information to him about hunter biden. attorneys for alexander smirnov declined to comment. parenting youtuber ruby franke and her business partner were each sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for child abuse on tuesday. the pair was accused of creating a, quote, concentration camp-like setting. and the american gaming association reports u.s. casinos brought in a record-breaking $66.5 billion last year. that's up 10% from the previous record set in 2022. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, >> it's wednesday, february 21st, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." new arrests in the deadly mass shooting at the chiefs' super bowl celebration. two men wounded in gunfire now charged with murder. an american ballerina detained in russia. her family pleading for her release as president biden prepares to announce major

sanctions against the kremlin over alexei navalny's death. first, the countdown to south carolina. nikki haley refusing to quit while gop frontrunner and former president donald trump is already declaring victory. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. with just three days until south carolina's gop primary, former president trump is holding onto a commanding lead against nikki haley in her own state. despite the gap, haley says she's not going anywhere, while her former boss continues to claim he's the victim of political persecution. cbs' jarred hill is joining us from new york with the details on what's going on. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. in a campaign speech last night nikki haley said that voters deserve a real choice, not a soviet-style election where there's only one candidate. so she's staying in. even though some of the latest polling out of south carolina has her trailing trump nearly two to one.

>> you're not supposed to lose your home state. >> reporter: former president donald trump in a fox news town hall yesterday claimed an early victory in saturday's south carolina primary against the state's former governor nikki haley. >> she's losing it big. >> i'm not going anywhere. >> reporter: instead, haley says she's planning to campaign in several states ahead of super tuesday, less than two weeks away. and she's sharpening her critique of her onetime boss. >> he's gotten more unstable and unhinged. he spends more time in courtrooms than he does on the campaign trail. >> reporter: as the former president battles a slew of legal challenges, last night he likened a ruling by a new york judge that he pay more than $300 million in a civil fraud case to the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny who died in a prison colony last week. >> it is a form of navalny, it is a form of communism or fascism. >> reporter: before heading to california tuesday, president biden was asked if he'd prefer either candidate in november. >> i don't care.

>> reporter: though during a fundraiser last night president biden reportedly bashed trump's reluctance to condemn russian president vladimir putin over navalny's death, calling it outrageous. now former president trump's camp is predicting that he'll earn enough delegates to clinch the nomination by march 19th at the latest. meanwhile, democratic congresswoman tlaib is urging michigan dems to vote uncommitted later this month, a foreshadowing of biden's uphill battle in the battleground state come november. >> that could shake things up. thank you. president biden says that he will announce major sanctions against russia on friday for the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny. this as we learn an american woman with dual citizenship was arrested in russia. her family is now pleading for help. cbs' nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: just before jetting to l.a., the president warned vladimir putin a new financial

crackdown is coming. >> i told you we'd be announcing sanctions on russia. we'll have a major package announced on friday. >> reporter: the move comes just days after russian authorities announced the death of famed opposition leader alexei navalny who had appeared perfectly healthy in a virtual court hearing the day before. navalny's mother showed up at the gates of the arctic penal colony where he was imprisoned. "they don't give me his body," she said, "and they don't even tell me where it is." hundreds of russians have now been arrested simply for mourning navalny's death. among them, a 33-year-old russian american woman from l.a. detained in the central russian city of yekaterinburg. she's facing up to 20 years in prison after donating $50 to a pro-ukrainian group. >> i am in shock. >> reporter: her

ex-mother-in-law spoke to cbs news. >> i'm very concerned about her physical being, about her being able to get out of the jail. it's very tough right now. >> reporter: white house officials tell us the new sanctions will be aimed directly at russia's defense sector, but it's hard to say just how much they will sting because the u.s. and its allies already imposed such sweeping sanctions after russia first invaded ukraine nearly two years ago. nancy cordes, cbs news, los angeles. a former fbi informant charged with lying about the bidens had contact with russian that's according to prosecutors who made a revelation, the revelation in court yesterday as they urged the federal judge in las vegas to keep alexander smirnov behind bars while we had awaits trial -- while he awaits trial. the judge allowed him to be released from custody on electronic monitoring. he's charged with making up a

multimillion dollar bribery scheme involving president biden, his son hunter, and a ukrainian energy company. two men have been charged with murder in last week's deadly shooting after the kansas city chiefs' super bowl parade. court documents released yesterday said lyndell mays and dominic miller began firing at each other after getting into an argument. one woman was killed in the gunfire last wednesday, and 22 others were injured. the suspects were also both shot in the melee, and they remain hospitalized. breaking overnight now, syrian state tv says two people were killed in an israeli strike that hit a residential building near an iranian school in the capital of damascus. it comes as the u.s. middle east envoy is heading back to the region to try and advance a cease-fire and hostage release deal. the u.s. vetoed an arab-backed resolution demanding an immediately humanitarian cease-fire saying it would interfere with negotiations. meantime, israeli prime minister

benjamin netanyahu says israel would not pay any price for the return of hostages despite growing international pressure to end the war. the world food program says that it has temporarily halted food deliveries to isolated northern gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, raising fears of potential starvation. and qatar's foreign ministry said that it had confirmation that hamas started delivering medications to the hostages a month after the meds arrived in gaza. and now to the latest atmospheric river event walloping california. finally a dose of good news. while there's still a threat of flooding in much of the saturated state, the pounding rain and powerful winds, they are dying down and moving out. it's leaving a mess to clean up. cbs' jonathan vigliotti reports from hard-hit area of south los angeles. >> reporter: another day of pounding rain, and those who live on southern california hillsides have had enough. >> what's typically happened the

last year is unprecedented. >> reporter: less than a decade ago this land in the coastal city of rancho palos verdes barely moved. now the whole community has seen the ground shift up to ten feet in one year. >> i mean, there's been a lot of movement in the area. i've seen the road change daily, cracks that you didn't see before suddenly, you know, are appearing. >> reporter: it's not just one storm but a winter full of extreme storms. los angeles now on pace to break a february record. at the same time, the world keeps breaking temperature records. the warmer air holds more moisture leading to heavier rainfall, a result of human-caused climate change. today nearly the entire state of california is dealing with at least one weather alert. millions face a flood warning. these areas are under a winter storm warning. and most of the coast is being inundated by high surf. dangerous waves are causing coastal flooding and beach erosion. and dramatic rescues. these two people were trapped by

rising floodwaters. both placed into safety. the storm impacting every resident. those who have to drive through thousands of potholes to those whose homes have already been lost in the nearly 600 mudslides. and these residents concerned, they may be next. you've lived in southern california your whole life. does it scare you? do you worry? >> i do. >> reporter: this home has sunken several feet. officials saying at least 400 homes are threatened. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, rancho palos verdes. the trial of the armorer on the set of the movie "rust" is set to begin today in new mexico. prosecutors say hannah gutierrez reed is to to blame for the live ammunition that ended up in a prop gun in 2021. they are expected to tell a jury she used drugs and was likely hung over the day of the incident. actor alec baldwin was holding the gun that shot and killed cinematographer halyna hutchins.

gutierrez reed has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence. baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial is expected to start this summer. coming up, sentence today to -- sensed to prison. what a popular youtube parenting expert said in court after pleading guilty to child abuse. and scare in the sky. a plane is forced to make an emergency landing when a wing starts coming apart in the air. . looking for a smarter way to mop? try the swiffer powermop. ♪♪ an all-in-one cleaning tool that gives you a mop and bucket clean in half the time ♪♪ our cleaning pad has hundreds of scrubbing strips that absorb and lock dirt away, ♪♪ and it has a 360-degree swivel head that goes places a regular mop just can't. so, you can clean your home, faster than ever. ♪♪ don't mop harder, mop smarter, with the swiffer powermop. give every morning a fresh start

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a popular youtube parenting expert is sentenced to prison for child abuse. and a heartbreaking discovery in the search for a missing girl. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the houston chronicle" reports the body of missing 11-year-old texas girl was found in a river. audrii cunningham was last seen thursday morning as she left for school. her family reported her missing after she did not come home. her body was found in a river north of houston yesterday. prosecutors say they will charge 42-year-old don steven mcdougal with capital murder. he lived in a trailer behind the family home and admitted to leaving with the girl on her way to school. "the denver post" says the student accused of killing two people in a dorm room at university of colorado colorado springs was the roommate of one of the victims. 25-year-old nicholas jordan made his first court appearance yesterday on murder charges. his roommate, samuel knopp and celie rain montgomery, were found shot to death on friday. montgomery was not a student,

and there's no word on how she knew the two men or a motive for the murders. and "the deseret news" says jodi hildebrant and ruby franke were sentenced to four consecutive terms in prison for child abuse. franke, a mother of six, what -- who gave parenting advice to millions on a popular youtube channel apologized in court yesterday to her children for physically and emotionally abusing them. >> it is important to me to demonstrate my regret without blame. i take full accountability for my choices. >> franke blamed her business partner jodi hildebrant for brainwashing her. the women pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse and could receive up to 30 years in prison. next, crashing back to earth. what could happen to a 5,000-pound satellite when it plummets from space today and where it's likely to end up.

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here's a look at the forecast in some cities around the country. ♪ a 5,000-pound satellite is a 5,000-pound satellite is expected to crash true the earth's atmosphere -- through the earth's atmosphere this morning. no need to panic, though. experts say most of it will burn up, and any debris will likely fall into the ocean. the european space agency says the defunct satellite was launched into space in 1995 and was used to track things like the decreasing polar ice and rising sea levels. mcdonald's is serving up a new side dish, but you won't find it on their regular menu. and one airline is raising baggage fees. here's carissa lawson with today's cbs "money watch." >> reporter: wall street saw red on tuesday with stocks falling and big tech dragging the market away from its all-time highs. the dow dipped 64 points.

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