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KMEG CBS Overnight News November 5, 2015

Your clever moves wont stop the cold and flu. But disinfecting with lysol can. Lysol wipes and spray are approved to kill more types of germs than clorox. To help keep your family healthy, an italian author is defendininhis explosive allegations against the vatican. His new book accuses powerful Church Leaders of deception, greed, and financial mismanagement. He claims theyre fighting against the reforms put in place by pope francis. Elizabeth p pmer in rome sat down with the man behind the charges. Reporter well, allegations of financial mismanagement at the vatican are not new, of course. But this book does provide detail on a whole variety of murky dealings, and it also sheds some light on how the current pope has reacted. Revered by millions of catholics around the world, pope francis emerges in the book as a loney crusader battling against powerful vested interests to clean up Epic Financial mismanagement and corruption in Gianluigi Nuzzi is the author of merchants in the temple. Was there one thing in particular that shocked you more than anything else you discovered . The shock was ongoing, he id. This pope is trying to make sweeping changes, and its going to take a long time. Thats because the mess is a big one. According to the book, it includes a real estate portfolio thats worth seven times as much as the vatican shows on its books. And donations from churches around the world intended for the poor, which actually went into a slush fund to pay vatican running costs. The revelations are based in part onecret rececdings of meetings theheope held with senior cardinals, recordings which were then leaked. In a statement the vatican said such actions are a serious betrayal of trust granted by the pope. But in fact, popee frananss accountability may actually have been given a huge boost by all this publicity. And he we have heard from the pope indirectlylyn this through a tweet f fm his chief of staff. His words, simply onward with determination and serenity. A new study shows a lot of younger americans are losing their religion. The Pew Research Center found fewer than h hf of all millennials say religion is very important to them. Only half say they believe in god with absolute certainty. That compares to 70 of baby boomers. All this is changing the way americans are getting married these days. Adriana diaz reports. You get altars like this one couples he been exchanging vows to have and to hold for centuries. But the amount of americans getting married by a priest in a Catholic Church is down more than 60 person since 1970. More and more americans are asking their friends to dot honors. We met one couple who believe it or not sat down with us an hour interview to tell us why. Megan lanto and Patrick Bigelow included many of the traditional marital marital trappings on their big day. The white dress. Groomsmen in matching ties. Excited moms. Okay. Reporter and musical accompaniment as the bride walked down the aisle. This years love had better last but when it came to choosing a person to oversee their i dos. My name is matt. Reporter megan and patrick who were both raised catholic broke from tradition. They asked pats college friend, matt ferrari, to officiate the ceremony, not a catholic priest. Having a minister or priest up there who doesnt know us would have seemed fake. I believe im quite qualified to say this. Youve clearly outkicked your coverage by marrying megan. I think megan was a little nervous at first knowing matt, but hes done a great job. Reporter the majority of amateur officiants receive the universal life church, a nonnnominational onlinee ministry. In 2014 the church ordained 250,000 people and expects a 30 increase this year. The site says ordination is fast, free and easas with no experience necessary. I for one happen thisto think experience is pretty necessary to stand with the wedding couple to make sure that they are getting off on the right foot. Reporter steven stark lowenstein studied for five years to become a bbi. He sayss clergyre specially trained to support couples through preand postmarital counseling counseling. But in the digital age he says spouses can overlook that traditional support. The world is changing so rapidly that religion is kind of being relegated to a back seat. I dont believe it has to be that way. But so many of the millennials dont even want to difference a chance. Reporter 35 of millennials, americans 19 to 34,dentify as nreligious. Boomers and just 11 of those over 70. Do you take patrick to be your lawfully wedded husband . Reporter meg sxn pat are part of the 18 of americans raised within a faith whovee given it up. I think part of my transition away from religion started when i became a little bit more political and i realized that i didnt really agree with the politics of, you know, my church ananall of that, and i needed to make a decision for myself. I was raised catholic. My mom is probably rolling her eyes as shes watching this right now. But you know, i went my own way. We were a generation i think that kind of chooses our own path. Today their lives, which began on separate paths, will be joined as one. What do you think it is that you can bring to this wedding that perhaps a religious figure cant . I think i can connect the dots between patrick and megan and how theyve evolved in this relationship. You started this journey years ago just two miles from here. It more of a personal ceremony. By the power invested in me, i now pronounce you husband and wife. Patrick, you may kiss your bride. [ cheers and applause ] reporter a sacred bond fueled by friendship, not faith. [ cheers and applause ] now, the stutu did h he some good n ns for believers. Though less americans affiliate with religion, those who do do so with conviction. 2 3 of adults who identify with a religion say they pray every day. Be right back. Dry spray . Thats fun. 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Reporter even if you bought a car with a fivestar safety rating, if youre hit from behind your seat may not protect you or the children sitting behind you. Every day on average three children are killed and 470 injured in accidents. 11 of those child victims are in rear seats, where the government recommends children sit. 16monthold Taylor Warner loved the water. And was just learning how to walk. She had about six weeks that she was toddling around, and then it was oaf. Warners 2010 Honda Odyssey was rearended at 55 miles an hour. Taylor was in her car seat behind her father. I t tught maybe she had just fallen asleep, and then when i looked and i realized that there was blood coming out of her face, i knew that Something Else was wrong. Reporter that something was her fathers seat back. It broke, collapsing on impact and struck taylor in the face, killing her. It was all because of some stupid car that we thought was the safest thing we could, you know, get for our family to protect them. Reporter but crash tests like this one show what can happen when a seat collapses. The driver is launched backwards and slams into the childs face. Drivers can also be injured when their heads crash into objects in the back seat. 70yearold Geneva Massey was paralyzed four years ago when the seat of her 2002 Dodge Caravan broke after the minivan was s t from behind. Y y just assume that theyll not break. You dont even actually think about it. That they would break. Reporter nearly every american and japanese automaker has seen similar r rent cases. How often does this happen . Every day. Reporter auto crash expert alan cantor has been examining seat back failure since the 1980s. We hired his lab outside philadelphia to test the strength of seats and the standard thaha regulates them. Why are we looking at a banquet chair . What were trying to do is show how absolutely ridiculous the federal standard is. Reporter this is the only test required to pass the federal standard. Putting a brace across the seat, attaching it to a wincnc and pulling. So that passes. That passes the standard. Reporter with standas so low, cantor finds all vehicle seats and even that banquet chair meet or exceed the federal requirements. But failures like this can still happpp. Do car makers knowow this is an issue . Yes. Reporter theyve actually known for decades. In a 1996 deposition a General Motors engineer admitted gm started tethering dummies to the the dummies were expensive a a the chances off losing them were pretty high. Improving the seats wouldnt be expensive. One engineer being deposed said strengthening them would cost on the order of a dollar or so. This is a beltintegrated seat. Reporter longtime accident investigator ken cikulsky has been trying to get the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration or nhtsa to require stronger seats since 1992 when he spoke to ed bradley on 60 minutes. Its an inadequate standard. Its flawed as nar as im concerned. Has that change thissed . No, it hasnt. Its basqcally the same today as it was then. Its a worthless standard. It does nothing for the consumer. It does nothing for the industry. Reporter auto safety regulators nhtsas own researchers also warned of the issue in 1982 cititg examples of major or fatal injuries when seat backs collapse. The agency also had the results of crash tests required for other Safety Standards which showed seat back collapses in despite that nhtsa does not require similar t tts for seat strengths. If you cant talk to them about it who can you talk to . No one, i guess. Reporter nhtsa declined to speak to 60 minutes saying only the agency was investigating ways to strengthen the standard. That was inn 92. Weve known for yearsrs that reporter in 2000 then nhtsa administrator sue bailey told cbs news the agency would be looking into the seat back issue within a year. Its not appropriate that we are working off of 30yearold standards. Reporter but 15 years later the standard remains the same as when it was written in the late 1960s. This is the lumbar pad. Reporter the agency stopped looking into the issue in 2004. Current nhtsa administrator Mark Rosekind didnt have time to sit downwnith us. So we caught up with him. Cbs news. The standard for were going to go. They have a tendency to fail in rearend collisions. Wevvbeen trying to get a couple minutes with you, sir. If they had changed the government Safety Standards to where, you know, the seat back wouldnt fail, then we would still have a 6yearold running around. How do i as a consumer know if ive got a strang seat or a weak seat . Theres no way y knowing as a a cocoumer. You want to go get reporter liz and andy warner dont take any chances now. They make sure their three surviving children are buckled into the middle seats or third row, far away from passengers whose seats could collapse. Im sure everybody who buys a car would pay 50 more to make sure that this doesnt happen to them. I know i would. Reporter the warner and massey families settled their lawsuits against thoho carmakers. The automakers say their cars are safe, meet or exceed all federal safety standds and have improved over the years. For its part nhtsa says it didnt have the data to support changing the standard. Since we began investigating we have found nine children killed in accidentstsike the warners. Thats more than thehe number of People Killed by faulty takata airbags. The cbs overnight news will be right back. So why do i do it . Because i get paid. Und. On this side of the glove i know prostate exams can save lives. So, if you are a man over 50, talk to you doctor to see if a prostate exam is right for you. If we can do it, so can you. There is growing concern among veterinarians about a cocoon sweetener that can kill your dog. Exile tol is linked to a spike in accidental poisonings. Its xlootly harmless to humans and is found in all kinds of foods. Chip reeve reports. Reporter if it says sugarfree theres a good chance it contains xyxytol. Its in everything from chewing gum to Peanut Butter and theres a family in wisconsin that wants to make sure other dog owners dont go through what they went through. Go get it. Reporter this is gunner. Come here. Reporter sam and jordan say hesselped heal their hearts after 2yearold luna died in april after she got into some chewing gum made with a sugar substitute xylitol. She was still just a puppy. She was only 2. And she was such a good dog. She lovedd absolutely evevybody. She lisisned so well. And she was pretty much like our first child. Reporter she started vomiting. They rushed her to the vet. That day we ended up going back down and having to put her down in our arms. Reporter i i charlotte, North Carolina last year labrahdoodle murphy joe ate half a pack of sugarfree gum. She survived but just barely after three blood transfusions and 5,000 in medical costs. The number of products containing xylitol a a on the rise and so are the calls about dogs that have been poisoned. To the aspcas animal poison control center. From 82 in 2004 to more than 3700 last year. An increase of more than 4,000 . Shes a camera hog. Reporter at this dog park in Northern Virginia hardly anyone had even heard of xylitol. Including bruce betsel. Pretty scary. We have two or three packs of gum around our house all the time. Now we know theres some danger there well l ep them in d dwers or out of their way. Reporter some Animal Welfare labels on products with xylitol. Dr. Ashley gallagher with the friendship hospital for animals in washington says the key is vivilance on the part of dog owners. You have to be careful because dogs are nosy Little Creatures and theyre hungry all the time. I know my dogs are. And theyre always looking for a treat. So you have to really watch them. Come here. Reporter sam and jordan go one step further. With a lot of things like candy and gum and Peanut Butter, chocolate, we check all of them and if they have k36789 ylitol in tm we dont buy them. Thats the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs t ts morning. From the Broadcast Center r new did a bomb bring down the russian plane . Britain says theres a significant possibility. And it suspends some flights. Also tonight, a Police Officer is accused of staging his own suicide to make it look like murder. Gliniewicz committed the ultimate betrayal. And no engine, no airport, no problem. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. The British Government says there is what it calls a significant possibility that a bomb brought down that russian jetliner in egypt last weekend. The British Foreign minister said intelligence points in that direction, but he did not say what that intelligence is. U. S. Officials are telling us mechanical failure has still not been ruled out. The airbus a321 broke apart at 31,000 feet, raining wreckage on egypts sinai peninsula. It took off from the seaside resort of Sharm Elsheikh, bound for st. Petersburg, russia. All 224 on board were killed, and allen pizzey has the latest. Reporter the British Government said it was temporarily suspending flights to and from Sharm Elsheikh over fears the russian jet may have had a bomb on board. It is also sending British Aviation experts to the egyptian airport to assess the security situation further. Foreign secretary phillip hammond. We have concluded that there is a significant possibility that that crash was caused by an explosive device on board the aircraft. Reporter it comes on the same day an isis affiliate in sinai released an audiotape daring investigators to prove that we did not take the plane down. Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al sissi has dismissed the isis claim as propaganda. The russians have also been angered by russias air Strike Campaign against them in syria. Today egyptian authorities said they had successfully extracted data from the planes flight data recorder but the cockpit voice recorder is partially damaged and weeks more work will be required. Out in the desert investigators have widened their search field to 15 square miles. Theories about what caused the crash also include an engine fire or a fuel tank explosion caused by some mechanical failure. Bodies of passengers in the front and rear seating sections reportedly have different injuries, with the ones from the back showing evidence of being burned. U. S. Intelligence officials still arent ruling out the possibility that mechanical failure could have caused the plane to break up in midair, scott, but they arent dismissing the british conclusion that it could have been a bomb either. Allen pizzey in cairo tonight. Allen, thanks. Now with some insight into this well go to michael morel, former number two at the cia and now our cbs news Senior Security michael, what do we know and what do we not know . Scott, what we know at this point was that there was an explosion on the aircraft. We know that from a heat flash picked up by satellites. We dont know whether that explosion was caused by a bomb or whether it was caused by an internal problem on the aircraft such as in the fuel

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