fasy says studies have repeatedly shown that people are less safe when guns are present. >> what is driving this increase in shootings? >> we have seen record increases in gun purchasing. we're also seeing increases in fear-based marketing of firearms as well as stoking fears of political violence, social violence, racially motivated violence. >> reporter: the states with the weakest gun laws have high gun death rates, three times as high as states with the strongest restrictions. >> there's no place you can run from any of this. >> reporter: more young people have died from gun violence than from covid since the start of the pandemic. and, norah, today marks 24 years since the columbine high school shooting. >> everything you just said gave me the chills. adriana diaz, thank you. well, tonight the pentagon has pre-positioned a group of special forces troops ahead of a possible evacuation of the u.s.

embassy in sudan. cbs's david martin reports the state department has confirmed that one american citizen has been killed during the escalating violence. >> reporter: with the city of khartoum looking more like a free fire zone than the capital of africa's third largest country, the pentagon moved special operations forces to a u.s. base in djibouti, more than 700 miles away, for a possible rescue mission of americans trapped in the city. >> we want to make sure that we've got the capability ready in case it's needed. >> reporter: two rival generals are fighting for power, and both have troops armed with tanks, arti artillery, and anti-aircraft guns, which could threaten any planes sent in to evacuate americans. already more than 330 people have been reported killed and a convoy of vehicles from the american embassy fired upon. >> there's no indications that americans are being specifically targeted, but it's obviously a

dangerous situation. >> reporter: for the moment, there looks like no good way out. americans stranded in the city are unable to get to the relative safety of the embassy, and the airport has been the scene of heavy fighting, which has left aircraft burning on the tarmac. without a cease-fire, an evacuation will be risky. aircraft flying low over a city at war are in danger of being shot down as the u.s. found out in the infamous blackhawk down firefight nearly 30 years ago. norah. >> david martin at the pentagon, thank you. cbs news has just learned that president biden may be aiming to announce his re-election campaign by video next week. the most likely date, according to those familiar with the planning, is next tuesday, april 25th. that is exactly four years after he jumped into the 2020 presidential race in 2019. we can also report that the president hasn't yet signed off on the timing, and he will spend the weekend with family and staff at camp david.

tonight a northern california police department is under fire after dozens of officers were found h cist andext mess d wider civ rights investigation.ston repor was all uncovered by the fbi, which is investigating the antioch police. >> it was more than just locker room talk. it was a state of mind. >> reporter: community outrage after group texts among police officers in the san francisco bay area city of antioch revealed a violent and abusive pack mentality. investigators say was fueled by racism and homophobia. >> this community probably should have been more afraid of the police than the gangsters or the criminals that were in their community. >> reporter: civil rights attorney john burruss filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of five victims, including trent allen, who officers texts about brutally beating. >> comments about my son's head was a bowling ball that they kicked a field goal. these officers need to be

removed. >> reporter: according to a partially redacted report, fbi and local officials found a total of 45 officers, nearly 40% of the force, sent and received the racist messages dating back to 2019. i'll bury that n word in my field said one text. another said, bro, they all look the same, which an officer then responded, i feel like i'm at the zoo. there were multiple texts calling black people gorillas and monkeys. one officer even admitted, since we don't have video, i sometimes just say people gave me a full confession when they didn't. >> i did ten months for nothing. it was his word over mine. >> reporter: residents are demanding that the officers be fired. >> i see that you're crying. what are you thinking about? >> it just hurts. these officers are supposed to be protecting and serving, and they're out here hurting and killing people. >> reporter: investigators say lieutenants and sergeants were also on those group texts, but

they never reported any misconduct. the lawsuit is now demanding federal oversight of this department. norah. >> elise preston, thank you very much. the world's largest and most powerful rocket exploded four minutes after launch today. the self-destruct system was triggered as the starship started tumbling out of control. elon musk's spacex says the test was still successful for the lessons learned. there were no astronauts on board, but the company hopes to one day use the nearly 400-foot rocket to send people

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as the southwest deals with a mega drought, states like arizona are facing a water crisis like they've never seen before. in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's ben tracy tells us about growing outrage over water being used by some foreign-owned mega farms. >> this was your well. >> this was my well. >> and now you got nothing. >> nothing but dust. >> reporter: arizona cattle rancher brad mead says his well went dry -- >> you can toss a rock in. it's gone. >> reporter: -- because of his neighbor's farm down the road. it's run by fondamante, owned by one of the largest dairy companies in saudi arabia. it grows alfalfa to feed cattle in the middle east. it's illegal to grow did in saudi arabia because it uses so

much water. >> so when you lock out there and you see all that green, what do you think? >> i see money leaving america. gng insanity. >> reporter: arizona attorney general chris mayes, a democrat, says fonda monte brought land in arizona where there are no regulations on how much water can be pumped out of the ground, so the monitor it. fonda monte also leases thousands of acres from the state itself, deals approved by state officials no longer in office. fonda monte pays nothing for the water itself. >> we cannot afford to give our water away frankly to anyone, let alone the saudis for free. >> reporter: as we talked, we saw a series of trucks hauling dried alfalfa off of one of the state-owned properties. so cows in saudi arabia are essentially drinking arizona water? >> correct. >> reporter: the scale of the problem is obvious from above. >> i mean that is a lot of green down there. >> using millions upon millions

of gallons of precious groundwater. >> reporter: mayes says arizona's cities, including phoenix, will need that water as they face potentially drastic cuts from the drought-ravaged colorado river. fonda monte declined our request for an interview. what it's doing here is not illegal, but mayes wants the leases on state land canceled and arizona's legislature is now considering a ban on foreign-owned farms. >> it is a scandal that the state of arizona allowed this to happen. it shouldn't be happening, and it needs to come to an end. >> reporter: for "eye on america, ben tracy, vicsburg, arizona. the nypd is looking for a the nypd is looking for a driver who smashed through an with nurtec odt, i can treat and prevent my migraine attacks, all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. talk to your doctor about nurtec today.

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young people at the birthday party. 32 others were wounded. there's big news in major league baseball with one of

tonight the oakland a's are a big step closer to moving to las vegas. the team with the smallest crowds in major league baseball is purchasing 49 acres in las vegas for a new ballpark. the athletics have called oakland home for more than 50 years. they're expecting to break ground on the stadium next year, shooting for a grand opening in 2027. a rare hybrid solar eclipse. that's next.

timely tonight, tens of thousands of people traveled to the northwest coast of australia to view a rare hybrid solar eclipse that plunged the area into total darkness for about one minute. the international crowd of locals, tourists, and professional astronomers burst into loud cheers and applause as daylight turned into night. the next total eclipse to take place over north america will be on april 8th, 2024, so get those solar viewing glasses ready. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." remember you can follow us online anytime atcbs.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the man accused of shooting three people, including a 6-year-old, in north carolina earlier this week has been arrested. robert singletary turned himself in to the hillsboro county sheriff's office in tampa, florida. he will be extradited back to north carolina. the shooting is said to have stemmed from a stray ball ending up in singletary's yard. the deadline for the supreme court to decide on the availability of mifepristone is tonight. the fda's approval of the abortion drug was struck down by national mo.t earlier this tll th kic offio

week, which untilheth. >or more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight we want to begin with the dangerous weather that is sweeping across the nation after nearly a dozen tornadoes tore through oklahoma, kansas, and iowa on wednesday. more than 40 million americans from the south to the midwest are in the path of thunderstorms, hail, and possible tornadoes through the night. at least three people were killed in oklahoma, where authorities are still assessing the damage that left thousands without power. and the images just coming in show twisters flattened homes while trees were ripped up by the roots and scattered across roadways. the sheriff's office in mcclain county -- that's just south of

oklahoma city -- says dozens of residents suffered injuries during the height of the storm. cbs's omar villafranca has seen some of the destruction up close, and he'll start us off tonight from cole, oklahoma. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. the family that was here is lucky to be alive. take a look at some of this damage. the roof, it's gone. walls were blown out. one of the survivors here said that the sound of this house ripping apart at the seams is one of the scariest things he's ever heard. >> it is deathly violent. >> reporter: powerful storms tore through the south and midwest. >> whoa! >> reporter: and pounded the country's midsection with violent tornadoes and hail. more than a dozen tornadoes were reported yesterday in kansas, iowa, and oklahoma. at least three people were killed in the sooner state, two near the small town of cole, about 30 miles south of oklahoma city. larry paul and three other family members rode out the ef-3

tornado with wind speeds up to 165 miles per hour in this concrete shelter. >> i didn't want to look outside. i didn't want to see the devastation. >> reporter: today, governor kevin stitt toured the town of shawnee, where storms tore down power lines, toppled trees, and flattened parts of the local high school. >> the damage is unbelievable when you walk through there. >> reporter: oklahoma baptist university is picking up the pieces after high winds blew through the campus wednesday night. >> every person on this campus was okay, and that's really what's important. everything in that room can be replaced. >> reporter: while tracking the storm from the air, hail hammered this weather chopper from our oklahoma city affiliate, kwtv. >> okay. we blew out the front window again. >> reporter: pilot jim gardner was okay. back in cole, the paul family says they lost everything but each other. >> yeah, it's material things, but it's still -- it's your heart. your family has worked hard for all this. >> reporter: one of the survivors at this home is actually a volunteer firefighter, and he's the one

who activated the tornado sirens for this area, most likely saving lives. the governor of oklahoma has declared a disaster in five counties. norah. >> we are thinking of everybody there. omar villafranca, thank you so much. breaking news. actor alec baldwin's legal team says prosecutors in new mexico are dropping criminal charges related to the shooting death on the set of his western movie, "rust," in 2021. cbs's jonathan vigliotti has the latest as production on the film resumed today in montana. >> reporter: it is the latest stunning development in a case that sent shock waves throughout hollywood. it's been 18 months since the gun baldwin was holding on-set went off, killing cinematographer halyna hutchins and wounding "rust" director joel souza. his attorneys say "we are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case against alec baldwin, and we encourage a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances of this tragic accident." this is what baldwin told investigators shortly after the shooting.

>> it should have been a cold gun with no rounds inside or dummy rounds. i take the gun out slowly. i turn and cock the pistol. bang, it goes off. she hits the ground. >> reporter: while baldwin maintained his innocence, prosecutors in new mexico charged him with involuntary manslaughter. >> this wasn't accidental. this was negligence. this was recklessness. this was a negligent discharge of a firearm because he pulled that trigger. >> reporter: hutchins' family had filed a civil suit, but as part of a settlement, her husband, matthew, was named as executive producer on the film. the criminal case against armorer hannah gutierrez-reed continues. first a.d. david halls pleaded n contest to one count of negligence. he handed baldwin the gun. but the d.a. had made a point of saying baldwin's celebrity didn't matter. >> if you act in reckless disregard of someone's life, then you should be held to account for that. >> reporter: prosecutors spent more than a year and a half building this case against baldwin, and tonight it's unclear exactly what changed. we've reached out to the d.a.'s

office for comment. we had not heard back by air time, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti with that news, thank you. >bs new has just learned that president biden may be aiming to announce his re-election campaign by video next week. the most likely date, according to those familiar with the planning, is next tuesday, april 25th. that is exactly four years after he jumped into the 2020 presidential race in 2019. we can also report that the president hasn't yet signed off on the timing, and he will spend the weekend with family and staff at camp david. tonight a northern california police department is under fire after dozens of officers were found to have sent racist and homophobic text messages during a wider civil rights investigation. cbs's elise preston reports it was all uncovered by the fbi, which is investigating the antioch police. >> it was more than just locker room talk. it was a state of mind. >> reporter: community outrage

after group texts among police officers in the san francisco bay area city of antioch revealed a violent and abusive pack mentality. investigators say was fueled by racism and homophobia. >> this community probably should have been more afraid of the police than the gangsters or the criminals that were in their community. >> reporter: civil rights attorney john burruss filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of five victims, including trent allen, who officers texted about brutally beating. >> comments about my son's head was a bowling ball that they kicked a field goal. these officers need to be removed. >> reporter: according to a partially redacted report, fbi and local officials found a total of 45 officers, nearly 40% of the force, sent and received the racist messages dating back to 2019. "i'll bury that n-word in my field," said one text. another said, "bro, they all look the same," which an officer then responded, "i feel like i'm at the zoo." there were multiple texts

calling black people gorillas and monkeys. one officer even admitted, "since we don't have video, i sometimes just say people gave me a full confession when they didn't." >> i did ten months for nothing. it was his word over mine. >> reporter: residents are demanding that the officers be fired. >> i see that you're crying. what are you thinking about? >> it just hurts. these officers are supposed to be protecting and serving, and they're out here hurting and killing people. >> reporter: investigators say lieutenants and sergeants were also on those group texts, but they never reported any misconduct. the lawsuit is now demanding federal oversight of this department. norah. >> elise preston, thank you very much. the world's largest and most powerful rocket exploded four minutes after launch today. the self-destruct system was triggered as the starship started tumbling out of control. elon musk's spacex says the test was still successful for the lessons learned. there were no astronauts on board, but the company hopes to

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm nikole killion in washington. thanks for staying with us. there's a growing controversy in western arizona over use of the state's scarce water supplies. years of drought have left the region parched, but some farms are using groundwater to grow crops for another country, saudi arabia. well, there's a backlash in the state legislature, which is now considering a ban on most foreign-owned farms. senior national and environmental correspondent ben tracy has the story. >> reporter: just outside of a

western arizona town called hope -- >> and as you can see, there's no water. >> reporter: -- cattle rancher brad mead is finding it hard not to lose his. >> this was your well. >> this was my well. >> and now you got nothing. >> nothing but dust. you can toss a rock in, and it's -- it's gone. >> reporter: he then took us here. >> this is the edge of your land here? >> yeah. >> reporter: to show us his neighbor's land. he claims they've used so much water that his well went dry. >> that's all fondomonte's. >> all of that green over there? >> reporter: that green is alfalfa, one of the most water-intensive crops. it's used as cattle feed and being grown on these massive farms in the arizona desert by fondomonte, which is owned by one of the largest dairy companies in saudi arabia. >> so when you look out there and you see all that green, what do you think? >> i see money leaving america. i see water getting depleted.

>> it makes me very angry. >> reporter: la paz county supervisor holly irwin has been sounding the alarm about these foreign-owned farms since they began operating here in 2015. >> why would a company from saudi arabia be growing alfalfa in the arizona desert? >> because they've depleted their natural resource over there. so now they're here. >> reporter: it's illegal to grow alfalfa in saudi arabia because it takes too much water. so fondomonte bought vast tracks of desert in western arizona on top of an aquifer in part because there are no regulations on how much water can be pumped out of the ground. >> so anybody can come out here and buy or lease land and if you can put a well in and find water, you can take it? >> that's right. >> reporter: as climate change fuels devastating droughts, arizona and its rapidly growing cities are facing drastic cuts to their surface water supply from the critically low colorado river system. >> we cannot afford to give our water away frankly to anyone,

let alone the saudis for free. >> reporter: kris mayes is arizona's newly elected attorney general. as we talked to her at one of fondomonte's farms, we saw a series of fondomonte trucks hauling dried alfalfa off the property and down this dirt road. they ship it back to the middle east to feed cattle. >> so cows in saudi arabia are essentially drinking arizona water? >> correct. these pumps are pumping water out of the ground that belongs to the state of arizona and essentially it's being exported to saudi arabia. >> reporter: fondomonte declined our request for an interview or statement, but what it's doing here is not illegal. in fact, the state of arizona itself is renting this particular piece of land to fondomonte for just $25 an acre. it can then pump unlimited amounts of groundwater for essentially no cost. >> there's nothing to say except that's insane. >> so if this is so obviously insane, how did this happen?

>> it's a great question. >> reporter: cbs news obtained copies of several land leases dating back to 2014 that give fondomonte rights to more than 6,000 acres of state-owned land and the groundwater that comes with it. the leases are signed by arizona's state land department. we asked the department why it granted the leases, but it did not respond to our multiple requests for comment. most state officials in charge when the leases were signed are no longer in office. >> it is a scandal that the state of arizona allowed this to happen. >> reporter: the state doesn't even know exactly how much water the foreign farms are using. >> put an end to these sweetheart water deals! >> reporter: attorney general mayes, a democrat, made canceling these leases a centerpiece of her recent campaign. >> so we'll go see some land. >> reporter: she took us on a state-owned plane to see the farms from the air. >> i mean that is a lot of green down there. >> it's using millions upon

millions of gallons of precious groundwater. >> reporter: she says canceling the leases is an urgent concern because groundwater in this valley is supposed to be the state's emergency water supply during a water crisis. >> this is water that phoenix is about to need. we are on the cusp of a potential water disaster in the state of arizona. >> how concerned are you about the future out here? >> i'm concerned. >> reporter: rancher brad mead sees a water reckoning coming and hopes the punch line on the way out of town doesn't become a prophecy. >> you got to have hope and faith. otherwise, we're all doomed, right? >> reporter: i'm ben tracy, in hope, arizona. now to a major development in the federal investigation into hunter biden's tax returns. an attorney for an irs supervisor has asked lawmakers to grant whistle-blower protection for his client. he claims the investigation into the younger biden is being improperly influenced by, quote, preferential treatment and politics. our chief investigative

correspondent jim mebout this potential whistle-blower described by his attorney as a nonpartisan, career civil servant who's looking for protections to share what he's experienced. >> my client wants to come forward to congress. he's ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections. >> reporter: attorney mark lytle's client is a supervisory special agent at the irs, who's prepared to tell congress the investigation he's been working on has been hampered by what he thinks is special treatment. >> typical steps that a law enforcement investigator would take were compromised because of political considerations. >> reporter: lytle wouldn't talk in specifics, declining to identify either his client or the target of the investigation his client helped conduct. >> can you identify him? >> i can't at this stage, jim. >> reporter: but cbs news has learned the investigation the

whistle-blower worked on is about hunter biden. >> what we're doing is being completely cooperative. >> reporter: that was biden two years ago after the doj opened an investigation into his finances. the fbi collected what it believed was sufficient evidence to charge biden with tax crimes, and last year sent its findings to the u.s. attorney in delaware. since then, silence. >> why can't your client talk to us directly at this point? >> there are laws that provide protection to whistle-blowers, and he has to navigate that. >> reporter: yesterday lytle sent this letter to congress claiming his client could provide information that would contradict sworn testimony by a senior political appointee. >> i promise to ensure that he's able to carry out his investigation. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that was attorney general merrick garland, who gave testimony about the trump-appointed u.s. attorney in delaware conducting the hunter biden investigation. lytle says neither he nor his

client are motivated by politics. >> would you find any evidence or allegation of a political agenda? >> no. to him, the truth is one truth, and he wants to come forward with it. >> reporter: lytle told us the whistle-blower has been with the irs for more than a decade and has extensive documentation to support his allegations. >> the things he's been through are very well-documented in emails and other communications with the department of justice. >> reporter: we asked mark lytle if there's a chance his client can only see his slice of the investigation and not the big picture. he said that's possible but that his client had expressed his concerns to superiors a number of times before seeking whistle-blower status. neither the irs, department of justice, nor a lawyer for hunter biden would comment. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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of your former students? >> i think i had one. >> reporter: he's also had students like mark eisenhower become teachers and then beat him to retirement. >> he'd been here nearly 30 years. you graduated you had a 30 year career. you retired. >> mm-hmm. >> he's still here. how is that possible? >> yeah. i didn't think it was possible. i thought he was close to retirement when i was a student here. >> reporter: it's only possible because cocoa nis first entered these halls before the beatles formed. >> this rock and roll group has taken over. >> reporter: before space travel. >> liftoff. >> reporter: and back when there were only 48 states. >> wondering where to put the new star. >> reporter: the calculus cocoa nis teaches hasn't changed. >> how many got this one right? >> reporter: but his cal cue list had to because cocoa nis says today's students hold new challenges right in their hands. >> it's not easy trying to keep them from using a cell phone. they're addictive. >> okay. y'all want to look over your tests. >> reporter: but it's his old-school approach of offering

free tutoring on saturdays and being the first to arrive each day which connects with his students. >> to be working and teaching for this long and to still, like, put in all this extra effort on saturdays, i really admire that about him. >> reporter: and while the pay is a lot better than the $4,800 a year coconis first made in 1959, it's still significantly lower than other jobs requiring college degrees. one study showed teacher and principal stress is twice that of other professions. > mentor some of the younger teachers? they must look to you for advice. >> well, i look to them for computer help. >> does anybody know what the answer is? >> reporter: with no wife or children, cocoa nis devotes himself completely to his students. >> if i had a wife, she'd probably leave me within a week. i mean i'm sitting there working all night, trying to grade papers and don't have time to run around. >> reporter: and he insists retirement is not one of the three rs he'll consider. >> i don't think that way.

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thi hhour, tomorrow is earth day. to mark the occasion, we take you to a dairy farm in england that's doing its part to combat climate change by turning manure into fuel. ian lee explains. >> reporter: 7-year-old james is the future of his family farm, and he's also shoveling the farm's future. >> it is a form of liquid gold, isn't it, because you can't do much without slurry. it's an incredible form of fertilizer. >> reporter: that slurry or liquid cow patties are powering this farm. cow waste gives off harmful methane. instead of leaking it into the atmosphere, it's captured and turned into fuel. this company created the system to capture and process the gas. >> the bottom layer is the dirt

>> how much gas can you produce in a day? >> a day, we can produce half a ton. >> we call it the methane. >> reporter: livestock are responsible for 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions. >> dairy and cows have been demonized for destroying the ozone layer, and that's absolutely wrong because, in fact, what we're doing here is promoting dairy as a way of reducing fossil fuel usage. >> reporter: the next step is developing a methane-powered generator to take the farm completely off the grid. >> milking, lights, the whole thing, it will all be run off poo. >> you have a new appreciation for the poo too? >> yes, i do. you just think of the greater good, don't you, because it's doing amazing things. >> the stench of going green never smelled so good. neors fray.s news, cornwall, o

remnation pital,'m nike kiion. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the man accused of shooting three people, including a 6-year-old, in north carolina earlier this week has been arrested. robert singletary turned himself in to the hillsboro county sheriff's office in tampa, florida. he will be extradited back to north carolina. the shooting is said to have stemmed from a stray ball ending up in singletary's yard. the deadline for the supreme court to decide on the availability of mifepristone is tonight. the fda's approval of the abortion drug was struck down by a lower court earlier this month. and entrance is free to all national parks tomorrow. week, ich ns until the 30th.heb

news app o celphone nnected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new tonight, dangerous tornado threat. 40 million americans in the path of severe thunderstorms, and it is the very same system that killed at least three people and left behind a trail of destruction. here are tonight's headlines. nearly a dozen tornadoes touched down in three states. one town in oklahoma decimated. and the baseball-sized hail damaging cars and even a helicopter. >> we blew out the front window again. i took a hail ball right in my knee, man. mistakes turning into bloodshed. tonight the 6-year-old girl who now has stitches after a bullet grazed her cheek when a basketball rolled into the neighbor's yard. eer as the u.s. positions troops for

a possible embassy evacuation. travel to sudan. police are searching for a driver who injured a police officer while fleeing a traffic stop. >> that led to a chase across manhattan. the most powerful rocket ever built exploded above the gulf of mexico today. spacex's starship spacecraft disassembled minutes after blasting off. "eye on america." arizona is facing a water crisis. why a foreign country could be making the problem worse. >> so when you look out there and you see all that green, what do you think? >> i see money leaving america. and major league move. where the oakland a's may soon call home.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight we want to begin with the dangerous weather that is sweeping across the nation after nearly a dozen tornadoes tore through oklahoma, kansas, and iowa on wednesday. more than 40 million americans from the south to the midwest are in the path of thunderstorms, hail, and possible tornadoes through the night. at least three people were killed in oklahoma, where authorities are still assessing the damage that left thousands without power. and the images just coming in show twisters flattened homes while trees were ripped up by the roots and scattered across roadways. the sheriff's office in mcclain county -- that's just south of oklahoma city -- says dozens of residents suffered injuries during the height of the storm. cbs's omar villafranca has seen some of the destruction up close, and he'll start us off tonight from cole, oklahoma. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. the family that was here is lucky to be alive. take a look at some of this damage.

the roof, it's gone. walls were blown out. one of the survivors here said that the sound of this house ripping apart at the seams is one of the scariest things he's ever heard. >> it is deathly violent. >> reporter: powerful storms tore through the south and midwest. >> whoa! >> reporter: and pounded the country's midsection with violent tornadoes and hail. more than a dozen tornadoes were reported yesterday in kansas, iowa, and oklahoma. at least three people were killed in the sooner state, two near the small town of coal, about 30 miles south of oklahoma city. larry paul and three other family members rode out the ef-3 tornado with wind speeds up to 165 miles per hour in this concrete shelter. >> i didn't want to look outside. i didn't want to see the devastation. >> reporter: today, governor kevin stitt toured the town of shawnee, where storms tore down power lines, toppled trees, and

flattened parts of the local high school. >> the damage is unbelievable when you walk through there. >> reporter: oklahoma baptist university is picking up the pieces after high winds blew through the campus wednesday night. s okd th's really what's important. everything in that room can be replaced. >> reporter: while tracking the storm from the air, hail hammered this weather chopper from our oklahoma city affiliate, kwtv. >> okay. we blew out the front window again. >> reporter: pilot jim gardner was okay. back in cole, the paul family says they lost everything but each other. >> yeah, it's material things, but it's still -- it's your heart. your family has worked hard for all this. >> reporter: one of the survivors at this home is actually a volunteer firefighter, and he's the one who activated the tornado sirens for this area, most likely saving lives. the governor of oklahoma has declared a disaster in five counties. norah. >> we are thinking of everybody there. omar villafranca, thank you so much. well, the severe weather

threat will continue through the rest of the night, and that's from texas to wisconsin. meanwhile, record temperatures will be in the forecast tomorrow from the carolinas to new england. so let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel to explain it all. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. we'll see strong storms once again tonight. some of them could be just as fierce as what omar showed us there in oklahoma. but they extend well beyond oklahoma. texas all the way into, say, michigan through the night tonight. most of these storms will produce high winds as well as large hail. that hail could be the size of baseballs. we saw some softball-sized hail yesterday. a lot of these storms will produce heavy rain as well. so tomorrow there's a threat that comes in in the morning. there will be another threat that comes in in the afternoon as well. that will include houston over toward new orleans. not to mention we also have springtime if not summertime temperatures all the way up into the northeast tomorrow. a place like syracuse, 86 degrees. 84 in baltimore. almost 90 degrees, norah, tomorrow in washington, d.c.

>> yeah, it's going to be hot here. mike, thanks. now to some breaking news. actor alec baldwin's legal team says prosecutors in new me are dropping criminal charges related to the shooting death on the set of his western movie, "rust," in 2021. cbs's jonathan vigliotti has the latest as production on the film resumed today in montana. >> reporter: it is the latest stunning development in a case that sent shock waves throughout hollywood. it's been 18 months since the gun baldwin was holding on-set went off, killing cinematographer halyna hutchins and wounding "rust" director joel souza. his attorneys say, "we are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case against alec bldwin, and we encourage a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances of this tragic accident." this is what baldwin told investigators shortly after the shooting. >> it should have been a cold gun with no rounds inside or dummy rounds. i take the gun out slowly. i turn and cock the pistol. bang, it goes off. she hits the ground.

>> reporter: while baldwin maintained his innocence, prosecutors in new mexico charged him with involuntary manslaughter. >> this wasn't accidental. this was negligence. this was recklessness. this was a negligent discharge of a firearm because he pulled that trigger. >> reporter: hutchins' family had filed a civil suit, but as part of a settlement, her husband, matthew, was named as executive producer on the film. the criminal case against armorer hannah gutierrez-reed continues. first a.d. david halls pleaded no contest to one count of negligence. he handed baldwin the gun. but the d.a. had made a point of saying baldwin's celebrity didn't matter. >> if you act in reckless disregard of someone's life, then you should be held to account for that. >> reporter: prosecutors spent more than a year and a half building this case against baldwin, and tonight it's unclear exactly what changed. we've reached out to the d.a.'s office for comment. we had not heard back by air time, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti with that news, thank you. and there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." recent shootings following everyday mistakes like ringing the wrong doorbell or turning down the wrong driveway have made headlines in the last week. well, the latest involves a 6-year-old girl in north carolina who was playing with a basketball when it rolled into a neighbor's yard. that neighbor allegedly shot her and her parents and is now on the run. cbs's adriana diaz reports. >> there was blood everywhere in that house. >> reporter: kinsley white was shot in the face while playing by her home just outside of charlotte. her father was seriously wounded. >> i couldn't get inside in

time, so he just -- so he shot my daddy in the back. >> reporter: witnesses say a neighbor began shooting at them after a basketball rolled onto his yard tay kinsley had a bullet fragment removed from her cheek. her father, who reportedly tried to shoot back, remains hospitalized. >> i want him to go to jail forever. >> reporter: now police are looking for the alleged shooter, 24-year-old robert singletary. as the number of victims of shootings caused by seemingly innocent mistakes mounts, so does the fury. >> whoo! >> reporter: nearly a thousand miles away, these mothers kansas/missouri state line one week after 16-year-old ralph yarl was shot after ringing the wrong doorbell. >> you have mental health issues everywhere. but when you pair those with absolute chaos in terms of gun legislation, this is what you get. >> and violence is a public health epidemic. >> reporter: johns hopkins researcher cassandra crifasi

says studies have repeatedly shown that people are less safe when guns are present. >> what is driving this increase in shootings? >> we have seen record increases in gun purchasing. we're also seeing increases in fear-based marketing of firearms as well as stoking fears of political violence, social violence, racially motivated violence. >> reporter: the states with the weakest gun laws have high gun death rates, three times as high as states with the strongest restrictions. >> there's no place you can run from any of this. >> reporter: more young people have died from gun violence than from covid since the start of the pandemic. and, norah, today marks 24 years since the columbine high school shooting. >> everything you just said gave me the chills. adriana diaz, thank you. well, tonight the pentagon has pre-positioned a group of special forces troops ahead of a possible evacuation of the u.s. embassy in sudan.

cbs's david martin reports the state department has confirmed that one american citizen has been killed during the escalating violence. kharum lnge e tal the city of aica'irrges country, the pentagon moved special operations forces to a b dji more th 700 miles away, for a possible rescue mission of americans trapped in the city. >> we want to make sure that we've got the capability ready in case it's needed. >> reporter: two rival generals are fighting for power, and both have troops armed with tanks, artillery, and anti-aircraft guns, which could threaten any planes sent in to evacuate americans. already more than 330 people have been reported killed and a convoy of vehicles from the american embassy fired upon. >> there's no indications that americans are being specifically targeted, but it's obviously a dangerous situation. >> reporter: for the moment, there looks like no good way

out. americans stranded in the city are unable to get to the relative safety of the embassy, and the airport has been the scene of heavy fighting, which has left aircraft burning on the tarmac. without a cease-fire, an evacuation will be risky. aircraft flying low over a city at war are in danger of being shot down as the u.s. found out in the infamous blackhawk down thank you. cbs news has just learned that president biden may be aiming to announce his re-election campaign by video next week. the most likely date, according to those familiar with the planning, is next tuesday, april 25th. that is exactly four years after he jumped into the 2020 presidential race in 2019. we can also report that the president hasn't yet signed off on the timing, and he will spend the weekend with family and staff at camp david. tonight a northern california police department is

under fire after dozens of officers were found to have sent racist and homophobic text messages during a wider civil rights investigation. cbs's elise preston reports it was all uncovered by the fbi, which is investigating the antioch police. >> it was more than just locker room talk. it was a state of mind. >> reporter: community outrage after group texts among police officers in the san francisco bay area city of antioch revealed a violent and abusive pack mentality investigators say was fueled by racism and homophobia. >> this community probably should have been more afraid of the police than the gangsters or the criminals that were in their community. >> reporter: civil rights attorney john burris filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of five victims, including trent allen, who officers texted about brutally beating. >> comments about my son's head was a bowling ball, that they kicked a field goal. these officers need to be removed.

>> reporter: according to a partially redacted report, fbi and local officials found a total of 45 officers, nearly 40% of the force, sent and received the racist messages dating back to 2019. "i'll bury that n-word in my field," said one text. another said, "bro, they all look the same," which an officer then responded, "i feel like i'm at the zoo." there were multiple texts calling black people gorillas and monkeys. one officer even admitted, "since we don't have video, i sometimes just say people gave me a full confession when they didn't." >> i did ten months for nothing. it was his word over mine. >> reporter: residents are demanding that the officers be fired. >> i see that you're crying. what are you thinking about? >> it just hurts. these officers are supposed to be protecting and serving, and they're out here hurting and killing people. >> reporter: investigators say lieutenants and sergeants were also on those group texts, but they never reported any

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this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the man accused of shooting three people, including a earlier this week has been arrested. robert singletary turned himself in to the hillsboro county sheriff's office in tampa, florida. he will be extradited back to north carolina. the shooting is said to have stemmed from a stray ball ending up in singletary's yard. the deadline for the supreme court to decide on the availability of mifepristone is tonight. the fda's approval of the abortion drug was struck down by a lower court earlier this month. and entrance is free to all national parks tomorrow. that kicks off national park week, which runs until the 30th. for more, download the cbs

news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's friday, april 2 alec baldwin cleared of involuntary manslaughter for why prosecutors are dropping the charge and the deadly movie set shooting. the new gop hopeful who just announced his candidacy. heroic actions. see the dramatic moments a trooper risked his life to stop a wrong-way driver. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a bombshell development in the deadly "rust" movie shooting. prosecutors say they will drop alec baldwin's involuntary manslaughter charges. the acto