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>> all right, tough measures there. nikki battiste, thank you. tonight, president biden is blasting senate republicans for blocking attempts to raise the nation's debt ceiling, warning of a crisis like a meteor headed to crash into our economy. the president is also struggling legislative agenda.y to pass his cbs' nancy cordes reports tonight from the white house. >> two. two people. >> reporter: in a meeting this afternoon, the president asked progressives what they are willing to cut, in order to secure support from the last two holdouts. >> look, i need 50 votes in the senate. i have 48. >> reporter: one of the two is west virginia democrat joe manchin who wants to slash the president's "build back better" plan from $3.5 trillion to $1.5 trillion. >> they should be looking at the needs, the needs we have for our country. >> reporter: he and arizona democrat kyrsten sinema were
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hounded by protesters this weekend who followed sinema into an arizona bathroom. >> we need solutions -- >> reporter: -- and paddled up to manchin's house boat. >> tax the rich! >> we're taxing the rich! >> reporter: but the two weren't president biden's most pressing problem. the nation is set to hit its borrowing limit in just two weeks, and republicans voted twice last week to default. >> you don't want to help save the country? get out of the way so you don't destroy it. >> reporter: in a letter to president biden today, republican leader mitch mcconnell argued, since your party wishes to govern alone, it must handle the debt limit alone as well. mr. biden warned that retirement accounts could start taking a hit this week, if the market gets spooked by senate gridlock. >> defaulting on the debt would
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lead to a self-inflicted wound that takes our economy over a cliff. >> reporter: specifically a debt default could drive the nation's credit rating down and interest rates up, and it's all completely avoidable. norah, the two sides working together managed to raise the debt ceiling three times under president trump. >> you can hear the frustration building, nancy cordes, thank you. the cbs overnight news will be right back.
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>> reporter: when the first the amtrak train, onlookers didn't know what was happening until they saw a k-9 officer run toward the gunman. then someone yells, "get out of there, get out of there.” suddenly there is more gunfire. the officer backs off the train and runs for his life as the gunman fired again. the shootout continues with bullets ricocheting around tucson's downtown train depot. late today officials said it all started on the train with a confrontation between two dea agents and a suspect. >> they were checking for illegal guns, money, drugs. this is something they do, as i said, routinely. >> reporter: this time, though, it turned deadly. >> i am deeply saddened to confth died as a result of the injuries sustained during the shooting.
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>> reporter: the investigation is ongoing. jeff pegues, n. tonight, the supreme court began its new term, one that could be the most consequential in a generation, with abortion rights topping the agenda. the justices met in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. cbs' jan crawford is at the court for us tonight. >> reporter: as the supreme court returned to the bench for its new session -- >> the october 2021 term is now convened. >> reporter: -- protesters left no doubt what's at stake. the most significant challenge to roe v. wade in a generation. case asking the justices to uphold mississippi's ban on abortion after 15 weeks. shannon brewer is director of the only abortion clinic in the statin jon overturning roe v. wade, it'ide >> they would definitely ban abortion in mississippi immediately.
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yes. and several other states, too. >> reporter: with justice amy coney barrett replacing liberal icon ruth bader ginsburg, abortion opponents hope that's exactly what happens. mostly conservative states are ready to outlaw or greatly restrict abortion if the court sides with mississippi while some liberal states passed laws to guarantee in their states abortions would still be available. the case to be argued in december, comes with polls that show court's public opinion have declined. other cases will divide the justices, including gun and religious rights. now, the justices are all fully vaccinated, but justice sonia sotomayor has some underlying health conditions so she wore a mask today on the bench. and justice brett kavanaugh tested positive for covid last week. he's asymptomatic, but participated remotely. norah.
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how staff in one district in ney so no students don't go wn hungry. >> we are looking for beef tips, one of our most popular menu items. >> reporter: at sam's club, cacyce davis had another daunting last-minute grocery list. she needed 180 pounds of beef tips, the next day's school lunch. >> it's not a solution to the problem. >> reporter: the problem is this food delivery truck. it's short again, way short. >> at this point, we're making a plan. >> reporter: davis directs nutrition for schools in elmore county, alabama, feeding about 8,000 kids. >> it appears there are cracks in all points in the supply chain. >> reporter: you make it up as you go. >> oh, no doubt. no doubt. >> reporter: a county-wide and country-wide one affecting millions of kids. in one survey 97% of school nutrition programs worry about continued supply chain issues. cinnamon toast crunch for lunch?
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one georgia mother posted, "this is unacceptable.” back in alabama, cacyce davis had to buy 180 pounds of beef roast, not beef tips. cost, $1500. that's all she could find for redland elementary to serve. are you sometimes surprised by what you have for lunch? >> yes. >> reporter: is it a good or bad surprise? >> in the middle. >> reporter: to help america's school systems struggling to serve meals, the usda announced it's pumping in a billion and a half dollars. the agency reimburses elmore county for davis' grocery runs. you look at a kid eating and think to yourself, you have no idea how hard that was to pull off. >> that's the part with my own kids. if you knew how hard that was to prepare the meal, you would clean it up for me. >> reporter: at redland, relief, the next day's menu was all set. beyond that, it's a mystery. mark strassmann, cbs news, wetumpka, alabama.
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tonight, the bombshell report about how some of the world's most influential people are hiding their money. journalists spent two years investigating nearly 12 million confidential files. the financial secrets and offshore dealings were exposed in what's being called, "the pandora papers.” among the leaders mentioned was jordan's king abdullah who reportedly bought homes worth $100 million. and russia's vladimir putin whose mistress reportedly used offshore money to buy a home in monaco. the leaders deny any wrongdoing. all right, coming up next, tom brady proves you can go home again.
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tom brady's return to new england on sunday night was one to have the most anticipated games in league history, and it didn't disappoint. number 12 entered foxborough for the first time in a tampa bay jersey. the thunderous cheers quickly turned to boos when it got started. and it was a close one. brady and the bucs pulled out a 19-17 win. to top it all off, brady became the all time leader in passing yards, something he reflected on after the game. >> nothing in this sport can be accomplished without incredible teammates and coaches, and i have been blessed for 22 years to be with some amazing people. a quarterback can't do anything if the guys don't catch the ball. dha that is the overnight
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news. follow us on cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm tom hanson in new york. the facebook whistle-blower is set to testify on capitol hill after an outage of facebook, instagram and whatsapp. hollywood consumed shutdown after the stage employees authorized a strike. about gruelling schedules, low pay and poor working conditions. and there's a new addition to the cbs family. nat
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natalie morales is joining "the talk." download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. we want to begin with a brutal day for facebook, instagram and what's app. all of them knocked out. cause of the outage is not clear tonight. and employees had difficulty communicating and troubleshooting the problem. facebook stocks takes a nose dive, sliding nearly 5%, and fosh's says mark zuckerberg's
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fortune declined nearly $6 billion. and new complaints made to the s.e.c. by a former facebook employee who copied tens of thousands of pages of internal research. she accusing facebook of putting the public's best. kris van cleave reporting on facebook that you didn't see on "60 minutes.” good evening, chris. >> reporter: norah, tonight facebook is responding publicly for the first time, to complaints filed with regulators, saying any sense it has any responsibility for january 6th is absurd but those tens of thousands of pages of documents are raising real questions about what facebook did and didn't do. >> facebook over and over again chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money. >> reporter: that belief prompted facebook whistle-blower frances haugen to file at least eight separate complaints with the securities and exchange commission, obtained by cbs news from a congressional source. among the allegations, the
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social network misled investors and the public about its role perpetuating misinformation and violent extremism relating to the 2020 election and january 6th insurrection, including removing safety systems put in place ahead of the election. haugen speaking to "60 minutes" scott pelley. >> as soon as the election was over, they turn them back off, or change the settings back what they were before to prioritize growth over safety. >> reporter: facebook disputes that and says it maintained necessary safeguards adding in a statement it has expressly disclosed to investors the risk remains of misinformation, hate speech and extremism occurring on its platforms. >> reporter: what happened between election day and january 6th on the platform? >> there were a lot of people who were angry, fearful. they spread the fears to more people and then, when they had to choose which content from the groups to put into people's new feeds, they picked the content most likely to engage with, which happened to be angry, hateful content. so, imagine you're seeing every day the election was stolen, the election was stolen, the
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election was stolen. at what point would you storm the capitol? >> reporter: internal company documents obtained from a congressional source show in ft changed its algorithm, to encourage engagement, its own researchers identified a problem. they set up a test account following former president trump, the former first lady and fox news, within a day the algorithm was recommending polarizing content. conspiracy theory recommendations started on day two. after about a week the account received a qanon suggestion. by week two, its news feed was comprised by and large of misleading or false content, and week three the accounts news feed was an intensifying mix of misinformation, misleading and recycled content, polarizing memes and conspiracy content interspersed with occasional engagement bait. >> and you can say how did that happen? why are we taking the incredibly out there topics, qanon, crazy
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conspiracies. why they these things facebook is choosing to show you? and it's because those things get the highest engagement. >> reporter: gasoline on a fire. >> gasoline on a fire. >> reporter: facebook says it uses things like that test account to identify security issues and was involved in its decision to ban qanon from its platforms. the company tells us hate speech has declined by 50% on its platforms in the last three quarters. facebook's entire statement is online at cbsnews.com. haugen is set to testify before the senate congress committee tomorrow where she will tell senators they need to better regulate facebook. norah. >> really interesting new details, kris van cleave, thank you. tonight we're learning what might have caused an offshore oil pipeline to rupture, unleashing a environmental disaster along the southern california coast. more than 125,000 gallons of crude oil leaked into the pacific. animals are dying and world famous beaches could be closed for months. cbs' lilia luciano is there.>>
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pipeline bve more than pe in an all-out effort to stop the spill from spoiling california's most pristine beaches. tonight one early theory is that the pipeline may have been punctured by a passing ship. is there a suspicion the leak was caused by an anchor of a ship? is that something you're looking into? >> that is a distinct possibility, yes. >> reporter: nearly 130,000 gallons of processed crude oil, enough to fuel 3,000 cars for 300 miles, continues spreading down the coast. >> we are in the midst of a potential ecological disaster. >> reporter: local residents reported smelling toxic fumes friday, and some faulted the company amplified energy for not acting quickly enough. >> we were not aware of anything friday night. if there were reports, like i said, they did not come to us.>e
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are scooping out oily globs, and floating barriers are protecting the beach. they call it surf city, but for ng t s and fishing, no activities on the water. the shoreline will remain closed. the mayor says it could take months before it reopens. >> reporter: the parent company behind the rig has received 125 noncompliance violations by federal inspectors. the pipeline is inspected regularly and revealed no recent problems. also at risk, a nearby wildlife habitat home to 90 species of birds. crews on and off shore continue their cleaning efforts, and tonight we're learning that residents and local business owners just filed a class action lawsuit against the company operating the pipeline. they say their health and local economy is suffering from the spill. norah. >> problem keeps getting bigger. > new details tonight on a deadly shooting on an amtrak train in tucson, arizona. the shooting broke out as the agents were searching for guns
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and drugs. cbs' jeff pegues has the latest. >> reporter: when the first barrage of shots were fired on the amtrak train, onlookers didn't know what was happening until they saw a k-9 officer run toward the gunman. then someone yells, "get out of there, get out of there.” suddenly there is more gunfire. the officer backs off the train and runs for his life as the gunman fired again. the shootout continues with bullets ricocheting around tucson's downtown train depot. late today officials said it all started on the train with a confrontation between two dea agents and a suspect. >> they were checking for illegal guns, money, drugs. this is something they do, as i said, routinely. >> reporter: this time, though, it turned deadly. >> i am deeply saddened to confirm that one special agent died as a result of the injuries
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this is the cbs overnight news. >> i'm jeff in washington. thanks for being with. border police in chile say a number of haitians that have set out. the united states have now returning to chile. say they journey turned tout be too dangerouses, others are fearful to be deported back to port-au-prince. more than 60,000 haitians are headed north through their country. the most dangerous is a jungle filed with wild animals,
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treacherous terrain and wild animals. cbs is in colombia talking to migrants trying to get through. >> reporter: it'sest maided 16,000 migrants are trying to get one step closer to the jungle made as the darien gap. many are waiting weeks camped out on the beach here, and worried the u.s. has deported 7,000 haitians is ding little to top them. a patch work of tents has replaced the sunbathing tourists that spotted the beaches. the next stop for migrants headed north. where do you want to go? >> usa. usa. >> the united states? >> the united states. >> reporter: that's his goal. he pled poverly and violence in haiti four years ago, only to find discrimination and little work in chile.
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he has two daughters at home. >> everything do you is for them. >> i want my family -- >> you want to change their lives too. >> reporter: the shortest rougt from here to panama is by boat. but that nation is only allowing 500 to travel a day. creating a bottleneck. pointing a hard journalny ahead. they want these types of shoes. but they are expensive. he has only sold two pair so far. >> reporter: the danger is the darian gap. a 60 mile stretch of jungle so treacherous, at least 50 bodies have been found this year. but the real death toll is estimated to be four times higher. more than 8 8,000 have rossed this year. panamaest rates 1 in 4 are children. the road map is a group sharing tips, directions and warnings.
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>> you won't go back? >> no, no, i won't go back. >> no. >> your dream is not back. your dream is north. >> north. >> reporter: first you must leave here. leo nelson, his wife and infant daughter are about to do just that, and attempt to cross the gap. he said it's very difficult. but despite the danger, nelson is determined to push ahead. we were with them as they waited and finally got a chance to board. we followed him and his family as they crossed and handed themselves over to smugglers to continue the journey. we will have that for you tomorrow. spain's prime minister
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insists the island of la palma is safe for tourests after a volcanic eruption. we are more from there. >> reporter: it keeps getting stronger. the volcano is producing more lava and ash. pouring up to the sky higher and higher. that means more of a risk to a bigger area. the potential for more people to be evacuated on top of the 6,000 or so who have been out of their homes for a fortnight now. i was talking to the director of the canary islands volcano institute who sayse expecting it to continue for another ten days, potentially two months. even , volcanic eruption stops, he said it could take years to recover from this because will are vast lava
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from dry and stressed, to bright and smooth. so, i can feel my best in my skin. the master on line videos. he has more than 100 million followers across social media. dana jacobson visit him in his studio to find out how the imagine sick made. >> south america, that sounds fun. >> reporter: imagine building your own shortcut from the airport. >> how much for the painting, $100. >> reporter: driving on off in a painting in an art fair. >> this is a good deal. >> reporter: and it's the digital slights of hand he is
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best known for. >> we think the social media feed is a dark place. kit be. >> reporter: from that dark place, king's mission is to brighten things up. bring a little wonder in the world 15 seconds at a time. that's a great thing. >> yeah, i love taking people on a story arc of wonder and surprise and delight. but the end of the day, it has to resonate. >> to your right. >> they have to go, oh, i understand that scenario. >> reporter: that could include booming back to the the future on a hover board or having fun with another type of zooming. or even just floating in a room. where do you find inspiration for the videos? >> i think when you look at
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child like wander, one of the reasons we lose that is we have assumptions about things. >> you left a toy there. >> we are looking at different items or stories without the assumptions we already attached them. we look at a pool table and it turns into a real pool and the felt burns into paurt. what is fun about this, we get to experiment. we get to build sets. i don't nope how to describe it. there are sets for everybody. >> reporter: you could say what king has built is his field of streams. you have literally created your own studio here. >> yeah, this is a playground. this a fun room. it looks like a golf course. when you rotate it, it might be a football course. it's a soccer field, and kitchen set. it's set decked and changed. and a race course going throughout. we just did a video, with
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another youtube channel called dude perfect and we race tlud here. >> reporter: the talm is a names room. >> we're close enough, if you walk down there, you will really shrink and i will start to grow in size. and then -- >> a high little voice. >> yeah, exactly. >> reporter: at 31 years ald, zach king has a of accomplishme. this has to feel amazing to. >> i think a lot of people view our success as an overnight success. when we watch, it's a slow journey. >> reporter: it began as a kid in oregon. when king would recreate movies at his house using his parents' home have camera and his sisters. even the family dog as actors. when you want to go to college
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though, you hit a little bit of a road bump, almost an obstacle that some people would be deterred. >> oi was a junior in high school. i knew i was going to go to film school. >> the next steven spielberg. >> yeah, i didn't get in, and i turned to youtube. i want to take you to a whole new level. >> reporter: king began posting movie effects. >> they are look, this is a cool tutorial. how would you use the light saber in a video. >> reporter: so he made jedi kittens. it went viral with 24 million views, leading to jedi kittens strike back and more direction for king's future. >> when i was graduating college, all my colleagues were going to do a traditional hollywood prep. and my youtube channel was
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300,000 subscribers. i would pay my rent, and i thought it was going to b online, and it offered a back-door into that. this is how i hitchhike. >> reporter: his break came with vine, for six sikds videos. he don't have actors so he put himself on camera. >> copy and pasting money. >> reporter: vine could go under but it helped king's career take off. he now has more than 100 million followers across social media. >> there are people who say, how do i do a youtuber? they see the fame and the money. that's not why we do it. but for us, it's awesome because it keeps paying the bills. i won't every if these white pads -- i get to collaborate with 25 awesome people every week on my team. >> reporter: and king realized the fun isn't just making the magic. it's also revealing the
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illusion. >> what's cool is not just revealing the long board. if you are watching, you can long the long board. >> reporter: do you want to get back to more than 15 seconds? >> yeah, for us, we want to do longer stories. it's finding the right story. we need two years of time. but the internet doesn't have two years of time. your channels will die. is there a realm that they co-exist together. that is what we will try to figure out. >> reporter: until then, we will continue to enjoy his current reality. 15 seconds at a time. >> no! when you're at this point, you have to slap yourself to realize, this is awesome. this is cool. the kid in me, if you told me when i was 10 years old i have a studio program and a team of awesome people to create with, i would have fainted.
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more than a century after the last russian czars were executed, the country hosted another royal wedding. here is the story. >> reporter: regal, opulent. but that is perhaps the point for russian's first royal wedding in 127 years. although the crowns never touched the heads of the duke george who was raised in france and his italian fiance. the ceremony at st. isaacs cathedral, they chose to wed in the former imperial capital
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because it was the first place in russia the family returned. it's where the family's darkest chapter began to ve tre in nich five children were brutally executed. but this lavish wedding attended by 1500 people was a resolutely happy affair. the guest list included queens, princes and billionaires but not vladimir putin. a spokes person said this marriage doesn't belong in our agenda in my way. but it continues to divide russians including whether unions like this should be celebrated. cbs news, london. and that is the overnight
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news for this tuesday. reporting from the nagtion's capitol, i'm jeff begaze. this is cbs news flash. the facebook whistle-blower is set to testify on capitol hill. facebook is accused of putting profits over the well-being of users. hollywood could soon shut off of t stage emp employees ized a strike monday. the crews are disputing with studio producers about gruelling schedules, low pay and poor working conditions. and natalie morales is joining "the talk" after spending 22 years after nbc news. she joins the talk show next
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