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A TUNNEL BENEATH LOS ANGELES THAT HE CLAIMS WILL REVOLUTIONIZE COMMUTING. " CBS THIS MORNING'S" GAYLE KING TOOK ONE OF THE FIRST TEST RIDES. >> YOU CAN GO AHEAD, I THINK. >> (\ BLEEP \) HOW FAST IS THIS? >> THIS IS STILL SLOW. >> Reporter: THIS IS SLOW? >> WE'RE ONLY DOING 28 MILES- PER- HOUR, WE WILL SPEED UP AFTER WE GET AROUND THE CORNER. >> Reporter: THIS ISN'T JUST ANY TUNNEL... >> WE CAN GET TO 100 NO PROBLEM, BUT WE WILL TAKE IT EASY FOR YOU. >> AHH! (\ LAUGHS \) >> Reporter: ... IT IS ELON MUSK TUNNEL. AND TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE SPEEDING THROUGH IT, YOU NEED TO GO BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS, WHEN HE DECIDED HE HAD HAD ENOUGH OF LOS ANGELES TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK. >> EITHER WE TRY SOMETHING NEW, OR WE WILL BE STUCK IN TRAFFIC HELL FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE UNDERGROUND NETWORK HE ENVISIONS. ELECTRIC CARS USING STREET LEVEL ELEVATORS TO DROP DOWN INTO A SERIES OF TUNNELS. AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY IN THE CARS ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T RUN INTO EACH OTHER, DESPITE GOING SPEEDS OVER 125 MILES- AN- HOUR. >> TUNNELS ARE, IN MY VIEW, THE ONLY SOLUTION TO URBAN CONGESTION, BECAUSE WE HAVE A 2D ROAD NETWORK AND WE HAVE BUILDINGS IN 3D. EVERYONE WANTS TO PILE OUT AND INTO THOSE BUILDINGS AT THE SAME TIME. OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC JAM. >> Reporter: SO MUSK FORMED THE BORING COMPANY, AND, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, STARTED DIGGING THE 1. 2- MILE LONG TEST TUNNEL IN HAWTHORNE NEAR LOS ANGELES. WHILE MODERN SUBWAY TUNNELS IN L. A. COST AROUND $ 900 MILLION- PER- MILE, MUSK SAYS HE BUILT THIS FOR ABOUT $ 10 MILLION. HIS EVENTUAL GOAL FOR TUNNELS LIKE THIS ONE, TO MOVE 4, 000 CARS EVERY HOUR. YOU CAN'T GO OFF THE TRACKS, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> NO, YOU CANNOT GO OFF THE TRACKS. >> Reporter: THIS TUNNEL IS ONLY 12 FEET IN DIAMETER. SO IT FEELS CLAUSTROPHOBIC HERE IN EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY. I WORRY ABOUT A TUNNEL COLLAPSING, ELON. >> NO, NO, IT'S NOT GOING TO COLLAPSE. >> Reporter: WHY? >> OUR TUNNEL IS DESIGNED TO THE HIGHEST CALIFORNIA SEISMIC STANDARDS. THEY ARE GAS PROOF, WATERPROOF. >> Reporter: AND BY THE TIME WE ENDED OUR FOUR MINUTE ADVENTURE... THAT WAS SCARY, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF COOL. ... IT WAS EASIER TO SEE HOW THIS PROTOTYPE COULD ACTUALLY BE A PREVIEW OF THE WORLD TO COME. >> AT THIS POINT, I'M CONFIDENT THIS CAN REVOLUTIONIZE CITIES AND GET RID OF SOUL- DESTROYING TRAFFIC. >> Reporter: GAYLE KING, CBS NEWS, HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA. >> Glor: THANK YOU FOR THAT, GAYLE KING. MUSK PAID FOR THE PROTOTYPE TUNNEL HIMSELF, BUT HE DOES WANT CITIES TO COME THROUGH WITH FUNDING AS THE PROJECT ADVANCES. TONIGHT, A CHURCH IN THE NETHERLANDS IS ENTERING ITS 55th DAY OF ROUND- THE- CLOCK WORSHIP SERVICES. IT IS AN EXTREME LEGAL EFFORT TO GIVE SANCTUARY TO AN ARMENIAN FAMILY THREATENED WITH DEPORTATION. CHARLIE D'AGATA IS THERE. >> Reporter: IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE FAITHFUL FLOCK TO CHURCHES. BUT THIS CHURCH SERVICE IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN HISTORY. IT'S PART OF A HOLY FILIBUSTER. (\ WHISPERING \): THIS MARATHON MASS HAS BEEN GOING ON 24 HOURS A DAY FOR SIX WEEKS. FIVE DAYS AND 23 HOURS WITHOUT A BREAK, ALL FOR THE SAKE OF ONE ARMENIAN FAMILY. DESPITE GROWING UP HERE FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, HAYARPI TAMRAZYAN'S FAMILY WAS DENIED ASYLUM. THEY FLED FROM ARMENIA, WHERE HER FATHER'S POLITICAL ACTIVISM PUT THE FAMILY AT RISK, AND HAVE NOW SOUGHT SANCTUARY AT THE BETHEL CHURCH TO ESCAPE DEPORTATION. UNDER AN OLD AND OBSCURE DUTCH LAW, POLICE AREN'T ALLOWED TO MAKE AN ARREST IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHURCH SERVICE. SO IT GOES ON. AND ON. >> WE ARE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HELP US. AND THAT'S JUST-- THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AND THAT GIVES US STRENGTH TO KEEP GOING. >> Reporter: THE PASTOR DERK STEGEMAN HAS KEPT IT GOING AND POLICE AT BAY SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, AND NOW HE HAS PLENTY OF REINFORCEMENTS. HOW MANY CLERGY MEMBERS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO HELP YOU? >> 650. >> Reporter: 650? >> YES. AND IT'S ALWAYS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. >> Reporter: SO BIG, THERE'S A TWO WEEK WAITING LIST FROM 20 DENOMINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE NETHERLANDS AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. >> WE HOPE WE CAN STAY HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS-- YEAH, THIS IS OUR HOME, THIS IS WHERE WE BELONG. >> Reporter: THE CHURCH IS HOPING FOR A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. BUT THEY SAY THEY ARE DETERMINED TO PREACH WITHOUT A PAUSE UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT CHANGES ITS MIND. CHARLIE D'AGATA, CBS NEWS, THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS. >> Glor: UP NEXT ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ," THE CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS THAT HAVE SOME ADVERTISERS FLEEING A FOX NEWS PROGRAM. >> Glor: A FOX NEWS HOST IS IN A HARSH SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT. TUCKER CARLSON HAS TAKEN CRITICISM FOR HIS RECENT COMMENTS ON IMMIGRATION. SOME ADVERTISERS ARE LEAVING. HERE'S JERICKA DUNCAN. >> WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO ADMIT THE WORLD'S POOR, THEY TELL US, EVEN IF IT MAKES OUR OWN COUNTRY POORER AND DIRTIER AND MORE DIVIDED. >> Reporter: WHEN FOX NEWS HOST TUCKER CARLSON MADE THOSE COMMENTS LAST THURSDAY, CRITICS CALLED FOR ADVERTISERS TO PULL THEIR ADS. TONIGHT, CARLSON DEFEND HIMSELF AFTER HE CAME UNDER FIRE FROM A GUEST. >> I WISH YOU HADN'T USED THAT LANGUAGE. LANGUAGE LIKE THAT WAS USED TO DESCRIBE MY PARENTS, GREAT GRANDPARENTS, AND PROBABLY SOME OF YOURS. SO, LET'S MOVE ON-- >> ACTUALLY, I WAS POINTING OUT A FACT, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, AS NOTED ON MONDAY-- THAT WAS IN CONTEXT WITH AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN TIJUANA ABOUT THE FILTH OF HIS CITY. HE COMPLAINED HOW DIRTY IT HAD BECOME, WHICH IS POLICIES PUSHED BY THE FAR LEFT. >> Reporter: SO FAR, MORE THAN A DOZEN ADVERTISERS, INCLUDING PACIFIC LIFE AND IHOP, WITHDREW OR HAVE REQUESTED THAT THEIR ADS NOT AIR ON CARLSON'S PROGRAM. BUT SOME HAVEN'T, LIKE MITSUBISHI AND BAYER. CARLSON'S VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION AND OTHER ISSUES HAVE COME UNDER FIRE BEFORE. IN NOVEMBER, THE LEFT- WING FRINGE GROUP ANTIFA PROTESTED AT HIS HOME. FOX NEWS SAID IN A STATEMENT, " ATTEMPTS WERE MADE LAST MONTH TO BULLY AND TERRORIZE TUCKER AND HIS FAMILY AT THEIR HOME. HE IS NOW ONCE AGAIN BEING THREATENED VIA TWITTER BY FAR LEFT ACTIVIST GROUPS WITH DEEPLY POLITICAL MOTIVES ." EXPERTS WE SPOKE WITH TODAY WHO COVER MEDIA SALES AND ADS SAYS MORE THAN A DOZEN ADVERTISERS PULLING ESSENTIALLY THEIR FUNDING IS A BIG DEAL. BUT, JEFF, IF FOX IS ABLE TO FIND OTHER COMPANIES TO FILL THOSE SLOTS FINANCIALLY, WELL THEN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE SHOW WILL GO ON. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, JERICKA DUNCAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> Glor: A FEDERAL JUDGE TODAY BLOCKED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM ENFORCING NEW RESTRICTIONS ON IMMIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM. JUDGE EMMET SULLIVAN ALSO ORDERED THE GOVERNMENT TO RETURN SOME IMMIGRANTS WHO HAD BEEN DEPORTED UNDER THE RULES. IN JUNE, THE ADMINISTRATION SAID GANG VIOLENCE OR DOMESTIC ABUSE WERE NO LONGER GROUNDS FOR ASYLUM. THE JUDGE SAID ONLY CONGRESS CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES. VIDEO SURFACED TODAY OF A BRAWL THAT LEAD TO WASHINGTON REDSKINS' SAFETY MONTAE NICHOLSON'S ARREST. NICHOLSON IS SEEN PUNCHING A MAN OUTSIDE A RESTAURANT IN VIRGINIA EARLY TUESDAY. NICHOLSON IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND BATTERY, AMONG OTHER CHARGES. HE HAS BEEN PUT ON THE N. F. L. 'S NON- FOOTBALL INJURY RESERVE LIST. 30 VEHICLES GOT TOP SAFETY MARKS FROM THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY TODAY. SUBARU HAD THE MOST WITH SIX CARS AND AN S. U. V. ON THE LIST. KIA, HYUNDAI, AND GENESIS HAVE 12. CHRYSLER'S PACIFICA IS THE ONLY VEHICLE FROM THE U. S. AUTOMAKER TO MAKE THE GRADE. UP NEXT, THE NEW MISSION FOR SULLY, PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W. BUSH'S SERVICE DOG. >> Glor: AMERICA FOUND A NEW HERO A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND HIS WORK IS JUST BEGINNING. IT IMMEDIATELY BECAME AN INDELIBLE IMAGE FOR MILLIONS. A SYMBOL OF LOYALTY, AND A TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY UNCONDITIONALLY. >> HELLO! >> Glor: GEORGE H. W. BUSH'S SERVICE DOG, SULLY, COMPANION TO OUR 41st PRESIDENT IN THE LAST MONTHS OF HIS LIFE. THE PRESIDENT WELCOMED SULLY AT HIS SUMMER HOME IN KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE THIS PAST JUNE, SHORTLY AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, BARBARA. SULLY BECAME A QUIET SENTRY IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT'S DEATH. >> I AM HONORED THAT SULLY WILL CONTINUE HIS IMPORTANT WORK WITH VETERANS AND THEIR RECOVERY. >> Glor: HIS NEW MISSION WILL BE WORKING WITH A WOUNDED WARRIOR AT WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER, JOINING SIX OTHER DOGS IN THE PROGRAM. SULLY CAN PERFORM A TWO- PAGE LIST OF COMMANDS, INCLUDING RINGING THE DOORBELL. (\ DOORBELL \) ONCE AGAIN, ANSWERING THE CALL AS A FAITHFUL SERVANT TO A NEW AMERICAN HERO. THAT IS THE " CBS EVENING NEWS" FOR TONIGHT. I'M JEFF GLOR. SEE YOU TOMORROW. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
