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Generations of children. Hey, listen, im from a kid show. We remember legendary puppeteer caroll spinney. And later, banding together. How a community is stepping up to help an officer in need. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The fbi now says its investigating the shooting rampage at the naval station in pensacola, florida on friday as an act of terrorism. The gunman, identified as a 21yearold Saudi Air Force officer, was shot and kille...

Reporter from a lack of water . Yeah. Reporter tree ecologists Anthony Ambrose and wendy baxter have been working throughout that drought which lasted from late 2010 to earlier this year. Its not much further. Reporter but they havent been studying the pine, firs and cedars that died. Theyve been analyzing the world famous monsters that survived, the giant sequoias, the largest living creatures on earth. Theyve been living and growing in the same place, some of them for thousands of years. Repor...

Million. The opposition spent a fraction of that. Just a tenth. And i think that voters heard that. The measure wasnt as well crafted as perhaps it could have been. It was very easy to attack. And you know, this was something that a lot of the cities, the mayor, a lot of the cities sort of political establishment came out against. But we saw other issues that i think we want to talk about where housing played front and center. Wrooel get to that in a second. Lets talk about the mayors race. Mayo...

Making decisions about our own. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by...

Million. The opposition spent a fraction of that. Just a tenth. And i think that voters heard that. The measure wasnt as well crafted as perhaps it could have been. It was very easy to attack. And you know, this was something that a lot of the cities, the mayor, a lot of the cities sort of political establishment came out against. But we saw other issues that i think we want to talk about where housing played front and center. Wrooel get to that in a second. Lets talk about the mayors race. Mayo...

Million. The opposition spent a fraction of that. Just a tenth. And i think that voters heard that. The measure wasnt as well crafted as perhaps it could have been. It was very easy to attack. And you know, this was something that a lot of the cities, the mayor, a lot of the cities sort of political establishment came out against. But we saw other issues that i think we want to talk about where housing played front and center. Wrooel get to that in a second. Lets talk about the mayors race. Mayo...

Million. The opposition spent a fraction of that. Just a tenth. And i think that voters heard that. The measure wasnt as well crafted as perhaps it could have been. It was very easy to attack. And you know, this was something that a lot of the cities, the mayor, a lot of the cities sort of political establishment came out against. But we saw other issues that i think we want to talk about where housing played front and center. Wrooel get to that in a second. Lets talk about the mayors race. Mayo...

Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs stati...

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – Tahoe local Anthony Ambrose has climbed hundreds of giant sequoias in his day, but none like this one. The General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park stands 275 feet tall,...

Beetles can kill a tree that's been around for a millennia in less than a year. Scientists aren't sure why they've gotten so lethal.