Well, folks in the northeast had to dig into their closets for winter coats this morning. It was 17 degrees in montpelier, vermont. 19 in massena, new york. And in the town of mexico, new york autumn leaves disappeared in a blanket of lake effect snow. Nine inches fell over the weekend. Theyre digging out in southern california, too. Last week six feet of mud covered highway 58 north of l. A. Mireya villareal reports it wont be melting away on its own. Reporter David Quintana is seeing his truck for the first time in five days. I think its going to be totaled. I think its going to have a lot of electrical problems and probably some water in the motor. Reporter he was one of hundreds of people stuck on highway 58 when torrential rains hit the area. I turned and i looked and off the mountain there was just a river of water coming down. And i was really concerned that we were going to get washed away. Reporter more than 150 cars and trucks were towed, some to the mojave airport, where drivers scraped off mud and tried to salvage what was inside. Back on highway 58 transportation crews were scraping mud off the road. Debbie cochran and her daughter, jessica mcdonel, shot this video of the mudslide from inside their truck. Luckily we werent farther up where the cars were buried more. Reporter the pair waited nearly 12 hours inside their vehicle to be rescued. The cars in front of us were floating around, banging into each other. It was really scary, and we were really lucky that we didnt get as much damage as most of these other cars. Reporter there are still dozens of cars here at the airport that either need to be picked up or they need to be towed. And crews right now are trying to scrape up mud, nearly 1 million cubic yards of mud still out there on highway 58, enough to fill 305 olympicsize pools. Scott, theyre hoping to do that by thursday of this week and open up the roads. Mireya villareal reporting for us tonight. Mireya, thank you very much. Well, open skies are becoming a problem too. Today the Transportation Department said it will require most owners of recreational drones to register. Kris van cleave reports. Reporter the number of drone complaints to the faa has surged from 238 for all of 2014 to 969 and counting so far this year. One of the Biggest Challenges is finding the operator, something this registry aims to make easier. Transportation secretary anthony foxx. How do you plan to enforce this, particularly with people who already own drones . Whats their incentive to register them . We would expect retroactive registration. There may be a grace period. This task force will have to come up with those solutions. Reporter but how are you going to enforce that . Are you going to send the drone police after people . The signal were sending today is that when you enter the National Air Space its a very serious matter. This isnt riding your atv on your own property. Reporter a new task force will have just a month to recommend how the system should work and which drones should be registered. We cant continue to vilify this technology. Its incredible. It will be a game changer in terms of the economy, in terms of entertainment. Reporter Michael Droback runs the small uav coalition. Some of its members will be on the task force. Can they do that in a month . Do i have concerns about how short of a timeline this is and what it will mean for our industry . Of course. Reporter secretary foxx gave very few specifics about the registry about what the registry would look like. Scott, no information on what information will be required or who will have access to it. Kris van cleave in washington. Thanks, kris. Tonight israel is building walls to stop gun and knife attacks by palestinians. There have been weeks of renewed violence. Barry petersen is there. Reporter it was murder at random last night at a bus station. The attacker and an israeli soldier were killed. As was hefftoom zoroom, an innocent african immigrant in israel looking for work. Soldiers mistook him for an attacker and shot him. Then he was beaten by israelis who thought he was a terrorist. He later died at a hospital. The palestinians are calling this their days of rage. Three weeks of ongoing knife and gun attacks like this one in a tel aviv suburb last week. The attackers can move with ease since palestinian and israeli areas are often side by side. Israeli nava segevs balcony overlooks a palestinian neighborhood. Being so close sometimes makes her home a target. Israeli police have just divided the two areas with concrete barriers, but that hasnt calmed her fraying nerves. We live with a feeling every moment something can happen. And thats a terrible feeling. Reporter same area, palestinian side, where hossein daoud, a retired school administrator, believes the palestinian attackers are lone wolves. I dont believe that they have a leader for this. I think this is something individual. Reporter no one knows exactly what triggered the violence. Scott, it may have been about the mosque inside the old city of jerusalem and unfounded rumors that the israelis were going to allow more access to the jews and restrict how muslims could use it. Barry petersen in the holy land for us tonight. Barry, thank you. Two more American Children were killed by gunfire over the weekend. In chicago 3yearold ian santiago was shot accidentally by his 6yearold brother with a gun found on top of a refrigerator. The boys father is charged with felony child endangerment. And in hempstead, new york 12yearold deja joyner was hit in the head by a stray bullet fired from outside her home. Police are investigating whether the gunfire was gng raelted. What to do about gun violence is the subject of our new series called voices against violence. Were hearing from all sides of the issue. Tonight the father of alison parker, a reporter for wdbj, our cbs station in roanoke, virginia who was murdered alongside photographer adam ward. Im andy parker. My daughter alison was a journalist that was murdered on live television, and thats why ive joined this effort to change things in this country, because we are at war. We have domestic terrorism. And through our grief we take action. And the first thing i would do would be to impress upon the people that are pro gun that were not trying to take their guns away. Were not trying to repeal the second amendment. We cant do that. The nra pumps millions and millions of dollars into campaigns, and its all coming from gun manufacturers, with the extreme portions and factions of the nra and the gun lobby there is no middle ground. Im going to be going out with the governor to call out these cowards that are blocking legislation to do sensible gun legislation. I believe that if we are successful, and i think we will be, virginias going to be the model for 2016 for the rest of the country and they can look to this state to see change coming. The view of andy parker, the father of reporter alison parker. We have Important News for women tonight. Is any amount of alcohol safe when pregnant . And its cats versus dogs in a new poll. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Well, things in the bedroom have always been pretty good. Yeah, no complaints. Weve always had a lot of fun, but i wanted to try something new. And im into that. So were using ky love. Its a pleasure gel that magnifies both of our sensations. Right, i mean, for both of us, just. Yeah, it just takes all those awesome feelings you usually feel and it just makes them. Rawr. Dare to feel more with new ky love. We know that alcohol during pregnancy can harm the fetus, but is any amount of alcohol safe . Tonight there are new answers, and dr. Jon lapook has them. Jon . Scott, the American Academy of pediatrics is reinforcing previous recommendations saying, no amount of alcohol intake should be considered safe. The risk increases as alcohol con consumption increases but even one drink a day has been linked to delayed growth. Even though these recommendations have been in place for more than 30 years, roughly 10 of women still drink during pregnancy and 3 binge. Thats four or more drinks at once. The effect a recent study of firstgraders found 2. 5 to 5 had evidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. But you know, some doctors say if you want to have a glass of wine have one glass of wine. Is that not safe . Scott, this report says theres no confirmed consensus right now about the dangers of an occasional drink of alcohol during pregnancy. But i spoke to the lead author and she said, look, we know for a fact that alcohol can have a toxic effect on the developing fetus. So she said why take a chance . Dr. Jon lapook. Jon, thanks very much. The reviews are in, but can you trust them . Thats next. Oprah winfrey is going on a diet again, this time for a ton of money. Today she spent 43 million for a 10 stake in Weight Watchers. She says that she plans to use the companys mobile app and work with a personal coach. The deal, though, is already paying off. Shares of Weight Watchers doubled today. Amazon thinks it knows a fake when it sees one. It is suing more than 1,000 people, accusing them of making money by giving rave reviews online about products that theyve never tried. Amazon says it undermines trust. And new yorkers are apparently genuinely fond of their dogs. A survey out today by Siena College finds dog people outnumber cat people more than 3 to 1. 42 of those who have a dog or a cat say they have cooked special meals for them. 44 have celebrated their birthday. And 24 have dressed them up in a costume. In london they are working around the clock to save time. That story in just a few minutes. We end tonight in london, where a landmark has fallen on hard times. And in the race to save it every second counts. Heres mark phillips. [ tolling bell ] reporter the worlds most famous clock strikes 6 00. Or does it . Big bens been striking the hour for 156 years. [ bell tolls ] but the things been slipping. It was out a whole six seconds last summer. The guys who maintain it like Ian Westworth have been struggling to keep big ben on time, even using pennies as weights. By putting on or taking off a penny on the pendulum like this you speed up or slow down the clock by 2 5 of a second in 24 hours. Reporter but now big ben is on borrowed time, so worn out it may have to be stopped and completely overhauled before the 14footlong, 600pound minute hands fall off because the bearings are shot. It would be like stopping the heartbeat of london, says newspaper columnist clinton letts. This is the marrow in our bones, this old clock. One clock. One clock. And you know, the thought of it not being there or one hand flying off or, heaven forbid, o the thing Going Digital is just too gruesome to consider. We rightly expect all sorts of things reporter it would be like losing yet another old symbol of london. The muchloved hopon, hopoff buss are gone to be replaced by these unloved models. The old red phone boxes are only kept around for the tourists since the advent of you know what. And londons famous black cabs are now threatened by uber. If big ben were to go it would be a calamity, a catastrophe, a disaster. And r that reason i suspect they will find a way around this. [ bell tolls ] reporter but theyre running out of time. Mark phillips, cbs news, london. And thats the cbs overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us just a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to overnight news. Im jericka duncan. Its being called the reallife sequel to the movie goodfellas. And its 37 years in the making. An aging mobster with a rap sheet a mile long is being accused of taking part in a heist at kennedy airport. Lawyers for Vincent Asaro admit hes no angel but claim the whole case is based on elderly rats and snitches and all of whom either have a grudge or are trying to get out of jail. Anna warner has the story from u. S. District court in brooklyn. Reporter it was december of 1978 when masked gunmen stole nearly 6 million in cash and jewelry from a Lufthansa Cargo terminal at new yorks jfk airport. Today the first alleged organized crime associate goes on trial in a case that inspired a film classic. And these are the guys that jimmy put together for what turned out to be the biggest heist in american history. The lufthansa heist. Reporter Martin Scorseses 1990 oscarwinning drama goodfell goodfellas tells the story of the new york crime family that orchestrated the brazen heist. And recounts the violent aftermath. Robert de niro played james burke, known as jimmy the gent. He was the suspected ring leader of the crime, a 64minute caper in which six Armed Robbers broke into the lufthansa facility and made off with 6 million in cash and jewelry. How did they force them to open this room . By holding a gun to the head of the man who had the key. Reporter in real life prosecutors claim one of the robberys key figures was now 80yearold Vincent Asaro, a reputed member of the bonanno crime family. They allege he received 750,000 as his cut of the proceeds. He didnt do it. Had nothing to do with it. Pretty much all the people that did it got murdered by jimmy burke. So i read. Sought fact my client didnt get murdered would suggest he didnt have anything to do with it. Reporter prosecutors are expected to introduce wiretaps and something that used to be unusual. Testimony from some of them who were close to him. Thats expected to include asaros cousin and his former Bonanno Family boss. I think the fear from the mob has totally abated. The code of silence went out. Its history. Its gone. Its never goeb going to be again. Reporter former mobster sal polesi broke the code himself when he testified against the late mob boss john gotti. He claims he was asked to take part in the lufthansa heist but turned it down. He says no matter what happens to asaro one mystery remains. Where is the money . Just a little taste. No one has ever managed to find any of the money. Remember there was a few families involved and yes, some of that money went to some of the participants but a lot of those guys were killed. Were they killed before they got the money . That i cant say. Reporter now, the judge in this case has ruled that prosecutors cannot reference the brutal killings depicted in the movie goodfellas because asaro is not charged with those killings. He does face one murder charge for an unrelated murder in 1969 of another Law Enforcement informant. The fastest oceanliner ever built is now rotting away at a dock in philadelphia. The uss United States made history in the 1950s, but if preservationists dont come one millions of dollars by the end of the month the ship is headed to the scrap yard. Edward lawrence has the story. Reporter for those who sailed on her it will be a day long remembered. Reporter when she left port on july 3rd, 1952 the uss United States was considered the fastest and most luxurious oceanliner in the world. Its Maiden Voyage across the atlantic took three days ten hours and 42 minutes, a record that still stands today. It was so fast the ships propellers were a cold war secret. The uss United States would become a symbol of postwar american pride, patriotism and power. But after just 17 years on the open water the ship would be retired, never to sail again. How much does it cost to keep it afloat here . The costs are about 60,000 each month. Reporter its been docked here, on the Delaware River in philadelphia, for the past 18 years. And the conservancy that owns it cant afford to keep it here any longer. Susan gibbs is the executive director. It represents the last, best kind of the most iconic achievement in ship building and design here in this nation. Its an engineering marvel, a work of art, and its our history. Its our shared history of the nation. It would be as if the statue of liberty was just kind of chopped off at her knees. How critical is this point in time . We are at the 11th hour. The 59th minute of the 11th hour. We have never been closer to saving the ship, and we have never been closer to losing it. Reporter gibbs has more than a vested interest. This ship is in her heritage. Her grandfather, William Francis gibbs, built the uss United States. A man with no formal training in Marine Engineering who taught himself how to build ships. During world war ii 3 4 of u. S. Naval vessels built were designed by gibbss firm. As the war ended, he went back to work on the ship he loved more than anything. His biographer, steven ujifusa, spoke to sunday morning back in 2013. He was kind of like steve jobs in that he knew a lot of engineering but he was very much aio visnary. Imagine taking a structure the size of the chrysler building, turning it on its side, and pushing it through the atlantic at 44 miles per hour. Thats a heck of a lot of engineering. And on top of that make it the most beautiful ship in the world. Reporter throughout the 1950s it was traveled by celebrities and royalty. Everyone from john wayne and judy garland to the duke and duchess of windsor. And it played a starring role in films like 1953s gentlemen prefer blondes, alongside jane russell and marilyn monroe. That same year cbss Walter Cronkite was a passenger on the uss United States as he traveled to london to cover the coronation of queen elizabeth. To look at her just could fill you with pride and wonder. She just was a magnificentlooking boat. There were more people on this ship than lived in the town that i grew up in. Reporter joe roda was an employee on the ship. His responsibilities included delivering telegrams to harry truman. And he shot this video of the president getting off the boat in france. What was it like being on board . It was special. I think thats the only word i could use. Reporter anybody who made a contribution tos thi world traveled on board this ship. But cruise ships suffered as jet planes became more popular in the 1960s. In 1967 Willia