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for probation. >> i feel like i should be sent to prison, but if it's appropriate for you, you have to do what you have to do. >> but the judge said probation wasn't working. >> i think it's a time you get a taste of something else because i just can't with that history. in accordance with the laws -- >> no [ bleep ]. >> reporter: redden tackled the judge to the ground before being wrestled off her. judge hole then was injured but not hospitalized. a courtroom marshal was treated at a hospital for his injuries. redden is in jail now facing multiple new charges, including battery on a protected person. he's due back in court next week. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. turning overseas now, a u.s. military air strike in baghdad today took out a militia leader blamed for recent attacks on u.s. forces in iraq. and in the red sea, the iranian-backed houthi militia launched a drone boat -- that's new -- and it came within miles of u.s. navy and commercial ships.

the drone blew up but did no damage. the u.s. and allies have repeatedly warned the houthis to stop attacking cargo ships and tankers. turning now to the migrant crisis at the southern border, the biden administration is pushing back against harsh republican criticism that the president isn't doing enough to ease the burden. and tonight new york city filing a lawsuit to halt the unannounced busing of migrants to the city by texas governor greg abbott. cbs's weijia jiang has the story from the white house. >> reporter: tonight, the blame game goes on for the unprecedented number of migrant crossings at the southern border. >> there's only one reason why this is happening, and that's because joe biden has eliminated all of the four policies that donald trump put in place that led to the lowest illegal border crossings in 40 years. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott says his state can't handle any more migrants, so he continues to bus them elsewhere. just today, the chicago mayor's

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we are focused here on solutions. everyone agrees that the system is broken, and what we are doing is enforcing our laws. >> reporter: late today, goernor abbott called that lawsuit against the bus companies that he uses baseless. and a group of bipartisan senators met to try to cut an immigration deal. but house republicans have signaled that they won't pass anything that doesn't include all their demands, like tighter asylum laws and more deportations. norah. >> we are heading for a showdown. weijia jiang, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" the "cbs overnight news" will be (peaceful music) - time to get up, sweetie! (kissing) - [child voiceover] most people might not think much about all the little things you do every day, but for me, just being able to do those little things is the best part of my day. - ready, mom!

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coins honoring abolitionist harriet tubman. the commemorative, five dollars, one dollars, and half dollars coins each represent a different era of tubman's extraordinary life from being a conductor on the underground railroad to working as a spy for the union army. the new coins can be purchased online beginning today. the treasury department says tubman is expected to replace andrew jackson on the $20 bill, but that's not until 2030. and that's the overnight news for this thursday. 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 shanelle kaul in new york. secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to the middle east as tensions rise and

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with the scary reality facing parents and students and the continuing cycle of gun violence in america's schools. and the alarming new detail in today's school shooting in iowa. police saying just a short time ago that an explosive device was found inside the school. now here's what we know. a sixth grade student was killed. the school's principal and four others were injured. the 17-year-old shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. now, this is the second school shooting of 2024, just four days now into the new year. and there are questions tonight about the gunman's social media posts and his motive. cbs's ed o'keefe will start us off tonight from outside the school in perry, iowa. that's about 40 miles northwest of des moines. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the shooting happened during a breakfast program about 20 minutes before school was yet to begin, and there weren't yet that many people around. so tonight police say it could have been much worse. it was the first day back to

school in perry, iowa, after the winter holiday when at 7:37 a.m., shots rang out. >> shooter activation at perry high school. %-p minutes, the first officers arrived followed by more than 100 others from local, state, and official agencies. >> officers immediately attempted to locate the source of the threat and quickly found what appeared to be the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: the shooter, identified as 17-year-old dylan butler, a student at the school. he shot and killed a sixth grader and wounded five others, including the school's principal, dan marburger. all the victims were rushed to nearby hospitals in des moines. >> i couldn't believe it. honestly, i just -- i was just shook. >> reporter: officials say the shooter used a pump action shotgun and a handgun. they also located and disarmed an improvised explosive device inside the school. >> butler also made a number of social media posts in and around the time of the shooting.

law enforcement is working to secure those pieces of evidence. >> reporter: among the students who escaped, jody kurth's stepson, xander, who lives just two blocks from school. he had been grazed by a bullet and came back for medical attention. >> it was absolutely horrifying. one of the worst moments of my entire life. the best phone call i got was saying that they were okay. >> reporter: this is the second school shooting already this year. in the last five years, 161 people have been killed in school shootings with more than 300 injured. now, iowa is set to hold a kickoff to the 2024 presidential election in just 11 days, and at that news conference, i asked iowa's republican governor how gop presidential contenders should be talking about school violence and guns in the closing days of the caucus. she said, quote, i'll let them decide how they're going to talk about it. norah. >> all right. ed o'keefe there in iowa for us, thank you. turning now to the migrant

crisis at the southern border, the bide j administration is pushing back against harsh republican criticism that the president isn't doing enough to ease the burden. and tonight new york city filing a lawsuit to halt the unannounced busing of migrants to the city by texas governor greg abbott. cbs's weijia jiang has the story from the white house. >> reporter: tonight, the blame game goes on for the unprecedented number of migrant crossings at the southern border. >> there's only one reason why this is happening, and that's because joe biden has eliminated all of the four policies that donald trump put in place that led to the lowest illegal border crossings in 40 years. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott says his state can't handle any more migrants, so he continues to bus them elsewhere. just today, the chicago mayor's office reported at least five buses are on their way from texas. and new york city mayor eric adams announced he is suing 17 charter bus companies for more than $700 million, demanding

they help cover the cost to provide for about 34,000 migrants who have been transported to the city over the last two years. >> these companies have violated state law by not paying the costs of caring for these migrants. >> reporter: the white house blames house republicans for blocking a funding package that included $14 billion for border security. >> the president understands that there's a problem at the border. he put forth on his first day something to deal with that problem. >> reporter: house republicans are in no mood to negotiate. instead, they are trying to impeach the secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, who blasted the lawmakers on "cbs mornings." >> i don't have time for words like that. we are focused here on solutions. everyone agrees that the system is broken, and what we are doing is enforcing our laws. >> reporter: late today, governor abbott called that lawsuit against the bus

companies that he uses baseless. and a group of bipartisan senators met to try to cut an immigration deal. but house republicans have signaled that they won't pass anything that doesn't include all their demands, like tighter asylum laws and more deportations. norah. >> we are heading for a showdown. weijia jiang, thank you. there is more breaking news tonight as even more court documents are being released related to sex offender jeffrey epstein. they are from a civil lawsuit filed against ghislaine maxwell. she's in prison for conspiring with epstein in his sex trafficking operation. here's cbs's nancy chen. >> reporter: after years of highly publicized allegations that jeffrey epstein provided high-profile men with underage women, these newly released documents give insight into epstein's ties with some of these prominent figures and his sexual abuse accusers. britain's prince andrew was among the notable associates named. in a 2016 deposition, accuser johanna sjoberg says she was

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i'm scott macfarlane in washington. thank you for staying with us. the pentagon is now reviewing the discharge papers for hundreds of veterans who were kicked out of the service because of their sexual orientation. the initiative was announced after a year-long cbs news investigation into the negative impacts of those less than honorable discharges. jim axelrod reports on how a simple change in discharge status has altered the lives of the service members for the better. >> the dod will for the first time begin proactively reviewing the military records of veterans discharged because of their sexual orientation. >> reporter: donnie ray allen, a marine corps vet, was taking a huge step of his own. >> what's up, beautiful people? i just thought on the anniversary of the appeal of don't ask/don't tell, that i would inform you guys that today i registered for my first ever college courses. >> reporter: a dream he gave up in 1998 when he was kicked out

of the military during don't ask/don't tell, the policy banning gay and lesbian troops from serving openly. we first sat down with allen last year. >> it's like if you put your hand on usual hip, if you sit with your legs crossed, it was always like the witch hunt was always around no matter what during those times in the military. >> reporter: since then, we've followed donnie ray allen's pursuit of a discharge upgrade. >> so right now i am a honorably discharged united states marine corporal. >> reporter: and with it, those life-changing benefits. >> could you be doing what you're doing now with your life? could you have gone back to school? >> no. >> without the g.i. bill? >> no, absolutely not. >> reporter: cbs news spent months documenting the impact of having an other than honorable discharge. >> it hurt because my country is telling me i'm not good enough to serve because of who i love. not because of anything else. just because of who i love. >> reporter: just last month,

allen's friend, amy, got word her honorable discharge came through. allen spoke for her and thousands of others. >> it made me proud to be, like, an american in a sense. that actually finally our government is looking at us and being like, you are a valid reason for us to do this. >> how long had it been since you felt that kind of pride? >> i graduated boot camp june of 1994. that would probably be the last time. >> reporter: jim axelrod, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. after 224 years, the nation's oldest cultural institution is moving into the 21st century. the library of congress has 175 million items, and soon many of its books, music, and miscellaneous artifacts will be available for viewing online. we recently spoke with the librarians about their collection and the move into the digital domain. in the nation's capital with its towering statues and monuments honoring american presidents and

legends, you'll also find much smaller, more obscure, and real-life mementos of those icons held inside the library of congress. locks, clippings, and strands of hair from the founding fathers, the presidents, and other icons. >> we also actually do have a lovely lock of grant's hair from 1864, and it's right there. >> reporter: that's military hero and the 18th president, ulysses s. grant. >> so he remembered that his wife wanted a lock of his hair, so he got it cut and sent it off. >> reporter: for centuries, long before photography was affordable, it was common practice to send and even gift one's hair as a sentimental keepsake by which to be remembered says carla hayden, the librarian of congress. >> think about it. that was a tangible way of having something of the person after they're gone. >> reporter: thomas jefferson's hair shows beneath his powdered

wig. he was a redhead. lincoln's locks were clipped after his assassination. this coil includes 26 strands from ludwig von beethoven obtained by a fan after the musician as death. >> there is a culture significance to hair. >> it manifests itself in so many ways. when you think about people who have had health challenges, especially going through, let's say, chemotherapy, and just the trauma of losing hair, it signifies so many things, and it signifies things in different ways in different cultures. >> reporter: the library of congress didn't seek out to find all these locks and strands. they surfaced unexpectedly when the library received other historical belongings. >> the hair samples we have come with larger collections. it's usually diaries, letters, other things that have intellectual and research value. >> reporter: they found james madison's hair inside of a locket he tucked into a love

letter. but hair is just one unique example of the enormous range of the collection of art facts and, yes, books at the library. an inventory which now exceeds 175 million items, filling 836 miles of shelves, longer than the distance between d.c. and daytona beach. a repository that also includes the world's largest flute collection. 1,700 of them, including james madison's crystal flute used in this viral performance at the library last year by pop star lizzo, a classically trained flautist. in more than 2,000 turn of the century baseball cards. turn of the 20th century, and they're shifting and sharing images of the most distinctive items to their online repository. >> we want to make sure that when we look at a digital future and digitizing collections, that we digitize first the things that are unique. >> yeah. >> not the bestsellers or different books like that but also things that capture the

imagination but are very, very unique. >> reporter: and congress' library, which lures a half million in-person visitors a year has just added more to its shelves, including the personal catalogs of the choreographer of the lion king and playwright neil simon. the goal of the founding fathers was to have all of this material, obscure as some of it is, preserved for future generations, and so it is. the overnight news is back in two minutes.

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town fueled by timber and the railroad that eventually had all but busted. >> so in the 30s, the 40s, and the 50s, you know, they've said that the people that stayed in leavenworth were the people that couldn't afford to leave, or they had their livelihood that was claimed by something other than lumber and the railroads. >> reporter: then two strangers showed up with a big idea. bob rogers and ted price were partners in both business and life who decided to take a chance on leavenworth. ♪ bob had been stationed in bavaria during world war ii and had fallen in love with the architecture. the squirrel tree motel the men had purchased together soon became the squirrel tree chalet with waitresses dressed in durndles and even the occasional visit from a local bear. business boomed. somehow they were able to

convince just enough of the business owners in leavenworth to embrace the idea of betting everything they had on a complete makeover, which is where robert johnson and his dad came in. >> one of the techniques of making old wood or make it look old was we'd take a torch and burn the surface of it, and then somebody would have to take a wire brush and brush off all the light grain so it would look like it was weathered. and i was the one that always got to brush all the charcoal off. i was just, you know, day after day brushing, and that was for the first storefronts. >> reporter: johnson has come a long way from those tedious tasks. these days, his family owns not one but two hotels in town. one of the largest, the enzian, and one of the newest and hottest ones, the post hotel, run by his daughter, robin john, and her husband. >> we started going into the

alps, and what we found were these unique wellness hotels over there where people were in the lobby in their bathrobes, and we just thought, wow, this is really different than what we have over here in the states as far as what we've seen. >> reporter: the hotel is pretty much sold out for months. in fact, it's so popular that people tend to think their website is broken. but it's not. it's just another sign that this fake bavarian village, which was nearly trapped by its past, has a very bright future. >> that's why we're a miracle town, because it's a small miracle that this confluence of

people in the netherlands have been flocking to see a new high tech farm sitting in the harbor of rotterdam. ian lee reports. >> reporter: among the cranes in this dutch shipping port sits a

floating barn. dozens of cows help deliver fresh milk and cheese to the city of rotterdam. >> we see that they are doing very well. their fur is shiny. they produce a lot of milk, and the quality of the milk is very good. >> reporter: the cows graze on hay and leftover orange rinds from a local grocery store. robots milk the animals and even clean up their manure. owner mink von winger den calls it an innovative climate solution, especially in countries that suffer from flooding or drought. >> when you have a floating farm, you are climate adaptive so you can keep on producing fresh healthy food for the city. >> reporter: mink's husband floated the idea after fresh food ran out when hurricane sandy flooded new york city in 2012. >> if you like our milk, of course -- >> reporter: visitors now come from far and wide to see the floating farm, many from big cities. critics say the outcome of these

farms will vary by region. >> of course there's a huge carbon expenditure in the crafting of this, you know, three-story floating steel vessel. >> reporter: owners are moving on to the next stage after the success of the buoyant bovines, planning a second floating farm to grow vegetables with the cow pies providing the heating. ian lee, cbs news, london. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm scott macfarlane. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to the middle east as tensions rise and concerns mount that fighting

could spread across the region. it's his fourth trip to the middle east since hamas attacked israel on october 7th. south african olympic and paralympic track star oscar pistorius will be released from prison on parole today. pistorius was convicted in the 2013 murder of girlfriend reeva steenkamp and sentenced to serve 13 years and 5 months. and awards season is here. the golden globes air this sunday night on cbs and streaming on paramount+ beginning at 8:00, 7:00 central. comedian jo koy will host. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the breaking news. a student opens fire, killing a sixth grader and injuring others. police just revealing an explosive device was found inside the school.

the first day back to school after the holidays turns deadly in iowa. the new details about the guns and the shooter's social media posts. >> it strikes at the heart of everything that we hold dear. the major winter storm barreling towards the northeast, bringing heavy snow, ice, and wind. >> once it gets to the eastern seaboard, that's when things get really tricky, right? who gets the snow, and who doesn't? the new concerns about judge safety after that attack in a nevada courtroom. we're still definitely in survival mode. "eye on america." snow crab season is canceled in alaska for a second year in a row. why it has fishermen on edge. >> we're a dying breed. if we keep going the way we're going, there's not going to be any of us left. and the new coins honoring the legacy of harriet tubman. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."

there is breaking news out of new york city with two subway trains colliding. at least 24 people are hurt. we're going to have the very latest on their conditions and what caused the crash in just a moment. we want to begin tonight with the scary reality facing parents and students and the continuing cycle of gun violence in america's schools. and the alarming new detail in today's school shooting in iowa. police saying just a short time ago that an explosive device was found inside the school. now, here's what we know. a sixth grade student was killed. the school's principal and four others were injured. the 17-year-old shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. now, this is the second school shooting of 2024, just four days now into the new year. and there are questions tonight about the gunman's social media posts and his motive. cbs's ed o'keefe will start us off tonight from outside the school in perry, iowa. that's about 40 miles northwest of des moines. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah.

the shooting happened during a breakfast program about 20 minutes before school was set to begin, and there weren't yet that many people around. so tonight police say it could have been much worse. it was the first day back to school in perry, iowa, after the winter holiday when at 7:37 a.m., shots rang out. >> shooter activation at perry high school. possible gunshots. >> reporter: within seven minutes, the first officers arrived followed by more than 100 others from local, state, and federal agencies. >> officers immediately attempted to locate the source of the threat and quickly found what appeared to be the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: the shooter, identified as 17-year-old dylan butler, a student at the school. he shot and killed a sixth grader and wounded five others, including the school's principal, dan marburger. all the victims were rushed to nearby hospitals in des moines. >> i couldn't believe it. honestly, i just -- i was just shook. >> reporter: officials say the

shooter used a pump action shotgun and a handgun. they also located and disarmed an improvised explosive device inside the school. >> butler also made a number of social media posts in and around the time of the shooting. law enforcement is working to secure those pieces of evidence. >> reporter: among the students who escaped, jody kurth's stepson, xander, who lives just two blocks from school. he had been grazed by a bullet and came back for medical attention. >> it was absolutely horrifying. one of the worst moments of my entire life. but the best phone call i got was saying that they were okay. >> reporter: this is the second school shooting already this year. in the last five years, 161 people have been killed in school shootings with more than 300 injured. now, iowa is set to hold a kickoff to the 2024 presidential election in just 11 days, and at that news conference, i asked iowa's republican governor how gop presidential contenders should be talking about school violence and guns in the closing

days of the caucus. she said, quote, i'll let them decide how they're going to talk about it. norah. >> all right. ed o'keefe there in iowa for us, thank you. now to that breaking news out of new york city. a subway train derailed this afternoon after it hit another train. we're learning there were at least two dozen people injured. cbs's doug williams is at the scene with the new developments. good evening, doug. >> reporter: norah, good evening. it was a terrifying trip for new york city subway riders this afternoon on manhattan's upper west side. a one-line subway train packed with at least 300 passengers hit a disabled train at a slow rate of speed between the 96th and 103rd street stations. the disabled car was empty other than its operators as it had been vandalized and needed to be serviced. authorities say more than 20 people suffered minor injuries. some passengers who exited the station described the scene as frightening as cars started to fill with smoke and the smell of

gas. dozens of new york city firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene to help evacuate passengers. at this point, officials are describing this as an accident. this is a major subway line on the west side of manhattan. train service in both directions has been disrupted. in places, it has been suspended. passengers are being told to take alternative routes tonight as authorities try and restore service in time for tomorrow morning's commute. norah. >> snarling tonight's commute as well. doug williams, thank you so much. there is more breaking news tonight as even more court documents are being released related to sex offender jeffrey epstein. they are from a civil lawsuit filed against ghislaine maxwell. she's in prison for conspiring with epstein in his sex trafficking operation. here's cbs's nancy chen. >> reporter: after years of highly publicized allegations that jeffrey epstein provided high-profile men with underage

women, these newly released documents give insight into epstein's ties with some of these prominent figures and his sexual abuse accusers. britain's prince andrew was among the notable associates named. in a 2016 deposition, accuser johanna sjoberg says she was with epstein, ghislaine maxwell, and virginia guiffre in 2001 when she met prince andrew at the millionaire's manhattan home. she told attorneys that when they were taking a photo, "i sat on andrew's lap, and andrew put his hand on my breast." guiffre previously said she was forced by maxwell and epstein to have sex with prince andrew when she was 17. he denied those allegations, and they settled a lawsuit out of court in 2022. sjoberg also discussed former president bill clinton. she did not accuse him of any wrongdoing but said epstein told her one time that clinton likes them young, referring to girls. today the former president's spokesperson pointed to a 2019 statement that said clinton knew nothing about epstein's crimes. cbs news legal analyst rikki

klieman. >> what is not answered in these documents? >> what goes unanswered is that we really still don't know when jeffrey epstein, either through ghislaine maxwell or through others, got these young girls to his properties and that they were not only abused by him and by ghislaine, but that they may have been trafficked to other people. >> reporter: klieman also says it's unlikely the information revealed will be to further legal action. and tonight, norah, more documents have just been released. >> nancy chen, thank you so much.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." well, tonight that major

winter storm system is on the move, and we've learned it's intensifying, set to slam the east coast. right now, it's sweeping across the southwest with rain and snow making for dangerous travel conditions in parts of new mexico. thick fog and slick roads caused problems for drivers in eastern nebraska. so for the very latest on this storm and another one that's coming next week, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. we do have our first major winter storm of the season aiming for the northeast. it has its origins today across the west with snow in places like santa fe, new mexico. tomorrow moves into the south. snow across the middle of the country. then a rain/snow mix in the mid-atlantic with heavier snow saturday across our northern states. really getting wound up going into saturday evening. heavy snow forming for us pennsylvania and northbound from there. the low potentially bombing out over the coast of massachusetts. high winds, heavy snowfall rates, coastal flooding could be an issue before the entire

system pulls out by sunday evening. notice, though, a big swath of snow here. many locations, five or more inches of snow. small pockets where we get more than a foot. then after that, we look at winter storm finn that comes in across the middle of the country and then produces some very heavy snow likely across the midwest. kansas city, chicago, detroit and cleveland all on the hook for significant snow early next week. >> a lot to look out for. mike bettes, thank you so much. last night remember we showed you this shocking video of a three-time felon attacking a las vegas judge. well, he was hit with new criminal charges today. we have the new details from cbs's carter evans. >> reporter: shocking courtroom video from las vegas shows the moment 30-year-old deobra redden leaps over the bench, tackling the judge, mary kay holthus. redden is a three-time felon in court this time for sentencing after pleading guilty to attempted battery with substantial bodily harm. redden was not in custody at the time, and moments before the attack, he calmly asked the judge for probation.

>> i feel like i shouldn't be sent to prison, but if it's appropriate for you, then you have to do what you have to do. >> but the judge said probation wasn't working. >> i think it's a time you get a taste of something else because i just can't with that history. in accordance with the laws -- >> no! [ bleep ] >> reporter: redden tackled the judge to the ground before being wrestled off her. judge holthus was injured but not hospitalized. a courtroom marshal was treated at a hospital for his injuries. redden is in jail now facing multiple new charges, including battery on a protected person. he's due back in court next week. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. turning overseas now, a u.s. military air strike in baghdad today took out a militia leader blamed for recent attacks on u.s. forces in iraq. and in the red sea, the iranian-backed houthi militia launched a drone boat -- that's new -- and it came within miles of u.s. navy and commercial ships. the drone blew up but did no

damage. the u.s. and allies have repeatedly warned the houthis to stop attacking cargo ships and tankers. turning now to the migrant crisis at the southern border, the biden administration is pushing back against harsh republican criticism that the president isn't doing enough to ease the burden. and tonight new york city filing a lawsuit to halt the unannounced busing of migrants to the city by texas governor greg abbott. cbs's weijia jiang has the story from the white house. >> reporter: tonight, the blame game goes on for the unprecedented number of migrant crossings at the southern border. >> there's only one reason why this is happening, and that's because joe biden has eliminated all of the four policies that donald trump put in place that led to the lowest illegal border crossings in 40 years. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott says his state can't handle any more migrants, so he continues to bus them elsewhere. just today, the chicago mayor's

office reported at least five buses are on their way from texas. and new york city mayor eric adams announced he is suing 17 charter bus companies for more than $700 million, demanding they help cover the cost to provide for about 34,000 migrants who have been transported to the city over the last two years. >> these companies have violated state law by not paying the costs of caring for these migrants. >> reporter: the white house blames house republicans for blocking a funding package that included $14 billion for border security. >> the president understands that there's a problem at the border. he put forth on his first day something to deal with that problem. >> reporter: house republicans are in no mood to negotiate. instead, they are trying to impeach the secretary of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, who blasted the lawmakers on "cbs mornings." >> i don't have time for words like that. we are focused here on

solutions. everyone agrees that the system is broken, and what we are doing is enforcing our laws. >> reporter: late today, governor abbott called that lawsuit against the bus companies that he uses baseless. and a group of bipartisan senators met to try to cut an immigration deal. but house republicans have signaled that they won't pass anything that doesn't include all their demands, like tighter asylum laws and more deportations. norah. >> we are heading for a showdown. weijia jiang, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right i'm jonathan lawson, here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget.

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opened fire in the center's parking lot, killing a man and his grandson and a third person nearby. >> it was a tough day. >> reporter: and leaving employees like sandra greisen shaken. >> to come in the building and see bullet holes, glass shattered, definitely immediate loss of security. >> reporter: since then, the center installed license plate readers, more cameras, armed guards, and metal detectors as well as safe defend devices. jeff green left his job as an elementary school principal to create the technology. >> no matter how much law enforcement wants to be there, there's a gap. there's a time when we're on our own, and how do we survive until help arrives? >> reporter: it's just one part of what's become a booming industry aimed at protecting kids and employees from a rapid rise in mass shootings. products range from gun detectors guided by a.i. to bulletproof tables and automatically locking doors. >> we've seen year-over-year increases in injury and death from mass shooting.

>> reporter: otis johnson jr., who leads the johns hopkins center for safe and healthy schools, is skeptical these products are the answer to gun violence. >> we really do need a more comprehensive approach that includes gun safety and stiffer regulations for gun ownership. >> reporter: sandra greisen says the center's new safety measures, including active shooter training, make her feel much more secure. >> preparedness is key, right? the more you're prepared, the better you feel and the more confident you feel. >> reporter: roxana saberi, cbs news, overland park, kansas. a major drug company launches a website to sell its anti-obesity drug directly to patients. we've got

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prescription, and they will also offer some of the company's insulin drugs for people with diabetes and a migraine medication. the u.s. mint honors the life and legacy of harriet tubman. that story is next. finally tonight, the u.s. mint has released a new set of coins honoring abolitionist

harriet tubman. the commemorative $5, $1, and half dollar coins each represent a different era of tubman's extraordinary life from being a conductor on the underground railroad to working as a spy for the union army. the new coins can be purchased online beginning today. the treasury department says tubman is expected to replace andrew jackson on the $20 bill, but that's not until 2030. and that's the overnight news for this thursday. 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 shanelle kaul in new york. secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to the middle east as tensions rise and concerns mount that fighting

could spread across the region. it's his fourth trip to the middle east since hamas attacked israel on october 7th. south african olympic and paralympic track star oscar pistorius will be released from prison on parole today. pistorius was convicted in the 2013 murder of girlfriend reeva steenkamp and sentenced to serve 13 years and 5 months. and awards season is here. the golden globes air this sunday night on cbs and streaming on paramount+ beginning at 8:00, 7:00 central. comedian jo koy will host. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's friday, january 5th, 2024. this is the "cbs morning news." bracing for winter's wrath. a major storm is barreling toward the northeast bringing