battle, and what intensity that they want to conduct offensive operations anywhere along this entire 600-mile front line. >> and where does that get them? >> it puts them within striking distance of some very important ground lines of communication, supply corridors that connect some of the really important large cities that constitute the backbone of ukraine's defense of eastern ukraine. >> what price are the russians paying to make these advances? >> it's a very high price. the current estimates suggest that the russians lose between 25,000 to 30,000 troops per month. >> reporter: by some estimates, russia has suffered a staggering half a million killed and wounded since the invasion. yet putin has been able to replace those losses and pursue his merciless long war strategy. endless assaults to grind down ukraine's ability to resist coupled with threats of nuclear war against the nations supporting ukraine. >> putin understands what's

going to make or break this war is whether or not the allied states that support ukraine decide to lean into it or not. >> reporter: the united states leaned way back when politics -- >> we'll talk about the ukraine measure going forward. we're not -- that's not been abandoned. but there's a lot more work that needs to be done. >> reporter: -- caused a five-month suspension in arms shipments to ukraine just as the russian air force was unleashing a devastating new weapon. >> the russians discovered that they can put these cheap glide kits onto the glide bombs and convert their large soviet-era stockpiles of dumb gravity bombs into a precision weapon. >> reporter: the bombs sprout wings in flight and, guided by a gps signal, glide toward targets 30 to 40 miles away, while russian pilots remain out of range of ukraine's air defenses. >> they can use the air power and these 500 kilogram bombs to pummel and destroy ukrainian trenches, bunkers, strong points and fortifications.

>> reporter: thousands of bombs and millions of artillery shells have turned the battlefield into a moonscape of craters. one became a death trap for a russian tank when a tiny ukrainian drone attacked it. russia has tried protecting its tanks with extra layers of armor, but for every measure, there's a countermeasure. and american weapons are once again flowing to ukraine. >> so as long as the russians actually fail in convincing the international coalition from continuing to support ukraine, the russians have no chance of winning in ukraine. >> it sounds like all wars. it comes down to will. >> precisely. political will is the decisive factor for this war. it's not what happened on the battleground. territory can be lost, ceded, and recaptured again. but if we make the decision to abandon the ukrainians, then they will lose. i mean honestly, the center of gravity for this war, it's not

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earlier this year, the tennessee park debuted a brand-new attraction called the dolly parton experience, and our anthony mason got a special tour with the legendary country music singer herself. ♪ >> how long did you spend planning this? >> well, we've been thinking about it for years. ♪ here you come again ♪ >> reporter: the dolly parton experience is the newest part of the dollywood theme park here in pigeon forge, tennessee. >> this is for all your costumes. >> well, yeah. everything in here, i'll explain it to you. >> reporter: it's an exhibition that follows her life, her career, her costumes. >> the boots are fabulous too. >> oh, yeah. you got to -- i'm a big shoe person because i'm so short. >> some of these heels are a little precarious. >> they are. they're at least 5 inches. i like them high. the older i get, the littler i get, so the taller my shoes get. >> reporter: even dolly was overwhelmed by it all.

>> you know how they say sometimes that when you start to die, that your whole life flashes before you? >> yes. >> well, it about killed me going through there because i got so emotional. >> you said you've always believed in your talent. >> well, i did, and i do. >> where did that belief come from? >> i guess my mama did it because i was always writing these songs, stuff i'd never lived, and love songs, people getting killed in the war. i would hear everybody talking, and i'd write all these songs. and mama was fascinated with the fact that i could do that. so anybody that would come to our house, mama would say, "run and get your guitar." >> somebody in one of the articles i read who had worked with you called you a musical savant. >> well, i wouldn't go that far. the idiot part would be -- would be more like it. ♪ there was a big black dog laying out in the yard ♪ ♪ it growled at me and i swallowed hard ♪ ♪ and i heard somebody say, well, who are you ♪ >> but the songwriting part has always seemed to come very naturally to you.

i don't think you get enough credit as a lyricist. >> well, thank you for saying that because i take myself more serious as a songwriter than anything else. and if i had to give up every other part of the business, i would choose to be a writer because that's my therapist. my guitar is my friend. ♪ it's just natural for me. if something hits me, everything is a song to me. >> do you get excited when you get a good lyric? >> yes, i do. are you a writer? >> yes. >> because only another writer would know that. sometimes if i get a good line, i go, yes! where did that come from? you know, it has to be something divine out there because i'm too stupid to have thought of that. ♪ tumble out of bed and i stumble to the kitchen ♪ >> like my line of tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup ofable big, that just rolled right out. >> that's a great line. >> then when i thought of that one, i thought, that's as good as this cup of coffee is going to be. ♪ workin' 9 to 5 ♪

♪ what a way to make a livin' ♪ >> when you got on the bus after you graduated from high school and went to nashville, you went there to be a singer, not just a songwriter. >> no. i went to be a star. >> reporter: nashville didn't see it at first. >> but i never gave up. i just kept on -- >> why didn't you give up? >> well, because giving up ain't in me. i never once thought about it. i told my mom and dad when i left that i wouldn't be home until i had something to show for it. ♪ >> reporter: in 1967, porter wagoner invited her to join his tv show. ♪ i used to spend some time with ♪ >> in many ways it was kind of a crash course in the entire industry. >> it was, and in life. >> what do you think you learned then? >> i learned to really use my talent as my strength and my power. >> reporter: she became so popular, wagoner didn't want her

to leave, but dolly had other plans and wrote him a song. ♪ and i will always love you ♪ >> you played it for him. >> yes. he started crying, and he said that's the best song you ever wrote, and if you'll let me produce it, you can go. i said, okay. i'm out of here. ♪ bittersweet memories ♪ >> reporter: dolly heard elvis wanted to record the song, but his manager, colonel tom parker, had one condition. >> he specifically said, we won't do this unless we get half the publishing. >> half the publishing. he wanted all the publishing. i said, well, it's going to be the biggest heartbreak of my life. you can't have it. i can't do that because this is my most important copyright, and it was not elvis' fault. he loved the song. >> yeah. >> in fact, priscilla told me later that was something when they were walking down the steps

at the courthouse when they divorced, he was singing that to her. ♪ i will always love you ♪ >> reporter: dolly's songs are still being covered. ♪ jolene, jolene, jolene, jolene ♪ >> reporter: most recently by beyoncé. ♪ i'm warning you don't come for my man ♪ >> i was proud of what she did. i had not heard it. i was just assuming it was going to be, you know, the "jolene" the traditional way. but when i heard it, i thought, wow, boy, she put a lot into that. that was a great album of hers, by the way. ♪ my coat of many colors that my mama made for me ♪ >> reporter: at the new exhibit at dollywood, visitors can pick out her wardrobe. >> can you get that for me? >> i got that one. >> my nails are too long. yeah. >> put that one on. >> you go ahead and dress dolly. >> okay. come on, dolly.

>> i dress her every day. >> reporter: we still had to choose a guitar. >> which one do you like? >> i like this one. >> okay. well, it's your show. ♪ smoky mountain ♪ ♪ smoky mountain ♪ >> reporter: actually, it seems we're all part of dolly's show, which after 78 years is still running. >> i'm going to do some more things hopefully, you know, like my broadway musical and other things, my life story. i'm sure there will be other projects, but for the most part, i've pretty much -- >> you've written most of the chapters. >> i've written most of the chapters. i'm on my last chapter because of my -- you know, my age and everything. but i want it to really be the best one. i want the story to end really well. >> are you working on an ending? >> no -- well, i'm working every day on an ending. and when that ending comes, i hope it's quick and fast. don't you? >> yes. >> that was anthony mason reporting, and this is "cbs news

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these tulane university architecture students designed, created, and built a permanent home for a man who hasn't had one for nearly 20 years. meet benjamin henry. mr. henry used to live on this slab of cement right under interstate 10, which runs right through the heart of new orleans. >> mostly it was bad decisions, hanging with the wrong people, drugs, alcohol. you hang in there, hang in there. all the while, i wanted to get home. >> where's the hardware for this? >> reporter: for 10 months, these students worked to build mr. henry's piece of paradise. as part of their final assignment for the urban rebuild program at tulane university. >> good design and good architecture can be affordable and accessible to everyone, and it should be. >> reporter: the students each had to submit a design for the home.

>> give me a level. >> reporter: a team of professional architects from the outside came in and chose one, that of noah leon. >> i was really passionate about the porch. it's really important in new orleans to spend time on your porch, to spend time in the community with your neighbors, and that was really important to me to make the porch part of the living space. >> reporter: the class assembled the structure inside this warehouse, which is owned by tulane. from here, it was disassembled and moved to where it would reside, in the hurricane-ravaged, then rebuilt lower ninth ward of new orleans. and we had the honor of taking mr. henry -- >> that's nice. >> reporter: -- home. >> how y'all doing? you the guys who did this? >> yes. >> thank y'all very much. >> reporter: remember what noah said about the porch being a key piece of his design? >> i have my ashtray right there and my chair right there. i have my newspaper. oh, yeah, this is nice.

>> reporter: all of those little things were a big deal. >> this is where i want to die. i'm going to die in this home. >> reporter: at just 440 square feet, it is the smallest house students with tulane's urban o o build have ever built. but it is likely to leave a big impact, and not just on him. i'm david begnaud in new orleans. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." reporting from new york city, i'm carissa lawson. ♪ hello and thanks for staying up late with us. i'm carissa lawson in new york. here are some of the stories we're tracking on "cbs news

roundup." president biden ignores calls to quit the campaign while house democrats spar over the president's political future. hurricane beryl has left millions sweltering in high heat without power. and europeans are saying enough is enough to the booming tourist trade. president joe biden is hoping the nato summit under way in washington, d.c. this week will shift focus from his disappointing debate performance and questions over his health. meanwhile, a growing number of lawmakers are urging the president to drop out of the race. cbs's skyler henry has more from the white house. >> reporter: president biden delivered remarks at the nato summit in washington, his first major public address since his shaky presidential debate nearly two weeks ago. >> we're ready, that we're willing, we're able to deter aggression and defend every inch of nato territory across every domain. >> reporter: the president is trying to shift focus away from his debate performance and back

on to global concerns, such as the war in ukraine. >> we know putin won't stop at ukraine. but make no mistake. ukraine can and will stop putin. >> reporter: on tuesday, world leaders in town for the event faced questions about the president's health. >> mr. prime minister, do you have any concerns about biden's age or mental acuity? >> good to see everyone here this morning. looking forward to a great meeting. >> reporter: here at home, the president appears to have done enough to stop most members of his own party from calling for him to step aside and let another democrat take over and take on former president trump. >> i think at this point, it is, you know -- it's a foregone conclusion the president's going to run, and we're going to support him. >> reporter: former president trump, who hasn't appeared in public since the day after the debate, rallied his supporters at a campaign event in florida tuesday night. >> the radical left democrat party is divided, in chaos, and having a full-scale breakdown. >> reporter: trump is reportedly

close to naming a running mate with north dakota governor doug burgum, florida senator marco rubio, and ohio senator j.d. vance the apparent leading candidates. he with likely announce his pick before next week's republican national convention in milwaukee. skyler henry, cbs news, the white house. those persistent questions about president biden's political future are causing tremors on capitol hill, where democrats held private meetings on tuesday. and as cscott macfarlane report, in one case they were asked to check cell phones at the door to prevent information leaks. >> reporter: on a sweltering day in washington. >> we are riding with biden. >> was there conversation about vice president kamala harris in there? >> we are riding with biden. >> reporter: the political heat is hovering over the president's top allies. >> as i've said before, i'm with joe. >> reporter: his surrogates urged colleagues to line back up behind president biden. >> you don't sense concern among your colleagues? >> i said many of my colleagues

have concern. but what the president has done is listened to those concerns, acted on them. >> reporter: but some of the most powerful democrats in the u.s. senate said the president has more work to do to convince skeptical voters and lawmakers. >> how much time is left before a final decision has to be made in your estimation? >> i can't say. i mean it isn't like there is a definite deadline here. >> reporter: in the u.s. house, another democrat defected. new jersey congresswoman mikie sherrill said the president should withdraw. >> just advocating as strongly as possible that we have someone that can really take that case strongly and energetically to the voters. >> reporter: though the president has secured vocal support from the congressional black caucus, democrats exited a party meeting without a unified plan. >> are you all on the same page? >> no. >> what do you mean you're not on the same page? >> we're not even in the same book. >> that was cbs's scott macfarlane reporting. hurricane beryl has been

downgraded to a tropical depression, but it it still wreaking havoc with heavy rains and flooding. as omar villafranca reports, folks in texas are picking up the pieces even as millions remain without power. >> reporter: one day after hurricane beryl dumped rains, southeast texas is now sweltering. in the housto area, nearly 12,000 workers are rushing to restore power to 1.6 million customers as temperatures soar into the 90s. >> we are urging them to work as quickly as they can to restore the power in the safest but in the quickest way they can. >> reporter: harris county has opened cooling centers to help, giving residents a space to stay cool and charge their devices. in channel view, just east of houston, yvette carrasco and her family have been without power since monday morning, staying outside because it was too hot inside. while we were talking, this happened. >> are you okay? >> i'm about to not be okay?

>> you're not? are you okay? okay. let's -- >> can i get a chair. >> can we get a chair? >> reporter: after we found some shade and a chair, we continued. >> do you ever wonder if you'll survive the hurricane, but you won't survive the aftermath? >> i don't know. i mean we have so far, but it gets tiring. it gets tiring doing this over and over. >> reporter: one thing frustrating residents is they can't check centerpoint's outage map to see if their power has been restored because that map was knocked offline in may by a different storm. houston's mayor says he plans to hold centerpoint accountable if they can't restore power as promised. omar villafranca, cbs news, houston, texas. washington, d.c. police are investigating an incident involving a member of supreme court justice sonia sotomayor's protection detail. the individual shot a carjacking suspect near the justice's home last week.

cbs's nicole sganga has new details. >> reporter: 18-year-old cantrell flowers sustained a non-life-threatening injury to the jaw after allegedly tapping this gun against the car window of a deputy u.s. marshal standing post near sotomayor's home. flowers is now charged with armed carjacking and carrying a pistol without a license. d.c. police are still investigating but say there's no indication the suspect targeted the supreme court justice or knew who he was attempting to carjack. nicole sganga, cbs news, washington. we go overseas now to europe. with summer travel season under way, tourists are filling european cities. and in barcelona, protesters are spraying them with water guns. cbs's chris livesay reports from rome. >> reporter: the trevi fountain is on a lot of bucket lists, maybe too many. an estimated 1,000 tourists visit this rome landmark every hour. but perhaps no city is more

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cinematographer halyna hutchins was shot and killed on the set of the film "rust" in 2021. cbs news correspondent elise preston was at the courthouse for a pretrial hearing and jury selection and has this report. >> reporter: on the first official day of his trial, baldwin arrives at the courthouse while inside attorneys questioned a pool of 70 potential jurors about their ability to be impartial. just three of them said they never heard or saw anything about this widely publicized case. jurors were also asked their thoughts on workplace safety, gun ownership, and their personal connections to the film industry. >> he knows that these guns are dangerous. >> reporter: in court monday, baldwin sat with his shoulders slumped as prosecutors argued their case against him. >> he knew or should have known of the risk when he pointed the gun at someone, cocked it, and pulled the trigger. >> reporter: the 66-year-old movie star is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer halyna

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>> reporter: there's some speculation here, but i'm thinking pamphlets, one-pagers. >> so a pamphlet counts as a service? >> it's an educational material as a service, yes. >> reporter: a cbs news and propublica investigation uncovered a payment model that allows the program's largest contractor, texas pregnancy care network, to charge the state $14 for handing out a pamphlet as part of its services. >> so this amendment would add $25 million in supplemental funding. >> reporter: republican state representative jeff leach is one of the program's most ardent supporters. >> this program is really meant to provide the full weight and support and resources of the state government, not just before pregnancy but after pregnancy as well. >> reporter: but there have been issues. >> the money was meant to help pregnant women and parents with young children. >> reporter: a san antonio nonprofit was kicked out of alternatives to abortion after a local news station reported it was using program funds on vacations, a motorcycle, and a smoke shop. the nonprofit did not respond to

our questions. >> if taxpayer dollars aren't being spent appropriately, then we will hold those responsible accountable. >> are you concerned that this program is ripe for fraud? >> no, i'm not. we should be giving them more resources, not less. >> reporter: holly mcdaniel runs the austin diaper bank, a nonprofit that distributes diapers to places like this food pantry, where every week a stream of cars lines up for free baby supplies. diaper banks sought state funding last year but got nothing. >> there you go. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: there are families out there and really good organizations out there doing good work and serving those families. i would love to give them diapers. but diapers don't grow on trees. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the state said it takes stewardship of taxpayer dollars very seriously, and texas pregnancy care network told us its services are responsive to clients' needs. also of note, last september, alternatives to abortion got a new name. it's now called thriving texas

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