it's wednesday, may 12th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." panic buying. gas stations run dry as drivers scramble for fuel. how the government is trying to help out after a major pipeline cyber attack. breaking overnight, new explosions rock gaza and israel as fighting in the middle east escalates and the death toll rises. last stand. liz cheney gives a scathing speech ahead of her expected speech ahead of her expected removal from gop leadership. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you.

i'm anne-marie green. we begin with efforts to ease the panic buying of gasoline after a cyber attack shut down a major pipeline. some states in the south have declared emergencies as drivers rush to fill up their tanks. more than 1,000 gas stations in the southeast reported running out of fuel, and the biden administration is urging people to calm down and not hoard gas. laura podesta is in new york. when do officials think this pipeline will be restored? >> reporter: good morning. the owner of the pipeline said earlier this week that he hopes to have it fully back up and running by the end of week. t s the southeasfric b >> i think we're going to go on a wild goose chase. >> this is worse than a hurricane. >> reporter: long lines like this are adding to problems at gas stations around the southeast. >> it's not that we have a gasoline shortage, it's that we

have this supply crunch and that things will be back to normal soon. >> reporter: the energy department waived some environmental and safety rules to speed up fuel deliveries. >> we put a stop to the can sales today. people were coming in and trying to buy, you know, five and ten cans worth of gasoline, just hoarding it. >> reporter: the panic buying became after a ransomware attack targeted colonial pipeline friday forcing the company to shut down. the 5,500 mile long pipeline provides 45% of the fuel, shortages in at least seven states. >> panic buying of gas will create artificial demand that will make all of this worse. >> reporter: for some, the rush to buy fuel is conjuring up memories of stocking up on supplies at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. >> i'm thinking the best scenario is to have everybody stay at home, which we are staying home, right? >> it reminds me of last march when everybody was going crazy bying up food.

>> reporter: officials say they have no tolerance for price gauging like what happened at this virginia gas station. >> $2.99, now's $5.99, now $6.59. >> reporter: colonial expects to be up and running by the end of the week. virginia, north carolina, georgia, and florida have all declared states of emergency. and american airlines says that it's adding stops to some long-haul flights so that planes can refuel in places other than the southeast. anne-marie? >> wow. laura podesta in new york. thank you so much. so breaking overnight, there raelalestians.ks between israel carried out dozens of air strikes targeting gaza this morning. it is the latest and some of the

worst outbreaks in violence in a decade. the death toll has risen to at least 40. elizabeth palmer with the latest. >> reporter: just after 9:00, rockets fired in gaza lit up the sky over tel aviv. down on the ground, sirens wailed and people ran for cover. one woman was killed in the attack. prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned that hamas and islamic jihad would pay a heavy price. the palestinian citizens of gaza have already paid a heavy price. all day israeli air strikes pounded the territory. officially targeting military installations. but civilian bin were 220 people were injured in retaliation, hamas rained more than 400 rockets down on israel. the damage was limited by israeli interceptor rockets, the so-called iron dome which blew most of them to pieces before

they landed. there are now international calls for a cease-fire, but as islamic jihad members vowed revenge for the deaths of three of their commanders, there appears to be a fierce determination on both sides to fight on. the united states and egypt are using their considerable diplomatic muscle to try and calm this situation before it gets any more lethal. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. house republicans will vote today on whether to oust liz cheney from her leadership role. the congresswoman delivered a defiant speech on the house floor last night. cheney said the nation was facing a never-seen-before threat from former president trump. she accused him of provoking the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol and trying to convince americans that the election was stolen from him. >> remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar. i will not participate in that.

i will not sit back and watch i party down a path that abandons the rule of law and joins the former president's crusade to undermine our democracy. >> cheney was one of ten republicans who voted to impeach mr. trump after january's attack. he was acquitted in the gop-controlled senate. a cdc advisory panel today is expected to approve pfizer's covid shot for kids 12 to 15. they could start getting shots tomorrow. pfizer says the vaccine is 100% effective in kids in the age group higher than for adults. authorization would make close to 17 million children eligible immediately. >> most of my friends i've seen have felt a lot like i do, that they want to get the vaccine. >>firs but i'm encgi ildreno ask for the vaccine. i n tell youwanted te e. he wants hisife ck.

>> a recent poll by the kaiser family foundation reveals just three in ten parents of children ages 12 to 15 say they would get their child vaccinated as soon as possible. one quarter wants to wait and see how it's working. former president trump's acting defense secretary will appear before congress today in his first public testimony about the january 6th capital attack, christopher miller is expected to defend his response to the riot. according to prepared remarks obtained by the "associated press," he plans to tell lawmakers that he was concerned that sending troops to the capitol would fan fears of a military coup and cause a repeat of the deadly kent state shooting in 1970. the gunman accused in the atlanta area spa shootings that killed eight people has been indicted on murder charges. a fulton county prosecutor says she'll seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against robert aaron long. six asian women were among the dead in the shooting remember

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our top stories this morning -- several states in the south have declared emergencies amid panic buying of gasoline. more than 1,000 gas stations in the southeast reported running out of fuel. a cyber attack forced the shutdown of one of the largest pipelines. the biden administration is nod ng people to calm downnd and the cdc advisory panel is expected to approve the pfizer vaccine for kids 12 to 15. they could start getting shots tomorrow. pfizer says the vaccine is 100% effective on kids in that age group, higher than for adults. authorization would make close to 17 million children eligible. cbs news is getting

exclusive access to american troops as they step up their withdrawal from afghanistan. they're expected to be out by september 11th. charlie d'agata spoke with the top u.s. general there about the challenges ahead. >> reporter: aboard black hawk helicopters we flew out of kabul to one of the last u.s. outposts in afghanistan. exclusive access to bagram air base where the heavy lift of dismantling 20 years of american military infrastructure is under way. it's now the main hub for shipping out everything from heavy machinery to packing up printer cartridges as america's longest war comes to an end and the remaining 2,500 troops get ready to come home. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general scott miller, told us it's now down to the afghan military to step up. >> as you look at the fight and the violence which is too much, the violence is -- is too high, the afghan security forces are

prepared for it. the afghan security forces have to hold. >> reporter: they have to be ready. >> that's corrt.or military air strikes to push back taliban militants that launched a major offensive the moment the u.s. drawdown began. and the suicide car bomb in kabul that killed dozens of girls on saturday underscored the extreme violence that still endures here. >> the violence perhaps most concerning is when you start seeing violence that affects civilians. certainly an egregious attack against schoolchildren this past week. that doesn't appear to have any military purpose. that's terror. >> reporter: general miller told us the next two weeks will be critical. we're ahead of a three-day cease-fire to mark the muslim period of ead. the last time that happened, the taliban came out fighting even harder. charlie d'agata, cbs news, kabul.

coming up on "cbs this morning," getting ready for summer camp. we're going to show how one camp is preparing to reopen a year after the pandemic. plus, first on "cbs this morning," actor kelvin hairson jr. and producer tonya lee lewis tell us there b new netflix film "monster." and cbs sports analyst nate burleson has an exclusive look at week one of the nfl schedule for games on cbs. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪

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