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KYW CBS Overnight News December 14, 2016

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Last night, thousand protested at the russian consulate in istanbul turkey demanding an end to the bloodbath. Aleppo once held 2 million residents and treasures of ancient civilization. Nothing like civilization there today. Debora patta reports. Reporter the situation today was described by the United Nations as a complete meltdown of humanity. The u. N. Said it had evidence that pro government militias massacred 82 civilians, some in their homes, others as they tried to run away. 11 women and 13 children were among them. Eyewitnesses describe streets lined with body. People too scared to collect their loved ones for fear of being shot. Activists in eastern aleppo. That we are facing one of the most difficult or the most serious or the most horrible massacres that is in that, in history. Reporter for the injured there is no medical help. This man desperately tries to put out the flames that have engulfed his body. And drenched in misery, civilians make a last attempt to get out. These children are utterly defenseless. All they have is each other for protection. The Syrian Military is now taken back aleppo, and countless civilians have paid for this with their lives. In a conflict that already has a long list of atrocities committed against civilians, scott, the past 48 hours have been even worse. However, the russians and the syrians have denied any wrongdoing saying now that aleppo is fully under their control, all military operations have stopped. Debora patta in beirut tonight. Thank you. Four marine sergeants are facing Court Martials for their role in the alleged abuse of recruits at the paris island boot camp in south carolina. Theyre the first to be charged, but as david martin reports, almost certainly not the last. It is 6 30 in the morning and 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. Taxpayers 2 billion last year. Jim axelrod and producer emily rand broke the story. Monte grow getting his first start. Reporter former college and nfl linebacker, monte grow, surrendered to face charges of conspiracy to defraud the government, health care fraud, taking kick backs and Money Laundering for his part in the nationwide fraud. Every patient that i have, loves these products. Reporter that cbs news exposed last year. One of the people working with grow was this woman, Deanna Dunning she peddled pain cream to members of the military without cost to them. Here are amazing creams. Completely free. Type in, track your number on line. She told us tricare paid out roughly 25,000 for a onemonth supply. If you want to feel bad, do your research. Just like the rest of us did we got over quick once we started making money. Reporter dunning turned herself to face a charge of conspiracy to receive kick backs. Cbs news learned she was one of dozens working with grow to generate business for a Compounding Pharmacy in florida. How much is the pharmacy making off of it . Millions. Reporter grow had nothing to say as he left the courthouse this afternoon. Monte grow is out on 600,000 bond. He had to surrender his passport as well as firearms. No evidence the pain creams ever actually worked. Jim axelrod, thank you. Coming up next. Confusion, chaos, a crew of 33 disappears in the bermuda triangle. Take delsym, the 1 12hour uncontrolcough medicine. It helps control the impulse to cough for 12 hours. Which means, youre controlling your cough on your morning commute. And later when youre joking with beth. Even when most cough medicines stop, delsym is still working. And when your days over, your cough is still under control. Thanks to the 1 12hour cough medicine. Delsym. The cough controller. Today investigators revealed what was said on the bridge of the american cargo ship el faro as she sank near the bahamas last year. 33 were killed when the ship steered into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. What was on el faros voice recorder. Reporter hours before all 33 on board, would perish, the crew urged the captain to change course. The night before at 11 14, the third mate warned davidson. Within hours we will be 22 miles from the center with gusts to 120 and strengthening. Rhyme then said of his captain. I trust what he is saying, its just being 20 miles away from hundred knot winds this doesnt sound right. Patricia kwames husband theo was a member of the crew. I would have thrown the captain overboard and tried 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. You got to snap out of it. We got to get out. The helmsman. You are going to leave me. Im not leaving you. Lets go, the captain responded. Just second before the recording cuts out, that helmsman said, im gone. Im a goner. No you are not the captain yelled back. Investigators are trying to determine what information the captain had about the hurricane has the it was intensifying. Scott, the storm track that was emailed to him at 11 00 p. M. Wasnt downlotted for at least six hours. Kris van cleave for us. Thank you. Well be right back. That cough doesnt sound so good. Well i think you sound great. Move over. Easy booger man. Take mucinex dm. Itll take care of your cough. Fine ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night ah david, please, listen. Still not coughing. Not fair you guys waffles are my favorite ah some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Cuisinart is recalling food processors. Parts of the metal blades can break off. 30 people injured. The processor sold between 1996 and 2015. The list is on the Consumer Product Safety Commission website. Soccers biggest star met his biggest fan. Last year, 5yearold mertaza hamadi from afghanistan was pictured 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. I was on my way to work, the next thing you know, i was on the ground. The trash truck ran over both my legs. I had sixteen surgeries. I dont sleep through the night unless i have my medicine. My medical bills was piling up. My employer stopped paying me. Pond lehocky has put me back together. This is todd hardy. A fitness buff, youth baseball coachand lung cancer patient. The day i got the diagnosis, i was just shocked. The surgeon in dallas said i needed to have the top left lobe of my lung removed. I wanted to know what my other options were. And i found that at Cancer Treatment centers of america. At ctca, our experts examine a variety of therapies, treatments and technologies to identify a plan specifically for each patient. My doctor understood that who i am was just as important as what cancer i had. We talked about options. My doctor told me about a robotic surgery that was less invasive. We have Excellent Technology that allow us to perform very specialized procedures for patients who have lung disease. At ctca, its all about what you can do. I feel fantastic now. Exploring Treatment Options is at the heart of how we fight cancer. The evolution of cancer care is here. Learn more about our Treatment Options at cancercenter. Com lung. Appointments available now. Now, the sweet smell of success. Jim axelrod tells us it is coming from colettes kitchen. Reporter like any other budding entrepreneur, colette guard her Company Proprietary information quite carefully. This is the recipe . Yes, it is. Reporter it is secret . A secret, yes it is. We cant. No. Reporter colette born 26 years ago with Downs Syndrome is not like every other budding entrepreneur. It is my dream. Reporter it is your dream. Her kitchen made her happy. When she kept getting rejected for jobs, she decided it was going to make her money. And colettes cookies was born. Reporter you know what you smell . Chocolate chip. Chocolate chip and money. Exactly, money, honey. Reporter Rosemary Alfredo is her mother. I think that all of that rejection for her made her say, ill show them. 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. Reporter then the cbs 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 Company will be a model for others with disabilities. If colette can do it. They can do it. 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 don dahler. President elect donald trump continues to fill out his cabinet, with controversial nominees. Mr. Trump has named exxon mobil chairman and Ceo Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state. Tillerson is raising eyebrows in congress 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 Tillerson has headed the Worlds Largest publicly traded oil Company Nearly a decade. 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 relationships with foreign governments including russias are strictly 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 dont agree with everything he is doing. Putin awarded tillerson a russian order of friendship in 2013. 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 agency 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 National Campaign 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 Cybersecur

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