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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, what's left of tropical storm ophelia is slowly creeping up the east coast, bringing drenching rain and pounding winds. flood warnings are posted from the carolinas to as far north as maine. in north carolina much of the town of bell haven was left devastated as water crashed into front yards. and along the jersey shore roads were submerged, stranding some
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in their homes. cbs's astrid martinez starts us off tonight from new york. astrid, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. and although it weakened the remnants of ophelia still impacting the east coast. nearly 9 million people are under coastal flooding alerts. tonight, tens of thousands of people along the east coast are still without power. after dealing with 24 hours of destructive winds, heavy rain and severe flooding. in virginia a state of emergency was declared. overnight in north carolina roads were submerged. more than 40 car accidents reported in raleigh. the most serious, when a tree fell on this car. the driver crashed, now hospitalized with a head injury. in greenville a small pitbull terrier found tied to a fence was rescued just in time from rising waters. another dramatic rescue in cape lookout. a helicopter lighting the way for the coast guard to rescue five people, including three children stranded on a 38-foot
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catamaran. parts of maryland seeing extended periods of heavy rainfall and elevated tides. ocean city residents worried about what's next. >> i'm looking at the radar on my phone, and there are some heavy showers moving in. >> reporter: heavy rains are expected in new jersey, new york, and even as far as boston. jericka? >> astrid martinez for us in new york tonight. thank you. well, the remnants of ophelia are still packing a punch. let's bring in meteorologist molly mccollum from our partners at the weather channel for more on what to expect this week. molly? >> good evening, jericka. it is still very active in the tropics right now. we have two new areas we're watching, tropical storm philippe and a new area right behind that. neither appear to be a threat to land. but we're still watching post-tropical ophelia, bringing a lot of tropical moisture to areas in the northeast and new england, which by the way we don't need any more rain. hartford at 11 1/2 inches above average for your year-to-date
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rainfall. meanwhile, texas we could sues some rain. dallas 11 inches. and we could see some beneficial rainfall but it comes at the cost of overnight storms. hail damaging winds being our primary concerns. but even as we turn our attention to tomorrow we're still tracking severe weather in parts of texas. and for more in-depth coverage you can watch the weather channel on cable or live on your favorite tv streaming devices. jericka? >> molly mccollum, thank you. well, time is running out to avert a shutdown of the federal government. the deadline is midnight saturday and the white house is warning federal agencies to prepare to close. cbs's skyler henry joins us from the capitol hill with more on what the shutdown would entail. and skyler, this is the longest -- or could be -- last the longest, if you will. the last one was in 2018? >> reporter: yeah, jericka. good to see you. the last shutdown cost the u.s. economy some $3 billion. that's according to the congressional budget office. but in terms of what could be impacted, that includes everything from government services that would be disrupted
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to millions of federal workers going without pay. democrats are blaming republican infighting over failure to reach a deal. >> and it's time for republicans to start doing the job america elected them to do. >> reporter: president biden with a warning on the looming government shutdown. house republicans are scrambling to find a path forward on a series of appropriations bills this week. andd s support foror a a contin resolutition givingg lawmwmake short-term breather, which would also keep the lights on and timely paychecks coming for more than 2 milillion civililian govevernment workers in the country like airport security screeners and air traffic controllers. and the roughly 2 million military personnel including border patrol agents facing the current migrant crisis at the u.s.-mexico border. >> if there is a shutdown, are the border patrol agents in your distrct prepared to show up to work at a time of migrant spike and not get paid? >> you know, that's the ugly part of a shutdown, is you're going to have -- you're going to
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have real people get hurt. >> reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy worked through the weekend and is optimistic about a breakthrough. though a handful of hardline conservatives say they're not interested in backing a stopgap measure as the gop-led house failed to reach a consensus on a short-term funding bill several times last week. democrats say they've held up their end of the bargain. >> mccarthy seems to be backing away from the deal because five or six people on his side of the aisle seem to be calling the shots. the tail wagging the dog is not the way you do this. >> and skyler, we'll be watching this week as the deadline inches closer. but there have been some growing calls for new jersey senator robert menendez to resign after he was indicted on federal bribery charges last week. what more do we know about that? >> reporter: well, yeah, jericka. he says he's not going anywhere. that's despite members of his own party calling on him to step down. following allegations that he accepted bribes including gold bars, money, even mortgage
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payments. now, menendez did decide to give up his post as chair of the senate foreign relations committee, and saturday afternoon democratic congressman andy kim of new jersey announced that he will challenge menendez for his seat in the democratic primary next year. jericka? >> skyler henry on capitol hill. thank you. well, some are calling it the biggest breakthrough in stroke treatment in decades. consider this. every 40 seconds someone in the u.s. has a stroke. cbs's chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook has the details tonight on mobile stroke units and how they're helping patients. >> reporter: richard janelle was on vacation in new york city in 2018 when he suddenly lost strength in his right hand. >> we sat down, had a beer. and i dropped my phone. i was not able to grab the phone off the floor. >> reporter: at age 41 janelle was having a stroke. blood flow to his brain was blocked by a closs. >> i had problems speaking. it went really fast. >> reporter: but he says if he had to have a stroke it couldn't
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have happened in a better place. >> it's pretty much a little miracle in my own life for sure. >> reporter: janelle was treated by new york presbyterian's mobile stroke unit. it's a special ambulance equipped with a cat scan, cameras and closs-busting medication that allows neurologists like dr. saud mir to diagnose and treat patients remotely. >> the majority of patients who come to the emergency room are not within a time window for treatment. >> reporter: a patient loses 2 million neurons in their brain every minute a stroke goes untreated. a study found mobile stroke units were able to deliver medication 36 minutes faster and patients had better outcomes than with traditional emergency medical treatment. >> i think within stroke care this is one of the most exciting things that's come out in the past 15 or 20 years. >> reporter: new york presbyterian's mobile stroke unit is one of just 20 nationwide. chris bossert is one of the paramedics who treated richard janelle that day, administering the crucial medication. >> how quickly did it work?
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for staying with us. for the past nine months cbs news has been investigating the plight of lgbtq military veterans who were discharged from service because of their sexual orientation. many of these vets received less than honorable discharges, and it's followed them for the rest of their lives. well, the pentagon made a potentially life-changing
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announcement designed to help thousands of these veterans restore their honor. jim axelrod reports. >> more work remains to reach every veteran whose life was impact bid don't ask don't tell. >> reporter: after years of waiting deputy defense secretary kathleen hicks offered up the words thousands of lgbtq vets have been waiting to hear. an acknowledgment of injustice. >> decades of laws and policy that's forced service members to hide who they are left a long and crueuel legacy.. >> reporter:r: and she annououn the steps the defense department will take to help lgbtq vets denied honorable discharges. >> we are announcing that d.o.d. will for the first time begin proactively reviewing the military records of veterans discharged because of their sexual orientation. >> the witch hunt was always around -- >> reporter: this comes after a nine-month cbs news investigation that documented the impact of a less than honorable discharge. from the emotional consequences of having a other than honorable
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on their dd-214 discharge form. >> it hurt. because my country's telling me i'm not good enough to serve because of who i love. not because of anything else. just because of who i love. >> reporter: to the practical ones. >> i can't be a police officer like i wanted to. because of my dd-214. yeah, they messed up my life. >> reporter: cbs news also uncovered flaws in the military's existing system for reviewing discharges. a process veterans said is confusing, emotionally taxing, and puts the burden of proof on the veteran. in a statement defense secretary lloyd austin vowed to make the review process more accessible and efficient and launch this web page with resources dedicated to lgbtq vets. leon panetta was the defense secretary who oversaw the repeal of don't ask don't tell. he told us he regretted focusing too much on the future at the
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tony dokoupil spoke with the band. ♪ watch out ♪ ♪ you might get what you're after ♪ ♪ ooh baby ♪ >> reporter: in 1983 a band whose cerebral lyrics and funky melodies helped define an era. ♪ burning down the house ♪ performed in l.a. before a packed house and some cameras. ♪ the film that followed, called "stop making sense," captured talking heads in all their kinetic glory. and through the eye of a talented young director named jonathan demme. ♪ i've got a girlfriend that's better than that ♪ recorded what would become the band's final tour. an experience the late roger ebert called life lived as a joyous high. and then 40 years later the
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critic of the "new york times" called it nutty jubilation. and i feel like both are right. you know? what's it like witnessing yourselves once again? >> weren't we pretty? ♪ >> what was that phrase? nutty delicious? >> reporter: nutty jubilation. >> nutty jubilation, yes. >> when i first saw the screening recently, which it had been probably a couple decades, and i saw myself and i thought who is that guy? ♪ you may ask yourself ♪ ♪ well, how did i get here ♪ ♪ many a days go by ♪ >> reporter: 40 years after that initial release you may find yourself in a large theater because this classic concert film has been restored, remastered and once again shown on the big screen. ♪ same as it ever was ♪
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>> i mean, let's face it, man. this movie is hot. >> reporter: for chris frantz, tina weymouth, jerry harrison and david byrne the rerelease is a chance to get reacquainted. >> it's the old neighborhood. >> reporter: after decades of estrangement. and also revisit a moment of shared success. what is the story being told in "stop making sense"? >> it's the story of love. it really is. ♪ can't sleep ♪ it starts with one person, an individual alone in this world, and then a community builds around it. ♪ >> reporter: the arc of the film mirrors the arc of the band itself. there's byrne and then his two married college friends, weymouth and frantz. >> i heard stories from chris oh, yeah, that's mad dave, you
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know. he would do things, you know, performance art where you'd shave off half his beard vertically. >> reporter: the three met as students at the rhode island school of design, where mad dave and frantz had already formed a band. >> a cover band called the artistics. we both really enjoyed it. i could see that david had a gift as a front person. >> the name of this band is talking heads. and the name of this song is "psycho killer." >> reporter: they moved to new york. >> and i thought, these guys are unique. >> reporter: jerry harrison made the band a foursome. ♪ run, run, run, run away ♪ >> i bought into totally what they were doing and i just wanted to be the best partner in making that go forward. >> reporter: they spent the years that followed building an audience on mtv. ♪ home ♪ ♪ is where i want to be ♪
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and perfecting their sound. >> by the time we got to "stop making sense" with te expanded line-up we were really tearing the roof off. ♪ >> reporter: and doing a lot of running. >> the music we were doing had great groove, and it just made me want to dance. ♪ >> reporter: where were you coming up with this? >> the music usually inspires it. but it was improvised. in my loft. i had a little video camera, whatever, put on the music and see what i came up with. and i'd go that one, that really works. let me try that. and let me try it in this song. ♪ why go to night school ♪ >> reporter: this is an impossible question but i'll ask it anyway. how do you know it works? >> that's a really good
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question. all i can assume is that there's something intuitive that says that music and that movement belong together. and somehow together they say something greater than either of them apart. >> reporter: what is that relationship that people are seeing on stage? >> we are obviously having a great time. we were a locked band. >> reporter: call it peak talking heads. but it wouldn't last. i think a mystery at the center of "stop making sense," it's such a great tour. why is it the last tour? >> well, that is a mystery. >> yeah. >> reporter: talking heads had always taken breaks for side projects, most notably chris frantz and tina weymouth's band
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tom-tom club. but within a few years of the film the band went on a break that never really ended. and in 1981 byrne told the l.a. times you could say we've broken up or call it whatever you like. >> yeah, we found out from a newspaper. yeah, "l.a. times" called us. >> it was a fact checker called us. >> and they wanted -- they wanted a comment. >> reporter: the relationship suffered from there. at one point you called i think david byrne a vampire? >> that's what they say. i don't remember that. >> reporter: you don't remember that? >> no. i might have been in a bad mood. ♪ ♪ pack your bags ♪ >> reporter: and while the band did perform one last time in 2002 when they were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame -- >> i'd like to thank the rock and roll hall of fame for giving this band a happy ending. >> reporter: they had not appeared in public until the
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premiere of this restored concert film brought them together. >> it's natural to feel pride in the legacy and joy and the memories. but inevitably you also ask yourself the question, would i do anything differently. would you do anything differently, david? >> i think i could have been probably a more easygoing collaborator. but at the same time that was kind of the way we were, the way i was. and so it's not like oh, i wish i could have changed that. i think that's just the way we were then and it kind of had to happen that way. >> reporter: do you feel like over the years you guys in one way or another hurt each other? >> families do that. they don't just, you know, bite each other. they take chunks out.
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but the beauty of it is, well, maybe you don't forget but you forgive. ♪ and you're standing here beside me ♪ ♪ >> we're celebrating "stop making sense," but also the music that we made together, which is always going to be greater than any of us individually. it is something for us to be proud of. i think we all agree on that. >> that again was tony dokoupil reporting. and this is the "cbs overnight news."
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rolling stones fans, take notice. a treasure trove of books and jazz memorabilia owned by the late drummer charlie watts is going up for auction this week. ian lee has more. >> reporter: pieces of music history are going under the hammer. christie's in london is selling more than 500 items belonging to late rolling stones drummer charlie watts. >> this is a sale where there are things for jazz collectors, for book collectors, but also anyone who's really interested in the history of the 20th century and the history of music in general. >> reporter: watts joined the stones in 1963 and played until
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his death in 2021. but this collection isn't what you might expect from a rock legend. >> he was quite a reluctant rock star. you know, he was far more interested in his intellectual pursuits, from the mad world of rock and roll. >> reporter: he loved jazz and kept sheet music from the biggest names in the business. >> the greats of jazz are represented, from louis armstrong to billie holiday to charlie watts's own favorite musician of all time, charlie parker. >> reporter: but books make up the bulk of the collection. like one about london as a christmas gift signed by mistake jagger. and the most valuable item, a first edition copy of q. scott fitzgerald's "the great gatsby" with an inscription by the author expected to fetch up to $400,000. >> it's a real personal favorite of my own and i think of charlie's as well. it's the book that defined the jazz age. >> reporter: the live auction happens in london, but you can bid online to own a piece of history from the man called the
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heartbeat of the rolling stones. ian lee, cbs news, london. and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. hope you have a great week. be sure to check us out later on "cbs mornings." reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm wendy gillette in new york. the writers guild of america says it has reached a tentative agreement with hollywood producers for a new contract for screenwriters. the language of the deal is still being finalized and details were not immediately available. it will be brought before members for approval this week. officials in hawaii are lifting entry restrictions on the maui disaster area today. residents and property owners affected by the deadly wildfire will be allowed to return for the first time since the fire
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erupted on august 8th. and farewell to a legend. two-time world cup winner megan rapinoe played her final game for the u.s. women's national soccer team on sunday. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy storm surge. ophelia packing drenching rain and high winds, battering the upper east coast. the impact reaching more than 10 million people. we'll have the latest on the storm track. also, countdown to a shutdown. paychecks for millions of government workers hangs in the balance if congress fails to pass a funding bill. the military and air traffic controllers among those essential workers who could be impacted. plus, border breaking point. the mayor of el paso, texas has a warning to the nation. his city is running out of room
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and resources for the more than 2,000 migrants arriving each day. >> i'm manuel bojorquez in el paso where officials say their only option is to continue moving migrants north. journey through space. nasa's seven-year mission to retrieve a rare sample of an asteroid ends in a utah desert. what scientists are hoping the rock will reveal. it's not about me. it's about you. you're doing the super bowl. >> halftime headliner. the singing superstar who will make his way to nfl's biggest stage. and later, family matters. the efforts to keep loved ones together despite life's challenges. >> our goal is to keep people with their pet. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, what's left of tropical storm ophelia is slowly creeping up the east coast,
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bringing drenching rain and pounding winds. flood warnings are posted from the carolinas to as far north as maine. in north carolina much of the town of belhaven was left devastated as water crashed into front yards. and along the jersey shore roads were submerged, stranding some in their homes. cbs's astrid martinez starts us off tonight from new york. astrid, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. and although it weakened, the remnants of ophelia still impacting the east coast. nearly 9 million people are under coastal flooding alerts. tonight, tens of thousands of people along the east coast are still without power after dealing with 24 hours of destructive winds, heavy rain and severe flooding. in virginia a state of emergency was declared. overnight in north carolina roads were submerged. more than 40 car accidents reported in raleigh. the most serious, when a tree fell on this car.
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the driver crashed, now hospitalized with a head injury. in greenville a small pitbull terrier found tied to a fence was rescued just in time from rising waters. another dramatic rescue in cape lookout. a helicopter lighting the way for the coast guard to rescue five people including three children stranded on a 38-foot catamaran. parts of maryland seeing extended periods of heavy rainfall and elevated tides. ocean city residents worried about what's next. >> i'm looking at the radar on my phone, and there's some heavy showers moving in. >> reporter: heavy rains are expected in new jersey, new york and even as far as boston. jericka? >> astrid martinez for us in new york tonight. thank you. well, the remnants of ophelia are still packing a punch. let's bring in meteorologist molly mccollum from our partners at the weather channel for more on what to expect this week. molly? >> good evening, jericka. it is still very active in the tropics.
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we have two areas we're watching, tropical storm philippe and a new area right behind that. neither appear to be a threat to land. but we're still watching post-tropical ophelia, bringing a lot of tropical moisture to areas in the northeast and new england, which by the way we don't need any more rain. hartford at 11 1/2 inches above average for year-to-date rainfall. meanwhile in texas we could use some rain. dallas over 11 inches below average for your yearly rainfall. and we could see some beneficial rainfall but it comes at the cost with some overnight storms. hail, damaging winds being our primary concerns. but even as we turn our attention to tomorrow we're still tracking severe weather in parts of texas. and for more in-depth coverage you can watch the weather channel on cable or live on your favorite tv streaming devices. jericka? >> molly mccollum, thank you. well, time is running out to avert a shutdown of the federal government. the deadline is midnight saturday, and the white house is warning federal agencies to prepare to close. cbs's skyler henry joins us from the capitol hill with more on what the shutdown would entail. and skyler, this is the longest -- or could be -- last
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the longest, if you will. the last one was in 2018? >> reporter: yeah, jericka. good to see you. the last shutdown cost the u.s. economy some $3 billion. that's according to the congressional budget office. but in terms of what could be impacted, that includes everything from government services that would be disrupted to millions of federal workers going without pay. democrats are blaming republican infighting over failure to reach a deal. >> and it's time for republicans to start doing the job america elected them to do. >> reporter: president biden with a warning on the looming government shutdown. house republicans are scrambling to find a path forward on a series of appropriations bills this week. and support for a continuing reresolution g giving lawmwmake short-term breather, which would also keep the lights on and timely paychecks coming for more than 2 million civilian government workers in the e country lilike airportrt securi screreeners and d air traffic controllers. and the roughly 2 million
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military personnel including border patrol agents facing the current migrant crisis at the u.s.-mexico border. >> if there is a shutdown, are the border patrol agents in your district prepared to show up to work at a time of migrant spike and not get paid? >> you know, that's the ugly part of a shutdown, is you're going to have -- you're going to have real people get hurt. >> reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy worked through the weekend and is optimistic about a breakthrough. though a handful of hard-line conservatives say they're not interested in backing a stopgap measure. as the gop-led house failed to reach a consensus on a short-term funding bill several times last week. democrats say they've held up their end of the bargain. >> mccarthy seems to be backing away from the deal because five or six people on his side of the aisle seem to be calling the shots. the tail wagging the dog is not the way you do this. >> and skyler, we'll be watching this week as the deadline inches closer. but there have been some growing calls for new jersey senator robert menendez to resign after
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he was indicted on federal bribery charges last week. what more do we know about that? >> reporter: well, yeah, jericka. he says he's not going anywhere. that's despite members of his own party calling on him to step down. following allegations that he accepted bribes including gold bars, money, even mortgage payments. now, menendez did decide to give up his post as chair of the senate foreign relations committee. and saturday afternoon democratic congressman andy kim of new jersey announced that he will challenge menendez for his seat in the democratic primary next year. jericka? >> skyler henry on capitol hill. thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." the mayor of el paso, texas says his city is reaching a breaking point over the droves of asylum seekers. the strain is being felt by several border towns with as many as 8,000 migrants crossing into the u.s. each day. manuel bojorquez is in el paso with more on that. manny, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. the mayor says el paso has seen
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as many as 2,000 migrants enter in just one day. now mexico says it has reached an agreement with the u.s. to deport some migrants from its northern cities to try to alleviate the sharp increase here. in eagle pass, texas men, women and children arrived by the hundreds. "thank god we're here," says this man from venezuela. but mayor rolando salinas says his community is overwhelmed. >> it's not normal. the people here are frustrated. >> reporter: el paso's mayor expected another 2,000 migrants today. >> the city of el paso only has so many resources, and we have come to a breaking point right now. >> reporter: republican congressman tony gonzalez of texas blamed the biden administration for the crisis. >> this border crisis is as if a category 4 hurricane has hit. we're just trying to keep our head above water here in texas. >> reporter: but homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, who visited the border saturday, blamed inaction in congress. >> our immigration system is
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absolutely broken, a fact on which everyone agrees. and congress needs to fix it. >> reporter: at the root of it all is a mass displacement of people due to political and economic crises. more than 7 million venezuelans have left their homeland in recent years, many heading to central and north america. that presents a unique challenge, says ruben garcia, who runs an el paso shelter. >> we do not have diplomatic relations between the united states and venezuela. and so you cannot remove, deport venezuelanos back to venezuela. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott said he would send buses to the border to continue to send more migrants to democratic-led cities. the city of el paso is also busing migrants to other destinations to try to ease the overcrowding here. jericka? >> manuel bojorquez, thank you. the united auto workers walkout is now in its tenth day. today ford announced an agreement had been reached with striking workers at its canadian
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plants. union leaders also said talks with ford on the u.s. side were making progress. meanwhile, the hollywood writers strike may be nearing an end. elise preston joins us from los angeles where negotiations are currently under way. good evening, elise. >> reporter: jericka, good evening to you. hollywood has been talking about an imminent deal for several days. this as studio heads from warner brothers, disney and netflix are all part of ongoing discussions. a hollywood ending? that's the hope in tinsel town as negotiations between the writers guild of america and television and film producers continued for a fifth consecutive day today. >> fingers, toes, eyes. like everything crossed for a resolution. >> reporter: following a marathon negotiation session saturday, media outlets including "variety" reported that producers presented the wga with their best and final offer. >> we're hearing that they're close, but perhaps not as close as some of the press reports,
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which have suggested that it's all down to the drafting by the lawyers. >> reporter: unresolved issues are the regulation of artificial intelligence, staffing minimums for writers' rooms and the distribution of residuals. >> we're prepared to stay out and keep staying out. but yes, i really do hope it's over. >> reporter: today is day 146 of the wga strike, which has put more than 11,000 tv and film scribes on the sidelines. >> corporate greed has got to go! >> reporter: once this deal is struck, studios will then need to make a deal with the actors, who have been on strike since july. the combined work stoppages have cost the california economy an estimated $5 billion. it's only once both strikes have been settled that everyone will be able to proclaim the end and the business of show can go on. right now the strike is the second longest work stoppage for hollywood writers ever. if a deal isn't struck this week, it could become the longest. jericka? >> elise preston reporting for
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us in los angeles, thank you. well, some are calling it the biggest breakthrough in stroke treatment in decades. consider this. every 40 seconds someone in the u.s. has a stroke. cbs's chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook has the details tonight on mobile stroke units and how they're helping patients. >> reporter: richard janelle was on vacation in new york city in 2018 when he suddenly lost strength in his right hand. >> we sat down, had a beer and i dopped my phone. i was not able to grab the phone off the floor. >> reporter: at age 41 janelle was having a stroke. blood flow to his brain was blocked by a clot. >> i had problems speaking. it went really fast. >> reporter: but he says if he had to have a stroke it couldn't have happened in a better place. >> it's pretty much a little miracle in my own life for sure. >> reporter: janelle was treated by new york presbyterian's mobile stroke unit. it's a special ambulance equipped with a cat scan, cameras and clot-busting medication that allows neurologists like dr. saad mir
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to diagnose and treat patients remotely. >> the majority of patients who come to the emergency room are not within a time window to get treatment. >> reporter: a patient loses almost 2 million neurons in their brain every minute a stroke goes untreated. a study found mobile stroke units were able to deliver medication 36 minutes faster and patients had better outcomes than with traditional emergency medical treatment. >> i think within stroke care this is one of the most exciting things that's come out in the past 15 or 20 years. >> reporter: new york presbyterian's mobile stroke unit is one of just 20 nationwide. chris bossert is one of the paramedics who treated richard janelle that day, administering the crucial medication. how quickly did it work? >> maybe five, ten minutes i would say. it was very apparent that he was starting to gain function back. it was definitely an amazing case. >> reporter: janelle met up with the team who saved his life a year later at the same bar. and now he's a father. >> another little miracle, which i was able to have children
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because of the first one, because i was saved in new york. >> reporter: dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. straight ahead, rubble that could date back to the dawn of the solar system touches down in utah. plus, farmers fight for the right to fix what's broken. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervive nerve relief from the world's number one nerve care company. nervive contains ala to relieve nerve aches, and b-complex vitamins to fortify healthy nerves. try nervive. and, try nervive pain relieving roll-on. (peaceful music) - time to get up, sweetie! (kissing) - [child voiceover] most people might not think much about all the little things you do every day, but for me, just being able to do those little things is the best part of my day. - ready, mom! - [child voiceover] it hasn't been easy,
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a capsule carrying about a half pound of rubble from the asteroid bennu landed in the utah desert this morning. pieces of the asteroid were originally collected back in 2020. scientists say that it could contain material left over from the creation of our solar system. okay. can you handle it, usher fans? today the nfl announced usher will be adlining the super bowl lviii halftime show. >> you're doing the super bowl. >> are you serious? >> usher, listen to me. >> how do you know? >> i know everything. >> the reveal came in a video featuring kim kardashian that was edited with an actual usher video from the "confessions" album years ago. in a statement usher called it the honor of a lifetime. super bowl lviii will be played february 11th in las vegas and right here on cbs. i cannot wait. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." farmers fighting for the right to repair machinery that they to repair machinery that they own.
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it all down and then farmers in rural areas can wait days for a dealer's service call. does that increase the risk that you're going to lose the crop to weather? >> yeah. your combine's sitting on the side of the field and you can't use it and you haven't cut most of the field. and before it hails it off, then you lose the whole thing. >> let's go to the other one. >> reporter: zach's father danny testified for colorado's farmer right to repair law so farmers can get the information from dealers to do their own repair work. and he was there when the bill was signed into law. >> whoo! [ applause ] >> reporter: farmers around the country are very supportive of this idea of the farmer's right to repair. tell me why it has such resonance with farmers. >> farmers are not people that like to rely on others. >> reporter: some dealers for john deere, america's biggest farm machinery maker, opposed the bill. john deere declined an interview and sent an e-mail saying in part, "john deere supports a customer's decision to repair their own products, utilize an independent repair service or
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have repairs completed by an authorized dealer." state representative brianna titone was among the law's sponsors and says right to repair addresses wider issues. >> it comes down to a lot of the environmental issues around the consumer products that are just thrown away. the planned obsolescence of this electronic equipment that goes into the trash heap. >> reporter: one study showed that if we repaired and used cell phones for another year, which would curtail sometimes polluting manufacturing, it would be the same environmental benefit as taking more than 600,000 cars off the road. back in peetz, colorado, population 200, danny's wife laurie works at the town's only restaurant. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: she knows well the challenges for farm families. >> if we don't have crops in the elevator, then we don't sell them to have money. then we don't have money, we
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don't live. >> so we need to replace that -- >> reporter: right to repair will help farmers keep their equipment running. critical, they say, to keeping them in business. barry petersen, cbs news, peetz, colorado. well, next a new approach to sheltering people with pets who are experiencing homelessness.
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city leaders in denver, colorado recently voted on a plan to get at least 1,000 unsheltered people off the streets by christmas. how, you may ask? by building something known as pallet shelters. we visited a nearby community of them providing a safe space for people and their pets. for 45-year-old phoebe welte and her dog jazzy -- >> i love her a lot. >> reporter: -- finding a place to call home hasn't been easy. welte is among the more than half a million people in this country experiencing homelessness. >> i got a beef jerky for you. >> reporter: she says she and her husband could have found a
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shelter sooner if not for their dog. how comforting is it to have jazz with you? >> it's incredible. >> reporter: for years they lived in tents. until they learned about this salvation army housing community near denver made up of pallet >> our goal is to keep people with their pets. >> reporter: kristen baluyet is the director of social services. >> people do not want to be separated from their pets. they would rather sleep on the streets under a tarp than enter a shelter and have to leave their pet behind. >> reporter: each shelter, which can house two people, has a door that locks, electricity, heat, air-conditioning and accommodations for pets like jazzy. between 5% and 10% of people experiencing homelessness have pets. the problem is most shelters in this country lack the infrastructure to address the needs of that group. >> there is no denying that homelessness is increasing. we are housing people left and right and working magic, but the number of people entering into homelessness is increasing at a faster rate than we can house.
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>> what do you want people to know about your situation and others like yourself? >> don't judge a story by the chapter you walk in on. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. make it a great week. this is "cbs news flash." i'm wendy gillette in new york. the writers guild of america says it has reached a tentative agreement with hollywood producers for a new contract for screenwriters. the language of the deal is still being finalized and details were not immediately available. it will be brought before members for approval this week. officials in hawaii are lifting entry restrictions on the maui disaster area today. residents and property owners affected by the deadly wildfire will be allowed to return for the first time since the fire erupted on august 8th.
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and farewell to a legend. two-time world cup winner megan rapinoe played her final game for the u.s. women's national soccer team on sunday. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. it's monday, september 25th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, hollywood ending. the writers union and studios reach a tentative deal after nearly five months on the picket lines. what's in the proposed agreement, and where negotiations stand with the actors union today. plus, border breaking point. the mayor of el paso, texas, now warns his city is running out of room and resources for the thousands of migrants arriving daily. and mission accomplished. na

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