in allentown, pennsylvania. 27 children, 4 adults poisoned at a day-care center. we spoke with dr. katz, who treated many of them. >> i think the vast majority were improving as we saw them. but having said that, they were very sick. some of them had lost consciousness. >> reporter: carbon monoxide is a silent killer, killing more than 400 people a year and sending 50,000 americans to the emergency room. nikki james zellner's boys, then aged 3 and 4 were poisoned at their day care. what kind of symptoms did your children have? >> they had elevated levels in their bloodstream. they had irritability and behavior issues for about one to two weeks following. >> reporter: we found many of these incidents have something in common. state laws do not require them to have a carbon monoxide detector. zellner's experience led her on a crusade to change the statute in virginia, a mission that paid off last year with a bill requiring all public schools,

including day cares, to have at least one detector. however, there is no federal law requiring carbon monoxide detectors in schools. we pored over state laws and talked to fire marshals, and we found that states with statutes requiring detectors often have a caveat with them, like only being required in buildings built after 2015 or in those with a co source like a gas furnace or boiler. and we found that surprisingly at least 10 states have no law at all requiring them in day cares. have you gotten any pushback about putting more carbon monoxide detectors in schools? >> the majority of the pushback that i would get was related to who's going to pay for all of this. >> reporter: as a physician, should every school, should every day care be required to have a carbon monoxide detector? >> yes. it is a low-cost device which unequivocally will save lives. >> reporter: so as parents, we

all want to know what can we do to protect our children. first, you should know the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. those include dizziness, confusion, and vomiting. and you can call your school or day care and ask them where the carbon monoxide detector is. all right. more news from here in washington. the biden administration and the national archives are being sued for postponing the release of thousands of the most sensitive documents related to the assassination of president john f. kennedy. the delay has fueled the government cover-up conspiracy theories about one of the darkest days in our nation's history. here is cbs' ed o'keefe. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. >> reporter: the mystery behind the assassination of john f. kennedy in an open motorcade at dealey plaza in dallas stretches almost 60 years. and the new lawsuit alleges president biden and the national archives are dragging out the release of about 15,000 documents related to the november 1963 killing.

>> these records need to be made public because they tell us about a very important event in american history. >> reporter: jefferson morley is with the organization suing. he is a long-time skeptic of the cia and says until the documents are released, americans are left to wonder whether anyone besides accused shooter lee harvey oswald was involved. >> is there a bombshell about officers who knew about the accused assassin while john f. kennedy was still alive? well, let's see the records and we can decide. >> reporter: most of the documents are from the cia, and could reveal other secrets, including cold war operations carried out by american intelligence agents in a plot to kill cuban dictator fidel castro. it was the 1991 release of the movie "jfk" by director oliver stone -- >> so what really happened that day -- >> reporter: that fueled conspiracy theories. but former president donald trump pushed off the release to president biden, who has ordered them to be released by mid-december. in his statement, the cia says it's still working to declassify

the documents and take out any other sensitive material. if the current plan holds, the documents should be released by december 15th. norah? >> all right. we'll be waiting and we'll look at them. ed o'keefe, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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normal. according to a study commissioned for a class action lawsuit. the study also found, quote, unacceptable levels in the school's kitchen, gym, and ventilation systems. >> it's overwhelming right now. >> reporter: when patrice strickland heard about the contamination, she decided to keep her two children home to learn virtually. >> the very first place i heard about it was on the news. >> reporter: she spoke at last night's school board meeting where the district apologized and said jana will go virtual starting monday. what went through your mind when you heard about the potential contamination inside the school. there is a lot of things you can protect your kids from. but that felt like something i had no control over. and as a parent, it's not easy to feel like you don't have control. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers did inner the school district in january of low level radioactive contamination in the banks of the coldwater creek, which is on school grounds, but said the levels did not pose an immediate risk to human health.

the core told cbs news the lawsuit study is not accepted with our evaluation techniques and must be thoroughly vetted. the school building is outside the court's testing boundaries. but pta president ashley bernaugh says the court has not been transparent. >> i believe sunshine is an excellent disinfectant. so i am willing to disinfect everywhere we got to go by pulling every rug out and shaking it. >> to get to the truth. >> to get to the truth. no more dirt is swept under them. we are not hiding it anymore. we are pulling it all out. >> students will learn from home until at least thanksgiving. after that, they'll be sent to other schools for the rest of the academic year. lawmakers representing missouri in congress, in washington where you are, norah, are demanding immediate action from the army corps of engineers. >> that's quite a story. adriana diaz, thank you. the only bridge that connects sanibel island to the florida peninsula reopened to residents today for the first

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an iranian athlete who violated her country's strict rule that women wear a head scarf, got a hero's welcome at her homecoming at the airport today. elnaz rekabi had her hair tucked under a baseball bat and hoodie as she greeted her family and fans. many feared for her safety, since she refused to wear a hijab in protest. but today she repeated a comment that it accidentally fell off. they're still concerned about her safety. there is important news for parents about furniture safety. the consumer product safety commission has approved new federal standards for dresser, armoires and other furniture that can tip over, injuring children. nearly 200 children have been killed by the tip-overs in the last two decades. the new standards will include minimum stability requirements

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i'm talking about the joy and love in our hearts. i want more of that. news tonight for your cookie lovers out there. nestle is voluntarily recalling its ready to bake refrigerated toll house stuffed chocolate chip cookie dough because it may contain plastic pieces. nestle says customers can return the packages to where they were purchased. we're getting a spectacular new view tonight of the pillars of creation. that's a vast cluster of newly formed stars about 6500 light years from earth. a new infrared image shot by the james webb space telescope shows

the pillars in stunning detail, revealing countless previously unseen stars. it's far more detailed than the famous view we got from the hubbell telescope in 1995. they're both beautiful. tonight, more historic change is coming to american currency. actress anna mae wong will be the first asian american to appear on currency. wong overcame racism to become hollywood's first asian american movie star and a fashion icon in the 1920s and 1930s. she appeared in more than 60 films, tv shows, and the stage during a four decade long waswarded a star on the hollywood walk of fame in 1960, one year before her death at the age of 56. the u.s. mint will begin shipping the quarters next week. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember, follow us any time online at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. in new york city, a giant temporary shelter for migrants being bussed in from southern border states opened on wednesday. the shelter tents include cots for up to 500 people intended for adults, single men. many from venezuela have been arriving several times a week, predominantly from texas. more than 18,000 asylum seekers have arrived in the big apple since the spring. miami difficulties quarterback tua tagovailoa who suffered a concussion on september 29 playing the cincinnati bengals spoke for the first time about the incident. he said he lost consciousness following the tackle. and convenience store shoppers at circle k gas station stores will soon be able to get marijuana products at a select number of locations starting in

2023 as part of a pilot program. for more news, download the cbs nnd . i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we'll get to that breaking news about those guns found near the supreme court and the arrest in just a minute. but we want to begin overseas amid russia's failing invasion. the kremlin continues to target ukraine's infrastructure, including power plants and the nation's water supply as the winter cold sets in. as russian troops suffer setbacks on the battlefield, president vladimir putin is tightening his grip by declaring martial law on four regions claimed by moscow. tonight we're seeing massive evacuations in the southern city of kherson, with up to 60,000 people being moved out of the city, while the ukrainian

military counteroffensive moves closer every day. and then there is this breaking news. the u.s. charged five russian nationals with evading sanctions. the justice department says they purchased sensitive military technology and shipped those materials to russian buyers. some of those electronics have been found in russian weapons found on the battlefield in ukraine. so we've got a lot of news to get to tonight. and cbs' holly williams will start us off from the capital of kyiv. good evening, holly. >> reporter: good evening, norah. vladimir putin's announcement of martial law today could be a sign that his invading army has run into serious problems. today in kherson, one of the regions occupied by russia they started moving tens of thousands of people away from the front line ahead of an expected ukrainian counteroffensive. the russian general in charge of the invasion admitted the situation is tense.

as russian troops battle to hold on to land they've seized. >> he made a massive mistake by annexing these so-called regions because he cannot defend them. >> reporter: andriy zagorodnyuk is ukraine's former defense minister. he told us vladimir putin may longer be thinking rationally. >> he is capable of making desperate mistakes and desperate measures. >> reporter: ukraine's military has made stunning progress in recent weeks, reclaiming swaths of territory from russian forces. russia's retaliated with swarms of so-called suicide drones and attacks on the power grid as a harsh winter looms. but ukrainians have responded with stunning resilience. last week this playground in the center of kyiv was hit by a strike. now they filled in the crater and they're busy rebuilding. "i'd rather sit in the cold with no water and electricity," laughs this woman, "than be in russia." ukraine's reportedly made a

formal request to israel to provide it with new air defense systems, including iron dome. but norah, israel has consistently said it won't give weapons to ukraine. >> holly williams, thank you for your reporting. russia's use of those iran-supplied kamikaze drones has marked a significant shift in its brutal assault on ukraine. david martin is at the pentagon where he takes a closer look tonight at this deadly and effective weapon. >> reporter: a contrail and a puff of smoke is what is left after ukraine shot down another kamikaze drone fired by russia. but others got through, hitting power plants and forcing president zelenskyy to convene an emergency meeting to avoid a breakdown of ukraine's energy system. the 11 by 8 foot iranian made zone carries a relatively small 90-pound warhead, but that's enough.

>> drones are going to be very good going against transformer yards, things like that where you can cut off power quickly. >> reporter: frank mckenzie, who recently retired as the general of all u.s. forces in the middle east has seen swarm attacks by ukrainian drones before. >> if you launch enough of them, the theory is you will be able to overcome air defenses because they fly at low altitudes, and they're very cheap to produce. >> reporter: how many of these drones does iran produce? >> thousands. >> reporter: since the first kamikaze drone was launched last shot down 223. u.s. officials estimate ukraine has a roughly 50% success rate, which would mean russia has launched nearly 450 kamikaze drones. >> that's a high volume. that's a high volume. >> reporter: a 50% rate also means more than 200 have gotten through, even though the ukrainians use everything from guided missiles to small arms fire to try to bring them down.

>> they don't necessarily fly a straight line. they can do doglegs, different route to try to avoid where they think you have your own air defense. so you set your air defenses up. they can shoot at them. >> reporter: russia's drone attacks only seem to make ukraine more determined to fight on, but there is no denying they're having an impact. tonight the ukrainian official announced electricity restrictions will go into effect on thursday in an attempt to avoid blackouts. norah? >> wow, really interesting. david martin, thank you. we want to turn now to that breaking news from near the supreme court. the police have responded to a suspicious vehicle parked near capitol hill and have made a weapons arrest. cbs' scott macfarlane is right there on the scene. good evening, scott. what happened? >> reporter: norah, good evening. a congressional source tells cbs news guns, including two handguns and a shotgun were found in a white van stopped steps away fry the u.s. supreme court. an 81-year-old man is under arrest on weapons charges.

his adult grandson is in custody, and a woman with them was briefly detained but released. the van was pulled over for a police stop. a police dog alerted to something suspicious in the vehicle. they say they did find concerning items in the car, but no explosives. the supreme court was not in session today, but this happens at a time of heightened security around the high court. an eight-foot fence was just recently removed. it had been erected after justices received threats ahead of their abortion rights ruling. and this is not the first gun seized, norah. at least 16 since january of 2021 according to public records obtained by cbs news. >> all right. law enforcement on alert. scott macfarlane, thank you. president biden today ordered the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserve. he says the move is meant to lower gas prices and count area cut in production announced this month by saudi arabia and others. it's the last of the record 180

million barrels the president said he would tap into from the start of the war in ukraine. the emergency reserve is now at its lowest levels since 1984. the president says he plans to replenish the stock when the price of oil drops. let's turn now to the weather, because nearly half the country is feeling the cold with winter coming early this year. 80 record low temperatures were broken this morning from minnesota to florida. parts of missouri are having its coldest october ever. the winter blast will last for one more day with record lows expected tomorrow across the southeast in more than two dozen cities. but the good news, a warm-up is on the way for this weekend. the irs is responding to rising inflation and helping people shield more money from taxation. all seven federal income tax brackets are being revised upward for 2023. plus, the standard deduction is going up $1800 to $27,700 for married couples that file together. and for single taxpayers, it's increasing by $900 to $13,850.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm catherine herridge in washington. thanks for staying with us. florida's new office of election crimes and security is coming under scrutiny for arresting people who thought they voted legally. and new video shows the officers in action. back in 2018, florida joined other states, allowing most convicted felons to vote once they serve their sentences. the trouble is the state is handing out voter id cards to the few who are ineligible, then arresting them on felony accounts, sometimes years later. critics say florida's republican governor ron desantis is using the issue to intimidate

potential voters by sowing confusion over who is allowed to vote next month. ed o'keefe reports. >> reporter: the arrests were made following investigations by new florida state police force established by republican governor ron desantis to investigate voter fraud. according to local reports, most of those arrested were black and registered democrats. >> some voter fraud, voter stuff. >> reporter: in footage obtained by cbs news, on august 18th, police showed up at the tampa home of tony patterson, a registered sex offender who was told he was under arrest for voter fraud. >> voter fraud? what is voter fraud? >> voting when you're not supposed to, sir. >> put your hands behind your back, please. >> reporter: that same day, ramona oliver who served 18 years on a second-degree murder charge was arrested for illegally voting in 2020, even though she received a voter id card from the state. >> voter fraud? i voted but didn't commit no fraud. >> reporter: patterson and 18 others were accused of violating

a 2018 law that allows most felons to vote after they complete their sentences. but that law excludes convicts like patterson and oliver who were convicted of a felony sex offense or murder. florida republican governor ron desantis touted the arrests that same day. >> they are disqualified from voting because they've been convicted of either murder or sexual assault. >> reporter: more than 11 million votes were cast in florida in the 2020 election when some of those arrested illegally voted. in the videos, first obtained by the tampa bay times, patterson tells a police officer he was misled. >> voter fraud? >> let's walk over to my car. >> why are you doing this now and this happened years ago? >> i don't know. >> reporter: voting rights advocates say it's a game of gotcha. >> when people get a voter id card from the government, what else are they going to presume except that they're eligible to vote? >> good evening. >> reporter: in a debate tuesday night between florida's senate

candidates, the candidates did spar over voting rights. >> florida has very good election laws. and the states that don't have very good election laws are the states that have gone in the opposite direction of weakening. >> florida has an election law police force. and if the laws are so wonderful, what's the need for that? >> republican senator marco rubio and democrat val demings, who you saw there, are locked in a close and expensive fight. aides to governor desantis, who is running for reelection this year against charlie crist didn't return comments on questions that some of those felons nay have been confused or misled by state law. a school board has voted to shut down a local elementary school after tests found evidence of radioactive contamination inside the school. cbs news first reported on the contamination in florissant, missouri in 2018. a recent round of testing identified leaks of radioactive

material into nearby coldwater creek, dating back to the creation of the first atomic bomb. the area has since seen cancer clusters and other health problems. adriana diaz has our report. >> when you guys start to see the level of disrespect they had for our community, you're going to be mad. >> calling doctors, having blood work done, any of those things that i can do right now the test lead levels. >> reporter: there is fury in florissant, missouri after jana elementary school tested positive for dangerous radioactive contaminants. >> we cannot allow our community to be devastated by the poor choices of people in the '40s, the '50s, the '60s, the '70s, the '80s, the '90s, and now we're here past the 2000s? >> reporter: that's pta presidentbernaugh who has been fighting for transparency for nearly a decade. >> my biggest fear is our kids

are going to end up with illnesses later in life and it could have been prevented. >> reporter: how this is even possible dates back to the 1940s and '50s where radioactive waste was scored near what is now the airport contaminating the soil and nearby coldwater creek, which frequently overflows. in 2012, the army corps of engineers, which is responsible for cleanup of the area, began testing near the airport and expanded to test along the creek. army corps communication to the school district from earlier this year acknowledged local level radioactive contamination, but said it was within acceptable parameters. and while the corps has tested 300 feet outside the school, the building itself is not within its designated testing area. >> the army corps of engineers denied us testing, said it wasn't reasonable. and when testing was done, they don't like the results. >> reporter: lawyers bringing a class action lawsuit hired their own investigator who did test inside the school building. they found unacceptable levels

of radioactive lead inside the kitchen, gym, and ventilation systems. at the playground, lead levels were 22 times higher than normal. the army corps of engineers told us the report is not consistent with our accepted evaluation techniques and must be thoroughly vetted. the corps acknowledges there is contamination underground in a nearby wooded area, but says they found no contamination between the creek and the playground. has your son talked about being worried for his health? >> sure. absolutely. he understands the real ramifications that come with radioactive nuclear material. this is the stuff his superheroes fight against. >> reporter: the students will go virtual on monday through thanksgiving. after that, they'll be transferred to different schools in the area until further notice. one parent i spoke to off camera last night was in tears because she didn't want the school split up. that was adriana diaz reporting. the "overnight news" is back in two minutes.

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singer-songwriter-producer john legend has sold more than 10 million albums and won every major award, but he is a star with a social conscience. legend discusses what he considers his true calling with ted koppel. ♪ >> reporter: john legend most definitely qualifies as a superstar. ♪ wake up everybody, no sleeping in bed ♪ >> reporter: two emmy, 12 grammys, one oscar, and a tony. the accomplishment is so rare, it merits a word of its own. legend is an egot, emmy, grammy, oscar, tony. he is also a social activist, and sometimes he blends the two, as when he and the rapper common recorded this song, "glory," which legend and common cowrote

for the film "selma." academy award best original film song 2015. and this is legend accepting the oscar. >> we wrote this song for a film that was based on events that were 50 years ago. but we say that selma is now because the struggle for justice is right now. >> reporter: mass incarceration. that was legend's first target for social change. you spent a lot of time focusing on penal reform in this country, prison reform. >> yes. >> reporter: why? >> that's part of me not forgetting where i come from and remembering how the criminal punishment system has affected so many people in my family, people in my neighborhood. i know so many personal stories of people who have been affected by it, families who have been affected by it. and then as i grew older, it grew beyond what was personal to me and personal to the people around me, and i began to understand more holistically in the nation what we've done over the past few decades.

we've become the most incarcerated country in the world. and it's been costly in so many ways. i've been spending the last decade or so fighting to change that. ♪ i wish i knew how it would feel to be free ♪ >> reporter: african americans are incarcerated at a rate more than five times that of white americans. and across all races, when it comes to prison population, we're number one. why do you think we have so many people incarcerated in this country? as you pointed out, we have more prisoners in america than any other country in the world. >> well, i think a lot of it starts with our original sin. slavery i think has a lot to do with it. the 13th amendment outlaws slavery except for people who were in the penal system. >> i think you were referring to prison labor too, right? >> absolutely. the 13th amendment made it illegal to force people to do

labor except if they were convicted of a crime. >> reporter: i think you know there are great many people who are worried about the fact that this country is moving and will have moved in the next 10, 15 years or so to a point where there are more people of color in this country than there are white people. you think they need to be worried? >> what i want them to realize is equality doesn't have to take from anybody. us all having equal rights, us having human dignity, or having a community that's healthier and stronger for everyone doesn't need to hurt anybody. and if you see everything as a zero sum game, yes, you might be worried that there are going to be more people of color than there are white people that means if you're white. >> our going start losing something. but that only means if people of color decide that they're going to do to white people what white people have been doing to people of color for the past several centuries. >> reporter: not perhaps what a hollywood or a madison avenue pr

person would have drafted for him. but legend doesn't mince words on the subject of racial equity. in a tv interview or with his almost 14 million followers on twitter. >> we can live in a society where we all respect each evybody,er for everybody, or healthier for everybody. we don't need to believe that just because there is more of one group or another, that somebody else has to lose because of that. >> that's a beautiful express, and i hope you're right. >> i don't know if it's going to win the day, but that's what we should believe. >> reporter: if i had been born black in this country, i'm not sure if i could find that reservoir of compassion that you're talking about. >> well, i feel like black people have been patriotic in this country. we've been forgiving in this country. we've fought for the ideals that the nation said we were founded on. we've done that for centuries. and i think we believed in america more than america believed in us or believed in

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change. naomi ruckem, cbs news. >> that's the cbs overnight. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. in new york city, a giant temporary shelter for migrants being bussed in from southern border states opened on wednesday. the shelter tents include cots for up to 500 people intended for adults, single men. many from venezuela have been arriving several times a week, predominantly from texas. more than 18,000 asylum seekers have arrived in ed in the big a since the spring. miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa who suffered a concussion on september 29 playing the cincinnati bengals spoke for the first time about the incident. he said he lost consciousness following the tackle. and convenience store shoppers at circle k gas station stores will soon be able to get marijuana products at a select number of locations starting in 2023 as part of a pilot program.

for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv.m dan lieberman, cw york. ♪ vladimir putin doubles down on his brutal assault on ukraine, as he declares martial law in four russian-controlled territories. with ukraine facing punishing attacks, the shocking admission from the russian military official known as general armageddon. cbs' holly williams is in the capital of kyiv. >> this playground was the scene of a strike here in kyiv just last week. breaking news. guns found near the supreme court. we'll have the latest on the police response. trying to lower gas prices. president biden's announcement today. will it help? carbon monoxide and your kids. cbs news investigates the number of states that don't require detectors in day cares.

it must have shocked you when you found out that there wasn't a carbon monoxide detector at the preschool. >> what every parent needs to know. and the top secret jfk assassination files. both a republican and democratic president pushed off the release. is there something they don't want you to know? >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we'll get to that breaking news about those guns found near the supreme court and the arrest in just a minute. but we want to begin overseas amid russia's failing invasion. the kremlin continues to target ukraine's infrastructure, including power plants and the nation's water supply as the winter cold sets in. as russian troops suffer setbacks on the battlefield, president vladimir putin is tightening his grip by declaring martial law on four regions

claimed by moscow. tonight we're seeing massive evacuations in the southern city of kherson, with up to 60,000 people being moved out of the city, while the ukrainian military counteroffensive moves closer every day. and then there is this breaking news. the u.s. charged five russian nationals with evading sanctions. the justice department says they purchased sensitive military technology and shipped those materials to russian buyers. some of those electronics have been found in russian weapons found on the battlefield in ukraine. so we've got a lot of news to get to tonight. and cbs' holly williams will start us off from the capital of kyiv. good evening, holly. >> reporter: good evening, norah. vladimir putin's announcement of martial law today could be a sign that his invading army has run into serious problems. today in kherson, one of the regions occupied by russia they authority installed by moscow started moving tens of thousands of people away from the front

line, ahead of an expected ukrainian counteroffensive. the russian general in charge of the invasion admitted the situation is tense. as russian troops battle to hold on to land they've seized. >> he made a massive mistake by annexing these so-called regions because he cannot defend them. >> reporter: andriy zagorodnyuk is ukraine's former defense minister. he told us vladimir putin may longer be thinking rationally. >> he is capable of making desperate mistakes and desperate measures. >> reporter: ukraine's military has made stunning progress in recent weeks, reclaiming swaths of territory from russian forces. russia's retaliated with swarms of so-called suicide drones and attacks on the power grid as a harsh winter looms. but ukrainians have responded with stunning resilience. last week this playground in the center of kyiv was hit by a strike. now they filled in the crater and they're busy rebuilding.

"i'd rather sit in the cold with no water and electricity," laughs this woman, "than be in russia." ukraine's reportedly made a formal request to israel to provide it with new air defense systems, including iron dome. but norah, israel has consistently said it won't give weapons to ukraine. >> holly williams, thank you for your reporting. russia's use of those iranian-supplied kamikaze drones has marked a significant shift in its brutal assault on ukraine. david martin is at the pentagon where he takes a closer look tonight at this deadly and effective weapon. >> reporter: a contrail and a puff of smoke are what's left after ukraine today shot down another kamikaze zone fired by russia. but others got through, hitting power plants and forcing president zelenskyy to convene an emergency meeting to avoid a breakdown of ukraine's energy system.

the 11x8 foot iranian-made drone carries a relatively small 90-pound warhead, but that's enough. >> drones are going to be very good going against transformer yards, things like that where you can cut off power quickly. >> reporter: frank mckenzie, who recently retired as the general in charge of all u.s. forces in the middle east, has seen swarm attacks by iranian drones before. >> if you launch enough of them, the theory is you will be able to overcome air defenses because they fly at low altitudes, and they're very cheap to produce. >> reporter: how many of these drones does iran produce? >> thousands. >> reporter: since the first kamikaze drone was launched last month, ukraine claims it has shot down 223. u.s. officials estimate ukraine has a roughly 50% success rate, which would mean russia has launched nearly 450 kamikaze drones. >> that's a high volume. that's a high volume. >> reporter: a 50% rate also

means more than 200 have gotten through, even though the ukrainians use everything from guided missiles to small arms fire to try to bring them down. >> they don't necessarily fly a straight line. they can do doglegs, different route to try to avoid where they think you have your own air defense. so you set your air defenses up. they can shoot at them. >> reporter: russia's drone attacks only seem to make ukraine more determined to fight on, but there is no denying they're having an impact. tonight the ukrainian official announced electricity restrictions will go into effect on thursday in an attempt to avoid blackouts. norah? >> wow, really interesting. david martin, thank you. we want to turn now to that breaking news from near the supreme court. the police have responded to a suspicious vehicle parked near capitol hill and have made a weapons arrest. cbs' scott macfarlane is right there on the scene. good evening, scott. what happened? >> reporter: norah, good evening. a congressional source tells cbs

news guns, including two handguns and a shotgun were found in a white van stopped steps away fry the u.s. supreme court. an 81-year-old man is under arrest on weapons charges. his adult grandson is in custody, and a woman with them was briefly detained but released. the van was pulled over for a police stop. a police dog alerted to something suspicious in the vehicle. they say they did find concerning items in the car, but no explosives. the supreme court was not in session today, but this happens at a time of heightened security around the high court. an eight-foot fence was just recently removed. it had been erected after justices received threats ahead of their abortion rights ruling. and this is not the first gun seized, norah. at least 16 since january of 2021 according to public records obtained by cbs news. >> all right. law enforcement on alert. scott macfarlane, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> president biden today ordered the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the he says the move is meant to lower gas a cut in productions announced this month by saudi arabia, russia and others. it's the last of the record 180 million barrels the president said he would tap into from the start of the war in ukraine. the emergency reserve is now at its lowest level since 1984. the president says he plans to replenish the stock when the price of oil drops. let's turn now to the weather, because nearly half the country is feeling the cold with winter coming early this year. 80 record low temperatures were

broken this morning from minnesota to florida. parts of missouri are having its coldest october ever. the winter blast will last for one more day with record lows expected tomorrow across the southeast in more than two dozen cities. but the good news, a warm-up is on the way for this weekend. we want to turn now to a scary incident at a kansas city elementary school. this morning, six students and two adults were taken to the local hospital after falling ill due to a carbon monoxide leak. fortunately, everyone is expected to be okay. but missouri doesn't have a state law requiring carbon monoxide detectors in schools or day cares. that's right. and this is the second incident in just as many weeks. that sparked our curiosity. so we went out to find out just how many states demand detectors in child care settings. and the answer will surprise you. >> reporter: the mass casualty incident required every

ambulance in allentown, pennsylvania. 27 children, 4 adults poisoned at a day-care center. we spoke with dr. kenneth katz, who treated many of them. >> i think the vast majority were improving as we saw them. but having said that, they were very sick. some of them had lost consciousness. >> reporter: carbon monoxide is a silent killer, killing more than 400 people a year and sending 50,000 americans to the emergency room. nikki james zellner's boys, then aged 3 and 4 were poisoned at their day care. what kind of symptoms did your children have? >> they had elevated levels in their bloodstream. they had irritability and behavior issues for about one to two weeks following. >> reporter: we found many of these incidents have something in common. state laws do not require them to have a carbon monoxide detector. zellner's experience led her on a crusade to change the statute in virginia, a mission that paid off last year with a bill requiring all public schools,

including day cares, to have at least one detector. however, there is no federal law requiring carbon monoxide detectors in schools. we pored over state laws and talked to fire marshals, and we found that states with statutes requiring detectors often have a caveat with them, like only being required in buildings built after 2015 or in those with a co source like a gas furnace or boiler. and we found that surprisingly at least 10 states have no law at all requiring them in day cares. have you gotten any pushback about putting more carbon monoxide detectors in schools? >> the majority of the pushback that i would get was related to who's going to pay for all of this. >> reporter: as a physician, should every school, should carbomono detector?quired to >> yes. it is a low-cost device which unequivocally will save lives. >> reporter: so as parents, we all want to know what can we do to protect our children.

first, you should know the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. those include dizziness, confusion, and vomiting. and you can call your school or day care and ask them where the carbon monoxide detector is. all right. more news from here in washington. the biden administration and the national archives are being sued for postponing the release of thousands of the most sensitive documents related to the assassination of president john f. kennedy. the delay has fueled the government cover-up conspiracy theories about one of the darkest days in our nation's history. here is cbs' ed o'keefe. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. >> reporter: the mystery behind the assassination of john f. kennedy in an open motorcade at dealey plaza in dallas stretches almost 60 years. and the new lawsuit alleges president biden and the national archives are dragging out the release of about 15,000 documents related to the november 1963 killing. >> these records need to be made public because they tell us

about a very important event in american history. >> reporter: jefferson morley is with the organization suing. he is a long-time skeptic of the cia and says until the documents are released, americans are left to wonder whether anyone besides accused shooter lee harvey oswald was involved. >> is there a bombshell about officers who knew about the accused assassin while john f. kennedy was still alive? well, let's see the records and we can decide. >> reporter: most of the documents are from the cia, and could reveal other secrets, including cold war operations carried out by american intelligence agents in a plot to kill cuban dictator fidel castro. it was the 1991 release of the movie "jfk" by director oliver stone -- >> so what really happened that day -- >> reporter: -- that fueled conspiracy theories. and prompted a new law, requiring release of the documents by october 2017. but former president donald trump pushed off the release to president biden, who has ordered them to be released by mid-december. in his statement, the cia says it's still working to declassify the documents and take out any other sensitive material.

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commissioned for a class action lawsuit. the study also found, quote, unacceptable levels in the school's kitchen, gym, and ventilation systems. >> it's overwhelming right now. >> reporter: when patrice strickland heard about the contamination, she decided to keep her two children home to learn virtually. >> the very first place i heard about it was on the news. >> reporter: she spoke at last night's school board meeting where the district apologized and said jana will go virtual starting monday. what went through your mind when you heard about the potential contamination inside the school. there is a lot of things you can protect your kids from. but that felt like something i had no control over. and as a parent, it's not easy to feel like you don't have control. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers did inner the school district in january of low level radioactive contamination in the banks of the coldwater creek, which is on school grounds, but said the levels did not pose an immediate risk to human health. the core told cbs news the

lawsuit study is not accepted with our evaluation techniques and must be thoroughly vetted. the school building is outside turn corps's testing boundaries. but pta president ashley bernaugh says the court has not been transparent. >> i believe sunshine is an excellent disinfectant. so i am willing to disinfect everywhere we got to go by pulling every rug out and shaking it. >> to get to the truth. >> to get to the truth. no more dirt is swept under them. we are not hiding it anymore. we are pulling it all out. >> students will learn from home until at least thanksgiving. after that, they'll be sent to other schools for the rest of the academic year. lawmakers representing missouri in congress, in washington where you are, norah, are demanding immediate action from the army corps of engineers. >> that's quite a story. adriana diaz, thank you. the only bridge that connects sanibel island to the florida peninsula reopened to residents today for the first time since hurricane ian hit three weeks ago.

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an iranian athlete who violated her country's strict rule that women wear a head scarf, got a hero's welcome at her homing coming at the airport in tehran today. elnaz rekabi had her hair tucked under a baseball bat and hoodie as she greeted her family and fans. many feared for her safety, since she refused to wear a hijab in protest. but today she repeated a comment that it accidentally fell off. activists believe her comments were made under pressure, and they're still concerned about her safety. well, there is important news for parents tonight about furniture safety. the consumer product safety commission has approved new federal standards for dressers, armoires and other furniture that can tip over, injuring children, like you see here. it happens thousands of times a year. nearly 200 children have been killed by the tip-overs in the last two decades. the new standards will include minimum stability requirements and detailed labels for buyers.

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important news tonight for your cookie lovers out there. nestle is voluntarily recalling its ready to bake refrigerated toll house stuffed chocolate chip cookie dough because it may contain plastic pieces. the recalled products were made between june and september. nestle says customers can return the packages to where they were purchased. we're getting a spectacular new view tonight of the pillars of creation. that's a vast cluster of newly formed stars about 6500 light years from earth. a new infrared image shot by the james webb space telescope shows the pillars in stunning detail, revealing countless previously

unseen stars. it's far more detailed than the famous view we got from the hubbell telescope in 1995. they're both beautiful. tonight, more historic change is coming to american currency. actress anna may wong will be the first asian american to appear on u.s. currency as part of the u.s. mint's american women series. wong overcame racism to become hollywood's first asian american movie star and a fashion icon in the 1920s and 1930s. she appeared in more than 60 films, tv shows, and the stage during a four decade long career. wong was awarded a star on the hollywood walk of fame in 1960, one year before her death at the age of 56. the u.s. mint will begin shipping the quarters next week. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember, follow us any time online at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. in new york city, a giant temporary shelter for migrants being bussed in from southern border states opened on wednesday. the shelter tents include cots for up to 500 people intended for adults, single men. many from venezuela have been arriving several times a week, predominantly from texas. more than 18,000 asylum seekers have arrived in the big apple since the spring.. miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa who suffered a concussion on september 29 playing the cincinnati bengals spoke for the first time about the incident. he said he lost consciousness following the tackle. and convenience store shoppers at circle k gas station stores will soon be able to get marijuana products at a select number of locations starting in

2023 as part of a pilot program. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york it's thursday, october 20th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." fight for territory. vladimir putin declares marshal law in four annexed regions of ukraine. what this means for the people living in those regions. britain in turmoil. prime minister liz truss' government is on the verge of collapse after facing opposition from her own party. hear what she has to say about her future as the leader of the country. trump legal trouble. a federal judge says former president trump knew that claims of voter fraud were false. how the judge's ruling have the an effect on the house committee's investigation into the january 6th riots. good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.