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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin with ian. it is the ninth named storm in the atlantic, and now the biggest threat to florida so far this hurricane season. ian is barreling toward cuba. this video showing that heavy rain from the storm was shared by a cbs news producer who is there. ian is clearly rapidly intensifying. people in florida who are clearly no strangers to this type of weather are being urged to get ready. today near tampa you see people filling up sandbags. others race to buy essential supplies. meanwhile, governor ron desantis has declared this a statewide emergency. >> even if you're not
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necessarily right in the of the path of the storm, there's going to be pretty broad impacts throughout the state. you're going to have wind. you're going to have water. there could be flooding on the east coast of florida as a result of this. it's a big storm. so just prepare for that and understand that's something that may happen. >> meteorologist rick knabb of our partners at the weather channel has been following this storm for us all ntensi and appearanc onat u. this ioi lot aohe middlet of this coming week. now, we already know that this is going to be coming into the eastern gulf of mexico as a strong hurricane. what we don't know is exactly where the center is going to make landfall. but the entire florida peninsula and florida panhandle regions need to be ready for impacts. we've already got a tropical storm watch up for the lower florida keys from the 7 mile
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bridge down to key west. and then after that conditions will be going downhill from south to north, mainly starting on wednesday and going north from there. we could have major impacts even without a major hurricane on the wind scale. jericka. >> all right. rick knabb for us. thank you. as floridians prepare for ian, canadians on the atlantic coast are reeling from fiona's flurry. officials called the scope of the damage there unprecedented. tonight hundreds of thousands remain without power. soldiers with the canadian armed forces have even been called in to help with the cleanup efforts. well, russia is looking to boost the ranks of ukraine. this weekend people in kremlin-occupied territories in eastern ukraine are being forced to pick a side. cbs's debora patta is in the capital of tekyiv with more on what's next. >> reporter: staged polls in occupied cities like these, referendums amid the rubble and ruin of war. a grotesque mockery of
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democracy, ballots propped up by bullets. election officials accompanied by armed soldiers go traipsing up flights of stairs, knocking on doors, searching for voters. others pound the streets with loud speakers. russian news eager to show voters in occupied kherson. the next day the same location was deserted. >> i think we can name russia it's a terrorist which hold our citizens as hostage. russians take hostage our citizens now inside melitopol. >> reporter: the white house regards the referendums as a sign of vladimir putin's defes.sh buty a sore dangerous one. threatening nuclear weapons and imposing an immediate call-up for military reservists.
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it sparked widespread anti-war protests at home, resulting in hundreds of arrests. and the panicked exodus of young men fleeing the country to dodge the draft like sergei, caught up in a long line of traffic at the finnish border. >> i just pack my bag and directly go to finland. >> reporter: many of those called up have never fought in a war, let alone one that already has hardened russian fighters on the run. debora patta, cbs news, kyiv, ukraine. today ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, spoke exclusively with "face the nation's" margaret brennan. he warned that putin's nuclear threat is real. >> vladimir putin continues to dangle the threat of nuclear weapons use. you've called this nuclear blackmail. do you think he's bluffing right now? >> translator: look, maybe yesterday it was bluff.
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now it could be a reality. he wants to scare the whole world. these are the first steps of his nuclear blackmail. i don't think he's bluffing. >> zelenskyy also called putin's government terrorists and said europe cannot be stable if putin remains in power. well, today iran's foreign ministry accused western governments of meddling in the country's ongoing unrest and protests. we get now more from cbs's imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: iran's rulers are cracking down hard. dozens of protesters have been killed, hundreds arrested, and the internet choked off. after hard-line president ebrahim raisi vowed to, quote, deal decisively with the nationwide unrest. but even with their guns state security forces are being pushed back. with protesters fighting them off like never seen before. the demonstrations were triggered by the death of 22-year-old mahsa amini.
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just over a week ago she was arrested by iran's notorious morality police for allegedly wearing her head scarf too loosely and died in their custody. since then women have taken to the streets in fury, ripping eir verings, which are compulsory under iranian ore. baran abasi is with the bbc's persian service. >> do you think this protest could lead to real change in iran? >> change might happen gradually. but the society in iran is not the same as what it was a week ago. >> reporter: iran may have fundamentally been changed by these protests. but the discontent has been festering for years. rampant government corruption, a weak economy, western sanctions, international isolation, and political oppression have all led to this coalition of women and men, rich and poor, to join forces and demand reforms, including laws governing now women can dress, challenging a
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potent symbol of the thee o'the kraic regime's dominance as well as questioning the legitimacy of a leadership that has gripped power since 1979 and increasingly relies on brutal violence to hold on to it. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. well, voters in italy chose her bers ofarty neo-fascism. so police in philadelphia this weekend are looking for the person behind a deadly unprovoked attack. new surveillance video shows the suspect passing 23-year-old everett beauregard, then shooting him dead. a $20,000 reward is being offered. to georgia now and a surprise appearance this weekend by former president jimmy carter. the 97-year-old along with 95-year-old former first lady rosalind carter attended the
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks so much for staying with us. attorneys general from 18 states have signed a letter to president biden asking him to declare the drug fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. the cdc says fentanyl poisoning is now the number one cause of death for adults between 18 and 45 years old. designating it as a wmd would bring the department of homeland security and the pentagon into the battle against drug traffickers. now, a lot of fentanyl passes through colorado, where the drug is taking a terrible toll. that's where we find cbs's jeff
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pegues. >> fentanyl killed him. >> reporter: kimberly osterman's son max died from fentanyl poisoning last year. he excelled in sports and academics. but he also had an addiction. >> he struggled. he had his demons. >> reporter: fentanyl poisonings in the state of colorado have become all too common. and there is a reason. the drug comes to the u.s. from mexico, and the cartels realized they can use the interstates and highways in colorado to reach vast parts of the country. what you see piled up on the hoods of these cars are the almost daily seizures of the drug. investigators compare it to a faucet you just can't shut off. >> there's no shortage of work for our troopers. >> reporter: colonel matthew packard is the chief of the colorado state patrol. >> the people that are selling fentanyl, they are profit driven. and that's it. profit above all else. and they do not care how many body bags are a result.
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>> reporter: fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, 50 times more potent than heroin. in 2021 colorado saw nearly a 70% increase in fatal fentanyl overdoses. it does not look good. what is going on in colorado? >> well, the numbers are bad all over the nation. when i speak to my colleagues across the country, other u.s. attorneys, fentanyl comes up in every conversation. >> reporter: since 2019 the number of federal prosecutions in colorado related to fentanyl has more than tripled. but an increase in prosecutions has not translated into a decrease in the flow of drugs. >> does that mean the approach has been a failure >> well, the approach is ongoing. and the approach is multidimensional. there's a whole piece of this which probably deals with mental health, with addiction, with demand. >> reporter: in this case the officers responding to a fentanyl overdose knew exactly
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what to do by administering narcan. it saved this woman's life. >> that was scary. >> reporter: she wanted us to conceal her identity. >> i was scared to death. >> reporter: what do you want other people to get from your story? >> so many people are dying. no one knows what they're taking anymore. and even if they do they're still willing to risk it and it's not going to end well. >> it's killing our kids. >> reporter: kim osterman will never get over the loss of her son. >> he thought he had it all under control. he thought he knew how to manage. >> reporter: jeff pegues, golden, colorado. with inflation near a 40-year high the cost of almost everything keeps going up from groceries to rent to health care. and when it comes to food, those who can least afford it are actually getting hit the hardest. carter evans explains. >> reporter: everybody's feeling
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it. grocery prices nationwide up almost 14%. sherry thompson struggles to stretch her family's weekly $200 food budget. >> my grandson, he comes in and he says nana, we should be on lunchtime by now. and i said no, we actually skipped lunch, we're on dinner. >> reporter: she just left dollar general where new data suggests overall prices are up almost 24% and prices at nearby aldi are up nearly 17%. both discount scores often relied on by families in lower income neighborhoods. is food inflation hitting lower-income people disproportionately? >> absolutely. >> reporter: leo feller is chief economist at numerator which tracks hundreds of millions of shopping receipts. he says higher income communities have more options. >> you can go from a whole foods to a walmart, from a walmart to a dollar general. once you're a low-income consumer you are already at the cheapest place that you can possibly buy food. and that just means these stores have more pricing power. >> reporter: for meat, poultry,
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fish and eggs discounters raised prices at a higher rate compared to many other grocers. the same for dairy products. we dug into the receipts and tracked milk prices at a single dollar general store in texas. over a year the price shot up 20%. in a statement dollar general told us, "like many other retailers we have been forced to pass along certain product kochlt increases, although not of the magnitude suggested by numerator." aldi didn't respond. still, discounters are cheaper than most other supermarkets that can only jack up prices so high. >> you can't, you know, raise prices if people are going to shift away from you except at a dollar general or aldi's people aren't shifting away. more people are still coming to these stores despite the higher prices. >> reporter: researchers also found that when the grocery money starts to run out cash-strapped consumers are turning to less healthy options like dollar menus and fast food restaurants. >> that again was carter evans in los angeles. well, the battle against
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climate change could soon be coming to a kitchen near you. some cities are banning gas stoves and other appliances that run on natural gas. why? because it adds to global warming. ben tracy has that story. >> reporter: at darrow's new orleans grill in carson, california -- >> you've got your fresh catfish fried. >> reporter: -- you can count on a warm welcome. >> this is what you've been waiting for all week. >> reporter: a hot fryer. and that signature blue flame burning on the stovetop. >> we've always used gas. all these recipes are gas-related. >> reporter: norwood clark jr. has been cooking with gas for decades. he's worried that a growing number of bans on gas appliances in california could impact his plans to open a new restaurant near los angeles's football stadium. >> this is going to put a major, major wrench in those plans. when you change the cooking style, you change the makeup of the product itself. i can't see any legitimate chef
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out there turning to electric. i don't see it. >> really? >> i don't see it, ben. >> reporter: about 80 local governments have passed laws requiring or encouraging new homes and businesses to use electric rather than natural gas appliances. burning natural gas in these settings accounts for about 13% of u.s. greenhouse gas emissions. the largest component of it is methane, which is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming the planet. >> so there's actually not that much about natural gas that's natural. >> reporter: leia guccione is with rmi, a colorado-based clean energy organization. she knows the fight over gas stoves has become a flashpoint. 20 states have passed laws prohibiting bans on gas appliances, arguing that by itself cooking with natural gas in homes amounts to just .1% of u.s. greenhouse gas emissions. there are going to be a lot of people who don't like this.
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they like their gas stove. do you worry about turning some people off to the larger climate issues that we're trying to combat as a society for something that is relatively small? >> i think that's a valid concern. really what we need to think about is eliminating all of the fossil gas appliances from our homes. so not just the stove but also our furnaces, our water heaters. if we have a gas-powered dryer. the climate science is showing us that we have almost no time to waste. >> reporter: at this denver home researchers from stanford are studying the impacts. they say gas stoves produce planet-warming pollution equal to half a million gas-powered cars each week. natural gas can also raise levels of nitrogen dioxide in homes, potentially causing r respiratory issues including asthma. when you guys went in there and turned on the burners, how quickly did that reach a limit that's considered unhealthy? >> it took about six minutes for
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the nitrogen dioxide level to reach that epa threshold. these pollutants really do have negative effects on our health. >> natural gas is safe, it's affordable, it's clean. >> reporter: the natural gas associatiosagr with's findings. it says it's working to reduce emissions and that most consumers simply can't afford thousands of dollars to switch to electric appliances. >> so at the end of the day this is a very expensive proposition for very little environmental gain. >> what can i get for you? >> reporter: norwood clark jr. says he scares about climate change but if he's ever forced to replace his gas stove -- >> i'll shut it down. because i'm not going to compromise the flavor. >> you'll close your business. >> i'll close it down. >> really? >> i really would. >> reporter: and that's why the debate over those little blue flames is so hot. >> that chicken is amazing. >> reporter: i'm ben tracy in los angeles. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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>> reporter: when people first see 9-year-old carson majors of encinitas, california almost everyone jumps to the same conclusion. but she doesn't have cancer. >> good job. >> reporter: she's fine. she just have alopecia universalis. an autoimmune disease that results in near total hair loss. carson began showing symptoms at the age of 6. and within two years her flowing blond locks were completely gone. >> i liked to do my hair a lot, but then it fell out, so. >> reporter: carson says it still bothers her at times. >> because i miss my hair. >> reporter: but she says her attitude improved dramatically after a chance meeting on the lacrosse field. >> when you first saw her, what did you think? >> she was like so nice, pretty, beautiful. cool. she was way older than me. >> reporter: but equally bald. >> she's like, do you have alopecia? i was like, yeah. do you? she's like, yeah.
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it was a moment of awe, especially because the sun was setting. it was just like shining down. it was perfect. >> reporter: 17-year-old scarlet hall says she used to hate her hair loss too. but her attitude also improved dramatically after meeting carson. >> scarlett! >> hi, kid. >> i got a best friend. i got a mini me. >> reporter: alopecia in children is rare. which is why scarlet decide td was especially important, not only to engage with carson that first day but to remain a presence in her life. >> i want to be able to show her that like you're perfect. you don't need to look like the people on the magazine cover. >> reporter: and by all accounts that message is getting through. did she help make you more comfortable with who you are? >> yes. >> by something she said or just the way she was? >> the way she was. >> so friends make that big a difference? >> did you not know that? >> i had an inkling but now i believe it even more. >> reporter: two besties showing the world that hair should never
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finding the perfect wedding dress is a dream come true for many women, but it's not something everyone can afford. so when one bride decided to share her dream dress she never imagined what would happen next. janet shamlian has more. >> reporter: gwendolyn stulgis wore the dress of had err dreams on her wedding day, even though it was well beyond her budget. what did you think when you saw the price tag? >> i was like no, that's not -- i'm not getting it. >> reporter: but family members convinced the ohio woman to go for it. >> there's not many times in your life really that you think like you really look beautiful that day. but that particular day i felt beautiful. >> reporter: unlike many brides who store their dress after the big day stulgis made a different decision. >> i really felt like it would
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definitely be something someone else would appreciate. >> reporter: she posted photos online asking any future bride who loved it to reach out, eventually gifting it to margaret hyde. after being swamped with messages from new brides across the country wanting to donate their gowns, she create aid facebook page, shared dream dresses, to enable generosity. gloria ponius is one of 200 women who've received a dress. >> i couldn't wait to see it because i couldn't believe it was actually going to be mine. >> reporter: goodwill is contagious. stulgis's daughter just posted her junior bridesmaids's dress. >> it really doesn't take much to be kind to somebody. it doesn't have to be a wedding dress. it really doesn't. >> reporter: whatever the original cost, a priceless gift, saying yes to giving away the dress. janet shamlian, cbs news. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others make sure you check back later for "cbs mornings" and of course follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm
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jericka duncan. this is cbs news flash. i'm debra alf flown washington. elon musk will be meeting with lawyers from twitter in the next few days. a trial next month may determine whether the tesla ceo must carry through with his $44 billion agreement to buy the social media platform. vice president kamala harris is traveling to tokyo to attend a memorial service for former prime minister shinzo abe. abe was shot and killed while delivering a campaign speech in july. demonstrations and protests are expected. and superstar rihanna will headline the 2023 super bowl halftime show. this is an about-face for the pop icon, who turned down the 2019 show to support colin kaepernick. for more news download the cbs
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news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm debra alfarone, cbss, washington. ♪ ian intensifies. the storm strengthens, churning in the caribbean. floridians brace for the worst, filling sandbags and stocking up. we'll have the forecast and ian's expected track. russian soldiers round up voters in ukraine. in a "face the nation" exclusive a new warning about vladimir putin's nuclear threat. >> translator: maybe yesterday it was bluff. now it could be a reality. across america rising concern about a housing price crash. >> i expect national house prices nationwide to probably fall about 10%. and later, this isn't your grandparents' f-100. it's a converted classic.
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>> try that acceleration. whoa! yeah. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin with ian. it is the ninth named storm in the atlantic, and now the biggest threat to florida so far this hurricane season. ian is barreling toward cuba. this video showing that heavy ian is clearly rapidly intensifying. people in florida who are clearly no strangers to this type of weather are being urged to get ready. today near tampa you see people filling up sandbags. others race to buy essential supplies. meanwhile, governor ron desantis has declared this a statewide emergency. >> even if you're not necessarily right in the eye of the path of the storm, there's going to be pretty broad impacts throughout the state. you're going to have wind. you're going to have water.
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there could be flooding on the east coast of florida as a result of this. it's a big storm. so just prepare for that and understand that that's something that may happen. >> meteorologist rick knabb of our partners at the weather channel has been following the storm for us all day. rick? >> jericka, ian is very likely to strengthen rapidly over the next couple of days. don't let its current intensity and appearance on satellite fool you. this is going to look a lot different tomorrow and into the middle part of this coming week. now, we already know that this is going to be coming into the eastern gulf of mexico as a strong hurricane. we don't know exactly where the center is going to make landfall, but the entire florida peninsula and florida panhandle regions need to be ready for impacts. we've already got a tropical storm watch up for the lower thenfter tt condns wil be going downhill from south to mainly starting on wednesday and going north from there.
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we could have major impacts, even without a major hurricane on the wind scale, jericka. >> rick knabb for us. thank you. as floridians prepare for ian, canadians and the atlantic coast are reeling from fiona's flurry. officials call the scope of the damage there unprecedented. tonight hundreds of thousands remain without power. soldiers with the canadian armed forces have even been called in to help with the cleanup efforts. well, russia is looking to boost the ranks of its forces fighting in ukraine. this weekend people in kremlin-occupied territories in eastern ukraine are being forced to pick a side. cbs's debora patta is in the capital of kyiv with more on what's next. >> reporter: staged polls in occupied cities like these, referendums amid the rubble and ruin of war. a grotesque mockery of democracy, ballots propped up by bullets. election officials accompanied by armed soldiers he go traipsing up flights of stairs, knocking on doors, searching for voters.
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[ knocking ] ianews ots we keen to sw thussticonatlateame loon s deserted. ivan fedorov, the exiled mayor of now occupied melitopol, calls it a farce. >> i think we can name russia, it's a terrorist which hold our citizens as hostage. russians take a hostage our citizens now inside melitopol. >> reporter: the white house regards the referendums as a sign of vladimir putin's weakness following crushing battlefield defeats. but putin's not only a sore loser, he's a dangerous one. threatening nuclear weapons and imposing an immediate call-up for military reservists. it sparked widespread anti-war protests at home, resulting in hundreds of arrests. and the panicked exodus of young
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men fleeing the country to dodge the draft. like sergei, caught up in a long line of traffic at the finnish border. >> i just pack my bag and directly go to finland. wa l alone one that already t has hardened russian fighters on the run. debora patta, cbs news, kyiv, ukraine. today ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy spoke exclusively with "face the nation's" margaret brennan. he warned that putin's nuclear threat is real. >> vladimir putin continues to dangle the threat of nuclear weapons use. you've called this nuclear blackmail. do you think he's bluffing right now? >> translator: look, maybe yesterday it was bluff. now it could be a reality. he wants to scare the whole world. these are the first steps of his nuclear blackmail.
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i don't think he's bluffing. >> zelenskyy also called putin's government terrorists and said europe cannot be stable if putin remains in power. well, today iran's foreign ministry accused western governments of meddling in the country's ongoing unrest and protests. we get now more from cbs's imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: iran's rulers are cracking down hard. dozens of protesters have been killed, hundreds arrested, and the internet choked off. after hard-line president ebrahim raisi vowed to "deal thguns statebawithroteers fight th off like never b triggered by t 22-year-old mahsa amini. just over a week ago she was arrested by iran's notorious morality police for allegedly wearing her head scarf too
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loosely and died in their custody. since then women have taken to the streets in fury, ripping off their coverings, which are compulsory under iranian law, with some setting them on fire. baran abasi is with the bbc's persian service. do you think this protest could lead to real change in iran? >> change might happen gradually. but the society in iran is not the same as what it was a week ago. >> reporter: iran may have fundamentally been changed by these protests. but the discontent has been festering for rampant government corruption, a weak economy, western sanctions, international isolation, and political oppression have all led to this coalition of women and men, rich and poor, to join forces and demand reforms, including laws governing how women can dress, challenging a potent symbol of the theocratic regime's dominance as well as questioning the legitimacy of a leadership that has gripped
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power since 1979 and increasingly relies on brutal violence to hold on to it.
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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." well, voters in italy chose a new government and direction today. exit polls show a victory for the far right alliance led by giorgia meloni. she would be italy's first female prime minister. her brothers of italy party has roots in neo-fascism. well, there are 44 days to go until americans vote in the midterm elections. our latest cbs news battleground tracker poll finds that likely voters give republicans the lead. their top concern, the economy by a mile, followed by inflation. with recession fears growing there's also concern about the nationwide housing market. cbs's mark strassmann explains why.
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>> reporter: inflation stubbornly above 8%. the dow ending this week below 30,000. vanished, nearly two years of gains. interest rates up 3 points in six months. and worse, we're all flying blind here. >> no one knows with any certainty where the economy will be a year or more from now. >> reporter: that uncertainty's now hitting us where we live. >> i do like these cabinets. >> reporter: in america's worsening housing crunch. over that two-year feeding frenzy to overpay. many buyers shudder at mortgage rates above 6%, the highest in 14 years. >> what's even more significant is how much sellers are pulling back. if you borrowed money at 3% to buy a house, you're never going to leave. >> reporter: another issue, so-called shelter inflation. surging home prices and rents racing faster than wages. >> we're going to be feeling this. it's not just one part of the country. it's almost all parts of the country. >> reporter: moody's analytics says more than half of america's
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largest regional markets are significantly overvalued. by 25% or more. 210 out of 413 markets, many pandemic boom towns. moody's number one, boise. home prices 72% too high. other overvalued areas, austin, charlotte, las vegas, and phoenix. >> i expect national house prices, nationwide, across all these markets, to probably fall about 10% peak to trough over the next year or two. >> reporter: but in much of america affordable housing's an ongoing crisis. many experts say that should improve slowly if the fed can nudge supply and demand into a healthier place and confidence in the economy can find a new home of its own. the fed has already indicated it's going to keep raising interest rates beyond current levels. so whatever pressures america's housing market is feeling now will only get more intense.
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jericka? >> thank you, mark. police in philadelphia this weekend are looking for the person behind a deadly unprovoked attack. new surveillance video shows the suspect passing 23-year-old everett beauregard, then shooting him dead. a $20,000 reward is being offered. the flu season is expected to flare up soon after virtually disappearing as the pandemic raged. covid infections are down dramatically since the omicron surge in january, and with concerns about a possible twindemic, meaning combined flu and covid outbreaks, it's a good time to check in with our cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus. so for starters, dr. agus, is the pandemic over? >> no. you know, we've seen the world health organization and the president of the united states both say the end is near. and i believe that. we are close to the pandemic being over in that it's not going to radically disrupt our lifestyle. at the same time the virus isn't
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done. and what that means is the virus will still be here but people will have immunity from getting those boosters. please get it. and people who are high risk who get exposed and are symptomatic will be able to take paxlovid or antibodies which will block hospitalization. so we will be able to live with the virus. >> so we can live with the virus, but let's talk about the flu virus, which is also expected to come on strong in the fall and the winter. can we see possibly, could we see a surge of covid and the flu virus hitting folks at the same time in a way that we haven't experienced before? >> certainly we're going to see both the influenza, the flu, and covid-19 this fall. as we move indoors, both are much easier to spread. and the last couple years we have not been exposed to the flu like before. so immunity is way down. so i am worried about people getting very sick from the flu and from australia where their winter and summer is different than ours we're starting to see that it's a pretty aggressive strain. so it could be serious this year in the united states. >> all right, dr. agus. always a pleasure. thank you.
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well, straight ahead we take a look at another ford classic. this one has a special charge. plus, now hiring. capitol police scrambling to replace more than 100 recent retirees. stay wit
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including boosting the starting pay to nearly $74,000 per year. cbs's scott macfarlane has more. >> reporter: she was watching on tv far from the front lines, but the attack of january 6th changed janai maxwell's life. a few weeks ago this former childcare worker graduated from the department's academy and became one of the newest members of the u.s. capitol police force. motivated to do so partly by what she saw during the riot. >> all that ugliness and all that horror that happened here on january 6th, that didn't dissuade you or turn you off to it? >> no. actually, it just encouraged me even more and inspired me to be a part of, like i said, something that was bigger than myself. >> the mission is so important here and -- >> reporter: capitol police have ratcheted up recruitment efforts to land new officers like maxwell with an advertising and social media campaign and a boost in pay. because they have to. the agency lost more than 150 of its officers to retirement in the year after the siege.
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>> i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> reporter: a new chief who took over after january 6th says the new campaign is off to a good start. >> every month we're getting 1,000 or more applications. >> reporter: a class of 25 more officers graduated friday. is that a flash of patriotism you're seeing maybe in the recruitment numbers? >> there's no doubt in my mind that's part of it. and frankly, that's what brought me here. >> reporter: capitol police isn't alone in seeking new officers. police departments nationwide are trying to boost recruitment. in a very tight market for labor a cbs news review found in several major u.s. city and state police departments there are vacancies. dozens or hundreds fewer sworn officers than the departments are authorized to have. from boston to seattle and oklahoma to maryland the battle for recruits is competitive. if you're a police recruit looking for work right now, there's a lot of suitors out there. > absolutely.
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>> reporter: but felipe villalobos, who came to the u.s. from el salvador at 16 and spent eight years in the military, chose to join the capitol police. >> i mean, it's everything. it's the heart of the nation, in my opinion. >> reporter: this agency with more than 2,000 employees and more than a half billion dollar a year budget also has a unique story to tell. its officers retook the capitol. scott macfarlane, cbs news, washington. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." is this mission possible? nasa's crash course with an asteroid. what happens to your body language when you use dove dry spray? [laughing] it shows. try dove dry spray.
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>> reporter: taking it from about 150 horsepower to almost 500, allowing car buffs to go back to the future. >> why would i want to convert my old car to electric? >> so this one's 480 horsepower, 630 foot pound of torque. it basically makes everything about the vehicle better. >> reporter: darren palmer is charged with electrifying ford. >> you can get more uses. got a second life some may say. >> i imagine traditionalists might look at this and say you're ruining a classic. >> i would love them to try it. >> reporter: and there are plenty who want to try it. >> we drove around. i have to laugh every time i drive it. i can't help it. >> reporter: installing ford's conversion kit called the illuminator currently requires an experienced mechanic. >> this is a ford illuminator e-crate motor. >> reporter: which is keeping kirk miller in los angeles very busy. his company, aemev, builds the electronics
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>> there's a massive shortage of conversion shops. the longer-term goal is to get it to where it's plug and play. i'm going to say a year or so out minimum. >> reporter: the ford engine kit quickly sold out, but the market for electric conversions is just getting charged up. it's expected to surge to nearly $120 billion by 2031. >> many people still feel that electric vehicles are just like a gas vehicle with an electric power train in. but that's no more true than a smartphone is similar to a flip phone. it changes everything. >> reporter: automakers believe over time this will be a project that can be done at home. >> the illuminator concept really shows what you can do in the future of taking a traditional gas-powered car, swapping in an electric motor, which should be a relatively easy thing to do, and having this outrageously powerful easy, quiet wonderful thing that you could build in your garage. >> reporter: as for driving this workhorse turned electric hot rod, it's smooth, it's fast, and it's quiet.
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which might just be be the sound of the future. kris van cleave, cbs news, dearborn, michigan.
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today north korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast. this comes ahead of the vice president kamala harris's visit to the region. the launch also comes ahead of a planned military drill by south korean and u.s. forces this week. the "uss ronald reagan" arrived in south korea friday to participate in the joint drills. well, nasa is gearing up for a deliberate cosmic collision tomorrow. nasa's draft spacecraft will smash into a small asteroid at 7:14 eastern monday night. it's all part of a test to determine if shifting the course of an asteroid can a catastrophe here on earth. and tonight look skyward to
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see jupiter. you can't miss it. the planet is at its closest distance to earth in 59 years and is expected to be the brightest object in the night sky. this photo of the gas giant was released this month. it's the sharpest yet made of 600,000 images. to georgia now and a surprise appearance this weekend by former president jimmy carter. the 97-year-old along with 95-year-old former first lady rosalynn carter attended the annual peanut festival in his home town of plains. and they did it in style, riding in their 1946 ford convertible. way to go. and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others make sure you check back later for "cbs mornings." and of course follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan.
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this is cbs news flash. i'm debra alfarone in washington. elon musk will be meeting with few days. a trial next month may determine whether the tesla ceo must carry through with his $44 billion agreement to buy the social media platform. vice president kamala harris is traveling to tokyo to attend a memorial service for former prime minister shinzo abe. abe was shot and killed while delivering a campaign speech in july. demonstrations and protests are expected. and superstar rihanna will headline the 2023 super bowl halftime show. this is an about-face for the pop icon, who turned down the 2019 show to support colin kaepernick. for more news download the cbs
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news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm debra alfarone, cbs news, washington. it's monday, september 26th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." preparing for ian. a tropical storm is gaining strength as people in florida brace for impact. we'll have the latest on its track. wait a minute. someone in the white house was calling one of the rioters while the riot was going on? >> on january 6th, absolutely. >> capitol riot bombshell. a former tech adviser to the january 6th committee offers new insight into the insurrection ahead of this week's public hearing. far right victory. a new party is on track to lead italy's government. how it would make history in two different ways. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.

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