The recruits have been up since 4 00. The training at paris island suppose to be tough. But investigations have found it to be downright cruel. Drill instructors abusing, humiliating and hazing recruits. None of it permitted according to commanding general austin renfor. When you put your hand on a young man or woman. You have crossed the line the we are not going to tolerate it. Reporter these investigations show it was tolerated until last spring. When the abuses came to light. An email sent to the white house and titled concerned loved ones of innocent recruits, described incidents of drill instructors withholding food, drinking on the job, calling recruits terrorists, using homophobic slurs, and warning them that snitches get stitches. The most notorious case involving a muslim recruit who allegedly jumped to his death after being slapped and choked by a drill sergeant is still under investigation. In an earlier incident the same drill instructor allegedly ordered another muslim recruit into a clothes dryer. Renforth was to fix all that when he assumed command last june. They cant choke them . Absolutely not. Cant slap them . No. Can they call them names . They cannot. Any allegation of recruit abuse comes directly to me. Reporter since then, one recruit has the died after being found unresponsive in his bunk. And a second is in Critical Condition after jumping from a second floor landing. Both cases are still under investigation, although neither appears to involve abuse. Earlier incidents of abuse documented in these investigations are expected to result in more charges, ranging from assault to dereliction of duty. But it is said that training at paris island will remain as tough, though not as cruel as the ever. David martin, cbs news, paris island, south carolina. There are criminal charges tonight after a cbs news investigation into an alleged fraud that cost u. S. 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I would have thrown the captain overboard and fried to save myself and the ship if it were me. Its just devastating that Something Like this happened. Reporter around 4 00 a. M. The captain returned to the bridge. Downplaying the rough seas. This is every day in alaska, he said. An hour later it was clear the captain was wrong. The ships engineer was worried. I have never seen it list like this. I have never seen it hang like this. At 5 43, the el faro was taking on water. The captain finally said we got a problem. 30 minutes later the ship lost propulsion. At 6 55 the captain made the first of two distress calls. We are in dire straits right now. At 7 29, the crew reported cargo crashing into the ocean as Hurricane Joaquin pounded the el faro. Captain davidson ring the abandon ship alarm. Tell them were going in. Get into your rafts. Everybody. Get off. Get off the ship. Stay together. The captain tried to calm the other crew member on the bridge. You got to get up. 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From afghanistan was peck churd wearing a lionel messi shirt made from a plastic bag. Today they met in the persian gulf country of qatar. The boy attended an exhibition match and posed with messis Barcelona Team mates. To date man who dreamed up the ice bucket challenge, received the ncaa inspiration award. Pete fratese has the degenerative disease als. He is too ill to attend the ceremony. So they brought the award to him. The ice bucket challenge, raised more than 200 million for als research. Up next, when colette divito couldnt get a job. She whipped one up. ,,,, 8drw over 1,000,000 californians have gotten something thats been out of reach for far too long Health Insurance. ,,,, how . They enrolled through covered california. Its the Health Insurance marketplace where youll find a range of plans from leading Health Insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates, and benefits. 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Reporter there she was a couple weeks ago selling 100 cookies a week at the golden goose. Give me a smooch. Whose owner, steven deangeles, the only shop to give her shelf space. The entrepreneur started a cookie business. Then the station ran a story that went viral. Now she has to fill 4,000 orders from around the country. With a dozen per order, colette has to bake 50,000 cookies. We have to scoop it. Pat it down. Thats it. Reporter the commonwealth kitchen, a Business Incubator has stepped in to help her to scale up. And colette is now closer to her real dream. Reporter your successful scum p company will be a model for others with disabilities. If colette can do it. They can diet. Reporter turns out the secret ingredient she bakes into her cookies is not such a mystery after all. Is the secret ingredient you have been protecting so much, is it love . Yes, it, always been love. It is good. Its dark. Reporter which makes the cookies and the special young woman baking them about as sweet as they come. That was so good. Yes. Reporter jim axelrod, cbs news, boston. Thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news. And, be sure not to miss, cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im done dahler. President elect donald trump continues to fill out his cabinet, with controversial nominees. Mr. Trump has named exxon mobile chairman and Ceo Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state. Tillerson is raising eyebrows over his close ties to rush. The president elect named rick perry to be energy secretary. When he ran for president , perry said he wanted to eliminate the energy department. Although he couldnt remember its name at the time. Nancy cordes reports. Reporter tillerson spent his career, more than four decades at exxon mobile. He has vast experience doing business with Foreign Governments including russia. And that has already been met with some criticism from those inside and outside his party. At age 64, rex tiller sob has headed the Worlds Largest publicly traded oil Company Nearly a dock aid. Last year ranked 25 on forbes list of the most powerful people. Under tillersons leadership, exxon mobil struck a deal to begin drilling for oil in the arctic. But the project was halted three years later by western sanctions after russia invaded crimea. Im going to comply with the sanctions. There is not any conversation otherwise about that. Reporter tillerson said earlier this year his relayships with Foreign Government including russias are business. Im not here to represent the United States governments interest. Im not here to, to defend it, nor am i hear to criticize it. Thats, thats not what i do. Im a businessman. Reporter if confirmed as secretary of state, tillerson will be americas top diplomat. Representing u. S. Foreign policy interests. And will need to navigate his 15year history with vladamir putin. I have a very close relationship with him. I dentont agreen with everythi he is doing. Putin awarded tillerson a russian award of friendship. That same year, tillerson spoke to charlie rose how he handles international negotiations. You have to look the head of the state of the country, eyeball to eyeball, say to them i am going to make this commitment. I am counting on you to meet your commitments. Reporter for secretary of energy, mr. Trump settled on former Texas Governor rick perry. The two time president ial candidate once proposed eliminating the energy department. Though it famously slipped his mind at a 2011 debate. The third a jance of government i would do away with education the commerce and lets see i cant. The third one i cant. Sorry. Oops. The president elect hasnt held an official press conference, since he was a candidate back in july. And late yesterday, he postponed his highly anticipated press conference set for this thursday where he was slated to explain how he is going to handle potential business conflicts. The u. S. Is preparing possible sanctions against the leaders of russias Intelligence Community over their hacking of the president ial election. On capitol hill, leaders of both parties are supporting a congressional investigation. Jeff pegues has more. Reporter some of the evidence tying the hacking to russian operatives stretches back at least six months. Private investigators have been consulting u. S. Intelligence Officials Say what they have seen goes beyond cyberattacks and call it Information Warfare and a staple of russian tactics to influence elections. Late monday night, president obama explained on the daily show with trevor noah why he asked for a review before leaving office. The reason that i am have called for a review is really to just gather all of the thread of the investigations, intelligence work that has been done. Reporter the u. S. Is confident that the cyberattacks were conducted by the russias gru intelligence arm. Believing hackers gained access to some republican files but that information never became public. Stolen private emails. Opposition research, and Campaign Information from democrat igs National Committee and the Democratic NationalCampaign Committee was leaked to wikileaks and other sites even after being exposed the hackers didnt stop. This is pretty bold, pretty brazen in a lot of ways. Very russian. Reporter adam myers works for crowd strike the Cybersecurity Firm that investigated the hack and close intelligence. Actions definitely were more detrimental to one candidate than the other. More detrimental to Hillary Clinton . Yeah. Reporter myers says the russians used russian warfare to influence elections before, leaking embarrassing or sensitive documents. During the 2014 elections in ukraine. The strategy is part of what some believe is a russian playbook to sow confusion and uncertainty. On capitol hill, a groundswell of bipartisan support for a probe. We ought to have a joint investigation, house, Senate Intelligence committees to look into this. Reporter top democrat on house intelligence committee, adam shchiff calling for sanctions. Mitch mcconnell cast russia as a foe. I think we ought to approach aller use on the assumption that the russians do not wish us well. President elect trump suggested that the Election Hacking may have originated in china. Thats just the latest barb in the u. S. china relationship that started with a phone call from the leader of taiwan. Adriana diaz in beijing has more on why this irked the communists. Reporter the one china policy, notion that taiwan is an inseparable part of china is a nonnegotiable for the government. In fact accepting the policy prerequisite for any country that wants diplomatic ties with beijing. Donald trumps comment not only infuriate the leaders here and put the future of the u. S. China relationship in jeopardy. Chinas foreign minister, issued a clear warning monday. Anyone who tries to damage the one china principle, he said, is simply lifting a rock that will drop on their own foot. Today, state run tab little rock, global times, went further. Challenging the u. S. To a fight. An editorial read, especially in the taiwan strait, china is confident enough to arm wrestle with the u. S. The tough talk comes after president elect trump bruised china by breaking protocol and speaking to taiwans leader. He then doubled down on sunday. I dont know why we have to be bound by one china policy unless we make a deal with china. But for china, that policy is not a deal up for negotiation. Taiwan touches the most sensitive nerves in beijing. A fellow with the carnegie institute. The one china policy is seen as the foundation of u. S. china bilateral relationship. China will only be forced to act even tougher. Reporter beijing has plenty of ways to fight back. As our largest trading partner, nearly 600 billion worth of trade is at stake. China could retaliate by adding trade birr yearriers and stop cooperating on north korea and become more aggressive in the south china sea,