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kidnapping, and looting as they go. they shot him dead, this man says, and then they burned his body. the chaos compounded by armed vigilantes around the capital, fighting back to protect their neighborhoods. thousands are desperate to flee, trying to get out any way they can. today a u.s. government chartered helicopter again braved the dangerous conditions, flying citizens stuck in port-au-prince to the neighboring dominican republic. nearly 1,600 passport holders have registered for help, but only roughly 30 a day can be rescued this way as long as it's safe. and here they come. officials on the ground tell us if a group of more than a dozen u.s. citizens were able to board that helicopter in port-au-prince, and they've arrived here in santo domingo just before 1:00 p.m. from here they will be processed through customs, and then they have the option of remaining in this country or trying to get a commercial flight to the united states. >> they had this guy yesterday. they were burning him.
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>> reporter: this woman, identified as an american, is trying to make her way home to her two children in orlando. her husband, who is dmot a u.s. citizen, had to stay behind. >> i had one of my cousins they went to the house and asked her to leave the house, and they just took everything. >> reporter: this afternoon, another charter flight from cap-haitien arrived in miami carrying 60 u.s. citizens. >> it was very scary. there's not a lot of food. >> reporter: a second evacuation flight landed here in santo domingo this afternoon. as for haiti, with no elected leader in charge, gang leaders have tried to insert themselves into the process of forming a new government, slowing down the process and threatening even more violence. jericka. >> manuel bojorquez, thank you. the network that links dmvs across this country were hit by a computer outage today. this caused delays for people trying to get driver's licenses and vehicle titles. in some places including
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illinois, appointments had to be rescheduled. it's not clear yet what causes the problem. turning to the weather where the first days of spring are feeling more like winter. parts of maine getting up to a foot of snow in the past 24 hours. the midwest is also bracing for a blast of snow from the dakotas to michigan. for more on that, let's bring in our meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> jericka, good evening. yes, it is spring, but our northern states, almost every single one of them expecting snow over the next several days. first one comes in tonight and tomorrow puts down a swath of snow through the upper midwest. places like milwaukee could be looking at three to five inches of snow. eventually that system gets its act together across the northeast, could produce significant snow here and significant wind as well. coastal flooding could be an issue as that system moves by. look at some of the totals here, especially in the mountains. a foot and a half to two feet of snow is on the way. oh, and then there's another one that comes in beginning sunday and may not wrap until tuesday.
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a big bull's-eye around central minnesota and with a foot to foot and a half of snow in the forecast, jericka, a place like minneapolis could see its biggest snow. >> mike, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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the megastar first signed with the angels. >> i'm really grateful. >> reporter: to when he signed with the dodgers for a $700 million contract. >>. >> reporter: espn reported that mizuhara told them ohtani was aware of the gambling debts and helped him out, and then recounted, claiming ohtani knew nothing about the gambling losses. >> that is a big mystery right now. why did mizuhara first say that ohtani covered his gambling debts knowingly and then backtracked that and say that ohtani had no idea. >> reporter: the "l.a. times" was the first to report that the dodgers fired mizuhara. with ohtani's rep saying that he was the victim of a massive theft. mizuhara was more than just an interpreter for shohei ohtani. whats that that relationship? >> this is not just a professional relationship. this is something that goes deeper than that. that's why if the allegations are true about mizuhara engaging in this, quote, massive theft as
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ohtani's representatives allege, it is a betrayal. >> reporter: now, if, in fact, ohtani was the victim of massive theft, it could lead to criminal charges against mizuhara. all of these questions, though, cast a shadow over the dodgers and its star player, and the season's just now getting started. jericka. >> adam yamaguchi for us tonight, thank you. it could be a medical breakthrough. in a first of its kooind procedure, doctors in boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a living man. the surgery was last weekend. doctors say the recipient is a 62-year-old man, and his health continues to improve. over 800,000 people in this country are living with end-stage kidney disease. one doctor says if this procedure can be done successfully on a larger scale, dialysis will become obsolete. there are academic coaches in the nation's largest school district countering the devastating impacts of covid. that's next.
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four years after the covid pandemic shut down america's school systems, a nonprofit organization is helping new york city students get back on track. here's cbs's elaine quijano. >> reporter: school begins on a high note at mosaic preparatory academy in new york city, where students are greeted like superstars. a stark contrast from four years ago, when the doors were shutters during the covid pandemic, and children like 9-year-old joy contreras, then a thirst grader, struggled with remote learning. >> sometimes it was blurry, and when i head my headphones on, people were screaming in my ears. >> reporter: crystal arias remembers her daughter's frustration. >> she kind of felt shut off. her main thing is nobody is listening to me because it's a lot of people. it's a screen. >> reporter: to help reverse pandemic learning loss, her school has partnered with city year new york, which supplies teams of student success coaches
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serving as tutors, mentors, and role models in 17 public schools citywide. >> like this? >> perfect. >> reporter: 23-year-old jessica solomon helps joy with math and reading. >> joy's growth this year academically and socially, emotionally, has been amazing. >> they help me with my homework, and when i don't know something and my friends won't help me, they help. >> reporter: and the results are earning high marks. last year attendance went up 10% over the year before. state reading scores jumped 18%, and math scores increased 9%. >> my favorite one is this one. >> reporter: joy's mother says even her confidence has grown. >> what do you want to be when you grow up? >> a teacher like my grandma. >> how come? >> because teachers help kids learn so when they grow up, they could be whatever they want. >> i just feel so rewarded to be a part of their academic journey, especially in this transition out of the pandemic. >> reporter: the importance of
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human connections, a lesson to remember. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. well, a hot air balloon carrying passengers plunges to the ground after hitting power lines. we'll have the details next.
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a ride in a hot air balloon ended in a fiery crash. the balloon with three people on board blew into power lines last night while the pilot was
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attempting to land in rochester, minnesota. a highway camera captured the moment it hit the wires. the basket carrying those three people separated from the balloon, plummeting 20 to 30 feet to the ground and sparked a brush fire. luckily, there were no serious injuries. finally, tonight's "heart of america." meet the surviving members of a top-secret world war ii unit nicknamed the ghost army. well, today they finally got their recognition by being awarded the congressional gold medal. their missions had more to do with the art of deception than the art of war. you see, they used inflatable tanks, fake radio dispatches, and even loudspeakers to sound like a much larger division. their job was to fool the nazis and draw attention away from the real battlefield. three of the seven known surviving members were at the ceremony. rick beyer, the president of the legacy project, helped today come to fruition. >> to project strength when you
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have none, to purposely draw enemy fire to keep it from falling on others, a dangerous business, not for the faint of heart. today the 1,300 men of the ghost army are finally getting their due. and that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from our nation's capital, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. secretary of state antony blinken visits israel today to push for a cease-fire in gaza. he met with arab leaders in
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egypt on thursday. the biden administration is currently trying to stop israel from mounting a ground operation in the city of rafah. new jersey senator bob menendez says he won't run in the state's democratic primary. menendez and his wife are currently facing federal corruption charges. he did say he could later seek re-election as an independent if he's exonerated. and fresh off his best actor win at the oscars, cillian murphy is returning to a familiar role. he'll reportedly play british gangster tommy shelby in a peaky blinders movie. for more, download the cbs news apping on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. these are very, very dangerous people. >> tonight, the massive manhunt for two armed fugitives is over. >> there was a short vehicle pursuit, and both suspects were taken into custody separately. >> idaho police arrest the men responsible for what authorities
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say was a planned attack that led to the shooting of three officers. >> the motive and why they did what they did, i don't know. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us on this thursday. i'm jericka duncan in for norah. we begin tonight with some breaking news. the manhunt for two armed and dangerous suspects in idaho has come to an end. idaho police say a prison gang member and his accomplice were taken into custody near the city of twin falls this afternoon following a brief car chase. local and state police were joined by the fbi in the statewide dragnet following the daring and violent escape wednesday of the convicted felon and white supremacist. three corrections officers were shot and wounded during the incident. officials say they are also investigating two homicides that
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are potentially connected to the suspects. cbs's carter evans starts us off tonight with the latest details. >> reporter: >> skylar meade and nicholas umphenour are in custody. >> reporter: police say the search is over for the two fugitives who pulled off a violent prison escape in boise. they were captured this afternoon in twin falls about 130 miles away, but not before allegedly committing more acts of violence. investigators suspect they killed two men while on the run. >> we are investigating two homicides at separate locations in nez perce and clearwater counties. >> reporter: meade made his well coordinated escape during a shoot-out with prison guards outside a boise emergency room wednesday morning. just as meade exited the hospital where he'd been treated for self-inflicted injuries, ples say nicholas umphenour opened fire. three corrections officers were shot in the chaos and survived. >> we know with near certainty this was not an accident. this was a planned event. >> reporter: the department of
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corrections says both meade and umphenour are known members of the aryan knights prison gang, a supremacist group formed in i'd's prison system in the '90s. at one point they were both in prison together. >> this isn't your average inmates who just jumped over a wall and are running. these guys have lots of help. >> reporter: former fbi agent greg rogers says he doesn't think they acted alone. >> they're going to find out other members of the gang inside the prison were having contact with people on the outside and arranged, you know, times and dates and things like that. >> reporter: now, the arrests just happened and police are still questioning the two men in twin falls. both men will soon be facing even more charges that could now include murder. jericka. >> wow. carter evans, thank you. now to that antitrust lawsuit against apple, the second largest company in the u.s. and the world. its stock fell 4% today after the justice department accused
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the tech giant of hurting consumers by creating a monopoly in the smartphone market. cbs news senior business and tech correspondent jo ling kent has more on what this could mean for iphone users. >> reporter: the justice department says apple is running an iphone monopoly. >> consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies break the law. >> reporter: the doj alleges apple, worth $2.7 trillion, unfairly tries to keep users hooked on iphones and charges high fees from app developers, costing consumers money. >> developers, artists, content creators are paying hefty fees. banks and credit unions are now paying new credit card fees. these fees will cost the economy, the u.s. economy, billions of dollars. >> reporter: apple denies the allegations and says a victory for the government would also set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's
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technology. the doj specifically calls out apple for allegedly boxing out other companies' devices to help keep track of items like keys, to give an edge to its own airtag, and for allowing lower quality text messages between iphone and android users, creating what many call the blue and green bubble divide. experts say this lawsuit will take years. >> what will change for an iphone user now that this lawsuit has been filed? >> in the immediate future, nothing is going to change, right? these antitrust lawsuits are really complicated. but if the government is successful here, we could end up in a world where the iphone is a much more open device that plays better with the rest of the tech industry and the rest of the world. >> reporter: and tonight the feeling inside apple's cupertino headquarters is to fight back hard against what they are calling a misguided assault. and the justice department says if left unchallenged, apple will continue to strengthen its monopoly. safe to say both sides are ready
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for a major showdown in court. jericka. >> that's right, jo ling. it sounds like it's only the beginning. thank you. we are learning new details tonight about the steps the new york attorney general has taken towards seizing former president donald trump's property. now, this could happen if he fails to come up with that court-ordered payment of $464 million in his civil fraud case. when it comes to the campaign trail, however, the polls suggest a close race, but as cbs's robert costa reports, the race for campaign cash right now is no contest. >> reporter: president biden touching down in houston today as his campaign fund-raising takes off. with three donor gatherings in two days, the democratic money machine is expected to bring in another $7 million, and biden is courting high-profile donors like billionaire businessman mark cuban. >> let's beat him again. >> reporter: heading into march, biden's campaign had $71 million on hand, more than double the $33 million in trump's campaign
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account. and the president's affiliated political committees have outraised trump's network by double digits. >> there's only about six or seven states that are going to determine the outcome of this election. >> reporter: biden launched a $30 million ad campaign in key battleground states with plans to open more than 100 field offices. >> but they'd like to take the cash away so i can't use it on the campaign. >> reporter: trump, meanwhile, has been forced to spend nearly $9 million on legal bills so far this year. that follows nearly $50 million last year. and the former president is now saying he can't secure the $464 million bond he needs to comply with the recent civil fraud ruling in new york, putting a long list of his prize properties at risk. >> i have some of the greatest assets in the world, and this is a rigged trial. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor renato mariotti said it's possible trump didn't plan ahead for such a ruling in the state's favor or for such a
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staggering penalty. >> so it's possible, i suppose, that he didn't plan for this at all. the other possibility is that he's not nearly as wealthy as he suggests that he is. >> reporter: trump today lashed out at new york attorney general letitia james, who filed the judgment from the trial in west chester county, where his golf resort and seven springs estate are located. and another development today, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg pushed for trump's criminal hush money trial to begin as soon as possible in mid-april. and if the judge agrees, sources tell me it could rattle the race, forcing trump off the trail for weeks in the spring to sit in a courtroom. jericka. >> all right. >> all right. robert co oh... stuffed up again? so congested! you need sinex saline from vicks.
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on capitol hill, the race is on to head off a partial government shutdown at midnight. the house of representatives is poised to take up a $1.2 trillion spending measure today. if it passes, the bill will move on to the senate and possibly get to the president's desk in time to keep the government open. the proposed plan does not include aid to ukraine in its war with russia. the pause in funding has ukrainian troops scavenging to keep their u.s.-made equipment on the battlefield. charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: when we visited a ukrainian howitzer brigade on the eastern front lines over the summer, they were burning through u.s.-supplied artillery rounds in an intense counteroffensive. but now ammunition stocks are dangerously low along with other crucial supplies needed to keep the war effort moving. at an undisclosed wooded location not far from the battlefield, a small team of
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mechanics have been working around the clock to fix damaged humvees. it's like a triage for battle-worn military vehicles. they put more than a hundred back into the fight in the month of february alone. made in america, repaired right here in ukraine not far from the front lines. vehicles that can't be saved are stripped for spare parts. they can't afford to waste a single thing. cannibalizing radiators, drive shafts, suspension springs. it's an mro unit, maintenance, repair, and overhaul modeled on the u.s. military system any were trained under. add to that, recovery. >> so you're sometimes rescuing these vehicles while under fire. >> yeah. why not. >> that's dangerous. >> yeah, i know. >> reporter: this major is the unit commander. he's clearly proud of his men. >> how difficult is it to get new parts for these vehicles? "lately it gets more and more difficult," he said.
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"we critically need more parts." the most critical tool in the garage is the little handwritten inventory book. stocks already down 60% in recent weeks. new engines like this, compliments of the u.s. government, are becoming a rare commodity. but the mechanics know that their work here helps save lives, providing protection in the fight. the commander put it more bluntly. "the more vehicles out of commission, the more soldiers will die." ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said after those attacks in odesa, we need more air defenses from our partners to stop what he called russian terror. this is the only way to save lives. >> that was charlie d'agata in ukraine. closer to home, the epa rolled out its new pollution standards for cars and trucks. dave malkoff has the details. >> five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. >> reporter: when it comes to
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although his skills were often doubted. >> have you seen any of his stuff, youtube stuff, highlight reels? >> oh, yeah. it was crazy. >> demarcus sharp and ja monte black, two of his first college teammates, say any questions they had were quickly answered. >> when we first knew he was coming, everybody was talking about trying to play him and see if it was as real as it looked on the highlights and stuff like that. and when he got there, everybody was like, yeah, it's definitely i would look on the youtube. >> i love that you're smiling at that. is that part of people underestimating you? >> i don't think people see me like a real hooper, like a basketball player, like a normal basketball player. >> do you guys now see him as he just said, as a real hooper? >> yeah. >> we seen it at nsu when he showed us. >> reporter: born in the dominican republic, emanuel lost his left arm after a wall
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collapsed on him as a 6-year-old. he was forced to relearn even the simplest tasks, getting help from his family. >> my first thing i tried to do was like tie my shoes. and then the second thing was like how to get water. and then i start from there, and i was seeing that i was getting better at it. and after that, i didn't need help from nobody. >> reporter: sports came next, including basketball. and while it started as a hobby, things changed when emanuel was a teenager. moving to the u.s. to play high school basketball at life christian academy in florida. at the time, he didn't even speak english. >> you learned the language. you continued to play and learned to play. where do you find that drive and that focus to do these things that are really difficult for anyone? >> i'm glad that you asked me
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that question because, like, i don't think about my past. >> mm-hmm. >> because, like, i grew up from my pain. like my pain is like the past. >> yeah. >> so it's like at that moment, i was just trying to complete my mission. my mission was trying to make it to the ncaa. >> reporter: cory gibson recruited emanuel to northwestern state university, coaching him there last season. >> we got to get moving so our muscle memory -- >> reporter: then at austin t. this season. as for what first caught coach gibson's attention -- >> i was just blown away with his mentality more so than his athletic ability. >> you say it was his mentality. what was it about his mentality that piqued your interest? >> the mentality of not having any limits. the mentality of not knowing. the mentality of i belong. and i like to surround myself with that. those type of thoughts, that type of energy is contagious.
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>> reporter: something emanuel's teammates the last two seasons, like sharp and black, can attest to, tracing it back to practice, when coach penalized the team for turnovers by making them do fingertip push-ups. >> i said, guys, we're doing these fingertip push-ups. we don't turn that ball over. well, hansel's the one who is turning over. i said hansel, you do sit-ups or crunches or something like that. he says, no, i'm doing them. i said okay. one of his teammates came and grabbed him. i get chills talking about it now. he was trembling going down. he came up and he was so proud. what! he yelled when he was doing it. by that time, everybody just stopped, and he kept doing it. it was two! so from then on, there was an understanding that we were no longer trying to change anything for hansel, okay? he would be treated as if he has
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two hands and two arms. >> the infamous one-arm push-up that we were doing, we were doing push-ups in practice, and i was just like we didn't treat himno different. >> it helps us not make excuses too, because when we see him doing it, it's like we shouldn't have an excuse if he's doing it. >> hansel emanuel with the one-handed slam. >> reporter: the ability to inspire has helped emanuel become one of basketball's top name, image, likeness earners, at one $.2 million, with an endorsement portfolio that includes oakley, adidas, and gatorade. >> you might think you don't belong because of what you look like. >> reporter: but emanuel's more than just a feel good story -- >> now that you have played with hansel for a while, what is it he brings to the game. >> excitement, energy, defense. >> he's one of the best defenders on the team. >> blocked from behind from hansel emanuel! rise and reject, said hansel!
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>> reporter: while opponents may think there's an advantage facing a one-armed player, coach gibson learned early on perceived weakness to emanuel is often an strength. >> whenever he told me how to tie my shoe with one hand, i knew anything could be accomplished. and he's better going left, believe it or not, than he is going right. so he has found a way to overcome anything inside the lines of basketball. >> you want them to think of you as a basketball player, not a one-armed basketball player. >> yeah. yeah, like a regular guy. like a normal human being that's just playing basketball. if i can do it, you can do it. >> right. >> and it's like probably you can do it better than me. >> reporter: motivation for others, whether intentional or not. with hansel emanuel embracing the creed his coach.
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servanthood, brotherhood, unconditional love. >> what i do know about hansel is he has a serving heart. he see these lockers. they're wearing oakley shades. tey came from him. he's such a giving person, and i don't think he knows how to exist without giving himself and lending himself to others, whether he has one arm or two. i think he's on this earth to serve. >> emanuel's team fell one win short of making it to the ncaa
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the united nations weather agency is sounding a red alert on climate change. last year saw record increases in greenhouse gases, land, and water temperatures, and the melting of glaciers and sea ice.
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tina kraus has more. >> reporter: global temperatures shattered heat records last year, and the united nations says 2024 will likely be even hotter. >> every fraction of a degree of global heating impacts the future of life on earth. >> reporter: the u.n.'s weather agency says 2023 delivered chart-busting increases in greenhouse gases and land and water temperatures along with melting glaciers and shrinking sea ice. >> this annual report shows that the climate crisis is the defining challenge that humanity faces. >> reporter: the u.n. climate chief says fossil fuel pollution is sending climate chaos off the charts and warns changes are speeding up. scientists say the world's average near-surface temperature last year was 1.45 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels, critically close to the 1.5 degree threshold countries agreed to avoid passing in the
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2015 paris climate accords. >> there's still time to throw out a lifeline to people and the planet. but leaders must step up and act now. >> reporter: climate experts hope nations around the world will answer the distress call with precise plans for change. tina kraus, cbs news, london. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm nikole killion. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. secretary of state antony blinken visits israel today to push for a cease-fire in gaza. he met with arab leaders in egypt on thursday.
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the biden administration is currently trying to stop israel from mounting a ground operation in the city of rafah. new jersey senator bob menendez says he won't run in the state's democratic primary. menendez and his wife are currently facing federal corruption charges. he did say he could later seek re-election as an independent if he's exonerated. and fresh off his best actor win at the oscars, cillian murphy is returning to a familiar role. he'll reportedly play british gangster tommy shelby in a "peaky blinders" movie. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. new york. these are very, very dangerous people. >> tonight, the massive manhunt for two armed fugitives is over. >> there was a short vehicle pursuit, and both suspects were taken into custody separately. >> idaho police arrest the men responsible for what authorities
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say was a planned attack that led to the shooting of three officers. >> the motive and why they did what they did, i don't know. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us on this thursday. i'm jericka duncan in for norah. we begin tonight with some breaking news. the manhunt for two armed and dangerous suspects in idaho has come to an end. idaho police say a prison gang member and his accomplice were taken into custody near the city of twin falls this afternoon following a brief car chase. local and state police were joined by the fbi in the statewide dragnet following the daring and violent escape wednesday of the convicted felon and white supremacist. three corrections officers were shot and wounded during the incident. officials say they are also investigating two homicides that are potentially connected to the
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suspects. cbs's carter evans starts us off tonight with the latest details. >> skylar meade and nicholas umphenour are in custody. >> reporter: police say the search is over for the two fugitives who pulled off a violent prison escape in boise. they were captured this afternoon in twin falls about 130 miles away, but not before allegedly committing more acts of violence. investigators suspect they killed two men while on the run. >> we are investigating two homicides at separate locations in nez perce and clearwater counties. >> reporter: meade made his well coordinated escape during a shoot-out with prison guards outside a boise emergency room wednesday morning. just as meade exited the hospital where he'd been treated for self-inflicted injuries, police say nicholas umphenour opened fire. three corrections officers were shot in the chaos and survived. >> we know with near certainty this was not an accident. this was a planned event. >> reporter: the department of
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corrections says both meade and umphenour are known members of the aryan knights prison gang, a white supremacist group formed in idaho's prison system in the '90s. at one point, they were both in prison together. >> this isn't your average inmates who just jumped over a wall and are running. these guys have lots of help. >> reporter: former fbi agent greg rogers says he doesn't think they acted alone. >> they're going to find out other members of the gang inside the prison were having contact with people on the outside and arranged, you know, times and dates and things like that. >> reporter: now, the arrests just happened and police are still questioning the two men in twin falls. both men will soon be facing even more charges that could now include murder. jericka. >> wow. carter evans, thank you. now to that antitrust lawsuit against apple, the second largest company in the u.s. and the world. its stock fell 4% today after the justice department accused
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the tech giant of hurting consumers by creating a monopoly in the smartphone market. cbs news senior business and tech correspondent jo ling kent has more on what this could mean for iphone users. >> reporter: the justice department says apple is running an iphone monopoly. >> consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies break the law. >> reporter: the doj alleges apple, worth $2.7 trillion, unfairly tries to keep users hooked on iphones and charges high fees from app developers, costing consumers money. >> developers, artists, content creators are paying hefty fees. banks and credit unions are now paying new credit card fees. these fees will cost the economy, the u.s. economy, billions of dollars. >> reporter: apple denies the allegations and says a victory for the government would also set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology.
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the doj specifically calls out apple for allegedly boxing out other companies' devices to help keep track of items like keys, to give an edge to its own airtag, and for allowing lower quality text messages between iphone and android users, creating what many call the blue and green bubble divide. experts say this lawsuit will take years. >> what will change for an iphone user now that this lawsuit has been filed? >> in the immediate future, nothing is going to change, right? these antitrust lawsuits are really complicated. but if the government is successful here, we could end up in a world where the iphone is a much more open device that plays better with the rest of the tech industry and the rest of the world. >> reporter: and tonight the feeling inside apple's cupertino headquarters is to fight back hard against what they are calling a misguided assault. and the justice department says if left unchallenged, apple will continue to strengthen its monopoly. safe to say both sides are ready
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for a major showdown in court. jericka. >> that's right, jo ling. it sounds like it's only the beginning. thank you. we are learning new details tonight about the steps the new york attorney general has taken towards seizing former president donald trump's property. now, this could happen if he fails to come up with that court-ordered payment of $464 million in his civil fraud case. when it comes to the campaign trail, however, the polls suggest a close race, but as cbs's robert costa reports, the race for campaign cash right now is no contest. >> reporter: president biden touching down in houston today as his campaign fund-raising takes off. with three donor gatherings in two days, the democratic money machine is expected to bring in another $7 million, and biden is courting high-profile donors like billionaire businessman mark cuban. >> let's beat him again. >> reporter: heading into march, biden's campaign had $71 million on hand, more than double the $33 million in trump's campaign
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account. and the president's affiliated political committees have outraised trump's network by double digits. >> there's only about six or seven states that are going to determine the outcome of this election. >> reporter: biden launched a $30 million ad campaign in key battleground states with plans to open more than 100 field offices. >> but they'd like to take the cash away so i can't use it on the campaign. >> reporter: trump, meanwhile, has been forced to spend nearly $9 million on legal bills so far this year. that follows nearly $50 million last year. and the former president is now saying he can't secure the $464 million bond he needs to comply with the recent civil fraud ruling in new york, putting a long list of his prize properties at risk. >> i have some of the greatest assets in the world, and this is a rigged trial. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor renato mariotti said it's possible trump didn't plan ahead for such a ruling in the state's favor or for such a staggering penalty.
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>> so it's possible, i suppose, that he didn't plan for this at all. the other possibility is that he's not nearly as wealthy as he suggests that he is. >> reporter: trump today lashed out at new york attorney general letitia james, who filed the judgment from the trial in west chester county, where his golf resort and seven springs estate are located. and another development today, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg pushed for trump's criminal hush money trial to begin as soon as possible in mid-april. and if the judge agrees, sources tell me it could rattle the race, forcing trump off the trail for weeks in the spring to sit in a courtroom. jericka. >> all right. robert costa, thank you. there's lot more news you're looking at some real jack in the box haters. yeah, they exist.
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well, a chaotic scene today at the border in el paso. video shared by "the new york post" shows a group of migrants pushing past texas national guard troops and rushing through a razor wire fence. in an exclusive interview with cbs news border patrol chief jason owens says the u.s. needs tougher policies to deter illegal crossings. >> naturally they're going to choose to come between the ports of entry. we need to take that off the table and make sure everybody is coming through the front door, through the port of entry. >> texas governor greg abbott says authorities quickly regained control and reinforced the barrier. well, more americans today escaped by helicopter from the gang violence and political turmoil in haiti. cbs's manuel bojorquez was at the airport in neighboring dominican republic when the americans got out. >> reporter: more neighborhoods in port-au-prince are falling under the gang's reign of terror.
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gunmen roamed freely, killing, kidnapping, and looting as they go. "they shot him dead," this man says, "and then they burned his body." the chaos compounded by armed vigilantes around the capital, fighting back to protect their neighborhoods. thousands are desperate to flee, trying to get out any way they can. today a u.s. government chartered helicopter again braved the dangerous conditions, flying citizens stuck in port-au-prince to the neighboring dominican republic. nearly 1,600 passport holders have registered for help, but only roughly 30 a day can be rescued this way as long as it's safe. and here they come. officials on the ground tell us it's a group of more than a dozen u.s. citizens who were able to board that helicopter in port-au-prince, and they've arrived here in santo domingo just before 1:00 p.m. from here they will be processed through customs, and then they have the option of remaining in this country or trying to get a commercial flight to the united states. >> they had this guy yesterday.
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>> reporter: this woman, identified as an american, is trying to make her way home to her two children in orlando. her husband, who is not a u.s. citizen, had to stay behind. >> i have one of my cousin, they just went to her house and asked her to leave the house. and they just take everything. >> reporter: this afternoon, another charter flight from cap-haitien arrived in miami carrying 60 u.s. citizens. >> it was very scary. there's not a lot of food. >> reporter: a second evacuation flight landed here in santo domingo this afternoon. as for haiti, with no elected leader in charge, gang leaders have tried to insert themselves into the process of forming a new government, slowing down the process and threatening even more violence. jericka. >> manuel bojorquez, thank you. the network that links dmvs across this country were hit by a computer outage today. this caused delays for people trying to get driver's licenses and vehicle titles. in some places including illinois, appointments had to be
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rescheduled. it's not clear yet what caused the problem. well, turning to the weather where the first days of spring are feeling more like winter. parts of maine getting up to a foot of snow in the past 24 hours. the midwest is also bracing for a blast of snow from the dakotas to michigan. for more on that, let's bring in our meteorologist, mike bettes, from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> jericka, good evening. yes, it is spring, but our northern states, almost every single one of them expecting snow over the next several days. first one comes in tonight and tomorrow, puts down a swath of snow through the upper midwest. places like milwaukee could be looking at three to five inches of snow. eventually that system gets its act together across the northeast, could produce significant snow here and significant wind as well. coastal flooding could be an issue as that system moves by. look at some of the totals here, especially in the mountains. a foot and a half to two feet of snow is on the way. oh, and then there's another one that comes in beginning sunday
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and may not wrap until tuesday. a big bull's-eye around central minnesota and with a foot to foot and a half of snow in the forecast, jericka, a place like minneapolis could see its biggest snow of the season, eclipsing what it's had for all of winter. >> all right, mike. thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. call your doctor about sudden mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants may increase these risks in young adults.
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>> translator: i'm really grateful. >> reporter: to when he joined the dodgers after signing the richest contract in baseball history, $700 million. >> translator: i had to choose one team, and dodgers were my choice. >> reporter: espn reported that mizuhara told them ohtani was aware of the gambling debts and helped him out, and then recounted, claiming ohtani knew nothing about the gambling losses. >> that is a big mystery right now. why did mizuhara first say that ohtani covered his gambling debts knowingly and then backtracked that and say that ohtani had no idea. >> reporter: the "l.a. times" was the first to report that the dodgers fired mizuhara. with ohtani's rep saying that he was the victim of a massive theft. mizuhara was more than just an interpreter for shohei ohtani. what was that relationship? >> this is not just a professional relationship. this is something that goes deeper than that. that's why if the allegations are true about mizuhara engaging in this, quote, massive theft as ohtani's representatives allege,
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it is a betrayal. >> reporter: now, if, in fact, ohtani was the victim of massive theft, it could lead to criminal charges against mizuhara. all of these questions, though, cast a shadow over the dodgers and its star player, and the season's just now getting started. jericka. >> adam yamaguchi for us tonight, thank you. it could be a medical breakthrough. in a first-of-its-kind procedure, doctors in boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig into a living man. the surgery was last weekend. doctors say the recipient is a 62-year-old man, and his health continues to improve. over 800,000 people in this country are living with end-stage kidney disease. one doctor says if this procedure can be done successfully on a larger scale, dialysis will become obsolete. there are academic coaches in the nation's largest school district countering the devastating impacts of covid. that's next.
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four years after the covid pandemic shut down america's school systems, a nonprofit organization is helping new york city students get back on track. here's cbs's elaine quijano. >> reporter: school begins on a high note at mosaic preparatory academy in new york city, where students are greeted like superstars. a stark contrast from four years ago, when the doors were shuttered during the covid pandemic and children like 9-year-old joy contreras, then a first grader, struggled with remote learning. >> sometimes it was blurry, and when i head my headphones on, people were screaming in my ears. >> reporter: crystal arias remembers her daughter's frustration. >> she kind of felt shut off. her main thing was nobody is listening to me because it's a lot of people. it's a screen. >> reporter: to help reverse pandemic learning loss, her school has partnered with city year new york, which supplies
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teams of student success coaches serving as tutors, mentors, and role models in 17 public schools citywide. >> like this? >> perfect. >> reporter: 23-year-old jessica solomon helps joy with math and reading. >> joy's growth this year academically and socially, emotionally, has been amazing. >> they help me with my homework, and when i don't know something and my friends won't help me, they help. >> reporter: and the results are earning high marks. last year attendance went up 10% over the year before. state reading scores jumped 18%, and math scores increased 9%. >> my favorite one is this one. >> reporter: joy's mother says even her confidence has grown. >> what do you want to be when you grow up? >> a teacher like my grandma. >> how come? >> because teachers help kids learn so when they grow up, they could be whatever they want. >> i just feel so rewarded to be a part of their academic journey, especially in this transition out of the pandemic. >> reporter: the importance of human connections, a lesson to
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remember. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. well, a hot air balloon carrying passengers plunges to the ground after hitting power lines. we'll have the details next. you're looking at some real jack in the box haters. yeah, they exist. they have no idea they're about to try my new smashed jack. this is good. it's very fresh. i like the sauce. i'm a saucy woman. probably not the best. not the best... she came in a white sedan. tow it. almost like a flavor bomb. i don't think it's a fast food hamburger. this is more like homemade.
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we'll have the details next. a ride in a hot air balloon ended in a fiery crash. the balloon with three people on board blew into power lines last
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night while the pilot was attempting to land in rochester, minnesota. a highway camera captured the moment it hit the wires. the basket carrying those three people separated from the balloon, plummeting 20 to 30 feet to the ground and sparked a brush fire. luckily, there were no serious injuries. finally, tonight's "heart of america." meet the surviving members of a top-secret world war ii unit nicknamed the ghost army. well, today they finally got their recognition by being awarded the congressional gold medal. their missions had more to do with the art of deception than the art of war. you see, they used inflatable tanks, fake radio dispatches, and even loudspeakers to sound like a much larger division. their job was to fool the nazis and draw attention away from the real battlefield. three of the seven known surviving members were at the ceremony. rick beyer, the president of the legacy project, helped today come to fruition. >> to project strength when you
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have none, to purposely draw enemy fire to keep it from falling on others, a dangerous business, not for the faint of heart. today the 1,300 men of the ghost army are finally getting their due. and that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from our nation's capital, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. secretary of state antony blinken visits israel today to push for a cease-fire in gaza. he met with arab leaders in egypt on thursday.
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the biden administration is currently trying to stop israel from mounting a ground operation in the city of rafah. new jersey senator bob menendez says he won't run in the state's mocratic primary. menendez and his wife are currently facing federal corruption charges. he did say he could later seek re-election as an independent if he's exonerated. and fresh off his best actor win at the oscars, cillian murphy is returning to a familiar role. he'll reportedly play british gangster tommy shelby in a "peaky blinders" movie. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. it's friday, march 22nd, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." captured. two armed and dangerous fugitives are back in custody. how police tracked them down

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