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seen holding back tears when she learned of the crash. her husband, president zelenskyy, later addressed the conference via video link. >> ten hours ago, a tragedy happened near kyiv. >> reporter: and later, a minute of silence. we don't know what caused the crash yet. the security service has now been brought in and is investigating everything, from possible mechanical failure to sabotage. norah? >> debora patta, thank you very much. well, there are new developments in that tragic nepal plane crash. the u.s. state department revealed today there were two u.s. citizens and two legal permanent residents among the 72 people killed in the crash over the weekend. investigators have recovered both the flight a the the yeti airlines passenger plane in what is nepal's worst air disaster in 30 years. tonight, new details in that
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idaho college murder case. a just unsealed search warrant is giving us insight into what investigators took from suspect bryan kohberger's apartment. a computer, receipts and some reddish stained items. here is cbs' lilia luciano. >> reporter: the records show that investigators seized a black nitrite glove, the dust container from bryan kohberger's vacuum cleaner, about a dozen possible human hair strands, an item with a dark red spot, and a stained mattress cover. plus a pillow showing a reddish-brown stain. the documents do not say what testing on those items revealed. >> what investigators would be looking for is anything that directly ties the offender to the crime scene, any item of physical evidence that might have some type of dna on it. >> reporter: in the search warrant, officers say based on the locations of the suspect vehicle and the suspect's phone immediately following the murders, it is probable that
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kohberger went home after the killings. and it is likely that he still had blood or other trace evidence on his person, including skin cells or hair from the victims or from kaylee goncal skohberger is crged with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of students kaylee goncalves, madison mogen, xana kernodle, and ethan chapin on november 13th. police have yet to identify a possible motive. these documents are being revealed as kohberger's defense team prepared for his next day in court, which won't be until june 26th. tonight and for the foreseeable future, bryan kohberger remains in a moscow, idaho jail. norah? >> lilia luciano has been covering that case for us. thank you. back here in washington, embattled freshman lawmaker george santos is facing new accusations that he stole money from a disabled veteran who was trying to get life-saving surgery for his dying service dog. well, that's just one of the
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latest revelations about the admitted liar. here is cbs' caitlin huey-burns. >> reporter: despite growing calls to resign, george santos has secured seats on two congressional committees and the backing of house republican leadership. >> we're fielding calls in the office already. >> reporter: but calls from cbs news to his district office in new york, which still has his predecessor's name on the building were forwarded to a neighboring congressman. is he in a position where he can't show his face in his own district? >> he hasn't shown his face since the election, and i don't think we're ever going to see him. >> reporter: meanwhile, extraordinary stories about santos continue to surface. >> i knew i was being scammed. >> reporter: rich osthoff, the homeless veteran, says santos helped him raise $3,000 for his dying dog through his pet charity, but osthoff says he never got the money from santos with whom he exchanged these text messages, and his dog died six months later. >> diminished my faith in humanity. >> reporter: cbs news also spoke with santos' former roommate,
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who claims he stole his burberry scarf, which santos later wore to a stop the steal rally. >> i saw that video, and i just like yeah, not very happy. >> reporter: and there is this falsehood on his campaign website. santos claimed his mother was in the world trade center on 9/11, yet a federal source told cbs news her immigration documents she was in brazil at the time of the attack. in any other profession, can you imagine someone like george santos being allowed to keep his job? >> absolutely not. for a whole lot less dishonesty, they would be driven out of their positions. and nobody would feel bad about that. >> reporter: and today in brazil, a judge asked santos to respond to a criminal fraud case against him. this stems from a 2008 incident in which santos allegedly used a stolen checkbook to make hundreds of dollars of purchases while he was living in that country.
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well, tonight microsoft is the latest major tech company to cut costs by slashing jobs. the software giant announced it is eliminating 10,000 jobs, or nearly 5% of its workforce. the company said the layoffs are a response to a slowdown in customer spending and in anticipation of a potential recession. amazon, twitter and facebook's parent company meta have all announced recent job cuts. turning now to a agreeing crisis in the nation's schools, overwhelming school lunch debt. according to the usda, more than nine million children in u.s. are food insecure. meg oliver goes in-depth on what happened after the federal government's program providing free meals expired in september. >> here you go. what are you getting, cutie? >> reporter: at makefield elementary, afifa serves up lunch. ♪ hot dogs and baloney hanging which my homies clothes. >> these kids are family to me.
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>> reporter: the pennsbury drinking has more than 9,000 students. 30% qualify for free or reduced meals. are kids coming through this line with trays full of food and no money in their account? >> yep. >> reporter: a new study shows school meal programs are at risk with rising costs and supply chain issues. >> you want some peas, sweetie? >> reporter: how high is your student lunch debt? >> at the moment it's $65,000. >> reporter: why is it so high? >> i think families are having to decide whether they're going to pay their electric bill or pay for their students to eat meals. >> reporter: kimberly steffi is the director of financial services for the district. they're fortunate to have private donors pay their debt, allowing them to provide free breakfast and lunch to every student. if you're a district that doesn't have these great donations coming in, what happens? >> those districts will have to take resources from their general fund to pay for the debt. >> reporter: nationwide, student lunch debt tops $19 million. some districts are so desperate, they've resorted to lunch
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shaminfferg a cold sandwich instead of a hot meal if they carry a balance. school nutritionist lori atkins is urging congress to permanently pass free school meals for every student. >> there are definitely some kids that are going hungry because the families aren't applying for benefit, and we're really concerned. >> okay, pound it out. >> reporter: would you ever be able to turn a child away who was hungry? >> no, just like turning a family away. >> reporter: meg oliver, cbs news, yardley, pennsylvania. tonight, the hunt is on for an arsonist who
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truly absorb the natural goodness. new chapter. wellness, well done. prosecutors in santa fe, new mexico say they will announce tomorrow whether criminal chges will in the deadly shooting on the set of alec baldwin's movie "rust." halyna hutchins was killed and the film's director injured by a live bullet fired from baldwin's prop gun. baldwin in october settled a wrongful death lawsuit with hutchins' family. baldwin then sued crewmembers who handed him the loaded gun. tonight police in peoria, illinois are searching for an arsonist who torched a planned parenthood clinic days after the search -- after the state, rather, enacted new laws protecting abortion rights. police say the suspect driving the pickup seen right here tossed a fire accelerant through a window. no one was inside the building
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in tonight's health watch, a new study casts doubt on the weight loss benefits of intermittent fasting. researchers tracked the eating, sleeping, and physical activity of nearly 550 adults and found that intermittent fasting wasn't associated with weight loss over six years. scientists concluded that limiting large meals and cutting calories was more effective than skipping meals. all right. the historic ceremony in maryland today. that story is next.
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it was a historic day in annapolis as wes moore was sworn in as maryland's first black governor. moore was introduced by his friend and campaign supporter oprah winfrey who was an anchor at our baltimore station wjz in the 1970s. winfrey told moore i trust you, i trust your vision, i trust your leadership. moore, a 44-year-old democrat was sworn in using two bibles. one was his grandfather's, the other belonged to famed abolitionist frederick douglass. moore is only the third black person, all men, to be elected governor in the u.s. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings," and follow us
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online at any time at cbsnews.com. reporting here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. president biden will survey the damage on california's central coast. he is scheduled to meet with locals and federal responders to discuss what federal support is needed. at least 20 people were killed in those storms. house lawmakers must agree on raising the national debt ceiling or the u.s. could default on its debt for the first time. treasury secretary janet yellen warns that could set off a financial crisis. and new zealand's prime jacinda ardern is stepping down next month after recent polls put her party behind its conservative rivals. the country will elect a new leader on october 14th.
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for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight there are new details in the case of that missing mom, her husband accused of murdering her. well, he is being held without bail tonight, and investigators are now laying out a timeline of his alleged google searches. and wait until you hear about it. the day of his disappearance, at 4:55 a.m., police say brian walshe searched "how long before a body starts to smell." plus, tragedy in ukraine. more on that helicopter crash. president biden and the first lady sending their condolences tonight after 14 were killed, including the highest ranking ukraine official to die since
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the invasion began. but first, we want to touch on that weather threat that is facing tens of millions of americans across the country. in colorado, the biggest january snowstorm in more than three decades. it dropped a foot of snow in the denver area. interstate 70 was shut down in both directions after a multivehicle pileup. and in the south, there are reports of a tornado in southern arkansas. four states on alert tonight with tornado watches in effect. so for the very latest, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. storms like we saw in arkansas could push their way into mississippi and tennessee through the rest of the evening. watching for strong winds and potential tornadoes touchdowns as well. the area highlighted in red most likely to see the storms. but here is the good news. the storm looks to weaken as it pushes through georgia and the carolinas through the day tomorrow. however, severe weather could rear its ugly head across the ohio river valley here, including columbus, cleveland, detroit, and pittsburgh. that storm then pushes across
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the northeast through the rest of the day tomorrow. the snow is there, from the upper midwest over into the northeast where as much as 5 to 8 more inches is in the forecast here. then we watch for the next one that comes in toward the weekend and beyond as that low tracks along i-70 and eventually into the northeast. norah, still looking for first measurable snow of the season here in places like new york as well as philadelphia. could this be the one to do it? >> all right. sounds like snow is on the way. mike bettes, thank you. the other big story making headlines tonight is in new mexico, where there are new details in the case of a former republican candidate accused of being the mastermind behind the shootings at several dramatic lawmakers' homes. 39-year-old solomon pena made his first court appearance today, and he was ordered held without bond. cbs' scott macfarlane reports on what police found in the suspect's car. >> we're on the record for solomon pena.
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>> reporter: salomon, once a brash, outspoken self-proclaimed maga republican political candidate who claimed election fraud said nothing in court late today. >> you'll be held without bond until that hearing. >> reporter: when a judge ordered pena to remain jailed. pena faces 15 criminal charges for allegedly leading a conspiracy with four accomplices to spray bullets into the homes of at least four albuquerque area democrats. the arrest warrant affidavit says he intended to cause serious injury or cause death to occupants. pena had previously confronted two of the officials, aggressively urging them to overturn the election he'd lost for the new mexico state house in november. tonight cbs news has learned police are now investigating a possible fifth shooting incident at the private albuquerque law office of state senator moe maestas on january 5th. >> it was just surreal. i'm literally within minutes of reading the news article about my colleagues. there is a shooting outside my office. it was just surreal. >> reporter: pena was arrested by an albuquerque s.w.a.t. team monday, initially getting their break af accomplices in pena's car and
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found guns, cash and 800 fentanyl pills inside. police believe pena met one of his accomplices during a seven-year prison term he served for running a burglary ring. new mexico state senator lynda lopez was one of pena's alleged targets. bullets ripped through her 10-year-old daughter's bedroom, debris falling on the girl's head. >> what have i wrought on my family? i'm still wondering why me? why us? >> reporter: solomon pena lost his 2022 election in a landslide. but up until his arrest this week, his social media feed was littered with false election fraud claims. and one of those leaders pena allegedly targeted said election denialism is a threat to democracy and to the safety of public officials. norah? >> some details. all right. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. back here in washington, embattled freshman lawmaker george santos is facing new accusations that he stole money from a disabled veteran who was trying to get life-saving surgery for his dying service dog.
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well, that's just one of the latest revelations about the admitted liar. here is cbs' caitlin huey-burns. >> reporter: despite growing calls to resign, george santos has secured seats on two congressional committees and the backing of house republican leadership. >> we're fielding calls in the office already. >> reporter: but calls from cbs news to his district office in new york, which still has his predecessor's name on the building, were forwarded to a neighboring congressman. is he in a position where he can't show his face in his own district? >> no. he hasn't shown his face since the election, and i don't think we're ever going to see him. >> reporter: meanwhile, extraordinary stories about santos continue to surface. >> i knew i was being scammed. >> reporter: rich osthoff, the homeless veteran, says santos helped him raise $3,000 for his dying dog through his pet charity, but osthoff says he never got the money from santos with whom he exchanged these text messages, and his dog died six months later. >> diminished my faith in humanity. >> reporter: cbs news also spoke with santos' former roommate,
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who claims he stole his burberry scarf, which santos later wore to a stop the steal rally. >> i saw that video, and i just like yeah, not very happy. repoe thworld trade center on 9/11, yet a federal soce tols news her immigration documents she was in brazil at the time of the attack. in any other profession, can you imagine someone like george santos being allowed to keep his job? >> absolutely not. for a whole lot less dishonesty, they would be driven out of their positions. and nobody would feel bad about that. >> reporter: and today in brazil, a judge asked santos to respond to a criminal fraud case against him. this stems from a 2008 incident in which santos allegedly used a stolen checkbook to make hundreds of dollars of purchases while he was living in that country.
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norah? >> caitlin huey-burns, thank you so much. well, tonight microsoft is the latest major tech company to save money by slashing jobs. the software giant announced it is eliminating 10,000 jobs, or nearly 5% of its workforce. the company said the layoffs are a response to a slowdown in customer spending and in anticipation of a potential recession. amazon, twitter and facebook's parent company meta have all announced recent job cuts. there are flu developments in that tragic nepal plane crash. there were two u.s. citizens and two permanent legal residents among the 72 people killed in the crash over the weekend. investigators have recovered both the flight data and the cockpit voice recorders from the yeti airlines passenger plane in what is nepal's worst air disaster in 30 years. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm major garrett in washington. thank you so much for staying with us. every day millions of parents send their children to school without enough money to buy lunch. now during the pandemic, that was not a problem as the federal government was picking up the tab. that money ran out in september, and new schools from coast-to-coast are dealing with a mountain of unpaid lunch debt. meg oliver has the details. >> here you go. what are you getting, cutie?
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>> reporter: at makefield elementary, afifa serves up lunch. ♪ hot dogs and baloney, hanging which my homies ♪ >> these kids are family to me. >> reporter: the pennsbury drinking has more than 9,000 students. 30% qualify for free or reduced school meals. are kids coming through this lunch line with trays full of food and no money in their account? >> yep. >> reporter: a new study shows school meal programs are at risk with rising costs and supply chain issues. >> you want some peas, sweetie? >> reporter: how high is your student lunch debt? how high is your. >> at the moment it's $65,000. >> reporter: why is it so high? >> i think families are having to decide whether they're going to pay their electric bill or pay for their students to eat meals. >> reporter: kimberly steffi is the director of financial services for the district. they're fortunate to have private donors pay their debt,
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allowing them to continue providing free breakfast and lunch to every student, even if they can't afford it. i imagine you're one of the lucky districts. >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: so if you're a district that doesn't have these great donations coming in, what happens? >> those districts will have to take resources from their general fund to pay for the debt. >> reporter: nationwide, student lunch debt tops $19 million. some districts are so desperate, they've resorted to lunch shaming in the past, offering kids a cold sandwich instead of a hot meal, or banning them from school events if they carry a balance. lori atkins is president of the school nutrition association, who is urging congress to permanently pass free school meals for every student. >> there are definitely some kids that are going hungry because the families aren't applying for benefits, and then other families just aren't qualifying for the program because their wages may have gone up, and it bumps them out of the qualifications. we've got lower participation and higher costs, and we're really concerned about making
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sure that all hunger kids have access to food during the school day. >> reporter: what is your biggest fear? inease, and that our t reimbursement rates will be lower. >> reporter: the current federal program pays schools back for each student meal served based on income levels. as part of a bipartisan deal last summer, congress raised the meals by 40% for lunch, but the program is expected to expire in june. would you ever be able to turn away a child who was hungry? >> no, just like turning a family away. >> reporter: do you think congress realizes how many students go hungry every day? >> no, no, no. somebody needs to let them know. >> reporter: what is your message to them? >> every kid needs to get fed. >> reporter: according to the usda, more than nine million children in america are food insecure, and the past few years have only pushed that number higher. recent efforts for a more permanent solution appears stalled in congress, and the latest proposal doesn't go back to paying for all student meals. meg oliver, cbs news, new york.
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a new report from the tsa shows a record number of weapons were seized at the nation's airports last year. the vast majority were loaded. caitlin huey-burns has more. >> reporter: the alarming number from the tsa. more than 6500 firearms found in passengers' carry-on luggage last year, an increase of nearly 10% from the year before. and 88% of those guns were loaded. back in may, the tsa administrator warned about this trend. >> we still have a pretty night issue with weapons being introduced into the screening process. >> reporter: four of the top five airports are in the south, with atlanta, dallas-fort worth, houston intercontinental, nashville and phoenix toppin the list. keith jeffries spent 20 years at the tsa. he says new scanners are making identification more efficiet. >> there are folks that own firearms, and then there are responsible firearm owners. but unfortunately, we're seeing
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more and more where folks are saying i forgot it was in my bag. >> reporter: now, to try and get these numbers down, tsa has increased the penalty for just under $15,000. you would also lose your tsa precheck eligibility for up to five years if caught with a gun. not to mention possible criminal charges. >> caitlin huey-burns suffering from sinus congestion, especially at night? try vicks sinex for instant relief that lasts up to 12 hours. vicks sinex targets congestion at the source,
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for music composers and lyricists, there is no greater honoring that been inducted into the hall of fame. this year's inductees have been announced, and anthony mason has the story. ♪ one, two, three, four, come on baby say you love me ♪ ♪ five, six, seven times ♪ >> reporter: the first hispanic woman ever to be inducted, gloria estefan leads the class of 2023. ♪ the rhythm is going to get you, the rhythm is going the get you ♪ >> reporter: lead sing other telephone miami sound machine, founded with her husband em ememilio, she has written or cowritten many of their hits and her own, including three number one pop songs. ♪ and another seven number ones on the latin charts. ♪ music is almost mystical to
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me, the havana-born singer has said. one of the best-selling female artists of all time. gloria estefan joins the songwriters hall of fame. ♪ some day somebody is going to make you want to turn around and say goodbye ♪ >> reporter: for decades, glen ballard has been one of the most sought after songwriters in history, cowriting songs for wilson philips and dave matthews. ♪ the space between our wicked lies ♪ >> reporter: a six-time grammy winner, ballard cowrote and arranged "man in the mirror" for michael jackson. ♪ i'm starting with the man in the mirror ♪ >> reporter: and cowrote and produced alanis morissette's blockbuster album "jagged little pill ♪
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♪ and i'm here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away ♪ >> reporter: glen ballard has been elected to the songwriter's hall of fame. ♪ drop it like it's hot, drop it like it's hot ♪ >> reporter: calvin broadus jr., yes, snoop dogg, came out of the west coast hip-hop scene. ♪ >> reporter: his debut album "doggy style" produced by dr. dre went straight to number one. ♪ snoop's laid back dang center rap changed hip-hop. ♪ so we smoke weed ♪ and made him one of the genre's most commercially successful artists ♪ it's like i'm 17 again, peach fuzz on my face ♪ >> reporter: you don't get respect if you don't deserve it, snoop has said.
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snoop dogg respectfully enters the songwriter's hall of fame. ♪ if you could see that i'm the one who understands you ♪ liz rose is best known for her work with taylor swift. ♪ you belong with me, you belong with me ♪ >> reporter: they've written 16 songs together. ♪ running scared, i was there, i remember it all too well ♪ one of nashville's most admired lyricists, rose didn't start writing until she was 37. "i don't have a sound, per se," she said. "so i can write with anybody," like miranda lambert. ♪ all come out ♪ >> reporter: with lori mckenna and hillary linsey, she is also part of the songwriting trio "the love junkies" who wrote "girl crush" for little big
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town. ♪ i got a girl crush. >> reporter: liz rose joins the songwriters hall of fame. ♪ turned to stone when you were gone ♪ >> reporter: jeff lind created the orchestral rock sound of elo, the electric light orchestra. ♪ mr. blue skytel us why you had to hide away for so long, so long ♪ >> reporter: the band charted 20 top 40 hits in the '70s and '80s. then one day tom petty passed lind in his car. >> and he said pull over. and so i said. >> reporter: he just honked the horn in the street at you? >> jeff, do you fancy doing some work together, like writing some tunes together? and the next thing i knew, we'd written "free-falling" and "i won't back down." ♪ hey, baby, there ain't no easy way out ♪ >> reporter: lind was part of
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yet another songwriting team. ♪ everybody's got somebody to lean on ♪ >> reporter: the traveling wilbureries with dylan, petty, harrison and orbison. jeff lynn enters the songwriters hall of fame. kenny riley created the new jack swing sound using hip-hop and r&b with his group black street and guy. ♪ i like the way you work it, got to bag it up ♪ >> reporter: he also wrote smash hits for keith sweat. ♪ ♪ i want that baby ♪ >> reporter: for bobby brown. ♪ that's my prerogative ♪ >> reporter: and he cowrote and produced six tracks on michael jackson's "dangerous" album.
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♪ do you remember ♪ >> reporter: teddy riley has been voted into the songwriters hall of fame. the final inductee, sade. born in nigeria, educated in london. ♪ your love is king, crowning with my heart ♪ >> reporter: sade breck through in the mid-'80s. ♪ >> reporter: with a cool jazz inflected sound that urged listeners to move in space with minimum waist. ♪ and maximum joy ♪ >> reporter: she wrote or cowrote most of her band's big hits. ♪ "i only make records when i feel i have something to say," she said. sade is not a brand, but sade is now a member of the songwriters
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hall of fame. >> that was anthony mason reporting. the awards ceremony will take place june 15th (male) there are many voices in today's world. everyone is voicing their opinions about everything, and jesus is no exception to that. what if there was a clear voice telling you exactly who jesus is? (male announcer) join dr. david jeremiah as he teaches who jesus is and what that means for your life. tune in to dr. jeremiah's new series, "christ above all", on the next "turning point", right here on this station.
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for many of our nation's warrior, it takes more than strength and courage to heal the mental and physical scars of combat. janet shamlian has the story of one nonprofit that seeks to provide something different -- inspiration. >> reporter: this is a slice of happiness chris kind couldn't imagine in the past. the army veteran says he was angry and depressed in the years after a mortar blast in iraq left him with a brain injury. later, ptsd. >> these are skin grafts right here. >> reporter: and burns on 60% of his body. >> it was hard adjusting to that new norm. >> reporter: the father of five says he needed connection, but couldn't find it until he started gardening. so you found joy in this. >> yes.
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>> reporter: and some relief? >> oh, a lot of relief. >> reporter: but his burns prevented him from being outside in the midday sun. that's when hope for the warriors gifted him this $10,000 greenhouse. what was that like hearing? >> i was like wow! >> reporter: the nonprofit has granted more than 250 wishes, everything from woodworking equipment to family vacations. what is it like for you to see these wishes granted? >> to be able to grant a wish, that's really cool. and to know that it's life-changing. >> reporter: kind now living up to his name. >> the biggest thing about growing this stuff and making me feel good, it's just giving it away to other people, man. >> reporter: you're giving. what are you getting? >> i'm getting joy. >> reporter: joy and growth. janet shamlian, cbs news, lawrenceville, texas. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. please check back later for "cbs mornings," and follow us online at cbsnews.com. that's where you'll find my podcast "the takeout." this week i'm speaking with
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house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. president joe biden will survey the damage on california's central coast. he is scheduled to meet with locals and first responders to discuss what additional federal support is needed. at least 20 people were killed in those storms. house lawmakers must agree on raising the national debt ceiling or the u.s. could default on its debt for the first time. treasury secretary janet yellen warns that could set off a financial crisis. and new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, is stepping down next month after recent polls put her party behind its conservative rivals. the country will elect a new leader on october 14th. for more, download the cbs news
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app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. ♪ the major storm hitting tonight bringing heavy snow from colorado to wisconsin, as a number of states in the south brace for tornadoes. record-breaking snow shuts down a major highway in colorado as a massive cross-country storm puts tens of millions of americans in the path of dangerous weather. where the system is headed. missing mom murdered with her husband under arrest. what police say is in his shocking search history, allegedly looking into how to dismember a body on his son's ipad. tragedy in ukraine. a helicopter crashes near a kindergarten, killing at least 14, including a child and the ukrainian minister in charge of security. the growing school lunch crisis. districts across the country are
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running up thousands of dollars in debt to feed hungry students. >> here you go. what are you getting, cutie? and history tonight made in maryland. tonight oprah winfrey's message to the state's first black governor. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight there are new details in the case of that missing mom, her husband accused of murdering her. well, he is being held without bail tonight, and investigators are now laying out a timeline of his alleged google searches. and wait until you hear about it. the day of his disappearance, at 4:55 a.m., police say brian walshe searched "how long before a body starts to smell." plus, that tragedy in ukraine. more on that helicopter crash. president biden and the first lady sending their condolences tonight after 14 were killed,
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including the highest ranking ukrainian official to die since the invasion began. but first, we want to touch on that weather threat that is facing tens of millions of americans across the country. in colorado, the biggest january snowstorm in more than three decades. it dropped a foot of snow in the denver area. interstate 70 was shut down in both directions after a multivehicle pileup. and in the south, there are reports of a tornado in southern arkansas. four states on alert tonight with tornado watches in effect. so for the very latest, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, storms could push their way into mississippi and tennessee. watching for strong winds and potential tornadoes touchdowns as well. the area highlighted in red most likely to see the storms. here is the good news. the storm line looks to weaken as it pushes through georgia and the carolinas early tomorrow and through the day on thursday. however, severe weather could rear its ugly head across the ohio river valley here,
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colliding places like columbus, cleveland, drink it, and pittsburgh. that storm then pushes across the northeast through the rest of the day tomorrow. the snow is there, from the upper midwest over into the northeast where as much as 5 to 8 more inches is in the forecast here. then we watch for the next one that comes in toward the weekend and beyond as that low tracks along i-70 and eventually into the northeast. norah, still looking for first measurable snow of the season here in places like new york as well as philadelphia. could this be the one to do it? >> all right. sounds like snow is on the way. mike bettes, thank you. now to that horrific murder of a 39-year-old mother of three. prosecutors today started laying out the evidence against her husband, brian walshe, beginning with his internet history. one alleged search, "can you face murder charges without a body?" well, walshe is now facing murder charges, and cbs' nancy chen is outside boston with the gim new details. >> reporter: brian walshe stood in court today, expressionless and mostly silent as prosecutors alleged in gruesome detail how they believe he killed his wife
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ana after searching "divorces" online in the days before she disappeared. >> believed that brian walshe dismembered anna walshe and discarded her body. >> reporter: anna walshe, a 39-year-old mother of three took a car to the airport around 6:00 a.m. new year's day. but prosecutors they have is no record of that ride. instead, they say bloody knives were found in the couple's basement, and that just hours after ana walshe was last seen, brian walshe made a series of chilling google searches on his son's ipad, including "ten ways to dispose of a dead body if you ever needed to," "how long for someone to be missing to inherit." "can you throw away body parts?" and "can you be charged with murder without a body?" prosecutors say walshe also bought $450 of cleaning supplies and that surveillance cameras show him lugging heavy bags to
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at least four dumpsters. investigators say some of those bags have already been incinerated. they have not found a body. prosecutors say they did find bags containing towels, a hacksaw, anna walshe's vaccine card, and the purse and boots she was last seen wearing, as well as dna from ana and brian walshe. pamela bardhi, a friend of ana walshe called the evidence hard to hear. >> i knew from day one that something horrible had happened and i didn't want to believe it. the truth starting to unravel, and that's painful. >> reporter: brian walshe, who is being held without bail pleaded not guilty with his next court appearance scheduled for early february. his attorney tells cbs news the evidence against him is not strong, and they intend to win in court. norah? >> nancy chen, thank you so much. the other big story making headlines tonight is in new mexico where there are new details in the case of a former republican candidate accused of being the mastermind behind the shootings at several democratic lawmakers' homes.
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39-year-old solomon pena made his first court appearance today and he was ordered held without bond. cbs' scott macfarlane reports on what police found in the suspect's car. >> well, we're on the record on solomon pena. >> reporter: solomon pena, once a brash, outspoken self-proclaimed maga republican political candidate who claimed election fraud said nothing in court late today. >> you'll be held without bond until that hearing. >> reporter: when a judge ordered pena to remain jailed. pena faces 15 criminal charges for allegedly leading a conspiracy with four accomplices to spray bullets into the homes of at least four albuquerque area democrats. the arrest warrant affidavit says he intended to cause serious injury or cause death to occupants. pena had previously confronted two of the official, aggressively urging them to overturn the election he'd lost for the new mexico state house in november. tonight cbs news has learned police are now investigating a possible fifth shooting incident at the private albuquerque law office of state senator moe
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maestas on january 5th. >> it was just surreal. i'm literally within minutes of reading the news article about my colleagues. there is a shooting outside my office. it was just surreal. >> reporter: pena was arrested by an albuquerque s.w.a.t. team monday, initially getting their break after police pulled over one of pena's alleged accomplices in pena's car and found guns, cash and 800 fentanyl pills inside. police believe pena met one of his accomplices during a seven-year prison term he served for running a burglary ring. new mexico state senator lynda lopez was one of pena's alleged targets. bullets ripped through her 10-year-old daughter's bedroom, debris falling on the girl's head. >> what have i brought on my family? i still am wondering why me? why us? >> reporter: solomon pena lost his 2022 election in a landslide. but up until his arrest this week, his social media feed was littered with false election fraud claims. and one of those leaders pena allegedly targeted said election denialism is a threat to
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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> let's turn now to war in ukraine. officials near the capital city of kyiv are investigating the cause of a helicopter crash that killed 14 people, including ukraine's interior minister and at least one child. president biden offered his condolences today to the grieving nation. cbs' debora patta has new details from inside ukraine. >> reporter: in a country already reeling from trauma, anguish once again filled the air in ukraine today. within seconds of the helicopter crashing, flames enveloped the site as panicked residents fled, not knowing if they were under attack.
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this kindergarten just outside kyiv had prepared its kids for the possibility of a russian missile strike, not a helicopter dropping out of the sky. "fuel started pouring into the classroom," said mykola antonov. "my clothes burst into flame, but i managed to put it out and go and find my son." little vanessa had to be dragged to safety through a window. the impact flung debris across the neighborhood, embedding the helicopter's rotor blades in a nearby apartment block. filmed this morning flying in heavy fog, the aircraft was carrying the minister of internal affairs denys monastyrskyi and his leadership team to the front line. everyone on board was killed. the minister is the most senior ukrainian official to die since the invasion began. at the davos economic forum in switzerland, olena zelenska was
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seen holding back tears when she learned of the crash. her husband, president zelenskyy, later addressed the conference via video link. >> ten hours ago, a tragedy happened near kyiv. >> reporter: and later, a minute of silence. we don't know what caused the crash yet. the security service has now been brought in and is investigating everything, from possible mechanical failure to sabotage. norah? >> debora patta, thank you very much. well, there are new developments in that tragic nepal plane crash. the u.s. state department revealed today there were two u.s. citizens and two legal permanent residents among the 72 people killed in the crash over the weekend. investigators have recovered both the flight data and the cockpit voice recorders from the yeti airlines passenger plane in what is nepal's worst air disaster in 30 years. tonight, new details in that idaho college murder case. a just unsealed search warrant
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is giving us insight into what investigators took from suspect bryan kohberger's apartment. a computer, receipts and some reddish stained items. here is cbs' lilia luciano. >> reporter: the records show that investigators seized a black nitrite glove, the dust container from bryan kohberger's vacuum cleaner, about a dozen possible human hair strands, an item with a dark red spot, and a stained mattress cover. plus a pillow showing a reddish-brown stain. the documents do not say what testing on those items revealed. >> what investigators would be looking for is anything that directly ties the offender to the crime scene, any item of physical evidence that might have some type of dna on it. >> reporter: in the search warrant, officers say based on the locations of the suspect vehicle and the suspect's phone immediately following the murders, it is probable that kohberger went home after the killings.
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and it is likely that he still had blood or other trace evidence on his person, including skin cells or hair from the victims or from kaylee goncalves's dog. kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of students kaylee goncalves, madison mogen, xana kernodle, and ethan chapin on november 13th. police have yet to identify a possible motive. these documents are being revealed as kohberger's defense team prepared for his next day in court, which won't be until june 26th. tonight and for the foreseeable future, bryan kohberger remains in a moscow, idaho jail. norah? >> lilia luciano has been covering that case for us. thank you. back here in washington, embattled freshman lawmaker george santos is facing new accusations that he stole money from a disabled veteran who was trying to get life-saving surgery for his dying service dog. well, that's just one of the latest revelations about the admitted liar.
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here is cbs' caitlin huey-burns. >> reporter: despite growing calls to resign, george santos has secured seats on two congressional committees and the backing of house republican leadership. >> we're fielding calls in the office already. >> reporter: but calls from cbs news to his district office in new york, which still has his predecessor's name on the building were forwarded to a neighboring congressman. is he in a position where he can't show his face in his own district? >> he hasn't shown his face since the election, and i don't think we're ever going to see him. >> reporter: meanwhile, extraordinary stories about santos continue to surface. >> i knew i was being scammed. >> reporter: rich osthoff, the homeless veteran, says santos helped him raise $3,000 for his dying dog through his pet charity, but osthoff says he never got the money from santos with whom he exchanged these text messages, and his dog died six months later. >> diminished my faith in humanity. >> reporter: cbs news also spoke with santos' former roommate, who claims he stole his burberry
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scarf, which santos later wore to a stop the steal rally. >> i saw that video, and i just like yeah, not very happy. >> reporter: and there is this falsehood on his campaign website. santos claimed his mother was in the world trade center on 9/11, yet a federal source told cbs news her immigration documents she was in brazil at the time of the attack. in any other profession, can you imagine someone like george santos being allowed to keep his job? >> absolutely not. for a whole lot less dishonesty, they would be driven out of their positions. and nobody would feel bad about that. >> reporter: and today in brazil, a judge asked santos to respond to a criminal fraud case against him. this stems from a 2008 incident in which santos allegedly used a stolen checkbook to make hundreds of dollars of purchases while he was living in that country. norah? >> caitlin huey-burns, thank you
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in tonight's health watch, a new study casts doubt on the weight loss benefits of intermittent fasting. researchers tracked the eating, sleeping, and physical activity of nearly 550 adults and found that intermittent fasting wasn't associated with weight loss over six years. scientists concluded that limiting large meals and cutting calories was more effective than skipping meals. all right. the historic ceremony in maryland today. that story is next.
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it was a historic day in annapolis as wes moore was sworn in as maryland's first black governor. moore was introduced by his friend and campaign supporter oprah winfrey who was an anchor at our cbs baltimore station wjz in the 1970s. winfrey told moore i trust you, i trust your vision, i trust your leadership. moore, a 44-year-old democrat was sworn in using two bibles. one was his grandfather's, the other belonged to famed abolitionist frederick douglass. moore is only the third black person, all men, to be elected as a governor in the u.s. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings," and follow us online at any time at cbsnews.com. reporting here in the nation's
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capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. president joe biden will survey the damage on california's central coast. he is scheduled to meet with locals and first responders to discuss what additional federal support is needed. at least 20 people were killed in those storms. house lawmakers must agree on raising the national debt ceiling or the u.s. could default on its debt for the first time. treasury secretary janet yellen warns that could set off a financial crisis. and new zealand's prime minister, jacinda ardern, is stepping down next month after recent polls put her party behind its conservative rivals. the country will elect a new leader on october 14th. for more, download the cbs news
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app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's it's thursday, january 19th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." record-breaking snow, dangerous conditions lead to a massive pileup on a colorado highway. it's not over yet. where the winter storm is headed now. murder investigation. detectives gather clues about the man suspected of killing four collge students in idaho. the possible evidence seized from his apartment. today i'm announcing that i will not be seeking re-election. >> surprise resignation. why the prime minister of new zealand says it's time to step down. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a massive winter
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