cautioned his agency won't be complacent with more than 1.5 million passengers flying each day. >> what do you say to the traveling public who is still concerned more incidents could occur? >> we have the safest, most efficient, and most complex airspace in the world. >> reporter: the acting administrator announced that will create a safety review team to look into the incidents and examine the broader aviation system. the faa will also hold a safety summit in march. norah? >> nikole killion, thank you very much. there is breaking news coming in just now. a black hawk helicopter on a training mission has crashed near huntsville, alabama. there are reportedly no survivors. puig officials tell cbs news it belonged to the tennessee national guard. home surveillance video shows it plunging from the sky, and video from the crash site shows thick black smoke billowing from the burning chopper. it landed in a highway median.

it is not clear right now how many people were on board. all right. tonight cbs news is learning new details about what may have caused that toxic train crash c asre isro resi in ohio tha the pollution in air and cod make their families sick. cbs' roxana saberi has more. >> reporter: tonight, outrage is growing among residents in east palestine following the train derailment that spewed toxic chemicals and forced them from their homes for days. >> i've been coughing since we came back. >> reporter: some residents are complaining of rashes, sore throats, and respiratory problems. >> coming right up, another fish. there is hundreds of them up here. >> reporter: on top of the thousands of fish and other wildlife reported dead. >> the biggest concern i think is just the not knowing what it is that we're up against, what it is that we'll be up against in the future. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that employees working

on the train were concerned about what they say was excessive weight and length in the days before it derailed and burst into flames. >> fire department, report to the station for a mutual aid fire with east palestine. >> reporter: according to employees familiar with the matter, the train broke down at least once before derailing on february 3rd. in a statement, norfolk southern said the weight was uniform throughout, with features to help reduce mechanical issues, and that a longer and heavier train used to run the route. in its investigation, the ntsb is focusing on an overheated wheel baring that it says was close to failing. it has removed parts for analysis, but investigators can't get back to the site until the cars are fully decontaminated. late today, ohio's governor said test results on five wells came back indicating the town's water is safe to drink. officials from norfolk southern say they will not attend a town

hall meeting tonight with residents, siting the growing physical threat to their employees. norah? >> the governor still encouraging bottled water. roxana saberi, thank you. turning overseas to the aftermath of that devastating earthquake in turkey and syria, the combined death toll now topping 41,000. remarkably, nine days later, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. rescuers today carrying a woman to safety, chanting "god is great." across the border in syria, survivors say this freshly dug mass graveyard won't be large enough for all the dead. the world health organization is pleading with syria to allow more aid into this rebel-held territory. now to our special series "heart matters." more than six million americns are currently living with heart failure. and every year, thousands of patients require a heart transplant. tonight, cbs' chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook looks at a medical breakthrough that could give more people the

chance to get a new heart. >> reporter: it's moments like this that made jason banner decide to take a chance on a new method of heart transplantation. >> i'm thankful for everything that it has given me so far, and that's the gift of life. >> reporter: the single father of two discovered in 2005 he had a genetic heart condition. last year, he was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, which causes poor blood flow. >> they were basically telling me my heart was ready to give out a anymo. >>eporter:ner w un hospital for treatment while he awaited a heart transplant. during 2022, almost 8500 people were on the wait list, but fewer than half received hearts because there weren't enough donors. to increase his odds, banner agreed to participate in a procedure called donation after circulatory death. >> the use of this technology is the biggest thing to happen in heart transplants since heart transplants started. >> traditionally, a heart has been removed from a body and put in a tray on ice.

what's different about this? >> the heart is connected to essentially a miniaturized heart-lung machine that actually pumps blood into the heart. so not only does that allow it to recover, we can transport as far as we need to. >> reporter: this new device expands the number of hearts available for transplant by increasing the distance the donor hearts can travel. previously, hearts needed to be transplanted with political four hours. you've successfully transplanted a heart that was on this machine for more than nine hours? >> we can go further and think about using hearts that are not going to be used that just because of distance alone. >> reporter: last june, banner received a heart flown in from out of state. this is a heart you would not have been able to get before. >> true. it has given me the opportunity to be here for my family. >> reporter: all because an organ donor gave him a second chance at

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finally tonight, musical instruments that were nearly lost during world war ii have not only been recovered, but they are now being played as a symbol of hope and survival. here is cbs' manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: at the national world war ii museum in new orleans -- >> that's pretty cool. >> reporter: an unexpected sight. four violins given new life by ashalem weinstein and his father. >> we are repairing all these instruments. we think it's important for people to hear the sound of what those people heard during the war. >> reporter: for weinstein, it's personal. his grandparents lost nearly in holocaust. still, his grandfather, a violin repairman in israel, started to

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>> reporter: manuel bojorquez, cbs news, new orleans. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. one person was killed and three others injured when gunfire broke out at a mall in el paso, texas. police say it started in the food court. two suspects are now in custody. two people were killed when a black hawk helicopter crashed on to an alabama highway. the victims were tennessee national guardsmen. the cause of this crash is still unclear. and part of a special grand jury report on donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia will be released today. three sections, including a portion that outlines concerns around witnesses potentially lying under oath will be made

public. for more, download the cbs news app your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i have the news we are just getting in about an american icon. actress and international sex symbol raquel welch has died at the age of 82. the star of the 1960s and '70s appeared in nearly 100 films and tv shows, including "one million years bc." also tonight, the holocaust era musical instruments that were saved after world war ii, now inspiring a new generation around the world. but first, the chaos in the courtroom at the sentencing hearing of the white supremacist who killed ten black people at a buffalo supermarket in may of last year.

as families of the victims face the shooter for the first time, a man who lost his aunt had to be restrained by police. the emotional moments followed by an apology from the gunman. he blamed his racist hate on what he's read online. cbs' jeff pegues inside the courthouse for us and joins us live from buffalo. good evening, jeff. >> norah, family members of the victims have been carrying their grief with them for the past nine months. today they exhaled, releasing their anger, releasing their heartbreak during a more than two-hour court hearing. speaking directly to the man who murdered their loved ones one after the other, they stepped forward. tamika harper lost her aunt, geraldine tally. >> do i want you to die? no. i want you to stay alive. i want you to think about this every day of your life. >> reporter: they announced the mass shooting, which the gunman killed ten people ranging in age from 32 to 86 in the aisles of

the top supermarket. >> you a cowardly racist. >> you planned this whole thing. you planned it. you put it on a video, like it was a video game and watched. i watch mid sister-in-law get shot by you. >> reporter: the anger in the room was palpable. >> we never go in neighborhoods and take people out. >> reporter: eventually, it spilled out into the open. one victim's relative held back by security, trying to rush the gunman. investigators say the gunman, who didn't live in buffalo, is an avowed white supremacist. he live streamed the massacre after planning it for weeks. they say he specifically targeted the store and black people. today he teared up at times and apologized. >> i'm very sorry for all the pain i forced the victims and their families to suffer through. i'm very sorry for stealing the lives of your loved ones. >> reporter: the apology rings hollow for the family of katherine massey. what did you think when he apologized? >> it means nothing to us.

it wasn't sincere, number one. it don't matter. he can't bring kat back or any of them back. >> reporter: and the judge was unswayed. >> there is no place for you or your ignorant, hateful, and evil ideologies in a civilized society. there can be no mercy for you. >> reporter: the convicted killer sentenced to life without parole. he will be in federal court tomorrow facing 27 felony, including hate crimes and the possibility that he could face the death penalty. norah? >> jeff pegues, thank you. tonight, the campus of michigan state university is in mourning, holding a vigil to honor the victims of monday's deadly shooting. we're also hearing the harrowing account from one survivor who barely escaped the shooter's aim. here is cbs' elaine quijano. >> if i don't move like right now, i'm going get shot. >> reporter: that's the terrifying thought jack gibson had when he came face-to-face with the shooter monday night.

before he knew it, gibson says, he was dodging bullets. >> i honestly do think he shot at me and missed. >> reporter: gibson is not a student at msu, but he's been working in the school's cafeteria since january, alongside brian fraser, the msu sophomore who was killed by the gunman. >> we have lost too much. it's only getting worse. >> reporter: today hundreds of msu students rallied on the steps of the state's capitol, demanding gun reform legislation. >> words are not good enough. we must act, and we will. >> you're under arrest right now. >> reporter: newly released body cam video shows anthony mcrae's arrest on a gun charge in 2019. on monday, authorities say he took his own life during a confrontation with police. three msu students were killed in the attack and five others were critically wounded, including guadalupe huapilla-perez, a junior studying hospitality business. her sister started a gofundme page because she says she faces months of care.

the four other students are also in critical condition. classes here at msu are suspended until next week, and the campus is mostly empty now. but, norah, many of those who are still here are holding a vigil tonight behind me to remember the victims. >> elaine quijano, thank you so much. back here in washington, the head of the faa was in the hot seat on capitol hill today following the january computer outage that grounded flights nationwide for nearly two hours. as well as several recent airline near collisions at some of the busiest airports. cbs' nikole killion is on capitol hill. >> reporter: one month after the first nationwide ground stop since 9/11 -- >> every single flight in the country is stopped. >> i'm really upset, but what can i do. >> reporter: senators on capitol hill demanded answers from acting faa administrator billy nolen, who told lawmakers the widespread outage to its pilot notification system was caused

by outdated technology that's at least 30 years old and contractor error. >> can a single screw-up ground air traffic nationwide? >> could i sit here today and tell you there will never be another issue on the notam system? no, sir, i cannot. >> reporter: also at issue today, several close calls on the runway this year, including a near collision at jfk, another incident involving a united flight and a cessna in honolulu. and most recently, an encounter in austin with fed ex and southwest jets. >> southwest, abort. fedex is on the go. >> it was a low visibility day. it is not what we would expect to have happen. >> reporter: the ntsb is also investigating a united plane that nose-dived right after takeoff in maui last december. nancy mueller was on board. >> i thought we were going to die, really. >> reporter: the administrator cautioned his agency won't be complacent with more than 1.5 million passengers flying each day. >> what do you say to the traveling public who is still

concerned more incidents could occur? >> we have the safest, most efficient, and most complex airspace in the world. >> reporter: the acting administrator announced that will create a safety review team to look into the incidents and examine the broader aviation system. the faa will also hold a safety summit in march. norah? >> nikole killion, thank you very much. there is some breaking news coming in just now. a black hawk helicopter on a training mission has crashed near huntsville, alabama. there are reportedly no survivors. pentagon officials tell cbs news it longed to the tennessee national guard. home surveillance video shows it plunging from the sky, and video from the crash site shows thick black smoke billowing from the burning chopper. it landed in a highway median. it is not clear right now how many people were on board. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm catherine herridge in washington. thanks for staying with us. the death toll on the vast earthquake in turkey and syria has climbed to more than 40,000, with many more injured, and millions left homeless. entire towns had been araced and survivors are without shelter, huddling around fires in freezing temperatures, and struggling with shortages from medical supplies to toilets and safe water. northern syria is seeing the worst of it. imtiaz tyab is there. >> reporter: at just 5 years old, little janan is afraid and

in pain. doctors say her leg will need to be amputated. she became a symbol of the earthquake's cruelty when this video of her trapped under the rubble in rebel-held inland along with her baby brother went viral. janan can be heard pleading with her rescuers saying "please, get me out of here." 9-month-old abdullah is being treated in the bed next to her. while they both may have survived the quake, their mom, dad, brothers and sisters died. this woman is their aunt. how you feeling with this terrible situation? "my heart is burning" she says. the hospital is straining under the weight of so much pain and need. do you have what you need? or do you feel forgotten by the world? >> translator: the world has definitely forgotten us, he says. we haven't received aid in a very long time. across the rebel-held territory,

buildings have collapsed in their hundreds. the need here is so great, but so little aid has come here to northern syria, and people are desperate. a desperation that is tangled up in the fault lines of syria's decade-long civil war. president bashar al assad wants control of all supply routes, and world leaders don't want to legitimize the regime they've sanctioned. a complex situation that stands in the way of helping the seriously injured, like little bayan, who is being visited by her cousin. >> nice to meet you too. >> reporter: her older sister fatima lies in the bed next to her with an injured leg. their aunt, uma hassan tell us their mother died in the quake. "we haven't told them about their mother yet," she says. "i don't have the heart to tell them yet she's dead". >> reporter: 2 pessimistic 5 million syrian children have been affected by the quake, and they're in desperate need of the

base circumstances things like adequate shelter and drinking water, so it will little of which is available, and so many questions as to when or if they might get it. >> that's imtiaz tyab reporting in syria. closer to home, inflation continues to cool, but in parts of the economy, it's still running hot. new reports shows auto insurance rates are up 15% from a year ago. manuel bojorquez looks at what's behind the spike. >> reporter: juan maroso lives in miami, where drivers are spending the most on car insurance. >> my regular insurance was 2,400 for six months, and it went up to 4,000. >> reporter: the cost to ensure his tesla went up by nearly 70%. >> it hurts. it definitely hurts. >> reporter: a report nationwide finds premiums have risen an average of 2,40 on average, topping $2,000. florida saw the biggest jump, up almost twice the amount to

almost $230 a year. cate deventer authored the report. there is a lot of population in florida and the population is growing. and then we see a lot of tour is and that makes it even more likely an accident is going to happen. >> reporter: the high cost of car insurance comes as supply chain issues are starting to ease. but the spike in repair cost, labor, and medical care are driving insurance rates up across the board. >> good morning, grate florida, how may i help you? >> reporter: anakarina callejas is an insurance agent at great florida. she says one of the rising reasons for rising insurance are car claims tied up in court. >> most claims going through the carriers are coming in with an attorney. so maybe a climb that could have been closed off rather quickly is now tied up in court. with higher and higher and higher expenses. >> reporter: expenses that are ultimately passed down to consumers. her office has been taking calls

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retired colonel and army green beret perris davis was notified this week he will receive the nation's highest combat award, the medal of honor for his heroism in vietnam nearly six decades ago. the award was delayed after the paperwork mysteriously vanished twice at the height of the civil rights movement. colonel davis and other veterans told cbs news they believe race was a factor. for nine years a team has worked to right this wring. his daughter captured the moment. >> congratulations to you and your whole family. >> reporter: the call from the commander in chief ended a nearly six decade wait for retired colonel perris davis, one of the first black officers in the army's elite green better race. what does it mean to you personally to finally be recognized? >> it gives me a lot of pleasure and pride in the fact that number one, i'm an american. >> northeast of saigon.

>> reporter: davis will receive the medal of honor for his heroic actions in 1965 at the battle of bang san. hit by grenade and gunfire, davis refused to leave behind two of his wounded troops, billy and robert brown. as he recounted to upcoming tv shows phil donahue. >> sir, i'm not going to leave. i still have an american out there. >> and what did he say? >> he told me to move out. and i just disobeyed the order. >> reporter: ron dice is one of the mission's only survivors. >> captain davis refused and said no, i'm not leaveing -- well -- i'm not leaving while i have men out in the field. >> reporter: davis' commanding officer billy cole nominated him for the nation's highest military decoration, the medal of honor, but then the records mysteriously vanished.

a 1969 military review did not reveal any file on davis. why do you think the paperwork was lost? >> i thought that maybe this was just one of those racist things that shouldn't have happened but did happen. and when it got lost a second time, i was convinced. >> reporter: while davis had more than a dozen volunteers behind him, historian says other deserving veterans will go unrecognized. >> the military award system is broken, broken not only in the regard of awards presented, but in proper preservation of the history of those men and women. >> reporter: this green binder contains davis' service records. on monday, we returned it as promised with the job done. >> there is a reason for me to say thank you. >> reporter: 58 years later, davis remains grateful for his army service and the country he defended. >> america can heal you if you allow america to give it the

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ralph rodriguez, trying to scare away a would-be burglar. >> get on the ground. >> reporter: he was a the window? >> literally at the window. i saw him here. >> reporter: the man was trying to break into the office rodriguez runs. >> he took off? >> kept running that way? >> kr: a patorleft bind iss grae on a doorbell camera. so he could have gotten away with it, if only he hadn't reached out the rodriguez on social media, offering his name and his confession. "i have to be willing to face ththat what i'm ready to do. for most crime victims, that would be case closed. but for ralph rodriguez, it was opportunity opened. he didn't want to add another young man to the prison roll, especially one with no prior criminal record. so instead of pressing charges, he pressed for answers. so you decide to meet this guy? >> absolutely. i actually took the time to hear his story, see the environment in which he lives in, and i get it. poverty has a way of pushing you to do things you never even imagine you were capable of doing. >> reporter: 22-year-old richaun turner agreed to talk with us. on condition we not show his face.

>> i made a severe lapse in my judgment that night. my father was struggling with basic needs, and i was like i can't sit here and just wait for what little we still have to be taken away. i have to do something. >> reporter: and when ralph rodriguez heard that, he did something. >> making sure he is financially good and has some clothes on his back. >> reporter: so you started sending him money? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the guy who just tried to rob you? >> absolutely. because what he doesn't need anymore is more disappointments. i'm sure people have told him things in his life and dropped the ball ten times. it's just not what i'm prepared to do. >> reporter: so rodriguez turned the other cheek. gave him part-time work painting the very place he just tried to burglarize, and set him up with job training. >> i thought there would be no one willing to help me. but you never know. you have to ask. i wasn't willing to ask. >> reporter: what are you going to do with this chance? >> not waste it.

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well, valentine's day is hind us, there is a lot of candy sitting around. and if you find chocolate hard to resist, there is a reason behind that. ian lee explains. >> welcome to mo's. i'll be your chocolatier for today. >> reporter: anthony and trina are massive chocoholics. the charm of chocolate lured them to this london cooking class. >> another batch of chocolate. different varieties, the different flavorious can get. >> reporter: but chocolate's power of pleasure puzzled scientists at the university of leads in england. >> we've been looking into the texture of the chocolates, lubrication, tactile sensation rather than the taste. >> reporter: that melt in the mouth feeling led researchers to create an artificial tongue,

which cracked the code, revealing it all comes down the chocolate's fat. why is it nice on the tongue? >> it makes it smooth. it makes it slippery. it reduces the resistance. >> reporter: scientists say that lubrication makes for a more enjoyable experience, and it doesn't come as a surprise to chief chocolatier paul stradling. >> it's natural the fact that cocoa butter is in it. it's actually the only fat in the world that melts at body temperature. >> reporter: researchers found that smooth sensation comes down to the location of the fat, not the amount. >> if you put more fat on the top surface of the chocolate, then we wouldn't need much of the fat in the body of the chocolate. >> reporter: and that got them wondering if you need fat at all so you replaced the fat with the proteins to get the same texture? >> exactly, yes. >> reporter: and that would be healthier? >> it would be more nutritious for sure. >> reporter: letting people indulge their love of chocolate without the loveiae, cbs news, .

and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. one person was killed and three others injured when gunfire broke out at a mall in el paso, texas. police say it started in the food court. two suspects are now in custody. two people were killed when a black hawk helicopter crashed on to an alabama highway. the victims were tennessee national guardsmen. the cause of this crash is still unclear. and part of a special grand jury report on donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia will be released today. three sections, including a portion that outlines concerns around witnesses potentially lying under oath will be made

public. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. ♪ tonight, life in prison for the gunman who killed ten people during a racist attack inside a buffalo supermarket. here are tonight's top headlines. tense moments as the victim's relative lunges at the shooter in court. >> you will never see the light of day as a free man ever again. run! >> stories of survival from that deadly mass shooting at michigan state university. >> i thought like if i don't move right now, i'm going to get shot. safety concerns and flight delays. the faa in the hot seat. >> can a single screw up ground air traffic nationwide? >> could i sit here and tell you

there will never be another issue? no, sir, i cannot. tonight, 100 million americans face heavy snow, high winds and tornado threats. >> paducah kentucky to alexandria, louisiana, memphis solidly in the heart of that risk zone. nikki haley speaks for the first time since announcing her run for the white house. >> we're ready, ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past. and parade of champions. the kansas city chiefs celebrate their super bowl win. >> kansas city, how we feeling today, baby? kingdom, let me hear you! ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i have the news we are just getting in about an american icon.

actress and international sex symbol raquel welch has died at the age of 82. the star of the 1960s and '70s appeared in nearly 100 films and tv shows, including "one million years bc." also tonight, the holocaust era musical instruments that were saved after world war ii, now inspiring a new generation around the world. but first, the chaos in the courtroom at the sentencing hearing of the white supremacist who killed ten black people at a buffalo supermarket in may of last year. as families of the victims face the shooter for the first time, a man who lost his aunt had to be restrained by police. the emotional moments followed by an apology from the gunman. he blamed his racist hate on what he's read online. cbs' jeff pegues inside the courthouse for us and joins us now from buffalo. good evening, jeff. >> norah, family members of the victims have been carrying their grief with them for the past nine months. today they exhaled, releasing their anger, releasing their

heartbreak during a more than two-hour court hearing. speaking directly to the man who murdered their loved ones one after the other, they stepped forward. tamika harper lost geraldine tally, her aunt. >> do i want you to die? no. i want you to stay alive. i want you to think about this every day of your life. >> reporter: they announced the mass shooting, which the gunman killed ten people ranging in age from 32 to 86 in the aisles of the top supermarket. >> you a cowardly racist. >> you planned this whole thing. you planned it. you put it on a video, like it was a video game and watched. i watch mid sister-in-law get shot by you. >> reporter: the anger in the room was palpable. >> we never go in neighborhoods and take people out. >> reporter: eventually, it spilled out into the open. one victim's relative held back by security, trying to rush the gunman. investigators say the gunman, who didn't live in buffalo, is an avowed white supremacist.

he live streamed the massacre after planning it for weeks. they say he specifically targeted the store and black people. today he teared up at times and apologized. >> i'm very sorry for all the pain i forced the victims and their families to suffer through. i'm very sorry for stealing the lives of your loved ones. >> reporter: the apology rings hollow for the family of katherine massey. what did you think when he apologized? >> it means nothing to us. it wasn't sincere, number one. it don't matter. he can't bring kat back or any of them back. >> reporter: and the judge was unswayed. >> there is no place for you or your ignorant, hateful, and evil ideologies in a civilized society. there can be no mercy for you. >> reporter: the convicted killer sentenced to life without parole. he will be in federal court tomorrow facing 27 felonies,

including hate crimes and the possibility that he could face the death penalty. norah? >> jeff pegues, thank you. tonight, the campus of michigan state university is in mourning, holding a vigil to honor the victims of monday's deadly shooting. we're also hearing the harrowing account from one survivor who barely escaped the shooter's aim. here is cbs' elaine quijano. >> if i don't move like right now, i'm going get shot. >> reporter: that's the terrifying thought jack gibson had when he came face-to-face with the shooter monday night. before he knew it, gibson says, he was dodging bullets. >> i honestly do think he shot at me and missed. >> reporter: gibson is not a student at msu, but he's been working in the school's cafeteria since january, alongside brian fraser, the msu sophomore who was killed by the gunman. >> we have lost too much. it's only getting worse. >> reporter: today hundreds of msu students rallied on the steps of the state's capitol, demanding gun reform legislation.

>> words are not good enough. we must act, and we will. >> you're under arrest right now. >> reporter: newly released body cam video shows anthony mcrae's arrest on a gun charge in 2019. on monday, authorities say he took his own life during a confrontation with police. three msu students were killed in the attack and five others were critically wounded, including guadalupe huapilla-perez, a junior studying hospitality business. her sister started a gofundme page because she says hawpe pia perez faces months of care. the four other students are also in critical condition. classes here at msu are suspended until next week, and the campus is mostly empty now. but, norah, many of those who are still here are holding a vigil tonight behind me to remember the victims. >> elaine quijano, thank you so much. let's turn now to the dangerous weather. tens of millions of americans in more than a dozen states are under winter storm alerts

tonight from colorado to michigan. in denver, heavy snow and freezing temperatures caused havoc during the morning commute as traffic slowed and wrecks piled up on the roadways. this system could dump up to a foot of snow from kansas to iowa. and tonight in the south there is a threat for tornadoes across five states. meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel is tracking it all. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. the risk for tornadoes and super cell thunderstorms goes up dramatically through the night and on thursday. here is the area of concern overnight tonight. paducah, kentucky to alexandria, louisiana, memphis solidly in the heart of that risk zone. it expands tomorrow farther north in the ohio valley, expand do you think to the gulf coast and all points in between. the timing is this. a lot of storms tonight. here we are 10:00 at night. plenty of storms across the mid south. tornadic storms overnight. returning again tomorrow. hitting storms from cleveland, ohio down to new orleans. that line significantly weakens going into friday.

if you look at ahead, record highs up and down the eastern seaboard. temperatures that look and feel a lot more like april an

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> back here in washington, the head of the faa was in the hot seat on capitol hill today, following the january computer outage that grounded flights nationwide for nearly two hours, as well as several recent airline near collisions at some of the busiest airports. cbs' nikole killion is on capitol hill. >> reporter: one month after the first nationwide ground stop since 9/11 -- >> every single flight in the country is stopped. >> i'm really upset, but what can i do.

>> reporter: senators on capitol hill demanded answers from acting faa administrator billy nolen, who told lawmakers the widespread outage to its pilot notification system was caused by outdated technology that's at least 30 years old and contractor error. >> can a single screw-up ground air traffic nationwide? >> could i sit here today and tell you there will never be another issue on the notam system? no, sir, i cannot. >> reporter: also several close calls on the runways this year, including near collisions between two planes at jfk, another incident involving a united flight and a cessna in honolulu, and most recently, an encounter in austin with fed ex and southwest jets. >> southwest, abort. fedex is on the go. >> it was a low visibility day. it is not what we would expect to have happen. >> reporter: the ntsb is also investigating a united plane that nose-dived right after takeoff in maui last december. nancy mueller was on board. >> i thought we were going to

die, really. >> reporter: the administrator cautioned his agency won't be complacent with more than 1.5 million passengers flying each day. >> what do you say to the traveling public who is still concerned more incidents could occur? >> we have the safest, most efficient, and most complex airspace in the world. >> reporter: the acting administrator announced that will create a safety review team to look into the incidents and examine the broader aviation system. the faa will also hold a safety summit in march. norah? >> nikole killion, thank you very much. there is breaking news coming in just now. a black hawk helicopter on a training mission has crashed near huntsville, alabama. there are reportedly no survivors. pentagon officials tell cbs news it belonged to the tennessee national guard. home surveillance video shows it plunging from the sky, and video from the crash site shows thick black smoke billowing from the burning chopper. it landed in a highway median.

it is not clear right now how many people were on board. all right. tonight cbs news is learning new details about what may have caused that toxic train crash earlier this month, and it comes as there is growing concern from residents in ohio that the pollution in the air and water could make their families sick. cbs' roxana saberi has more. >> reporter: tonight, outrage is growing among residents in east palestine following the train derailment that spewed toxic chemicals and forced them from their homes for days. >> i've been coughing since we came back. >> reporter: some residents are complaining of rashes, sore throats, and respiratory problems. >> coming right up, another fish. there is hundreds of them up here. >> reporter: on top of the thousands of fish and other wildlife reported dead. >> the biggest concern i think is just the not knowing what it is that we're up against, what it is that we'll be up against in the future.

>> reporter: cbs news has learned that employees working on the train were concerned about what they say was excessive weight and length in the days before it derailed and burst into flames. >> fire department, report to the station for a mutual aid fire with east palestine. >> reporter: according to employees familiar with the matter, the train broke down at least once before derailing on february 3rd. in a statement, norfolk southern said the weight was uniform throughout, with features to help reduce mechanical issues, and that a longer and heavier train used to run the route. in its investigation, the ntsb is focusing on an overheated wheel bearing that it says was close to failing. it has removed parts for analysis, but investigators can't get back to the site until the cars are fully decontaminated. late today, ohio's governor said test results on five wells came back indicating the town's water is safe to drink.

officials from norfolk southern say they will not attend a town hall meeting tonight with residents, siting the growing physical threat to their employees. norah? >> the governor still encouraging bottled water. roxana saberi, thank you. turning overseas to the aftermath of that devastating earthquake in turkey and syria, the combined death toll now topping 41,000. remarkably, nine days later, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. rescuers today carrying a woman to safety, chanting "god is great." across the border in syria, survivors say this freshly dug mass graveyard won't be large enough for all the dead. the world health organization is pleading with syria to allow more aid into this rebel-held territory. now to our special series "heart matters." more than six million americans are currently living with heart failure. and every year, thousands of patients require a heart transplant. tonight, cbs' chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook looks at a medical breakthrough

that could give more people the chance to get a new heart. >> reporter: it's moments like this that made jason banner decide to take a chance on a new method of heart transplantation. >> i'm thankful for everything that it has given me so far, and that's the gift of life. >> reporter: the single father of two discovered in 2005 he had a genetic heart condition. last year, he was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, which causes poor blood flow. >> they were basically telling me my heart was ready to give out at any moment. >> reporter: banner was transferred to duke university hospital for treatment while he awaited a heart transplant. during 2022, almost 8500 people were on the wait list, but fewer than half received hearts because there weren't enough donors. to increase his odds, banner agreed to participate in a procedure called donation after circulatory death. >> the use of this technology is the biggest thing to happen in heart transplants since heart transplants started. >> traditionally, a heart has been removed from a body and put in a tray on ice.

what's different about this? >> the heart is connected to essentially a miniaturized heart-lung machine that actually pumps blood into the heart. so not only does that allow it to recover, we can transport as far as we need to. >> reporter: this new device expands the number of hearts available for transplant by increasing the distance the donor hearts can travel. previously, hearts needed to be transplanted with political four approximately four hours. you've successfully transplanted a heart that was on this machine for more than nine hours? >> we can go further and think about using hearts that are not going to be used that just because of distance alone. >> reporter: last june, banner received a heart flown in from out of state. this is a heart you would not have been able to get before. >> true. it has given me the opportunity to be here for my family. >> reporter: all because an organ donor gave him a second chance at life.

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finally tonight, musical instruments that were nearly lost during world war ii have not only been recovered, but they are now being played as a symbol of hope and survival. here is cbs' manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: at the national world war ii museum in new orleans -- >> that's pretty cool. >> reporter: an unexpected sight. four violins given new life by avshalom weinstein and his father. >> we are repairing and restoring all these instruments because we think it's important for the people to hear the sound of what those people heard during the war. >> reporter: for weinstein, it's personal. his grandparents lost nearly their entire family in the holocaust. still, his grandfather, a violin

repairman in israel, started to save what no one wanted, german-made instruments. why did he take them in? >> because my grandfather didn't want to see the instruments being broken, destroyed, or lost. ♪ >> reporter: through their program, violins of hope, the instruments are played all over the world, reclaiming them from their dark past. some musicians at concentration camps were forced to play as their fellow jews were sent to their deaths. on this night, a restored violin sang once again with the louisiana philharmonic orchestra. ♪ violinist philippe quint lost family during the holocaust. >> what a great way for future generations in terms of education, in terms of never repeating something like this again. ♪

>> reporter: manuel bojorquez, cbs news, new orleans. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. one person was killed and three others injured when gunfire broke out at a mall in el paso, texas. police say it started in the food court. two suspects are now in custody. two people were killed when a black hawk helicopter crashed on to an to an alabama highway. the victims were tennessee national guardsmen. the cause of this crash is still unclear. and part of a special grand jury report on donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia will be released today. three sections, including a portion that outlines concerns around witnesses potentially lying under oath will be made public.

for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new it's thursday, february 16th, 2023. trn derailmeealt conc frustrated residents in ohio demand answers from officials at a town hall. what we are learning about problems with the train before the crash. deadly mall shooting. at least one person is killed and three wounded in a shooting in el paso, texas. hear from witnesses about what happened inside. supermarket shooter sentenced. the gunman in the buffalo, new york, shooting that left ten dead is sentenced to life in prison. see what happened when victims' families confronted the shooter in court. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.