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tonight, survivors suffering. in southwest florida, the homeless are piecing together what's left of their lives in the wake of hurricane ian. power is still out for close to a million. some dealing with long gas lions a -- lines and relying on others for food and water. >> residents are returning to find miles of destruction like this. trying to figure out what, if anything, they can save. >> now forecasters are keeping an eye on new storms. soccer stampede. video from indonesia. more than 120 killed. we will tell you what triggered the crowd and forceful police
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response. suspected serial killer. police now linking the murders of five men in stockton, california. baby formula alternatives. two companies working on what they call the closest thing to beast milk. later, start your engines. we will take you on a ride with this man who says his future is all about honoring the past. >> this stuff don't leave you. >> this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with hurricane ian's deadly aftermath. officials now say as many as 84 people were killed in florida and the carolinas. at least 42 in lee county, home to ft. myers. some homeowners retdo pick through their destroyed homes as the national guard begin the long work of cleaning away the
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debris. officials said it could be months before power is fully restored to the state. right now, nearly 1 million customers are without power. >> reporter: good evening. there are communities here that look like a bomb went off. for many people, these destroyed boats were not only how they earned a living but where they lived. as one man told us today, out of the stages of grief, the one he is in right now is shock. in some areas, not a single boat, home or structure was untouched by ian. in fact, here on san carlos island, entire neighborhoods were destroyed. in ft. myers, residents face lines for gas and gridlock trying to get back to their homes to survey the damage. this was the mayor today. >> there's a need for drinking water, food, in some cases charcoal for people toe abl gril
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>> reporter: sanibel island was devastated. lacy, an artist who rode out the storm with friends, shared videos of ian's wrath. it created a wind tunnel in the house. she fought to keep doors closed to prevent her and the family pets from getting blown away. >> i thought, we need to make peace. god, save all of us. >> reporter: she had to be airlifted out. one of more than 4,000 rescues in the region since ian made landfall. today, we traveled with her to see her studio on san carlos island for first time. she hugged other survivors. then we got to digging. pulling out some of her pieces. what's it like to see the ones you have been able to pull out? >> i think they're all here. i think they all stayed. some of this is salvageable. >> reporter: we found this photo of her and her grandmother among the artwork.
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>> my granny. >> reporter: a glimmer of hope? >> absolutely. a glimmer of hope. you guys go, this is a complete loss. to me, this is all my stuff that makes me create what i love. >> reporter: she was able to take some of the paintings to where she's staying. she was concerned about looters. there is a curfew still in effect here. deputies are controlling access to some of the hard hit areas. >> just to think, 4,000 rescues. thank you. the national hurricane center is tracking systems that could develop into tropical storms. the first by the cape verde islands will track north. the second will move to the west into the caribbean by midweek. today, the heads of nine nato members backed a path to membership for ukraine to join the western alliance. it comes on the heels of another major victory for ukrainian forces.
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>> reporter: a day after ukrainian forces swept into the key town of lyman in eastern ukraine, president zelenskyy announced in a video address, lyman is cleared fully. thank you to our militaries, our warriors. he vowed that his warriors would recapture more territory in the coming days, saying there will be more ukrainian flags flying in donbas this week. the same region president putin laid claim to on friday, in his illegally annexation of four territories in ukraine. yet, since that moment, he has only given up more ground. russia's ministry of defense forced to concede its troops withdrew from lyman in order to avoid as being surrounded. it's a logistics hub for russian troops. u.s. defense secretary calling it a significant loss. >>he supply lines of the
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russians. this presents sort of a dilemma for the russians going forward. >> reporter: as russian troops reposition, the defense ministry released this video claiming to show multiple rocket launchers firing on the battlefield. and these images, parading apparently well equipped new recruits running drills before they are sent to fight on the front lines. to defend the region putin now calls his own against ukrainian forces determined to claw every inch of it back. we are among the last to visit lyman just before it fell to the russians in the spring. recapturing it is a major victory. as far as putin is concerned, that is now an attack on russian soil. >> thank you. at least 125 people were killed in a stampede following a soccer game in indonesia. the tragedy occurred after a game between two teams on the island of jaba.
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fans rushed the field after the team lost the match. >> reporter: fans furious that their team had lost poured on to the field at the stadium. then mayhem as police chased them with batons and tear gas, which is banned indoors under international rules. some fans attacked a police vehicle. there was a deadly surge to the exits. those who could helped the injured outdoors to ambulances. 34 people were trampled to death in the stadium. the rest died in the hospital. this man survived with a broken arm telling reporters, there was tear gas everywhere. the cleanup after one of the deadliest soccer disasters ever included cars burned out when rioting spread before the
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violence subsided. as families waited outside the morgue, pope francis offered prayers for the victims at his weekly blessing. funerals have already begun. this one for two brothers, just 14 and 15. and indonesians are demanding to know who to blame. now to one of the most divisive presidential elections in brazil in decades. it pits a far right incumbent against a former left wing president. bolsonaro has a small lead. despite consistently trailing in the polls. there are concerns violence could erupt. he has casting doubt about the country's voting system.
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the supreme court returns this week for a new nine-month term with several hot button issues on the docket. a new justice, ketanji brown jackson. we will break it all down. >> good evening. judge brown jackson is going to bring an important perspective to the high court. the issue is the political makeup of the court hasn't and. you are still dominated by conservative justices, 6-3. that includes those three trump appointees who have shown they are more than willing to go against precedent and rethink decades' old rulings. we should expect similar rulings this next year. >> there are a lot of other controversial issues that will come up during this term. what more can you tell us about that? >> they ae almost all on the docket. all the political forms. lgbt rights, voting rights, affirmative action, the court is going to hear a case where plaintiffs are accusing alabama
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is trying to dilute the black vote. they will give conservative justices to put an end to affirmative action in college admissions. if you think last year was tumultuous, buckle up. >> thank you. pleolice in stockton, california, confirmed the shooting of ten men are linked by what could be a serial killer. >> reporter: stockton police are working around the clock to find who is responsible for a series of five homicides the police chief says are connected. >> by definition, you could call this serial killings. >> reporter: in each case, the chief says the five male victims were ambushed, shot while alone in poorly lit areas. the first was killed july 8th. others followed on august 11 and 30. then on september 21 and 27. the men were between the ages of
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21 to 54, all but one were hispanic. >> no family should have to walk around their city in fear or looking over their shoulder. >> reporter: police tell cbs news there's firearm evidence linking the murders together. they released this picture of a person of interest but aren't ruling out others could be involved. >> we believe this may be a person of interest that could provide information on maybe one, two, three, four or five, we don't know at this time. >> reporter: stockton police are reviewing other unsolved murders to see if there's a connection. state and federal agencies are also assisting in the investigation. >> thank you. today investigators are looking into what may have caused a helicopter to crash in fresno, california. look at this video. it was captured on a video from a neighbor's doorbell camera. the helicopter landed in the front yard of a home. the pilot and his passenger
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as the nation battles an opioid epidemic, the leading factor is fentanyl. it's 50 times more powerful than heroin. overdose deaths topped 100,000 for first time ever in 2021. nearly 70% of those involve fentanyl. we take a closer look and a warning, some of the images you are about to see are graphic. the middle of a fentanyl is in overdose, there's little time to waste. in colorado last december,
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officers use narcan to bring this woman back to life. after she took an illegal drug laced with fentanyl. this woman survived. she wanted us to conceal her identity. it almost killed you. >> it did kill me. i was dead. they said had they not gotten my heart back, i would have been dead or had permanent brain damage. >> reporter: in 2021, colorado saw an almost 70% increase in fatal fentanyl overdoses, that's more than 900 deaths. fentanyl is flooding the state. it's coming in along the interstates and highways, because the cartels realize that by going through colorado, they can reach vast parts of the united states. this is the u.s. attorney in denver. >> you've got i25 corridor that runs north and south from mexico. you've got the i70 corridor that runs east across the country. there's a lot of different ways
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once something comes into kol wh colorado where it can move. >> reporter: police stops find it hidden in vehicle. the problem is getting worse. >> fentanyl keeps coming. it's a poison that's continuously infecting not only colorado but every community throughout this country. >> reporter: this colonel is the chief of the colorado state patrol. we rode along as he monitored the state's highways. >> people that are selling fentanyl, they are profit driven. they do not care how many body bag are a result of the drive for profit. >> reporter: the cartels are now making it look like candy. for kim, the fight is personal. her son max died from a fentanyl poisoning last year. >> they are deliberately doing this to kill the children. they are marketing it to the
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today the nfl is re-evaluating its concussion protocol. quarterback tua suffered back-to-back head injuries at games. the players association fired the doctor who allowed him to return to a game after the quarterback slammed his head on the ground. at the next game, he was tackled and hit his head again leaving the game on a stetcher. there was something fishy about winn ingwinning. the anglers stuffed their catch with weights to win the top
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the national baby formula shortage is not over. because of that, two startups are developing some alternatives. >> it looks like breast milk. >> reporter: this woman hopes the liquid in this beaker will revolutionize the baby formula market. >> same consistency. >> reporter: she calls it humanized infant formula, the closest thing to mother's milk produced outside of the body. the key is using yeast with the dna code that makes breast milk proteins. it produces identical proteins found in breast milk. then vitamins and minerals are
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added. >> the human proteins that we put into our product help to build your immune system. they come in and they teach baby how to fight against infection and disease. >> reporter: with empty shelves nationwide, the baby formula shortage underscores the need for more options. another startup company uses human cells to produce a baby formula alternative. the ceo. >> we are utilizing new biotechnology to produce something similar to breast milk. >> reporter: the process begins with cells from breast milk. when placed in a bioreactor, they multiply and absorb nutrients and secret human cultured milk outside the body. >> many of the nutrients are important for skeletal and cognitive development and aren't in bovine-based products. >> reporter: it will be three years before the products are on
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finally tonight, you have heard the saying, when you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life. that's true for one man who is literally driven by his passion. >> reporter: there's an old motorcycle proverb. you have every model of indian motorcycle? >> yes, the four cylinder. >> reporter: he developed a love as a kid. his dad had a harley. so did a neighbor. >> that bike would pull in by dad's. the way it cackled. even that young, i knew some day
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i was going to have one. >> reporter: kevin doesn't just he has dozens. five years ago, he and his business partner took down a century old barn and rebuilt it to give the motorcycles a home. >> his passion for old wood and motorcycles, his dream became a reality. >> reporter: no matter the make and model, all the bikes have one thing in common. >> what they call 100 mile an hour motorcycle in '36. >> reporter: they are vintage, nostalgic. >> the first bikes built was 1903. they had no computers, nothing. they took a piece of paper and pen and built these things. >> reporter: because of that, finding parts in the 21st century is a challenge. each year, kevin goes to swap meets around the country where he and other collectors wheel and deal. this is a hobby passed down. >> yes. >> reporter: it's the thrill of the chase.
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>> turn the fuel on. >> reporter: he can sell three old bikes and come home with four new ones. he bought back motorcycles he sold before. you don't want a radio for this. >> they have a sound of their own. you hit the throttle and the whole bike torques. >> reporter: it is safe to say kevin and tina are in this for the long haul. all thanks to old bikes and an old barn. >> i love seeing people's reaction when they come in for first time. they walk around. it's history. >> the stuff don't leave you. it's been great. it's a joy to come to work every day. >> motorcycle museum. later on cbs, an all new edition of "60 minutes," including an interview with the first lady of ukraine. we thank you so much for watching. have a great night.
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>> got in the habit. just as extreme and pretty hard to fathom. >> now at 6:00 two high school s killed. others wounded after a house party at a rental properts in gunfire. > >> plus, a santa cruz ing ocean trash into fuel. how it works and why some experts say a california national guardnt.. is playing a crucial role in a war thousands of miles away. > >> but we'll begin tonight in od with a mass shooting at a party full of high school students killed two teens and injured two two others inside a vacation
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rental. happened at 988 apgar street in oakland. the two victs were students at berkeley high school. kpix 5's da lin talked both the people who saw the shooting and one of the victim's victim's teachers. >> reporter: teenagers killed we brothers from berkeley. the two surviving victims are also students at berkeley high. the shooting happened on the second floor of this blue house. neighs say it's an airbnb rental. famiy and friends identify the two brothers as jay-z and angel sew tell low garcia. the taller one on the left was the older brother. 17-year-old jay-z. a junior at berkeley high. the one one on the right 15-year-old an, a sophomore at berkeley high. ns say about 30, 40 teens attended what was believed to be a birthday starting around 8:00 sy night. two hours later just before 10:00 p.m. a shooting broke out. >> just started as a commotion.e you know, young people drinkingd kind of gathering. and started
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