>> the guns that are used in crime in new york city don't come from new york city. >> reporter: the guns flowing into new york come along the so-called iron pipeline, smuggled from states with less restrictive laws. and now there is the plastic pipeline. plastic ghost gun parts ordered online and built at home. a tougher pipeline to shut down. after a recent rain in new york, police found a machine still carving out new ghost gun parts to keep up with what law enforcement believes is currently an insatiable demand. >> we've seen them in basements. we've seen them in closets. you really don't need much room to put these guns together. >> what you're seeing now is probably a boom in ghost gun ordering. >> you believe they're stockpiling? >> i believe so. >> reporter: officials believe people are stockpiling ghost

guns right now because in august they will require serial numbers stamped on them, making them easier to trace. norah? >> just a stunning report. jeff pegues, thank you. well, tonight it seems there is no hitting the brakes on those soaring gas prices. the national average jumped another nickel today to $4.91, and $5 gas is becoming the norm in a growing number of states. here is cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: it's not just sticker shock anymore. painful pump prices aren't going away any time soon. >> too damn high. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: the national average is just pennies away from $5 a gallon, and in these 13 states, prices are soaring even higher. in illinois, up 88 cents in just the last month. >> i just wish they'd come back down. it's going to affect the summer. >> reporter: at 6:37 a gallon in california, a family of four here is spending $600 a month or more on gas, according to oil analyst tom kloza. >> we've had an ascent like the

ascent of mount everest. july is anything goes. >> reporter: that's because millions of americans are back on the move, not willing to put off that summer vacation any longer. how high is it going to have to get before people actually really pull back on driving? >> well, that's an experiment in progress right now. >> reporter: and some are reaching a tipping point. >> i think it's going to get worse before it gets better. and everyone needs to brings for that. >> reporter: if i see it at $6, that's it. >> reporter: that could easily happen. hurricane season has just begun, and half the nation's oil refining capacity is along the gulf coast. if a hurricane hit and knocked 10% of our refining capacity offline, what would that do? >> i think a hurricane really alters. then you get into the $6 to 7 dollars range. >> reporter: do you see prices getting back into the $3 a gallon range any time soon? >> not this year. not this year. >> reporter: to get the best gas mileage, we've all heard about adjusting your tire pressure and

driving slower. but the biggest way to save money immediately at the pump is to stop buying premium gas. if it doesn't say on your gas cap that it is required, then there is no benefit for your car, and you do not need it. norah? >> carter evans with the tips tonight. thank you, carter. and while gas prices are rising, so are the temperatures. it was tripleigit temperature heat today in austin and san antonio. and more than 100 cities are expected to break their records highs over the next week from california to texas. to the north, severe storms with baseball-sized hail and 80 miles per hour wind gusts are taking aim at more than 50 million people in the plains. all right. tonight there may soon be a fourth covid vaccine option. a panel of fda advisers gave the go ahead today to a more conventional protein covid vaccine that can be stored at room temperature for 12 hours. it's made by the maryland-based company novavax. we visited their facility last year. the shot is already used in canada and dozens of other countries, and now it could be

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cbs' jericka duncan looks at the impact on america's children. >> reporter: this is a test. can 12-year-old adriana vaughn walk for six minutes without losing their breath? she can't. >> lean against the wall. take a break. >> reporter: she was diagnosed with covid in october 2021. eight months later she has a string of new medical issues -- fatigue, headaches, stomach problems and more. talk about the things you did before covid-19. >> i do love the water and swimming. tried to do it like a few days ago. it was really a lot for me. >> reporter: so you can't even swim anymore? >> no. >> reporter: at first, doctors in her virginia hometown weren't sure what to make of her symptoms. >> they didn't know it was, and kept saying it was anxiety, but my mom knew i didn't have anxiety. >> reporter: she is one of roughly 70 kids being in the long covid clinic at children's

national hospital in washington, d.c. dr. alexandra yonts runs the program. in terms of the symptoms are we similar to what we see with adults? >> for the most part very similar in that fatigue is the number one complaint. kids tend to have less respiratory complaints and more gastrointestinal symptoms. >> reporter: more than 13 million children have tested positive for covid-19 since the pandemic began. studies have found a wide range of the number who suffer with covid. dr. yonts estimates it could be as high as 10%. children's national hospital is now running a three-year study to learn more about the long-term effects. >> i was just laying in bed, you know, all day. >> reporter: after getting covid in december of 2020, erin peace lost 15 pounds and all of her energy. the 16-year-old stopped singing and even had to go to virtual home schooling. but she's slowly getting better on a scale of 1 to 10, where are you right now?

>> i'd say like about a 6. i've definitely improved a lot. >> reporter: even resuming sings lessons this week. it's what adriana is counting on too. >> every day. >> reporter: you have hope every day? >> yes. >> reporter: hope, and a family that's with her every step of the way. jericka duncan, cbs news, washington. >> and jericka's reporting is going to ctinue tomorrow with the story of a woman who tells us she lost her job because of long covid, and why she is struggling to get financial stability assistance. there a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." we'll tell you what happened to the pilot after this plane the pilot after this plane nearly hits a house ♪♪ ♪♪ smell irresistible. the axe effect.

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now to an inspiring story about an arizona teenager who is helping seniors who are having a hard time making ends meet. not just for themselves, but also to care for their pets. here is cbs' mark strassmann. >> reporter: kindness comes wrapped in a bag of pet food. >> you're doing a wonderful job. >> reporter: delivered by a 15-year-old who cares. >> hi, it's sonya with grandpaw's pantry here to deliver food. >> reporter: every week sonya colattur drops off donated cat food to dog and cat owners living at senior centers often living on fixed incomes, immobile and alone. >> did you see sunshine? there is sunshine. >> reporter: grandpaws her charity started when she was 10,

visiting her great-grandmother. >> i noticed often how senior citizens weren't able to afford pet food. >> reporter: when you were 10, you spent your birthday money paying for the food. >> yes. and i would ask my friends, instead of bringing gifts, please bring pet food. >> reporter: sheryl has two cat, sunshine and patches. >> and without your contributing the food, i wouldn't have been able to keep them both or the. >> reporter: sonya's deliveries help keep roughly 75 seniors with their pets. >> oh, it's definitely grown tremendously. i've learned about their story, their lives, their pets, and it's just a wonderful experience to have. >> reporter: many people adopt rescue pets. >> i hope cocoa likes it. >> yeah, she will. >> reporter: sonya rescues pet owners. mark strassmann, cbs news, phoenix. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's

capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. just as primaries were held in seven states, there is a new warning about november's midterm elections. the department of homeland security is cautions of possible extremist violence over the next six months on issues like abortion and gun rights. the bulletin says they're responding with bulletins to local governments. president biden will meet with new mexico's governor in the wake of multiple record-breaking wildfires. two ongoing have scorched more than 6,000 acres. and tiger woods taps out. tiger woods says he will not be playing at next week's u.s. open. he says his body needs more time following that february 2021 car crash. for more news download our app

on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> tonight the pressure to do something on gun reform came to washington today in moving testimony and star power. oscar award winning actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey gave one of the most emotionally powerful speeches about gun laws that we've ever seen at the white house, this after visiting robb elementary school in his hometown, where 19 kids and two teachers were killed. mcconaughey talked about growing up in uvalde where he learned responsible gun ownership. and he said now is the window of opportunity where real change can happen. and the reminder of the gun violence epidemic in this country is on display not far

from the white house. more than 45,000 flowers on the national mall to represent the number of americans who died from gun violence each year. and the threat of more violence is real. just today, the department of homeland security releasing a threat bulletin warning of copycat attacks this summer. you tell we've got a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs' nancy cordes will start us off from the white house. good evening, nancy. >> good evening, norah. the white house briefing room is typically a pretty raucous place. but today for about 20 minutes, you could have heard a pin drop as matthew mcconaughey spoke about a cause that has suddenly become personal and begged washington to act. >> we have a life preservation problem on our hands. >> reporter: uvalde's most famous former resident took the podium this afternoon to convey the anguish his hometown had shared with him. >> we start by making the loss

of these lives matter. >> reporter: his wife camila carried with her the shoes that belonged to one of the 10-year-old victims, maite rodriguez, who had emblazoned them with a hand-drawn heart to symbolize her love of nature. >> these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting, how about that. >> reporter: the parents of another victim, 10-year-old alithia ramirez gave him some of her artwork. >> this particular drawing is a self-portrait of alithia drawing with her friend in heaven looking down on her drawing the very same picture. >> reporter: mcconaughey grew up in uvalde and learned to shoot in uvalde. he has considered running for office in texas and describes himself not as republican or democrat but as aggressively centrist.

>> find the middle ground. the place where most of us americans live anywhere. >> reporter: he came to washington this week to push for measures that polls show most americans support, like expanding background checks and raising the minimum purchasing age for semiautomatic weapons from 18 to 21. >> responsible gunowners are fed up with the second amendment being abused and hijacked by some deranged individuals. these regulations are not a step back. they're a step forward for a civil society and -- and the second amendment. >> but that argument has not swayed most republican leaders. in fact, just today they announced their opposition to a red flag bill in the house that would allow guns to be taken away from people who pose a risk to themselves or to others. those republicans, norah, say that such a bill would trample on americans' second amendment rights.

>> pretty stunning. nancy cordes, thank you. the emotional pleas to stop the tide of gun violence were also heard on capitol hill today. the families of victims of the hate-fueled buffalo mass shooting added their voices to the call for reform. cbs' nikole killion spoke with them. >> my mother's life mattered. and your actions here today will tell us how much it matters to you. >> reporter: filled with heart-wrenching grief, garnell whitfield jr. implored a senate panel after his mother was to erath eradicate the white supremacy after his mother was gunned down in a racially motivated shooting along with nine others at a grocery store last month. what specifically do you want congress to do? >> i want them to do their job. their job is to protect us. their job is to pass legislation. >> reporter: his plea echoed by several other families who lost loved ones in the buffalo

attack, like pamela pritchett, whose mother was also killed. >> i want them to imagine getting a phone call that -- from the funeral director that you need to bring a hat to the funeral home because of the damage that was done by this man with the gun. >> reporter: as pressure builds on congress to act, lead democratic negotiator chris murphy spent part of the day at the white house meeting with president biden. >> every day we get closer to an agreement. >> reporter: those involved in bipartisan talks appear to be coalescing around a narrow package that could include enhanced background checks and incentives for states with red flag laws. but proposals like raising the purchasing age for semiautomatic weapons may be off the table. >> we're hoping to actually get an outcome that will make a difference in areas of mental health, school safety. >> reporter: but neither party

has committed to a vote yet. when do you expect to put a bipartisan bill on the floor? >> senator murphy expects he can come to an agreement with senator cornyn by the end of the week, and i expect to give him that time. >> reporter: for garnell whitfield, time is of the essence. >> we hope they go back and search their hearts and do the right thing. >> reporter: it's expected to be another emotional day as some of the survivors of the uvalde school shooting are expected to testify in a hearing tomorrow. the house is also expected to vote on a sweeping gun reform package, though it stands little chance here in the senate. norah? >> nikole killion, thank you very much. it was triple-digit heat today in austin and san antonio, and more than 100 cities are expected to break their record highs over the next week from california to texas. to the north, severe storms with baseball-sized hail and 80 miles per hour wind gusts are taking aim at more than 50 million people in the plains. all right.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm caitlin huey-burns in washington. thanks for staying with us. the house committee investigating the january 6 assault on the capitol is set to hold its first prime time hearing tomorrow. and with the midterm elections looming, democrats on the committee will work to show how republicans in and out of government engage in a conspiracy to overturn joe biden's election victory. they're also expected to highlight ties between the gop and violent extremist groups. on monday, the justice department announced that the leader of the proud boys, enrique tarrio and four

associates have been charged with seditious conspiracy for their alleged role on the attack on the capitol. members of the oath keepers militia group faced similar charges this year. robert costa spoke with republican vice chair of the committee liz cheney. >> reporter: looking at our nation's capitol this past week, it's almost easy to forget what took place here 17 months ago. >> usa, usa! >> up front. >>. >> reporter: this thursday night, the house committee investigating the january 6, 2021 insurrection will hold its first public hearing in nearly a year, asking us to relive and reckon with a day that some would rather have us forget. congressman, are you confident that what you have found as a committee will somehow grab the american people by the lapels and say wake up, you have to pay

attention? >> i am. the threat, and it's an ongoing threat. we are not in a situation where former president trump has expressed any sense of remorse what happened. we are in fact in a situation where we continues to use even more extreme language, frankly, than the language that caused the attack. and so people must pay attention. people must watch, and they must understand how easily our democratic system can unravel if we don't defend it. >> the american people deserve the full and open testimony. >> reporter: as wyoming representative liz cheney sees it, defending democracy means holding former president donald trump and his allies to account for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. >> because if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. >> reporter: it also means

standing apart for most of her fellow congressional republicans. >> we have too many people now in the republican party who are not taking their responsibilities seriously, and who have pledged their allegiance and loyalty to donald trump. i mean, it is fully antithetical. it is contrary to everything conservatives believe to embrace a personality cult, and yet that is what so many in my party are doing today. >> reporter: is the republican party a personality cult? >> i think that large segments of it have certainly become that. >> reporter: a cult? >> yeah. i mean, i think there is absolutely a cult of personality around donald trump. and i think that, you know, the majority of republicans across the country don't want to see our system unravel. they understand how important it is to protect and defend the constitution. >> reporter: cheney is one of two republicans who has chosen to serve on the house's january 6 committee.

its members have interviewed more than a thousand witnesses, poured over tens of thousands of documents and examined th ed th communications of top officials in the white house, senior members of congress and far right organizers. >> let me say it this way. i have not learned anything that made me less concerns. >> reporter: what made you more concerned? >> i think the extent, the exp expanse, how broad this multipronged effort was. >> reporter: was it a conspiracy? >> i think certainly, look, if you look at court filings -- >> reporter: do you believe it was a conspiracy? it isxtremely xt welgachilling. >> reporter: cheney was once the number three republican in the house, but a year ago she was voted out of leadership for her criticism of trump. she further angered minority leader kevin mccarthy when she joined the january 6 committee. mccarthy was recentlye

has refused to testify, claiming the committee is illegitimate. what keeps kevin mccarthy close to trump? fear or something else? >> i think some of it is fear. i think it's also craven political calculation. i think that he has decided that, you know, the most important thing to him is to attempt to be speaker of the house. and therefore, he is embracing those in our party who are anti-semitic. he is embracing those in our party who are white nationalists. he's lying about what happened on january 6, and he has turned his back on the constitution. >> reporter: yet your colleagues continue to back him. >> i've never seen anything like it before, and i think it reflects and represents the danger of this moment. >> reporter: mccarthy has publicly disputed cheney's characterizations. abandoned by gop leaders and aggressively argued the by trump, cheney is now battling for reelection.

>> and i'm asking for your vote because this is a fight we must win. >> reporter: the forces aligned against her include wyoming republican chairman frank ethorn who was on the capitol grounds on january 6. cheney says her fight is a proxy for a crisis in her party. is this moment a moral test for the republican party? >> absolutely, no question. and right now we're failing. in my state, the state party chairman is a member of the oath keepers. he was -- he was here on january 6. he was here with a walkie-talkie in his hand on january 6 that is a mortal threat and it is a moral test. we can't fail that moral test. but there are too many right now in my party who are failing it. >> reporter: ethorn did not respond to a request for comment. while some democrats have embraced cheney's cause, the 55-year-old mother of five has conservative credentials she has forged over decades. she's against abortion rights,

pro fossil fuels, backed by supporters of gun rights. an unflinching hawk on foreign policy, and she voted with trump some 90% of the time. and then there is her father, who was wyoming's house member for a decade. as vice president, dick cheney was seen as so conservative and menacing to democrats that some called him darth vader. and yet on january 6 of this year, dick cheney was one of the few republicans to attend the house commemoration of the capitol attack. >> you know, we sat down, and we were in the front row of the house chamber. and he looked behind him. we were on the republican side. and he turned back to me and he said, you know, it's one thing to sort of watch the news and to read about what's happened to our party. he said it is really another thing to be here and to look and see all these empty seats. and not see another republican

here. >> reporter: cheney says she frequently seeks her father's counsel. and as she seeks inspiration at this crossroads for the committee, she looks even further back into her family's history. >> i've thought a lot recently, especially about my great, great grandfather who fought in the union army in the civil war, and i think about what he did. i think about what generations have done to hand to us this incredible jewel, this unbelievable blessing of this country. and, you know, i am going to do everything possible that i can do to make sure that, you know, one irrational dangerous former president doesn't destroy that. >> reporter: is it a coincidence, congresswoman, that you think a lot about the civil war these days? >> we are thankfully not at a moment of civil war, but we are certainly at a time of testing. we are absolutely in a moment where we have to make a decision

about whether we're going to put our love of this country above partisanship. and to me there is no gray area in that question. and every american should be able to say we love our country more. >> bob costa reporting. the "overnight news" is back in two minutes.

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there are certainly occasions that bring families together -- weddings, funerals, graduations. and for one young man, who once considered himself to be the greatest trumpet player in all of afghanistan, this week's reunion was the end of a long and lonely road. >> this feels like a long time. >> reporter: during the wait -- >> oh my goodness. >> reporter: the tortuous wait at airport arrivals, he made this empty vow. >> i will try not to cry. >> reporter: but of course he would. how could he not? for the first time in his life, all his dreams were about to come true. >> come on. >> reporter: we originally met him in 2016. he was living in afghanistan and

had recently sent a facebook message across the world to david bilger, trumpet player for the philadelphia orchestra. he was looking for a mentor. >> started off saying i'm the best trumpet player in afghanistan because there are only two. and i was immediately taken by him. okay, i've got read the rest of what he has to say. >> reporter: baset told him how the taliban wanted western music banned and the players punished. >> that's it. >> reporter: did you feel like you were risking your safety? >> in some parts, yes. >> reporter: but you did it any way? >> yeah. >> reporter: so with that devotion and some help from david, baset got into the prestigious interlocken center for the arts in michigan. from there he went on to college and even got an internship with a congressman. baset so cherished his new american freedom, he once broke

out his trumpet in an american airport just to honor a group of veterans he saw. that's the kind of kid he is. but he has also been a lonely kid. his entire family back in afghanistan hadn't seen him in six years. they all fled after the fall of kabul but couldn't get to america. until now. last month, baset's father, his mother, and his three sisters joined him in kansas city. his mom parwana said "it was a dream to see my son before dying." baset's family arrived just in time to see him graduate from the university of kansas with three degrees. >> bast azizi. >> reporter: one day baset hopes to work for the state department as an ambassador.

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here's a question. what's more challenging thanned me school? how about raising nine kids, or better yet, doing both at the same time. here is jamie yuccas. >> sarah merrill. >> reporter: sarah merrill has now added the title of doctor to her top ten list of major accomplishments. she is also mom to nine children, ranging in age from 20 to 8. >> when i got finally to the finish line, it was -- it was pretty amazing. >> reporter: dr. merrill just graduated from the mayo clinic's medical school in phoenix. the journey began more than 20 years ago when she entered dartmouth college as a pre-med major. >> when i initially went to college, i fell completely in love with neuroscience, and i thought i was going say my

husband. >> i did. >> reporter: they were married with their first daughter before graduation. >> i had my children in between undergrad and medical school. a lot of women have their children as they're starting their careers. either way, it's a lot of hard work. >> reporter: this week, merrill and her supportive family moved to indiana where she starts her residency, and continues her quest to become a neurosurgeon. >> i hope that it will give, you know, some women out there hope or inspiration to keep pushing toward their goals, even if it doesn't, you know, seem easy or entirely possible at the start. >> a reminder that the path to success doesn't always look the same. jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. >> 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 caitlin huey-burns.

this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. just as primaries were held in seven states, there is a new warning about november's midterm elections. the department of homeland security is cautioning of possible extremist violence over the next six months on issues like abortion and gun rights. the bulletin says dhs is responding to thets by responding to the threats with local governments. president biden will meet with new mexico's governor in the wake of multiple record-breaking wildfires. two ongoing have scorched more than 6,000 acres. and tiger taps out. tiger woods says he will not be playing at next week's u.s. open. he says his body needs more time following that february 2021 car crash. 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 8th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." >> we are in a window of opportunity right now that we have not been in before. >> direct plea, actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey speaks at the white house pushing for gun control as more details emerge about a possible bipartisan compromise. new record. gas prices jump once again overnight nearing $5 a gallon. how hurricane season could make the pain at the pump even worse. protecting america's bravest. the new laws just signed by president biden designed to improve health care for veterans. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. in what's likely to be an