Prior to the laws changing and i complied with the law. Do i miss them . Not particularly. Reporter the ban, after 35 people massacred in 1996 by a lone gunman. I had the authority of an enormous majority, and i had to do something. Reporter john howard was the Prime Minister and fought off opposition from his own party to push the ban through. I dont regard this thing as a Civil Liberties issue. The largest civil right is staying alive. Staying alive and being safe from random attack is a more precious civil right than owning a gun. Reporter theres a buyback program, confiscating guns. Since then the number of deaths by firearm has fallen by about half. It was in decline before 1996. Violence. Often with illegal weapons, including a siege in sydney last year by a mentally disturbed gunman who claimed to be inspired by isis. But even steve ballas, a gun shop owner, believes australias laws are saving lives. No doubt. A lot of firearms have been taken out of undesirable hands. Theres still a lot out there, but theyre thinning them out. Reporter if you were in america, youd probably sell a lot more guns and make a lot more money. I suppose sometimes its not all about the money. There are too many guns lying around, and you lose your temper, even rational people pick up a gun and shoot somebody. Its harder if i can put it bluntly, to kill ten people with a knife than with a gun. Reporter 85 of australians either support the gun laws or think they should be even opinion poll. What australia does not have a is powerful and wealthy gun lobby like the one that exists in the u. S. Holly williams reporting. Thank you. In another important story, Chicago Police already under federal investigation for their use of force are tonight facing questions over a suspect who died in custody. And, again, there is a video of the incident. Heres dean reynolds. Reporter when the chicago mayor saw this tape of a detainee being tasered and beaten by Chicago Police in 2012, he said something is wrong here. Either the actions of the officers or the policies of the department. 28yearold Philip Coleman soon died from what police said was a fatal drug reaction at the hospital. An autopsy said he had more than 50 bruises and abrasions. This is happening too much. Reporter Percy Coleman is his father and a former police Chicago Police have 007 badges to kill whoever they want to, and most of them get away from it. Reporter a review authority initially found no fault, but with the tape out, its reopened the case. Lawsuits and official attempts at transparency have led to the release of other videos showing chicago cops shooting suspects. There are questions about police accountability. Of the 400 Police Shootings since 2007, they found two unjustified. The university of chicago has studied the intersection of Police Misconduct and a lack of punishment. It starts with the lack of political will to address the underlying, the underlying reasons. Reporter law professor, Craig Futterman led the study that protects bad cops are a pattern and practice that needs reviewed. 75 of the people shot in chicago are back by police. Reporter this is a bad time for the city to lose confidence in its police officers. Murders here are up 17 this year. And chicago needs every good cop it can find. Dean reynolds reporting tonight. Thank you. The northwest is bracing for round two of a weeklong soaking. Much of portland was flooded yesterday. The National Weather service said it looked like a fire hose coming in off the pacific. Ben tracy is there. Reporter more than three inches in 24 hours, a new december record. Streets became streams and a giant sink hole ended up in the middle of one road in gresham. Its thought to be 15 feet deep. People from the water. I cant get anywhere i want to go. Entire neighborhoods were cut off. I left at 6 00, and it hadnt rained. Now i come back and its a river. Reporter on the coast, 22 foot waves ravaged boats. The coast guard rescued this sailor. The wet weather is a change from Drought Conditions in the northwest. The region is being battered by an Atmospheric River where the jetstream funnels a series of storms one after another. This weeks rain could bring the area back to normal rainfall for the year. The sink hole behind me has grown to 20 feet deep. Its done so much damage they say the roadway would be closed for up to 20 days. Heavy rain in the forecast today and more flooding. Drought relief. Ben, thank you. For the first time cars will be graded on how well they avoid crashes. Gets into the act. Strong hair can do anything just like you strong. Is beautiful pantene lets get these dayquil liquid gels and go. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. 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Reporter among the changes are adding new crash tests, including one on angled front crashes and new dummies to better reflect the injuries people suffer from head to foot how much safer do you think cars are going to get because of this rating change . We think as auto makers get to five stars, were talking about some of the most significant lifesaving opportunities that weve ever seen in automotive industries. Highway Safety Administration began the Program Overall when he took over the agency. Every time the bar is raised, auto makers get there. Its about saving lives. There have been discussions. Incentive, prevent injuries and dont let crashes happen. Reporter starting with 2019, there are three rankings. It will also include an overall rating. Accident Avoidance Technology is making its way into cars. The trade association representing car makers says the members will review the proposal, but it was generally supportive of the changes. Kris, thanks. Thats next. Campaign. Its jon stewart. It had been four months since he was on the set. He was here to Shame Congress into reauthorizing Health Care Funds for the men and women who responded to 9 11. The First Responders, many sick with disease have had to travel at their own expense to washington d. C. , hundreds of times, to plead for our government to do the right thing. Five years ago, stewart had four First Responders on his show. Last night, only one returned. Out of curiosity, where is everybody . 75 of the panel is no longer here. Two of the people have illnesses, and john devlin passed away. Four men sat here. Its you and i. This is the reality of peoples lives that are affected by this. And the idea that you had to come here five and a half Years National television to get this done was insulting and embarrassing for us as a nation. The Health Care Money is expected to run out by next summer. Republican leaders in the house and senate say it will be reauthorized, but they havent said where or when. A glee club burst into song. The conductor decided they needed a conductor. And well be right back. The legendary rock band u2 wont let the attackers have the last word in paris. They answered the bombs and bullets with guns, drums, and harmony. We are all here tonight. Reporter it was much more than a concert. Reporter it was an affirmation that life goes on. And it was a tribute to those whose lives had been ended. The victims names were projected overhead to form the french flag. Bono departing from the usual materials saying the never more pas, dont leave me. It was an emotional evening, and there was more to come. One band more than any other has been sucked into the bloody history of that night. It was the california band, the eagles of death metal who were on stage at the concert hall when the killers murdered 90 of their fans. Welcome the eagles of death metal. Reporter now the band was back in town. They hadnt played since the night of the attack, and their first number, people have the power had a new and special meaning here. The power of rock and roll. The bands lead singer, jessie hughes. We love you for giving us i look around and i see, how do i say it . Our friends. Reporter the band that found itself in the middle of a tragedy now part of the healing process that followed. A process that more than three weeks later took them back. Theres more healing still to come. Mark phillips, cbs news, london. Thats the cbs overnight news this wednesday. For some of you the news continues. For others, check back for morning news and cbs this im scott pelley. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Gop president ial front runner donald trump is not backing down. Hes demanding a ban on all muslims entering the United States. Trump says we are at war with muslim extremists and says his plan is no different from president Franklin Roosevelts internment of japanese in world war ii. Donald trump is calling for a shut down of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the heck is going on. Reporter campaigning in South Carolina last night, trump suggested muslim animosity toward america was widespread and conjured memories of 9 11. World trade senors. Reporter this morning trump was asked how the ban would work. They would ask the religion . They would say, are you muslim. And if they said yes, they would not be allowed in the country . Thats correct. Top republicans like paul ryan were quick to denounce trump. This is not conservative. Its not what this party stands for, and its not what this country stands for. Reporter Reince Priebus who has remained neutral in the race not come at the expense of our american values. Ted cruz, a lawyer himself, refused to say whether trumps proposal was constitutional. I recognize a great many folks in the media would prefer that Anyone Running for as an ongoing theater critic, criticizing the proposals of others. I dont think its the right solution. Reporter legal scholars say the ban would violate numerous treaties, and Ilyas Shapiro says the proposal is wholly unconstitutional. I wish our Law School Exams were what is the problem with this statement . Ou cant treat people differently on the basis of religion. You cant discriminate against them on that basis. Case closed. Reporter despite the uproar, Candee Parker backed the gop front runner. The idea that he is okay with being out there and saying what he believes and not being afraid, and having a backbone to say it, im okay with that. Reporter to demonstrate how little he cares about criticism from his own party he touted a followers would follow him if he ran as an independent. The husband and wife killers behind the massacre had amassed an arsenal of guns, ammunition and pipe bombs valued at over 15,000. Investigators may now know where the couple got the money. Reports say syed farook took out a 28,000 loan weeks before the attack. Carter evans has more. Reporter we know they had taken target practice leading up to the attack, and it appears they visited a gun range days before the rampage. Syed farook visited a range to practice firing his semi automatic rifle two days before killed 14 people in san bernardino. He came in like a normal guy. He was quiet. He was to himself. And he shot well. Reporter hed had some training . Apparently, yes. Reporter before he came here . Apparently, yes. Reporter at one point the rifle started smoking when he shot it. He approached the employee. What does that tell you about his experience . It told me it was a new rifle he wasnt familiar with it. Reporter the company has turned over information. The rifles were purchased by a man who lived next door to farook. Sources well cbs news that fbi agents questioned him on monday. He has not been arrested and is now providing them with information. Investigators have conducted more than 400 interviews so far. Determine a motive. We have learned and believe that both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some time. How did that happen . The question were trying to get at, is how did that happen, and by whom, and where did that happen . Reporter federal authorities also continue to search the couples digital trail. Theyre looking for any evidence of contact with known extremists or any outside financial support. We want to find out everyone who profited from it, financed it. And im not saying there is anything like that. But we will leave no stone unturned. Reporter farooks coworkers had active Shooter Training one year ago. In a chilling twist, it was in the very room where the attack occurred, but its unknown if farook attended. One of the victims of the massacre is being remembered as a hero. 45yearold Shannon Johnson of los angeles shielded a wounded colleague during the attack. She survived but johnson was we spoke to the long time girlfriend. He reports from a memorial. Reporter you are about to see what happened when the girlfriend showed up relatively unknown. This is a crisis counselor, but on the morning massacre, the crisis was hers. The text i sent was hey, mass shooting out that way. I hope youre okay. And no response. Reporter what did it elevate to . Why the f isnt anybody answering me, in all caps. Reporter it took more than 12 hours before she received confirmation of his death. Reporter what was the grief like for you in the moment they said hes gone . It was unbearable, and i stopped it, and i have a wall up right now, but theres its reporter it sounds like shannon in being a victim was also a hero, and he put his arms around a coworker and shielded her. He died and she survived. He would have gone down. He would not have left her to go after anybody. For sure, yeah. Not a surprise. Reporter in a statement, a survivor says Shannon Johnson was an amazing man who told her, i got you as he huddled under a table, his arm around here. The i got you, thats so shannon. Reporter she wanted to see the crime scene. Ive been able to walk under that police tape and just go. This is really strange. Reporter youre used to helping other people deal with their grief. That grief led her to a memorial around the corner from the crime scene. It could have been anyone in you never really know. Jill and kate use the same dishwasher. Same detergent. But only jill ends up with wet, spotty glasses. Kate adds finish jetdry with five power actions that dry dishes and prevent spots and film, so all thats left is the shine. For better results, use finish jetdry. Its the Little Things in life that make me smile. Spending the day with my niece. I dont use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. Before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. Even well fitting dentures let in food particles. Just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so youre more comfortable and confident while you eat. So its not about keeping my dentures in, its about keeping the food particles out. Overseas beijing remains under an environmental red alert. The smog is so thick that schools are closed and residents can only drive their cars on alternate days. Seth stone is in beijing. Reporter you should be able to see a line of skyscrapers along the highway behind me. Theyre covered by the smog. Visibility is less than a mile. You can smell the pollution. You can even taste it in the back of your throat. The familiar blanket of smog enveloped beijing, but this time a red alert which closed school, shut construction sites and took some cars off the road. It was busy outside this Childrens Hospital where we met respiratory problem. How is he feeling . Really bad, actually, for a few days. Reporter several doctors suggested this sevenyearolds lung ailment may be related to the smog. Youre wearing a mask to protect yourself. Do you feel your government is doing its part . I think they are doing it. Reporter people do what they can to try to protect themselves. We have three air purifiers here at home. We changed the filter today. This is the new white one. Take a look at the one from two months ago. Beijings pollution was improving in the first ten months of this year, but still this fifth grader couldnt go to school today. What do you think about that. So bad. Reporter and as to why the red alert was issued. Heres the Straight Talk of a 10yearold. Just last week the pollution was alert. Yes. Reporter what do you think of that . Kind of weird. Reporter kind of weird . Uhhuh. Reporter of course, last week chinas president was in paris for the climate conference, and the government here was widely criticized for not sounding the pollution alarm. Schools and factories are expected to remain closed for two more days until a cold snap comes in and hopefully pushes out the pollution. Former daily show host jon stewart returned to his old set. It wasnt all fun and games. Stewart is trying to draw attention to what he calls a national disgrace. The expiring Health Care Benefits for First Responders who got sick after the 9 11 attacks. Its jon stewart, everybody. Reporter a bearded, casually dressed jon stewart returned home last night, not to check up on the new tenants in the ho