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>> oh, my god. >> nancy: tonight, horror at arkansas grocery store as a shooter opens fire. speak i thought it was fireworks. or that he told me to turn around, active shooter. >> nancy: three people are dead there were ten others are hurt, including two officers. new details about how the suspect was taken down. the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening, and thank you for being with us. i'm nancy cordes in for norah o'donnell. we start with that breaking news. another deadly mass shooting in america, this time in arkansas. it happened at lunch time, about an hour south of little rock. the gunman firing a shot after at a grocery store before he was taken down by police officers. the director of the arkansas state police spoke just a short time ago, giving new information about the status of the victims, but no word on the suspects motive yet.
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cbs's omar villafranca has the very latest. >> mad butcher in fordyce, and there is a shooting going on. >> reporter: gunshots rang out at this grocery store in fordyce, arkansas, about 70 miles south of little rock. >> come my god. >> reporter: this video appears to show a man armed with a shotgun shooting at officers, who were also returning fire. >> trying to shoot the police. >> reporter: at least three people were killed and ten others were shot, including two police officers, who are expected to survive. the shooter was wounded by police and is now in custody. speak with the remaining civilian injuries range from nonlife threatening to extremely critical. >> reporter: philip taught lives nearby. >> they were all piled up there and they told me to turn around, active shooter. >> reporter: just moments after pulling up to buy gas, witness david rodriguez heard a barrage of gunfire. >> somebody in the parking lot on shot.
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>> reporter: and pulled out his cell phone to record. >> we don't normally hear about things like this going on in our local community. so it was quite a scare. >> reporter: stunned onlookers scrambled to safety as officers quickly lock down the area. >> this situation is secure and it is contained. there are no active threats to the community. >> reporter: the atf is assisting in the investigation, but as of right now, we don't know a motive for that shooting. nancy? >> nancy: and we are hoping that the victims are doing better. omar villafranca, thank you so much. back here in washington, the supreme court issued a major ruling today involving the second amendment. the justices ruled that the government can take guns away from people under domestic violence restraining orders. it's their first major ruling on guns in two years. cbs's jan crawford reports from outside the supreme court. >> reporter: victims rights groups said the gun law helped keep women safe from abusers. zackey rahimi, a texas
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drug dealer, prosecuted for having a gun while under a domestic violence restraining order, said it violated his second amendment right to keep and bear arms. federal judges in texas agreed with rohini, relying on a 2022 supreme court decision that said gun laws have to have roots in a historical tradition. but in its 8-1 ruling, the justices said the lower courts misunderstood. the government has always been able to disarm people who are dangerous. since the founding, our nation's firearm laws have included provisions preventing individuals who threaten physical harm to others for misusing guns, chief justice john roberts wrote for the court. justice clarence tom at, the courts staunchest conservative who wrote the 2022 district vise dissenter, sang historically there were no gun bans for people who commit domestic violence. victims advocates reacted with what one called overwhelming relief, an average of 70 women a month are killed by an intimate partner using a gun.
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nearly 1 million american women have been shot or shot at by their partners. >> today was a day where prioritizing the safety of victims and survivors of domestic violence won. and we don't get a tremendous amount of those days. >> reporter: the justices also indicated other laws, such as those banning violence and drug abusers from having guns, are constitutional, sending a message that lower courts have been too quick to strike down gun laws. now the court will have more opinions next week, as they look to wrap up their turn by the end of the week, or maybe early in the following week. there's about a dozen or so cases left, and nancy, they've got some big ones. >> nancy: jan, one of the biggest ones is donald trump's immunity case. what are we watching for there? >> reporter: that is the one we are all waiting for, and whether or not former president trump is immune from prosecution for his actions on january 6th, his efforts to
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obstruct the 2020 election, that case could determine when and where, whenever special counsel jack smith will be able to prosecute him for all of that activity, so that one, who knows when it will be, but we expected between now and the beginning of july. >> nancy: we know you will be watching it. jan crawford at the supreme court tonight, thank you so much. now to the record-breaking temperatures, with nearly 100 million americans under excessive heat warnings and advisories from los angeles to california -- from los angeles to new york, rather. cbs's lilia luciano is in the big apple, where the feels-like temperatures near the triple digits. >> reporter: for some cities along the east coast, today is the most miserable day of the heat yet, and it's only going to get worse this weekend. temperatures reaching 95 in philadelphia, to louisville baking at 98 degrees. maine saw nearly 80 heat-related emergencies this week as high temperatures hovered near
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100 degrees. and further south, along the i-95 corridor, major cities are sweltering. new yorkers are under in excessive heat watch. the high temperatures mean high demand for power, leading several manholes to go up in smoke. the heat also disrupted train travel at new york city's penn station. just the amtrak and new jersey transit trains. >> very frustrating, it is on comfortable, there is no place to sit. >> reporter: amtrak warned high temperatures may require trains to operate at slower speeds, resulting in one hour delays. this weekend, it will get even hotter, feeling like 104 d 104 degrees. temperatures that are unavoidable for construction workers, like this crew. it's pretty hot today. >> it really is. it's like 90 degrees, i'm assuming. >> reporter: what does it feel like up there? >> probably 105.
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it's just hot sun beaming at you. it's really bad. >> reporter: and it is not just uncomfortable. heat come of course, can also be dangerous. this week, new york city officials reported there are an estimated 350 people who die of heat related deaths every year, and that is just in the city. in phoenix, arizona, six confirmed deaths related to the heat so far this year. nancy? >> nancy: and we are only have a start of summer. lilia luciano, thank you so much. for a look at where the heat is heading this weekend and how long it will stick around, let's bring cbs chief meteorologist bill kelly. bill, what can you tell us? >> yeah, nancy, heat a major part of our weather story around the country. 16 states under some type of heat alert as we go into the weekend, and all of the alerts are in play, and not only that, we are talking about record territory in many locations. we are going to bring you on down here to the midwest and northeast. how about new work? 100 today. that tied the record set back in
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1963. the first triple-digit day and only getting hotter over the weekend. on the left, the forecast temperature. the number on the right, the forecast heat index. how about d.c. tomorrow? 106 degrees. we get into sunday here in the philadelphia area, pretty easily into the triple digits. not by the time we get into monday, those temperatures are going to drop a little bit but we are still looking at widespread 90s around the region. speaking of philadelphia, here's another fact: it's not just the daily records. we are on a heat wave that will likely go out nine days, and if we hit this, it will be the longest stretch -- tying the longest stretch of a heat wave that actually starts before the summer solstice. as you mentioned, some are started yesterday, this heat wave started on tuesday. we are also tracking the tropics. two days ago we had alberto. two areas, 60% chance of develop meant, if they do come it will be beryl and chris. nancy? >> nancy: folks need to stay careful through next week. bill kelly, thank you so much.
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officials in the gaza strip say at least 25 people were killed today in an israeli strike on a tent city and rafah. the israeli military denies attacking the area and says it is investigating the claim. and we learned today the american aircraft carrier the uss eisenhower is being moved into the eastern mediterranean sea. this gives the u.s. and increased military presence near israel's northern border with lebanon, where there are fears that recent s skirmishes could erupt into a full-scale war. president biden is hunkering down, and donald trump is hitting the campaign trail, head of the first presidential debate next week. and they are using very different tactics to prepare. cbs's robert costa reports tonight on their strategies and who is winning the battle for campaign cash. >> reporter: the standoff next thursday in atlanta already historic, earlier than ever in a presidential race, and the first time a current and former president go head-to-head. >> he's going to be so pumped
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up. he's going to be pumped up. >> reporter: allies of both del cbs news, biden, age 81, and trump, age 78, no voters will be paying attention. not only to the answers but how they handle themselves. >> the debate is going to make clear the contrast between our president, the current president, who works on behalf of the american people, fights for the american people, and the former president, who pretty much spends full-time fighting for himself. >> reporter: biden is now settling in at camp david for days of private prep, led by former chief of staff ron klain, personal attorney bob bauer slated to play trump in mock debates. with biden's campaign focusing on framing trump as a threat to democracy and abortion rights. speaker how is the debate prep going? >> reporter: trump sources say he is getting briefed on various policy topics by several senators and is preparing to counter president biden on
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inflation and immigration. the former president has for months challenged biden to take a cognitive test, but suggested on thursday biden was a skilled debater. >> i assume he's going to be somebody that will be a worthy debater. yeah, i would say so. >> okay. >> i don't want to underestimate him. >> reporter: in the fundraising, trump outraised biden in may after trailing the president for months. the former president's efforts got a $50 million donation from billionaire timothy mellon, one of the largest single contributions ever. sources close to former president trump tell me they know the money rates will only wrap up this summer, and his team is considering that as he mulls running mate, looking at how effective they might be with big donors. >> nancy: and bob, is there a front-runner right now in the veep stakes? >> reporter: the short list is shortening. sources close to cb -- doug burgum and ohio senator j.d. vance among others.
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the discussions, as ever, with trump, fluid. >> nancy: we could find out later this month at the republican convention. i know you will be there. bob costa, thanks so much. now i look at tonight's other top stories, starting with that warning from officials for florida beachgoers to stay out of the water due to dangerous rip currents that have already killed two people. cbs's manny bojorquez is in hollywood, florida, now with more. >> reporter: nancy, florida's entire east coast is at high risk today for rip currents. according to the national weather service. a pennsylvania couple drowned off the coast of hutchinson island on thursday while vacationing with their six children. authorities say they were swept away by a rip current to be. a powerful channel of fast-moving water that pulls swimmers away from shore. if you are caught in one, swim parallel to the shore and then back to land at an angle. and if you can't escape, wave or shout for help. >> nancy: to a scary scene when a southwest airlines play
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flew unusually low over houses on its approach to the oklahoma city airport on wednesday. cbs's carter evans explains. >> reporter: here at lax, nancy, you can watch incoming planes fly just a couple hundred feet overhead. imagine seeing this in your neighborhood. >> alert. you doing okay out there? >> reporter: that's a low altitude alert after a southwesm las vegas drop to just 525 feet above the ground when its approach to oklahoma city, seen here in this video captured by a home security camera. it was a late night's for residents below. southwest says the plane landed safely and the airline is cooperating with an faa investigation.% >> nancy: and as summer officially gets underway, aaa is predicting a record-breaking travel season. cbs's kris van cleave is at california's john wayne airport, where the lines are already l long. >> reporter: aaa expects about
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a 7% bump in flyers this independence day, and the tsa is bracing for more than 3 million people to pass through its checkpoints nationwide any day now. that's never happened before. with flexible work schedules for some, aaa says the fourth of july is now a record-breaking nine day travel period that ushers in the peak of summer travel. >> we sound like a broken record but that is because the records are beings that year after year. >> reporter: most on the move, nearly six to 1 million, will drive, and they are finding gas prices lower than they were last year. >> nancy: thanks to kris at our cbs news teams across the country. an oklahoma man is sentenced for having ammunition in his luggage in the turks and caicos islands. that's next. and later, steve hartman tracks down the new neighbors and one of the most out-of-the-way places in america. ♪ ♪ t. there's us. she raised us on her own. ten years as my roller derby wife. three. three schools she's opened. she's a mother. i think we turned out alright. she's a friend. our mother's could tell stories.
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>> reporter: and they are few. too for you. according to bob omi, president of the isle au haut community development corporation. >> and it's essential that we continue to attract families. >> reporter: so last year, this community of about 50 year-round residents, made a post, hoping to woo a new family. they were careful not to oversell the place. though it's not everyone's cup of tea, who knows, it may very% well be yours. and they got a taker. a young family from central massachusetts. >> ready? >> reporter: dakota waters. his son, flynn. wife, hannah appeared and their baby, amelia, moved here a few months ago. >> our whole family thought we were psychotic. they were like, a remote island in the middle of the ocean? >> reporter: had you been on an island before? >> nope, never even been in the ocean. >> reporter: and yet, here they lived, the newest members of a dying breed. at one point, there were about
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300 communities out here on maine's most isolated islands. now, just over a dozen remain. and keeping those alive will require a new breed of frontiersmen. folks who value solitude over starbucks. and really don't mind a little adversity. >> people have traded the good life for a convenient one, and convenience isn't always the best. >> reporter: to that point, the waters raise some of their own food and have multiple jobs. dakota does plumbing, lawn maintenance, the old landlubber even works on a lobster boat. and as for the children, this year, his son, flynn, was one of just two kids in the k-8 school house. and that was the other. the place is just that small. but dakota says the time tidines more a blessing than a curse for its people there we go! >> we have so much more bonding time with our kids.
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it's undescribable he holds on. >> reporter: do you think you are here for a good? >> yeah. >> i'm not moving my stuff off this rock again. it was too hard to get it here. [laughter] >> reporter: come for the beauty. stay because it is too hard to leave. could be another soft sell ad. steve hartman, wei "on the road,, on isle au haut, maine. >> nancy: the best part, no traffic. a final note, congratulations to the boston celtics, who celebrated their 18th nba championship today with a duck boat parade through the city. fans chanted "mvp" as jaylen brown rode by with his teammates. this is the first time in 16 years that the celtics are nba champs. and that's tonight's "cbs vening news." for >> judge judy: ms. johnson says, "we were making me a 50th birthday party." >> announcer: his girlfriend's bash put a dent in his finances. >> judge judy: did you agree to make this party for her? >> announcer: no, your honor. i agreed for the loan
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on the party. >> judge judy: so this "we" all of a sudden becomes a "he." >> announcer: and her big day was over the top. >> he helped me make this party as extravagant as it became. >> judge judy: how much was the birthday party altogether? >> nine thousand dollars. >> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution thaddeus jackson is suing his ex-girlfriend, cassaundra johnson, for an unpaid loan to pay for her 50th birthday party. >> byrd: order! all rise! it's case number 343 on the calendar in the matter of jackson vs. johnson. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. folks, have a seat. >> judge judy: mr. jackson, you and the defendant, you say you were friends. i have a sense from reading this that you were dating friends. is that a fair statement? >> yes. >> judge judy: ais

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