deployed wherever they're needed? >> i have no doubt that they're up to the task. >> reporter: the report comes with a new sense of urgency as the cdc moves from managing the pandemic to dealing with the latest public health crisis, monkeypox. is it fair to say we're not quite there yet in terms of monkeypox? >> i think it's too early to say that we have our arms around it. i believe that we can work to contain this outbreak, and we're doing a lot of that hard work. >> reporter: dr. walensky told me the cdc has to up its game when it comes to making the agency's workforce more nimble, improving capabilities in the lab, and becoming better at gathering and reporting data, because norah, we do not know what the next public health challenge will be. >> dr. lapook with that exclusive, thank you so much. well, philadelphia is reeling from another tragic example of the country's gun violence epidemic. the latest a mass shooting that has left five wounded, including a teenager in critical condition. the city of brotherly love is

now one of the deadliest in the country. cbs' elaine quijano is there tonight to find out why. >> reporter: the shooting happened just before 7:00 p.m. outside a recreation center on philadelphia's west side. police say six suspects armed with multiple guns fired nearly 100 shots, injuring five people. >> there are too many guns on our streets with devastating consequences, as we saw by the number of rounds that were taken off the sidewalk, there is no purpose for any of those guns other than to kill human beings. >> reporter: guns have been used to kill 308 people in philadelphia so far this year, more than 1400 people have been shot in the city. that number of gunshot victims surpasses even bigger cities like new york and los angeles. larry krasner is philadelphia's district attorney. what do you think is behind this spike in violence? >> it's a pretty terrible national phenomenon. this is the most heavily armed industrial society in the world. no matter how many guns you take off the street, there are more

and more guns. so let's not kid ourselves. >> reporter: meanwhile, the nypd's specialized anti-gun unit announced a crackdown on illegal guns, seizing 46 guns over the last three days. police were joined by jackie roe adams, a mother who lost two sons to gun violence. >> you are killing each other. the police is not killing us. we killing us. next week, new federal rules go into effect that will regulate unserialized parts used to create ghost guns. here in philadelphia, the atf agent in charge told our cbs station that individuals are selling off inventory now, making it harder for law enforcement to trace those firearms. norah? >> all right, elaine quijano, thank you. overseas to afghanistan now, where a large explosion rocked a kabul mosque, killing at least ten people, including a prominent imam. there was no immediate claim of

responsibility. one year since the taliban takeover, there is growing instability, and a humanitarian crisis with an estimated 25 million living in poverty. cbs' imtiaz tyab reports tonight from kabul. we want to warn you that some of the images of children you're going see are disturbing. >> reporter: afghanistan is starving, and these babies are among the most malnourished at kabul's main children's hospital, infants receive specialized treatment. this mother tells us her 4-month-old son weighs just 6 1/2 pounds. your son is so small, so frail. you must be very worried about him. "yes, we are so worried, kwloe she says. his older brother died and i worry he will too. since the taliban's takeover one year ago, the biden administration has frozen $7 billion in state bank assets.

add other international donors who add up to 80% of the economy pulled financial supports. doctors tell us they're struggling. every day one or two malnourished children die here, he says. you lose one or two children a day? "yes, unfortunately so." in the taliban's afghanistan, hunger stalks nearly every street. these people are waiting outside of the bakery, hoping for a handout of bread. each loaf costs just 11 cents, but even that's too expensive for nijibala. the taliban have been in power for a year now. are they helping you? >> i haven't received a penny from them, he says. as the sun sets, a local resident offers to buy bread for those who have been waiting outside the bakery. it means at least tonight they won't go to bed hungry. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, kabul, afghanistan. and back here at home, the news about the companies fined

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to look at the problem and possible solutions. >> i got you. >> reporter: charles johnson is trying to fill the void for his two sons, but the loss of their mother kyra in 2016 is too deep. >> kyra was robbed. when i see these boys and how amazing they are, it's bittersweet. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a routine c-section. >> the doors to the operating room opened, and they closed behind kyra, and that is the last time i saw her alive. >> reporter: in the u.s., at least 3,000 mothers have died during childbirth since 2016. 12 of the states that have the most restrictive abortion laws also have maternal mortality rates above the national average. nationwide, black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy. >> i'm as terrified as the people i take care of. survival beyond pregnancy is the least of what we deserve. >> reporter: ob/gyn dr. jamilla parrot says the blame goes

beyond women simply having access to quality care. how do we get to black women dying at a rate three to four times? >> we didn't get here overnight, i'll tell you that. there is lots of evidence, lots of research that shows black women are treated differently when we seek care. we're not listened to in the same way. we're given a different level of care, a lesser level of care. >> i got to say, it looks like -- >> reporter: johnson is sharing his life story to help other vulnerable mothers. >> every time i share my experience, it's extremely painful. it's literally the worst thing that's ever happened. but my hope is by telling the story, it will help prevent what happened to our family from happening to another family. >> reporter: elise preston, cbs news, smyrna, georgia. >> it should not have happened to them. when we come back, trouble during a spacewalk. why a russian cosmonaut was told to drop everything and get back inside.

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crew later this month. all right. we'll be right back with a history-making flight in honor of a history-making woman.

finally tonight, we take an historic flight to honor a woman who left a trailblazing legacy in the sky. here is cbs' kris van cleave. >> reporter: this american airlines ground crew is prepping flight 372 for a trip into the history books. it's the first time in the airline's 96 years everyone involved, from the ramp to the gate -- >> we are honored to have you on board. >> reporter: in the cockpit and in the cabin are all black women. the flight celebrates the 100th anniversary of bessie coleman, the first african american woman to earn a pilot's license. coleman had to learn to fly in

france because it wasn't an option here in the u.s. her great niece gigi was on the celebration flight. >> my great aunt, you see her licensed two years before amelia earhart. she wasn't in the history books. no one knew about her. >> you can do whatever you want in life. >> reporter: she runs the bessie coleman aviation all-stars, an after school program aimed at inspiring kids, especially young kids of color, to take flight. >> now i've never had an all black female flight crew in my entire career. >> reporter: there are fewer than 150 black women airline pilots in the u.s. captain beth powell is one of them. >> representation is so important today, because when you see someone in yourself, you know it's possible. i can do this too. >> reporter: sharing the story of bessie coleman in hopes of inspiring the pilots of tomorrow. kris van cleave, cbs news, phoenix. >> that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings. and you can follow us online any

time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. allen weisselberg, is expected to plead guilty to a 15-year tax fraud scheme. the deal would require him to testify about business practices at the former president's company. weisselberg is charged with taking nearly $2 million in untaxed compensation from the trump organization. the 9/11 tribute museum in lower manhattan has closed after being unable to rebound from pandemic losses. this museum is separate from the 9/11 memorial and museum at the world trade center site. and espn icon dick vitale says he is cancer-free after

battling the illness twice in the past year. the 83-year-old stepped away from the mic in january. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> tonight donald trump's former vice president is speaking out for the first time since the search of mar-a-lago, and it comes as the january 6th committee is continuing its work. well, tonight the panel may have a new witness. mike pence says he would consider testifying if he is asked. you may recall there was a pressure campaign led by trump for pence to overturn the 2020 election and not certify the electoral votes in congress. white house officials told the committee that when pence didn't comply, the former president called him a wimp and rioters called for his hanging.

pence's comments came as rudy giuliani spent his day under oath before a grand jury in atlanta that's investigating attempts to overturn the presidential election. we clearly have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs' jeff pegues will start us off from atlanta. good evening, jeff. >> reporter: norah, this georgia investigation may pose the most imminent legal jeopardy for the former president. but it's also the work of the january 6th committee and its political impact ahead of 2024. and now that committee may have yet another star witness. >> if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. >> reporter: today's remarks by former vice president mike pence were the closest he has come to saying that he might testify before the january 6th committee, even though the relationship between pence and mr. trump is strained as a result of january 6th. pence today did weigh in on last week's search of mar-a-lago while asking fellow republicans

not to target fbi agents. >> calls to defend the fbi are just as wrong as calls to defend the police. >> reporter: currently, mr. trump is under legal scrutiny in the state of new york. and in georgia, the fulton county district attorney could be building a case against him. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> reporter: in that case, the former president was recorded in a phone call to georgia's secretary of state. >> but you kept 96,600 votes when there was no return record for them. what would that suggest? phantom votes. >> reporter: former trump attorney rudy giuliani is now a target of the georgia investigation, which is examining whether he participated in an effort to overturn election results. he tried to avoid testifying after telling a judge he was too ill to fly, but he was ordered to find a way to show up at

court today. >> how did you get here? >> i'll give you one answer. i didn't walk. >> reporter: after about six hours in the courthouse, he left in this black suv. someone in the front passenger seat flashed a peace sign. but there is another battleground in yet another courtroom, this one involving yet another trump ally, south carolina senator lindsey graham, who is appealing a judge's decision that he also testify before this special grand jury in this courthouse behind me, just as rudy giuliani did today. norah? >> jeff pegues in atlanta, thank you. tonight, congresswoman liz cheney is considering her next political move after wyoming republicans ousted the trump critic in last night's gop primary. cheney was defiant in defeat, warning voters that their embrace of former president trump and his lies is a threat to democracy itself as she weighs a run for the white house in 2024.

cbs' robert costa reports again for us tonight from jackson, wyoming. >> this primary election is over, but now the real work begins. >> reporter: moments after conceding one of this summer's marquee races, congresswoman liz cheney took the stage at dusk with her father, former vice president dick cheney looking on, and outlined her next mission. >> i will do whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never again anywhere near the oval office, and i mean it. >> reporter: cheney quickly moved to set up a new political action committee explicitly focused on stopping trump, whom sees as a threat to democracy due to the way he has convinced some republicans to echo his baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen. she also did not rule out a possible run for president in 2024. >> abraham lincoln was defeated in elections for the senate and the house before he won the most important election of all. >> reporter: while cheney has a

national profile and fundraising base, her ambitions for a revival of traditional republican politics faces a stark political reality. the gop here in wyoming and in most red states remains the party of trump. cheney's trump-backed challenger, harriet hageman beat cheney in a rout. >> we're no longer going to tolerate representatives who don't represent us. >> reporter: in a statement, trump crowed about her defeat, saying cheney can now finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion. she is now the eighth house republican who supported trump's impeachment following the capitol attack to be heading for the exits after this term. meanwhile, election deniers are gaining traction inside the republican party across the country, and here in wyoming last night, the republican nominated for secretary of state is someone who has made repeated and baseless claims about the 2020 election being stolen from trump. norah?

>> robert costa, thank you. overseas to afghanistan now, where a large explosion rocked a kabul mosque, killing at least ten people, including a prominent imam. there was no immediate claim of responsibility. one year since the taliban takeover, there is growing instability and a humanitarian crisis with an estimated 25 million living in poverty. cbs' imtiaz tyab reports tonight from kabul. we want to warn you that some of the images of children you're going see are disturbing. >> reporter: afghanistan is starving, and these babies are among the most malnourished. at kabul's main children's hospital, infants receive specialized treatment. this mother tells us her 4-month-old son weighs just 6 1/2 pounds. your son is so small, so frail. you must be very worried about him. "yes, we are so worried," she says. "his older brother died and i worry he will too."

hunger has long plagued afghanistan, but since the taliban's takeover one year ago, the biden administration has frozen $7 billion in state bank assets. add other international donors who funded up to 80% of the economy pulled financial supports. doctors tell us they're struggling. "every day one or two malnourished children die here," he says. you lose one or two children a day? "yes, unfortunately so." in the taliban's afghanistan, hunger stalks nearly every street. these people are waiting outside of the bakery, hoping for a handout of bread. each loaf costs just 11 cents, but even that's too expensive for nijibala. the taliban have been in power for a year now. are they helping you? "i haven't received a penny from them," he says. as the sun sets, a local resident offers to buy bread for those who have been waiting

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. people in california are being urged to turn down the ac in the face of a heatwave that threatens to overwhelm the state's power supply. the extreme heat coupled with a decades long mega drought has sparked massive wildfires and caused trouble with the water supply throughout the west. the colorado river is at its lowest level on record, triggering automatic cuts to the water supply for arizona and nevada.

in all, seven states have been ordered to come up with plans to cut water consumption and so far have not. the government is warning drastic cuts in water usage could be imposed on them. ben tracy visited lake powell to see the toll the mega drought is taking. >> we're going to buoy number 3, they call it. >> reporter: paul mcnabb and his dad mike are fishing guides on utah's lake powell. they've been casting along these canyons for decades. >> hey, caught one. >> reporter: they're worried that the wall in front of their favorite fishing hole will just keep getting taller. >> i'm looking at spots that 30, 40 feet up the wall where my bait was hiing where i was fishing a year ago. >> you're saying literally a year ago, this boat we're on right now would have been 30, 40 feet up there? >> yep. it's absolutely crazy how much it's come down. >> reporter: at one point, lake powell had dropped nearly 40 feet in just one year. these satellite images show how quickly it has shrivelled up

during a 22-year-long mega drought. as climate change makes the west hotter and dryer, this massive reservoir is now just 25 full. that white bathtub ring is where the water was before the drought began, 166 feet higher than it is now. houseboats are already running out of room. ten of lake powell's 12 boat ramps are closed because they can't reach the water. if the lake keeps falling, the glen canyon dam won't be able to create hydro power, impacting power for six states. in april, the assistant secretary of the interior warned western governors of profound concerns at operating the dam at lower lake levels, and that the western electrical grid would experience uncertain risk and instability. >> well, i'm very concerned. >> reporter: brian hill is general manager of page utilities. the arizona town used to get 50% of its electricity from the dam. that's been cut in half as lake levels have fallen.

>> for all the southwest, i think the situation is critical. so mother nature is going to have to come to the rescue, or we're going have to really look at some different ways at how we use water throughout the southwest. >> reporter: lake powell is considered a savings account, banking excess water and then sending it down the colorado river to lake immediate, the nation's largest reservoir. this river system supplies water for 40 million people in the west. in an unprecedented move, the federal government is holding back most of the water that would have been sent down river and propping up lake powell with water from reservoirs upriver. >> it is a band-aid fix, and everybody knows it. >> reporter: eric balkin runs the glen canyon institute, named for the massive canyon that was flooded to create lake powell back in the late 1960s after the dam was built. >> at this moment, lake powell was born. >> before the dam was in place,

glen canyon was considered one of the most remarkable landscapes in the u.s. people who knew it well considered it to be as beautiful as the grand canyon. seeing this place come back to life is such a special experience. >> reporter: now as the water recedes, the lost treasures of glen canyon are reemerging. this is just stunning in here. >> it's a very special place. >> reporter: balkin took us into what's known as cathedral in the desert, a massive cavern of undulating rock and a trickling waterfall. so that part of the chamber has not been seen since the 1960s? >> when we were here last year, we were parking our boats right here. >> reporter: and now one of the largest natural bridges in the country has risen out of the water. >> this bridge was covered by water. so what we're boating under you used to be able to boat over. >> reporter: you used to be able to boat over the top of this bridge. and you think we'll be hiking under here? >> i think we'll probably be hiking under here in the next few years. >> reporter: this is amazing.

it's like a dead forest copping out of the water. >> yeah, we call them ghost forests. >> reporter: forests once drowned on the floor are reappearing. new plants and trees are starting to grow nearby. and balkin says ancient footholds from people who climbed here more than a thousand years ago can now be seen. as more and more of these incredible one-of-a-kind features come out of the water, there is no reason they shouldn't be protected. >> reporter: balkin wants glen canyon to become a national park, part of a movement to drain lake powell and fill up lake mead. >> the purpose of the reservoir was to store excess water. we're in a place now where excess water is a thing of the papast. thee rate o of c change that we seeing now is happening way faster than i ever thought it would. which is startling in some waysys, but itt also gives m met of hope,, becauause we're seeino mumuch come back. >> reporter: because right now this is both a reservoir on life support and a lost canyon being reborn. i'm ben tracy in big water,

utah. turning now to the washington in ukraine, where reports say vladimir putin has fired the commander of moscow's black sea fleet in crimea. the occupied peninsula has become part of the war zone with another ammunitions storage site destroyed yesterday. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for this and other attacks in crimea, but has praised the country's special forces. charlie d'agata has the latest from southern ukraine. >> reporter: russia calls the explosions in crimea sabotage. sources here will only hint that elite covert teams may be responsible. whatever the cause, the back-to-back attacks signal a dramatic new phase of the war in this region. electricity substation up in flames. exploding ammunition at a weapons depot orchestrated attacks following last week's assaultt o on an air basee crer chaos in russian controlled crimea appears to be part of the strategy in ukraine's push to

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if you haven't heard of pi pickleball, well, that's about to change. its fastest growing sport in the nation, and luke burbank paid a visit to where it all began. >> reporter: it all started, more or less, out of necessity. >> the inaugural game was this very ball. >> reporter: oh, wow. >> this is the cause and fun ball. you see safety play is the little label on there. so the bat was around here wherever. but the ball is what they grabbed, bill bell and joe. >> reporter: david mccallum remembers back in 1965 when a couple of neighborhood dads here on bainbridge island, washington, bill bell and joel

pritchard, were looking for something, anything to keep their bored kids entertained. they had some pieces of wood, a plastic ball, and a badminton court. so they made up a game on the spot and named it pickleball. >> the pickles version of the naming is that pickles would run around here in these bushes and grab the ball. so they named it after pickle, the dog. >> reporter: but there is also speculation that pickles was born after the game was invented, which would make it impossible. >> it would. >> reporter: while the origin of the sport's name might be complicated, the game itself was actually pretty simple. >> they came up and found the badminton court, which had a raised net. they had a ping-pong paddle and a whiffle ball and started trying to hit the ball and lowered the net and figured the game of pickleball out. >> reporter: scott stover and his wife carol own the house and the court where the sport was invented. they grew up spending their

summers just down the road and watched, like david mccallum, as pickleball took off within their tiny island community. >> and it started growing very small, but they needed paddles. not everybody has a band saw in their basement. so they would call barney to get paddles. >> reporter: barney was david mccallum's dad, credited as the sport's third founder. by day, he ran an envelope company. by night he started making, with his son's help, pickleball paddles for a growing fan base. first on the island and then for the wider world, which is where doug smith came in. >> the best thing we could do is be able to have a demonstration court and then get the teachers out there. >> reporter: doug's task was to try to convince pe teachers to add pickle ball to their curriculum. which meant going to teaching conferences and letting them try it for themselves. >> the teachers would be playing

all during the conference. >> reporter: the plan took time, but worked, taking pickleball from a game with a funny name invented in someone's backyard -- >> pcle ball's most unique stage. >> reporter: to what is currently the fastest growing sport in america. by some estimates, nearly 5 million people in the u.s. have taken up pickleball. and that's having a profound cultural effect, from the repurposing of many tennis courts to how retirement communities are being built, to the themed restaurants. and of course the hyper competitive pro leagues. >> now you are a master dinker. look at you go! >> reporter: fans of the game say the secret sauce of pickleball is that anyone can learn the game and start having fun in 30 minutes. so sunday morning producer john goodwin and i decided to test that theory. we had a few victories and a lot

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and what that means for your life. tune in to dr. jeremiah's new series, "christ above all", on the next "turning point", right here on this station. millions of kids spent at least part of their summer vacation at camp. well, there is one camp in connecticut that's more than just fun and games. it gives youngsters with life-altering burn injuries a chance to heal their bodies and minds. nancy chen went to check it out. >> reporter: the only target for these campers, simply getting to be kids. >> we've been through so much in our lives. >> reporter: 13-year-old haley is one of dozens of survivors who gather for a week every july at the arthur c. love burn camp. it's her sixth time here. why do you keep coming back to camp? >> this is my second home, and it allows us to socialize with

people that are just like us. >> when you're in other places, sometimes people tend to stare. here it's like you're all the same. >> reporter: now in its 31st year, the connecticut camp is free and staffed entirely by volunteers. including former campers like kathy wright. do you think that you would be where you are today if it wasn't for this camp? >> not at all. i wore turtlenecks all over the place. i didn't value myself until i came and i saw others who had more self-confidence. >> reporter: these campers call it a community, born of understanding. >> when i was younger, i got bullied. but as soon as i hit this camp, my attitude just changed, my personality changed. i feel it made me a better person than what i was when i first came here. >> reporter: it may look like fun and games, but this camp is also a real game changer. >> i did it! >> reporter: nancy chen, cbs news, union, connecticut. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. 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 jan crawford. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. allen weisselberg, the former ceo of the trump organization, is expected to plead guilty to a 15-year tax fraud scheme. the deal would require him to testify about business practices at the former president's company. weisselberg is charged with taking nearly $2 million in untaxed compensation from the trump organization.tion. the 9/11 tribute museum in lower manhattan has closed after being unable to rebound from pandemic losses. this museum is separate from the 9/11 memorial and museum at the world trade center site. and espn icon dick vitale says he is cancer-free after battling the illne twice in

the past year. the 83-year-old stepped away from the mic in january. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new the very latest in the investigations into donald trump and what his former vice president is saying about that mar-a-lago search and whether he'll testify before the january 6th committee. as mike pence weighs a 2024 run for the white house, his message to fellow republicans -- >> calls to defund the fbi are just as wrong as calls to defund the police. plus, rudy giuliani spends six hours before a grand jury. cbs' jeff pegues is there. the cdc's covid failure. the major overhaul for america's major public health agency just announced. cbs' dr. jon lapook speaks with

the cdc director rochelle walensky for her only television interview. >> was the agency up to the task of handling this epidemic? gun violence in america. after five people are shot and more than 100 rounds? fired in philadelphia, cbs' elaine quijano is there tonight in one of the nation's deadliest cities. and a trip into the history books. kris van cleave is on a flight honoring a pilot and pioneer. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> tonight donald trump's former vice president is speaking out for the first time since the search of mar-a-lago, and it comes as the january 6th committee is continuing its work. well, tonight the panel may have a new witness. mike pence says he would consider testifying if he is asked. you may recall there was a pressure campaign led by trump for pence to overturn the 2020 election and not certify the

electoral votes in congress. white house officials told the committee that when pence didn't comply, the former president called him a wimp and rioters called for his hanging. pence's comments came as rudy giuliani spent his day under oath before a grand jury in atlanta that's investigating attempts to overturn the presidential election. we clearly have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs' jeff pegues will start us off from atlanta. good evening, jeff. >> reporter: norah, this georgia investigation may pose the most imminent legal jeopardy for the former president. but it's also the work of the january 6th committee and its political impact ahead of 2024. and now that committee may have yet another star witness. >> if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider it. >> reporter: today's remarks by former vice president mike pence were the closest he has come to saying that he might testify before the january 6th committee, even though the relationship between pence and mr. trump is strained as a

result of january 6th. pence today did weigh in on last week's search of mar-a-lago while asking fellow republicans not to target fbi agents. >> calls to defend the fbi are just as wrong as calls to defend the police. >> reporter: currently, mr. trump is under legal scrutiny in the state of new york. and in georgia, the fulton county district attorney could be building a case against him. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> reporter: in that case, the former president was recorded in a phone call to georgia's secretary of state. >> but you kept 96,600 votes when there was no return record for them. what would that suggest? phantom votes. >> reporter: former trump attorney rudy giuliani is now a target of the georgia investigation, which is examining whether he participated in an effort to

overturn election results. he tried to avoid testifying after telling a judge he was too ill to fly, but he was ordered to find a way to show up at court today. >> how did you get here? >> i'll give you one answer. i didn't walk. >> reporter: after about six hours in the courthouse, he left in this black suv. someone in the front passenger seat flashed a peace sign. but there is another battleground in yet another courtroom, this one involving yet another trump ally, south carolina senator lindsey graham, who is appealing a judge's decision that he also testify before this special grand jury in this courthouse behind me, just as rudy giuliani did today. norah? >> jeff pegues in atlanta, thank you. tonight, congresswoman liz cheney is considering her next political move after wyoming republicans ousted the trump critic in last night's gop primary. cheney was defiant in defeat,

warning voters that their embrace of former president trump and his lies is a threat to democracy itself as she weighs a run for the white house in 2024. cbs' robert costa reports again for us tonight from jackson, wyoming. >> this primary election is over, but now the real work begins. >> reporter: moments after conceding one of this summer's marquee races, congresswoman liz cheney took the stage at dusk with her father, former vice president dick cheney looking on, and outlined her next mission. >> i will do whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never guinea again anywhere near the oval office, and i mean it. >> reporter: cheney quickly moved to set up a new political action committee explicitly focused on stopping trump, whom sees as a threat to democracy due to the way he has convinced some republicans to echo his baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen. she also did not rule out a possible run for president in 2024. >> abraham lincoln was defeated

in elections for the senate and the house before he won the most important election of all. >> reporter: while cheney has a national profile and fundraising base, her ambitions for a revival of traditional republican politics faces a stark political reality. the gop here in wyoming and in most red states remains the party of trump. cheney's trump-backed challenger, harriet hageman beat cheney in a rout. >> we're no longer going to tolerate representatives who don't represent us. >> reporter: in a statement, trump crowed about her defeat, saying cheney can now finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion. she is now the eighth house republican who supported trump's impeachment following the capitol attack to be heading for the exits after this term. meanwhile, election deniers are gaining traction inside the republican party across the country, and here in wyoming last night, the republican

nominated for secretary of state is someone who has made repeated and baseless claims about the 2020 election being stolen from trump. norah? >> robert costa, thank you. tonight, californians are being urged to cut their electric usage with another brutal heatwave pushing power supplies to their limit. 30 million people in the west are under heat alerts with more records expected to fall tomorrow. seattle could hit 93 degrees. portland temperatures will near the triple-digits. overseas, incredible flooding in france. this was the scene in the paris metro, floodwaters cascading down the stairs as people tried to get home from work. the city of light got nearly an inch and a half of rain that is close to a month's worth in just one hour. and tonight, three of the country's largest pharmacy chains are facing a big financial hit. a federal judge ordered cvs, walgreens, and walmart to pay two counties in ohio more than $650 million for their roles in fuelling the opioid epidemic.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> a major shake-up tonight at the centers for disease control following criticism of how the nation's public health agency handled the covid-19 epidemic, and it comes as the country faces another outbreak, this time monkeypox. cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook has our exclusive interview tonight. >> reporter: today's report uncovered deep concerns over the cdc's culture and day to day practices. among the complaints, a rigid compartmentalized bureaucracy that restricted the agency's overall response to the pandemic, from its analysis of

data to the sluggish release of information to the public to its confusing and overwhelming covid guidance. was the agency up to the task of handling this pandemic? >> i think our public health infrastructure in the country was not up to the task of handling this pandemic. >> reporter: cdc director dr. rochelle walensky commissioned the report in april. >> we learned some hard lessons over the last three years, and as part of that, it's my responsibility, the agency's responsibility to learn from those lessons and do better. >> reporter: the new findings are likely to spark a major shake-up of the cdc's sprawling bureaucracy. among the plans, get information to the public more rapidly, create a new office to promote equity in health care, and develop a more nimble workforce that can quickly respond to public health crises. >> we need to have special forces if you will to deploy during pandemic times. >> reporter: do you think they're up to the task of now changing their whole culture and thinking of themselves more like special forces that can be deployed wherever they're

needed? >> i have no doubt that they're up to the task. >> reporter: the report comes with a new sense of urgency as the cdc moves from managing the pandemic to dealing with the latest public health crisis, monkeypox. is it fair to say we're not quite there yet in terms of monkeypox? >> i think it's too early to say that we have our arms around it. i believe that we can work to contain this outbreak, and we're doing a lot of that hard work. >> reporter: dr. walensky told me the cdc has to up its game when it comes to making the agency's workforce more nimble, improving capabilities in the lab, and becoming better at gathering and reporting data, because norah, we do not know what the next public health challenge will be. >> dr. lapook with that exclusive, thank you so much. well, philadelphia is reeling from another tragic example of the country's gun violence epidemic. the latest a mass shooting that has left five wounded, including a teenager in critical condition. the city of brotherly love is now one of the deadliest in the country.

cbs' elaine quijano is there tonight to find out why. >> reporter: the shooting happened just before 7:00 p.m. outside a recreation center on philadelphia's west side. police say six suspects armed with multiple guns fired nearly 100 shots, injuring five people. >> there are too many guns on our streets with devastating consequences, as we saw by the number of rounds that were taken off the sidewalk. there is no purpose for any of those guns other than to kill human beings. >> reporter: guns have been used to kill 308 people in philadelphia so far this year. more than 1400 people have been shot in the city. that number of gunshot victims surpasses even bigger cities like new york and los angeles. larry krasner is philadelphia's district attorney. what do you think is behind this spike in violence? >> it's a pretty terrible national phenomenon. this is the most heavily armed industrial society in the world. no matter how many guns you take off the street, there are more and more guns.

so let's not kid ourselves. >> reporter: meanwhile, the nypd's specialized anti-gun unit announced a crackdown on illegal guns, seizing 46 guns over the last three days. police were joined by jackie rowe adams, a mother who lost two sons to gun violence. >> you are killing each other. the police is not killing us. we killing us. >> next week, new federal rules go into effect that will regulate unserialized parts used to create ghost guns. here in philadelphia, the atf agent in charge told our cbs station that individuals are selling off inventory now, making it harder for law enforcement to trace those firearms. norah? >> all right, elaine quijano, thank you. overseas to afghanistan now, where a large explosion rocked a kabul mosque, killing at least ten people, including a prominent imam. there was no immediate claim of responsibility. one year since the taliban takeover, there is growing

instability, and a humanitarian crisis with an estimated 25 million living in poverty. cbs' imtiaz tyab reports tonight from kabul. we want to warn you that some of the images of children you're going see are disturbing. >> reporter: afghanistan is starving, and these babies are among the most malnourished. at kabul's main children's hospital, infants receive specialized treatment. this mother tells us her 4-month-old son weighs just 6 1/2 pounds. your son is so small, so frail. you must be very worried about him. "yes, we are so worried," she says. "his older brother died and i worry he will too." hunger has long plagued afghanistan, but since the taliban's takeover one year ago, the biden administration has frozen $7 billion in state bank assets. add other international donors

who add up to 80% of the economy pull financial support. doctors tell us they're struggling. "every day one or two malnourished children die here," he says. you lose one or two children a day? "yes, unfortunately so." in the taliban's afghanistan, hunger stalks nearly every street. these people are waiting outside of the bakery, hoping for a handout of bread. each loaf costs just 11 cents, but even that's too expensive for nijibala. the taliban have been in power for a year now. are they helping you? "i haven't received a penny from them," he says. as the sun sets, a local resident offers to buy bread for those who have been waiting outside the bakery. it means at least tonight they won't go to bed hungry. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, kabul, afghanistan. and back here at home, the news about the companies fined hundreds of millions of dollars for their alleged roles in the

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>> i got you. >> reporter: charles johnson is trying to fill the void for his two sons, but the loss of their mother kyra in 2016 is too deep. >> kyra was robbed. when i see these boys and how amazing they are, it's bittersweet. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a routine c-section. >> the doors to the operating room opened, and they closed behind kyra, and that is the last time i saw her alive. >> reporter: in the u.s., at least 3,000 mothers have died during childbirth since 2016. 12 of the states that have the most restrictive abortion laws also have maternal mortality rates above the national average. nationwide, black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy. >> i'm as terrified as the people i take care of. survival beyond pregnancy is the least of what we deserve. >> reporter: ob/gyn dr. jamila perritt says the blame goes beyond women simply having access to quality care.

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there is a test flight without a crew later this month. all right. we'll be right back with a history-making flight in honor of a history-making woman.

finally tonight, we take an historic flight to honor a woman who left a trailblazing legacy in the sky. here is cbs' kris van cleave. >> reporter: this american airlines ground crew is prepping flight 372 for a trip into the history books. it's the first time in the airline's 96 years everyone involved, from the ramp to the gate -- >> we are honored to have you on board. >> reporter: in the cockpit and in the cabin are all black women. the flight celebrates the 100th anniversary of bessie coleman, the first african american woman to earn a pilot's license. coleman had to learn to fly in france because it wasn't an option here in the u.s.

her great niece gigi was on the celebration flight. >> my great aunt, you see her licensed two years before amelia earhart. she wasn't in the history books. no one knew about her. >> you can do whatever you want in life. >> reporter: she runs the bessie coleman aviation all-stars, an after school program aimed at inspiring kids, especially young people of color, to take flight. >> now i've never had an all black female flight crew in my entire career. >> reporter: there are fewer than 150 black women airline pilots in the u.s. captain beth powell is one of them. >> representation is so important today, because when you see someone in yourself, you know it's possible. i can do this too. >> reporter: sharing the story of bessie coleman in hopes of inspiring the pilots of tomorrow. kris van cleave, cbs news, phoenix. >> that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings. and you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com.

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. allen weisselberg, is expected to plead guilty to a 15-year tax fraud scheme. the deal would require him to testify about business practices at the former president's company. weisselberg is charged with taking nearly $2 million in untaxed compensation from the trump organization.. the 9/11 tribute museum in lower manhattan has closed after being unable to rebound from pandemic losses. this museum is separate from the 9/11 memorial and museum at the world trade center site. and espn icon dick vitale says he is cancer-free after

battling the illness twice in the past year. the 83-year-old stepped away from the mic in january. 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 thursday, august 18th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." >> and we make pretty public mistakes. we need to own them. >> cdc reset. big changes will in store for the public health agency. why now as the u.s. takes on the monkeypox outbreak. grand jury testimony. rudy giuliani faces hours of questions about possible election meddling in georgia. his new comments after the hearing. space scare. why a cosmonaut was ordered to drop everything and get back inside the international space station. well, good morning, and good to be with you.