garage, where they agreed to tell investigators a false story. >> reporter: breonna taylor's death during the botched police raid galvanized the social justice movement. her name is now synonymous with demonstrations over policing and racial injustice. >> breonna taylor should have awakened in her home as usual on trag tragically, she did not. . >> the justice department is investigating whether breonna taylor's death is part of a broader pattern and practice of misconduct within the louisville police department, and the attorney general would not comment on whether the recent acquittal of one of today's defendants on state charges could impact the federal case. margaret? >> catherine, thank you. china unleashed an intense show of force today against taiwan with a series of precision missile launches in waters off of its coastline. it's all in retaliation to house

speaker nancy pelosi's recent trip to the self-governing island that china claims as its own. here is ramy inocencio. >> reporter: with several waves of missiles whooshing from beijing's coast, china showed its temper against taipei. at least 11 ballistic missiles targeted the waters dangerously close to taiwan's north, east and south coasts. chinese state media said more than 100 warplanes, warships and at least one nuclear submarine joined in today's campaign of q coercion. china claims the democratic island is a renegade province and has vowed to unify with it, by force if needed. in beijing, this resident said the day to take taiwan could now come earlier thanks to pelosi. on china's southeast coast, people watched how that future invasion might start, missiles

arcing a mere 80 miles east of taiwan. on the island of 23, though, it was life as normal, its people numb to china's threats over the past seven decades. "everyone needs to live a stable life and the people need freedom." this was just day one in china's live fire drills with more expected through sunday in what many believe is china's trial run to eventually capture taiwan. and margaret, u.s. national security spokesperson john kirby condemned china's military drills. he added the u.s. will be steady and responsible in its own reactions and doesn't belief it's in anyone's interest for tensions to escalate further. >> ramy, thank you. back here at home, dangerously hot temperatures from texas to maine. boston's mayor declared a heat emergency as the city hit 97 degrees, breaking a nearly century old record. more than 80 million americans across the central and eastern u.s. are under heat alerts from

montana to washington, d.c. th there were shots fired inside the mall of america, which has sent shoppers scrambling for cover. we'll have all those details in 60 seconds.

we have some breaking news. the mall of america in bloomington, minnesota, was put on a temporary lockdown following a shooting. blooming on the police say they are working an active incident and have numerous officers on the scene. gunfire inside the mall sent shoppers scrambling for cover. schools and businesses in lauren, nebraska went on lockdown today after the beds of four people were found in two burning homes just blocks apart. investigators say there was an explosion at one of the homes. police suspect foul play, but they aren't sure if the incidents are connected. tonight, new safety ratings are out for midsized cars. the insurance institute for highway safety added more weight and velocity to the barrier that

slams into the cars in those side crash tests. the only midsized car to score a good rating was the subaru outback. the toyota camry, nissan altima and chevy malibu earned poor ratings. all of these vehicles previously received good ratings before the test crashes got more intense. up next, how some americans are fighting inflation by growing their own food. you said that you would shave your eyebrow off for a #klondike ( ding ) ( shaving buzz ) oooooh. ( all laughing ) ♪ what would you do for a klondike ♪

inflation is at a 43-year high. some home-cooked meals cost 12% more than just a year ago, and some americans have turned to growing their own food to try to shrink their grocery bill. here is cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: when beth brown needs groceries, she often does her shopping in her own backyard. what do you think you're saving on groceries? >> every month probably $400? >> reporter: and it is like a well-stocked produce section.

among what's growing, lettuce, squash, tomatoes and cantaloupe. the nurse and single mom of two boys says she's trying to save everywhere she can as prices skyrocket. the average u.s. household in june spent $51 more on groceries than a year ago. >> the prices in food have really gone up everywhere. and so i have been growing a lot more vegetables to kind of keep up with that. >> reporter: bartholomew sparrow is a professor at the university of texas. >> americans used to spend under 10% of their budget on food. this compares to maybe 15 to 20% or more in the rest of the world. now the united states is up to 12%. >> reporter: brown knows price hikes are sending people to their backyards. she runs a central texas vegetable gardner's facebook group. what have you seen this year as inflation has been rising in terms of your membership? >> it's growing significantly, yeah. i think we're close to 20,000 members now.

>> reporter: the texas woman says as many home gardeners know, the food she grows also tastes better than store-bought. amid rising prices, digging up new ways to save some green. janet shamlian, cbs news, austin. still ahead, a woman blasts into space and the history books.

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unlikely place, friendship village, a retirement community in the chicago suburbs. >> i've got three big boxes of these. >> reporter: where residents like the vibrant velma robinson roam the halls and the greens. >> wow! >> reporter: here it's not just bingo and board games. >> they just are exciting to talk to. and somebody different. >> my first reaction was really? and i was like you know what? let's do it. >> velma is awesome. i couldn't believe she was 95. we've got a date next tuesday with velma. >> reporter: for years, velma has made friends with players younger than her grandkids. >> you threw out the first pitch. >> yeah. >> what was that like? >> reporter: two or three boomers have spent the last nine seasons here. >> keep chasing your dreams. >> reporter: bingo. charlie de mar, cbs news, chicago. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for other, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online any time at

cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm margaret brennan. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. four people were critically injured following a lightning strike just north of the white house. the strike was reported just before 7:00 p.m. in lafayette square. numerous storms popped up in the area after temperatures soared into the upper 90s. cbs news has learned that the cdc will update its covid-19 guidance in the coming days to be more simplified. among the changes, no longer recommending contact tracing except for in health care settings and certain high risk congress great setting. and for the first time in several years, major league baseball will head to london with the st. louis cardinals and chicago cubs set to play a two-game series next june. the league last played there in 2019. for more news, download the cbs

news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm margaret brennan in for norah. tonight pressure builds on president biden to broker a prisoner swap with russia to free basketball star brittney griner. today a russian judge gave her a nine-year sentence after finding her guilty of drug possession and smuggling. the two-time olympic gold medalist pleaded with the russian judge not to, quote, end her life and apologized, saying she never intended to break laws or hurt anyone. the u.s. considers griner and another american prisoner wrongfully detained by russia. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs' nancy cordes

starts us off from the white house. good evening, nancy. >> margaret, the white house was unequivocal today. brittney griner should never have had to stand trial, let alone be sentenced to nearly a decade behind bars. but there is also hope tonight that the russians may finally negotiate in earnest over a prisoner exchange now that the sentencing phase is over. >> i had no intent to break any russian laws. >> reporter: from a cage in the courtroom, wnba star brittney griner expressed remorse, but that did not stop a russian judge from sentencing her to nine years in a penal colony. >> i want to apologize to my teammates, my club, the fans and the city of ekat for my mistake that i made and the embarrassment that i brought on to them. >> reporter: the sentence prompted outrage from her phoenix mercury teammates and her league. president biden called it unacceptable.

>> russia is wrongfully detaining brittney. >> reporter: the 6'9" center was on her way to play in russia when she was arrested in february. russian authorities accused her drug smuggling after finding less than a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. >> i love my family. >> reporter: in a bid to bring griner and another american, paul whelan home, u.s. officials have proposed a prisoner swap, possibly involving russian arms dealer viktor bout. >> but it's a serious proposal. we urge them to accept it. they should have accepted it weeks ago when we first made it. >> reporter: but the russians said they wouldn't negotiate until griner was sentenced. >> the russian court systems and putin have to be able to justify to the russian people they convicted a u.s. athlete. >> reporter: bill evanina is the former head of counterintelligence for the u.s. government. >> this can go on for a long time, especially if lavrov and putin want something specific that we're unwilling to give.

>> reporter: it's very unusual for u.s. officials to even discuss prisoner swap details in public, but this time, margaret, they say they felt they had no choice after making an offer to the russian and then waiting for weeks without getting any serious response. >> it's a good point, nancy. there are americans detained in half a dozen countries around the world. thank you for those details. tonight, the biden administration is urging every american to take monkeypox seriously and declared the virus a national public health emergency. the cdc says it doesn't have complete data, but estimates more than 7,000 cases have been detected in the u.s. amid a dire shortage of vaccine. we get details now from nikki battiste. >> reporter: the biden administration says today's declaration will take its response to monkeypox to the next level, freeing up funding to increase testing and treatment. the move comes after weeks of criticism for its sluggish response to the growing

outbreak. is this move too little too late? >> i think it should have been done earlier, but at least it's being done now. it is at a point where we can control it. >> reporter: currently, the u.s. leads the world in case count, over 7,000 with more than 1300 in just the last three days. roughly 99% of those are gay or bisexual men. announced today an additional 150,000 doses of the two-shot vaccine are expected in september, sooner than anticipated. that's on top of the 1.1 million doses already available. but still a fraction needed for those considered to be high risk. >> it was one of the most painful experiences of my life. >> reporter: 29-year-old luke brown recently recovered from monkeypox. >> you have to work really close and hard with the people who provide you medical care in navigating some of the red tape around vaccination and

treatment. >> reporter: here in new york, the epicenter of the monkeypox outbreak, another 23,000 vaccine appointments opened this evening, but were filled in minutes. health departments around the country have stopped offering a second dose to ensure as many people as possible get that initial shot and a layer of protection. margaret? >> thank you. nikki battiste in new york. breaking tonight, a jury in texas ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages for falsely claiming the deadliest elementary school shooting in u.s. history was a hoax. jone told his millions of followers that the massacre at sandy hook elementary was staged. parents of one of the 6-year-old victims testified that jones' lies put them through hell. here's nancy chen. >> is this your verdict, the ten of you who signed it? >> reporter: alex jones was ordered to pay $4.1 million to the parents of 6-year-old jesse lewis, who was killed at sandy hook elementary in 2012.

the parents were seeking $150 million from jones for using his "infowars" program to repeatedly spread false claims, calling the 2012 sandy hook massacre where 20 children and 6 adults were killed a hoax. >> the official story of sandy hook has more holes in it than swiss cheese. >> reporter: jones took the stand in his own defense on wednesday, where he finally admitted under oath that he knew the mass shooting really happened. >> it's 100% real. i think sandy hook happened. i think it's a terrible event. >> reporter: but in a late bombshell yesterday, lawyers for the family said newly discovered texts from jones shows that he withheld evidence in his defamation lawsuit. >> mr. jones, in discovery, you were asked do you have sandy hook text messages on your phone, and you said no. correct? you said that under oath, didn't you?

>> if i was mistaken, i was mistaken. but you've got the messages right there. >> you know -- >> yes, i do. >> reporter: now the 4.1 million awarded is far less than the 150 million parents had originally sought, but there could be more in the punitive phase which starts tomorrow. margaret? >> we will follow that. thank you. schools and businesses in lauren, nebraska went on lockdown today after the bodies of four people were found in two burning homes just blocks apart. investigators say there was an explosion at one of the police suspect foul play, but they aren't sure if the incidents are connected. tonight, new safety rates are out for midsized cars. the insurance institute for highway safety added more weight and velocity to the barrier that slams into the cars in those side crash tests. the only midsized car to score a good rating was the subaru outback. the toyota camry, nissan altima

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm scott macfarlane in washington. thank you for staying with us. a russian court has sentenced wnba star brittney griner to nine years in prison for drug possession. secretary of state ant think blinken says the sentence compounds the wrongest of her unjust detention and the state department will compound efforts to bring her home. griner insisted she never meant to break the law. griner is 31 years old. she has won two olympic gold medals and has made eight all-star teams while playing for the wnba's phoenix mercury.

she was traveling to russia to play for a team there. she claimed she didn't know the cannabis canisters were in her luggage and that they had been prescribed for pain management. here in the u.s., many professional athletes have been using marijuana to help deal with the pain that comes with injuries. pro football hall of fame wide receiver calvin johnson and former offensive lineman rob simms have launched their own cannabis brand to help educate and promote wellness. our own nate burleson played with them on the detroit lions and has their story. >> do you believe that athletes, not just in the nfl, but across all national sports, do you believe they smoke? >> 100%, absolutely. >> reporter: calvin johnson understands that football change his life. >> from the 17, and it's a touchdown. >> reporter: but the 36-year-old nfl hall of famer says cannabis helped change how he now lives his life. >> to the nfl, college football,

and all major sports, including the olympics, it's time we recognize the potential fight on medicines, plant medicines to aid and improve the mental health and quality of life is for many. >> some of the best players in the world. >> i'm not going to name any names, but some of the best players in the world. >> that's a fact. at one point, you're the best receiver in the world. it's not even a question. >> all i got to say is you the best in the business. i'm trying to keep quiet about this. >> you were a cannabis user. >> yes. >> reporter: and you weren't a pothead. i don't think anybody in the world would describe calvin johnson of that. people when i think of weed usage, i think of this person. >> we need two big piece, man. >> that right there, i think that's what continues the taboo and the stigma, these images that have been burned into our minds of what a user of cannabis looks like. >> it's hard to rehab from that. >> reporter: it's hard to rehab from that. these interest babies? >> these are the babies.

>> reporter: at this cannabis grow facility one hour outside of detroit, retired nfl stars calvin johnson and rob simms are trying to help erase the stigma of cannabis use. >> we harvest them about 63 days. >> 63 days? >> they go into the dry room and from there probably another ten or so days that they're ready to go. >> reporter: primitive. their cannabis company is in the early stages of their partnership with harvard university to help study the causes and effects of the traumatic brain injury known as cte, and help those suffering from chronic pain. >> they don't know the healing powers of the plant. >> reporter: both simms see the product as a potential alternative to opioid meditions abused in the u.s. for years. according to figures released by the cdc, last year overdose deaths topped 100,000 for the first time in american history. and more than 3/4 of those overdose deaths were from opioids. >> cannabis is not only a potential treatment for chronic pain, it's a very effective

treatment for chronic pain that millions of people are currently employing. >> reporter: harvard medical school instructor and physician at massachusetts general hospital dr. peter grinspoon. >> more and more stories are coming in. they just hadn't been funded by the u.s. government because of the war on drugs. they always studied harms and not benefits. there are millions of people using it for chronic pain and they're reporting an improved quality of life over opiates. >> i remember having the doctors prescribe me vicodin. i remember the directions saying take when you have pain. here i am a football player. i just tore my pec, and i thought it wasn't good for me to sit at home and pop pills. >> i initially started to use cannabis in college. but really didn't become a user until i got into the nfl when the injuries started to pile up. an that's really what it was for. it helped to sleep. but really overall improve my quality of life. i had to be there whether for my family or my teammates.

a and the way we have to be able to carry and compartmentablize, it helped me to destress. >> i'm curious toee if you can recall the injuries you've had in your career? >> we've all had concussions. we've played this great sport. both shoulder, no surgeries there. finger, ugly fingers, surgeries. knee, just one surgery there, but sprains in both the knees, ankles, all the way down to contusions. just the normal life of a football player. >> reporter: the nfl seems to be listening. earlier in year, the league donated half a million dollars to uc san diego center for medicinal cannabis research to study whether the plant can be used to help athletes manage pain. johnson and simms both believe their product will help improve lives. >> that came out really good. >> that's probably the best i've ever seen us do that right now. >> reporter: why do you believe cannabis can be a great form of healing? >> for me personally, i've dealt with opioids. and for me, it's just a sense of balance is off. try to stay away from anything

synthetic. cannabis is a natural substance. >> when it comes to the nba, nhl, major league baseball, there are a lot of athletes coming out being very honest about their cannabis use. why do you believe that is? >> i just think it's a new day, right. cannabis has become legal in these different states. and it's progressing to the rest of the country. the conversation has begun to change, and it's become more acceptable. i think all athletes see it as an avenue for an alternative healing other than opioids. >> that's nate burleson reporting. turning to the war in ukraine, the first cargo ship carrying grain out of the country is now on its way to lebanon. charlie d'agata has the story from the docks in odesa. >> reporter: that ship left port here on monday. the russians have blockaded ports since invading in february. ukrainian authorities tell us there are at least 16 more grain ships stuck in these ports waiting to leave.

one ship may be a drop in the ocean of ukraine's blockaded grain, but it's a start. former rear admiral frederick kenley jr. among the team of international inspectors who boarded in istanbul. >> the purpose of the inspection was to ensure that the vessel was carrying no unauthorized cargo or personnel. >> reporter: just more than 26,000 tons of corn. but there are more than 20 million tons of grain trapped in silos and ports in ukraine, desperately needed amid a worsening global food crisis. there. >> has been a lot of cooperative, coordinated effort by all parties. and we'll keep operating. >> reporter: that cooperation at sea has not been replicated here on land. less than 24 hours after agreeing to allow safe passage, russian mills pounded the port city of odesa. military spokesperson natalia

humin said there is no such thing as trust in russia and revealed that odesa had been targeted by another missile overnight. russian forces had been bombarding the nearby coast city of mykolaiv in the worst shells since the war began. wheat fields have also been argued the, turning ukrainian farmers into firefighters. but ukraine forces are hitting back with u.s.-supplied himar systems able to target ammunition depots and artillery far behind russian front lines. yesterday, president zelenskyy said one cargo ship is nothing compared to what's unfolding here, saying the consequences of this war are horrible, not just for ukraine, but for the whole world. >> charlie d'agata reporting. the "overnight news" will be right back. ♪♪ here goes nothing. hey greg. uhh...hello? it's me, your heart! really? yes! recording an ekg in 30 seconds.

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they are focused on safety, and in this case, how close is too close to get out in a hurry. >> evacuate, evacuate! >> reporter: to study the safe size of airline seats, the faa used this simulated cabin. in 2019, they showed us it can be filled with smoke and plunged into darkness. but that's not how the agency did its testing. >> we're going to try to minimize the variables to the ones that are important for this particular test. >> leave everything, come this way! >> reporter: the volunteer passengers who participated in simulated evacuations did have varying seat sizes, but did not are to deal with real life obstacles like bags, smoke or comfort animals or the dark, and they were in groups of 60. that's fewer people than are on in regional jets. the faa found seat size and spacing did not adversely affect the success of of emergency evacuations. but because all participants were able-bodied adults under

60, faa administrator dixon acknowledged the results are useful but not necessarily definitive. >> reporter: congressman steve cohn authored the legislation requiring the seat size study. >> the american public is becoming more and more obese, and the seats are getting smaller and smaller. >> reporter: do you worry you wouldn't be able to get out quickly if you needed to? >> indeed i do. >> reporter: airline seat width is down as much as 4 inches over the last 30 years to as little as 16 inches wide. and seat pitch has shrunk from about 35 inches to 31, and in some cases as little as 28 inches, allowing airlines to add more seats they can then sell. the group flyers rights estimates only about 25% of passengers, one in four actually fit in those seats. and more than half of flyers in a recent survey were dissatisfied with the leg room in economy. what do you think of the size of airline seats right now? >> i think they're tiny. i'm 5'9", and i typically fly with my knees to my chest for

several hours long. it's challenging. >> on average, i think that the seats are too small. >> that would be a great improvement to have the seats much larger for everybody. >> reporter: the faa says it's focused on identifying the minimum seat spacing necessary to safely evacuate an airliner in 90 seconds. its review of ten years of incidents found the overall level of evacuation safety was very high. human behavior, of course, a critical factor if a plane must be evacuated in 90 seconds or less. when american airlines flight 383 had an engine fire on takeoff in 2016, it took nearly 2:30 to get everyone off, in part because passengers grabbed their luggage. and everyone did get off that flight okay. in the u.s., ultra low-cost carriers have seats that are about 28 inches apart. the faa found seats that are closer together than that could present a real challenge to getting out of the plane in a hurry. this comment period is open for

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these rings cannot help me. i have to do something positive. >> reporter: 100% of the money from the sell will go to medvedenko's fly high foundation. >> to help kids, to move them in a safe place. >> reporter: and once the war is over? >> to rebuild and fix sport gyms in school, because hundred school totally destroyed. >> reporter: why are sports so important to kids? >> sport? it's mental rehabilitation. >> reporter: so the simple things in life now really matter, not championship rings? >> yes. exactly. exactly. >> reporter: a safe future for children of ukraine. that has a nice ring to it. jamie yuccas, cbs news. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. 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 scott macfarlane.

this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. four people were critically injured following a lightning strike just north of the white house. the strike was reported just before 7:00 p.m. in lafayette square. numerous storms popped up in the area after temperatures soared into the upper 90s. cbs news has learned that the cdc will update its covid-19 guidance in the coming days to be more simplified. among the changes, no longer recommending contact tracing except for in health care settings and certain high risk congregate settings. and for the first time in several years, major league baseball will head to london with the st. louis cardinals and chicago cubs set to play a two-game series next june. the league last played there in 2019.

for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. basketball star brittney griner sentenced to nine years in a russian penal colony. she was convicted on drug charges. president biden calls this sentence unacceptable. pressure now builds on him to broker a possible prisoner swap. griner's fate seemingly intertwined with russia's war in ukraine and its standoff with the west. public health emergency. the biden administration today declared monkeypox a national emergency. as infection spreads, vaccines are in high demand but short supply. is it too late to contain the virus? breaking news. a texas jury orders conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay millions in damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the sandy hook massacre. record heat across the

country. we'll have the latest forecast. fighting inflation at home. how americans are growing their own food to beat sky-high prices. and how these minor league ballplayers hit a home run while chasing big dreams. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening and thank you foining i'm margaret brennan in for norah. tonight pressure builds on president biden to broker a prisoner swap with russia to free basketball star brittney griner. today a russian judge gave her a nine-year sentence after finding her guilty of drug possession and smuggling. the two-time olympic gold medalist pleaded with the russian judge not to, quote, end her life and apologized, saying she never intended to break laws or hurt anyone. the u.s. considers griner and

another american prisoner wrongfully detained by russia. we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs' nancy cordes starts us off from the white house. good evening, nancy. >> margaret, the white house was unequivocal today. brittney griner should never have had to stand trial, let alone be sentenced to nearly a decade behind bars. but there is also hope tonight that the russians may finally negotiate in earnest over a prisoner exchange now that the sentencing phase is over. >> i had no intent to break any russian laws. >> reporter: from a cage in the courtroom, wnba star brittney griner expressed remorse, but that did not stop a russian judge from sentencing her to nine years in a pel co.>>o my teammates, my club, the fans and the city of ekat for my mistake that i made and the embarrassment that i brought on to them. >> reporter: the sentence prompted outrage from her

phoenix mercury teammates and her league. president biden called it unacceptable. >> russia is wrongfully detaining brittney. >> reporter: the 6'9" center was on her way to play in russia when she was arrested in february. russian authorities accused her drug smuggling after finding less than a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. >> i love my family. >> reporter: in a bid to bring griner and another american, paul whelan home, u.s. officials have proposed a prisoner swap, possibly involving russian arms dealer viktor bout. >> but it's a serious proposal. we urge them to accept it. they should have accepted it weeks ago when we first made it. >> reporter: but the russians said they wouldn't negotiate until griner was sentenced. >> the russian court systems and putin have to be able to justify to the russian people they convicted a u.s. athlete. >> reporter: bill evanina is the former head of counterintelligence for the u.s. government. >> this can go on for a long time, especially if lavrov and

putin want something specific that we're unwilling to give. >> reporter: it's very unusual for u.s. officials to even discuss prisoner swap details in public, but this time, margaret, they say they felt they had no choice after making an offer to the russian and then waiting for weeks without getting any serious response. >> it's a good point, nancy. there are americans detained in half a dozen countries around the world. thank you for those details. tonight, the biden administration is urging every american to take monkeypox seriously and declared the virus a national public health emergency. the cdc says it doesn't have complete data, but estimates more than 7,000 cases have been detected in the u.s. amid a dire shortage of vaccine. we get details now from nikki battiste. >> reporter: the biden administration says today's declaration will take its response to monkeypox to the next level, freeing up funding to increase testing and

treatment. the move comes after weeks of criticism for its sluggish response to the growing outbreak. is this move too little too late? >> i think it should have been done earlier, but at least it's being done now. it is at a point where we can control it. >> reporter: currently, the u.s. leads the world in case count, over 7,000 with more than 1300 in just the last three days. roughly 99% of those are gay or bisexual men. announced today an additional 150,000 doses of the two-shot vaccine are expected in september, sooner than anticipated. that's on top of the 1.1 million doses already available. but still a fraction needed for those considered to be high risk. here in new york, the epicenter of the monkeypox outbreak, another 23,000 vaccine appointments opened this evening, but were filled in minutes. health departments around the

country have stopped offering a second dose to ensure as many people as possible get that initial shot and a layer of protection. margaret? >> thank you. nikki battiste in new york. breaking tonight, a jury in texas ordered conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages for falsely claiming the deadliest elementary school shooting in u.s. history was a hoax. jones told his millions of followers that the massacre at sandy hook elementary was staged. parents of one of the 6-year-old victims testified that jones' lies put them through hell. here's nancy chen. >> is this your verdict, the ten of you who signed it? >> reporter: alex jones was ordered to pay $4.1 million to the parents of 6-year-old jesse lewis, who was killed at sandy hook elementary in 2012. the parents were seeking $150 million from jones for using his "infowars" program to repeatedly spread false claims, calling the

2012 sandy hook massacre where 20 children and 6 adults were killed a hoax. >> the official story of sandy hook has more holes in it than swiss cheese. >> reporter: jones took the stand in his own defense on wednesday, where he finally admitted under oath that he knew the mass shooting really happened. >> it's 100% real. i think sandy hook happened. i think it's a terrible event. >> reporter: but in a late bombshell yesterday, lawyers for the family said newly discovered texts from jones shows that he withheld evidence in his defamation lawsuit. >> mr. jones, in discovery, you were asked do you have sandy hook text messages on your phone, and you said no. correct? you said that under oath, didn't you? >> if i was mistaken, i was mistaken. but you've got the messages right there. >> you know -- >> yes, i do. >> reporter: now the 4.1 million awarded is far less than the 150 million parents had originally

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allegedly stashed by a former boyfriend. kenneth walker, who was in the apartment and dating taylor at the time fired one shot at police. louisville police officers fired more than 30 shots, many blindly into the apartment. >> my girlfriend is dead. >> reporter: taylor was struck and killed. >> i've waited 874 days for today. >> amen. >> reporter: taylor's mother, tamika palmer, spoke to reporters along with family attorney ben crump. >> this is a day that black women saw equal justice in the united states of america. >> reporter: sergeant kyle meany and former detective joshua jaynes are charged with falsifying an affidavit to obtain the raid search warrant. former detective brett hankison is charged with blindly firing into taylor's apartment. jaynes and detective kelly goodlett are accused of covering up their actions. >> those two defendants met in a

garage, where they agreed to tell investigators a false story. >> breonna taylor! >> reporter: breonna taylor's death during the botched police raid galvanized the social justice movement. her name is now synonymous with demonstrations over policing and racial injustice. >> breonna taylor should have awakened in her home as usual on the morning of march 13th, 2020. tragically, she did not. >> the justice department is investigating whether breonna taylor's death is part of a broader pattern and practice of misconduct within the louisville police department, and the attorney general would not comment on whether the recent acquittal of one of today's defendants on state charges could impact the federal case. margaret? >> catherine, thank you. china unleashed an intense show of force today against taiwan with a series of precision missile launches in waters off of its coastline. it's all in retaliation to house speaker nancy pelosi's recent trip to the self-governing

island which bay jbeijing claim as its own. here is ramy inocencio. >> reporter: with several waves of missiles whooshing from beijing's coast, china showed its temper against taipei. at least 11 ballistic missiles targeted the waters dangerously close to taiwan's north, east and south coasts. chinese state media said more than 100 warplanes, warships and at least one nuclear submarine joined in today's campaign of coercion. beijing's warning that new hampshire's visit to taiwan provocatively supports its sovereignty. china claims the democratic island is a renegade province and has vowed to unify with it, by force if needed. in beijing, this resident said the day to take taiwan could now come earlier thanks to pelosi. on china's southeast coast, people watched how that future invasion might start, missiles arcing a mere 80 miles east of

taiwan. on the island of 23 million, though, it was life as normal, its people numb to china's threats over the past seven decades. "everyone needs to live a stable life and the people need freedom." this was just day one in china's live fire drills with more expected through sunday in what many believe is china's trial run to eventually capture taiwan. and margaret, u.s. national security spokesman john kirby condemned china's military drills. he added the u.s. will be steady and responsible in its own reactions and doesn't belief it's in anyone's interest for tensions to escalate further. >> ramy, thank you. back here at home, dangerously hot temperatures from texas to maine. boston's mayor declared a heat emergency as the city hit 97 degrees, breaking a nearly century old record. more than 80 million americans across the central and eastern u.s. are under heat alerts from

montana to washington, d.c. there were shots fired inside the mall of america, which has sent shoppers scrambling for cover. we'll have all those details in 60 seconds.

we have some breaking news. the mall of america in bloomington, minnesota, was put on a temporary lockdown following a shooting. bloomington police say they are working an active incident and have numerous officers on the scene. gunfire inside the mall sent shoppers scrambling for cover. schools and businesses in lauren, nebraska went on lockdown today after the bodies of four people were found in two burning homes just blocks apart. investigators say there was an explosion at one of the homes. police suspect foul play, but they aren't sure if the incidents are connected. tonight, new safety ratings are out for midsized cars. the insurance institute for highway safety added more weight and velocity to the barrier that slams into the cars in those

side crash tests. the only midsized car to score a good rating was the subaru outback. the toyota camry, nissan altima and chevy malibu earned poor ratings. all of these vehicles previously received good ratings before the test crashes got more intense. up next, how some americans are fighting inflation by growing their own food. hi, i'm denise. i've lost over 22 pounds with golo in six months and i've kept it off for over a year. i was skeptical about golo in the beginning because i've tried so many different types of diet products before. i've tried detox, i've tried teas, i've tried all different types of pills,

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squash, tomatoes and cantaloupe. the nurse and single mom of two boys says she's trying to save everywhere she can as prices skyrocket. the average u.s. household in june spent $51 more on groceries than a year ago. >> the prices in food have really gone up everywhere. and so i have been growing a lot more vegetables to kind of keep up with that. >> reporter: bartholomew sparrow is a professor at the university of texas. >> americans used to spend under 10% of their budget on food. this compares to maybe 15 to 20% or more in the rest of the world. now the united states is up to 12%. >> reporter: brown knows price hikes are sending people to their backyards. she runs a central texas vegetable gardner's facebook group. what have you seen this year as inflation has been rising in terms of your membership? >> it's growing significantly, yeah. i think we're close to 20,000 members now. >> reporter: the texas woman

says as many home gardeners know, the food she grows also tastes better than store-bought. amid rising prices, digging up new ways to save some green. janet shamlian, cbs news, austin. still ahead, a woman blasts into space and the history books.

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24 hour protection. prilosec otc one pill, 24 hours, zero heartburn. a busy day of space flight with four rockets launched from earth. that includes an atlas 5 rocket that blasted off from cape canaveral, sending a missile warning satellite into orbit for the defense department. in the west texas desert, jeff bezos' blue origin launched six people into space. that includes vanessa o'brien. she is now the first woman to complete what's called the explorer's extreme trifecta. she has reached space, climbed to the peak of mount everest, and plunged to the deepest point in the ocean. we'll be right back with some minor leaguers hitting a home run in their new home.

while major league baseball players can make tens of millions of dollars, minor leaguers often live paycheck to paycheck. that's why some players are finding their home base in some unique living conditions. here is cbs' charlie de mar. >> reporter: life in the minor leagues isn't all big money and glamour, especially when it comes to where you live. >> a lot of people are in host families. sometimes i've heard stories they don't have wifi, tv, air conditioning, beds. >> i've heard a situation a person didn't have beds. >> scary stories. >> yeah. >> reporter: ask chase dawson and grant parks chasing big league dreams with the schaumburg boomers and they'll tell you they hit a home run. >> so long! >> you guys going up? >> reporter: after each game,

they come home to the most unlikely place, friedship village, a retirement community >> i've got thee big boxes of these. >> reporter: where residents like the vibrant velma robinson roam the halls and the greens. >> wow! >> reporter: here it's not just bingo and board games. >> they just are exciting to talk to. and somebody different. >> my first reaction was really? and i was like you know what? let's do it. >> velma is awesome. i couldn't believe she was 95. we've got a date next tuesday with velma. >> reporter: for years, velma has made friends with players younger than her grandkids. >> you threw out the first pitch i understand. >> yeah. >> what was that like for you? >> reporter: two or three boomers have spent the last nine seasons here. >> any piece of advice that has stuck with you? >> keep chasing your dreams. >> reporter: bingo. charlie de mar, cbs news, chicago. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for other, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com.

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm margaret brennan. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. four people were critically injured following a lightning strike just north of the white house. the strike was reported just before 7:00 p.m. in lafayette square. numerous storms popped up in the area after temperatures soared into the upper 90s. cbs news has learned that the cdc will update its covid-19 guidance in the coming days to be more simplified. among the changes, no longer recommending contact tracing except for in health care settings and certain high risk congregate settings. and for the first time in several years, major league baseball will head to london with the st. louis cardinals and chicago cubs set to play a two-game series next june. the league last played there in 2019. 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 friday, august 5th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, deal reached. senate democrats say they're ready to move on a massive spending bill. why one key senator could still change her mind. public health emergency. the biden administration takes new action on the monkeypox outbreak. what it's now doing to battle the virus. running for cover. shoppers scramble to safety after a shooting inside the mall of america. the latest on the investigation. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm elise preston. anne-marie green is off. we begin with several stories breaking overnight. senate democrats say they've reached an agreement on an ec