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history in the holy land. the relocated u.s. embassy is about to open in jerusalem. the controversial move angers palestinians who claim part of the city as their capital. >> also tonight, deadly terror attacks. a family of suicide bombers targets churches in indonesia. a man goes on a stabbing spree in paris. >> new evacuations in hawaii as more cracks open in the ground. is the volcano about to blow. >> it's becoming vulnerable definitely. >> pinched at the pump. what is fueling the rise in gas prices? how high they're expected to go. >> and, the lullaby project. they're learning to be parents,
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by singing and writing from the heart. ♪ you make us ♪ so happy ♪ >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. exactly 70 years after the jewish state of israel was create and recognized by the u.s., history will be made today in the holyland. the united states will open its new israeli embassy in jerusalem. the city of course is also claimed by palestinians as their capital. the u.s. and other countries have long kept their embassies in tel aviv. president trump's decision in december to move the u.s. embassy off to the holy city ignited months of protests in the palestinian territories, and more demonstrations are expected to day. seth doane is in jerusalem.
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>> reporter: revellers filled jerusalem streets this afternoon. celebrating a decisive israeli war victory of more than 50 years ago. this is an annual celebration, but many israelis told us it means more this year, on the eve of the u.s. embassy move. >> what is the change for you? >> a big recognition front world. >> reporter: this is a celebration that is also a way to drive home just who controls the streets of jerusalem. ♪ >> our capital. nobody can say otherwise. >> reporter: palestinians say the embassy move is a big mistake. the trump administration says this move may be disruptive, but it will ultimate thely bring peace. >> i wonder how that is done. awe off a long time peace negotiator thinks president trump set the peace process back. >> it is not a question of moving an embassy. not a real estate problem. the problem has to do with the status of jerusalem. >> reporter: palestinians also
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claim the city and say with the embassy move the u.s. has unilaterally sided with israel. he is lesser known for his role as the a professor at wharton when donald trump was a student. >> reporter: if mr. trump was in your classroom today what would you say to him? >> look, i did not teach him international law. i did not teach him diplomacy. i taught him finance. i think he did well. >> reporter: well the long term question may be about the peace process, in the short term, the fear is violence. protests have been mounting, and in the past in this region, they have sometimes spiraled out of control. elaine. >> seth doane, thank you. monday night, jeff glor will anchor "cbs evening news" from jerusalem. tuesday he will have an interview with israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. president trump will not be in israel for the ceremonies, but his daughter ivanka and
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son-in-law jared skush ner, both senior white house advisers arrived in israel today. the president posted a mother's day greeting and conducted twitter di policemen splomacy. >> reporter: president trump is tweeting. characterizing the iranian nuclear deal from which he removed the u.s. last week as a big lie. and describing kim jong-un as gracious. for offering access to a dismantled nuclear test site ahead of their one-on-one summit june 12. >> we are prepared to ensure that the north korean people get the opportunity that they so richly deserve. >> secretary of state mike pompeo told "face the nation" he is not yet sure if heave will be in the room when president trump meets with kim in singapore. adding that the administration wants full verifiable denuclearization in exchange for a potential boost from american businesses. >> if it won't be u.s. taxpayers. it will be, am can know-how, knowledge, entrepreneurs and
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risk takers, working alongside the north korean people. >> in an effort to keep economic links with iran nuclear deal partners, tehran's top diplomat visiting china before trips to russia and western europe. >> europeans will see it is in their interest ultimately to come along with us. >> national security adviser, john bolton warned european allies of potential u.s. sanctions, as punishment for continued cooperation with iran. >> depend on the con duskt other governments. >> senator lindsay graham supports the administration's efforts but wants to see congress involved and more lodge term planning. >> when it comes to containing iran on the ground and syria and other places, we don't have much of a strategy. >> reporter: now president trump is showing flexibility for one chinese telecom company previously sanction ford working with iran and north korea announcing today he is working to get zte back into business
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because too many jobs have been lost in china. elaine. >> errol barnett, thank you. >> you may have noticed gas prices are on the rise and hitting levels not seen in more than three years. meg oliver tells us what is fueling the pinch at the pump. gas prices nationwide are up a nickel in just the last week. 20 cents in the last month. according to triple a. these drivers fueling up in new jersey, are paying just under $3 for a gallon of regular unleaded. damian wu has been keaching track of the increase. >> it was $54.16 for 18 gallons. i just paid $40 for 13 gallons. >> wow, you are seeing a jump. awe thaw yeah. >> reporter: in california and hawaii gas prices are approaching $3.70 a gallon. nearly a dollar higher than the national average. >> there are ten states at $3 a gallon or above. >> robert sinclair with aaa. >> we are seeing extremely high
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demand for gasoline. with the economy moving along, strongly as it is, and there is a lot more work, with work comes a lot more transportation. >> reporter: sinclair says the climb is due to diminishing supply of crude oil. >> price of gasoline is going up. now at what is considered the pain point for many drivers. >> but the drivers we spoke with told what's they pay at the pump is simply part of the price of hitting the road. >> reporter: can you afford the increase in gas price sntz. >> i can afford it. i don't like it. >> reporter: you need to put gas and go places you. need to pay. i hate it. but what are we going to do? >> this is the busiest driving season. until september, one analyst told us, am cans will pay an extra $200 on gas compared to last year. the prices at the pump are still well below the all time high of $4.11 in 2008. elaine. >> meg oliver. thank you. >> off the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.
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click, call or visit a store today. >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." in indonesia, authorities say three churches wear tacked by a family of six suicide bombers. two of the family members were girls. 9 and 12 years old. at least 7 victims were also killed. >> in paris, the 20-year-old man who stabbed one person to death, and wounded four others saturday night, was a french citizen born in chechnya. he was on the police's radar for radicalism. police shot him dead. there were more evacuations this weekend, on hawaii's big island where the eruption kilauea volcano is forcing the ground to split open and release
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lava. carter evans is there. >> reporter: the new eruptions follow the same path of destruction along the eastern rift of the volcano. lava started flowing again saturday when a 16th fissure spontaneously opened up after two days with almost no activity. but this time, eruptions are in a sparsely populated area. we had to hook to see this latest fissure, we brought our gas masks don't need them right now. the wind is going in the other direction you. can see it blowing the steam and gasses that way. if you listen closely you can hear it venting. it almost sounds like something is, is breathing over there. >> an hour after we arrived, this was officially declared the 17th fissure. by night fall there were flames and an orange glow from the lava making its way to the surface. it is becoming more vulnerable. definitely, as the, as -- the activity creeps closer to that area.
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and possibly shuts off all of the roads. >> reporter: there is also still concern at the main crater near the volcano summit where condition maze soon be right for an explosive steam eruption. which means that bigger materials can be blasted out of the vent, and, and, immediately around the vent, little farther out. half a mile out or so it could be, pebble sized or marble sized fragments. farther out. ash fall. >> as a precaution, the national park around the crater has been closed indefinitely. the ash cloud from the steam explosion, could be blown for miles, especially if it reaches up into the jet stream. but aside from the immediate vicinity around the eruption, it's pretty much life as usual here on the big island. elaine. >> carter evans, thank you. the syrian civil war has the created a mental health crisis. many are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression. for patients with the most severe disorders, there are only
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three psychiatric hospitals still standing. holly williams was allowed inside one of them. we warn you, some of this is troubling to watch. >> reporter: mohammad spend many days crying. begging to see his family. ina hasn't spoken at all in five years say her doctors. and this is george. >> king george. >> your name is king george. >> reporter: there are nearly 150 patients living in packed psychiatric hospital in northern syria. many of them with chronic mental illness, some triggered by the nightmare of syria's seven year civil war. it is a tiny, rented building. the whole place survives on charity. hospitals have been deliberately targeted in syria's war. this one has been bombarded several times. there are just three psychiatric hospitals in all of syria.
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treating patients like ahmed who saw his three brothers killed by bombs. according to the relatives who brought him here. there are more than 100 men in this hospital. many of them have been here several years. and they're all living in this one, small space. dangerous patients sleep on the floor in this make shift cell. and they have run short of medicine more than once. >> people not sleeping, fighting each other, they, they, they complain from hallucinations. dr. al saba stayed in syria as most of his family has fled. and he is scarred too. just listen to this story of a 16-year-old girl who arrived here unable to speak. >> a small child, maybe, 2 years old, dogs and cats eating him. >> nearly all of the patients have lost touch with their families he told us. separated by war, or simply
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abandoned. there is terrible pain here. but also, moments of joy. and of unexpected compassion. it is an island of humanity. in the madness of syria's civil war. holly williams, cbs news, azaz, syria. coming up -- how doctors are using virtual reality to train for real emergencies involving children. >> later, they have never change aid diaper or composed a song. but listen to the lullabyes they have writ titen to their unborn babies. melatonin is the body's own sleep ingredient.
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she is gearing up to play a game. >> this is actually critical training. >> so i want to start an iv in the patient. >> this virtual reality simulation at children's hospital los angeles, is designed to help medical students and doctors better deal with emergencies involving children. >> my palms are sweating. my heart is racing for. me it feels very real. >> reporter: researchers say 80% of pediatric resuscitations are handled by medical personnel who have limited pediatric training. >> critical errors. >> dr. josh sherman helped create virtual reality program and says each scenario guides users through the difficult choices they would face treating a real patient. awe off doctor, what do you want to do? >> it gives you the environment that makes it realisting to invoke that physiologic response that we feel in the real world. >> reporter: the program offers training in two common peed at rick emergencies. prolonged seizures and, exfreem allergic reactions.
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>> each level brings it own level of distraction. stress response and complexity of the scenario. >> the heart rate is improving. >> fourth year resident marie says the training made her more confident. >> you are never going to feel like yes i have got this 100%, because, they're very stressful. so, having the chance to practice, is really nice. >> simulations, that could later help save real lives. chris martinez, krks news, los angeles. still ahead, anger in iran. not only against the u.s., but against the government in tehran. our report from a nation in turmoil.
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cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer was in tehran when president trump announced the u.s. is pulling out of the nuclear deal with iran. liz has reported from iran many times and says she has never seen the people there so angry. not only at america but with their own government. >> reporter: it's been a noisy week in tehran with hard-liner protests against the u.s. on top of gridlocked traffic and crowded streets. after a stressful week here, we did what weary tehranis do, head for the hills by cable car. iranians find relief from smog, noise and oppressive politics. but, as iliana told us they can't get away from their feelings of anger and despair.
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>> young people especially, so energetic and full of life are victims of iran's weak economy and a bumbling corrupt government. on my previous trips here people would have been scared to criticize the government openly. not anymore. this week as we filmed small anti-american demonstration, a man came up to us to say openly that iran's problems actually start with the regime. >> i haven't got a job. i am very worried about my future and my family. >> reporter: across the country people have been expressing their anger openly in protests that break out every single day. as i prepared to leave iran tonight the future of this beautiful, troubled country has never felt so fragile. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tehran. up next, they learned to become parents by writing lull abyes to their soon to be born babies. it's not just any streaming.
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as we sing the praises of mom on this mother's day we end tonight with a gift of song. sweet lullabies written from the heart no experience required. here is michelle miller. ♪ ♪ dear ♪ >> reporter: in the time spent waiting for a sonogram appointment. expectant parents did something that blew their minds. writing their unborn baby a lullaby. >> we was like thinking we can't write a song. you know. >> we're not songwriters. ♪ already love >> reporter: the experience has given the parents once a week here at jacobi medical center in the bronx. >> he will listen to it as a baby. always remember it is both of us, what we feel and how we felt before he was born. together. that's always going to be a
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family thing. >> reporter: their teachers, carnegie hall musicians, marica and dierdre beef gin, asking parents to compose a letter to their child which is used for the lyrics. >> nice. that's beautiful. >> in a matter of a few hours they produce melodies for three moms and a dad. personalizing each to the parents' pitch. ♪ as long >> passion. >> do you speak any languages? >> arabic. >> even the language of their choice. ♪ ♪ >> i have a secret history as a composer of lullabys. >> the lullaby project is the baby of carnegie hall's thomas cabanas. >> when i was a young musician in new york i had no money. i had a friend whose wife was expecting going to have a child.
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i decided since i didn't have anything else to give them i would write a lullaby for the baby. >> oh. ♪ hey baby boy my baby boy >> he thought composing a lullaby would be good for first time parents, especially those insecure over being too young or go it alone. what can you say to people in the greater understanding of what this does and what this means? >> it is the songs. you can hear it in the music. that they create. >> reporter: in the last 6 and a half years his project has produced more than 800 lullabys, songwriting he says is a gift of healing and connection. it is expanded to shelters and correctional facilities. >> what would it mean if having a lullaby was just part of the, the birth process. we're hopeful that that the partners who come together with us, will, will, honestly, they'll help us create a lullaby
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movement. because that would be amazing. ♪ ♪ mig >> from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. ♪ ♪ welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. exactly 70 years after the jewish state of israel was created and recognized by the u.s., history will be made today in the holyland. the united states will open its new israeli embassy in jerusalem. the city of course is also claimed by palestinians as their capital. the u.s. and other countries have long kept their embassies in tel aviv. president trump's decision in december to move the u.s. embassy to the holy city ignited months of protests in the palestinian territories, and, more demonstrations are expected to day. seth doane is in jerusalem.
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>> reporter: revellers filled jerusalem streets this afternoon. celebrating a decisive israeli war victory of more than 50 years ago. this is an annual celebration, but many israelis told us it means more this year, on the eve of the u.s. embassy move. >> what is the change for you? >> a big recognition front world. >> reporter: this is a celebration that is also a way to drive home just who controls the streets of jerusalem. ♪ >> our capital. nobody can say otherwise. >> reporter: palestinians say the embassy move is a big mistake. the trump administration says this move may be disruptive, but it will ultimately bring peace. >> i wonder how that is done. >> a long-time peace negotiator thinks president trump set the peace process back. >> it is not a question of moving an embassy. not a real estate problem. the problem has to do with the status of jerusalem. >> reporter: palestinians also
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claim the city and say with the embassy move the u.s. has unilaterally sided with israel. he is lesser known for his role as the a professor at wharton when donald trump was a student. >> reporter: if mr. trump was in your classroom today what would you say to him? >> look, i did not teach him international law. i did not teach him diplomacy. i taught him finance. i think he did well. >> reporter: well the long term question may be about the peace process, in the short term, the fear is violence. protests have been mounting, and in the past in this region, they have sometimes spiraled out of control. elaine. >> seth doane, thank you. monday night, jeff glor will anchor "cbs evening news" from jerusalem. tuesday he will have an interview with israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. president trump will not be in israel for the ceremonies, but his daughter ivanka and
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son-in-law jared skush ner, both senior white house advisers arrived in israel today. the president posted a mother's day greeting and conducted twitter diplomacy. >> reporter: president trump is tweeting. characterizing the iranian nuclear deal from which he removed the u.s. last week as a big lie. and describing kim jong-un as gracious. for offering access to a dismantled nuclear test site ahead of their one-on-one summit june 12. >> we are prepared to ensure that the north korean people get the opportunity that they so richly deserve. >> secretary of state mike pompeo told "face the nation" he is not yet sure if heave will be in the room when president trump meets with kim in singapore. adding that the administration wants full verifiable denuclearization in exchange for a potential boost from american businesses.
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>> if it won't be u.s. taxpayers. it will be, am can know-how, knowledge, entrepreneurs and risk takers, working alongside the north korean people. >> in an effort to keep economic links with iran nuclear deal partners, tehran's top diplomat visiting china before trips to russia and western europe. >> europeans will see it is in their interest ultimately to come along with us. >> national security adviser, john bolton warned european allies of potential u.s. sanctions, as punishment for continued cooperation with iran. >> depend on the con duskt other governments. >> senator lindsay graham supports the administration's efforts but wants to see congress involved and more lodge term planning. >> when it comes to containing iran on the ground and syria and other places, we don't have much of a strategy. >> reporter: now president trump is showing flexibility for one chinese telecom company previously sanction ford working with iran and north korea announcing today he is working to get zte back into business because too many jobs have been lost in china. elaine. >> errol barnett, thank you.
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>> you may have noticed gas prices are on the rise and hitting levels not seen in more the iranian government is taking steps to salvage what's left of the nuclear deal. elizabeth palmer has the story from tehran. >> reporter: the iranian foreign minister left iran went to beijing then heading to russia and then going to europe. basically, he is going to ask these other five countries to guarantee what iran most wants from a nuclear deal. that is access to international capital and banking. now these are things that the u.s. is signaling it is going to try to block under new sanctions. so, the doctor is basically asking these other five countries to do an end run around upcoming u.s. sanctions. >> and how are iranian citizens responding to the deal falling through? >> well, the hard-liners hit the
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streets after president trump's decision with the old cries of death to america. but they, and everybody else are actually much more angry with their own government. they're fed up. haven't had salary increases. no jobs. corruption. most of all the iranian government can offer nothing but a bleak future. i've never heard people so angry here. from the moment the government is keeping a lid on little protests springing up everywhere. any one's guess how long they can maintain sta built fee. >> you may have noticed gas prices are on the rise. and hitting levels not seen in more than three years. meg oliver tells us what's fueling the pinch at the pump. gas prices nationwide are up a nickel in just the last week. 20 cents in the last month. according to triple a. these drivers fueling up in new jersey, are paying just under $3 for a gallon of regular unleaded. damian wu has been keeping track of the increase.
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>> it was $54.16 for 18 gallons. i just paid $40 for 13 gallons. >> wow, you are seeing a jump. >> reporter: in california and hawaii gas prices are approaching $3.70 a gallon. nearly a dollar higher than the national average. >> there are ten states at $3 a gallon or above. >> robert sinclair with aaa. >> we are seeing extremely high demand for gasoline. with the economy moving along, strongly as it is, and there is a lot more work, with work comes a lot more transportation. >> reporter: sinclair says the climb is due to diminishing supply of crude oil. >> price of gasoline is going up. now at what is considered the pain point for many drivers. >> but the drivers we spoke with told what's they pay at the pump is simply part of the price of hitting the road. >> reporter: can you afford the increase in gas price sntz. >> i can afford it. i don't like it. >> reporter: you need to put gas and go places you. need to pay. i hate it. but what are we going to do? >> this is the busiest driving season. until september, one analyst told us, am cans will pay an extra $200 on gas compared to
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>> the countdown has begun to the royal wedding between prince harry and american actress meghan markle. cbs news will be carrying the festivities as they happen. a lot of our producers, reporters and technicians are already there. sniffing out stories you might want to know about like, the demise of the traditional british pub. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: in the village of
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south stoke outside bath, the pub has served the community for 150 years. you might say brian perkins goes way back. >> so you were born in this pub. >> yes, that's right. in the room upstairs above the lounge. >> 87 years ago. >> correct, yes. >> six years ago he and the town got some bad news. >> when you heard that the pub was going to be closed, what did you think? >> i was disappoint eed obvious. didn't think in my life i would see it open. weave thought that's the end of the line. >> reporter: for more and more pubs across britain it is last call. >> the decline in pubs has been dramatic. no getting away from that. in the last ten years alone we lost 10,000 pubs. we used to have 65,000. we are getting to where we have 50,000. >> this is the georgian. the building was built in 1677, pretty impressive. pete brown has written a half dozen books on pubs and beer.
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>> cheers. >> he says there is a lot at stake here. >> i think pubs are an essential fact of british life. it defines what being british is to some extent. >> reporter: for centuries, pubs have been a place to mingle. read a book. and these days, each take the kids. >> the british have a famous reserve when it comes to being sociable. and everything about the pub is microengineered to break down those, social barriers and enable people to talk to each other. >> are you comfy, you wanted a chair. >> roxi. >> this place fits all types. >> presided at her pub, the seven stars for 20 years. >> inn keeping is a nurturing career. >> do you want fresh air? >> cooking and providing vitles and drink for people of good quality is, is, great pleasure.
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it's a great pleasure if they appreciate it. >> reporter: her regulars do. >> what do you like about it? >> it hasn't changed. >> but if pubs aren't changing, britain is. >> you have changing british social hab biits. steep hikes in taxation. smoking ban in 2007. >> to this brew add real estate. pub buildings are getting carved into apartments. that's the fate the pack horse faced. when a developer announced his plans, the residents were stunned. >> it was almost a metaphorical pitchfork rebellion. posters went up all over the village around the area. essentially, trying to be as loud as possible this can't happen. >> thanks to don moorehouse and others it didn't. here in england if a pub is declared an asset of community value, patrons are given time to bid on the property. >> we, we were given, three
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months to raise over half a million pounds. >> and they did. so this pub is so important to the community that it actually bought it back. >> absolutely. a really unique story. we have now, over 430 shareholders. not only did we raise the half million plus pound for the building we had to race equivalent sum of money to refurbish it. >> they reopened in march. >> yeah! >> brian perkins poured the first pint. when we visited the new owners and their kids were savoring their investment. >> do you guys want to work here one day? >> yeah. >> really? what do you want few dupe here? >> anything but the washing up. ♪ ♪ >> no one in britain expects all pubs to disappear. the pack horse might just provide a glimpse of their future. >> i would imagine a lot of people think if they can do it
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in south stoke we should be able to. you can do anything if you try. can't you? ha-ha. ♪ >> while on the subject of britain. here is a question for you -- what does charlie d'agata have in common with james bond? well they beth got to tool around in someone else's aston martin. >> reporter: that sound, like it its reputation, precedes the aston martin. beneath the deep growl of its latest model its the echo of more than a century of british car making. it is a brand intrinsically linked with that other british icon. >> bond. james bond. rob smith fell in love at the tender age of 14 when he joined the owner's club, despite not being an ownener. i hav no idea how i would afford an aston martin. knew i would get there eventually. >> reporter: he did eventually. he now owns four.
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it's got soul. it is more than just a -- a collection of nuts and bolts and oil and petrol. the love that has gone night. >> reporter: the united states is aston martin's biggest overstaez market. yet each vehicle is hand made to the customer's specifications here at its uk factory. >> we don't seep thee as just being cars. it's a piece of art really. >> steve wadingham is aston martin's senior market specialist. >> any color leather. stitching. how important is it to get this right? >> well, one shot. if this goes wrong, then we need another cow basically. >> reporter: yet a miracle, the aston martin managed to survive at all. off awe one of the most attractive. >> while they're good at making cars, particularly racing cars, making profit was another matter. the company has gone bankrupt no fewer than seven time in its history. founded in 1913 t.aston came
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from a famous racing hill at the time. martin came from lionel martin one of the founders of the come paenl. a charismatic chap, david brown purchased the company in 1947, and, low, the db was born. the db 11 most advanced db the company ever built. at a price of $250,000. and, capable of devastating speeds. 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds. matt hill is creative director. >> so all from the steering wheel you can dupe a lot of tuning of the vehicle. >> it makes it go faster. >> it makes it go faster. off awe it's not hard to see why 007 found the car a perfect fit. a db 5 infinger, thrust aston martin on off to the world stage. >> an engage and fire the passenger ejector seat. >> ejector seat. you are joking.
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>> product, placement, to diep for. in a cinematic love affair with 007 that's lasted more than 50 years. >> get in. off off in fact that db 5 made an encore appearance in 2012, sky fall. >> not very comfortable is it? >> are you going to complain the whole way. >> go on, eject me. see if i care. >> the queen gach prince charles a db 6 for the 21st birthday which made a surprise aper ans at the last royal wedding. what may take the shine off the british of brand. the throbbing heart under the hood is an engine built by mercedes. the company is now owned by kuwaity, italian and german investment consortium. but that doesn't bother rob smith. >> it says hand built in england. >> absolutely. >> how important are those words? in england to you? >> well, i'm english. so it is the most important thing. >> most important thing.
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>> for enthusiasts, the aston martin represents how britain sees itself. maybe a little stuffy, sure. a dash of arrogance. but a bit of an underdog still capable of commanding attention on the world stage. >> cbs news will have live coverage of the royal wedding next saturday ♪
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the second time around. steve hartman found more evidence of that on the road. >> reporter: laurie eagen of bowling green, ohio is about to marry her soul mate. but getting to this moment was not easy. after her first marriage ended in a bitter divorce, laurie says she could never have imagined this. >> it is a miracle that this happened. this doesn't happen every day that people get a second chance at true love. >> reporter: her first chance ended so badly, she relegated her memories of it to a closet floor. their eight wonderful children aside. laurie says at the end, she and her ex-husband, just did not mesh. >> the fighting what the kids were witnessing, i just didn't want in our lives anymore. >> the kids say it was that bad.
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the house, you cut it like a knife. >> we blamed ourselves. >> we thought it was because of us. >> reporter: the whole family was an absolute wreck. but in the weak of the divorce, laurie decided to fix the only person sheep cou could. herself. worked hard to build her self-esteem and got treatment for depression. meanwhile across town her ex-husband jeff was going through his own reckoning. he sought treatment for alcoholism and turned his life around. all this self improvement had an unintended consequence. eventually, they could actually tolerate being in the same room at the same time. they didn't have to have two separate birthday parties for each kid. and last year they even spent christmas together. still not even the children knew how close they would become. until laurie got her present from jeff. >> it was a love poem that ended with a familiar ring. >> oh, my god. oh, my god.
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yes. yes. yes. >> laurie had found her soul mate again. >> oh, my god, i love you. >> there are no word to express what i felt at that moment. ♪ ♪ last month, four years after they breakup, laurie and jeff got married. they called it a family healing ceremony. and heal it did. >> i am just so happy for my parents. >> especially the children. >> they have just both come so far. i am just so proud of them. >> we get a do-over. who gets do-overs in this world. we got a do-over. >> the big thing i would add to that. don't be too proud to get help. some jobs are too big for you to do by yourself. >> can i hug him? >> yes. >> all that we went through. >> some times we think love is lost. when really its just misplaced.
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>> only to you. >> and waiting to be found.
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art history was made at christy's auction house in new york city last week. the collection of peggy and david rockefeller went on the block, and when the final gavel came down, the total was $832 million. better yet, as anthony mason reports, all that money is going to charity. >> reporter: what is in a name? well, if it is rockefeller, apparently a lot. the auction of the estate of david and peggy rockefeller brought three days of bidding, that literally took people's breath away. >> $68 million.
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>> the first night this picasso sold for $115 million. this matisse, $80 million. this monet, $85 million. by the end of that first session, christy's -- >> we have broken the record, for any collection sale. >> the frenzy continued on night two. when gilbert stewart portrait of george washington was on the block. >> at $950,000. $1 million now. $1,100,000. >> it soared past its $1.2 million estimate. the final price, $11.5 million. ten times the estimate was a record for the artist. when we previewed the sale last weekend, with christie's mark porter he showed us dessert service made for napoleon. >> this is napoleon's ice cream bowl basically. off awe it is. >> estimated at $250,000 it sold
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for $1.8 million. even the relatively inexpensive items went for staggering prices. a picnic basket given to david rockefeller by the king of morocco, estimate $1,200. brought $212,000. so how far back in family history would some of these go? >> the family's old spider carriage that david rockefeller jr. showed us, fetched $225,000. finally, there was the rockefeller center money clip. with a modest estimate of $1,200 it attracted a lot of attention. >> this may be my favorite thing in the auction. >> along with many people i think. what belter to hold a stack of bills. >> turns out you need aid stack of bills to buy it. sale price, $75,000. >> that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning
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news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elain captioning funded by cbs it's monday, may 14th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." celebrations and protests. the u.s. is opening its embassy in jerusalem. breaking overnight, a suicide bombing targeting police overseas, following another deadly attack using children. and new volcanic fissures form in hawaii, forcing more people to evacuate. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.

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