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KPIX CBS Overnight News February 5, 2018

Properly. I was not able to brace properly. Ended up going into the wall. Kind of giving myself a bump on the head. Lexington county coroner. We should have had a lot more casualties but we didnt. 116 people were taken to area hospitals with range of injuries. Ntsb now is on scene to investigate the crash. They werent supposed to be meeting, like that, by the bridge. Clearly. And there may be a time factor. Thats what all it peers to me. I defer to those who, who are experts in that, and do have the correct information. It appears amtrak was on the wrong track. South carolina Governor Henry Mcmaster toured the crash site. The first engine, fralt train, of course was torn up, single engine of the amtrak train headed south was barely recognizable. Its quite a, quite a crash. This is the third deadly amtrak crash since december. Currently being investigated by the ntsb. Kris van cleave, cbs news, columbia, south carolina. For more, we turn to former ntsb chairman and cbs news Transportation Safety analyst mark rosenker, mark, the third amtrak related accident in two months. Does the company have a safety problem . Absolutely, elaine. Three accidents in 60 days. This is absolutely unaccept bum. And things need to change. This is Americas National railroad. Passengers are entitled to clean, efficient, safe transportation. Well, you were chairman of the ntsb in 2008 when positive Train Control Technology was mandated, the safety feature can help stop a train before an accident. Why has there been such a delay getting this installed . One of great disappointments to me. I thought we had solved this problem with the Railroad Safety improvement act of 2008. Requiring class 1 railroads to install positive train control by the end of 2015. That was seven years of, of, possibilities of getting this technology put into effect. Theyve only had the class 1 railroads, less than 20 of the tracks complete by the time the deadline occurred. The railroads went to congress and said theyre not going to be able to operate unless they get an extension. Congress caved in. Gave them the extension. And people died as a result of that. Over the past year or two. All right, mark rosenker, thank you very much, mark for your time. The House Intelligence Committee is expected to vote tomorrow whether few of release the democrats rebuttal to a controversial pub memo release fried day. Republicans accuse officials at the fbi and Justice Department of antitrump bias and surveillance abuse. The president weighed in again today from florida, and errol barn elt is there. Feeling vindicated by the house gop russia probe memo President Trump quoted wall street journal editorial. The fbi and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act appear to have been used to influence the 2016 election and its aftermath. This is unacceptablen a democracy. But the president excluded this warning. Mr. Trump would do well to knock off the tweets lambasting the mueller probe. I am on record saying i support bob mueller 100 . Congressman, the only republican House Intelligence Committee member to review the memos underlying materials sees justification for the special counsel investigation. You need an investigation into russia. You need an investigation into trump tower and the Cambridge Analytic email separate apart from the dossier. The investigation. Adam schiff, top democrat, says despite concerns over surveillance of the Trump Campaign adviser, evidence shows another member of the campaign triggered the probe. It began with george papadopoulos, adviser for candidate trump someone meeting secretly with the russians talking about the stolen clinton emails. Schiff pushed for carat email to be released. Committee member, will hurd explains why. There were references to ongoing intelligence operations. I believe theyre working through that. Im if the House Intelligence Committee votes to release the democratic memo, President Trump then decides if and how it should be made public. Portions could be redacted or kept under wraps entirely. Elaine. Errol barnett, thanks. Now some other stories we are following in the cbs weekend news feed. A San Francisco Police Officer is recovering after being runover last week by a robbery suspect. Video shows the the suspect backing up his car and running over the officer and another suspect. Both survived. Other officers on the scene grew their guns but did not shoot as the car drove away. Space x is counting done to liftoff for its falcon heavy rocket. It is basically three reusable rockets bolted together. The falcon heavy weighs more than 3 Million Pounds and stands nearly 230 feet tall. The middle booster wril launch a car. Tesla roadster towards mars. Test launch tuesday from historic Cape Canaveral pad used in apolo missions. It will be raining purple this week at an auction of prince memorabilia. The legendary singers purple piano, pants, and boots are among dozens of items going up for sale. The Online Auction begins the pharmaceutical industry is coming under fire for alleged role in the Opioid Crisis tearing at the nation. But it is not only prescription drugs fueling the crisis. Traffickers are bringing drugs across the southern border and the u. S. Customs service seized more than 180 pounds of fent ne fentynl air mailed into the country. We need the wall stopping drugs from pouring in. President trump used illegal drug trade as justification for the 1 billion wall. A former senior dhs official tells cbs news thats not where the drugs are coming from. Problem is the po box in america that gets the shipment through the Postal Service straight from china. Nearly a year, rob portman and team of investigators tracked the deadly door to door delivery of opioids. It started with a google search. Turned up retailers eager to make a deal. Almost go. Senator portmans team never actually bought any drugs. In a separate probe they used shipment and payment data to track 500 apparently successful deliveries of opioids nationwide. The deals totaled nearly 250,000. The country of origin, china, preferred method of shipping, u. S. Postal Service Express mail service. There is no requirement for electronic data in advance to tip off law enforcement. Reporter the Postal Service supposed to work with customs and border protection, portman says they struggle with poor coordination and volume. Last fall we saw that challenge at the nations busiest mail room. Inside jfk airport. Dogs and agents hand screen a fraction of the packages. Im looking at fentanyl. They want every package headed to the u. S. To include automated data. The senders name and address. 18 people of those that received drugs, face charges. And seven died of an overdose. When that 49yearold man outside of Cleveland Ohio dies of an overdose of fentanyl within a couple weeks of delivery, you realize we are not doing our job. President trumps Opioid Commission has also recommended advanced mail screening. Senator portmans bill yet to come up for a vote. In a statement, the Postal Service supports the goal of increased data, suggested thoughtful modifications to the bill to make it workable. Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is fighting back against new allegations of sixable miscsi Actress Uma Thurman accused weinstein of trying to force himself on her years ago. Here is mireya villarreal. Now i want to dance. I want to win. I want that trophy. Pulp fiction 1994 debut catapulted uma thurmans career in hollywood. The movies success led thurman to reunite with the director and executive producer Harvey Weinstein for kill bill 1 and 2. Her role as beatrice kiddo, strong woman was Box Office Gold that brought in more than dla 300 million. But behind the scenes, thurman is now revealing in a the New York Times article, her relationship with Harvey Weinstein had become toxic. He used to spend hours talking to me about material. This was my champion. I was never any kind of studio darling. He had a chokehold on the type of films and directors that were right for me. Thurman accuses weinstein off taking her years ago at a london hotel. He pushed me down. He tried to shove himself on me. He tried to expose himself. He did all kinds of unpleasant things. When accusations against weinstein first broke in october, thurman initially stayed silent. In late november sheaf wished instagram followers a happy thanksgiving but cryptically included you, harvey and all your wicked conspirators. A spokeswoman for Harvey Weinstein said, weinstein considered thurman a colleague and friend. He acknowledges making an awkward pass 25 years ago after misreading her signals. But follows about her claims of being physically assaulted are untrue. In a statement to cbs news, Harvey Weinsteins attorney accuses uma thurman of embellishing what happened. He said they will carefully examine and investigate her statements to the New York Times to decide whether or not off to take legal acttion against her. Elaine. Mireya villarreal, thanks. The cbs overnight news the cbs overnight news will be right back. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Blue for him. Purple for her. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. Oh theres one. A the sea cow manatees in novelty ts . Surprising. Whats come at me bro . Its something you say to a friend. Whats not surprising . How much money matt saved by switching to geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Try degree ultraclear black white saves your white clothes from yellow stains and black clothes from white marks still with 48 hour sweat protection. 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That creates safer environment than text messaging that all you need is a phone number and send a message to anybody no blocks or anything with that. Messenger kids has to be set up through a parents face book account, children under 13 are not allowed to have their own. The app created with the help from Child Development experts has no buttons for sharing, commenting or liking posts. A facebook spokesperson told cbs this morning, we continue to be focused an making messenger kids be the best experience it can be for families. Really what it is doing in doctrine eight much younger kids on to social media when their friendships should be off line and face to face. Executive director of the campaign for a commercial free chiel childhood says Elementary Students should not be exposed to social media. Cites studies linked to increases in depression, suicide rates and body image issues. Facebook is the Worlds Largest social media company. By them going after Young Children and trying to get them on social media, it is going to be a game changer. Josh golan feels so strongly about keeping children off social media, he took the wait until 8th pledge, encouraged parents not to give their children smart phones until the 8th grade. Still ahead, the club drug researchers say is showing promise for treating severe depression. Okay lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. Okay, iunderwear thatsd say this, bactually pretty. Er leak surprised . Its called always discreet boutique. It looks and fits like my underwear. I know what youre thinking. How can something this pretty protect . Hidden inside is a super absorbent core that quickly turns liquid to gel. For incredible protection. So i feel protected. And pretty. New always discreet boutique. Trust 1 doctor recommended dulcolax. 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Today, ketamine, provided legally, off label to treat depression at an estimated 250 clinics across the u. S. Dr. Steve levine offers ketamine infusions around the country as alternative to antidepressants. Everything for the past 50 years has been based on the chemical imbalance theory of depression which has never held water. All of the medicines while they do help a lot of people are based on a flawed theory probably one of the reasons why they do take so long to work. Stallings didnt have time to wait. She had an especially hard time over the holidays, and when her father got sick, she thought about taking her own life. So you had suicidal thoughts, you got an emergency appointment for ketamine. After that appointment your suicidal thoughts were gone. Yes. Gone. Thats in line with what Columbia University discovered in one of the largest studies yet on ketamine. Researchers found the drug was significantly more effective than a commonly used sedative in reducing suicidal thoughts and in patients. The effects lasted up to six weeks. For decades. Dr. Jerry santacora has been studying ketamine at yale. The drug is not adktive in the way opioids are, but could be harmful in the long run. There is at least evidence in animal models these types of medications can cause some structural damage in the brain. That is usually at higher doses, usually at long term exposure. We dont know where that level its. But for Ann Stallings despite unknowns she is content with a chance to feel normal. Ive can live a quality, happy life, and beep productive, be able to go to work, to be able to have my family, to enjoy life, not walk through life. But enjoy life. Its worth it. Paula reid, cbs news, potomac, maryland. Up next, for this super bowl star, the biggest battle is off the football field. Even if no one in your home smokes, Secondhand Smoke can be closer than you think. Secondhand smoke from a neighbors apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. Secondhand smoke is toxic. Especially to children. Protect your family. Visit tobaccofreeca. Com. We end tonight at the super bowl where the biggest challenge facing the member of the new England Patriots is not the hard charging eagles. Solder tackled a greater challenge off the field now helping his son do the same. Here is mark strassmann. Reporter nate solder plays left tackle for the nuclear patriots. One of tom bradys bodyguards on the teams offensive line. He is massive. 68, 320 pounds. But cancer has blindsided him twice. You think it is something that older people get. People that Smoke Cigarettes this sort of thing. Not the case at all. In 2014, solder had surgery for testicular cancer and kept playing. The next year, cancer really hit home for solder and his wife lexy. Hudson, their first child, was 3 months old. We were giving him a bath. We felt a lump on his left side. Felt weird. We never noticed it before. Hudson had a rare kidney cancer. Hudson has tumors in both kidneys. And in each kidney, he has multiple tumors. Emotionally we were like bankrupt. Yeah. Ape year of chemotherapy shrank hudsons tumors. Three month as go they started growing again. Which means the 2yearold is back on chemo. Just is this ever going to go away . Yeah, we have faith that it will get better. I totally believe he will be okay. When the patriots won their fifth super bowl last year. Hudson was in houston. It is the nfls ultimate moment. But not solders. Not anymore. before my biggest stress, biggest worry, all my concerns were coming from football. And now, football is a way that i can release from a lot of the stresses in life. Your job is to protect tom brady. Right. You would do anything to protect your son from this . Got to be humbling. Yeah, get cancer. Doesnt matter who you are. Knocks anyone out you. Realize we are all human beings. We struggle. We have the

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