Cigna healthspring. Together, all the way. Welcome back to our brotherly love special, about six years ago a south jersey teenager wanted to help her autistic Twin Brothers make friends. Now hundreds of young people with special need have a club all of their own and we caught up with one in lawyers forward. These kid know how to have fun empty tissue boxes filled with pingpong balls. Tie it around your waist abe you have to shake it all out. You got it, you got it. Some of these young people have special need, solve only limited speaking skills but in this group called fantastic friends they are all pared up with other young people for social activity Gabriel Duran runs the suburban philadelphia chapter. There is a stereotype with people with special need but i love, that i get to change that stereotype. Marisa hacker is 21 and started first fantastic friend s chapter when she was only 15 inspired by her twin brother matt. It was very challenging because people didnt really understand him or like didnt really reach out to him. They need like a community where they can come together and feel like they have kind of love and support. It helped me make a lot of friends. Now there are seven fantastic friends chapters across the country from california to new york. Shelby organ is one of the volunteers and hanging out with member stephen anderson. Stephens the best, very friendly, funny, he is not frayed to talk to anyone. I like fantastic friends, it is fun. You get to meet aloft people. Marisa would love to make this her lifes work. It is amazing how it has grown and is there a need for it all over the world. One word fantastic. Umhmm. We hope you enjoyed meeting these wonderful people as much as we did. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Keep tuning into cbs3 for more stories of brotherly love happy holidays. Authorities expect to see an increase in cannabis related crashes just like other states where the drug is legal. If you can buy a drink, or buy a joint, you can also afford a lift, an uber, taxi. Carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. Now, heres the cbs weekend news feed. In colorado, Law Enforcement its mourning the loss of a sheriffs deputy. 29yearold father of two killed during a shootout in a suburb of denver. Four other deputies were wounded with two civilians. Authorities say the officers were responding to a domestic disturbance when the suspected gunman opened fire. He was shot and killed. In hartford, couldnt couldnt, a final celebration took place a few days before christmas. This photo has the gone viral. It is of heather moser, arms raised in triumph from her hospital bed. She had just married the love of her life. For the past year she had been suffering from an aggressive form of breast cancer. Sadly, 18 hours after she said i do, she palgs epassed away. 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The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Its the best thing that ever happened to me. Every great why needs a great how. This year, a child has died in an accidental shooting. At least every other day. Officials say the deaths were selfinflicted or caused by another child. Nicky batiste visited a class where kids are learning about gun safety. Concentrate. Third grader, brody risen is pulling a trigger for the very first time. I like it. He is learning how to load and fire a. 22 caliber handgun during this class called first shots. It is designed for children as young as 8. These rules can never be broken. The goal of the two hour lesson is to teach gun safety while satisfying a childs curiosity about firearms. Brodys father is a gun owner. I think the younger you are the more you are comfortable with it and around them, you know the better they are to handle them. In kansas city kansas, frontier justice offers birthday parties. Like this, sweet 16. Where the bullets fired outnumber of candles. Psychologist cheryl hamby is studying impact of guns on children. At what age does a child have impulse control and maturity to handle a firearm. Theyre also somewhat different things. Mort we know about brain development, the more you would have to say, mid 20s. Theyre impulsive, curious. This couple lost their 14yearold son, juwan last year. His 13yearold cousin accidentally shot and killed him at a relatives house. With an unsecured handgun, he thought was unloaded. Even if they go through safety classes, thats not going to prevent them from, saying, look what i can do. And showing it to their friend. Just that, quick. Life can change. As for brody, he is happy he hit the bulls eye. What did you learn today in first shots . I learned the four stave tee rules. Which are . Never point the gun some where, or in danger, and, never but there is a lot to remember. I forgot. His dad says theyll hae be back. Nikki batiste. Still ahead sellers market. Intense pressure on First Time Buyers looking for their dream home. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea heres pepto bismol ah. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Its the best thing that ever happened to me. Every great why needs a great how. This year the Housing Market was hot. According to a National Index prices shot up more than 6 . Part of reason, more millenials became First Time Buyers. Omar villafranca looked at the cost. Theyre on the hunt for the home of their dreams in dallas. Oh, wow. This is cool. A large kitchen and yard are must haves. Big old sink. Pantry. Yeah, i like the floors. As the Real Estate Market heats up in dallas and nationwide, speed is now the name of the game. If a house sounds promising, the couple has the to act fast. If you dont, then its going to be off the market. Before you can even, even t. Take a look at it. Open house traffic has picked up. Some cities with the Fastest Growing home values. You got your gas range. Dallas real estate agent. At this point people have off to come in preapproved dont they . 100 . Things are moving off the shelf so quickly. That if you are not submitting that along with your, your contract for purchase, you are not going to get very far. Do a small dining room table here. For austin pointer the question is whether the market will keep going strong. Like, is it better to goen now . Better to wait six months . To see if the prices are going to drop at all. At this rate it has been going up, up, up, for the last couple of years. We are at the point where might as well buy now. Hope it continues to go up. A combination of new and existing home sales are driving the market. Both are up more than 5 just in october. Realtors expect to see a strong 2018, led by millenial mortgages and continued strong sales growth in the south. Omar villafranca, cbs news, new york. Up next, park rangers frying to protect a secret grove of in a geredwood grove from a growin menace. Hen people take action against housing discrimination . My coworker was pressured by her landlord to pay her rent with sexual favors. My neighbor was told she needs to get rid of her dog, even though hes an assistance animal. Housing discrimination is illegal. If you think youve been a victim, report it to hud. Like we did. Narrator they all reported discrimination and were able to secure their fair housing rights under the law. Visit hud. Gov fairhousing or call the hud hotline. Fair housing is your right. Use it. Travel is part of the american way of life. When were on vacation, we keep an eye out for anything that looks out of place. [ indistinct conversations ] miss, your bag. When we travel from city to city, we Pay Attention to our surroundings. [ cheering ] everyone plays a role in keeping our community safe. Whether youre traveling for business or pleasure, be aware of your surroundings. If you see something suspicious, Say Something to local authorities. Narrator of all the things youve done with your bike, donating it to goodwill may be the most incredible of all. Your Donations Help Fund job placement and training for people in your community. Which means your stuff can be more powerful than you think. Goodwill. Donate stuff. Create jobs. Finally in northern california, a once secret grove of redwoods stood tall for 1,000 years. Now threatened by an onslaught of forests. John blackstone was given a private tour. What a police to work. Yeah, not bad office settings. Reporter entering the redwood forest is like stepping back in time. Among all the towering trees, the exact location of the tallest, named the grove of titans, has long been kept secret to help preserve them. The early management philosophy was we are not going to tell people. Still not telling people. For a long time that worked. He has agreed to lead me to the titans. Acting superintendent for Redwood National and state parks. Home to some of the largest trees in the world. A few years ago some one posted the gps coordinates of the titans on social media. Images like this lured thousands of tourists to the area in search of the secret grove. They crisscrossed the park, creating unofficial trails known as social trails. People got, intrigued into like the big tree, like, trophy hunters. And like trophy hunters, people posed with the titans. Sharing them online as proof of their conquest. You can see the kind of steps, leading higher and higher. So they can get that perfect picture. Forest ecologist, studies the damage done by foot traffic. Along with destroying native plants, the soil compact causing standing next to redwood harms the roots. The tree is so tall, enormous. Hard to believe, a few people hanging around down here is going to do it harm. Most of the roots of the redwood tree in the first three feet or so. Everything they need are up near the surface. And it kills, the small roots where nutrients are taken up into the tree to help the tree grow. You can see the wear where some one has been putting a hand or foot. Another piece they have been stepping on. Reporter broken bark leaves the redwoods vulnerable to insects and disease. While some live 2,000 years, more than 95 of all californias redwoods have been lost. Cutting their way into trees that may be as old as civilization. The logging industry followed the gold rush into california decimating redwoods. 1. 4 million is need to build raised walk ways to allow for selfies without endangering the health of the treats. Park service says it is likely a three year project. In the meantime. I know it is a reach. People go you are going to ask people to stay on trail. Yes. Thats our only defense right now. By staying on the trail, visitors can still see the forest, and save the trees. John black stone. Crescent city, california. Thats the overnight news for monday. From the cbs Broadcast Center in new york city, im elaine quijano. Happy new year. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. People around the world welcomed 201 in typical fashion. Parties, champagne, and fireworks from one corner of the globe to the next. In sydney, australia, a huge fireworks display lit up the harbor. In hong kong, an array of pyrotechnics, wowed spectators. In dubai, an amazing light show on the side of the worlds tallest building welcomed nult year. But of the Biggest Party of all in new york citys times square. Tony dokoupil has a look at what it took to keep the celebrations safe. With roof stop snipers, bomb sniffing dogs, and thousands of officers, the nypd is hoping for a safe start to 2018. Jon miller its nypd Deputy Commissioner in charge of counterterrorism. The idea is to have enough of a visual deterrent so people look at this and say a hard target. New york security planned for a million expected revellers includes radiation scanners and bag checks. No big bags no backpacks plus multiton trucks and concrete barriers to guard against a vehicle style attack. But this year there its also a special focus on aerial security. With officers inside about two dozen nearby hotels ready to combat a sniperstyle assault like the one scene in las vegas in october. What you are looking for is to is to do what people expect but also, do what your adversary might not expect. Reporter other big cities are also on high alert. Chicago police say theyre adding specialized teams with focus on vehicle style attacks. Miami will conduct random security checks at outdoor events. In las vegas, citys new Years Eve Party along the famous strip is a top priority at the department of home lantd security and fbi sharing personnel and intel. Clark county sheriff, joe lombardo. Im confident every resource is used to make sure this new years eve will be safe. Back in new yorks times square, amber howard feels confident despite the crowds. I dont live in fear. I am okay. Then we have all the Police Officers around here. So. We want to emphasize there are no specific Credible Threats to this celebration here in new york or any other city for that matter, but elaine, that doesnt mean Law Enforcement wont be ready. Tony, thank you. It will be a bitter cold start to the new year across much of the country. It is so cold that popular events have been canceled. Demarco morgan is here in new york city braving the cold. Reporter good evening. Record low temperatures along with dangerous wind chills are sure to kick off the new year with frigid temperatures putting a freeze on several decades old traditions. With cold weather shattering records across the country from the midwest off to the east coast, these subzero temperatures, had the bravest canceling their plans this new years eve. But it hasnt stopped this die hard from taking the Polar Bear Plunge in massachusetts. My fingers, lips. Cant feel them. Reporter in boston the citys parade and evening Fireworks Show both canceled due to temperatures in the Single Digits with wind chill bep low 0. For the first time in 30 years, the annual lobster dip in maine has been canceled. For more than a million spectators and revellers expected to pack time square for one of the biggest celebrations of them all. Hats. Gloves and hardy attitude will be needed waiting for the countdown to begin. I feel so cold. I cant feel my feet. And my hands. But, i am, i am happy to be here. Reporter for those of you planning to battle the extremely cold weather, bundle up and make sure you dont have any skin exposed. Elaine, experts say, it only Takes Minutes to develop frostbite. Demarco, thank you. Lets go to meteorologist, rob ellis from our chicago station, wbbm. Rob, how long is this cold weather going to last . Well, unfortunately, the cold pattern that is in place as the we get into the first day of new year, going to stick around for a while. Temperatures, not really going to move a whole lot. The pattern is locked in. And it means that areas that are already cold, even as we head into the end of the week are going to stay cold, areas that tar warm are going to stay warm. That pattern not really going to change. It looks like until a full week into the new year. When finally some of the warmer temperatures, can surge a little farther to the north and places that can use temperatures above freezing. This is the pattern we are stuck with. Areas that we typically think of being cold, colder than average. Areas in the west, areas that you expect to be warm even this time of year, are warmer than average. And it is those extreme that get even more extreme by this pattern that has become so pronounced. When wean talk about temperatures theyre 20, 30 degrees below the average. 30 to 40 degrees below the average. In the Northern Plains where we expect extreme temperatures. Meanwhile the southwest extreme temperatures there. You expect them to be warm. But theyre even warmer than where we expect. As we ring in the new year, eastern time zone, dealing with the old air. Single digits for the eastern time zone. Places like new york, indianapolis. Central time zone. Really pronounced when northern half is below zero. Mountain time zone. Same scenario. Colder to the north. Above average to the south. Ringing in the new year in the pacific. Temperatures are warm. Rob, thank you very much. President trump will spend new years eve at his resort at mar a lago, he tweeted to day, what a year its been. And were any just getting started. He also wished everyone a happy new year. Chip reid is with the president. Reporter to say President Trump loves the game of golf, would be an understatement. With todays trip to the Trump International golf club he has been there eight of nine dates only exception, christmas, despite his past Harsh Criticism of president obama for golfing too much. Obama ought to get off the golf course. Mr. Trump visited golf courses more than 90 times as the president. At the same point in his presidency, mr. Obama had played fewer than 30 times. But the president also appears to be closely following the news including the mass protests in iran against its leaders. In a tweet, the president said, the people are finally getting wise as to how their money and wealth is being stol