news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us. it has happened again. today another aerial object was shot down by u.s. warplanes amid bipartisan criticism about an absence of details regarding these incidents. the latest shootdown happened over lake huron following those over canada's yukon territory and off the coast of alaska and the carolinas. in a tweet representative elisa slotkin of michigan said the object was down by pilots from the u.s. air force and national guard. cbs's skyler henry starts us off tonight at the white house, where officials there are

responding. skyler, good evening. >> reporter: hey, jericka, good evening to you. four takedowns in eight days. it's the latest in a series of responses to those unidentified high-altitude objects floating over north america. officials on both sides are demanding more details as other officials say that the objects were smaller and didn't closely resemble the chinese spy balloon that was shot down earlier this month. canadian prime minister justin trudeau doubled down on his decision to take out an unidentified object over the yukon on saturday. >> it represented a reasonable hreat to civilian aircr. so i gave the order to take it down. >> reporter: u.s. and canadian forces are now in recovery mode, piecing together several objects that american fighter jets shot down. the u.s. downed an aerial object the size of a small car on friday over alaska. it landed on he sea ice and

crews are still working to get answers on who owned it and what it was. >> the predominant concern by the president was a safety of flight issue at that altitude. >> reporter: lawmakers who were critical over president biden's timing on shooting down a chinese spy balloon earlier in month say while they're demanding details on who's behind ple with th respon. permsive.d prerap t be >> what'seyou know, two weeks or so, ten days has been not scraz d theilit nplano nnlyeterne at's out t but g with it. >> reporter: officials are on alert. temporarily shutting down the airspace over montana on saturday after concerns of a radar anomaly near the canadian border. today they said it was awn manned object which was shot down over lake huron. now, senior administration officials here at the white house say that they have no indication that the latest

unmanned object had surveillance capabilities but they are not ruling that out. they also say that the object didn't pose any military threats to the ground. jericka? >> still a lot of questions. skyler henry at the white house tonight. thank you. well, tomorrow marks one week since devastating earthquakes struck in turkey and syria. the death toll now topping 33,000. today just a bit of hope there as rescuers pulled a father and his 11-year-old daughter from the rubble. more than 140 hours after being buried. cbs's imtiaz tyab is there with more on the race against time. >> reporter: jericka, good evening. well, nearly a week after the massive earthquake hundreds of thousands of people are still sleeping in subzero temperatures, including here in khatai, one of the worst-affected areas, where anger is only growing. these apocalyptic scenes are as far as the eye can see. as we drove through khatai, we

couldn't find a single habitable building. for those whose lives were spared by the massive quake life is now an unrelenting misery, especially for those desperately hoping their loved ones are somehow still alive. "my mother and sister are still under the rubble, and i can't reach them," says didem jelek. "my soul is gone. they're dying under the rubble and i'm dying here." as aid trickles in, the distribution has been slow and haphazard. for those looking for something warm to wear donated clothes are left in piles on the street. food, infant formula and diapers are available in some areas. but none of it is a substitute for what's been lost. at one of the many makeshift tent cities we met nu nuri sinikoglu. he now shelters across the street from the apartment building he was raised in, which is now in ruins. sinikoglu tells us his parents were killed in the quake and that they've only found his mother's remains. how long can you live like this

for? [ speaking non-english ] "everyone here is leaving," he says. "if we find my father, then we will leave too because there isn't a single building here left to live in." the mood over the past week has gone from shock to grief to anger. anger at their government, who they say knew this area was vulnerable to powerful earthquakes, and they say didn't do enough to protect the people. this man is smashing the logo of a prominent construction company. he's one of many who blame shoddy building practices for the near total devastation. turkish authorities have started arresting property developers and have issued arrest warrants for over 100 more. but critics of president recep tayyip erdogan say he's trying to deflect blame from his own government's major failings. but not everyone is casting blame. sinikoglu wants to appeal for help instead. eran presiden j s

"let's please put politics aside and help the people of turkey." president erdogan has vowed to rebuild the destroyed buildings across southern turkey within a year, jericka. but with recovery crews still struggling to comb through the towering piles of rubble, it's hard to see how he'll be able to keep that promise. >> truly looks overwhelming. imtiaz tyab, thank you for your reporting. well, a terrorism trial in new york could yield the state's first death penalty in six decades. sayfullo saipov was convicted last month following a deadly rampage in 2017. cbs's chanel call has more on what we can expect and the motivation behind the murders. chanel? >> reporter: jericka, federal prosecutors said saipov wanted to impress the islamic state group known as isis when he carried out the attack that day. he was hoping to become a member. >> we've got multiple casualties.

this is a mass casualty situation here. >> reporter: the 2017 attack on a bike path along manhattan's west side highway left eight people dead and renewed fears of terrorism nearly two decades after 9/11. prosecutors this week will ask a jury to sentence the 35-year-old to death. on halloween the uzbekistan native drove a rental truck down a bike path, mowing down pedestrians and cyclists, blocks from where the twin towers once stood. he then collided with a school bus before jumping out and threatening people with fake wea weapons. police stopped him with a shot to the stomach. last month saipov was convicted on 28 counts of crimes that included murder in aid of racketeering and supporting a foreign terrorist organization. and two years ago president biden issued a moratorium on federal executions, but attorney general merrick garland is still allowing prosecutors to continue

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks so much for staying with us. tomorrow is valentine's day. that means shops for flowers, candies and cards will be busy today. in all, americans are expected to spend about $26 billion on valentine's gifts this year. and a lot of that will be spent on diamonds. these days a growing number of budget-conscious consumers, though, are shining bright with lab-grown diamonds. nancy chen explains. >> reporter: when eric nelson proposed to brittany draigus,

the hardest material on earth had become a little easier to buy. >> did you always want to seek out a lab-grown diamond? >> frankly i didn't know what a lab-grown diamond was until a few months before we went shopping for a ring. >> reporter: demand for lab-grown diamonds has spiked the past few years, driven primarily by younger buyers. attracted to their affordability, sustainability and traceability. >> i was turned off just by knowing how some mined diamonds are sourced. >> so if it wasn't for being a lab-grown diamond you perhaps would not have gotten a diamond engagement ring? >> yeah. i'd probably just g a. >> reporr:o50 less. this is where you grow diamonds? >> yes. this is our state-of-the-art production facility. >> reporter: jonathan levine miles is an executive at wd diamonds, a pioneer in the lab groan diamond industry. >> you're saying these are very much real diamonds. >> yes. i can attest to that having made them myself. >> reporter: the jewels are

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but even when temperatures and tourism cool fudge remains a hot item. fudge seems like a natural fit for valentine's day. >> we all love chocolates at valeine's y, men aot- whyfudge?>>ete for century. >> gased pan mark off into squares. so definitely sounds like fudge. >> reporter: joyce white is a food historian. we met her at the maryland center for history and culture in baltimore. >> fudge is actually based on a recipe for chocolate caramels, which was very, very similar. what probably happened is that there was someone in baltimore messed it up. fadged it. fadge is a word that means messed up. i fadged it. or i fudged it. nowadays we use a different f word to say that, right? >> yes. >> reporter: by 1888 that baltimore recipe was passed along to a student at vassar

college, then all women, in poughkeepsie, new york. >> women would make fudge in their dorm rooms, doing something against the rules, in the late evenings. and trying to get away with something not condoned in the rule book. at the same time men in men's colleges were out carousing. it was a woman's way of being rebellious. you know, cooking in the dorm at night. >> open flame. after hours. >> absolutely. >> not tritio >> breaking eveul ithe li >>orte soo ssar fudgether women's colleges, even making headlines around the country. st a century, and the recipe for judge hasn't changed much. sugar, milk, butter and chocolate mixed. poured onto a marble slab.

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loved it. ♪ i'll never fall in love again ♪ >> reporter: in 1968 jonathan tunic was a young orchestrator working with burt bacharach on his broadway show "promises promises." ♪ i'll never fall in love again ♪ "i'll never fall in love again," with lyrics by bacharach's long-time collaborator hal david, would go on to be recorded by their long-time ♪ se, dionne just one of the dozens of hits they produced together during the 1960s and '70s. ♪ do you know the way to san jose ♪ ♪ i've been away so long ♪ ♪ i may go wrong and lose my way ♪ >> the three of us were known in the industry as the triangle mari

>> yeah. and you know, we complemented each other. and we knew what each of us was capable of doing. ♪ and it worked. ♪ say a little prayer for you ♪ >> reporter: when so many of us listen, especially to dionne warwick singing his and hal david's songs, what are we responding to? >> the songs give me a sense of warmth. it comes from the sensuous chords combined with the jerky rhythms contrasting with one another. ♪ what's it all about, alfie ♪ >> reporter: and those unforgettable melodies. but when bacharach was a young mancomposition, ldessietahl his peers favored an edgier, more dissonant sound. >> i had this one -- the middle movement of this sonata, and i

was almost ashamed to play it in class because it was so melodic. it really had a melody. and i kind of shuffled it through and played it. >> hoped he didn't catch it, huh? >> he said, burt, don't ever, ever feel ashamed of writing something this melodic and that people can remember. ♪ raindrops are falling on my head ♪ >> reporter: the smooth sound of burt bacharach has often been described as easy listening. but it was anything but easy to write. >> he had all the skill and knowledge of having studied the classics and the broad experience of having been a jazz musician, and what's particularly wonderful about burt is his music was sophisticated but still totally accessible. >> so much went into it. >> listen, it's not easy to write music. writing music is a bitch. >> reporter: so many of the 20th

century's most popular vocalists sang bacharach's music. from dusty springfield -- ♪ wishing and hoping and thinking and praying ♪ to tom jones. ♪ what's new pussycat ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ ♪ what's new pussycat ♪ to the carpenters. ♪ close to you ♪ ♪ in celebration ♪ to elvis costello, who became a friend and collaborator. ♪ but now i fill my life with all that i can ♪ >> the strength of his composition all along is that it's a constantly renewable source. people are always getting their heart broken. they want a song. ♪ anyone who had a heart ♪ ♪ >> reporter: burt bacharach enjoyed his success. ♪ keep smiling ♪

becoming as famous as most of the singers who covered his songs. >> burt could have been another gershwin. i used to talk to him about it. i said why don't you write some extended works? and he said, i'd rather just sit at my swimming pool and drink fresh orange juice and be married to a movie star. >> reporter: bacharach did marry a movie star. angie dickinson. the second of his four wives. >> if somebody told me when i was 15, 16 here's the deal, burt. you're going to wind up being married four times in your life. i'd say come on. no. never happen. that's just -- that's not a good boy. that's not like well behaved. it's hurting too many people. ♪ what the world needs now ♪ >> reporter: burt bacharach's music, melodious and so often meln kohlic, is likely to keep on making audiences feel good

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well, if you're looking for a foreign adventure, you may want to pay a visit to ecuador. it's one of the least expensive tourist destinations, and apparently there's plenty to do. christian benavidez reports. >> reporter: this 260-foot waterfall makes an impression on visitors to ecuador. it's known as el pilo in in del diablo. the devil's cauldron. it's where we find michael trainor and tony tran. a friend recommended ecuador. >> and she absolutely raved about it. >> reporter: the south american country boasting a vast mountain range and parts of the amazon rainforest can be an affordable international destination. while a visit to the galapagos islands may run into the

thousands thrifty travelers focus on the mainland. >> it's a lot of fun and it's a lot cheaper doing stuff here than overseas. >> my hotels have been all less than $100 a night. >> reporter: after taking in the andes mountains it's about a three-hour drive to reach the amazon. the city of tena is known as a gateway into the amazon where visitors travel by riverboat into the rainforest. here you can learn about the country's indigenous groups, encounter some of the wildlife, and even participate in a spiritual cleansing with a local shaman, something i experienced while visiting the region. sahar bashrodhipur, a relative of mine, also participated in the cleansing during a recent family stay. ? they offer a very unique experience. so it makes sense why people from all over want to come here and experience that. >> reporter: a getaway that offers cultural enrichment, breathtaking views and a little relaxation without breaking the bank. christian benavidez, cbs news,

tenia, ecuador. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. reporting from new york city, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt pieper in new york. fans of the kansas city chiefs are waking up super bowl champs. it was a huge-scoring game. beating the philadelphia eagles 38-35. it's patrick mahomes' second super bowl win in four seasons. and rihanna performed the halftime show while pregnant. to new zealand, where residents are hunkering down as they brace for a deluge from cyclone gabrielle. the northern part of the country is getting lashed just two weeks after a record-breaking storm caused deaths and forced thousands from their homes. in new york city and after a guilty verdict the man who killed eight people on a bike path in 2017 could face the death penalty. 12 jurors will decide his fate. the last state execution was

back in 1963. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. the urgent search for answers and ufo debris. >> it represented a reasonable threat to civilian aircraft. so i gave the order to take it down. >> canada and the u.s. keep blowing things out of the sky. four takedowns in eight days, but so far few details about exactly what's being hit. >> what's gone on has been nothing short of craziness. also, moments of hope. new rescues in earthquake-ravaged turkey and syria nearly a week after the catastrophe. the death toll now topping 33,000 and growing. in ukraine new video of a failed russian advance. a column of tanks destroyed.

in an exclusive interview cbs's debora patta speaks to a captured fighter from a notorious mercenary group. >> wagner's like a meat grinder. they don't care if you return home. terror trial. why this man's punishment could be a first for new york in 60 years. and later, we're on the front lines of what some are calling education reform in florida. why books are being purged from school libraries. >> they've come for teachers over masks. they've come for teachers over books. teachers have been called groomers. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for joining us. it has happened again. today another aerial object was shot down by u.s. warplanes amid bipartisan criticism about an absence of details regarding these incidents. the latest shootdown happened over lake huron following those over canada's yukon territory

and off the coast of alaska and the carolinas. in a tweet representative elisa slotkin of michigan said the object was downed by pilots from the u.s. air force and national guard. cbs's skyler henry skarts us off tonight at the white house, where officials there are responding. skyler, good evening. >> reporter: hey, jericka. good evening to you. four takedowns in eight days. it's the latest in a series of responses to those unidentified high-altitude objects floating over north america. officials on both sides are demanding more details as other officials say that the objects were smaller and didn't closely resemble the chinese spy balloon that was shot down earlier this month. canadian prime minister justin trudeau doubled down on his decision to take out an unidentified object over the yukon on saturday. >> it represented a reasonable threat to civilian aircraft.

so i gave the order to take it down. >> reporter: u.s. and canadian forces are now in recovery mode. piecing together several objects that american fighter jets shot down. the u.s. downed an aerial object the size of a small car on friday over alaska. it landed on sea ice, and crews are still working to get answers on who owned it and what it was. >> the predominant concern by the president was a safety of flight issue at that altitude. >> reporter: lawmakers who were critical over president biden's timing on shooting down a chinese spy balloon earlier this month say while they're demanding details on who's behind the latest objects they're pleased with the response. >> i would prefer them to be trigger happy than to be permissive. >> what's gone on in the last, you know, two weeks or so, ten days has been nothing short of craziness. and the military needs to have a plan to not only determine what's out there but determine the dangers that go with it. >> reporter: officials are on alert, temporarily shutting down the airspace over montana on saturday after concerns of a

radar anomaly near the canadian border. today they said it was an unmanned object, which was shot down over lake huron. now, senior administration officials here at the white house say that they have no indication that the latest unmanned object had surveillance capabilities, but they are not ruling that out. they also say that the object didn't pose any military threats to the ground. jericka? >> all right. still a lot of questions. skyler henry at the white house tonight. thank you. well, tomorrow marks one week since devastating syria.uakes struck in turkey and the death toll now topping 33,000. today just a bit of hope there as rescuers pulled a father and his 11-year-old daughter from the rubble, more than 140 hours after being buried. cbs's imtiaz tyab is there with more on the race against time. >> reporter: jericka, good evening.

well, nearly a week after the massive earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people are still sleeping in subzero temperatures, including here in hatay, one of the worst-affected areas where anger is only growing. these apocalyptic scenes are as far as the eye can he see. as we drove through hatay, we couldn't find a single habitable building. for those whose lives were spared by the massive quake life is now an unrelenting misery. especially for those desperately hoping their loved ones are somehow still alive. [ speaking non-english ] "my mother and sister are still under the rubble, and i can't reach them," says didam jelek. "my soul is gone. they're dying under the rubble and i'm dying here." as aid trickles in, the distribution has been slow and haphazard. for those looking for something warm to wear donated clothes are left in piles on the street. , forndrs soms,ut none of it is a substitute for what's been lost. at one of the many makeshift

tent cities we met nuri sinikoglu p he now shelters across the street from the apartment building he was raised in, which is now in ruins. sinikoglu tells us his parents were killed in the quake and that they've only found his mother's remains. how long can you live like this for? [ speaking non-english ] "everyone here is leaving," he says. "if we find my father, then we will leave too because there isn't a single building here left to live in." the mood over the past week has gone from shock to grief to anger. anger at their government, who they say knew this area was vulnerable to powerful earthquakes and they say didn't do enough to protect the people. this man is smashing the logo of a prominent construction company. he's one of many who blame shoddy building practices for the near total devastation. turkish authorities have started arresting property developers and have issued arrest warrants for over 100 more. but critics of president

recep tayyip erdogan say he's trying to deflect blame from his own government's major failings. but not everyone is casting blame. sinikoglu wants to appeal for help instead. "i'd like to speak to the american president, joe biden," he says. "let's please put politics aside and help the people of turkey." president erdogan has vowed to rebuild the destroyed buildings across southern turkey within a year, jericka. but with recovery crews still struggling to comb through the towering piles of rubble it's hard to see how he'll be able to keep that promise. >> truly looks overwhelming. imtiaz tyab, thank you for your reporting. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." turning now to the war in ukraine, ukrainian forces destroyed a line of russian tanks in a failed assault in eastern ukraine. russia has been relying on paid fighters from the notorious wagner group to bolster its ranks. cbs's debora patta spoke exclusively with one of those mercenaries, who was captured. >> reporter: a hired gun, no longer calling the shots. we met wagner mercenary vlad being held by ukrainian military intelligence.ckaseen

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's 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 prigozhin 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 refuse to fight? >> translator: you're just killed. that's it. if you don't agree with an order, you're simply killed. >> reporter: 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 a ukrainian battlefield. debora patta, cbs news, kyiv. >> wow. well, a terrorism trial in new york could yield the state's first death penalty in six decades. sayfullo saipov was convicted last month following a deadly rampage in 2017. cbs's shanelle kaul has more on what we can expect and the motivation behind the murders. shanelle? >> reporter: jericka, federal prosecutors said saipov wanted to impress the islamic state group known as isis when he carried out the attack that day.

he was hoping to become a member. >> we've got multiple casualties. a mass casualty situation here. >> reporter: the 2017 attack on a bike path along manhattan's west side highway left eight people dead and renewed fears of terrorism nearly two decades after 9/11. prosecutors this week will ask a jury to sentence the 35-year-old to death. on halloween the uzbekistan native drove a rental truck down a bike path, mowing down pedestrians and cyclists blocks from where the twin towers once stood. he then collided with a school bus before jumping out and threatening people with fake weapons. police stopped him with a gunshot to the stomach. last month saipov was convicted on 28 counts of crimes that include murder in aid of racketeering and supporting a foreign terrorist organization. >> what if prosecutors can't get a unanimous vote?

>> he cannot be sentenced to less than life in prison. if they do not unanimously decide in favor of the death penalty, he will be sentenced td moratorium on federal executions, but attorney general merrick garland is still allowing prosecutors to continue >> shanelle kaul for us. thank you. thousands of migrants are making their way to the u.s. by sea. and most of them are landing in florida. but the journey can be dangerous. christian benavidez took to the skies with a coast guard search and rescue team on a mission to save lives. >> reporter: on this coast guard flight petty officer charles asbury is a dropmaster, responsible for getting life-saving supplies to those lost at sea. >> there's a suspected migrant

boat. >> reporter: these days that mainly means migrants in distress. > it's always been busy, but i'd say within this past six months it's definitely like picked up a lot. >> reporter: asbury is part of a six-person miami-based crew tasked with finding people in the waters around south florida, the bahamas and near cuba. >> this is like some of the equipment we'll drop down to them. >> reporter: it's got food, a pump for vessels taking on importantlradio to e. guut othimes they're >> yeah.i'veeen numerous times they're like we need it now. >> reporter: first petty officer raul tavares spots the migrants. >> the focus is to get them to safety before something bad really happens to them. >> reporter: and up in the flight deck lieutenant hannah boyce is at the controls. >> we've got calls from concerned girlfriends, concerned mothers, concerned wives saying hey, you know, i think my spouse, my brother, they're

making the journey and i haven't heard from them. >> reporter: last year at least 320 migrants were reported missing or dead in the region. that's the highest number ever recorded by the missing migrants project. if the coast guard has increased patrols like this in response to the influx of migrants who are so desperate to try to make it to shore they risk their lives in vessels that most of the time are barely seaworthy. during our trip we spotted two vessels. one was already marked by the coast guard, meaning there was a >> woi ttry anfind peop but there's never 100% that we will. >> reporter: we did get a glimpse of one group of migrants being transported to safety on board a cutter. a reminder of the life and death missions for crews like this one. christian benavidez, cbs news, miami.

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a passage in "roberto clemente, pride of the pittsburgh pirates" references the racism he faced in the u.s. here's cbs's christian benavidez. >> reporter: jacksonville teacher andrea phillips specializes in helping third-graders who struggle to re. >> without a d ok represent m cat erd in >> here's my book prison. >> reporter: two weeks ago as the state celebrated literacy week in schools phillips says she was told to pack up her classroom library. >> we were being directed until all books could be vetted and we could be sure that we were in compliance with the state laws. >> reporter: duval county public schools, which includes jacksonville, said it would conduct a formal review of all books. while that review is ongoing, classrooms and school libraries look like this. under florida's hb-1467 law,

beginning this year school books have to be reviewed by a media specialist to ensure they're free of pornography or certain race-based teachings. from kindergarten to third grade the books must be free of instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity. the school district reminded educators violating parts of the law could lead teachers to be charged with a felony. >> they've come for teachers over masks. they've come for teachers over books. teachers have been called groomers. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis signed several new education laws that he says empower parents. >> floridians want our school system to be about educating kids, not indoctrinating kids. >> reporter: sixth-grader jonas walter fears one of his favorite books may be banned from the classroom. >> because there's a boy who likes a boy in the series. >> reporter: stephanie jorgenson walter is his mother. >> i think what the legislation is doing is trying to stoke fear that things are happening in the classroom that aren't really happening. >> reporter: phillips vows to continue her fight for as long as she can. >> these all have to go.

>> so i have some health issues that i don't know how much longer i'll be be in the classroom. it's very upsetting and it's really hard for me to not just want to yell and scream about how crazy this whole situation is. >> reporter: school libraries have thousands of books. add to that classroom libraries, and often it's just one media specialist per school sorting through it all. christian benavidez, cbs news, jacksonville. well, still ahead, ace alert in arizona. the hole in one that sent the crowd into a frenzy.

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go, gaia. well, next, a mother-daughter duo forging a new path to raise awareness for a cause that hits close to home.

finally tonight, it's a path very few people have traveled, but a mother-daughter duo not only conquered a complicated route, it drew them closer together. cbs's janet shamlian has their journey of a lifetime. >> it's day 17! >> reporter: when gretja otten's travel partner backed out of hiking the appalachian trail her 66-year-old mother susan stepped in. >> did you have any idea everything that was involved? >> no. totally clueless. i had no idea it was like climbing up and down mountains the whole way. >> it's day 122. >> reporter: for five months through 14 states, almost 2,200 miles. >> when she suggested hey, i'll do it with you, any trepidation on your part? >> oh, yes. 100%. she has got to be the most accident-prone person on this planet. >> we made it to the e.r.

>> reporter: there were mishaps. >> mom fell and hit her head again. >> reporter: but the team resilient. >> the thought of giving up never entered my head. >> reporter: the trip had greater purpose. fund-raising for parkinson's disease in honor of gretja's father and susan's husband, ron. as meaningful, what others did for them. dierent peopleho we had not >> w so essed to have oprtunitn. mhm >>or reunio t's. [ cheers and applause ] the man in their heart every step of the way. janet shamlian, cbs news, minneapolis. and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others make sure you check back later for "cbs mornings." and of course follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the broadcast

center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt pieper in new york. fans of the kansas city chiefs are waking up super bowl champs. it was a huge-scoring game. beating the philadelphia eagles 38-35. it's patrick mahomes' second super bowl win in four seasons. and rihanna performed the halftime show while pregnant. to new zealand, where residents are hunkering down as they brace for a deluge from cyclone gabrielle. the northern part of the country is getting lashed just two weeks after a record-breaking storm caused deaths and forced thousands from their homes. in new york city and after a guilty verdict the man who killed eight people on a bike path in 2017 could face the death penalty. 12 jurors will decide his fate. the last state execution was back in 1963.

for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. it's monday, february 13th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." super bowl champions. the kansas city chiefs pull off a comeback to defeat the philadelphia eagles in super bowl lvii. see the highlights from last night's big game. more aerial objects. three more objects are shot down over the weekend following the takedown of the chinese spy balloon last week. where these latest objects were brought down. devastating earthquake. the death toll continues to rise in turkey and syria a week after the disaster. hear from some survivors.