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KYW CBS Overnight News March 16, 2017

Three feet of snow. Dozens were stranded. Even a plow truck and the National Guard was activated. Governor andrew cuomo Mother Nature is an unpredictable lady. I dont know what we did to offend her, but she is showing us her wintry fury. Reporter the storm that plank etted central new york, largely missed most major cities across the northeast. Predictions of up to 16 to 20 inches of snow did not pan out, leading to provocative headlines. Back in binghamton, the postmaster did not deliver the mail yesterday, the first time in 25 years. Service resumed today. Even though the delivery trucks had to be dug out. Our job is to serve the customers. Thats what our logo is, thats what our commitment is. And its very disappointing if we cant get to them. Reporter across the city, at least 50 of the 100,000 mailboxes city wide are buried in snow. Anthony, were told this area is about to hit an alltime seasonal snowfall record for the season. Theyre about to hit 128 inches. David begnaud in binghamton, new york. Thanks, david. Tmobile sent a team of engineers to dallas today to fix a problem thats jammed the citys 911 system. Omar villafranca reports, a young child died while the babysitter struggled to reach an operator. Im mad. Im hurt. Reporter bridget alex is living through a parents worst fear. The mother had left her son branden at home with the babysitter when the sixmonthold fell and stopped breathing. I would never want no mother, no father to go through the pain that im going through right now. Reporter the 40yearold babysitter called 911 at 5 55 p. M. And again at 5 57, but was put on hold each time. This screen grab of the final call shows she was on hold with 911 for more than 30 minutes and never got through to a dispatcher. This is a parents nightmare, to have to bury a child. It is, especially when he is six months old. Reporter the city says the 911 system was jammed by whats referred to as ghost calls from tmobile users. They are calls made to 911 unintentionally and unknown to the caller, and then appear on a dispatchers screen as hangups. By law, dispatchers have to call those numbers back, which bottlenecks the system. Dallas has been dealing with the problem since november. Mayor Mike Rawlings i want the Problem Solved immediately. And if it takes a longer period of time, i want to know why. Reporter in a statement, tmobile says Company Engineers have been working daily to find a permanent solution to this problem. I want them to take responsibility of my sons death. Theres nothing they can say. Theres nothing they can do to bring my branden back. Reporter the city says there is no evidence at this time connecting the childs death with the ghost call issue. Anthony, there is also no timetable on when the problem will be fixed. Omar villafranca. Thank you, omar. Turning overseas, it was six years ago today that syrian protesters took to the streets against the assad regime, leading to civil war. The u. N. Says more than 400,000 syrians have been killed in the worst manmade disaster since world war ii. About half the population, 12 million, have fled their homes. In neighboring iraq, the battle for mosul is raging. Iraqi troops backed by u. S. Special Operations Forces and air strikes, have isis surrounded. Holly williams found some other americans there, playing a role thats every bit as important. Reporter a few miles from the frontline, americans treat critically injured iraqis. This woman was hit by shrapnel from an isis mortar. And shes losing blood quickly. They need to stop it to save her life. The next ambulance brings an iraqi policeman. He has a gunshot wound to his shoulder. Kyle fleher is normally a Critical Care nurse in santa barbara, california. Hes taken vacation to come to the war zone. Its scary, and the adrenaline is at its max and its peak, but everything fades away when we get to do what were trained to do. Reporter is it taking a toll on you . It is. Its traumatizing, the things that ive seen, that im seeing. A lifeless girl linger in my hands, and having to pronounce her dead. Reporter theyre called new york city medics, and theyve been sending teams to natural disasters for over a decade. [ explosion ] but this is the first time theyve come to an armed conflict. Something we have in the states is medications. Here excuse me. Reporter theyre on call 24 hours because this war never stops. This time, its an iraqi soldier hit in the eye by shrapnel. Another man has serious brain injuries, and theres nothing they can do. Kathy bequary, the groups team leader, held his hand as he passed away. I dont know if he knew i was there or if he knew i was holding his hand or felt anything, but i didnt want him to be alone. Reporter seeing this war has changed her, she told us. Theyre moms and dads and daughters and sons and sisters and brothers. Theyre just like us, and i just wish the world really could understand that the way i do now. Yeah. Reporter holly williams, cbs news, mosul. Coming up next, did monsanto interfere with research to cover up dangers posed by its roundup weed killer . And later, meet the kellys, stars of the internet. Wheres the car . Itll be here in three. Uh, four minutes. Are you kidding me . No, looks like he took a wrong turn. Dont worry, this guys got like a fourstar rating, were good. His name is randy. Thats like one of the most trustworthy names ordering a getaway car with an app . Are you randy . Thats me awesome surprising. Whats not surprising . How much money erin saved by switching to geico. Everybody comfortable with the air temp . I could go a little cooler. Ok. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Mthat stuff only lasts a few hours. Or, take mucinex. One pill fights congestion for 12 hours. Guess i wont be seeing you for a while. Why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours . Lets end this. Six of you for when thyou stretch out. 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Reporter Yolanda Mendoza makes the most of time spent with her children, after battling stage four nonhodgkins lymphoma for more than a year. I have nerve damage. I dont feel the my tips of my fingers. My jaw, i still cant feel it. Reporter mendoza blames glyphosate, the main chemical ingredient in the weedkiller roundup, which she used on her lawn every weekend. I had a bucket that held two gallons of water, i would strap it on, and just walk around spraying. Reporter mendoza is one of hundreds of people around the country suing monsanto, roundups parent company. They lawyers cite this study that says glyphosate is probably carcinogenic and damaging to dna in human cells. The data they look at, they cherry pick it. Reporter last summer we spoke with dr. Donna farmer, a monsanto scientist. There is no data indicating we should change any recommendations how this product should be used. The data is clear, glyphosate doesnt cause cancer. Reporter but now the data is in question. Newly released Court Documents suggest that monsanto planned to ghost write a positive report on glyphosate and get experts to back it up. A scientist wrote in an email, we would keep the cost down by us doing the writing and they would edit and sign their name. Court documents also reveal conversations between a federal director about a federal glyphosate review. I doubt epa can kill this, the monsanto executive wrote, but its good to know theyre going to make the effort. In a statement, monsanto says these allegations are false. Monsanto scientists did not ghost write the paper, reiterating, no regulatory body in the world considers glyphosate to be a carcinogen. But anthony, here in california, this label could soon change and include a warning about cancer, after another federal court ruling. Mireya, thanks. For borrowers and savers, news of interest, next. You could start your search at the allnew carfax. Com that might help. Show me the carfax . 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Mmhm, with change to spare. laughing Colonial Penn jingle finally tonight, the title of mostrecognized professor may have passed to robert kelly, whose children made him an internet star. Today, kelly said he now expects the interruption seen round the world to be the first line in his obituary. Heres charlie dagata. Reporter marion kellys fouryearold swagger has been watched 86 million times. Its turned her father robert into a Global Internet sensation. Its got to the point where we had to turn off the phones and facebook and twitter. Reporter the chaos unfolded friday during a skype interview with the bbc. I think one of your children just walked in. Reporter as professor kelly tried to keep marion at bay, in waddled ninemonthold james, followed quickly by his mother junga kim, in a frantic bid to get the kids out of the shot. Kelly later explained that marion had been in a hippityhoppity mood after celebrating her birthday party. I was hoping my daughter would sit down and read a book, even for 30 seconds, so we could cut the interview. But once my son came in, in a little roller, then there was nothing i could do. Reporter the video instantly triggered tributes and copycats, like the one featuring press secretary sean spicer, President Trump, ben carson and kellyanne conway. And it lit up the late night shows, like trevor noah. This is why i love kids. No matter how seriously you take yourself, kids will mess up your [ bleep ]. Sure, your dad is like, im going on the bbc, but the kids are like, no, were going on ellen. Reporter kelly thought that was the end of his tv career, but its been the opposite. Today, he politely pleaded to be left in peace, and hes happy his family saga has brought laughter to so many. Charlie dagata, cbs news, london. Thats the overnight news news for this thursday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back later for the morning news and of course cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im anthony mason. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im michelle miller. The Justice Department says it now knows whos behind the devastating hack at yahoo that compromised at least 500 million user accounts. And the finger is squarely pointed at moscow. Two intelligence russian agents and two high profile hackers have been charged. Its the first time a russian Government Official has been named in a cyber crime case here in the u. S. Jeff pegues has the details. Reporter prosecutors say fsb officers Dmitry Dokuchaev and igor sushkin financed and directed the cyber attack and hired one of the worlds bestknown hackers, alexsey belan, to do most of the work. From 2014 to 2016, Court Papers Say belan and his team used computer code to infiltrate yahoos database, stealing user names, emails, and passwords. They used that information to access the accounts of russian journalists and politicians, as well as u. S. Government officials, including military and white house personnel. Belan also used 30 million accounts to facilitate a spam scheme that netted him money. In all, 500 million accounts, half of yahoos total of one billion, were compromised. Acting assistant attorney general mary mccord we will not allw individuals, groups, nation states or a combination of them to compromise the privacy of our citizens, the economic interests of our companies, or the security of our country. Reporter but the hackers were able to go unnoticed because the agents, dokuchaev and sushkin, may have been familiar with u. S. Cyber strategy. Prosecutors say both worked at center 18, the fbis russian contact for cyber investigations. Robert cattanach is a former federal prosecutor. They pretend to be collaborating with us to try to do something about the spread of cybercrime in russia, and come to find out, theyre fostering it. Reporter according to russian media, one of the fsb officers was arrested earlier this year and jailed for treason. President trumps unfounded allegation that the Prior Administration ordered his phone to be tapped is getting the eye roll on capitol hill. Republican leaders looking into the charges say theyve seen no evidence, and the attorney general says he never told the president he was under surveillance. Nancy cordes has the latest. I dont think there was an actual tap of trump tower. Reporter house intelligence chairman devin nunes typically toes the party line, but today he concluded that President Trumps explosive accusation has no merit. Are you going to take the tweets literally . And if you are, then clearly the president was wrong. Reporter his comments came after 11 days of white house insistence that the commanderinchief was serious when he tweeted, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower. I think hes extremely confident. Reporter but administration officials, including the attorney general, have provided no evidence to back it up. Did you ever give him any reason to believe he was wiretapped by the Previous Administration . Um, look, the answer is no. Reporer President Trump refused to back down today, insisting something happened to him. Wiretap covers a lot of different things. I think youre going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Reporter the surveillance, whether real or imagined, has alarmed lawmakers from both sides. Have you found evidence . Reporter fbi director james comey was called up to capitol hill again today to brief two top senators behind closed doors. They were not authorized to share details. This briefing was all on sensitive matters, and highly classified. Reporter republican Lindsey Graham said comey should share what he knows with the public. The bottom line is, a lot of americans are wondering whats going on here. Reporter democrat adam schiff argued there is a reason white house officials cant provide any proof. The reality is, i dont think they have the foggiest idea of what was behind the president s claim except maybe something he watched on tv. Reporter actually, it was a conservative radio host that first suggested President Trump may have been spied on by his predecessor. That accusation made its way into a breitbart article, about 24 hours before President Trump sent those nowinfamous tweets. Members of the United Nations held a moment of silence to

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