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.

this is "cbs news mornings." presidential primary day in michigan. republican voters in the battle ground state are expected to give donald trump his fifth straight win while on the democratic side some voters plan to send a message. ov breaking overnight. president biden says israel would temporarily halt action in gaza during ramadan if a deal is reached to release some of the hostages. this comes amid possible momentum for cease-fire negotiations. and newly released body cam video of the houston megachurch shooting. the off-duty officers who ran into danger. captioning funded by cbs danger. captioning fby cbs good morning. i'm shanelle kaul in for anne-marie green. the state of michigan today holds good morning. i'm shanelle kaul in for anne-marie green. the state of michigan today holds the last major presidential primaries before super tuesday. lar on the republican side donald trump is largely expected to cruise to victory over nikki haley while democratic voters could deliver an embarrassing message to president biden over

his handling of the war in gaza. jarred hill has more on this story. good morning, jarred. >> hey, shah shanelle. a lot at stake for these candidates even with the primary results all but certain. ahead of today's primary in michigan, 2024 republican presidential candidate nikki haley vowed to keep up the fight against her party's front-runner, former president donald trump. >> i'm going to make sure he's not the nominee i don't think he or joe biden should be president. >> reporter: but trump has won every gop primary so far and hi's expected to add the great lakes state to the list as well. activists are pushing supporters to vote uncommitted in protests. >> the whole world demonstrated activists are pushing supporter s to vote uncommitted. >> the whole world demonstrated

and demanded for this war to stop. he does have this power. >> experts say protest votes in michigan's primary could spell trouble for biden come november in a battleground state he won in 2020 after it went for trump in 2016. if a sizeable portion of the democratic electorate here in michigan votes uncommitted during the primary, that will be a five-alarm fire for the white house. >> reporter: later this week both trump and biden turned their attention to the southern border with dueling trips to texas. >> i had been planning to go thursday, but what i didn't know is my good friend apparently is going. >> reporter: meanwhile nikki haley has a trip planned in the state of colorado. early voting in michigan ended over the weekend. turnout was 13% higher than in 2020, so it will be interesting to see what it means going forward for the rest of election day there. >> jarred hill for us in new york. thanks, jarred. prosecutors in new york are asking for a gag order for donald trump. they say it's meant to prevent

trump from intimidating witnesses ahead of his criminal trial related to hush money payments to a former porn star. trump's attorneys are calling this election interference. with more on this, here's cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: with less than a month of the first ever criminal trial of a former president, the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg wants the defendant gagged. he's charged donald trump with illegal hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. he wants the former president barred from commenting about jurors, witnesses, court staff, and brag'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 was a letter with a small amount of white powder with a note saying, alvin, i'm going to kill you. meanwhile in l.a.x., a former

fbi agent alexander smirnov appeared in court in california. he was in an orange jumpsuit. federal judge otis wright ordered him to jail pending trial saying he's a risk to fleeing the country. smirnov has access to $6 million, duel citizenship including israel and contacts that could help him flee. smirnov's attorneys plan to appeal. >> it's our intention to seek relief in the ninth circuit. >> reporter: he's charged with making false statements to fbi agents including the energy firm bur's ma that paid president biden and hunter biden $5 million each. >> 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 an outrageous effort from the beginning. >> reporter: republicans insist they'll plow ahead with an impeachment inquiry. they'll plunge into an all-day closed-door deposition on wednesday. they say this is just an effort to boost donald trump. breaking overnight, possible progress toward a temporary cease-fire in gaza. during an appearance on nbc's "late night with seth meyers," president biden said israel is ready to halt its war with hamas and gaza during the upcoming fasting month of ramadan. he said that's only if a deal is reached to release hostages. that's if it can be reached days away. meanwhile netanyahu talks about his planned invasion of rafah

where more than half the population has taken shelter. netanyahu says there is a plan to evacuate civilians from areas of fighting but not sharing any more details. newly released police body camera video is now offering a disturbing glimpse into the shooting at joel osteen's megachurch in houston earlier this month. as janet shamlian reports, authorities are still trying to determine the shooter's motive. >> reporter: we're hearing for the first time the sounds of terror inside a place of worship. explosions of gunfire as a woman threatens authorities inside the televangelist's joel osteen's lakewood church. >> put the weapon down! put the weapon down! >> did she say she has a bomb? there's a bomb. >> put the weapon down! >> reporter: houston police releasing off-duty body cam video 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 slot in the head, but the danger remains. >> the shooter is down. she looks like she has something strapped on her chest. >> we need a bomb squad. >> reporter: officials say they decided to release these videos for transparency. >> it's important to note we're in the early stages and we continue to review the evidence as it is collected and analyzed. >> reporter: but one thing already stands out amid the horror there was humanity. this officer trying to comfort the badly wounded 7-year-old with chaos all around. that boy is still fighting for his life two weeks after the shooting here at houston's lakewood church. authorities haven't confirmed whether the security officers responding shot the child, saying it remains an active investigation. janet shamlian, cbs news,

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