preston, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "thbs overnight news." we begin tonight with the fast-approaching midterm elections. both parties are pressing hard to show why they deserve your vote. democrats focused on their legislative accomplishments, republicans on the economy and crime. at stake, both houses of congress. voters are already being cast -- or votes, rather, are already being cast in many states across the country in person and by mail. cbs's christina ruffini leads us off tonight from the white house. christina, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. well, after a quiet weekend at home in delaware president biden will head to pennsylvania this week and florida the next as we

come into the home stretch of this contentious midterm election. >> these are tough fights. >> reporter: on "face the nation" today speaker of the house nancy pelosi said the results of the midterms will be decided in the last minutes of the race. >> i see very clearly that the ownership of the ground is with us. >> reporter: but the latest cbs news battleground tracker poll has the house likely going to the republicans and the senate at a 50-50 split. >> i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. >> reporter: the surge of support democrats saw over the summer following the overturn of roe v. wade has faded. >> crime is going through the roof. >> reporter: as republicans are trying to focus voters on issues like crime, immigration, and the economy. >> this is an economic and health crisis. >> reporter: in several key races, including the tied-up arizona senate, republican candidates have openly questioned the results of the 2020 election. >> i think trump won in 2020.

>> reporter: today house republican liz cheney warned that election deniers are a threat to democracy. >> no one of any party should be voting for people who are election deniers. >> i ran twice. i won twice. >> reporter: but at a rally in texas last night former president trump repeated his usual false claims, then teased another run. >> in order to make our country successful, safe, and glorious again i will probably have to do it again. >> reporter: and president biden said in an interview this weekend that he could run again in 2024 but he won't make that decision officially until after the midterm elections. jericka? >> christina, thank you. the fight over the 50-50 senate is fierce, especially in the battleground state of pennsylvania. this week democrat lieutenant governor john fetterman and republican dr. mehmet oz are set to debate. cbs's chief campaign correspondent robert costa is there this weekend. and bob, you know the lieutenant

governor suffered a stroke erlier this year and at the debate he's planning to use closed captioning, which is typical for stroke patients. but what more can you tell us in terms of what to expect on tuesday? >> reporter: good evening, jericka. it's a football weekend here in state college, pennsylvania but tuesday's senate debate is certainly the talk of the town. lieutenant governor fetterman will use closed captioning, a common practice for those who have suffered a stroke, but his doctor in recent days issued a letter saying he's fine and recovering but his health and issues like crime and inflation will be in focus during that showdown. >> we've been talking a lot about how this race could tip the balance of power. but just how close is the senate race right now? >> reporter: polls show this is a very tight senate race. like so many races across the country, tightening as november approaches. john fetterman has been ahead in several polls but he's running

behind some of the other statewide democratic candidates in the race. democrats are trying to run on the record of president biden but republicans feel they have momentum behind them because it's a midterm year and that often favors the party out of power. >> we know that the voters have the power here. bob costa for us at state college. thank you. tonight, developing news from britain. former prime minister boris johnson announced that he will not run again to lead his governing conservative party. he was ousted in july amid ethics scandals and had been expected to run to replace liz truss. finance minister rishi sunak is now the leading contender to be britain's next prime minister, its third this year. well, today china's communist party gave president xi jinping an unprecedented third term as leader. and xi wasted no time flexing his new muscle. cbs's elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: it was staged as a big reveal. >> please join me in a warm applause to welcome the general secretary and other political

bureau standing committee members. >> reporter: but it was no surprise. that xi jinping was confirmed as chairman of china's communist party. he'll now begin an unprecedented third term as in effect china's supreme leader. and as for the six men -- and yes, they are all men -- who serve in the inner circle of the politburo, every one of them is a xi loyalist and none of them a potential successor. that shows h amassed more wer than any chise lea since mao tse tung. xi jinping has also now formalized one of his political priorities with a change to china's constitution. it's been amended to explicitly oppose taiwan's independence. it ratchets up the potential for conflict with the united states, which with its main allies japan and south korea has been flexing military muscle in the region to counter xi's increasingly assertive policies.

in the closing chapters of this ultra choreographed party congress one awkward incident drew much attention. two aides appear to remove xi jinping's predecessor, hu jintao, from the front row. hu appears confused, even to resist, while xi jinping shows zero sympathy. was the 79-year-old hu unwell, or was it some kind of political power play? we'll probably never know, as the incident has already been scrubbed from chinese tv and social media. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tokyo. turning to russia now and a horrific crash there. two pilots were killed when their fighter jet nose-dived into an apartment building in siberia. you saw it there. officials say no one on the ground died. the aircraft reportedly suffered an engine malfunction. it's the second crash of a russian warplane in one week. we learned today that the suspect charged in the deadly shooting at a dallas hospital

had permission to be there. two hospital workers were killed, and prison officials say nestor hernandez was at the hospital for the birth of his partner's child. he was on parole after being convicted offing avaipted assault. the identity of the victims is not known yet. parts of the west are dealing with their first snowstorm of the season. tonight freeze warnings or frost advisories are in effect for arizona -- from arizona to washington. colorado's keystone resort got its first significant snow of the season today. look at that. some mountainous areas could see up to two feet of snow. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks so much for staying with us. it's just two weeks and one day until the midterm elections. and with control of congress in the balance some of the most hotly contested battleground states are having a difficult time recruiting poll workers. the main issue is safety. the fbi reports that seven states continue to see unusual threat levels against election workers. that includes pennsylvania. officials there are racing to fill spots and actually installing bulletproof glass at the office in philadelphia where the votes will be counted.

ed o'keefe has more. >> shout out to the election board workers across our country because it's a hard job, it's a thankless job. >> reporter: philadelphia city commissioner omar sabir says it's part of his job to be a cheerleader for elections. it's also up to his office to help hire the more than 8,000 poll workers the city of brotherly love will need to run elections smoothly. >> people don't understand that the average poll worker, they're the ones that actually administer the elections. >> reporter: in hopes of filling the jobs the city recently boosted pay for poll workers. 250 bucks to work more than 12 hours on election day. the first major raise since the 1970s. needed to address the growing challenges of the job. >> so when people say things like elections are fraudulent and things of this nature, it's really a slap and indictment against america. >> reporter: a survey by the non-partisan brennan center says nearly a third of elections officials know of at least one colleague who left the job in part because of fears for their

safety, increased threats or intimidation after the 2020 election. al schmidt is a former republican city commissioner who stepped down earlier this year following repeated threats against him and his family. including threats to kill his children. >> you don't expect one day to be responsible for running elections in a democracy and have to have police go with you when you take your kids sledding in the snow. and when you go to the grocery store. >> reporter: schmidt says the threats of violence and added political pressure is transforming what was once a much lower-profile form of public service. >> typically, campaigns compete against other campaigns. candidates run against other candidates. and the election administrators are really the referees of it all. so it's an unusual situation to have the referees getting punched and getting tackled. >> we're actually tracking right now about 400 jurisdictions across the country that we've been in touch with that are still looking for folks. >> reporter: jane schlosser is

with power the polls. >> we're growing the next generation of poll workers. >> reporter: a non-partisan group that launched during the 2020 election cycle to help find poll workers during the pandemic. >> how important are poll workers to the democratic process? >> they are the essential workers of our democracy. there's a lot of focus around the polarization of our elections, but the folks who are signing up with us, i read the messages that some people send in and they're like i don't care who people vote for, it's just about everybody in my community being able to be able to cast their ballot. >> reporter: forgive my cynicism but those people still exist? >> they are signing up every single day. so they do still exist. >> reporter: but schmidt worries about the current threat environment continues it will keep forcing out qualified election workers. >> the danger is that we'll lose experienced election administrators more than we already have and they'll be replaced by either people with less experience, so more likely to make a mistake when administering an election, and doing it in an environment where any mistake is perceived as being intentional and malicious

in some way. >> you think the guys that got together in that building back there would make of all of this? >> well, they're watching over us. there's a real burden i know my colleagues and i felt, a real obligation to make sure we stood up for democracy. >> reporter: now, it's been just over a year since the justice department launched a new elections threats task force to look into threats against elections officials and those that work the polls. they're facing criticism, however, for so far just coming up with one conviction. the justice department tells cbs news it continues to actively investigate threats across the country to poll workers and expects to have additional prosecutions. >> that again was ed o'keefe reporting from philadelphia. the "overnight news" is back in just two minutes.

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were so waterlogged they may be ruined too. >> fruit hit the ground and washed away. >> reporter: ben kraus is a third generation citrus grower. he walked through these groves as a 2-year-old and says this is by far the worst storm damage he's seen. >> it looks like a river went through here. >> yeah. and it did. i mean, you're exactly right. >> reporter: over 2,000 acres he estimates losing 40% to 50% of the crop. white sandy soil marks where it flooded. >> this is the kind of thing that would put you out of business. you know, half your crop gone in a night. there's nothing that you can really do to prepare for something like that. >> reporter: florida's citrus grows across 375,000 acres that sprawl over much of what became ian's path. one estimate puts losses to the state's overall agricultural industry at more than a balilli and a half dollars, up to 304 million from citrus. but as growers like steve johnson assess their losses, that figure could grow.

>> we don't know the effects of the water on the root systems and what it's done. so those are things that are long lasting that may not show up for six to eight months. >> reporter: florida growers were already strug well a tree disease called citrus greening that left fruit smaller and unusable. they were starting to see advances against the disease when ian hit. >> this is not where you want to see the oranges. >> reporter: shannon schaap is the executive director of the florida department of citrus. >> it's such a huge moment. we're standing in a place where tourists don't usually think of in florida. but this is a backbone of our state's economy. you've got truck dealers and tire dealers and diners on the corner and schools that are fed by the economy driven by agriculture. >> reporter: and despite the losses here ben kraus says he's driven to keep the family business going. >> as tough as it might be at this point to keep going, you feel like you have to? >> i do. and i've got a son that's 2 now,

and i bring him through these same groves. i don't want it to end on my watch. >> reporter: as he and other growers try to recover it is worth noting that nearly 90% of florida oranges are turned into juice. so the losses here of course raising concerns about a price hike, a possible one, at the supermarket. but that largely depends on supply from other orange-producing areas. >> manuel bojorquez in the florida citrus groves. also in the sunshine state, flifrlts are working to rebuild an industry that's been in decline for nearly 100 years. oysters. apparently, 70% of the reefs where oysters grow have disappeared. but in the waters off pensacola the oyster population is experiencing a rebirth with a little help. mark strassmann explains. >> growing a three-inch oyster traditionally, a wild oyster, three inches, takes three years. >> reporter: pasco gibson, a commercial fisherman, grew up on

these waters off florida's panhandle. its oysters used to feed his family. that stopped a decade ago. >> zero industry today. >> nothing? >> nothing. no commercial harvest of wild oysters. >> reporter: oysters matter. we eat them. they're an estuary's cleaning crew. one adult oyster filters 50 gallons a day. oyster beds break waves, protect shorelines from erosion, and create habitats for fish, crabs and shrimp. but for commercial fishermen florida's gulf coast is no longer their oyster. >> what we didn't see is oyster habitat. >> reporter: ann birch works for the nature conservancy, a global conservation group steering a multimillion-dollar project to resurrect oysters here. >> clearly everything was in rough shape. >> yes. and the oil spill only enhanced it. >> day 44. the latest attempt to contain the spill hits a new snag, and the oil spreads ever closer to

florida. >> reporter: crude oil gushed like a gaping wound into the gulf for nearly five months in 2010. and i remember watching it bleed ashore. >> all this oil, this is so heavy i can barely lift it, is part of a 16-mile slick that currents out here in the gulf are now pushing to land. >> reporter: bp was found criminally and civilly liable. the company had to fund a $20 billion compensation fund for affected states like florida. 13 million of that paid to restore these oyster reefs, even though oil never reached these waters. late last year cranes on barges began building oyster reefs. no one could guarantee the oysters would give these waters a second chance. oyster larvae need something to cling to like rocks, then grow on top of each other. think oyster condos. >> this is exactly what we want to see. >> reporter: at low tide birch and i waded out to one of the 33

new reefs. they stretch almost seven miles. >> this is a rock from one of the restored oyster reefs that have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight oysters already settled on it. >> reporter: these oysters will be for habitats, not harvesting. no commercial fishing. about that pasco gibson says there was zero community pushback. >> i don't want to see the place i grew up where i still make a living today go away. >> already noticing a big difference. >> already noticing a big difference. >> reporter: as soon as next summer gibson hopes commercial fishermen will see fish in greater numbers here. conservation is a long game. evaluating meaningful progress here will take years. >> do you see some poetic justice that this environmental restoration is the outgrowth of an environmental disaster? >> well, certainly. it is really important to use that money in the way that will restore the system that was

harmed. >> reporter: maybe for the first time building coastal condos ans envir

taylor swift's new album "midnights" was released friday and it's already setting sales records from cds, vinyl, downloads and streaming. in fact, so many people were streaming the songs on the first day that it brought down the spotify servers. here's jamie yuccas. ♪ it's me, hi ♪ ♪ i'm the problem, it's me ♪ >> reporter: taylor swift surprised farngsz ns, debuting music video just hours after her highly anticipated album "midnights" dropped. ♪ ust be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero ♪ the overnight release briefly crashed spotify, cementing swift's asw swift's status as the most streamed female artist on the

music platform. the 11-time grammy winner describes "midnights" as stories of her sleepless nights. >> i struggle a lot with the idea that, you know, my life has become unmanageably sized. >> reporter: a well-choreographed digital campaign has been teasing for months the rollout of swift's tenth studio album. brittany spanos is a senior writer for "rolling stone" and teaches a college course about taylor swift. >> she's so good at interacting with her fans, interacting with the public in that way. she grew up online. she's been so smart and curious about new social media platforms and how to use them. ♪ ♪ i feel the lavender haze ♪ ♪ creeping up on me ♪ ♪ so real ♪ ♪ i'm damned if i do give a damn what people say ♪ >> reporter: with this new release and rerecordings of her previous songs the 32-year-old is building up ownership of her music and continues to make history with her own brand of pop. jamie yuccas, cbs news. >> that is the "overnight news"

for this monday. report free throw cbs broadcaster center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm elise preston in new york. the michigan teenager accused of killing four fellow students at his oxford high school is expected to plead guilty. 16-year-old ethan crumbley faces 24 charges including murder and terrorism following last year's shooting. author salman rushdie has lost sight in one eye following an on-stage stabbing attack. the author's agent says one hand is also incapacitated after this summer's assault. rushdie is recovering from nearly 20 wounds to his neck, chest, and torso. and superhero film "black adam" soared at the box office, bringing in more than $67 million this weekend. the blockbuster starring dwayne

"the rock" johnson is his most successful opening film. fomore download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm elise preston, cbs news, new york. hitting the home stretch. 15 days until election day, democrats facing economic headwinds. >> we feel very confident. >> president biden staying off the stump this weekend while his predecessor rallies, hinting at a rematch. >> i will probably have to do it again. >> we'll have the latest, including cbs's robert costa in the battleground state of pennsylvania. in russia, deadly crash. a warplane smashes into a siberian neighborhood. plus, nato allies rattle swords amid tensions over ukraine. >> i'm charlie d'agata on the black sea in romania, where we joined u.s. troops in a show of force near the ukrainian border. weinstein sequel.

the disgraced movie mogul returns to los angeles, facing a new sex crimes trial. and later, carly simon's sorrow. the singer pays tribute to her two sisters, both women dying from cancer one day apart. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with the fast-approaching midterm elections. both parties are pressing hard to show why they deserve your vote. democrats focused on they are legislative accomplishments, republicans on the economy and crime. at stake, both houses of congress. voters are already being cast -- or votes rather are already being cast in many states across the country in person and by mail. cbs's christina ruffini leads us off tonight from the white house. christina, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. well, after a quiet weekend at home in delaware, president biden will head to pennsylvania this week and florida the next

as we come into the home stretch of this contentious midterm election. >> these are tough fights. >> reporter: on "face the nation" today speaker of the house nancy pelosi said the results of the midterms will be decided in the last minutes of the race. >> i see very clearly that the ownership of the ground is with us. >> reporter: but the latest cbs news battleground tracker poll has the house likely going to the republicans and the senate at a 50-50 split. >> i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. >> reporter: the surge of support democrats saw over the summer following the overturn of roe v. wade has faded. >> crime is going through the roof. >> reporter: as republicans are trying to focus voters on issues like crime, immigration, and the economy. >> this is an economic and health crisis. >> reporter: in several key races including the tied-up arizona senate republican candidates have openly questioned the results of the

2020 election. >> i think trump won in 2020. >> reporter: today house republican liz cheney warned that election deniers are a threat to democracy. >> no one of any party should be voting for people who are election deniers. >> i ran twice. i won twice. >> reporter: but at a rally in texas last night former president trump repeated his usual false claims, then teased another run. >> in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious again i will probably have to do it again. >> reporter: and president biden said in an interview this weekend that he could run again in 2024, but he won't make that decision officially until after the midterm elections. jericka? >> christina, thank you. the fight over the 50-50 senate is fierce, especially in the battleground state of pennsylvania. this week democrat lieutenant governor john fetterman and republican dr. mehmet oz are set to debate. cbs's chief campaign correspondent robert costa is there this weekend.

and bob, you know that the lieutenant governor suffered a stroke earlier this year. and at the debate he's planning to use closed captioning, which is typical for stroke patients. but what more can you tell us in terms of what to expect on tuesday? >> reporter: good evening, jericka. it's a football weekend here in state college, pennsylvania. but tuesday's senate debate is certainly the talk of the town. lieutenant governor fetterman will use closed captioning, a common practice for those who have suffered a stroke. but his doctor in recent days issued a letter saying he's fine and he's recovering. but his health and issues like crime and inflation will be in focus during that showdown. >> we've been talking a lot about how this race could tip the balance of power. but just how close is the senate race right now? >> reporter: polls show this is a very tight senate race. like so many races across the country, tightening as november approaches. john fetterman has been ahead in several polls, but he's running behind some of the other democratic statewide candidates

in the race. democrats are trying to run on the record of president biden, but republicans feel they have momentum behind them because it's a midterm year and that often favors the party out of power. >> we know that the voters have the power here. bob costa for us at state college. thank you. tonight, developing news from britain. former prime minister boris johnson announced that he will not run again to lead his governing conservative party. he was ousted in july amid ethics scandals and had been expected to run to replace liz truss. finance minister rishi sunak is now the leading contender to be britain's next prime minister, its third this year. well, today china's communist party gave president xi jinping an unprecedented third term as leader. and xi wasted no time flexing his new muscle. cbs's elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: it was staged as a big reveal. >> please join me in a warm

applause to welcome the general secretary and other political bureau standing committee members. >> reporter: but it was no surprise that xi jinping was confirmed as chairman of china's communist party. he'll now begin an unprecedented third term as in effect china's supreme leader. and as for the six men -- and yes, they are all men who serve in the inner circle of the politburo. every one of them is a xi loyalist and none of of them a potential successor. that shows he's amassed more power than any chinese leader since mao tse tung. xi jinping has also now formalized one of his political priorities with a change to china's constitution. it's been amended to explicitly oppose taiwan's independence. it ratchets up the potential for conflict with the united states, which with its main allies japan and south korea has been flexing military muscle in the region to

counter xi's increasingly assertive policies. in the closing chapters of this ultra-choreographed party congress one awkward incident drew much attention. two aides appear to remove xi jinping's predecessor hu jintao from the front row. hu appears confused, even to resist. while xi jinping shows zero sympathy. was the 79-year-old hu unwell? or was it some kind of political power play? we'll probably never know, as the incident has already been scrubbed from chinese tv and social media. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tokyo. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." turning to russia now and a horrific crash there. two pilots were killed when their fighter jet nose-dived into an apartment building in siberia. you saw it there. officials say no one on the ground died. the aircraft reportedly suffered an engine malfunction. it's the second crash of a russian warplane in one week. well, today a senior u.s. government official rejected a new claim by russia's defense minister. he claimed that ukraine is preparing to detonate a radioactive dirty bomb with western help on its own territory. while bombs did in fact target ukraine today, they were russian. this aftermath in the southern

city of mykolaiv. right now the united states has about 100,000 troops in europe. cbs's charlie d'agata is with some of them along romania's border with ukraine. >> reporter: u.s. f-18 fighter jets take flight off the deck of the "uss george h.w. bush" in the adriatic sea. taking the lead in nato exercises dubbed neptune's strike in support of european allies. nato released this footage of american f-22 fighter jets in formation with italian euro fighters and polish f-16s, even mig-29s over the skies of poland. it coincides with two weeks of nato nuclear training drills currently under way. while on the ground we joined america's most forward troops near the ukrainian border. the 101st airborne division from fort campbell, kentucky now

headquartered in europe for the first time since world war ii. with colonel edwin matthadess and brigadier general john lubas we board blackhawk helicopters to the edge of nato territory. >> why is it necessary to have the 101st here? >> we bring a unique capability from our air assault capabilities. it's also incredibly meaningful to us to return to europe after 80 years away. >> reporter: with the ukrainian border less than five miles away, we reach the forward operating site, where soldiers of the 101st and romanian troops unleashed a live fire assault on targets in a simulated battle. this is exactly the kind of combat scenario ukrainian forces are facing every single day. the big difference here is these romanian troops are backed up with u.s. military firepower. >> every shot has to count. every training event has to be the best we can do. it's something our allies want to emulate and then of course our adversaries are watching.

>> reporter: a show of force for america's allies and adversaries alike. charlie d'agata, cbs news, near the ukrainian border, romania. we learned today that the suspect charged in the deadly shooting at a dallas hospital had permission to be there. two hospital workers were killed and prison officials say nestor hernandez was at the hospital for the birth of his partner's child. he was on parole after being convicted of aggravated assault. the identity of the victims is not known yet. in los angeles harvey weinstein will stand trial starting tomorrow for a second time on charges he sexually assaulted five women. the disgraced hollywood producer is currently serving a 23-year sentence in new york state on similar charges. mark strassmann has more. >> reporter: stooped in dirace, weinstein might imagine a movie. "the abominable showman."

it's about a hollywood kingpin, an epic fall, the lash of comeuppance. it's about him. but weinstein's too busy, avoiding prison for the rest of his life. >> we're going to try like hell to make sure he gets a fair trial. >> reporter: starting this week, five women, actresses and models, will testify weinstein sexually assaulted them, reportly including jennifer siebel newsom, the wife of california's governor. other marquee witnesses, actors mel gibson and daphne zuniga. >> even celebrities can be and have been sexually victimized. >> reporter: attorney gloria allred represents three of the women who'll testify. >> they have waited a very long time for this day. it's time for them to be heard. >> reporter: weinstein's barely begun a 23-year prison sentence in new york state. his health's poor. diabetes, rotting teeth and more. >> he can't walk and he can't see.

>> reporter: but justice is also blind. and dozens of his alleged erdue r a serial predator. >> harve wrong women. we will see you here in los angeles, where hopefully your conviction will leave you in jail for life. >> reporter: weinstein's name is synonymous with the me too movement. jericka, now he's back in l.a., the city of his many movie creations, and victims say his many crimes. >> we'll be staying tuned. mark strassmann for us tonight. thank you. parts of the west are dealing with their first snowstorm of the season. tonight freeze warnings or frost advisories are in effect for arizona -- from arizona to washington. colorado's keystone resort got its first significant snow of the season today. look at that. some mountainous areas could see up to two feet of snow. well, first it was vincent van gogh. now claude monet has been targeted by food and fossil fuel-related climate protests. today activists hurled liquefied mashed potatoes at the monet

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the threats to democracy and to our institutions here are greater than in many countries around the world. >> reporter: watching the polarization and the violence led journalist stephen marche to write "the next civil war." >> what you see is a deep decline in trust in the institutions that maintain america. even things like the church, the police, educational institutions, media institutions. and without institutions it's very hard to keep the country running. >> reporter: in 2020 gabriel sterling, now georgia's interim deputy secretary of state, gave a blunt warning as emotions boiled over. >> someone's going to get hurt. someone's going to get shot. someone's going to get killed. >> reporter: and yet he remains an optimist. >> winston churchill used to always say about americans, they will always do the right thing once they've exhausted every other option. >> reporter: in our democracy we settle our differences at the ballot box. no one knows what will happen if that is lost. barry petersen, cbs news, atlanta.

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roll in for 90 days straight. more than a million tons of tomatoes from california fields. usually, they're turned into products like tomato paste for use in ketchup and sauces. but at this facility in merced county they're tapping into something else hidden inside. fresh drinking water. inside these pipes tomato juice is being transformed into tomato paste. the leftover liquid is sent sent on to this shipping container where the water-making magic unfolds. >> this is the w.h.u., or the water harvesting unit, because that's really what we're doing, is harvesting the water from the raw tomato. >> reporter: and there's plenty to harvest. a raw tomato is about 95% water. this unit filters and cleans it to drink. >> people ask me what do you do, and i say i grow water. >> reporter: terry paul's company botanical water is behind the technology. >> we harvest the water that

naturally occurs in fruit and vegetables. >> reporter: they've been doing it in australia for nearly a decade, with everything from carrots to sugarcane. >> this is a byproduct. it's thrown away. what we do is we cleverly catch that evaporative condensate and then we run it through our purification process. >> reporter: now he's trying to introduce the botanical water process to the rest of the world. california's ingomar packing is the first to test it out in the u.s. what used to be discarded as waste water is now cleaned and stored in tanks to be sent local areas in need. >> what we're doing here today is a very small drop in the bucket, but for us it's a way, a step forward, you know, represents forward thinking. >> reporter: growing the possibilities to provide a precious resource for years to come. >> our goal ultimately is to positively impact 100 million of the world's poorest people, the world's most vulnerable people, by 2025.

>> reporter: elizabeth klinge, cbs news, merced county, california. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." a legendary sing

ingomar. we end tonight with the simon sisters. tonight singer carly simon is paying tribute to her two older siblings, who both died last week. here's cbs's elise preston. ♪ you're so vain ♪ >> reporter: "you're so vain" made carly simon a household name.

but she wasn't the only member of her household to make it big. tonight the grammy-winning singer is mourning the deaths of her two sisters, 85-year-old joanna simon died wednesday from thyroid cancer. and sister lucy died just one day later at 82 from metastatic breast cancer. their father, richard, was the founder of publishing giant simon & schuster, a division of cbs news's parent company, paramount global. but all three sisters forged their own paths in entertainment. ♪ winken and blinken and nod ♪ lucy got her start in music alongside sister carly as part of an iconic folk duo, the simon sister. lucy also found success as a grammy-winning producer and composer of the tony-nominated musical "the secret garden." music was also a calling for joanna, who got her start in the 1960s as an opera singer before moving on to journalism as a correspondent for the "pbs news hour." in a tribute to her trailblazing sisters carly simon wrote, "they touched everyone they knew, and those of us they've left behind will be lucky and honored to carry their memories forward." elise preston, cbs news, new york. that is the overnight news for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us later for "cbs mornings" and of course follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com.

reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. have a great week. this is "cbs news flash." i'm elise preston in new york. the michigan teenager accused of killing four fellow students at his oxford high school is expected plead guilty. 16-year-old ethan crumbley faces 24 charges including murder and terrorism following last year's shooting. author salman rushdie has lost sight in one eye following an on-stage stabbing attng atta. the author's agent says one hand is also incapacitated after this summer's assault. rushdie is recovering from nearly 20 wounds to his neck, chest, and torso. and superhero film "black adam" soared at the box office bringing in more than $67 million this weekend. the blockbuster starring dwayne

"the rock" johnson is his most successful opening film. for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm elise preston, cbs news, new it's monday, october 24th, 2022. this is the "cbs morniew 15 days to go. early voting is taking place in more states as we approach the midterm elections. how republicans have shaped their messaging to slow early democratic momentum. dirty bomb fears. russia claims ukraine is planning to use a radiological weapon on its own people. how volodymyr zelenskyy and the west are responding. harper hits one in the air -- left center field. back it goes! harper -- the swing of his life! >> heroic harper. a late-game home run sends the phillies to the world series where they will face the houston