where this continues through ramadan, israel and jerusalem, it could be very, very dangerous. >> reporter: israeli-palestinian tensions often flare in jerusalem during the holy month. but today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said during ramadan, he'll allow palestinians access to jerusalem's al-aqsa mosque, one of islam's most holy sites, hopefully easing fears of violence. in washington, one of netanyahu's top rivals, benny gantz, continued two days of meetings with senior lawmakers and administration officials amid growing bipartisan criticism of israel's handling of the war. >> all of these conversations have been constructive and productive, and we hope that mr. gantz goes home informed by the conversations that we had and the concerns that we expressed. >> reporter: u.s. officials don't normally meet so publicly with the rival of a sitting world leader, so the top administration officials and democrats and republicans on capitol hill took the meetings with gantz at all signals

bipartisan frustration with netanyahu is overseeing the war. norah. tonight there's a state of emergency in effect around the site of a deadly fire that set off a series of massive explosions at a vaping supplier north of detroit. a 19-year-old man was killed when the blast sent debris flying as far as two miles away. cbs's alicia burgeio reports officials say it's still an active scene. >> reporter: the violent fire spread quickly. canisters filled with butane gas, night rouse oxide, and lighter fluid blew apart and spewed into the air. >> there's metal canisters that are exploding, and they're being projectiles coming all over the place right now. >> reporter: knives were blasted apart and more than 100,000 vape pens with highly combustible lithium batteries inside exploded. >> you had shrapnel going off everywhere you looked. so if you're standing outside, you're wondering when is the

next piece coming my way. >> reporter: the fire started around 9:00 p.m. and burned through the morning at this vaping supply distributor in clinton township just outside of detroit. >> the whole house shook. i thought it was an earthquake. >> reporter: investigators think the fire started with unpermitted marijuana-related items stored improperly inside a back storage area. >> we know they were not allowed to have these canisters. they were not permitted to have them in this building. they were illegally in that building. >> reporter: the fire was so powerful. it sent jagle shrapnel raining now. it killed someone a quarter mile from the scene. his name has not been released. >> having a civilian walking the streets and getting hit by something like that, completely unexpected. i couldn't think of anything sadder as an outcome for this particular situation. >> reporter: this is still an active scene. officials are warning that some of the canisters could still explode and are telling people to stay away from the area. authorities say the owners of

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a major river in the west is being unleashed thanks to the largest dam removal project in u.s. history. it could also signal a reversal of how we view these manmade structures. instead of monuments to human ingenuity, some now say they have been decimating ecosystems for over a century. in tonight's climate watch, cbs's ben tracy introduces us to the native tribes who push for change. >> one of our oldest stories talks about the connection between us and the river and the

salmon in it. >> reporter: frankie meyers is a member of the urok tribe, native americans who for 10,000 years have been tied to the klamath river and the abundant salmon that once swam through it. >> without salmon in the river, there's no need for urok people to be here. >> reporter: but this essential artery was blocked more than a century ago when construction started on four dams along the klamath. they generated power that fueled western expansion but decimated the salmon population, which could no longer swim upstream to spawn. stagnant water behind the dams became a toxic stew of green algae. >> and so what have these dams symbolized to you? >> as a monument to manifest destiny, this idea that we're not a part of nature. it's here for our use, and we can do whatever we want with no consequences. >> do you guys want to have war? let's have war. >> reporter: now after decades

of conflict and tribal activism against the dams, the once shackled klamath is being set free. the dams, which no longer generate much electricity, are being torn down in a $450 million deconstruction project. >> we're standing on top of a lot of concrete. >> yeah, it's a lot of concrete. that's what it took to impound this river. >> reporter: mark bransome is ceo of the klamath renewal corporation. >> how big of a project is this to take down these four dams? >> we believe it may be the largest dam removal and salmon restoration project ever undertaken anywhere in the world. >> reporter: but last week at the base of another dam, hundreds of thousands of tiny hatchery salmon were killed, likely by high water pressure as they passed through a tunnel opened to let the river flow through. once the dams are completely removed, native salmon populations are expected to return, and seeds are now being spread to regrow plants on land

around here decades ago. >> literally planting seeds for our future. i don't think there's a better mat afor you could come up with. >> reporter: bringing hope back to the banks of this river. ben tracy, cbs news, copco, california. from hope to the heart of america. that's next with a graduating class that is truly aiming for the stars.

finally tonight's heart of america. meet america's newest class of astronauts. after two years of grueling nasa training, the group is now eligible for space flight. the graduates of six men and four women come from all corners of the country, from alaska to puerto rico. class leader chris birch has a ph.d. from mit and is also a decorated cyclist for the u.s. national team. lieutenant commander jessica whitner credits her team's unique backgrounds for helping unite their mission. >> whoever is on the next crews that are going up know that the diversity that they bring to the table is -- is really one of the strongest. it's one of the strengths of the crew. >> well, these new astronauts

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of the states that voted yesterday. nikki haley a lone win came in vermont, her second victory of the 2024 campaign. the former president has now been awarded over 900 demgs and could clinch the republican nomination as early as next week. he looked towards the general election in a speech at mar-a-lago last night, saying november 5th is right around the corner. on the democratic side, president joe biden won every super tuesday primary. but in minnesota, a sizeable number voted uncommitted in protest of biden's handling of the israel-hamas war. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. i still think that joe biden has done a great job. >> tonight, it's super tuesday as america decides. >> i voted for trump, and i think he'll make a strong president again. >> i proudly voted for nikki haley. >> millions of americans weigh

in on who they want to be their nominees for president. what voters are telling us as the results come in. >> biden's too old, and trump's a little too crazy. >> the context and analysis now on the "cbs overnight news." >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and welcome to the biggest primary night of the 2024 election as the stage is nearly set for the general. it will likely be a rematch between joe biden and donald trump, and that would be the first time in more than 100 years that a sitting president and a former president face off. tonight is a critical night that will help craft america's future potentially for generations to come. millions of americans in 16 states are having their voices heard. we're talking about a total of 865 republican delegates that are at stake. that's more than 70% of what is needed to clinch the nomination. president joe biden is rolling

through the victories tonight, and donald trump has already won 10 contests. but is this the rematch that americans want? nikki haley says she's still fighting but doesn't have any events tonight. this past weekend, she did win her first victory here in d.c., the first woman to ever win a republican presidential primary. meanwhile, trump hopes to continue his march toward a third straight republican presidential nomination. >> there's never been one like this. there's never been anything so conclusive. this was an amazing -- an amazing night, an amazing day. it's been an incredible period of time in our country's history. it's been sad in so many ways, but i think it's going to be inspiring because we're going to do something that frankly nobody's been able to do for a long time. [ cheers and applause ] we've watched our country take a great beating over the last

three years, and nobody thought a thing like this would be possible. we wouldn't have russia attacking ukraine. we wouldn't have israel being attacked. iran, as you know, was broke when i was running things. they were broke. they didn't have money for hamas. they didn't have money for hezbollah. we had no inflation. inflation is destroying the middle class. it's destroying everything. inflation, if you look back over the history, hundreds of years back, it's called -- inflation is called a country buster, and that's what it's doing to our country. what's happened with inflation has been unbelievable. a lot of people say -- a lot of experts have said the stock market's the only thing that's doing well, and that's doing well because our poll numbers are so much higher than joe biden's. >> let's turn now to caitlin huey-burns because she is there in mar-a-lago. just heard former president trump speak.

what did he say? >> reporter: hey, norah. as you can see, the ballroom is clearing out behind me. donald trump spoke for about 15 minutes. but if you were looking for this speech to be kind of a big speech to mark the turning point of a campaign and a general election, that is not what we heard. we heard kind of a list of greatest hits that he has echoed during his campaign rallies during the primary, focused on biden. interestingly, norah, what was notable is there was no mention of nikki haley. no mention of reaching out to his rival, trying to unify the party. instead, he said unity will come with success. and so that is something to look for as we head into this general election matchup. whether there are any overtures to some of those voters that we saw spell some trouble for donald trump perhaps in the general election. >> all right. caitlin huey-burns, thank you. the biggest primary night of the year and some fascinating results. let's take a look at vermont because it looks like nikki haley squeaking ahead of donald trump in that state.

let's also take a look at minnesota because there's something interesting happening in the democratic race there. 20% uncommitted against joe biden, a protest vote in terms of his position on the israel and hamas war. we also talked to voters after they cast their ballots. we also found that many of them feel angry about how things are going in this country. so let's bring in our cbs news elections and surveys executive director anthony salvanto. anthony, good to see you. i know you have been poring through all of the numbers, and trump has remade the republican party in his image. what do the numbers show tonight? >> indeed. good to see you, norah. let me start with this because it's just so important to his voter base. did joe biden win legitimately in 2020? i'll show you a north carolina exit poll, but it's typical of what we see nationwide. republicans saying no. three-quarters of republicans saying no, they don't think joe biden won legitimately.

and what's important about this is that they have heard donald trump's unproven, false claims about the 2020 election, and that leads into this. when we ask people, in this case north carolina, is donald trump fit to be president even if convicted of a crime, the republican primary voters there are saying yes, he is. and the reason they feel that way is that they think that these charges against him are politically motivated, and they think that he had a legitimate claim to try to stay in office. and so that underpins why they say yes even if he's convicted, norah. tonight in california, the race to fill the late dianne feinstein's senate seat is already the most expensive senate election in state history. cbs's jo ling kent reports on why the republican in the race is being helped by his democratic rival. >> reporter: in typically true blue california, the senate primary is coming down to both a democrat and a republican.

>> i built championship teams. i unite people. i took the field for all the fans, and now i'm running for all the people. >> reporter: first-time politician and former l.a. dodger steve garvey is now in a dead heat with longtime congressman and trump impeachment manager adam schiff, trailed by democratic congresswomen katie porter and barbara lee. >> run scared or run unopposed. i'm not unopposed so i'm running scared. >> reporter: in california's so-called jungle primary, the top two finishers advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. garvey has yet to be endorsed by former president trump or officially by the state republican party. and unlike the other candidates, he has not purchased a single tv ad. instead, he's getting his airtime from schiff. >> he voted for trump twice and supported republicans for years. >> reporter: who mentions the republican former first baseman in 60% of his tv commercials. >> why are you giving steve garvey so much airtime in your ads? >> well, he is very much running neck and neck with me in the polls. we're all competing for the same

votes. >> reporter: schiff has outspent garvey 28 to 1, and porter, who is at risk of missing the cut for the general election, is calling out her fellow democrat, saying online, adam schiff knows he will lose to me in november, alleging he is boxing out qualified democratic women candidates and boosting a republican candidate to do it. at the center of this race, inflation and the economy. >> the problem today is that people are still not making enough to get by. the cost of things is just too high. i've got a plan to bring down the cost of housing and other goods so that we can help families make it in california again. >> reporter: jo ling kent, cbs news, burbank, california. there's a lot more news there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight when it comes to your wellness routine, the details are the difference. dove men body wash, with plant-based moisturizers in harmony with our bodies, for healthier feeling skin. all these details add up to something greater. new dove man plant powered body wash. i love that my daughter still needs me. but sometimes i can't help due to burning

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99 out of 100 people would curl up in the fetal position and never move again. >> i just bombed a "saturday night live" audition. >> not you. >> it was the best thing that happened to me. ♪ my eyes are getting weary ♪ >> reporter: losing out on "snl" meant he was free to audition and win the lead in a pilot called the king of queens. >> making fun of my shorts again. >> reporter: the bet kevin james made on himself when he left college. >> he's 5. be the bigger man. >> reporter: had paid off. >> just frustrating, you know. he's so well dressed i can't come back at him with anything. >> do you remember the moment of the phone call where you were thinking my life has changed? >> yeah. it's well, we got a call and we're moving on to the next level. >> reporter: in less than a decade, he'd gone from driving a forklift while moonlighting at long island comedy clubs to starring in a network sitcom. >> just enjoy it. enjoy who you are. you know what i'm sayin'?

>> reporter: too fast perhaps to completely trust the success. >> even amidst all of this success, you were still cranking in your head this may not last. they're going to find me out eventually. >> that's been my whole career. you know, everything, every movie, you just go, they're going to figure -- if someone literally tapped me on the soulder, god just said we know, i'd go, yep. where do i go? it's all up? all right. it was a fun run. thank you. >> everything hurts. last week i woke up. i answered my wife. i was like, hey, did i play rugby yesterday? she's like, no, you shook a can of paint for me. and it wasn't even a big can. i'm talking the little haagen-dazs size. >> reporter: but at 58, married for 20 years, kevin james would

now have a hard time making the case that it's not going to last. maybe the only doubters now, his four kids. >> do your kids think you're funny? >> they do at times. >> are your kids lethargic? because i got a slug farm at my house. i really -- >> they have really high taste, which kind of like stunned me a little bit. they really did. you're falling down in the mall cop thing, and it's good, but we're looking for a little bit more, you know. i'm like, oh, all right. >> going to give you my phone number in case you want to grab a drink sometime. >> i don't drink, but i do ride! >> reporter: but for all the success he found in hollywood, this son of long island will never stray too far from his roots. >> stand-up, sitcoms, movies.

i say you're only allowed to do one for the rest of your career. what's it going to be? >> stand-up. it's just me and a mic, and i get to do it, and there's no process through the studio or the network of saying, well, we're going to change it this way. we're trying to cast this way. it's like, you know, i really do enjoy the process, and there's going to be times where this is not going to work out the way you want. ad you're not going to connect with people the way you expect. >> you guys are the greatest. god bless you all! >> and there's other times where it's like, yeah, you can still do this. this is great. but the opportuity's there to do it, and i'm grateful for that. i'm grateful that i'm still here. >> that was

a global audience is on baby watch for a pair of nesting bald eagles. three eggs high in a tree near big bear lake in california. joy benedict has the story. >> reporter: a solar-powered 24-hour live webcam gives a

global audience a close-up view of jackie and shadow inside their nest, three eggs. a rarity for bald eagles and a first for jackie. >> pip watch is when we watch for the first dent or crack in the eggshell. >> reporter: more than a month through blizzards and threat of predators, these two birds have sat vigil on their eggs. sandy steers is a bird-watcher who first eyed the eagles from the ground when jackie was just a chick. >> you're seeing the whole nest is what you're seeing on that tree. >> oh, wow, that's huge. >> it is. it's about 5 1/2 feet across and 6 6 feet deep. >> reporter: she helps run friends of big bear valley, which first installed a camera in 2015. >> this time they're being very much more careful about sitting on the eggs. when jackie gets ready to leave, shadow is already in the air and ready to land on the nest. >> reporter: viewers watch jackie and shadow squabble over whose turn it is to keep the eggs warm with jackie usually

winning and shadow providing food. >> this year she made it to 62 hours straight on the eggs without a break. as long as there's any bad weather at all, jackie will dmot get off the eggs. >> reporter: with three eggs, the whole hatching process could take a week. >> my hope, of course, is to see three chicks. >> reporter: hope for those watching and waiting as symbolic as our feathered emblem of freedom. joy benedict, cbs news, big bear, california. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the nation's capital, i'm willie james inman. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. former president donald trump was the big winner in super tuesday's republican presidential primaries. cbs news projects him to win 12 of the states that voted

yesterday. nikki haley's lone win came in vermont, her second victory of the 2024 campaign. the former president has now been awarded over 900 delegates and could clinch the republican nomination as early as next week. he looked towards the general election in a speech at mar-a-lago last night, saying november 5th is right around the corner. on the democratic side, president joe biden won every super tuesday primary. bu in minnesota, a sizeab number voted uncommitted in protest of biden's handling of the israel-hamas war. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or conn ted tv. , york. i still think that joe biden has done a great job. >> tonight, it's super tuesday as america decides. >> i voted for trump, and i think he'll make a strong president again. >> i proudly voted for nikki haley. >> millions of americans weigh

in on who they want to be their nominees for president. what voters are telling us as the results come in. >> biden's too old, and trump's a little too crazy. >> the context and analysis now on the "cbs overnight news." >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and welcome to the biggest primary night of the 2024 election as the stage is nearly set for the general. it will likely be a rematch between joe biden and donald trump, and that would be the first time in more than 100 years that a sitting president and a former president face off. tonight is a critical night that will help craft america's future potentially for generations to come. millions of americans in 16 states are having their voices heard. we're talking about a total of 865 republican delegates that are at stake. that's more than 70% of what is needed to clinch the nomination.

president joe biden is rolling through the victories tonight, and donald trump has already won 10 contests. but is this the rematch that americans want? nikki haley says she's still fighting but doesn't have any events tonight. this past weekend, she did win her first victory here in d.c., the first woman to ever win a republican presidential primary. meanwhile, trump hopes to continue his march toward a third straight republican presidential nomination. >> there's never been one like this. there's never been anything so conclusive. this was an amazing -- an amazing night, an amazing day. it's been an incredible period of time in our country's history. it's been sad in so many ways, but i think it's going to be inspiring because we're going to do something that frankly nobody's been able to do for a long time. [ cheers and applause ] we've watched our country take a

great beating over the last three years, and nobody thought a thing like this would be possible. we wouldn't have russia attacking ukraine. we wouldn't have israel being attacked. iran, as you know, was broke when i was running things. they were broke. they didn't have money for hamas. they didn't have money for hezbollah. we had no inflation. inflation is destroying the middle class. it's destroying everything. inflation, if you look back over the history, hundreds of years back, it's called -- inflation is called a country buster, and that's what it's doing to our country. what's happened with inflation has been unbelievable. a lot of people say -- a lot of experts have said the stock market's the only thing that's doing well, and that's doing well because our poll numbers are so much higher than joe biden's. >> let's turn now to caitlin huey-burns because she is there in mar-a-lago. just heard former president trump speak.

what did he say? >> reporter: hey, norah. as you can see, the ballroom is clearing out behind me. donald trump spoke for about 15 minutes. but if you were looking for this speech to be kind of a big speech to mark the turning point of a campaign and a general election, that is not what we heard. we heard kind of a list of greatest hits that he has echoed during his campaign rallies during the primary, focused on biden. interestingly, norah, what was notable is there was no mention of nikki haley. no mention of reaching out to his rival, trying to unify the party. instead, he said unity will come with success. and so that is something to look for as we head into this general election matchup. whether there are any overtures to some of those voters that we saw spell some trouble for donald trump perhaps in the general election. >> all right. caitlin huey-burns, thank you. the biggest primary night of the year and some fascinating results. let's take a look at vermont because it looks like nikki haley squeaking ahead of donald trump in that state.

let's also take a look at minnesota because there's something interesting happening in the democratic race there. 20% uncommitted against joe biden, a protest vote in terms of his position on the israel and hamas war. we also talked to voters after they cast their ballots. we also found that many of them feel angry about how things are going in this country. so let's bring in our cbs news elections and surveys executive director anthony salvanto. anthony, good to see you. i know you have been poring through all of the numbers, and trump has remade the republican party in his image. what do the numbers show tonight? >> indeed. good to see you, norah. let me start with this because it's just so important to his voter base. did joe biden win legitimately in 2020? i'll show you a north carolina exit poll, but it's typical of what we see nationwide. republicans saying no. three-quarters of republicans saying no, they don't think joe

biden won legitimately. and what's important about this is that they have heard donald trump's unproven, false claims about the 2020 election, and that leads into this. when we ask people, in this case north carolina, is donald trump fit to be president even if convicted of a crime, the republican primary voters there are saying yes, he is. and the reason they feel that way is that they think that these charges against him are politically motivated, and they think that he had a legitimate claim to try to stay in office. and so that underpins why they say yes even if he's convicted, norah. tonight in california, the race to fill the late dianne feinstein's senate seat is already the most expensive senate election in state history. cbs's jo ling kent reports on why the republican in the race is being helped by his democratic rival. >> reporter: in typically true blue california, the senate primary is coming down to both a democrat and a republican. >> i built championship teams.

i unite people. i took the field for all the fans, and now i'm running for all the people. >> reporter: first-time politician and former l.a. dodger steve garvey is now in a dead heat with longtime congressman and trump impeachment manager adam schiff, trailed by democratic congresswomen katie porter and barbara lee. >> run scared or run unopposed. i'm not unopposed so i'm running scared. >> reporter: in california's so-called jungle primary, the top two finishers advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation. garvey has yet to be endorsed by former president trump or officially by the state republican party. and unlike the other candidates, he has not purchased a single tv ad. instead he's getting his airtime from schiff. >> he voted for trump twice and supported republicans for years. >> reporter: who mentions the republican former first baseman in 60% of his tv commercials. >> why are you giving steve garvey so much airtime in your ads? >> well, he is very much running neck and neck with me in the polls. we're all competing for the same

votes. >> reporter: schiff has outspent garvey 28 to 1, and porter, who is at risk of missing the cut for the general election, is calling out her fellow democrat, saying online, adam schiff knows he will lose to me in november, alleging he is boxing out qualified democratic women candidates and boosting a republican candidate to do it. at the center of this race, inflation and the economy. >> the problem today is that people are still not making enough to get by. the cost of things is just too high. i've got a plan to bring down the cost of housing and other goods so that we can help families make it in california again. >> reporter: jo ling kent, cbs news, bu ank, california.

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the u.s. and jordan dropped more much needed aid into the gaza strip today while back here in washington, president biden made an urgent push for a long-awaited cease-fire between hamas and israel. cbs's ed o'keefe has details now from the white house. >> reporter: three american c-130s dropping another 36,000 meals over gaza today. not nearly enough to feed more than half a million people on the verge of famine. but on the ground, people ran towards the aid. with just five days until the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan, president biden continues pressuring israel and hamas to agree to a cease-fire for the release of more hostages. israel is seeking from hamas a list of hostages who are still alive. hamas says it first needs a cease-fire to determine the status of hostages. >> we'll know in a couple days if it's going to happen, but we need the cease-fire. >> reporter: the president reiterated his hope for a deal by ramadan in order to avoid more violence.

>> we get into a circumstance where this continues through ramadan, israel and jerusalem, it could be very, very dangerous. >> reporter: israeli-palestinian tensions often flare in jerusalem during the holy month. but today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said during ramadan, he'll allow palestinians access to jerusalem's al-aqsa mosque, one of islam's most holy sites, hopefully easing fears of violence. in washington, one of netanyahu's top rivals, benny gantz, continued two days of meetings with senior lawmakers and administration officials amid growing bipartisan criticism of israel's handling of the war. >> all of these conversations have been constructive and productive, and we hope that mr. gantz goes home informed by the conversations that we had and the concerns that we expressed. >> reporter: u.s. officials don't normally meet so publicly with the rival of a sitting world leader, so that top administration officials and democrats and republicans on capitol hill took the meetings

with gantz at all signals bipartisan frustration with how netanyahu is overseeing the war. norah. tonight there's a state of emergency in effect around the site of a deadly fire that set off a series of massive explosions at a vaping supplier north of detroit. a 19-year-old man was killed when the blast sent debris flying as far as two miles away. cbs's alysia burgio reports officials say it's still an active scene. >> reporter: the violent fire spread quickly. canisters filled with butane gas, nitrous oxide, and lighter fluid blew apart and spewed into the air. >> there's metal canisters that are exploding, and they're being projectiles coming all over the place right now. >> reporter: knives were blasted apart, and more than 100,000 vape pens with highly combustible lithium batteries inside exploded. >> you had shrapnel going off everywhere you looked. so if you're standing outside, you're wondering when is the next piece coming my way. >> reporter: the fire started

around 9:00 p.m. and burned through the morning at this vaping supply distributor in clinton township just outside of detroit. >> the whole house shook. i thought it was an earthquake. >> reporter: investigators think the fire started with unpermitted marijuana-related items stored improperly inside a back storage area. >> we know they were not allowed to have these canisters. they were not permitted to have them in this building. they were illegally in that building. >> reporter: the fire was so powerful, it sent sharp jag the shrapnel like this one raining down. debris killed a 19-year-old who was about a quarter mile from the scene. his name has not yet been released. >> having a civilian walking the streets and getting hit by something like that, completely unexpected. i couldn't think of anything sadder as an outcome for this particular situation. >> reporter: this is still an active scene. officials are warning that some of the canisters could still explode and are telling people to stay away from the area. authorities say the owners of

the vaping supplier are cooperating with the investigation. norah. >> very dangerous. alysia burgio, thank you so much. tonight a major crackdown on credit card late fees. americans have racked up more than a trillion dollars in credit card debt, including more than $100 billion just since the end of the pandemic. cbs's nikki battiste explains how millions of consumers will finally catch a break. >> reporter: trying to take care of her two young children, alyssa sample says she's racked up $21,000 in credit card debt in the last year and has fallen behind on her payments. >> i had to live on my credit cards, and i was struggling to pay them. so the late fees were piling up, and, you know, it got to a point where it just became too much. >> reporter: sample pays $30 every time she is late on a payment, which has ballooned to more than $2,000 in fees. today president joe biden announced late charges would be capped at $8, down from about $32. >> we estimate banks are

generating five times more in late fees than it costs to collect late payments. they're padding their profit margins. >> reporter: each year, more than 45 million people are charged late fees, which adds more than $14 billion to banks' profits. now individual cardholders could save an average of $220 a year. >> fees can be like whack-a-mole. one goes down. another one pops up. >> reporter: but credit card companies can still hike interest rates. >> i think those are all things we're going to be watching for because the banking industry may lose something like $10 billion over this. >> reporter: as for sample, she's just hoping this will help her pay down some debt and get a fresh start. >> if you tell me $8, $8 is a happy meal. that's -- that's something that you can catch up on. a lower late fee will help you pay your credit cards down faster or, you know, at a proper time. you have a little bit more motivation to pay for it. >> reporter: the u.s. chamber of

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between us and the river and the salmon in it. >> reporter: frankie myers is a member of the yurok tribe, native americans who for 10,000 years have been tied to the klamath river and the abundant salmon that once swam through it. >> without salmon in the river, there's no need for yurok people to be here. >> reporter: but this essential artery was blocked more than a century ago when construction started on four dams along the klamath. they generated power that fueled western expansion but decimated the salmon population, which could no longer swim upstream to spawn. stagnant water behind the dams became a toxic stew of green algae. >> and so what have these dams symbolized to you? >> as a monument to manifest destiny, this idea that we're not a part of nature. it's here for our use, and we can do whatever we want with no consequences. >> you guys want to have war? let's have war. >> reporter: now after decades

of conflict and tribal activism against the dams, the once shackled klamath is being set free. the dams, which no longer generate much electricity, are being torn down in a $450 million deconstruction project. we're standing on top of a lot of concrete. >> yeah, it's a lot of concrete. that's what it took to impound this river. >> reporter: mark bransom is ceo of the klamath renewal corporation. >> how big of a project is this to take down these four dams? >> we believe it may be the largest dam removal and salmon restoration project ever undertaken anywhere in the world. >> reporter: but last week at the base of another dam, hundreds of thousands of tiny hatchery salmon were killed, likely by high water pressure as they passed through a tunnel opened to let the river flow through. once the dams are completely removed, native salmon populations are expected to return, and seeds are now being spread to regrow plants on land

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finally tonight's "heart of america." meet america's newest class of astronauts. after two years of grueling nasa training, the group is now eligible for space flight. the graduates of six men and four women come from all corners of the country, from alaska to puerto rico. class leader chris birch has a ph.d. from mit and is also a decorated cyclist for the u.s. national team. lieutenant commander jessica wittner credits her team's unique backgrounds for helping unite their mission. >> whoever is on the next crews that are going up know that the diversity that they bring to the table is -- is really one of the strongest. it's one of the strengths of the crew.

>> well, these new astronauts could one day be part of the team that brings the first woman and first person of color to the surface of the moon and beyond. talk about having the right stuff. nasa's newest space explorers, they are tonight's "heart of america." and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. former president donald trump was the big winner in super tuesday's republican presidential primaries. cbs news projects him to win 12

of the states that voted yesterday. nikki haley's lone win came in vermont, her second victory of the 2024 campaign. the former president has now been awarded over 900 delegates and could clinch the republican nomination as early as next week. he looked towards the general election in a speech at mar-a-lago last night, saying november 5th is right around the corner. on the democratic side, president joe biden won every super tuesday primary. but in minnesota, a sizeable number voted uncommitted in protest of biden's handling of the israel-hamas war. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, march 6th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." a not-so super tuesday. president biden and former president trump dominate the vote sweeping nearly all their