serious side effects can happen, including pancreatitis which may be severe and lead to death. stop taking januvia and call your doctor right away if you have severe pain in your stomach area which may be pancreatitis. tell your doctor right away and stop taking januvia if you have an allergic reaction that causes swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat, or affects your breathing or causes rash or hives. kidney problems sometimes requiring dialysis have been reported. some people may develop severe joint pain. call your doctor if this happens. using januvia with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. to reduce the risk, your doctor may prescribe a lower dose of the sulfonylurea or insulin. your doctor may do blood tests before and during treatment to check your kidneys. if you have kidney problems a lower dose may be prescribed. side effects may include upper respiratory tract infection, stuffy or runny nose, sore throat, and headache. for help lowering your blood s
ninan: we close tonight in the sierra nevada, home to some of the tallest trees on earth. but the mighty sequoias are disappearing. chris martinez shows us how scientists and volunteers are creating a new generation. reporter: this giant sequoia has survived more than 3,000 years. it s one of the largest trees on the planet, but it s now in jeopardy. scientists say man has cut down more than 90% of the world s ancient tree. pollution and climate change threaten what s left. i m going up. reporter: arborist michelle miller is on a global mission to save them. there s got to be something special about this tree, how it s live so long and gotten so big. i ll see you at the top. reporter: we climbed with jacob s team to the top of a
you something terrible has happened. brian, as for you [ overlapping speakers ] love it. see you at 6:00. ninan: four americans killed in afghanistan. two u.s. service members and two contractors are among the latest casualties in america s longest war. also tonight, election aftermath who s up for a job in the trump administration? someone got shot! ninan: shot fired at an anti-trump protest. let s keep our feelings to ourselves. ninan: a pilot warns passengers after an election-related scuffle. mistrial in the case of a white ohio officer who killed an unarmed black man during a traffic stop. wildfires scorch the appalachian mountains. a wanna-be weatherman is among the arson suspects. i will keep you updated right here on weather outlook. ninan: and cloning ancient
towering sequoia. how are you doing, this? this is amazing. terrifying and amazing. reporter: up here is where the work begins. we re 180, maybe 200 feet on top of a giant sequoia. this is the newest growth. this is exactly what we want. reporter: scientists will use that genetic material to essentially clone the tree. each one of these little things is a tree. reporter: the trees are grown in this lab in michigan, nurturenurtured from sprowts, ul they re large enough to plant all over the world. we ve literally produced about a quarter million trees at least and got them planted in the ground. reporter: why is it so important to do this? it s not for us. it s for the future. so it s a gift to the grand kids, to the kids. reporter: a gift they hope will continue to grow for thousands of years. chris martinez, cbs news, sierra nevada mountains. ninan: and that s the cbs weekend news for this saturday. the news continues now on our 24-hour streaming channel cbsn at
giants. the mission to save america s majestic sequoias. see you at the top. this is the cbs weekend news. ninan: good evening. i m reena ninan with the western edition of the broadcast. four more americans were killed today in afghanistan in a major breach of security. a suicide bomber blew themselves up inside the bagram airfield. that s the largest u.s. military base in afghanistan. the taliban claimed responsibility. over the past 15 years, the united states has spent about $115 billion in aid for afghanistan. thousand of american troops have given their lives. about 8500 remain. president-elect trump will soon become the third u.s. commander in chief to oversee u.s. military operations for a war with no end in sight. jonathan vigliotti has more from london. reporter: reena, afghan officials believe the suicide