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american voters. >> the mug shot. we've all seen the mug shot. and you know who embraced it more than anybody else? the black population. black people are so much on my side now because they see what's happening to me happens to them. >> ed joins us now. we should also note president biden is on the ballot tomorrow there in michigan for the democratic primary though he doesn't face a serious challenge. but why are people watching it so closely, ed? >> reporter: yeah, norah. the biden campaign tonight is concerned about this state's large arab and muslim american populations angered over the president's stance on the israel-hamas war. so progressives here are urging voters tomorrow to vote uncommitted. it's a version of none of the above instead of for the president to register their opposition to his war stance. the biden campaign acknowledges the criticism but says any vote against the president in this battleground state this fall could mean donald trump back in the white house. norah. >> ed o'keefe, thank you. with russia's war in ukraine

hitting a grim new milestone over the weekend, president volodymyr zelenskyy is warning if congress fails to approve a requested $60 billion military aid package, millions could die. cbs's charlie d'agata reports tonight from dnipro. >> reporter: the third year of the russian invasion has begun much like the first week. russia on the attack. ukrainian defenses overwhelmed by superior firepower and manpower. a ukrainian army spokesman said forces had to pull out from another village just west of the recently captured city of avdiivka forced to decide whether losing territory was less costly than losing more soldiers. at a conference in the capital over the weekend, president volodymyr zelenskyy for the first time revealed troop losses since the war began. "31,000 ukrainian military personnel have been killed in this war," he said.

"not 300,000. not 150,000. not whatever putin and his deceitful circle have been lying about." but even u.s. military officials put the number at more than twice the ukrainian president's figures. pressed on former president trump's statements about being undecided over which side should win the war, zelenskyy told cnn -- >> i think that he will have challenges with his society because to support russia, it means be against americans. >> reporter: and he warned that millions will die without continued support from the united states, saying that support must come soon. for now, president zelenskyy is trying to rally support among european allies, norah. but he said the european union has only delivered around a third of 1 million artillery rounds promised by march. he said the russians are planning a massive counteroffensive by early summer. >> it's a key moment.

charlie d'agata, thank you. well, tonight the dea is ratcheting up its efforts on the fentanyl crisis by cracking down on the use of pill presses, a device that can churn out thousands of deadly pills an hour. the agency is warning e-commerce sites to regulate those purchases under current law. ebay recently agreed to pay a whopping $59 million fine after the justice department alleges the presses are too easy to buy online. cbs's nicole scab began goes in depth with an exclusive look at the dea's efforts. >> reporter: this is the latest front in the dea's fight against fentanyl, a high-speed pill press machine. >> this one can produc approximately 100 pills per minute. >> reporter: the dea's scott oleton says this machine is capable of pumping out 6,000 illegal pills an hour. >> we see the entire gamut, pink, yellow, blue, purple. >> reporter: hundreds of similar presses were seized by federal law enforcement last year. >> we seize these all over the

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wall street executive, established several major philanthropic projects. but her biggest zbgift yet was revealed today. >> i'm happy to share with you that starting in august this year, the albert einstein college of medicine will be tuition-free. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, what a goose bumps. her whopping $1 billion donation, one of the largest to an educational institute in this country, will cover the cost of tuition for every future student. it is important to note that the medical school's location, the bronx, is one of the poorest counties in the country. the retired professor hopes her gift will provide opportunities for students who might have once thought medical school was out of reach because of the price tag. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. 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 the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. president biden addressed the war in gaza in front of reporters last night, saying he hopes both sides will agree to a cease-fire by next monday.

mr. biden said earlier this month that the u.s. was working on a hostage deal that would pause fighting for at least six weeks. the ftc and attorneys general from several states filed a lawsuit monday to block the almost $25 billion merger between supermarket chains kroger and albertsons. the agency says the deal would lead to higher grocery costs. and 30 years after it was founded, a south london shop bought for just 50 cents a proof copy of the first harry potter novel has sold at auction for nearly $14,000. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm ca rrissa lawson, cbs news, new york. god, just be with us. >> tonight this just in. for the first time, we see the body cam video from the shooting at joel osteen's megachurch. >> we need units now. >> the new footage showing the heroic actions by off-duty

officers as we learn the 7-year-old shot is still fighting for his life. >> i need the m.s. asap. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we are following a number of developing stories, but we do want to begin tonight with that breaking news and that first look at the shocking body cam video from the shooting at celebrity pastor joel osteen's houston church. the disturbing video shows people, including children, running from gunfire as heroic officers ran towards the gunshots. the audio is startling. you can hear the barrage echoing off the walls and ceiling of the nearly 17,000-seat megachurch. two off-duty police officers were working security at the church when the shooting began. they killed the 36-year-old woman, who was armed with an

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decided to release these videos for transparency. >> it is important to note that we are in the very early stages of the investigation, and we continue to review additional evidence as it is collected and analyzed. >> i need a medic. i have one young male conscious and breathing. he got shot in the head. >> reporter: but one thing already stands out. amid the horror, there was humanity. >> father god, please bring him close to you. >> reporter: this officer trying to comfort the badly wounded 7-year-old with chaos all around. >> you're good. you're good. you're good. it's okay. >> reporter: tonight, that boy is still fighting for his life two weeks after the shooting here at houston's lakewood church. authorities have not confirmed whether he was struck by gunfire from the security officers who responded, saying it remains an active investigation. norah. >> it's difficult to hear all that. janet shamlian, thank you. well, tonight manhattan's top prosecutor is asking a judge to prevent former president donald trump from intimidating witnesses ahead of his criminal

trial related to his hush money payments to a former porn star. trump's attorneys are calling this election interference. cbs's scott macfarlane reports. >> reporter: with less than a month from the start of the first ever criminal trial of a former president, the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, wants the defendant gagged. bragg has charged donald trump with making illegal hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. he cited trump's longstanding, perhaps singular history of attacking people and wants the former president barred from commenting about jurors, witnesses, court staff, and bragg's staff. >> it's election interference at the highest level. >> reporter: bragg cited hundreds of threats made to his office related to trump's public attacks against him. one of the most notable being a letter sent with a small amount of white powder and a note saying, "alvin, i'm going to kill you." meanwhile, in los angeles, a former fbi informant, alexander smirnov, accused of smearing trump's likely 2024 rival,

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it's been an outrageous effort from the beginning. >> reporter: but republicans will plow ahead with their impeachment inquiry. they questioned hunter biden here wednesday in an all-day, closed-door deposition. democrats say it's just a political effort to boost donald trump. norah. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. tonight there's anguish and anger in the small college town of athens, georgia, following the murder of a 22-year-old nursing student. police are calling the tragic death a crime of opportunity. cbs's mark strassmann reports now the suspect's immigration status has the governor blaming the white house for the woman's death. >> campus is really heavy right now. we're all heartbroken. >> reporter: heartbreak that goes with senselessness. that's what's striking here to hundreds of people gathering at this remembrance and to anyone who has heard the story of laken riley's murder. >> she was devoted to making this world a better place, and we have no doubt that she would have been an incredible nurse. >> reporter: in athens, georgia, your classic college town, the nursing student, just 22, was killed while running alone.

police found riley's body behind this lake, a popular jogging trail, dead from blunt force trauma. behind bars, 26-year-old jose ibarra charged with her murder. and to many americans, ibarra has also become the new face of illegal immigration. >> laken's death is a direct result of failed policies on the federal level and an unwillingness by this white house to secure the southern border. >> reporter: i.c.e. says the 26-year-old venezuelan native illegally crossed the u.s. southern border in september of 2022. he was processed there and released. now athens police have him in custody, also struck by the senselessness. >> he did not know her at all. i think this was a crime of opportunity. >> reporter: this college community is grateful for a quick arrest, but like her fellow nursing students, the grief will linger for anyone in laken riley's world. >> you think of it as a perfect

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$379,000. dan ives of wedbush securities, a brokerage firm. >> the housing market is essentially at a standstill. inventory is starting to increase, but no one's really signing on the dotted line. >> reporter: despite inflation slowing down, americans are spending more than 11% of their income on food according to the u.s. department of agriculture, a number not seen in more than 30 years. >> what is your advice to the average consumer? >> yeah, my advice is we're going to see the fed start to cut as we get into may and june. that's good for consumers. >> reporter: some good economic news, the nation's unemployment rate remains steady with more people finding new jobs at the start of the year than experts predicted. elise preston, cbs news. los angeles. if an electric car purchase is in your future, experts say you should investigate beforehand when and where you'll charge your vehicle. david schecter hit the road for a reality check and found charging networks are not

keeping up with demand. ♪ >> 10 miles an hour on the freeway. >> reporter: unlike the speed of traffic in los angeles, the sale of electric vehicles in the u.s. is really moving. last year americans bought 1.4 million of them. more electric vehicles means fewer greenhouse gas emissions that warm our planet. but there's a downside. there are not enough publicly available electric chargers to juice all those cars up. >> so i've got an app. i'm going to find us a charger. >> okay. >> reporter: that means in california, the state with the most evs, finding a charger that's working and also available -- >> someone's in it. >> reporter: -- can be a challenge. >> they're all in use. >> there are no chargers here. >> reporter: one way to address the ev charging gap is better maintenance of the chargers we do have. >> the charger you thought you were going to use to refuel your

vehicle is actually inoperable. >> that's a problem. >> that's a problem, right? that's a huge problem. >> reporter: walter thorn is with a small company called charger help. they train workers to service a variety of charging equipment owned by different companies and frequently techs discover that a charger is out of order before the charging company even does. the pain is real. j.d. power found 35% of ev drivers in miami had visited a charger where they were unable to actually charge. in denver and dallas, that number was 29%. and other research found 28% of the chargers in the san francisco bay area did not function properly. charger help collaborated with the federal government in developing a new standard that says charges have to work 97% of the time. >> we know that reliable charging infrastructure is a critical piece of a successful transition. >> right there. you see the sign? >> i'm on the map, but it's not

on the map. losing a little bit of patience right now. >> reporter: two years ago, federal lawmakers approved $5 billion to spur the construction of a national network of 500,000 publicly available electric charging ports by 2030. that would help fill the gap. but since the law passed, there's been a lot of plans but few chargers. melissa lot is an energy policy expert at columbia university. >> so you can't just put a charger anywhere. you have to pick certain places and make sure the infrastructure behind it, all the stuff that's invisible to us on date to day is actually there and ready to go, and that takes time. >> reporter: to keep up with growing ev sales, experts estimate the u.s. will need 1.2 million publicly accessible charges by 2030. today there are about 160,000, the equivalent of what we have - right now every year for the next six years. the city of los angeles is

taking a novel approach to closing the charging gap, installing chargers on light poles on city streets because the electric infrastructure, it's already there. >> at most, we'll have to change fuses or do structure retrofit. >> reporter: miguel sag alag is the director of l.a.'s bureau of street lighting. so far his team has installed about 725 light pole chargers and says the city's streetlights cn support a total of 3,000 or 4,000 more. >> we're going to be that public option for people to have access to it on the right-of-way for everyone. >> i think we should go back over there. >> charger.

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jersey, next to the great falls of the passaic river, historic hinch lift stadium is ready for roaring crowds once again. >> we brought the stadium back. now it's time to tell the story. >> reporter: this depression-era field was once home to teams in the negro leagues back when baseball was segregated and some of the best players in the game, like paterson's own larry doeby, were excluded from white teams. >> you could come here and just see stars, monte irvin, ray dandridge, larry doeby, just stars. >> reporter: 20 hall of famers played at hinch live stadium. >> reporter: hinch live is fun of the few negro leagues ballparks still standing but it fell into disrepair in the '90s. after a restoration, the field is again hosting games. a minor league team is based here, and a new museum is now under construction, connected to the stands. >> negro league baseball is an important part of history. it's a discussion around jim crow, segregation, but also about athletes and society and

black people persevering. >> reporter: montclair state university is helping curate and develop the charles j. muth museum of lynch lift stadium. >> this was a critical part in the civil rights moment. >> reporter: it's a story everyone should know, including those coming to see a game. >> we want it to be an active, engaged learning environment where young people and community members are coming in and learning the history of this stadium. >> reporter: a new home base for history on the field where it happened. bradley blackburn, cbs news, paterson, new jersey. and that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. president biden addressed the war in gaza in front of reporters last night, saying he hopes both sides will agree to a cease-fire by next monday. mr. biden said earlier this

month that the u.s. was working on a hostage deal that would pause fighting for at least six weeks. the ftc and attorneys general from several states filed a lawsuit monday to block the almost $25 billion merger between supermarket chains kroger and albertsons. the agency says the deal would lead to higher grocery costs. and 30 years after it was found at a south london shop and bought for just 50 cents, a proof copy of the first harry potter novel is sold at auction for nearly $14,000. for more, download the cbs news app on i'm caria lawson, cbs news, new york. god, just be with us. >> tonight this just in. for the first time, we see the body cam video from the shooting at joel osteen's megachurch. >> we need units now. >> the new footage showing the heroic actions by off-duty

officers as we learn the 7-year-old shot is still fighting for his life. >> i need the m.s. asap. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we are following a number of developing stories, but we do want to begin tonight with that breaking news and that first look at the shocking body cam video from the shooting at celebrity pastor joel osteen's houston church. the disturbing video shows people, including children, running from gunfire as heroic officers ran towards the gunshots. the audio is startling. you can hear the barrage echoing off the walls and ceiling of the nearly 17,000-seat megachurch. two off-duty police officers were working security at the church when the shooting began. they killed the 36-year-old woman, who was armed with an assault-style rifle.

her 7-year-old son, who she brought with her onto the scene, remains in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head. cbs's janet shamlian will start us off tonight from houston. [ sound of gunfire ] >> reporter: tonight we are hearing for the first time the sounds of terror inside a place of worship. >> lakewood church, lakewood church, lakewood church. >> reporter: explosions of gunfire as a woman threatens authorities inside houston's lakewood church. >> there's a bomb in this bag. stop shooting. >> put the weapon down. >> suspect says she's got a bomb. >> no, there's a bomb. >> reporter: houston police releasing body cam video of off-duty law enforcement officers, who ran into the face of danger two weeks ago, taking down the woman who came into the church with a rifle and her 7-year-old son. she was killed. he was shot in the head. but the danger remained. >> shooter is down. looks like she has something strapped on her chest. >> we need the bomb squad.

>> reporter: officials say they decided to release these videos for transparency. >> it is important to note that we are in the very early stages of the investigation, and we continue to review additional evidence as it is collected and analyzed. >> i need a medic. i have one young male conscious and breathing. he got shot in the head. >> reporter: but one thing already stands out. amid the horror, there was humanity. >> father god, please bring him close to you. >> reporter: this officer trying to comfort the badly wounded 7-year-old with chaos all around. >> you're good. you're good. you're good. it's okay. >> reporter: tonight, that boy is still fighting for his life two weeks after the shooting here at houston's lakewood church. authorities have not confirmed whether he was struck by gunfire from the security officers who responded, saying it remains an active investigation. norah. >> it's difficult to hear all that. janet shamlian, thank you. well, tonight manhattan's top prosecutor is asking a judge to prevent former president donald trump from intimidating witnesses ahead of his criminal trial related to his hush money

payments to a former porn star. trump's attorneys are calling this election interference. cbs's scott macfarlane reports. >> reporter: with less than a month from the start of the first ever criminal trial of a former president, the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, wants the defendant gagged. bragg has charged donald trump with making illegal hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. he cited trump's longstanding, perhaps singular history of attacking people and wants the former president barred from commenting about jurors, witnesses, court staff, and bragg's staff. >> it's election interference at the highest level. >> reporter: bragg cited hundreds of threats made to his office related to trump's public attacks against him. one of the most notable being a letter sent with a small amount of white powder and a note saying, "alvin, i'm going to kill you." meanwhile, in los angeles, a former fbi informant, alexander smirnov, accused of smearing trump's likely 2024 rival,

appeared in los angeles count with his hands shackled and wearing a prison jumpsuit. federal judge otis wright ordered him jailed pending trial saying he's a risk to flee the country. prosecutors made the request, arguing smirnov has access to $6 million, dual citizenship in the u.s. and israel, and contacts with foreign intelligence agencies that could help him flee. smirnov's attorneys plan to appeal. >> it's our intention to seek relief in the 9th circuit. >> reporter: he's charged with making false statements to fbi agents, including that executives from ukrainian energy firm burisma paid president biden and his son hunter $5 million each. republicans probing the biden family's finances as part of the impeachment inquiry frequently cited smirnov's claims. >> even a trusted fbi informant has alleged a bribe to the biden family. >> reporter: president biden said the impeachment probe should be dropped given smirnov's indictment. >> he is lying, and it should be dropped, and it's just been a -- it's been an outrageous effort

from the beginning. >> reporter: but republicans will plow ahead with their impeachment inquiry. they questioned hunter biden here wednesday in an all-day, closed-door deposition. democrats say it's just a political effort to boost donald trump. norah. >> scott macfarlane, thank you. tonight there's anguish and anger in the small college town of athens, georgia, following the murder of a 22-year-old nursing student. police are calling the tragic death a crime of opportunity. cbs's mark strassmann reports now the suspect's immigration status has the governor blaming the white house for the woman's death. >> campus is really heavy right now. we're all heartbroken. >> reporter: heartbreak that goes with senselessness. that's what's striking here to hundreds of people gathering at this remembrance and to anyone who has heard the story of laken riley's murder. >> she was devoted to making this world a better place, and we have no doubt that she would have been an incredible nurse. >> reporter: in athens, georgia, your classic college town, the nursing student, just 22, was killed while running alone.

police found riley's body behind this lake, a popular jogging trail, dead from blunt force trauma. behind bars, 26-year-old jose ibarra charged with her murder. and to many americans, ibarra has also become the new face of illegal immigration. >> laken's death is a direct result of failed policies on the federal level and an unwillingness by this white house to secure the southern border. >> reporter: i.c.e. says the 26-year-old venezuelan native illegally crossed the u.s. southern border in september of 2022. he was processed there and released. now athens police have him in custody, also struck by the senselessness. >> he did not know her at all. i think this was a crime of opportunity. >> reporter: this college community is grateful for a quick arrest, but like her fellow nursing students, the grief will linger for anyone in laken riley's world. >> you think of it as a perfect college town, and now it almost

feels like the bubble has busted. >> reporter: on the family's gofundme page, they say laken was an amazing daughter, sister, and friend, adding she'll be missed every day. norah. >> it is so heartbreaking. mark strassmann, thank you so much. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears.

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i want to turn now to this breaking news. the white house says president biden will be making his first trip to the southern border in more than a year, with the migrant crisis being one of his biggest problems heading into the election. and former president donald trump is heading to the border on the very same day, this thursday. cbs's ed o'keefe reports tonight from the battleground state of michigan ahead of tomorrow's primary. >> hello! >> reporter: nikki haley's latest primary defeat in south carolina hasn't changed her mission on the campaign trail. today in michigan, convincing republicans they can't afford to renominate donald trump. >> he's not watching out for america. he's watching out for himself. >> reporter: exit polls showed more than 30% of south carolina's republican voters would be dissatisfied if trump became the nominee. haley tells us that should be a warning. >> when you look back at results from over the weekend in south carolina, what is your big takeaway? >> donald trump did not get 40% of the vote, and that's the same thing that happened in iowa. that's the same thing that

happened in new hampshire. and that should be a red flag for republicans everywhere. >> reporter: haley also blasted trump's takeover of the republican national committee. chairwoman ronna mcdaniel announced she's stepping down, forced out by the former president to make way for trump's daughter-in-law and another ally to lead the party. some rnc members are now concerned the committee may have to foot the president's legal bills. # >> you've got donald trump using the republican party as his play pen and now going to take the republican party to be his legal slush fund. that is a sinking ship for republicans. >> reporter: haley has promised to stay in the race through super tuesday, when voters in 15 states go to the polls. but a key finance source is drying up. americans for prosperity action, backed by the billionaire koch brothers, says it will no longer spend millions to help haley because it doesn't think she has a path to victory after the loss in south carolina. trump, meanwhile, is under fire for saying this weekend that his indictments and mug shots boosted his appeal among african american voters. >> the mug shot.

we've all seen the mug shot. and you know who embraced it more than anybody else? the black population. black people are so much on my side now because they see what's happening to me happens to them. >> ed joins us now. we should also note president biden is on the ballot tomorrow there in michigan for the democratic primary though he doesn't face a serious challenge. but why are people watching it so closely, ed? >> reporter: yeah, norah. the biden campaign tonight is concerned about this state's large arab and muslim american populations angered over the president's stance on the israel-hamas war. so progressives here are urging voters tomorrow to vote uncommitted. it's a version of none of the above instead of for the president to register their opposition to his war stance. the biden campaign acknowledges the criticism but says any vote against the president in this battleground state this fall could mean donald trump back in the white house. norah. >> ed o'keefe, thank you. with russia's war in ukraine hitting a grim new milestone

over the weekend, president volodymyr zelenskyy is warning if congress fails to approve a requested $60 billion military aid package, millions could die. cbs's charlie d'agata reports tonight from dnipro. >> reporter: the third year of the russian invasion has begun much like the first week. russia on the attack. ukrainian defenses overwhelmed by superior firepower and manpower. a ukrainian army spokesman said forces had to pull out from another village just west of the recently captured city of avdiivka, forced to decide whether losing territory was less costly than losing more soldiers. at a conference in the capital over the weekend, president volodymyr zelenskyy for the first time revealed troop losses since the war began. "31,000 ukrainian military personnel have been killed in this war," he said. "not 300,000.

not 150,000. not whatever putin and his deceitful circle have been lying about." but even u.s. military officials put the number at more than twice the ukrainian president's figures. pressed on former president trump's statements about being undecided over which side should win the war, zelenskyy told cnn -- >> i think that he will have challenges with his society because to support russia, it means be against americans. >> reporter: and he warned that millions will die without continued support from the united states, saying that support must come soon. for now, president zelenskyy is trying to rally support among european allies, norah. but he said the european union has only delivered around a third of 1 million artillery rounds promised by march. he said the russians are planning a massive counteroffensive by early summer. >> it's a key moment. charlie d'agata, thank you.

well, tonight the dea is ratcheting up its efforts on the fentanyl crisis by cracking down on the use of pill presses, a device that can churn out thousands of deadly pills an hour. the agency is warning e-commerce sites to regulate those purchases under current law. ebay recently agreed to pay a whopping $59 million fine after the justice department alleges the presses are too easy to buy online. cbs's nicole sganga goes in depth with an exclusive look at the dea's efforts. >> reporter: this is the latest front in the dea's fight against fentanyl, a high-speed pill press machine. >> this one can produce approximately 100 pills per minute. >> reporter: the dea's scott oulton says this machine is capable of pumping out 6,000 illegal pills an hour. >> we see the entire gamut, pink, yellow, blue, purple. >> reporter: hundreds of similar presses were seized by federal law enforcement last year. >> we seize these all over the u.s., whether it's the basement, a warehouse, a home, a garage, a

hotel room. >> reporter: in a duplex turned drug lab in new york city, dea says agents seized these presses along with 200,000 suspected fentanyl pills. >> in the last six months, we've seized pill presses in new york, in massachusetts, in mississippi, in kentucky. it's an industrial machine. >> reporter: dea administrator anne milgram says many of the machines are purchased online. today the dea is cracking down, telling the roughly 450 e-commerce sites to identify and report purchases as required under federal law. >> who is buying these pill presses online? >> we have drug traffickers across the united states who are buying the pill presses. they have fentanyl, and they're using that fentanyl to make them into these fake pills. >> reporter: drug dealers also buy fake designs mimicking real pills like oxycodone. >> how do criminals make counterfeit pills look real? >> so what they do is they buy specific dyes and punch kits

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protest against bullying at the school. the nonbinary student died earlier this month the day after fighting with three other students at school. police say that according to the medical examiner, it appears benedict's death was not the result of physical trauma from the fight. a grim update tonight from the moon. the u.s. lunar lander named "odysseus" that touched down on the moon last week is expected to shut down for good tomorrow after it runs out of solar power. "odysseus" came down harder than expected, and one of its legs got stuck in a ditch, causing it to tip over as you can see in this newly released photo. it's the first american spacecraft to land on the moon in more than 50 years. "heart of america" is next with the gift of lifetime.

finally tonight's "heart of america." meet ruth gottesman, a retired prfessor at the albert einstein college of medicine. since she joined the school in 1968, gottesman, along with her late husband david, a successful wall street executive, established several major

philanthropic projects. but her biggest gift yet was revealed today. >> i'm happy to share with you that starting in august this year, the albert einstein college of medicine will be tuition-free. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, what goose bumps. her whopping $1 billion donation, one of the largest to an educational institute in this country, will cover the cost of tuition for every future student. it is important to note that the medical school's location, the bronx, is one of the poorest counties in the country. the retired professor hopes her gift will provide opportunities for students who might have once thought medical school was out of reach because of the price tag. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. 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 the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. president biden addressed the war in gaza in front of reporters last night, saying he hopes both sides will agree to a cease-fire by next monday. mr. biden said earlier this

month that the u.s. was working on a hostage deal that would pause fighting for at least six weeks. the ftc and attorneys general from several states filed a lawsuit monday to block the almost $25 billion merger between supermarket chains kroger and albertsons. the agency says the deal would lead to higher grocery costs. and 30 years after it was found in a south london shop and bought for just 50 cents, a proof copy of the first harry potter novel has sold at auction for nearly $14,000. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." it's tuesday, february 27th, 2024.