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takes a look at the changes. >> reporter: new year, new laws that include pay raises for millions of americans. 25 states and dozens of municipalities plan to increase minimum wage this year. that means at least $20 an hour for certain food service workers in california. >> who wouldn't mind getting an extra $4 increase in their pay? >> reporter: california companies also now cannot ask employees about using marijuana off the job, a win for workers in alabama. they'll no longer owe state taxes on overtime pay. guns are now banned from most public places in california and michigan has a host of new gun laws, including universal background checks. >> these laws represent a sea change in michigan's gun safety regime. >> reporter: texas is targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, banning them from public colleges and universities. while restrictions in kansas will prevent transgender people from changing their ra signed

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can do. >> reporter: women make up about 9% of pilots. women of color less than 1%. this year boeing handed out 25 scholarships for $20,000 apiece. one of them to keep hilton's dream flying high. how important was the scholarship in making it possible for you to be a pilot? >> it's a huge deal. it has afforded me to take time off to get my flying done. >> reporter: now, 15 years after her first flight, hilton's plan to be an airline pilot is a big step closer to taking off. for "eye on america," kris van cleave, hampton, georgia.

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power plants, including the shiga plant closest to the epicenter. president biden was briefed by his national security team this morning about the escalating conflict between the iranian-backed rebels and the united states navy. meanwhile, israel announced it's withdrawing thousands of troops from gaza, signalling a new phase in the fighting. as cbs' ian lee reports, the war shows no sign of ending soon. >> reporter: sirens rang in the new year as hamas fired rockets. the country's iron dome missile defense system illuminated the sky with interceptions. gaza 2024 looks a lot like the previous year. men rescued an injured child as the sound of explosions chased

them in khan younis. the hospitals in gaza are so full, doctors treat injured children on the floor. in rafah at this cramped tent city, everyone hopes the new year will bring peace. while this 11-year-old simply states, "i wish not to die in 2024." israel has also experienced loss in this war. idf says over 170 soldiers have been killed since the ground invasion in gaza. sunday, israel began demobilizing thousands of troops, the first drawdown since the war began with hamas' murderous attack in october. it comes amid mounting pressure from the white house to scale back the offensive. israeli officials warn the end of this war is still months away. "we will allow the soldiers to gather strength for the next activity," says the israeli military spokesman. they could be needed on israel's northern border. over the weekend, militants attacked from syria and lebanon. israel retaliated, striking

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after landing in rockford, illinois. their transportation north arranged by texas governor greg abbott. chicago mayor brandon johnson said on "face the nation," city officials were given no notice. >> the rogue buses that are being dropped off across this country in the middle of the night, leaving people with no real support at all, no coordination with the local municipalities, that type of chaos is certainly dividing our country. >> reporter: chicago is just one city dealing with the influx. now cracking down on buses bringing in migrants without advance notice. last week, new york city mayor eric adams issued an emergency order to restrict bus arrivals, but that hasn't stopped busloads of migrants now being dropped off at train stations in new jersey with easy access to the city. adams says the migrant crisis will cost new york $12 billion by 2025. this comes as the u.s. border patrol manages a record migrant surge. agents are processing 250,000

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and the deepest regions of space 13 billion light years away. these pictures come from the james webb space telescope which lifted off on christmas day two years ago. >> liftoff, james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. >> reporter: in 1989, nasa began thinking about a successor to the hubble telescope. the new machine would have massive gold-plated lenses that could detect infrared light invisible to our eyes but capable of passing through dust and gases. from 100 times farther into the universe. the webb would also be much bigger than the hubble, three stories tall and 70 feet wide. too big to fit into any existing rocket. nasa's solution? fold it up. >> how complex is this unfolding process? >> you have things that are called single-point failures.

this has to move this way, and there's only one them. the webb has over 300 of those. >> reporter: scott willoughby oversaw the webb's construction at northrop grumman. we first met ten days before launch. 300 things that have to go exactly right? >> correct yeah. >> reporter: now on the second anniversary of the launch, we can finally ask, how did it go? >> it literally went perfect, as close to perfect as one could have even imagined. >> reporter: it just seems improbable, given that moving parts are always hell. >> yeah. people actually asked after, did you overgloe blow how hard this was? and the truth was, practicing for everything as if it could go wrong was the best preparation for making it go right. >> reporter: it took almost seven months for the telescope to unfold, calibrate, and reach its orbit a million miles from earth. and because infrared is a form of heat, it also had to get cold. minus 400 degrees.

even the sun's heat would blind the telescope to the faint infrared signals from space. >> so we have to block out any shred of that sun by deploying a big sun shield, a big umbrella, effectively. there's only one star in the entire universe we'll never see, and it's ours. it's the sun. >> reporter: finally, the science could begin. >> this is the flight control room. this is where we talk to the telescope. we're telling it, hi, there. anything unexpected happen? send us all the sweet, sweet data you've been collecting over the last several hours. >> reporter: jane rigby is the webb's chief scientist. she works at nasa's space telescope science institute in baltimore. >> the elevator pitch for the webb telescope was, to get the baby pictures of the universe. we have delivered exactly what we promised on that topic. we've gone from basically ignorance about what that first billion years of the universe was like, to having it in crisp,

high-definition. >> reporter: another webb mission, to examine distant planets to see if any of them have atmospheres like ours. maybe to find one to live on. how can a telescope know what's in a distant planet's atmosphere? turns out when a planet passes in front of its star, the elements of its atmosphere -- oxygen, nitrogen, whatever -- block specifically bands of light. >> and by analyzing how the rainbow changes when the planet is in front of the star, we can tell you what the atmosphere of hat planet is like. >> reporter: the webb has already studied the atmospheres of dozens of distant planets. it found carbon dioxide and methane on this one, which suggests that it has oceans. >> it's such a joy that this telescope is working so well, because it was built really well by the engineers. >> reporter: but not all the webb headlines have been triumphant.

the one in june 2022 didn't sound good at all. >> webb's been hit by a meteorite. made a hole. >> yes. >> what was that day like? >> yeah, it was wonderful. we designed the mirrors to get hit by micro meteorites, small particles, grain of sand or something like that. but when you're truly talking about one small spot and something 22 feet across, right? the impact of it was really irrelevant. it actually didn't impact science at all. >> reporter: but there were also some questions about the photos. was nasa manipulating them? colorizing them? that question comes up a lot. is what webb sees real? joe de pasqual and lisa pagan can answer the questions about colorizing. they're the ones that do it. >> it's our job to translate that light into something our eyes can see. >> reporter: turns out there's a lot of light that people can't see. like ultraviolet light, which bees can see. or infrared light, which pit

vipers can see. ultraviolet light travels in very short waves. infrared waves are much longer. and that's what guides the colorizing process. >> we're taking the shortest wavelength, applying the bluer color. the middle wavelength, that's the green. the longest wavelength gets assigned red. this is what we think is the truest representation what was we could possibly see if we could see infrared light. >> if you were that viper, yes, right. >> reporter: in the first year of webb observations, scientists published over 600 papers based on its discoveries. and according to scott willoughby, the telescope has one more little gift for us this christmas. >> when we launched, we never had a corrector on rocket engines. we saved all of that fuel, and effectively on day one, doubled the launch of the mission from ten years to 20. >> wait a minute. so you told congress that this thing would run for ten years?

>> that's right. >> now you're saying we get another ten for free? >> that's right. we used zero contingency fuel. that leads to ten more years of operations. >> reporter: so for at least 20 years, scientists around the world will keep peeling back the mysteries of the universe. and the webb will keep sending back pictures that amaze and amuse us. from the optical quirk known as the question mark, to the galaxy cluster that nasa calls the christmas tree. and beyond. >> that was david pogue, and this is the "cbs overnight news."

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own. don't bounce. stretch in a smooth movement. breathe and hold your stretch for 30 seconds. strive for symmetry -- equal flexibility on both sides. and warm up a little bit before you stretch. you risk injury if you stretch cold. experts say you'll make the best gains if you keep at it. jarred hill, cbs news, new york. that is the "overnight news" for this tuesday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is "cbs news flash." i'm charissa lawson in new york. south korean opposition leader lee jae mi-lung was stabbed in the neck.

a man lunged at lee while visiting this new airport construction site. he was airlifted to a hospital. his injury is said to be nonlife-threatening. the alleged attacker was quickly subdued and arrested. court documents containing the names of over 150 people with ties to jeffrey epstein could be unsealed as early as today. they're expected to contain the names of former epstein employees, sexual abuse victims, and others, including several prominent figures. are you ringing in the new year $810 million richer? there was one winning powerball ticket. download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. . tonight, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits western japan, triggering widespread destruction. aftershocks and tsunami warnings and fires add to the chaos. here are tonight's headlines.

>> a violent shaking. >> search and rescue teams raced to find survivors trapped in the rubble. thousands trying to evacuate. aerial assaults on gaza intensify as israel prepares to withdraw some troops from the territory. unprecedented border crisis, 300,000 migrants processed at the border with mexico in december, putting pressure on the white house to step in. finally, a class on media literacy showing students that seeing isn't always believing. >> is there any part of you saying, if that's fake, what's actually real? >> oh, yeah. >> all the time. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm major garrett in for norah. we begin with a powerful

7.5-magnitude earthquake striking japan, destroying homes, buckling roads, forcing thousands to flee to higher ground due to tsunami warnings. fires broke out in the aftermath. authorities say at least six people are dead. rescue crews continue to search through the rubble looking for survivors. the nation issuing its highest level tsunami alert immediately after the quake but lowered hours later. residents along the western coast are still being told not to return to their homes. the biden administration has been in touch with japanese officials. president biden said the u.s. is "ready to provide any necessary assistance." cbs' ben tracy will start us off tonight with the latest details. >> reporter: at a train station in kanazawa, people ran for cover as the large quake struck around 4:10 local time monday afternoon. the quake had a magnitude of 7.5 according to the u.s. geological survey. it violently shook buildings across western japan and rocked

religious shrines where people were paying traditional new year's day visits. roadways buckled, and large fires broke out as dozens of buildings collapsed. the extent of the death toll and how many may still be trapped is not yet known. there have been dozens of aftershocks. >> suddenly, it gets pretty strong earthquake. and so everybody was panicked that time. >> reporter: alarms blared as nearly 100,000 people were told to immediately flee to higher ground. the government issued a major tsunami warning, fearing waves could reach as high as 16 feet. that warning was later downgraded, as smaller waves hit the coastline. this was japan's first major tsunami warning since an 8.9-magnitude quake hit back in 2011. it caused a devastating tsunami that killed thousands and triggered a meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power plant. japanese officials say there are currently no signs of any problems at the nation's nuclear

power plants, including the shiga nuclear plant which is closest to the quake's epicenter. major? >> ben tracy, thank you. now to rising tensions in the middle east. president biden was briefed by his national security team this morning about the escalating conflict between iranian-backed rebels and the united states navy. meanwhile, israel announced it's withdrawing thousands of troops from gaza, signalling a new phase in the fighting. as cbs' ian lee reports, the war shows no sign of ending soon. >> reporter: sirens rang in the new year in israel as hamas fired rockets. the country's iron dome missile defense system illuminated the sky with interceptions. but in gaza, 2024 looks a lot like the previous year. men rescued an injured child as the sound of explosions chased them in khan younis. the hospitals in gaza are so full, doctors treat injured children on the floor. in rafah at this cramped tent

city, everyone hopes the new year will bring peace. while this 11-year-old simply states, "i wish not to die in 2024." israel has also experienced loss in this war. idf says over 170 soldiers have been killed since the ground invasion in gaza. sunday, israel began demobilizing thousands of troops, the first drawdown since the war began with hamas' murderous attack in october. it comes amid mounting pressure from the white house to scale back the offensive. israeli officials warn the end of this war is still months away. "we will allow the soldiers to gather strength for the next activity," says the israeli military spokesman. they could be needed on israel's northern border. over the weekend, militants attacked from syria and lebanon. israel retaliated, striking hezbollah target is. the threats to israeli as well

as u.s. interests also extend to the red sea. iran sailed a warship into the waters today, a day after the u.s. navy engaged four houthi boats from yemen that attacked a commercial ship, sinking three. over the weekend, tel aviv once again saw protesters demand the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. tonight, major, he was dealt another blow. the country's supreme court struck down a controversial law that would have limited the judges' powers. >> ian lee, thank you. u.s. border officials processed an estimated 300,000 migrants in december. that is a record high. cbs' astrid martinez explains how this influx of migrants is straining resources across the country. >> reporter: a new year, a new set of buses carrying migrants to zars cities across the u.s. this weekend, 350 asylum seekers flown in from the southern border boarded buses to chicago after landing in rockford, illinois.

their transportation north arranged by texas governor greg abbott. chicago mayor brandon johnson said on "face the nation," city officials were given no notice. >> the rogue buses that are being dropped off across this country in the middle of the night, leaving people with no real support at all, no coordination with the local municipalities, that type of chaos is certainly dividing our country. >> reporter: chicago is just one city dealing with the influx. now cracking down on buses bringing in migrants without advance notice. last week, new york city mayor eric adams issued an emergency order to restrict bus arrivals, but that hasn't stopped busloads of migrants now being dropped off at train stations in new jersey with easy access to the city. adams says the migrant crisis will cost new york $12 billion by 2025. this comes as the u.s. border patrol manages a record migrant surge. agents are processing 250,000 new arrivals each month, in december hitting an all-time

high of 300,000. >> we are full, don't come. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the white house is open to immigration reforms, including an authority to expel migrants and suspend asylum law in exchange for aid for ukraine. >> start deporting people who should be deported, then you'll turn things around pretty quickly. >> reporter: and the governor of texas signed a new law that could go into effect in march that would allow state officials to arrest and prosecute migrants if they come into the country illegally. however, the justice department said it would sue texas if that law is implemented. major? >> astrid martinez, thank you.

♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> tonight, covid-19 cases are on the rise coast to coast with

the northeast and midwest seeing the biggest increases. the cdc reports hospitalizations are up nearly 17% based on the most recent week of data. cbs' elise preston is in los angeles county where some health care facilities have reintroduced mask mandates. >> reporter: new year, new concerns about a spike in covid cases. >> our volume has really surged. and i attribute that to not just covid, but influenza, rsv. i'm not seeing as many people fully immunized as in past years for flu, for covid boosters. and so it makes them much more vulnerable. >> reporter: the rise in infections has prompted at least five states to reinstate masking requirements at health care facilities as a new variant spreads across the country. cases are up at least 25% in los angeles county, where emergency room physician dr. angelique

campen says she's happy to see the mask mandate return. >> it really helps to protect the vulnerable people that are sitting out there in the waiting room right now. >> reporter: the cdc says the new covid vaccine is the best tool to stay protected against serious illness, but vaccination rates are at an all-time low, less than 20% of adults having received the updated vaccine. tonight, there's also a growing number of flu and rsv cases with 31 states seeing high or very high levels of respiratory infections, leading to worries that a triple virus threat could strain hospitals. are you concerned that these numbers will continue to get worse? >> we're not at the peak yet this winter. i'm still seeing numbers increase. right now it seems like every other patient i'm seeing in the emergency department is one of these viruses. >> reporter: here in california, the first child flu death was recently announced. doctors say it's not too late to get vaccinated for both the flu

and covid to help protect your family. major? >> elise preston, thank you. a colorado woman faces extradition to the u.s. after being arrested in england over the weekend on suspicion of murdering two of her children. 35-year-old kimberly singler appeared in a london court today on charges of killing her 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son and attempting to kill her 11-year-old daughter nearly two weeks ago. singler disappeared after an arrest warrant was issued last week. court records show she has been in a long-running custody battle with her ex-husband. officials in the san francisco bay area are investigating a commuter train derailment today that sent at least nine people to hospitals. the train partially derailed near the city of orinda east of oakland, causing at least two cars to catch fire. as the nation welcomes in a new year, that means new laws nationwide. from minimum wage to new gun regulations, cbs' carter evans takes a look at the changes.

>> reporter: new year, new laws that include pay raises for millions of americans. 25 states and dozens of municipalities plan to increase minimum wage this year. that means at least $20 an hour for certain food service workers in california. >> who wouldn't mind getting an extra $4 increase in their pay? >> reporter: california companies also now cannot ask employees about using marijuana off the job. a win for workers in alabama. they'll no longer owe state taxes on overtime pay. guns are now banned from most public places in california and michigan has a host of new gun laws, including universal background checks. >> these laws represent a sea change in michigan's gun safety regime. >> reporter: texas is targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, banning them from public colleges and universities. while restrictions in kansas will prevent transgender people from changing their assigned sex on birth certificates.

new rules of the road in california require police to tell drivers why they're being pulled over before they beginning and questions. and in illinois, video confronting behind the wheel is banned, but hanging fuzzy dice on your mirror is now legal. a new law for telemarketers in new jersey includes providing a call-back number. >> oh, gee, i can't talk right now, why don't you give me your home number and i'll call you later? >> reporter: it's inspired from this scene from "seinfeld." >> oh, you don't want people calling you at home? now you know how i feel. >> reporter: another new law here in california, first through sixth graders will now be taught cursive writing in school, a lost art in the digital age. >> i remember cursive, altogether not so fondly. carter evans, thanks so much. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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a new harvard study found social media companies have made nearly $11 billion advertising to children and teens in the u.s. in 2022. and according to one survey, social media's also the main source of news for 51% of teens. but misinformation there is widespread. in a cbs news investigation, tom hanson looks at what's being done to help teens find the truth. >> reporter: behind the doors of highland park high school in

dallas, texas -- >> raise your hand if it's real. >> reporter: this group of students is learning that seeing shouldn't always be believing. >> this is a fake. >> reporter: brandon jackson leads this media literacy course, a counteroffensive to the information war playing out on social media. >> how do you know that it's accurate? >> usually put it into a reverse image search. >> any part of you is like, if that's fake, then what's actually real? >> yes. >> oh, yeah. >> all the time. >> i thought i was smarter than that. >> reporter: we posed as three gender-neutral 17-year-olds on instagram and tiktok. we searched israeli terms, palestinian terms, and both. each account also "liked" several posts. today we're going to see what the algorithm gives us back. graphic videos became a pattern on the accounts. it's hard to watch. as did misinformation. like this video purporting to show an iranian war plane landing on an israeli aircraft

carrier. and this debunked video of someone claiming to work in a gaza hospital. >> if i am searching for information about this conflict, that still pops up. >> yeah, no matter if the video gets debunked, it gets reposted. >> reporter: dan evan at the news literacy project says one way to determine fact from fiction is prebunking. >> look for the authenticity, look for the source, look for evidence, and look for the context. >> reporter: tools these students believe more schools need. >> i hope that people in our generation start to want to become more educated about issues. it can be really dangerous if we don't seek out the real information. >> reporter: tom hanson, cbs news. >> cbs news reached out to tiktok and instagram. both companies said their fact-checking teams are working to fight misinformation on their platforms. there is important news tonight about infant formula for babies with allergies. what parents need to know. what parents need to know. that's next.

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attendant is taking the leap into the pilot's seat. >> for the first time i flew, i was 17 years old. a friend was into aviation, and she was flying. my mind was blown that a woman could fly planes. and immediately, i wanted to fly planes. >> reporter: training to be an airline pilot takes years and can cost over $100,000. flight school is typically not eligible for most student loans. >> i've had some delays. i've had major delays. >> reporter: some regional airlines are already experiencing a shortage of pilots, and planemaker boeing estimates north america will need 127,000 new pilots by 2043. over the last three years, the company has given out $8.5 million in flight school scholarships. >> we need more women. we need people to be able to get on an airplane like i did this morning, look left, see someone that looks like them, go, i can do that too, it's something i can do. >> reporter: women make up about 9% of pilots.

women of color less than 1%. this year boeing handed out 25 scholarships for $20,000 apiece. one of them to keep hilton's dream flying high. how important was the scholarship in making it possible for you to be a pilot? >> it's a huge deal. it has afforded me to take time off to get my flying done. >> reporter: now, 15 years after her first flight, hilton's plan to be an airline pilot is a big step closer to taking off. for "eye on america," kris van cleave, hampton, georgia.

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michigan tomorrow. the home was blown to pieces on saturday, killing four and injuring two. it happened in northfield township, about 45 miles west of detroit. ""the detroit news"" reports debris from the blast was scattered across two acres, and the explosion was heard miles away. tonight, an important consumer alert about infant formula and a recall. more than 675,000 cans of nutramigen hypoallergenic powder are being recalled because of possible bacterial contamination. this formula is designed for infants alergic to cows' milk. so far, no illnesses have been reported. for more information on batch numbers, go to cbsnews.com. the start of the new year has brought some of the best-known books, films, and pieces of music into the public domain. ♪ that includes the earliest depiction of mickey mouse from the 1928 short film "steamboat

willie." the walt disney company still retains copyrights over the modern version of mickey mouse, but people are now free to copy and share the 1928 character. other famous works now open to the public include the original german edition of "all quiet on the western front" and charlie chaplin's silent film "the circus." and that is "the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, please check back later for "cbs mornings." follow us online at cbsnews.com. that's where you'll find my podcast "the takeout." you know, politics, policy, a little bit of pop culture. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm charissa lawson in new york. south korean opposition leader lee jae-myung was stabbed in the neck. a man lunged at lee while

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