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Did bluntly say to netanyahu he needs to scale back on settlement construction on palestinian land, saying its not helpful to peace and both sides do need to make compromises. Netanyahu replied with a reference to mr. Trumps book, the art of the deal, and the two men had a warm relationship and talked about their long friendship, and this is really in stark contrast to the strained relations that netanyahu had with president obama. But, scott, palestinians say they have not had this same warm embrace. Their leader met secretly with the cia director yesterday for the first time. President trumps choice for labor secretary created a job today for someone else. Andrew puzder withdrew. I think its a great, great choice. Reporter the senates republican leader was praising puzder as recently as yesterday, but today Mitch Mcconnell warned the white house that opposition from several republicans like maines susan collins, was likely to doom the nomination. You want the person who would be the secretary of labor to have a very good record when it comes to following the laws that he would be in charge of enforcing. Reporter puzder paid an undocumented household maid in cash for years. His exwife accused him of Domestic Abuse on oprah in 1990, a charge she has since recanted. I found it extraordinarily troubling. Reporter democrats like Elizabeth Warren argued the labor nominee had bad labor policies as the head of hardees and carls jr. Mr. Puzder has a long record of cheating workers out of overtime. Hes paid out millions to settle claims when he was caught cheating. Reporter with the writing on the wall, puzder released a statement late this afternoon saying, after careful consideration and discussions with my family, i am withdrawing my nomination for secretary of labor. No word from the white house, scott, on a possible replacement. Nancy cordes on capitol hill. President trump has been an inspiration to many, including many of his opponents, motivating them to speak out. Heres dean reynolds. Lets get to school. Reporter every day after he packs his son and daughter off to school on chicagos north side, 40yearold jeremy reid settles onto his living room couch to get his marching orders. Literally delivered right to me every day. Reporter hes talking about the progressive websites that seek to marshal his energy and meld it with millions of other opponents of the new president. Ive signed up and really kind of latched on to a lot of different things. Reporter among them, indivisible guide, a new website designed to fight the Trump Administration by employing the same pressure tactics the tea party used against president obama. You will have three simple targets, your two u. S. Senators and your representative. Reporter from petition drives to mass rallies and more, these websites attack the system from the left, to keep people like jeremy off the sidelines and in the streets. Up until the election, were you particularly politically active . Never. I never actually set foot in a protest or a rally up until this year. Do your job reporter the advice seems to be sinking in with mass protests and confrontational congressional gettogethers becoming more common. Its clear every day they dont respect the judiciary. Reporter near minneapolis this week im very concerned about social security. Reporter voters vented at the local office of their republican representative erik paulsen. We had 1,860 people sign a request. Reporter jenna martin, a doctor with two children was there, along with newlywed clara severson, a warehouse worker. They both participated in womens marches last month. Right now everybody is so ready to go. But they just need a little bit of direction. Were not an angry mob. Were just engaged and concerned constituents. Reporter the next big protests are being planned for april 15th, scott, when demonstrators will be demanding that mr. Trump release his tax returns. Information the white house says people dont care about anymore. Dean reynolds in chicago. Dean, thanks. Coming up, highway deaths that didnt have to happen. And a beloved bird is vanishing. Wheres frank . 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. [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. Despite all the new Safety Devices in our cars today, the number of traffic deaths is increasing. Kris van cleave looked into the paradox. Reporter police say a texting and speeding driver slammed into Judy Claybourne on a North Carolina highway. Shes among the estimated 40,000 killed in crashes last year, a rate of nearly 110 a day. Its the most in almost a decade. 100 deaths a day is like having multiple plane crashes every week. Reporter former National Transportation safety board chair Deborah Hersman runs the National Safety council. These are huge costs for us as a society, but the tremendous toll that we see is on individual lives, on families. These are preventable crashes. Reporter according to the survey, some factors contributing to the spike are 47 of motorists are comfortable with texting while driving. 16 dont wear seat belts. 10 drive under the influence of alcohol or marijuana. Were not doing the right things. Were increasing speed limits. Were allowing things to be legalized that impair people behind the wheel without testing for those things or having clear standards for it. States really just arent following the data. Reporter according to a new aaa survey, millennials, 19 to 24, are the worstbehaved drivers. 88 admit to speeding, redlight running or texting while driving in the last 30 days. He truly focused on me whenever i was with him. Reporter laura carneys father mick was killed by a teen driver on her phone. It was so preventable. She could have pulled over to the side of the road and our lives would be totally different. Reporter the National Safety council is calling for a complete ban of cell phones while driving. Scott, theyd also like to see Collision Avoidance Technology Like automatic braking be made standard in all vehicles. Kris van cleave tonight. Kris, thank you. Still ahead, the president cuts out the heart of obamacare. Ok, lets try this. Ok, it says you apply the blue one to me. 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. Of being there for my sons winning shot. That was it for me. Thats why im quitting with nicorette. Only nicorette mini has a patented fast dissolving formula. It starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. Every great why needs a great how. A study out today says doctors may now be able to predict autism in children as young as six months. It used to be two years. Researchers say brain scans of infants with a high family risk can detect abnormalities and early treatment helps with the symptoms. It was little noticed today, but on orders from the president , the irs essentially killed the part of obamacare that republicans hate the most, the individual mandate. It requires most americans to buy insurance or pay a fine with their income taxes. The Obama Administration said the health law would work only if nearly everyone participated. Well, today the irs said the law will remain, but the agency will not check tax returns for health coverage. Its one result of mr. Trumps order to reduce obamacare regulations. Up next, we travel to antarctica, and you might not recognize the place. ,, strummed guitar ,, you cant experience the Canadian Rockies through a screen. You have to be here, with us. Theres only one way to travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. And thats with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. Canadas Rocky Mountains await. Call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. Nasa says that last month was the third warmest january on record, and 2016 was the warmest year. Well, tonight in our climate diaries, Mark Phillips sees the change at the bottom of the earth. Reporter the u. S. Antarctic Research Base at palmer station has been clinging to this rocky shore since the 1960s. Here because these guys are here, the adelie species of penguin that has nested nearby in their tens of thousands. These are the penguins that were the model for the movie happy feet. Theyre apparently not so happy anymore. Were counting the penguins every year. Reporter they call shawn farry the bird man here. Lately hes had a lot fewer birds to count. These local islands where weve been censusing for 43 years now have declined by 85 . Reporter 85 . The numbers on this island at their peak were 9,000. This year it was 1,200. Reporter at first it was thought that as the weather warmed here, the penguins might have moved further south, looking for the sea ice they need to hunt from, but they havent. We do work other places looking for them. Were not finding them. Reporter not just the sea ice is retreating. Theres a spectacular glacier next to the base that gets less spectacular every year. They keep a photo showing how it retreated from 1975 to 2013. Then a funny thing happened, quickly. Normally in places like this you talk about things moving at glacial speed, taking their time. Not here. Here they know exactly when that glacier split off from this place march 14, 2014. This became dietrich island. And they have photos, as well, of the moment the island emerged when the glacier connecting it to the mainland collapsed, along with the population of penguins. And, scott, theyve even got a little bit of a bet going on at palmer station where theyve always thought the base was on the mainland. It may actually be on an island, and they may not have to wait long to find out. Mark phillips. And thats the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you the news continues. For others, check back us with just a little bit later for the morning news and of course, be sure not to 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. Welcome to the overnight news. Im tony dokoupil. President trump becomed the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the white house. Meeting with reporters, President Trump asked mr. Netanyahu to hold back onsetlements for a little bit. He said he would be happy with a one state or a twostate solution to the palestinian issue and the president would not commit to using the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem. But overshadowing the visit was the widening scandal involving fired National Security adviser Michael Flynn and now others, and their ties to russia. General flynn is a wonderful man. I think hes been treated very, very unfairly by the media. The comments came amid revelations that the fbi counterintelligence unit is leading an investigation into where Trump Campaign operatives had frequent contacts with russian officials during the 2016 election. Mr. President tru, are you g to answer any questions reporter the president ignored questions about the story during his press conference. Congressional democrats stepped up calls for a bipartisan investigation. House minority leader nancy pelosi. So my question to my republican colleagues is, if youre not willing to take the first step to look into this, what are you afraid of . Reporter some republicans, like tennessees bob corker and south carolinas Lindsey Graham are calling for thorough inqu y inquiries. But senator rand paul wants to deaf to the justice department. If Law Enforcement thinks there needs to be an investigation based on Law Enforcement type of facts, they make that decision. But we dont need more political investigation up here. Reporter the president has been at odds with the Intelligence Community since it said the russian government interfered in the elections. Mr. Trump accepted that conclusion, but has accused u. S. Intelligence agencies first of nazi, and now russian tactics. Storm clouds are again rolling in over the oroville dam in northern california. Parts of which were in danger of collapse just days ago. At 700 feet, oroville is the highest dam in the nation and construction crews have been working around the clock to repair an emergency spillway that protects communities below. John blackstone is there. Reporter so much water is being released that the Feather River is running over its banks here in some places. New storms are headed this way, and people here are living under an evacuation warning, meaning they can come back but they need to be ready to leave at a moments notice. Water continues to surge out of lake oroville. California officials are confident the damaged spillways will hold. It is safe to reduce the immediate Evacuation Order currently in place to an evacuation warning. Reporter Officials Say the main spillway is damaged but stable. When the lake overflowed into the emergency backup spillway, it washed away the land next to the reservoirs wall. This is how the hillside looked prior to sunday. More than 125 construction crews are now working around the clock to reinforce that hillside. Theyre loading the spillway with 1200 tons of heavy rocks and boulders every hour, using helicopters and construction equipment. Even with the mandatory evacuation lifted for the nearly 200,000 People Living below the oroville dam, the threat remains. They have to be vigilant. They have to Pay Attention to whats going on, and there is the prospect that we could issue another Evacuation Order if the circumstances change and the risk increases. Reporter so far, the coming rains are not expected to be severe and Officials Say the dam will weather the storm. Late tuesday, President Trump declared a state of emergency here, meaning the area can now receive funds and help from fema. Actor Harrison Ford has some explaining to do after he nearly crashed his small plane into a jet liner waiting to take off. Ben tracy has the story from John Wayne Airport outside los angeles. Reporter Harrison Ford, pictured here with his aircraft, nearly averted disaster on monday afternoon. The 74yearold actor was cleared to land on runway 20 left at John Wayne Airport, south of los angeles. Instead he landed on a pair legal taxi way, passing over American Airlines flight 1456, a boeing 737, with 110 passengers and six crew members on board. After, ford reportedly asked air traffic controllers, was that airliner meant to be underneath me . A runway is clearly marked with markings indicating that it is a runway. A taxiway has its own separate identification lines. So you should be able to see them. Reporter such mistakes, while rare, have occurred before. In 2015, an Alaska Airlines plane accidently landed on a taxiway in between two runways in seattle. And in 2009, two pilots mistakenly landed a jet liner filled with 182 passengers on a taxiway in atlanta. Hang on. Reporter mondays incident wasnt the first time the screen legend had trouble in the sky. Engine failure. Reporter in 2015, ford was critically injured when engine failure forced him to make an Emergency Landing on a santa monica golf course. We did try to contact Harrison Ford, but his representatives declined to comment. The faa is investigating this, and he could have his pilots license revoked. Just days after north korea fired a Ballistic Missile into the sea of japan, the half brother of the countrys dictator turned up dead in malaysia. Kim jongnam was attacked inside the kuala lumpur airport. A vietnamese woman is under arrest. Reporter the 28yearold woman was arrested at the same terminal where he was attacked. She was identified using Airport Security footage. Police are still searching for five other suspects in this growing investigation. Kim jongnam, the estranged half brother of north Korean Leader kimmwaiting for a flight monday morning, when an unidentified woman and accomplice threw a cloth laced with liquid on his faith. 46yearold kim was rushed to this hospital, but died on the way. An even more sinister version of events is being reported in south korea, that assassins attacked him with needles. If the north korean dictator is behind this, it would play into his pattern of pernlgs. Since taking power, hes executed dozens of officials, including his uncle. Though all were on north korean soil. To do this in a foreign country sun usual. Reporter Georgetown Professor victor cha says it may point to his vulnerability. This high degree of purging suggests there continues to be some sort of challenges internally. Reporter kim jongnam was once thought to be the countrys heir apparent but fell out of favor with his father after reportedly trying to visit disneyland in japan with a forged passport. Cha says his murder, coupled forged passport. Cha says his murder, coupled hey, searching for a great used yeah you got it. Just say show me millions of used cars for sale at the all new carfax. Com. I dont want one thats had a big wreck just say, show me cars with no accidents reported pretty cool i like it thats the power of carfax® find the cars you want, avoid the ones you dont plus you get a free carfax® report with every listing start your used car search at carfax. Com [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. Mark phillips is at the bottom of the world for his series the climate diaries. Today he tackles the mystery of the vanishing penguins. Reporter antarctica, it can seem like a landscape frozen in time. Its anything but. This is palmer station, where about 40 people work at a u. S. Research base that has clung to this rocky outcrop on the antarctica coast since the mid 1960s. And this is bob farrell who has run the station for 18 years. If anybody knows if changes are happening here, its bob. Palmer was put here because its a great place to study antarctica wildlife. It sat in the middle of the perfect habitat for the adellie penguin, who tested here in the tens of thousands. Were counting the penguins every year. Reporter they call shawn fari the birdman. But lately hes had a lot fewer birds to study. Theyve declined by about 85 . Reporter 85 . The nuchle enumbers on this at their peak were 9,000. This year its 100. Reporter the penguins need sea ice to hunt on. Theres less of that now. The ice has declined by about three months of sea ice. Reporter sea ice season is three months shorter than it used to be . Correct. The penguins might have moved further south, looking for the sea ice they need to hunt from, but they havent. We do work other places looking for them. Were not finding them. Reporter not just the sea ice is retreating. The bases next door to a spectacular glacier thats less spectacular than it used to be. Theyve got a photograph showing the extent of the glacier ice in 1975, and where it had retreated to by 2013. Then, a funny thing happened. Normally in places like this, you talk about things moving at glacial speed, taking their time. Not here. Here they know exactly when that glacier split off from this place. March 14, 2014. This became detrick island. They had thought the island was part of the mainland, until the glacier linking it to the shore gla clac collapsed and disappear. When you come back year after year and you see wow, the glacier is quite a bit farther back or you have people coming back that havent been here for quite a while, theyre shocked by it. Its remarkable. Reporter theyve got a little bet going on at palmer station where they always thought the base was on the mainland. Now they think it may actually be on an island. They may not have to wait long to find out. And Climate Change is believed to be part of the cause of a spike in the price of vanilla. Three quarters of the worlds madagascar, but the island nation has been blasted by cyclones and floods, followed by drought. What does that mean to you . Higher prices. Ben tracy has the story from a candy store in hollywood. Reporter when it comes to vanilla, nobody wants artificial flavor, they want the real thing. So at this candy store in hollywood, all the chocolate bars use real vanilla. But now there is a shortage of this sweet ingredient, and that has become a bitter pill for a lot of businesses to swallow. Do you sell a lot of Vanilla Ice Cream . Its our number one seller. Reporter here in california, Vanilla Ice Cream is showered with sprinkles, blended with brownies, and rolling in root beer. Its appeal is pretty simple. I like it. Reporter owner Karen Clemens says its all about the ingredients. How important is that Madagascar Vanilla . My ice cream would not be the same without it. Reporter yet these days shes losing money on every scoop. Vanilla has surpassed dairy as her biggest cost. Do you think people know when theyre ordering this, this is almost like the delicacy of the ice cream . No, they dont. They have absolutely no idea. Reporter the price she pays for a gallon of vanilla extract has nearly quadrupled since she opened her doors five years ago. What does that mean to your bottom line . Well, i just kind of hope that were going to make it through the season. Reporter 79 of the worlds vanilla fields are in madagascar. A shortage there has helped drive up the cost of vanilla beans from about 11 a pound in 2011 to nearly 200 by the end of 2016. At this price point, is the vanilla industry sustainable . No. We manufacture over 200 types of vanilla. Reporter josephine and her husband, don, run cook flavoring company. Most of their business is vanilla. She shot this video in december to survey the vanilla crops. Beans droe in orchids, each one is pollinated by hand. Vanilla is not a product where you can go out and get it tomorrow. It takes three years for that vine to produce a vanilla bean. Reporter the market is notoriously unstable. Supply problems cause vanilla bean prices to spike in 2003, before crashing the next year. Shipments of vanilla once again cost a small fortune. Probably 100,000 of vanilla. Reporter this is worth 100,000 . Yes. Reporter a couple years ago it would have been worth . Probably 1,000. Reporter many farmers harvest the beans before they fully mature, worrying thieves will steal them because theyre so valuable. The question for businesses is whether they keep buying at high prices or wait for the inevitable crash. Its going to come down, and nobody knows when or how quickly. Reporter Karen Clemens is having to raise prices at her store. And while she wont put artificial vanilla in her ice cream, she did start using it in her waffle cones. Its just what i do. Its what i believe in. To even introduce an artificial vanilla in my store, it broke my heart. Reporter the good news is the vanilla crop in madagascar appears to be in good shape this year, and that should increase the supply. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Ok, lets try this. Ok, it says you apply the blue one to me. 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. Im about to pop a cap of mmm fresh in that washer with unstopables inwash scent boosters by downy. Because this scent lasts up to 12 weeks, which is longer than any relationship ive ever been in. Freshness for weeks heres question whats a nine letter word for a puzzle thats been in the New York Times for 75 years . How about cross word. Jim axelrod marked the anniversary with a chat with one of the worlds most famous cross word creators. Reporter hes a man whose Job Description has been to frustrate people to tears for nearly 25 years. Being hounded for autographs . Because if you love cross word puzzles, will shorts is a rock star. Theres something about this puzzle that grabs people. What is it . Well, first of all, you ore puzzle sort of perp and you look at an empty grid, you kneel compelled to fill in the grid. Its part of the testing of yourself. Solving a cross word is one way to affirm that you can still think. It keeps you from losing your mind. Reporter the cross word gets progressively more difficult through the week. 1. 5 Million People each month try to tackle the times cross word. I love it. Its the best out there. Reporter and yet, the times is a curious home for the Gold Standard of cross words. So the cross word puzzle became a national and then a worldwide craze in 1924 and 25. And the New York Times ran an editorial saying cross words were a waste of time and predicting their swift demise. Literally having to eat their words. The times was the last major newspaper to start a cross word. The United States of america was suddenly and deliberately attacked. Reporter the times debuted the cross word puzzle two months after pearl harbor. The first cross word had a world war ii theme, to play off the days headlines. Seems kind of crazy. The cross word should divert you from the harsher parts of life. Cross words are escapism. Reporter there have only been four puzzle editors at the paper for 75 years. Shorts took over in 1993. The most common answer in the history of the puzzle is area, having appeared more than 1400 times. But in the will shorts era, the most common answer has been, well, era. Theres lots of ways to clue it. Its the historical period, its the earned run average in baseball, the name of a laundry detergent. Equal rights amendment. Lots of things you can do with it. Reporter in november of 1996, the New York Times published one of its most memorable puzzles. You have an alltime favorite, which was election day of 1996. Right. Reporter the country was deciding between bob dole and bill clinton. Its still too close to call. Reporter and so was the puzzle. The answer could be clinton elected or bob dole. The first down answer was black halloween animal. And you could fill in cat, forming the c of clinton or bat forming the b of bob dole. It was the first time a cross word was ever schizophrenic like that. First time a cross word ever had two puzzles. Reporter the puzzles thrive on short words with vowels. The favorite cookie is the oreo. And the favorite skater is ono or ito. The cross words future, like every other part of the paper, is a matter of adapting to the digital age of a world moving faster and Attention Spans growing shorter. The puzzles latest innovation is the mini. Onethird the size of a regular puzzle and available only online or with the app. The thing that excites me about the mini is that this is kind of like unchartered territory. Reporter 24yearold joel is the editor of the mini. Theres ways to experiment with a digital cross word. A couple weeks ago i put in emoji as a clue. This is what excites me about the digital era. Reporter its so millennial. It might be the ultimate millennial thing. Reporter but cross word traditionalists need not worry. At least thats what will shorts is telling us. Its just a very versatile puzzle that appeals to people. Reporter is the New York Times cross word puzzle going to be around in another 75 years . I think the cross word is here to stay. So today we got a movie star to mark the big day, but yesterdays puzzle answer is,, 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, one of the most stay mouse animals in america is headed to china. Bao bao the panda was born and raised at the national zoo in washington, but her parents were only loaned and under a deal, the offspring has to return. Chip reid reports. Reporter over the past few weeks, bao bao has been getting used to the crate to care wri her to china. By giving her honey water, it continues to build this space she wants to be. Reporter marty will be traveling with her. Im someone that she knows really well, so if she gets nervous or looking for something to do, im going to be that person. Reporter you hold her hand. Yeah, exactly. Not it will literally, but yes. Reporter hes been build a relationship with bao bao since the first time. He was there for her first checkup, and the days of tumbling in the snow and chomping on bamboo. But now, hell have to teach her new trainers in china how to interact with her. I will be able to help her with that transition from her life here in america to her new life in china. Reporter in isnt the first panda the zoo has raised and then let go. Her brother returned to china in 2010. Like bao bao, he was flown in a crate by fedex. The flight will be direct from washington to china and an Inflight Service of 55 pounds of bamboo, two pounds of apples and pears, two Sweet Potatoes and ten gallons of water. Im thibrandy smith is the ae director at the national zoo. Sounds like youre talking about your child. She reminds me a lot of my daughter. Shes very independent. Reporter she says since bao baos separation from her mother in 2015, she has become more solitary. They dont actually like to see each other right now. Reporter they dont . No, and its okay. Mothers and daughters dont always get along. Reporter the mother has another cub that keeps her occupied. That means bao bao, all grown up, will hopefully be having her own cub, soon. Its like your kids going off to college. Its a hard thing to do. Were a little sad, a lot worried but we know its the right thing to do and the best thing for her. Reporter isnt she sweet. She came back to give us a show. She has learned a number of cues over the years. Now shes going have to learn them in chinese. And bao bao says byebye on february 21. If you want to bid her bomb voyag bon voyage, youve got a week. Voyag bon voyage, youve got a week. Thats the overnight news. Captioning funded by cbs its thursday, february 16th, 2017. This is the cbs this morning. President trump is forced to look for a new labor secretary and he makes a shift that ends a two decade policy on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. While leaks of classified information have the president pushing back. Papers are being leaked and things are being leaked. Its a criminal action. Criminal act. And a day without immigrants. Deportation fears have immigrants from coasttocoast calling for today to be a day of action by boycotting their work, school, and shopping