♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight several states in the southeast have taken a beating. severe weather leaving a devastating and deadly mark. at least 26 people were killed after powerful tornadoes ripped through the mississippi delta. today president biden declared a major disaster in the storm-battered state and ordered federal funding for some counties. tonight 9 million people are still at risk of severe weather. cbs's omar villafranca is at one of the hardest-hit communities of rolling fork, mississippi. omar, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. 13 people were killed here in rolling fork.

a small community of about ere is more stormsfocast dhat is slo down cleanup effort. in rolling fork, mississippi the damage is widespread and in every direction. the deadly ef4 tornado with wind speeds up to 170 miles per hour turned homes and businesses into piles of rubble. instead of sunday service it's a salvage mission for pastor greg-pocketor at what's left of his chapel of the cross church. >> we're staying in the choir loft. >> reporter: the tornado tore the roof off the chapel and smashed the bell chapel. one of the few things that survived without a scratch was this brand new stained glass window honoring frances mitchell's 96-year-old grandmother, ricky moore, a long-time church member. when you pulled up here, did you think it was gone? >> yeah. i can't explain it. she means a lot to me, and i

cannot believe that that window is still there. >> reporter: in nearby amory a school was pounded by the wind. the storms left a 170-mile path of destruction. they started in mississippi, then traveled east, where hail hammered alabama. and in georgia a pair of tornadoes battered the western part of the state, leveling dozens of homes and prompting the governor to issue a state of emergency. back in rolling fork pastor proctor says the storm may have destroyed the church but not the spirit of the congregation. are you determined to have this congregation meet again? >> yes. one way or the other we will rise again as a congregation. >> reporter: emergency shelters are open to get people out of this weather. and there are crews from multiple states here helping, trying to get people back on their feet. but fema says this recovery will take a long time. jericka? >> absolutely. and pope francis acknowledging the devastation at the vatican

today. omar, thank you. for details on the severe storms let's turn to meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. mike, good evening. >> jericka, good evening. we're facing yet again another threat of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across the south right through the night. the likely location, louisiana, mississippi and alabama. a lot of these storms will go well past dark tonight and in some places storms will even be there for the morning drive tomorrow. locations like jackson and birmingham, montgomery, atlanta into columbia, south carolina and charlotte, north carolina could be on the receiving end of these storms. again, a lot of these storms could per zit right into your monday, especially across georgia and then south carolina. then we turn our attention to the west. another major storm comes into california beginning monday night. that storm could produce heavy rain, mountain snow, and intense winds. another storm in california that they just don't need. >> mike bettes for us. thank you. well, tomorrow a manhattan grand jury is expected to reconvene in a case that could

result in an unprecedented indictment of former president donald trump. cbs's nikole killion joins us from washington with more on what to expect. good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening to you, jericka. it's unclear if or when we might see charges against former president trump. he says he did nothing wrong and suggests the district attorney has no case. >> they're not coming after me. they're coming after you. >> reporter: former president trump used his first official campaign rally in waco, texas to denounce the case against him. >> people see it's bull [ bleep ]. and they go and they say it's unfair. >> reporter: the former president steered clear of directly referencing manhattan district attorney alvin bragg despite labeling the d.a. an animal and calling for potential death and destruction if he's charged. >> i think that was an ill-advised post. >> reporter: trump attorney joe tacopina maintained his client's innocence in the probe related to alleged hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels.

and he said trump's inaccurate prediction that he would be arrested last tuesday was not made up. >> we've been in touch with the district attorney's office regarding potential logistics of an arraignment if it gets to that point. >> reporter: former new york police commissioner bill bratton on "face the nation." >> if there's an indictment, the president will be required to surrender someplace in manhattan, where he would be basically fingerprinted electronically, photographed and basically given a booking nmber. >> reporter: house republicans who have written to bragg demanding his testimony say the case should be handled by the department of justice. >> he's investigating a presidential candidate not to mention former president of the united states. that has no business being litigated in a local district attorney's office. >> reporter: bragg says it's not appropriate for congress to interfere and will follow the facts. tonight in a new letter obtained by cbs news more than 170 former

federal prosecutors condemned efforts to intimidate the d.a., who's facing death threats. jericka? >> nikole killion for us in washington. thank you. today authorities in pennsylvania confirmed a fourth death following a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory. three people are still unaccounted for right now. friday's blast flattened the factory located about 60 miles northwest of philadelphia. the cause of the explosin is still unknown. well, tonight in philadelphia people are lining up to buy bottled water. a chemical spill prompted a water advisory for the more than 1.5 million residents who live in the city. this comes just two days after 8,000 gallons of latex material spilled into a creek in nearby bucks county. the city now says the tap water is safe to drink until at least tomorrow night. well, thousands of israelis are protesting after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister. police used water cannons on

demonstrators who blocked a major highway, as you see there, and rallied outside of netanyahu's home. he fired defense minister yoav gallant a dayaid a proposed judicial overhaul poses a security threat to the country. today vice president kamala harris kicked off her historic africa trip in ghana. during a welcoming ceremony harris said she's looking forward to deepening u.s. relationships on the continent and increasing economic empowerment of women and girls. harris is also expected to make stops in tanzania and zambia. "creed" and "ant-man" actor jonathan majors was arrested on assault charges in new york. police say a woman was taken to the hospital after she claimed majors struck her in the face and grabbed her by the neck. the actor's attorney released a statement today which said in part they have video from the vehicle where the episode took place and witness testimony to prove majors is innocent. also today the army pulled its be a

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for staying with us. 2023 is not even three months old and there have already been more than 120 mass shootings in this country. that's when four or more people are either wounded or killed. well, on saturday two shootings in shreveport, louisiana left a dozen people wounded, and so far there have been no arrests. but it was a mass shooting last month at michigan state university that spurred the state legislature to rewrite its gun laws. martha teichner sat down with the governor, gretchen whitmer. >> we are done only offering

thoughts and prayers, and it's time for action. >> reporter: the shooting last month at michigan state university, killing three and injuring five, was the wrong kind of right moment to catapult gun control to the top of governor gretchen whitmer's agenda. whitmer may be days away from signing what she calls common sense gun measures into law. >> universal background checks. safe storage. and extreme risk protection orders. >> reporter: msu was the second mass shooting on whitmer's watch. in november 2021 a 15-year-old killed four and injured seven at oxford high school north of detroit. nothing changed. the difference between then and now? now in her second term she has

e actn hurry to . >> been incredibly productive. >> reporter: passed already this year, tax breaks for the working poor and seniors, protections of lgbtq rights, a rollback of restrictions on labor unions. how did it happen? gretchen whitmer pulled off a big blue trifecta in last november's elections. >> we need a governor who's going to stand up for our voting rights, our civil rights, and make sure michigan is a place for everybody. >> reporter: she beat a donald trump-endorsed maga republican. dmocrats riding her coattails took both houses of the state legislature, something that hasn't happened in nearly 40 years. albeit by slim margins. and michigan passed a constitutional amendment whitmer championed protecting abortion rights. >> i do try to live my values

night.bu't te sleep at rsan't afford to throw the counterpunch even though i'm pretty capable at doing that if i want to. i don't do it because it's not constructive and it doesn't help the people that i serve. >> i read one description of you as an example of grit and grace. >> that's a high compliment. >> the president and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell released a plan that fails to support states and -- >> reporter: this is the same gretchen whitmer who spent her first term from hell -- >> and your governor of michigan. i mean, all she does is sit there and blame the federal government. >> reporter: as then president donald trump's punching bag over her handling of covid. >> don't call the woman in michigan. >> you have a shirt that might be actually that. that woman from michigan. >> you started wearing t-shirts that said "that woman"? >> the best way to disarm a bully is to take their weapon

and make it your shield. >> reporter: whitmer's supporters had their own name for her. >> yeah, that's big gretch. >> reporter: and a theme song. ♪ we got big gretch ♪ >> i don't know many women that want big in front of whatever their name is. so my friends, relatives, people who've known me my whole life are like are you good with this? i'm like i love it. >> reporter: whitmer became a household name. but also a target. >> freedom! freedom! >> reporter: armed demonstrators opposed to pandemic lockdowns took their grievances against whitmer to the michigan state capitol. [ honking ] in the spring of 2020. >> we are setting the stage for things that are happening across the united states of america! >> reporter: in what looked like a rehearsal for january 6th at the u.s. capitol nine months later. >> i was stunned to see the images coming out of our capitol

and armed gunmen with masks standing outside of my office. fortunately, i wasn't in there. but yeah, it was -- it was shocking. >> do you think that would have happened if a man had been governor? >> i don't know. i know this, that all the ugliness that's come my way has -- some of my colleagues have felt it to one degree or another but not as hot as i have. and it started once i was singled out by the former president. >> reporter: then came the plot. in the fall of 2020. the foiled attempt to kidnap and possibly kill governor whitmer. last december one of the conspirators was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison. another to 16 years. >> well, i have really grown as a leader in the last four years. i have to get back to the table and negotiate budgets with people who've shared stages with plotters who wanted to kidp d kl soegotiate

get auddonegovernoran'tt take't you know, bombs at the other side. we've got to get things done. >> reporter: whitmer's steeliness comes at a cost. her husband, mark mallory, retired years early from his dental practice. he says due to multiple threats to his patients and staff. >> there was one morning like back in 2020, there were a bunch of protesters outside of our house. they brought guns to our property, and it was just crazy because i was 16 at the time. >> reporter: the governor's daughters, sidney and sherry, are now students at the university of michigan. >> i am so thankful that she is on the front lines and fighting these battles, and i want her to be a voice and i want her to fight for my rights. >> reporter: 51 years old, whitmer spent 14 years in the state legislature before running for governor. she was practically born into

michigan politics. her father worked for two republican governors. her mother for the democratic attorney general. both were lawyers. so is she. >> i guess we're going to have to fix the damn roads now, right? >> reporter: fix the damn roads was what whitmer ran on in 2018. she sounds like a progressive. except when she sounds like a a. >> i'm here to be the governor of all the people in the state of michigan. >> reporter: and more and more she sounds like the democratic party's woman to watch. >> i'm the first one to, you know, raise my hand. i'm supporting you if you run for president, governor whitmer. >> reporter: dane morris is a retired teacher from brighton, michigan. and he's not alone. >> a lot of people think you're going to run for president. >> a lot of people think a lot of things. i could just tell you what i'm going to do. >> you're going to serve four years.

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the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin. the charge, war crimes for illegally deporting ukrainian children to russia. now, although putin may never stand trial the warrant highlights the horrors facing young people in the war zone. hundreds who have lost their parents in the conflict are being cared for at a safe haven called the city of goodness. it's an orphanage funded partly by american donations. imtiaz tyab paid a visit. >> reporter: they say it takes a village to raise a child. but in western ukraine it's a city. this is the city of goodness, where around 200 children who are either separated from their

parents in the chaos of war or were orphaned in russian attacks, have found a safe place to call home. all are cared for here, including infants, kids with disabilities, and many with serious health concerns. marta levchenko founded the facility three years ago. it was meant to be a refuge for women and children escaping domestic abuse. and still is. but russia's invasion of ukraine changed everything. overnight you went from a shelter, a place for women and children to find safety, to an orphanage. how did you do that? "the war changed all of us," she says. "i never dreamed that within the city of goodness's walls there would be orphans. but suddenly we had one orphanage come to us for help, then the second, then the third." did at any time you think i don't know if we can do this, i don't know if we can help so many? [ speaking non-english ] "yes. every day.

every day i worry, what if we can't make lunch or what if we can't buy medications or pay our staff? but every day there are so many wonders happening around us. we receive donations from americans and people here in ukraine, who make sure that our children are taken care of, well fed and protected." the donations, particularly from americans, have been nothing short of transformative. since the start of the war over a year ago the city of goodness has been able to build two new buildings, with a third under construction. even a fire engine was donated by a sponsor from the u.s. all the funds go toward helping ukraine's orphans, including helping them to find photographer homes. something alexi and irina hope to give little masha. this is the first time the husband and wife, a soldier and school teacher, are meeting her. what was it like meeting her for the first time? "i cannot express my feelings with words," irina says.

levchenko says she hopes to find homes for all 200 orphaned children here and plans to welcome at least 150 more. this building, which was paid for by american donors, was built not only to house orphan children but also to keep them safe from russian attacks. this is a bomb shelter. >> yes. this is bomb shelter. make with love. >> made with love. >> with love for children. yes. this is great playground. children, our kids very love this place. they don't scare. they say oh, great, we go to bomb shelter. >> it's incredible. >> reporter: the city of goodness is no doubt very special. how important is it to get donations from americans who have supported you in such a big way already? "thanks to our donors from america our children have everything they need," she says,

"and with their help we can care for even more children." an astounding level of support for ukraine's most vulnerable.

well, spring has sprung, and in the nation's capital that means it's time to take in the cherry blossoms. here's norah o'donnell. >> reporter: it's a stunning show put on by mother nature. >> it's one of my favorite times of year to be in d.c. >> reporter: and there's no bad way to see the famous cherry blossoms. >> how's it going? >> this is lovely. >> perfect. >> have you been here before? >> we've never been to the cherry blossoms. and it's gorgeous. it's breathtaking. >> reporter: 3,700 japanese cherry trees dot the national mall. originally a gift from japan, offered in 1912 as a symbol of friendship. how many of them are original? >> there might be around 10 trees in our park here that are some of the original trees. >> reporter: chief arborist matthew morrison's full-time job

is keeping the majestic trees alive. how many arborists and caretakers are there for the trees? >> well, at one time there was maybe 15. and now we're down to three. >> you have three arborists taking care of more than 3,000 trees? >> yes. well, 3,000 cherry trees. we have 20,000 trees in the park. >> reporter: with more than 1.5 million people coming to see the blossoms, these caretakers have had to work harder in the face of climate change. what are some of the issues that you and your team have faced in recent years? >> the extreme hot in the summer, the extreme cold, the extremely short winter. they're hard for us to combat. >> reporter: still the trees are thriving. and there's nothing like seeing them in person. what's your favorite part of the cherry blossoms? >> they're pink. >> they're pink? >> that again was norah o'donnell reporting. and that's the overnight news for this monday. be sure to check back later for

"cbs mornings." 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. overnight protests in israel as thousands take to the streets after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister for challenging his plan to overhaul the israeli judicial system. the u.s. national security council says it is deeply concerned. federal regulators will testify beforeefore congress tow about the recent string of bank failures. representatives from the fdic, the treasury department, and the federal reserve could be asked what led to the recent demise of three u.s. banks and why they did not see it coming. and on the hardwood the ncaa final four is set. san diego state will play florida atlantic as miami faces faturday i

n your cellhor connected tv. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. search for survivors. in the southeast rescuers are in a race against time combing through piles upon piles of debris in tornado-ravaged communities. at least 26 people have been killed. some of the most impoverished areas of the country left devastated. and it's not over. parts of the south still on high alert for dangerous weather. two new tornadoes hit georgia. we'll have the latest forecast. also, campaign kickoff. >> when this election is is over, i will be the president of the united states. >> in waco, texas former president donald trump was on the attack against his political

rivals and the case against him that could bring the first criminal charges ever filed against a former president. >> this kind of outrageous behavior, this man obviously has very little moral compass. actor jonathan majors facing his own legal issues. the marvel star reacting to his arrest in new york city. and later, towering tribute. the larger than life monument dedicated to the woman who paved the way to freedom. >> what harriet tubman did was about compassion for those who did not have it. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight several states in the southeast have taken a beating. severe weather leaving a devastating and deadly mark. at least 26 people were killed after powerful tornadoes ripped through the mississippi delta. today president biden declared a major disaster in the storm-battered state and ordered federal funding for some counties.

tonight 9 million people are still at risk of severe weather. cbs's omar villafranca is at one of the hardest-hit communities of rolling fork, mississippi. omar, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. 13 people were killed here in rolling fork, a small community of about 2,000, and they cannot catch a break. it is raining. there is more storms that are going to be in the forecast. and that is slowing down the cleanup effort. in rolling fork, mississippi the damage is widespread and in every direction. the deadly ef4 tornado with wind speeds up to 170 miles per hour turned homes and businesses into piles of rubble. instead of sunday service it's a salvage mission for pastor greg proctor at what's left of his chapel of the cross church. >> we're staying in the choir loft. >> reporter: the tornado tore the roof off the chapel and smashed the bell tower. one of the few things that survived without a scratch was this brand new stained glass

window honoring frances mitchell's 96-year-old grandmother ricky moore, a long-time church member. >> when you pulled up here, did you think it was gone? >> yeah. i can't explain it. she means a lot to me, and i cannot believe that that window was still there. >> reporter: in nearby amory a school was pounded by the wind. the storms left a 170-mile path of destruction. they started in mississippi, then traveled east, where hail hammered alabama, and in georgia a pair of tornadoes battered the western part of the state, leveling dozens of homes and prompting the governor to issue a state of emergency. back in rolling fork pastor proctor says the storm may have destroyed the church but not the spirit of the congregation. >> are you determined to have this congregation meet again? >> yes. one way or the other we will rise again as a congregation. >> reporter: emergency shelters are open to get people out of this weather.

and there are crews from multiple states here helping, trying to get people back on their feet. but fema says this recovery will take a long time. jericka? >> absolutely. and pope francis acknowledging the devastation at the vatican today. omar, thank you. for details on the severe storms let's turn to meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. mike, good evening. >> jericka, good evening. we are facing yet again another threat of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across the south right through the night. the likely locatio, louisiana, mississippi and alabama. a lot of these storms will go well past dark tonight and in some places storms will even be there for the morning drive tomorrow. locations like jackson and birmingham, montgomery, atlanta and into columbia, south carolina and charlotte, north carolina could be on the receiving end of the storms. again, a lot of these storms could persist right into your monday, especially across georgia and then south carolina. then we turn our attention to the west. another major storm comes into california beginning monday night. that storm could produce heavy rain, mountain snow and intense winds.

another storm in california that they just don't need. >> mike bettes for us. thank you. well, tomorrow a manhattan grand jury is expected to reconvene in a case that could result in an unprecedented indictment of former president donald trump. cbs's nikole killion joins us from washington with more on what to expect. good evening, nikole. >> gg evening to you, jericka. it's unclear when or if we might see charges against former president trump. he says he did nothing wrong and suggests the district attorney has no case. >> they're not coming after me. they're coming after you -- >> reporter: former president trump used his first official campaign rally in waco, texas to denounce the threats against him. >> people see it's bull [ bleep ]. and they go and they say it's unfair. >> reporter: the former president steered clear of directly referencing manhattan district attorney alvin bragg despite labeling the d.a. an animal and calling for potential death and destruction if he's

charged. >> i think that was an ill-advised post. >> reporter: trump attorney joe tacopina maintained his client's innocence in the probe related to alleged hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. and he said trump's inaccurate prediction that he would be arrested last tuesday was not made up. >> we've been in touch with the district attorney's office regarding potential logistics of an arraignment if it gets to that point. >> reporter: former new york police commissioner bill bratton on "face the nation." >> if there's an indictment the president will be required to surrender someplace in manhattan, where he would be basically fingerprinted electronically, photographed and basically given a booking number. >> reporter: house republicans who have written to bragg demanding his testimony say the case should be handled by the department of justice. >> he's investigating a presidential candidate, not to mention former president of the united states. that has no business being

litigated in a local district attorney's office. >> reporter: bragg says it's not appropriate for congress to interfere and will follow the facts. tonight in a new letter obtained by cbs news more than 170 former federal prosecutors condemned efforts to intimidate the d.a., who's facing death threats. jericka? >> nikole killion for us in washington. thank you. today authorities in pennsylvania confirmed a fourth death following a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory. three people are still unaccounted for right now. friday's blast flattened the factory located about 60 miles northwest of philadelphia. the cause of the explosion is still unknown. well, tonight in philadelphia people are lining up to buy bottled water. a chemical spill prompted a water advisory for the more than 1.5 million residents who live in the city. this comes just two days after 8,000 gallons of latex material spilled into a creek in nearby bucks county. the city now says the tap water

is safe to drink until at least tomorrow night. and there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news". well, thousands of israelis are protesting after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister. police used water cannons on demonstrators who blocked a major highway, as you see there, and rallied outside of netanyahu's home. he fired defense minister yoav gallant a day after gallant said a proposed judicial overhaul poses a security threat to the country. today vice president kamala harris kicked off her historic africa trip in ghana. during a welcoming ceremony harris said she's looking forward to deepening u.s. relationships on the continent

and increasing economic empowerment of women and girls. harris is also expected to make stops in tanzania and zambia. well, as tensions increase between the u.s. and iran, cbs's haley ott takes an inside look at how information is under constant watch by the iranian government. >> reporter: at first glance this newsroom looks like any other. but the journalists at iran international have been branded terrorists by the iranian government. the government considers you a threat. >> yeah. >> reporter: what are they afraid of? >> they see every free journalist as a threat. >> reporter: protests swept through iran last year after 22-year-old mahsa amini was killed in police custody. >> iran international -- >> reporter: iran international based between london and washington, d.c. became a prominent provider of news about the demonstrations for iranians.

though banned inside iran, it can be accessed via satellite. >> every day, every second we are receiving information from people inside iran. >> reporter: viewed by many inside iran as an opposition channel, tehran claims iran international has ties to its political rival saudi arabia. iran international says its parent company receives money from a saudi financer but that it's independent. and providing information about the protests has come at a steep price. last year uk police informed some of iran international's employees that there were credible threats to their lives. armed security was installed outside their london offices and one man was arrested and charged with collecting information that could be used for terrorism. while we were filming many people asked not to appear on camera. what might be they be concerned about for their families back in iran? >> some of them have been in prison in iran. so because of that in daily life

they try not to have any connection with them. >> reporter: can you be safe anywhere in the world? >> no. here in the center of london we are not safe. where we can be safe? >> reporter: days after our story was filmed iran international said security advice from uk police prompted it to close its uk broadcast center completely. but it says it won't be silenced by threats and has moved its operations to washington. haley ott, cbs news, london. straight ahead, scammers cashing in on the crypto craze. and the cost to victims. and the california company protecting our forests by turning timber into treasured items. in the past five years a growing number of cryptocurrency atms have been placed in cities throughout the country. well, authorities warn they are being used in scams.

we recently sat down with one victim who lost thousands. in his 84 years of life artist joe samuels never thought he'd fall victim to a scam. has anything like this ever happened to you before? >> it is crazy. it put me in the hospital for a week. >> reporter: in october of 2021 samuels thought he was calling his computer company's i.t. department. during the call he granted someone access to fix his computer remotely. and it worked. but a couple of months later he says he got a call from someone claiming to be from the same i.t. department. he says they told him that they accidentally deposited $20,000 into samuels' checking account and demanded he send it back through a bitcoin atm. >> and they're telling me, calling me, you've got to pay us back, otherwise we're going to get the fbi. >> reporter: fearful of what could happen next, samuels did as he was instructed and deposited $20,000 cash into this bitcoin of america kiosk, just blocks away from his apartment

in hartford, connecticut. days later samuels soon realized the scammers moved his own money from his savings account into his checking account. what was your reaction the moment you learned you had been scammed? >> i was pissed. >> reporter: right now there are more than 32,000 crypto atms across the country. that's up from roughly 1,000 in 2018. the machineslook like normal atms. but when a customer deposits cash it's converted to digital cryptocurrency. and instead of being routed to a traditional bank account it goes to a digital wallet, where a third party can later cash in. connecticut state police detective matthew hogan specializes in cryptocurrency and financial crimes. he believes many of these machines are intentionally placed in neighborhoods with higher crime rates. why do you think you're seeing this correlation between the hot pockets for crime and these

bitcoin kiosks? >> i think they're strategically placed on purpose because they're getting a higher percentage of use in those locations with higher crime. >> reporter: cnet cybersecurity expert brie fowler says crypto atms pose a unique risk because they are often unregulated and many are unlicensed. >> if you see one of these things, just don't use them right now. >> reporter: as for samuels, he was never able to recover that $20,000. >> i can't afford to live here. >> reporter: he's now packing up, with plans to live with his son. >> that's what i've got to deal with. but then again, you know, i feel very fortunate, i picked an opportunity to just paint and put the work away. >> bitcoin of america's ceo was recently indicted on suspicion of money laundering and other charges. the company's ceo has not responded to our request for comment, and bitcoin of america's website shut down this month. as for the crypto kiosk samuels used, it was seized by hartford police and the investigation is still open.

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finally tonight, in honor of women's history month a towering tribute now sits in the heart of newark, new jersey for a woman at the heart of the underground railroad movement and women's suffrage. cbs's elaine quijano has more. >> reporter: abolitionist harriet tubman marched to her own drum. and that's how she was celebrated. ♪ this soaring 25-foot monument was a two-year project inspired by this iconic image of tubman. her life story is part of an audio installation. >> she followed the north star. >> reporter: narrated by singer and actor queen latifah. who was born in newark. >> what is it that you hope people take away from hearing about harriet tubman's story? >> i hope they take away renewed strength, inspiration, humanity, compassion.

you know, what harriet tubman did was about freedom. >> reporter: tubman escaped slavery and risked her freedom to lead about 70 enslaved people by the underground railroad, a network of safehouses that led north, including this church in newark with hidden tunnels. at the site visitors will learn tubman was also a spy in the union army and an advocate for women's rights and the elderly. the project was a city partnership, supported by the audio entertainment company audible. don katz is the founder. >> we knew we could give voice to the monument in ways that kids can stand in front of it and learn. >> reporter: monument designer nina cook john placed a mosaic on tubman's face at eye level itentionally. >> you can look into her eyes and touch her face and connect to her humanity. it could be your mother, your aunt, your grandmother. and in so doing be that much more inspired by her. >> reporter: elaine quijano, cbs news, newark, new jersey. that is the "overnight news" for this monday. reporting from the cbs broadcast

center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt pieper in new york. overnight protests in israel as thousands take to the streets after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister for challenging his plan to overhaul the israeli judicial system. the u.s. national security council says it is deeply concerned. federal regulators will testify before congress tomorrow about the recent string of bank failures. representatives from the fdic, the treasury department and the federal reserve could be asked what led to the recent demise of three u.s. banks and why they did not see it coming. and on the hardwood the ncaa final four is set. san diego state will play florida atlantic as miami faces

off against uconn saturday in houston. 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, march 27th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." deadly tornado outbreak. at least 25 people killed after a series of twisters ravaged mississippi. homes leveled, people's lives up-ended. we're going to take you to the stat. water crisis. videos show a panicked run for bottled water in philadelphia after a chemical spill. what officials are saying this morning. killer blast. at least seven people are dead after a chocolate factory explosion in pennsylvania. the latest on the search for victims. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.

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