Half. It was in decline before 1996. The ban hasnt stopped gun violence. Often with illegal weapons, including a siege in sydney last year by a mentally disturbed gunman who claimed to be inspired by isis. But even steve ballas, a gun shop owner, believes australias laws are saving lives. No doubt. A lot of firearms have been taken out of undesirable hands. Theres still a lot out there, but theyre thinning them out. Reporter if you were in america, youd probably sell a lot more guns and make a lot more money. I suppose sometimes its not all about the money. There are too many guns lying around, and you lose your temper, even rational people pick up a gun and shoot somebody. Its harder if i can put it bluntly, to kill ten people with reporter 85 of australians either support the gun laws or think they should be even tougher according to a recent opinion poll. What australia does not have a is powerful and wealthy gun in the u. S. Holly williams reporting. Thank you. In another important story, Chicago Police already under federal investigation for their questions over a suspect who died in custody. And, again, there is a video of the incident. Heres dean reynolds. Reporter when the chicago mayor saw this tape of a detainee being tasered and beaten by Chicago Police in here. Either the actions of the officers or the policies of the department. 28yearold Philip Coleman soon died from what police said was a fatal drug reaction at the hospital. An autopsy said he had more than this is happening too much. Reporter Percy Coleman is his father and a former police chief. Chicago police have 007 badges to kill whoever they want to, and most of them get away from it. Reporter a review authority initially found no fault, but with the tape out, its reopened the case. Lawsuits and official attempts at transparency have led to the release of other videos showing chicago cops shooting suspects. There are questions about police accountability. Of the 400 Police Shootings since 2007, they found two unjustified. The university of chicago has studied the intersection of Police Misconduct and a lack of punishment. It starts with the lack of political will to address the underlying, the underlying reasons. Reporter law professor, Craig Futterman led the study that protects bad cops are a pattern and practice that needs reviewed. 75 of the people shot in chicago are back by police. Reporter this is a bad time for the city to lose confidence in its Police Officers. Murders here are up 17 this year. And chicago needs every good cop it can find. Dean reynolds reporting tonight. Thank you. The northwest is bracing for round two of a weeklong soaking. Much of portland was flooded yesterday. The National Weather service said it looked like a fire hose coming in off the pacific. Ben tracy is there. Reporter more than three inches in 24 hours, a new december record. Streets became streams and a giant sink hole ended up in the middle of one road in gresham. One Fire Department rescued people from the water. I cant get anywhere i want to go. Entire neighborhoods were cut off. I left at 6 00, and it hadnt rained. Now i come back and its a river. Reporter on the coast, 22 foot waves ravaged boats. The coast guard rescued this sailor. The wet weather is a change from Drought Conditions in the northwest. The region is being battered by an Atmospheric River where the jetstream funnels a series of storms one after another. Area back to normal rainfall for the year. The sink hole behind me has grown to 20 feet deep. Its done so much damage they say the roadway would be closed for up to 20 days. Heavy rain in the forecast today and more flooding. Drought relief. Ben, thank you. Graded on how well they avoid crashes. And when a glee club breaking gets into the act. Strong hair can do anything just like you strong. 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Reporter among the changes are adding new crash tests, including one on angled front crashes and new dummies to better reflect the injuries people suffer from head to foot how much safer do you think cars are going to get because of this rating change . We think as auto makers get to five stars, were talking about some of the most opportunities that weve ever seen in automotive industries. Reporter the national Highway Safety administration began the Program Overall when he took over the agency. Every time the bar is raised, auto makers get there. Its about saving lives. There have been discussions. Incentive, prevent injuries and dont let crashes happen. Reporter starting with 2019, there are three rankings. It will also include an overall rating. Accident Avoidance Technology is making its way into cars. The trade association representing car makers says the members will review the proposal, but it was generally supportive of the changes. Kris, thanks. Jon stewart made a surprise thats next. Jon stewart returned to the daily show on a serious campaign. Its jon stewart. It had been four months since he was on the set. He was here to Shame Congress into reauthorizing Health Care Funds for the men and women who responded to 9 11. The First Responders, many sick with disease have had to travel at their own expense to washington d. C. , hundreds of times, to plead for our government to do the right thing. Five years ago, stewart had four First Responders on his show. Last night, only one returned. Out of curiosity, where is everybody . 75 of the panel is no longer here. Two of the people have illnesses, and john devlin passed away. Four men sat here. Its you and i. This is the reality of peoples lives that are affected and the idea that you had to come here five and a half years ago to plead your case on National Television to get this done was insulting and embarrassing for us as a nation. The Health Care Money is expected to run out by next summer. Republican leaders in the house and senate say it will be reauthorized, but they havent said where or when. A glee club burst into song. The conductor decided they needed a conductor. And well be right back. Woman what does it feel like when a woman is having a heart attack . Chest pain, like theres a ton of weight on your chest. Severe shortness of breath. Unexplained nausea. Cold sweats. Theres an unusual tiredness and fatigue. Theres unfamiliar dizziness or lightheadedness. Unusual pain in your back, neck, jaw, one or both arms, even your upper stomach, are signs youre having a heart attack. Dont make excuses. Make the call to 911 immediately. Learn more at womenshealth. Gov heartattack. While i was on a combat patrol in baqubah, iraq, a rocketpropelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. I was discharged from the army, and ive been working with the Wounded Warrior project since 2007. Warriors, you dont have to be severely wounded to be with the Wounded Warrior project. We do have a lot of guys that have posttraumatic stress disorder. Being able to share your story, i guess it kind of helps you wrap your mind around what did happen over there. My name is norbie, the legendary rock band u2 wont let the attackers have the last word in paris. They answered the bombs and bullets with guns, drums, and harmony. We are all here tonight. Reporter it was much more than a concert. Reporter it was an affirmation that life goes on. And it was a tribute to those whose lives had been ended. The victims names were projected overhead to form the french flag. Bono departing from the usual fitting, classic, ne me quitte pas, dont leave me. It was an emotional evening, and there was more to come. One band more than any other has been sucked into the bloody history of that night. It was the california band, the eagles of death metal who were on stage at the concert hall when the killers murdered 90 of their fans. Welcome the eagles of death metal. Reporter now the band was back in town. They hadnt played since the night of the attack, and their first number, people have the power had a new and special meaning here. The power of rock and roll. The bands lead singer, jessie hughes. This opportunity. I look around and i see, how do i say it . Reporter the band that found itself in the middle of a tragedy now part of the healing process that followed. A process that more than three weeks later took them back. Theres more healing still to come. Mark phillips, cbs news, london. Thats the cbs overnight news this wednesday. For some of you the news continues. For others, check back for morning news and cbs this im scott pelley. Captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs its wednesday, december 9th, 2015. This is the cbs morning news. The backlash against donald trump spreads far and wide, including high ranking members of his own party, but the republican president ial frontrunner wont back down from his proposal to ban all muslims from entering the United States. Record rains in the northwest triggered devastating floods and landslides and evacuations, and the problems could add up as more wet weather is in the forecast. More trouble for chipotle. At least 80 illnesses are linked to a boston restaurant following sickened dozens of people in nine states. And hoverboard hazard. A Shopping Mall is evacuated when one of the popular gadgets bursts into flames. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Donald trump is not backing down. His proposal to ban all muslims from entering the u. S. Has triggered controversy all across the nation and overseas. Josh earnest says it disquf disqualifies him from the presidency. It has a dust bin. To the outright lies and even the fake hair. The whole carnival barker sometime now. Don champion is here in new york with more on the fallout from trumps latest provocative comments. Reporter this is certainly donald trump has stirred the pot, but not like this. He is being condemned by republicans and democrats alike. Trump is denouncing his critics and says his plan is necessary following the attacks in paris and San Bernardino. Somebody in this country has to say what is right. Its short term. Let our country get its act together. Reporter trumps proposal would apply to immigrants and visitors, american citizens traveling abroad and leaders in the middle east and others would be exempt. Trump has made inflammatory remarks before but nothing has elicited this kind of response. Hes taken a page from the playbook of hitler. He is a race xenophobic religious bigot. This is both a shameless and dangerous idea. Our values. That kind of crap is not going to work in the United States of america. This is not conservatism. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and, more importantly, its not what this country stands for. Reporter what is not clear is whether trumps proposed ban on muslims will hurt his popularity. A new National Poll taken before trump made his proposal found 68 of his supporters would vote for him if he ran as an independent. While many fellow republicans are denouncing trumps plan, they have stopped short of refusing to back him if he is the gop nominee. And for many trump supporters, nothing has changed. This idea that he is okay with being out there and saying what he believes and not being afraid, and having a backbone to say it, im okay with that. Reporter now trump continues to denounce his detractors. He tweeted overnight, wow, what so many foolish people that refuse to acknowledge the tremendous danger and uncertainty of certain people coming to the u. S. Trump has some more interviews scheduled for today. We will certainly see what he has to say. Im sure whatever it is, it will be interesting. Don champion here in new york, thank you very much, don. Coming up on cbs this morning, we will talk about the latest trump candidacy with face the nation moderator and cbs news political director, John Dickerson and nancy cordes. A french official didnt name the man but he says he is from france and left for syria two years ago. All of the attackers identified so far are french or belgian and spoke french natively. At least 89 people were killed at the hall last month. Back at home. The house voted overwhelmingly to tighten controls on travel to the u. S. It calls for new visa requirements for citizens of syria and iraq and other countries considered a terrorist hot spot who want to visit the u. S. The Current Program allows citizens from 38 countries to travel to the u. S. Without obtaining a visa. Senator ted cruz is proposing a bill that would allow states the right to reject a refuge deemed a security risk. It has the backing of Texas Governor greg abbott who wants to make sure syrians who pose a danger to his state are not allowed. The San Bernardino attackers borrowed 28,500 two weeks before the deadly rampage. Farook got the money from an online lending service. Its reported that some of the money was transferred to farooks mother. Reuters reports farook and his wife drained their Bank Accounts and exhausted their credit line before the attack. One of the First Responders to the San Bernardino shootings the first time. Detective george lagano is being called a hero for his actions and what he said. Try to relax. Everyone, try to relax. Ill take a bullet before you do, thats for damn sure, so be cool, okay. Lagano said he meant what he said and he was trying to calm a frightened child. There was a female there with a small child, a little 8yearold boy who was just terrified and shivering and what i said. I said for them just to kind of were going to do everything we can to get them out of that he said any other Law Enforcement officer would have done the same thing. Parts of the Pacific Northwest are bracing for more rain on the heels of record setting downpours. A series of storms is forecast to pound oregon and washington through the week. Triggered widespread flooding. Cole miller reports from reporter as the rain continues to fall for a Third Straight day across the northwest, already swollen rivers and creeks have caused major flooding, evacuations and landslides around the area. Crews in portland worked into the night to clean up tons of debris along a local highway. We hope to get it cleaned up quickly. Reporter the record rainfall dumped rain over the area, triggering dozens of rescues and Officials Say it could take months to repair this giant sinkhole that opened up in nearby gresham and winds toppled trees on to cars. All of a sudden, i heard a big swoosh come down and the next thing i know, we have a tree down. Reporter the heavy rain is take ago toll on families along johnson creek, an area that has been plagued by problems. While some people chose to evacuate altogether, others worked together to sandbag their homes. Behind to on avoid walking or driving through the high water. Rain coming off lawns, driveways and streets and its reporter the heavy rain is throughout the week. Cole miller for cbs news, portland, oregon. Severe flooding closed miamis zoo for several days. Record rainfall there filled the zoos walkways and exhibits with floodwaters. Most of the 3,000 animals are safe, but zookeepers worry about prime mates that cant swim and lions in an area separated by most could swim out of their encosures. Coming up on the morning news. An unlikely advocate. Quarterback michael vick lobbies for a law to help animals. And caught on tape. A hoverboard gets too hot to this is the cbs morning news. I guess i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. Never thought about the coffee i was drinking having acids. It never dawned on me that it could hurt your teeth. My dentist has told me your enamel is wearing away, and that sounded really scary to me, and i was like well can you fix it, can you paint it back on, and he explained that it was not something that grows back, its kind of a onetime shot and you have to care for it. He told me to use pronamel. Its gonna help protect the enamel in your teeth. It allows me to continue to drink my coffee and to eat healthier, and it was a real easy switch to make. 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