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KPIX CBS Overnight News October 16, 2017

Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. One week after wildfires erupted in Northern California more than 200 people are still listed as missing. The official death toll is at least 40. 75,000 remain under evacuation orders. 5,700 homes and businesses are destroyed. Chris martinez is in santa rosa. Once sprinting flames have slowed to a crawl, but continue to wreak havoc in snoem ma county another home was reduced to ash. Thousand more are still threatened. We are not out of the woods. Reporter massive plumes of smoke blanket californias wine country as fire crews continue their Relentless Assault from above and on the ground. Hardhit areas like santa rosa, a lucky few are finally going home. As officials begin to lift evacuation orders. Jack weaver returned to his mothers home expecting to recover the body of the familys dog izzy that ran away when the weavers fled the fire. Izzy. They instead had this joyous reunion. One of the greatest moments of my life. She came bounding out. And it was, tears of happiness. Other evacuees are finding refuge at area businesses like colleen williamsons restaurant. For days many with nowhere else to go have gathered here for comfort and food. Free of charge. We just thought if we can get open, we can at least be a place where people can come by and just kind of recharge. Meantime you are evacuated too . Yes, yeah, my family has been evacuated out of sonoma. Do you have any idea when you got to go home . No, i dont. I am hoping sometime next week. But i dont know. Reporter investigators say it could be weeks before they can pinpoint the exact cause of the fires. Elaine, officials believe the fires here in Sonoma County should be fully contained by friday. Chris martinez, thank you. A new cbs news poll out today finds most americans continue to call for cooperation between President Trump and congress. Nine out of ten Trump Supporters like or accept the idea of the president making deals with democrats. On the other side majority of the president s opponents are fine with democrats cutting deals with mr. Trump. With many saying thats how washington should work. With that in mind, heres errol barnett. Reporter after several failed efforts to repeal the Affordable Care act through congress. President trump decided to go it alone. Cutting 7 billion in obama care subsidy payments through executive order. Senator lindsay graham, voiced support for the president s action. This is stopping payments. Aetna had 400 increase in tok price, cigna not all republican senator see that as positive. What the money its used for ties help low income people afford their deductibles and their copays. President trump is under pressure to show despite any major legislative achievements, he is acompolishing something. That we cannot and will not make this certification. On friday, announcing he may decertify the Iran Nuclear Deal unless Congress Addresses his concerns. Secretary of state, rex tillerson. We want to ensure that our friends and al lies and the other parties to the Nuclear Agreement have great clarity around the president s policy. Other members of the president S National Security Team Appeared on tv today, detailing what the commanderinchief wants. He has the set out a marker, a marker to to iranians and to our allies and partners that we have to fix, fundamental flaws in this deal. They cant be continuing to support terrorism around the world like we are seeing they do. They cant test Ballistic Missiles which will lead to nuclear iran. Ambassador haley emphasized President Trump does not want to allow iran to go down the same road as north korea and north koreans too should be on notice that this administration would not enter into what the president sees as a bad deal. Elaine. Errol, thank you. How are President Trumps actions against the nuclear deal playing out in tehran. Elizabeth palmer is there. Reporter iran is a complex place. And iranians hold wildly different opinions on everything from womens dress to the role of religion. And there is political dissent here too. The violent demonstrations that erupted after the 2009 election showed how passionately millions of young people oppose some aspects of the regime. But on friday night, President Trumps words drew iranians together in indignation and outrage. Foreign minister javad sharif. I believe what President Trump achieved was to unify iranian people. Happy to see iran is more united than ever. Reporter it took two years of hard negotiating to get the nuclear deal signed in 2015. On the strength of it the moderate president was elected in a landslide. Not because decades of suspicion and aggression between the u. S. And iran melted away, but because at last, there were clear rules to bind both sides. This deal its not based on trust. The Nuclear Agreement is based on mutual mistrust. We have very clearly defined steps that we will take. Reporter now though iran could choose to redefine the steps it takes in areas that could have a profound effect on the united states. The war in syria for example. And the government knows thanks to President Trump, it can count on the support of its people. Elaine. Elizabeth palmer. Liz, thank you. Aleast 230 are dead after two truck bombs exploded in somalia. They went off yesterday in the capital mogadishu. More than 200 are wounded. The Al Qaeda Group is suspected. British isles are bracing for a lashing from hurricane ophelia, supposed to lose strength before hitting ireland tomorrow. Forecasters warn it will bring powerful gusts and heavy rain. Coming up next, a Las Vegas Shooting victim wakes from a coma and takes her first steps. Asking the right question is. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. U. S. Backed military forces in syria announced the final phase of the bat to retake the isis capital raqqa. Holly williams is in northern syria. Isis is on its last legs in raqqa. The city that was once the socalled capital of the islamic state. Stretching from syria and into iraq. U. S. Backed forces already control around 90 of raqqa and local leaders say that 275 isis fighters were evacuated from the city today in buses. Along with roughly 400 civilians. On friday and saturday another 100 isis fighters also surrendered according to u. S. Backed forces, taking around 500 civilians with them. Now that is probably an indication of just how desperate those isis gunmen have become. During a four month long siege by the u. S. Led coalition. In other places we have seen isis fight to the death. Remaining isis fighters in raqqa are holed up around the citys sports stadium. Isis seized raqqa in early 2014 and terrorized its people for over three years. With public beheadings and a harsh interpretation of islamic law that is unrecognizable to most muslims. Elaine. Holly, thank you. There were new developments this weekend in the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Oscars academy vote to oust the more accusers have come forward. Here is tony dokoupil. Reporter a british actress says Harvey Weinstein stalked and abused her for years starting in the 1980s. The truth is weinstein raped me, the actress told the sunday times not in a hotel suite with champagne and caviar on tap, but up against a coat rack on a gray morning in my own home. London police are now investigating that allegation and three new claims of Sexual Assault made by a second woman. All reportedly involving weinstein. In all, the oscar winning producer is facing dozens of Sexual Misconduct allegations, two criminal investigations, and a reputation that has flipped from famous filmmaker to infamous predator in less than two weeks. On saturday, the academy of Motion Pictures arts and sciences expelled weinstein. Promising an end to the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in Sexual Assault. Women face a decision when sexually harassed. Take the abuse or take on a culture where the odds are stacked against you. Gretchen carlsons allegations against fox news, ceo, roger ailes helped force the resignation. In a commentary for cbs sunday morning the former fox news anchor and author, voiced the hope of many. When one woman speaks up, titans fall. When we all speak up together, we have the power to change the world. Harvey weinstein says all his relationships have been consensu consensual. However with so many claims against him. Weinstein lost his job, his wife has left him. In a statement she says her priority is caring the two young children. Tony dokoupil, thank you. Two weeks after 58 people were killed in the las vegas massacre, dozen of the more than 500 wounded remain in the hospital. Here is jamie yuccas. 45 victims of the Las Vegas Shooting are still in the hospital. Many still in kricritical condition. Signs of hope are appearing. 27yearold tina frost shot in the face, woke up from a coma friday. On a go fund me page her mother says frost took three steps to a chair and three steps back with the help of nurses. Another victim. Rachel shepherd has a long road to recovery. Rachel had four major surgeries still recovering in icu. We appreciate any prayers and thoughts for her. Lawyers for shepherd filed a temporary restraining order against mgm which owns mandalay bay to prevent the company from destroying evidence. We are asking all the evidence that we listed in our motion be preserved for rachel. A judge will make a decision on the motion this thursday. Maria and brian work for Allegiance Airlines and were at the airport when the shooting started. Did you guys think you would be in position to be helping these people. 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When he was born with lca, get innic mutation that leads to a life of blindness, his mother beth felt hopeless. He was my first born. So, sorry. It was devastating. We were alone. We were completely alone in this. Until, four years ago, when beth found dr. Gene bennett and her husband, dr. Albert mcguire. They had been dedicated to reversing hereditary blindness for two decades. They say the new treatment could be a turning point. We took the normal copy of that gene and delivered it to the cells that were defective. After providing treatment, researchers tested their 41 patients ability with Obstacle Course like this. Christian nailed it. He could navigate the Obstacle Course, using dimmer light levels than he had ever been able to do it. And he was able to do that, both accurately and quickly. Patients who reported being able to lead more fulfilling life. For christian who loved to sing since a boy that meant performing on americas got talent. I walked out on the stage all by myself. All of the judges, i saw them. I saw them, i saw the reactions. Errol barnett, cbs news, silver spring, maryland. Fantastic. Anthony mason spoke with cbs news medical contributor about the significance of the experimental treatment. Tara, why is this such a big deal . This is the first time that of a get innic therapy has been used to treat an inherited disease in the united states. This disorder is a disorder has no treatment. No cure. People can really only see in very bright light. They see blurry vision. Then eventually lose their vision and become visually impaired over time. So, what this does, anthony is when you talk to children for example, who got this treatment, they tell you theyre able to see the moon, to see the stars, to see the snow falling in their mothers face. Thats the significance of this. Are there other whose could benefit . What this really does is open the door for treatment of other inherited retinal disorders in terms of progressing Scientific Development and research. Dr. Tara narula speaking with our anthony mason. When we return, an album we end with humanitys message in a bottle. To the cosmos. Earths family albums produced by the Great American astronomer, carl sagan were launched into space 40 years ago. As alex wagner reports, time capsules meant for alien ears are available to humans. And we have liftoff. Reporter since blags off more than 40 years ago, the voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft traveled billions of miles. Leaving the solar system far behind. But before they left on their never ending journey, nasa scientists equipped both probes with these. Identical gold plated records containing photographs along with two hours of sounds from nature.

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