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WUSA CBS Overnight News August 23, 2016

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Something trump called for repeatedly. 11 million, 12 million immigrants. Whatever the number is. Still in the country. What do you do . If they have done well theyre going out and coming you are rounding them up. Rounding them up in a very humane way, nice way. She attended the closed door saturday session and said trump was interested in something less than full deportation. A touch become to create a path to legalization. People dont necessarily go back to their country of origin, but will go back to their embassies or kouns lcounsulates touchback and become documented. New campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway emphasized fairness over firmness. He wants a fair humane way to deal with 11 million who live among us. At the same time. Secure the border, build the wall, and be fair to American Workers who feel like theyre competing for these jobs now. Reporter this idea of touchback immigration first surfaced in 2007 congressional debate over comprehensive reform. Maurice, back then. Immigrants would have had to return to their home country, a one trump is looking at now. And one conservatives then, branded amnesty. Major garrett with the Trump Campaign in akron, ohio tonight. Syrias civil war appears to be entering a dangerous new phase as the the assad Regime Forces battle kurdish troops, u. S. Partners for control of hasaka in the northeast. Holly williams reports the u. S. May be drawn into this battle. Reporter a new front has opened up in syrias civil war. As Syrian Regime planes bomb kurdish fighters. And the two sides battle street to street on the ground. The Kurdish Group is backed by the u. S. In the fight against isis. And American Special forces operate in the region. So the u. S. Scrambled fighter jets to protect them. But that risks a direct clash in the air with the Syrian Regime. Which america has strenuously tried to avoid. Five years into syrias civil war, this multisided conflict is more chaotic than ever. It is also again spilling into neighboring countries. Like turkey where on saturday. A suicide bomber targeted a wedding party. Killing more than 50. Including at least 22 children. Turkey initially suspected isis. The Prime Minister said it could have been another group. The u. S. And kurdish allies have made progress against isis. Killing thousand of fighters, and clawing back territory. Even itf isis loses all its territory in syria that wont end the civil war. The Syrian Regime is thought to have killed far more people than isis. And is now backed by fire power from its ally russia. Its own people. Perhaps for years to come. Secretary of state, john kerry said today, that talks with russia on possible military cooperation in syria, are drawing to a close. But maurice many are skeptical about moscows intentions. Because the its goal appears to be to prop up the Syrian Regime. Holly williams in istanbul tonight. Holly, thank you. It was another violent weekend in chicago. 57 shootings. More than one an hour. Five of the victims died. Dean reynolds now on a new strategy to try to stop the violence. Reporter with murders this year up 50 over last year. Shots fired. With increasing number of children count the as collateral damage. The Chicago Police are now launching precision raids, to sweep up repeatff orsende who they say are responsible for much of the bloodshed. Tony riccio is chief of the organized crime unit. Attacking them through the sale of narcotics. Narcotics is what funds the gangs, funds the operation. It provides them with money to buy the guns. That are used, to shoot at rival gang members. And in some cases now as we have seen to shoot at police officers. 61 of the 101 people arrested early friday were documented gang members. The police said. And superintendent Eddie Johnson says in all, there are about 1400 repeat offenders driving the violence. These are people that are choosing the lifestyle. So, imagine if we can eliminate half of those people. Our crime, gun violence would be in the city of chicago. Until we let them know that we are serious about it. Theyre going to continue to do what nay do. But even with this new dragnet strategy, the mayhem continued this past weekend. A 14yearold boy, malik cozi among the eight killed. An 8 year girl among 49 wounded. Shot at a 14yearold. The kids dont stand a chance. Ashake banks took jamia to the hospital. Four years ago, ms. Banks 7yearold daughter heaven was shot to death while she sold candy on a sidewalk. I had to relive that all over again. Ive just couldnt see another baby losing their life. I am so sick of it. This more Aggressive Police strategy has been going on since memorial day. And, a few hundred offenders have been taken off the streets. Maurice as this past weekend shows, the results so far are mixed. Dean reynolds in chicago. Tonight. Coming up next, some scientists believe the best way to fight wildfires is to let them burn. Rand,yan lochte was not robbed. But he just lost a ton of endorsement money. Dozens of wildfires are burning in the west tonight. Three broke out yesterday near spokane, washington. At least 1 home have been destroyed there as the fires continue to grow. And more than 100 homes burned in the blue cut fire in southern california. Tonight that fire is nearly 90 contained. Evacuation orders have been lifted. Each year wildfires seem to get worse. Despite the heroic efforts of fi firefighters. Are we t carter evans spent time in a lab where they study this. Reporter in this especially designed burn chamber. Researchers are dissecting a wildfire. By measuring how fast pine needles burn. It doesnt require flame to ignite. No, hot air. Huh a fire can propel without wind. So the troughs, those dips, are actually where the fire is advancing. Right. Thats right. Mark phinney, a scientist at u. S. Forest service fire lab in missoulla. An expression. It spread like wildfires. We dont know how wildfires spread. Reporter the Forest Service spent 1. 7 billion fighting fires that burned a record 10. 1 million acres last year. But phinneys research shows, putting out every fire is not working. Are we making it worse . We are making it worse. Fighting these fires, we unfortunately enter what is called the fire paradox. Suppress themt wor suppress, them the worse they get. Under normal conditions fires thin out forests. By constantly putting them out. More unburned brush is left for the next fire. Phinney says firefighters should be intentionally setting more socalled prescribed fires to burn off excess vegetation or simply let some natural fires burn. In a statement to cbs news, the Forest Service says, it agrees that managed prescribed fires are important tools but our capacity to complete this work is restricted by the budget which is al low kate eallocated. There are liability, use with state and local governments as more devil tupers push to build homes close tire fireprone areas. Fire is inevitable. If we convince ourselves it is not we have a repeat every single year of the same situation. Reporter for now scientists hope that by setting these controlled fires in the lab, they will better how to manage them in the forest. Carter evans, cbs news, missoula, montana. Next, ryan lochtes sponsorship deals just went down the drain. Go pro with crest prohealth advanced. Its uniquely formulated with activestrength technology. To strengthen teeth inside. And is better at strengthening the outside. Than colgate total. Crest toothpaste and mouthwash makes. My whole mouth feel. Amazing. Advance to healthier gums and stronger teeth from day one. My checkup was great. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Your heart loves omega3s. But theres a difference between the omega3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. 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I saw all the little kids with diabetes just like me. With good exercise and Good Nutrition diabetes can get easier we end tonight in new york city. The First Capital of the united states. Called by many the modern day capital of world where past and present coexist side by side. And, where Anthony Mason found a reli inic of the past still thriving. In midtown manhattan squeezed between the skyscrapers on east 59th street is a sixstory literary oasis. The argosy bookstore in business 91 years now is run by Three Sisters. This is moby dick. Judith lauery, first born is in charge of first the middle sister. This is an act of congress signed by thomas jefferson. Reporter runs the autographs department. Early manhattan. Reporter and the youngest presides over the map and art gallery. It has no central park. All in their 70s now the Three Sisters have run argosy since their father died in 1991. Reporter a lot of people must come into this shop and wonder why you are still here . Every day. Especially real estate brokers. Why are you still here . Were here because we own the building. Otherwise we would have had to go out of business long ago. Reporter louis cohen opened the store in 1925. He and his wife ruth who also worked at argosy passed on their love of books to their three girls. Sisters and brothers tend to have their battles. We do that off premesis. Reporter the internet now brings in orders from around the world. But the store as bustling as it used to be. Even at the bargain bin. How often do you get offers to sell . 100 times a year. 100 times a year. Three calls last week. You did . The sisters have already planned for their succession. Judiths son, ben lowery will make sure this bookstore wont budge. Do you feel look you are protecting something now . Yes. What is that . Books. Books are in danger. Reporter to louis cohens daughters its not the real estate that has the the most value its the collection that it houses. Anthony mason, cbs news, new york. And that they the cbs overnight news for this tuesday. 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 maurice dubois. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the cbs overnight news. Im jericka duncan. President obama will get a firsthand look at the devastation in louisiana today when he visits flood ravaged baton rouge. A week after torrential rain inundated half the state. Dozens of highways are still closed. Thousand of residents remain in shelters. And 60,000 homes are either damaged or destroyed. The president has faced criticism for not visiting the disaster zone sooner. Manuel bojorquez is there. Take a look around here. This is all debris. Things ruined by the floodwaters now. Tossed out on to the street. And this entire city block is lined with them. The historic antiques here in denim springs has lost part of its history. And people nearby have lost their homes. Across southern louisiana, roads are lined with debris. As the the scope from the catastrophic flooding becomes more clear. Each day. Master bedroom here. Water destroyed most of kathy edmondsons home of nearly 30 years. Kathy what have you lost here . Virtually everything. Virtually everything. Reporter the number of damaged homes jumped to more than 60,000 this weekend. Businesses are also feeling the brunt of this disaster. This has got to be so hard to see. This is pretty much our building right here. What you are looking at. Alvin watts business like many others in historic antiques district of denim springs is in shambles. He managed to clean up with little help. We are doing it ourselves. We dont have no fema, government, no nothing. We are doing this ourselves. We are going to business up without any bodys help. If they show up. Fine. If they dont. We are going to put this back on the map. Reporter the hiss toreic flooding has forced more than 106,000 people to register for fema assistance. A oneweek total the agency hasnt seen since superstorm sandy. Fema remt representatives tell some places are unreachable and active in all 20 hard hit parishes. We did have teams on the ground as the waters were rising. We have teams here all the way through. We want to be here. Want to be here for survivors. Thats our goal. Already. More than 36 Million Dollars in federal assistance has been approved for this area. But this morning, 3,000 people remain in shelters. Miami mayor Phillip Levine asking for federal help to squash the zika virus in its track. Five cases reported in two miami communities. Theyre the first known cases of zika transmitted by u. S. Mainland. Meanwhile, thousands of students return to school. And some of their parents are very concerned. David begnaud reports. Health officials have told parents you have to have your kids put on bug spray at home. Cant do it al school, another kid in your kids class may have an eler gee. Idea is put it on at home. Come ready. It is supposed to be effective for the entire school day. It is expected to beep nearly 90 degrees in miami beach today. See if this one is good. Adam carp, a High School Freshman will be dressed for much cooler weather. Long sleeve. Pants and and a long shirt. Sunday, adam and mom carol, an eye doctor picked up free protective uniforms. Offered by the School District which has been warning parents to take precautions. We have lots of phone calls and. Reminding us about insect repellent. Water. Safety. And you know getting rid of standing water. Superintendent, alberto carvallo made it a pent to dress the part. Wearing long sleeves and pants. Better safe than sorry. I know we are trading off comfort for protection. I think that is a fair deal. Remember not to spray the face. Two Public Schools in the new zika zone which covers nearly 1. 5 square miles of miami beach. Precautions are also being taken at a third school just a few blocks outside the zone. Officials across Miamidade County accused floridas governor rick scott of poor communication. When did you find out there were cases in miami beach . Found out at 12 00 when the governor gave his press interview. Didnt get a heads up . Zero. Suspicion your office is trying to downplay the zika threat. I wanted to give an opportunity to respond. If you look at what the department of health its putting out. What our office is putting out. We will put out accurate information. Head of the National Institutes of health. Said he wouldnt be surprised to see zika hang around, years. New clusters to pop up along the gulf coast. In texas, and louisiana. Our chief medical correspondent, dr. Jon lapook discussed the latest zika outbreak with dr. Tom frieden head of the centers for disease control. Are conditions on miami beach, different. Harder than in wynwood. Miami beach a challenging area. High rise buildings means you cant apply aerial spraying in the same way. Also, the windy conditions make it harder to apply some of the products. On the other hand you have more cement, pools that are chlorinated. As cdc director, what keeps you up about the whole zika outbreak. I worry it will be difficult to stop transmission once it started around the u. S. Deeply concerned about puerto rico. Concerned we wont have the reso

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