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>> reporter: across the street, business owner yen nguyen captured the blast on her nail salon's security camera. >> you were scared? >> yeah, very scared. very scared. >> reporter: neighbors were evacuated, and at least ten homes were impacted, but there were no major injuries. tonight bomb technicians searched surrounding blocks for evidence. police are still sorting through a possible motive. now, yu had previously contacted the fbi through phone calls, online tips, even letters, relaying what federal investigators called frauds he believed were perpetrated against him. norah. >> nicole sganga, thank you. turning now to the weather, flood alerts are posted tonight across much of washington and oregon. this video shows homes being flooded as a raging river overflowed in granite falls, washington. the pacific northwest is being hit with nearly two straight days of rain and rapid snowmelt caused by a dramatic warm-up in temperatures.
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by the weekend, that storm system is expected to bring severe weather to texas, louisiana, and arkansas, and snow to the northeast on sunday. now to a dramatic about-face in congress. the senate confirmed 425 military promotions just this afternoon after republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama finally ended his months-long blockade. tuberville vowed to continue to hold up nominations of alt four-star generals and other senior officers to protest a pentagon policy on abortion and fertility care. pentagon leaders said that the delay was putting our national security at risk. now to a cbs news investigation. it has been two years since our reporting uncovered a disturbing trend about how domestic violence at the hands of service members is handled in the u.s. military. after our story aired, the pentagon promised action. but tonight some survivors tell us they're still waiting for justice. when army reservist leah
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olszewski reported assault by a member of the air force in 2017, she turned over this audio recording. >> i'll knock your [ bleep ] front teeth out. >> reporter: military investigators also reviewed this body cam footage from a 911 call when police found bruises on her arms. >> how many times has this happened? >> this is like the fifth time. >> reporter: retired master sergeant erica johnson reported her abuse to the air force in 2018. she gave military prosecutors recorded phone calls with her alleged abuser, including this apparent admission. >> i didn't do anything to deserve that. you had no right to put your hands on me. >> i know i screwed up that night. i know i did. >> reporter: did the air force hear those recordings? >> yes, twice. >> reporter: still, the military did not bring charges. lawyer carol thompson represents
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the women we spoke with. >> they listened to it. they quoted it, and that was reviewed by the secretary of the air force's i.g. in the investigation. so the pentagon, the pentagon had access to that information. >> reporter: the domestic violence survivors accuse the air force of mounting a purposeful public relations cover-up. >> why would the secretary of the air force want to cover this up? >> there's a lot of evidence. there was enough evidence that for any reasonable prosecutor to look at that could have said, i think this should go forward to a court martial. they didn't want to admit they had messed up. >> reporter: two years ago, a cbs news investigation exposed dangerous gaps in how the military handles cases of domestic violence. >> he kicked me in the stomach, and i flew off the bed into the closet doors. >> there's no doubt in my mind he was going to kill me. >> reporter: cbs news spoke with nearly 40 survivors, including erica and leah. >> we have this update to our investigation. >> reporter: our reports prompted air force secretary frank kendall to order an
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inspector general review of the investigation and disciplinary actions associated with these cases. he also made personal assurances to the survivors as heard in this newly obtained recording. >> i have proof that the investigators didn't do their job. >> i don't doubt that, and we can look into that. >> reporter: more than two years later, the survivors say they're still waiting for justice. the inspector general review of their cases did not examine whether law enforcement conducted investigations correctly, but instead focused on the air force's support services. >> leaders should not be making promises that they can't fulfill or have no intention of fulfilling. >> reporter: only after our reporting, investigators reopened leah's case and uncovered four additional victims of her ex-partner, including one woman who had reported his behavior to the military a decade earlier. this new evidence, it dates back
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to 2008? >> it does. >> what if the command had taken action then? >> then we'd have a different outcome with leah. maybe leah would never have even met him. >> what do your clients want to see happen? >> ideally they would like to see a court martial. unfortunately in some of the cases, in leah's case and erica's case, that can't happen because the statute of limitations has passed. >> reporter: leah raised concerns in an email to secretary kendall last fall that time was running out to bring charges in her case. he said a decision will be made before the statute of limitations expires. thompson says that didn't happen. >> do you think the military was stalling? >> yes and no. they blew past the statute of limitations that they knew existed. it's a lot to say they did it intentionally, but there's also a lot of evidence that they knew what the repercussions were going to be, and maybe they did so intentionally. >> reporter: but it wasn't too late in emily brarly's case. >> did the military take steps
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to keep you safe? >> they did not, no. they promoted him. >> reporter: just last month, five years after reporting her abuse, the air force did file charges against emily's alleged abuser. leah and erica will never see charges in their cases. one of their alleged abusers retired honorably. the other remains in the service. >> why do these cases matter? >> individuals who commit domestic violence, who abuse the most intimate relationship, those are individuals that you cannot trust. those are individuals that simply should not be in the service. >> with the options for justice now limits, the survivors we spoke with are taking legal action against the military in hopes of financial compensation. in a statement to cbs news, air force secretary frank kendall said he takes the issue of domestic violence very seriously, but he couldn't comment on the specific cases. he also added that after the department examined its
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policies, practices, and support mechanisms, it is implementing a series of changes to reinforce trust with survivors, including hiring more advocates to support victims of domestic abuse. we'll stay on this story. a pilot who staged a plane crash for a viral video is sent to prison. we've got those details next. (♪♪) honey... honey... dayquil severe honey. powerful cold and flu symptom relief with a honey-licious taste. because life doesn't stop for a cold. dayquil honey, the daytime, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, honey-licious, power through your day, medicine.
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new tonight, a california pilot who intentionally crashed his plane and posted a youtube video of himself parachuting to safety has been sentenced to six months in federal prison. trevor jacob, who competed as a snowboarder in the 2014 olympics, admitted that he staged the whole thing to promote a sponsor's wallet in his youtube video. officials say he obstructed the investigation into the crash by hiding the wreckage. the data breach at the genetic testing company 23andme has exposed the data of nearly 7 million people. that is far more than the company first acknowledged. 23andme says hackers gained access through reused passwords and then looked for users enrolled in a program called dna relatives, which exposes more data, including dna information, zip code, birth year, and family members' names.
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oscar-winning jacketor jamie foxx made a surprise public appearance in los angeles on monday night. it's his first since he was hospitalized in april. foxx picked up an award at an event hosted by the critics choice association. the 55-year-old actor isn't saying exactly what landed him in the hospital, but he did say he was temporarily unable to walk, and he suggested that the illness almost killed him, saying, i saw the tunnel. i didn't see the light. foxx says he now cherishes every
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finally tonight, one of the most beloved christmas songs of all time is making music history. ♪ rockin' around the christmas tree ♪ ♪ at the christmas party hop ♪ >> brenda lee's rockin' around the christmas tree is currently topping the charts on the billboard hot 100, 65 years after its release. now, that breaks the record for the long efts time between a song's debut and it hitting
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number one. it also makes lee, who is 78, the oldest artist to ever top the charts. lee recorded the holiday classic when she was just 13 years old, and she is still rockin' it after all these years. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. extreme flooding hit the pacific northwest tuesday as an atmospheric river brought warm temperatures and heavy rain. the coast guard says it rescued five people near ross per, washington. that rain is expected to continue through today. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will join president biden and the other g7
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leaders in a virtual summit today. zelenskyy canceled a briefing with u.s. senators yesterday just one day after the white house warned that funding for ukraine will run out by the end of the year. and european commission president ursula von der leyen topped forbes list of the world'st powerful women for the second year in a row. vice president kamala harris came in third, taylor swift in fifth, up from number 79 last year. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin tonight with breaking news about america's national security and the warnings from the fbi to local, state, and federal law enforcement about the possibility of terror attacks right here in the homeland.
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cbs news got a look at a new joint bulletin that warns groups like al qaeda and isis will likely use the israel-hamas war to increase calls for violence in the u.s. this holiday season. this bulletin right here says that the most likely primary targets could include churches, synagogues, and members of the jewish community. now, today the fbi director was telling senators that the u.s. is facing the highest risk of attack in years, that there are blinking lights everywhere, and warning terrorists will exploit the southern border. the head of the fbi says the bureau is working to identify and disrupt these potential attacks with foreign terrorist groups openly calling for strikes against americans. he also said that the number of threats are a whole other level since the october 7th attack on israel. cbs's catherine herridge has reviewed this new bulletin. she's got the new details. good evening, catherine. >> good evening, norah. the intelligence chatter is almost always elevated during the holidays, but this year government analysts expect heightened rhetoric with
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terrorist groups and their media outlets latching on to the conflict. with the israeli military bearing down on southern gaza and hanukkah only days away, the new intelligence report reviewed by cbs news warns of increased threats from foreign terrorist groups and mirrors fbi director christopher wray's testimony today on capitol hill. >> blinking red lights analogy about 9/11, all the lights were blinking red before 9/11, would you say that there's multiple blinking red lights out there? >> i see blinking lights everywhere i turn. >> reporter: in stark language, the intelligence report predicts isis and al qaeda will likely use the middle east conflict to increase calls for violence in the u.s. this holiday season compared to prior years as new details emerge about an alleged plot to attack las vegas. >> we charged the suspect with multiple felonies to include terroristic threats. >> reporter: authorities arrested a 16-year-old suspect who allegedly wrote on social media about launching a lone wolf attack in support of isis.
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a homemade flag and other articles allegedly recovered along with bomb parts. on capitol hill, a stark warning from the fbi chief. >> i've never seen a time where all the threats or so many of the threats are all elevated all at exactly the same time. >> reporter: with the spike in threats as the war began, the intelligence report warns civilian casualties in gaza, whether real, perceived, or falsified, or the increased presence of u.s. military forces in direct support of israel will likely be exploited by terrorist groups. wray said there's nothing to indicate hamas has the intent or capability to conduct operations inside the u.s., but the bureau has not discounted the possibility, norah. >> they're worried about these lone wolves. catherine herridge, thank you. turning overseas to the war in gaza, israeli ground forces rolled into the heart of southern gaza's largest city, khan younis today, following a night of heavy air strikes. hundreds of thousands of people have been told to evacuate with
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the idf warning of widespread house to house combat in the days ahead. cbs's chris livesay has the latest tonight from jerusalem. >> reporter: southern gaza, once relatively safer than the rest of the strip, no longer. paramedics flee nearby tank fire, saving who they can along the way. israeli forces say they are now in th heart of khan younis, a city they believe hosts many hamas leaders as well as hundreds of thousands of palestinians now left with vanishing options for safety. rushed to the hospital, these sisters breathe fresh air for the first time after being plucked from beneath the rubble after four days. "i want my mom," says lana abousafi. "ouch, my arm." rescuers hurry to save this trapped boy as well but can only come up with his body. with the war now in its 60th day, israelis are shouting that
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some of their children are trapped underground as well. more than 130 hostages are still held captive in hamas' tunnels and around gaza, including eight americans like 23-year-old hersh goldberg-polin. with the cease-fire now in shambles, his parents fear what's next. >> what does that do to your hope for your son? >> we're, of course, worried not just about him. if hersh somehow, somewhere can hear this, just know we love you. stay strong. survive. we're coming. >> reporter: tonight the government spoke with the hostages' families, who are demanding israel resume negotiations immediately. hersh's father told cbs news -- >> i don't know that the cabinet needed to have a flame lit under them to get these hostages out. but if they did, it happened today. >> reporter: israelis are also lighting a flame under the international community after women's advocates flooded the u.n. over accusations that hamas has used rape as a weapon of
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war. >> where the hell are you? i expect all civilized leaders, governments, nations to speak up against this atrocity. >> reporter: today president biden did just that. speaking at a campaign event, he said the world cannot look away at what's going on. it's on all of us to forcefully condemn the sexual violence of hamas terrorists without equivocation. norah. >> chris livesay in jerusalem, thank you. the war in gaza has led to a dramatic rise in hate-fueled incidents here at home, many of them on college campuses. the presidents of harvard, mit, and the university of pennsylvania were grilled before the house education committee about their response to an increase in anti-semitism on campus. harvard university president claudine gay faced tough questions about the line between free speech and hateful conduct. >> we have reiterated that speech that incites violence, threatens safety, or violates
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harvard's policies against bullying and harassment is unacceptable. we have made it clear that any behaviors that disrupt our teaching and research efforts will not be tolerated. >> the school presidents say they are increasing security and providing additional counseling and mental health support to deal with the problem. turning now to the weather, flood alerts are posted tonight across much of washington and oregon. this video shows homes being flooded as a raging river overflowed in granite falls, washington. the pacific northwest is being hit with nearly two straight days of rain and rapid snowmelt caused by a dramatic warm-up in temperatures. by the weekend, that storm system is expected to bring severe weather to texas, louisiana, and arkansas, and snow to the northeast on sunday. now to a dramatic about-face in congress. the senate confirmed 425 military promotions just this afternoon after republican senator tommy tuberville of
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alabama finally ended his months-long blockade. tuberville vowed to continue to hold up nominations of all four-star generals and other senior officers to protest a pentagon policy on abortion and fertility care. pentagon leaders said that the delay was putting our national security at risk. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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day or two, and the new hip is supposed to last at least 20 years. but an investigation by cbs news and kff health news found one particular hip system has broken in hundreds of people, requiring painful surgeries. anna werner reports. >> reporter: 56-year-old brad little works as a middle school p.e. teacher, teaching the healthy habits he subscribed to throughout his life. >> i wanted to be an example of physical fitness, so i have always done a good job of staying active. >> reporter: but in his mid-30s, he says, he developed arthritis in his right hip, and when he saw the doctor -- >> he told me right away if it's hurting you too bad, it's going to be a time you're going to have to get a hip replacement. >> reporter: hip replacement surgery has been success 234ri performed for decades and involves removing deteriorating hip bones and implanting metal and plastic parts, typically a ball and cup which connect to a stem that fits inside the thy bone. but little says his surgeon told him he'd be using a more recently developed type of artifical hip called the
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pro-femur, made of titanium. >> he said this was something that was for people just like myself who are young, athletic. >> reporter: what made the pro-people ur different? it added a detachable neck section between the ball and stem, made in different sizes to try to achieve a custom fit. and manufacture wright medical marketed the product for active people. they even hired tennis player jimmy connors as a spokesperson for their hip system. he was quoted on this company website saying his new hip has given me back my quality of life. it's allowed me to do anything i did before. that helped reassure little. in 2007, he had the srgery on his right hip. >> the way i felt was just like i was 20 years old again. i mean it was -- it was wonderful. >> reporter: he had the same surgery on his left hip a couple years later, and everything seemed fine, he says, until september 2017 as he walked down the school hallway. >> turned the corner to head to the locker room, and i felt this click. the next thing i knew, i'm on the floor, laying down on the
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ground. >> reporter: at the hospita, x-rays showed the pro-femur titanium neck in his right hip had broken, snabed in two. >> when they showed you the x-ray, what did you think? >> well, i thought, how could this be? >> reporter: and fixing it meant splitting his leg bone down the middle to get the metal stem out of the bone. >> there's no way around the fact that there's a failed or broken implant in that patient's thigh. we have to remove it. >> reporter: have lee reuben is an orthopedic surgeon and prosthetic hip expert at yale university. >> you're basically talking about cutting somebody's leg bone in half. >> we have to open the bone, yes. >> reporter: little's wife, kristen, cared for him during his six-month-long recovery. >> it's really devastating to watch your -- the person you love more than anything in your life go through all of that. >> reporter: our cbs news and kff health news investigation found those fractures have happened to hundreds of people. reports submitted to the fda describe patients' hips breaking
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during routine activities, hiking, golfing, mowing the lawn, even simply leaning over to pick up a key. and in a court hearing in 2018, a wright medical attorney admitted the company was aware of more than 760 fractures of pro-femur necks. but she defended the products, telling the court, a device fracture does not mean it is defective. devices fracture all the time. but that's not what the company told doctors. in prior promotional materials, wright medical guaranteed the pro-femur's structural reliability. dr. reuben showed us why in many cases that promise and the product didn't hold up. >> there's more stress on what we call the lateral side, the outside of the neck. >> mm-hmm. >> that is where the fatigue fractures or the cracks would begin to the point where it snapped in half and broke. it snaps just like that. >> that's as long as it takes. >> one second. >> reporter: and patients like new hampshire's mark feld, a former runner who had both his pro-femur implants break, are
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still angry. >> no concern for the ultimate patient. it's just, let's make these parts. let's get them into people's bodies. we've got the best product, blah, blah, blah. they didn't have the best product, and they didn't put the best product in my body. >> reporter: in 2020, 15 years after that product hit the market, the company that bought the pro-femur brand from wright medical voluntarily recalled some of those titanium necks. but that didn't help patients still living with the devices, like brad little. in 2021, he was coaching students on this tennis court when his left hip implant also broke, meaning another six-month recovery. >> yeah, i don't think i can ever forgive them honestly for what they've put us through as a couple, you know. shame on them. >> that was anna werner >> that was anna werner reporting, and we'll have more ♪♪ vicks vapostick provides soothing, non-medicated vicks vapors. easy to apply for the whole family.
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ale. ♪ >> reporter: and as getty lee and alex livson know, anything connected to their band, rush, will most likely be a hit. ♪ 55 years after they formed rush in the suburbs of toronto, lee is out with a memoir. >> we all think we know ourselves, but we keep secrets from ourselves. it takes sometimes a deep dive like that to turn over all of the stones and see, wow, that was me. >> reporter: geddy lee may now live a rock star's life, with some of his 350 bass guitars lining his home studio. >> i'm not looking for any more. >> so he says. >> reporter: but it's nothing he could have ever imagined. this son of jewish immigrants.
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>> your given name is gary. >> mm-hmm and my mom had a very thick accent. so she said geddy, come in the house. and that's how my name was born. geddy, come in the house. >> reporter: holocaust survivors who had courted at auschwitz. >> it's a miracle i'm sitting here and able to enjoy the fruits of my life all because they held out and survived. >> reporter: that life his parents' determination provided was changed forever in eighth grade when lee started chatting with a kid sitting nearby in the back of the room. >> we were really goofy. > it's so odd when he uses the word goofy. the future rock stars are always the coolest guys in the room. >> we wanted to be cool. we were too goofy to be able to do that. ♪ >> reporter: alex was on guitar and geddy played bass a few years later when they held auditions for a drummer. >> and to our everlasting good
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fortune, a lanky, shirtless, goofy guy pulled up in a ford pinto and started playing triplets like machine gun rattle. ♪ >> reporter: neil peerd completed the lineup that would stay together for the next four-plus decades. ♪ their blend of musicianship, stagecraft, and, yes, a little goofiness inspired intense loyalty from a crowd that was largely male teenagers in the early days. >> maybe some of the people watching you were like, i'm so tired of going to high school every day and worried about how i look and what i'm wearing and being cool. >> alienation, you know. i can relate to that. i mean who wasn't alienated as a teen?
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♪ >> reporter: though the album "moving pictures" had fan favorites like limelight and tom sawyer, its singles were never their jam. >> we used to sometimes say, wow, that's a catchy tune we just wrote. if somebody else played it, it might be a single. but if we play it, for sure we'll [ bleep ] it up. ♪ >> reporter: but they knew what they were doing, combining that big progressive rock sound -- ♪ -- with geddy's distinctive voice. >> early critics, if your voice would consist of entire lip of dogs and extraterrestrials. >> that's a good one. i'll buy that. >> reporter: it was a formula that would sell more than 40 million albums. >> what's the lesson? >> the lesson is be yourself and stick to your guns. >> reporter: and that might have been the whole story behind this
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legendary rock band. ♪ but in 1997, the music stopped. neil peerd's daughter died in a car crash. >> it's the worst pain, the worst possible pain to lose a child. >> reporter: ten months later, peerd's wife died of cancer. it would take five years for peerd to want to play again. >> and we walked out onstage as three just people that were really thankful that we had a second chance to do this. rush 2.0 was a different band. >> how? >> more appreciative, looser. we just started saying yes to things we normally said no to. >> a massive candlelight vigil was held last night, led by the canadian band rush. >> reporter: which is how they ended up in tv shows like "south park." ♪ and movies like "i love you, man."
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♪ >> we'd see more women at our shows, like a lot more. >> five or six. >> but it was really interesting to see the growth of the band go from that kind of cliquey thing, culty thing, to something more broader. >> the godfather of progressive metal. >> reporter: while they'd be inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame in 2013, tragedy wouldn't leave triumph alone. in 2016, neil peert was diagnosed with cancer. he died in 2020. >> and here you two are, figuring out what the next chapter looks like, and someone's missing. >> yeah, it's difficult to figure out what that chapter is without him. >> have you and alex ever talked about, let's go get one of the great drummers and tour again? >> have we talked about it?
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yeah. w >> will it happen? >> it's not impossible, but at this point i can't guarantee it. >> reporter: while alex strikes a more hopeful note -- >> it's just not in our dna to stop. >> reporter: rush fans should know however they continue to collaborate -- >> oh, my goodness. this is rush mustard. >> reporter: they'll do it the way they always have. >> do what you believe because if you do what someone else believes and you fail, you've got nothing. if you do what you believe
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what does pickleball have in common with blimps? danya bacchus has the answer. >> reporter: it's the fastest growing sport in america. but now the game of pickleball has reached even greater heights. 1,500 feet, that is, on the iconic goodyear blimp. the one-on-one matchless marks a new peak for the aircraft
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itself, giving aerial coverage over the professional pickleball association tour finals for the very first time. >> we basically invented aerial broadcasting of sports. >> riding the blimp is a thrilling adventure. >> reporter: goodyear blimps took their first flight almost 100 years ago. >> the blimp and fly the skyway. >> reporter: but it was 1955 that marked a new era for the fleet. with the rise of television, goodyear became the first aerial platform to live broadcasting event for tv. >> we fly over all the largest events. >> reporter: taylor dean has been a goodyear blimp pilot for 12 years. >> super bowls, nascar world cups, stanley cup, nba finals. so if we're there, it's usually a pretty big event. >> reporter: now a new game has been added to the roster. >> i've driven by the blimp. i've seen it at sporting events. >> reporter: 16-year-old analy waddens is the number one pickleball player in the world. >> i've always been, like, all right, your sport's kind of made it if the goodyear blimp comes to it. >> reporter: the sport has become a smash hit since the
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3578d, with almost 9 million playing across the u.s. >> it just kind of exploded. so i was really glad to be a part of it. >> reporter: pioneers from the court and the sky elevating the game to blimp-worthy status. danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the nation's capital, i'm olivia gazis. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. extreme flooding hit the pacific northwest tuesday as an atmospheric river brought warm temperatures and heavy rain. the coast guard says it rescued five people near ross pert, washington. that rain is expected to continue through today. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will join president biden and the other g7
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leaders in airtual summit today. zelenskyy canceled a briefing with u.s. senators yesterday just one day after the white house warned that funding for ukraine will run out by the end of the year. and european commission president ursula von der leyen topped forbes list of the world's most powerful women for the second year in a row. vice president kamal harris came in third, taylor swift in fifth, up from number 79 last year. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, tonight, the fbi director's dire warning. terror threats against the united states are at a whole other level since the israel-hamas war began. plus, our new reporting about a new intelligence bulletin. what it says about calls for violence right here in america during the holiday season. the alarm bells that have fbi investigators working around the
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clock to prevent attacks. >> would you say that there's multiple blinking red lights out there? >> i see blinking lights everywhere i turn. our cbs news investigation. years after our reporting uncovered a disturbing trend about the handling of domestic violence in the miitary, why some survivors say they still haven't seen justice. >> leaders should not be making promises that they can't fulfill or have no intention of fulfilling. the new details about what happened before this home exploded. >> 50 years. i've never had a sound wave shock like that. ♪ rockin' around the christmas tree ♪ and how this 65-year-old classic topping the charts is making history. ♪ deck the halls with boughs of holly ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."
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we want to begin tonight with breaking news about america's national security and the warnings from the fbi to local, state, and federal law enforcement about the possibility of terror attacks right here in the homeland. cbs news got a look at a new joint bulletin that warns groups like al qaeda and isis will likely use the israel-hamas war to increase calls for violence in the u.s. this holiday season. this bulletin right here says that the most likely primary targets could include churches, synagogues, and members of the jewish community. now, today the fbi director was telling senators that the u.s. is facing the highest risk of attack in years, that there are blinking lights everywhere, and warning terrorists will exploit the southern border. the head of the fbi says the bureau is working to identify and disrupt these potential attacks with foreign terrorist groups openly calling for strikes against americans. he also said that the number of threats are a whole other level since the october 7th attack on israel.
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cbs's catherine herridge has reviewed this new bulletin. she's got the new details. good evening, catherine. >> good evening, norah. the intelligence chatter is almost always elevated during the holidays, but this year government analysts expect heightened rhetoric with terrorist groups and their media outlets latching onto the conflict. with the israeli military bearing down on southern gaza and hanukkah only days away, the new intelligence report reviewed by cbs news warns of increased threats from foreign terrorist groups and mirrors fbi director christopher wray's testimony today on capitol hill. >> blinking red lights analogy about 9/11, all the lights were blinking red before 9/11. would you say that there's multiple blinking red lights out there? >> i see blinking lights everywhere i turn. >> reporter: in stark language, the intelligence report predicts isis and al qaeda will likely use the middle east conflict to increase calls for violence in the u.s. this holiday season compared to prior years as new
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details emerge about an alleged plot to attack las vegas. >> we charged the suspect with multiple felonies to include terroristic threats. >> reporter: authorities arrested a 16-year-old suspect who allegedly wrote on social media about launching a lone wolf attack in support of isis. a homemade flag and other articles allegedly recovered along with bomb parts. on capitol hill, a stark warning from the fbi chief. >> i've never seen a time where all the threats or so many of the threats are all elevated all at exactly the same time. >> reporter: with the spike in threats since the war began, the intelligence report warns civilian casualties in gaza, whether real, perceived, or falsified, or the increased presence of u.s. military forces in direct support of israel will likely be exploited by terrorist groups. wray said there's nothing to indicate hamas has the intent or capability to conduct operations inside the u.s., but the bureau has not discounted the possibility, norah. >> they're worried about these lone wolves. catherine herridge, thank you. turning overseas now to the
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war in gaza, israeli ground forces rolled into the heart of southern gaza's largest city, khan younis today, following a night of heavy air strikes. hundreds of thousands of people have been told to evacuate with the idf warning of widespread house-to-house combat in the days ahead. cbs's chris livesay has the latest tonight from jerusalem. >> reporter: southern gaza, once relatively safer than the rest of the strip, no longer. paramedics flee nearby tank fire, saving who they can along the way. israeli forces say they are now in the heart of khan younis, a city they believe hosts many hamas leaders as well as hundreds of thousands of palestinians now left with vanishing options for safety. rushed to the hospital, these sisters breathe fresh air for the first time after being plucked from beneath the rubble after four days. "i want my mom," says lana
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abousafi. "ouch, my arm." rescuers hurry to save this trapped boy as well but can only come up with his body. with the war now in its 60th day, israelis are shouting that some of their children are trapped underground as well. more than 130 hostages are still held captive in hamas' tunnels and around gaza, including eight americans like 23-year-old hersh goldberg-polin. with the cease-fire now in shambles, his parents fear what's next. >> what does that do to your hope for your son? >> we're, of course, worried not just about him. if hersh somehow, somewhere can hear this, just know we love you. stay strong. survive. we're coming. >> reporter: tonight the government spoke with the hostages' families, who are demanding israel resume negotiations immediately. hersh's father told cbs news --
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>> i don't know that the cabinet needed to have a flame lit under them to get these hostages out. but if they did, it happened today. >> reporter: israelis are also lighting a flame under the international community after women's advocates flooded the u.n. over accusations that hamas has used rape as a weapon of war. >> where the hell are you? i expect all civilized leaders, governments, nations to speak up against this atrocity. >> reporter: today president biden did just that. speaking at a campaign event, he said the world cannot look away at what's going on. it's on all of us to forcefully condemn the sexual violence of hamas terrorists without equivocation. norah. >> chris livesay in jerusalem, thank you. the war in gaza has led to a dramatic rise in hate-fueled incidents here at home, many of them on college campuses. the presidents of harvard, mit, and the university of pennsylvania were grilled before the house education committee about their response to an increase in anti-semitism on
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campus. harvard university president claudine gay faced tough questions about the line between free speech and hateful conduct. >> we have reiterated that speech that incites violence, threatens safety, or violates harvard's policies against bullying and harassment is unacceptable. we have made it clear that any behaviors that disrupt our teaching and research efforts will not be tolerated. >> the school presidents say they are increasing security and providing ad
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we are learning more about that massive explosion that leveled a home in virginia after a tense, hours-long police standoff. cbs's nicole sganga reports the
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deadly blast left neighbors in shock. >> reporter: the ferocious blast rocked this arlington, virginia, neighborhood monday evening. fiery debris from the two-story home rained from the sky with flames visible from blocks away. police were attempting to execute a search warrant after they say 56-year-old james yoo recklessly shot flares across the neighborhood. >> a male suspect discharged a flare-type gun from the residence more than 30 times. >> reporter: officers tried to negotiate with the barricaded suspect as he was firing gunshots. suddenly, the ear-splitting sound. >> i've never had a sound wave shock like that. i thought something had happened on my house. >> we need all fire apparatus. the house has exploded, i believe. >> the suspect was inside the residence at the time of the explosion, and he is presumed at this point to be
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deceased. human remains have been located at the scene. >> reporter: across the street, business owner yen nguyen captured the blast on her nail salon's security camera. >> you were scared? >> yeah, very scared. very scared. >> reporter: neighbors were evacuated, and at least ten homes were impacted, but there were no major injuries. tonight bomb technicians searched surrounding blocks for evidence. police are still sorting through a possible motive. now, yoo had previously contacted the fbi through phone calls, online tips, even letters, relaying what federal investigators called frauds he believed were perpetrated against him. norah. >> nicole sganga, thank you. turning now to the weather, flood alerts are posted tonight across much of washington and oregon. this video shows homes being flooded as a raging river overflowed in granite falls, washington. the pacific northwest is being hit with nearly two straight days of rain and rapid snowmelt caused by a dramatic warm-up in temperatures.
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by the weekend, that storm system is expected to bring severe weather to texas, louisiana, and arkansas, and snow o the northeast on sunday. now to a dramatic about-face in congress. the senate confirmed 425 military promotions just this afternoon after republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama finally ended his months-long blockade. tuberville vowed to continue to hold up nominations of all four-star generals and other senior officers to protest a pentagon policy on abortion and fertility care. pentagon leaders said that the delay was putting our national security at risk. now to a cbs news investigation. it has been two years since our reporting uncovered a disturbing trend about how domestic violence at the hands of service members is handled in the u.s. military. after our story aired, the pentagon promised action. but tonight some survivors tell us they're still waiting for justice. when army reservist leah olszewski reported assault by a
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member of the air force in 2017, she turned over this audio recording. >> i'll knock your [ bleep ] front teeth out. so shut the [ bleep ] up, woman. >> reporter: military investigators also reviewed this body cam footage from a 911 call when police found bruises on her arms. >> how many times has this happened? >> this is like the fifth time. >> reporter: retired master sergeant erica johnson reported her abuse to the air force in 2018. she gave military prosecutors recorded phone calls with her alleged abuser, including this apparent admission. >> i didn't do anything to deserve that. you had no right to put your hands on me. >> hon, i know i screwed up that night. i know i did. >> reporter: did the air force hear those recordings? >> yes, twice. >> reporter: still, the military did not bring charges. lawyer carol thompson represents the women we spoke with.
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>> they listened to it. they quoted it, and that was reviewed by the secretary of the air force's i.g. in the investigation. so the pentagon, the pentagon had access to that information. >> reporter: the domestic violence survivors accuse the air force of mounting a purposeful public relations cover-up. >> why would the secretary of the air force want to cover this up? >> there's a lot of evidence. there was enough evidence that for any reasonable prosecutor to look at that could have said, i think this should go forward to a court martial. they didn't want to admit they had messed up. >> reporter: two years ago, a cbs news investigation exposed dangerous gaps in how the military handles cases of domestic violence. >> he kicked me in the stomach, and i flew off the bed into the closet doors. >> there's no doubt in my mind he was going to kill me. >> reporter: cbs news spoke with nearly 40 survivors, including erica and leah. >> we have this update to our investigation. >> reporter: our reports prompted air force secretary frank kendall to order an
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inspector general review of the investigation and disciplinary actions associated with these cases. he also made personal assurances to the survivors as heard in this newly obtained recording. >> i have proof that the investigators didn't do their job. >> i don't doubt that, and we can look into that. >> reporter: more than two years later, the survivors say they're still waiting for justice. the inspector general review of their cases did not examine whether law enforcement conducted investigations correctly, but instead focused on the air force's support services. >> leaders should not be making promises that they can't fulfill or have no intention of fulfilling. >> reporter: only after our reporting, investigators reopened leah's case and uncovered four additional victims of her ex-partner, including one woman who had reported his behavior to the military a decade earlier.
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>> this new evidence, it dates back to 2008? >> it does. >> what if the command had taken action then? >> then we'd have a different outcome with leah. maybe leah would never have even met him. >> what do your clients want to see happen? >> ideally they would like to see a court martial. unfortunately in some of the cases, in leah's case and erica's case, that can't happen because the statute of limitations has passed. >> reporter: leah raised concerns in an email to secretary kendall last fall that time was running out to bring charges in her case. he said a decision will be made before the statute of limitations expires. thompson says that didn't happen. >> do you think the military was stalling? >> yes and no. they blew past the statute of limitations that they knew existed. it's a lot to say they did it intentionally, but there's also a lot of evidence that they knew what the repercussions were going to be, and maybe they did so intentionally. >> reporter: but it wasn't too late in emily brearley's case. >> did the military take steps to keep you safe?
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>> they did not, no. they promoted him. >> reporter: just last month, five years after reporting her abuse, the air force did file charges against emily's alleged abuser. leah and erica will never see charges in their cases. one of their alleged abusers retired honorably. the other remains in the service. >> why do these cases matter? >> individuals who commit domestic violence, who abuse the most intimate relationship, those are individuals that you cannot trust. those are individuals that simply should not be in the service. >> with the options for justice now limited, the survivors we spoke with are taking legal action against the military in hopes of financial compensation. in a statement to cbs news, air force secretary frank kendall said he takes the issue of domestic violence very seriously, but he couldn't comment on the specific cases. he also added that after the department examined its
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cvs says it will launch a new model in january of 2025. oscar-winning actor jamie foxx made a surprise public appearance in los angeles on monday night. it's his first since he was hospitalized in april. foxx picked up an award at an event hosted by the critics choice association. the 55-year-old actor isn't saying exactly what landed him in the hospital, but he did say he was temporarily unable to walk, and he suggested that the illness almost killed him, saying, "i saw the tunnel. i didn't see the light." foxx says he now cherishes every moment.
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finally tonight, one of the most beloved christmas songs of all time is making music history. ♪ rockin' around the christmas tree ♪ ♪ at the christmas party hop ♪ >> brenda lee's "rockin' around the christmas tree" is currently topping the charts on the billboard hot 100, 65 years after its release. now, that breaks the record for the longest time between a
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song's debut and it hitting number one. it also makes lee, who is 78, the oldest artist to ever top the charts. lee recorded the holiday classic when she was just 13 years old, and she is still rockin' it after all these years. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. extreme flooding hit the pacific northwest tuesday as an atmospheric river brought warm temperatures and heavy rain. the coast guard says it rescued five people near rosburg, washington. that rain is expected to continue through today. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will join president biden and the other g7
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leaders in a virtual summit today. zelenskyy canceled a briefing with u.s. senators yesterday just one day after the white house warned that funding for ukraine will run out by the end of the year. and european commission president ursula von der leyen topped forbes' list of the world's most powerful women for the second year in a row. vice president kamala harris came in third, taylor swift in fifth, up from number 79 last year. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, december 6th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." sounding the alarm. the fbi director's dire warning about terror threats against the u.s., and the calls for violence this holiday season. the battle for gaza. israeli ground forces enter the heart of southern gaza's largest city where they believe hamas

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