united saying it believes it's an installation issue. >> if you can't trust the manufacturer to tighten those bolts, can you trust them to tighten all the other bolts in the airplane? >> right now, we are focused on the evidence. we deal only with facts, and we're going to have to look at this aircraft. we will go broader if we need to. >> reporter: cbs news has learned investigators want to know if boeing has received damaged door plugs from its supplier. a month ago, a federal complaint by former employees of that supplier, spirit aerosystems, alleged the company's products frequently contained defects. >> how comfortable would you be getting on a 737 max today? >> i flew on two 737 maxes to get from washington, d.c. to california yesterday. >> reporter: billy nolan is the former acting faa administrator. >> is there a sufficient amount of faa oversight of boeing and its suppliers today? >> i would argue that there is, but i would say as we go through this, is there something additional? so this is the right case to ask

ourselves these questions. what have we missed, and what else should we be doing? >> reporter: the ntsb plans to use forensics to try to determine if those bolts were ever installed. boeing says it is committed to meeting the highest safety standards, and spirit aerosystems says its focus is quality. again tomorrow, hundreds more flights are expected to be canceled. norah. >> those were some tough and very interesting questions. thank you, kris van cleave. well, secretary of state antony blinken was back in israel today, saying the cost of the israel-hamas war on civilians in gaza is far too high. his talks with israel's president and prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, focused on freeing israeli and american hostages still believed to be held in gaza. it was blinken's fourth trip to the region since the conflict began. back here in washington, former president donald trump appeared before a federal appeals court for the historic arguments over whether he should be immune from prosecution for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

but here's what's interesting. the three-judge panel appeared skeptical and painted a dire picture of the future the president can't be charged with a crime. cbs's scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom. >> reporter: after arriving in a motorcade through the rain, donald trump sat in the front row as his attorney argued the 2020 election conspiracy case against the former president must be dismissed. >> to authorize the prosecution of a president for his official acts would open a pandora's box from which this nation may never recover. >> reporter: a trial judge rejected his claim of presidential immunity last year, saying the former president doesn't enjoy a get out of jail free card, which the prosecutor echoed today. >> the president has a unique constitutional role, but he is not above the law. >> reporter: the appeals court appeared skeptical too, with one judge calling it bare dox cal for a president to swear an oath to uphold the law yet be allowed

to violate the law. judge florence pan posed a pointed hypothetical to trump's attorney. >> could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team 6 to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached -- who he be subject to criminal prosecution? >> if he were impeached and convicted first. >> reporter: the judges also pressed trump's attorney when he acknowledged the former president could be charged if he had been convicted by the senate at his 2021 impeachment. >> if donald trump could have been impeached and convicted and therefore could be prosecuted, then how can they argue immunity at the same time? it's a contradiction. >> reporter: though he claimed he was forced from the campaign trail by the case, trump appeared in court voluntarily and addressed cameras at his former d.c. hotel after. >> i feel that as a president, you have to have immunity. very simple. >> scott macfarlane is back with us. so, scott, you were there inside the courtroom. what do we know about a timeline? >> no timetable from the three judges, two of whom were

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>> reporter: the program's first bus departed from here. we got a rare look inside operation lone star as migrants signed waivers and received bracelets before boarding buses to cities led by democrats, like new york. but early on, burrow realized there was a problem. >> did you have a sense that state officials were trying to notify and give times, etas and such? >> 100% no. >> the first bus that came here, did you know it was coming? >> no. no. >> reporter: within days, burrow contacted migrant advocate amy fisher in washington, d.c. after the two were connected by a friend. >> she called me just like that. eventually tiffany started saying, there's a bus coming your way, and here's the eta. >> reporter: as texas added other cities, the network of nonprofits that burrow would notify grew, and at her urging, texas officials agreed to a curfew so no bus would arrive between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. but in september of last year, a major shift.

texas officials told burrow they would no longer be providing information that would allow her to coordinate arrivals. no more calling ahead. no more curfew. >> what was non-negotiables with not being able to notify when people were coming. >> were you blindsided by this? >> i was very surprised. i was the one that was providing migrants for their buses. if we're not going to do this in a coordinated effort, then it really loses its usefulness for migrants. >> reporter: burrow ended her partnership with the state, and democratic mayors continue to struggle with the lack of coordination. >> i'm getting texts from our friends in the other cities saying we heard of people getting dropped off here that are lost, you know, and don't have places to go. >> in the middle of winter? >> in the middle of winter. >> reporter: in a statement, the texas division of emergency management told us the state is not involved in the coordination between nonprofits. as busloads continue to head

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health implications on the way we consume water. scientists at columbia and rutgers now say an average liter of bottled water contains nearly a quarter million particles of nano-plastics, each the fraction of the width of a human hair. there's been a wealth of research on larger microplastics, much of which end up in oceans, breaking down into tiny fragments, a potential environmental nightmare. but the world health organization has called the medical risk low. but with nano-plastics -- >> do you think there is a reason for concern? >> yes. when they are getting to the nano size, they can potentially get into the blood, and then they are being transportsed to the vital organs. >> they can actually bypass the cells of the gi system. >> reporter: the international bottled water association says there's no scientific consensus on potential health impacts, and media reports do nothing more than unnecessarily scare consumers. >> have you changed your own

personal use of water bottles after learning this? >> i intentionally cut down my bottled water consumption maybe by half. >> reporter: these scientists recommend consumers use tap water to fill up aluminum bottles as a safer alternative. david schecter, cbs news, los angeles. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

nasa announced today it's pushing back the target dates for its next crewed missions to the moon, each by about a year. artemis ii, which will send a crew around the moon, is now set for september of next year. artemis iii, which aims to put

american astronauts on the moon's south pole is rescheduled for september 2026 as nasa tries to solve technical challenges. all right. coming up, a group of seven women make history in the land of 10,000 lakes. we'll explain next. finally tonight, i think you'll like this story. history was made in minnesota's capital city of st. paul today, or should we see herstory was made. st. paul's new city council was sworn in this afternoon, made up entirely of women.

and get this. six of the seven council members are women of color, and they are all under the age of 40. four of them are new members and say that affordable housing, access to child care are some of their top priorities. congratulations to them and the people of st. paul. i am betting that they get some stuff done. that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can 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. severe weather moved across the country overnight. at least four people have been killed since the storm started, and hundreds of thousands lost

power. vice president kamala harris also had to contend with the weather. air force two was diverted from joint base andrews to a nearby airport. u.s. central command says iranian-backed houthis launched a complex attack on shipping lanes in the red sea tuesday. over 20 drones and missiles were shot down by american and british forces. no injuries or damage were reported. and "star wars" is headed back to theaters. lucas film and disney have announced a new film titled "the mandalorian and grogu" will go into production this year. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin tonight with a story that's impacting just about every state in

america. the dangerous weather from not one but two major winter storms. the national weather service today saying 47 states are under weather alerts. we're talking about deadly tornadoes in the south, blizzard conditions in the midwest, and here in the mid-atlantic and northeast, high winds, heavy rain, and flooding. nearly 210 million americans are in the path of this monster storm, and parts of the northeast are under a state of emergency. we have team coverage tonight from multiple storm locations, and cbs's dave malkoff will start us off from hard hit panama city beach, florida. >> reporter: parts of the florida panhandle pummeled by a powerful tornado blasting through block after block, blowing apart buildings, shredding structures, and lifting homes off their foundation. >> every storm has an indelible image. >> right. >> and i would guess this is it. >> reporter: gary michaels rode out the storm across the street from a house that looked like

this before the tornado tore through. >> it was a freight train hitting a brick wall. that's how loud it was. it was extremely scary in the house. >> reporter: then the winds whipped north. >> about 600 miles of warnings. >> reporter: heavy rain flooded roads and stranded drivers. >> the water was up to my door, so i had to roll my pants up, put my shoes in my bag. i had to actually walk through that water to get out of there. >> reporter: tonight 84 million people are under flood watches and warnings along the east coast. in baltimore, sandbags are helping protect low-lying areas, and the governor of new jersey has declared a state of emergency. cbs's lana zak is in little falls. >> reporter: here in northern new jersey, it is a cold and wet 43 degrees. we've just been constantly pelted with rain all day, and it's increasing in its intensity. the residents here are still recovering from those december floods, and now they're bracing for more. >> this river will go up very quick and come down very quick.

>> reporter: earlier today, residents raced to fill sandbags. >> what are you concerned about? >> so we don't have a basement, so i'm concerned about my garage and the backyard. >> reporter: and it is expected to get much worse here overnight. three to four inches of rain. 55-mile-per-hour winds. but the real threat, flooding. this is the passaic river behind me, and each one of the city's eight pumps are processing 10,000 gallons of stormwater every single minute. >> reporter: the same storm triggered weather warnings across the central u.s., including iowa, creating dangerous driving conditions in davenport. and further east were nearly 300 salt trucks on the road. but the damage here in florida won't just melt away. look at this marina behind me. it was destroyed in 2018 by hurricane michael. they rebuilt. they reopened it, norah, and now here we are five years later, and it's trashed again by a tornado.

>> dave malkoff in panama city beach, florida. thank you. for more on tonight's storms and those bearing down on the northeast, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather cannel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. the expansive storm across the east likely to produce more severe weather throughout the evening. severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible. the entire system should begin to push its way offshore by around midnight or so tonight. but the threat will still remain from florida all the way up through you at the least virginia. now, in the northeast, big issue here is heavy rain and then very gusty winds. they could be extreme. 60-mile-per-hour winds possible in new york. 75-mile-per-hour winds are possible in a place like boston as the rain is moving out. snow will still remain here across the midwest. now, on the heels of this one comes another one friday into saturday. it also produces a large swath of snow in yet again places like chicago. detroit also a target here. norah, some of the snow totals going into the weekend could top a foot. >> wow.

mike bettes, thank you. the other big news tonight is from here in washington. we are finally learning why the defense secretary has been in the hospital for more than a week after keeping the public and the president in the dark for days. 70-year-old lloyd austin revealing today he is being treated for prostate cancer, and now the white house has issued an order to all presidential cabinet members to make sure the failure to disclose doesn't happen again. more now from cbs's david martin at the pentagon. >> reporter: secretary austin had surgery for prostate cancer more than two weeks ago but hid the diagnosis from his commander in chief until today. >> the president didn't know about the diagnosis until this morning. >> reporter: austin underwent surgery on december 22nd. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook describes the operation, which the pentagon called an elective medical procedure. >> when you take out the entire prostate, it is a major operation. >> reporter: on new year's day, austin began to suffer complications. >> including nausea with severe

abdominal, hip, and leg pain. initial evaluation revealed a urinary tract infection. >> this is an unusual complication. usually these surgeries, they are big operations but people recover very well generally without any kind of a complication like this. >> reporter: admitted to the icu with a tube down his nose to drain his stomach, austin turned over his powers as secretary of defense to his deputy but waited three full days before telling the white house he was in the hospital. >> it is not optimal for a situation like this to go as long as it did without the commander in chief knowing about it. that's not the way this is supposed to happen. >> reporter: the white house ordered all cabinet secretaries to immediately report whenever they are not able to perform their duties, and the pentagon began a review of what took so long. austin's spokesman provided one answer. >> despite the frequency of prostate cancer, discussions about screening, treatment, and support are often deeply

personal and private ones. >> it's a very sensitive part of the body, but it's important for men to know what their risk factors are for prostate cancer, to get screened appropriately. >> reporter: because they caught austin's cancer early, his doctors say prospects for recovery are excellent. but he will also have to recover from an examination of whether his desire for privacy led him to violate laws governing the transfer of power. norah. >> good context. david martin, thank you. well, secretary of state antony blinken was back in israel today saying the cost of the zisz-hamas war on civilians in gaza is far too high. his talks with israeli prime minister benjamn netanyahu focused on freeing israeli and american hostages still believed to be held in gaza. it was blinken's fourth trip to the region since the conflict began. chaos erupted today in ecuador. a drug gang briefly took control of a tv station in the south

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i'm christina ruffini in washington. thanks for staying with us. new york city mayor eric adams is trying to put up roadblocks to the charter buses carrying migrants from texas to the big apple. he issued an executive order requiring bus companies to provide 32 hours' notice before they drop off migrants and limiting the time of day they can arrive. he's also suing 17 of the bus companies for more than $700 million. that's how much he says it's cost the city to care for those dropped off. the moves, however, have done little to stop the flood. some nonprofits have been helping cities prepare for the arrival of these migrants, but a cbs news investigation found texas officials have derailed the efforts to bring order to the chaos. manuel bojorquez reports. >> reporter: it is an unprecedented taxpayer funded operation by the state of texas, but not much is known about its inner workings. now a woman who worked on the inside is speaking out about why she will no longer do it.

for years, tiffany burrow has helped thousands of migrants arriving in del rio, texas, figure out the next step of their journey. so when texas wanted to start a migrant busing program in april 2022, officials turned to her and the nonprofit she runs. >> we met on a friday, and by the end of the weekend, we were in agreement that this would actually help a lot of people. >> reporter: the next day, the program's first ever bus departed from this building she shares with the state. >> we had this huge map that filled up an entire wall, and we were able to show this is where you're at, here in del rio, and this is where the bus is going, washington, d.c. >> what was their reaction like? >> many of them were incredibly grateful. >> reporter: the plan was part of operation lone star, an initiative that has bused nearly 100,000 migrants out of overwhelmed border towns like del rio and on to cities led by democrats like chicago and new

york. >> this issue will destroy new york city. >> reporter: charter contracts obtained by cbs news show the effort has already cost the state of texas more than $100 million. >> we don't get any notice about who's coming across, when, or where, or how many. >> reporter: the brainchild of republican governor greg abbott and run by state emergency management officials, we got a rare look inside the operation as migrants signed waivers and received bracelets before boarding a bus to new york city. but early on in her work with the program, burrow noticed a problem. >> did you have a sense that state officials were trying to notify and give times, etas and such? >> 100% no. i knew if i wanted the buses to be met, i was going to have to do legwork. >> reporter: the legwork included identifying and notifying nonprofits in cities the migrants were headed to,

like washington, d.c. >> the first bus that came here, did you know it was coming? >> no. no. >> reporter: amy fisher lives in d.c. and runs a nonprofit there. a friend connected her with burrow, who started alerting her about incoming buses. >> each time she would hear that another city was coming on board, i would find her a person to coordinate with and receive on the other end. >> so in a matter of months, you had developed a network? >> yeah. >> reporter: at burrow's urging, texas officials also agreed to impose a curfew so no bus would arrive between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. records obtained by cbs news show. but in september of last year, a major shift. texas officials told burrow they would no longer be providing any information that would allow her to coordinate arrivals. no more calling ahead. no more curfew. >> what was non-negotiable was not being able to notify when people were coming. >> were you blindsided by this? >> i was very surprised.

i was the one that was providing migrants for their buses. if we're not going to do this in a coordinated effort, then it really uses its usefulness for migrants. >> reporter: unsatisfied with an arrangement she feels ignores the well-being of migrants, burrow ended the partnership. >> i could take it or leave it, and i left it. >> reporter: in a statement, the texas division of emergency management told us the state is not involved in the coordination between nonprofits. these days, the journey is often delayed as sanctuary cities like new york push back against abbott. buses can arrive anytime and anywhere in unfamiliar cities, which to these migrants, still represent the possibility of a new life in this country. to be clear, both amy fisher and tiffany burrow believe that a busing program is a good thing

given how overwhelmed some brder communities have been. but they say there's no reason they shouldn't be able to coordinate between cities to try to bring some order to it. >> that was manuel bojorquez reporting. over the past 27 years, tiger woods has become the face of professional golf, and he's taken every swing with a nike swoosh either on his shirt or his hat. the partnership won nike a foothold in professional golf and earned tiger more than $600 million. well, those days are over, and jericka duncan has the story. >> reporter: it's an image baked in the memory of every golf fan. [ cheers and applause ] tiger woods dressed in his iconic sunday attire, black and red, emblazoned with the nike swoosh. >> i guess hello world, huh? >> reporter: the partnership is as old as tiger's professional golf career. he signed his first contract with the company after turning pro as a 20-year-old in 1996.

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>> what's hold often ends up in new construction. >> the environment holds so much of our history. so when you lose it, we lose a lot of the stories and the connections that go with that. >> reporter: the nonprofit is an all women-plus venture in an industry where more than 90% of construction workers are men. >> there are barriers whether they're formal or informal. and removing those barriers helps women break into a really rewarding industry and start really long, productive, healthy careers. >> reporter: and an alternative to bulldozers and wrecking balls. >> there is light, and there's beauty in what we're able to do. and i think, you know, the broader message of what we're doing is that we're doing something with intention. >> reporter: the nuanced work of preserving history, piece by precious piece. janet shamlian, cbs news, savannah, georgia. steve hartman now with a story of true love that's truly for the birds. he found this story "on the

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a shortage of pilots has boeing offering scholarships to get people off the ground and into the cockpit. kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: danielle hilton spends a lot of her time in the air. now the united airlines flight

attendant is taking the leap into the pilot's seat. >> so the first time i flew, i was 17 years old. a friend of mine who said she was into aviation and she was flying, and 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 plane maker boeing estimates north america will need 127,000 new pilots by 2043. over the last three years, the company has give out $8.5 million in flight school scholarships. >> we thede more women, and we need people to be able to get on an airplane just like i did this morning and look left, see someone that looks like them, and go, i can do that too. it's something i can do.

>> reporter: women make up about 9% of pilots and women of color are 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: and now 15 years after her first flight, hilton's plan to be an airline pilot is a big step closer to taking off. kris van cleave, hampton, georgia. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm christina ruffini. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. severe weather moved across the country overnight. at least four people have been killed since the storm started, and hundreds of thousands lost

power. vice president kamala harris also had to contend with the weather. air force two was diverted from joint base andrews to a nearby airport. u.s. central command says iranian-backed houthis launched a complex attack on shipping lanes in the red sea tuesday. over 20 drones and missiles were shot down by american and british forces. no injuries or damage were reported. and "star wars" is headed back to theaters. lucasfilm and disney have announced a new film titled "the mandalorian & grogu" will go into production this year. for more, downlo the cbs connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the two powerful storm systems hitting the united states. blizzard warnings out west and dadly weather in the south. plus, cities like d.c., new york, and boston preparing for flash flooding and heavy rain.

>> the water was up to my door. >> hundreds of thousands are without power tonight as a massive storm brings life-threatening conditions and at least a dozen reported tornadoes. the reason for the defense secretary's mystery hospitalization is revealed. complications from his prostate cancer treatment. why the president didn't know the reason until today. >> discussions about screening treatment and support are often deeply personal and private ones. a federal panel hears donald trump's claim of immunity, but the judges sound skeptical. what it all means. >> a president has to have immunity. and the other thing is i did nothing wrong. the investigation into that alaska airlines 737 max that lost a door panel is honing in on bolts. and the new concern tonight about bottled water and your health. what you should know. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."

we want to begin tonight with a story that's impacting just about every state in america. the dangerous weather from not one but two major winter storms. the national weather service today saying 47 states are under weather alerts. we're talking about deadly tornadoes in the south, blizzard conditions in the midwest, and here in the mid-atlantic and northeast, high winds, heavy rain, and flooding. nearly 210 million americans are in the path of this monster storm, and parts of the northeast are under a state of emergency. we have team coverage tonight from multiple storm locations, and cbs's dave malkoff will start us off from hard hit panama city beach, florida. >> reporter: parts of the florida panhandle pummeled by a powerful tornado blasting through block after block, blowing apart buildings, shredding structures, and lifting homes off their fundation. >> every storm has an indelible image. >> right. >> and i would guess this is it.

>> reporter: gary michaels rode out the storm across the street from a house that looked like this before the tornado tore through. >> it was a freight train hitting a brick wall. that's how loud it was. it was extremely scary in the house. >> reporter: then the winds whipped north. >> about 600 miles of warnings. >> reporter: heavy rain flooded roads and stranded drivers. >> the water was up to my door, so i had to roll my pants up, put my shoes in my bag. i had to actually walk through that water to get out of there. >> reporter: tonight 84 million people are under flood watches and warnings along the east coast. in baltimore, sandbags are helping protect low-lying areas, and the governor of new jersey has declared a state of emergency. cbs's lana zak is in little falls. >> reporter: here in northern new jersey, it is a cold and wet 43 degrees. we've just been constantly pelted with rain all day, and it's increasing in its intensity. the residents here are still

recovering from those december floods, and now they're bracing for more. >> this river will go up very quick and come down very quick. >> reporter: earlier today, residents raced to fill sandbags. >> what are you concerned about? >> so we don't have a basement, so i'm concerned about my garage and the backyard. >> reporter: and it is expected to get much worse here overnight. three to four inches of rain. 55-mile-per-hour winds. but the real threat, flooding. this is the passaic river behind me, and each one of the city's eight pumps are processing 10,000 gallons of stormwater every single minute. >> reporter: the same storm triggered weather warnings across the central u.s., including iowa, creating dangerous driving conditions in davenport. and further east, where nearly 300 salt trucks are on the road. but the damage here in florida won't just melt away. look at this marina behind me. it was destroyed in 2018 by hurricane michael. they rebuilt.

they reopened it, norah, and now here we are five years later, and it's trashed again by a tornado. >> dave malkoff in panama city beach, florida. thank you. for more on tonight's storms and those bearing down on the northeast, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. the expansive storm across the east likely to produce more severe weather right through the evening. severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible. the entire system should begin to push its way offshore by around midnight or so tonight. but the threat will still remain from florida all the way up through at least virginia. now, in the northeast, big issue here is heavy rain and then very gusty winds. they could be extreme. 60-mile-per-hour winds possible in new york. 75-mile-per-hour winds are possible in a place like boston as the rain is moving out. snow will still remain here across the midwest. now, on the heels of this one comes another one friday into saturday. it also produces a large swath of snow in yet again places like chicago. detroit also a target here.

norah, some of the snow totals going into the weekend could top a foot. >> wow. mike bettes, thank you. the other big news tonight is from here in washington. we are finally learning why the defense secretary has been in the hospital for more than a week after keeping the public and the president in the dark for days. 70-year-old lloyd austin revealing today he is being treated for prostate cancer, and now the white house has issued an order to all presidential cabinet members to make sure the failure to disclose doesn't happen again. more now from cbs's david martin at the pentagon. >> reporter: secretary austin had surgery for prostate cancer more than two weeks ago but hid the diagnosis from his commander in chief until today. >> the president didn't know about the diagnosis until this morning. >> reporter: austin underwent surgery on december 22nd. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook describes the operation, which the pentagon called an elective medical procedure. >> when you take out the entire prostate, it is a major operation.

>> reporter: on new year's day, austin began to suffer complications. >> including nausea with severe abdominal, hip, and leg pain. initial evaluation revealed a urinary tract infection. >> this is an unusual complication. usually these surgeries, they are big operations but people recover very well generally without any kind of a complication like this. >> reporter: admitted to the icu with a tube down his nose to drain his stomach, austin turned over his powers as secretary of defense to his deputy but waited three full days before telling the white house he was in the hospital. >> it is not optimal for a situation like this to go as long as it did without the commander in chief knowing about it. that's not the way this is supposed to happen. >> reporter: the white house ordered all cabinet secretaries to immediately report whenever they are not able to perform their duties, and the pentagon began a review of what took so long.

austin's spokesman provided one answer. >> despite the frequency of prostate cancer, discussions about screening, treatment, and support are often deeply personal and private ones. >> it's a very sensitive part of the body, but it's important for men to know what their risk factors are for prostate cancer, to get screened appropriately. >> reporter: because they caught austin's cancer early, his doctors say prospects for recovery are excellent. but he will also have to recover from an examination of whether his desire for privacy led him to violate laws governing the transfer of power. norah. >> good context. david martin, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead the "cbs overnight

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catastrophic incident on board an alaska airlines flight was the company's mistake, and he promised 100% transparency every step of the way. cbs's kris van cleave with some hard questions tonight to those investigating the midair blowout. >> reporter: it appears it's all about the bolts. investigators are increasingly focused on the four powerful bolts that should have kept the door panel from flying off this 737 max 9. they're unaccounted for. >> we have not yet determined if they existed there. >> so if the bolts are there, the door doesn't move up, which means it doesn't fly off? >> yes. if the bolts are there, it prevents the door from translating upwards and disengaging from the stop fittings. >> and flying off the plane? >> and flying off the plane. >> reporter: sometimes called a door plug, the panel replaces an optional emergency exit. it's visible from the exterior, but inside appears as a normal cabin window. both alaska and united are finding some with loose bolts are their now grounded planes.

united saying it believes it's an installation issue. >> if you can't trust the manufacturer to tighten those bolts, can you trust them to tighten all the other bolts in the airplane? >> right now, we are focused on the evidence. we deal only with facts, and we're going to have to look at this aircraft. we will go broader if we need to. >> reporter: cbs news has learned investigators want to know if boeing has received damaged door plugs from its supplier. a month ago, a federal complaint by former employees of that supplier, spirit aerosystems, alleged the company's products frequently contained defects. >> how comfortable would you be getting on a 737 max today? >> i flew on two 737 maxes to get from washington, d.c. to california yesterday. >> reporter: billy nolan is the former acting faa administrator. >> is there a sufficient amount of faa oversight of boeing and its suppliers today? >> i would argue that there is, but i would say as we go through this, is there something additional? so this is the right case to ask

ourselves these questions. what have we missed, and what else should we be doing? >> reporter: the ntsb plans to use forensics to try to determine if those bolts were ever installed. boeing says it is committed to meeting the highest safety standards, and spirit aerosystems says its focus is quality. again tomorrow, hundreds more flights are expected to be canceled. norah. >> those were some tough and very interesting questions. thank you, kris van cleave. well, secretary of state antony blinken was back in israel today, saying the cost of the israel-hamas war on civilians in gaza is far too high. his talks with israel's president and prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, focused on freeing israeli and american hostages still believed to be held in gaza. it was blinken's fourth trip to the region since the conflict began. back here in washington, former president donald trump appeared before a federal appeals court for the historic arguments over whether he should be immune from prosecution for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

but here's what's interesting. the three-judge panel appeared skeptical and painted a dire picture of the future the president can't be charged with a crime. cbs's scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom. >> reporter: after arriving in a motorcade through the rain, donald trump sat in the front row as his attorney argued the 2020 election conspiracy criminal case against the former president must be dismissed. >> to authorize the prosecution of a president for his official acts would open a pandora's box from which this nation may never recover. >> reporter: a trial judge rejected his claim of presidential immunity last year, saying a former president doesn't enjoy a get out of jail free card, which the prosecutor echoed today. >> the president has a unique constitutional role, but he is not above the law. >> reporter: the appeals court appeared skeptical too, with one judge calling it paradoxical for a president to swear an oath to uphold the law yet be allowed to violate the law.

judge florence pan posed a pointed hypothetical to trump's attorney. >> could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team 6 to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached -- would he be subject to criminal prosecution? >> if he were impeached and convicted first. >> reporter: the judges also pressed trump's attorney when he acknowledged the former president could be charged if he had been convicted by the senate at his 2021 impeachment. >> if donald trump could have been impeached and convicted and therefore could be prosecuted, then how can they argue immunity at the same time? it's a contradiction. >> reporter: though he claimed he was forced from the campaign trail by the case, trump appeared in court voluntarily and addressed cameras at his former d.c. hotel after. >> i feel that as a president, you have to have immunity. very simple. >> scott macfarlane is back with us. so, scott, you were there inside the courtroom. what do we know about a timeline? >> no timetable from the three judges, two of whom were appointed by president biden.

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bus departed from here. we got a rare look inside operation lone star as migrants signed waivers and received bracelets before boarding buses to cities led by democrats, like new york. but early on, burrow realized there was a problem. >> did you have a sense that state officials were trying to notify and give times, etas and such? >> 100% no. >> the first bus that came here, did you know it was coming? >> no. no. >> reporter: within days, burrow contacted migrant advocate amy fischer in washington, d.c. after the two were connected by a friend. >> she called me just like that. eventually tiffany started saying, there's a bus coming your way, and here's the eta. >> reporter: as texas added other cities, the network of nonprofits that burrow would notify grew, and at her urging, texas officials agreed to a curfew so no bus would arrive between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. but in september of last year, a major shift.

texas officials told burrow they would no longer be providing information that would allow her to coordinate arrivals. no more calling ahead. no more curfew. >> what was non-negotiable was not being able to notify when people were coming. >> were you blindsided by this? >> i was very surprised. i was the one that was providing migrants for their buses. if we're not going to do this in a coordinated effort, then it really loses its usefulness for migrants. >> reporter: burrow ended her partnership with the state, and democratic mayors continue to struggle with the lack of coordination. >> i'm getting texts from our friends in the other cities saying, we heard of people getting dropped off here that are lost, you know, and don't have places to go. >> in the middle of winter? >> in the middle of winter. >> reporter: in a statement, the texas division of emergency management told us the state is not involved in the coordination between nonprofits. as busloads continue to head

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health implications on the way we consume water. scientists at columbia and rutgers now say an average liter of bottled water contains nearly a quarter million particles of nanoplastics, each the fraction of the width of a human hair. there's been a wealth of research on larger microplastics, much of which end up in oceans, breaking down into tiny fragments, a potential environmental nightmare. but the world health organization has called the medical risk low. but with nanoplastics -- >> do you think there is a reason for concern? >> yes. when they are getting to the nano size, they can potentially get into the blood, and then they are being transported to the vital organs. >> the particles there can actually bypass the cells of the gu system. >> reporter: the international bottled water association says there's no scientific consensus on potential health impacts, and media reports do nothing more than unnecessarily scare consumers. >> have you changed your own personal use of water bottles

after learning this? >> i intentionally cut down my bottled water consumption maybe by half. >> reporter: these scientists recommend consumers use tap water to fill up aluminum bottles as a safer alternative. david schecter, cbs news, los angeles. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

nasa announced today it's pushing back the target dates for its next crewed missions to the moon, each by about a year. artemis ii, which will send a crew around the moon, is now set for september of next year. artemis iii, which aims to put american astronauts on the

moon's south pole, is rescheduled for september 2026 as nasa tries to solve technical challenges. all right. coming up, a group of seven women make history in the land of 10,000 lakes. we'll explain next. finally tonight, i think you'll like this story. history was made in minnesota's capital city of st. paul today, or should we stay herstory was made. st. paul's new city council was sworn in this afternoon, made up

entirely of women. and get this. six of the seven council members are women of color, and they are all under the age of 40. four of them are new members and say that affordable housing, and access to child care are some of their top priorities. congratulations to them and the people of st. paul. i am betting that they get some stuff done. that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can 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. severe weather moved across the country overnight. at least four people have been killed since the storm started, and hundreds of thousands lost

power. vice president kamala harris also had to contend with the weather. air force two was diverted from joint base andrews to a nearby airport. u.s. central command says iranian-backed houthis launched a complex attack on shipping lanes in the red sea tuesday. over 20 drones and missiles were shot down by american and british forces. no injuries or damage were reported. and "star wars" is headed back to theaters. lucasfilm and disney have announced a new film titled "the mandalorian & grogu" will go into production this year. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelleaul, it's wednesday, january 10th, 2024. this is the "cbs morning news." winter wallop. two powerful storm systems blast the united states. blizzard warnings out west, tornadoes down south,