this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. more than 10 million people from texas to missouri are threatened by severe and dangerous weather. oklahoma could see the worst of it with thunderstorms forecast to bring destructive winds as powerful as category 2 hurricanes. tornados are possible. the same storm system impacted southern california this weekend. look at those pictures. a mix of misery and it's not over. cbs' joy benedict leads us of tonight from los angeles.

>> reporter: yeah, good evening, jericka. it has been tough. california is getting a small break, but it's bracing for more snow and rain to come later on this week. this tree behind me fell on friday, and it is still here, showing just how much need to clean up there still is. apartments red tagged, deemed unsafe to live in due to toppled trees. major freeways close because of heavy snow and dangerous ice. california gets a temporary break to assess the damage before another storm slams the state. the rains have been relentless and prompted several swiftwater rescues, including this one in pasadena. about 30 miles north in santa clarita, rv owners are keeping a close eye on their homes after a cliff collapsed, sending three into the river blow. >> devastating. >> reporter: heavy snow, in some

areas up to 6 feet, stranding many, including on california's grapevine, the major artery connecting the southern and northern part of the golden state. smaller highways were also impassable. >> we got up here, he's like, oh, god, we're going to die. >> reporter: the freezing storm left many shivering and surprised to see snow in such normally sunny spots of san diego and los angeles. >> this was your first time seeing snow? >> yes. >> like, ever? >> ever. 48 years. like, ever. >> reporter: and the storms have ever helped california when it comes to its drought status. they have moved us from the exceptional status, the most extreme of the droughts, to moderate status and a new update is expected this week. jer jericka? >> all right, joy benedict in los angeles, thank you. turning to italy where there's been a deadly disaster off the coast there. at least 59 people were killed, some of them children, when their overcrowded and wooden fishing boat hit rocky reefs and broke apart. the ship sailed from turkey four days ago with migrants primarily from afghanistan and pakistan.

a turkish man believed to be a smuggler who piloted the boat is now in police custody. today, russian president vladimir putin accused the united states and nato allies of threatening the survival of his country. putin's words and actions in ukraine are drawing scrutiny from the head of the cia. cbs' skyler henry is at the white house to explain. good evening, skyler. >> reporter: jericka, good evening to you. the cia says president putin is "quite determined to grind away at ukraine" and believes there will be western political fatigue and russia will eventually win this war. and he's doubling down as concerns are growing that he might have help from another superpower. cia director bill burns says russian president vladimir putin is overconfident in his ability to wear down ukraine. >> at some point, he's going to have to face up to increasing costs as well. in coffins coming home to some

of the poorest parts of russia. >> reporter: on "face the nation," burns added while russia is taking a "reputational and economic hit on the global stage," officials are keeping a close eye on the relationship between moscow and beijing. u.s. intelligence reveals china is considering sending lethal support to russia. >> we also don't see that a final decision has been made yet. and we don't see evidence of actual shipments of lethal equipment. it would be a very risky and unwise bet. >> this would be a real mistake, because those weapons would be used to bombard cities and kill civilians, and china should want no part of that. >> reporter: as u.s. warns china of possible consequences, tensions are mounting in the south china sea. over concerns that what's happening in ukraine could serve as a blueprint for chinese president xi and his stance on taiwan. >> while maybe ukraine today, it's going to be taiwan tomorrow. we can't put our head in the sand and ignore this. otherwise, the russians will be on the polish border and chairman xi will invade taiwan.

>> reporter: top chinese economic officials refuse to condemn russia's war with ukraine. at a g20 economic meeting over the weekend, declining to sign a statement that was agreed to by 18 other member nations. russia also refused to sign. jericka? >> i know that's very concerning for u.s. officials. skyler henry, thank you. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy marked nine years since russia's occupation of crimea, tweeting, "this is our land." adding, "the ukrainian flag will return to every corner of the country." cbs' imtiaz tyab reports from kyiv tonight. >> reporter: sheltering underground. the only way to survive in the eastern ukrainian town of voglodar, where despite it all there's still faith this war will end. for emilia, that faith remains unshakeable even as she and her daughter risk their lives under

relentless russian artillery strikes just to gather the basics. "my sister died nine days ago," she weeps. "we have nothing. i have to collect rainwater just so we can wash our hands and clean our dishes." this once well-to-do coal mining town has become one of the most bitterly contested front lines in vladimir putin's war on ukraine. a war now in its second year. in the ruins of the devastated streets are ukrainian soldiers determined to deprive moscow of its desperate desire to control all of the industrial eastern donbas region. "what russia is doing now is a genocide of ukrainians," this soldier says. "we don't have any other option but to win." but the grinding attritional warfare, which have become symbols of ukrainian resistance, makes life a misery for so many. this evangelical christian minister dressed in camouflage hugs one of the town's last remaining residents. few others are brave enough to bring aid here. all the minister can offer are

loaves of bread. 73-year-old valentina says, despite it all, she won't leave. "we are frightened, but what can we do? we live with it. we just can't say to the russians, don't shoot." now the front line between ukrainian and russian forces may largely be static, jericka, but it stretches for hundreds of miles from the northwestern russian border all the way to the black sea. voglodar is now one of the deadliest hot spots. >> imtiaz tyab, thank you for your reporting as always. back here in the states, the environmental protection agency is now overseeing waste removal operations in east palestine, ohio. nearly a month after an overloaded train derailed and spilled tons of toxic chemicals, today the agency identified facilities that can accept hazardous material from the crash site. >> today, i'm pleased to announce that we have identified epa-certified facilities that will be able to accept at least

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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for staying with us. >> the two decades long mega drought in the west has hundreds of rivers, lakes and reservoirs at historic lows. despite the recent torrential rains off the pacific, much of the west remains parched. that includes utah where the famous great salt lake is literally disappearing, taking with it habitats, businesses, and memories. lee cowan traveled to salt lake to see what's being done to save it. >> reporter: utah's great salt lake. doesn't look so great these days. this place where tourists once

bobbed up and down like corks in water far saltier than the ocean is now quite literally turning to dust. >> it's just all so sad. like, i just can't believe all this happened just since i was in high school. >> reporter: this story hits pretty close to home. i grew up in salt lake city. we had a sailboat here. that's a shaggy-haired me hugging the mast. but today, this marina is lifeless. the only boats here now are sailing the blacktop of a nearby parking lot. you go out the channel there, as soon as you rounded the corner there, you just saw this huge expanse of water. i mean, to me it was like the ocean. but my ocean has shriveled. once covering 2,300 square miles, today great salt lake is only one-third that size. >> are you guys ready? let's do it. >> reporter: we took to the air to see for ourselves.

>> normally that would be full of water all the way up. >> reporter: andy wallace was flying over these waters about the same aedes ge i was sailing them. >> that was completely underwater in the spring. that's emerged since then. >> you've noticed a difference year by year? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: the lake always had y iwa lo some ng on how much wa ke 1983 when floodwaters were diverted down city streets. >> there are some people who say, don't worry, it's going to go from dry to wet, it's a big cycle. >> reporter: utah senator and former gop presidential candidate mitt romney believes this has gone far beyond the normal cycle. >> assuming we're going to have a continuation of what we're seeing now, you've got to take action. allowing the lake to dry up is not something we can allow. >> reporter: climate change and the west's historic mega drought haven't done the lake any favors, but it's the diversion of water away from the lake that

he says is less than divine. >> the water in this area helped us bloom like a rose, as the scripture says. lawns, but some of that's going to have to change. >> reporter: most of the lake's water is spoken for long before it gets there. it's not just those green lawns for utah's exploding population. 70% of the water goes to agriculture. and then there's the billion dollar a year mineral extraction industry. it uses the lake's water, too. salt is obviously king here. >> we produce about 1 million tons annually. >> 1 million tons? >> yeah. >> reporter: but there's magnesium and lithium too, says joe habasy, vice president of natural resources at compass minerals. if the lake dries up, he worries, so might thousands of local jobs. >> when you appreciate the scope, the direct extraction, you have the indirect job. so vendors, volunteers, trucking. >> reporter: so just how bad is it really?

well, scientific report out just last month warns the lake is on track to disappear in the next five years. unless water use is cut by as much as 50% annually. >> i don't know of any other environmental threat that's moving this quickly. >> reporter: bonnie baxter is a westminster college bio chemist and one of the authors of that study. for two decades, she's been studying the lake's brine shrimp and brine flies. not the most pleasant inhabitants, as i recall, but they were a nutritious food source for 10 million migratory shorebirds. those i remember fondly. >> this year was pretty horrific. we didn't see a lot of flies, and the birds that eat the flies are really emaciated and struggling. >> sounds like you're talking about the whole ecosystem collapsing? >> exactly. when i'm out here, i have to walk away and cry, often. i can't get through the day just

thinking about the science. i have to take a moment. >> reporter: it's emotional, to be sure. and that's not even the worst of it. a bigger problem is actually blowing in the wind. that's kevin perry, professor of atmospheric sciences at the university of utah. he spent the last 15 years biking across the lakebed, trying to determine if the newly exposed soil poses any threat. >> every 500 meters, i would scoop up a soil sample. >> reporter: what he found was that it was laden with toxic heavy metals. >> there were nine elements that had concentrations out in the soil that are potentially alarming. but by far, arsenic had the most widespread abundance. >> reporter: yep, he said arsenic. the same wind that used to blow sailboats around will also, he says, pick up that toxic dust and send it straight into the lungs of residents all along the wasatch front.

trying to get a sense of how you quantify the danger. how big is the danger? >> there are 2.5 million people that live within 50 miles of this headache. and all of those 2.5 million people are at risk from long-term exposure from the dust. >> reporter: it's happened before. about 600 miles to the southwest, what used to be owens lake in california. its inflows were diverted a century ago to provide water for city of los angeles. but once its lake bottom was exposed, this area became the largest source of toxic dust in the nation. how bad was it? >> really bad. it was 100 times or more over the federal air quality standard. >> reporter: philip kudue is the pollution control officer in the great basin who oversees a massive operation to tamp down that dust. using gravel, brush, and yes, more water.

how much does all that mitigation cost? >> today, $2.5 billion. just to basically fix the mistake, to mitigate the mistake. >> wow. >> i think owens lake is a bellwether for the great salt lake. >> reporter: as hard as controlling the dust is here, consider this. great salt lake is 12 times larger. >> this would be exponentially more expensive. maybe not even possible. >> reporter: under the leadership of brad wilson, republican speaker of the utah house, the state has passed a flood of water conservation measures. utahans have responded by voluntarily saving about 9 billion gallons of water just last summer alone. >> it's been almost unprecedented, really, on this issue, how everyone, regardless of political ideology or age or where they grew up is aware of the lake, cares about it, for various reasons. >> reporter: president biden just signed a bill cosponsored by senator romney that allocates $25 million to monitor great salt lake and others like it.

but studying the problem and fixing it are two very different things. >> my guess is the cost is going to be in the billions and billions of dollars. and how we fund that, that's another question. >> are you optimi imistic that can fix it? >> there's no question in my mind we n fix it. the question is will there are the public and political will to take the tough medicine? if we don't, the consequence for all of us will be severe. >> reporter: the last light to leave the salt lake valley is from the sunsets that even now still reflect off the lake. it's been that way for thousands of years. i'd like to think in geologic time, anyway, great salt lake is still too young to die. but -- i guess that's up to us. >> that was lee cowan reporting. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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♪ there's a young football star in nebraska who's using lessons from his troubled childhood to fuel his mission to help others. steve hartman found the story "on the road." >> reporter: when lincoln east high school football phenom wide receiver malachi coleman announced he'd be playing for nebraska next season, it was the completion of the ultimate hail mary. 12 years earlier, malachi's mother left him and his younger sister by the side of the road and never returned. malachi suffered abuse in the foster system, until eventually he and his sister were adopted by a loving family. but so much damage had been done. >> he was a broken kid. >> reporter: parents miranda and craig coleman. >> he lived for today and only today, and nothing mattered. >> reporter: a mean and selfish jerk, by his own admission, who

refused to do anything kind for anybody. >> because nobody had really helped me up to that point, you know? >> so why should you help them? >> yeah. >> reporter: so when the nebraska school activities association ruled that high school athletes could now profit off their name and likeness, it came as no surprise that malachi was first in line. the shocker was how he planned to spend it. >> never could have predicted? >> no, it was his idea. >> reporter: they say malachi walked into this local restaurant and offered to promote a burrito on condition a portion of the profits go to one cause. >> put it towards advocating for the foster care system. >> reporter: nick mastis the owner. >> how would you not want to be on board with that? >> reporter: this kid's remarkable transformation actually began a few years earlier after an hour-long argument in which miranda insisted he do something

selfless. >> yeah, i threw at least 100 ideas of things he could do. and exasperated i finally said, "what about holding a door? can you hold one door for one person?" he finally just like, "i can hold a door." >> reporter: the next day at school, he held a door. then another. and another. at church he held the door for the entire congregation. till now, he says, kindness is his passion. you're saying all this charity stemmed from you holding a door for someone? >> yes, because once i realized how good it makes me feel to help other people, it's something i knew i wanted to continue in my life. >> reporter: hopefully opening many more of the most important doors, the ones leading to a forever family. steve hartman, "on the road" in lincoln, nebraska.

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oh, are you sure? are you sure you don't want to go, it will be so much fun! prayers and well wishes continue to roll in for former president jimmy carter. he's decided to live out his final days in hospice care at home. mr. carter's life after the white house took him across the country and around the world, fostering democracy and helping others. but it's his hometown of plains, georgia, that remains dearest to his heart and in the heart of the town is a local store. cole killian paid a visit. >> reporter: when you step into plains trading post, it's like stepping back into time. >> we have just about every candidate you can think hilip g his wife run the shop, which has one of the largest collections of political memorabilia in the country and features the 39th president. >> it isn't important that i know president carter. it's important that he knows me.

so that's, like, an honor. it's an honor that he would come in and care about us. >> reporter: president carter is one of his most frequent customers and a bit frugal. >> one time he was in here with roslyn and she wanted something for $5 and he yelled out. >> 5 dollars! >> reporter: mugs, hats, stickers, books, buttons from his presidential campaign. >> who wouldn't want you to givemy jimmy? this is from 1976. >> reporter: thousands of items reflect carter's 98 years. >> if you were designing a button about jimmy carter, what would it say? >> "a life very well done." >> reporter: a presidential pin that's priceless. nikole killion, cbs news, plains, georgia. that does it. the "cbs overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news

continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, make it a great week. i'm jericka duncan. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt piper in new york. court resumes in south carolina after defendant alex murdaugh took the stand in his own defense for two days. he admitted to being a drug abuser for 20 years and lying about his whereabouts when his wife and son were murdered. the case could go to the jury this week. if you get health care coverage through medicaid, you might be one of 14 million americans at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. that's because for the first time in three years, states will begin to check everyone's eligibility for medicaid. "everything everywhere all at once" won nearly everything at the s.a.g. awards, taking home the statue for best ensemble. and stars michelle yeoh and jamie lee caurtis also won.

for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. ♪ tornado threat. dangerous storms take aim at the plains. 10 million people at risk. oklahoma in a bull's-eye of trouble. the same system clobbering california. mudslides, rescues, and damage in its wake. shipwreck disaster. dozens are dead after a migrant boat breaks apart near italy. battle lines. vladimir putin says russia's survival is at stake in ukraine. >> ukraine, where the grinding attritional warfare is making life a misery for so many. the cia tells cbs news putin's arrogance could be his downfall. >> putin is right now entirely too confident of his ability to

wear down ukraine. plus millions brace for and later, go for launch. spacex gets set for nasa's upcoming crew flight. >> why me? why am i so lucky to be here? >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. more than 10 million people from texas to missouri are threatened by severe and dangerous weather. oklahoma could see the worst of it with thunderstorms forecast to bring destructive winds as powerful as category 2 hurricanes. tornados are possible. the same storm system impacted southern california this weekend. look at those pictures. a mix of misery and it's not over. cbs' joy benedict leads us off from los angeles. joy, good evening.

>> reporter: yeah, good evening, jericka. it has been tough. california is getting a small break, but it's bracing for more snow and rain to come later on this week. this tree behind me fell on friday, and it is still here, showing just how much need to clean up there still is. roads shut down due to rockslides. apartments red tagged, deemed unsafe to live in due to toppled trees. major freeways closed because of heavy snow and dangerous ice. california gets a temporary break to assess the damage before another storm slams the state. the rains have been relentless and prompted several swiftwater rescues, including this one in pasadena. about 30 miles north in santa clarita, rv owners are keeping a close eye on their homes after a cliff collapsed, sending three into the river blow.

>> it's devastating. >> reporter: heavy snow, in some areas up to 6 feet, stranding many, including on california's grapevine, the major artery connecting the southern and northern part of the golden state. smaller highways were also impassable. >> we got up here, he's like, oh, god, we're going to die. >> reporter: the freezing storm left many shivering and surprised to see snow in such normally sunny spots of san diego and los angeles. >> this was your first time seeing snow? >> yes. >> like, ever? >> ever. 48 years. like, ever. >> reporter: and the storms have helped california when it comes to its drought status. they have moved us from the exceptional status, the most extreme of the droughts, to moderate status and a new update is expected this week. jericka? >> all right, joy benedict in los angeles, thank you. let's get details on the latest storms with meteorologist

paul goodloe from our partners at the weather c. we're in the midst of a widespread damaging wind and tornado threat across the middle of the country here. as we head through the evening hours, can't rule out winds gusting 70 plus miles per hour and a few tornados. that pushes through st. louis before the sun comes up tomorrow. the northern stretch of the same system is going to bring a mixed bag of weather across the great lakes. that does include the risk of freezing rain and ice. all the snow and cold air from last week is left over. that's going to freeze the rain on contact. that could be an impactful storm system across the midwest in terms of ice. the northeast, maybe the groundhog was right. we could see perhaps one of our biggest snow storms of the year here. for some that means a half foot to a foot of snow falling as we wind up wednesday morning. a lot of weather to monitor the next several days. jericka? >> yes, we do. paul goodloe from the weather channel, thank you. turning to italy where there's been a deadly disaster off the coast there. at least 59 people were killed, some of them children, when

their overcrowded and wooden fishing boat hit rocky reefs and broke apart. the ship sailed from turkey four days ago with migrants primarily from afghanistan and pakistan. a turkish man believed to be a smuggler who piloted the boat is now in police custody. today, russian president vladimir putin accused the united states and nato allies of threatening the survival of his country. putin's words and actions in ukraine are drawing scrutiny from the head of the cia. cbs' skyler henry is at the white house to explain. good evening, skyler. >> reporter: jericka, good evening to you. the cia says president putin is "quite determined to grind away at ukraine" and believes there will be western political fatigue and russia will eventually win this war. and he's doubling down as concerns are growing that he might have help from another superpower. cia director bill burns says russian president vladimir putin is overconfident in his ability to wear down ukraine.

>> at some point, he's going to have to face up to increasing costs as well. in coffins coming home to some of the poorest parts of russia. >> reporter: on "face the nation," burns added while russia is taking a "reputational and economic hit on the global stage," officials are keeping a close eye on the relationship between moscow and beijing. u.s. intelligence reveals china is considering sending lethal support to russia. >> we also don't see that a final decision has been made yet. and we don't see evidence of actual shipments of lethal equipment. it would be a very risky and unwise bet. >> this would be a real mistake, because those weapons would be used to bombard cities and kill civilians, and china should want no part of that. >> reporter: as u.s. warns china of possible consequences, tensions are mounting in the south china sea. over concerns that what's

happening in ukraine could serve as a blueprint for chinese president xi and his stance on taiwan. >> while maybe ukraine today, it's going to be taiwan tomorrow. we can't put our head in the sand and ignore this. otherwise, the russians will be on the polish border and chairman xi will invade taiwan. >> reporter: top chinese economic officials refuse to condemn russia's war with ukraine at a g20 economic meeting over the weekend, declining to sign a statement that was agreed to by 18 other member nations. russia also refused to sign. jericka? >> i know that's very concerning for u.s. officials. skyler henry, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy marked nine years since russia's occupation of crimea, tweeting, "this is our land." adding, "the ukrainian flag will return to every corner of the country." cbs' imtiaz tyab reports from kyiv tonight. >> reporter: sheltering underground is the only way to survive in the eastern ukrainian town of voglodar, where despite it all there's still faith this war will end. for emilia, that faith remains unshakeable even as she and her daught r

"my sister died nine days ago," she weeps. "we have nothing. i have to collect rainwater just so we can wash our hands and clean our dishes." this once well-to-do coal mining town has become one of the most bitterly contested front lines in vladimir putin's war on a war now in its second year. in the ruins of the devastated streets are ukrainian soldiers determined to deprive moscow of its desperate desire to control all of the industrial eastern donbas region. "what russia is doing now is a genocide of ukrainians," this soldier says. "we don't have any other option but to win." but the grinding attritional warfare, which have become symbols of ukrainian resistance, makes life a misery for so many. this evangelical christian minister dressed in camouflage hugs one of the town's last remaining residents. few others are brave enough to bring aid here. all the minister can offer are loaves of bread.

73-year-old valentina says, despite it all, she won't leave. "we are frightened, but what can we do? we live with it. we just can't say to the russians, don't shoot." now the front line between ukrainian and russian forces may largely be static, jericka, but it stretches for hundreds of miles from the northwestern russian border all the way to the black sea. voglodar is now one of the deadliest hot spots. >> imtiaz tyab, thank you for your reporting as always. back here in the states, the environmental protection agency is now overseeing waste removal operations in east palestine, ohio. nearly a month after an overloaded train derailed and spilled tons of toxic chemicals, today the agency identified facilities that can accept hazardous material from the crash site. >> today, i'm pleased to announce that we have identified

epa-certified facilities that will be able to accept at least some of these wastes. meaning that the railroad will be able to restart shipments tomorrow. >> reporter: state officials say truckloads of waste have already been delivered to licensed disposal facilities in michigan and texas. tonight, food advocates are warning of a looming hunger cliff. starting this week, the government is slashing pandemic-era federal funding for millions of americans across the country. cbs' astrid martinez has more on the importance of this funding. >> reporter: jericka, these extra s.n.a.p. benefits have been a lifeline for millions of americans struggling to feed their families during the pandemic. the benefits are days away from ending and with the cost of food rising, families are bracing for tougher times at the cash register. for roughly three years, families grappling with the impact of covid-19 shutdowns and job losses qualified for extra money to help put food on the

table. data show the supplemental nutrition assistance program, known as s.n.a.p., kept 4.2 million people out of poverty. but this past december, congress passed a bill ending those extra s.n.a.p. benefits. 18 states already saw benefits expire in february. on march 1st, the remaining 32 states will see those emergency covid-era payments end. households will lose at least $95 a month. but some could see a cut of $250 or more. the s.n.a.p. deductions come as inflation has increased food prices overall about 10% from just a year ago. meanwhile, food banks are rushing to meet an expected increase in demand. can you explain to us how badly the situation is? >> the prices at supermarkets now and the s.n.a.p. benefits reducing, people are just going to need more help. >> reporter: elderly americans could be hardest hit by these benefit cuts. that's what experts say, as they

are the ones to receive the minimum monthly benefits. jericka? >> astrid martinez, thank you. to the kennedy space center in florida now. this is launch pad 39-a, once used to launch saturn rockets and astronauts to the moon. now the spacex rocket is set to blast off at 1:45 a.m. eastern, carrying a crew of four to the international space station. cbs' mark strassmann is there. >> reporter: after months of training, this crew, like all astronauts before them, recognizes certain truths about life in space. it can be unpredictable and unforgiving. >> russian flight controllers have been noticing a stream of particles coming out of the soyuz ms-22 vehicle. >> reporter: back in december, a micrometeoroid flying 15,000 mipehe radiator of a soyuz capsule ckedo the iss, leaking cool apt into space.

suddenly stranded, two cosmonauts and an american scheduled to head home. >> and liftoff, a new ride back to earth. >> reporter: last friday, russia had to launch a replacement soyuz to replace them. tonight's launch will be with a different spacecraft, but the threat is the same. >> that risk has always been there. >> reporter: steve bowen is this new mission's commander. he remembers taking a space walk and seeing a shooting star below his feet. >> it's a real risk, it's a known risk. our capability of tracking that debris is improved but it's not perfect. it's never far from our thoughts, either. >> no risk, no reward? >> that's true of anything in life. >> reporter: bowen's leading three space rookies. one from russia, another from the united arab emirates, and the third, nasa astronaut woody hoburg. >> there's a little bit of, why me? why am i so lucky to be here? >> reporter: in a way, hoeberg's

bringing someone special with him on this mission. a photo of james hoburg, his late father, his biggest cheerleader as an active kid with big dreams growing up in pittsburgh. >> he was always there. he always showed up for things. he would have loved to see my launch. he'll be a presence in space. >> without him, you wouldn't be there either? >> no way. >> reporter: like its commander, this crew dragon capsule is a space veteran, making its fourth trip to the iss. it's a reminder, jericka, that space risks remain a constant. but space travel in this commercial era has fundamentally changed. >> mark strassmann for us, thank you for that. the "cbs overnight news" will be the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. [sneezing] theo's nose was cause for alarm, so dad brought puffs plus lotion to save it from harm. puffs has 50% more lotion... ...and brings soothing relief. don't let your nose get burned. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. america's #1 lotion tissue. when cold symptoms keep you up, try vicks nyquil severe. just one dose starts to relieve 9 of your worst cold and flu symptoms, to help take you from 9 to none. for max-strength nighttime relief,

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millions of americans are struggling with a lack of child care. and it's a threat to the economy. take a look at these numbers. it's costing an estimated $122 billion in lost earnings, productivity, and revenues. that's more than double from five years ago. in tonight's "weekend journal," john lauritsen shares one town's unique plan for a solution to the crisis. >> it's like every morning, do i get to go to daycare today? >> reporter: kelly paulen's 3-year-old daughter payton is one of the 48 preschoolers at the little sprouts learning center in warren, minnesota. >> they paint and they dance and they sing. they keep them busy. >> reporter: before payton was born, the daycare center in town

almost shut down. >> we didn't know what we would do. we don't have any family who live here. what i have found over my experience with the daycare is that once they close, they're very hard to get back open. >> we would have to move. we'd have to relocate entirely. >> reporter: lindsay bugler's family had the same problem. the first day she joined the little sprouts board, there was already talk of closing because costs were high and there weren't enough workers. >> there's no help out there. and so we've had to go to the drawing board and figure out, how can we financially make this work? what does it take to financially keep a daycare open? >> reporter: unwilling to lose families, they decided to go big. not just keeping the center open, but building a new one twice the size. last november, they asked voters for an extra half cent sales tax. what towns usually do to pay for things like fire stations or community centers. >> oh my gosh, it passed by 15 votes. like, we won. a little shocked because i had

made myself think that it wasn't going to pass so that i wasn't super disappointed at the end of the night. >> reporter: not exactly a landslide, and out of 651 votes -- but a win. as communities across the country struggle to find daycare, what's happening in warren could be a blueprint for other cities. >> the sales tax levy that passed is very unique. the only city that has actually done that at this point in time. >> reporter: jessica byers with first children's finance, a nonprofit that works with warren and other communities to find money for child care. she says both small towns and big cities need to see good, affordable child care as the heart and soul of their futures. >> the community needs to really look at child care as an economic driver, not just a women's issue, not a parents' issue. it's an employer issue, it's a community issue. >> reporter: a teaching moment from a small town reaching a much wider audience. john lauritsen, cbs news, warren, minnesota. still ahead, a great escape. how this former captive is how this former captive is enjoying his new freedom.

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musical instruments that were nearly lost during world war ii have now been recovered and restored. they're being played as a symbol of hope and survival. manuel bojorquez has more. >> reporter: at the national world war ii museum in new orleans, an unexpected sight. four violins given new life by abshalom weinstein and his father, amnon. >> 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 phillipe 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. that is "the overnight news"

this monday. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. have a great week. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt piper in new york. court resumes in south carolina after defendant alex murdaugh took the stand in his own defense for two days. he admitted to being a drug abuser for 20 years and lying about his whereabouts when his wife and son were murdered. the case could go to the jury this week. if you get health care coverage through medicaid, you might be one of 14 million americans at risk of lk of losit coverage over the next year. that's because for the first time in three years, states will begin to check everyone's eligibility for medicaid. "everything everywhere all at once" won nearly everything at the s.a.g. awards, taking home the statue for best ensemble. and stars michelle yeoh and jamie lee curtis also won.

for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. it's monday, february 27th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, powerful storms slamming several states in the central u.s. hurricane-force winds, severe floods, and hail all possible. we're tracking the latest. on the radar. u.s. officials closely monitoring russia and china's ties. this after beijing fails to condemn moscow for the war in ukraine. back in court, alex murdaugh's trial resumes today after he faced intense cross-examination on friday. what we can expect in the case this week. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. breaking overnight, millions