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iran missile fallout. a dramatic increase in the number of americans hurt during those rocket attacks during iran. why is the pentagon now saying more than 100 u.s. troops have traumatic brain injuries. new evidence in the college admissions scandal. the fake resume prosecutors say tv star lori loughlin's daughter used to get into school. your money your health, could you go to jail for not paying your medical bills? one family's story. it's a cbs news investigation. and the troubling new research about children and social media. could all that screen time lead to depression and anxiety? what every parent needs to know. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening. thank you so much for joining us. we'll start tonight with the race for the white house. candidates have spent the day fanning out across new hampshire in a last-minute frenzy of campaigning.
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and by the time the smoke clears tuesday night, we could have the first undisputed result in the democratic race. our new cbs battleground tracker reveals a fight for the top spot between bernie sanders, who won new hampshire in 2016, and pete buttigieg, the surprise candidate of 2020. and all this as president trump takes the stage in manchester for a rally with supporters. ed o'keefe reports for us tonight from the granite state. >> reporter: candidates made their final arguments today at at least 30 events across new hampshire. >> the whole country is not only looking at new hampshire, in fact, the whole world. >> i know how seriously new hampshire voters take the responsibility. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders and former mayor pete buttigieg are drawing the biggest crowds and targeting each other over fund-raising. >> unlike other campaigns, we don't have billionaires pouring in huge amounts of money. >> reporter: and healthcare. >> are we going to pay for it in the form of still further taxes,
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or are we going to pay for it in the form of broken promises? >> reporter: behind them, daily tracking polls now show minnesota senator amy klobuchar bolting into third place after a strong debate performance on friday. in an interview aboahaa messfofelldidates who were sparring. >> they should have a push-up contest somewhere. >> reporter: her rise comes at the expense of senator elizabeth warren and former vice president joe biden, who downplayed new hampshire's significance on cbs this morning. >> nothing will happen until we get down to a place and around the country where there is much more diversity. >> reporter: some of the longest lines here today were for president trump, who was holding a rally tonight in hopes of winning a state he lost by less than 3,000 votes four years ago. >> o'donnell: and ed, those independent voters, 43% in new hampshire are independents, and they're going to vote tomorrow. could this swing the election? >> reporter: they absolutely could, norah. they were four in ten voters four years ago and are expected to be a big chunk again
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tomorrow. based on our cbs news battleground tracker poll, bernie sanders stands to benefit the most from their support followed by mayor buttigieg and senator klobuchar. norah. >> o'donnell: all right. we'll see you there tonight. thank you, ed. more breaking news now, exclusive video obtained by cbs news shows the scene moments after kobe bryant's helicopter crash last month. it is all part of the evidence that n.t.s.b. is now using to determine why it went down. and today, bryant's widow vanessa shared the heartbreak of losing a husband and daughter and reached out to others who have experienced similar losses. kris van cleave tonight with the new details. >> this is horrible. >> reporter: dramatic new video at the crash site moments after the helicopter carrying kobe bryant and eight others went down. the wreckage still burning. the force of the crash scattered pieces of the chopper across the mountainside. >> the smell of the fuel burning and the smoke and the air, like it was just so thick and heavy and you just couldn't breath. >> reporter: michael dyer was
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mountain biking with a friend nearby. he heard the helicopter flying low but couldn't see it in the fog. >> we were yelling back and forth, hey, did you see anybody? is there any survivors? and those guys, they were immediately like, there's nobody that could have survived that. >> reporter: this video is now being reviewed by the n.t.s.b. late today, vanessa bryant, kobe's widow, posted this instagram video of her husband with daughter gianna playing basketball. she is sharing her message of grief for others suffering with a similar loss. "my brain refused to accept that both kobe and gigi are gone. why should i be able to wake up another day when my baby girl isn't able to have that opportunity?" she also posted this milestone moment for seven-month-old capri. memorials for the victims continue tonight at angel stadium in anaheim where the altobelli family will be memorialized. his daughter was a teammate of bryant's daughter. norah. >> o'donnell: still so much pain for these families. kris, thank you. that deadly coronavirus
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continues to spread. tonight, the death toll has skyrocketed to over 1,000 with more than 100 deaths reported just today. worldwide, more than 42,000 people have been infected, most of them in china. debora patta now on the growing outbreak aboard a cruise ship and the americans that are caught in the middle of it. >> reporter: with 11 americans among the 65 new cases, the number diagnosed on this ship nearly doubled overnight. oregon resident rebecca frasure found out she had the virus on board the princess diamond, now feared to be more of a floating incubator than luxury cruise liner. confined to her hospital room, she's the first with coronavirus to speak out. >> it was a very surreal experience to be told that you have this virus that, you know, as far as i knew could be deadly. >> reporter: authorities suited up in protective gear and
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escorted more than 130 fellow passengers off the ship for treatment. about 3,600 people remain on board, quarantined since last monday. social media shows the growing tension in wuhan, china, the coronavirus epicenter, where masked police dragged this woman and her family with the virus to pop-up hospitals and quarantine centers like these. trucks sprayed a mix of water and alcohol have doused just about every corner of the city. and four police officers arrested this woman for failing to wear a mask. here in hong kong, extreme caution is being exercised. travelers from anywhere in mainland china are quarantined for 14 days. violating quarantine is now a criminal offense. norah? >> o'donnell: all right, debora, thank you. your personal information may now be in the hands of the chinese government. that's according to federal officials who today charged four
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members of the chinese army with a massive computer hack into one of the country's leading credit agencies. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: investigators say chinese military hackers had access to equifax computer systems for months, stealing the personal information of about half the u.s. population. >> this was one of the largest data breaches in history. >> reporter: attorney general william barr. >> the hackers obtained the names, birth dates, and social security numbers of nearly 150 million americans. >> reporter: according to the indictment, the hackers also stole the driver's license numbers of at least ten million americans and credit card numbers and other personally identifiable information belonging to 200,000 americans. is there evidence that this stolen information is already being used? >> there is not. at this time. >> reporter: but the f.b.i. is worried the data the hackers swept up might later be used to target american intelligence officers or other individuals
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china sees as adversaries. the hack, which began three years ago, rocked equifax, leading to a congressional probe. the resignation of its c.e.o., richard smith, and a settlement of up to $700 million to compensate victims of the attack. and so equifax joins a gro f compst and today, the attorney general said that 80% of economic espionage prosecutions implicate the chinese government. >> o'donnell: that's a stunning number. >> reporter: it is. >> o'donnell: thank you, jeff. tonight, two police officers in arkansas are recovering from gunshot wounds after a shootout at a walmart. the officers confronted a man who was making threats at the store. he opened fire. they fired back and killed the suspect. one of the officers needed surgery, but both are expected to be okay. tonight for the fourth time the pentagon is reporting a big jump in the number of american troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following that iranian
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missile attack last month. it's now more than 100. 21 have been sent back to the u.s. for treatment. david martin on what the troops experienced. >> the blast was so big, it was unlike anything i have ever heard or seen or felt. >> reporter: speaking to holly williams just days after the attack, sergeant first class daine kvasager's first-hand description helps explain why the number of soldiers suffering concussion-like symptoms continues to climb. kvasager was in the back of a truck operating a drone. >> the truck i was in actually lifted up on two wheels and then came back down. >> one of these trucks? >> yeah. >> reporter: president trump said the symptoms of what is officially called mild traumatic brain injury were not serious. >> i heard that they had headaches and a couple of other things, but i would say, and i can report it is not very serious. >> reporter: but this is how it felt when it happened. >> the shock wave moving through your body after you hear it and
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then it's just a sinking feeling of like your existence is coming to an end. >> reporter: of the 109 identified with concussion symptoms, 76 have been returned to duty. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> o'donnell: tv star lori loughlin and her husband allegedly paid $500,000 to get that daughter into a prestigious school. according to prosecutors, that's not all. here's carter evans with the new details. >> reporter: for actress lori loughlin and her husband mossimo giannuli, the evidence is mounting. new documents from prosecutors show for the first time the lengths the couple allegedly went to to get their daughters into u.s.c. this phony resume is heavily redacted, but the graduation date of 2018 matches that of youtube star olivia jade. the bogus document details an elaborate list of rowing accomplishments for someone who never rowed competitively, including gold medals and top-15
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finishes in the head of the charles regatta in boston, one of rowing's most prestigious events. >> it shows how big their deception was. this resume is the smoking gun. >> reporter: all the achievements could have been easily checked out, but u.s.c.'s associate athletic director at the time, donna heinel, is accused of being in on the scam. attorneys for loughlin and giannuli say they did nothing wrong and the $500,000 they paid was merely a donation. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> o'donnell: tonight our series "your money your health" exposes how some americans struggling to pay their medical bills could see jail time. cbs news teamed up with the investigative journalists at propublica and meg oliver reports on thousands of americans with medical debt who may face arrest warrants. >> amen. >> amen. >> reporter: tres and heather
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from leukemia while heather biggs son lane was diagnosed from leukemia while heather suffered from lyme disease. >> we had multiple health issues at the same time. it put us in the bracket that made insurance unattainable. >> reporter: tres biggs was working two jobs, but they fell behind on their medical bills. >> you wouldn't think you'd go to jail over a medical bill. >> bail was $500. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: how much money did you have at that time? >> $50 to $100. >> reporter: in coffeyville, kansas, where the poverty rate is twice the national average, attorneys like michael hassenplug have built successful law practices by prosecuting medical debt. >> i'm doing my job the best i can by following the law. >> reporter: that law says people with unpaid medical bills must appear in court every three months. if two hearings are missed, the judge issues an arrest warrant for contempt of court.
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bail is set at $500. how do you get paid? >> i get paid on what's collected. >> reporter: from the bail money? >> well, if the bail money is applied to the judgment, yes, i get a portion of that. >> reporter: are you sending them to jail for collection then and not contempt? >> no, we're sending them to jail for contempt of court, for failure to appear. >> reporter: in most courts, bail money is returned when defendants appear in court, but in almost every case in coffeyville, that money goes to pay attorneys like hassenplug and his clients. what's happening here is a jailhouse shakedown for cash. that is the criminalization of private debt. >> reporter: the aclu found tens of thousands of these arrest warrants are issued annually nationwide, sometimes to collect as little as $28. >> it wasn't like we were not paying any of our medical bills. that was the problem. we couldn't afford to pay all of them. >> reporter: i them. >> no. >> reporter: we went to court on debt collection day.
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they wouldn't allow our cameras in, but we watched more than 60 people swear they didn't have enough money to pay, only one of them had an attorney representing them. norah? >> o'donnell: 60 people in one day? >> reporter: one day, norah. >> o'donnell: all right, meg. thank you. there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." a new warning about the dangers of social media for teens and why taking away the smartphone may not be the best remedy. feeding off the success of "parasite," how the big winner at the oscars is expanding its reach and possibly coming to television. and later, the sound of recovery. could this ground-breaking program help addicts find a second act? saturdays happen. pain happens.
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>> reporter: the review of research confirms what many parents have long feared-- social media use is linked with mental distress, self-harm, and even suicide. in fact, more than two hours of social media use a day is associated with higher rates of depression and suicidal thoughts in girls, and in one study, girls reported feeling negative after ten minutes of browsing facebook. 17-year-old maya beahl has seen it firsthand. >> i become more isolated when i'm on social media even though it's supposed to be a connector. it's honestly very isolating. >> reporter: according to the article, kids who spend less time socializing in person are more vulnerable. and easy access online to information about how to commit suicide increases risk, too, something carol deeley knows too well. her 12-year-old son gabriel took his life just over a year ago. >> kids can't get away from all this peer pressure, and i think it's just terrible. i would not want to be a child right now.
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>> reporter: carol started an organization called gabriel's light to promote the safe use of technology. now, researchers say parents should talk to their kids about the risks of social media, but instead of banning it, they should limit screen time for their kids and for themselves to set a good example. norah. >> o'donnell: we all need help with that. adriana, thank you. the night after it made history at the oscars, a "parasite" invasion is coming. the first korean film and first non-english film to win best picture is doubling its reach this weekend and will be shown in about 2,000 theaters here in the u.s. and there are reports tonight that writer and director bong joon ho is in talks with hbo to turn "parasite" into a limited- series.
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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm vladimir duthiers, and we've got a lot more to tell you about this morning, starting with the fish on your grill. many people enjoy salmon or tuna or even shrimp. maybe a little lobster. but there is a movement afoot to get americans to enjoy some of the other fruits of the sea. jeff glor paid a visit to anglers and chefs in charleston, south carolina to see what's new on the menu. >> when i first got to charleston, every menu had grouper, snapper, salmon, even though they aren't from here. >> reporter: mark first opened figure in charleston, south carolina in 2003. it has since won three james
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beard awards and is considered one of the top restaurants in the world. lhota followed fig with the ordinary, which features an all seafood menu. >> nobody was talking about seafood, and here we are on the coast. >> reporter: this is charleston. how it is possible people weren't talking about seafood? >> i think everybody kind of pays attention to what's trending. nationally, nose to tail cooking was very popular for a decade, getting in whole hogs and learning how to break them down. i think for some reason that's where everybody's attention was turned. seafood was still popular in charleston, but we really weren't that connected to the people producing it. >> reporter: lotta has dedicated his work to staying as close as he can to the seafood he serves. here captain mark's boat just brought in a yellowfin tuna. >> you want the try some? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> reporter: it doesn't get any fresher than, this sliced and served just off the dock.
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>> the top of the lion right here is for me the best raw stuff. >> oh, yeah. >> yum. >> it's great, right? the texture is really nice. >> yes. >> yes. >> reporter: tuna is well-known. other fish are not. >> any time we're expecting or demanding from the ocean the same five or six species, we're not acknowledging the diversity of the species that are coming up in a fisherman's net. >> reporter: conservationists like amy mccown, who we met aboard a small independent shrimp boat are trying to turn the tide. . there are so many underutilized species that are a part of our ecosystem and can be relied on as a sustainable source of protein. >> reporter: mccown works for good catch, a nonprofit that connects restaurants with local fishermen. that means fishermen being open to different catches. it means people when there are restaurants being open to eating different fish. >> absolutely. fishermen are waiting. they are ready for people to say yeah, i want to eat scup, or a

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