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>> reporter: we reached out to anton lunyk through his attorney to get more details about that call but didn't get a response. a spokesman for the january 6th select committee didn't directly address riggleman's claims about the call but said riggleman left the panel in april and has limited knowledge of the committee's work. fa mane on capitol hill, thank you. cbs news will have full coverage of the january 6th committee hearing on wednesday, september 28th, starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. well, on wall street, the recent slide in stocks showed no signs of slowing as the dow dropped more than 300 points and entered into a bear market, down 20% from its high in january. elsewhere, the british pound dropped to an all-time low against the dollar after the uk's finance minister announced plans for the largest tax cut in 50 years in an effort to boost their economic growth. overseas now to iran where the largest anti-government protests in years are growing even louder. daily uprising mostly led by
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women have been taking place for more than a week since the death of 22-year-old mahsa amini while in custody of the morality police. cbs's ramy inocencio spoke to one of amini's relatives. >> reporter: women raging against rigid iranian law, illegally removing their head coverings and burning them. men joining them to protest a regime they all denounce as siv. at least 75 people have been killed says a human rights watchdog. that number expected to rise. these demonstrations driven by the death of 22-year-old mahsa amini. the country awaits a final coroner's report. her father says she was beaten by morality police, enforcers of iran's strict dress code. her head covering reportedly too loose. "she was tortured" according to
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eyewitnesses says erfan mortezaei, mahsa's cousin living in siefl expile in iraq. she was tortured in the van after her arrest, then tortured at the police station for half an hour, then hit on her head and she collapsed. this was her burial in western iran. thousands paid respects. protesters have even stoned images of the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. if you could tell the ayatollah one thing, what would it be? "the old dictator is in his last days," he said. iran's government is also accusing the west, especially the unist the foreign ministry says tehran will respond to so-called american violations of its sovereignty. norah. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. well n a move that will further worsen relations between washington and moscow, president vladimir putin has granted russian citizenship to former nsa contractor edward snowden.
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remember snowden, who leaked thousands of classified documents online in 2013, is wanted by the u.s. on espionage charges and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. the fallout from the largest public fraud case in mississippi history is growing. former nfl quarterback brett favre's weekly radio show and podcast have been suspended by sirius xm and espn after he was linked to the welfare scandal. cbs's nancy chen has the new details. >> reporter: new text messages show the pressure former nfl quarterback brett favre was putting on then-mississippi governor phil bryant. favre requested money for an indoor football practice facility to help recruit a player for his college alma mater, the university of southern mississippi, in 2019. the funding in question from a grant program intended for low-income families. the governor responded to favre's request. violation of federal law.htlyann
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the new text revealed in a court filing followed a similar request favre made two years earlier for a usm volleyball facility. his daughter was on the team. the former governor wrote him, i'm too old for federal prison. state auditor shad white uncovered the alleged corruption. he's still investigating alongside the fbi. >> i think the people who get their hands on big grants, typically big grants for poor folks, they think nobody's watching. >> reporter: favre is facing a civil suit and has 35id back the $1.1 million but still owes the state interest. >> it's just that general idea that this money was supposed to go to the poorest people in the state. it has eroded people's faith in government. it's eroded people's faith in the idea that these programs can work. and it has wasted taxpayer dollars. >> reporter: favre denies knowing where the money came from and has not been charged with a crime. a top state official and two others have pleaded guilty to misuse of the funds.
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a doomsday collision with planet earth. cbs's mark strassmann has the out of this world story. >> reporter: first images of a suicide mission. nasa's spacecraft streaking toward its asteroid target, then impact. >> fantastic. >> what a moment. >> liftoff. >> reporter: back in november, nasa launched a spacecraft called d.a.r.t., the double asteroid redirection test. this d.a.r.t.'s target, a harmless asteroid about the size of the washington monument, a moon to a larger asteroid. its mission, not seek and destroy but seek and deflect. >> it's going to hit dimorphos head-on, which is going to change how it orbits around ever so slightly in the future. >> reporter: but enough to make a hyp vca re >>eporter: liney h ideified at least 10,000 near-earth asteroids large enough to cause damage if they crashed into our
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planet. but no known threats for at least a century. in the sci-fi thriller armageddon earth nukes an incoming asteroid. >> you don't want to blow it up. it's still coming at you. it's just buck shoft instead of a rifle bullet. >> reporter: d.a.r.t. is a deep-space nudge, not a nuke. and in a couple months, nasa will know whether it worked. mark strassmann, cbs news, laurel, maryland. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term
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own life at the scene. he was wearing a t-shirt with nazi symbols. coming up next, the planned crackdown on all those hidden airline fees. the biden administration is planning a crackdown on hidden airline fees. they want customers to see the true cost of airline tickets, requiring airlines to post extra costs like baggage and change fees with their prices. the proposed rule, which still
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as we celebrate hispanic heritage month, we want to highlight an artist whose name you may not know but whose work is instantly recognizable. here's mary lee from our san francisco affiliate, kpix. >> reporter: his works are bold, striking, imaginative. carlos perez david is renowned as a latino artist. he's in a mexican-american hall of fame. less known is that he's the guy -- >> instantly it has to say, that's an apple. >> reporter: -- who drew what may be the world's most iconic logo, personally approved by
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steve jobs. >> if i would have known that apple would become a $2 trillion company, i would have said, steve, i'll do your work for free. just give me some stock. >> reporter: throughout the san francisco bay area, you can see perez david's celebration of his heritage. this mural depicts indigenous cultures. most of his drawings honor his family. >> that's my tia. very proud. it gave me the life to get me to where i'm at today, right? it gave me that foundation, the roots of myself and my culture. >> reporter: all in a career both stunning and biting. mary lee, cbs news. and that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings. and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.
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this is cbs news flash. i'm wendy gillette in new york. the threat of a government shutdown is looming if congress cannot pass a short-term spending measure. lawmakers have less than a week to reach an agreement on the stopgap funding bill that would keep the federal government humming until after the midterm elections. the deadline is midnight friday. nasa put the movie don't look up into rehearsal mode, crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid, a practice run in case a meteor was actually heading towards earth. we'll find out in several months if the collisin changed the asteroid's orbit. and the nfl is doing away with the pro bowl, opting for a week of skills competitions and a flag football game instead because the pro bowl was getting such low ratings.
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for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, mandatory evacuation orders are already under way for hundreds of thousands of florida residents as hurricane ian gains strength as it bears down on the state's west coast. residents are filling up sandbags and flocking to grocery stores, clearing out the entire inventory of bottled water and other non-perishable food items. outside gas stations, long lines of cars wrapped around the block as residents waited for fuel for their vehicles and generators ahead of expected power outages. tonight ian is nearing the western tip of cuba as a strong
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category 2 storm with 100-mile-per-hour winds. it's expected to grow in intensity to a category 4 storm with top winds of 140 miles per hour as it moves into the open waters in the gulf of mexico. governor ron desantis has declared a state of emergency for the entire state and the city of tampa is bracing for its first major hurricane in more than a century. the weather channel's chris warren is tracking the storm, but cbs's omar villafranca will start us off from clearwater, florida. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. even if ian doesn't make landfall here in clearwater, meteorologists are expecting a powerful storm surge. i'm talking water over my head, flooding this entire area. that's why they're telling people to get out while they can. >> for all practical purposes, get out right now, okay? everybody needs to go. >> reporter: florida officials are sounding the alarm, ordering evacuations of nearly half a million residents in low-lying
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areas of hillsborough and pinellas counties. today, hurricane ian lashed the cayman islands with 85-mile-an-hour winds. it is expected to intensify rapidly over warm waters as it approaches the florida coast, bringing a storm surge of up to 10 feet. governor ron desantis has already declared a state of emergency. >> we will see on the gulf coast of florida heavy rain, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge, and perhaps isolated tornado activity. >> reporter: in clearwater, residents are stocking up on plywood and water. at one of several sandbag sites, it was bring your own shovel. gabriel alley, who moved here from california, filled his allotment of 15 bags. >> we're going to get these sandbags in front of the garage, in front of the garage door, in front of the front door, you know, and pray we're good. >> reporter: farther north, a weakened fiona still packed a punch as extreme storm surge tore apart homes on canada's east coast on saturday.
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>> anyway, we survived i guess is all we can say. >> reporter: back in florida, residents are already finding some essentials hard to find. >> there was yellow things over the gas nozzle, so i'm like i guess it's out of gas already? being out of gas, that's just crazy. >> reporter: to clarify, mandatory evacuation doesn't mean officers are going door to door removing people from their homes. in fact, some people plan to ride it out at home. but deputies say if you call them during the storm, they might not be able to get to you. norah. >> that's a good point. omar villafranca, thank you. tonight, there is growing backlash inside russia to the military mobilization for the war in ukraine. this as the u.s. has warned moscow of, quote, catastrophic consequences if nuclear weapons are used. cbs's debora patta is in kyiv, where she's spoke with president zelenskyy about putin's threats. >> reporter: a draft so unpopular, this man opened fire on a recruitment station in
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russia, wounding its commanding officer. it's not our war, these russians shout. we're not stupid meat. met with police firing gunshots in the air. the fighting in ukraine has led to a revolt on russia's streets and a frantic flight out of the country as young men dodge the draft. an estimated quarter of a million have already fled. >> i didn't want to kill ukrainian people. >> reporter: these men did not escape. ragtag soldiers sent to stanch putin's losses. the war has come home to bite. they will face battle-hardened ukrainian forces who have passion and purpose on their side, believing their freedom is worth the fight. and a wartime president who refuses to be intimidated even if putin is not bluffing with his nuclear threats. he told us at his office-turned-bunker ukraine is
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standing firm. >> we forget or forgot what does it mean to be afraid of russia, and we don't afraid them. >> reporter: putin needs a win in his war. he's desperately trying to ram through a vote to annex occupied ukrainian territory. staged polls amid the ruins of devastated cities. election officials accompanied by armed soldiers bang on doors, searching for voters. the residents of towns seized with bts ask to rubber-stamp ballots. the results of these polls slammed as illegal by the west could be out as early as tomorrow. they are certain to go russia's way, and putin is expected to annex occupied land by the end of this week. norah. >> debora patta, thank you. well, on wall street, the recent slide in stocks showed no signs of slowing as the dow dropped more than 300 points and enter nood a bear market, down
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20% from its high in january. elsewhere, the british pound dropped to an all-time low against the dollar after the uk's finance minister announced plans for the largest tax cut in 50 years in an effort to boost their economic growth. overseas now to iran, where the largest anti-government protests in years are growing even louder. daily uprisings, mostly led by women, have been taking place for more than a week since the death of 22-year-old mahsa amini while in custody of the moreality police. cbs's ramy inocencio spoke to one of amini's relatives. >> reporter: women raging against ilgally removing t headem. oing them to protest a regime they all denounce as repressive.ig riots to rock iran since 2019. at least 75 people have been killed says a human rightsorise. the death of 22-year-old mahsa
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amini. the country awaits a final coroner's report. her father says she was beaten by morality police, enforcers of iran's strict dress code. her head covering reportedly too loose. "she was tortured according to eyewitnesses" says erfan mortezaei, masa's cuz j. she was tortured in the van after her arrest, then hit on her head and she collapsed. this was her burial in western iran. thousands paid respects. protesters have even stoned images of the supreme leader, "the old dictator is in his last days," he says. iran's government is also accusing the west, especially the united states, of fueling
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>> announcer: this 'mcoacfaan washington. thank you for staying with us. the january 6th committee holds its next and possibly final public hearing tomorrow, and it comes amid startling revelations from one of the committee's former senior staff members. denver riggleman, a onetime republican congressman and military intelligence officer, was tasked by the committee to analyze digital records from january 6th, including white house phone calls. he left the committee in april and put some of his findings in a book called "the breach: the untold story of the investigation into january 6th." part of that story centers on
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phone calls to and from the white house with january 6th plotters. one call was even made to a rioter's cell phone as the capitol was being ransacked. bill whitaker has the story for "60 minutes." >> did it hit you at one point that this is way bigger than it appeared in the beginning? >> absolutely. you get a real aha moment when you see that the white house switchboard had connected to a rioter's phone while it's happening. that's a pretty big aha moment. you get a aha ai a minute someone in on on juary 6th, absolutely kw who both ends o -- >> i end of that call. i don't know the white house end, which i believe is more important. but the thing is the american people that there are link connections that need to be explored more. >> reporter: as senior technical adviser for the january 6th committee, denver riggleman, a former house republican and ex-military intelligence officer, ran a data-driven
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operation, pursuing phone records and other digital clues tied to the attack on the capitol. >> from my perspective, you know, being in counterterrorism, you know, if the white house, even if it's a short call and it's a connected call, who is actually making that phone call? >> is there a simple innocent explanation for that? >> was it an accidental call from the white house that just happened to call numbers that somebody misdialed a rioter that day on january 6th? probably not. >> reporter: denver riggleman told us he uncovered a lot of disquieting information for the committee. >> do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury. >> reporter: republican vice chair liz cheney recommended the former conservative congressman for the staff, partly for his political experience, but mostly for his technical expertise. other people recognized he does know how congress works. he knows how the political system works. he was in the freedom caucus, but he also has a background in data intelligence. >> reporter: for two decades, he
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served as an air force intelligence officer, a contractor for the secretive national security agency, and ran his own data analysis firm. >> mr. chairman -- >> reporter: when the january 6th committee came calling, he assembled a small squad of data miners and analysts like he'd had in the military to comb through 20 million lines of data, emails, social media posts, phone records, texts, anything to learn who did what leading up to and on january 6th. >> we were able to do things i think in a way that had never been done before with millions of lines of data and to actually create a graph that shows how these groups actually intermingled. >> now, you were able to identify, i believe, six centers of gravity? >> yeah, there's six pretty big centers of gravity or six groups that we looked at, and really it came down to trum team, trump family, rally goers, unaffiliated doj charged defendants, proud boys and oath keepers, and others which are
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state legislators, alternate electors, things like that. so when you have those six groups of people, you can actually start looking at the connections between them. >> reporter: once he started connecting the dots, this complex graph emerged, which he presented to the committee. each thick line represents tens of thousands of calls and contacts among and between the groups. zoom in to see the details. these are calls and texts from just one person of interest. multiply that hundreds of times, and you end up with this graph riggleman calls the monster. >> we don't have text content. what we do have is how long they talked, when they talked. that is very important and really does suggest that there was much more coordination than the american public can even imagine when it came to january 6th. >> reporter: for example, the data revealed five calls in the weeks before january 6th between the white house and this woman. >> we are the storm. >> reporter: a stop the steal
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activist named bianca gracia. the committee obtained this video from the evening of january 5th. gracia was part of a clandestine meeting with the heads of the proud boys and oath keepers, the paramilitary groups that would breach the capitol the next day. >> and, you know, when you have the white house switchboard and certain other cell phone numbers connected to bianca gracia, that is a link that needs to be investigated. the thread that needs to be pulled is identifying all the white house numbers and why we have certain specific people, why they were talking to the white house. >> reporter: specific white house phone records are kept secret to protect every administration. but in his book "the breach," riggleman wrote he begged the committee to push harder to identify numbers that showed up on the monster. >> that was one of those individuals sadly at the beginning where i was very, very aggressive about these link connections, getting those white house phone numbers. >> did you express those concerns to the committee at the
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time? >> yes. >> what was the response? >> their response was go forth and just do the best you can with the resources that we have. >> reporter: riggleman requested $3.2 million but only received a fraction of that. his team burrowed into the data. the mother load dropped into their laps, not just phone records but more than 2,000 actual texts to and from mark meadows, former president trump's chief of staff. there were numbers but no names, so riggleman told us his team made a giant spreadsheet painstakingly identifying the people behind each number. and when they did, they were privy to the real-time thoughts of trump family members. former cabinet secretaries, members of congress, conspiracy mongers, even a supreme court justice's wife. >> you've called the texts from president trump's chief of staff, mark meadows, the crown jewels. why? >> it was a road map, you know.
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it showed actually the evolution of the beginning arguments from alternate electors all the way through rally planning, all the way to day of. it showed conspiracy theories. it shows the saturation of qanon. >> how did you get them? >> he gave them up. >> you think it was a mistake? >> you know, if you go back to the simplest explanation, i think he wanted to give up some of his text messages. by the way, this is a yav yat. we don't know if we got them all. but what we got is pretty valuable. >> you have said these texts provide irrefutable, time-stamped proof of a comprehensive plot at all levels of government to overturn the election. irrefutable. >> irrefutable. early in the text messages, they were talking about alternate electors, you know, i think as soon as november 5th or november 6th. >> right off the bat. >> come on. right off the bat. >> reporter: the first mention of january 6th was two days after the election. donald trump jr. wrote the white house chief of staff, this is
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what we need to do and laid out a rambling scheme to seat alternate electors, a plot the department of justice is investigating. we get trump a electors, he wrote in part. it gets kicked to congress 6 january 2021. once again, he concludes, trump wins. many other texts were of bizarre election conspiracies. chinese plots to install president biden. entreaties to seize voting machines as part of god's plan. even a call from republican lawmakers for president trump to declare martial law and stay in power. from the sheer number of texts, it seems almost half the world had mark meadows' phone number. >> the meadows text messages show you an administration that was completely eaten up with a digital virus called qanon and conspiracy theories. an apocalyptic, mess antic buff onry.
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you can look at the text messages as that road map, but it's also a look into the psyche of the republican party today. >> people in the republican party would say you're an opponent. you're the opposition. of course you're going to say this. >> i would tell them this. i'm not their enemy. i'm just a guy trying to tell you that the data doesn't support that the election was stolen. >> you can see bill whitaker's full report on our website, cbsnews.com. the overnight news is back in two minutes. suffering from sinus congestion, especially at night? try vicks sinex. unlike most sinus treatments it provides instant relief that lasts up to 12 hours.
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so i made every minute count with him. >> reporter: she called the boy riley and says she held him for 72 hours straight until the time came to let go. her riley was now somebody else's steven. and at this point, like with most closed adoptions, a firewall went up between shawna and steven's new parents. no communication whatsoever. and this went on for about a week. >> it was li ay,his is s parur y in. >> youan't have thnter in pele loving you,riwh b bot o our they sent shawna piles of pictures and these bound books detailing steven's every major and minor milestone, like this
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complete list of his vocabulary all sew that when shawna was ready and when steven was ready, they could pick up right where they left off. the two reunited when steven was 7. shawna taught him how to fish, and they have been reeling in the memories ever since. >> i was blessed beyond words. >> i kind of got the best of both worlds for sure. >> reporter: steven is now 26, married with a brand-new boy of his own, much to the delight of grandma shawna. >> that was really special. it just brought that full circle around. >> reporter: especially when she heard the baby's name, riley. >> i felt like that name was just supposed to be in the family. >> i think the lesson we've learned is that sometimes we create barriers where barriers don't need to be. and when we pull down those barriers, we really find love on the other side.
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>> reporter: words of wisdom to help us all live the life of riley. >> oh, my gosh, he's
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designed for you. the summer travel season is behind us, but if you're looking to vacation this fall, there are some things you should know. here's wendy gillette. >> reporter: all summer long, this was a familiar travel tale. >> our flight was canceled. >> reporter: a combination of i tage and sether ledo0,000 flight cancelti in the u.s. and around half a million delays between memorial day and labor day according to flightaware. almost 1 in 4 u.s. flights were late. the ceo of the luxury travel network virtuoso expects more of the same as airlines work to staff up to meet demand. >> i think the travel surge is here to stay for quite some time because nothing motivates people like having something taken away they took for granted. >> reporter: his advice, plan earlier, especially at busy
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times of the year. >> when should you start your holiday planning? uh, last year. >> reporter: america's most visited cities are benefiting from the boom. here in las vegas, tourism is rebounding but has still not reached pre-pandemic levels. >> domestic tourists, it's back to those levels already. groups right now are at about 90% of the pre-pandemic levels. and international tourists are maybe at reporter: overseas, the general manager of the soph tell rome villa bore gacy where we stayed at a reduced rate says occupancy spiked as high as 80% this summer. he saw guests book stays with little advance notice, jumping on whatever was available no matter the price. >> the craziness of summer 2022 will probably disappear, and we will go back to a normal, traditional lead time, which means two to three months. >> reporter: one trend that is expected to persist, longer trips as more tourists pair remote work with travel.
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wendy gillette, cbs news. >> and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm scott macfarlane. this is cbs news flash. i'm wendy gillette in new york. the threat of a government shutdown is looming if congress cannot pass a short-term spending measure. lawmakers have less than a week to reach an agreement on a stopgap funding bill that would keep the federal government humming until after the midterm elections. the deadline is midnight friday. nasa put the movie "don't look up" into rehearsal mode, crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid, a practice run in case a meteor was actually heading towards earth. we'll find out in several months if the collision changed the asteroid's orbit. and the nfl is doing away with the pro bowl, opting for a week of skills competitions and a flag football game instead because the pro bowl was getting such low ratings.
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for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv.i'm wendy gille new york. florida braces for what could be a monster storm as hurricane ian strengthens and takes aim at the sunshine state. hundreds of thousands are told to evacuate. store shelves empty. people fighting over bottled water as tampa prepares for its worst hurricane in 100 years. cbs's omar villafranca is in florida tonight and will have e m's russian revolt. the long lines tonight of men trying to escape vladimir putin's draft while the u.s. warns of catastrophic consequences if russia uses nuclear weapons. cbs's debora patta is in kyiv with president zelenskyy. brett favre fallout. the new questions tonight about the hall of fame football star's alleged involvement in diverting
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millions meant for the poor to pet projects. cbs's nancy chen reports. and like a scene out of a movie, nasa's plan to deliberately crash a spacecraft into an asteroid at 14,000 miles per hour. cbs's mark strassmann shows us why. >> the threat is very real. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, mandatory evacuation orders are already under way for hundreds of thousands of florida residents as hurricane ian gains strength as it bears down on the state's west coast. residents are filling up sandbags and flocking to grocery stores, clearing out the entire inventory of bottled water and other non-perishable food items. outside gas stations, long lines of cars wrapped around the block
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as residents waited for fuel for their vehicles and generators ahead of expected power outages. tonight ian is nearing the western tip of cuba as a strong category 2 storm with 100-mile-per-hour winds. it's expected to grow in intensity to a category 4 storm with top winds of 140 miles per hour as it moves into the open waters in the gulf of mexico. governor ron desantis has declared a state of emergency for the entire state, and the city of tampa is bracing for its first major hurricane in more than a century. the weather channel's chris warren is tracking the storm, but cbs'art from eaater florida. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. even if ian doesn't make landfall here in clearwater, meteorologists are expecting a powerful storm surge. i'm talking water over my head, flooding this entire area. that's why they're telling people to get out while they can. >> for all practical purposes,
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get out right now, okay? everybody needs to go. >> reporter: florida oials are sounding the alarm, ordering evacuations of nearly half a million residents in low-lying areas of hillsborough and pinellas counties. today, hurricane ian lashed the cayman islands with 85-mile-an-hour winds. it is expected to intensify rapidly over warm waters as it approaches the florida coast, bringing a storm surge of up to 10 feet. governor ron desantis has already declared a state of emergency. >> we will see on the gulf coast of florida heavy rain, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge, and perhaps isolated tornado activity. >> reporter: in clearwater, residents are stocking up on plywood and water. at one of several sandbag sites, it was bring your own shovel. gabriel alley, who moved here from california, filled his allotment of 15 bags. >> we're going to get these sandbags in front of the garage, in front of the garage door, in
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front of the front door, you know, and pray we're good. io sll packed a ther north, a putoca >>wasurved i g iscasay. >>epter: back in florida, residents are already finding some essentials hard to find. >> there was yellow things over the gas nozzles, so i'm like i guess it's out of gas already? being out of gas, that's just crazy. >> reporter: to clarify, mandatory evacuation doesn't mean officers are going door to door removing people from their homes. in fact, some people plan to ride it out at home. but deputies say if you call them during the storm, they might not be able to get to you. norah. >> that's a good point. omar villafranca, thank you. and for more on when hurricane ian is expected to make landfall, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. chris, good evening. >> good evening, norah. hurricane ian is a very
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dangerous storm, and it is getting stronger. it is now a category 2 hurricane with 100-mile-per-hour winds. it is expected to get even stronger, become a major hurricane, category 3, possibly even a category 4 hurricane as it approaches florida. some of the stronger winds will begin to move into the southern part of the state during the day tomorrow. here is one of the huge dangers with this storm surge. ocean water coming inland. reasonable worst-case scenario could be about 5 to 10 feet in some places. then the storm is going to slo at.malltream, g to be a ry rivers throughout much of florida, even going all the way up into the northern part of the state. >> chris, thank you. tonight, there is growing backlash inside russia to the military mobilization for the war in ukraine. this as the u.s. has warned moscow of, quote, catastrophic
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consequences if nuclear weapons are used. cbs's debora patta is in kyiv, where she spoke with president zelenskyy about putin's threats. >> reporter: a draft so unpopular, this man opened fire on a recruitment station in russia, wounding its commanding officer. "it's not our war," these russians shout. "we're not stupid meat." met with police firing gunshots in the air. the fighting in ukraine has led to a revolt on russia's streets and a frantic flight out of the country as young men dodge the draft. an estimated quarter of a million have already fled. >> i didn't want to kill ukrainian people. >> reporter: these men did not escape. ragtag soldiers sent to stanch putin's losses. the war has come home to bite. they will face battle-hardened inho he passion anos
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worth e fianprest wh refuses to be intimidated, even if putin is not bluffing with his nuclear threats. he told us at his office-turned-bunker ukraine is standing firm. >> we forget or forgot what does it mean to be afraid of russia, and we don't afraid them. >> reporter: putin needs a win in his war. he's desperately try to ram through a vote to annex occupied ukrainian territory. staged polls amid the ruins of devastated cities. election officials accompanied by armed soldiers bang on doors searching for voters. the residents of towns seized with bullets now asked to rubber-stamp ballots. the results of these polls slammed as illegal by the west could be out as early as tomorrow.
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they are certain to go russia's way, and putin is expected to annex occupied land by the end of this week. norah. >> debora patta, thank you.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." back here in washington, we are learning new information about that phone call from inside the white house to a rioter on january 6th, which was first revealed on "60 minutes." here's cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: tonight we're learning new details about this man, 26-year-old anton lunyk of brooklyn, seen here on january 6th. turns out he was the man who allegedly received a call via the white house switchboard on the day of the attack. the news of such a call was revealed sunday night on "60 minutes" by former january 6th committee investigator denver riggleman. >> that's a pretty big aha moment. >> wait a minute. someone in the white house was
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calling one of the rioters while the riot was going on? >> on january 6th, absolutely. >> and you know who both ends of that call -- >> i only know one end of that call. i don't know the white house end, which i believe is more important. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that lunyk traveled to d.c. the night before the capitol attack with two friends. the call allegedly lasted just nine seconds and was made to lunyk's phone at about 4:30 p.m. it's not known whether there was an exchange or if the call was sent straight to voicemail. a cbs news review of lunyk's case finds he left the capitol more than an hour earlier at 3:18 p.m. after about ten minutes inside. illinois democrat raja krishnamoorthi is one of riggleman's former u.s. house colleagues. >> i think it's fair to say we all knew that the white house was somehow involved with january 6th on the very day that the insurrection was happening. any information about this particular phone call would help to develop that narrative further.
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>> reporter: we reached out to anton lunyk through his attorney to get more details about that call but didn't get a response. a spokesman for the january 6th select committee didn't directly address riggleman's claims about the call but said riggleman left the panel in april and has limited knowledge of the committee's work. norah. >> scott macfarlane on capitol hill, thank you. cbs news will have full coverage of the january 6th committee hearing on wednesday, september 28th, starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. well, on wall street, the recent slide in stocks showed no signs of slowing as the dow dropped more than 300 points and entered into a bear market, down 20% from its high in january. elsewhere, the british pound dropped to an all-time low against the dollar after the uk's finance minister announced plans for the largest tax cut in 50 years in an effort to boost their economic growth. overseas now to iran where the largest anti-government protests in years are growing even louder. daily uprisings mostly led by women have been taking place for
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more than a week since the death of 22-year-old mahsa amini while in custody of the morality police. cbs's ramy inocencio spoke to one of amini's relatives. >> reporter: women raging against rigid iranian law, illegally removing their head coverings and burning them. men joining them to protest a regime they all denounce as repressive. these are the biggest riots to rock iran since 2019. at least 75 people have been killed says a human rights watchdog. that number expected to rise. these demonstrations driven by the death of 22-year-old mahsa amini. the country awaits a final coroner's report. her father says she was beaten by morality police, enforcers of iran's strict dress code. her head covering reportedly too loose. "she was tortured according to eyewitnesses," says erfan
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mortezaei, mahsa's cousin living in self-exile in iraq. "she was tortured in the van after her arrest, then tortured at the police station for half an hour, then hit on her head and she collapsed." this was her burial in western iran. thousands paid respects. protesters have even stoned images of the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. if you could tell the ayatollah one thing, what would it be? "the old dictator is in his last days," he said. iran's government is also accusing the west, especially the united states, of fueling protester fury. the foreign ministry says tehran will respond to so-called american violations of its sovereignty. norah. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. well, in a move that will further worsen relations between washington and moscow, president vladimir putin has granted russian citizenship to former nsa contractor edward snowden.
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remember snowden, who leaked thousands of classified documents online in 2013, is wanted by the u.s. on espionage charges and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. the fallout from the largest public fraud case in mississippi history is growing. former nfl quarterback brett favre's weekly radio show and podcast have been suspended by sirius xm and espn after he was linked to the welfare scandal. cbs's nancy chen has the new details. >> reporter: new text messages show the pressure former nfl quarterback brett favre was putting on then-mississippi governor phil bryant. favre requested money for an indoor football practice facility to help recruit a player for his college alma mater, the university of southern mississippi, in 2019. the funding in question from a grant program intended for low-income families. the governor responded to favre's request. "use of these funds is tightly controlled. any improper use could result in
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violation of federal law kwiegs. the new text revealed in a court filing followed a similar request favre made two years earlier for a usm volleyball facility. his daughter was on the team. the former governor wrote him, "i'm too old for federal prison." state auditor shad white uncovered the alleged corruption. he's still investigating alongside the fbi. >> i think the people who get their hands on big grants, typically big grants for poor folks, they think nobody's watching. >> reporter: favre is facing a civil suit and has paid back the $1.1 million but still owes the state interest. >> it's just this general idea that this money was supposed to go to the poorest people in the state. it has eroded people's faith in government. it's eroded people's faith in the idea that these programs can work. and it has wasted taxpayer dollars. >> reporter: favre has denied knowing where the money came from and has not been charged with a crime. a top state official and two others have pleaded guilty to misuse of the funds. norah.
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>> nancy chen, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." an update on the investigation into that deadly shooting on alec baldwin's movie set and vicks vapostick. strong soothing... vapors. help comfort your loved ones. for chest, neck, and back. it goes on clear. no mess. just soothing comfort. try vicks vapostick. to a child, this is what conflict looks like. children in ukraine are caught in the crossfire of war, forced to flee their homes. a steady stream of refugees has been coming across all day. it's basically cold. lacking clean water and sanitation. exposed to injury, hunger. exhausted and shell shocked from what they've been through. every dollar you give can help bring a meal,
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earth. cbs's mark strassmann has the out-of-this-world story. >> reporter: first images of a suicide mission. nasa's spacecraft streaking toward its asteroid target, then impact. >> fantastic. >> what a moment. >> liftoff. >> reporter: back in november, nasa launched this spacecraft called d.a.r.t., the double asteroid redirection test. this d.a.r.t.'s target, a harmless asteroid about the size of the washington monument, a moon to a larger asteroid. its mission, not seek and destroy but seek and deflect. >> it's going to hit dimorphos head-on, which is going to change how it orbits around ever so slightly in the future. >> reporter: but enough to make a hypothetical asteroid threat miss earth. >> the threat is very real. >> reporter: lindley johnson's nasa team has identified at least 10,000 near-earth asteroids large enough to cause damage if they crashed into our planet.
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but no known threats for at least a century. in the sci-fi thriller "armageddon," earth nukes an incoming asteroid. >> you don't want to blow it up. it's still coming at you. it's just buckshot instead of a rifle bullet. >> reporter: d.a.r.t. is a deep-space nudge, not a nuke. and in a couple months, nasa will know whether it worked. mark strassmann, cbs news, laurel, maryland. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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♪ when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, ♪ ♪ upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes for fast relief... when you need it most. nearly a year after that deadly shooting on the set of alec baldwin's western movie "rust," the actor and others could possibly face criminal charges. the district attorney in santa fe, new mexico, recently requested more money to pursue four potential criminal trials. baldwin says a prop gun accidentally went off in his hand, killing cinematographer halyna hutchins. in a statement today, his lawyer said the d.a.'s office must be given the space to review this matter without unfounded speculation and innuendo. well, tonight officials are investigating a deadly mass shooting at a school in central russia. at least 17 people were killed, including 11 children. two dozen others were wounded. the 34-year-old gunman, who once attended the school, took his
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own life at the scene. he was wearing a t-shirt with nazi symbols. coming up next, the planned crackdown on all those hidden airline fees. the biden administration is planning a crackdown on hidden airline fees. they want customers to see the true cost of airline tickets, requiring airlines to post extra costs like baggage and change fees with their prices. the proposed rule, which still
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needs final approval, would also apply to third-party websites like kayak and expedia. we'll be right back with the artist who helped create one of the
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as we celebrate hispanic heritage month, we want to highlight an artist whose name you may not know but whose work is instantly recognizable. here's mary lee from our san francisco affiliate, kpix. >> reporter: his works are bold, striking, imaginative. carlos perez david is renowned as a latino artist. he's in the mexican-american hall of fame. less known is that he's the guy -- >> instantly it has to say, that's an apple. >> reporter: -- who drew what may be the world's most iconic logo, personally approved by
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steve jobs. >> if i would have known that apple would become a $2 trillion company, i would have said, steve, i'll do your work for free. just give me some stock. >> reporter: throughout the san francisco bay area, you can see perez david's celebration of his heritage. this mural depicts indigenous cultures. most of his drawings honor his family. >> that's my tia. very proud. it gave me the life to get me to where i'm at today, right? it gave me that foundation, the roots of myself and my culture. >> reporter: all in a career both stunning and biting. mary lee, cbs news. and that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.
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this is cbs news flash. i'm wendy gillette in new york. the threat of a government shutdown is looming if congress cannot pass a short-term spending measure. lawmakers have less than a week to reach stopgap funding bill that would keep the federal government humming until after the midterm elections. the deadline is midnight friday. nasa put the movie "don't look up" into rehearsal mode, crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid, a practice run in case a meteor was actually heading towards earth. we'll find out in several months if the collision changed the asteroid's orbit. and the nfl is doing away with the pro bowl, opting for a week of skills competitions and a flag football game instead because the pro bowl was getting such low ratings.
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for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. it's tuesday, september 27, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." >> this could very well be the next 100-year storm. >> breaking overnight, ian strengthens to a major hurricane as it gets closer to florida. we're following its track and when it may hit.>>esiranoutragef a woman in custody. now her cousin speaks about the alleged torture she faced. space rehearsal. cc noe wag game begs. aitinge

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