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directly involved in the hush money payment to daniels. trump's lawyers will argue that michael cohen's word cannot be trusted and to avoid conviction, they will need to persuade at least one juror that prosecutors have failed to prove trump is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. >> there is no crime. >> reporter: the jury of seven men and five women, including two lawyers, will deliberate in secret, and there is no time limit. trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records related to the daniels payments, and jurors will need to evaluate each count. trump's attempts to win over libertarian voters at their convention saturday was met by heckles and loud boos. >> the libertarian party should nominate trump for president of the united states. whoa, that's nice. >> reporter: he fired back at the raucous crowd. >> only do that if you want to win. if you want to lose, don't do that. keep getting your 3% every four
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years. >> reporter: sources close to president biden tell me he's watching all of this and will soon speak out more about trump's character, linking that issue to his broader argument that trump is a threat to american democracy. maurice. >> robert costa, thank you. tonight the sports world is remembering basketball hall of famer bill walton. the two-time nba champion died today at 71 after a long battle with cancer. cbs's elise preston on one of the most colorful characters in the game, on and off the courts. >> reporter: everything about bill walton was outsized, from his hall of fame career. >> walton, nice move. >> reporter: to his over the top personality. >> i was kidding. >> reporter: for decades, he treated basketball fans to colorful, quirky commentary. >> this can be eaten. this can be burnt as fuel. >> reporter: but on the court, it was his dominant play that did all the talking, winning two national championships at ucla
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for legendary coach john wooden and then two nba titles with the portland trail blazers and boston celtics. walton always embraced the counterculture. arrested as a ucla student opposing the war in vietnam and advocating for marijuana before it became legal. tributes have poured in from some of the game's greatest, who see walton as one of the best to ever play. his enthusiasm always infectious. >> it doesn't get any better than this. >> reporter: bill walton lived his entire life loud and proud. elise preston, cbs news, los angeles. >> an american original. if you are beach bound this summer, a heads-up before you grab your sunscreen. why sun block sold here in the u.s. may not be the most effective. and later, "eye on america," with a group of veterans fighting for medical benefits over a
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limited compared to other parts of the world. >> i'm not aware of that. yeah, we should open to every option there is. >> reporter: at issue, a 1938 u.s. law that classifies sunscreen as a drug and requires animal testing rather than as a cosmetic like parts of europe and asia do. that keeps foreign brands off u.s. shelves and limits sunscreen makers. the environmental working group says on average, u.s. sunscreens don't protect as well from uva rays, which can cause skin cancer. one of its studies found only 35% of the u.s. sunscreens tested were strong enough to meet eu standards. >> the reason all this is important is because skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in this country. >> almost everybody has been affected by skin cancer. 1 in 5 americans have skin cancer. >> reporter: dr. robert kirschner is a dermatologist with sylvester comprehensive cancer center at the university of miami. >> we'd really like to get some of those european sunscreens to the united states because it will give us greater opportunity, greater options for
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our patients. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs news, the fda says it must balance the public health benefits of access to a broader range of sunscreen active ingredients against the importance of ensuring that the sunscreens americans use are safe for regular, lifelong use. regardless of what's available now, experts say the important thing is to use it. dr. kirschner says the sunscreens currently allowed in the united states are still considered to be safe and effective as long as they are used properly. in the meantime, there is a bipartisan bill in the house that would require the fda to allow non-animal testing for sunscreens. maurice. >> okay. manuel bojorquez on the beach tonight in fort lauderdale. thank you. you've heard of area 51, but area 52, a group of veterans, say they worked there on a top-secret mission decades ago, and now they're being denied want to get the most out of one sheet? and now they're being denied their medical benefit grab bounty. (♪♪)
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mark eli was in his 20s, a physically fit air force technician inekt anding secretly obtained soviet fighter jets. their engines roaring inside hidden hangars called hush houses. >> when you're at that moment, everything is shaking, and your hands are shaking and your eyes are shaking and your brain is shaking. >> reporter: the work was part of a classified mission in the nevada desert 140 miles outside of las vegas at the tonapa test range, sometimes referred to as area 52. the mission was so under wraps, eli had to sign this non-disclosure agreement. >> upholding the national interest was more important than my own life? >> reporter: that's not just talk. >> the loss of my health. >> reporter: eli, now 63 and living in naperville, illinois, is confronting life-threatening consequences. >> it scarred my lungs. i've got cysts on my liver. >> reporter: from the radiation he says he was exposed to there. >> i started have lip omas, tumors inside my body.
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my lining in my bladder was shed. >> reporter: for decades, the u.s. government conducted nuclear bomb tests near area 52 according to a federal environmental assessment from 1975, those tests scattered toxic and radioactive materials nearby. >> someone made a decision that your lives and the risk was worth it for our country. >> yes. >> reporter: all these years later, his service records include many assignments but not the mission inside tonapah test range, which means he can't prove he was there. >> cover-up? >> right. that's right. there's this slogan people say. deny, deny until you die. it's kind of true here. >> and the only reason why it's becoming known now is because of all the illnesses? >> it was because of all the illnesses. >> reporter: dave crete says he also worked at the same site as a military police officer. he has breathing issues, including chronic bronchitis and even had to have a tumor removed
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from his back. >> fire! >> reporter: he spent the last eight years tracking down hundreds of other veterans who worked where he did. >> so you've seen bladder cancer, liver cancer, colon cancer, kidney cancer, tumors, limb poe foe mas, blood diseases. >> all kinds of cancers. >> reporter: the federal government's 1975 environmental assessment acknowledged toxic chemicals in the area but said stopping work ran against the national interests, and the costs are small and reasonable for the benefits received. >> what does it do to you to see all these other men and women suffering? >> how many people they hurt. >> reporter: $25.7 billion worth of federal assistance has helped other government workers, mainly employees of the department of energy. >> go on down to where it gets to the one-third. >> reporter: who were stationed in the same area and are now sick. but these benefits don't apply
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to air force veterans like crete and eli. >> it makes me incredibly mad, and it hurts me too because they're supposed to have my back. i had theirs, and i want them to have mine. >> reporter: a betrayal, he says, by the very government he served. for "eye on america," i'm dave sa veeny in chicago. >> and we contacted the department of defense for comment. it would only comment and confirm that crete and eli served in the military but would not say where. in just a moment liz neeley: you know, you've probably heard it said that some people have to hit rock bottom before they really come to the lord and give him their life. and that's what happened. i probably had a lot of anxiety at that point about my future,
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but as i began to study the word and a lot of dr. stanley's teachings and sermons, i began to realize that, through the love of jesus, god saved me for a purpose.
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finally here, tonight's "heart of america." meet 15-year-old connor nicole. he's on a personal mission to create a dog tag for every american service member who made the ultimate sacrifice. working from national archives information, he packages each tag with additional details before mailing them around the country to anyone willing to adopt the tag and honor their memory. so far, he's created more than 80,000 of them. after making a dog tag for every soldier who died in the korean war, he's now working to remember those killed in vietnam, including his own great uncle. connor comes from a military family. his father is an active-duty marine and his mom a navy veteran who helped inspire the project. >> every single time my dad was deployed, my mom had a dog tag by her bed, and every single night, she would say his name and have him in her thoughts and prayers. i believe that each service
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member, individual person, should be remembered. >> connor nicole, tonight's heart of america. job well done but not finished just yet. and that's the final broadcast of the overnight news. starting tomorrow, we'll bring you a new show in this time slot called the cbs news roundup. signing off for the final time in washington, i'm maurice dubois. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. after the memorial day holiday weekend, the journey home begins for tens of millions of americans. but many flights are delayed or canceled due to powerful storms sweeping through multiple states. at least 22 people were killed in storms over the weekend.
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israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a tragic mistake was made during sunday's air strike in gaza. the strike hit a camp for displaced palestinians, and at least 45 people were killed according to palestinian officials. and former president donald trump's hush money trial in new yrk is nearing an end. later today, prosecutors and defense lawyers will address the jury in closing arguments. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, millions of americans are recovering from severe storms and tornadoes. >> i knew something was bad. we heard it. it lasted a couple minutes. pretty devastating. >> and the threat's not over yet. what's ahead for those traveling home on this memorial day. >> nothing's going out today because of the weather. we're really upset about it.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, 62 million americans are under threat of severe weather from alabama to new york. good evening and thank you for being with us on this memorial day. i'm maurice dubois in for norah o'donnell. tonight's storms are part of the same system that brought deadly tornadoes to the central u.s. this weekend. this is valley view, texas, where tornadoes bulldozed through, turning homes into unrecognizable piles of lumber and metal. at least 23 people have been killed, including 2 children, in texas, arkansas, oklahoma, kentucky, and virginia. the force of the winds clear from the sheer scale of the damage tonight. now that system is drenching parts of the northeast, slowing down returning travelers. more than 5,000 flights have been delayed in major hubs like atlanta, chicago, and new york with alerts posted up and down
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the east coast. cbs's meg oliver starts us off with more on these catastrophic storms. >> reporter: shattered homes and debris litter the landscape across valley view, texas, after saturday night's tornado killed seven people, including two children in cook county. others barely survived. >> the loudest thing i ever heard. never been through anything like that before. >> reporter: a dark, terrifying scene as an ef-2 tornado with 135-mile-per-hour winds ripped through this truck stop. hugo parra shouted for everyone to take shelter in the bathrooms. mangled metal is all that's left. today cbs's dave malkoff spoke with parra, who witnesses say saved more than 100 lives. >> and i said, "let's go to the restrooms. go, go, go, go!" and everybody listen, and everybody go to the restrooms. >> we're in it. we're in it. >> cover your head. >> i can't do anything.
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>> cover your head. >> reporter: as that same tornado hit, best friends valenia gill and brenda dance thought they were driving away from the storm, but instead drove right into it. >> i feel for everybody else that is injured and don't have a home, their clothes. >> reporter: the powerful series of storms rolled through seven southern states, packing dangerous winds and hail in some parts, spawning more than 40 reported tornadoes that killed at least 21 people. >> i would say that i am 100% sure it's going to be delayed. >> reporter: the severe storms are now moving here in the northeast. frustration brewed as hundreds of flights canceled and delayed at major airports, including boston, new york, and new jersey. >> we were trying to find any other flight for today. they said, no, nothing's going out today because of the weather. >> reporter: as millions of people try to get home tonight,
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the airports seeing the most delays and cancellations included atlanta, new york, and here at newark, with more than 100 flights delayed close to two hours. maurice. >> oh, boy. okay. meg oliver in new jersey, thank you. and there is more severe weather in the forecast tonight into tomorrow. so let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> maurice, good evening. a weekend full of tornadoes and severe storms, and that continues into tonight and tomorrow. you can see a large area here across the northeast with a lot of storms right through the night, even early morning hours. then most of that clears by mid morning tomorrow. down into the south, including in texas, some discrete supercells here. what we're watching for, 75-mile-per-hour winds and the possibility of some incredibly large hail with these storms. you can't rule out tornadoes. right through the heart of texas is going to be the target for those storms. yes, dallas to san antonio and houston all get hit. because there's so much rain in our forecast in isolated pockets, 3 to 5 inches of rain, and extending all the way through the plains, we could see
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some flooding, maurice, that could extend all the way throughout the end of the week. >> mike bettes, thank you. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tonight calling a fiery air strike on a tent camp in rafah a tragic mistake. at least 45 people are dead, hundreds more wounded in that camp for displaced palestinians. those numbers are only increasing the international condemnation of israel. cbs's imtiaz tyab is in east jerusalem with the disturbing images of the aftermath. >> reporter: following the series of air strikes by israeli warplanes, fire raged through the makeshift encampment in rafah in what's being described as the tent massacre. the horrifying aftermath defies belief. bodies burnt beyond recognition. a man holding the body of a child beheaded from the force of the blast as first responders rushed to treat those who were sheltering in what was a designated safe zone for
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civilians. by morning, a cbs news team had made it to the western rafah neighborhood where survivors, mainly families, gathered in shock at what happened. and as children dug through the scorched remains of a food distribution tent, trying to salvage whatever they could with their bare hands. israel insists it targeted a hamas compound in which, quote, significant hamas terrorists were operating. but at a nearby hospital, one of the few still functioning in gaza, the vast majority of the dead and wounded were children. parents inconsolable with grief. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "they burned the people. they burned them," he says. "they burned the whole neighborhood." just days ago, the u.n.'s top court ordered israel to halt its offensive in rafah to protect the huge number of civilians there. but since then, the israeli military has only intensified its attacks. the air strikes on the safe zone
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came just hours after hamas launched eight rockets from gaza towards tel aviv, the first since january. most were intercepted by the iron dome missile defense system, and there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. well, for months now, president biden has warned a major israeli offensive there would be a, quote, red line, maurice, even pausing a shipment of bombs to israel over concerns for the safety of civilians. >> imtiaz tyab in east jerusalem tonight, thank you. police in los angeles are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a former tv soap actor. 37-year-old johnny wactor was best known for his role on "general hospital." family members say wactor was killed early saturday when he aproached three men who were trying to steal the catalytic converter from his car. they're a common target, and thieves sell them for the precious metals inside. today the nation paused to honor the service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm erica brown in washington. thanks for staying with us. millions of americans are home this morning after the memorial day holiday. and if you were on the road or
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in the air, you know there was congestion all around. foul weather in the midwest canceled hundreds of flights and delayed thousands more. then there were long lines at some airport security checkpoints. a few airlines are experimenting with facial recognition programs designed to speed flyers through the check-in and security process. but some complain it's a threat to personal privacy. kris van cleave reports from los angeles international. >> reporter: before heading to new york, maggie burge experienced what could be the future of flying, using her face to check her bag. >> i think it works pretty well. >> reporter: and throughout terminal 7 at l.a.x., many travelers are finding their face is increasingly their ticket to fly. >> the future of travel is definitely biometrics. you know, it is a time saver. >> reporter: david terry oversees l.a.x. for united airlines. >> we want to do everything we can to use technology to get you from ticket counter to the gate as quickly and as seamlessly as possible. >> reporter: delta and united are now testing biometric bag check systems. at united, it checks a person's
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face against their passport photo, which that passenger stored in the auirline's app. 9 airline says the images are not retained. grant krechic tried it to check his bag to new york. >> it was seamless. it was like clear but for check-in. >> any second thoughts about the facial recognition? >> it doesn't both mer, i guess. >> it's going to use facial recognition. printing your bag tags within 15 to 20 seconds and have you on your way. >> do i have to do this? >> so this is completely optional. >> reporter: at the checkpoint, both tsa and clear, an optional service travelers pay to join, offer a growing number of facial recognition lanes aimed at cutting down time spent in line. clear co-founder ken kornik. >> it is becoming ubiquitous. it is add intensive to the efficiency of the entire checkpoint. we believe that anything that enhances efficiency is good for everybody. >> reporter: international departures are increasingly using biometrics, facial recognition for boarding, and expedited kuft om onlies coming
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back from the u.s. tsa administrator says the programs are opt in. >> it's the future because it's so much more effective than a manual comparison. this is better for security. it will be better for efficiency. >> reporter: but not everyone is a fan of a facial recognition future. a push in congress to restrict the tsa's use of biometrics failed earlier this month. there remain questions about how well facial recognition works on people of color and privacy advocates remain concerned. >> the use of that sort of information needs to come with really robust protections, and that's really crucial when you're talking about your facial imprint because unlike a social security number or a telephone number, you can't get a new face. >> what do you say to the critics that want you to stop the biometrics? >> we put privacy first. we don't retain the data that you provide for more than a few seconds. we have no plans to surveil, and the technology is not capable of surveillance. so our use cases to verify identity full stop, that's it. >> reporter: a debate over the future of travel facing flyers
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more than ever. i'm kris van cleave in los angeles. closing arguments get under way in the so-called hush money trial of former president donald trump. the trial is complicating trump's campaign against president biden, which could be decided by a few key swing states. the latest cbs news poll showed the two are neck and neck in most of the states that decided the last two elections. but this time, more voters are seriously considering a third-party candidate. ed o'keefe reports. >> my gosh, this feels like deja vu all over again. >> reporter: we've been hearing it from voters across the country. a joe biden/donald trump rematch is leaving some unsatisfied. >> maybe if another candidate pops out of the woodwork, that might help. >> reporter: it's a feeling shared by those we met on washington's national mall, where the ice cream is great by the way. > business is good? >> reporter: there we found a lack of enthusiasm for the top contenders. >> i wouldn't say they're the best. >> i was hoping they would go with someone younger on both sides of the aisle. >> those two options make you think about supporting a third
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option? >> we talked about that, yes. yeah, i think it does. >> reporter: and one name kept coming up. >> robert kennedy has a lot of people's interest. ♪ kennedy, kennedy, kennedy ♪ >> reporter: robert f. kennedy jr. is one of a handful of independent or third-party candidates trying to upend the race. >> an authentic challenge to their power. >> reporter: a recent cbs news poll in michigan shows him in single digits, drawing votes mostly away from trump. in the battleground state due to a minor party's nomination. he's either on the ballot or claims to have met the voter signature requirements in more than a dozen states. >> we are going to get on the ballot in every single state. >> reporter: but he still has a ways to go to do that. >> you've got to build that infrastructure up and raise the money because that's not going to be an easy thing to do. >> reporter: election law expert david becker says a successful independent run requires a ton of manpower and even more cash to compete. >> you're hiring staff in every
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single state, which might mean hiring 50 different lawyers who have specialties in this in the states. that's going to take a lot of money, and once around august comes, you're either on the ballot, or you're off. >> reporter: it's something republicans and democrats are watching closely, including members of the kennedy family, who endorsed biden in april. >> if you vote for someone else, if you don't vote, then that's a vote for donald trump. >> reporter: and she may be on to something because independent and third-party candidates have a history of making an impact. >> i'm going to be the next president of the united states. >> reporter: well, that didn't work out for libertarian gary johnson in 2016, he and the green party's jill stein did pick off some support in a few key states, possibly benefiting trump over hillary clinton. but they deny being spoilers. and while it looks like rfk might not make the debate stage, he still has the attention of the competition. >> not a serious candidate. they say he hurts biden. i don't know who he hurts. he won't hurt me. i don't know. >> reporter: neither trump nor
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smoking 15 cigarettes a day. >> reporter: ann wheet is duet's director. >> these are unpaid family members primarily, sometimes friend who's have stepped up to the plate to do the hard work of caring for someone who no longer can fully care for themselves. >> reporter: and then duet discovered something, that the pandemic that shut down the world taught a lot of us a new skill, how to zoom. >> most of us remember the pandemic as kind of a bad thing. but in this case it has come up with something good. how did that happen? >> we realized that we had work to do to better serve the people we intend to serve. they can't all just make it to us. so we had to figure out how to make it to them, and we think of it as a virtual community for these family caregivers. >> reporter: where help could reach anywhere, like the small town of barriville, arkansas, population about 5,000. a place with few resources for family caregivers. >> many times it starts to feel
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like you're in this alone. >> reporter: where cynthia morin was caregivering for her husband, tom, who had dementia. in duet, she found a support group, new friends, and advice all one zoom call away. >> so the value of this really is people who have made this journey ahead of you and they reach out their hand to you. >> yes, absolutely. that makes a huge difference. >> it really helped you get through all of this. >> oh, yes, with sanity. you know, without losing it. >> post-pandemic, we now have trained facilitators in 15 states, in canada, and on the navajo nation, which really showed us that our model works in the most remote, isolated settings imaginable. >> it sounds to me like you've developed a way of getting through this cloak of loneliness that surrounds caregivers. >> i think we have. >> reporter: we talked with members of an in-person duet
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sotomayor group about giving fellow caregivers a virtual helping hand. among them, linda rowdy. >> so i've touched people all over the country, which has been really powerful both for me as a caregiver and being part of it, but then also just supporting others on this journey because it's so misunderstood. >> even though it's on zoom where it's not face to face, do you think you still break through into the loneliness that caregivers feel, the people at the other end of that computer? >> i think i do. i think one of the reasons it's effective is that i'm living it as well. so i really -- i know. i feel what they're going through, and i think that's powerful rather than just being an outsider. but being an outsider looking in, i think when you've gone through it or you're living it now, it's amazing. it really does help people in a big way. > sort of helps to be the soldier in the same foxhole. >> absolutely. absolutely, yeah. >> reporter: and judy hunter, who shares personal stories about her husband, now in
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assisted living. >> he can't communicate. he starts saying something, and it's gone. my favorite thing to do with him is hugs. i have found that if i give him hugs, he really responds to them, and i respond to them because it's something that warms my heart. >> reporter: and help comes from more than just fellow caregivers. duet also sends out video seminars by dr. pauline boss, explaining ambiguous laws that many caregivers feel but often don't understand. >> the person who's physically present but psychologically absent, their mind is going or missing. ambiguous loss is a loss that doesn't have closure. it's a story without an end. you don't know how the ending will be. in fact, you don't even know when it will be. >> reporter: for cynthia, the sem seminars and the support group
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helped ease what haunts many caregivers -- fear and guilt. >> there were times i was afraid. there were other people that were afraid. there was times i was exasperated and ready to get out. here were other people who had these problems too. so it gave me a little more courage to be able to face what might be coming for me. >> reporter: with help from duet and her zoom friends, cynthia had already learned the most critical lessons of all when tom died a year ago. that she did all she could and that she
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researchers are now using artificial intelligence to translate the language of whales. ian lee has the story. >> reporter: that clicking may sound like a zipper or a creaky door, but scientists say the snaps and pops are a phonetic alphabet sperm whales use to talk to each other. >> the communication among whales is much more complex than
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it was previously thought. >> reporter: researchers with backgrounds in computer science, artificial intelligence, and biology analyzed more than 8,000 bursts of clicks called codas, similar to morse code. they found the noises form an alphabet to create what we think of as words and phrases. >> these codas have complex internal structure with similarities to aspects of some other animal communcation systems and even some aspects of human language. >> reporter: sperm whales can grow up to 60 feet long, and their 20 pround brains are the largest in the animal kingdom. they communicate by forcing air through muscles in their noses. >> it seems that through this phonetic alphabet, we can generate a lot of things, but we have no idea what they say. >> reporter: scientists say they need to collect millions, if not billions, of codas to have enough data to work out what the whales are talking about. but they think artificial intelligence could help them make sense of it all. >> we hope that this discovery
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will help us with whale conservation as well as with a deeper understanding of our majestic neighbors of the undersea. >> reporter: hoping someday sperm whales can tell us a whale of a tale about life under the waves. ian lee, cbs news, london. and that's the final broadcast of the overnight news. starting tomorrow, we'll bring you a new show in this time slot called the cbs news roundup. reporting for the final time from washington, d.c., i'm erica brown. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. after the memorial day holiday weekend, the journey home begins for tens of millions of americans. but many flights are delayed or canceled due to powerful storms sweeping through multiple states. at least 22 people were killed in storms over the weekend. israeli prime minister
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benjamin netanyahu says a tragic mistake was made during sunday's air strike in gaza. the strike hit a camp for displaced palestinians, and at least 45 people were killed according to palestinian officials. and former president donald trump's hush money trial in new york is nearing an end. later today, prosecutors and defense lawyers will address the jury in closing arguments. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. cbs news, newyork. tonight, millions of americans are recovering from severe storms and tornadoes. >> i knew something was bad. we heard it. it lasted a couple minutes. pretty devastating. >> and the threat's not over yet. what's ahead for those traveling home on this memorial day. >> nothing's going out today because of the weather. we're really upset about it.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, 62 million americans are under threat of severe weather from alabama to new york. good evening and thank you for being with us on this memorial day. i'm maurice dubois in for norah o'donnell. tonight's storms are part of the same system that brought deadly tornadoes to the central u.s. this weekend. this is valley view, texas, where tornadoes bulldozed through, turning homes into unrecognizable piles of lumber and metal. at least 23 people have been killed, including 2 children, in texas, arkansas, oklahoma, kentucky, and virginia. the force of the winds clear from the sheer scale of the damage tonight. now that system is drenching parts of the northeast, slowing down returning travelers. more than 5,000 flights have been delayed in major hubs like atlanta, chicago, and new york with alerts posted up and down the east coast.
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cbs's meg oliver starts us off with more on these catastrophic storms. >> reporter: shattered homes and debris litter the landscape across valley view, texas, after saturday night's tornado killed seven people, including two children in cook county. others barely survived. >> the loudest thing i ever heard. never been through anything like that before. >> reporter: a dark, terrifying scene as an ef-2 tornado with 135-mile-per-hour winds ripped through this truck stop. hugo parra shouted for everyone to take shelter in the bathrooms. mangled metal is all that's left. today cbs's dave malkoff spoke with parra, who witnesses say saved more than 100 lives. >> and i said, "let's go to the restrooms. go, go, go, go!" and everybody listened, and everybody go to the restrooms. >> we're in it.
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we're in it. >> cover your head. >> i can't do anything. >> cover your head. >> reporter: as that same tornado hit, best friends valenia gill and brenda dance thought they were driving away from the storm, but instead drove right into it. >> i feel for everybody else that is injured and don't have a home, their clothes. >> reporter: the powerful series of storms rolled through seven southern states, packing dangerous winds and hail in some parts, spawning more than 40 reported tornadoes that killed at least 21 people. >> i would say that i am 100% sure it's going to be delayed. >> reporter: the severe storms are now moving here in the northeast. frustration brewed as hundreds of flights canceled and delayed at major airports, including boston, new york, and new jersey. >> we were trying to find any other flight for today. they said, no, nothing's going out today because of the weather. >> reporter: as millions of people try to get home tonight, the airports seeing the most delays and cancellations
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included atlanta, new york, and here at newark, with more than 100 flights delayed close to two hours. maurice. >> oh, boy. okay. meg oliver in new jersey, thank you. and there is more severe weather in the forecast tonight into tomorrow. so let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> maurice, good evening. a weekend full of tornadoes and severe storms, and that continues into tonight and tomorrow. you can see a large area here across the northeast with a lot of storms right through the night, even early morning hours. then most of that clears by mid-morning tomorrow. down into the south, including in texas, some discrete supercells here. what we're watching for, 75-mile-per-hour winds and the possibility of some incredibly large hail with these storms. you can't rule out tornadoes. right through the heart of texas is going to be the target for those storms. yes, dallas to san antonio and houston all get hit. because there's so much rain in our forecast in isolated pockets, 3 to 5 inches of rain, and extending all the way through the plains, we could see
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some flooding, maurice, that could extend all the way through the end of the week. >> mike bettes, thank you. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tonight calling a fiery air strike on a tent camp in rafah a tragic mistake. at least 45 people are dead, hundreds more wounded in that camp for displaced palestinians. those numbers are only increasing the international condemnation of israel. cbs's imtiaz tyab is in east jerusalem with the disturbing images of the aftermath. >> reporter: following the series of air strikes by israeli warplanes, fire raged through the makeshift encampment in rafah in what's being described as the tent massacre. the horrifying aftermath defies belief. bodies burnt beyond recognition. a man holding the body of a child beheaded from the force of the blast as first responders rushed to treat those who were sheltering in what was a designated safe zone for
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civilians. by morning, a cbs news team had made it to the western rafah neighborhood where survivors, mainly families, gathered in shock at what happened. and as children dug through the scorched remains of a food distribution tent, trying to salvage whatever they could with their bare hands. israel insists it targeted a hamas compound in which, quote, significant hamas terrorists were operating. but at a nearby hospital, one of the few still functioning in gaza, the vast majority of the dead and wounded were children. parents inconsolable with grief. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "they burned the people. they burned them," he says. "they burned the whole neighborhood." just days ago, the u.n.'s top court ordered israel to halt its offensive in rafah to protect the huge number of civilians there. but since thn, the israeli military has only intensified its attacks.
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the air strikes on the safe zone came just hours after hamas launched eight rockets from gaza towards tel aviv, the first since january. most were intercepted by the iron dome missile defense system, and there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. well, for months now, president biden has warned a major israeli offensive there would be a, quote, red line, maurice, even pausing a shipment of bombs to israel over concerns for the safety of civilians. >> imtiaz tyab in east jerusalem tonight, thank you. police in los angeles are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a former tv soap actor. 37-year-old johnny wactor was best known for his role on "general hospital." family members say wactor was killed early saturday when he approached three men who were trying to steal the catalytic converter from his car. they're a common target, and thieves sell them for the precious metals inside. today the nation paused to honor the service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice
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for their country. ♪ biden took part in the solemn memorial day tradition at arlington national cemetery, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the president said freedom is never guaranteed, and every generation has to fight for it and defend it. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." turning to the presidential election, tonight we are a month away from the first debate, a
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head-to-head rematch between the current and former presidents as donald trump returns to a manhattan courtroom tomorrow for closing arguments in the so-called hush money trial. cbs's robert costa with a look ahead. >> reporter: donald trump spent memorial day weekend campaigning. >> it's going to be a great race. >> reporter: something he's had little time to do during the past six weeks of his historic criminal trial. tuesday kicks off with closing arguments. jury instructions from the judge expected wednesday followed by jury deliberations. a verdict could come as early as this week. >> closing arguments are the one time that a lawyer is allowed to truly persuade a jury, to be theatrical if they are theatrical, but to be authentic. >> reporter: the prosecution could remind jurors of stormy daniels' testimony, about the alleged sexual encounter with trump and is expected to point to former fixer michael cohen's testimony that trump was directly involved in the hush money payments to daniels.
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trump's lawyers meanwhile will argue michael cohen's word cannot be trusted, and to avoid conviction, they will need to persuade at least one juror that prosecutors have failed to prove trump is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. >> there is no crime. >> reporter: the jury of seven men and five women, including two lawyers, will deliberate in secret, and there is no time limit. trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records related to the daniels payments, and jurors will need to evaluate each count. trump's attempts to win over libertarian voters at their convention saturday was met by heckles and loud boos. >> the libertarian party should nominate trump for president of the united states. [ crowd booing.] whoa, that's nice. >> reporter: he fired back at the raucous crowd. >> only do that if you want to win. if you want to lose, don't do that. keep getting your 3% every four years.
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>> reporter: sources close to president biden tell me he's watching all of this and will soon speak out more about trump's character, linking that issue to his broader argument that trump is a threat to american democracy. maurice. >> robert costa, thank you. tonight the sports world is remembering basketball hall of famer bill walton. the two-time nba champion died today at 71 after a long battle with cancer. cbs's elise preston on one of the most colorful characters in the game, on and off the courts. >> reporter: everything about bill walton was outsized, from his hall of fame career. >> walton, nice move. >> take a bite out of it while it's lit. >> reporter: to his over-the-top personality. >> i was kidding. >> reporter: for decades, he treated basketball fans to colorful, quirky commentary. >> this can be eaten. this can be burnt as fuel. >> reporter: but on the court, it was his dominant play that did all the talking, winning two
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national championships at ucla for legendary coach john wooden and then two nba titles with the portland trail blazers and boston celtics. walton always embraced the counterculture. arrested as a ucla student opposing the war in vietnam and advocating for marijuana before it became legal. tributes have poured in from some of the game's greatest, who see walton as one of the best to ever play. his enthusiasm always infectious. >> it doesn't get any better than this. >> reporter: bill walton lived his entire life loud and proud. elise preston, cbs news, los angeles. >> an american original. if you are beach bound this summer, a heads-up before you grab your sunscreen. why sunblock sold here in the u.s. may not be the most effective. and later, "eye on america," with a group of veterans fighting for medical benefits over a top-secret mission from over a top-secret mission from the co “the darkness of bipolar depression made me feel like i was losing interest in the things i love.
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unaware that americans' selection of sunscreens is limited compared to other parts of the world. >> i'm not aware of that. yeah, we should open to every option there is. >> reporter: at issue, a 1938 u.s. law that classifies sunscreen as a drug and requires animal testing rather than as a cosmetic like parts of europe and asia do. that keeps foreign brands off u.s. shelves and limits sunscreen makers. the environmental working group says on average, u.s. sunscreens don't protect as well from uva rays, which can cause skin cancer. one of its studies found only 35% of the u.s. sunscreens tested were strong enough to meet eu standards. >> the reason all this is important is because skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in this country. >> almost everybody has been affected by skin cancer. 1 in 5 americans have skin cancer. >> reporter: dr. robert kirsner is a dermatologist with sylvester comprehensive cancer center at the university of miami. >> we'd really like to get some of those european sunscreens to the united states because it will give us greater opportunity, greater options for
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our patients. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs news, the fda says it must balance the public health benefits of access to a broader range of sunscreen active ingredients against the importance of ensuring that the sunscreens americans use are safe for regular, lifelong use. regardless of what's available now, experts say the important thing is to use it. dr. kirsner says the sunscreens currently allowed in the united states are still considered to be safe and effective as long as they are used properly. in the meantime, there is a bipartisan bill in the house that would require the fda to allow non-animal testing for sunscreens. maurice. >> okay. manuel bojorquez on the beach tonight in fort lauderdale. thank you. you've heard of area 51, but area 52, a group of veterans, say they worked there on a top-secret mission decades ago, and now they're being denied their medical benefits. "eye on america" is next.
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mark ely was in his 20s, a physically fit air force technician inspecting secretly obtained soviet fighter jets. their engines roaring inside hidden hangars called hush houses. >> when you're at that moment, everything is shaking, and your hands are shaking, and your eyes are shaking, and your brain is shaking. >> reporter: the work was part of a classified mission in the nevada desert 140 miles outside of las vegas at the tonopah test range, sometimes referred to as area 52. the mission was so under wraps, ely had to sign this nondisclosure agreement. >> upholding the national interest was more important than my own life? >> reporter: that's not just talk. >> the loss of my health. >> reporter: ely, now 63 and living in naperville, illinois, is confronting life-threatening consequences. >> it scarred my lungs. i've got cysts on my liver. >> reporter: from the radiation he says he was exposed to there. >> i started having lipomas, tumors inside my body i had to
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remove. my lining in my bladder was shed. >> reporter: for decades, the u.s. government conducted nuclear bomb tests near area 52. according to a federal environmental assessment from 1975, those tests scattered toxic and radioactive materials nearby. >> someone made a decision that your lives and the risk was worth it for our country. >> yes. >> reporter: all these years later, his service records include many assignments but not the mission inside tonapah test range, which means he can't prove he was there. >> cover-up? >> right. that's right. there's this slogan people say. deny, deny until you die. it's kind of true here. >> and the only reason why it's becoming known now is because of all the illnesses? >> it was because of all the illnesses. >> reporter: dave crete says he also worked at the same site as
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a military police officer. he has breathing issues, including chronic bronchitis and even had to have a tumor removed from his back. >> fire! >> reporter: he spent the last eight years tracking down hundreds of other veterans who worked where he did. >> so you've seen bladder cancer, liver cancer, colon cancer, kidney cancer, tumors, lymphomas, blood diseases. >> all kinds of cancers. >> reporter: the federal government's 1975 environmental assessment acknowledged toxic chemicals in the area but said stopping work ran against the national interests, and the costs are small and reasonable for the benefits received. >> what does it do to you to see all these other men and women suffering? >> how many people they hurt. >> reporter: $25.7 billion worth of federal assistance has helped other government workers, mainly employees of the department of energy. >> go on down to where it gets to the one-third. >> reporter: who were stationed in the same area and are now sick. but these benefits don't apply to air force veterans like crete
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and ely. >> it makes me incredibly mad, and it hurts me too because they're supposed to have my back. i had theirs, and i want them to have mine. >> reporter: a betrayal, he says, by the very government he served. for "eye on america," i'm dave savini in chicago. >> and we contacted the department of defense for comment. it would only comment and confirm that crete and ely served in the military but would not say where. in just a mo nt here, a 15 air wick. how far would you go to set the ambience of your space? try the air wick way with air wick essential mist. infused with natural essential oils to fill your moment with immersive fragrance for up to 45 days. now that's a breath of fresh air wick.
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finally here, tonight's "heart of america." meet 15-year-old connor nickel. he's on a personal mission to create a dog tag for every american service member who made the ultimate sacrifice. working from national archives information, he packages each tag with additional details before mailing them around the country to anyone willing to adopt the tag and honor their memory. so far, he's created more than 80,000 of them. after making a dog tag for every soldier who died in the korean war, he's now working to remember those killed in vietnam, including his own great uncle. connor comes from a military family. his father is an active-duty marine and his mom a navy veteran who helped inspire the project. >> every single time my dad was deployed, my mom had a dog tag by her bed, and every single night, she would say his name and have him in her thoughts and prayers.
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i believe that each service member, individual person, should be remembered. >> connor nickel, tonight's "heart of america." job well done but not finished just yet. and that's the final broadcast of the overnight news. starting tomorrow, we'll bring you a new show in this time slot called the cbs news roundup. signing off for the final time in washington, i'm maurice dubois. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. after the memorial day holiday weekend, the journey home begins for tens of millions of americans. but many flights are delayed or canceled due to powerful storms sweeping through multiple states. at least 22 people were killed in storms over the weekend.
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israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a tragic mistake was made during sunday's air strike in gaza. the strike hit a camp for displaced palestinians, and at least 45 people were killed according to palestinian officials. and former president donald trump's hush money trial in new york is nearing an end. later today, prosecutors and defense lawyers will address the jury in closing arguments. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's tuesday, may 28th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." closing arguments, jury instructions, and a possible verdict. a big week ahead in donald trump's so-called hush money trial. what to expect. picking up the pieces. millions of americans are
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