appearance and clean up in forada could take months, but rebuilding could take years. norah? >> caroline cummings, thank you. the threat of severe weather remains for much of the country, from the great lakes to the southern plains with thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. the forecast, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. more stormy times on the way for the southern plains, including more scenes like this in oklahoma city. the possibility for some of the strong storms, if not likelihood of some strong storms stretches from texas all the way up to the great lakes, damaging winds, very large hail and possible tornadoes. the future radar shows some of the heavier rain continuing into the overnight hours, which does pose a flash flood risk. and that severe weather threat could be going into the early morning hours. national hurricane center saying there is a high chance of

development. something tropical possible in the gulf of mexico. a couple of scenarios. one will take it a little bit farther south of florida, the other one, norah, a little bit stronger and much wetter to interest sunshine state. >> chris, thank you very much. let's turn now to the war in ukraine, where a russian air strike hit a nitric acid tank at a chemical plant in a key eastern city. a pink cloud could be seen rising above the city and authorities have warned residents to stay indoors due to the toxic fumes that can be dangerous if inhaled. the white house said today president biden is still considering sending rocket systems to ukraine, but not for use beyond ukraine's borders. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. your projects done right

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>> for a number of years. >> reporter: in pasadena, california, cameron's seafood restaurant was here for 40 years. what's it like when you see the weeds growing? >> it's kind of sad. >> reporter: paul is commerce chamber president. empty storefronts are a sign of the times down this historic route 66. >> the pandemic hammered everybody. we all got to the point where we thought at least we can getack hato senomgieng measu o now. inflation has really presented another challenge to businesses. >> reporter: how much more can they take? >> well, exactly. where is that tipping point when they finally say i can't do this anymore. >> reporter: little says the city has lost about 15% of its businesses since the pandemic began two years ago. nationally, 85% of small businesses experienced financial challenges in the last year, and right now optimism among those own sers at its lowest level in nearly 50 years. the biggest concern? inflation. are you scared? are you afraid you might run out

of business? >> oh, yeah, all the time, every day. >> reporter: erica gutierrez opened her mexican heritage shop in 2020, and the city of pasadena gave her a $10,000 grant to get by. but that money is gone. and her costs for products and shipping are skyrocketing. are you taking a paycheck? >> no, not yet. >> reporter: how are you surviving? >> well, off my savings, and, you know, my family's support. >> reporter: and now she might have to get a second job. >> right now there is still a lot of ambiguity. i don't know when it's going get better. all i can do is hope and be positive. >> reporter: even some large stores are closing. this sears shut its doors last november, and that's also having an impact on small businesses, because they often count on these large retailer likes department stores to attract customers to the area. norah? >> no doubt. carter evans, thank you so much. many americans found nemes

themselves grounded over the long memorial day weekend as airlines were forced to cancel thousands of flights. we get more on all this from errol barnett. >> reporter: for leona serao, passion for flying runs in the family. >> my dad was a pilot. >> always liked aviation. when he passed away, i decided that i wanted to make my goal. >> reporter: serao has flown for than 300 the more than 1500 she'll need to become a commercial airline pilot. the certification process can cost well above $100,000. >> this is a national issue. it's affecting the whole domestic aviation industry. >> reporter: the past two years saw a steep decline in pilot graduations as flight schools were closed and airlines stopped hiring. over the next decade, more than 14,000 pilot openings are projected each year. >> an astounding 70% of airports have less service today than they did in 2019. >> reporter: rural parts of the

country are suffering the most as airlines cut routes to smaller markets. >> there are communities across the nation that have lost all their air service. >> reporter: the airlines are getting creative to get pilots trained for the flight deck. united and alaska have created their own flight schools. and delta eliminated their four-year requirement, the last carrier to do so. >> we need rou a thi yete pan exacerbated the issue with older pilots accepting buyouts. southwest struggled last year when weather put pilots out of place. they didn't have the staff to cover shifts, causing mass cancellations. >> the number one priority this year, it's really basic, it is get staffed. >> reporter: now potential solutions gaining attention include raising the retirement age for pilots by two years or lowering that flight hour requirement. but it would require an act of congress to make those updates and pilots unions are against these ideas any way. this shortage, norah, will

likely last for years to come. >> yeah, but an urgent need. errol barnett, thank you so much. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." a deadly alligator attack in florida. why did a man dare to enter this lake, despite warnings? and here in d.c., a lawyer linked to the clinton campaign is found not guilty of lying to the fbi. and korean pop group bts how did olay top expensive creams? like this with hydration that beats the $100 cream in every jar of regenerist

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police in florida suspect a 47-year-old man was killed by an alligator while searching for frisbees in a lake near tampa. if confirmed, it would be the first deadly gator attack in the state since 2019. there are no swimming and alligator warning signs posted near the lake, which is on a frisbee golf course. alligator trappers are now hunting for the killer gator. special counsel john durham's investigation into the origins of the fbi's trump russia investigation suffered a major blow today. a federal jury found michael sussman, a lawyer with ties to hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign not guilty of lying to the fbi when he brought them evidence of a possible link between donald trump and russia. it was the first case to go to trial in the three-year investigation. the korean pop superstars bts visited with president biden today and appeared at a white house briefing. the teen heartthrob group's visit was aimed at promoting ity and addressing anti-asian hate

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>> reporter: hundreds of boxes arriving month. generosity as farach away as australia. >> i think sometimes when you make a donation, you don't really know what happens to whatever you're donating. now it's so concrete. they can really see it. >> reporter: social service agencies refer clients like francesca bonibonitas. >> people are looking for good. and i think it makes people feel good. >> reporter: harnessing the power of social media, turning houses into homes. janet shamlian, cbs news, andover, massachusetts. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for other, check back later for "cbs mornings." and you can follow us online at any time on reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. president biden has published an essay in "the new york times" on what america will and will not do in ukraine now more than three months since the war began. he says the u.s. will send a small number of high-tech medium range rocket systems. mr. biden says he is not encouraging or enabling ukraine to strike beyond its borders. the new package will cost $700 million. after a two-month lockdown, shanghai is starting to ease covid restrictions. schools are set to partially reopen, and the city's public transit sys restored. and rafael nadal beats novak djokovic in a four-hour french open battle for the es sin.alag friday, his 36th birthday.

for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> tonight we want to begin with the community of uvalde, texas, because they begin saying goodbye to the victims of last week's horrific shooting at robb elementary school. hundreds of mourners turned out for the first of 21 funerals to take place in the weeks ahead as the city tries to come to terms with what happened in their small town. the anger and anguish of parents is felt around the nation, and we're learning more about the investigation tonight, including this reversal. police originally said the gunman got into the school after a teacher propped open a door. we're now learning that door was closed but did not lock. we also want to get right to some breaking news.

cbs' lilia luciano is in uvalde. and lilia, i understand you have some new details about the school police chief who made the decision to not breach the classroom right away. what can you tell us? >> that's right, norah. i just heard from the texas department of public safety that that school police chief, the man in charge of the police response has not responded to a request by the texas rangers made two days ago for a follow-up interview to get some answers. that is the agency that's investigating the shooting. a silver coffin was carried into sacred heart church in uvalde today. inside, the body of 10-year-old amerie jo garza, the first funeral for the 21 people killed last tuesday at robb elementary school. later tonight, maite rodriguez will be laid to rest. her family said she wanted to be a marine biologist. >> she didn't deserve it. i just know in that moment she was brave. she was telling people where to hide. >> reporter: 19 of the victims are to be buried in a specially

designed caskets, made and donated by a nearby texas business. including 44-year-old teacher eva mireles, whose sister maggie had the impossible task of picking the dress she would be buried in. >> that was the hardest thing that i've ever had to do in my life. >> reporter: a cross fit enthusiast and avid hiker, she died trying to protect hthing d because i know that it's real. >> reporter: as the reality sets in, so does the anger at local law enforcement. a community that initially questioned why did they wait 75 minutes before killing the shooter is now demanding answers. >> there is no words for that. i don't know what to say. that's their job. to protect and serve. that's their job, to put themselves in risk. >> reporter: just two months ago, the uvalde school

district's police force, including its chief pete arredondo completed active shooter training, which states an officer's first priority is to confront the attacker. but according to state authorities, pete arredondo, the onsite incident commander stopped 19 officers from immediately breaching the classroom while the children desperately called 911 for help. there are reports that 911 operators were able to relay this information to officers at the scene, but operators themselves are now receiving death threats. >> we were getting calls from all over the country, or i'm sorry, all over the world. >> reporter: this 911 dispatcher asked us not to reveal her identity. >> i do understand that they're grieving and they want to vent. but dispatchers have gone through enough. >> reporter: residents continued paying their respects at the growing memorial today, including oscar winning actor matthew mcconaughey, who grew up here, and local border patrol agents, laying a wreath after risking their lives to stop the rampage. and tonight governor greg abbott

has issued a disaster declaration for the city of uvalde that would streamline access to any resources this community will need to cope with the aftermath of this horrific tragedy. norah? >> horrific indeed. lilia luciano, thank you so much. back here in washington, president biden is considering executive action to take on gun control, even as a bipartisan grp of lawmakers met virtually in search of common ground on gun control legislation. now unlike previous failed attempts, this time could be different. here is cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: appearing with new zealand's head of state today, president biden discussed hi l suffering. so much of it -- much of it is preventible, and the devastation is amazing. >> reporter: the pain is familiar to prime minister jacinda ardern, whose country suffered similar grief after a mass shooting killed more than 50 people three years ago.

>> our experience, of course, in this regard is our own. but if there is anything that we can be of share of any value, we are here to share it. >> reporter: new zealand quickly banned semiautomatic weapons after the massacre, something that's politically impossible to do in the u.s. still, the president feels republicans could be open to some kind of gun reform, and he plans to engage lawmakers soon, given there have been at least 19 mass shootings in the last week alone. >> i think things have gotten so bad that everybody is getting more rational about it. >> reporter: connecticut democrat chris murphy is testing that theory. he convened a small bipartisan group of lawmakers this afternoon, including texas republican john cornyn. >> i'm willing to get uncomfortable in these conversations and support things that i may have been previously unwilling to support, as long as republicans are willing to do >> reporter: under discussion, closing loopholes in a national background check system. new red flag laws allowing judges to take weapons from

people considered dangerous. and more federal money for mental health programs and school security. but all 50 senate democrats and at least ten republicans need to agree if any gun reform is to pass. that's a high bar, given minority leader mitch mcconnell believes the problem isn't about guns. >> discussing how we might be able to come together to target the problem, which is mental illness and school safety. >> reporter: meanwhile, in the wake of the texas shooting and the massacre at that buffalo grocery store near its border, canada is now preparing sweeping legislation that would freeze handgun sales and launch a buyback program of assault-style weapons. norah? >> ed o'keefe at the white house, thank you. the threat of severe weather remains for much of the country, from the great lakes to the southern plains with thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. the forecast, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah.

more stormy times on the way for the southern plains, including more scenes like this here in oklahoma city. now the possibility for some of the strong storms, if not likelihood of some strong storms stretches from texas all the way up to the great lakes, damaging winds, very large hail, and possible tornadoes. the future radar shows some of the heavier rain continuing into the overnight hours which does pose a flash flood risk. and that severe weather threat could be going into the early morning hours. the national hurricane center saying there is a high chance of development, something tropical possible in the gulf of mexico. a couple scenarios. one will take it a little farther south of florida. the other one, norah, a little bit stronger and much wetter for the sunshine state. >> chris, thank you very much. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm nikole killion in washington. thanks for staying with us. after months of wrangling, the european union has reached an agreement to cut russian oil imports by 90% over the next six months. the eu currently buys nearly half a trillion dollars worth of russian oil each year, and this has been funding vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, president biden said the u.s. would not supply ukraine with long-range rockets that can reach into russian. moscow has threatened to retaliate if those missiles were used against its territory. and the russian disinformation

campaign has kicked it up a notch. last week, chris livesay ventured inside a bioresearch lab in ukraine falsely accused of creating biological weapons. now two of those scientists find themselves targets of moscow. chris livesay is back from the war zone with more. >> russian conspiracy theory has proven to be a deadly weapon without any evidence, the kremlin says the u.s. has been helping ukraine develop biological weapons. and caught in the crosshairs, in the kremlin's crosshairs is an american woman and her canadian husband in the capital kyiv. >> reporter: black tea in a blacked out kitchen. anything to protect ulana and marco from russian shelling in their kyiv home. >> you're going to die for something any way. might as well do it standing up. >> reporter: the target on their heads is bigger than most. a doctor born in detroit to ukrainian parents, ulana was once ukraine's health minister,

credited with modernizing the former soviet republic's laboratories to prevent a deadly outbreak. according to russian information, she hatched an evil plot to cause one instead. >> that i was a cia agent that came here specifically to design biolabs to create biological weapons and to experiment on ukrainians. >> reporter: a conspiracy theory and a deadly weapon. putin claims it's one reason he invaded ukraine, because of military labs right on his border. cbs news was granted exclusive access to one lab in his crosshair, built to detect and diagnosis some of the world's most infectious diseases. >> cholera, anthrax, everything. >> everything. >> okay. >> reporter: not to make weapons, says chief of research vitalia, but to test for diseases in patients. and all of them, she says were destroyed in labs across the country once russia invaded, presizely to prevent a possible outbreak. >> so you put the pathogens in

here? >> yes, a special program. >> reporter: it destroys them. it makes them so they can't hurt anybody. >> yes, of course. >> reporter: but that hasn't stopped moscow's attacks with ulan that and marco, online posts accusing them of having nazi links. >> so my initial reaction was holy crap, like they're coming after us. >> reporter: and not only on social media, at defense briefings too. the pentagon warns russian forces could be laying the ground for a false flag attack, using biological weapons of their own, but blaming it on ukraine. >> disinformation is causing people to die. it's not just disinformation. it actually has real-life consequences. >> reporter: you're aware of the fear, right? you hold hugs a little longer. you -- >> you don't want to lose each

other. >> yeah. >> reporter: but that's a price they say they're willing to pay, like so many victims in this war of information. >> and like ulan that said, disinformation can be deadly. the kremlin just now asserts it's found training materials on weaponized labs on how to grow smallpox. cbs live say, cbs news, new york. from fake biolabs to a mysterious ailment that has befallen u.s. diplomat serving overseas. it's called havana syndrome and causes painful physical conditions that are not yet fully understood. cbs news spoke with several former u.s. government operatives battling the condition. and it turns out many have been struggling to get medical and financial help from the government. here's catherine herridge. >> reporter: working through multiple intelligence and legal

contacts, cbs news has identified more than a dozen current and former government operatives, and in some case theirs families who told us the government has not had their backs. >> my brain is broken. >> marriage is the beginning -- >> reporter: at her small backyard wedding, former cia analyst erica stith felt exhausted and overwhelmed from the other day that changed her life. >> everything kind of changed in an instant. >> reporter: just like that? >> just like that. >> reporter: stith, who says she held a top security clearance believes she was targeted by an intense attack of energy waves. >> i would liken it to kind of an electronic sniping. >> reporter: that she says led to crippling consequences. >> yes. >> reporter: nausea? >> yes, headaches? >> yes, balance and memory losses? >> yes. >> reporter: are you suffering? >> yes. >> reporter: suffering that she says began in 2018 while on assignment in europe for the cia. at first stith blamed a prior

conc concussion, but soon became so unsteady, she fell down the stairs. who put it together? >> my mom. and honestly, she had been asking me for six months, this havana syndrome, do you think you have a it? >> reporter: a mysterious set of neurological and cogtive ailments named among cases reported among diplomats the u.s. embassy in cuba. >> it is a well conceived global program to attack americans. >> reporter: former deputy national security adviser charles copperman tracked suspected havana syndrome attacks for the trump administration. >> the number, if you include family members is close to a thousand. >> reporter: a thousand people? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: and not just overseas. copperman said two government staffers were attacked here just steps from the white house. >> it tells us that somebody is very serious about sending us a message that they can reach out and do very bad things to our employees at the highest levels. >> reporter: last year president biden signed legislation for medical and financial help. >> my administration is coordinating a government-wide

effort to respond to these incidents. >> reporter: but this email obtained by cbs news suggests access to a key government treatment program for some victims could end in three weeks. . >> for us to abandon them now is really a disgraceful act. >> reporter: after cbs contacted the national security council, a spokesman said they are committed to ensuring that our current and former personnel receive the specialized medical care that they need for as long as they need it. >> here are my mri results. >> reporter: stith's documents she spent months going back and forth with the cia for care as a former employee, but ultimately declined to share her medical records with the agency. >> by the time they came back to me and said okay, we have a process in place. >> had alreadyucfuce i sollssy program, and i had managed to make that happen privately. and have been paying for it myself. >> reporter: you gave up on the process? >> completely. >> reporter: what do you want people to know? >> we got this as a result of

serving our country, and we deserve to be taken care of. >> reporter: stith, who now uses hearing aids, and takes up to 20 pills a day, applied for permanent disability through the cia and faces an uncertain future. with all the medication, you start a family? >> no. there are medications that are counter kindicated for pregnanc. it would not be safe. and on top of that, i'm not sure i'll ever be able to work again. i mean, i've lost everything. >> reporter: in response to our investigation, the administration's top coordinator on the issue said we remain intensely focused on providing rapid and effective care to affected personnel. the cia said it doesn't comment on individual cases, but emphasized the agency is committed to ensuring access to care, adding we continue to bring all resources to bear to explore all possible causes in our ongoing investigations. so far the cia does not tie a foreign or hostile actor to

these reported incidents. >> that was catherine herridge reporting. the "overnight news" is back i

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>> reporter: nestled beside a buddhist temple, the tiny ramshackle shop with its weather beaten showcases is easy to miss. but for the pint-sized, these humble shelves are willy wonka, hansel and gretel and candyland all rolled up into one. a beloved japanese institution known as a dagashia, the local penny candy shop. it means the seller of cheap, inferior treats. but to customer, the penny candy shop is priceless. when the anime smash hit "only yesterday" was released in 1991, the creators immortalized this candy store founded in the 18th century in promotional poster for the film. she has worked the counter for 13 years.

the 13th generation of her family to operate the store. "girls will come back as adults when they turn 20, and then when they have kids of their own," she said. "regular stores don't get to watch their customers grow up like i do." lured by delicacies like squid on a heesedbeannd fortune chocolate buttons, kids get a sweet lesson on how to tote up their bill, figure out their change, and request a favorite snack. "at a supermarket," she said, "you can shop without saying a word. here you need to learn to speak up." it's food designed to be irresistible. . there are all things everywhere that are attractive for a kid's eyes, just different colors and different flavors. >> reporter: how much time would you spend there choosing what to buy? >> i still remember those times i used to, you know, bring 100

yen, 200 yen, which is like $1, $2, strategizing for hours which items i could get with my limited pocket money. >> reporter: across town, the shop is a little piece of paradise for the preschool to preteen crowd. inside the cramped store, kids agonize over a breathtaking assortment of treats. there are pink sweet and sour radish slices, seabream stuffed wafers stuffed with chocolate, sugar candy whistle, and tiny imitation pork cutlets, to name just a few. the snacks are cheap, delicious and easy to eat, these boys said, even a small piece fills you up. it exerts such powerful hold on the tokyo imagination, sop tokyo bars offer all you can grab snack shelves. but with fewer kids around nowadays and more competition from big stores, they're fast

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the bicycle was invented more than 200 years ago in germany, and at first it wasn't a big hit. well, times have changed, and today you can spend thousands of dollars for a top-of-the-line racing bike. and you'll have to spend even more to get the perfect seat. ian lee paid a visit to a custom bike seat shop in london. >> reporter: road warrior or just out for a sunday spin, cycle long enough and you might get a sore bottom. engineers in prague say protecting your posterior is their specialty. >> yes butt specialists. it's our profession right now. >> reporter: in the lab, the czech company designs 3-d bike seats by analyzing a rider's

needs. >> his physiology and other barometerers and based on those individual characteristics, we create the saddle. >> reporter: but getting a smoother ride doesn't come cheap. a specialized seat will set you back about $400. to saddle up, you need to strip down, place your back side on a memory foam pad, and presto, a perfect mold of your rear end. >> so the customer needs to take nine pictures in total. one top down image. >> reporter: experts then analyze a rider's stress points to create a customized seat from a 3-d printer. a new experience for this cyclist. >> i feel really, really good. so i'm really looking forward for the riding. >> reporter: and ensuring the only burn he feels is from the workout. ian lee, cbs news, london. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. 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 nikole killion. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. president biden has published an essay in "the new york times" on what america will and will not do in ukraine now more than three months since the war began. he says the u.s. will send a small number of high-tech medium range rocket systems. mr. biden says he is not encouraging or enabling ukraine to strike beyond its borders. the new package will cost $700 million. after a two-month lockdown, shanghai is starting to ease covid restrictions. schools are set to partially reopen, and the city's public transit system is being fully restored. and rafael nadal beats novak djokovic in a four-hour french open battle for the ages. nadal heads for the semifinals friday, his 36th birthday. for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new

york. it's wednesday, june 1st, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." unanswered questions. as the first victims of the uvalde school shooting are laid to rest, a key figure in the investigation has gone silent about the deadly rampage. gun control in america. bipartisan lawmakers meet in hopes of finding common ground. three proposals currently under consideration. top economic priority. president biden lays out a plan to fight inflation as economists hint of a possible recession by the end of the year. good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. more funerals are scheduled today for the victims of the mass shooting at a texas elementary school. there are new questions about the investigation.