debora patta is there. >> reporter: this is the face of the war. exhausted and terrified civilians fleeing the sear yand and russian bombs unleashed on their homes in opposition-held eastern aleppo. people who are so weary of war, so tired of waiting for it to be over. we encountered many families told us it was too dangerous to make a run for it. they stayed behind. >> nothing to eat, nothing to cook. no schools, no hospitals. everything was very, very bad. when seertian army finally takes back a neighborhood. look at what is left. those who make it out often end up in make shift shelters. these are people who have never taken a side in this war, but like mustafa al muhandez they want it to be over. do you think this is the best way to solve the problems of syria. the country has been flattened. >> i can't lie the situation is terrible he tells us. but there is no other way. it has to be done. it is the civilians who have borne the brunt of the syrian and russian bombs and in a bitter irony they have to accept food and shelter from the same russia

debora patta, cbs news, aleppo. >>> vice president joe biden is in colombia. he met with colombian president

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debora patta is there. the syrian government backed by russia is using every means at its disposal to take back eastern aleppo. still rebel factions are refusing to give up. syrian soldier shows that less than 100 meet ears way from their building, opposition opposition control over the east is weakening as the syrian army takes back chunks of territory. like here in al shar where the air chokes with dust. government forces, took it back one day ago. this road leads to the old city. a key prize in this battle. a few streets away we come across civilian whose just got out. if they can't walk themselves they're carried to does any one know who this woman is, this man shouts. no one answers. not everyone is running away. mohammad dockman cannot contain himself. this is the first time he has seen his mother, zalia in five years. my soul, she sobs, you are everything to me, my son. another son joins in. her three sons and families lived in the government controlled west. her sons join the syrian army, their unif

war correspondent debora patta is in aleppo. >> reporter: once a thriving aleppo neighborhood. bitter fighting between the rebels and the government has destroyed it. a syrian government soldier leads us to the body of a man we says was a rebel fighter. the rebels in eastern aleppo are being pushed back by the syrian army together with russia's military muscle. when a mortar landed on a hospital we were summoned to seep the aftermath. when we got there, we found russian troops. a russian general told us two nurses had been killed. th they're terrorists he said. they kill civilians. >> civilians bearing the full front of the battle under syrian and russian bombs. if they want to escape the bombing, they must run the gaunt let of this road. becoming vulnerable to sniper fire. mustahof, and this shelter with his three sons. he told us the men inside, are equally scared of being killed are of being captured or killed by pro government fighters. they are just very afraid, he said. simply stuck in the middle and not taking sides. next door, 100-year-old fatima al-faoud lets out a pai

debora patta is in syria. >> reporter: even with near total control of aleppo, the syrian military sent bombs thundering down on the rebels still holding out. thousand of civilians have ben caught in intense fighting as the war came closer with the constant shelling this past week. aleppo's historic old city has now been reclaimed by the syrian army, among the rubble, some insights into how this war was fought. a tunnel dug by opposition groups to reach the government controlled western side and launch surprise attacks. the rebels were outgunned and outnumbered. the syrian soldier showed us how they fought back. the sandbags. the propaganda on the walls. and the improvised weapons. before they started using cannons, he told us, they used these catapults. his word drowned out by his army's fighter jets overhead. this increasingly one-sided battle may be coming to an end. a bicycle. a sewing machine. a kitchen stool is what's left behind. the battle for aleppo has stretched syrian forces thin. so thin the regime lost track of palmyra, the ancient city the government vowed they would never

debora patta is in aleppo. >> reporter: 7-year-old abdul ghani tarab was eating lunch when a shell hit his home two weeks ago. shrapnel tore through his body as syrian and russian bombs continued to rain down. his parents told us there was only one very basic makeshift clinic still working. it wasn't equipped to help their i'm his father," he said, "and i was helpless." he would moan and call for help, his mother told us. it took two weeks to get tarab out of eastern aleppo to a proper hospital. after being systematically targeted by syrian military strikes, there are no longer any working hospitals in rebel parts of the city. medical supplies are all but ne pressure to save as many lives as they possibly can. often they cannot. overnight, 150 injured people were evacuated from aleppo's old city in the opposition-held east. but there are still thousands of civilians trapped inside, in need of urgent medical attention, the kind that is only available in the government-controlled west. he is finally about to get life-saving surgery, something he couldn't get until now. since the russian

debora patta, cbs news, beirut. >>> a candlelight vigil was held last night. 73-year-old was unarmed monday when he was shot by a bakersfield officer. police say he refused to take his hand out of his pocket. the man's family said he had de the deadly attack of a black church in charleston. dylann roof faces 33 federal charges, including hate crimes. officials say roof made several trips to charleston before the shooting in june of last year. nine church members were killed. >>> the fire chief in oakland, california, say there are no records concerning problems with the warehouse where 36 people were killed in a fire the warehouse had been converted into an illegal artist colony. city and state officials received complaints for years. inspectors from the fire or building departments ever investigated. >>> alan thicke is being remembered this morning as a versatile actor, composer and tv host. thicke died last night after okay. we are having a little bit of a problem with that story. >>> coming up on the "morning news." football investigation. officials reveal the surprise source of l

debora patta reports from beirut. >> reporter: the situation was described by the united nations as a complete meltdown of humanity. the u.n. said they had evidence. some in their homes and others as they tried to run away. 11 women and 13 children were among them. activist abdul hamdo is in eastern aleppo. >> they are facing one of the most difficult or the most serious or the most horrible massacre that is in that history. >> reporter: for the injured, there is no medical help. this man desperately tries to put out the flames that have engulfed his body. the syrian military has now taken back aleppo and countless civilians have paid for this with their lives. both the russians and syrians have denied any wrongdoing, saying now that aleppo is fully under their control, all military operations have stopped. debora patta, cbs news, beirut. >>> a candlelight vigil was held last night. 73-year-old was unarmed monday when he was shot by a bakersfield officer. police say he refused to take his hand out of his pocket. the man's family said he had dementia. >>> we are learning more about the

debora patta, cbs news, aleppo. >>> vice president joe biden is he met with colombia president santos last night after colombia wrapped up four years of peace negotiations with farc, colombia's biggest leftist rebel group. it ends 50 years of war that left 200,000 people dead. >>> bolivia suspended license of the airline that owned the plane that crashed in colombia earlier this week. the plane went down after it apparently ran out of fuel. 71 people were killed, including most members of a brazilian soccer team. >>> a group of say they plan to join the protests against the dakota access oil pipeline. hundreds have been protesting the four-state pipeline in north dakota. the veterans say they plan to arrive at the main protest camp site on sunday. the north dakota veterans coordinating counsel has asked them to stay away. >>> coming up on the "morning news." astronaut rescue. an updated on buzz aldrin a antarctica. >>> and -- legendary singer neil diamond is coming to america in a new tour. this is the "cbs morning news." i work 'round the clock. i want my blood sugar to stay in contr

debora patta reports from aleppo. >> reporter: thousands of civilians who fled rebel-held aleppo, even the weather deserted them. huddling under blanket for warmth, they sleep cheek-to-cheek in make-shift shelters. for many, this is their first meal in days. the united nations estimates that 200,000 are still inside eastern aleppo trapped between the syrian army and rebel fighters. the relentless shelling continues. the u.n. has in the fighting to allow for the evacuation of the deliver of food and medicine. but the syrian government has answered with silence. russia talks about opening humanitarian corridors but, so far, that's all it is -- talk. the government's five-month siege has left food and medical supplies dangerously low. hospitals have been blown to pieces. as the rebel territory shrinks under the advance of the syrian military, desperate civilians make one omar spent six hours trying to escape. my son and i had no choice but to leave, she said. even if we have to walk all the way. as miserable as it is for those who made it out to safety, it's far worse for those who stayed

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debora patta is there. [explosion] >> reporter: the syrian government backed by russia is using every means at its disposal the take back eastern aleppo, but still rebel factions are refusing to give up. a syrian soldier shows that less than 100 meters away from their build, opposition fighters are hiding. [gunfire] but opposition control over the east is weakening every day as the syrian army takes back chunks of territory. like here in al shaah, where the just one day ago. this road leads to the old city, a key prize in this battle. a few streets away, we come across civilians who just got out. if they can't walk themselves, they're carried to safety. "does anyone know who this woman is?" this man shouts. no one answers. but not everyone is running away. tony dokupil himself. this is the first time he's seen his mother zaliha if five years. "my son," she sobs. you are everything to me, "my son." another son joins in. it's been five years since war divided aleppo and divided this family. zaliha gets to mee

debora patta is with the civilians trying to escape. >> reporter: they came by the thousands and just kept on coming, on foot, in wheelbarrows, using makeshift stretchers, any way they could. exhausted, frightened, hungry, but alive. these families have been walking since early had morning for well over eight hours. they don't seem to reall us, as long as it's as far away as possible from the bombing. early this morning, there was a lull in the fighting, and that's when thousands of civilians still trapped in rebel-held aleppo made a run for it. for weeks, the might of the syrian and russian military has thundered down on their homes. the aftermath is devastating. reaching this flag means they've made to the this woman begs the soldiers to tell her where her 15-year-old son is. he was arrested by the syrian military, accused of fighting with the rebels. "what should i do now?" she cries. "they just took him away." hundreds of other young men of military age are also missing. for others, it's just a desperate scramble to get out. but some are just too tired. they wait for friends and f

reclaiming territory is hard, holding it harder still. >> pelley: debora patta for us tonight. debora, thank you. coming up on the "cbs evening news," the latest on the frigid weather, and later, an innocent man spent three decades in prison. why won't the state pay the holidays should bring joy. so why are you still putting up with complicated cash back cards? some cards limit where you earn bonus cash back to places they choose... then they change those places every few months. quicksilver keeps it simple. with quicksilver you always earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. 'tis the season for simple. what's in your wallet? yeah, so mom's got this cold. hashtag "stuffy nose." hashtag "no sleep." yep. we've got a mouthbreather. well, just put on a breathe right strip and ... pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. so you can breathe ... and sleep. shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. breathe right. >> pelley: grab anra half of the country tonight. it could hit minus 4 in minneapolis. that's 17 below average. j

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once that happen, he told us it is over. >> pelley: debora patta on the battlefield for us tonight. debora, thank you. st year 12 african americans welcomed dylann roof into their bible study in charleston, south carolina. he shot nine of them dead. now 12 people, some white, some lives or dies. his federal hate crimes tribal opened today, and strauss -- mark strassmann was there. >> reporter: two buses brought relatives of those murdered in the church massacre to federal court where they found dylann roof dressed in his jail jumpsuit avoiding eye contact with anyone. in his opening statement, assistant u.s. attorney jay richardson said roof's attack offensings against the white race. in june of 2015, roof visited a wednesday night bible study at mother emanuel church. it became a slaughter of the innocents. survivor felicia sanders testified her wounded 26-year-old son tywanza said to roof, "why are you doing this? we mean you no harm." roof shot him five more times. his mother watched him die. among those sobbing in the courtroom was sharon risher. >> reporter: risher's mother, 70

debora, thank you. today, the death toll from the tennessee wildfires climbed to 10. 80 are injured and many are missing. demarco morgan is in the great smoky mountains. >> reporter: with dozens of leads on track down, authorities here continue to search for missing. mayor larry watters: >> we're concluding the rescue, probably today, and we're moving tomorrow into the recovery. >> reporter: this board at an american red cross shelter is covered with the names of those unaccounted for, including members of the reed family. donna casey and kela inman are school nurses at the school where missing sisters, 19-year-old lily an and chloe rd attend. th i mean, we are truly a family, and this is hurting all of us. >> reporter: monday night, michael reed received a desperate call from his wife that flames were fastly approaching their home. he hasn't heard from her since. >> to have two of our own missing, it's just-- it's kev staithe. we're heartbroken. we're heartbroken, and we need the help. >> we want them

war correspondent debora patta is in aleppo. >> reporter: this town was once a thriving aleppo neighborhood, but look at it now. bitter fighting between rebels and the government has destroyed it. a syrian goveren leads us to the body of man he says was a rebel fighter. the rebels in eastern aleppo are being pushed back by the searian army together with russia's military muscle. when a mortar landed on a mobile hospital, we were summoned to see the aftermath, but when we got there, we found russian troops. a russian general told us two nurses had been killed. "they are not opposition the civilians who are bearing the full brunt of this battle under syrian and russian bombs. if they want to escape the bombing, they must run the gaunt let of this road, becoming vulnerable to sniper fire. this man fled to this shelter with his three sons. he told us the men inside eastern aleppo are equally scared of being killed by the rebel fighters as they are of being captured or killed by pro-government fighters. "they are just very afraid," he said. "simply stuck in the middle and not taking sides." next

debora patta is in aleppo. >> reporter: seven-year-old abdul ghani tarab was eating lunch when a shell hit his home two weeks ago. shrapnel tore through his body as syrian and russian bombs continued to rain down. his parents told us there was only one very basic makeshift clinic still working. it wasn't equipped to help their son. i'm his father," he said, "and i was helpless." "he would moan and call for help," his mother told us. it took two weeks to get tarab out of eastern aleppo to a proper hospital. after being systematically targeted by syrian military strikes, there are no longer any working hospitals in rebel parts of the city. medical supplies are all but gone. doctors and nurses pressure to save as many lives as they possibly can. often they cannot. overnight, 150 injured people were evacuated from aleppo's old city in the opposition-held east, but there are still thousands of civilians trapped inside, in need of urgent medical attention, the kind that is only available in the government-controlled west. tarab begs for water, but he he is finally about to get life-saving su

debora patta reports from syria. >> reporter: this is what the aftermath of an artillery strike sounds like as the syrian military continues the assault on the rebel-held parts of aleppo. dozens of people were killed in this attack. grief hangs in the air. this teenaged boy just lost his mother in the strike. "one of my sisters was pulled out alive," he said. "but i don't know about the other." he is one of tens of thousands of civilians caught in the cross-fire as the syrian army continues to advance. they face an impossible choice-- to stay means facing a daily barrage of bombs. but to run can be just as deadly. this woman died in the street with a backpack on her shoulders. those who managed to escape are being housed in makeshift shelters, many already filled to capacity. this old factory houses over 8,000 people, but still, they keep arriving and new beds have to be found. remarkably, children play, perhaps to forget the horror of what they have seen. old men cry, perhaps because they can't forget. in an impassioned plea to the united nations today, anthony, emergency relief coord

debora patta reports. >> reporter: the situation today was described by the united nations as a complete meltdown of humanity. [gunfire] the u.n. said it had evidence that pro-government militias massacred 82 civilians, some in their homes, others as they tried to run away. 11 women and 13 children were among them. eyewitnesses described streets lined with bodies, people too scared to collect their loved ones for fear of being shot. activists abdulhafi alhamdo is in eastern helpo. >> we are facing one of the most difficult or the most serious or the most horrible massacres that is in history. >> reporter: for the injured, there is no medical help. this man desperately tries to put out the flames that engulfed his body. and drenched in misery, civilians make a last attempt to get out. these children are utterly defenseless. all they have is each other for protection. the syrian military has now taken back civilians ve paid for this with their lives. in a conflict that already has a long list of atrocities committed against civilian, scott, the past 48 hours has been even worse. however, t

they tried to escape often, but, scott, it was just too dangerous. >> pelley: debora patta in the city under siege. debora, thank you. a new study about the american newsroom today. it says that nearly half of today's 30-year-olds are making less money than their parents did. here's jim axelrod. >> i was always taught that hard work pays off. >> reporter: don't ask 38-year-old josh shartzer about that part of the american dream where children do better than their parents. >> i think it's a dream, and i think it's going to be a-- a very hard dream to make a reality. it's a lot more harder to reach that reality than it was 20, 30, 40 years ago. >> reporter: shartzer lives in indianapolis and works at rex nor, the manufacturer of industrial ball bearings. he makes less than half what his dad did selling power for midwestern grids. >> it seems like the pie got eaten before i could get any crums. >> reporter: a new study by researchers at harvard and stanford, said shartzer's experience is now shared by more americans than ever. in 1970, 92% of american 30ea their parents did when they were