Just one man, we have dubbed him the Christmas Lights king of queens. You dont need kevin lynchs address to find his familys welllit home in queens, new york. Just follow the cars. If you google our house, at certain times of the weekend, you are going to get a red line, traffic. 350 plastic figurines, 100 animated dolls, 250,000 Christmas Lights make this place impossible to miss. You are going to see it from the shuttle. Look down. Eighth wonder of the world. Passing over the lynchs residence. Reporter you are truly Clark Griswald . Absolutely. Yes i am. Lynch family Christmas Lights are a new york tradition going back 22 years. An amazing house. I like seeing all the house. The most beautifully decorated christmas house i have ever seen. Reporter lynch admits all of this Holiday Cheer wasnt inspired by the Christmas Spirit so much as the sirit of competition. Neighbor had some lights up. I put a few. Next year he put more up. I put more. So the third year, i went crazy. And put a ton of lights up. And, friendly competition that just grew, kept growing. Reporter blew him out of the water . Big time. Reporter still every year, the lynches decorations get bigger and brighter. Now his home attracts visitors from around the world and also nearby. Tanisha sandy has been coming here since she was a kid. This year here with her son, christian. My parents used to bring my sister and i. I want to keep the tradition with him as well. We always light up just like the lights. Reporter lynch says it takes two months to put everything up. And a few huge lech tri tee bills to keep it running. Whatever it costs, it cost. Reporter he figures a small price to be the Christmas Lights king of queens. Tony dokoupil, new york. I will never never wash my hair again now, i fuel it new pantene doesnt just wash your hair, it fuels it. With the first prov nutrient blend, making every. Strand stronger dont just wash your hair fuel it fuel your hair. 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In the good you can do changing mind of people in certain ways. Thats why it is powerful. Thats why it is powerful. It was the power to change minds that brought colombias deputy minister of defense to jose miguels ad agency in 2006. The military brought the farq to their knees and were looking for a weapon to end the war. So they asked him one of the worlds top ad men to create a series of campaigns and tv commercials to convince the guerrillas to surrender. And the colombian people to accept them back. This gives them the chance to apply our skills to something that is fundamentally important to us, to our kids, to our country. In december, 2010, they launched operation christmas. Which they filmed for commercials that played on local tv. At great risk, blackhawk helicopters carried two of his colleagues, led by Colombian Special forces into rebel territory. They found nine 75foot trees near guerrilla strong holds. And decorated them with Christmas Lights. Each tree was rigged with a motion detector that lit up the tree and a banner when the guerrillas walked by at night. It read if christmas can come to the jungle you can come home. Demobilize. At christmas everything is possible. What we did try to make coming back home for christmas, an important thing. And we knew that if we put up these christmas trees, it was that sign up there, we could touch the hearts, because my heart was touched. They went and they did it. It worked . It worked incredibly well. He said 331 guerrillas, roughly 5 of the rebel force at the time, demobilized. They came out of the jungle and gave up. Like most colombians, he was born into war and grew up here in bogota without knowing a day of peace. In the beginning what was the purpose of the campaign. It was always the exactly the same. To mobilize as many as possible. Awe off as with any ad campaign, they began with research their focus group. Former guerrillas. His team tracked them and interviewed them. We found the common denominator of all the stories is is as much a prisoner of his organization than the people he holds hostage. There was no way out. No way out. Certainly softened me up when i heard the stories. I said these poor people. You never expected that you would feel that way . I didnt expect them to be so so human. How do you teach your audience hiding in 150,000 square miles of jungle. The rivers they discovered are the highways of the jungle. So they launched their second christmas campaign. Operation rivers of light. They asked people in nearby villages to send messages and gifts to the guerrillas. Which were placed inside capsules that glowed in the dark. And then floated down the river. Just put them there. And these, lit up at night. And wow. When you see that beautiful thing coming down the river. You cant help but be touched by it. How many lights like that did you send . Almost 7,000. And just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war. And you did this with the Colombian Military . Absolutely. We couldnt have done it without them. It humanizes them as much as you tried to humanize the guerrillas. Exactly. Along with military partner, they never let up. They rolled out dozens of campaigns. Each uniquely designed to show the guerrillas the way out. With beams of light. Stickers on trees and voices of exguerrilla leaders, booming across the jungle. But no voice was more powerful than their mothers. Shes waiting for you. Waiting for you at least 20 years in some cases. In 2013, he found 27 mothers of guerrillas. They gave his Agency Photos of their sons and daughters, as young children. That only they could recognize. During christmas, fliers with the photos were plaesed all over the jungle. The meningitssage was come home always waiting for you at christmas time. Going for the jugular. Wow. 21 people with this campaign gave up their weapons. And came home and stopped shooting. So whatever number you got out, is people that you dont have to fight. What was your most successful campaign. Football. Football. Always, football. Football. Football is our fashion. A passion shared by the guerrillas who often stopped fighting during matches. When colombia hosted the world cup in 2011, he kicked off a new campaign. Soldiers armed with thousand of soccer balls, entered stadiums. And players, celebrities and fans all signed them. They loaded them on to helicopters, and threw them out over the jungle. Each with a sticker that said, demobilize, lets play again. Over eight years, 18,000 guerrillas put down their weapons and came home. In large part, because of his campaigns. And help bring the farq to the negotiating table in 2012. During the peace talks, he said, guerrilla leaders asked the government to stop airing his commercials. Soon after, they agreed to a ceasefire. Colombians started feeling confident, and started feeling we could do what we wanted. Started feeling sure and safe, the fear started going away. As we went outside and the world came here, it was infectious. The energy . The energy was incredible. That is what the world sees now, of colombia. Sclom colombias spirit once buried by war has risen again. In the last ten years, International Investment is up over 100 . Tourism, 240 . Not long ago it was too dangerous to go out at night. Now clubs in bogota are bursting with locals and foreigners. See the full report on cbsnews. Com. The overnight news will be right back. A Silicon Valley server farm. The vault to mans greatest wonders. Selfies, cat videos and winking emojis. Speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards. Or even file a claim. Do that. Yeah, yeah that should work. Its not happening. Just try again. Uh, i think i found your problem. Thanks. Hmm. The awardwinning geico app. Download it today. Nearly 19 million americans have served in the u. S. Armed forces. Almost a quarter suffer with some sort of disability. Some of the vets with physical or mental challenges rely on therapy dogs. They may look cute, but theyre highly trained and highly sought after. Chip reid paid a visit to a nonprofit, hero dogs, working to unite vets with four legged companions. Reporter the Dog Training Center my version of paradise. All dogs at various stages of training to be hero dogs and these are trainers getting the dogs ready off to change the lives of veterans with disabilities. Good girl. At 11 week old, maggie and honor. Are hard at work. These puppies only have a 1 in 3 chance of becoming official hero dogs. Turn around come back. Jennifer lund started the organization. Do you have a sense whether they will make it through the program . Looking for a puppy, outgoing, eager. Interactive. Not bothered by much. I can usually at this age, rule out puppies who wouldnt beep good candidates. But i, unfortunately, dont have a crystal ball. I cant guarantee which ones are going to make it. Mitch, leave it. On average. Training takes three years. Step. Step. Wait. Mitch its three. And is now in advanced training. Initially we say step. Then we say wait. They dont continue forward. Is mitch a good student . Pretty good student. Helps that he likes his treats. A lab after all. Off awe mitch wont meet his veteran until his training is almost complete. He need to learn how to help with mobility and if his future partner suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder how to react. How do you tooch a degree to respond to anxiety . Initially, i would, you know, very obviously, tap, tap, tap my leg. Then tell the dog, to touch or paw my leg. Then i would reward him. But over time, as the the team forms a bond, the dog will on his own start to recognize signs. Interest in denelson and york, named for world war i heroes, Sergeant Alvin york are inseparable. If im shaking my leg. He will poke at it. Before being medically retired with constant arm and back pain and ptsd. He has been trained to to get you to focus on him. If you are having anxiety issues. Correct. He knows right away if you are. He knows right away. He knows to focus on me. Two months before he met york, trinitys husband lost his battle with cancer. Sending her into a tailspin. Getting real close to, probably, you know, becoming, you know one of the 22 veterans that you know every day that, would take their life. What was it about york that pulled you out. It was just that we have the same personality we have, that kind of weird sense of humor. On certain day thats what i need. He know it. So he will do something just to make me laugh. Because your laugh is a reward for him. Oh, yeah. Very good. That kind of team work that hero dogs fosters at training sessions like this one at National Harbor in maryland. Hi, sweet heart. Do you want to come home . After two months of working with hero dogs, retired colonel, lisa latundres found her partner ruby. She served 26 years as an army nurse before being diagnosed with ms. Being in charge of 100 beds, at walter reid. Going to say i need help. Really emotional process. A little bit earlier. Awe they still have a lot to learn. Theyre doing it together. Ruby wants to make me happy. Work together with me. Train me. And keep me mobile and independent. Ready to go home. Thats exciting. I had an injury to my neck. It wasnt as serious injury it was a herniated disc. Anything that could go wrong went wrong. Ive been in the hospital twenty three times since. The bills started to pile up. I had nothing to give. We had nothing in the refrigerator. I would be dead and not sitting here right now if it wasnt for pond lehocky. An Elementary School teacher looking for ways to connect with her students. Came up with a one sentence assignment and proved to be a lesson for us all. Mark strassmann reports. Reporter this book is one of my favorites. Every third grade teacher struggles to connect with students especially at the beginning of the year. Everybody, your booty is glued to the carpet. And she has come up with a unique and Ground Breaking way to do that. We wrote on the board i wish my teacher knew and had students write an answer for me. The responses range from heart warming. I wish our teacher knew i love her with all my heart. To heartbreaking. I wish my teacher knew my grandpa died when i was in california. I started to cry because i want him to be still alive. Students all over the country. Dealing with challenging issues. It really helps me know, what actions ied into to take as a teacher to support them. Was the simplicity of the open ended sentence part of the success . I think that there is a real power in the sim police team of the sentence. Lets read it again. She multiplied the power a few years ago when she tweeted some of her students notes. They talked about every day hardships, poverty. Lonliness and the breakups of families. It kind of snowballed and through the power of social media, teachers all over the country and really all over the world. She turned the notes and idea to deal with them into a new book that looks to explain how one question can change everything for our kids. I wish my teacher knew that i dont have as many friend as i thought. Why did you write that . Because there are a lot of people in other classes that are that are sometimes mean or, rude. And what did she say to you about that . She told the class to raise their hand if you wanted to be my friend. And nearly all of the class put their hand up. You didnt think you had many friends. And what did you learn . A lot of people wanted to be friends. I have seen their peers rally around them. I have seen this exercise really grow and change and help students. Did it make you also realize you are not the only one who our worries or has problems . What did that tell you . It told me that sometimes i need a hug. A pat on the back. Reporter a pat on the back. You guys did awesome. Mark strassmann. Denver, colorado. Thats the overnight news for this monday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im elaine quijano. Breaking news. Pop superstar George Michael dead at the age of 53. Last christmas i gave you my heart also tonight, blizzards and dangerous thunderstorms create holiday havoc. A russian jet crashes with 92 on board including members of a famous choir. Well drop in on the Christmas Lights king of queens. Hallelujah you are Clark Griswald . Absolutely. Yes, i am. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Hi, everyone, welcome to the overnight news. Im demarco morgan. British pop singer George Michael died at age 53. Michael gained International Fame in the 1980s with the pop duo wham. Last christmas i gave you my heart michaels publicist says he died peacefully in his sleep at his country home in england. No details provided. George michael sold 100 million albums in a career spanning almost four decades. Well have much more on the death of George Michael on cbs this morning. The White Christmas continues into the holiday week in parts of the central u. S. A wave of storms is dumping snow, ice and rain from the rockies into the midwest. Blizzard conditions made the roads treacherous for Holiday Travelers in the dakotas. Farther south, severe thunderstorms, rumbled across the plains. The weather temporarily grounded santa in los angeles where he sent fellow fliers on their merry way. Meteorologist molly rosenblatawcco in minneapolis. How is it looking out there . Travel conditions dicey for many on this Christmas Day across much of the region. This area of low pressure, strong winter storm makes its northeast trek from the upper midwest, rockies, plain states. We have a lean of strong thunderstorms from south dakota through kansas. Down toward oklahoma and then heavy snow for much north dakota pushing into minnesota, northern wisconsin, the rockies. Numerous winter storm warning in effect, blizzard warning blanketing north dakota could see a foot or more of snow as well as western south dakota. Otherwise winter storm warnings in effect. All the way from the rockies through northern wisconsin, and ice storm warnings for the dakotas as well as minnesota. So a very dangerous day on the roads. Heading into the evening as well. Demarco, back to you. Molly, thank you. Russian military jet crashed today with 92 people on board. It was heading from sochi to syria. There is no sign of survivors and no word on what caused it to plunge into the black sea. Heres barry peterson. Reporter helicopters, boats and divers searched for 92 victims from the crash, two minutes after takeoff. It left from sochi, site of the 2014 winter olympics. The t154, 1960s design. This one made in 1983. On board, a wellknown russian humanitarian taking medical supplies to syria. And more than 60 members of the across russia on the way to perform at a Russian Air Base in syria. Russian president vladamir putin promised a thorough investigation. The deaths stunned russia. That a world famous choir formed almost 100 years ago was gone in seconds. As a measure of