddess of soul. Reporter her signature voice led the staple singers to 70s . I know a place aint nobody crying . Dominating the radio that same decade was james taylor, the fivetime grammy winner inspired younger generations. . Ive seen fire and ive seen rain . Including, sheryl crow. . Ive seen sunny days that i thought would never end. Reporter the evening ended with an allstar tribute to eagles classic, life in the fast . She was too tired to fight about it life in the fast lane . . Make you lose your mind . . Life in the fast lane . . Life in the fast lane . . Life in the fast lane . . . That will do it for us here on the overnight news this tuesday. For some of you the news will continue. For others check back a little from the Broadcast Center right here in new york city, im michelle miller. The death toll rises. As the search goes into another night for the victims of the oakland fire. By the time i grabbed the fire extinguisher and ran back the entire back was engulfed in flames. Also tonight, fake news nearly lead to a very real tragedy. Picons tracyheories do come with consequences. A holdout juror lead to a mistrial in the murder of a black man shot in the back by a South Carolina cop. And the deadly shooting at a Charleston Church opens the door to healing for two long separated congregations. And you guys have been just around the corner efromach announcer this is the cbs overnight news. For the third night, recovery teams in oakland, california have been searching for the victims of the fire at a warehouse that was being used illegally as a dance club. The warehouse before the fire, as Police Inspectors checked it back in october. We dont know why action was not taken then on the complaints filed by residents. The death toll rose to 36, likely more victims are buried under the collapsed roof. We are only beginning to learn who they were. Some were foreigners. And David Begnaud begins our coverage. Firefighters were at the scene within three minutes. The building was in flames. Nancy omalley. The Alameda County district attorney. The range of charges could be until we know what the evidence shows us, there may be other charges, if the evidence presents that. Reporter 75 of the building has now been searched. For the last 48 hours, recovery workers have used buckets to separate personal possessions and Building Materials from human remains. No one knows exactly how many people were inside the space during the fire. The warehouse known as the ghost ship was two stories tall. There were no sprinklers or fire alms upper floor contained a stage and event space. Two sets of rickety stairs led to the bottom level. Housing rented rvs and make shift living spaces. That place was a death trap. Shelley max says she rented a trailer in the warehouse for a few months in 2014. She called police at least three times to report dangerous conditions. They always run the when there is an event they block the stairway, dont want people walking down, tripping over illegal cords. Reporter investigators just released photos from inside of the warehouse. This one blown up shows investigators you can see the buckets that they used to make some of the recoveries of those human remains. This is one of the multiple pictures released. Scott, three of 36 people have not been identified. To night their families members are being asked to preserve personal items such as a toothbrush so that positive identifications can be made with dna. David begnaud on the scene. Thank you. Carter evans is looking into the building and its owners. Reporter i heard some one say, fire, fire. Max ohr was in the building late friday night. By the time i grabbed the extinguisher and ran back, no more than 15 seconds elapsed. The entire back was engulfed in flames. Reporter no one was supposed to be living there. And the building was under investigation for potential Code Violations related to unpermitted construction inside. Oakland mayor libby schaaf. All i know that we were not interior of the building. Reporter did you ever see any inspectors visit there . No, no. If there were, we would have let them in. Reporter ohr lived in the warehouse and said Oakland Police have seen the inside of the building a number of times. Cbs news obtained this Video Showing Police in the warehouse this october. We are told they were there to access the roof of a neighboring building. Now police are trying to determine if those officers reported the Living Conditions to theit spokeswoman. If they should notice any type of violations if they should notice any criminal activity, we record it. Document. It we forward it. Reporter city record show the warehouse and two adjacent buildings are owned by a trust, the roughly two dozen tenants paid 4,500 a month in rent. The owner has five other buildings in the area. What about the owner of this building . The owner of the building has had significant legal advice at we assume that there are going to be many, many questions. Reporter investigators now believe they have located the origin of the fire in the back of the building. But there is still no official cause. Scott, people who live there tell me, they believe the fire could be electrical in nature. Because of all of the old faulty wiring in the building. Carter evans for us. Carter, thank you. So far, 33 of the victims have been identified. Mireya villarreal has that part of the story. All i can hope it was as quick and swift as possible. But there is no way of knowing that. Reporter randy could only pray that his son didnt suffer. 32yearold brandon chase wittenhauer one of 36 people who died in fridays fire. He washed dishes during the day so he could pursue his music career at night. I could never criticize him because i was right there with him. Hoping that, yeah, maybe your reporter 22yearold musical artist cash askew died in the fire, they say he was loved and admired 6 by everyone she met and her passing is a loss. David klein recently graduated from u. C. Berkeley with degree in Computer Science and was at fridays music event with a friend. His brother says his smile and his presence changed every person that was lucky enough to feel his warmth and light. Several other victims were also artists and musicians, so far, ranging in ages from 17 to 35. Amanda brown worked with several of the people who were performing friday night at the ghost ship and knew them personally. I just dont want these particular people to be gone because i find them to be inspiring and i find them to be creative and sort of glue that hold us all together. Reporter cbs has learned the youngest victim so far is a 17yearold buy whose father sheriffs department. Throughout the day hundred have come here to pay their respects at the memorial behind me. Tonight a vigil for the victims and the missing. Scott, thousands are expected to attend. More of the latest details on cbs this morning. Mireya villarreal, thanks. The cbs overnight news will in another breaking news story tonight, a mistrial has been declared in the murder case of a black man who was shot in the back by a north charleston, South CarolinaPolice Officer. A unanimous verdict was required, but the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked. Mark strassmann was there when the decision came down. Mark . Deliberated for 22 hours, they could only agree there was no point continuing. The cell phone video of a white Police Officer shooting a fleeing black suspect in the back shocked the country. But in court, a mistrial became a real possibility last friday when a juror wrote the judge that in good conscience he or she could not kid a guilty verdict. And the scott family said, they were prepared to be disappointed. Michael slager cannot escape what is coming to him. But for now slager remains free on bail. Up to the prosecutor to decide whether to have another trial. Whats likely to happen . Scarlet wilson said she is going to retry slager, first has to prosecute the states case against dylann roof, charged with the Charleston Church massacre here last year, killing nine people. Federal trial starts wednesday. D retried. Mark strassmann, thank you. Note on the president ial transition. The trump braintrust will include a brain surgeon. Today the president elect said he will nominate former rival, dr. Ben carson to be secretary of housing and urban development. One of the big surprises of the president ial campaign was the explosion of fake news on the internet. Fantastic tales that some believed to be true. Chip reid reports that one phony reporter 2yearold edgar welch was arrested in washington sunday afternoon outside comet pingpong, a popular family pizza parlor. D. C. Police say welch fired at least one round into the restaurant floor with an ar15 rifle like this one, on his facebook page. No one was injured. Police say welch drove all the way from North Carolina to selfinvestigate pizzagate, a fictitious online conspiracy theory. Pizza gate started on the internet before election day when rightwing sites that make up fake news spread rumors Hillary Clinton was involved in a child sex trafficking ring in d. C. Court documents say that welch read online that he was there to rescue them. He surrendered when he found no evidence that underaged children were being harbored in the restaurant. Pizza gate has been pushed by t. Flynn chosen by president elect trump to be his National Security adviser. The two were seen together at trump tower last month. After welchs arrest sunday, the younger flynn tweeted until pizza gate proven to be false it will remain a story. General flynn himself has also spread stories, claiming to link mrs. Clinton to criminal activity. Six days before the election. Flynn tweeted you. Decide. Nypd blows whistle on new hillary emails. Money laundering, sex crimes, et cetera, must read. The story he referred to was fake. This is not the first time pizza gate believers have confronted comet pingpong owner james oliphantus. He says he has been getting threats for weeks. These stories are false. What happened today demonstrates that promoting false and reckless conspiracy theories do come with consequences. This was a terrifying his wife and three children when welch walked in. This is nothing but terrorism. It should be condemned as such. In addition to the ar15. Welsh was carrying a handgun and shotgun in his car. Scott, charged with multiple offenses. Chip reid, thank you. Tonight protesters are celebrating unexpected victory. In their fight to block an oil pipeline in north dakota. And yesterday, the army core of engineers refused to issue a Building Permit for a section near the Standing Rock sioux reservation. Reporter scott, while thousand are bracing for blizzardlike conditions, the mood here is definitely warm. Cheers erupted and tears flowed as news spread throughout the camp that pipeline construction would not continue under the that provides water to the sioux reservation. But many active tiss. Told me despite the news theyre staying to make sure this isnt a temporary victory. Energy transfer Partners Funding the pe decision purely political. Theyre counting on the Trump Administration to reverse the decision to. Day a spokesperson for president elect trump said the incoming president , support the construction of the pipeline. People here are bracing for more snow. Scott, the forecast calls for subzero temperatures. Thanks. To today the u. N. Security council tried to impose a ceasefire to allow civilians to escape aleppo, syria, but russia and china vetoed the plan. No surprise. Russia is backing the Syrian Military as it destroys neighborhoods held by rebels. War correspondent debora patta is in aleppo. Reporter once a thriving aleppo neighborhood. Bitter fighting between the rebels and the government has destroyed it. A Syrian Government soldier leads us to the body of a man we says was a rebel fighter. The rebels in eastern aleppo are being pushed back by the syrian army together with russias military muscle. When a mortar landed on a hospital we were summoned to seep the aftermath. When we got there, we found russian troops. A russian general told us two nurses had been killed. Th theyre terrorists he said. They kill civilians. Civilians bearing the full front of the battle under syrian and russian bombs. If they want to escape the bombing, they must run the gaunt let of this road. Becoming vulnerable to sniper fire. Mustahof, and this shelter with his three sons. He told us the men inside, are equally scared of being killed are of being captured or killed by pro government fighters. They are just very afraid, he said. Simply stuck in the middle and not taking sides. Next door, 100yearold fatima alfaoud lets out a painful wail. My heart is broken for syria, she never took a side and never imagined she would wind up like clear from the devastation, we saw, scott, that the sear yand and rush forces have not held back. And theyre prepared to take back aleppo no matter how many lives are lost. Debora patta reporting from the war zone. Deborah, thank you. Coming up next, police shut down a crime that held thousand of computers hostage. Impulse to cough for 12 hours. And later when youre joking with beth. Even when most cough medicines stop, delsym is still working. Delsym. The 1 12hour cough medicine. . The itsy bitsy spider went up the waterspout. 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Police in ukraine raided an apartment and arrested this man believed connected to the cybertheft ring that investigators have dubbed the avalanche network. Computer servers in four countries and stole hundred of millions of dollars. Sue song, the acting u. S. Attorney for Western District of pennsylvania. We successfully identified computers in 189 computers throughout the word we calculate, 20,000 malware infected computers in the United States. In allegheny county, pennsylvania, investigators accused cyberthieves of taking ransom was paid. Criminals hacked two unnamed Pennsylvania Companies and attempted wire transfers totaling more than 600,000. The theft used socalled malware which infects computers after victims click on phony link. Those behind avalanche were providing servers for criminals to use in cyberattacks. Often stolen money was laundered through money mules, unsuspecting people who were came when German Police reverse engineered the code that operation avalanche was using. Scott, german investigators brought in the fbi to trace the servers some in the u. S. And canada. Jeff pegues. Thank you. In a moment, the best of the best. . Life in the fast lane . . Rooms come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. With eight times more fragrance control, the air wick . Scented oil warmer lets you dial up or down for the perfect amount of fragrance. No matter the size of the room. coughs cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours d all night some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. The Kennedy Center honors were awarded last night. Such a fine sight to see. The kings of leon performed the eagles song take it easy. Cowritten by the late glen frye, Kennedy Center honors air december 27th right here on cbs. 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[woman. Laughs] ah haha the bible says there is a time for everything. And in this nation so sharply divided, two churches in macon, georgia, decided it is a time to heal. James brown has their story. Reporter it is sunday morning and First Baptist church is making a joyful noise. . Just around the corner, first starting its worship. Like many churches in america the difference between the two is pretty much black and white. The First Baptist church. The one i pastor. First Baptist Church of christ where i pastor. You guys have been around the corner from each other for how long . Since 1887. How often have you guys interacted one with another . Reporter pastor Scott Dickerson and James Goldsby met two years ago and decide it was time for their congregations to got to know each other. Not only do their churches share a name, but they share a history. In 1826 one church, white slave owners worshipped in the front with their slaves in the back. By 1845, Church Records show that the slaves out numbered owners two to one. So a sepat was formed. Most people are familiar with what dr. King said was the most segregated hour in america is worship hour, is that still the case . The reality is, yes it still is. I think so. But i also think we wouldnt worry so much about that one hour a week of being divided if we werent so divided the other hours of the week. After the tragic murders ate a charleston our chch last year the two pastors got their two churches together for a series and impact on their community. We were the only nonafroamerican people in the room. On this night before thanksgiving, Church Members met to break bread. And walls, that have separated them for years. One door that said colored, and one door that said white. My first consciousness. For three hours they shared funny stories and sad ones too. By the end of the night the two 19yearold Ethan Thompson may have summed it up best. This has taught me that despite what the world is telling us right now, that this kind of conversation is possible. A conversation that perhaps can build a new future. James brown, cbs news, macon. And thats the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us just a little bit later for the morning news and of course, from the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. For National Security adviser is being dragged into a political firestorm. It involves a fake news story about Hillary Clinton, a pizza shop, and allegations of child abuse. Chip reid sorts it all out. Reporter 28yearold edgar welch was arrested in washington sunday afternoon outside comet d. C. Police say welch fired at least one round into the restaurant floor with an ar15 rifle like this one, on his facebook page. No one was injured. Police say welch drove all the way from North Carolina to selfinvestigate pizzagate, a fictitious online conspiracy theory. Pizza gate started on the internet before election day when rightwing sites that make up fake news spread rumors Hillary Clinton was involved in a child sex trafficking ring in d. C. Court documents say welch restaurant was harboring child sex slaves and he was armed to help rescue them. He surrendered when he found no evidence that underaged children were being harbored in the restaurant. Pizza gate has been pushed by michael j. Flynn, son of michael t. Flynn, chosen by president elect trump to be his National Security adviser. The two were seen together at trump tower last month. Pizza gate proven to be false it will remain a story. General flynn himself has also spread stories, claiming to link mrs. Clinton to criminal activity. Six days before the election. Flynn tweeted you. Decide. Nypd blows whistle on new hillary emails. Money laundering, sex crimes with children, et cetera. Must read. The story he referred to was fake. This is not the first time pizza gate believers have confronted comet pingpong owner james oliphantus. He says he has been getting threats for weeks. These stories are false. What happened today demonstrates that promoting false and reckless conspiracy theories do come with consequences. This was a terrifying experience. Sharifa comet pingpong with his wife and three children when welch walked in. This is nothing but terrorism. It should be condemned as such. At the pipeline protest in north dakota, the chairman of the protesters won a victory when the army corps of engineers put the brakes on the stretch of pipeline that runs under the missouri river. But a lot of those camped out dont trust the government and are planning to stay. Omar villafranca is there. Reporter while thousand are bracing for blizzardlike conditions, the mood here is definitely warm. Cheers erupted and tears flowed as news spread throughout the would not continue under the missouri river. That provides water to the sioux reservation. But many activists told me despite the news theyre staying to make sure this isnt a temporary victory. Energy transfer Partners Funding the pipe line called the decision purely political. Theyre counting on the Trump Administration to reverse the decision. Today, a spokesperson for president elect trump said the incoming president , support the construction of the pipeline. Snow. Scott, the forecast calls for subzero temperatures. Italys president is asking Prime Minister mateo renzi to delay resignation until parliament can pass a federal budget due at the end of the month. Renzi went to the president ial palace to resign after his referendum calling for government reform was rejected by the voters. Renzi told the president , it is not possible to continue in his post. Seth doane is in rome. A stunning loss for mateo renzi, latest in a string of populist upsets. The Prime Minister said the people had spoken. He would turn in his rezing nation to italys president today. Italian Prime Minister renzi wanted voters to choose si, the reforms he argued would decrease bureaucracy. His case wasnt convincing enough. I have lost he said. And i say it out loud. Although with a lump in my throat. Renzi personalized the constitutional referendum early which charlie rose asked him about on 60 minutes. Its become a vote about you and thats not good. We asked Louis University professor pier palabanino about the shock to the system. Uncertainty is something that the mark doesnt like. And in a year there are a lot of degree of uncertainty. And this crisis comes at a time of high unemployment and significant debt issues here in italy. With elections coming up in france. And then down the road in germany. At the united nations, russia and china blocked a draft resolution in the Security Council that called for a seven day truce around the syrian city of aleppo. Syrian Government Troops backed by russia are closing the noose on rebel held parts of the city, but as debora patta reports, moscow isnt only providing air support, but Ground Troops as well. Reporter once a thriving aleppo neighborhood. But look at it now. Builter fighting between the rebels and the government has destroyed it. A Syrian Government soldier leads us to the body of a man we says was a rebel fighter. The rebels in eastern aleppo are being pushed back by the syrian army together with russias military muscle. When a mortar landed on a hospital we were summoned to see the aftermath. When we got there, we found russian troops. Nurses had been killed. They are not opposition fighters theyre terrorists he said. They kill civilians. Civilians bearing the full front of the battle under syrian and russian bombs. If they want to escape the bombing, they must run the gaunt let of this road. Becoming vulnerable to sniper fire. Mustahof, and this shelter with his three sons. He told us the men inside, are equally scared of being killed by the rebel fighters as they are of being captured or killed by pro government fighters. They are just very afraid, he said. Simply stuck in the middle and not taking sides. Next door, 100yearold fatima alfaoud lets out a painful mournful wail. My heart is broken for syria, she cries, she never took a side and never imagined she would wind up like this. The cbs overnight news will be you wanna see something intense . Pantene expert gives you the most beautiful hair ever, with our strongest prov formula ever. Strong is beautiful. 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. coughs cough doesnt sound so good. 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Yeah, yeah. How long do the conversations go on . 4045 minutes. Have you told him being president is not being ceo of the United States that the congress is going to have a say . We have talked about that extensively. We have talked about the constitution. Article one of the constitution. Separation of powers. He feels under president obamas watch he stripped a lot of power away from the constitution away from the legislative branch of the government. We want to reset the balance of restored. Thats what donald trump believes. He believes in the separation of power. You dont think he things he is going to run the country the way he wants to . No, i think he understands there is a constitution and that those separate but equal branches of government give us a limited government the he believes that. You called donald trump a uhhuh. Not sure there is a great deal of daylight between those two definitions. But he definitely called you ineffective and disloyal . Have you patched it up . Yeah, we have. We are fine. We are not looking back. That is behind us. We are way beyond that. Now we are talking about how we fix the countrys problems. Im curious, how did you patch it up, who apologized to whom, how did that conversation go . It went fine. Pretty much the day after the the election, decided to let r bygones be bygones move forward and fix the proble over and done with. We have had productive conversations. Reporter paul ryan led the majority in the house just over a year. He took the job, reluctantly, when his predecessor gave up on trying to pull the fractured party together. Ryan is 46, from wisconsin, and an expert on the budget. What is the first bill you intent to pass . The first bill we are going to be working on is obama care legislation. Repeal it first . Yes. Not pulling the rug out from the 20 Million People who have a transition people yud. People can get better coverage at better price. Months, years . Cant give you an answer. People talked three years in terms of transition. I dont know the answer to that now. What we know is that we have to make good on this promise, we have to bring relief as fast as possible to people who are struggling under obama care. What do republicans intend to put in its place . Patient centered health care that gets everybody access to Affordable HealthCare Coverage so they can buy what they want to buy. People will still get coverage regardless of their preexisting condition . We think preexisting condition is an important feature of any health care system. Children on their parents plans until 26 . Something we actually have had in our plan as well. And, women will pay the same as men . That didnt used to be the case. Depends on the age of a sicker and older you get, the more support you ought to get. A person that has, low income, you probably should have more assistance than a person with high income. Is your plan going to cover everyone in america . We will give everyone access to affordable coverage. In the first year what do you expect through the congress . Really want to focus on Economic Growth and growing the economy. A lot of regulations that are really crushing jobs. Look at the coal miners in the rust belt out of work, look at the loggers, in the timber workers in the paper mills in west coast, look at ranchers, or fa talking rolling back environmental regulations . Smarter regulation that help us grow jobs in this country. We want to have good stewardship and conversation of the environment and Economic Growth. We have an Economic Growth problem in america. Limping along. Wages are flat. Jobs arent being created to the extent they could and should be. Regulatory relief is very, very important. Thats something we will work on day one. From deporting all 11 million Illegal Immigrants to focussing on only those who have committed crimes and from building a 2,000 mile wall to something less. 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Reporter most of the songs for his latest album before this world, were recorded in this home studio. . This was your first collection in 13 years. Yeah, it has been a long time. The music was always there. Taylor only needed the timto reach it. Take is a couple days of empty time before idea start to show up. Reporter what is empty time . Used to be this thing called boredom. It pretty much has been eradicated. It doesnt exist anymore. It turned out a lot of things got done when you were bored. Growing up in North Carolina, you know we had a lot of empty time. . In my mind im gone to carolina . Another. You pretend if you were a songwriter. Then maybe it turned out you were. Reporter take me back to james taylor at 19. Well, i had been in new york with this band, the flying machine for lack of a better name. . But my eyes are made for for darkness . Reporter turned out there was another flying machine doing better than we were. It wasnt great. The flying machine crashed and burned. I went back down to North Carolinaing lick my wound, i had a heroin habit, i weighed 89 pound, was like a deck chair in a high wind. My dad came and he heard my voice on the phone. He said, you stay there, james, i am going to come get you. He and my brother, hugh, drove up the coast, moved my meager belongings back down to North Carolina the i sat around there for a bout six months. And talked my folks into buying me a ticket to go to london and to visit a friend of mine over reporter you were the first artist, right, to sign with the beatles label. Uhhuh. It was, an amazing stroke of good luck. And it, it it got that first album, you know for awful its rough edges and faults, it got the first album recorded. It got me noticed a little bit. . Theres something in the way she moved . Reporter the earliest reviews of your work were noteworthy i think you were described as the first superstar of the 70s. Huh. Reporter your music was called the coolest breath of fresh air. I dont know, saying all this stuff. But, yeah. Reporter taylors second album, sweet baby james, delivered his first top ten hit. . Ive seen fire and ive seen rain . . Ive seen sunny days that i thought would never been . Face of new rock. . Thought id find a friend . That really got peoples attention particularly my family and my friends and my, you know, the culture at large, Time Magazine was still a really big deal. And yeah, that was that was a big change. . Good night moonlight ladies . One of the writers described your look as a cowboy jesus. When you look at the pictures. I dont know. I thought i was trying to look like george harrison. . And you need some loving care . Reporter nearly all of taylors songs are personal friend, carole king. . See you again . You talked about you got a friend. And she said, he showed me the confidence, he completely mentored me as a performer. A really beautiful tribute. That is a lovely thing to say. Yeah, carole, of course was a huge talent. She is genuine. Very genuine. Reporter you sold 100 million records. Ive heard that figure, bounced about. And thats hard to believe. Thats a lot of records. Reporter yeah, yeah, and, lots of grammys. And now the Kennedy Center honors. Uhhuh. [ applause ] james, we salute you, we love you, and we want you to know in all of us you have got a friend. What does it mean to you . I have been part of this event so, many times in the past. I often did wonder whether or not they would ever tap me for reporter youre like, hello, james taylor here. Hello . Ive seen fire and rain. Remember me . You got a friend. Yeah. . I want to stop and thank you baby . Of course i am i am very glad as it turns out that i get to do it in the company of my favorite president , barack obama. People in general when they hear about the Kennedy Center hon nrz that really seems to get peoples attention. So it gives me a, i think it, has given me a certain amount of, of cred. . How sweet it is to be loved by you . More on the Kennedy Center honors in two minutes. You are watching the cbs . Its tuesday, december 6th, 2016. This is the cbs morning news. Bucket by bucket, warehouse where at least three dozen people died in a massive fire. This morning, authorities are mulling murder charges. Charges could be murder, all the way to involuntary manslaughter. And mistrial in the case of a white cop caught on camera shooting and killing an unarmed black man. This morning, the victims mother says her fight is far from over