on connected ttv. ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." police in stockton, california, say they are certain they have the serial killer authorities have been looking for, providing relief to a community that's felt terrorized. the arrest was made this weekend. the suspect, 43-year-old wesley brownlee. he's expected to be arraigned on tuesday. cbs' danya bac leads us off from los angeles. >> reporter: tips from the community and good old-fashioned police work led to the suspected killer, a stockton residence.

43-year-old wesley brownlee's arrest came as a relief to anxious residents of the city 80 miles east of san francisco. >> a lot of people are going to be safe or feel a lot safer. >> that was scary, very scary. but i'm glad he's been caught. >> reporter: investigators say they zeroed in on brownlee saturday as he drove through the dark streets of stockton, armed with a handgun, searching for his next victim. >> he was on a mission to kill. he was out hunting. >> reporter: authorities say ballistics link brownlee to seven shootings, six of them deadly. five men ambushed between july and september in stockton, and another man last year in oakland. >> this crime was solved because we're stocktonians. you don't come to our house and bring this kind of reign of terror. >> reporter: paul yaw was one of the first victims. her mother spoke to us before brownlee's arrest about her heartache.

>> do you think you'll be able to find closure at this point? >> i don't know that i'll ever have closure, i'll never see my son again. never get to tell him that i love him again. i don't think there will ever be enough justice. >> reporter: police also linked brownlee to the shooting of a woman last year. she survived. the district attorney will announce charges during his arraignment tuesday, calling this a fluid and ongoing investigation. jericka? >> danya bacchus tonight in los angeles, thank you. turning now to the battle for congress with the midterms fast approaching. a new cbs poll out today shows republicans are still favored to capture the house with an estimated 224-seat majority. democrats had been narrowing the gap, but that momentum has stalled. cbs' debra alfarone is in washington tonight with those details. good evening, debra. >> reporter: good evening, jer jericka. no matter your income, infon in. itould be a deciding fr m ons.

>> there's a lot in here that lowers the everyday costs for middle-class families. >> reporter: president biden is trying to convince voters his big legislative win, "the inflation reduction act," will bring prices down. but a new cbs news battleground tracker poll shows 65% of registered voters believe the economy is getting worse. and 68% of registered voters say the biden administration could be doing more. >> this is a top concern for all voters. >> it's also a top concern for the president. >> reporter: on "face the nation," transportation secretary pete buttigieg said curbing inflation is the president's top economic priority. >> so it's a very clear choice, a very clear difference in approaches here right now on capitol hill and among officeholders. where the focus for democrats, the focus for the president, is to cut that cost of 11ing and cut the pressure, give people more breathing room at a time inflation remains a major concern.

>> reporter: another top concern for voters, gas prices. the new poll found 63% of people said prices are going up, compared to 16% in august. republicans are pouncing on the price at the pump and blaming democrats. >> they're talking, bragging as if gas prices are lower. gas prices are about 60% higher today than when joe biden took office. >> reporter: the president has an action-packed week ahead of him on the campaign trail where he's going to be heading to pennsylvania, to stump for lieutenant governor john fetterman. jericka? >> the u.s. senate race, a very important one there. debra alfarone, thank you. to iran. today the country's state tv reported that at least 40 people were dead following a fire that erupted inside a prison holding political detainees, including at least two americans. cbs's roxana saberi has the very latest. >> reporter: the flames that erupted from iran's most notorious prison last night turn deadly, with activists fearing the number killed is much higher

than claimed by the regime. as the sound of gunshots and explosions rang out in videos posted online, families waited anxiously to learn about their loved ones trapped inside. iran's state-run media sent in a reporter claiming firefighters quelled the flames in a sewing workshop and that prisoners were safe, in bed. evin prison houses both regular criminals and political prisoners like journalists, activists, and recently, protesters. the fire has reignited anti-regime rallies a day after angry demonstrators confronted security forces in the city of ardabil. where a teacher's trade association says plainclothes agents had raided this girls' school, killing one student and injuring and detaining several others. it's a pattern, activists say, that's emerging across iran. >> it is a very dark moment with

regard to thousands of people who have been detained. >> reporter: at least two iranian americans are jailed in evin prison. both families say their loved ones are safe, but a brother tells me last night's events underscore how urgently the biden administration needs to get them home. >> roxana, you mentioned the protests continue today. where exactly, and who is involved? >> reporter: we've seen several videos online of protests, particularly at universities across iran with students chanting slogans such as "rise up, people, enough is enough." >> roxana saberi in chicago, wbbm, thank you. the u.s. and canadian forces have delivered tactical and armored and supplies to crisis-torn haiti. the equipment will be used to bolster police. they're up against powerful gangs who have blocked the flow of critically needed humanitarian aid. the country is also battling a cholera outbreak.

this weekend, the bright lights on broadway went dark for one minute, honoring six-time tony winner angela lansbury. she died last week at the age of 96. lansbury made her broadway debut in 1957. she went on to star in stage and screen productions including 12 years as jessica fletcher on cbs' "murder she wrote." countless tributes were made to queen elizabeth following her death, including over 1,000 paddington bears. queen consort camilla posed with some of them. that will be distributed by a charity she's involved with. this weekend, in west virginia, a return to a thrilling tradition after a two-year pandemic hiatus. dear devils leapt 876 feet off the new river gorge bridge saturday. organizers say the youngest b.a.s.e. jumper to sign up is 19, the oldest 83. normally b.a.s.e. jumping is not allowed, the only exception is bridge day which started in 1980.

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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for staying with us. for many americans, the cost of heating your home this winter is about to go through the roof. households that heat with natural gas are expected to pay about 28% more than they paid last year. and homeowners who cook with gas are coming under fire from environmentalists. new research shows emissions from gas stoves are helping to warm the planet, which has some cities banning them altogether. here's cbs' ben tracy. >> reporter: when josh skipper and his wife kristin cook lunch for their kids, that blue flame on his gas stove does not give

them a warm feeling. >> i need to cook for my family, but i don't want to do it to the detriment of their futures. >> reporter: all of the natural gas used in homes and businesses accounts for about 13% of the united states' planet warming greenhouse gas emissions. >> climate is the biggest concern. it's the thing that keeps me up at night. >> reporter: so gipper let researchers from stanford turn his home into a makeshift science lab. previous stanford research found leaks from gas stoves alone pru planet-warming pollution equal to 500,000 gas-powered cars each week. >> 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 the nitrogen dioxide level to meet that epa threshold.

>> reporter: the fight over emissions is heated. while some areas require new homes and businesses to run on electric appliances, other states are forbidden such mandates. the cost of natural gas is at a 14-year high and there are incentives to switch to electric gas appliances. natural gas advocates claim it's still costly. >> this is a very expensive proposition for very little environmental gain. >> reporter: josh gipper says he's just responding to the sign that his 9-year-old son recently made. >> as a millennial and now that we're raising kids, no one else is taking care of this problem, it's time for us. >> here's your grilled cheese. >> reporter:en t, cbs news, denver. inflation continues to take a bite out of the family budget, and it shows no signs of sheing. in fact, the consumer price index for september was up 8.2% compared to a year ago.

cbs' nancy cordes has more on what that means for you. >> reporter: almost everything in your grocery cart got more expensive again last month. apples up another 2%. lettuce up nearly 7%. the price of eggs is now more than 30% higher than last year. >> americans are squeezed by the cost of living. >> reporter: the new figures reveal that inflation has barely budged even after the fed hiked interest rates for a fifth time in a bid to cool the economy. more startling was the spike in the so-called core index, the cost of everything but food and energy. after slowing this summer, it's now zooming back up to its highest rate of increase since 1982. why is this so important? because the core rate really reflects a lot of the things that we actually deal with. the big parts of our budget. like housing. >> reporter: rent, which typically grows about 3% a year, is up 7% this year.

furniture up 10%. pet care up 11%. at shane veterinary medical center in marina del ray, they're coping with their own rising costs. >> the diagnostics have gone up. x-rays, blood work. the exam itself. >> reporter: retirees will get some relief next year, an 8.7% increase in social security payments. the largest hike in four decades. >> so the combination of medicare premiums dropping, the cost of living adjustment being bigger, should help these 52 million seniors who are relying on the system. >> reporter: they're going to need that extra cash. according to a new government estimate, americans who rely on natural gas to heat their homes -- about half the country -- they're going to pay up to 30% more to heat their homes this winter than they did last year.

>> that was nancy cordes reporting from los angeles. up the coast, alaska's department of fish and game has canceled the winter snow crab season. they say 1 billion crabs have simply disappeared. the move will cost the state's economy an estimated $200 million from the fishermen who catch the crabs to the restaurants that serve them. jonathan vigliotti has the story from kodiak island, alaska. >> reporter: autumn is a time for stocking up on alaska's kodiak archipelago. its famous namesake bears feast on a buffet of salmon. in the nearby fishing port, gabriel and his family had mapped out crab season. >> dog bay, kodiak, alaska. head out around surprise island -- >> reporter: but the odds of his ship leaving its slip are slim to none, which could also be said about the snow crab

population that makes up most of his business. an estimated 1 billion crabs mysteriously disappeared in just two years. that's a 90% blunch. >> where have the snow crab gone? did they run up north to get to colder water? did they completely cross the border? did they walk off the continental shelf on the edge of the barian sea? we don't know. >> the first reaction, is this real? it was almost a flat line. >> reporter: as a researcher with the alaska department of fish and game -- >> let's see what we've got for crab. >> reporter: it's ben daly's job to monitor the health of the state's fisheries which produce 60% of the nation's seafood. his team is now investigating where the crabs have gone. >> but we're trying to look for causes. disease is one possibility. >> reporter: daly also points to climate change. alaska is the fastest-warming state in the country examination losing billions of tons of ice each year, critical for crabs who need cold water to survive. >> environmental conditions are changing rapidly.

we've seen some warm conditions in the bering sea the last handful of years, and we're seeing a response in a cold-adapted speegs cease. it's pretty obvious this is connected. we need a rapid relief financial program to get through disasters like this, much like farmers get during crop failures or communities get after a hurricane or flood. >> what does a person do whose life is dependant on the ocean, when the ocean stops giving? >> hope and pray. >> reporter: hope and bring the snow crabs return and his way of life continues. i'm jonathan vigliotti on kodiak island.

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because i think it captures the true essence of true friendship. >> reporter: miami preschoolers gina and zuri say they're not best friends. they say they're closer than that. closer than mere sisters, even. in fact, gia and zuri truly believe they're twins. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: ashley and valencia are their moms. >> they will tell you that they are twins, and they have a long list of reasons to back it up. >> to them, what makes a twin? >> similarities. >> come here. >> reporter: for example, the girls say their birthdays are practically the same day. and the obvious physical similarities. >> what am i looking at here? >> the same height. >> oh, you're the same height. >> reporter: clearly twins. which is why they also insist on matching outfits whenever possible. so far, ashley and valencia have indulged them. but they also recognize there is some bit tter to this sweet.

>> you're happy for a few seconds, then you become sad because they have to grow up. and then society takes over. >> reporter: indeed. society already tried to take over. zuri and gia were at a birthday party when an older kid told them they couldn't be twins because they don't have the same skin color. gia broke down. but through her tears, she got out this rebuttal. she said, "you don't know what you're talking about, we're twins because we share the same soul." >> i get chill bumps. >> soul? >> i was thrown by that word. >> yeah. >> reporter: obviously what gia was trying to say is that, at our core, we are one. and when we look back on our years of division and racial strife, it's important to remember that while all this was going on, so was this.

>> we have a lot to learn. >> right. >> we can learn from children. >> reporter: in fact, the moms say they already have. >> we've never talked to much on the phone. >> yeah. >> reporter: and that's what the twins want for all of us. to push back against the cynics. >> some girl said we're not twins. >> and we are. >> we are twins. >> reporter: and move on to the more important things in life. >> you know what we're going to get today? >> we're going to get ice cream! >> and you don't. >> oh. >> ha ha ha! >> it's been five years since we first told that story, and no surprise here, gia and zuri are still best twins. they join us now. hello, girls. >> hello! >> hello! >> first, why didn't you let my dad have ice cream? obviously he doesn't need it, i'm just wondering. >> probably because we don't want anyone to take it. >> so delicious. >> clearly weren't trying to make friends with me. >> how old are you now?

>> we're 9 years old. >> yep. >> do you still see each other a lot? >> yes. >> 24/7. >> what do you think is the key to staying close as long as you have? >> we communicate after a fight. we always say sorry. and hug it out. >> and it doesn't matter which one says sorry first, but you should always apologize. >> how long do you think this friendship is going to last? >> for a long, long time. >> long, long, long, long time. >> if i came by there to see you again, is there any chance i could get some ice cream or no? >> maybe. >> maybe. >> maybe? well, thanks for your time and for showing us what a real twinship looks like. >> thank you for inviting us. >> you're welcome, sweetie. >> bye! >> bye! >> lots of good advice in there. of course, the best way to get a good friend or to keep one is to be one. we'll see you next time. >> don't forget to stay kind.

the smithsonian's air and space museum reopened this weekend after a floor-to-ceiling renovation. our meg oliver got a firsthand look at the changes. >> you had to take out all of these aircraft? >> everything. >> reporter: a massive undertaking, part of a billion-dollar renovation to the national air and space museum. why did it need to be rebuilt? >> it was frankly worn out. we had to rebuild the entire structure. >> reporter: nearly half the exhibits are newly on display. including those from movies' interactive games. >> a fun physicianic lesson?

>> exactly. >> reporter: and old memories. >> this motorcycle is what evel knevil used to jump 14 greyhound buses. >> i remember it well. uestor sphow itlan aircrafttsf >> reporter: space is still well represented. >> this is how the astronauts view earth. >> reporter: and better represented, women and people of color, like in this plane flown by the first woman to break the sound barrier. >> our goal that is whomever you are, you will see yourself in some of the stories being told here. >> reporter: and dream that you, too, could aim for the stars. meg oliver, cbs news, washington. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online at any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from new york city, i'm jericka duncan. have a great day.

this is "cbs news flash." i'm elise preston in new york. virginia police are investigating a shooting near the campus of james madison university that sent eight to the hospital. they are all expected to survive. a suspect is in custody facing a slew of charges, including attempted murder. people living with hearing loss can now purchase hearing aids oaids over the counter. the move is expected to bring lower prices and expand access for millions. hearing loss is the third most chronic health condition in older adults. spooked fans helped "halloween ends" bring in over $41 million to the box office. the film is the final installment in the series starring the original scream queen, jamie lee curtis.

for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm elise preston, cbs news, new york. ♪ a suspected serial killer now in police custody. >> he was on a mission to kill. >> police in stockton, california, make an arrest following six deadly shootings. the suspect, authorities say, set to strike again. >> we are sure w spped another killing. also, midterm momentum. new cbs polling on the battle for congress as economic headwinds pick up. >> this is a top concern for all voters. >> it's also a top concern for the president. plus protests in iran persist following a deadly fire at an infamous prison. in china, president xi expands his power, warning the world of stormy seas ahead. fly me to the moon.

the first-ever space tourist pays up to lift off again. later, the sound of solidarity. ♪ this minneapolis band on a mission to be heard at george floyd square. ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." police in stockton, california, say they are certain they have the serial killer authorities have been searching for. the news is providing some relief to a community that's felt terrorized for several months. the arrest was made this weekend. the suspect, 43-year-old wesley brownlee. he's expected to be arraigned on tuesday. cbs' danya bacchus leads us off tonight from los angeles. dan yeah good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. tips from the community and good old-fashioned police work

led to the suspected killer, a stockton resident. investigators say the arrest came just as he was on the prowl for his next victim. police say this is the serial killer who had the community of stockton frozen in fear for three months. 43-year-old wesley brownlee's arrest came as a relief to anxious residents of the city 80 miles east of san francisco. >> a lot of people are going to be safe or feel a lot safer. >> that was scary, very scary. but i'm glad he's been caught. >> reporter: investigators say they zeroed in on brownlee saturday as he drove through the dark streets of stockton, armed with a handgun, searching for his next victim. >> he was on a mission to kill. he was out hunting. >> reporter: authorities say ballistics link brownlee to seven shootings, six of them deadly. five men ambushed between july and september in stockton, and another man last year in oakland. >> this crime was solved because we're stocktonians. you don't come to our house and bring this kind of reign of terror. >> reporter: paul yaw was one of the first victims.

his mother spoke to us before brownlee's arrest about her heartache. >> do you think you'll be able to find closure at this point? >> i don't know that i'll ever have closure, i'll never see my son again. never get to tell him that i love him again. i don't think there will ever be enough justice. >> reporter: police also linked brownlee to the shooting of a woman last year. she survived. the district attorney will announce charges during his arraignment tuesday, calling this a very fluid and ongoing investigation. jericka? >> danya bacchus tonight in los angeles, thank you. turning now to the battle for congress with the midterms fast approaching. a new cbs poll out today shows republicans are still favored to capture the house with an estimated 224-seat majority. democrats had been narrowing the gap, but that momentum has stalled. cbs' debra alfarone is in washington tonight with those details. good evening, debra. >> reporter: good evening, jericka.

no matter your income, inflation is inescapable. it could be a deciding factor for the midterm elections. >> there's a lot in here that lowers the everyday costs for middle-class families. >> reporter: president biden is trying to convince voters his big legislative win, "the inflation reduction act," will bring prices down. but a new cbs news battleground tracker poll shows 65% of registered voters believe the economy is getting worse. and 68% of registered voters say the biden administration could be doing more. >> this is a top concern for all voters. >> it's also a top concern for the president. >> reporter: on "face the nation," transportation secretary pete buttigieg said curbing inflation is the president's top economic priority. >> so it's a very clear choice, a very clear difference in approaches here right now on capitol hill and among officeholders. where the focus for democrats, the focus for the president, is to cut that cost of living and cut the pressure, give people

more breathing room at a time inflation remains a major concern. >> reporter: another top concern for voters, gas prices. the new poll found 63% of people said prices are going up, compared to 16% in august. republicans are pouncing on the price at the pump and blaming >> they're talking, bragging as if gas prices are lower. gas prices are about 60% higher today than when joe biden took office. >> reporter: the president has an action-packed week ahead of him on the campaign trail where he's going to be heading to pennsylvania, to stump for lieutenant governor john fetterman. jericka? >> that u.s. senate race, a very important one there. debra alfarone, thank you. to iran. the country's state tv reported at least 40 people were dead following a fire that erupted inside a prison holding political detainees, including at least two americans. cbs's roxana saberi has the very latest. >> reporter: the flames that erupted from iran's most notorious prison turned deadly last night.

activists fearing the number killed is much higher than claimed by the regime. as the sound of gunshots and explosions rang out in videos posted online, families waited anxiously to learn about their loved ones trapped inside. iran's state-run media sent in a reporter claiming firefighters quelled the flames in a sewing workshop and that prisoners were safe, in bed. evin prison houses both regular criminals and political prisoners like journalists, activists, and recently, protesters. the fire has reignited anti-regime rallies a day after angry demonstrators confronted security forces in the city of ardabil. where a teachers' trade association says plainclothes agents had raided this girls' school, killing one student and injuring and detaining several

others. it's a pattern, activists say, that's emerging across iran. >> it is a very dark moment with regard to thousands of people who have been detained. >> reporter: at least two iranian americans are jailed in evin prison. both families say their loved ones are safe, but a brother tells me last night's events underscore how urgently the biden administration needs to get them home. >> roxana, you mentioned the protests continue today. where exactly and who is involved? >> reporter: we've seen several videos online of protests, particularly at universities across iran with students chanting slogans such as "rise up, people, enough is enough." >> roxana saberi in chicago, bsu there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> today, china's leader xi jinping opened the 20th communist party congress, staking his ambitions. they include more personal power and restrictive covid measures. cbs' elizabeth palmer is in hong kong. >> reporter: xi jinping took the stage in beijing's great hall of the people to an ovation from more than 2,000 communist party delegates. his two-hour-long opening speech signaled no major changes, including to the heavy-handed zero covid policy. it is, he said, a people's war

to protect health. if anyone here disagreed, they'd never dare show it. but there was a rare glimpse of dissent on a beijing highway overpass last week. a banner that read "we want food, not covid tests, we want freedom, not lockdowns." it was, of course, removed in a hurry and the photos scrubbed from chinese social media. threntment is real. millions of chain fees people are still hostage to an electronic covid tracking system that limits where they go and can lock them down without warning. jeff kingston teaches asian politics at temple university in japan. >> xi's inclinations are for political repression. and the pandemic has given him a golden opportunity to crack down and limit people's freedom of movement. >> reporter: it's helped xi jinping turn china into a highly efficient surveillance state. facial recognition technology

watches citizens wherever they go. and no one is allowed to criticize the government or especially its leader. he faces no challenges at this party congress. four years ago, xi jinping engineered the abolition of term limits. later this week, the congress will rubber stamp an unprecedented five more years in power for him as china's leader. as for taiwan, that's the island president biden has said the u.s. will help fend off a chinese takeover, xi jinping said that china is committed to what he called reunification, if possible peacefully, if necessary by force. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, hong kong. the u.s. and canadian forces have delivered tactical and armored vehicles and supplies to crisis-torn haiti. the equipment will be used to bolster police. they're up against powerful gangs who have blocked the flow of critically needed humanitarian aid.

the country is also battling a cholera outbreak. straight ahead, draft dodgers. we meet some of the men fleeing putin's war for an uncertain future. plus the billionaire rocket man ready for a new adventure. meet the musicians on a mission to use their sound as a voice for justice. this week, nato and russia will separately hold exercises of their nuclear forces. it comes at a time of rising tensions over ukraine.

up to 60 nato aircraft will take part in the annual drills over europe, including b-52s flown from minot, north dakota. at the same time, vladimir putin's mobilization of russians to help fight the war in ukraine is causing stress in the neighboring country of georgia. cbs' chris livesay explains why. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands escaping the fighting in ukraine, but they're not ukrainians. instead, russians fleeing the draft at home by flooding the border into georgia. one of them, alexei, takes us to the shelter he now calls home after driving seven days from moscow to georgia's capital, tbilisi, with little more than his guitar. >> ghostbusters. ♪ >> reporter: better that than a rifle, he says. ♪ who you gonna call ghostbusters ♪ >> reporter: his roommate skobar flew then pedaled by bike after

the government told him to report for military training. >> because i don't want to go to the army and go to the war and die and kill people, i guess. >> reporter: but at an anti-putin rally in the capital, georgians fear the russian draft dodgers are a trojan horse. all of these russians, hundreds of thousands virtually overnight, clearly isn't sitting well with everyone in georgia. those here see it as yet another form of russian invasion, and they're calling for the border with russia to be closed. >> they must know that they are notwelcome here. >> reporter: georgia is no stranger to russian invasion. in 2008, putin attacked by land, air, and sea, allegedly to protect russians living here. to this day, 20% of the country remains occupied. >> we know how putin starts wars. >> you're afraid georgia could

be next? >> putin could come and say, we need to send our soldiers to save the lives of our citizens in georgia. >> reporter: but in putin's army, morale has never been lower following staggering defeats in ukraine. and to dodge the draft, conscripts are so desperate, they're even breaking their own arms and legs as this video is said to show. >> the fear, it's like -- not something rational. not something logic. you just someday wake up and start to feel it. >> how long do you think you're going to be here? >> i don't know. i want to work in my old job. i want to live with my family and my girlfriend. so i guess i'll be -- turned back when vladimir putin will be dead, i guess. and i will be just fine in this.

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we get more from cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: dennis tito dropped $20 million for a 2001 trip aboard a russian soyuz spacecraft. paradise, i just came back from paradise. the eight days that i spent in space was just 100% enjoyment. i've been thinking about it every day since. >> reporter: he's made plans to do it again. this time a fly-by of the moon with wife akiko. did they propose it to you? >> i brought it up. >> you said, can i orbit the moon, please? >> that's what i'm interested in. i will not go back to earth orbit, i've been there, done that. >> reporter: the ride, spacex's starship rocket. >> when you guys look at this, what do you think? >> amazing. it's off the chart. >> reporter: starships designed to be fully reusable, still in development. spacex has nailed some test flights, others erupted in fireballs.

what gives you confidence this is going to work? >> every time a rocket explodes, you learn something. so the more rocket explosions we see, the better.beus w get all e osticly, when do u think you'll fly? >> i take the worst case. five years. ep california man close to 90 years old. 82 now. he says he feels great. >> i am probably in better physical shape than i was 21 years ago. >> reporter: akiko is a commercial pilot, who like her husband of two years says she's always been interested in space. when he pitched this idea to you, what was your thought? >> well, i thought that i know him very well, so yes, here we go. >> reporter: tito's flight will be the second starship lunar fly-by. the first booked by a japanese billionaire.

tito won't say how much he's paying for what he's calling a postnuptial vacation. >> we got married during covid. so we didn't have a chance to have a honeymoon. so maybe this is our honeymoon. >> reporter: janet shamlian, cbs news, at spacex star base in south texas. >> that's one heck of a honeymoon. next, quantum leaps make a ithe mountain state. when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. are you feeling sluggish or weighed down? metamucil's new fiber plus collagen can help. when taken daily, it supports your health, starting with your digestive system. metamucil's plant-based fiber forms a gel to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down, helps lower cholesterol and promotes healthy blood sugar levels.

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this weekend, the bright lights on broadway went dark for one minute, honoring six-time tony winner angela lansbury. she died last week at the age of 96. lansbury made her broadway debut in 1957. she went on to star in stage and screen productions including 12 years as jessica fletcher on cbs' "murder she wrote." countless tributes were made to queen elizabeth following her death, including over 1,000 paddington bears. queen consort camilla posed with some of them that will be distributed by a charity she's involved with. this weekend in west hi. 6t of a return to the new river goe s.e.per ig19e st 8 normally b.a.s.e. jumping is not allowed, the only exception is bridge day which started in 1980.

when we return, the band plays on using music as a sounding board for justice and unity.

♪ large crowds at george floyd square in minneapolis may have cleared, but a group of musicians hasn't missed a beat in more than a year. tonight's "weekend journal," caroline cummings of our minneapolis station wcco has more on the sound of solidarity. >> reporter: on any given monday -- >> are we warm? >> reporter: at this corner of 38th and chicago -- >> do we want to hang out over here? >> reporter: you'll find a community -- ♪ >> reporter: -- concert. >> just bring your horn, that's all. >> reporter: same time -- ♪ i want to be in that number ♪ >> so many people saw george floyd's murder and said, what do

i do? i don't know what to do. a lot of us as musicians felt we can use our art and use our gifts to bring as an offering to the space and the movement. >> reporter: soon he found others performing with the same purpose. >> i thought i would just start playing. then i did play for a minute. and then i was approached by some other musicians in the square at the same time. that's sort of how we started playing together. >> reporter: some starting as strangers. >> i didn't know any of those players. >>ut evey friends, who together became brass solidarity. >> we want to be part of the call for justice, and we want to also contribute good feelings to the community. >> reporter: 81 weeks, they haven't missed a monday. ♪ a show they believe must go on. caroline cummings, cbs news, minneapolis. and that is the "overnight

news" for this monday. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm elise preston in new york. virginia police are investigating a shooting near the campus of james madison university that sent eight to the hospital. they are all expected to survive. the suspect is in custody facing a slew of charges, including attempted murder. people living with hearing loss can now purchase hearing aids over the counter. the move is expected to bring lower prices and expand access for millions. hearing loss is the third most chronic health condition in older adults. spooked fans helped "halloween ends" bring in over $41 million to the box office. the film is the final installment in the series starring the original scream queen, jamie lee curtis.

for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. it's monday, october 17th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." they can breathe again. there's that collective sigh if you will. >> a community relieved. people in stockton, california, are finally at ease after an alleged serial killer is arrested. how police tracked down the suspect. losing steam? new cbs news polling shows democrats are losing momentum ahead of the midterm elections. how worsening views of the economy are impacting the party's chance to keep control of congress. listen up, starting today hearing aids will be able to be sold without a prescription. why this will be welcome news for your wallet.