news app on your cell phone or your connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. it's thursday, october 13th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." high stakes hearing. the january 6th panel is expected to unveil new evidence today about the capitol riot and former president trump's alleged role in efforts to overturn the election. we have a preview from washington. $965 million in damages. a jury orders alex jones to pay up for calling the sandy hook shooting a lie. why the legal troubles for the conspiracy theorist are not over yet. health alert. a respiratory illness among children is on the rise in dozens of states. what parents need to know. good morning, i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie

green. we begin with what's likely to be the last public hearing held by the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. today the committee says it will present new evidence and never-before-seen video exploring former president trump's failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election results in the days before and after the riot. natalie brand reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: today the house select january 6th committee says it will focus on former president trump's mindset in his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. unlike previous bombshell hearings, there will be no live witnesses, but each of the committee's nine members will give a presentation. committee aides say the hearing will include taped witness testimony. it's unclear whether that will include discussions the committee had with ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas. members say she was urging the trump white house to fight the election results. the hearing is also expected to

feature new video showing efforts to respond to the capitol riot as it unfolded, as well as new evidence from thousands of documents turned over by the u.s. secret service after a july subpoena. >> our job is to make sure that we protect democracy. >> reporter: the committee has to wrap up its work in the next few months with a report expected by the end of the year. that timing coincides with the departure of the panel's two republican members. wyoming's liz cheney lost her primary bid for re-election while adam kinzinger of illinois is retiring. house gop leaders have signaled they may launch their own probe into january 6th if they win the majority in november's midterms. natalie brand, cbs news, capitol hill. and cbs news will carry a special report of the january 6th hearing starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern. a connecticut jury ordered right-wing conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages for spreading lies about the sandy hook elementary school shooting.

20 children and six adults were killed in the newtown, connecticut, shooting in 2012. relatives of eight victims and an fbi agent who responded sued jones in connecticut. they said they were harassed and threatened by people after the "info. wars" host called it a hoax. they claim he used the mass shooting to make millions of dollars. >> all i can say is i'm proud that what we were able to accomplish was just to simply tell the truth, and it shouldn't be this hard, and it shouldn't be this scary. >> jones has acknowledged he was wrong about the shooting. in an earlier trial he was ordered to pay nearly $50 million to the parents of another victim. on his show yesterday, jones asked his viewers for donations. his attorney said he will appeal. jones still faces a third defamation trial in texas. former los angeles city

council president nury martinez resigned from her council seat over racist comments she made at a closed door meeting. martinez and two other council members, all latino democrats, have been under pressure to resign after leaked recordings from the meeting surfaced. martinez can be heard making racist remarks about the black son of a white councilman and other crude comments. north korea says its leader, kim jong-un, supervised the launch of two long-range cruise missiles. state media released images of yesterday's missile tests along with photos of kim. it said the missiles flew for nearly three hours and hit a target more than 1,200 miles away. kim said it was a successful demonstration of his military's nuclear strike capabilities and readiness for actual war. breaking overnight, a new round of attacks in ukraine's capital this morning. officials say kamikaze drones made by iran struck the area around kyiv.

one top leader said critical infrastructure facilities were hit, but no other details were given. it was not clear if there were casualties. the power plant was temporarily knocked off the power grid yesterday after a russian missile strike. but as charlie d'agata reports, ukraine will soon be able to fight back with new weapons from the west. >> reporter: russia's punishing missile barrage this week captured on dash cams and other cameras across the country. proof of russia's lethal reach and ukraine's vulnerability in trying to stop it. the brutal retaliation for the blast on the bridge connecting russia to crimea directed by hard-line commander sergei surovikin, promoted by president putin within hours of the bridge attack, now in charge of the war.

known as general armageddon, he ordered the ruthless bombing of civilian targets in syria while commanding russian forces in support of the assad regime. now employing those tactics to reverse russia's battlefield defeats. ukraine's air force has been seen patrolling the skies since russia's onslaught. ukraine's ground troops pushing south and east before the worst of the winter sets in. russia retaliating in ways not seen since the war began. germany has announced the delivery of the first of four high-tech air defense systems to ukraine. it's one of the most advanced weapons of its kind in the world, so new they've never been used on the battlefield. charlie d'agata, cbs news, ukraine. children as young as 5 years old will soon be able to get updated covid vaccine booster

shots. yesterday u.s. health officials authorized kid-sized doses for 5 to 11-year-olds ahead of an expected winter surge of the virus. it comes amid a troubling spike in 33 states of a respiratory virus that attacks children called rsv. the cdc says symptoms include coughing, wheezing, runny nose, and decreased appetite. it's transmitted through direct contact. nearly 60,000 children younger than 5 are hospitalized due to the virus each year. there are no approved vaccines. coming up, unnecessary roughness. the raiders' davante adams is charged after shoving a photographer to the ground. and later, setting the art world on fire. why a famed artist is burning his pieces of art worth millions of dollars. this is the "cbs morning news." news."

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a headache, and a possible minor concussion. adams said he pushed the photographer after he jumped in front of him. he later apologized. an "a.p." source said adams could face possible punishment including a fine or suspension. the "miami herald" says nasa is targeting november 14th for a third attempt to launch its "artemis 1" moon rocket. two previous attempt to launch the space agency's most powerful rocket ever were scrubbed due to technical issues. the rocket was moved back into its hangar last month as hurricane ian approached florida. it will send an uncrewed capsule into orbit around the moon and back to earth on a test flight. and "people" says an illinois boy went home for the first time after spending all three years of his life in the hospital. francesco bruno has a rare life-threatening genetic condition that affects a baby's bones, joints, and muscles. in his case, it impacts his

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high school students in the u.s. struggled during the covid pandemic. a.c.t. test scores dropped to the lowest level in 30 years according to a report released yesterday. the average score this year was a 19.8 out of 36. 42% met none of the subject benchmarks which include reading, english, math, and science. most painters wouldn't dream of destroying their own masterpieces, but on artist did just that as part of an experiment. damien hirst tossed pieces of his work into a fire at a london art gallery. he said he's transforming his art into nfts, a digital copy of his work. people could keep the nft or take home a physical copy of the artwork. >> nfts are new for me, whereas having something i can hold. i prefer that.

>> it's such a unique idea to bring into the art world. >> reporter: what happen did you think about him destroying the actually painting? >> it's not destroying. it was cementing the fact that it's only going to be an nft. >> about half of the buyers chose the nft. he burned an estimated $11 million of his collection. one major pharmacy chain is cutting the cost of menstrual products, and there's something strange going on in portland, oregon. dan lieberman explains in reday's cbs "money watch >> reporter: investors wil ser wall street closed lower wednesday after a readout of the federal reserve's latest meeting. the dow closed down 28 points. the nasdaq lost 9. s&p 500 dropped 11 points. the u.s. government is set to announce what's certain to be the largest increase in social security benefits in 40 years. it's a boost meant to keep up with inflation. critics say the data the government uses to set the increase doesn't reflect what

older americans are actually spending. the increase is also one-size-fits-all which means people get the same amount regardless of where or how they live. pharmacy chain cvs is lowering the price of menstrual products in a dozen states by 25%, including tampons, pads, liners, and cups. it's also looking at other women's products to ensure they aren't higher priced than those marketed to men. cvs and other organizations are trying to eliminate menstrual taxes altogether. and some lucky "ghostbuster" fans could be in for a treat. the "ghostbusters" fire house re-created in portland is offering an exclusive ree-night stay for $19.84 a night for some '80s nostalgia. bookings open october 21st at 10:00 a.m. pacific. it's first come, first serve if you dare. that's your cbs "money watch" report for this thursday morning. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. >> if you dare.

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>> good morning. it's thursday october 13. city council scandal. president biden wakingp in southern california where there is community unrest over racist remarks by a former l.a.

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