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kerman is joins us live from kaiser in south san francisco - and dan is it too late to protect your self against the flu. it literally takes a matter of seconds but doctors say it can protect you all winter long of course we are talking about the flu vaccine and doctors say if you haven t had the flu shot yet, now is a great time.usually flu becomes much more widesperead around christmas and then carries on into january february and march.thursday afternoon there was a steady of stream of people dropping by the flu clinic at kaiser in santa clara it s been a while since i ve gotten it, i used to get it as a kid and then last year i got the flu twice in 6 months and i thought this year i am going to get the flu shot so i m hoping it does the trick. doctors say early indications suggest the vaccine is a good match for the flu strains that are circulating this season studies show the flu vaccine reduces the risk of getting the flu by between 50% and 60%. and is recommended ever
jet landing in miami. and the truth about who is smarter, boys or girls. the big gender difference discovered in the classroom. and we do say good morning, everyone, on what s turning out to be a very busy wednesday and we start with that deadly shooting rampage in california. the gunman targeting an elementary school. overnight we learned a feud with his neighbors may have sparked the violence. two of his neighbors were among the first victims, but police say this could have been much worse. this morning, schoolteachers and staff in northern california are credited with saving their students lives during a shooting spree. those school officials, there is no doubt in my mind based on the video that i saw, saved countless lives and children. reporter: authorities say a gunman killed at least four people in a rampage that stretched across seven locations. the individual shooter was bent on engaging and killing people at random. reporter: after he apparently shot
the parents of a 10 year old boy are suing the city o the parents of a 10 year old boy are suing the city of dublin, california after that boy went flying off a water slide. you might remember this video. it shows the boy going over the side barrier and skidding across the wet pavement. he suffered numerous scrapes in the incident. his parents are now suing for $2.5 million in damages, including for emotional distress. water slides are still closed pending further safety testing. there were some frightening moments in the meantime aboard an american airline flight as it came into miami. a bird flew directly into the plane s nose, but this is no ordinary bird strike. andy perez of our miami station has the story. reporter: gathering in groups, watching in shock. even the ground crews tell us, they ve never seen anything like this. a bird s head going right through the front of a plane. no blood, no big mess, just quite a bit of damage done to the aircraft. american air
this is the cbs evening news. mason: good evening. i m anthony mason. the roy moore for senate campaign took on one of the women accusing him of sexual assault. aides raised doubts about handwriting evidence that appeared to show moore knew the woman when she was a teenager. and still more accusers are coming forward. dean reynolds is in birmingham, alabama. i ve known judge moore for 24 years. when these allegations came out within the last week, it was incredibly, incredibly painful for him, for his wife, his mom, his daughter. reporter: aids to embattled republican senate candidate judge roy moore tried the cast doubts today on at least one of the women who have accused him of lecherous behavior when they were teenagers. an attorney said the accuser, beverly young nelson, was not telling the truth about her contact with the judge and that her evidence, a signed yearbook greeting from the judge, may well be a forgery. release the yearbook so that we can determin