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Will be right back. Almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. Together we can help them with three simplplwords. My name is chris noth and i will listen. From maine to maui, thousands of High School Students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. Chris young action teams of High School Students are joining volunteers of america and Major League Baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. Carlos pea iteasy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. If you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares now to ethan couch, the socalled affluenza kid. Couch was wanted for possibly violating prlbation in texas after r ating prison time inin fatal drunk driving crash with a defense that left many people shaking their heads. After a threeweek manhuntomar villafranca reports couch has been arrested in mexico. Ethan couchs newly dyed black hair didnt fool mexican authorities who caught the texas teenager on monday spite looking very different than he did two years ago when he was first charge in the deadly drunkiving accident. We worked a tremendous amount of leads and learned through some interviews that they had party. Reporter investigars say couch and his mother tonya drove a pickup truck into mexico and ended up more than 1200 miles from north tex in the coastal resort town of puerto vallarta. They fled shortly after this video surfaced which appeared to show couch at a party with alcohol. Which might have violated his juvenile probation. Even though hes 18, Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson says couch is only facing juvenile justice. Im not satisfied with four were asking for him to be moved to adult court. Reporter couch was only 16 when he avoided jail time and was sentenced to ten years probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accident. His defense am argued that the teen suffered from something they termed affluenza, arguing that his rich parents never taught him right from wrong. Sheriff, now that he is in ound . Well, id like for him to be held accountable. I dont think ten years probation was appropriate for killing four innocent people. Reporter even if couchs case is transferred to adult courur he only faces four months in jail because he was convicted as a minor. Jim, mexican officials tell cbs news couch and his mother will be flown back to texas tomorrow. Omar, thank you. Chicico Police Officer Jason Van Dyke pled not guilty today in the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. Van dyke faces first degree murder charges after shooting the teenager 16 times. Dashcam video of the confrontation sparked days of protests when it was released st month. Van dykes lawyesays he may ask for a change of venue. The last day of the year is always among the most challenging days of the year for the new York City Police department. And two days away, paris and San Bernardino have only raised the stakes. Reporter with over a Million People expected in midtown manhattan and a billion more watching on tv, new uork officials are determined to make times square the safest place on earth. Mayor bill deblasio. Were the best prepared city in the country. We know how to do big events. Weve shown it time and time again. Reporter 5,000 uniformed and undercover officers will be in times square. Snipers will be on rooftops garbage cans removed, Manhole Covers sealed shutut radiationon detectors deployed. This year the nypd established a 500person special Response Unit that holds regular drills. At a new Operation Center in downtown manhattan, officers monitor thousands of camera feeds. On new years eve the room will be staffed with members of governmental and priva agencies. Last month, chief james oneill gave us a tour. Do you thininpeople should el safe . You know what, im not going concerned but im notoing to tell them totoeel safe. I dont think anyone does this work better than the nypd, along with our federal partners. Reporter but memories of the paris and california terror attacks are fresh. Commissioner bill bratton. The pattern this year has been terror attacks on relative small soft targets with all theheocus on times square, what about the thousands of businesses outside this area . Both through capabilities on the threat analysis beforehand, the preventionn side of it a a ll as the capability to respond very quickly, we believe we are as prepared as anybody can be. Reporter spectators coming into this area will all be searched and requid to get to their places early and stay there. Jim, they will also not be allowed to bring in large bags, backpacks or alcohol. Don dahler in times square where it will be even busier in two nights. Thanks you. Now to new information about the federal governments handling of the texas ice cream maker blue bell, the subject of a cbs news investigation this fall. Department of justice has started an investigation into blue bell after their ice cream was linked to a deadly listeria outbreak earlier this year. Three people died. An fda investigation found lilieria in three of blue bells production plants in alabama, oklaho, and texas, as well as records indicating the company knew one plant was contaminated at least as early as 2013. The fda investigation uncovered other troubling problems. Including condensation dripping directly into ice cream and unsanitary equipment. In april, blue bell shut down all three producucon facilities and recalled all its ice cream. Sources tell cbs news, the Justice Department is trying to determine what blue Bell Management knew about potentially deadad hazards in their plants and when they knew it. In october, gerald bland who worked at the blue bell factory in brenham, texas, described to on the factory floor. On the factory floor. On the wall by the three gallon machine, if it would rain real hard and water sat on the roof, it would just trickle downwn that wall. Reporter rain water from the from the roof. Reporter would get into the factory . Yeah. Reportet another worker Terry Schultz told us his complaints to management about unclean conditions went nowhere. The response i got at one point was, is that all youre going to do is come in here and bitch every afternoon . What do you think his message to you was . Production was probably more important than cleanliness. All three of blue bells plants are now back up and running and by the endndf next month, its ice cream will be back on the shelves in 15 states. Blue bell did not respond to our requests for comment today. This investigation into blue bell ibeing led by the same Justice Department lawyer who prosecuted the Peanut Corporation of america. The companys owner Stewart Parnell got 28 years for peanut products. That is the longest seence ever for a food safetyrelated crime. Distracted is sending hundreds to hospitals. A former star of gleeis arrested for child pornography. And mike tyson loses to a hoverboard. Be right back. Living well your immune system works hard to keepepou on top o oyour game. You can support it by eating healthy, drinking fluids, and getting some rest. And you can combine these simple remedies with airborne. No other leading immunity brand gives you more vitamin c. Plus it has a specially crafted blend of 13 vitamins, minerals and herbs. 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San diego lifeguard sergeant bill bender. Wasnt watching where he was walking looking more down at the device. Socalled distracted walking especially from handheld devices like cell phones is a growing problem. The number of er visits for related injuries most often dudu to f fling doubled betweenen005 and 2010 to more than 1500 with millennials ages 21 to 25 the most likely to get hurt. Its important to recognize this as a problem. R rorter surgeon dr. Claudette lajam believes the true number of injuries is even higher. When they come into my office, for instance, theyll have an injury and theyll say they tripped over the curbb but theyll never admit na they were looking down at their phone instead of looking in front of them. Malll sececity cameras captured this woman who was so focused on her phone, she walked into a this man felright off the train platform. We spotted jordan videochatting while crossing a busy new york street. I know i shouldnt. Kelly davis was working away on her phone as she walked to lunch. Have you ever had a moment where youve walked into something or fallen or posts. Reporter s s may not be surpriseseby the findings of a 2014 study that estimated nearly 10 of all pedestrian injuries are due to distraction. Jim, i know it sounds obvious, but if youre looking down at your phone, you may not see an obstacle right in front of you in time. Chris, thank you. An unlikely pedestrian was thats just ahead. One of the stars of the fox tv show glee was arrested today for possession of child pornography. Program. Police say they served a warrant at sallings home and took the 33yearold actor into custody. Glee aired its final episode earlier this year. Mike tyson was o oe one of the most feared men on the planet, but the heavyweight became a heavy weight on a hoverboard. Oh, my. That could be the hardest hes ever hit the floooo tysons daughter got him the hoverboard for christmas and clearly, it won this round. 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I was discscrged 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, we close tonight with a mission to change the composition of Classical Music. Not the sound, but the color. Fewer than 4 of symphony musicians in this cocotry are black. Lee cowan found its not for lack of talent. Reporter rachmaninoff was seamless on this night in charlestononsouth carolina. Remarkable because this was the very first time many of these musicians had ever played together. Maestro Marlin Daniel conducts not only the orchestra but this festival called the color of you know a loof musicians of color get pigeon holed into jazz and hiphop and all these things. Reporter its a stereotype. A big stereotype. A lot of people nd there are t any musicians of color out there doing Classical Music when there are actually in reality tons of us. Reporter larinettist robert davis says in most symphonies he stic out as a black clasascal artist but not here. You usually see the same ones. But then i came down here, and theres a whole other group. Where are they comingg from . So i was very, very shocked about that. Reporter the festival highlights black classical composers. On this night, it was adolphus hail stark and his serenade performed one block from the Historic Black Church where in june a gunman opened fire, killing nine. Werereery lucky. Pringle who founded the event hopes sites like this will help diversify other orchestras. I think that most orchestras want to chanan. They just dont know how to change. Reporter and how do they change . By having people at the table who look like me. Reporter music should be color blind and to make e that way, you have to infuse in it all of the colors. Reporter a unique enity that for a few days at least makes for an especially powerful sound. [ applause ] lee cowan, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. And thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, theheews continues. For others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im michele miller. Police in mexico have captured the socalled affluenza teen, ethan couch and his mother tonya. The pair had been on the run for weeks after r video surfaced that could send the teen to prison for years. At 16 years old, couch killed four peoe in a drunk driving accident but he avoided jail time by clclming he was so rich and pampered that he didnt know right from wrong. His next lesson will come in fort worth, texas. Omar villafranca is at at Tarrant County courthouse. A bizarre internationalal search for the socalled affluenza teen and his mother is now over. But the question of why they were running, thats just getting started. And son, are now in the hands of mexican authorities after the pair was apprehended in puerto mexico. This new image released by mexican officials shows the 18yearold couch with an altered appearance, his blonde hair now a dark brown. Ethan couch who is being saw the now by the u. S. Marshal service. Reporter earlier this montnt the two disappeared after couch missed a meeting with his probation officer. Ethan couch made headlines two years ago when he eluded jail time after killing four people in a drunk driving crash. During the trial, a psychologist testified on behalf of couch saying the teen suffered from affluenza, suggesting his parents wealth left him without a sense of responsibility. Officials believe the pair may have fled because of this video. It surfaced earlier this month and appears to show couch at a party where a drinking game was being played. Probation. Even though hes 18, couchs caseasnt been moved over to adult court and that means at worst t will face sentencing in front of a juvenile judge and it could only go to juvenile detention. The Pentagon Says Coalition air strikes in iraq and syria over the past month have killed ten totoleaders of the islamic state. One of the dead has been linked to last months terror attacks in paris. Inside the war zone, the iraqi e last remaining pococts of isis gunmen out of the city of ramadi. Elizabeth palmer reports from london. Reporter finally, the symbol of victory. For the First Time Since may, iraqs f fg was hoisted over government buildings. All week, Iraq Special Forces had led the fight to retake ramadi. They won, thanks to better equipmenenand more than 600 aiai strikes by Coalition Planes on isis targets. Theyve been learning on the job. In ferocious battl in tikrit earlier this year, they managed to push isis out. In ramadi, they did it without major help from irregular shiite militias. For these soldiers, that was a big morale boost. Cbs News National security analyst juan xeroti. Theyre better trained and enabled in part through the u. S. D coalition partnersrsp but also they have greater will and capacity. They are clearly fighting with more strategic intent and capability. Reporter r he battle to retake ramadi important though it was, is just preamble for whats coming in 2016. On national television, iraqs Prime Minister warned we are coming to Liberate Mosul next and deal isis a fatal blow. First though, the government and restore services in ramadi to lure residents back and keep them loyal so isis stays on the run. And the iraqi army is warning that operations in ramadi arent entirely over yet. Ere are still pockets of isis fighters in at least one suburb, and the city is heavily booby trapped. Officials at the Southern California gas comomny say they finally located the source of a gas leak that forced thousands of people from their homes. Maria villareal has the story from los angeles. Reporter an underground well at the natural gas facility in the hills of porter rancncis leaking. This is infrared camera shows methane gas billowing into t air. It was shot by the Environmental Defense fund. A law firm represeseing several hom