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Believed to be in this situation where the ice on the ground is going to flow into the sea and theres nothing we can do to stop it at this point. Reporter eric gouth is part of a Scientific Study that is proving Antarctic Ice is on the move. This here is the object of your affection . Absolutely. Reporter hes part of the extreme ice survey that uses timelapse photography to document whats happening. Images snapped every hour and then strung together show how quickly the glaciers are flowing. These pictures arent just useful for science, they have another purpose. Much of the general public are visual learners, as am i. I think being able to see that with your own eyes is a very compelling way of communicating information. Reporter arguments over the causes of Climate Change may be raging again at home. Here suggestions of a hoax come up against some cold, hard facts. Ken taylor, the ice scientist, normally drills miles deep into the icecap for answers. Sometimes, though, theyre floating all around you. Bubbles trapped in the ice contain the air that was around tens of thousands of years ago when the ice froze. And that air contained a fraction of the warming greenhouse gasses the human race is now pumping into the atmosphere. You smell that air, youre smelling ancient air. Its really good air. Its like air before humans messed up the atmosphere. Yeah. Smells like ice. Reporter and there is another kind of chill down here, scott, a chill in the Scientific Community, a fear that the funding it needs will be harder to come by in the future and that theres a less sympathetic ear in government for the kinds of science they do. Mark phillips for our climate diaries down under. Thanks. Still ahead, drivers of Ford Explorers say exhaust fumes are making them sick. New guidelines for treating back pain. And later, a panda takes her final baos. alarms wheres the car . Itll be here in three. Uh, four minutes. Are you kidding me . 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Reporter dash camera video shows the moment Newport Beach Police Officer Brian Mcdowell passed out behind the wheel of his 2014 Ford Explorer Police Cruiser and crashed into a tree. You narrowly missed an suv. Yeah. Reporter this is a matter of inches. I just think plus or minus one second i maybe wouldnt be here on this earth for my kids. Reporter mcdowell is recovering from multiple injuries but has no memory of the accident. I just went out. Just like that. Just like that. Reporter records show he had no drugs or alcohol in his system. Doctors couldnt figure out why he blacked out. I had that nauseous feeling and i felt like i had a headache. Reporter mcdowell then learned hundreds of drivers had been complaining about exhaust that contains Carbon Monoxide leaking into the cabin of the explorers typically when the air conditioning was on. This july the nhtsa launched an investigation, citing 154 customer complaints about exhaust in 2011 through 2015 Ford Explorers, but cbs news discovered thats grown to more than 450 complaints, some involving newer models. Nhtsa says there havent been any serious injuries. I was hospitalized several times with uncontrollable headaches, nausea, vomiting. Reporter but stacy jones, who has an autoimmune disorder, believes her suv made her sick. After i started driving the 2014 explorer, my health started to decline rapidly. Reporter ford has known about the problem since 2012 when it issued the first of three repair bulletins to dealers. In a 2015 deposition, a Company Representative acknowledged it appears to be a design issue that remains unresolved. Repairs did not fix the problem for jones, so she traded her 2014 explorer for a 2017. The dealers were like, the 17s are fine, no worries. Reporter but she still smelled exhaust, even after weeks of repairs. Its frustrating, because at this point i dont know what im going to do. Reporter officer mcdowell is now suing ford. The automaker tells cbs news in rare circumstances there have been instances where customers detected an exhaust odor in explorers. The statement maintains it poses no safety risk. Kris van cleave investigating for us tonight. Thank you, kris. Still ahead, new advice for back pain. Introducing a deodorant saving millions of clothes. New degree ultraclear black white. No yellow stains on white clothes. No white marks on black clothes. New degree ultraclear black white. It wont let you down. New pantene doesnt just wash i wiyour hair, it fuels it. Gain. Making every strand stronger. So tangles dont stand a chance. Because strong is beautiful. [joy bauer] two thirds of americans have digestive issues. Im joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. But many probiotics do not survive your stomachs harsh environment. Digestive advantage is different. Its natural protein shell is tougher than your stomachs harsh environment, so it surivies a hundred times better than the leading probiotic, to get where you need it most. Get the digestive advantage, and enjoy living well. An adopted son of the notorious child molester Jerry Sandusky was arrested in pennsylvania today. 41yearold Jeffrey Sandusky faces 14 counts of child sexual abuse. He has been suspended from his job as a prison guard. Sanduskys lawyer declined to comment. His father, the former assistant football coach at penn state, is serving at least 30 years for abusing ten boys. If you have an achy back, you have got company. As many as 80 of adults will have back pain. And tonight our doctor john lapook runs us through new guidelines from the American College of physicians. Reporter 76yearold Berta Axelrad has lived with chronic low back pain for most of her life. The pain is just so well, its terrible. Reorter she swears by exercise, yoga and walking. It minimizes the pain. Its not always easy, but its much better than doing nothing. Reporter todays guidelines say the first line of therapy should be nondrug treatment for pain lasting less than three months, those include heat wrap, massage, acupuncture and spinal manipulation. The authors stress that clinicians should avoid costly and potential harmful treatments like narcotics. For pain lasting more than three months, treatments include stretching and strengthening exercises, tai chi, yoga, acupuncture and mindfulness techniques like meditation to relieve stress. If those fail, antiinflammatories such as ibuprofen should be considered first, then medications that can dull nerve pain like tramadol or duloxetine. Some of these treatments such as yoga or massage are often offered outside of the Traditional Health care system. Reporter dr. Steven atlas of Massachusetts General Hospital wrote an editorial about the guidelines. Some of these may be a shot across the bow to insurers to say, maybe we should be covering them better. And rotate once to your left. Reporter physical therapist dana rose demonstrated some moves designed to bring relief. By activating and using your core muscles, that should lessen the load through our joints to help minimize back pain. Reporter the recommendation to use nondrug therapies first is especially relevant when the country is facing an epidemic of opioid abuse. Jon lapook, thanks, doc. Coming up next, a big loss for cub fans. ,,,,, this is gus. Someday, gus will invent this thing and change the world. This is the thing that could change gus world. And this is the doctor that could cure that thing so he can grow up to invent this thing. Sutter health. Proudly caring for northern california, the national zoo tweets word that the giant panda may shong gave birth this afternoon to her third cub, a female. The birth of bao bao three and a half years ago. Next week chip reid tells us shell be going to china, for good. Reporter from the day she was born millions of bao baos devoted fans have watched her grow up on the panda cam. They saw her first checkup. And her first birthday. They watched her fall in love with bamboo, her First Encounter with a camera, her first tumble in the snow, her first game of hide and seek, or maybe pretending to be a turtle. And they watched her learn that when mom says, get down, she means get down now. On every step of the way, trainer marty dearie was there. Now hes preparing her for another first. Hi, lady. Come on, bao. Good girl. Reporter hes getting her used to the crate that will take her to her new home in china next week. By giving her honey water, it continues to build this space as somewhere she wants to be. Reporter dearie will be traveling with her. Im someone she knows really well. Reporter you hold her hand . Yeah exactly. Not literally, but yes. Reporter part of the deal when china lent bao baos mother to the zoo was any cubs would be sent to china to breed before they turned four. Brandy smith is the zoos associate director for animal care sciences. I think its like your kids going off to college. Its hard thing to do. Were a little bit sad. Were a lot worried. But in the end we know its the right thing to do and its the best thing for her. Reporter you think there are going to be tears . Yeah. Im a crier. I can admit that. Reporter tears but also the satisfaction of knowing that bao bao will be doing her part to save this vulnerable and adorable species. Chip reid, cbs news, washington. And thats the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you the news continues. For others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and dont miss cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com this is the cbs overnight news. Hi, everyone. Welcome to the overnight news. Im demarco morgan. Evacuation remains in effect. Weeks of torrential rain has the oroville dam in california filled to the brim. Two emergency spillways used to handle the overflow are crumbling. With more rain in the forecast, nearly 200,000 people have been forced from their homes. John blackstone has the story. Reporter with water thundering out of oroville dam, officials are in a race to lower the lake level, which is at near capacity. California department of Water Resources director bill croyle. Were move 1g00,000 cubic feet per second down that spillway. Weve been doing that for about 16, 17 hours. Reporter as the water pours out, crews are preparing to move huge boulders to fortify the dams spillways. The main concrete spillway that funnels excess water into a floodplain began breaking apart last week. Chunks of concrete gave way, and the hole kept getting bigger. Engineers decided to use an emergency spillway that had never been needed in the dams 48year history. It worked, for a while, but the emergency spillway couldnt handle the excess flow. A wide gash on sunday raised fears the structure could give way, possibly inundating several communities below with a 30foot wall of water. Nearly 200,000 were told to leave immediately, creating grid lock. Resident ed hershey. Miserable. Bumper to bumper. It was chaos. Everybody was just trying to rush to get out. Reporter now residents are waiting for the all clear, which butte county sheriff kory honea is not ready to give. This is a dynamic situation. Its a situation were still trying to assess. We need to have time before we allow people back into those areas it is safe to do so. Flynn denied discussing u. S. Sanctions with the russian. But u. S. Intelligence officials tell a different story. And now, flynn is apologizing. Major garrett has the story. North korea is a big, big problem. And we will deal with that very strongly. Reporter as President Trump and canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a news conference, National Security adviser Michael Flynn joined other senior white house officials in the front row. Mr. Trump ignored shouted questions about his confidence in flynn as he left the east room. Counselor to the president kellyanne conway. Yes, general flynn does enjoy the full confidence of the president , and this is a big week for general flynn. Hes the point of contact for many of these foreign visits. Reporter just over an hour later, though, the white house said the president is evaluating the situation. The fbi and other intelligence agencies are investigating conversations flynn had with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Before President Trumps inauguration. Flynn initially denied discussing u. S. Sanctions on russia during the calls, a potential violation of federal law, but last week flynn said he couldnt be sure if the topic came up. In january Vice President elect pence defended flynn on face the nation. Those conversations that happened to occur around the time that the United States took action to expel diplomats had nothing whatsoever to do with those sanctions. Reporter the white house now says President Trump is speaking to Vice President pence relative to the conversation the Vice President had with general flynn. Multiple sources tell cbs flynn called pence to apologize this weekend. White house policy adviser Steven Miller was asked yesterday if deceiving the Vice President was a fireable offense. Its not for me to answer hypotheticals. It wouldnt be responsible. Its a sensitive matter. In ant ashl ark ka, Mark Phillips is there traveling with scientists from National Geographic explorer. Reporter this is what summer looks like in anarctica. An explosion of life when the reveals the secrets that have been locked into its ice. Ken taylor is one of americas foremost ice scientists. And what hes talking about is the huge crack thats opened up in one of the floating ice shelves that cling to the coast of antarctica. Theres a large berg its the size of delaware. And the fraction breaking off, it jumps about a mile every week or so. Reporter its not the ice from the ice shelf thats worrying. Without the ice shelf to hold it back, the glacial ice on land will flow into the oceans more quickly and drive sea levels up even more than the three feet that is already predicted for the century. There are several spots around antarctica that are believed to be in this situation where the ice on the ground is going to flow into the sea and theres nothing we can do to stop it at this point. Reporter eric gouth is trying to get at science another way. There are concerns about ice shelf stability, there are concerns about warmer sea temperatures around the antarctica peninsula. Reporter what hes producing is an overview, literally. Tell me what it is. Reporter eric is part of the extreme ice survey thats documenting the changes that are happening in pictures. Cameras placed at strategic locations snap one shot an hour, year around. And they produce time lapse images showing how the glaciers are moving, looking to see if theyre speeding up or getting thinner. This type of visual evidence is what people need. Much of the general public are visual learnings, as i am. You need to be able to see that with your own eyes is a very compelling way to communicate the information. Why is all this happening . Again, the ice tells the story and its not in denial. Ken taylor normally dills miles deep into the ice to find the answers. Sometimes, though, you can find them floating all around you. Trapped in the ice are bubbles of the air that was around tens of thousands of years ago when it was frozen. Air that had a fraction of the amount of the Greenhouse Gases in it, compared to what the human race is pumping into the atmosphere now. Trapped in the ice, and if you release it, you can tell what the atmosphere was like 50,000, 100,000 years ago. You break this open and smell that air, its air before humans messed up the atmosphere. Smells like ice. Reporter theres another kind of chill down here, as well. A chill in the Scientific Community thats working here. A fear that the kinds of money they need for their work will be less forth coming in the future an unstop right there im about to pop a cap of mmm fresh in that washer with unstopables inwash scent boosters by downy. And if you want, pour a little more, because this scent lasts for 12 weeks, which is longer than any relationship ive ever been in. Right, freshness for weeks unstopables by downy. For a fresh too feisty to quit. There are growing concerns this morning about one of the most popular vehicles in america, the Ford Explorer. Its the best selling midsized suv in the country, bwith about1 million on the road. But hundreds of loyal customers say the Ford Explorer might be making them sick. Reporter many of the complaints auk about a rotten egg smell. It happens while driving and the thought is it may be exhaust, which raises the concern it could be toxic. Dash camera video shows the moment Newport Beach Police Officer Brian Mcdowells life changed. You narrowly missed an suv. Yeah. Reporter this is a matter of inches. I just think plus or minus one second i maybe wouldnt be here on this earth for my kids. Reporter he has scars from a dislocated shoulder, fractured eye socket and traumatic brain injury, but no memory of the accident. I just went out. Just like that. Just like that. Reporter records show he had no drugs or alcohol in his system. I just had that nauseous feeling and i felt like i had a headache. Reporter then he learned hundreds of drivers had been complaining about exhaust that contains Carbon Monoxide leaking into the cabin of the explorers, likely through unsealed seams in the rear of the suv. Based on customer complaints, the issue seems to occur when accelerating while the air conditioning is on. After monitoring complaints for two years, the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation in july, citing 154 customer complaints about exhaust in ford exploe explore explorers, but thats grown to more than 450 complaints. While declining to comment further, they maintain there havent been any serious injuries. Something mcdowells attorney disputes. When i saw they said there were no injuries, we immediately got them on the phone and gave them all the information we had in the lawsuit. Reporter we were taken for a ride in this 2015 explorer, thats been repaired for this issue five times. Do you worry about what youre breathing in . Of course we do. Reporter just a few minutes into the drive now you can definitely smell the exhaust right now. And we get that all the time. Reporter fords known about the issue since at least 2012, when the Company Issued its first of three repair bulletins to dealers aimed at fixing the problem. Ford has tried to fix it and they cant. Reporter in a 2015 deposition, a Company Representative said, were working on it. They told cbs news, in rare i bought this about six, seven months ago. Reporter booth cant afford a new car, so hes driving on, with a Carbon Monoxide detector. Newport beach police told us theyve implemented new Safety Measures in vehicles after mcdowells accident. Just as a precaution, Carbon Monoxide detectors have been installed. Some of those detectors had gone off. Reporter officer mcdowell is suing ford for his injuries. There are at least two other class action lawsuits. Ford agreed to settle one in florida, another in new jersey is ongoing. In that case, ford denies wrongdoing. President trumps federal ban remains on hold, but whether or not its ever reinstated, its costing the travel industry tens of millions of dollars. Bookings were down 185 million in the first week alone. Peter greenberg has details on how the immigration dustup is rippling through the u. S. Economy. Reporter when President Trump signed the travel ban two weeks ago, blocking citizens from seven nations, that has repercussions in the travel industry, which is faced with a loss of revenue as this issue continues to be battled in court. Let them in let them in reporter u. S. International airports have become the hub for thousands protesting President Trumps travel ban. The leaders of the Airline Industry to the white house. The industry supports over 10 million jobs and creates almost 1 trillion in economic activity. Reporter but uncertainty surrounding the ban is threatening that prosperity. There is an immediate and noticeable decline in people coming to the u. S. As a result of the executive order. Tourism brings in high valued dollars to the u. S. And its an important employer of a lot of people in america. Reporter according to the travel data company forwardkeys, flight bookings to the u. S. Dropped 6. 5 year over year during the week the travel ban was in place. Bookings from the seven countries listed on trumps order to the u. S. Were down 80 . Uncertainly is back for business, but its especially bad for travel. Reporter expedia joined washington states lawsuit against the executive order. He says the ban hurts more than just business. I think what people dont understand is just how powerful the American Dream is as a brand. Reporter he emigrated from iran nearly 40 years ago and hopes americas appeal isnt lost on those looking to visit. You take apple and nike and mcdonalds together and put them together and multiply by a thousand. Thats the strength of the American Dream outside the u. S. If you believe in democracy and you want to be part of the melting part, come on over. Thats the spirit of our nation, and we dont want to hurt that brand. Reporter and theres another unintended consequence here, and that is that the drop in online searches as much as 17 , and bookings down are creating a Global Market buyer. Cbs overnight news will be right back. 1. 2. 3 elated woooooo life looks great with tampax pearl. You get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and smooth removal for your lightest. Tampax pearl power over periods. Its league night . saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico goin up the country. Bowl without me. Frank. im going to get nachos. Snack bars closed. Gah ah, ah ah. Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. ok, it says you apply the blue okone to me. Y this. Here . No. Ah ok, here . Maybe you should read the directions. Have a little fun together, or a lot. Ky yours and mine. Two sensations that work together, so you can play together. Ky yours and mine. An adventure off the beaten path, way off the beaten path. Theres a guide to that called atlas secure. And Serena Altshul took part of the tour. Reporter josh and dilan can usually be found looking for adventure. Well let you in here without any sound or without any light. Reporter but today, theyre just looking for some peace and quiet. See you on the other side. Reporter and theyve come to the right place. You can hear every single minor sound as clear as a bell. Reporter used to test the volume of a wide range of products, this room at orfield labs in minnesota is about 16 times quieter than the silence at your local library. All right, gentlemen, time to come out. Reporter which makes it the quietest place on earth. You can hear each other swallow across the room. You can hear your eyebrows move. After that experience, it changes your perception of the world. You think about your own body and sound totally differently. Reporter which is exactly their mission, to make people think about the world differently. The worlds quietest room is just one of more than 600 obscure and unique spots featured in their new book atlas obscura, an explorers guide to the worlds hidden wonders. We try and highlight stuff in the world that makes you feel like the world is a bigger, weirder, more wonderful place than you imagined. Reporter the book is an offshoot of their website, founded in 2009. Its an online encyclopedia of weird and wondrous places that gets 5 million visitors each month. The eiffel tower could never be in atlas obscura. But theres a secret place to entertain guests there. Thats atlas obscura. Reporter but it was the vast network of users that submitted many of the books most aweinspiring destinations. Is there one that was really surprising to you . The wonderful thing is, they come in every day. I remember the first time submitted the gates of hell in the middle of the turkmanistan desert. Reporter closer to home, they found an oregon unlike any youve heard before. Virginias great stalagpipe org organ. A guy took an entire cave and set it up to play them. So when he plays the organ, the entire cave was played as a musical instrument. You can still go and they play the gave organ for you. Its blinking, what does that mean. Reporter josh and dilan, being an intrepid pair, discover many of the sites themselves. While exploring south america in 2010, they walked across one of the last incan grass bridges. And they hiked the top of gafta falls. The peruvian waterfalls wasnt even on any maps until 2006, when it was measured and found to be the third tall nest the world. The villagers said we knew it was amazing and beautiful, but we didnt have any sense that it could be that amazing relative to Everything Else that might exist in the world. Thats in a way the lesson of atlas obscura. One of the wonders around us that we dont take the time to knowledge and celebrate and revel in, what are the waterfalls that were mising . Reporter and theyre betting by highlighting those wonders, theyll prove that the world still has plenty of surprises. Everybodys curious about the world. Sometimes they just need a little spur to go out and explore. And,,,,,,, today is valentines day and Steve Hartman has one story of unending love. He found it on the road to the emergency room. Reporter at st. Claires hospital in denville, new jersey, they still cant stop talking about it. You dont forget any call like that. Reporter a few months ago, these Emergency Responders got a call for a man with chest pain. And what a heart they found. He said, dont let me die. He said he just wanted to take his wife out to dinner. It was pretty cute. Reporter those were the final words of 91yearold joe lafkin. His last wish before suffering a major heart attack was to take his wife to dinner one last time. It seemed as though he loved her a great deal. Reporter his wife, margie, cant tell you how hard sit to lose the love of your life. Cant tell you, because her husbands death was shortlived. Oh, youre making me lunch, honey . Yes. Reporter joe was gone ten minutes before his heart was restarted. What amazed them is what he woke up shouting. Wheres chris . He said exactly the same thing. Reporter joe got his din we are margie. On the house, of course. But they say the greater gift is still giving. Theyre just closer, if thats possible. Is that truesome oh, yeah. [ laughter ] reporter this weekend, couples across america will go out assuming there will be many more valentines to come. Heres something else. Reporter but not joe and margie. They will go to dinner appreciating each other more now than ever. Shes got so many guys. Dont say that on air. Hes going to cut that all out. I hope so. Reporter youve got to love young love. Because you make me feel so young reporter Steve Hartman, on the road, in denville, new jersey. Thats the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you the news continues. For others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im demarco morgan. Its tuesday, february 14th, 2017. This is the cbs morning news. Breaking overnight Michael Flynn has resigned. The president s National Security adviser steps down after several days of damaging reports. In northern california, choppers drop massive rocks from overhead, hoping to plug a damaged dam. While nearly 200,000 evacuees are watching and waiting hoping it works. Dominance defined. Uconn womens team do what no