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12/21: CBS Evening News

New security measures tested ahead of holiday travel rush; Police officers and teens come together through music
Dec 22, 2017 (20:24)

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>> THAT DECLUTTERS THE IMAGE THAT THE X- RAY OPERATORS LOOK AT. OUR OWN TESTING SHOWS THAT THE NEW PROCEDURE INCREASES SECURITY SIGNIFICANTLY .>> Reporter: FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TELL CBS NEWS THERE'S NO SPECIFIC INTELLIGENCE POINTING TO PENDING THREATS OVER THE HOLIDAY PERIOD, BUT THEY REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR LONE WOLF- STYLE ATTACKS. JUST TODAY, THE F. B. I. AND D. H. S. PUT OUT A VIDEO URGING PEOPLE, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, TO SAY SOMETHING. JEFF .>> Glor: ALL RIGHT, KRIS, AND CAN YOU ALSO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS-- THERE'S A BAN ON A CERTAIN KIND OF SUITCASES THERE ?>> Reporter: YEAH, THEY CALL THEM " SMART BAGS ." THIS IS ONE OF THEM. IT'S GOT A G. P. S. SENSOR IN HERE. IT'S GOT A BATTERY, SO IT CAN EVEN CHARGE MY PHONE. AND THE BATTERY IS THE CONCERN. SEE HOW IN THIS BAG, YOU CAN'T TAKE THE LITHIUM ION BATTERY OUT? AIRLINES ARE WORRIED ABOUT FIRE DANGER, SO THEY'RE SAYING IF THIS BAG WERE TO BE CHECKED, THAT BATTERY HAS TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT. SINCE THIS ONE CAN'T BE REMOVED, STARTING IN JANUARY, IT'S ON THE NO- FLY LIST .>> Glor: THOSE LITHIUM BATTERIES REMAIN A BIG CONCERN. KRIS VAN CLEAVE, THANKS VERY MUCH. THERE WILL BE NO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON SATURDAY. TODAY THE HOUSE, FOLLOWED BY THE SENATE, APPROVED A STOPGAP FUNDING BILL THAT WILL KEEP GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RUNNING THROUGH JANUARY 19. THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTED 128- 9, WITH 35 ABSTENTIONS, TO CONDEMN THE WHITE HOUSE'S DECISION TO RECOGNIZE JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL'S CAPITAL TODAY AND MOVE THE U. S. EMBASSY THERE. U. N. AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY THREATENED TO WITHHOLD U. S. AID TO COUNTRIES THAT SUPPORTED THAT RESOLUTION, AND MAJOR GARRETT HAS MORE ON THIS .>> THE UNITED STATES WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY, IN WHICH IT WAS SINGLED OUT FOR ATTACK IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE VERY ACT OF EXERCISING OUR RIGHT AS A SOVEREIGN NATION .>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS SLAMMED MEMBER NATIONS VOTING AGAINST THE U. S .>> WE WILL REMEMBER IT WHEN SO MANY COUNTRIES COME CALLING ON US, AS THEY SO OFTEN DO, TO PAY EVEN MORE AND TO USE OUR INFLUENCE FOR THEIR BENEFIT .>> Reporter: AMONG THE 128 COUNTRIES VOTING TO CONDEMN THE EMBASSY MOVE WERE U. S. ALLIES BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND JAPAN. JOINING THE U. S. AND ISRAEL IN THE VOTE, JUST GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MICRONESIA, NAURU, PALAU, AND TOGO, COMBINED POPULATION 33 MILLION, AND RECIPIENTS OF MORE THAN $ 680 MILLION IN U. S. AID. AT A CABINET MEETING YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIED TO PUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON NOTICE .>> THEY TAKE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND EVEN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND THEN THEY VOTE AGAINST US. WELL, WE'RE WATCHING THOSE VOTES. LET THEM VOTE AGAINST US. WE'LL SAVE A LOT. WE DON'T CARE. WE CANNOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS BY MAKING THE SAME FAILED ASSUMPTIONS AND REPEATING THE SAME FAILED STRATEGIES OF THE PAST .>> Reporter: PREVIOUS AMERICAN PRESIDENTS HAVE REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL'S CAPITAL, TO PRESERVE NEGOTIATING SPACE FOR PALESTINIANS WHO WANT TO CLAIM EAST JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF AN INDEPENDENTPALESTINIAN STATE. THE U. S. MOVE EARLIER THIS MONTH PROVOKED DAYS OF PALESTINIAN STREET PROTESTS. PALESTINIAN LEADER MAHMOUD ABBAS CALLED IT A DELIBERATE CONSTRAINT ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAID AFTER THE LOPSIDED VOTE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, THE THREAT TO CUT OFF FUTURE FUNDING IS REAL AND THAT NATIONS THAT CROSS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL NOW RECEIVE EXTRA SCRUTINY. JUDGING BY THIS VOTE, HOWEVER, IT APPEARS MANY OF THOSE COUNTRIES CAME TO THE CONCLUSION MR. TRUMP'S THREAT IS MORE BLUFF THAN BITE. JEFF .>> Glor: MAJOR GARRETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 19 PEOPLE WERE HURT TODAY WHEN A MAN DRIVING AN S. U. V. PLOWED DOWN A BUSY STREET. POLICE SAY IT WAS A DELIBERATE ATTACK, BUT THERE ARE NO LINKS TO ESTABLISHED TERROR GROUPS. THE SUSPECT IS AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN OF AFGHAN DESCENT. HE IS SAID TO HAVE A HISTORY OF DRUG USE AND MENTAL ILLNESS. POLICE ARE ALSO QUESTIONING A SECOND MAN WHO WAS RECORDING THE CRASH ON HIS CELL PHONE, AND HAD A BAG CONTAINING THREE KNIVES. VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE MADE AN UNANNOUNCED TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN TODAY. HE TOLD U. S. TROOPS AT BAGRAM AIRBASE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS COMMITTED TO STAYING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE TALIBAN AND OTHER TERROR GROUPS. AMERICA'S BEEN AT WAR IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 16 YEARS. MARGARET BRENNAN TRAVELED WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MISSION .>> IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 9 / 11 WAS LAUNCHED FROM HERE IN AFGHANISTAN. TODAY, AFGHANISTAN IS ACTUALLY HOME TO DOZENS OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING ISIS, INCLUDING AL QAEDA AND THE HAQQANI NETWORK. AND SO BEING HERE ON THE FRONT LINES, IN THE FIGHT, SUPPORTING THE AFGHAN PEOPLE AS THEY DEFEAT THESE TERRORISTS AND WE STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THEM .>> Reporter: THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE STAYING UNTIL THE LAST TERRORIST, IT MAKES IT STILL SOUND LIKE A FOREVER WAR TO ALL THE AMERICAN PARENTS WHO ARE STILL SENDING THEIR KIDS HERE TO FIGHT. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT ?>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VIEW OF THIS IS THAT THE AFGHAN PEOPLE ARE LEADING THIS FIGHT. OUR ARMED FORCES HERE, WITH NEW FREEDOM, NEW FLEXIBILITY, AND NEW RESOURCES, ARE SUPPORTING THEIR EFFORTS TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMIES OF BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES. AND THE OBJECTIVE HERE, THOUGH, IS JUST AS MUCH ABOUT STANDING UP GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AS IT IS ABOUT DEFEATING THE ENEMY IN THE FIELD .>> Reporter: HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT JUST HAPPENED THIS MONTH, WITH MIKE FLYNN PLEADING GUILTY TO LYING TO THE F. B. I. ABOUT HIS CONTACTS WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, WHICH THE PRESIDENT SAID HE LIED NOT ONLY TO YOU ABOUT BUT TO THE F. B. I ., AND THAT'S WHY THE PRESIDENT FIRED HIM ?>> MY VIEW OF ALL THESE MATTERS IS THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL HAS A JOB TO DO. WE'RE FULLY COOPERATING WITH THAT INQUIRY. BUT FOR THE PRESIDENT AND MYSELF AND OUR ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE FOCUSED ON WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HIRED US TO DO .>> Reporter: BUT WHEN HE WAS FIRED, DID YOU KNOW HE HAD LIED TO THE F. B. I .?>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I KNEW HE HAD LIED TO ME, AND-- AND I KNOW THE PRESIDENT MADE THE RIGHT DECISION WITH REGARD TO HIM .>> Glor: MARGARET BRENNAN WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT IN AFGHANISTAN. DEFENSE SECRETARY JIM MATTIS FLEW TODAY TO THE U. S. NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY ON THE EASTERN TIP OF CUBA. MATTIS SPENT TIME WITH THE MORE THAN 5, 000 U. S. TROOPS STATIONED THERE, BUT HE DID NOT VISIT THE DETENTION CENTER WHICH ONCE HELD NEARLY 800 INMATES. 41 REMAIN, INCLUDING KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED, THE 9 / 11 MASTERMIND. THE NUMBERS FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT IN OBAMACARE ARE OUT. ABOUT 8. 8 MILLION ENROLLED IN PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR THROUGH THE FEDERAL healthcare. gov MARKETPLACE. THAT IS 400, 000 FEWER THAN LAST YEAR. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CUT THE ENROLLMENT PERIOD IN HALF, AND YESTERDAY, AS PART OF THE TAX BILL, THE PENALTY FOR NOT HAVING INSURANCE WAS ELIMINATED. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, LIFE EXPECTANCY IN AMERICA DECLINED IN 2016, TO 78. 6 YEARS. A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS MORE THAN 63, 000 OVERDOSE DEATHS, MANY FROM OPIOIDS. DR. JON LAPOOK IS HERE WITH MORE ON ALL OF THIS. DOCTOR, WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU ABOUT THIS ?>> Reporter: WELL, JEFF, DEATHS FROM POWERFUL SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS, LIKE FENTANYL, THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE STREET, DOUBLED IN A SINGLE YEAR, AND THEY NOW SURPASS THE DEATH RATE FROM PAIN KILLERS LIKE CODEINE, OXYCODONE, AND HYDROCODONE. AND THOSE ARE THE DRUGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMMONLY OVERPRESCRIBED BY DOCTORS IN THE PAST. NOW, DOCTORS LIKE ME, WE'VE BEEN EDUCATED, CRACKING DOWN ON US, TRYING TO PRESCRIBE FEWER OF THESE OPIOIDS. BUT WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT DRUGS THAT ARE ILLEGALLY OBTAINED ON THE STREET OR ELSEWHERE? I MEAN, IT'S REALLY A CHALLENGE .>> Glor: SO WHAT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE GETTING HIT THE HARDEST HERE ?>> WELL, YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE, THE 22 STATES PLUS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THAT HAVE DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH RATES HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. AND AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WAS WEST VIRGINIA, FOLLOWED BY OHIO, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND PENNSYLVANIA .>> Glor: AND SO HOW DOES THIS COMPARE NOW TO CAUSES OF DEATH FROM OTHER FACTORS ?>> Reporter: THIS IS CAUSING MORE DEATHS NOW THAN BREAST CANCER, COLON CANCER, OR CAR ACCIDENTS .>> Glor: THAT'S SOBERING TO THINK ABOUT .>> Reporter: IT TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY. AS A PHYSICIAN, IT JUST-- TAKES MY BREATH AWAY .>> Glor: JON LAPOOK, THANKS VERY MUCH. AND NOW TO SOME OF THE OTHER STORIES WE'RE FOLLOWING IN TONIGHT'S EVENING NEWSFEED. THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE ECONOMY GREW 3. 2 % IN THE THIRD QUARTER. THAT'S ENOUGH TO GIVE THE U. S. THE BEST BACK- TO- BACK G. D. P. RATES IN THREE YEARS. THE MURDER RATE IN THE NATION'S 30 LARGEST CITIES IS DOWN MORE THAN 5. 6 % THIS YEAR. THAT INCLUDES DOUBLE- DIGIT DECREASES IN HOUSTON, NEW YORK, AND CHICAGO. BUT MURDERS HAVE SPIKED IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA; COLUMBUS, OHIO; AND PORTLAND, OREGON. BALTIMORE HAS THE HIGHEST MURDER RATE OF ANY LARGE CITY, AT LEAST 353 MURDERS SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE SAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS HALTED AN INDEPENDENT STUDY OF OFFSHORE OIL RIG INSPECTIONS. THE FEDERAL AGENCY HAS BEEN INSPECTING RIGS SINCE THE MASSIVE " DEEPWATER HORIZON" DISASTER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE AGENCY TOLD US THE STUDY WAS HALTED BECAUSE IT MAY BE DUPLICATING OTHER WORK. THERE IS MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS .">> Reporter: WHAT'S BEHIND A NEW CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST APPLE ?>> INSTANT MESSAGING WILL BE SLOWER, YOUR CAMERA WILL BE SLOWER. BASICALLY, IT WILL AFFECT ALMOST ALL THE FUNCTIONALITY OF YOUR PHONE, SAVE FOR ACTUALLY MAKING PHONE CALLS .>> Glor: REMEMBERING THE MAN BEHIND ONE OF THE GREAT LITERARY HOAXES .�� WE ALL BLEED THE SAME ��>> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO USE MUSIC ?>> WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO BRING COPS AND KIDS TOGETHER THAN MUSIC ?>> I CAME OUT OF HERE AS THE EDUCATED, BY THE EDUCATOR .>> Glor: APPLE WAS HIT WITH A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TODAY AFTER ADMITTING THAT IT INTENTIONALLY MAKES OLDER MODELS OF iPHONES WORK SLOWER. THE TECH GIANT SAYS IT'S DONE TO SAVE BATTERY LIFE. SOME CUSTOMERS SAY IT'S AN iSCHEME. HERE'S ANNA WERNER .>> Reporter: WHEN USERS ON ONLINE FORUM REDDIT COMPLAINED THEIR iPHONES WERE RUNNING SLOW, CANADIAN COMPUTER SCIENTIST JOHN POOLE DUG INTO THE PROBLEM .>> YOUR WEB BROWSER WILL BE SLOWER, INSTANT MESSAGING WILL BE SLOWER. YOUR CAMERA WILL BE SLOWER. BASICALLY, IT WILL AFFECT ALMOST ALL THE FUNCTIONALITY OF YOUR PHONE, SAVE FOR ACTUALLY MAKING PHONE CALLS .>> Reporter: HE FOUND, AS HE POSTED ON HIS GEEKBENCH BLOG, THAT APPLE WAS LIMITING THE POWER GOING FROM THE PHONE'S BATTERY TO ITS PROCESSOR-- WHICH RUNS APPS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS-- ON PURPOSE, AND SLOWING IT DOWN .>> AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE ONLY FIX IS TO REPLACE THE BATTERY .>> Reporter: APPLE NOW CONFIRMS IT, SAYING THE ISSUE CAME UP WHEN THE iPHONE 6 EXPERIENCED SUDDEN SHUTDOWNS LAST YEAR. THE PROBLEM WAS, OLDER BATTERIES CRASHED WHILE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE PHONE'S POWER DEMANDS, SO THE COMPANY ISSUED A SOFTWARE UPDATE WHICH MADE THEM RUN SLOWER .>> SHOULD A $ 1, 000 SMART PHONE HAVE THIS SORT OF ISSUE, YOU KNOW, 12, 16, 18, 24 MONTHS AFTER IT'S BEEN SHIPPED? IT'S DISAPPOINTING .>> Reporter: NICK THOMPSON OF " WIRED" MAGAZINE SAYS :>> THEY'RE NOT MAKING IT UP, RIGHT? THEY ARE DOING IT TO PREVENT SPIKES, SO YOUR PHONE DOESN'T SHUT DOWN. LIKE, THAT IS A PERFECTLY GOOD REASON .>> Reporter: BUT HE ALSO TOLD " CBS THIS MORNING "...>> BUT WHY ARE THEY TELLING US ABOUT IT NOW ?>> WELL, THEY'RE TELLING US ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY GOT BUSTED ON REDDIT, RIGHT? BECAUSE, LIKE --(\ LAUGHTER \)>> I WAS WONDERING, " WHY ARE THEY TELLING US ?" THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST ADMITTED IT UP FRONT. BUT, THEY GOT BUSTED ON REDDIT .>> BECAUSE THERE ARE ALL THESE FORUMS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTING IT AND THEY KIND OF PROVED IT .>> Reporter: WELL, APPLE TOLD US IN A STATEMENT THAT THEIR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND PROLONGING THE LIFE OF THEIR DEVICES. BUT, JEFF, NO RESPONSE ON THE LAWSUIT. FOR NOW, SOME CUSTOMERS SAY, YEAH, WE'RE NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT .>> Glor: ANNA WERNER, THANKS VERY MUCH. A BIG CHANGE WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY AT ALPHABET, THE PARENT COMPANY OF GOOGLE. ERIC SCHMIDT IS STEPPING DOWN AS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN. HE HAS BEEN WITH THE COMPANY SINCE 2001 AND HAS SERVED AS GOOGLE'S C. E. O. SCHMIDT WILL REMAIN ON THE BOARD OF ALPHABET AND SERVE AS A TECHNICAL ADVISER TO THE COMPANY. WHEN WE COME BACK, ANOTHER BIG CORPORATE SHAKE- UP, THIS TIME AT PAPA JOHN'S .>> Glor: THE FOUNDER OF PAPA JOHN'S IS STEPPING DOWN AS C. E. O. OF HIS PIZZA CHAIN. JOHN SCHNATTER, WHO APPEARS IN THE TV COMMERCIALS, HAD BLAMED FALLING SALES ON THE N. F. L. 'SANTHEM PROTEST. PAPA JOHN'S IS A MAJOR SPONSOR OF THE LEAGUE. THE MOVE DREW IMMEDIATE BACKLASH ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SCHNATTER LATER APOLOGIZED. HE WILL STAY ON AS THE COMPANY'S CHAIRMAN. THE MAN BEHIND A NOTORIOUS LITERARY HOAX HAS DIED. IN THE EARLY '70s, CLIFFORD IRVING CONNED A PUBLISHER INTO PAYING A HUGE ADVANCE FOR WHAT HE CLAIMED WAS THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF HOWARD HUGHES. IRVING BLUFFED HIS WAY THROUGH INTERVIEWS, INCLUDING ONE WITH MIKE WALLACE ON " 60 MINUTES ." HUGHES HIMSELF FINALLY BLEW THE WHISTLE. IRVING WENT TO PRISON FOR 17 MONTHS. CLIFFORD IRVING WAS 87 YEARS OLD. BRITAIN'S ROYAL COUPLE RELEASED TWO ENGAGEMENT PHOTOS TODAY, AND THEN A THIRD, AS A WAY TO SAY THANK YOU. PRINCE HARRY AND HIS AMERICAN BRIDE- TO- BE, MEGHAN MARKLE, POSED FOR THE PORTRAITS THIS WEEK AT FROGMORE HOUSE ON THE WINDSOR CASTLE ESTATES. THE BONUS PHOTO IS A FULL- LENGTH CANDID OF THE HAPPY COUPLE. THE WEDDING IS MAY 19. WINTER BEGAN TODAY WITH THE SOLSTICE. CROWDS GATHERED AT STONEHENGE TO SEE THE REBIRTH OF THE SUN. FROM NOW ON, THE DAYS WILL GET LONGER. THE SAN DIEGO ZOO TRUCKED IN SNOW TODAY, AND THE ANIMALS LOVED IT. BLACK BEARS, BROWN BEARS AND, OF COURSE, THE PANDAS COULD NOT GET ENOUGH-- NICE-- OF THIS RARE TREAT. UP NEXT, COMMUNITY POLICING, ONSTAGE AT CARNEGIE HALL .>> TILL THEN, I'LL SEE YOU ON THE RADIO .>> Glor: THERE IS NEWS IN THE CBS NEWS FAMILY WE WANTED TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON. CHARLES OSGOOD IS RETIRING FROM THE RADIO. THE LONGTIME ANCHOR OF " CBS SUNDAY MORNING" IS STEPPING DOWN FROM " THE OSGOOD FILES" BECAUSE OF HEALTH CONCERNS. OSGOOD, NOW 84, FIRST JOINED CBS RADIO HERE IN NEW YORK 50 YEARS AGO. THE BROADCASTING LEGEND WHO ALWAYS SAID, " I'LL SEE YOU ON THE RADIO ," SIGNS OFF AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. FINALLY TONIGHT, YOU MIGHT WONDER WHAT WERE N. Y. P. D. OFFICERS DOING ON STAGE AT CARNEGIE HALL? JERICKA DUNCAN FOUND OUT THEY'RE BRINGING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER .>> Reporter: WHETHER THROUGH A RAP ...�� WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER LIKE A GREAT BIG PEACEFUL NATION ��>> Reporter: ... OR MELODIC VERSES ...�� WE ALL BLEED THE SAME ��>> Reporter: ... LAST NIGHT'S PERFORMANCE AT CARNEGIE HALL HAD COPS AND KIDS IN ONE ACCORD .>> THE APPREHENSION WAS DEFINITELY THERE ON BOTH SIDES .>> Reporter: WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED .>> ABSOLUTELY .�� �� ��>> Reporter: THE COLLABORATION STARTED TWO MONTHS AGO BY DECODA, A CARNEGIE HALL ENSEMBLE GROUP .>> SHE'S GOING TO SING THE FIRST, OR ?>> Reporter:

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TO START A DIALOGUE AFTER COMMUNITY PROTESTS AND TARGETED SHOOTINGS OF POLICE .�� �� ��>> Reporter: THE LYRICS ARE BASED ON EXPERIENCES, LIKE THOSE OF 18- YEAR- OLD EDSON HUGHES .>> ME AND MY COUSIN WAS PLAYING, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, LIKE, THIS POLICE OFFICER CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, AND PUT ME ON THE WALL .>> Reporter: VETERAN OFFICER MARK WILSON .>> THE PEOPLE I'M INTERACTING WITH ONLY SEE THE BLUE UNIFORM, AND THEY FAIL TO SEE THAT THERE'S SKIN, THERE'S BLOOD THAT RUNS THROUGH THOSE VEINS. THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT HAS FEELINGS UNDERNEATH .>> Reporter: JOHNNY HINES HAS BEEN AN OFFICER FOR MORE THAN 13 YEARS. HOW DO YOU CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT EVEN SOMETHING THIS SMALL REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE ?>> CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT, YOU KNOW. I WANT TO ADD, POSITIVE CHANGE SHOULD BE THE ONLY CONSTANT. IT'S A SLOW PROCESS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OVERNIGHT .�� THIS HAPPENED TO MY FRIENDS THIS HAPPENED TO MY BROTHERS ��>> Reporter: 16- YEAR- OLD EDWARD WOSU. WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DO YOU ALL HAVE IN GOING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITIES AND SHARING THESE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU'VE HAD WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ?>> I CAN RETORT. LIKE, I CAN USE THIS AS MY EXPERIENCE WITH POLICE OFFICERS THAT IS GOING GREAT .>> I CAN HONESTLY SAY I CAME OUT OF HERE AS THE EDUCATED, BY THE EDUCATOR. EVERY DAY THAT I CAME IN TO OUR WORKSHOPS, HE WELCOMED ME WITH A HUG, ALWAYS. ALWAYS CAME UP TO ME, SHOOK MY HAND, AND GAVE ME A HUG .>> Reporter: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE ?>> OH, IT'S-- YOU CAN'T DESCRIBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT .�� �� ��>> Reporter: SOMETIMES, JUST TALKING TAKES COURAGE, BUT CREATING MUSIC SOUNDS EVEN BETTER .(\ APPLAUSE \) JERICKA DUNCAN, CBS NEWS, NEW YORK .>> Glor: AND THAT IS THE " CBS EVENING NEWS" TONIGHT. I'M JEFF GLOR. GOOD NIGHT.

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