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hostages," this woman told us," and stop this war." it is a cry shared by many of the families of those still being held hostage. once hostage herself, clara was released in november. her heart, she says, remains in gaza, where her brother and partner are still captive. she is terrified they could be killed at any moment. "no price is too high for their release," she told us. >> including stopping the war for two months? >> yes. >> reporter: although nothing has been finalized, talks between israel, the u.s., qatar, and egypt are inching closer towards a deal that provides for an extended cease-fire in exchange for hostages. but hamas wants all israeli troops out of gaza before any hostages are released. norah. >> debora patta, thank you.
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tonight the heaviest fighting is taking place in the southern gaza final stand. cbs's charlie d'agata was taken to the outskirts of the embattled city by israeli defense forces who control media access to the territory. >> reporter: the soldiers of the 55th brigade, 98 paratroopers division, battling hamas mill tantss in the southern city of kahn yoonis, known as the tip of the spear brigade. they escorted us into gaza, the only way international journalists are allowed in, embedded with the israeli military. a few minutes inside, show us a recent discovery. they're finding tunnels and shafts like this everywhere, but this is just a few hundred yards from the crossing itself. and they believe it was used by hamas militants to attack that day. aadvancing across these fields undetected enabled the first
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wave of the assault. we pushed deeper west toward khan younis through a devastated landscape. the remains of an affluent neighborhood. this is or was an elementary school on the outskirts of khan younis. it's now an israeli military headquarters, and soldiers say they had to fight their way in to capture it. you can see the scars of that battle everywhere. lieutenant colonel anchi was part of that fight. >> they were firing from this school. >> from within schools, from courtyards, from shafts and underground facilities. >> you were injured. >> correct. >> what happened? >> i got a bullet in my arm. came in and out. >> reporter: even as israeli forces surround the last remaining hamas stronghold, the group's leaders remain at large, likely holed up in the labyrinth that lies beneath this desolate wasteland along with more than 130 hostages that are still missing. charlie d'agata, cbs news, in the khan younis area inside
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gaza. more now on where we are tonight here in bahrain. this naval base and its sailors are responsible for protecting american interests and assets in the waters around the middle east, including therorists are targeting commercial vessels and now u.s. navy warships, disrupting $1 trillion worth of trade. we are here reporting a larger story for "60 minutes," and we were the only journalists given access to the secret operations center as a new kind of naval warfare is taking shape. >> where are we headed now? >> reporter: vice admiral brad cooper is the top naval officer in the middle east. >> it is the nerve center for u.s. navy operations tlouts the entire middle east. >> reporter: the three star admiral commands the more than 7,000 sailors and marines who arrived in the past few months. >> it's intense. they've been operating in this environment for about two months. it's the longest period that the united states navy has operated
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when what we call a weapons engagement zone, or under the umbrella o on. >> there's no daydreaming. >> reporter: the admiral told us every second counts once houthi militants fire off missiles or drones from yemen. >> how much time is there between a houthi launch and then it could reach a u.s. ship? >> so at any give moment, there's about 75 seconds between when that missile launches and when it's going to hit something if it's coming toward them, now put yourself in the seat of the destroyer captain on that ship. he has about 9 to 15 seconds to make a decision to shoot that down. >> reporter: the u.s. navy has shot down 80 houthi drones, crews, and ballistic missiles. >> what kind of damage would one of those do on a commercial ship? >> so this happened three nights ago, this particular ship was much further away outside of a defensive umbrella. the houthis attacked it, and you can see in practical terms what the damage was. enormous fires. >> reporter: admiral cooper told us it's iran that's providing
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southern border. but house republicans are already planning to shoot down the plan. we get details from cbs's nancy cordes at the white house. >> our country is being invaded right now, right in front of our very eyes because of joe biden's catastrophic border policies. >> and joe biden should be ashamed of himself. >> reporter: house republicans slammed the president's handling of immigration this evening, even as the white house and bipartisan negotiators race to finalize a package of major new border . oklahoma republican james langford. >> we're working on the final aspects of to try to be able to get it out so everyone can get a chance to read it. right now they're functioning off internet rumors. >> reporter: the center piece of the plan is a new presidential authority to swiftly deport most migrants seeking asylum anytime there is a surge in unlawful border crossings, like december when encounters at the border hit an all-time high. >> if that bill were the law today, i'd shut down the border right n it quickly.
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>> reporter: but president biden's predecesso, who plans to run on immigration, urged republicans this weekend to kill the deal. >> please blame it on me, please, because they were getting ready to pass a very bad bill. and i'll tell you what. a bad bill is -- i'd rather have no bill than a bad bill. a bad bill you can't have. >> wondering if i can goat your reaction to that. >> reporter: white house press sect karine jean-pierre. >> reporter: the bipartisan agreement they're coming forward with are things house republicans have said and republicans more broadly said they wanted. they have said over and over again this is what they want to see. >> reporter: a new front in this battle opens tomorrow when house republicans plan to hold an initial vote in their bid to impeach the secretary of homeland security. they claim he hasn't been enforcing existing border laws. dhs called this a politically motivated sham designed to the motivated sham designed to the house, ma, ma, ma— ( clears throat )
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courtroom. >> this matter is now adjourned. >> reporter: tonight a south carolina judge ruled despite believing the court clerk in alex murdaugh's double murder trial lacked credibility, murdaugh should not get a new trial. >> i did not have a conversation with any juror about anything related to this case. >> reporter: murdaugh's lawyers say that court clerk rebecca hill told jurors not to be misled by the defense's evidence or fooled by murdaugh's testimony and pressured them to quickly render a guilty verdict, which would help hill sell a tell-all book she planned to write. >> i usually give a little pep talk to the jurors, and i do remember saying pay attention. it's a big day today. >> reporter: one of the jurors who found murdaugh guilty said comments made by hill to, quote, watch murdaugh's actions and watch him closely when he took the stand made it seem like he was guilty, which influenced her verdict. another juror also said they heard comments hill made about ?
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>> we're not going to comment at this time. >> reporter: all 12 jurors testified today. >> alex murdaugh has to deal with the punishment that will stand for these cases at the moment. >> reporter: alex murdaugh's lawyers could appeal today's ruling. tonight they say their focus is finding the real killer of murdaugh's wife and son. norah. >> nikki battiste, thank you. an american researcher says he may hav found
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finally tonight, a possible clue to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in american history. the disappearance of amelia earhart. the exploration company deep sea vision revealed this sonar image over the weekend of what could be earhart's missing plane on the bottom of the pacific ocean. in 1937, earhart disappeared while attempting to become the first female pilot to fly around the world. the explorers plan to return for
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a closer look. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. be sure to check back for "cbs mornings" and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from a u.s. naval base here in bahrain, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. authorities in southern california say five men have been arrested in connection with the six people shot to death and found in the mojave desert last week. the san bernardino county sheriff said the killings appear to stem from a dispute over illicit marijuana. elon musk says his neuralink
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has implanted its first brain chip into a human. the company is developing a brain implant to allow people with paralysis to contro tech skating event at the 2022 olympics on monday night. this after a russian skater was retroactively banned for doping and the russian team was disqualified. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. this is the nerve center. >> this is the nerve center. this is where it all happens. >> growing tension in the middle east. we're in the region with the u.s. navy where they are facing relentless attacks by houthi terrorists. >> no one has ever used an anti-ship ballistic missile certainly against commercial shipping,nse after a drone attack kills three soldiers in jordan. >> we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm norah o'donnell coming to you from the u.s. naval base here in bahrain amidst rising tensions in the region from the red sea to jordan. and thank you for being with us. we're at the home of the u.s. 5th fleet and naval forces central command, getting a first look at the secret operations center here. these forces are the tip of the spear against the iranian-backed houthi militia, defending international waters against their terror attacks. and new offensive action may not be far off following that deadly attack in jordan that killed three army soldiers and wounded more than 40 others. tonight we are learning the extent of some of those injuries, including about eight service members who had to be airlifted and the names of the three killed in the attack. well, tonight we've got our new reporting that u.s. air defense systems failed to protect that outpost. plus, president biden is
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vowing to retaliate in hopes of sending a clear message to iran and others here in the region. we'll take a look at the u.s. options and the consequences of starting a wider conflict in the middle east. we want to begin tonight with the deadly drone attack in jordan. cbs news has learned that the drone used in the attack appears to be an iranian one-way attack drone like the ones iran has been providing to russia for its war in ukraine. tonight we are learning the names of the soldiers killed -- sergeant william rivers, specialist breonna moffett, and it's the latest in a series of attacks against u.s. forces in the middle east by iranian-backed forces. >> so clearly there is a responsibility that appropriately needs to be laid at the feet of leaders in tehran. >> reporter: president biden is vowing to strike back, but how hard and where was the topic of his national security team meeting today in the white house situation room.
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was escalatory. make no mistake about it, and it requires a response. >> reporter: the drone strike on a base known as tower 22 in northeast jordan killed the three americans and wounded more than 40. it was the u.s. military's worst loss of life to enemy action since the fall of afghanistan. pentagon officials tell cbs news the explosive drone came in low and slow several mut u.s. drone was returning from a mission in syria. the base's air defense system, which should have fired on the enemy drone, had been temporarily taken offline to allow the american drone to land safely. as a result, there was little t which are not built to withstand a blast. >> the president and i -- >> reporter: defense secretary lloyd austin, back at the pentagon after a month-long illness, promised all options are on the table. >> we will take all necessary actions to defend the u.s. and our troops. >> reporter: here in bahrain. we asked him tonight if the security posture has changed.
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>> yeah, we've had a very high level of force protection and security in place for a number of months. we constantly assess and then reassess what that posture looks like. i'm confiden now to defend ourselves, but it's something that we look at literally every day. >> have you changed anything? >> we change all the time. >> reporter: american forces have been the target of 165 attacks since october 17th, and the u.s. has launched seven retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed militias. but congressional republicans call those pin pricks. >> the deterrence and response has been weak, not strong. and until we send a strong message to ira will continue to hit our troops in the region. we turn now to israel where a growing list of countries around the world have suspended funding to a u.n. refugee agency for palestinians. cbs news has obtained an israeli
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report that alleges that a group of workers at the aid agency actually took part in the hamas terror attacks on october 7th. cbs's debora patta has the details from tel aviv. >> reporter: over 2 million people in gaza rely on the u.n. relief agency and its 13,000 workers for access to aid. now amid damning allegations, 15 countries and the european union have suspended their funding. in a document given to the u.n., israel accuses 12 unrwa employees of being involved in the october 7 hamas attack including the kidnapping of israeli citizens. but they have yet to provide evidence substantiating these claims. the u.n. has fired the workers and launched an internal investigation. but the suspension of funding could not have come at a worse time. gaza is on the brink of famine.
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"we want them to release the hostages," this woman told us," and stop this war." it is a cry shared by many of the families of those still being held hostage. once hostage herself, clara was released in november. her heart, she says, remains in gaza, where her brother and partner are still captive. she is terrified they could be killed at any moment. "no price is too high for their release," she told us. >> including stopping the war for two months? >> yes. >> reporter: although nothing has been finalized, talks between israel, the u.s., qatar, and egypt are inching closer towards a deal that provides for an extended cease-fire in exchange for hostages. but hamas wants all israeli troops out of gaza before any hostages are released. norah.
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>> debora patta, thank you. britain's king charles and his daughter in law, princess catherine, were both released from the same hospital today. the 75-year-old king spent the weekend at the london clinic after a procedure for an enlarged prostate. the 42-year-old princess was in the hospital for about two weeks following abdominal surgery. both are said to be doing well. the kansas city chiefs and san francisco 49ers punched their tickets to the super bowl over the weekend. the chiefs led by patrick mahomes and travis kelce are looking to become the first back-to-back champions in nearly 20 years. the 49ers are looking to win a record-tying sixth super bowl title. and there's word that taylor the big game.ning to mak she has concerts scheduled that weekend in tokyo. super bowl lviii on sunday, february 11th, will be right here on cbs, paramount+, and nickelodeon. tonight a possible clue to one of the greatest unsolved
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overnight news." i'm olivia gazis in washington. thanks for staying with us. president biden is vowing that the u.s. will respond after an attack on a u.s. base in jordan left three soldiers dead and nearly three dozen others wounded. the drone attack struck an american military outpost in jord asleep in
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their bare racks. the white house is blaming iran backed militias that have launched more than 160 attacks on american forces in the past three months. holly williams is following all of this from london. >> reporter: about 350 u.s. troops are based at tower 22, an american military outpost which is inse jordan, a u.s. ally, but very close to the borders of both iraq and syria, where many militia groups that are backed by iran are operating. there has been a sharp uptick in attacks by iran-backed militia groups against u.s. troops since october 7th. around 160 attacks using drones, rockets, and missiles. now, they are a response to israel's war against hamas and u.s. support of israel. but these are the first america
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has denied any involvement in the attack on tower 22. there have been fears of a wider war in the middle east ever since the israel-hamas conflict began on october 7th, most likely involving proxies of iran. the u.s. has responded to earlier attacks on its forces, including with air strikes in iraq, but it's now in a very difficult position. on the one hand, the u.s. wants to prevent an escalation of violence in the middle east, and american actions could ratchet things up further. but on the other, president biden has vowed to respond, and he's under pressure to respond more forcefully to these attacks. in particular, senator lindsey graham is calls for strikes on iran directly. some feared that would be incendiary. many experts say that the main beneficiary of america's invasion of iraq was iran. that isamerica's enemy
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more power in the region. now, we spent a lot of time with u.s. troops in syria and iraq during the war against isis when ironically, u.s. forces and iran-backed militias were essentially on the same side because both were fighting against the isis extremists. that shows you just how complicated the middle east is and also how the u.s. often has only bad choices and worse choices in the region. that's worth bearing in mind right now because the u.s. has to decide how to respond to these attacks, and none of its choices are good. strike too hard, and you run the risk of escalating the war. don't strike hard enough, and perhaps america's enemies are emboldened. >> that was holly williams in london. closer to home, convicted killer alex murdaugh was back in a south carolina courtroom challenging his guilty verdicts in the murders of his wife and son. mur dae's lawyers allege that the court clerk tampered with the jury and influenced the
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verdict. so the judge brought the jury back for orter: tonight a south carolina judge ruled despite believing the court clerk in alex murdaugh's double murder trial lacked credibility, murdaugh should not get a new trial. >> i did not have a conversation with any juror about anything related to this case. >> reporter: murdaugh's lawyers say that court clerk rebecca hill told jurors not to be misled by the defense's evidence or f murdaugh's testimony and pressured them to quickly render a guilty verdict, which would help hill sell a tell-all book she planned to write. >> i usually give a little pep talk to the jurors, and i do remember saying, pay attention. this is a big day today. >> reporter: one of the jurors who found murdaugh guilty said comments made by hill to, quote, watch murdaugh's actions and watch him closely when he took the stand made it seem like he was guilty, which influenced her verdict. another juror also said they heard comments hill made about murdaugh but were not influenced. >> are you feeling confident?
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>> we're not going to comment at this time. >> reporter: all 12 jurors testified today. >> alex murdaugh has to deal with the punishment that will stand for these cases at the moment. >> reporter: alex murdaugh's lawyers could appeal today's ruling. tonight they say their focus is finding the real killer of murdaugh's wife and son. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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>> one, two, three. >> reporter: high school senior nye ja green is a force on the football field. she grew up playing the sport, but as she got older, there just weren't a lot of options for girls. >> is there sense that football is kind of a boy's sport? >> i would disagree. >> tell me why. >> girls can do the same things as boys, literally. all the boys be watching our games. they'll be watching like, she can actually catch. she can actually go up for the ball like i can. >> reporter: she signed up immediately when arizona became one of eight states to add flag football as a varsity sport last year. 22 other states are now considering similar action, and green is planning to continue her flag football career in college. >> what's it meant to be able to keep playing and now maybe be able to do it in college too? >> it's amazing. like i never expected this. i always had to play with the boys. it was never girls. >> reporter: a handful of small universities are adding flag football and offering player
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scholarships, approprompting on the first female player combines to be held in houston. with 52 women from across texas last month hoping to impress college coaches. the nfl is helping the game's expansion with funding and a massive marketing push. nfl flag has organized more than 1,800 leagues with nearly 700,000 players nationwide. women make up 25% of the athletes and are the game's fastest growing segment. >> it's making those establishments or making those advancements for women's sports and finally getting recognized. >> reporter: last year, nearly half a million girls ages 6 to 17 played flag football, a 63% increase from 2019. there are now more than 15,000 girls playing flag football at more than 700 high schools. >> it's brought young women into the sport and given them a chance to play, which i think is incredibly valuable. >> you want to start seeing this thing grow a lot more and really have an opportunity to play big-time division i football.
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>> reporter: lorenzo alexander is a two-time nfl pro bowl linebacker. he played 15 seasons in the nfl. >> toes on the line. >> reporter: but he'll tell you he's having more fun coaching his daughter's flag football team. his young sons are playing too. >> i didn't let my sons play tackle, but this was a great alternative where they could still learn the game, get out of here, work on their athleticism, and really maybe get a leg up on some guys that played primarily tackle football. >> reporter: this is one of nfl flag's largest regional tournaments. nearly a thousand kids ages 8 to 17 from eight states. the teams that win here, they go on to the nfl flag championship series. those are played at the nfl pro bowl. >> pull the flag. pull the flag. >> reporter: the pace is quick. everyone on offense except the quarterback is eligible to catch and run with the ball, and defenders instead of tackling are trying to pull the offensive player's flag. a 2021 cdc study found kids between 6 and 14 sustained 15 times more head impacts playing
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tackle football than flag football. kids playing tackle also experienced 23 times more high magnitude head impact events each season. >> a lot of people like the sort of lighter nature of the sport. and, yes, there's running and driving and potential risk of injury there, but it's less severe impacts, less collisions, and that's really appealing to a lot of people. >> reporter: people like nye ja green, who hopes flag football keeps her on the gridiron for years to come. for "cbs mornings," i'm kris van cleave in glendale, arizona. >> there we go. last week, cbs and the industry lost one of its giants, charles osgood. he was a fixture here at cbs, both on tv and the radio. charles was the host of "sunday morning" for 22 years, and his daily radio report, the osgood file, ran for nearly half a century. well, we dug through our files and found a story you might like on the late, great graffiti
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artist keith haring. >> reporter: he stalks the new york city subways waiting for his chance to strike. when the opportunity comes, he moves fast. he has to. opportunity for keith haring is a blank advertising poster. using a piece of chalk, the young man from kutztown, pennsylvania, draws a picture. a cartoon like drawing which he finishes in a minute or two and then moves on. he may do as many as 30 such drawings in a day, all different but all the same in certain ways. he puts them down here so that millions can see them, and millions do. >> you don't have to know anything about art to appreciate it. there aren't any hidden secrets or things that you're supposed to understand. >> reporter: but he's got to be careful because technically what he's doing is illegal graffiti. haring doesn't t subway riders seem to agree. but the law is the law. for haring, the arrest is always short-lived and it's worth the temporarily humiliation for him because he wants ordinary
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people, subway riders, to see his stuff. is it art? well, upstairs, there subject seem to be any question about it. he's done murals like this one on the bowery. and you'll often find haring working on paintings that look for all the world like those subway drawings. this big one, for all its size, only took him a couple of hours to do. here too he works fast. >> i think it's more important to make a lot of different things and keep coming up with new images and things that are never made before than to do one thing and do it well. they come out fast, but i mean it's a fast world. >> reporter: and so fast has keith haring caught on in this fast world that now he has a one-man show at a gallery in soho. here are the same images, the cookie cutter men, babies, hearts, dolphins, and spaceships. only now it is the art world looking on. they think it's art, all right. >> beautiful stuff. i can't get over it. >> thank you. >> reporter: haring has become a hot property. they ooh and they ahh.
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>> i want to buy a few of these wooden things. >> reporter: and they pay plenty. $15,000 for that two-hour special we saw him working on. not bad for a 24 he-year-old kid from kutztown. but even though you now gets fancy prices for a lot of his work, still every chance he gets, it's back down into the subway system, looking fur tivoli around to make sure the coast is clear, and then going to it. art
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christmas is already a month behind us, but in sweden, hundreds of christmas trees are still being put to use. ian lee has the story. >> reporter: one by one, swedish volunteers chuck christmas trees into stockholm's icy waters. large rocks sink the festive firs to sleep with the fishes.
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giving marine life a safer place to live. >> if you look at it, there are plenty of places to hide in here. there are all these branches, and there are the pine needles as well. >> reporter: using dead trees to bring new life to these waters is an annual tradition in sweden because throwing them away, along with their holiday spirit, can be downright depressing. >> it's also a bit sadnes or time passing by. >> reporter: more than a thousand trees have taken the cold plunge to help restore endangered ecosystems. >> there's not a lot of vegetation. there's not a lot of reeds, and those are really important habitats for fish that have gone missing. >> reporter: soon fish eggs replace tinsel strung around the trees, leaving a gift of something they've been pining for -- a new home. ian lee, cbs news, london. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday.
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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 the nation's capital, i'm olivia gazis. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. authorities in southern california say five men have been arrested in connection with the six people shot to death and found in the mojave desert last week. the san bernardino county sheriff said the killings appear to stem from a dispute over illicit marijuana. has implanted its first brain chip into a human. the company is developing a brain implant to allow people with paralysis to control technology using just their
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mind. and delayed gold for team usa. it won the team figure skating event at the 2022 olympics o monday night. this after a russian skater was retroactively banned for doping and the russian team was disqualified. for more, download the cbs connectetv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. this is the nerve center. >> this is the nerve center. this is where it all happens. >> growing tension in the middle east. we're in the region with the >> no one has ever used an anti-ship ballistic missile certainly against commercial shipping, much less against u.s. navy ships. >> plus the u.s. response after a drone attack kills three soldiers in jordan. >> we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."
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good evening. i'm norah o'donnell coming to you from the u.s. naval base here in bahrain amidst rising tensions in the region from the red sea to jordan. and thank you for being with us. we're at the home of the u.s. 5th fleet and naval forces central command, getting a first look at the secret operations center here. these forces are the tip of the spear against the iranian-backed houthi militia, defending international waters against their terror attacks and new offensive action may not be far off following that deadly attack in jordan that killed three army soldiers and wounded more than 40 others. tonight we are learning the extent of some of those injuries, including about eight service members who had to be airlifted and the names of the three killed in the attack. , w reporting that u.s. air defense systems failed to protect that outpost. plus, president biden is vowing to retaliate in hopes of sending a clear message to iran
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and others here in the region. we'll take a look at the u.s. options and the consequences of with the deadly drone attack in jordan. cbs news has learned that the drone used in the attack appears to be an iranian one-way attack drone like the ones iran has been providing to russia for its war in ukraine. tonight we are learning the names of the soldiers killed -- sergeant william rivers, specialist breonna moffett, and specialist kennedy sanders. it's the latest in a series of attacks against u.s. forces in the middle east by iranian-backed forces. >> so clearly there is a responsibility that appropriately needs to be laid at the feet of leaders in tehran. >> reporter: president biden is vowing to strike back, but how hard and where was the topic of his national security team meeting today in the white house situation room. >> this attack over the weekend was escalatory.
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make no mistake about it, and it requires a response. >> reporter: the drone strike on a base known as tower 22 in northeast jordan killed the three americans and wounded more than 40. it was the u.s. military's worst loss of life to enemy action since the fall of afghanistan. pentagon officials tell cbs news the explosive drone came in low and slow several minutes the base's air defense system, which should have fired on the enemy drone, had been temporarily taken offline to allow the american drone to land safely. as a result, there was little to no warning for the troops still in their sleeping quarters, which are not built to withstand a blast. >> the president and i -- >> reporter: defense secretary lloyd austin, back at the pentagon after a month-long illness, promised all options are on the table. >>e will take all necessary actions to defend the u.s. and our troops. >> reporter: vice admiral brad cooper commands the 5th fleet here in bahrain. we asked him tonight if the
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security posture has changed. >> yeah, we've had a very high level of force protection and security in place for a number of months. we constantly assess and then reassess what that posture looks like. i'm confident we are set right now to defend ourselves, but it's something that we look at literally every day. >> have you changed anything? >> we change all the time. >> reporter: american forces have been the target of 165 attacks since october 17th, and the u.s. has launched seven ato iranian-backed militias. but congressional republicans call those pin pricks. >> the deterrence and response has been weak, not strong. and until we send a strong message to iran that we're not going to tolerate this, they will continue to hit our troops in the region. >> so tonight the key question, how will the u.s. respond, and what options are on the table? cbs news national security correspondent david martin and cbs news chief foreign affairs
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correspondent and moderator of . david, give us a sense of the military options that the pentagon is considering in striking back, and will it be more than these pin pricks? >> reporter: well, the pentagon has developed options for striking iranian facilities inside iraq and syria instead of just going after the local militias, which have been conducting these attacks against american troops. to date, the u.s. has conducted seven retaliatory strikes, but only one of them has been against iranian targets, which were training areas used by the iranian revolutionary guards inside syria. now they think the best way to hold iran accountable without striking targets inside iran, which would set off a wider war, is to go after these iranian facilities inside iraq, inside
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syria, and yemen as well. as one official put it, there is no shortage of targets. >> that's really interesting. david, thank you. and, margaret, as the administration is debating how to respond, what are the risks here? >> reporter: well, norah, the challenge is to hit hard. don't do it again. but avoid triggering a direct conflict with iran itself. tehran has not indicated they want to escalate. the u.s. has not concluded iran directed this attack. but tehran does support the terror group kata'ib hezbollah believed to be behind it. and the administration is mindful there are 3,400 u.s. troops in iraq and syria and u.s. personnel at embassies throughout the region. they are beefing up securities across the middle east. now, even before this attack, president biden was weighing whether to pull out those troops. and ever since the u.s. killed that powerful iranian general qasem soleimani back in 2020, iran has not had the same level of command and control over the militias.
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that makes this even more complex. >> margaret brennan, david martin, thank you. britain's king charles and his daughter-in-law, princess catherine, were both released from the same hospital today. the 75-year-old king spent the weekend at the london clinic after a procedure for an enlarged prostate. the 42-year-old princess was in the hospital for about two weeks following abdominal surgery. both are s the kansas city chiefs and san francisco 49ers punched their tickets to the super bowl over the weekend. the chiefs led by patrick mahomes and travis kelce are looking to become the first back-to-back champions in nearly 20 years. the 49ers are looking to win a swift is planning to make it to the big game. she has concerts scheduled that weekend in tokyo. super bowl lviii on sunday, february 11th, will be right here on cbs, paramount+, and nickelodeon. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we turn now to israel, where a growing list of countries around the world have suspended funding to a u.n. refugee agency for palestinians. cbs news has obtained an israeli report that alleges that a group of workers at the aid agency actually took part in the hamas terror attacks on october 7th. cbs's debora patta has the details from tel aviv.
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>> reporter: over 2 million people in gaza rely on the u.n. relief agency and its 13,000 workers for access to aid. now amid damning allegations, 15 countries and the european union have suspended their funding. in a document given to the u.n., israel accuses 12 unrwa employees of being involved in the october 7 hamas attack including the kidnapping of israeli citizens. but they have yet to provide evidence substantiating these claims. the u.n. has fired the workers and launched an internal investigation. but the suspension of funding gaza is on the brink of famine. "we want them to release the hostages," this woman told us,
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"and stop this war." it is a cry shared by many of the families of those still being held hostage. once hostage herself, clara was released in november. her heart, she says, remains in gaza, where her brother and partner are still captive. she is terrified they could be killed at any moment. "no price is too high for their release," she told us. >> including stopping the war for two months? >> yes. >> reporter: although nothing has been finalized, talks between israel, the u.s., qatar, and egypt are inching closer towards a deal that provides for an extended cease-fire in exchange for hostages. but hamas wants all israeli troops out of gaza before any hostages are released. norah. >> debora patta, thank you. tonight the heaviest fighting is taking place in the southern gaza city of khan younis, where hamas fighters could be making a final stand.
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cbs's charlie d'agata was taken to the outskirts of the embattled city by israeli defense forces, who control media access to the territory. >> reporter: the soldiers of the 55th brigade, 98th paratroopers division battling hamas militants in the southern city of khan younis, known as the tip of the spear brigade. they escorted us into gaza, the only way international journalists are allowed in, embedded with the israeli military.e, they show us a recent discovery. they're finding tunnels and shafts like this everywhere, but this is just a few hundred yards from the crossing itself. and they believe it was used by hamas militants to attack that day. advancing across these fields undetected enabled the first wave of the as we pushed deeper west toward khan younis through a devastated
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landscape, the remains of an affluent neighborhood. this is or was an elementary school on the outskirts of khan younis. it's now an israeli military headquarters, and soldiers say they had to fight their way in to capture it. you can see the scars of that battle everywhere. lieutenant colonel anchi was part of that fight. >> they were firing from this school? >> from within schools, from courtyrect. >> what happened? >> i got a bullet in my arm. came in and out. >> reporter: even as israeli forces surround the last group's leaders remain at large, likely holed up in the labyrinth that lies beneath this desolate wasteland along with more than 130 hostages that are still missing. charlie d'agata, cbs news, in the khan younis area inside gaza. more now on where we are tonight here in bahrain.
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this naval base and its sailors american interests and assets in the waters around the middle east, including the red sea. that's where houthi terrorists are targeting commercial vessels and now u.s. navy warships, disrupting $1 trillion worth of trade. we are here reporting a larger story for "60 minutes," and we were the only journalists given access to the secret operations center as a new kind of naval warfare is taking shape. >> where are we headed now? >> reporter: vice admiral brad cooper is the top naval officer in the middle east. >> it is the nerve center for u.s. navy operations throughout the entire middle east. >> reporter: the three star admiral commands the more than 7,000 sailors and marines who only arrived in the red sea in the past few months. >> it's intense. they've been operating in this environment for about two months. it's the longest period that the united states navy has operated when what we call a weapons engagement zone, or under the umbrella of an adversary on a
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consistent basis since world war ii. >> there's no daydreaming going on. >> there's no daydreaming. >> reporter: the admiral told us every second counts once houthi militants fire off missiles or drones from yemen. >> how much time is there between a houthi launch and then it could reach a u.s. ship? >> so at any given moment, there's about 75 seconds between when that missile launches and when it's going to hit something. if it's coming toward them, now put yourself in the seat of the destroyer captain on that ship. he has about 9 to 15 seconds to make a decision to shoot that down. >> reporter: the u.s. navy has shot down 80 houthi drones, cruise, and ballistic missiles. >> what kind of damage would one one of those anti-ship ballistic missiles do on a commercial ship? >> well, let's go right here. this happened three nights muc further away, outside of the defensive umbrella. the houthis attacked it, and you can see in practical terms what the damage was. enormous fires. >> reporter: admiral cooper told us it's iran that's providing the hardware and the
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southern border. but house republicans are already planning to shoot down the plan. we get details from cbs's nancy cordes at the white house. >> our country is being invaded right now, right in front of our very eyes because of joe biden's catastrophic border policies. >> and joe biden should be ashamed of himself. >> reporter: house republicans slammed the president's handling of immigration this evening, even as the white house and bipartisan negotiators race to finalize a package of major new border restrictions. oklahoma republican james lankford. >> we're working on the final aspects of it to try and be able to get it out so everyone can get a chance to read it. right now they're functioning off internet rumors. >> reporter: the centerpiece of the plan is a new presidential authority to swiftly deport most migrants seeking asylum anytime there is a surge in unlawful border crossings, like december when encounters at the border hit an all-time high. >> if that bill were the law today, i'd shut down the border
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right now and fix it quickly. >> reporter: but president biden's predecessor, who plans to run on immigration, urged republicans this weekend to kill the deal. >> please blame it on me, please, because they were getting ready to pass a very bad bill. and i'll tell you what. a bad bill is -- i'd rather have no bill than a bad bill. a bad bill you can't have. > wondering if i can get your reaction to that. >> reporter: white house press secretary karine jean-pierre. >> the bipartisan agreement they're coming forward with are things that house republicans have said and republicans more broadly said they wanted. they have said over and over again this is what they want to see. >> reporter: a new front in this battle opens tomorrow when house republicans plan to hold an initial vote in their bid to impeach the secretary of homeland security. they claim he hasn't been enforcing existing border laws. dhs called this a politically motivated sham designed to appease the maga wing of the party. norah. >> nancy cordes at the white house, thank you.
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trial lacked credibility, murdaugh should not get a new trial. >> i did not have a conversation with any juror about anything related to this case. >> reporter: murdaugh's lawyers say that court clerk rebecca hill told jurors not to be misled by the defense's evidence or fooled by murdaugh's testimony and pressured them to quickly render a guilty verdict, which would help hill sell a tell-all book she planned to write. >> i usually give a little pep talk to the jurors, and i do to. >> reporter: one of the jurors who found murdaugh guilty said comments made by hill to, quote, watch murdaugh's actions and watch him closely when he took the stand made it seem like he was guilty, which influenced her verdict. another juror also said they heard comments hill made about murdaugh but were not influenced. >> are you feeling confident? >> we're not going to comment at this time. >> reporter: all 12 jurors testified today. >> alex murdaugh has to deal with the punishment that will stand for these cases at the moment.
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>> reporter: alex murdaugh's lawyers could appeal today's ruling. tonight they say their focus is finding the real killer of murdaugh's wife and son. norah. >> nikki battiste, thank you. an american researcher says he may have found the long lost plane of amelia ea
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finally tonight, a possible clue to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in american history. the disappearance of amelia earhart. the exploration company deep sea vision revealed this sonar image over the weekend of what could be earhart's missing plane on the bottom of the pacific ocean. in 1937, earhart disappeared while attempting to become the first female pilot to fly around the world. the explorers plan to return for a closer look. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. be sure to check back for "cbs mornings" and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com.
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reporting from a u.s. naval base here in bahrain, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. authorities in southern california say five men have been arrested in connection with the six people shot to death and found in the mojave desert last week. the san bernardino county sheriff said the killings appear to stem from a dispute over illicit marijuana. elon musk says his start-up neuralink has implanted its first brain chip into a human. the company is developing a brain implant to allow people with paralysis to control technology using just their
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mind. and delayed gold for team usa. it won the team figure skating event at the 2022 olympics on monday night. this after a russian skater was retroactively banned for doping and the russian team was disqualified. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connec it's tuesday, january 30th, 2024. this is the "cbs morning news." what went wrong? new insight into why u.s. forces didn't shoot down an enemy dron military base in jordan as we learn new details about the three soldiers killed. u.n. staffers accused. the israeli documents that lay out 12 workers and they alleged roles in the hamas terror attack on israel.

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