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But the fastmoving storm coated Rocky Mountain roads in ice, slowing 18 wheelers to a crawl. In boulder, emergency workers stayed busy responding to accidents caused by the slick streets. Farther east in north dakota, more than 450 miles of interstate were frozen. In the region, frigid winds gusted more than 45 miles an hour. Cars were paralyzed on the roadways because of limited visibility. Even tow trucks needed towing. In bismarck, the storm caught eric biore offguard. His honda civic had to get pulled out of the snow by a good samaritan. We have blizzards every year. Not twice right away in december. Singledigit temperatures have now started freezing parts of the missouri river, behind me you can see chunks of ice flowing downstream. Scott, the arctic chill its heading toward the east coast where colderthannormal temperatures expected by the end of the week. Omar villafranca in the big chill tonight. Omar, thank you. Last year, 12 africanamericans welcomed dylann roof into their bible study in charleston, south carolina. He shot nine of them dead. Now, 12 people, some white, some black, will decide whether roof lives or dies. His federal hate crimes trial opened today. And Mark Strassmann was there. Reporter two buss brought relatives of those murdered in the Church Massacre to federal court. Where they found dylann roof dressed in his jail jumpsuit avoiding eye contact with anyone. In his opening statement, assistant u. S. Attorney Jay Richardson said roofs attack was cold and calculated. A racist retribution for perceived offenses against the white race. In june of 2015, roof visited a wednesday night bible study at mother emmanuel church. It became a slaughter of the innocents. Survivor felicia sandered testified her wounded 26yearold son, said to roof, why are you doing this . We mean you no harm. Roof shot him five more times. His mother watched him die. Among those sobbing in the courtroom, was sharon rischer. His eyes says evil to me. Her mother, 70yearold ethel lance was among those murdered. Who goes into a church and do that . Reporter it is unthinkable. I cant put that in words. The depth of the pain in my soul. Reporter relatives of the victims told roof at his arraignment they forgave him. We have no room for hate, so we have to forgive. Reporter are you one of those people . No, i am not one of those people. Reporter will you ever get to that point . I know i will. I have to. Reporter prosecutors will push for the Death Penalty. You dont want that. Only because i dont believe in the Death Penalty for any person. Reporter if he gets the Death Penalty there is a part of you that thinks he got what is coming to him . Yes, its conflicting. Reporter roofs lawyers do not contest that he committed the murders. Theyre trying to spare him the Death Penalty. Scott, defense lawyer, david bruck urged the jury not to behave like the person who committed this crime. Mark strassmann. Fascinating interview tonight. Thank you very much. Still ahead did a job Placement Agency ignore black applicants while helping hispanics. Inside the white house the day japan attacked pearl harbor. Cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. Rooms come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. With eight times more fragrance control, the air wick® Scented Oil Warmer lets you dial up or down for the perfect amount of fragrance. No matter the size of the room. Air wick®. Home is in the air. National job Placement Company is being sued accused of favoring hispanics over africanamericans. Dean reynolds is in chicago. Reporter mvp staffing a job Placement Agency that operates 60 offices in 38 states. Its vehicles carry thousand of mostly temporary workers to Client Companies every day. And it now stands accused of rigging the business against africanamericans. Built on the testimony of alleged mvp whistle blowers, the lawsuit charges the company systematically placed hispanics over blacks, for one simple reason. Hispanics were often undocumented, and less inclined to complain about hours, wages or conditions. Joseph sellers represents the group of africanamerican plaintiffs. The actions of mvp we uncovered were directly responsive to the client companys demand or what they anticipated Client Companies wanted. 29yearold kevin james turned to mvp after a string of odd jobs. How many times did you seek a job through them . I would say at least 20 times. And you got it once . Thats correct. James has been out of work for the last month and has little resource but to turn to placement agencies like mvp. I was hoping i could go through one of the companies and seek help. Or work. I should say. Is it frustrating that you cant . It is very frustrating. Reporter africanamericans who make up 29 of chicagos population, account for 52 of the citys unemployed. The lack of jobs or the hope of landing one is considered a factor in the citys escalating violence. People respond to that feeling of disenfranchisement in a variety of ways. Some may respond with violence. Others respond in other ways. But it is it really is sort of a cancer on the fabric of the community. Reporter we have called and emailed mvp staffing since the lawsuit was filed on tuesday. But the company has the had no comment. The workers involved in the case are suing to end the discrimination, scott, and to collect the wages they say they lost because of it. Dean reynolds. Thanks. Were back in just a moment. Mmm. I cant believe its so delicious. I cant believe it has 40 fewer calories than butter. 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Rise above joint discomfort with move free ultras triple action joint support for improved mobility and flexibility, and 20 better comfort from one tiny, mighty pill. Get move free ultra, and enjoy living well. This is the 75th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor. Vice president elect mike pence and john mccain led the commemoration at the world war ii memorial in washington. At pearl harbor itself, thousand observed a moment of silence in memory of the more than 2300 u. S. Servicemen who died. John blackstone is there. John . Reporter scott, the survivors who have come back to pearl harbor and the arizona memorial for this 75th anniversary, are now mostly in their 90s. And no, they may never return. You made it. This time, mel heckman was the one who needed help getting to the shore along pearl harbors battleship row. This is it. This is the exact spot where it happened 75 years ago. December 7, 1941, he was the one giving help. We saved as many men as we could. Reporter at 93, this was heckmans wish, hue return for the first time with his daughter, grandchildren, even a great grandson. The place he was standing as japanese planes attacked. Does it seem like 75 years ago . I remember every moment like it happened yesterday. When the japanese came in the sky was black. There were so many of them. Reporter bombs rained down. Heckman was struck by shrapnel in his back. I felt flames, flames, flames, and explosions. Reporter the battleships arizona and oklahoma were hit right in front of him. The water was on fire. Heckman helped rescue sailors swimming through the flames. They went like this, the flames, and knocked the flames away. Reporter you were 18 years old. A lot of them were 18, 19. Thats it. Like my grandson right here. Standing here, hearing your story. The story inspired grandson josh to join the navy. This time it had power he did not expect. I see these people, i can see them with my eyes. Yeah. Couldnt imagine. Reporter heckmans daughter joanne had heard the story before, but not like this. I can see it happening. Ive can hear all of the all of the bombs and the commotion. My grandfather is not only a Great American hero, he is my hero. Reporter he is being hailed as a hero at this weeks commemorations, as is every other surviving pearl harbor veteran on this 75th anniversary. Here at 93, i am just as tough as i was then. Reporter as the number of survivors steadily declines the nation and their families pledge always to remember. The story of pearl harbor will never be told as vividly as by those who were there. John blackstone, cbs news, pearl harbor. Up next the white house on the day of infamy. We interrupt this program. The japanese have attacked pearl harbor by air. President roosevelt just announced. John daly recreating december 7, 1941, report, the original was lost to history. It was a sunday afternoon in washington, and fdr was about to take the nation to war. Here is david martin. President roosevelt was as shocked as everyone else. He was working on his stamp collection in his private white house study, preserved in this panoramic photo at the fdr library in hyde park, new york. The phone rings at this desk, secretary of the navy on the line. And he tells the president , that the Pearl Harbor Naval base is under attack. He is the librarys curator. First reaction was to shout into the phone, no. In a state of disbelief. Reporter within a matter of hours, roosevelt dictated and edited in his own hand, one of the greatest president ial speeches ever. Beginning with the stirring line he delivered to a joint session of congress the next day. December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. Reporter but there were moments, says paul spare row, director of the fdr library, when the enormity of what happened almost overwhelmed the president. He was having dinner with his son and closest advisers where i think the weight got to him. He had a moment of despair. He felt that he was going to go down in history as a terrible president. Reporter later that same evening around midnight he met with cbs newsman, edward murrow. Sandwiches and beer were served. Roosevelt just opened up about the full extent of what had happened in hawaii. By then, roosevelt knew but had not told the public that american aircraft had been caught sitting wing tip to wing tip on the runway. At one point according to murrow, he pounds his fist on the desk and says he is talking about the planes destroyed on the ground by god on the ground. Just the perfect example of not being prepared . Think he was very upset that, that the military had been caught so unaware. Murrow left knowing he had a story that would stop the presses. But he said later that he felt that roosevelt was really just using him as the a sounding board. And he did not feel that it was appropriate for him to run with the story though roosevelt had not said the meeting was off the record. Reporter it was, says everheart a remarkablened to a remarkable day. Most every ship in the are bar has been hit. All most impossible to imagine in this day of instant communication. David martin, cbs news, hyde park, new york. 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 this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. Hi, welcome to the overnight news. Im demarco morgan. The government of assad is poised for a victory in the fiveyearold civil war. Government troops backed by russia and other foreign fighters are closing the noose around rebel Held Neighborhoods in aleppo. Rebel leaders are calling for a fiveday ceasefire to allow civilians to escape the carnage. Debora patta is there. The Syrian Government backed by russia is using every means at its disposal to take back eastern aleppo. Still rebel factions are refusing to give up. Syrian soldier shows that less than 100 meet ears way from their building, opposition fighters are hiding. Government forces took it back just one day ago. This road leads to the old city, a key prize in this battle. A few streets away we come across civilian whose just got out. If they cant walk themselves, they are carried to safety. Does anyone know who this woman is, this man shouts . No one answers. But not everyone is running away. Mohammad dokhman cannot contain himself. This is the first time he has seen his mother in five years. My soul, she sobs, you are everything to me, my son. Another son joins in. Its been five years since the war divided aleppo and separated this family. She gets to meet grandchildren she has never seen. At last, it is finally time for them to go home. Together. A syrian general told us, the army is on the verge of taking back the old city, scott. Once that happens, he told us, its over. Debora patta on the battlefield for us tonight. Thank you. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Dangerously cold air from the arctic howling across the upper midwest heading east. Omar villafranca in bismarck, north dakota where it fields like minus 20. Reporter the arctic blast blew through colorado overnight, dropping 6 inches of snow in the denver area. Snowplow drivers worked overtime to try to keep streets passable. But the fastmoving storm coated federal investigators say it looks like the fire started on the ground floor. Possibly by a faulty refrigerator or other electrical device. David begnaud has the the latest. The mayor, said from the beginning i dont want to talk what went wrong. I want to focused on finding these victims. Last night the mayor pivoted and started to answer questions about possible inspections here at the warehouse in oakland. In fact her office overnight, all night has been releasing public documents online. Fire officials have now begun tearing down the unstable walls of the socalled ghost ship warehouse. As their search for victims ends, and they try to uncover how the fire began. There is no determination of origin or cause with regards to the fire. According to the bureau of alcohol, foe back cofirearms and explosives there is no indication the fire was set. They are looking at whether a fridge or faulty appliance may have caused the fire. Theyre looking at potential sources of ignition. Any electrical appliance, lamps, cords. Oaklands mayor confirms there were complaints filed against the structure. She is promising complete transparency including the release overnight of years of city records connected to the property. One document says inspectors came here two weeks before the fire but couldnt get inside. Video obtained by cbs news shows Police Officers inside the structure, reportedly less than two months ago. Do you believe there was a systematic failure across the board. Im not prepared to draw conclusions from the history. But i will remind you that the responsibilities and duties of different City Employees vary. Police officers are not trained in zoning laws. We need to make sure justice is served. The District Attorneys Office launched a criminal investigation. You walked through the building. What was your initial assessment . It was horrifying and heartbreaking. You just felt that, the sense of the loss of life. Reporter recovery workers told sergeant j. D. Nelson it was heartbreaking for them as well. There was a man and a woman, they were in the prone position. And the man was in such a way it looked like he was shielding her from harms way. Reporter when you talk to people in the area, the first thing they tell you is we are angry, angry people had to liven a warehouse like this. This was permitted for commercial use, nobody should have been living there. People who have lived there say the prices are too expensive in the area forcing people to live illegally. In the warehouses like the one behind me. Beginning to look a lot like the north pole in parts of the upper midwest. Omar villafranca. Is in bismarck, north dakota. Reporter people in bismarck waking up to single digits. And what you see here, snowdrifts. There is more snow in the forecast. Even worse there is more wind on the way. Wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour make it nearly unbearable. With temperatures still dropping people here are bracing for the worst. Blinding snow blanketed boulder, colorado, overnight. Clogging roads, causing crashes, and forcing emergency crews to help out. North dakota is no stranger to harsh winter weather. Although it is technically still fall. Nearly all of i94 stretching across the state is closed. Leaving the normally busy highway eerily silent. In minop, the International Airport grounded all flights tuesday. Whiteout conditions in nearby grand forks made driving nearly impossib impossible. This stop sign marked the only spot of color in a sea of white. In the east, in douglas county, minnesota, heavy winds whipped snow across the