this country. i can't say it any more clearly than that. >> reporter: sources tell me that garland is briefed on the investigation at least once a week, but for anyone who thinks that this investigation could wrap up before the midterms in november, i was warned today that this could take many more months using history as a guide, norah, watergate took years. >> jeff pegues, thank you very much. well, at the white house, president biden celebrated the end of his covid isolation with his first in-person public appearance since testing positive last week. the president contrasted his mild symptoms to those patients had at the start of the pandemic who were not vaccinated. >> when my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to walter reed medical center. he was severely ill. thankfully, he recovered. when i got covid, i worked from upstairs at the white house and the offices upstairs. and for the five-day period. the difference is vaccinations, of course.

>> mr. biden tested positive for covid last night and once again this morning after taking the antiviral drug paxlovid for five days. the 21-year-old suspect accused of opening fire on a fourth of july parade in highland park, illinois was indicted today on 117 felony count, including first-degree murder. seven people were killed and more than 30 wounded in the attack. the indictment came as lawmakers here in washington called out gun companies for making more than a billion dollars in revenue, partly by marketing military grade weapons to young men. we get more now from cbs' nikole killion. >> reporter: there are so many things javier cazares misses about his 9-year-old daughter jac jacklyn, gunned down two months ago at robb elementary. >> everything. >> reporter: he traveled to capitol hill from uvalde with families from other mass shootings, demanding accountability. >> how many many more american

children need to die? >> i believe that these murderers are local problems. >> i don't consider the modern sporting rifles today that my company produces to be weapons of war. >> reporter: the ceos of daniel defense and sturm ruger appeared before the house oversight panel which found both companies pulled in ouray over $500 million in sales of ar-15 style weapons. smith & wesson whose weapons were used in highland park, and san bernardino earn in order than $695 million. the committee found manufacturers used manipulating marketing practices targeting ads about masculinity and mimicking first person shooter games. some on the panel defended the industry. >> we're going blame the manufacturers of forks and spoons for obesity. i guess you're going to subpoena some of them as well.

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one of five major fires burning in the state, destroying almost 50 homes. in idaho, the moose fire is being fueled by dry land and high winds. >> right now we're trying to provide hope for them as a city. >> reporter: back in texas, balch springs fire marshall says tinderbox conditions make these fires even more explosive. >> putting waterton ground right now, it doesn't even -- with the heat, it's evaporating faster than the ground can even absorb it. >> reporter: 224 counties here in texas are under a burn ban. but that didn't matter here. the fire marshall says the blaze was so intense, some of these homes experience what's called full flashover, meaning they just burst into flames. luckily no one was hurt. norah? >> omar villafranca, thank you. and breaking news tonight. ukraine says russian forces have captured ukraine's second largest power plant in its first major strategic gain in three weeks. this comes as u.s. military veterans on the ground in

ukraine are working to turn the tide of the war. cbs' holly williams is there. >> never point your weapon at anything you don't want to shoot. >> reporter: in an old quarry around ten miles from the front line, a group of former u.s. servicemen trained ukrainian soldiers today. >> nothing else matters unless our bullet is going where we want it to go. >> reporter: many of the ukrainians only signed up after russia's invasion. some have next to no experience firing a gun. >> fire! >> reporter: this is a five-day course. they're also learning battlefield first aid and how to maneuver. >> these guys need help. they're responding to a fight. they didn't pick it, from what i know. let's help them out. >> reporter: the lead instructor rob told us he was a sergeant in the marines and comes from arkansas, but won't share his family name for security reasons. do they have everything they need? >> absolutely not. they're only issued four magazines. that's 120 bullets. it doesn't take long to shoot

120 bullet, especially at a bunch of russians. >> reporter: this ukrainian fighter goes by the call sign "bison." the american trainers he said may be the difference 2001 life and death. >> if you want to win the fight, you need to be alive. the people who are not training, they will not last long on the battlefield. >> reporter: ukraine doesn't reveal the total number of soldiers it's lost in this brutal conflict, but around 30 are killed every day according to the country's president. >> this war is a war of -- and rocket war. we need more heavy artillery. >> reporter: some of those ukrainian soldiers come from towns and cities that are now under russian occupation. we were told meaning they're quite literally fighting for their homes. norah? >> holly williams, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on this "cbs overnight news." facebook's parent company posts an historic financial loss. and americans line up

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like you were under the microscope. >> we were. i think in some quarters, it was an experiment and would it fail, i certainly wasn't going to fail. they had to kill me, i wouldn't quit. >> did you feel like you had to be twice as good? >> five times as good. >> and she was. to celebrate the anniversary, the fbi brought together current and former female agents. >> as such a trailblazer, what kind of challenges did you face as a woman? >> i think some of the challenges, even from some of my colleagues in our class, some of them had a difficult time being in a class with two women agents that carried the same badge and did the same job they were going to do. >> today women make up just 22% of special agents. and of the 56 fbi field offices, only 7 are run by women. why are there still so few women in these fields? >> i think there is few women in law enforcement in general. you know, it's a tough job. >> jacqueline maguire runs

philadelphia's fbi field office. what's your message to girls who may be thinking about a career in the fbi? >> i say go for it. it's really cool to be able to go home at the end of the day to say i tried to make an impact, i tried to make the world better. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. senator joe manchin and senate majority leader chuck schumer say they've reached a deal on health care, energy, and tax legislation. they say the senate will vote on the wide-ranging measure next week, setting up the president for an unexpected victory ahead of november's elections. there has been weeks of delays in growing criticism against the federal government, but health officials say about 800,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine will soon be available to go hard-hit areas. as of now, many major cities have stopped offering appointments for second doses because of short supply. and they've been doing it for a while, and now "jeopardy!" says myam bialik and ken

jennings will split hosting duties of the popular game show for good. for more news download on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." today we begin with the innovation. the fed making an unprecedented move raising bases by .75 basis points. it is the most since the 1980s. wall street anticipated the move and stocks rallied in afternoon trading. all three major indexes scored triple-digit gains with the tech-heavy nasdaq jumping more than 4%, the most in over two years.

as the price people pay for consumer goods climbed to a 41-year high in june, today's move is designed to slow the economy without causing a recession, and it comes as mortgage rates have soared, doubling since the beginning of the year. we have a lot of news to get to tonight. cbs' kris van cleave will start us off from chicago. good evening, kris. >> reporter: norah, fed chair jerome did not rule out another significant rate increase in september, but he said right now he does not believe the u.s. is in a recession. he said admitted avoiding one, the path to doing so is getting narrower. what this means, bottom line, it's going to cost more to borrow money, be it credit cards, mortgages or car loans. it was another aggressive move by the central bank, pushing its benchmark rate to highest in four years. >> we're not trying to have a recession, and we don't think we have to. we think there is a path for us to be able to bring inflation down while sustaining a strong labor market. >> reporter: the federal

reserve's move follows consumer prices shooting up more than 9% in june compared to last year. kpmg chief economist diane swonk. how does making things more expensive bring prices down? >> well, that is exactly unfortunately how you bring prices down is by increasing the cost of doing business. >> when does that mean i can stop paying $12 for a loaf of bread? >> reporter: stephanie caltagerone owns magpie, a restaurant in rockford, illinois. >> i'm not even breaking even. >> reporter: surging costs from everything from hand soap to staples like eggs, wheat and vegetables means inflation is eating away at her bottom line. >> things that haven't gone up, they've added a fuel charge too. when your corned beef goes up by more than double, i can't charge double for what i serve people or else i won't have any customers. >> reporter: stephanie is trying anything to cut costs. >> otherwise, i would just be sitting at my home office, trying to figure out how to make a profit in a world where i

can't. >> reporter: trying to figure out how to make a profit in a world where you can't? >> yep. it's pretty depressing. >> reporter: but you keep trying? >> can we take a break for a minute? >> reporter: sure. >> it's depressing when you say it out loud. >> reporter: stephanie says she's not giving up on her dream. she's just got find a new way to make it work. now wall street tomorrow is going to be watching another major economic indicator. they're watching gdp. it's expected to show a second consecutive quarter of negative growth. traditionally, that has been a sign a recession is looming. norah? >> kris van cleave, thank you. overseas now, where wnba star brittney griner was in court today testifying about her drug charges. and we're learning tonight that the state department has made an offer to moscow to bring her home and former marine paul whelan as well.

here is cbs' caitlin huey-burns. >> reporter: soon after a handcuffed brittney griner was back in moscow court today to defend herself for the first time, secretary of state antony blinken revealed the u.s. had offered a prisoner swap for her release, along with paul whelan, another american serving a prison sentence in russia. >> we put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago to facilitate their release. >> reporter: blinken did not identify who the u.s. was willing to trade, but russia has long sought the release of victor boot, known as the merchant of death. he's serving a 25-year prison sentence for conspiring to kill americans and to provide material support to terrorists. griner was arrested after she landed in moscow in february, just days before russia's invasion of ukraine began. in court today, she held up photos of her wife, family and friends before testifying she wasn't read her rights at the time of her arrest. >> no, my rights were never read to me.

no one explained any of it to me. >> reporter: the two-time olympic gold medalist also told the court she was made to sign documents she couldn't understand, and that while she admits to bringing the cannabis oil cartridges prescribed by her doctor to russia, it was by accident. >> i do plead guilty because the actions thate happed bui, againdi i did not intend to smuggle or bring any substance into russia. >> reporter: griner now faces a possible ten-year term in russian prison. her sentencing is expected next month. now, a national security adviser has reached out to both the griner and whelan families and will continue those conversations. they did that ahead of today's announcement. the administration hopes that going public with this deal will put pressure on moscow. norah? >> caitlin huey-burns, thank you.

now to the dramatic news out of the justice department. cbs news has confirmed that prosecutors are looking into former president donald trump's role in the january 6th attack on the capitol as part of their criminal investigation. we get more from cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: tonight the justice department's investigation into january 6th is closing in on top officials and former president trump's west wing. investigators are now scrutinizing phone records of former trump aides, including his chief of staff mark meadows. witnesses called before the grand jury include senior aides to former vice president pence, who have testifiubcl thpressuute mr. trump. part of the investigation has focused on the efforts to overturn the election, specifically, the plans by trump allies to use fake electors to change the result. the other focus is on the alleged conspiracy to stop a government proceeding, the certification of electoral votes on january 6th. >> if i renounce my beliefs and

just took it easy, the persecution of donald trump would stop immediately. >> reporter: the former president has tried to dismiss the investigation as a witch hunt, but never in history has a former president been in this kind of legal jeopardy, according to former prosecutor scott frederickson. >> again, it's a significant expansion of the department's investigation. garland is facing probably the most difficult decision any attorney general has ever had to make. >> reporter: that decision, to bring charges against a former president. garland himself won't say whether trump is a target. >> no person is above the law in this country. i can't say it any more clearly than that. >> reporter: sources tell me that garland is briefed on the investigation at least once a week, but for anyone who thinks that this investigation could wrap up before the midterms in november, i was warned today that this could take many more months. using history as a guide, norah, watergate took years.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. the future of the international space station is now hanging in the balance after russia announced it's abandoning the project after 2024. nasa and other international partners want to keep the station in orbit until 2030, though without the russians, that may not be possible. cbs' mark strassmann reports from the johnson space center in houston. >> reporter: already orbiting on borrowed time, the iss could have its longevity shortened further by this announcement from moscow. yuri borzov, russia's space

director said the decision to leave the station after 2024 has been made so russia can begin building its own space station. putin's response, good. do you want the relationship to end? >> no, absolutely not. >> reporter: robert gadens, nasa's director taken by surprise at a conference. >> we haven't received any official word from the partner as to the news today, and so we'll be talking more about their plan going forward. >> reporter: also caught off guard, the u.s. state department. >> it's an unfortunate development given the critical scientific work performed tati ss. >> reporter: up in space, the iss crew currently includes an italian, three russians, three americans. the rotating commander a russian cosmonaut oleg artemiev. nasa astronaut's reaction? >> we haven't heard anything officially. of course we were trained to do a mission up here, and that mission is one that requires the

whole crew. >> reporter: on the iss, the russian segment provides all propulsion, controlling the station's altitude. the u.s. controls orientation and provides satellite communication and solar power. cosmonauts and astronauts work together, but operate their respective segments, even during difficult moments like the war in ukraine and this announcement from moscow. here's what lindgren told us back in march. >> the only way that we can succeed is if we all as a crew work together. >> how do you keep that level of professionalism when there are issues happening 250 miles below? >> our lives depend on them. their lives depend on us. >> reporter: among the unanswered questions, what's the exact timeline of the russian pullout? is moscow serious about it? and could the u.s. and its partners somehow keep the iss operating without its critical russian partners? i asked nasa adminitrator bill nelson about this possibility back in march.

what is the contingency plan? >> well, we know we can continue it for the short-term, and we'd have to do other things, and those contingency plans are already there. a florida police sergeant has been charged with felony battery after being caught on body cam video grabbing a female officer by the neck during an arrest. cbs' manuel bojorquez is following the investigation. >> reporter: by the time sunrise police sergeant christopher pullease arrives at the squad car, the suspect is handcuffed and in the vehicle. >> you want to play [ bleep ] disrespect -- remove your [ bleep ] soul from your -- >> reporter: that'snoth officer intervened and tugs at the sergeant's belt, removing him from the situation. but the sergeant lungs for her neck, his hands eventually falling towards her soldier. >> you touch me again.

get the off. >> reporter: the disturbing video led prosecutors to charge police last week with assault and battery on an officer. >> that should not have happened. >> reporter: sue rahr, a former sheriff of kings county, washington is an expert in police tactics, which need to train our police officers that no matter what you think you're going to do, you have to override your brain and take steps. >> reporter: within days of george floyd's killing in minneapolis, many law enforcement agencies reinforced active bystandership training. three officers were convicted of federal civil rights violations for failing to intervene. the female officer who has been on the force for about three years is being praised for her action. >> sir -- >> everybody turn after their -- cameras. >> reporter: which may not have come to light had the officers complied with their demands. >> just extremely proud of what that officer did. i think the more we celebrate her courage in that situation, the more we're going see that

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office. you may recall peele's first horror film "get out" won him an oscar for best original screenplay. gayle king sat down to talk about what he describes as his most ambitious film yet. >> before we start, you said you have two poses that you look good. this is one. >> this is one. >> what is that look saying? >> that look is saying i don't care. >> okay. >> whatever you think. in the most high status way. it's whatever you think. >> and what's your second pose? and what is that saying? >> this is whatever i think. you know what i'm saying? >> jordan peele's comedic roots run deep. >> oh, man, that's bad luck! >> feel that? >> emily george. nice to meet you. >> but now with the release of the director's third feature film titled "nope." it's undeniable for peele, horror feels like home. >> first and foremost, i wanted

to make a ufo horror film. and then of course it's where are -- where is the iconic black ufo film? and whenever i feel that there is my favorite movie throughout that hasn't been made, you know, that's the void i'm trying to fill with my films. it's trying to make the film that i wish someone would make for me. i like to surprise people, and i like to shock. i like to provoke people who are in for a good provoking. i love the audience, and i love feeling like the audience is rapt or they're together on something. i just love that. >> at points i was cringing, i was wincing, i was laughing, i was confused. i felt such a combination of emotions. is that what you want? >> that's like the best review to me. >> is it? you want to take us on that kind

of journey? >> yes. there is a spectrum of moods that kind of amounts to this film. and i just love films that have done that for me. and i also just love films that, you know, have moments and things in them that -- what i call smack you in the head with a bag of bricks, you know, where you didn't see something coming. >> but a bag of bricks, jordan, kills people. and you smack them in the head, they are dead. >> sometimes. but if they survive they're happy. >> "nope" follows the lives of siblings in the horse training business who suddenly find themselves looking up at something out of this world. >> it's in the cloud. it's in the cloud. >> it's in the cloud! >> i do want to be in your brain. what is happening up there? what is your thought process in this particular movie? what was it? >> i wrote it -- you know, i wrote it in a time where i feel

like most of us feel like we've been living through a bad miracle. and i just said, look, my job is to be -- is to process this through the only way i know how. and to use my imagination and to use my nightmares and to try and, you know, make sense of the world around me. >> do you like to be scared? i don't like to be scared, jordan peele. do you like to be scared? >> i'm always scared. >> are you? >> yeah. i think we can all bring that it is a scary world. so i do feel like we need these outlets to face our fears. we just need it. >> yeah. >> so i like to put us in a position where we're safe. where we're together, and we don't just feel the fear, we can feel the fun questions, feel the adventure, we can feel the love and the joy as well. >> but you also say it's important to balance it. and in particular, you said with black joy. >> yeah.

as i have sort of dedicated a lot of energy to telling stories about black horror. and realizing that there is only so much black horror needed in this world where there's so much real black horror. and that my responsibility also becomes, okay, we have to transcend that as well. we have to tell a story about black joy. because i haven't seen that enough either. and so when these two things get together, you have "nope." and i'm very proud of it. >> i love the title, "nope." because we all go nope. how did you come up with that title? what does that mean to you? you could have called it nah. >> nah. >> nah, nah, nah. >> i had to change up the nope. we say nope a lot in the movie. but sometimes i has to be nah, oh, hell know. that's my favorite. see, no. >> you called it "nope" why?

>> because i wanted to acknowledge first of all that the film is different, that it's not -- it's not a film that i feel like sort of accepts a more traditional title. it's kind of a son accept in itself. >> we know that you can do comedy very well. we know that you can direct. we know that you also like horror. do you have a preference for one over the other when it comes to comedy. >> or howhorror? >> i think i love it when they both with intermingle. when both of those tones can exist at the same time, they make each other better. you're scared and you're so ready to laugh. you're so ready to have that tension released. >> "nope" also reunites jordan peele and daniel kaluuya who first worked on "get out". >> the eyes of daniel kaluuya. >> expressions, yes. >> are so important for this character and this story. it is a story about spectacle

and how we observe spectacle and our addiction to it. so daniel can just do so much with saying very little. >> and let's talk about keke palmer. i pulled a tape. i saw this the other day. this is so her to me. >> you ready for the release of "nope"? this time i'm with my mom, you guys. >> i am so excited. i cannot wait to see it. looking at this gorgeous poster, yes! >> but it's like dreams come true. >> she has such a wonderful support system that is around her. and she's just an absolute treasure in this film. >> do you feel pressure from the industry in the position that you're in? because now so far -- and i predict this is going to do very well that would make it three for three for you. >> well, thank you. >> do you feel pressure in your position? >> there is pressure, but i just have to -- you know, i just really focus on how lucky i am. i always have to take a moment, take a breath, get some perspective. i'm living my dream here.

>> you are. what was your dream? >> be a director. >> it was? >> yes. that was my dream. yeah, that is my dream. i'm getting o do

heatwaves across the world and around the u.s. are sending people searching for clever ways to cool down. tinausdon.ephe temrares shoot this high, splash parks aren't just for kids anymore. i >> i water, allr the world. not in the u.s., but europe also. >> reporter: europeans are sweltering in record heat. few homes have air conditioning. so some of the coolest pub, known as isobar, are giving sweat-soaked locals and tourists a place to chill out. >> it's fabulous! freezing. >> fabulous. >> reporter: for other, beaches and public fountains are reservoirs for relief. >> so hot. but this is good.

>> reporter: in spain, residents filled buckets and toy guns for the annual water fight festival that couldn't have come at a better time, with the country battling a brutal heatwave. parts of the middle east are boiling in record temperatures topping 122 degrees. relying on misting fans to cool off. back in europe, those without fans -- >> my wife is my fan. >> reporter: are finding humor in the heat might just be the best way to cope. tina kraus, cbs news, london. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jan crawford.

this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. senator joe manchin and senate majority leader chuck schumer say they've reached a deal on health care, energy, and tax legislation. the say the senate will vote on the wide-ranging measure next week, setting up the president for an unexpected victory ahead of november's elections. there has been weeks of delays in growing criticism against the federal government, but health officials say about 800,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine will soon be available to go hard-hit areas. as of now, many major cities have stopped offering appointments for second doses because of short supply. and they've been doing it for a while, and now "jeopardy! jennings will split hosting duties for the popular game show for good. oconnected tv.

i'm tt pieper, cbs news, new york. tonight, fighting inflation. the fed makes history, raising the interest rate three-quarters of a percentage point for the second straight time. what it means for your credit cards, mortgage and student loans. the most aggressive attempt to curb inflation in three decades. how the news impacts consumers and businesses, and why the stock market is reacting well. prisoner swap. the breaking news. what the biden administration is offering russia to get wnba star brittney griner and another jailed american, paul whelan, out of prison. criminal investigation getting closer to donald trump. our reporting tonight about a justice department probe looking into the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. out of covid isolation.

in just five days, president biden is testing negative. gun makers in the hot seat. new information tonight as we learn manufacturers made more than one billion selling ar-15s to civilians. the war in ukraine. cbs' holly williams is with american military veterans as they train ukrainians. >> this is a five-day course. they're also learning battlefield first aid and how to maneuver. one billion dollar jackpot. when is the next drawing so you can go out and get your lottery ticket? and 50 years later, celebrating the fbi's first female special agents. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> tonight we begin with a state of the american economy and the battle against inflation.

the federal reserve today making an unprecedented move to try and tamp down rising prices by raising interest rates by 75 basis points. that means the central bank's back-to-back rate hike of a combined 1.5 percentage point in june is the most since the 1980s. wall street anticipated the move and stocks rallied in afternoon trading. all three major indexes scored triple-digit gains with the tech heavy nasdaq jumping more than 4%, the most in over two years. as the price people pay for consumer goods climbed to a 41-year high in june, today's move is designed to slow the economy without causing a recession, and it comes as mortgage rates have soared, doubling since the beginning of the year. we have a lot of news to get to tonight. cbs' kris van cleave will start us from chicago. good evening, kris. >> reporter: norah, fed chair jerome brown did not rule out another significant rate increase in september, but right now he said he does not believe the u.s. is in a recession.

he said admitted avoiding one, the path to doing so is getting narrower. what this move mean, bottom line, it means it's going to cost more to borrow money, be it credit cards, mortgages, or ar loans. it was another aggressive move by the central bank, pushing its benchmark rate to highest in four years. >> we're not trying to have a recession, and we don't think we have to. we think there is a path for us to be able to bring inflation down while sustaining a strong labor market. >> reporter: the federal reserve's move follows consumer prices shooting up more than 9% in june compared to last year. kpmg chief economist diane swonk. how does making things more expensive bring prices down? >> well, that is exactly unfortunately how you bring prices down is by increasing the cost of doing business. >> when does that mean i can stop paying $12 for a loaf of bread? >> reporter: stephanie caltagerone owns magpie, a

restaurant in rockford, illinois. >> i'm not even breaking even. >> reporter: surging costs from everything from hand soap to staples like eggs, wheat and vegetables means inflation is eating away at her bottom line. >> things that haven't gone up, they've added a fuel charge too. when your corned beef goes up by more than double, i can't charge double for what i serve people or else i won't have any customers. >> reporter: stephanie is trying anything to cut costs. >> otherwise, i would just be sitting at my home office, trying to figure out how to make a profit in a world where i can't. >> reporter: trying to figure out how to make a profit in a world where you can't? >> yep. it's pretty depressing. >> reporter: but you keep trying? >> can we take a break for a minute? >> reporter: sure. >> it's depressing when you say it out loud. >> reporter: stephanie says she's not giving up on her dream. she's just got find a new way to make it work.

now wall street tomorrow is going to be watching another major economic indicator. they're watching gdp. it's expected to show a second consecutive quarter of negative growth. traditionally, that has been a sign a recession is looming. norah? >> kris van cleave, thank you. overseas now, where wnba star brittney griner was in court today testifying about her drug charges. and we're learning tonight that the state department has made an offer to moscow to bring her home and former marine paul whelan as well. here is cbs' caitlin huey-burns. >> reporter: soon after a handcuffed brittney griner was back in moscow court today to defend herself for the first time, secretary of state antony blinken revealed the u.s. had offered a prisoner swap for her release, along with paul whelan, another american serving a prison sentence in russia. >> we put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago to facilitate their release. >> reporter: blinken did not identify who the u.s. was

willing to trade, but russia has long sought the release of victor boot, known as the merchant of death. he's serving a 25-year prison sentence for conspiring to kill americans and to provide material support to terrorists. griner was arrested after she landed in moscow in february, just days before russia's invasion of ukraine began. in court today, she held up photos of her wife, family and friends before testifying she wasn't read her rights at the time of her arrest. >> no, my rights were never read to me. no one explained any of it to me. >> reporter: the two-time olympic gold medalist also told the court she was made to sign documents she couldn't understand, and that while she admits to bringing the cannabis oil cartridges prescribed by her doctor to russia, it was by accident. >> i do plead guilty because the actions that have happened. but i, again, did not intend to do this. i did not intend to smuggle or

bring any substance into russia. >> reporter: griner now faces a possible ten-year term in russian prison. her sentencing is expected next month. now, a national security adviser has reached out to both the griner and whelan families and will continue those conversations. they did that ahead of today's announcement. the administration hopes that going public with this deal will put pressure on moscow. norah? >> caitlin huey-burns, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> well, now to the dramatic news out of the justice department. cbs news has confirmed that prosecutors are looking into former president donald trump's role in the january 6th attack on the capitol as part of their criminal investigation. we get more from cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: tonight the justice department's investigation into january 6th is closing in on top officials and former president trump's west wing. investigators are now scrutinizing phone records of former trump aides, including his chief of staff mark meadows. witnesses called before the grand jury include senior aides to former vice president pence, who have testified publicly to

the pressure put on pence by mr. trump. part of the investigation has focused on the efforts to overturn the election, specifically, the plans by trump allies to use fake electors to change the result. the other focus is on the alleged conspiracy to stop a government proceeding, the certification of electoral votes on january 6th. >> if i renounce my beliefs and just took it easy, the persecution of donald trump wuld stop immediately. >> reporter: the former president has tried to dismiss the investigation as a witch hunt, but never in history has a former president been in this kind of legal jeopardy, according to former prosecutor scott frederickson. >> again, it's a significant expansion of the department's investigation. garland is facing probably the most difficult decision any attorney general has ever had to make. >> reporter: that decision, to bring charges against a former president. garland himself won't say whether trump is a target. >> no person is above the law in

this country. i can't say it any more clearly than that. >> reporter: sources tell me that garland is briefed on the investigation at least once a week, but for anyone who thinks that this investigation could wrap up before the midterms in november, i was warned today that this could take many more months. using history as a guide, norah, watergate took years. >> jeff pegues, thank you very much. well, at the white house, president biden celebrated the end of his covid isolation with his first in-person public appearance since testing positive last week. the president contrasted his mild symptoms to those patients had at the start of the pandemic who were not vaccinated. >> when my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to walter reed medical center. he was severely ill. thankfully, he recovered. when i got covid, i worked from upstairs at the white house and the offices upstairs. and for the five-day period. the difference is vaccinations, of course. >> mr. biden tested positive for

negative for covid last night and once again this morning after taking the antiviral drug paxlovid for fife days. the 21-year-old suspect accused of opening fire on a fourth of july parade in highland park, illinois was indicted today on 117 felony counts, including first-degree murder. seven people were killed and more than 30 wounded in the attack. the indictment came as lawmakers here in washington called out gun companies for making more than a billion dollars in revenue, partly by marketing military grade weapons to young men. we get more now from cbs' nikole killion. >> reporter: there are so many things javier cazares misses about his 9-year-old daughter jacklyn, gunned down two months ago at robb elementary. >> her smile, everything. >> reporter: he traveled to capitol hill from uvalde with families from other mass shootings, demanding accountability.>>owany momerica children need to die?

>> i believe that these murderers are local problems. >> i don't consider the modern sporting rifles today that my company produces to be weapons of war. >> reporter: the ceos of daniel defense and sturm, ruger appeared before the house oversight panel which found both companies pulled in over $500 million in sales of ar-15 style rifles that were used in uvalde and texas. smith & wesson whose weapons were used in highland park, and san bernardino earned more than $695 million. the committee found manufacturers used manipulating marketing practices targeting young men with ads about masculinity and mimicking first person shooter video games. some on the panel defended the industry. >> we're going blame the manufacturers of forks and spoons for obesity. i guess you're going to subpoena some of them as well. >> reporter: what's upsetting to

javier cazares is not getting more answers. >> just to our faces, not just ours. every victim that's ever been shot or killed. >> reporter: the committee announced it intends to subpoena smith & wesson after an executive was invited to testify today but didn't show. the company has not responded to our request for comment. norah? >> nikole killion, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. there is nothing glamorous about migraines. since i was a teenager

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50 homes. in idaho, the moose fire is being fueled by dry land and high winds. >> right now we're trying to provide hope for them as a city. >> reporter: back in texas, balch springs fire marshall says tinderbox conditions make these fires even more explosive. >> putting water on the ground right now, it doesn't even -- with the heat, it's evaporating faster than the ground cann absorb >> reporter: 224 counties here in texas are under a burn ban. but that didn't matter here. the fire marshall says the blaze was so intense, some of these homes experience what's called full flashover, meaning they just burst into flames. luckily no one was hurt. norah? >> omar villafranca, thank you. and breaking news tonight. ukraine says russian forces have captured ukraine's second largest power plant in its first major strategic gain in three weeks. this comes as u.s. military veterans on the ground in ukraine are working to turn the tide of the war.

cbs' holly williams is there. >> never point your weapon at anything you don't want to shoot. >> reporter: in an old quarry around ten miles from the front line, a group of former u.s. servicemen trained ukrainian soldiers today. >> nothing else matters unless our bullet is going where we want it to go. >> reporter: many of the ukrainians only signed up after russia's invasion. some have next to no experience firing a gun. >> fire! >> reporter: this is a five-day course. they're also learning battlefield first aid and how to maneuver. >> these guys need help. they're responding to a fight. they didn't pick it, from what i know. let's help them out. >> reporter: the lead instructor rob told us he was a sergeant in the marines and comes from arkansas, but won't share his family name for security reasons. do they have everything they need? >> absolutely not. they're only issued four magazines. that's 120 bullets. it doesn't take long to shoot

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this month, the fbi is celebrating 50 years of women in their ranks. it was j. edgar hoover that led the bureau for a decade that prevented women from serving. when he died in 1972, things changed. that's when the first female special agents started their training at quantico. and they were nicknamed the marine and the nun. so we went to the fbi academy to meet the marine. >> is this a glock 40 or what are they shooting? > it to look real. >> well, it does. >> 50 years ago, she made history as one of the first two women to graduate as a special agent. >> was being an fbi agent a dream job for you? >> yes, it was. i wanted the job since i was in eighth grade. >> you said as one of the first female special agents, you felt like you were under the microscope. >> we were.

i think in some quarters, it was an experiment and would it fail, i certainly wasn't going to fail. they had to kill me, i wouldn't quit. >> did you feel like you had to be twice as good? >> five times as good. >> and she was. to celebrate the anniversary, the fbi brought together current and former female agents. >> as such a trailblazer, what kind of challenges did you face as a woman? >> i think some of the challenges, even from some of my colleagues in our class, some of them had a difficult time being in a class with two women agents that carried the same badge and did the same job they were going to do. >> today women make up just 22% of special agents. and of the 56 fbi field offices, only 7 are run by women. why are there still so few women in these fields? >> i think there is few women in law enforcement in general. you know, it's a tough job. >> jacqueline maguire runs fbi's philadelphia field office.

what's your message to girls who may be thinking about a career in the fbi? >> i say go for it. it's really cool to be able to go home at the end of the day this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper ew senator joe manchin and senate majority leader chuck schumer say they've reached a deal on health care, energy, and tax legislation. they say the senate will vote on the wide-ranging measure next week, setting up the president for an unexpected victory ahead of november's elections. there has been weeks of delays in growing criticism against the federal government, but health officials say about 800,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine will soon be available to go hard-hit areas. as of now, many major cities have stopped offering appointments for second doses because of short supply. and they've been doing it for a while, and now "jeopardy!" says myam bialik and ken jennings will split hosting duties of the popular game show for good. for more news download on your

cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. 2022.t's thursday, july 28th, this is the "cbs morning news." interest rate increase. the fed makes another hike to curb inflation. what this means for your bottom line. >> this has been at the top of the mind for the president and for his whole national security team. possible swap. what the u.s. may have to give up to bring home two americans detained in russia. heat wave, no relief in sight for the pacific northwest. the blistering forecast that could set new records. good morning, good to be with you. i'm wendy gillette. anne-marie green is off. we begin with another big interest rate hike by th