jeff, emergency management officials say that it could still be up to a month before all of this water clears out. >> wow. all right, jericka duncan, thank you very much. secretary of state mike pompeo today said all options are on the table regarding venezuela including military action. today venezuelan troops 2350ird tear gas at protesters during a second day of clashes after the opposition leader, who has u.s. backing, called for a military upprizing. nick bryant of our broadcast partner the bbc reports from inside venezuela. >> reporter: tens of thousands answered the call to protest. proud patriots, some who looked like caped crusaders, angry their beloved country has become a failed state.

"we mustcoice'll gai freedom." demonstrators such as businessman carlos gonzalez vowed they'd keep on taking to the streets. >> we are look for the freedom of our country. we've got to do everything we can. >> reporter: in the midst of these crowds the opposition leader juan gado, desperate to keep up the momentum. but his call yesterday for military leaders to switch their allegiance appears so far to have backfired. soon the march became a confrontation. this highway that cuts through the middle of the capital, for a second day the battlefield. both sides have called for a mass mobilization as a way of trying to influence the military. and these protesters are targeting an air base right in the heart of caracas. the authorities were determined to hold the line. and so far they haven't been overwhelmed. what we're witnessing here is a battle for hearts and minds. and there haven't yet been the

defections from the military that anti-government protesters were hoping for. on national television president maduro last night claimed victory, flanked by the military top brass. his hopes of remaining in office depend on keeping them at his side. nick bryant, bbc news, for cbs news, caracas, venezuela. we turn now to our series on america's student debt crisis. many people age 60 and older struggling to pay an estimated $86 billion in student loan debt. they are rack up student debt faster than any other group. mark strassmann has more in our "eye on america" series, "life & debt." >> i'm 76, going on 77 soon. this is a mountain that i will never be able to climb. i am terrorized. the truth is it's a terror. >> reporter: we met serafina galante on the campus of san diego state.

is it fun to be back? >> yeah, i like this. >> reporter: she got her master's degree in her late 50s here. 19 years later she still owes almost $40,000 in student loans. more than 3 million people over 60 have student debt. some went back to school late. others paid for kids and grandkids. >> i was very confident that i would pay it back in, you know, due time. >> reporter: what's not working? >> we grow older and then we get more senior. that's reality of life. >> how is your well-being? how is your -- how are you doing? >> reporter: galante works as a family counselor. she has to work. the hole she's in keeps getting deeper. she showed us what went wrong. >> so there's the payment amount, the applied to principal -- >> which is zero. look at, that zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero. it's almost all interest. >> right. >> raise the left hand. >> reporter: galante had to pause making payments four times

for various life problems. but the bigger issue? she glder. e -time. her monthly payment, $176, is income-based and doesn't even cover the interest. >> hard for you to wrap your head around that. >> i don't see the justice or even the logic. and it's not going to reduce ev ever. and the emotional part of it that it's there, that it's always going to be there. >> reporter: 40% of americans 65 and older are in default, according to the consumer financial protection bureau, or cfpb. and washington will collect by garn being the social security of seniors in default. >> the fastest-growing segment of student loan borrowers are actually older americans. >> reporter: seth frotman, a student debt expert, used to work at the cfpb. >> they will literally seize your social security benefit. >> reporter: so the choice could be between paying off the

student loan or eating? >> or keeping your house over your head. you name it. >> reporter: and that's not overly dramatic? >> it's not overly dramatic at all. because of student loans we are literally driving tens of thousands of older americans into poverty. >> reporter: galante is scared of becoming one of them. >> this is going to follow you forever? this will follow me to my grave. >> reporter: serafina galante has spent a lifetime helping others. she could use a little help herself. mark strassmann, cbs news, new york. up next, how a controversial court ruling could stop one i can't believe it.

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[cheers] believe it. geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. the sporting world's highest court issued a landmark ruling today that redefines what it means to be a female in competition. the decision could end the career of a gold medal olympian from south africa. here's debora patta. >> reporter: she's one of the fastest women in the world, a two-time 800-meter olympic champion who spent the past ten years trying to outrun a global controversy threatening to cut her career short. caster semenya has been forced to verify her gender and battle claims by the world athletics body, the iaaf, that her naturally elevated testosterone gives her an unfair advantage.

today's ruling by the sports world's highest court would bar her from running distances up to a smile unless she takes potentially harmful medication to reduce that testosterone. >> the panel is aware and is -- realizes that the rules are discriminatory. but they find this discrimination is acceptable. >> reporter: but law professor steve cornelius says forcing female athletes to take unnecessary medication is immoral. so immoral he resigned from his position at the iaaf last year in protest. >> you're actually taking a healthy person and turning that person into a patient. >> reporter: cornelius says all elite athletes by definition have an advantage over the rest of us. >> a high jumper that is very tall, does the high jumper have an unfair advantage? or a discus thrower with exceptionally large hands? >> reporter: semenya's response was brief. "for a decade the iaaf has tried slow me down," she said, "but

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approved a bill to allow more teachers to bring guns into classrooms. governor ron desantis is expected to sign it. the bill is in response to last year's mass shooting at a high school in parkland. it is opposed by the broward county sheriff. teachers who want to carry will have to go through 144 hours of training. a cruise ship with about 300 on board is under quarantine tonight in st. lucia. a female crew member tested positive for measles. she is now in isolation. the ship is reportedly operated by the church of scientology. in the u.s. more than 700 measles cases have been confirmed this year. that is a 25-year high. the price of dining out is going up for some in california. this fall some restaurants can add a 1% climate change tax to bills. it is more of a donation. restaurants won't have to charge it. customers don't have to pay it. the money that is raised will go to farmers to improve their soil and reduce carbon emissions. up next here, the category

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we end tonight with a guy who seems to have all the answers, or in this case questions. don dahler explains. >> this is "jeopardy"! >> james. >> who is polk? >> james polk. >> another day. >> james. >> what's the hydra? >> hydra. correct. >> another win. >> 9600 and the lead. >> reporter: in 35 seasons "jeopardy" fans have never seen anything like this. >> that's it. and your wife is going to love you. >> reporter: james holzhauer continued his button-pushing assault on the record. >> there is the daily double. >> reporter: with a 19th pstraight win last night. >> what is survival of the fittest? >> you are right. >> reporter: he now has nine of the ten highest single day totals. his take so far, over $1.4 hn trebek in awe.

>> it's exciting. it's fun. i watch it every night, like most of america. he has no weaknesses. >> reporter: but the 34-year-old vegas gambler did have a scare on monday, winning by the narrowest of margins. just $18. even the political website five thirty eight has taken notice, predicting at this pace he'll reach ken jennings' record of $2.5 million in 35 games. but as for jennings' incredible 74-game winning streak, not even holzhauer's fellow bookmakers give him much of a chance. then again, it might not pay to bet against him. i'll take "unprecedented" for 400, please. don dahler, cbs news, new york. that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.

this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm nikki battiste. attorney general william barr is scheduled to appear on capitol hill today for a second day of testimony about his handling of the mueller report. but there are questions this morning whether he will appear at all. barr spent wednesday defending himself from accusations by senate democrats that he not only mischaracterized mueller's findings but also lied to congress in previous testimony. nancy cordes has the story. >> i said, bob, what's with the letter? >> reporter: attorney general william barr downplayed today the newly revealed scolding from special counsel robert mueller, which came to barr in the form of a letter in march.

>> the letter's a bit snitty, and i think ith barr's initial mueller's findings "did not fully capture the context, nature and substance of mueller's then unreleased report. the resulting confusion," mueller warned, "threatens to undermine full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations." >> my concern is that that gave president trump and his folks more than three weeks of an open field to say "i was completely exonerated." >> it was a complete and total exoneration. >> reporter: barr insisted today that his four-page memo was intentionally brief. >> my understanding was his concern was not the accuracy of the statement of the findings in my letter but that he wanted more out there to provide additional context. >> he couldn't decide about tt'ructcorr you feel good about your decision? >> absolutely.

>> reporter: democrats argued it was yet another case of the attorney general tipping the scales in favor of his new boss. >> the white house fully cooperated with the special counsel's investigation. >> reporter: vermont senator patrick leahy. >> so by structuring a former aide to tell the attorney general to unrecuse himself, shut down the investigation, and declare the president did nothing wrong, that's fully cooperating? >> where is that in the report? >> that is on page -- volume 2, page 5. >> reporter: over and over today barr defended his decision not to charge the president with obstruction of justice, despite the ten instances of interference laid out in the mueller report. >> do you think it's okay for a president to offer pardons to people who don't testify against him, to threaten the family of someone who does? is that okay? >> uh, what -- when did he offer a pardon to someone -- >> i think you know what i'm talking about.

please. >> what do you mean please? >> please, mr. attorney general, give us some credit for knowing what the hell agoing on around here. >> reporter: late this afternoon barr opted not to undergo a similar grilling in the house tomorrow. democrats are now considering holding him in context of congress. >> i understand why he wants to avoid that kind of scrutiny. but when push comes to shove, the administration cannot dictate the terms of our hearing in our hearing room. >> reporter: but tonight house republicans are accusing democrats of torpedoing tomorrow's hearing themselves by demanding that barr take questions from both lawmakers and staffers. democrats say that the person they really want to hear from now is robert mueller. they've invited him to testify on may 15th. but they say they haven't gotten any confirmation yet. the worst of the flooding could be i iowa, but other parts of the midwest are bracing for more wet misery as the mighty mississippi continues to burst its banks. jericka duncan has the story.

>> reporter: severe storms are devastating the midwest this spring. flash floods in dearborn heights, michigan, a city right outside of detroit, left at least 100 homes underwater. fire officials went house to house to help with rescues. 300 miles to the west in paperville, illinois heavy rain overflowed the banks of the dupage river flooding the town's river walk. and late yesterday afternoon the waters from the mississippi river pushed through a temporary levee in parts of downtown davenport, iowa. >> excessive rain along with excessive snow pack has led to a situation along the mississippi river. >> reporter: this is the wettest year in davenport since july of 1993. flood stage here is 15 feet. right now floodwaters have reached over 22 feet. the river spills into parking lots, covering cars and forcing evacuations. rick harris, who owns a winery business, says he was at work when the levee broke. >> when the water came in it was

just like a horror movie. there's a wall of water. the growing student loan crisis is hitting a group of people who never saw it coming. seniors. mark strassmann has the story in our "eye on america" series, "life and debt." >> i'm 76 going on 77 soon. this is a mountain that i will never be able to climb. i am terrorized. the truth is it's a terror. >> reporter: we met serafina galante on the campus of san diego state. is it fun to be back? >> yeah, i like this. >> reporter: she got her master's degree in her late 50s here. 19 years later she still owes almost 40,000 nasdaq student loans. more than 3 million people over 60 have student debt. some went back. others paying for kids and grandkids. >> i was very confident i would pay it back in due time. >> what's not working? >> we grow older and then we

become more senior. that's the reality of life. >> how is your well-being? how are you doing? >> galante works as a family counselor. she has to work. the hole she's in keeps getting deeper. she showed us what went wrong. >> so there's the payment amount, the apply to principal. >> which is zero. >> zero, zero, zero, zero, zero. it's almost all interest. >> galante had to pause making payments four times for various life problems. but the bigger issue, she got older. she can only work part-time. her monthly payment, $176, is incomebased and doesn't even cover the interest. >> it's hard for you to wrap your head around that. >> i don't see the justice or even the logic. it's not going to reduce ever. and the emotional part of it, that it's there, that it's always going to be there.

>> reporter: 40% of americans 65 and older are in default. according to the consumer financial protection bureau, or cfpb. and washington will collect by garn being the social security of seniors in default. >> the pastest growing segment of student loan borrowers are actually older americans. >> reporter: seth propman, a student debt expert, used to work at the cfpb. >> they will literally seize your social security benefit. >> the choice could be between paying off the student loan and eating? >> or keeping a house over your head. you name it. >> and that's not overly dramatic? >> that's not overly dramatic at all. because of student loans we are literally driving tens of thousands of older americans into poverty. >> reporter: galante's scared of becoming one of them. >> this is going to follow you forever? >> this will follow me to my grave. >> reporter: serafina glantdee has spent a lifetime helping others. she could use a little help

hersf. mark strassmann, cbs news, new yo

love him or hate them, the golden state warriors seem poised to capture their third straight nba title. that would make it 4 out of the last 5. stephen curry and the guys dispatched james harden's houston rockets tuesday to take a two games to none lead in their second-round playoff series. if the team stays together, the warriors may be able to keep winning for a while. but what's the chance of that? john wertheim has the story for "60 minutes." >> reporter: 90 minutes to tipoff at oracle arena, home of the warriors. stephen curry emerges for his warm-up. no matter the night, no matter the opponent, fans show up early

to watch this. curry launches dozens of shots from every conceivable spot on the floor. once he gets loose, he keeps it loose. and for his final truck, the mother of all hail marys. halfway to the locker room he drains it. of course he does. >> golden state warriors! >> the greatest shooter in the history of the nba, curry is only exhibit a in the warriors' embarrassment of riches. here's kevin durant. mvp of the finals two years running. meet klay thompson. >> for nba history -- he got it! >> reporter: choose 14 three-pointers in a game earlier this season broke the nba record. but wait, there's more. that's draymond green, among the best defenders in the league. and with authority it's demarcus boogie cousins. this roster is enough to make a coach relax. steve kerr, who came on five

years ago, admits he takes a hands-off approach with this team. especially with curry. >> what do you tell him to do? >> i don't tell him anything. >> you don't tell steph curry -- >> no. >> that's the trust you have fo? i had to learn my first year of coaching, probably midway through the season, we're playing the clippers, so steph goes into this pearly neil impersonation, harlem globetrotters. i'm like this, don't dribble lu traffic, move the ball on. and of course swish. and i walked back to the bench and -- good shot, steph, way to go. but that was actually a key moment. the important thing for me to realize was who steph was, who klay is. >> who are they? >> they're gun slingers. >> puts it up, fires! steph curry! >> kerr knows greatness when he sees it. he was an important player on

the michael jordan bulls teams in the '90s. he tells us the golden state vibe feels similar to a point. >> i sat and watched michael jordan every night in chicago. something special was happening. the difference is it could happen from steph, kevin, klay. it could happen from any one of those guys on a given night. >> we stuck around one day after practice to meet those guys. along with veterans andre iguodala, who was finishing his wheaties, and stalwart shawn livingston. it was a rare five-on-one interview with the players showing some signs of mid season fatigue. >> if i told you steph would be the last one, would you have predicted that? >> mm. >> reporter: they weren't willing to confirm or deny that curry is always late. >> oh, dang, he's going to put on an under armour shirt. >> reporter: not until a few questions when he gave himself up. >> most likely to keep the bus waiting? >> this guy right here.

>> who got the most fines? >> who got the most fines? >> we do have a set time, though, after games. we usually have a time obligate board when we have to be on the bus. but a couple guys just aren't even worried about that. they just come whenever they want. >> lateness not withstanding, the warriors style of play recalls a symphony. emphasizing the collective over the individual. >> there's so much talent on this team that you guys sometimes have toing sacrifice ego. have you ever wondered what it would be like to just put all your talents on display? >> i think we are now. >> do you feel like you guys are sacrificing? >> minutes. >> like everybody if they wanted to they'd play 48 minutes a night, shoot 40 shots. but at the end day of the that gets old. you're wh you're out there on the podium with the trophy you're running around hugging everybody because you know what you've been through together.

that's the fun part. >> reporter: beyond the champagne-soaked locker room and championship parade, they've also managed to transform the sport. the warriors shoot from long range more often than they go to the rim, making them near impossible to defend. >> it's changed the geometry of the game. guys shooting three-pointers from all over. >> it's not a gimmick anymore. >> not a gimmick. it's a staple. >> that staple requires constant upkeep. once practice ended we watched as durant got in his extra work. his intensity is mesmerizing. >> he's so dialed in. it's like he's in the zone. >> reporter: for decades there was no them to the warriors. the only constant in their 82-game seasons, losing. they once went 12 straight years without reaching the playoffs. >> does that make it see thor

you that guys didn't start out at this championship-caliber team? >> trust me i would have liked winning my rook yea year too. it wasn't fun winning 28 games. but even last year winning 58 games. that would be an all-time high for many teams. >> ten years being here i feet like i played for three different teams. the team that sucked, the team that tried to figure it out and the established team we've got now where we're very confident in who we are, what we bring to the table. i like this one. >> reporter: but after five long seasons and five short summers, this one is beginning to show signs of wear and tear. >> this is golden state's worst home loss ever in the steve kerr era. >> we've been playing 90, 100 games a season. >> i also know teams bring their best basketball versus us. >> everybody's bringing their be

toow >> everybody wants to beat that every night. >> keeping this team going is an expensive proposition. the combined salaries of curry, current, and thompson alone are expected to top $100 million next season. the warriors already pay tens of millions in taxes for exceeding the nba salary cap. more talent also means more ego and expectation and it's all complicated by free agency. there's been relentless speculation about durant in particular leaving golden state after this season. it's produced an unmistakable tension. >> y'all come here every day, ask about free agency, ask my teammates, my coaches, rile up the fans about it. let us play basketball. >> it's inevitable there's going to be some friction sometimes. how do you guys handle conflict? >> were you looking at me? >> we were looking at him. >> you say peace is a big word

for you these days. what did you mean by that? >> did you say that? >> i don't know. i'm sure i thought about it. >> reporter: it's fallen largely to kerr, who had never coached before the warriors, to foster the team's culture. he told us the bulk of his work is down outside of game time. >> here we go. >> drawing up the plays is 20% of it. >> what's 80? >> 80 is being a psychologist. >> reporter: steve kerr's strategy for dealing with it something he calls a fun factor. he's put a premium on joy on this championship run. this is a coach who will cancel the o'kigsal practice in favor of bonding time at the bowling alley. >> what's the fun factor this season? >> the fan factor, it's -- >> it sounds like your campaign promise. >> it is. have you met it? >> it's harder than ever. you're with the same group of people over and over again. maybe you get on each other's nerves. >> reporter: if anyone understands the burdens that come with winning, with eight

nba titles to his name, it's kerr. he has a knack for looking after his back-ups as well as the starters. >> relate to the guys at the end of the bench, not just -- >> i really don't relate to the starters at all. my favorite nights are when our starters play really well and our bench gets to play like the whole fourth quarter. and during that fourth quarter our starters are jumping for joy. >> that's the ultimate? >> that's the umts. >> game 3 of the warriors' >> game 3 of the warriors' sun care is self care. i used to not love wearing an spf just because i felt like it was so oily wh le ouolay gehith spf 25 and greasy and that it was going to clog my pores is that it's lightweight, it's barely there. and then i can put makeup on over it if i want or if i'm not working, you know, just roll. it's perfect for me. i'm busy philipps, and i'm fearless to face anything.

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a nationally acclaimed high school principal in houston is making waves. she imposed a strict dress code for all parents entering the school. omar villafranca has the story. >> reporter: just to be clear, the parental dress code only applies for this school. it's not districtwide. and the policy says that attire that is "totally unacceptable for a school setting will get parents kicked off campus." now, some people like the new rules. other people say it really just dresses down parents. the roughly 1600 students at james madison high school already follow a dress code. no hoodies, no flip-flops, and no low hanging pants. teachers and staff also must look neat and clean and dress

appropriately. now similar expectations have been set for parents like tamiko miller. >> this is a failing sool. you have other things to worry about than my attire. >> reporter: principal carlotta brown issued a letter telling parents they would be blocked from campus if they wore satin caps or bonnets, shower caps, hair rollers, pajamas, torn jeans showing lots of skin, and uncovered leggings. also forbidden, low-cut tops, sagging pants, undershirts, short shorts, and dresses that reveal the derriere. you are your child's first teacher, brown wrote. "we must have high standards." >> i did feel almost a little insu insulted. but if you're just coming to that school and you get a and all you're running from the school, i really feel we shouldn't punish parents for trying to be involved. at least that parent is at the school. >> reporter: the letter was sent after this woman told a local tv station the high school turned her away because of her outfit. >> she said my scarf was out of dress code and mydress dress was

too short. >> reporter: principal brown has been repeatedly honored for her work as an education. in 2015 ellen degeneres presented her with a $100,000 check, in part for a homeless outreach program she established at her previous school. >> my children -- can you hear me? >> yeah, i can. [ laughter ] >> are the most important thing to me. and if they need me i am there. >> reporter: brown implemented a parental dress cold at that school too. which won a national blue ribbon award from the u.s. education department in 2008. >> some people may compare this to she's coming in like morgan fremont in "lean on me." >> whatever you have to do to transform this school. >> let's hear the plan for taking care of the academic standards, then let's say moms and dads can we really up the

ante a little bit? i don't know of a parent that would have a problem with that

a team of young ladies from deep in the heart of texas have their eyes on the night skies these days. against all odds they won a nationwide science contest and their work is now circling the globe. omar villafranca has this story. >> right there. >> reporter: the stars at night are big and bright in marfa, texas. for these six girls the show starts when the sun goes down and the stars light up. >> i see the big dipper. >> what else? >> a bunch of sparkling beautiful lights. >> a moon. >> stars and moons. >> reporter: inspired by the cosmos, colette, ashley, charlotte, daniellea, madison, and mable.

all 10 and 11 years old. decided to aim for the stars and enter a nationwide science contest. their team name, the marfa martians. >> kind of inspiring, like young people, young women can do things like that too. >> reporter: if they won, their experiment would be performed on the iss, the international space station, by real astronauts. but winning seemed like a longshot. more than 23,000 students were participating. many were in high school. cheri weddell was their science teacher. >> i was trying to prepare them for not going on because they're young, they're very young. and they surpassed me every single time we go on to a next step. >> reporter: the girls even surprised themselves. trying to find a way to kill bacteria in space. >> two mildews is a sterile -- >> so in the first one we're going to have bacteria called

bacilasubudulis. >> what's it called? >> bacilasubdul sichlt. >> reporter: the judges at the smithsonian air and space museum were impressed and picked the experiment to go to space. >> if you want to doing? and somebody says you shouldn't do that, don't let them pull you down, just do it. >> reporter: the girls celebrated by piling into the back of a pickup truck to catch a glimpse of their future. see that tiny white speck floating in the sky? that's the iss flying by. >> oh, my god! >> instead of looking up all this stuff online or on the internet, we can actually see it. >> you can look up. >> yeah. just right there. >> reporter: despite being one of the youngest teams from a tiny texas town, the girls shot for the stars and landed on the international space station. omar villafranca, cbs news, marfa, texas. >> impressive young ladies. that's the overnight news for this thursday.

for some of you the news continues. for ot rs check back with us a little later for the morning little later for the morning captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, may 2nd, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." attorney general william barr could be held in contempt of congress after refusing to testify today before the house judiciary committee, but the committee could soon be hearing from robert mueller himself about the handling of the russia investigation. campus violence. police say one of the victims of the deadly shooting at unc charlotte sacrificed himself to save others. and venezuelan uprising,