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KPIX CBS Overnight News January 15, 2018

I just wanted to make better human beings. Thats it. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. This is the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The false alarm that shook the 50th state is being called an unacceptable mistake. The volcanic island chain of hawaii erupted into panic saturday, when an accidental alert went of warning of an income offing Ballistic Missile. A congresswoman from hawaii is warning errors like this can bring nations to the brink of war. David begnaud its in honolulu. Reporter 24 hours after the panic in paradise, federal Communications Officials say hawaii did not have the reasonable processes and safe guard in place to prevent a false alarm warning that a missile was headed for the islands. People ran for their lives saturday. As the text alert lit up cell phones. The warning read, Ballistic Missile threat inbound to hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill. Panicked people looked to Police Officers for answers. Were getting flagged down by a lot of people for that asking where the nearest shelter its. Reporter this was the radio alert. A missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. This is not a drill. Off awe frightened families hilt inists packed this lobby. I sent a message to my grand kids. Of it took 13 minutes for the Emergency Managent Agency to tweet no missile threat to hawaii. But it took 3 minutes to get out a cell phone alert telling people it was a false alarm. It wiis just unacceptable an mindboggling how it could take so long. The congresswoman sent ape tweet telling people it was a false alarm. The explanation for the errant message, someone hilt the wrong button. Not once, but twice. Vern miagi its add strap tore for the state Emergency Management agency. I accept responsibility for this, this is my team. They took responsibility, but there has to be action. There has the to be an investigation. There has the to be correction. Reporter hawaiis governor says employee who claims to have pushed the wrong button feels terrible about what happened. The governor doesnt juan aent more practicing of the alert system until a full investigation is done. When it is complete the governor wants two people to now be involved in pressing that button. Elaine. David begnaud. Thank you. Next saturday marks one year since President Trump took office. A new cbs news poll out today shows 35 of americans think the country overall its better off now than it was a year ago. 43 say things are worse. 21 say things are about the same. The president is spending the Holiday Weekend at his resort in florida. Errol barnett is there. Reporter cbs polling found 70 of americans say they support allowing the children of undocumented immigrants known as dreamers to stay in the country. I have a lot of confidence in the people in the room that you will come up with something really good. Desfiet con pite confidence tha President Trump would sign a daca deal. Protecting legal status of dreamers, today blaming democrats. Yet his own tough language on immigration is threatening any bipartisan agreement to fund the government and adress dreamers. I for one will not vote for government funding until we get a deal on daca. Civil rights leader congressman lewis was blunt in his view of the president. I think he is a racist. The only haitian american in Congress Said the president alleged oval Office Comments were racist. I think there are people looking for an apology. I think that would show real leadership. 76 of americans found President Trumps comments about haiti, el salvador, andch ari can nations as inappropriate. But department of Homeland Security secretary, Kirsten Neilson disputes reports mr. Trump used an expletive. What the president is saying he would look to move to merit based. Based on an individual. Rand paul. You cant have an immigration compromise if everybody is out there calling the president a racist. Now, President Trump announced an end to daca in september. A federal court ruling last week kpiz tending its shelf life. Saturday the government avenue Immigration Agency said, based on that court order, it will accept new applications for those qualifying for deferred deportation. Elaine. Errol barnett, thank you. Now, lemtts bring in face e nation host john dickerson. Congress has until friday to pass a spending bill will Congress Work together to avoid a Government Shutdown . There has been difficulty with Congress Working together. Now its been, interrupted by this, latest debate over the president s remarks in the oval office. Now you have senators from the republican side in that meeting saying that dick durbin, democratic senator described its details is not telling the truth. That is not likely to create a good atmosphere. Plus plenty of policy disagreements. Not only on the question of what happen with dreamers and funding for Childrens Health insurance. For the military, for domestic spending. It is a long list already. A tough situation, gotten tougher. John, the president tweeted this morning, daca is probably dead. Last week it looked like they were close to a deal that would protect people who were brought off to the country illegally as children. What happened . Well we dont know whether the president s sentiment is the way he feels, or he is trying to, to work the system and engage in tough negotiation. We also know that, the president in his meeting with the Bipartisan Group of members of Congress Said he would sign anything that was brought to him. There is a bipartisan agreement that can be reached between democrats and republicans. Talked to a republican today. And, a democrat, they think a bipartisan agreement can be reached. Then it may just be, up to the president , and whether heel will make good on that idea that he will sign whatever congress brings to him. John dickerson in washington. John, thank you. Thank you, elaine. Now other stories we are following the cbs weekend news feed. Iranian Oil Tanker Burning a week off the coast of china exploded and sank today. 32 crew members were killed last week when the tanker collided with a cargo ship. A driver speeding through the streets of santa ana california hit a median and literally flew into the second story of a dentists office. Remarkably there were no steerous injuries. High flying snow boarder shaun white earned a ticket this weekend to next months Winter Olympics in south korea. The two time olympic gold winner scored a perfect 100 at the u. S. Grand prix in colorado. Three months ago a terrible crash sent white to the hospital for almost a announcer this is the cbs overnight news. The death toll from last tuesdays mudslide in Southern California has climbed to 20. Officials say four people are still missing in the Coastal Community of montecito. John blackstone is there. Aerial drone footage of the thick sludge and debris on highway 101 helps explain why part of californias busiest freeway is still shut down. Days after the mudslide that now covers 30 square miles of Santa Barbara county. Crews are working around the clock to clear roads and restore power. But 7,000 people are still under a mandatory evacuation order. Through damaged cars, trees on the ground, and debris from peoples homes, search teams continue to look for victims. You never give up hope. Why give up hope. I mean there is people down there who are hoping. I mean, what right do i have to give up hope . We cant get in the car, it is being swept away by a five, six foot wall of mud and debris. David grockenberger described what he saw tuesday as apocalyptic. Then i looked over and said where is the three car garage . It was gone. Ive dont mean just a stick or rough, it wasnt there. Cell phone video shows the the mud filling up the family home. Quickly rising, stair by stair. But the house remained intact. And the family was able to escape. St some of their neighbors did not. We lost some of our best family friend. All the other families are going through. We are lucky. Just hard to think about, you knowre when they were not so lucky. Reporter debris from boats, surfboard, cars, still clogs this river of mud. That its buried highway 101 at least five feet deep. No preef didiction when the maj california freeway will be reopened. Elaine. John blackstone. Thank you. In northern turkey, a passenger jet skidded off the runway ended up on a seaside cliff with the the nose pointed toward the water. Incredibly, everyone on board survived. Jonathan vigliati has more on this from the london bureau. Everyone escaped the boeing 737 jet. But a few yards more and this could have been a ditch rent story. Officials say the plane would have crashed into the water, had it not gotten stuck in the mud. 168 passengers and crew were on board the Pegasus Airlines flight from ankara as the it touched down last night at the air port. Instead of landing the aircraft skidded off the run way and plummeted down a cliff headed for the black sea. Passengers described a scene of panic. As they evacuated the precarious plane. And amazingly, each and every one made it off uninjured. In a statement, Pegasus Airlines said the plane experienced a run way excursion incident. The cause of the excursion is still under investigation. Reports in turkey say a bird strike or ice may have been responsib responsible. In central, florida, three people are under arrest in an alleged murderforhire plot. Tony dokoupil has the the story. I get emotional because it just touches me so deeply that one of our citizens was killed in such a manner. Sheriff Russell Gibson dealt with murder in a 30 year career in florida. Never quite like this before. This was a murderforhire. Last week, alexis ramos riviera and his girlfriend glori ann marie allegedly kidnapped their victim outside a mall. Tied the victim with zip ties and then her head induct tape and garbage bags. The sheriff says they were after a romantic rival of this woman, who supposedly hired the hit. But according to authorities, they picked up the wrong woman. Discovered their error, and killed her anyway. Do you have anything to say to her family . Im sorry. Now janice tores, wife and mother dead, her body beaten and suffocated. The three are charged with the murder and the veteran law man is left wondering what next . In the end, it appears to be a lovers triangle. Wow. Police moved in after lopez allegedly used the victims bank card. Now all three suspects have reportedly confessed and elaine on facebook earlier the victims husband wrote to his late wife, waiting for you at home. Tony, thank you. Coming up next, oprahs cbs sunday morning discussion with the organizers of the times up movement. Later, the music teamer known as mr. D. What a difference he is making. My friend susie cracks me up. But one laugh, and hello sensitive bladder. Ring a bell . Then you have to try always discreet. I didnt think protection this thin could work. But the super absorbent core turns liquid to gel. For incredible protection. Thats surprisingly thin. So its out of sight. And out of mind. Always discreet. For bladder leaks. Also in liners. They cahow many of em . E, sir we dont know. Dozens. All right lets teach these freaks some manners good luck out there, captain thanks but i dont need luck, i have skills. I dont have my keys. on intercom all hands. We are looking for the captains keys again. They are on a silver carabiner. 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We are all not just my hurt this is more than my hurt. This is not just my anger. This our anger. Instead of it being a feeling it is becoming an action. I have heard, confusion, of, about the difference between, or, the difference, the, people are afraid to even say there is a difference between, inappropriate behavior, inappropriate comments, and, sexual assault, and, and sexual predators, and, and rape. There is a difference. There is a difference. But a culture that, one part of it supports the other. There is an understanding of consent. And, respect. That i think has gotten very confused in our culture that has the set up a space that can make all of that happen. In my business, in my law firm. Several people have come to me and said, i just dont know what to say. Dont know what to do. I said. You know the difference between right and wrong. Is it a conversation that you would be comfortable going home at night and telling your wife or your mother that you had. If you are uncomfortable in telling them about this conversation, then you shouldnt have it. Critically important discussion. Oprahs full segment for cbs sunday morning is posted on our website at cbs news. Com. Still ahead, theyre tired of traffic apps guiding cars into their neighborhood. Now theyre saying, no way. 1,000 feet stay to the right. Im so frustrated. I just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. You could start your search at the allnew carfax. Com that might help. Show me the carfax. Now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. Show me used trucks with one owner. Pretty cool. [laughs] ah. Ahem. Show me the carfax. Start your used car search and get free carfax reports at the allnew carfax. Com. Okay lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. Ltry align probiotic. N your digestive system . 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Savvy commuters would get off the highway and take a short cut through leonia. If you knew the secret there were ways to beat the jam. Stay to the right to exit 78, leonia. Reporter now, everyone has ways. Or other traffic apps that routes them through leonia. Once the main streets get clogged start sending commuters through residential side streets. Mayor juda siegler. They have an app. Reporter this is what it can look like on the once quiet streets of leonia. Their plan. Receive strict the streets during rush hour, just to leonia residents. Have a hang tag in your car. Or get a ticket. Not talking 20. No, 200. 200 has some teeth. From medford massachusetts to california, communities have become victims of the traffic apps, as leonias police chief discovered if you pass a law the app will remove side streets from the menu of short cuts. People will do whatever the app tells them to do t its scary sometimes. Up aup at it is what the app tops telling them to do that should make life less scary. Off awe in 1,000 feet stay off to the right. Jim axlerod, leonia, new jersey. Up next, meet mr. D, a High School Music teacher making a difference for kids in one of the nations most troubled cities. We end in camden, new jersey, across the river from philadelphia. It has a reputation as one of the nations most troubled cities. A music teamer there is affectionately known as mr. D. Rocksanna shows the us how mr. D is making a huge difference in his students anys lives. It is hard to see how young people make it in a city like camden, new jersey. Until you meet jamal dickerson. What kind of things do your students see in the streets . They see, just strug m, real struggle. Like, like their friend, in trouble, their friend, selling drugs. Friends dying. No he is a real genius. You have got to work hard. And you will be rewarded. He has found a way to keep them safe at camden Creative Arts high school. I just know that, you know, keeping the kids off the street. Keep them busy. O. Mr. D as the students call him, says the band is just an instrument to transform their lives. I just wanted to make better human beings. Thats it. Kids like senior isaiah riviera. Through the music it is really shown me that hard work does pay off. Sophomore, tajmir curry. He never gives me a chance to slip through the thing either. Basically like a father figure. I would say. Currently my mom and dad is incarcerated. How long have your parents been incarcerated . Since my fifth grade year. How many of you plan to go off to

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