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KGAN Up To The Minute February 17, 2016

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. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares the federal Railroad Administration is imploring states to inspect stop l lhts at rail crossings. Many of them are not timed properly. This. Reporter federal regulators say this shouldnt happen. A traffic light did not turn green long enough to give this semitruck enough time to get off the tracks before the train approached. The driver survived, but many dont. Since 2013, 96 have died. Another 419 were hurt at intersections where the stop lights are interconnected with the railroad equipment. Sarah fineberg. If the traffic signal is s working, connected the right way to the Railroad Crossing equipment we should be able to keep people off the track when a train is coming. Reporter tonight federal Railroad Administration is issuing a safety advisory asking the states to inspect the Traffic Signals at railroad really important to monitor are not losing a second over team to make sure the traffic is moving through. Whenever drivers are approaching railroad tracks, they just have to assume that a train is coming. Reporter dr. Lany wilsons 14yearold daughter lauren died when the car sunny was riding in was struck by a train. Seemed like she had the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow. We were there with her until the crash. H. Then since then we have, we have done a lot to try to prevent this tragedy from happening to other families. Reporter regulators are king that event recorders be installed in these Traffic Signals to help determine if the signals are factoring into accidents. Scott, regulators are workg with google to share gps data so one day drivers will be warned as theyre approaching train tracks. Chris, thanks. Today, pope francis went to the heart of mexicos drug war and challenged priests to fight injustice, violence and corruption. This comes at the same time of a fascinating revelation about Pope John Paul ii. Friendship with h woman that lasted for decades. Mark phillips has the story. Reporter he was then a young polish cardinal. She was a polishamerican writer and married. Yet when karol wojtyla, the man who would become Pope John Paul ii begin to collaborate with annateresa tymieniecka on a translation, something more than a book happened. They wrote to each otheror the rest of their lives. S letters recreated in a bbc documentary. Their relationship would test the cardinals vow of celibacy. You write about being torn apart, Cardinal Wojtyla wrote, but i can find no answer to these words. Particularly the word i belong to you. Malina malinovsky, brokered the sale of the letters. I believe she fell in love with him. They didnt just write. They spent private times at her prompt in vermrmt. Skiing in poland. In the old communist days when letters hand delivered so the Party Officials couldnt use scandal to undermine the popular priest. Its good you sent your letters by hands, he says. It contains thing too deep for the sensors eyes. When he became pope he didnt stop. I am thinking about you he wrote. In my thoughts i come to pomfret her house in vermont every day. When he died, friend say, that the vatican wont confirm, she was at his bedside. The e pes letters are now public. Annateresa tymienieckas letters to him have not been published. What a story they might tell. Mark phillips, cbs news, london. Will be right back. Man sternly where do you think yourereoing . Mr. Mucus to work, withthou. Its taco tuesday. Man youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Im good all day. [announcer ] mucinex keeps working. Not 4, not 6, but 12 hours. 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The over135 mile per hour winds, flattened cars, and destroyed homes. Southern mississippi w also hilt. This home was demolished. Sounds look a low flying jet. It did. In miami, 100 mile per hour winds tossed the tree like a toy. Look at the base. I am 61, nearly enough to swallow me. Scott, tornados here are not rare. Forecasters say because of el nino, south florida could get more tornados like today well into march. David begnaud thanks. The wild weather swings we have seen are caused in part by the phenomenon known as el nino. The warming of the pacific that lead to drought in much of coast. We have two reports on this tonight, beginning with ben tracy on the Southern California. Reporter this is winter on the west coast. With temperatures running 15 to 25 degrees above normal it looks and feels more like july than february. It is so hot outside. Its crazy. Just kind of embracing it. Going with it. Wow, look at this. Californians were expecting this. Nonstop rain storms fueled by one of the largest el ninos on record. But after heavy rain last month. Southern california is on a hot and dry streak. It has been 15 days since a drop of rain fell in los angeles. Nasa climatologist bill pastert called the massive band of warm water in a godzilla el nino predicted to drench drought ravaged california. Is this godzilla more bark than bite . El nino remains immense. Over the last six months. Even this winter, all of the volatile weather we have had across the united states, the fingerprint of el nino is on all these events. Reporter turns out the el nino is so big it shifted the jet stream further north. Allowing storms to batter Northern California and Pacific North west. Rain soaked cliffs near San Francisco have been dropping intohe ocean. But northern storms e also dramatically booststg California Snow pack. Now the deepest it has been in re than a decade. Spring snow melt will help fill the states depleted reservoirs and 30 of californias water supply. The temperature hit 90 here today in los angeles. That is a new record for this date. But forecasters say they still expect tse el nino rains and cooler temperatures to hit los angeges and scott they say that wiwi happen in the next couple of weeks. Ben tracy for us tonight. Ben, thank you. Well there has been precious little water in southern and scorching the earth. Thu. N. Says as many as a million children are at risk of starvation. Many are in the tiny nation of lesotho. We sent Deborah Patta there. Reporter dawn breaks. Villagers hope for rain but it promises to be another scorching day. 70yearold, Malepota Makara wakes her five grandchildren. Most of them orphaned by aids. It doesnt take long to get the three eldest ready for school, thats because there is nothing to eat. Like everyone else in the village. Malepota makaras crops have failed. It is painful, says 9yearold, to go to School Without food. This drought his grandmother explains is more severe than i have ever seen. Makara knows instinctively what experts have confirmed. This is the strongest el nino on record in Southern Africa 14 Million People at risk of starvation. A pitiful burst of rain in recent days coaxed out some greenery. It is a cruel illusion as it has come too late. This should be lesothos rainy season. Normally i wouldnt be able to stand here, because i would be waist highen water. Instead the riverbed is bone dry. U. N. Humanitarian coordinator is worried at what is ahead . He rainfall has been delayed to an extent that people havent been able to plant the crops so, we are looking at people having not enough to eat, at least until, 2017. At school, makaras grandchildren get their one meal of the day. A bowl of watery pourage and corn. Schools are worried they will water is a concern. Lesotho trucks walter to the villages. A nearby dam has two weeks sa ply left before it too runs dry. At home, makara manages to downfor unripened peaches for younger children. Later when the brothers and sisters return she rests for the first time. There is no supper o oe again. If i can just give them food and love, she sighs, then, they will be fine. Lesotho desperately need at least 27 million to feed people on the brink of starvation. They are battling to attract the attention of International Donors scott who are already overstretched dealing with global crises. Remarkable reporting from Deborah Patta in johannesburg. 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. 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Most of the 3,000 dogs do seem to enjoy the attention, the primping and the cheering crowds. Judge Michael Faulkner involved with show dogs since he was 9 years old. Hearing the cheering, what is it about dogs that makes this event so big . That bond between dog and man is so important. And then you add competition and applause and glamour and doesnt get any better. The seven new breed in this competition raise the number to 197 include some faces and hair styles. Many fans have never seen before. It took Jackie Walker over ten years to get french herding dogs, Berger Picards into the big show. What process does it take to get a breed accepted . Very long one. Putting on shows and tests. Ultimate test. Performing in the center ring at westminster. In the midst of the pomp and pageantry, what is some times lost why we love the animals so much. Dogs just being dogs. Don dahler, cbs news, new york. Thats the cbs overnight news for this wednesday. For some, e news continues. For others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. Overnight news. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the cbs overnight news, im michelle miller. We are three days away from a key race in the marathon run for the white house. The republican president ial candidates will compete this saturday in the first in the south primary in south carolinin frontrunner donald trump and jeb bush continue to trade jabs on the campaign trail, now bush has added a political heavyweight to his corner. Former president george w. Bush. On the 43rd president to give his brother a much needed boost. Here is major garrett. President bush ended years of self imposed political exile and drew the biggest most enthusiastic crowd in South Carolina. By itself the upbeat rally cannot reverse jeb bushs fortunes, running third or fourth. The event did take the edge off f a nasty day of primary politicking. I think the voters should vote for the candidate who has got the most opinionated mother. Former president george w. Bush came to South Carolina on a rescue mission for brother jeb. In my experience, the strongest person usually isnt the loudest one in the room. George bush made a mistake. Reporter recent attacks by g. O. P. Frontrunner, donald ump on the former president s 9 11 leadership had jeb playing defense. He didnt know that 9 11 was he rolled up his sleeves. He inspired us. Why do you mention jeb bush . He is not competitive. His brother came today. They have a a ing. Trying to make competitive. Dont think it will happen. Reporter trump drove home his criticism at a glitzy primetime rally. Everything now is an offchute of the decision. Reporter during the afternoon press conference, donald trump said bush overlooked warnings and mismanaged intelligence before 9 11. Was it negligence on the part of president bush . I dont say anything. The World Trade Center came down the bush family was not Donald Trumps only target. I think ted is an unstable guy. I have never seen anybody that lied as much as ted cruz. Well bring a lawsuit if he doesnt straightenenis act out. You cannot simply scream liar when somebody points out the actual position of donald trump. Reporter amid the ever sery campaign, the brothers bush reunited to build momentum. I love my brother the i am happy that he came to do this. He can still bring it. Reporter after the rally, president bush t td me he loved hitting the campaign trail. And likes jebs chances here in South Carolina. Meanwhile, trump said he again might run as independent if he doesnt secure the gop nomination. He also said that he might sue ted cruz over eligibility to run for the white house. One of f e differences between jeb bush and donald trump is their positions on immigration. Trump called for the deportation of all illegal immigrants. Bush wants to give undocumented workers a path towards legal status. Jeb bushs approach is tempered in part by experience as governor of florida which has the the e ird largest hispanicic population in the country. Many cuban refugees are trading miami for a different entry Mark Strassmann shows us why. Reporter every day, cubans cross this border bridge from mexico into laredo, texas. The cuban adjustment act guguanteed asylum to refugees fleeing the communist regime. They qualify for a green card after a year and a day. And citizenship five years later. But now theyre afraid the thawing of diplomatic relations will end that special protection. She says how w s i supposed to get here if they change the law . It would have been impossible . Most cuban refugees no longer try to reach miami on make shift rafts. Capture and the currents are risky. They now fly to a latin American Country like ecuador. Then spend months making a 2,000 mile trip on land through half the texas border. 51,000 arrived here last year. 68 of them through laredo. Whole transnational human smuggling operation. Jorge studies human migration patterns at Florida International university. Well organized . Very well organized. Second most profitable illegal network after the legally trade business. Most head to miami. At this Refugee Resettlement office. We met andres hernandez. His trip here from cuba, took eight months. He told us it was stress and days without eating. Worth it to him and cubans. Immigrants desperate to start fresh in america and worried they may soon join the back of the line with everyonenelse. Mark strassmann, miami. Newly released letters between Pope John Paul ii and are getting a lot of attention. They reveal a powerful personal bond that lasted for decades. Here i iMark Phillips. Reporter imagine a cross between the vatican newspaper and hollywood gossip site, tmz, you might get Something Like the letters. Theyre about a story of unrequited love. Or a story of a long intellectual friendship with overlay of affects. Plenty of argument for both. In the beginning he was a dynamic, young, polish priest, from krakov. She was a polish emigrant, annateresa tymieniecka living in the u. S. And married. When they met to collaborate on english, something on another level clicked. They began an exchange of letters that cononnued for the apart. I can find no answers to these word, wojtyla says. To you. As he rose up hierarchy they continued to correspon

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