the time the power get back on. >> reporter: duke energy, the primary utility here, hopes a patchwork of temporary fixes will restore power by wednesday night. behind me you see a mobile substation subst substation. investigators say one person has died during this power crisis but it's not entirely clear whether that death was caused by this ongoing outage. norah. >> mark stras mapp, thank you. now to a growing health concern. there's been an increase in ad adderall prescriptions and now the fda says there's a nationwide shortage of the adhd treatment drug. tonight cbs news investigates how a pandemic-era rule change has made it easier to get adderall online. here's cbs's anna werner. >> i had no idea this was caused

by undiagnosed adhd. >> reporter: during the pandemic, online mental health companies, including one the biggest, cerebral, began to offer treatment for adhd, often prescribing adderall, a controlled substance. prescribing expert dr. andrew kolodny. >> these are dangerous drugs that are controlled for a good reason. >> reporter: what allowed those prescriptions? due to the 35pandemic, the government temporarily lifted a rule requiring patients to have an in-person medical visit before they could get controlled substances. now medications like adderall can be prescribed through online appointments, and cerebral and others have urged the government to make that change permanent. >> i come here daily. >> reporter: it's something tacoma mother kelly rasmussen opposes. she says that's how her 21-year-old son elijah hansen got a prescription for adderall. >> it wasn't something that should have ever happened. elijah was not adhd.

>> reporter: his younger brother ethan said they both had been using adderall to get high, and elijah went to cerebral looking to get more. cerebral records show a first prescriber declined to give him a stimulant, flagging him a risk to prescribed controlled substance. so he tried again in april, and this time a different cerebral prescriber gave him the adderall. >> your brother said that he lied. >> right. >> and told them that he had something else, adhd. >> adhd, yeah. >> to get the adderall. >> to get the adderall, right. >> reporter: cerebral says it can't comment on elijah's case but told us it has robust systems to intervene when it detects drug seeking behavior. but in a letter last month obtained by cbs news, cerebral founder kyle robertson, who was removed by cerebral's board earlier this year, claimed some of the company's major investors pushed for increased prescriptions, one saying the easier you make it for people to get stimulants, the better for the business and its customers.

the company calls those claims categorically untrue. in june, elijah hansen died playing russian roulette with a gun. his mother believes adderall exacerbated his mental health issues and is left with questions she'll never be able to answer. >> every day is a struggle. i try to find peace in the fact that he's not struggling anymore, but i'm angry. >> reporter: anna werner, cbs news, tacoma, washington. the suspect accused of a mass shooting at an lgbtq nightclub in colorado is facing more than 300 felony charges. anderson lee aldrich appeared in court today. counts include murder, attempted murder and hate. prosecutors say the 22-year-old entered club q in colorado springs with an assault rifle and a handgun, killing 5 people and injuring at least 19. district attorney michael allen said that the hundreds of counts in the case are meant to send a message. >> we're not going to tolerate

actions against community members based on their sexual identity, and so it's important that we talk about that as well. >> the d.a. says if convicted, aldrich faces life in prison. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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>> i'm going to show you how a really gracious winner behaves. read 'em and weep! >> reporter: her character on cheers, rebecca howe, hid behind a veneer of holding it together. >> i love him. >> reporter: she was really a hot mess. her longtime co-star, ted danson, said today that her ability to play a woman on the verge of a bredo th moving and hysterically funny. she was hardly meek. there was a directness about her that she said came fom her kansas upbringing ♪ come along and be my party boy ♪ >> reporter: critics called her refreshing. those who disagreed with her politics called her something else. she was open almost to a fault, including her very public weight loss journey. >> john goodman's got his own show and jason alexander looks like a fricking bowling ball. >> reporter: her children called their mother fierce and loving. for the rest of us, kirstie alley was just one of the gang. >> you did good, rebecca.

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forbes released its list of the world's 100 most powerful women today. ursula von der leyen is of germany and she's number one for leading the eu's sanctions of russia after the ukraine invasion. also honored, iran's mahsa amini. americans on the list include the oldest and youngest honorees, 82-year-old nancy pelosi and 32-year-old taylor swift. a concert for peace at the historic carnegie hall in new york city. we'll have the music and the story next.

finally tonight, a one time only concert at carnegie hall took place this weekend to raise money for ukraine. several ukrainian and american choirs joined forces to perform the carol of the bells written by a ukrainian composer in 1916. ♪ >> imagine this carol was first performed at the historic carnegie hall 100 years ago in october, 1922, by the ukrainian national chorus. moey raised from sunday's concert will go toward the reconstruction of public services damaged by the war. that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." remember, you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com.

reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. in georgia's runoff election, democratic senator raphael warnock has defeated republican challenger herschel walker, giving democrats an outright majority of 51-49 in the u.s. senate, capping off an underwhelming midterm election cycle for the gop. a federal judge has agreed to dismiss a civil lawsuit gainst saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman for the killing of jamal khashoggi after the state department determined he should be granted immunity as a head of state or government. hawaii officials have activated the national guard after the mauna loa volcano eruption is sending lava toward a key highway. it's the first time in nearly four decades the world's largest

active volcano has erupted. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us on what is shaping up to be a busy night. polls just closed in georgia, and it appears that georgians are on track to turn out at a record rate for the state's senate runoff. we'll have the latest on that, plus hospitals nationwide are running out of beds as they see a rise in cases of flu, rsv and covid. we'll get to those stories in just a moment. but we want to begin with a major verdict involving the trump organization. the former president's real estate company was convicted on all counts. new york city prosecutors saying the family business ran a culture of fraud and deception. the trump organization doling out luxury perks to executives

like fancy cars and apartments, and none of which they paid taxes on. it's not the only legal issue facing donald trump. the special counsel overseeing investigations into him is just getting started. we learned today of the first subpoenas linked to the effort to overturn the 2020 election. cbs's scott macfarlane is on capitol hill and has all the new details for us. good evening, scott. there's a lot. >> reporter: there sure is, norah. as one investigation involving former president trump expands here in washington with those new subpoenas, another into the trump organization reaches its conclusion in new york. the verdict from the jury in manhattan was overwhelming on just the second day of deliberations. the former president's company convicted on 17 counts, including conspiracy, tax fraud, and falsifying business records, all part of a 15-year-long criminal scheme in which executives were given off-the-books perks, including luxurious cars, rent-free apartments, and private school tuition for relatives.

prosecutors built the case around star witness and longtime trump organization finance chief allen weisselberg, who acknowledged personal greed drove the scheme. trump himself was not charged in the case, but prosecutors argued in court he knew about the fraud. his company now faces up to $1.6 million in fines. >> you can't put a corporation in jail, but you can subject them to fines, and this will have real collateral consequences. >> reporter: meanwhile, another probe into trump is expanding. cbs news has confirmed newly appointed special counsel jack smith sent subpoenas to local election officials in arizona, wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania, seeking their communications with former president trump and his allies as they attempted to overturn the 2020 election results. >> if he can gather evidence from the different state officials that reflect an attempt to overturn the election in an improper way, that presents a very straightforward

criminal case potentially against the former president. >> reporter: this comes as the house january 6th select committee is zeroing in on trump and his inner circle with the chairman telling reporters the panel expects to recommend criminal charges. >> we will do some referrals, but we're not there yet. >> reporter: elsewhere in the capital, 23 months to the day after the capitol attack, congress honored the men and women who stopped the riotous mob with congressional gold medals. >> many of us still carry the physical, mental, and emotional scars after that mob of thousands launched a violent assault in an attempt to halt the counting of electoral ballots. >> reporter: capitol officer brian sicknick, who died the next day of multiple strokes, was singled out for his bravery. sicknick's family making their way through a receiving line, refused to shake the hands of house republican leader kevin mccarthy and senate gop leader mitch mcconnell.

they told cbs news why. >> they have no idea what integrity is. they can't stand up for what's right and wrong. with them, it's party first. >> reporter: about that case in new york, a trump organization spokesperson tells cbs news they disagree with the verdict. they plan to appeal, and they say the witnesses testified trump was unaware of the unlawful actions. norah. >> all right. scott macfarlane with all that news, thank you so much. i'm dan lieberman with an overnight news update. democratic senator raphael warnock won re-election in the georgia senate runoff over former football star herschel walker. walker was the handpicked candidate of former president donald trump, but it was warnock who came out on top. he addressed his supporters in atlanta. >> the people have spoken. [ cheers and applause ] i often say that a vote is a

kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children. voting is faith put into action, and, georgia, you have been praying with your lips and your legs, with your hands and your feet, your heads and your hearts. you have put in the hard work, and here we are standing together. >> democratic senator raphael warnock speaking to supporters after winning re-election over herschel walker.

tonight, fears of a post-thanksgiving surge of respiratory illnesses are becoming a reality. hospitals across the country are seeing a rising number of cases of the flu, rsv, and covid-19. cbs's carter evans is in los angeles, where doctors' offices are being overwhelmed. >> lift up your tongue. >> reporter: family medicine doctor douglas chiriboga is warning patients of a triple viral threat. >> the e.r. is inundated with cases and people are being hospitalized. >> reporter: rsv may be peaking, but it's the worst flu season in more than a decade, leading to a shortage of children's cold and flu medicine, all as covid cases are rising. in los angeles county, cases have soared 75% in just the last week, close to triggering restrictions again. >> should there be another mandate in l.a. county? >> i think there should be, and i think eventually we are going to have that mask mandate. >> regardless of whether it's a guideline or a rule or not, would masking up be a good idea if you're in a crowded environment? >> look, it's sort of common

snse. if it is pouring outdoors, bring an umbrella or galoshes. similarly, if there's a lot of covid transmission in your community, it certainly would make common sense to wear a mask. >> reporter: so far, less than 13% of americans have received their updated boosters. a bad diagnosis according to dr. chiriboga. >> it tells me that people are not getting the message. >> reporter: that's especially true for some of the most vulnerable, those 65 and older. only 1 in 3 seniors have received the updated shot, and with holiday gatherings fast approaching -- >> don't wait. the time is now to get vaccinated. get your influenza vaccine. get your covid-19 booster. and it's something you're doing it to protect not only yourself but your loved ones, your grandmother, your father and mother. just do it for them also. >> reporter: when it comes to the flu, california is one of the hardest hit states but the map really looks pretty bad for most of the country. the good news is doctors say the flu vaccine this year is a really good match, and it's

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm catherine herridge in washington. thanks for staying with us. a cbs news investigation uncovered a disturbing trend in health care that may affect you. many hospitals and other health care institutions that americans rely on are being taken apart and shut down by investors looking for profits. our investigation focuses on one company that made millions of dollars, then closed some of its community hospitals, leaving patients scrambling for care. it's part of a larger trend of private equity investors snapping up everything from local doctors' practices to

specialty clinics and even hospice centers. our chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook is here with that story. >> reporter: for nearly a century, delaware county memorial hospital in suburban philadelphia delivered babies, treated trauma, and tended to the critically ill. that all changed earlier this year when its current owner, a los angeles-based company called prospect medical holdings, began cutting services, first the maternity ward went, then the operating rooms and the icu. and then last month, the emergency room closed its doors to the community's nearly 58,000 residents. this is what it looks like when a hospital shuts its emergency room doors, turning away patients like shirley posey. >> i was having shortness of breath and tightness in my chest. >> reporter: latifah dixon and her two children showed up after getting into a car accident. they too were turned away, along with 28-year-old cecilia, who was having trouble feeding her

1-year-old daughter because of a breast infection. "they said i should look on google maps for another hospital." inside delaware county memorial, the hallways and patient rooms normally bustling, were empty except for a few nurses charged with cleaning the place out. >> i cried. i'll be honest. i cried. >> reporter: emergency room nurse angela napolitano is the ept of the local unite and worked their for 40 years. >> my children were born there. saved my dad's life. >> reporter: delaware county memorial was part of a nonprofit pennsylvania health system was in danger of failing when it was purchased in 2016 by prospect medical holdings, a los angeles-based for-profit company. with the backing of private equity investors prospect medical's portfolio would, by 2018, grow to 20 hospitals in six states. after the pennsylvania purchase, the company had promised to invest $200 million to dramatically increase service to the community. >> they tried to tell us that

they were going to run us the same way, don't worry, trust us. >> did they actually say that to you? >> yeah. >> reporter: instead, napolitano says prospect medical dismantled the hospital piece by piece, leading to longer waits in the e.r. and forcing staff to transfer more patients to other hospitals. >> they have been cutting services. things wouldn't get fixed. our elevator in the back of the emergency room has been broken for over a year. holes in walls not fixed. and then when they closed the icu, that was a knife in my heart. >> reporter: a cbs news investigation found of the 20 hospitals owned by prospect medical, five have closed, including this 89-year-old hospital in san antonio, laying off more than 500 workers. >> we wouldn't see a hospital closing down if this was a more affluent area. >> reporter: delaware county official monica taylor says closing what's considered a safety net hospital will hit the area's low-income population hardest. >> what hatppens who a communit when it loses its only emergency

room? >> there aren't resources nearby, so we find that people wait longer to go to the hospital. it leaves a gaping hole that is going to be very hard and very difficult to fill. >> reporter: in a powerpoint provided to the county, prospect medical cited high labor costs, record inflation, and the covid-19 pandemic. but according to taylor, the company has been reluctant to share its financials with the county. >> you think they've been leveling with you? >> no. i had a sense that they were not giving us all the information. >> they didn't care about health care. what they cared about was making money for their investors. >> reporter: he says what's happening in pennsylvania is what prospect medical tried to do in his state, where he says the company drove two hospitals deep into debt. >> their hospitals were in real danger of closing. >> reporter: in 2019, na rona investigated a proposed company transaction, invoking state law to force prospect medical to turn over its financials and found it put every hospital in

its system at risk of reduction in services, sale, or closure. >> did they say, look, there was a pandemic. who would have predicted that? >> this had nothing to do with the pandemic. hospitals all over the country were facing the pandemic. but the problems here were exacerbated frankly by greed. >> reporter: two different outside experts followed the money and discovered one reason why the company was so far in the red. summed up in a ruling by narona. in 2018, the owners of prospect medical took out a $1.12 billion loan using proceeds to pay themselves and their private equity shareholders a $457 million dividend. >> they basically took a big loan out, okay? a billion dollar loan out and took nearly half of that loan and rather than invest those loan proceeds in the hospitals that they owned, put the money in their pockets as dividends. >> how did they try to pay back that loan? >> they sold the hospitals off and leased them back. so now you're in a worse position. >> reporter: in drar county, that lease back arrangement

meant $35 million a year in rent had to come out of hospital budgets. this after prospect medical's owners and private equity investors paid themselves that $457 million dividend. >> you know how much that was? >> no, i don't. >> it was $457 million. >> oh, my god. th makes want to cry. it makes me sick because that should have went back into the hospitals and into the community. and the whole time that all this was happening, they were blaming the staff and covid. >> reporter: with the hospital now shut down, a judge next week will hear arguments over whether to require prospect medical to find a way to reopen its doors. >> what they've done is extremely evil in my own words. >> why do you think it's evil? >> because to gain a dollar, you've maybe destroyed lives, maybe even ended lives because they can't get the help that they need.

>> reporter: in a statement to cbs news, prospect medical said it's cooperating with health officials and working to transition delaware county memorial to a behavioral health facility. in an annual report, the company said it has lived up to its commitment to invest $200 million in the pennsylvania health system. prospect medical's ceo declined an interview but the rhode island attorney general told cbs news that the prospect medical ceo's share of the $457 million dividend was about $90 million. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. (pensive music) (footsteps crunching) (pensive music) (birds tweeting) (pensive music) (broom sweeping) - [narrator] one in five children worldwide

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that. >> reporter: but it's not just for the thrills. it is critical for conservation. conservationist cecilia says people have no idea giraffe are fighting for their survival. so seldom spoken about, it's known as the silent extinction. >> so the giraffe is basically under threat from all corners from people themselves, from predators, from climate change. >> reporter: poachers hunt them for bush meat and even their tails, believing it gives them power. humans have also encroached on giraffe habitat and exacerbating this, the horn of africa's worst drought in 40 years captured in these horrific images. numbers of the nubian giraffe have dwindled to such an extent, they're on the critically endangered list, ex. >> in many countries throughout africa, they've actually disappeared. >> reporter: paying for this rare privilege funds conservation. >> look who has come for

breakfast. >> reporter: and supports a breeding program run jointly with the kenyan government. most of the giraffe born here have been reintroduced into the wild. it's so successful, numbers have risen from just 76 to 1,200. not just a once in a lifetime experience, it saves lives as well. debora patta, cbs news, nairobi, kenya. friends, fans and co-stars are all mourning the passing of emmy-winning actor kirstie alley. she passed away monday after a short battle with cancer. she was 71 years old. as gayle king reports, alley is being remembered as a woman who was funny and outspoken on and off the screen. >> i'm going to show you how a really gracious winner behaves. read 'em and weep, farm boy. >> reporter: kirstie alley didn't join the long running series "cheers" until season 6,

but soon everybody knew her name. becoming one of the show's most beloved stars. >> good morning, boss. >> you shut your fat face right now. >> kirstie alley, "cheers." >> reporter: three years later, she took home the emmy. joking she did it faster than her co-star, ted danson and showing off her risky and often risqué sense of humor. >> i'd like to thank my husband, parker, the man who has given me the big one for the last eight years. >> reporter: born in kansas to a father who ran a lumber company, alley worked as an interior designer and caught the acting bug, landing her first major film role as a vulcan in 1982 "star trek 2: the wrath of kahn". >> stand by. avoid entering neutral zone. >> reporter: but it was "cheers" that helped pave the way for higher profile big screen roles, including the "look who's

talking" franchise. >> now that's entertainment. >> reporter: she played opposite john travolta, who became a close friends. as she told the uk celebrity's big brother in 2018. >> i did love him. i still love him. >> reporter: the feeling was mutual. travolta paying tribute on instagram, writing this. "kirstie was one of the most special relationships i've ever had. i love you, kirstie. i know we'll see each other again." the two were both longtime members of the church of scientology, which alley told barbara walters in 1992 helped her kick her addiction to drugs. >> i'm very enthusiastic about new things. i was very enthusiastic about cocaine. >> reporter: alley was equally outspoken about her right-leaning political beliefs and never shied away from talking about her personal struggles, even starring as herself in the series "fat actress," joking about hollywood's double standards. >> john goodman's got his own show, and jason alexander looks like a frickin' bowling ball. >> reporter: alley's two children described her as

incredible, fierce, and loving, saying "our mother's zest and passion for life were unparalleled and leave us inspired to live life to the fullest just a she did." jim mansfield: my job was more important to me than my family, and i started drinking a lot, staying out of town. it took a toll on me. dr. charles stanley: you may be as low as the prodigal, but you are not hopelessly, helplessly lost if you will listen to what i'm about to say. jim: sitting on that couch, watching that sermon, something had happened to us. i'm talking about the joy and love in our hearts. i want more of that.

if you're shopping for toys this holiday season and want to avoid sticker shock, naomi ruck imhas some advice from the experts. >> reporter: the new pokemon squish mellow is one of the year's hottest toys. >> they're only available in limited quantities. >> reporter: the toy insider's marissa silva says the latest toy from magic mixsies will also be popular. >> the brand-new crystal ball for this year. we are getting ready to conjure our mixsy friends. >> reporter: kids use a magic wand to reveal their own character. many toys have an educational twist, like the cocoa melon learning bus. >> so when you pop it in here, the bus will recognize which

letter. so it will say "a." >> reporter: but if you want to go big -- >> some really cool 360 spins. >> reporter: -- there's the remote controlled jurassic world t-rex. >> he's got some great sound effects too. >> reporter: dolls are in demand from the new black panther wakanda forever movie. and customizable dolls with 320 mix and match lookings. >> their trials. you can do lots of different things with these dolls. >> reporter: but no matter what your kids' heart's desire, be ready to spend more. >> inflation is hitting the toy box for sure. we're really recommending that people build about 15% more into their toy shopping budgets this year. >> reporter: unlike the past two years, toy companies expect to have plenty of supply. still, you may want to snag the most popular items before they disappear. naomi ruck im, cbs news, new york.

that's the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. in georgia's runoff election, democratic senator raphael warnock has defeated republican challenger herschel walker, giving democrats an outright majority of 51-49 in the u.s. senate, capping off an underwhelming midterm election cycle for the gop. a federal judge has agreed to dismiss a civil lawsuit against saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman for the killing of jamal khashoggi after the state department determined he should be granted immunity as a head of state or government. hawaii officials have activated the national guard after the mauna loa volcano eruption is sending lava toward a key highway. it's the first time in nearly four decades the world's largest

active volcano has erupted. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lin, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us on what is shaping up to be a busy night. polls just closed in georgia, and it appears that georgians are on track to turn out at a record rate for the state's senate runoff. we'll have the latest on that, plus hospitals nationwide are running out of beds as they see a rise in cases of flu, rsv, and covid. we'll get to those stories in just a moment. but we want to begin with a major verdict involving the trump organization. the former president's real estate company was convicted on all counts. new york city prosecutors saying the family business ran a culture of fraud and deception. the trump organization doling

out luxury perks to executives like fancy cars and apartments, and none of which they paid taxes on. it's not the only legal issue facing donald trump. the special counsel overseeing investigations into him is just getting started. we learned today of the first subpoenas linked to the effort to overturn the 2020 election. cbs's scott macfarlane is on capitol hill and has all the new details for us. good evening, scott. there's a lot. >> reporter: there sure is, norah. as one investigation involving former president trump expands here in washington with those new subpoenas, another into the trump organization reaches its conclusion in new york. the verdict from the jury in manhattan was overwhelming on just the second day of deliberations. the former president's company convicted on 17 counts, including conspiracy, tax fraud, and falsifying business records, all part of a 15-year-long criminal scheme in which executives were given off-the-books perks, including luxurious cars, rent-free apartments, and private school tuition for relatives.

prosecutors built the case around star witness and longtime trump organization finance chief allen weisselberg, who acknowledged personal greed drove the scheme. trump himself was not charged in the case, but prosecutors argued in court he knew about the fraud. his company now faces up to $1.6 million in fines. >> you can't put a corporation in jail, but you can subject them to fines, and this will have real collateral consequences. >> reporter: meanwhile, another probe into trump is expanding. cbs news has confirmed newly appointed special counsel jack smith sent subpoenas to local election officials in arizona, wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania, seeking their communications with former president trump and his allies as they attempted to overturn the 2020 election results. >> if he can gather evidence from the different state officials that reflect an attempt to overturn the election in an improper way, that presents a very straightforward

criminal case potentially against the former president. >> reporter: this comes as house january 6th select committee is zeroing in on trump and his inner circle with the chairman telling reporters the panel expects to recommend criminal charges. >> we will do some referrals, but we're not there yet. >> reporter: elsewhere in the capital, 23 months to the day after the capitol attack, congress honored the men and women who stopped the riotous mob with congressional gold medals. >> many of us still carry the physical, mental, and emotional scars after that mob of thousands launched a violent assault in an attempt to halt the counting of electoral ballots. >> reporter: capitol officer brian sicknick, who died the next day of multiple strokes, was singled out for his bravery. sicknick's family, making their way through a receiving line, refused to shake the hands of house republican leader kevin mccarthy and senate gop leader

mitch mcconnell. they told cbs news why. >> they have no idea what integrity is. they can't stand up for what's right and wrong. with them, it's party first. >> reporter: about that case in new york, a trump organization spokesperson tells cbs news they disagree with the verdict. they plan to appeal, and they say the witnesses testified trump was unaware of the unlawful actions. norah. >> all right. scott macfarlane with all that news, thank you so much. i'm dan lieberman with an overnight news update. democratic senator raphael warnock won re-election in the georgia senate runoff over former football star herschel walker. walker was the handpicked candidate of former president donald trump, but it was warnock who came out on top. he addressed his supporters in atlanta. >> the people have spoken. [ cheers and applause ]

i often say that a vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children. voting is faith put into action, and, georgia, you have been praying with your lips and your legs, with your hands and your feet, your heads and your hearts. you have put in the hard work, and here we are standing together. >> democratic senator raphael warnock speaking to supporters after winning re-election over herschel walker.

tonight, fears of a post-thanksgiving surge of respiratory illnesses are becoming a reality. hospitals across the country are seeing a rising number of cases of the flu, rsv, and covid-19. cbs's carter evans is in los angeles, where doctors' offices are being overwhelmed. >> lift up your tongue. >> reporter: family medicine doctor douglas chiriboga is warning patients of a triple viral threat. >> the e.r. is inundated with cases, and people are being hospitalized. >> reporter: rsv may be peaking, but it's the worst flu season in more than a decade, leading to a shortage of children's cold and flu medicine, all as covid cases are rising. in los angeles county, cases have soared 75% in just the last week, close to triggering restrictions again. >> should there be another mandate in l.a. county? >> i think there should be, and i think eventually we are going to have that mask mandate. >> regardless of whether it's a guideline or a rule or not, would masking up be a good idea if you're in a crowded environment? >> look, it's sort of common

sense. if it is pouring outdoors, bring an umbrella or galoshes. similarly, if there's a lot of covid transmission in your community, it certainly would make common sense to wear a mask. >> reporter: so far, less than 13% of americans have received their updated boosters. a bad diagnosis according to dr. chiriboga. >> it tells me that people are not getting the message. >> reporter: that's especially true for some of the most vulnerable, those 65 and older. only 1 in 3 seniors have received the updated shot, and with holiday gatherings fast approaching -- >> don't wait. the time is now to get vaccinated. get your influenza vaccine. get your covid-19 booster. and it's something you're doing it to protect not only yourself but your loved ones, your grandmother, your father and mother. just do it for them also. >> reporter: when it comes to the flu, california is one of the hardest hit states but the map really looks pretty bad for most of the country. the good news is doctors say the flu vaccine this year is a

really good match, and it's quite effective. but keep in mind it takes about two weeks for full protection to kick in. norah. >> never too late. carter evans, thank you so much.

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trucked them to freezers with power just in time. >> and how much longer does this food have before it would go bad? >> well, they say 72 hours. >> so another day or so? >> probably another day, it would go bad. >> reporter: they saved enough food to feed the school's 700 kids for two weeks. but make no mistake, more counties having a draining moment. no power, no school, no violating nighttime curfew, and still no answers to the big questions for investigators -- the who and why. they're looking for clues and tips. >> whoever the perpetrator is, i can assure you i hope they turn the power off in the cell they put you in. >> reporter: in this line of cars, more than 750 people received boxes of giveaway groceries from the north carolina food bank. michael chambers told us he had to toss perishable food worth $500.

>> we had to throw everything out of our refrigerator, so we are just trying to replace some by the time the power gets back on. >> reporter: duke energy, the primary utility here, hopes a patchwork of temporary fixes will restore power by wednesday night. behind me you see a mobile substation. driving it here, helped light up downtown carthage, which is the moore county seat. investigators say one person has died during this power crisis but it's not entirely clear whether that death was caused by this ongoing outage. norah. >> mark strassman, thank you. now to a growing health concern. there's been an increase in adderall prescriptions, and now the fda says there's a nationwide shortage of the adhd treatment drug. tonight cbs news investigates how a pandemic-era rule change has made it easier to get adderall online. here's cbs's anna werner. >> i had no idea this was caused by undiagnosed adhd.

>> reporter: during the pandemic, online mental health companies, including one of the biggest, cerebral, began to offer treatment for adhd, often prescribing adderall, a controlled substance. >> it's a highly addictive drug. >> reporter: prescribing expert dr. andrew kolodny. >> these are dangerous drugs that are controlled for a good reason. >> reporter: what allowed those prescriptions? due to the pandemic, the government temporarily lifted a rule requiring patients to have an in-person medical visit before they could get controlled substances. now medications like adderall can be prescribed through online others hurged report'meinr rase she sa tt'how r 21-year-old son elijah hansen got a prescription for adderall. >> it wasn't something that should have ever happened. elijah was not adhd. >> reporter: elijah did have

other mental health issues, but his younger brother ethan said they both had been using adderall to get high, and elijah went to cerebral looking to get more. cerebral records show a first prescriber declined to give him a stimulant, flagging him a risk to prescribed controlled substance. so he tried again in april, and this time a different cerebral prescriber gave him the adderall. >> your brother said that he lied. >> right. >> and told them that he had something else, adhd. >> adhd, yeah. >> to get the adderall. >> to get the adderall, right. >> reporter: cerebral says it can't comment on elijah's case but told us it has robust systems to detect and intervene when it suspects drug-seeking behavior, and has since stopped prescribing controlled substances. but in a letter last month obtained by cbs news, cerebral founder kyle robertson, who was removed by cerebral's board earlier this year, claimed some of the company's major investors pushed for increased prescriptions, one saying the easier you make it for people to get stimulants, the better for

the business and its customers. in june, elijah hansen died his mother believes adderall exacerbated his mental health issues and is left with questions she'll never be able to answer. >> every day is a struggle. i try to find peace in the fact that he's not struggling anymore, but i'm angry. >> reporter: anna werner, cbs news, tacoma, washington. the suspect accused of a mass shooting at an lgbtq nightclub in colorado is facing more than 300 felony charges. anderson lee aldrich appeared in court today. the counts include murder, attempted murder, and hate, crimes prosecutors say the 22-year-old entered club q in colorado springs with an assault rifle and a handgun, killing people and injing at least 19. district attorney michael allen said that the hundreds of counts in the case are meant to send a message.

>> we're not going to tolerate actions against community members based on their sexual identity, and so it's important that we talk about that as well. >> the d.a. says if convicted, aldrich faces life in prison. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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really gracious winner behaves. read 'em and weep, farm boy! >> reporter: her character on "cheers," rebecca howe, hid behind a veneer of holding it together. >> i love him. >> reporter: she was really a hot mess. her longtime co-star, ted danson, said today that her ability to play a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown was both moving and hysterically funny. she was hardly meek. there was a directness about her that she said came from her kansas upbringing. ♪ come along and be my party boy ♪ >> reporter: critics called her refreshing. those who disagreed with her politics called her something else. she was open almost to a fault, including her very public weight loss journey. >> john goodman's got his own show and jason alexander looks like a frickin' bowling ball. >> reporter: her children called their mother fierce and loving. for the rest of us, kirstie alley was just one of the gang. >> you did good, rebecca. >> i did, didn't i?

>> reporter: did good indeed. >> see you, trixie. >> reporter: lee cowan, cbs news, los angeles. >> she will be missed. ahead, we've got an important recall that could affect what you pack in your kids' lunch. that's next.

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forbes released its list of the world's 100 most powerful women today. ursula von der leyen is of germany, and she's number one for leading the eu's sanctions of russia after the ukraine invasion. also honored, iran's mahsa amini, whose death in police custody sparked worldwide protests. americans on the list include the oldest and youngest honorees, 82-year-old nancy pelosi and 32-year-old taylor swift. a concert for peace at the historic carnegie hall in new york city. we'll have the music and the story next.

finally tonight, a one-time-only concert at carnegie hall took place this weekend to raise money for ukraine. several ukrainian and american choirs joined forces to perform "the carol of the bells," written by a ukrainian composer in 1916. ♪ >> imagine this carol was first performed at the historic carnegie hall 100 years ago in october, 1922, by the ukrainian national chorus. money raised from sunday's concert will go toward the reconstruction of public services damaged by the war. that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." remember, you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the

nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm dan lieberman in new york. in georgia's runoff election, democratic senator raphael warnock has defeated republican challenger herschel walker, giving democrats an outright majority of 51-49 in the u.s. senate, capping off an underwhelming midterm election cycle for the gop. a federal judge has agreed to dismiss a civil lawsuit against saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman for the killing of jamal khashoggi after the state department determined he should be granted immunity as a head of state or government. hawaii officials have activated the national guard after the mauna loa volcano eruption is sending lava toward a key highway. it's the first time in nearly four decades the world's largest

active volcano has erupted. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm dan lieberman, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, december 7th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, raphael warnock wins re-election. the georgia senator defeats republican herschel walker. we're live in atlanta. also breaking, case dismissed. a federal judge tossing out a lawsuit against saudi's crown prince in the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. we'll tell you why. and trouble for trump. the former president's company convicted on all counts in a tax fraud case, but that's not the only legal problem he's facing. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. breaking overnight, democratic

senator raphael warnock has won rele