>> reporter: president biden's view of milley has not changed. >> first he absolutely had confidence in chairman milley. >> as for milley's assessment about all dal-qaeda, they acknowledge that terrorists are looking for spaces to grow. n nora? >> thank you. there is news tonight about covid boosters. the fda is leaning towards authorizing half doses for those third moderna shots. youtube says it is banning users who spread vaccine information and that includes anti-vaccine activists. but tonight our reporting on the pandemic takes us to an overrun

hospital in montana. >> so what is the problem? why are you seeing another surge? >> we're seeing 80% of the covid patients we have unvaccinated. >> emergency room doctor could barely keep up with the surge of new covid patients. >> we're running out of beds, to be frank with you. >> reporter: here at the largest hospital in the state, the icu is running at 150% capacity with younger and sicker patients admitted daily. the national guard is on hand to help care for and screen new patients. >> people need to be vaccinated because right now we're hurting. >> i struggled with it, being on a ventilator. >> reporter: frank miller was hospitalized with covid more than two weeks ago. he spent more than a week on a ventilator. how scared were you? >> i was scared out of my mind. >> reporter: what did you think was going to happen? >> because you don't know.

you don't know what's happening afterwards. i thought i'd come right out of it, and i'd be okay. then all of a sudden i couldn't move my hands. i couldn't feed myself. >> in the past week, montana averaged 108 covid patients, breaking the record seen during the winter of 2020. have you reached your breaking point yet? >> you have good days. you have bad days. i have days i have to call my college buddies and say, hey, man, it's been a bad day. we lost a tough patient last night and they're great about coming up and saying, hey, what can we do? >> reporter: the patient we spoke to regrets not getting the vaccine and plans to do so. he still has a long road ahead, including rehab to learn how to walk again and how to feed himself. >> this has put so much on our health care

tonight in the britney spears case. spears is getting incredible support from her fans outside the l.a. courthouse and we have the breaking news. >> reporter: members of the free britney movement are rejoicing tonight. a judge ruled that her father is suspended as conservator effective immediately. a temporary replacement has been made. jaime spears has had control of his daughter's finances since 2008 and nearly every other aspect of her life. britney spears told the court the conservatorship is abusive. she's been traumatized, forced into a psychiatric program that cost her $60,000 a month, even prevented from having a baby because she wasn't allowed to remove an iud.

>> reporter: now more sa lishs allegations including one by "the new york times" that claim installed to record her conversations. early paperwork for the conservatorship cited dementia, which is highly unusual for someone that young. >> i think a lot of people in america serve from mental health issues and they're not put in conservatorship, so you have to look at the motives. this is exactly what brittney wanted. the replacement for her father was hand picked by her team. >> thank you. well, tonight we are hearing for the first time from one of r. kelly's former girlfriends who testified against the singer at his sex trafficking trial. kelly was surprised by his conviction, but told cbs' gale king he shouldn't have been.

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>> reporter: the real problem is truckdrivers. a shortage of around 100,000 of them affecting the supply chain of everything from fuel to groceries. experts say it's a perfect storm. since the u.k. left the european union known as brexit, it's been harder for many foreign workers to come here. the pandemic encouraged others to return to their home countries and left a backlog of trucking license applications. the government issuing 5,000 temporary visas for tuck drivers but it is too little too late for steve taylor. >> the worst case scenario is we can't deliver it to our customers. >> reporter: he told us he's already lost nearly 10% of this year's crop because of brexit. many of his seasonal staff from eastern europe can no longer work here. >> that's just rubbish now. >> reporter: it died on the vine before you could get to it and

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today wichita, kansas welcomed home an american war decade. a man awarded the medal of honor and could become a catholic saint. more on his remarkable life. >> army chaplain is back in kansas, home from the korean war. you could call it a miracle. and soldiers who served with him will tell you it is not the first. >> to see somebody like that, it is unbelievable almost. >> reporter: in the war's first cruel winter, herbert miller lay wounded on the frozen ground, an enemy soldier standing over him when father performed his battle

miracles. >> he put his rifle side and why that man never shot him, i don't know. >> if he hadn't carried me, i would have been dead. >> reporter: in the camp he helped pows stay alive by stealing food from the guards. he died in that camp, but his body was not found until dna testing found his remains. his uncle's last words to his fellow pows. >> i'm going someplace where i have always wanted to be, and when i get there, i will say a prayer for you. un uncle, welcome home. home at last. >> reporter: he once was lost, but now he's found. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for

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special right here on cbs. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone. i'm tim hansen. cbs news, new york. this is the cbs overnight news. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. tonight president biden is facing one crisis after another in a week that could prove critical for his presidency and his legacy. as we come on the air, we're 24 hours before a potential government shutdown. if congress lets that happen, hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be furloughed. millions of social security payments could be threatened. the total price tag is in the trillions of dollars and mean

new tax hikes. it is a few fellow democrats who are standing in the way. the white house has gone in overdrive too with joe manchin and kyrsten sinema who balked at the enormous price tag. now gets all this down this week could be a very tall order. chris is going to lead off our coverage tonight from the capital with that new information. chris, what is happening? good evening. >> reporter: to call the path forward an obstacle course might be understating how big this could be. speaker nancy pelosi said she is going to move forward with that infrastructure vote even if it is not clear there are enough votes to pass it. republicans are pouncing saying this is an example of republicans in disarray. >> we should never let the government shut down. that's simply unacceptable. >> reporter: avoid furloughing hundreds of thousands of workers and impacting critical agencies

duri a pdemi a measure aime bipartisan support tomorrow. >> democrats don't want to shut down the government. republicans don't want to shut down the government. >> reporter: and with the treasury running out of money, a possible economic default runs out october 18th if congress does not raise the debt limit. >> this would literally be a default of stupidity. by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. >> reporter: tonight the president is hoping to save his agenda ahead of next term's mid-term elections. >> we're obviously at an important and precarious time. >> reporter: progressives are promising to sink mr. biden's key infrastructure deal tomorrow in the house if there is no deal on his priority. his massive $3.5 trillion social spending bill. standing in the way, kyrsten sinema and joe manchin, who the president has negotiated with numerous times in recent days. >> i'm looking to having good negotiations in a good faith

manner, okay? >> reporter: tonight senator manchin is doubling down calling the plan to send trillions of dollars fiscal insanity. he says he's open to good faith negotiations but he's making it clear there will not be an agreement before that infrastructure vote tomorrow. >> chris van cleat, thank you. we should note $450 billion of that larger spending bill being debated on capitol hill aims to lower the cost of child care and increase access. that is an important issue to parents nationwide. a new treasury report calls the current system unworkable. nancy cordes reports tonight on the rising cost of child care. >> reporter: heidi ford of jacksonville, florida intended to go back to event planning full-time after having her daughter, willow. but then she discovered that even part-time child care would cost nearly as much as her rent. >> all of the women i work very closely with are all moms so they're struggling with the exact same thing.

>> reporter: nationwide the average cost of care per child is $10,000 per year. in 32 states, infant care is more expensive than in state college tuition. >> the system shattered. >> reporter: the ceo of child care aware, which advocates for affordable care. she calls the $3.5 trillion bill that's consuming congress this week historic. what does this bill do to bring down the cost of child care? >> so it provides opportunities for families not to pay more than they can afford. >> for starters, the bill would subsidize care, so most families of young children would spend no more than 7% of their income on it. the bill would also fund universal pre-k for three and four-year-olds and boost wages for the early childhood workforce. the average pay right now $12.24

an hour. >> we're professionals. we have degrees. >> reporter: jody co-owns a day care in maryland. >> we work 50 hours a week taking care of the children so that everybody else can go to work. >> reporter: but overhauling an republicans say the bill adds too much to the debt, so the president needs every democrat to get onboard. the outcome could impact tens of millions of parents. >> i don't think there should be anything debatable about that. they need to make the decisions to get this passed so that we can work. >> and nancy cordes joins us now. so what happened to that mom you talked to? what is she going to do? >> reporter: she says for now she's working part-time. but even if she would afford child care, she's on the wait list. and that is a problem that so many parents are facing. they said that even if they had the money, they can't find a suitable space for their child. a third of paren >> so much of apped becae of the pandemic. nancy cordes, thank you.

well, we heard some chilling words today from the nation's top military officer. general mark milley told congress a new al-qaeda could rebuild in the next six months. now, that does not mean the terror group could attack the american homeland, but it is a shorter time line than we have heard before. cbs reports. >> reporter: tonight general mark milley is warning that al-qaeda could be months away from reconstituting in afghanistan. >> it is a real possibility in the not too distant future. 6, 12, 18, 24, 36 months. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the taliban takeover of the country has given terrorists a new lifeline. >> i think the taliban sitting in kabul emboldens the jihaddy movement globally. the analogy i

have used with many others is it miver hie llto china after the the capital on jan the u. was not going t attack, amid concerns that former president trump would engage in erratic behavior. >> will you now resign? >> i serve at the pleasure of the president. >> reporter: wyoming congresswoman liz checheney, ala republican, rushed to milley's defense. >> i want to apologize for those members of this committee who have done so and i want to thank you for standing in the breach when so many, including many in this room, failed to do so. >> reporter: president biden's view of milley has not changed. >> first he absolutely had confidence in chairman milley. >> as for milley's assessment of al-qaeda, tonight white house officials acknowledge that terrorists are looking for spaces to grow. but they insist that the u.s. has significantly more counter

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this is the cbs overnight news. >> i'm ben tracy in washington. thanks for staying with us. as the delta variant continues to spread, more employers are demanding their workers get vaccinated or face being fired. at least eight states have a band of some kind against mandates. that includes montana. they say they can't keep patients safe if they're required to employ up vaccinated workers. m meg is outside the largest

hospital in the state. >> reporter: bans companies from requiring vaccinations for employees. but as hospital beds fill up, the push for more people to get the shot is critical. >> 'r bursting at the scenes right now. >> reporter: this emergency room doctor can barely keep up with the crush of new kus pcovid pat. the hospital has built makeshift rooms along hallways like this and called in the national guard for support. here in yellowstone county, 50% of the population is vaccinated. 59-year-old frank miller was hospitalized with covid and has been in the hospital for 17 days. he spent more than a week on a ventilator. >> reporter: how scared were you? >> scared out of my mind. i thought i would come right out of it and be okay. now all of a sudden i couldn't move my hands. >>orter: scenes like this

all over montana. in the past week, the state averaged about 109 covid patients hospitalized in the icu per day, breaking the record scene during the fall of 2020. have you reached your breaking point yet? >> i think all of us have reached breaking points at different times. you have good days. you have bad days. i have days i have to call my college buddies and say, hey, man, it's been a bad day. we lost a tough patient last night and they're great about coming up and saying, hey, what can we do? >> reporter: the patient we spoke to regrets not getting the vaccine and plans to do so. he still has a long road ahead, including rehab to learn how to walk again and how to feed himself.

montana isn't the only rural state crushing through a rush of covid patients and in some places just getting to a hospital can be a life or death challenge. many of these communities don't have enough ambulances to handle the load. that includes rock springs, wyoming. cbs news transportation correspondent has the story. >> reporter: in southwest wyoming there are only four ambulances. 10,000 square miles. tirelessly serves 42,000 people who live there. >> we do this because we feel a greater call to provide for mankind. >> reporter: but having an emergency here gives new meaning to the word. >> one of our biggest stress factors is the distance. the distance we travel. the distance we transport patients.

>> reporter: brian is 1 of 12 on sweetwater's full-time emt crew. >> i transported critically ill patients around the crew for an hour and a half, especially if it's snowing. it takes a long time to go there. i've gone hard on my driver saying it's getting worse. and i have to slow down. >> reporter: when a call comes in, there is no telling how long it will take to get to the one hospital in the county with a 24/7 emergency room. >> we have two major interstates that run through the state of wyoming and those traveling along those 100 mile gaps in the state of wyoming have no idea. >> reporter: rural ambulance service is in its own emergency according to a study from the rural policy institute. it found long distances and challenging terrain prolong emergency response times. not enough money to mak scebl a there is a lack of regional ems

plans to coordinate services. >> a lack of ems has a direct impact on the life expectancy of these rural residents. >> reporter: based on washington, d.c., the executive director of the national rural health association. >> since 1980, while we have seen increased life expectancy among urban population, we are seeing declining and not having access to timely ems services has a direct impact on your chances of survival. >> reporter: compounding the problem is the fact that 39 states, wyoming among them, do not designate ambulance service as essential, which means government support available to other essential services like police and fire services are not available for ambulances. >> we are viewed not as health care providers, but as transportation providers. we're not just an expensive taxi. we deliver life-saving skills. i have criticaar paramedics

that do miraculous things. >> reporter: the stress is coming as aging baby boomers need them most. nearly one-third of the nation's rural medical services were found to be in immediate operational jeopardy. ambulance service was suspended in july with the fire department posting the community cannot assume that an ambulance will be available for a call to service. in montana, a department of public health report found 30% of ambulances occasionally cannot respond to a call. 10 wyoming ambulance companies are on the verge of closing down, including ron's. >> the cardiac monitors we have to buy are $30,000 a piece. there is no profit margins. >> reporter: the problem with rural ems is it is a numbers game. for rural america, the numbers don't add up. what role do insurance companies play?

>> unfortunately, it comes down to the payment issue. it is so very important for insurance companies to step up and do their due part to ensure access to care for rural americans when it comes to ems services. >> we're only reimbursed if we're transporting people. so if i go out and i help you and i wrap up your wounds and i take care of you and you tell me, i don't want to go to the hospital, then we don't make any money. >> reporter: the sweetwater ambulance company remains in business thanks to support from the county's supervisors, but that lasts one more year. so very soon there could be no ambulance service around the rock springs wyoming area. >> they go and they risk their lives and do things that other people can't or won't do to make the difference for human life. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company.

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some of them travel thousands of miles to ghana. look a little closer, and your discarded fashion could be right here. it's the dark skeleton lurking inside fashion's closet. our generation donations are not always as charitable as they seem. trucks off load these bails stuffed with our used clothing. it is estimated 15 million items arrive here every week. that's fashion designer and activist samuel who knows every inch of this seven acre maze with its more than 5,000 stores. >> now there is a lot of trash, a lot of like very low quality clothes. >> reporter: he upcycles garments but says increasingly these synthetic fabrics cannot be salvaged.

let alone resold. >> most our fashion model is built around building ship culprit. >> reporter: exporting more secondhand clothing than any other country on earth. i can't even lift this bag. it's so heavy, stuffed with clothes from america. the bails cost traders anywhere between $25 to $500. untangling them is a tense tussel as they have no idea what's inside. it is the luck of the draw. trader is barely breaking even, sometimes making as little as $10 after gambling on garments with no second life. it means dead white man's clothes. you have to have died to have given away so many clothes. we found everything from big name brands to personalized t-shirts like this one from

pennsylvania. this t-shirt was clearly made very recently. it references covid and has already made it thousands of miles to ghana. a remarkable job, tailoring, color washing and even tie dyeing them back to life. but it is not enough to reduce the glut of clothing created by our addiction to fast fashion. so eventually, it is highlighting america's waste presence. >> exactly. waste has been built into the model of fast fashions. you know, like overproduce, overproduce, over produce. and then in the end people wear clothes for two weeks and discard them. ultimately it ends up here. >> reporter: but it doesn't stay there. when the rains come, some of tho

e called tentacles and and isngred tohere ons'r bleo ghana's overwhelmed landfills where the rest of the clothing ends up. the head of the waste management says to americans. >> do not hide under the guise of donation or secondhand clothing and then ship them over to us just to cause problems to us. >> reporter: problems like the toxic fumes from old dump site where a massive precipice looms formed not of rock but indestructive discarded clothing. you can see the brands. >> you see the brands. >> reporter: it is estimated that 40% of all the clothing bails end up as landfill.

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a lot of young men dream of playing quarterback in the nfl. one teenager may be on his way. >> reporter: 15-year-old starting quarterback jason has a clear vision of what it takes to win on the field, even though he'll never see it with his own eyes. can you see anyone on the field at all? >> no. >> reporter: he developed retinal cancer as a toddler. by the time he turned seven, his sight was gone. he likes other sports but he really wanted to play football. his parents' response? >> no way. >> reporter: eventually he became his own agent. >> once he got his own, he figured out how to call the

teams around the area and started asking the coaches. >> reporter: he got his chance with the modesto raiders. take a look at this 20 yard pace. how do you know where to throw the ball? >> it's all memory. it's all about having trust in the player and the receiver and in the team. >> reporter: his dad guides him from the sidelines with a walkie-talkie. >> i don't want the other team to know i can't see because then they might ease up on me. >> reporter: his ultimate goal, to make it all the way to the nfl. carter evans, cbc news los angeles. and that's the overnight for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back for cbs mornings and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm ben tracy.

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special right here on cbs. for morenews download thecbs news on cl pho tv. it's thursday, september 30th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." averting a government shutdown. lawmakers say they've reached a funding deal ahead of tonight's deadline, but they're still fighting over president biden's top domestic priorities. terrorism testimony. the country's top military officer gives a chilling warning about al qaeda's possible resurgence. fighting for freedom. britney spears is no longer under the control of her father. the final hurdle before she's free of a conservatorship. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a last-minute deal