we're ordering you to leave. this is a matter of life and death. >> reporter: nate velez fled his home with his son. >> my boy, he's only 9, he's freaking out. so we hightailed it and loaded up and left. >> what did it sound like out there? >> uh, like the apocalypse. >> reporter: there have been no deaths or injuries. the company that owns these railcars says that planned explosion tonight was successful and those hazardous materials are now burning off. and to give you some perspective, that plume of smoke was seen on radar. norah. >> erica mokay, thank you so much. well, tonight a woman from maryland and a convicted neo-nazi from florida are charged in an alleged plot to attack baltimore's power grid. the fbi calls sarah clen daniel and brandon russell racially or ethnically motivated extremists. investigators say russell hatched the plot to shoot

multiple energy substations while communicating last year with an fbi informant, calling it, quote, the greatest thing somebody can do. now he's under arrest. well, tragedy was nearly averted at an airport in texas this weekend. the faa and ntsb are investigating a near collision of two planes at the austin berg strom international airport on saturday. cbs's kris van cleave has more. 1-8 left clear to land. >> reporter: a fedex 767 was just minutes from touching down at austin's airport saturday morning in foggy weather when air traffic controllers gave southwest flight 708 permission to take off from the same runway. >> run way 1-8 left clear for takeoff. >> reporter: preliminary data shows the fedex jet passing directly over the southwest 737 and the 128 people on board. >> southwest, abort. fedex is on the go. >> reporter: no one was hurt,

but it appears the planes were separated by only about 70 feet before the fedex pilots pulled up. >> the tail on this boeing 747 is about 41 feet above the ground. so this was potentially a very close event. >> reporter: former ntsb chairman robert sumwalt. >> it was the fedex crew that first identified the problem and then executed the go-around. >> how did the controllers not see that? >> that's going to be one of the main questions that the ntsb is going to want to find out. >> reporter: just last month, another near disaster was averted when an american airlines 777 taxied in front of a departing delta flight at new york's kennedy airport much the delta pilots slammed on the brakes to avoid a collision. faa data shows at least 14 runway incursions involving airliners over the last ten years where a serious collision was narrowly avoided. kris van cleave, cbs news, phoenix. we turn now to the economy and your money.

in january, social security recipients received their largest annual increase in four decades as the government tries to compensate for the sharp rise in inflation. but with almost everything costing more from gas to groceries, that increase doesn't go as far as you might think. here's cbs's carter evans with tonight's "money watch." >> reporter: the only way 81-year-old judy allen can afford her groceries is with government assistance. >> i get s.n.a.p. or food stamps they used to call them. >> reporter: she struggles to make ends meet on a monthly social security security benefit of about $1,000. that includes this year's cost of living increase of 8.7%, $80 more for allen wiped out by inflation. >> it's really not enough for anybody. our rent went up. food goes up. so really we're not getting a raise. >> reporter: nearly half the people in thi c do not have access to a retirement plan at work. neither did allen, so she s med

her money would go further. >> moving to montana was basically my dream retirement. i figured the golden years were going to be wonderful. >> it's an individual story, but it's an increasingly universal experience. >> reporter: ramsey alwyn, president of the national council on aging, says potential legislation to reduce social security and medicare benefits could hurt millions. >> so social security is also they have. for 1 in 4, it is more than 90% of their income in retirement. >> so what are you telling people who are about to retire in the next couple of years and they're just now realizing that social security isn't going to cut it? >> if you want and need and can work longer, think about it. consider delaying social security. >> reporter: without a section 8 government housing voucher, it would take almost all of allen's social security check just to cover rent. >> sometimes you feel, gosh, am i going to have to go out and get a job again? well, i'm 81 years old.

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turning now to the war in ukraine, officials there say russia is assembling more troops offensive tied to the war's one-year anniversary. russia has been relying on mercenary soldiers from the notorious wagner group. cbs's debora patta spoke to one member in an exclusive interview. >> reporter: a hired gun no longer calling the shots. we met wagner mercenary vlad being held by ukrainian military intelligence. the murky kremlin-backed paramilitary group has been leading the charge in the bloody battle for bakhmut. bolstered by convicts recruited from russian penal colonies. vlad said he'd already served over half of a three-year jail term when he accepted a devil's deal, fighting in ukraine for freedom and cash. >> translator: wagner is like a meat grinder. they don't care if you return

home. >> reporter: he was pitted against ukrainian tanks with little more than a rifle. >> translator: our brothers were getting killed in huge numbers. there were mountains of bodies. >> reporter: wagner boss yevgeny progozhin was filmed surveying some of those bodies piled high at a makeshift morgue near the front line. their final destination, a special cemetery in russia filled with freshly dug graves. and if prigozhin's new recruits refused to fight -- >> translator: you're just killed. that's it. if you don't agree with an order, you're simply killed. >> and did you see this happen? >> translator: yes. one of the fighters was too scared to fight. they made him dig his own grave and shot him. >> reporter: he claims he saw three other comrades executed with a bullet to the head but insists he played no part. >> translator: there are specially trained people to do that, a security group that can do anything to you. >> reporter: if he could turn back time, he says he'd choose the brutality of a russian

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it was ♪ >> reporter: but the night's biggest winners were music fans. performances by smokey robinson. stevie wonder with chris stapleton. ♪ >> reporter: and the night's scene stealer. ♪ an epic tribute to 50 years of hip-hop by decades of its legends. ♪ a high-powered celebration of our universal language -- music. janet shamlian, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us

online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from new york city tonight, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the faa is proposing a more than $1 million fine on united airlines over pre-flight safety checks. the federal authority alleges the airline did not complete required fire system checks on its boeing 777s. united argues the safety of their flights was never in question. the city of new york is lifting its covid vaccine mandate for public workers this week, but the mayor says the roughly 2,000 employees fired for refusing to get the shot must reapply for their jobs. and as concerns grow over china's ability to gather information on the u.s., texas governor greg abbott says state agencies must ban tiktok on

government devices by next week. 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." there are new developments tonight in the chinese balloon story. the pentagon revealing today that the u.s. navy has collected a majority of that chinese aircraft shot down over the weekend off the south carolina coast. and the senior u.s. general responsible for bringing down that balloon making a stunning admission. there were four more spy balloons, one under president joe biden and three during the trump administration. we're going to have more on that in just a moment. the other big headline, officials in ohio and pennsylvania are closely monitoring that toxic situation after a train derailment. communities are under evacuation

orders, and some people refusing to leave their home. but first, nearly 4,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit turkey and syria. the death toll is climbing after the collapse of thousands of buildings. rescue crews are still searching for surviveoe have been rescued, and the united states joining more than 20 other countries to pledge aid in support of turkey. cbs's chris livesay is going to start us off tonight from istanbul. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. as many as 20,000 people may have been killed according to the world health organization. now, that initial powerful quake struck just after 4:00 a.m. as most people were sleeping, followed by an unusually strong second earthquake and dozens of aftershocks. buildings collapse faster than people can flee, killing thousands and trapping countless more.

this little girl is one of the lucky ones to escape. others still trapped beneath their crumbling homes post videos to social media, begging for help. dahter and 18-month-old other sr grandson. the bitter cold and snow are making rescue efforts even more grueling. tens of thousands of wounded crowd into hospitals. children shake from both the freezing temperatures and the trauma as the death toll balloons. around the epicenter, little has been spared. gaziantep's historic castle, which stood for more than two millenia, now in ruins. the president of turkey is calling it his country's worst disaster in more than 80 years. on the border with syria, it's a region that's riddled with fault lines and civil war. after more than a decade of dodging bombs and gunfire, the

white helmet volunteers must once again pull small survivors from the rubble. >> we need the international community to do something, to help us, to support us. now it's a disaster area, we need help from everyone to save our people. >> reporter: this newborn could the father grieves in agony. like so many here, he survived a war only to witness new horrors impossible to fathom. tonight, tens of thousands of people are now homeless, trapped in this freezing cold and snow. norah, the united states has announced that in order to help that international aid effort, it's sending two 79-person search and rescue crews. >> the world trying to help. chris livesay, thank you so much. and we're learning that new information about the chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of south carolina

over the weekend. today a top air force general said the navy will check to see if there were any explosives or hazardous materials on board. cbs's weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president biden is defending his handling of the chinese spy balloon. >> i told the defense department i wanted to shoot it down as soon as it was appropriate. >> reporter: on saturday, a fighter jet shot it into the atlantic ocean after the balloon first entered the u.s. airspace on january 28th. over the next seven days, it flew over or near four military sites in wyoming, montana, nebraska, and missouri and was eventually shot down along the south carolina coast. this cell phone video shows u.s. navy personnel on sunday with what appears to be a white deflated balloon laying across two different boats. republicans are furious that the balloon was even able to cross into u.s. airspace. >> he allowed a full week for the chinese to conduct spying

operations over the united states, over sensitive military installations. >> reporter: the pentagon assesses that the balloon was up to 200 feet tall with a debris field the size of 15 by 15 football fields. china claims it was a weather balloon that veered off course, calling the u.s. responsible unacceptable and an overreaction. >> does the balloon weaken u.s./chinese relations? >> no. we've made it clear to china what we're going to do. they understand our position. >> reporter: the white house says similar chinese spy balloons entered u.s. airspace at least three times during the trump years, though this information was discovered after the prior administration left. biden officials would not say how or when they found out about those balloons. while china also uses satellites, balloons are easier to maneuver, can stay longer over one area, and are cheaper. today a top aerospace defense

commander acknowledged that the pentagon has missed chinese balloon threats in the past, blaming it on, quote, an awareness gap that he says the u.s. has to figure out. president biden says this balloon episode will not change his state of the union address tomorrow night. norah. >> just stunning to hear the pentagon admit that. weijia jiang, thank you. well, tonight mandatory evacuation orders have been extended in ohio and pennsylvania with residents being told to leave their homes immediately after a train carrying hazardous material derailed near the state border. this afternoon, authorities conducted a controlled release of some of those toxic chemicals to reduce the threat of a catastrophic explosion. reporter erica mokay from our pittsburgh station kdka is there. >> reporter: tonight the scene is still active and dangerous as flames continue to burn this tangled train wreck for a fourth straight day. the company that owns the train blasted small holes in five of the cars to drain them of vinyl

chloride, a highly toxic and flammable chemical known to cause cancer. >> based on the amount of material in there, it could burn anywhere from one hour to three hours. >> reporter: officials say they chose a controlled explosion rather than risk a catastrophic one that could have hurled deadly shrapnel up to a mile away. the train ha been on its way from madison, illinois, to conway, pennsylvania, friday, when authorities say an axle on a railcar apparently failed about 50 miles northwest of pittsburgh, sending several cars careening offer the tracks. about 2,000 residents within a one-mile radius were ordered to evacuate. last night, the roughly 500 people who stayed were threatened with arrest by the county sheriff's office. there have been no deaths or injuries. the company that owns these railcars says that planned explosion tonight was successful and those hazardous materials are now burning off.

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm caitlin huey-burns in washington. thanks for staying with us. the european union is preparing for ukrainian president zelenskyy to visit eu headquarters in brussels thursday. the trip has not been officially confirmed, and details are still being kept under wraps for security reasons. inside ukraine, there are reports that the country's defense minister has been removed amid a wide-ranging corruption investigation. and on the battlefield, russian mercenaries from the wagner group continue their assault on the eastern city of bakhmut.

debora patta spoke with two wagner gunmen captured by ukrainian forces. >> reporter: for months, bakhmut has been one of the most dangerous front lines of this war. at the vanguard, the kremlin-backed paramilitary wagner group bolstered by recruits from russian penal colonies. we met two of these guns for hire seized in the east, now held by ukrainian military intelligence. sergei says he was almost halfway into a 19-year sentence for murder when wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin made his prison pitch last year. >> translator: i needed to leave the prison one way or another. ten years is a long time. >> reporter: so he made a deal with the devil. front-line fighting in exchange for freedom and cash. he was told he'd be fighting foreigners there. >> translator: america mercenaries, polish mercenaries,

french. we were told they were nazis. >> reporter: vlad said he'd already served two of his three years for assault, but the promise of early release, a wiped record, and a salary of $3,500 proved too tempting. after just two weeks of training, he says he was sent against ukrainian tanks with nothing more than a machine gun. >> translator: our brothers were getting killed in huge numbers. there were mountains of bodies. >> reporter: progozhin was recently filmed surveying some of those bodies piled high in a makeshift morgue near the front lines. the fighters' final destination, a special wagner cemetery in russia filled with freshly dug graves. and if his new recruits refused to fight -- >> >> translator: you're just killed. that's it. you if you don't agree with an order, you're simply killed. >> and did you see this happen? >> translator: yes. one of the fighters was too scared to fight.

they made him dig his own grave and shot him. >> reporter: he claims he saw three comrades executed with a bullet to the head but says he had no part in it. >> translator: there are specially trained people to do that, a security group that can do anything to you. >> reporter: both men now believe they were conned into going to the front line. >> translator: everything we were told was utter lies. it was not ukrainians who wanted to kill us. we came to ukraine to kill them. >> reporter: they insist they didn't commit any war crimes, and both say if they could turn back time, they'd choose the brutality of a russian prison cell over the carnage of a ukrainian battlefield. >> that was debora patta in ukraine. closer to home, the computer meltdown over the holidays that left tens of thousands of air travelers stranded has touched off a congressional investigation. one group of senators wants to ensure it doesn't happen again by creating a passenger's bill

of rights. kris van cleave reports from phoenix sky harbor airport. >> reporter: southwest executives will face some tough questions from members of congress later this week, but already some are calling for expanded consumer protections for u.s. flyers similar to what travelers in europe already have. with their daughter emily in a denver, colorado, hospital over the holidays, christine and her husband booked a southwest airlines flight for december 26th to be with emily on her birthday. at the airport, they learned their flight was canceled and it would be days before southwest could find them another flight. >> we were devastated. we were planning this trip for quite a while and the most frustrating part was that it was blue skies. all the other airlines were flying and there were seats available, and we just could not get there. >> reporter: they were among the hundreds of thousands stranded during southwest's melt down, rutting in nearly 17,000 canceled flights, costing the company about $800 million. now, several u.s. senators say airlines need to do more to protect consumers. >> the goal is to level the playing field for our consumers.

they're being ripped off. >> reporter: senators ed markey and richard blumenthal introduced an airline passenger's bill of rights aim add requiring airlines to fairly compensate flyers during airline-caused delays and cancellations. the senators also want to limit fees for bags, seating, as well as for changes or cancellations. this as the department of transportation is planning new regulations to prohibit charging for families to sit next to children. >> if passengers could receive $1,350 whenever their flight is delayed by four hours, i am guaranteeing you there would be a lot fewer delays. >> reporter: airlines for america, the trade group representing most of the nation's carriers, says it is in the interest of all u.s. airlines to provide a positive flight experience for all passengers. the proposed policies in this bill would drastically decrease competition, leading to a subsequent increase in airfare prices. >> if you try to run your airline like you did in 2019, you're going to fail. >> reporter: weleslation was an.

he says united is already changing how it operates, leaving more crews and planes in reserve while investing in technology upgrades in an effort to prevent a disruption from becoming a crisis. >> we flew a lot less in 2022 than we would have liked to because we had to give ourselves breathing room to invest, to build up staffing buffers, to get everyone through training, and just to be prepared for growing for the future. >> right now you're doing less with more so that you can do the less better. >> yeah, putting customers first. that means you have to do less and you need more resources to do the same thing because that gives you the resilience. >> reporter: kirby believes that will be a model for the rest of the airline industry. the pastors tell us they're still waiting to hear from southwest if they'll be reimbursed for more than $800 in expenses from that trip they never were able to take. southwest says they're still processing some of those requests. the airline has apologized to customers and says it is

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video game. carter knighton has a look at the genre which has come a long way since ms. pac man. >> this theme from nintendo supermario brothers may be one of the most recognizable song from the 1980s. ♪ barely a minute long, it has been played on loop in living rooms for countless hours. but in the decades since its release, video game music has significantly leveled up. ♪ last month, the utah symphony devoted an entire evening to game music. this sold-out show in salt lake city, an enthusiastic crowd dressed to the nines packed the concert hall just to hear the audio from their favorite video games. ♪ you're listening to it when you play the game obviously. do you find yourself listening to it when you're not playing

the game? >> oh, yeah. it's a huge part of my music taste. ♪ >> reporter: today's games feature complex orchestral scores. >> most people don't understand that we do write real music. a lot of people just think it's the blips and bloops from the old days. >> reporter: jeanine cowan is the chair of the university of southern california's department of screen scoring, which trains budding composers to write for any sort of screen. >> good composers are good storytellers, and we want to work on these properties that are telling great stories. >> reporter: early games like pong and pac man did not tell much of a story, the advent of cd-rom technology allowed game designers to create much more complex worlds with more complex music to match. ♪ >> with digital audio, then we had a lot more space in order to put on actual tracks of recorded

audio. >> a real violin. >> a real violin, a real orchestra. ♪ >> reporter: best-selling series like animal crossing and call of duty feature hours of original music. >> the most interesting projects i've ever been asked to score have been games, and i've scored film and television. >> reporter: professor gary shiemen got his start composing for shows like magnum p.i., in which he'd credit music to match the exact action on the screen. ♪ but when composing for a game like bioshock, he has to create an entire suite of songs that can loop and layer dynamically, all depending on what the player decides to do. >> what one player takes five minutes to get from point a to point b, another player may take 60 seconds. but if we're scoring it, how do we score that so that each player has a scored experience that feels natural? ♪ >> reporter: game music has its own set of challenges, and this

year for the first time ever, its own grammy category. ♪ >> does this feel like a significant moment for video game composers? >> oh t absolutely is a significant moment. for one thing, we finally get the recognition that we deserve because there's a lot of great music being written for games as any gamer will tell you. ♪ >> reporter: back in 2011, tin made history as the first composer to win a grammy for a piece of music originally written for a video game. his song bon yet tu won the category recognizing arrangements after he released it on his own album. but game users had heard it earlier in civilization 4. ♪ >> do you think that exposed you to a new audience? >> it absolutely did, yeah. i mean my audience was much smaller prior to me being involved in games. but suddenly being able to write a theme song for such a high-profile franchise like civilization really put my music in front of a lot of people. >> reporter: wrd, estimated 3 billion people play

some form of video game, and even after they beat a game, they may keep playing the music. for the composers who create that music, the recording academy starts keeping score. ♪ >> what's nice is that now every year moving forward, a video game composer will get a grammy statue, and that's a nice thing to see. >> conner knighton reporting. you're watching "cbs overnight news."

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get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. a firefighter in texas is back on the job after facing a battle of his life. omar villafranca reports on the family he inspired along the way. >> reporter: joe solecki of the irving, texas, fire department is back on the job after a four-alarm fight with covid-19. he ended up in the emergency room in august of 2021. >> a pulmonologist comes in and says, joe, you either elect to go on a ventilator, or you pass out and i'll put you on a ventilator. >> reporter: the virus left the towering 6'5", 280-pound strongman with pneumonia in both longs. he endured a weeks-long medically induced coma and lost more than 100 pounds. >> you went from a mountain of a man to a hill. >> yeah, i was basically skin,

bones, and organs. >> reporter: but what joe didn't lose was his fighting spirit. he spent months in physical therapy, regaining strength and learning to walk again. >> this is just the opportunity to set an even better example for my kids, to be like, look, you know, if you set your mind to anything, you can achieve it. >> reporter: it took more than 500 grueling days, but the 36-year-old is finally back on the fire truck. >> what was one thing when you got back on that you were like, yeah, i missed this part? >> all of it. >> all of it? >> every last bit of it. >> reporter: he's not at full strength, but his crew says joe's back serving his community 100%. omar villafranca, cbs news, irving, texas. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us anytime online at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm caitlin huey-burns.

this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the faa is proposing a more than $1 million fine on united airlines over pre-flight safety checks. the federal authority alleges the airline did not complete required fire system checks on its boeing 777s. united argues the safety of their flights was never in question. the city of new york is lifting its covid vaccine mandate for public workers this week, but the mayor says the roughly 2,000 employees fired for refusing to get the shot must reapply for their jobs. and as concerns grow over china's ability to gather information on the u.s., texas governor greg abbott says state agencies must ban tiktok on government devices by next week.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the desperate search for survivors after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit turkey and syria in nearly 100 years, killing thousands and changing the lives of millions forever. the devastating destruction with thousands of buildings as children are pulled from the rubble. the navy divers searching the coast of south carolina for debris from that chinese spy balloon. the news today about three other balloons that went undetected during the trump administration. toxic train wreck. the dangerous material released after a train crash in ohio near pennsylvania. tonight the governor worried about the hundreds of families with children that haven't

evacuated. neo-nazi arrested. the fbi accuses two people of trying to, quote, completely destroy baltimore by attacking the city's power grid. close call on the tarmac. the new investigation tonight after two planes nearly collide in austin. important news tonight for social security recipients. the largest annual increase in four decades. but is it enough to help with the soaring cost of groceries? and music's biggest night. and beyoncé's historic grammy win. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." there are new developments tonight in the chinese balloon story. the pentagon revealing today that the u.s. navy has collected a majority of that chinese aircraft shot down over the weekend off the south carolina coast.

and the senior u.s. general responsible for bringing down that balloon making a stunning admission. there were four more spy balloons, one under president joe biden and three during the trump administration. we're going to have more on that in just a moment. the other big headline, officials in ohio and pennsylvania are closely monitoring that toxic situation after a train derailment. communities are under evacuation orders, and some people refusing to leave their home. >> but first, nearly 4,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit turkey and syria. the death toll is climbing after the collapse of thousands of buildings. rescue crews are still searching for survivors. so far, nearly 8,000 people have been rescued, and the united states joining more than 20 other countries to pledge aid in support of turkey. cbs's chris livesay is going to start us off tonight from istanbul. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. as many as 20,000 people may

have been killed according to the world health organization. now, that initial powerful quake struck just after 4:00 a.m. as most people were sleeping, followed by an unusually strong second earthquake and dozens of aftershocks. buildings collapse faster than people can flee, killing thousands and trapping countless more. this little girl is one of the lucky ones to escape. others still trapped beneath their crumbling homes post videos to social media, begging for help. on the surface, a grandmother desperately searches for her daughter and 18-month-old grandson. the bitter cold and snow are making rescue efforts even more grueling. tens of thousands of wounded crowd into hospitals. children shake from both the freezing temperatures and the trauma as the death toll

balloons. around the epicenter, little has been spared. gaziantep's historic castle, which stood for more than two millenia, now in ruins. the president of turkey is calling it his country's worst disaster in more than 80 years. on the border with syria, it's a region that's riddled with fault lines and civil war. after more than a decade of dodging bombs and gunfire, the white helmet volunteers must once again pull small survivors from the rubble. >> we need the international community to do something, to help us, to support us. northwest syria is now a disaster area. we need help from everyone to save our people. >> reporter: this newborn could not be saved. the father ges in agony. like so many here, he survived a war only to witness new horrors impossible to fathom.

tonight, tens of thousands of people are now homeless, trapped in this freezing cold and snow. norah, the united states has announced that in order to help that international aid effort, it's sending two 79-person search and rescue crews. >> the world trying to help. chris livesay, thank you so much. and we're learning that new information about the chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of south carolina over the weekend. today a top air force general said the navy will check to see if there were any explosives or hazardous materials on board. cbs's weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president biden is defending his handling of the chinese spy balloon. >> i told the defense department i wanted to shoot it down as soon as it was appropriate. >> reporter: on saturday, a fighter jet shot it into the atlantic ocean after the balloon first entered the u.s. airspace on january 28th.het , it

flew over or near four military sites in wyoming, montana, nebraska, and missouri and was eventually shot down along the south carolina coast. this cell phone video shows u.s. navy personnel on sunday with what appears to be a white deflated balloon laying across two different boats. republicans are furious that the balloon was even able to cross into u.s. airspace. >> he allowed a full week for the chinese to conduct spying operations over the united states, over sensitive military installations. >> reporter: the pentagon assesses that the balloon was up to 200 feet tall with a debris field the size of 15 by 15 football fields. china claims it was a weather balloon that veered off course, calling the u.s. responsible unacceptable and an overreaction. >> does the balloon weaken u.s./chinese relations? >> no. we've made it clear to china what we're going to do.

they understand our position. >> reporter: the white house says similar chinese spy balloons entered u.s. airspace at least three times during the trump years, though this information was discovered after the prior administration left. biden officials would not say how or when they found out about those balloons. while china also uses satellites, balloons are easier to maneuver, can stay longer over one area, and are cheaper. today a top aerospace defense commander acknowledged that the pentagon has missed chinese balloon threats in the past, blaming it on, quote, an awareness gap that he says the u.s. has to figure out. president biden says this balloon episode will not change his state of the union address tomorrow night. norah. >> just stunning to hear the pentagon admit that. weijia jiang, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." well, tonight mandatory evacuation orders have been extended in ohio and pennsylvania with residents being told to leave their homes immediately after a train carrying hazardous material derailed near the state border. this afternoon, authorities conducted a controlled release of some of those toxic chemicals to reduce the threat of a catastrophic explosion. reporter erica mokay from our pittsburgh station kdka is there. >> reporter: tonight the scene is still active and dangerous as flames continue to burn this tangled train wreck for a fourth straight day. the company that owns the train blasted small holes in five of

the cars to drain them of vinyl chloride, a highly toxic and flammable chemical known to cause cancer. >> based on the amount of material in there, it could burn anywhere from one hour to three hours. >> reporter: officials say they chose a controlled explosion rather than risk a catastrophic one that could have hurled deadly shrapnel up to a mile away. >> if we don't do that, the car can ton prelim rise, and the entire car will break apart. we can't control where that goes. >> reporter: the train had been on its way from madison, illinois, to conway, pennsylvania on friday when authorities say an axle on a railcar apparently failed about 50 miles northwest of pittsburgh, sending several cars careening off the tracks. about 2,000 residents within a one-mile radius were ordered to evacuate. last night the roughly 500 people who stayed were threatened with arrest by the county sheriff's office. >> you need to leave.

you just need to leave. we're ordering you to leave. this is a matter of life and death. >> reporter: nate velez fled his home with his son. >> my boy, he's only 9, he's freaking out. so we hightailed it and loaded up and left. >> what did it sound like out there? >> uh, like the apocalypse. >> reporter: there have been no deaths or injuries. the company that owns these railcars says that planned explosion tonight was successful and those hazardous materials are now burning off. and to give you some perspective, that plume of smoke was seen on radar. norah. >> erica mokay, thank you so much. well, tonight a woman from maryland and a convicted neo-nazi from florida are charged in an alleged plot to attack baltimore's power grid. the fbi calls sarah clendaniel and brandon russell racially or ethnically motivated extremists. investigators say russell hatched the plot to shoot multiple energy substations

while communicating last year with an fbi informant, calling it, quote, the greatest thing somebody can do. now he's under arrest. well, tragedy was nearly averted at an airport in texas this weekend. the faa and ntsb are investigating a near collision of the two planes at the austin bergstrom international airport on saturday. cbs's kris van cleave has more. >> 1-8 left clear to land. >> >> reporter: a fedex 767 was just minutes from touching down at austin's airport saturday morning in foggy weather when air traffic controllers gave southwest flight 708 permission to take off from the same runway. >> runway 1-8 left clear for takeoff. traffic 3 miles out is a heavy 767. >> reporter: preliminary data shows the fedex jet passing directly over the southwest 737 and the 128 people on board. >> southwest, abort. fedex is on the go. >> reporter: no one was hurt,

but it appears the planes were separated by only about 75 feet before the fedex pilots pulled up. >> the tail on this boeing 747 is about 41 feet above the ground. so this was potentially a very close event. >> reporter: former ntsb chairman robert sumwalt. >> it was the fedex crew that first identified the problem and then executed the go-around. >> how did the controllers not see that? >> that's going to be one of the main questions that the ntsb is going to want to find out. >> reporter: just last month, another near disaster was averted when an american airlines 777 taxied in front of a departing delta flight at new york's kennedy airport. the delta pilots slammed on the brakes to avoid a collision. faa data shows at least 14 runway incursions involving airliners over the last ten years where a serious collision was narrowly avoided. kris van cleave, cbs news, phoenix. we turn now to the economy and your money. in january, social security

recipients received their largest annual increase in four decades as the government tries to compensate for the sharp rise in inflation. but with almost everything costing more from gas to groceries, that increase doesn't go as far as you might think. here's cbs's carter evans with tonight's "money watch." >> reporter: the only way 81-year-old judy allen can afford her groceries is with government assistance. >> i get s.n.a.p. or food stamps, they used to call them. >> reporter: she struggles to make ends meet on a monthly social security benefit of about $1,000. that includes this year's cost of living increase of 8.7%. $80 more for allen wiped out by inflation. >> it's really not enough for anybody. our rent went up. food goes up. so really we're not getting a raise. >> reporter: nearly half the people in this country do not have access to a retirement plan at work. neither did allen, so she moved to montana, where she thought her money would go further.

>> moving to montana was basically my dream retirement. i figured the golden years were going to be wonderful. >> it's an individual story, but it's an increasingly universal experience. >> reporter: ramsey alwin, president of the national council on aging, says potential legislation to reduce social security and medicare benefits could hurt millions. >> so social security is all they have. for 1 in 4, it is more than 90% of their income in retirement. >> so what are you telling people who are about to retire in the next couple of years and they're just now realizing that social security isn't going to cut it? >> if you want and need and can work longer, think about it. consider delaying social security. >> reporter: without a section 8 government housing voucher, it would take almost all of allen's social security check just to cover rent. >> sometimes you feel, gosh, am i going to have to go out and get a job again? well, i'm 81 years old. who's going to hire me?

>> reporter: now, keep this in mind if you're trying to max out your benefits. every year that you postpone filing for social security, the amount you get goes up by 8%. now, financial experts say it's never too late to start saving for retirement and take advantage of some of those tax benefits that certain retirement accounts offer. norah. >> that's good information. cbs's carter evans, thank you so much. wondering what actually goes into your multivitamin? at new chapter, its' innovation, organic ingredients, and fermentation. fermentation? yes. formulated to help you body really truly absorb the natural goodness. new chapter. wellness, well done. (peaceful music) - time to get up, sweetie! (kissing) - [child voiceover] most people might not think much about all the little things you do every day, but for me, just being able to do those little things

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turning now to the war in ukraine, officials there say russia is assembling more troops as it repairs for a new military offensive tied to the war's one-year anniversary. russia has been relying on mercenary soldiers from the notorious wagner group. cbs's debora patta spoke to one member in an exclusive interview. >> reporter: a hired gun no longer calling the shots. we met wagner mercenary vlad being held by ukrainian military intelligence. the murky kremlin-backed paramilitary group has been leading the charge in the bloody battle for bakhmut. bolstered by convicts recruited from russian penal colonies. vlad said he'd already served over half of a three-year jail term when he accepted a devil's deal, fighting in ukraine for freedom and cash. >> translator: wagner is like a meat grinder. they don't care if you return home. >> reporter: he was pitted

against ukrainian tanks with little more than a rifle. >> translator: our brothers were getting killed in huge numbers. there were mountains of bodies. >> reporter: wagner boss yevgeny progozhin was filmed surveying some of those bodies piled high at a makeshift morgue near the front line. their final destination, a special cemetery in russia filled with freshly dug graves. and if prigozhin's new recruits refused to fight -- >> translator: you're just killed. that's it. if you don't agree with an order, you're simply killed. >> and did you see this happen? >> translator: yes. one of the fighters was too scared to fight. they made him dig his own grave and shot him. >> reporter: he claims he saw three other comrades executed with a bullet to the head but insists he played no part. >> translator: there are specially trained people to do that, a security group that can do anything to you. >> reporter: if he could turn back time, he says he'd choose the brutality of a russian prison cell over the carnage of

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finally tonight, it was a night of celebration and history at the 65th annual grammy awards in los angeles. here's cbs's janet shamlian with the biggest moments from music's biggest night. >> we're witnessing history tonight. >> reporter: beyoncé officially the g.o.a.t. of the grammys. >> i'm trying to just receive this night. >> reporter: queen bey reigning with her 32nd win, the most of anyone ever. >> you changed my life. >> reporter: lizzo paid tribute after her own win. >> the way you made me feel, i was like, i want to make people feel this way with my music. ♪ in this world ♪ >> reporter: the highest honor, album of the year, going to harry styles. ♪ you know it's not the same as

it was ♪ >> reporter: but the night's biggest winners were music fans. performances by smokey robinson. ♪ stevie wonder with chris stapleton. ♪ >> reporter: and the night's scene stealer. ♪ an epic tribute to 50 years of hip-hop by decades of its legends. ♪ a high-powered celebration of our universal language -- music. janet shamlian, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us

online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from new york city tonight, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the faa is proposing a more than $1 million fine on united airlines over pre-flight safety checks. the federal authority alleges the airline did not complete required fire system checks on its boeing 777s. united argues the safety of their flights was never in question. the city of new york is lifting its covid vaccine mandate for public workers this week, but the mayor says the roughly 2,000 employees fired for refusing to get the shot must reapply for their jobs. and as concerns grow over china's ability to gather information on the u.s., texas governor greg abbott says state agencies must ban tiktok on government devices by next week.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shan it's tuesday, february 7, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." earthquake death toll. thousands are confirmed dead as casualties climb from the devastating earthquake in turkey. see the frantic search for survivors. state of the union preview. president biden is set to address the nation tonight. hear what his economic message may be. train derailment. wreckage from the derailment this weekend in ohio is still burning. what crews did yesterday to avoid a full explosion. captioning funded by cbs well, good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. overnight the death toll climbed from this powerful