in this case, the hackers made a small coding mistake and they ended up shutting down the refinery instead of triggering a deadly explosion. but the experts have told us, russian hackers learn from their mistakes. >> it is really interesting. and do we know is there any indication that russians are preparing for a similar cyberattack now? >> reporter: well, just last week the u.s. government issued a warning about a new piece of malware dubbed pipedream, one cybersecurity expert told us the initial targets are liquefied natural gas and electric power sites in north america. the malware is suspected to be of russian origin and it's far more advanced and versatile than what was used in saudi arabia. norah? >> bill whitaker of "60 minutes," thank you. now to the weather, where a rare late season nor'easter is threatening to bring heavy snow and strong winds from michigan to new england. let's bring in chris warren from

our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this is going to be an impactful late season snow for parts of the northeast, with several inches expected, making for a rough morning commute tomorrow for a lot of areas. we're going to see a lot of this snow during the overnight it is going to be marginal in terms of temperatures so right around the freezing mark, which is going to lead to some of that very heavy and very wet snow that is expected to be falling during the overnight hours tonight and into the day tomorrow before it tapers off. we look at the snow fall totals, we see that it's possible there could be a foot to a foot and a half for some. and norah, this very heavy wet snow could lead to downed trees and power outages. >> chris, thanks. well, tonight, police in south carolina and pittsburgh are investigating three mass shootings over the weekend that left two teenagers dead and dozens of other people wounded. the shootings are the latest in a wave of violence plaguing america's cities and fueled by a

flood of illegal guns. here's cbs's jeff pegues. >> reporter: the easter holiday weekend didn't bring peace to america's streets. >> they got shot. >> reporter: in south carolina there were two mass shootings, 14 people wounded when gunshots erupted at this mall. another nine hurt after a shooting in a club run out of this home. in pittsburgh, two 17-year-olds were killed and ten wounded after more than 100 rounds were fired inside a packed underage party early sunday morning. scott schubert is a pittsburgh police chief. how would you characterize this kind of violence? >> senseless. i mean there is no need for this. it is just, it breaks your heart when you start thinking about what happened in pittsburgh. it seems like every day you just, you look and you see it is happening somewhere else. >> reporter: in the first four months of the year, there have been 144 mass shootings.

among them, new york city subway shooting, six killed and 12 wounded in downtown sacramento, two dead in cedar rapids, iowa. ten shot on spring break in dallas. the number two official at the atf told us guns used by criminals are being modified and turned into fully automatic weapons. >> we haven't seen so many machine guns used in crimes since prohibition. >> reporter: these so called ghost guns have no registration number, meaning there is no way to trace them back to the original owner. the fbi and police searching this townhouse in buffalo found a ghost gun tied to a triple shooting. another pressing issue for law enforcement is the rising number of juveniles committing gun crimes, many of whom have been previously arrested. >> we see sometimes it is the same person over and over again. and that is frustrating, it is frustrating for us and for the

community and frustrating for the victims who are injured in these assaults. >> reporter: local police chiefs are blaming the court system for releasing too many violent criminals and setting low bonds in response. some court systems call those allegations speculation. during the interview with us today when asked about rising crime, pittsburgh's police chief told us that he believes that it is going to get worse before it gets better. norah. >> jeff pegues, thank you. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. there are tragic new details

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there are tragic new details tonight in the investigation into a 14-year-old boy's fatal fall last month from an amusement park ride in orlando, florida. we get more from cbs's manuel bojorquez. >> this report confirms our department findings of the operator of the orlando drop tower made manual adjustments to the ride resulting it in being unsafe. >> reporter: a forensic investigation into what lead to the death of 14-year-old tyree sampson last month on the orlando free fall ride highlights a sensor on the ride's harnesses that signals when the gap below the harness is near three inches. what the report calls normal. it says the sensor on sampson seat was manually loosened, adjusted and tightened to allow restraint opening of near seven inches, which may have grown to as much as ten inches as the

ride's 70-mile-per-hour drop slowed and sampson slipped out. >> these misadjustments allowed the safety lights to illuminate. improperly satisfying the ride's electronic safety mechanisms that allow the ride to operate. >> reporter: investigators also said the manufacturer's maximum weight for the 400 foot free fall ride was 250 pounds. and sampson, an 8th grade football standout from missouri weighed more than 300 pounds. >> my understanding, it was seat one and seat two only that were adjusted and presumably to allow for larger riders. which should not have happened. based on the manufacturer's guidelines. >> reporter: the ride remains closed. an attorney for the rides owner slingshot group said in a statement it has fully cooperated with investigators and that the company followed all procedure, protocols and safety measures provided by the ride's manufacturer. norah? >> manny bojorquez, thank you. and still ahead, the investigation into the gruesome murder of a new york city mother whose body was found in a duffel

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marathon before 1972? >> part of it was just social convention it wasn't good for women to sweat it wasn't good for women to have big muscles. >> reporter: it wasn't good for women to be strong. >> there, that's a good one right there, yeah. >> reporter: but before 1972, only men could compete, there were few women who did crash the race. so those first eight understood what was at stake. >> so nobody watched, nobody drops out for sure. >> reporter: they all finished. today, rogosheske tackled the course once again, this time with her daughters. >> more and more i really see my mom made change, made history. my mom made history. >> reporter: now more than 10,000 are following in her footsteps. >> so i'm just thinking about yeah, the cycle of life and it's almost like handing the baton to them. and it makes me feel very, very good. >> reporter: nancy chen, cbs news, boston.

that is the "overnight news" for this tuesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm tom hanson in new york. ukraine is bracing for a new round of attacks as the russian offensive in the east is underway. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said ukrainian force also fight to defend the area, and is calling on the international community to send more weapons to ukrainian forces. alex jones' infowars has filed for bankruptcy after facing multiit will defamation lawsuits from the children who lost children in the sandy hook elementary shooting. he claimed the shooting was a hoax. make way for the easter alligator? one florida community in sarasota county got an unwanted

visitor. this ten-foot alligator was captured on video before disappearing into nearby water. for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connecttv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. this is the cbs "overnight news." tonight, we have breaking news. for the first time in more than a year, the travel mask mandate is not in effect. that means that the tsa will not enforce the rule at airports and other transportation hubs. now the news comes after a federal judge in florida today ruled that the cdc exceeded its authority and failed to follow proper rule making. the question now is whether the federal government will appeal that judge's decision. also the association of flight attendants is weighing in urging calm from passengers saying it usually takes 24 to 48 hours to implement new procedures. now the cdc still recommends masks for all travelers. now all this comes as covid-19

cases are once again on the rise driven by the ba.2 subvariant. cbs' nikki battiste will start us off from philadelphia where an indoor mask mandate was just reinstated. a lot of news to get to good evening, nikki. >> reporter: norah, good evening. we are just getting some clarity from the administration about the judge's ruling today, saying they are reviewing the judge's order, but that for now, the tsa will not enforce the mask mandate on public transportation, adding to all of this confusion, as you mentioned, there is new mask mandate here in philadelphia that took effect today. that means about 20,000 fans heading to this 76ers game tonight will once again have to mask up. you can now fly or ride the buses and trains mask-free. tonight, the cdc announced its mask mandate on public transportation is no longer in effect and won't be enforced. the move comes just hours after a federal judge in florida ruled

it was unlawful. today a u.s. district judge said the court accepts the cdc's argument that masks limit covid spread but that alone was not sufficient to exceed the agency's authority. infectious disease specialist dr. celine gounder says it is still too soon. >> we don't now how the ba.2 variant will play out across the country. as of right now my advice as a physician to anybody traveling on a plane would be to continue wearing a mask when are you traveling on public transportation, including on an airplane. >> reporter: meanwhile, philadelphia is the only u.s. city bringing back indoor masks as a precaution. there has been a 67% increase in covid cases in the last ten days. that's an average of over 200 covid cases per day. >> i think it is unsafe. >> reporter: philadelphia restaurant owner yeshooda sichel is concerned the revived mandate will hurt business again. >> when masks were mandated, people are less inclined to go out to the city. the city, there are a lot of

people that live in the city but really the city thrives off people coming from the suburbs. >> reporter: a group of 22 business owners and residents is suing the city seeking to overturn the mask mandate. >> philadelphia actually did away with the cdc guidelines as the standard and they have invented their own guidelines. they are making this stuff up. >> reporter: in response to the lawsuit, the city says it has the legal authority. >> the role of the cdc is really to provide minimum guidelines in terms of what is safe. so a city like philadelphia can decide to be more aggressive about what they require and other places might choose not to be so aggressive. >> reporter: it is unclear whether airlines will now implement their own mask rules. but the majority of airlines have been asking to drop the mask requirements and to reiterate what you said, norah, the cdc is still recommending wearing a mask on public transportation. norah? >> nikki battiste with all that news, thank you. let's turn now to overseas

where russia is ramping up its attacks on ukraine with a barrage of new missile strikes across the country, most of today's rocket attacks targeted cities in eastern ukraine where president volodymyr zelenskyy says the battle for donbas has begun. cbs' chris livesay reports tonight from kyiv. >> reporter: the next chapter of the war is here. russian troops have begun the battle for donbas, says ukrainian president zelenskyy. a major development after russian troops pulled back from kyiv and turned their attention to the east, setting the stage for major clashes of tanks and heavy artillery unlike anything we've seen since world war ii, ukraine said. but there are no safe havens. russian air strikes killed at least seven people. the first known deaths in lviv close to the polish border and a refuge for those fleeing the fighting. in kharkiv close to the russian

border, shelling offers no rest for the wounded or the medics there to save them. but nowhere is the terror more total than mariupol. diehard defenders holed up in a steel mill refuse to give up despite russia's ultimatum, surrender or die. it's a vindictiveness ukrainians trace to russian setbacks like the "moskva," this unverified image appears to show russia's warship struck by ukrainian missiles in the black sea last week. and chernihiv, a city that was supposed to mark a swift russian victory north of kyiv but instead a triumph for ukraine shooting down this russian bomber last month. it crashed into this home killing the owner but shockingly no more. its payload failing to explode when it landed on a neighbor's doorstep. but elsewhere, the bombs worked, this one killing some 50 people in an apartment block, one of

the deadliest single strikes of the war. "all of a sudden i was covered in shattered glass," says larissa. she takes me into her bunker where these women have been hiding for more than a month. are you afraid they will come back? "the war goes on, we don't know what's waiting for us out there." and tonight, nowhere feels more vulnerable than eastern ukraine. where fighting is intensifying. president zelenskyy said no matter how many russian soldiers are brought here we will fight, we will defend ourselves and not give up anything that is not ukrainian. norah? >> chris livesay in ukraine, thank you and stay safe. now to the weather, where a rare late season nor'easter is threatening to bring heavy snow and strong winds from michigan to new england. let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this is going to be an impactful late season snow for parts of the northeast, with several

inches expected, making for a rough morning commute tomorrow for a lot of areas. we're going to see a lot of this snow during the overnight it is going to be marginal in terms of temperatures so right around the freezing mark, which is going to lead to some of that very heavy and very wet snow that is expected to be falling during the overnight hours tonight and into the day tomorrow before it tapers off. we look at the snow fall totals, we see that it's possible there could be a foot to a foot and a half for some. and norah, this very heavy wet snow could lead to downed trees and power outages. >> chris, thanks. there's a lot more news ahead on the cbs "overnight news."

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sector could be vulnerable. the administration and private industry have been preparing for a major cyberassault. the defensive program is called shields up. catherine herridge has the details. >> reporter: with the russian invasion of ukraine in its eighth week, a top u.s. cybersecurity official told "60 minutes" vladamir putin may result to digital warfare against american targets. >> we are seeing involving intelligence about russian planning for potential attacks, and we have to assume that there's going to be a breach. there's going to be an incident. that's going to be an attack. >> reporter: a march fbi alert obtained by cbs news warned of increased reconnaissance by foreign actors, of u.s. energy networks searching for vulnerabilities. and the shields up campaign said every organization, large and small, must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber incidents. >> think about energy companies, financial services sector, transportation or communication,

key organizations that are part of our day-to-day lives. >> reporter: sean hennry is the president of cybersecurity firm crowd strike. >> if they were shut down for weeks or months, with the inability to service their consumers, that would be strof toik the unitedstates. >> you're saying you go to the atm and it's not working. you try and get on public transit and the trains are not running. >> that is exactly what i'm saying. >> reporter: the justice department recently unsealed criminal charges for russian hackers, alleging a past campaign against the energy sector that targeted victims in the united states and in more than 135 other countries. >> it is very much the type of activity that we are warning about today when it comes to russia's response to the world's response to the horror in ukraine. >> why do you think russia has not unleashed a major cyberattack at this point? >> i think that it's an arrow in

their quiver. i think there may be some concern about what might happen in a retaliatory response. >> reporter: and cybersecurity experts tell cbs news the u.s. has a robust capability to respond, but there can be unintended consequences. and the risk weeks of joint military drills that include the aircraft carrier "abraham lincoln." the war games come just three weeks before the south inaugurates a new president, who ran on a platform of confrontation with the north. and a possible preemptive strike. north korea responded over the weekend with a pair of missile launches. elizabeth palmer reports from tokyo. >> reporter: this is the 12th missile test in 3 1/2 months. and proof that north korea's leader, kim jong-un, is fast tracking a serious upgrade to his already fearsome arsenal.

official north korean pictures show the launch of what south korean analysts say were two short-range missiles. at least one of which landed on a tiny rocky island. kim jong-un is among the observers, looking especially pleased. we've seen variations of this. the launcheses and the happy videos. they may hav a cartoon quality, but they're deadly serious. on friday, there was a huge parade in pyongyang on a public holiday to mark the 110th anniversary of the birth of north korea's founder kim i liri-song. behind the spectacle, preparations were underway for the very real weapons test with ominous overtones. it's not the hardware that's got alarm bells ringing as much as

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very maps of our coasts. and now many cities and states are asking -- who is going to pay for all of this? >> this is real. we're on the frontline of climate change right here in charleston. >> reporter: this is the mayor of charleston, south carolina. the city has been battered by an endless parade of floods due to sea level rise. some desperate homeowners have resorted to raising their homes by several feet. >> in the next 50 years, we'll see another two to three feet of sea level rise. the water is our greatest asset ando lenge. >> reporter: so the city is raising large parts of its existing sea wall, and the army corps of engineers says charleston should build another eight miles of wall. the city estimates $3 billion in climate change costs. can you raise taxes high enough to cover these costs? >> it's like every project, you

have to look underneath every rock. >> reporter: underneath one of those rocks is fossil fuel companies, two are major contributors to climate change. charleston is one of more than two dozen cities, counties and states that are suing these companies, including exxonmobil, shell, chevron, bp, and conoco phillips. >> i feel if you contributed to the problem, that you should contribute to the solution. >> so in some ways it is a bit of a money grab? >> well, to the extent that they participated in what created this need, it's a money grab because there's some responsibility for what happened. >> reporter: the suits are modeled after the big tobacco cases of the 1990s. >> this handsome looking product kills. >> reporter: and accused the companies and industry groups of making false and misleading claims about climate change. >> i'm saying exxonmobil because

they liedtous. >> no court is going to have a hard time understanding that. >> reporter: william tong is attorney general of connecticut. he's suing exxonmobil under the state's consumer protection laws. he says internal company research done by exxon and mobile, which used to be separate companies, shows they were aware of the dangers of climate change since at least the 1980s. >> there's a study from i think 1982, in which they produce a chart that shows as the levels of carbon dioxide rise, the temperature of our atmosphere will rise. that chart is almost exactly right. >> reporter: and the suit also cites this 1988 internal draft memo from an exxon spokesperson, advising the company emphasize the uncertainty of climate science. >> this is a strategy document from exxonmobil that basically says let's lie. let's say the science is not clear. let's down play the fact of climate change. >> reporter: he points to ads that look like editorials from

exxonmobil, as well as executive's own words. >> scientific evidence remains inconchew save as to whether human activities affect the global climate. >> some of these memos acknowledge uncertainty about this. does that strengthen the argument this was unset lted science? >> no, it doesn't. they knew with a fair degree of certainty that there could be serious, catastrophic effects from the continued use of fossil fuels. the fact that scientists have questions about their data is unremarkable that's what scientists do. >> so your argument is, even if they don't know everything, they knew enough? >> that's right. >> reporter: exxonmobil is named in all 24 of these lawsuits and says these claims are baseless and without merit. in total, the cases accuse more than 40 fossil fuel companies of a disinformation campaign. >> a doubles of the co-2 of the

atmosphere will result in a tremendous greening of the earth. >> reporter: this promotes the benefits of pumping more carbon dioxide into the air. >> as more and more scientists are confirming, our world is deficient in carbon dioxide >> reporter: some companies responded ed that they are work to address climate change. >> this requires policymaking, not lawsuits. >> reporter: phil goldberg is ceo of a group helping the fossil fuel industry push back. the attorneys in these cases would say what they're doing is trying to hold these companies liable for deception. is that fair? >> this is not an issue of who knew what or when. the federal government has had similar information, going back to the 1960s and '70s and '80s. the question is what we're going to do about it today. >> the scope of the problem is

one. but it requires a national approach. >> reporter: richard lazereth teaches environmental law at harvard. >> cities and counties and states are left with the problem when the federal government doesn't step up to the plate. >> reporter: he says even if the cities and states prove the fossil fuel companies deceived the public about climate change, it doesn't necessarily mean they'll win. >> they've done a really good job of showing that the oil and gas industry, i think, engaged in fraudulent activity. to prove that their fraudulent behavior is what prevented the united states from passing laws we needed to reduce those greenhouse gas emissions. >> reporter: so far the industry has filed a series of motions slowing down the cases. charleston, south carolina is bracing for a long and uncertain legal battle. if you're not successful with this lawsuit, what does that feen for what you're trying to do here? >> we're going the find a way to fund the improvements that we need. >> i bet you heard the phrase,

hope is not a strategy. >> hope springs e attorney at, right? >> reporter: but in the meantime, the water keeps

easter has come and gone. but in workshops near and far, people are still decorating eggs as part of an effort to show solidarity and raise money for ukraine. >> we're going to hold this up. >> reporter: it's season of hope. but in this northern virginia workshop, there also is purpose. learning how to make the beautiful ukrainian pysankey eggs. workshop leader stephanie cheseman shows how to do the intricate patterns, a process she's teaching to honor her heritage and help her people. >> my grandfather grew up in ukraine, and there is family there that we are in touch with.

it makes me really upset how difficult it is for them right now, and i'm trying to do my part. >> reporter: the workshops at this episcopal church in virginia have raised over $5,000 so far. there are countless others, with the goal of creating 100,000 eggs. >> this is an easy egg to do. >> reporter: she learned the craft from her mother, chris. legend has it that a monster, representing all evil in the world, is held by chains and they're weakened if there are not enough pysankys. hope, one egg at a time. some of those eggs, they're like works of art. a centuries old tradition, now being used to help ukrainians today that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings, and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jan crawford.

this is cbs news flash. i'm tom hanson in new york. ukraine is bracing for a new round of attacks as the russian offensive in the east is underway. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said ukrainian force also fight to defend the area, and is calling on the international community to send more weapons to ukrainian forces. alex jones' infowars has filed for bankruptcy after facing multiple defamation la lawsuits from the children who lost children in the sandy hook elementary school shooting. jones claimed the shooting was a hoax. make way for the easter alligator?e fla mmy sarasota county got an unwanted visitor on easter sunday. this ten-foot alligator, perhaps

on an easter egg hunt, was captured on video before disappearing into nearby water. for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connecttv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new it's tuesday, april 19th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." mask mandate lifted. a judge ruled you can go maskless. will the government challenge the decision? battle for donbas. russia begins a new offensive in eastern ukraine, but the punishing assault isn't over in other parts of the country. sensors adjusted. a new report sheds light on how a 14-year-old boy fell to his death at an amusement park in florida. captioning funded by cbs in flor good morning. good morning. i'm diane king hall in for anne-marie green. wearing face coverings on planes