jeremiah fire chief wallace bowling, jr. says his entire firehouse is destroyed. he spent 15 hours trapped on top of this rig, unable to communicate with anyone. >> i was trying to tell my mom and dad and the kids, you know, if i never spoke to them again, i loved them. >> reporter: the bad news continues in kentucky. more rain forecast this evening. a flood watch from 9:00 tonight to 9:00 in the morning. because the ground is so saturated, the water has no place to go, downstream but hopefully not up. >> thank you. >> from the floods in kentucky to the wildfires in northern california, the mckinney fire covers more than 80 square miles and is the state's largest blaze this year. cbs' jonathan vigliotti is near the front lines. >> reporter: the west is a tinderbox. the mckinney fire is still burning out of control,

mushrooming to more than 55,000 acres and responsible for at least two deaths. >> it traveled from the top of that ridge downhill in the space of maybe 15 minutes. >> it was just the most amazing, terrifying thing i've ever seen. >> reporter: the fire continues to rage near the california-oregon border, but as intense as the flames are on the ground and in the air, the view from space is jaw-dropping. this the fire as night fell on saturday, growing exponentially. one couple died trying to escape when their car was overcome by flames in their driveway. >> the fire exploded so quickly in this neighborhood it engulfed entire homes in a matter of minutes destroying everything in its path. search and rescue teams are going from property to property looking for anyone missing. >> reporter: it's not just drought gripping the west but also extreme heat. at least 14 deaths are investigated in the pacific northwest possibly related to

record setting temperatures. redman, oregon topped triple digits seven days straight. >> with climate change we expect to see more intense and frequent heat waves. >> reporter: thunderstorms are moving into the fire in northern california. rain is helping but dry lightning could be disastrous. >> the biggest thing is to think about how dry the conditions are. every strike has the potential to start a fire. >> reporter: tonight dozens are unaccounted for and the sheriff's office tells me it's their priority to track down every lead. it's a difficult task when this is what's left of the homes they're pulling up to. john. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you, jonathan. now to the rising tensions between the united states and china. house speaker nancy pelosi's expected to taiwan is sparking outrage from beijing, which called it a major provocation. now china is flexing its military muscle ahead of the anticipated trip.

cbs' adam yamaguchi is in taiwan. >> reporter: across the narrow taiwan strait, it's a battle of drills. taiwan just wrapped up a week of annual live fire exercises, and china has responded in kind, increasing navy patrols, conducting live fire drills, and releasing a highly produced propaganda video. china claims taiwan, a self-governing island of 23 million people as its own, and the anticipated visit of speaker pelosi, is generating accusations that the u.s. supports taiwan sovereignty. if speaker pelosi visits taiwan, says the chinese foreign affairs spokesman, it would grossly interfere in china's internal affairs. he warned the chinese military would never sit idly by. pelosi is leading a delegation to asia including a stop in singapore. taiwan has never been on her official schedule but taiwanese news media says she is to arrive

tuesday evening. against this political backdrop, taiwan is getting prepared. the military exercises included a mock amphibious invasion into its assessment of what the war might look like. >> the fact we're seeing an amphibious assault suggests the taiwanese believe the chinese are going to try to take some o uth china sea and taiwan fortta tck. >> civilians are taking precautions too learning life saving skills as part of a volunteer emergency response team. the u.s. is bound by law to help taiwan get the weapons it needs to defend itself and the american military is now moving assets including an aircraft carrier in closing proximity to the island. john. >> adam yamaguchi in taiwan. a federal judge sentenced a texas man to the longest prison sentence so far related to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol.

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holiday season, there are warnings of a possible nationwide shipping log jam. a shortage of rail workers is causing cargo to pile up once again at the port of los angeles, a key link in the u.s. supply chain. cbs's carter evans is there. >> 'tis the season for ships packed with holiday gifts to start flooding america's ports, but the containers are already piling up, clogging the docks, waiting for trains to transport cargo across the country. >> there are about 35,000 containers that are designated for rail on our docks right now. on a normal day, looks more like 9,000 units. >> l.a. port director gene seroka is sounding the alarm to prevent another scene like this. how long before we see a backup at sea again? >> we've probably got another four to six weeks. if we do nothing. >> reporter: over the last three years, railroads have lost 20% of their employees. >> a lot of that is because they cut their own workforce.

>> reporter: it began when they tried to streamline operations with a practice called precision scheduled railroading which sometimes uses shorter trains according to analyst ben nolan. >> when you're hyper efficient you're ill prepared for unexpected things like pandemics. >> reporter: where are the bottlenecks. >> on the last mile. >> reporter: union pacific operations v.p. eric gehringer says his railroad has already hired hundreds of new employees. >> we're handling the volume. resources beyond the railroad that's where we need to see gains. >> reporter: the rails move contains inland where merchandise is transferred and delivered, but with truck driver shortages and a flood of goods arriving -- >> there's nowhere to off-load the goods. >> reporter: it begins with the importer picking up their cargo inland a little faster than they have been doing. because if they don't pick it up inland, you can't move it out

here. >> that's right. >> reporter: its a fragile system and could all fall apart very quickly. dock workers here have been working without a contract for a month and rail workers are at a dead end after two years of negotiations. the white house just assembled a special team to help railroads avoid a strike. john? >> carter evans, thank you. up next the investigation after a fiery crash kills seven people on a u.s. interstate. and an nfl quarterback accused of sexual misconduct is hit with a mu

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>> tonight, police in illinois are investigating a horrific car crash that left seven people dead including five children. police say a car going in the wrong direction on interstate 90 north of chicago slammed head-on into a van, killing six of its passengers. the 22-year-old driver of the car going the wrong way also died. cleveland browns quarterback deshaun watson was suspended today for the first six games of the season without pay after being accused by dozens of women of sexual misconduct. the punishment handed out by the game's disciplinary officer former federal judge sue robinson fell far short of the minimum full season suspension the nfl requested. watson publicly denied wrongdoing. the growing list of too close to call shark sightings along the east coast this summer now includes this chilling encounter over the weekend at florida's neptune beach.

people shouted to swimmers to get out of the water after two sharks were spotted close to shore. no one was hurt.

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designed for you. finally tonight, we remember the life and careers of two american icons, nba hall of famer bill russell and actress nichelle nichols. beyond the basketball court and the small screen, their legacy of change lives on. here's cbs' jim axlerod. >> if you can't be what you can't see, then bill russell and nichelle nichols gave americans something special to look at. russell who won 11 nba championships as the boston celtics center in the '50s and '60s was also the first black head coach in the nba. >> i never felt like i would make any contribution. i was just doing the best i could. >> but his presidential medal of freedom awarded in 2011 by barack obama recognized his work

off the court as well, as a civil rights activist who stood up for the rights and dignity of all men. >> captain, i'm picking up the alien signal again. >> as lieutenant uhura, in "star trek," nichols role was a rarity, a black woman starring as an equal member of the crew of the u.s.s. enterprise. her kiss with william shatner was one of the first interracial kisses on u.s. television at a time when the civil rights struggle was center stage. >> there was a big concern that there would be a big fuss about that. >> reporter: her barrier breaking was noted by martin luther king as the first non- stereotypical role portrayed by a black woman in television history. but broadening the range of who we might see while looking at our world, nichelle nichols and bill russell did nothing less than change our world.

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. reporting from the nation's capital i'm john dickerson. this is "cbs news flash." justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader are no more, those word from president biden at the white house after a u.s. drone strike kills al qaeda leader al-zawahri. he was killed on his balcony and there were no civilian casualties. voters in kansas will be the first in the country to have their say on whether abortion should remain protected in the state since roe v wade was overturned. and wnba star britney griner returns to a russian court one month after our trial began over drug charges as the biden administration works on a deal

to get her home. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm john dickerson in for norah. president biden just announced a successful strike that killed al qaeda leader al-zawahri over the weekend. this is a significant blow to the group. he took over as the leader of al qaeda following the 2011 raid that killed osama bin laden.

the leader, quote, haunted the u.s. for as long as he remained alive. we begin with cbs's nancy cordes from the white house with the fast looming developments. >> justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. >> reporter: president biden said the drone strike that took out ayman al-zawahri was the result of months of surveillance and planning. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. our intelligence community located al-zawahri earlier this year. he had moved to downtown kabul with members of his immediate family. i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the

battlefield once and for all. >> reporter: al-zawahri has been the leader of al qaeda for more than a decade ever since osama bin laden was killed in 2011. even before he took over, al-zawahri helped plan the 9/11 attack and other temperrror att on americans. >> for decades he was the master mind behind attacks on americans including the bombing of the u.s.s. cole in 2000 which killed 17 american sailors and wounded dozens more. he played a key role in the bombing of the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania, killing 224 and wounding over 4500 others. >> reporter: u.s. officials monitored the home for months before the strike. >> this mission was carefully planned, rigorously to minimize

the risk of harm to other civilians. one week ago, after being advised that the conditions were optimal, i gave the final approval to go get him. the mission was a success. none of his family members were hurt and there were no civilian casualties. >> reporter: the operation comes nearly one year after the last u.s. forces and diplomats left afghanistan, pulling out faster than intended after the afghan government and military fell to the advancing taliban. the taliban not happy about this operation with a spokesman saying, quote, the islamic em rate of afghanistan strongly condemns this attack and calls it a clear violation of international principles. >> i made a promise to the american people that we continue to conduct effective counter terrorism operations in afghanistan and beyond. >> reporter: a senior administration official says it was too hellfire missiles from an unmanned drone that took out

al-zawahri as he stood on a balcony of the home in kabul, a deliberate choice that was made, they say, in order to preserve the structural integrity of the building and spare the lives of the civilians inside. john. >> thanks, nancy. for more on what this means for the u.s. and the ongoing war on terrorism, let's bring in cbs news senior national security contributor and the former acting director after the cia michaelcoseistory in terms of terrorism right now? >> john, from an historical perspective, this is very significant. zawahri was one of the individuals behind the 9/11 attacks so this is another significant blow to those individuals who attacked us more than 20 years ago. from a current day perspective, this is the leader of one of the two largest terrorist organizations on the planet, al

qaeda, the other being isis. so while they don't pose the same threat as a decade or 20 years ago, this does take a leader off the battlefield and will, you know, will to some degree disrupt that organization and force them to come up with new leadership. >> and what does this tell us about the relationsip between the taliban and al qaeda? >> so this may be the most interesting point here. he was in kabul, he was evidently at a significant kind of housing complex. sor hat the relationship between the taliban and al qaeda continues, right, despite some of the arguments that were made a year ago that the taliban was willing to split with al qaeda. this shows that that relationship remains tight and it shows that we need to continue to focus on afghanistan going forward from a counter-terrorism perspective. >> michael morell, thank you.

now to the rising tensions between the united states and china. house speaker nancy pelosi's expected visit to taiwan is sparking outrage from beijing, which called it a major provocation. now china is flexing its military muscle ahead of the anticipated trip. cbs' adam yamaguchi is in taiwan. >> reporter: across the narrow taiwan strait, it's a battle of drills. taiwan just wrapped up a week of annual live fire exercises, and china has responded in kind, increasing navy patrols, conducting live fire drills, and releasing a highly produced propaganda video. china claimsaiwan, a selfoverning island of 23 million people as its own, and the anticipated visit of speaker pelosi, is generating accusations that the u.s. supports taiwan sovereignty. if speaker pelosi visits taiwan, says the chinese foreign affairs spokesman, it would grossly interfere in china's internal affairs.

he warned the chinese military would never sit idly by. pelosi is leading a delegation to asia including a stop in singapore. taiwan has never been on her official schedule but taiwanese news media says she is to arrive tuesday evening. against this political backdrop, taiwan is getting prepared. the military exercises included a mock amphibious invasion into its assessment of what the war might look like. >> the fact we're seeing an amphibious assault suggests the taiwanese believe the chinese are going to try to take some of the outlying islands in the south china sea and taiwan strait and this is taiwan's effort to take them back. >> civilians are taking precautions too learning life saving skills as part of a volunteer emergency response team. the u.s. is bound by law to help taiwan get the weapons it needs to defend itself and the american military is now moving

assets including an aircraft carrier in closing proximity to the island. john. >> adam yamaguchi in taiwan.

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. ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jan crawford in washington. the midterm elections are now just three months away. with the control of congress hanging in the balance, the white house and democratic leaders are focusing on abortion rights and gun control to energize their base. the republicans are targeting the economy. inflation last month was at a four-decade high of 9.1%. on the other hand, the economy created another 372,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate is at 3.6%, near an

historic low. so are we in a recession? john dickerson has a look. in the world of economics there's the macro. >> i would say for sure the economy has overheated. >> and the micro. >> prices are up, interest rates are up and gas prices are up. we can understand why so many people are worried. >> the big picture. >> everybody is saying where is the economy going. i think a good point to make is it's hard to predict the future, but right now it's hard to predict the present e. >> and the smaller picture for each household. >> even when you're doing well, when you hear recession, when you hear inflation at a 40-year high, that makes you feel like, whoa, what's going to happen to me? >> to look into the economic fog from different angles we talked with lloyd blankfind, formerly the ceo of goldman sachs and now its single chairman. and michelle singleterry,

personal finance columnist. >> we are acutely aware that high inflation poses significant hardship. >> jerome powell announced wednesday that the fed is again raising interest rates to combat inflation, which in june stood at 9.1% over a year ago, the biggest increase in 40 years. >> it is essential that we bring inflation down to our 2% goal if we have to have a sustained period of strong labor market conditions that benefit all. >> on thursday the government reported that the gross domestic product fell for the second straight quarter, a signal that the economy may be in a recession, though we'll have to wait months to see if the economists assign that formal term. >> there's not insubstantial chance that we have a recession. i don't think it's baked in the cake. some people we're already in a recession. a lot of people say a soft landing is very unlikely. >> a soft landing is what the

federal reserve is trying to engineer. it's very hard to do. >> in most recessions, you don't have a soft landing. the fed tightens and jobs are lost, companies reduce hiring plans and shrink. the financial system is in good shape. there are more jobs and more people to fill jobs. >> constantly people are hearing about how bad things are. how much attention should they pay to what the federal reserve does, what the gross national product is, when they're making financial decisions? >> it is very important to pay attention to it. what the fed is doing is trying to beat back inflation. by raising rates, it's going to cost you more if you need a mortgage. it's going to cost you more for an auto loan or credit card debt. >> how did we get here? do you think we're in a classic economics 101 moment, or is the current situation with the economy the result of the

pandemic, supply chains disrupted because of the pandemic, or are those the same thing? >> 50 years from now when they write about the history of the period, they'll put it in its place and it will fit nicely and neatly in a pattern. where i'm sitting now, it seems quite different. we shut down the economy. people were kept out of their jobs. it was like we shut off a valve. it wasn't the natural order of things. >> the unemployment rate stands at 3.6%, about where it was before the pandemic, an almost 50-year low. yet 50% of americans are living paycheck to paycheck. >> people say what do you advise? i wish i had an answer, but i don't other than you've got to spend smarter, save whatever you can. you know, housing is one of thing biggest areas of people's budget. if you can, live with someone or

have a roommate. >> singleterry and her family live that advice. her three 20-something kids live at home saving money instead of paying rent. if you're feeling comfortable, don't take rash action, selling stock that over time will rebound if you keep it. keep spending. she worries the public might slip into a doom loop which will scare the country into an even worse economic spot. >> we need you to spend. we need you to go out to the restaurants and tip that server more than 20%. you can afford to be generous because if they hold back the very thing that we're trying to avoid, which is a deep rec recession, will happen. >> we might go into a recession, we might not. if i were managing the risk, if i thought there was a 30% chance let alone a 60% chance of a

severe slowdown i'd be getting very conservative about what i spent. what difference does it make whether i think there's a 70% chance or a 30% chance? a 30% chance is a very big risk to worry about what might happen. >> singleterry is the director of a ministry at her church where she helps parishioners with their finances. recession or no recession, she has one consistent sermon. >> the one thing i hope we learn now and through every type of economy is to not rely so much on debt. we are living the american dream on borrowed money. we borrow for our house, our cars, to go on vacation. we even borrow to eat a meal out when we put it on a credit card. and then when we have an economic downturn, people don't have a cushion. so i try to get people to hate debt.

i hate debt. i hate debt so much. if it was a person, i'd slap it. that's how much i hate it. >> could fear of a recession actually cause aression? >> right now we're on a recession or the front end of a recession. >> singleterry and blankfine agree on this. this is a degree of punditry that makes people jittery. the u.s. economy has always recovered. >> the system we have is nimble and resilient. you're always anxious about things that are unresolved compared to things that are already in the history (woman) oh. oh! hi there. you're jonathan, right? the 995 plan! yes, from colonial penn. your 995 plan fits my budget just right. excuse me? aren't you jonathan from tv, that 995 plan?

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♪ basketball hadn't seen anything like bill russell before. when russell jumped, russell soared. the kid from monroe, louisiana, who nobody wanted on their team because of the color of his skin, he redefined what the sport could be and eventually ended up being the teammate no one could play without. >> this must have been a great win for you. >> exactly. >> russell catapulted the celtics alpha dnd boston skywar the '60s winning titles and breaking barriers. >> so we're sitting here in boston at the garden. you helped bring glory here, 11 championships here. what does it feel like to be here on this court? >> i never was comfortable playing for the celtics.

the number one paper was the boston herald and they didn't like the idea of the nba having black players. >> you brought championships here in a time when it was hard to be a black man. was it difficult to be celebrated on the court, but then off of it not treated equal? >> first of all, i was never separated on the court. when i got there, the star was bob koozi. bill russell taps it in. >> i had a game where i had 25 points, 25 rebounds, ten blocks and the boston herald said i was lucky i got to play. >> i'm not a basketball player. i am a man who plays basketball. bill russell the man is someone who stood up for the rights and dignity of all men. >> bill russell wasn't just an icon for basketball fans.

to rally behind on the floor of the boston garden on any given night, he was an icon for black america. using his profile to highlight racism and inequality. here with muhammad ali and other top black athletes in 1967, backing ali's decision refusing the vietnam war draft. at the march alongside dr. king in washington. do you remember in kentucky where you and your teammates set out because they refused service at a restaurant? >> yeah. >> at that time, why did you feel like it was important to do that? >> it was part of our preparation for the game. we came to have dinner together. i had a couple teammates from kentucky and they were going to have a meal. i told the coach i'm not going to play tonight.

he said why not? >> later that month this letter found its way to russell's mailbox. it was from jackie robinson, who broke major league baseball's color barrier more than a decade earlier, thanking russell for boycotting the game in kentucky. >> jackie was worth more to him than most people knew. they just knew when he was the first black player in the major leagues, but they didn't know he was probably the most intelligent baseball player in baseball. >> wow. >> and jackie would not take anything off anybody. >> i try to get as many as him. i couldn't get there. >> which championship was the most special to you? was it the first one or was it the last one? >> the first year i was player coach and we won a championship. >> first black coach in the nba, is that right? >> yeah. >> and you won as a player and a coach. >> yeah. well, you got to understand something. my motivation was to make myself

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climate change is being blamed for helping ignite the massive wildfires burning in the west as well as the historic floods in and around st. louis. but rising temperatures are also taking a toll on the food supply. that includes coffee and ice cream. elise preston explains. >> reporter: it's chocolate ship cookie dough day at ben & jerry's. climate change is threatening this popular ice cream point and many others. >> all of these flavors in the cup are in danger? >> they are because they've all got cocoa, coffee, vanilla, nuts. all of these ingredients are

actually under threat. >> reporter: sarah pinto is known as the source at ben & jerry's. 60% of the world's chocolate comes from west africa where poor farmers are facing the effects of deforestation. >> when you start moving the forest you impact regional weather patterns. >> reporter: researchers estimate 90% of the region won't be able to grow the crop by 2050. and the type of coffee bean used in 70% of world wide coffee production can't tolerate temperatures over 73 degrees. scientist dr. vandine says they will need to adopt new species of crops. >> some crops are going to thrive more than others. >> reporter: but they agree, new varieties will taste different and cost more to grow.

elise preston, cbs news, waterbury, vermont. >> that's the news for this tuesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jan crawford. ♪ this is cbs news flash. i'm matt piper in new york. justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more, those words from president biden at the white house after a u.s. drone strike kills al qaeda leader ayman al-zawahri in kabul, afghanistan. the president says he was killed on his balcony and none of his family members were hurt and there were no civilian casualties. kansas will be the first in the country to have their say on whether abortion should remain protected in the state since roe v wade was overturned. britney griner returns to a russian court one month after her drug charges as the biden administration works on a deal

to get her home. i'm matt piptt piper, cbs news. tonight, the president addresses the nation. as we come on the air, the white house says it has conducted a successful and significant counter-terrorism operation against al qaeda in afghanistan. >> if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. >> who was ayman al-zawahri? one of the men behind the 9/11 terror attacks, killed in a drone strike. kentucky braces for more rain with hundreds still missing. authorities scour the wreckage for survivors as we're learning about some of the victims, including these four siblings. and in the west, california experiences its largest fire of the year. firefighters battle on three fronts, the flames, hot weather and high winds. >> i knew the house was gone. >> tonight the view from space

of the path carved by the flames. america and china's taiwan face-off. tonight, tensions escalate ahead of speaker nancy pelosi's possible trip to the self-governed island. cbs' adam yamaguchi is there tonight as war games are underway. another supply chain log jam? the warning tonight from the nation's busiest port. terrifying shark encounters. the frightening scene in florida. and we remember the life and careers of two american icons and the legacy they've left behind. ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm john dickerson in for norah. president biden just announced a successful counter terrorism strike that killed al qaeda

leader ayman al-zawahri this weekend. his death means that all of the top plotters behind the 9/11 terror attacks are dead or captured. al-zawahri took over as the leader of al qaeda following the 2011 raid that killed osama bin laden. a former senior military official describes the decade-long hunt for osama bin laden's successor as, quote, unfinished business, adding that he haunted the u.s. for as long as he remained alive. we begin with nancy cordes with the fast-moving developments. >> reporter: president biden said the drone strike that took out ayman al-zawahri was the result of months of surveillance and planning. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people the united states will find you and take you out.

after seeking al-zawahri for years under presidents bush, obama and trump, our intelligence community located al-zawahri earlier this year. he had moved to downtown kabul to reniunite with members of hi immediate family. i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. >> reporter: al-zawahri has been the leader of al qaeda for more than a decade, ever since bin laden was killed. even before he took over, al-zawahri helped plan to 9/11 attack and other terror attacks on americans. >> for decades he was the master mind behind attacks against americans, including the bombing of the u.s.s. cole in 2000 which killed 17 american sailors and wounded dozens more. he played a key role in the bombing of the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania killing 224 and wounding over 4500 others.

he carved a trail of murder and violence against american citizens, american service members, american diplomats and american interests. >> reporter: he was 71 years old, a doctor who was born into a prominent egyptian family. it was his family's decision to relocate to a house in kabul that tipped off u.s. officials, who monitored the home for months before the strike. >> this mission was carefully planned, rigorously minimizing the risk of harm to civilians. one week ago, after being advised that the conditions were optimal, i gave the final approval to go get him. the mission was a success. none of his family members were hurt and there were no civilian casualties. >> reporter: the operation comes nearly one year after the last u.s. forces and diplomats left afghanistan, pulling out faster than intended after the afghan government and military fell to

the taliban. the taliban not happy about this operation with a spokesman saying, quote, the islamic eme emirate condemns this and calls it a clear violation of international principles. >> i made a promise to the american people that we'd continue to conduct effective counter terrorism operations in counter terrorism operations in afghanistan and beyond. we've done just that. in february our forces conducted counter terrorism operations in afghanistan and beyond. we've done just that. in february our forces conducted a daring mission in syria that eliminated the emir of isis. last month we took out another key isis leader. now we have eliminated the emir of al qaeda through the families who lost mothers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, friends and coworkers on that september day. itit p it isit is my hopt itit p it isit this decie

acp action will bring one meameasure of closure. >> reporter: a senior administration official says it was two hellfire missiles from an unmanned drone that took out al-zawahri as he stood on a balcony in kabul. a deliberate choice that was marmadep madema made, t pres presrpreserve the stru intep inteintegrspare thes inside. john. >> thanks nancy. for more on what this means for the u.s. and the ongoing war on terrorism, let's bring in cbs news senior national security contributor and the former acting director at the cia michael morrell. hp how significant is this cocourp course course of of terrorism right now? >> john, from a historical perspective, this is very significant. al-zawahri was one of the individuals behind the 9/11 attacks, so this is a significant blow to those indivp indiviindividuals o significant blow to those

indivp indiviind attackede tr than 20 years ago. from a current day perspective, this is the leader of one of the two largest terrorist organizations on the planet, al qaeda, the other being isis. while they don't pose the same threat they posed a decade ago or 20 years ago, this does take a leader off the battlefield and will to some degree disrupt that organization and force them to come up with new leadership. >> what does this tell us about the relationship between the taliban and al qaeda? >> so this may be the most interesting point here. he was in kabul. he was evidently in a significant kind of housing complex. for me, it underscores that the relationship between the taliban and al qaeda continues despite some of the arguments made a year ago that the taliban was willing to split with al qaeda. this shows that that relationship remains tight and it shows we need to continue to focus on afghanistan going forward from a counter terrorism perspective. >> thank you.

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i did not know if my mother was alive for a while. >> reporter: today search and rescue operations continued and over the weekend the governor visited the areas impacted by extreme flooding. >> i had to do a lot of hard ththankpthanks rthanks tha governor. thathat was certainly one of hardest. >> reporter: with hundreds still unaccounted for, the death toll is expected to grow. among the victims, children, including four from one family swept away from their parents, the youngest only 18 months old. search and rescue teams conducted more than 1,400 missions by boat and air authorities said it could take weeks to find all the missing and recover their bodies. >> there are hundreds of unaccounted for people, minimum, and we just don't have a firm grasp on that.

>> reporter: fast-moving water swept through eastern kentucky last week destroying roads and bridges and wiping out entire communities leaving many residents with nothing. jeremiah fire chief wallace bowling, jr. says his entire firehouse is destroyed. he spent 15 hours trapped on top of this rig, unable to communicate with anyone. >> i was trying to tell my mom and dad and the kids, you know, if i never spoke to them again, i loved them. >> reporter: the bad news continues in kentucky. more rain forecast this evening. a flood watch from 9:00 tonight to 9:00 in the morning. because the ground is so saturated, the water has no place to go, but exceptup. from the floods in kentucky to the wildfires in northern california, the mckinney fire covers more than 80 square miles and is the state's largest blaze this year. cbs' jonathan vigliotti is near the front lines. >> reporter: the west is a tinderbox. the mckinney fire is still burning out of control,

mushrooming to more than 55,000 acres and responsible for at least two deaths. >> it traveled from the top of that ridge downhill in the space of maybe 15 minutes. it was just the most amazing, terrifying thing you've ever seen. >> reporter: the fire continues to rage near the california-oregon border, but as intense as the flames are on the ground and in the air, the view from space is jaw-dropping. this the fire as night fell on saturday, growing exponentially. one couple died trying to escape when their car was overcome by flames in their driveway. >> the fire exploded so quickly in this neighborhood it engulfed entire homes in a matter of minutes destroying everything in its path. search and rescue teams are going from property to property looking for anyone missing. drghpi west t also extreme hea at least 14 deaths are investigated in the pacific northwest possibly related to record setting temperatures.

redman, oregon topped triple digits seven days straight. >> with climate change we expect to see more intense and frequent heat waves. >> reporter: thunderstorms are moving into the fire in northern california. rain is helping but dry lightning could be disastrous. >> the biggest thing is to think about how dry the conditions are. every strike has the potential to start a fire. >> reporter: tonight dozens are unaccounted for and the sheriff's office tells me it's their priority to track down every lead. it's a difficult task when this is what's left of the homes they're pulling up to. john. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you, jonathan. now to the rising tensions between the united states and china. house speaker nancy pelosi's expected to taiwan is sparking outrage from beijing, which called it a major provocation. now china is flexing its military muscle ahead of the anticipated trip.

cbs' adam yamaguchi is in taiwan. >> reporter: across the narrow taiwan strait, it's a battle of drills. taiwan just wrapped up a week of annual live fire exercises, and china has responded in kind, increasing navy patrols, conducting live fire drills, an aganda video. ina clms taiwan, a self-governing island of 23 million people as its own, and the anticipated visit of speaker pelosi is generating accusations that the u.s. supports taiwan sovereignty. if speaker pelosi visits taiwan, says the chinese foreign affairs spokesman, it would grossly interfere in china's internal affairs. he warned the chinese military would never sit idly by. pelosi is leading a congressional delegation to asia including a stop in singapore. taiwan has never been on her official schedule but taiwanese

news media says she is to arrive tuesday evening. against this political backdrop, taiwan is getting prepared. the military exercises included a mock amphibious invasion, insight into what a war with china might look like. >> the fact we're seeing an amphibious assault suggests the taiwanese believe the chinese are going to try to take some of the outlying islands in the south china sea and taiwan strait and this is taiwan's effort to take them back. >> civilians are taking precautions too learning life saving skills as part of a volunteer emergency response team. the u.s. is bound by law to help taiwan get the weapons it needs to defend itself and the american military is now moving assets including an aircraft carrier in closing proximity to the island. john. >> adam yamaguchi in taiwan. a federal judge sentenced a texas man to the longest prison sentence so far related to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol.

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tonight, just as retailers are starting to gear up for the holiday season, there are warnings of a possible nationwide shipping log jam. a shortage of rail workers is causing cargo to pile up once again at the port of los angeles, a key link in the u.s. supply chain. cbs's carter evans is there. >> 'tis the season for ships packed with holiday gifts to start flooding america's ports, but the containers are already piling up, clogging the docks, waiting for trains to transport cargo across the country. >> there are about 35,000 containers that are designated for rail on our docks right now. on a normal day, looks more like 9,000 units. >> l.a. port director gene seroka is sounding the alarm to prevent another scene like this. how long before we see a backup at sea again? >> we've probably got another four to six weeks. if we do nothing. >> reporter: over the last three years, railroads have lost 20% of their employees. >> a lot of that is because they

cut their own workforce. >> reporter: it began when they tried to streamline operations with a practice called precision scheduled railroading which sometimes uses shorter trains according to analyst ben nolan. >> when you're hyper efficient you're ill prepared for unexpected things like pandemics. >> reporter: where are the bottlenecks right now? >> on the last mile. >> reporter: union pacific operations v.p. eric gehringer says his railroad has already hired hundreds of new employees. >> we're handling the volume. resources beyond the railroad that's where we need to see gains. >> reporter: the rails move containers inland where merchandise is transferred and delivered, but with truck driver shortages and a flood of goods arriving -- >> there's nowhere to off-load the goods. >> reporter: it begins with the importer picking up their cargo inland a little faster than they have been doing. because if they don't pick it up inland, you can't move it out here. >> that's right. >> reporter: its a fragile

system and could all fall apart very quickly. dock workers here have been working without a contract for a month and rail workers are at a dead end after two years of negotiations. the white house just assembled a special team to help railroads avoid a strike. john? >> carter evans, thank you. up next the investigation after a fiery crash kills seven people on a u.s. interstate. and an nfl quarterback accused of sexual misconduct is hit with of sexual misconduct is hit with a mthere is nothing glamorous about migraines. since i was a teenager the pain has taken me away from my family and friends. but i finally found relief with nurtec odt it's the only medication that can treat my migraine right when it strikes and prevent my next attack. treat and prevent all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. most common side effects, in less than 3%, were nausea, indigestion/stomach pain. with quick dissolving nurtec i can get back to normal fast and prevent my next attack. treat & prevent - all in one.

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tonight, police in illinois are investigating a horrific car crash that left seven people dead including five children. police say a car going in the wrong direction on interstate 90 north of chicago slammed head-on into a van, killing six of its passengers. the 22-year-old driver of the car going the wrong way also died. cleveland browns quarterback deshaun watson was suspended today for the first six games of the season without pay after being accused by dozens of women of sexual misconduct. the punishment handed out by the game's disciplinary officer former federal judge sue robinson fell far short of the minimum full season suspension the nfl requested. watson publicly denied wrongdoing. the growing list of too close to call shark sightings along the east coast this summer now includes this chilling encounter over the weekend at florida's neptune beach.

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finally tonight, we remember the life and careers of two american icons, nba hall of famer bill russell and actress nichelle nichols. beyond the basketball court and the small screen, their legacy of change lives on. here's cbs' jim axlerod. >> if you can't be what you can't see, then bill russell and nichelle nichols gave americans something special to look at. russell who won 11 nba championships as the boston celtics center in the '50s and '60s was also the first black head coach in the nba. >> i never felt like i would make any contribution. i was just doing the best i could. >> but his presidential medal of freedom awarded in 2011 by barack obama recognized his work

off the court as well, as a civil rights activist who stood up for the rights and dignity of all men. >> captain, i'm picking up the alien signal again. >> as lieutenant uhura, in "star trek," nichols' role was a rarity, a black woman starring as an equal member of the crew of the u.s.s. enterprise. her kiss with william shatner was one of the first interracial kisses on u.s. television at a time when the civil rights struggle was center stage. >> there was a big concern that there would be a big fuss about that. >> reporter: her barrier breaking was noted by martin luther king as the first non- stereotypical role portrayed by a black woman in television history. but broadening the range of who we might see while looking at our world, nichelle nichols and bill russell did nothing less than change our world. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight

news for this tuesday. check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online at any time on cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm john dickerson. this is "cbs news flash." justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more, those words from president biden at the white house after a u.s. drone strike kills al qaeda leader ayman al-zawahri in kabul, afghanistan. he was killed on his balcony and there were no civilian casualties. voters in kansas will be the first in the country to have their say on whether abortion should remain protected in the state since roe v wade was overturned. and wnba star britney griner returns to a russian court one month after her trial began over drug charges as the biden administration works on a deal to get her home.

download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. it's tuesday, august 2nd, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. >> deadly drone strike. the u.s. kills one of the world's most wanted terrorists. the series of attacks he helped mastermind against american citizens. war of words. tensions grow ahead of house speaker nancy pelosi's possible visit to taiwan, the white house warning to china. out-of-control wildfire. two people are dead as flames tear through northern california. the big threat right now amid changing weather conditions. captioning funded by cbs so good morning and good to be wit so good morning and good to

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