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KPIX CBS Overnight News January 2, 2017

See the bullets ricochet off the top of a car. After several moments. The gunman vanishes into club reina where he continued his rampage. Those inside say he fired at random shooting any one in his path. Crazy, people came in shooting everything. I dont know. I saw one person. Theyre shooting. And hiding. So. Club reina one of the swankiest venues popular with local celebrities and tourists. Cell phone video from earlier in the night showed the crowd of r year. The attacker struck shortly after 1 00. In the chaos to flee, some people jumped into the neighboring river. We spoke with this man as he awaited word on his friends condition outside the hospital. Theyre okay. They could speak. And this is the this is the most important now. Reporter theyre fortunate they made it out alive. Yeah. Reporter planning to go to the club but stayed home in part because of recent government warnings of a possible terror attack in the country. There were three separate attacks in december alone. 17,000 Police Officers were patrolling the city last night. Turkeys interior minister believes the gunman was acting alone and possibly changed outfits to escape. He was reportedly wearing a santa hat inside the club. Tonight, he remains at large, as a massive manhunt for him continues. The manager here at the club says they increased their own security after u. S. Intelligence warned of possible attack ten days ago. Even so, they were no match. Elaine, a Police Officer outside that front door was the first victim. Jonathan, thank you. Elsewhere, new years celebrations around the world were mostly peaceful even if everything didnt go exactly as planned. Heres meg oliver. Reporter the world rang in 2017 in colorful fashion. Fantastic fireworks exploded from every corner of the globe, from las vegas and london to dubai. In seattle, the space needle briefly caught fire after the fireworks show. The flames were put out a few minutes later. It was also a night of unprecedented security. From San Francisco to new york, cities deployed heavily armed police teams. Snipers and helicopters. About a Million People crammed into times square in new york to watch the crystal ball drop. What they didnt see was mariah carey sing. Instead of belting out lyrics to her song emotions, carrey paced the stage and told the audience to finish the song. Her team blamed technical difficulties. It was also a night of odd objects dropping from the sky, from the race car in indianapolis, to a burned orange a corn that dangled above raleigh, North Carolina to a moon pie falling in mobile. There were cheers on the gridiron as well. Millions watched clemson destroy ohio state, 310. Setting up a blockbuster seek w sequel, alabama clemston for the national title. As the world woke up a new year, pope francis celebrated with a solemn mass in st. Peters basilica. The pontiff called for less virtual and more physical contact to combat len leapness. Lonliness was not a problem for these brave folks. They bonded with their annual icy plunge in scotlands river. And back on u. S. Soil, meet americas first baby, born in guam, 9 seconds after midnight. Kylie rae. Here in new yorks times square, hard to believe they dropped a ton of confetti last night. Gets cleaned up fast, 22 workers, 26 mechanical brooms, trucks and leaf blowers. Elaine. Mg thank you. Security heightened for the annual rose parade in pasadena california. Traditionally held on new years day. But a never on sunday ordinance moved it to monday. Mireya villarreal is there. The stands are set, and final touches are put on floats for mondays rose parade. Police presence will be at an alltime high. You have 700,000 people expected to be here that has to come with security concerns. Absolutely. Incidents like berlin, nice, france, serve as stark reminders as importance of security, the reason why we have to remain vigilant. Reporter Pasadena Police lieutenant says the barriers will be set up overnight. And roads closed along the 5 1 2 mile parade route. We will have heavy trucks, we will have walter barricades, some of the minor cross streets to prevent vehicle incurtions. Reporter after 127 parade, the lieutenant says this has to be the new norm. We are used to Holding Event like this. And security is our number one priority. And goal. Its just one more added layer of security that we have implemented, but it is something that we are accustomed to doing. The rose parade recently received one of the highest security designations in the country putting it at the same level as the the super bowl. With new threats to consider more than 1500 federal agents and officers will be patrolling this parade route starting sunday night and throughout monday. Mireya villarreal, cbs news, pasadena, california. The new year brings a new president and a slew of new laws. Tony dokoupil looks at some changes to come in 2017. Reporter at the dawn of 2017, the os in the Hollywood Sign were vandalized to spell hollyweed. One sign of changing time. New congress convenes, january 3, including dozens of new faces. Among them the first latina senator, of nevada, and of course, a new president follows on january 20th. Donald trump will be the first commanderinchief with no Prior Experience in any elected office. But it is not just one washington that is changing. California its one of four states where the stroke of midnight brought the first toeks of legal recreational marijuana. Nevada, maine, massachusetts, also voted to end pot prohibition in the year ahead. Bringing the National Total to eight states. Millions of workers making more money this month as 19 states and district of columbia bump up minimum wages. Members of the military will also see slightly fatter checks thanks to a 2. 1 increase in basic pay. Fewer than one in five people thought the country got better last year. According to a new poll by associated press. Most americans, 55 , said they believe things will be better at least for them personally in 2017. And on new yorks eastside, commuters are happily rolling with the changes. Long awaited Second Avenue subway open for riders. The cbs overnight news will be right back. ,,,,,,, president elect donald trump said last night he is not convinced Russian Hackers tried to meddle with the november election. Kris van cleave has the the latest from washington. Reporter a plane carrying russian diplomats, expelled by the Obama Administration took off from dulles airport. Hours earlier, donald trump continued expressing doubt about intelligence linking russia to cyberattacks aimed at interfering with the u. S. Election. I just want hem to be sure. Its a pretty serious charge. Hacking is a very hard thing to prove. It could be some body else. Reporter trump alluded to having Insider Information about the hacking. I also know things that other people dont know. Youve will find out tuesday or wednesday. If he will have credibility he need to stop talking this way. The ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. All of the members of the intelligence communes in congress, democrats, pub put, none of us have any question about this. The only one who does is donald trump. Reporter this comes as burlington electric, announced malware was found on one its computers. Trump promised improving relations. Hopefully we will have great relationship with many countries and that in cloud russia and include china. President elect trump spend the holidays at his retreat in florida, elaine. He will return to new york tonight. Kris van cleave in washington. Thank you. Severe weather cause made your problem in california this weekend. At least two people were killed in a massive pileup on a foggy stretch of interstate 5, near bakersfield. North of los angeles, snow forced interstate 5 to close in both directions on new years eve. In mckinney, texas, near dallas, three people were killed saturday when two small planes collided in midair. Officials say the pilots were flying under socalled visual flight rules and were not in contact with air Traffic Control when they crashed. There was a grim procession in chicago, saturday as hundred marched carrying craws for each person killed there in 2016. It was one of the bloodiest years ever in chicago. 762 homicides. More than 3,500 shootings. Tonight on 60 minutes Bill Whitaker reports as gun violence spiked in chicago this year, Police Activity dropped. Weep lost another beloved actor, william christopher, best known as father mulkahey in m. A. S. H. Francis john Patrick Christopher appeared in 200 episode of mash which aired here on cbs. 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Theyre expected to generate enough energy to power 17,000 homes. Jeff grabowski, ceo of deep water wind which built the wind farm. We see offshore wind producing a lot of energy for the us particularly here on the east coast and northeast. Wind is really strong. The turbines will most benefit block island because of its location. 45 minutes by boat from the mainland. It currently gets its oil and gas, shipped in. Residents pay a premium at peak times, 60 cents per kilowatt. Expected to cut the cost to 24 cents. Hi. Thats great news for 68yearold steve draper. His family runs one of the oldest businesses on the island. The 1661 inn. Our bill last year some where around 200 t try everything to cut your costs. But a major factor doing bitzness here. Reporter while countries like denmark have been using offshore wind farms since the early 90s, u. S. Based projects have been stalled due to court fights over environmental fears and appropriate tests over the turbines blocking beach front views. Took a long time to get here. How long . Took us eight years to build the project. Reporter other projects are in the works. Potentially bringing 200 more Wind Turbines to the area within ten years. Steve draper expects people will get used to the new scenery. We all got used to telephone poles and telephone wires in our view. Theyre not beautiful. Reporter a view of the future, powering the future. Jericka duncan, cbs news, off the coast of block island. A man from arizona has special reason to celebrate this new year. He was diagnosed with rare cancer last year and told his chances of survival were less than 5 . Marley hall has more on his remarkable recovery. Hector camacho was not sure he would be around to celebrate the holidays with his family. The 55yearold retired new York City Police sergeant battling a rare cancer that spread to his lungs. I started coughing. Started really feeling bad. A lot of pain. I couldnt sleep at night. All painkillers. The pain was brutal. Brutal. Reporter last year hector was diagnosed with cancer of the of the rethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder. Majority of men with this type of cancer dont live longer than a year. Reporter the doctor of nyus cancer center, recommended chemotherapy. Camacho wanted an option. Doctors came up with a treatment plan that included, radiation and immune therapy. The family didnt know more than a year that it would work. Just this total sense of loss. Like, what can we do . We didnt know what to do . Three months ago they got the news. He is cancer free. T is a miracle. It is. Bet you are feeling lucky . Very lucky. His remarkable recovery is helping doctors treat other patien patients. His experience has actually leading us to design new clinical trials, approaches for patients with this type of cancer. Were his kids. Of course we think he is a super hero. Even more so now. Reporter he credits doctors, faith, and family. I love my kids. We love you too. Marley hall, cbs news, college park, new york. Awe off if its wonderful. Still ahead the little known story of several unsung space heroes. So, mr. Harris, we have your fingerprints on the safe. A photo of you opening the safe. A post using the hashtag justrobbedthesafe so, what are we supposed to think . Switching to geico could save you a bunch of money on Car Insurance. Excellent point. Case dismissed. Geico. Because saving fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance woo because saving fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance is always a great answer. They are Hidden Figures no more. The new movie Hidden Figures high lights the achievements of several Unsung Heroes of the u. S. Space program. Africanamerican women who worked at nasa. Jamie yuccas has the story. Think you can find me the frame for this data. Using the gram algorithm, yes, sir. I prefer it. Hidden figures tells the true story of the black female mathematicians at nasa who helped launch john glenn into orbit. Thats john glen. What do you lady do for nasa . Enjoying. Proud as the devil to be working with you. The women, katherine g. Johnson. Dorothy vaughn, were part of nasas human computer. Octavia spencer was first to sign on. When i learned these women did exist and make these contributions i felt compelled to be part of the telling of their stories. You have identification . Just on our way to work at nasa, sir. I had no idea they hired quite a few women working in the space program. As women and africanamericans they faced and broke down many barriers. Of course it was unfair. Thats the way it was. What you going to do . The Important Message in the story is throughout the obstacles, throughout segregation, jim crow, discrimination, sexism, these women did not allow that to stifle them. You did the math . Yes, sir. Reporter of the three women only katherine g. Johnson is still living. In 2015, president obama awarded her president ial medal of freedom. Jamie yuccas, cbs news, new york. When we return, cheese thieves beware. Seth doane is on the case with italys parmesan patrol. We close in italy where thieves have been targeting precious parmesan cheese. We are talking serious cheddar. Millions of dollars worth. Seth doane is on the case with the parmesan patrol. Reporter 9 30 p. M. , eight officers keep watch from a convoy of three police cars. These patrols happen every night . Every night, yeah. Reporter in 30 years on the force, he has never seen a wave of robberies like this. Police blaming or nighed crime, no surprise there, but the target this cheese can be quite valuable. Yeah. Reporter yes, cheese. These are the streets of italy, home to parmesan. Pretty much reporter there have been so many thefts, he explains, cheese like gold here. The price is so high. Exhibit a. A single wheel of cheese can sell for over 500. The staple of spa get fee dinners everywhere is the economic backbone of these small italian towns. Parmesan is so valuable that it is used as collateral for loans. Believe it or not. This its a bank. Its vault filled with more than 120 million worth of cheese. To be certified parmesan, it must age for at least a year. So that means, cheese, a whole lot is stacked in warehouses on small rural, unprotected farms. Lorenzo panetti showed us how thieves made off with 100,000 of his cheese in min minutes. Make an assembly line. Steal this piece and this piece. The Parmesan Consortium figures 700 million has been stolen in the last two years. There its a robust black market. So, stepped up patrols and new Security Systems are now in place. Surely this will not be the last time thieves come to visit us, panetti said. Small independent farmers are what makes this cheese so good and such a delicious target. Seth doane, cbs news, italy. Thats the overnight news for this monday. For some of you the news continues. For others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im elaine quijano. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. With the hole day holidays behind us and the new year upon us, the shift to the next big date on the calendar. President i inauguration of donad trump. John dickerson looked ahead at the year in politics with a panel of journalists and editors and discussed the impact of the incoming president and challenges facing the country. Journalist michele norris, heads up race card project and aspen institute. Jeffrey goldberg, editorinc

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