among them, nearly $100 million in his political war chest and a national database with more than 50 million contacts. trump's early entry in the race is also designed, if possible, to shield himself from a department of justice indictment over alleged mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. >> it's an act of preservation. >> reporter: sam nunberg is a former trump adviser. >> he wanted the clock to start ticking on daring the doj to indict him. >> reporter: legal turmoil swirls around the former president, and with tonight's announcement, the republican national committee will no longer pay trump's legal bills. that is a significant complication, but unless and until someone knocks him out, trump remains the party leader and nomination front-runner. norah. >> major garrett, thank you. and we want to turn now to that horrific shooting at the university of virginia campus. the mother of one of the uva students severely injured in sunday's shooting tells us her son is in critical but stable

condition after two surgeries. his close friends died in the attack. in brenda hol nsz first interview since the shooting, she speaks about her child's strength in the face of tragedy. >> it's the call you never want to get. >> reporter: brenda hollens' son is a running back for the uva football team. >> you hope and pray you never get it. but when you do, your world stops. >> reporter: on facebook, pictures of brenda and her son a day before the shooting. >> what should people know about mike? >> he's so kind-hearted. when he loves you, he loves you. he strives. he is a fighter. >> reporter: shots were fired on sunday night as this bus pulled into a campus garage at the end of a field trip. an eyewitness said the alleged shooter, a former uva football player, 22-year-old christopher darnell jones, jr., was on board. >> what i'm hearing is mike made it off the bus but went back to help his friends.

he was shot in the back, exited through his stomach. >> reporter: hollins told cbs news mike was very close to the three players killed on sunday. kevin chandler, lavel davis jr., and d'sean perry. hollins said her son is using pen and paper to ask about his friends. >> he can't talk, but he has written d'sean's name. he has written devin's name, and then i believe it was an "l." >> does he know those players are dead? >> no. we can't. >> reporter: the suspect is being held in a virginia jail. hollins said she's praying for him and his family. >> working through forgiveness because we have to. we have to forgive. >> reporter: the suspect could be arraigned as early as tomorrow. he's facing second-degree murder charges. police have not revealed a motive, but according to one eyewitness, there was some kind

of altercation between the suspect and one of the victims before the gun was fired, norah. >> catherine herridge with that very moving interview. catherine, thank you. well, there's new details tonight about another murder involving college students with some mysterious circumstances. police say a killer or killers used a knife or other edged weapon to target four young adults inside a home near the university of idaho. the bodies of the victims were discovered sunday in an apartment complex in the town of moscow. investigators say it is an isolated, targeted incident, but they have not released further information. no suspects are in custody. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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finally tonight, if there is any doubt about the strength of the bond between a father and daughter, cbs's david begnaud shows us proof that a father's love is forever. >> reporter: gregory holmes was a veteran, a church deacon, and above all, a dad to three daughters. >> he had affectionate names for each of them. >> reporter: nichele was his little lady. nia he called baby doll. and nicole, she was big stuff. holmes taught them to work hard and be smart. and being smart meant buying their first home. nichele did just that, and the mail soon brought a letter from daddy. >> congratulations, little lady. you're now the queen of your castle. congratulations on homeownership. i'm so proud of you. love, daddy. >> reporter: when nia bought a home, she too got the letter,

addressed to baby doll and signed daddy. then it was nicole's turn. >> nicole closes on her home. nicole didn't get a letter. >> reporter: you see, gregory holmes died last year in a motorcycle accident. it left a void in nicole's home and in her heart. until just a few weeks ago when her mom, theresa, was going through some papers, and there it was. >> and i'm blown away. i'm crying. it was a letter to nicole. >> reporter: turns out daddy hadn't forgotten about her. you might say he's watching over her. as the deacon preached many times, love never dies. david begnaud, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. i'm wendy gillette in new york. former president trump is running again. he announced his bid for the white house at his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach, florida, telling a packed ballroom america's comeback starts right now. it will be trump's third run for president. he still faces numerous personal and professional legal battles. a judge has overturned georgia's abortion ban. the judge ruled the ban that starts at around six weeks of pregnancy violates the constitution and supreme court precedent. it had been in effect since july. and a new study finds tobacco smokers who inhale pot may further damage their lungs. possible evidence that marijuana smoke may not be safer than cigarettes. the preliminary study was

published in radiology. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, what could be a major escalation in russia's war in ukraine after two missiles crossed over the border into poland, a nato country, killing two people. ukraine's president zelenskyy says the world must act. the biden administration says it's working with the polish government to gather information and can't confirm details. the head of nato just called an emergency meeting for tomorrow morning. article 5 of the alliance states that any attack on one member is an attack on all of its members. the only time article 5 has been invoked was in response to the september 11th attacks on the united states.

and there's this news tonight. president biden officially asking congress for $37 billion in emergency aid for ukraine. all this comes as russia unleashed more than 90 air strikes primarily at ukraine's energy facilities, causing widespread blackouts. cbs's chris livesay will start us off tonight from inside ukraine. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. poland has put its military on heightened readiness. it's a scenario we've always feared since the start of the war. what would happen if a nearby nato ally were struck either by accident or otherwise? we're about to find out. tonight, in one of russia's biggest missile strikes since the start of the war, two rockets landed outside ukraine in neighboring poland, a nato member, killing two civilians. it is unclear whether they were russian rockets or ukrainian air defense missiles. the blasts occurred roughly seven miles from the ukraine

border at a grain silo in the town of przewodow. the polish government held an emergency meeting, as did other nearby nato countries, amid concerns about whether this could be considered an attack, triggering article 5 of the nato charter. "to fire missiles at nato territory, this is a russian missile attack on collective security," said ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. "this is a very significant escalation. we must act." in ukraine, russia fired more than 90 missiles around the country, most intercepted, others hitting residential buildings and plunging 10 million households into darkness after the electrical grid was targeted, ukraine says. all of it believed to be an act of retaliation. four days ago, moscow retreated from the critical city of kherson. it's a double-edged sword as one ukrainian mayor tells me. >> because it seems like every

time there's a ukrainian military victory, there's a retaliation against ukrainian civilians. >> sure. they act like, you know, injured dog. so they try to bite everyone after they get hit. >> reporter: russia has issued a statement denying it fired missiles near the ukraine-poland border and called it, quote, a deliberate provocation in order to escalate the situation. norah. >> chris livesay, thank you. well, as more details on the missile strike are still coming in, the big questions tonight, what does this mean for nato and the united states? cbs's david martin reports from the pentagon. >> reporter: as u.s. officials scramble to determine what caused the damage in poland, president biden, still in asia for the g20 summit, spoke with poland's president about how to respond to the spillover of russia's war in ukraine. in the past, the president has

issued unequivocal warnings to russia's putin. >> america is fully prepared with our nato allies to defend every single inch of nato territory, every single inch. so, mr. putin, don't misunderstand what i'm saying. every inch. >> reporter: that would require invoking article 5 of the nato treaty, in which an attack on one is an attack on all. but a tweet by the polish government mentioned only article 4. >> which is to consult among those allies when there is a belief that the sovereignty of a nato country has been transgressed and to figure out what the hell happened and what the alliance should do in response. >> reporter: on a day which saw one of the heaviest barrages of the war, it is possible a russian missile strayed into polish territory or that ukraine tried to shoot down a russian missile and debris landed in poland. former national security adviser h.r. mcmaster knows who to blame. >> we have to recognize that

whatever the cause of this is, that the main cause of this is russia's unprovoked assault on ukraine. >> reporter: the polish foreign ministry has just released a statement saying the missile that landed in poland was produced by russia. but that does not identify who fired it since ukraine also uses russian-made weapons. norah. >> david martin at the pentagon, thank you. we have breaking news out of florida. former president donald trump just announced he's running for president. but the big question tonight, what kind of support does he have from the republican party? cbs's major garrett is in the room at mar-a-lago. >> reporter: in announcing his third bid for the presidency, former president trump tried to make the best of a disappointing midterm election and trained his sights on democrats in congress. >> in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the united states.

[ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: trump's main target, florida governor ron desantis, is now seeking the spotlight and top gop donors. he was asked today about trump's recent attacks on him. >> i would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last tuesday night. >> ron desantis now gives a very clear alternative for republicans if they want to turn the page from trump. >> reporter: many republicans blame trump for backing candidates who embraced baseless election fraud claims. kari lake is now the latest projected loser in her race for governor of arizona. today trump's former secretary of state mike pompeo, another potential rival, said trump is trapped in the past. >> we need leaders that are looking forward, not staring in the rearview mirror, claiming victimhood. >> reporter: another potential 2024 challenger, former vice president mike pence, was asked if trump should ever be president again. >> i think that's up to the american people. but i think we'll have better choices in the future.

>> reporter: but trump retains potent advantages. among them, nearly $100 million in his political war chest and a national database with more than 50 million contacts. trump's early entry in the race is also designed, if possible, to shield himself from a department of justice indictment over alleged mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. >> it's an act of preservation. >> reporter: sam nunberg is a former trump adviser. >> he wanted the clock to start ticking on daring the doj to indict him. >> reporter: legal turmoil swirls around the former president, and with tonight's announcement, the republican national committee will no longer pay trump's legal bills. that is a significant complication, but unless and until someone knocks him out, trump remains the party leader and nomination front-runner. norah. >> major garrett, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm caitlin huey-burns in washington. thanks for staying with us. thanksgiving is right around the corner, and that kicks off the start of holiday season travel. about 55 million americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles next weekend. that would make it the third busiest thanksgiving since they started keeping track 20 years ago and by far the busiest since the pandemic. but it will also be the most expensive. inflation has affected everything from the price of gas to hotels to airline tickets. in fact, one study found that a lot of americans are tightening their belts now in order to have

the money to get away. kris van cleave has the story from reagan national airport. >> reporter: aaa expects what was a summer of revenge travel to continue right into the holidays as for many people, it's been years since they've been able to celebrate with their families. but still with inflation soaring, some tell us their travel plans have been grounded. normally, sharon harary would be getting ready for the annual thanksgiving family fly-in. nearly two dozen relatives meeting somewhere in the country to celebrate the holiday together. >> flights are too expensive. >> reporter: but this year, surging airfare prompts harary to postpone her trip. >> it's sad that i'm not going to be, you know, with my sisters and my brother and my mom, and they'll all be together. i am going to miss everybody, but hopefully i will see them in january when i come visit, and we'll be together then. it's a bummer. >> reporter: still, aaa expects nearly 55 million people will

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was around $670 for the round-trip flight, which is crazy. without my points, it would have been well over $1,000. >> reporter: for college student, alexandra cohen, who hasn't been home since last year, citizsays the extra cost worth it. >> i want to go home for the holidays and see my family and be with them. it's so, so expensive to be able do that. >> kris van cleave at reagan national airport. next week we'll also see the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. one item that may be on your wish list, the latest apple watch. apple claims it has new features designed to save your life, believe it or not. the watch is supposed to detect when you're in a car crash, and if there's no cell service, the watch will let you send an emergency message using a satellite. the satellite service launched yesterday. nate burleson took a trip to apple's silicon valley campus and discussed the direction of the world's largest company with

ceo tim cook. >> we're going to make some history together today. >> reporter: the introduction of apple's iphone helped push smartphone adoption to the masses. and in the years since its 2007 debut, the company has continued to refine its flagship handset while developing products like watches and tablets. >> is this a tech company or a health and wellness brand? >> well, that's a good question. >> reporter: tim cook is apple's ceo. he's been with the tech giant since the late '90s and succeeded steve jobs as the leader of the brand in 2011. >> we're a company that wants to enrich people's lives with our products. >> yeah. >> when we shipped the watch initially, we did so thinking about it from a wellness point of view. i started getting notes about people that found out that they had heart issues that they didn't know about, and the next thing we did was put an ecg out. so we had just kept pulling the string, and we keep asking ourselves how can we help.

>> iphone 14 pro will be able to communicate with satellites. >> reporter: starting today, iphone 14 users in the u.s. and cnada will be able to text via satellite with emergency services when cellular and wi-fi coverage isn't available. just make sure you have a clear view of the sky and horizon, and the system will guide you through a number of intuitive screen swipes, moves and taps. >> is that a little satellite up there? >> that is. >> reporter: this individual is vp of marketing. >> it just connected. so what it's doing now t is sending the answers to the questions that i just put it. it sends my location information, including my elevation. it sends my medical i.d. if i've set that up. even my battery level on the phone. >> reporter: the small white spaces represent gaps in cellular service. apple's emergency sos via satellite is designed to help fill those gaps. >> i'm a hiker, so i'm frequently out in places where there is no service. and you don't want there to be poles out there either because you kind of are getting away. that's one of the purposes of it

frankly. you're getting away from it all. >> but now to have the ability to contact in the event of an emergency is huge. >> it really is. >> you know, if you go to national parks, the national parks are largely not covered by cellular service. and so this happens to people all the time. and it feels so great to be able to talk to a satellite hundreds of miles away, traveling at 15,000 miles an hour. >> reporter: in addition to the emergency sos feature -- >> commencing test. >> reporter: apple's latest iphone and watch line are designed to detect severe car crashes and, if needed, automatically dial 911 for help. >> we crash a ton of cars. we put thousands of iphones and apple watches into these cars, into wherever people would put their phones and watches while driving. >> reporter: ron huang is a senior member of apple's sensing and correctivity division. he said apple spent years studying vehicle impacts. >> we collected a lot of high

fidelity data, what a krsh looks like. >> reporter: when it comes to apple, as it acquires more information, tries to create more products to make this seamless relationship between the users and the products better, where is too far? because you said that privacy is a fundamental human right. >> that's right. and we deeply believe that. and so things even like crash detection, which we've talked about, all of that information is held on your device. >> right. >> because we see it as your information. we're not sucking that information up into the cloud. >> right. >> to make decisions off of it. and so we believe in getting the bare minimum level of information that we need to provide somebody a service. and we see privacy as this issue that is the issue of the century. >> reporter: cook has watched the company gain trillions of dollars in market value since he took the helm. and while apple remains the world's most valuable company,

it isn't spared from current economic conditions. >> there's been reports that apple has frozen hiring in certain areas. >> yeah. >> where do you see apple as it tries to navigate this unpredictable economic future? >> so what we're doing as a consequence of being in this period is we're being very deliberate on our hiring. that means we're continuing to hire, but not everywhere in the company are we hiring. we believe strongly in investing for the long term. >> mm-hmm. >> and we don't believe you can save your way to prosperity. >> right. >> we think you invest your way to it. >> reporter: cook wants to focus on his employees and his company. but there are other headlines coming out of silicon valley that are hard to ignore, especially when your product hosts apps like twitter. >> twitter's been in the headlines. i don't want to ask you about anyone else but i'd be remiss it is there anything twitter could devolve into where it would cause you to discontinue that relationship? >> they say they're going to continue to moderate, so i think

that, you know, i -- i count on them to do that because i don't think anybody really wants hate speech on their platform. >> i hear you. >> and so i'm counting on them to continue to do that. >> i would love to ask you about retirement, but i don't want to do that. i've learned my lesson with tom brady. we just don't know. but what's next for tim cook? >> oh, i don't know. i -- i look at this company, and it's a privilege of a lifetime to be here. and i get to work with people i really love to work with and spend time with them. so there's a lot of joy in my life because of apple. >> mm-hmm. >> and it's really hard to envision life without apple. >> nate burleson reporting. the overnight news is back in two minutes. giving tuesday, giving tuesday, giving tuesday. giving tuesday is a global effort that encourages people to do good. this year, when you choose shriners

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their instinct is to grab you. he does not do it. you can reach in and rub his tongue. he refuses to close his mouth. we don't know why. >> reporter: wally was found in a pond at disney world. he had to go. and since in florida it's illegal to relocate alligators to another spot in the wild, joe agreed to take him in. today, wally lives on cheetos and chicken legs in joe's house near hershey, pennsylvania, without a cage. >> good boy. >> reporter: at this point i should probably say what should go without saying. don't try this at home. joe says there may not be another alligator on the planet as gentle, and certainly no other as cuddly. >> i don't think i'd be here right now if this was just another guy with an alligator, not that there's a whole lot of those out there. but there's a special bond between you two. >> very special. he is my emotional support alligator. >> reporter: you heard right. emotional support alligator. a few years ago, after joe lost some people close to him, he

says he fell into a deep depression. and about that same time, he says wally began behaving differently, more affectionate, almost like he sensed his depression. >> i laid on the couch, and i wake up, and he'd be laying on my head. and i knew it was for a long period of time because i had his whole jaw print on my face. >> you don't wake up when you have an alligator on your face? >> i was so depressed, i did not. >> reporter: it also parked a new chapter in their relationship. joe started bringing wally everywhere, from the doctor's office to the drive-through. >> you can pet him. >> reporter: he's been to a splash park. >> wally. >> reporter: and was even ring bearer in a wedding. they are together day and, yes, night too. and as a result, joe says his depression is dramatically improved. >> i'll get lonely and stuff like that there, and he seems to sense that stuff. he'll come up and give me a hug and make me feel loved.

>> reporter: he may be an alligator, but i can attest those are not crocodile tears. steve

country music legend dolly parton has been quietly supporting worthy causes for decades. now she's got $100 million to donate to charity after winning this year's courage and civility award. wendy gillette reports. >> reporter: dolly parton is on a roll this month. >> well, did you say $100 million? >> reporter: amazon founder jeff bezos named her the winner of the 2022 courage and civility award, which grants that very handsome sum of $100 million. the country singer was also inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame in early november. ♪ jolene, jolene, jolene ♪ >> reporter: her latest payout doesn't go to her but to

charities she deems worthy. >> and i know that i've always said i try to put my money where my heart is. and i think you do the same thing. i will do my best to do good things with this money. >> reporter: parton is a well-known philanthropist, including donating $1 million to vanderbilt university to help develop moderna's covid vaccine during the pandemic and efforts to support children's literacy. her imagination library program has gifted nearly 200 million books to children since 1995. and earlier this year, her dollywood parks and resorts announced it will pay 100% of all tuition costs, fees, and books for employees. as for bezos, he has pledged to give away most of his fortune during his lifetime. wendy gillette, cbs news. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us anytime online at cbsnews.com.

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm caitlin huey-burns. this is cbs news flash. i'm wendy gillette in new york. former president trump is running again. he announced his bid for the white house at his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach, florida, telling a packed ballroom america's comeback starts right now. it will be trump's third run for president. he still faces numerous personal and professional legal battles. a judge has overturned gegia's tion ban. the judge ruled the ban that starts at around six weeks of pregnancy violates the constitution and supreme court precedent. it had been in effect since july. and a new study finds tobacco smokers who inhale pot may further damage their lungs, possible evidence that marijuana smoke may not be safer than cigarettes. the preliminary study was published in "radiology." for more news, download the

cbs news app on your cell phone i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. tonight, the breaking news. missiles land in poland, crossing into nato territory and killing two civilians. the emergency meetings and the latest from the pentagon. as russia fires its biggest barrage yet at major ukrainian cities, the explosion near the border in poland has the world wondering what happens now. we're in ukraine and at the pentagon with the new details just coming in. breaking news. donald trump announces his third bid for the white house. >> america's comeback starts right now. >> cbs's major garrett is in the room at mar-a-lago. taylor swift fans crash ticketmaster. tonight, the backlash.

♪ i'm the problem, it's me ♪ and cbs's david begnaud with a dad's undying devotion to his daughters. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, what could be a major escalation in russia's war in ukraine after two missiles crossed over the border into poland, a nato country, killing two people. ukraine's president zelenskyy says the world must act. the biden administration says it's working with the polish government to gather information and can't confirm details. the head of nato just called an emergency meeting for tomorrow morning. article 5 of the alliance states that any attack on one member is an attack on all of its members. the only time article 5 has been invoked was in response to the september 11th attacks on the united states. and there's this news tonight. president biden officially

asking congress for $37 billion in emergency aid for ukraine. all this comes as russia unleashed more than 90 air strikes primarily at ukraine's energy facilities, causing widespread blackouts. cbs's chris livesay will start us off tonight from inside ukraine. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. poland has put its military on heightened readiness. it's a scenario we've always feared since the start of the war. what would happen if a nearby nato ally were struck either by accident or otherwise? we're about to find out. tonight, in one of russia's biggest missile strikes since the start of the war, two rockets landed outside ukraine in neighboring poland, a nato member, killing two civilians. it is unclear whether they were russian rockets or ukrainian air defense missiles. the blasts occurred roughly seven miles from the ukraine border at a grain silo in the town of przewodow.

the polish government held an emergency meeting, as did other nearby nato countries, amid concerns about whether this could be considered an attack, triggering article 5 of the nato charter. "to fire missiles at nato territory, this is a russian missile attack on collective security," said ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. "this is a very significant escalation. we must act." in ukraine, russia fired more than 90 missiles around the country, most intercepted, others hitting residential buildings and plunging 10 million households into darkness after the electrical grid was targeted, ukraine says. all of it believed to be an act of retaliation. four days ago, moscow retreated from the critical city of kherson. it's a double-edged sword as one ukrainian mayor tells me. >> because it seems like every time there's a ukrainian military victory, there's a retaliation against ukrainian

civilians. >> sure. they act like, you know, injured dog. so they try to bite everyone after they get hit. >> reporter: russia has issued a statement denying it fired missiles near the ukraine-poland border and called it, quote, a deliberate provocation in order to escalate the situation. norah. >> chris livesay, thank you. well, as more details on the missile strike are still coming in, the big questions tonight, what does this mean for nato and the united states? cbs's david martin reports from the pentagon. >> reporter: as u.s. officials scramble to determine what caused the damage in poland, president biden, still in asia for the g20 summit, spoke with poland's president about how to respond to the spillover of russia's war in ukraine. in the past, the president has issued unequivocal warnings to russia's putin.

>> america is fully prepared with our nato allies to defend every single inch of nato territory, every single inch. so, mr. putin, don't misunderstand what i'm saying. every inch. >> reporter: that would require invoking article 5 of the nato treaty, in which an attack on one is an attack on all. but a tweet by the polish government mentioned only article 4. >> which is to consult among those allies when there is a belief that the sovereignty of a nato country has been transgressed and to figure out what the hell happened and what the alliance should do in response. >> reporter: on a day which saw one of the heaviest barrages of the war, it is possible a russian missile strayed into polish territory or that ukraine tried to shoot down a russian missile and debris landed in poland. former national security adviser h.r. mcmaster knows who to blame. >> we have to recognize that whatever the cause of this is, that the main cause of this is

russia's unprovoked assault on ukraine. >> reporter: the polish foreign ministry has just released a statement saying the missile that landed in poland was produced by russia. but that does not identify who fired it since ukraine also uses russian-made weapons. norah. >> david martin at the pentagon, thank you. the holiday travel season is almost here, and aaa expects it to be one of the busiest in years, nearing pre-pandemic levels. but americans will be paying more this year just to get to their thanksgiving destinations. cbs's kris van cleave is at reagan national airport. >> reporter: be it by car, by train, or by plane, the thanksgiving travel rush is about to take off like it's 2019. mariah pollard is heading to north carolina. >> our family's getting older, and we don't have that many opportunities to all get together. >> reporter: aaa expects nearly 55 million to travel 50 miles or

more this year, the third busiest thanksgiving on record. most will drive, but flying will climb nearly 8% over 2021. trips by train, bus, or cruise ship will jump 23%. but it will all cost more. >> with the desire for people to get back together with loved ones, they're going to do it no matter what the cost. >> reporter: gas prices are up on average 34 cents a gallon over last year. hotels up 6%. and airfare has jumped 43%. >> as i was looking to travel to florida, it was up at $600, $700 a ticket. >> reporter: new yorker sharon harary is waiting to see her family until she finds a better deal. >> i am going to miss everybody, but hopefully i will see them in january when i come visit. >> reporter: airports across the country are warning their parking lots are filling up, so you may need to reserve a space now. if you're driving, aaa expects the busiest days on the road to be wednesday and of course the always jam-packed sunday after

thanksgiving. norah. >> good information. kris van cleave, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we have breaking news out of florida. former president donald trump just announced he's running for president. but the big question tonight, what kind of support does he have from the republican party? cbs's major garrett is in the room at mar-a-lago. >> reporter: in announcing his third bid for the presidency, former president trump tried to make the best of a disappointing midterm election and trained his sights on democrats in congress. >> in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ]

>> reporter: trump's main target, florida governor ron desantis, is now seeking the spotlight and top gop donors. he was asked today about trump's recent attacks on him. >> i would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last tuesday night. >> ron desantis now gives a very clear alternative for republicans if they want to turn the page from trump. >> reporter: many republicans blame trump for backing candidates who embraced baseless election fraud claims. kari lake is now the latest projected loser in her race for governor of arizona. today trump's former secretary of state, mike pompeo, another potential rival, said trump is trapped in the past. >> we need leaders that are looking forward, not staring in the rearview mirror, claiming victimhood. >> reporter: another potential 2024 challenger, former vice president mike pence, was asked if trump should ever be president again. >> i think that's up to the american people. but i think we'll have better choices in the future. >> reporter: but trump retains potent advantages. among them, nearly $100 million

in his political war chest and a national database with more than 50 million contacts. trump's early entry in the race is also designed, if possible, to shield himself from a department of justice indictment over alleged mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. >> it's an act of preservation. >> reporter: sam nunberg is a former trump adviser. >> he wanted the clock to start ticking on daring the doj to indict him. >> reporter: legal turmoil swirls around the former president, and with tonight's announcement, the republican national committee will no longer pay trump's legal bills. that is a significant complication, but unless and until someone knocks him out, trump remains the party leader and nomination front-runner. norah. >> major garrett, thank you. and we want to turn now to that horrific shooting at the university of virginia campus. the mother of one of the uva students severely injured in sunday's shooting tells us her son is in critical but stable

condition after two surgeries. his close friends died in the attack. in brenda hollins' first interview since the shooting, she speaks to cbs's catherine herridge about her child's strength in the face of tragedy. >> it's the call you never want to get. >> reporter: brenda hollins' son, mike, is a running back for the uva football team. >> you hope and pray that you never get it, but when you do, your world stops. >> reporter: on facebook, pictures of brenda and her son a day before the shooting. >> what should people know about mike? >> he was so kind-hearted. when he loves you, he loves you. he strives. he is a fighter. >> reporter: shots were fired on sunday night as this bus pulled into a campus garage at the end of a field trip. an eyewitness said the alleged shooter, a former uva football player, 22-year-old christopher darnell jones, jr., was on board. >> what i'm hearing is mike made it off the bus but went back to help his friends. he was shot in the back, exited

through his stomach. >> reporter: hollins told cbs news mike was very close to the three players killed on sunday -- devin chandler, lavel davis jr., and d'sean perry. hollins said her son is using pen and paper to ask about his friends. >> he can't talk, but he has written d'sean's name. he has written devin's name, and then i believe it was an "l." >> does he know those players are dead? >> no. we can't. >> reporter: the suspect is being held in a virginia jail. hollins said she's praying for him and his family. >> working through forgiveness because we have to. we have to forgive. >> reporter: the suspect could be arraigned as early as tomorrow. he's facing second-degree murder charges. police have not revealed a motive, but according to one

eyewitness, there was some kind of altercation between the suspect and one of the victims before the gun was fired, norah. >> catherine herridge with that very moving interview. catherine, thank you. well, there's new details tonight about another murder involving college students with some mysterious circumstances. police say a killer or killers used a knife or other edged weapon to target four young adults inside a home near the university of idaho. the bodies of the victims were discovered sunday in an apartment complex in the town of moscow. investigators say it is an isolated, targeted incident, but they have not released further information. no suspects are in custody. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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new registered nurses every year to meet demand. so we wanted to find out why america is headed towards a nursing crisis. > are you in any pain right now? >> reporter: jimmy alverson has been in and out of children's national hospital in d.c. for more than seven years battling brain cancer. the nurses here are like family. >> they do an amazing job of just making me feel better. >> reporter: among them is caitlyn hall. >> i absolutely love this job. i wouldn't do anything else. i feel like just coming in every day, helping these families. just really brightening their day has just been amazing. >> reporter: but with the pandemic, the last few years haven't been easy. >> ever thought about quitting? >> every day. >> no. >> not seriously. not seriously. >> what do you think people don't appreciate about nurses? >> the idea that it's a lot more than nursing. we end up doing engineering and

plumbing and sanitary and a lot of other things that were not necessarily in the job description. >> do you think there's a lot of burnout? >> i do. i think people are really exhausted. we've been relying on a lot of overtime these last few years to really fill kind of the holes on the unit. >> reporter: nationwide, about 1 in 5 full-time registered nursing jobs are unfilled. between the toll of the pandemic, retirements, and an aging population in need of more care, the shortage is only getting worse. linda tally is chief nursing officer at children's national. >> how is the morale among nursing staff? >> i think it waxes and wanes. early on in the pandemic, we all kept saying to ourselves, like, when do we get back to normal? now we realize normal is a thing of the past. >> reporter: what's not in the past, nursing schools turning away tens of thousands of students because there isn't enough faculty to teach them. but one who is enrolled in nursing school, jimmy's older

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fans of taylor swift crashed the ticketmaster website today as pre-sale tickets to her first concert tour in five years went up for grabs. fans complained about delays, outages, and other technical glitches, prompting ticketmaster to post an update saying there's been historically unprecedented demand. tickets go on sale to the general public on friday. beyonce made grammy history today, tying her husband, jay-z, as the most nominated artist ever in the history of the awards show. ♪ beyonce led the pack with nine nominations today while jay-z picked up five. they've now earned -- each earned, i should say, a whopping

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finally tonight, if there is any doubt about the strength of the bond between a father and daughter, cbs's david begnaud shows us proof that a father's love is forever. >> reporter: gregory holmes was a veteran, a church deacon, and above all, a dad to three daughters. >> he had affectionate names for each of them. >> reporter: nichele was his "little lady." nia he called "baby doll." and nicole, she was "big stuff." holmes taught them to work hard and be smart. and being smart meant buying their first home. nichele did just that, and the mail soon brought a letter from daddy. >> "congratulations, little lady. you're now the queen of your castle. congratulations on homeownership. i'm so proud of you. love, daddy." >> reporter: when nia bought a

home, she too got the letter, addressed to "baby doll" and signed "daddy." then it was nicole's turn. >> nicole closes on her home. nicole didn't get a letter. >> reporter: you see, gregory holmes died last year in a motorcycle accident. it left a void in nicole's home and in her heart -- until just a few weeks ago when her mom, theresa, was going through some papers, and there it was. >> and i'm blown away. i'm crying. it was a letter to nicole. >> reporter: turns out daddy hadn't forgotten about her. you might say he's watching over her. as the deacon preached many times, love never dies. david begnaud, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. i'm wendy gillette in new york. former president trump is running again. he announced his bid for the white house at his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach, florida, telling a packed ballroom america's comeback starts right now. it will be trump's third run for president. he still faces numerous personal and professional legal battles. a judge has overturned georgia's abortion ban. the judge ruled the ban that starts at around six weeks of pregnancy violates the constitution and supreme court precedent. it had been in effect since july. and a new study finds tobacco smokers who inhale pot may further damage their lungs, possible evidence that marijuana smoke may not be safer than cigarettes.

or cnected tndgillte, cbs ur ce it's wednesday, november 16th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." running for president. donald trump makes his candidacy official while slamming the biden administration. what the former president said while announcing his run. tensions rising. the war in ukraine spills into nato territory as missiles killed two in poland. the investigation into that incident that has the world on edge. and we have liftoff. after months of delay, nasa's "artemis" is on its way to the moon. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with donald trump's third bid for the white house. the former president made it