torch run for the special olympics this week. it's meant to boost awareness about the special olympics and raise funds for the organization. the special olympics of northern california's 2024 summer games will kick off friday and runs through the weekend at santa clara university. great to see a great organization as well for special olympics. cbs evening news with norah o'donnell is next. local news continues streaming on our streaming service cbs news bay area. we are right back here in 30 minutes on cbs news bay area at 7:00 with more news just for you. see you then. mistake at the supreme court. the draft opinin for a crucial abortion case is briefly posted online. the issue in question, whether doctors in idaho can perform abortions when the mother's health is at risk. what the document reveals about how the justices may rule in a high-stakes decision and what it could mean for women in other states. >> we are not legal lawyer people. we just want to practice medicine. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪

the stunning news tonight from the supreme court, admitting a document from one of the most highly anticipated cases of this term was accidentally leaked. good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. and we don't know for certain that it is the final opinion that was uploaded and first reported by "bloomberg news," but if it is true, this signals the justices are poised to side with the biden administration by reinstating a lower court order, for now, that allows hospitals in idaho to perform abortions during a medical emergency. why does this matter? well, the associated press found that this year, idaho had to medevac six women out of the state following a miscarriage when they were not treated in an emergency room. supreme court spokesperson confirmed the document was inadvertently and briefly posted online. this is the second time in recent years that an abortion opinion from the nation's

highest court has been revealed ahead of the decision. it's an extraordinary breach of protocol. cbs's jan crawford covers the court for us and has new reporting. >> reporter: the draft opinion in one of the most closely watched cases of the term was briefly and inadvertently posted on the court's website, and "bloomberg news" grabbed a copy. if it stands as the final decision in the case, it would mean emergency abortions in idaho could resume, at least for the time being, if a woman's health is at serious risk. doctors in the state have put those abortions on hold, fearing prosecution, because idaho's restrictive law allows the procedure only when the woman's life is in danger or in cases of rape or incest. >> we are not legal lawyer people. we just want to practice medicine. standard of care that takes years, years, decades, even, to develop. >> reporter: idaho, 1 of 6 states that ban abortion except to save a woman's life, enacted

its law two years ago after the supreme court overturned roe vs. wade. the biden administration sued, arguing those restrictive bans are at odds with a federal law that requires hospitals to provide stabilizing care in emergencies, care that could include abortions when the woman faces serious health complications. idaho said its law allows doctors to perform abortions in those rare cases, when a woman is facing irreversible health conditions, but a lower court agreed with the administration and said the federal law on emergency care overrode idaho's ban. the administration had urged the court not to take up the case, and in the opinion posted today, five of the justices agreed to dismiss the case, saying it was too soon for the court to decide. three conservatives dissented, saying the court should rule for idaho, and the newest justice, ketanji brown jackson, also said the court should move now, but to rule against idaho. >> norah: and jan crawford joins us now. and, jan, this could be so interesting.

you could ask at this debate tomorrow night, would a trump administration have sued idaho to protect a woman's health? do we know, though, when this decision could become public but for real by the supreme court? >> jan: no. we don't know. we've got more decisions coming tomorrow morning and then again on friday, possibly into next week, and, of course, this is just one of those major cases that we are still waiting on as they wrap up the term. there are those two big cases involving former president trump, whether or not he is immune from prosecution for his actions around january 6th, and if he is not immune, what can he be charged with? we won't know which opinions are coming down until they actually announce them from the bench, and like i said, that could be anytime between now and sometime next week. >> norah: and we will break in tomorrow morning, friday morning, with that news when it comes. thank you, jan crawford. as we mentioned, it is the eve of the first presidential rematch debate between president biden and donald trump, and cbs's nancy cordes is in atlanta, where the two rivals will come face-to-face on the debate stage for the first time since october

of 2020. >> reporter: the debate is still a day away, but the stage here is already set and the battle lines drawn. the democratic party erecting billboards across atlanta highlighting donald trump's recent conviction in new york.% >> the number one function... >> reporter: trump sought to turn the conviction into a positive today, when he called into a campaign event at an atlanta black-owned barbershop. >> since it happened, the support among the black community and the hispanic community has skyrocketed. it's been amazing. >> reporter: according to a new cbs poll, most democratic voters want biden to strike a forceful tone tomorrow night, while most republican voters want trump to be polite. >> he's going to be so pumped up. >> reporter: in the run-up to this debate, trump has returned to a familiar playbook, suggesting biden plans to use drugs. >> they always use conspiracies. every time. >> reporter: former republican congressman adam kinzinger is a longtime trump critic who formally endorsed biden today.

he remembers when trump made the same baseless claims about biden in 2020. >> people say he was on performance-enhancing drugs. >> reporter: and even about hillary clinton in 2016. >> we should take a drug test. >> reporter: why do you think he does that? >> they are setting expectations that if joe biden does well and better than donald trump, it must be some outside influence like drugs. it's asinine. it's insane. >> reporter: biden huddled with advisors at camp david today for the sixth straight day, while trump insisted, in a phone interview with newsmax, that he doesn't need much prep. >> i'm not sure you can lock yourself into a room for two weeks or one week or two days and really learn what you have to know. >> reporter: biden aides are skeptical of that claim. they think that trump, who has been largely out of sight for the past four days, is spending more time on prep than he is

letting on. interestingly, norah, a full 25% of voters in our poll said they are going to be tuning into the debate first and foremost to see if these two men have the mental and cognitive capacity to serve over the next four years. >> norah: all right, nancy cordes, thank you. and we will have complete coverage of the first presidential debate, hosted by cnn tomorrow night. it's going to be starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our streaming network, cbs news 24/7, and then the live simulcast of the debate will be right here on cbs at 9:00 p.m. eastern, followed by our expert analysis, so we hope you join us here at cbs. tonight, millions of americans across the midwest remain under threat of severe flooding, with several major rivers still rising, and they may not crest

until later this week. cbs's tom hanson spoke with homeowners in minnesota, who have lost everything. >> reporter: four days, this house sat perilously on the river's edge close to minnesota's rapidan dam, and then, in a heartbeat... [crowd gasping] it was gone. jenny barnes' childhood home and half a century of memories. >> this is our life. and it is such a beautiful place. just the loss of history and... it's sad. >> reporter: the blue earth river continues to surge, and the ground is still giving way. the threat remains very real to several communities downstream. the recent rains in the midwest, 600% above normal. homes and crops, a way of life, destroyed by record flooding. it's taken a toll on aging infrastructure, as well. not just this dam, which is more than a century old, but also roads and bridges washed away. this was minnesota's governor after surveying a damaged highway. >> the engineers built that for a 500-year flood. that was 14 years ago. so the 500-year flood came in 14 years. >> reporter: the midwest is

experiencing more days of extreme rainfall. events expected to be wetter and more intense due to climate change. just as sobering, only 4% of u.s. homeowners currently have flood insurance. in the midwest, it's less than 2%. catastrophic damage compounded by an insurance nightmare. back at rapidan dam... the barnes family home is gon. their business barely standing. and you can see just how close jenny's family business is to the edge. we've been watching as the riverbank has crept closer and closer to the store. and, norah, authorities are pushing the media back out of an abundance of caution, just in case this side of the riverbank also gives way. >> norah: all right, tom hanson, be careful. thank you. president biden today said he is righting what he called a historic wrong by offering pardons to thousands of u.s. veterans who were convicted of crimes under a former military law that banned same-sex relationships from 1951 to 2013. this follows a yearlong cbs news investigation that showed lgbtq veterans who still had less than

honorable discharges, and in some cases, criminal convictions on their record, more than a decade ater don't ask, don't tell was repealed. cbs's jim axelrod has been on the story from the start. >> as my sexual identity blossomed, i battled with how to live the covert double life that was required of lgbtq military members at that time. >> reporter: steve marose was an air force officer in the late 1980s. before the military found out he was gay and put him on trial. you were looking at 17 years in prison. >> i was, five years per sodomy charge and a year per conduct

unbecoming charge. >> reporter: he was sentenced for years at a military prison. >> i thought my military life was over, but in that moment, i thought my life was over. >> reporter: last year when we spoke, he was still hoping for the day when the government would make things right. >> they have the ability to look back and say, people who are hanging under the weight of something that is no longer valid should be made whole. >> reporter: and today, word of that long-awaited redemption arrived. president biden announced former service members who were convicted of crimes solely for being gay could apply for pardons. for veterans like , a pardon represents the only possible path to justice. >> i was a great officer, and that all got taken away from me. i didn't deserve that. >> reporter: and a recognition of harm that's decades past due. >> suddenly it brought this all to the forefront again, and that love and support is a tsunami. again this morning. and it's amazing. >> reporter: the pardons are not automatic. veterans will have to apply to prove they are eligible. after that, they can go to their military branch and apply to have their discharge changed, which the white house says should unlock access to critical va benefits down the road. norah? >> norah: this is a big

change. thanks for your investigation, jim axelrod. and a closed-door trial got underway in russia today for a "wall street journal" reporter the u.s. government says is being wrongfully detained. 32-year-old evan gershkovich appeared in court with a shaved head. he's been detained in russia for 15 months. accusedof spying for the cia, though we should note the russian government has shown no evidence of this. now a look at tonight's other top stories. starting with wikileaks ceo julian assange, who is now back home in australia after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing u.s. national security secrets. and sentenced to time served. cbs's ramy inocencio is at the airport in canberra. >> reporter: the plea deal that allowed julian assange to land here as a free man was organized by the justice department, not by the white house. that's according to officials. but lawyers for assange say they will be calling on president biden for a pardon,

norah, calling his prosecution a criminalization of journalism. with his fist raised in victory, assange walked across this tarmac and scooped up his wife, stella, putting 14 years of legal battles behind him, five of those spent in a british high-security prison. what he needs now, his family says, is rest. >> he needs to recuperate. and this is a process. >> norah: now to wild fires burning out west. in oregon, residents were forced to quickly leave their homes after firefighters struggled to put out the fast-moving blaze. cbs's elise preston reports fire season is far from over. >> reporter: this wildfire season is earlier than expected, norah. wet weather across the west created more vegetation, but as the summer dries out, this is now fuel. in oregon, the darlene fire has charred more than 2,000 acres, forcing families to evacuate. lightning strikes are making firefighting efforts difficult in alaska, where more than 100 wildfires are burning right now. and in northern california,

firefighters are battling a blaze that's only half contained. this is near the community where six years ago. >> norah: and what's black and white and going to an american zoo? a pair of pandas! the first new bears to arrive in the u.s. from china in more than two decades. cbs's caitlin huey-burns reports on the panda-monium. >> reporter: this giant panda you see right here behind me is 1 of 4 here at zoo atlanta. they are the only pandas that you can see here in the united states, but norah, that's about to change. yun chuan and xin bao are expected to arrive at the san diego zoo sometime this summer, after a more than

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