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When the other side is screaming, babbling incoherently and imploding on the national stage, it’s best to just leave them alone.

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With. >> they gohome with. >> reporter: for free. like jasmine kings two girls. janilla, a sixth grader. >> they have the vans. >> reporter: this was her familys second trip to the closet. groceries for their table, clothes on her daughters. >> this is my favorite color. >> reporter: what kind of a difference did that make for you? >> when i walked into the store, to know that i had that burden lifted. >> reporter: for a couple of weeks. >> right. >> reporter: you could breathe easier. >> yes, y...

Hes cbs mark strassmann. >> reporter: atlantas mcnair middle school teaches about struggle. lots of kids come from single-parent homes. theyre old enough to realize what families like theirs live without. >> theyre mad. and theyre not mad at us. theyre just mad at the situation that they just left. >> reporter: principal john madden told us every student here qualifies for free or assisted meals. you have a number of families barely hanging on? >> we have over 900 students, and over 900 struggle...

"Workers definitely have more labor market leverage because employers need to hire," said one expert.

And better benefits. heres cbs mark strassmann. >> reporter: brouhaha in omaha. >> you got that? >> reporter: striking union workers, bus loads of replacement workers. >> you have no future here! >> reporter: around the clock, two-month labor stare-down at kelloggs, makers of corn flakes and rice krispies. is this hardball? >> its absolutely hardball. >> reporter: this mechanic is among 1,400 striking workers. >> union power! >> reporter: kellogs plant they demand an end to two-tier pay structur...

Alabama coal miners, healthcare workers in northern california. john deere recently settled with 10,000 striking workers, as did mercy hospital in buffalo. its brought out the tiger in these makers of frosted flakes. >> i feel we have the upper hand right now. >> reporter: striking workers james and robert point to nebraskas unemployment rate-- 1.9%. >> just isnt enough skilled craftsmen to fill all these openings. >> reporter: youre not that easy to replace. >> no. >> reporter: kelloggs told us...

Through a christmas parade in waukesha, wisconsin, on sunday. the eight-year-old underwent brain surgery but he died tuesday. jacksons 1jured is expect to cov players, n wa, have offered to help pay the funeral costs will of the victims. we turn now to what sounds like the premise of a sci-fi movie. nasa today, in a first-of-its-kind mission launched a spacecraft named dart towards an asteroid hoping to nudge it off of its course. cbs mark strassmann has the made-for-hollywood details. >> were c...

Head-on here. >> reporter: slowing the asteroids orbit by about 1%, and push a hypothetical earth-brownd threat off target. >> a small nudge changes its position over time so the earth and the asteroid wouldnt be on a future collision course. >> reporter: no sizable asteroid seems remotely menacing for more than a century. mark strassmann, cbs news, laurel, maryland. >> brennan: still ahead, how a souvenir jacket led to an arrest in the january 6 breach at the capitol. several old spice and secr...

The job. >> reporter: stutzman finally climbed the conductors podium a half century after that music teacher shooed her away. >> i expect to share my absolute passion, absolute adoration for music, good day, bad day, with music everything is better. so this is why i am here. >> reporter: other major orchestras may now take atlantas cue. stutsmann is getting used to the leading movements, mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> duncan: and stutzmans story showing us that there is always a place fo...