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schlesinger says most americans can feel confident in their money because deposits of less than $250,000 are insured. >> what's really important is that bank failures are part of our system. that's why we have fdic insurance. >> and weijia jiang joins us now from the white house, where there's some breaking news on the debt ceiling. what are you learning? >> reporter: norah, that's right. president biden called house speaker kevin mccarthy and invited him to the white house next week to talk about the debt limit. this comes as treasury secretary janet yellen warned that the u.s. could run out of money by june 1st if congress doesn't raise or suspend the limit, and tat is even earlier than previously thought. norah. >> weijia jiang at the white house with that news, thank you. overseas now to those mass evacuations from war-torn sudan. the u.s. government has now helped roughly 1,000 u.s.
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citizens evacuate that country in northeast africa since fighting broke out last month between rival military factions. that includes about 100 u.s. citizens who arrived by boat today in saudi arabia. cbs's ramy inocencio is there. >> reporter: waiting for a way out, the fortunate find their way to port sudan. this sea of humanity desperate for safe passage. >> i have no idea how i'm going to leave this spot. if it's going to be by plane or going to be by ship. i have no clue. >> reporter: the country's military and strongest paramilitary bloc have been attacking each other day after day since mid-april. the collateral damage, hundreds dead, thousands hurt. the u.s. naval ship brunswick is here to pick people up. american service members scrutinize every passport, each serving as a ticket to saudi arabia. the choice to leave made simpler
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with chaos rising over the capital. these americans finally making landfall on saudi soil. many rode in on that 18-bus convoy from khartoum, 500 miles to port sudan, under u.s. air cover, likely meaning drones, joining more, who then sailed 200 miles through the night across the red sea here. mel arbitration sarks lives in queens, new york. >> seeing dead bodies on the street. seeing like tanks, it's very chaotic. you really don't know what might happen next. >> reporter: she's flying straight back to the united states. >> you're taking off now? how do you feel? >> i feel relieved. i'm happy. >> reporter: this ship will not be the end of americans evacuating from sudan, norah. cbs news has learned that two new convoys with u.s. citizens have arrived in port sudan, now even more of them wanting to leave. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. a writers strike appears to be written in the stars as a
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midnight deadline fast approaches for the wga to reach a new deal with hollywood studios. entertainment tonight co-host kevin frazier reports more than 11,000 writers of your favorite films and tv shows could walk off the job and onto the pict line as soon as tomorrow. >> reporter: it is a true hollywood cliff-hanger and the ending is still being written. >> incredibly grateful that there are negotiators for both sides. incredibly hopeful that they can come to an agreement. >> reporter: the first impact would be late-night tv. all these shows could be off by tomorrow. plus the remaining episodes of "saturday night live." this week's scheduled host is pete davidson. >> as you know, the writers strike might happen. i've been working on this for two or three months. they're like, we'll know monday. >> reporter: more than 11,000 writers are set to walk the picket line if no deal is reached with hollywood producers. the main issue is streaming. 78% of households now subscribe
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to at least one streaming service, but the writers say those series pay less and have fewer episodes. ten years ago, the wga says a third of its tv writers worked at the minimum salary. it's now half. but studio producers say their budgets are already stretched, and they can't make a profit by paying more when revenues are falling. also playing a role in the labor talks, ai. the writers want assurances that studios won't use artificial intelligence like chatgpt to generate new scripts. the last writers strike in 2007 lasted 100 days and cost california more than $2 billion. back then, stephen colbert was on comedy central. >> where are my words? >> we have no script, stephen. >> why not? >> the writers are on strike. >> reporter: now, a long strike could push back the fall tv season, and even if there is an agreement, consider that next month, contracts expire for the unions representing both hollywood's directors and
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have no clue where he is despite an $80,000 reward. >> reporter: tonight, deputies and fbi agents widening their search for the suspect as the manhunt pushes into a third day. the fbi at its latest briefing saying francisco oropesa remains elusive. >> we do not know where he is. we don't have any tips right now to where he may be. >> reporter: the 38-year-old, a mexican national who was deported and subsequently returned to the u.s. four times over the past 14 years, is accused of killing five people in a neighbor's home with an ar-15-style rifle after they asked him to stop shooting a gun in his yard because a baby was sleeping. wilson garcia's wife and 9-year-old son were killed in the attack. he says she stayed on the front porch as they saw the gunman approaching, believing he wouldn't shoot a woman. garcia says he fired at her without saying a word and then came inside to find us all.
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garcia says they made several calls to 911 before the gunman entered the house. the dispatcher, he says, kept saying help was on the way. the victims from honduras range in age from 31 to just the 9 years old. dan danielle enrique lasso. >> my heart is with this little boy. i don't care if heergall on c if he was here illegally. he was in my county. five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is. >> reporter: wilson garcia says he likely survived because another woman in the house told him to escape out the window because his children needed their father. that woman was killed. norah. >> janet shamlian, thank you. violent protests erupted in france today with more than
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police officers were injured in clashes with protesters who hurled firebombs and explosives. police responded with tear gas and water cannons. nearly 300 people were arrested. the protests coincided with the annual may day workers' rights demonstrations. tonight a consumer alert about a popular product that may be in your kitchen cabinet. what you need to know. that's next. we have important consumer alert tonight. general mills is recalling some of its gold medal flour because of a possible salmonella contamination. the company is recalling two, five, and ten-pound bags of gold medal unbleached and bleached all-purpose flour with a better
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tthsoni national air and space museum received an unusual donation, a piece of a u.s. air force combat plane that was nearly shot down over baghdad 20 years ago. cbs's david martin has the story of the heroic female pilot who did the near impossible to bring the plane in for a landing, saving her life. >> it felt like the decision could be the difference between lfe and death. >> reporter: now retired air force colonel kim campbell faced that decision 20 years ago in th cockpit of her a-10 over baghdad. the plane is built to support troops on the ground, and she had just attacked an enemy position. >> when i felt and heard a large explosion at the back of the airplane. and i knew immeditely i was hit. >> reporter: here is the cockpit
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recording. >> we got hit. two got hit. >> reporter: an iraqi missile had severed her plane's hydraulic lines. >> it was just plunging to the ground, completely out of control. >> reporter: she regained control by switching to manual mode. >> it's just very heavy, very difficult to fly. >> reporter: and even harder to land. here she is on final approach, something she had never practiced because it was too dangerous. >> i wasn't sure if the airplane was just going to flip over, if i was going to crash. but i got the airplane on the ground. >> reporter: the only woman pilot in the squadron stuck the landing. >> to me, the best part of that mission was hearing all the guys on the radio, "welcome home." i knew that i had made it. i'd survived. >> reporter: the plane never flew again, but campbell, whose call sign was killer chick, was back over iraq the next day. david martin, cbs news, at the air and space museum. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for im cbsnews.com.
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reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs overnight news." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. oklahoma is now at least the 16th state to ban miners from receiving gender affirming care. governor kevin stitt has signed a new law making it a felony to provide children treatment like puberty blocking drugs or hormones. hollywood screenwriters are on strike for the first time since 2007. a deal with producers could not be reached before their contract expired last night. the writers guild says picketing will begin this afternoon. and the met gala was held last night. the star-studded event saw some of the biggest names in some of the most lavish outfits. it also featured a surprise pregnancy announcement from tennis superstar serena
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williams. for 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." we want to begin tonight with some breaking news. at least six people are dead and dozens of others injured after a massive pileup on interstate 55 in south central illinois. police say dozens of passenger vehicles and 30 commercial vehicles, including several semi-trucks, were involved in a devastating crash located about 70 miles north of st. louis. parts of the interstate are shut down in both directions after vehicles burst into flames following the collisions. caroline hecker from our cbs affiliate kmov is at the scene with the scary details.
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>> reporter: this dust storm turned deadly along i-55 in central illinois after blinded this morning. >> unknown injuries. i-55 northbound at the 76. rt from nearby farm fields across the highway, creating near-zero visibility that led to accidents on both the north and southbound sides. >> one vehicle is into the median. the other one is a truck tractor semitrailer. >> reporter: more than 30 were taken to hospitals. up to 80 vehicles were involved. >> two truck tractor semitrailers have caught fire as a result of the crash. we had some initials reports that maybe there could have been an explosion. we can't confirm that at this time. >> reporter: now, i can tell you that you can still clearly see and feel the wind that caused this accident. they've been moving semis off the interstate. injuries in this accident ranging from minor to life-threatening with the victims as young as 2 and as old as 80.
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this portion of interstate 55 u. norah. >> yeah, very windy indeed. caroline hecker, thank you so much. tonight officials across virginia are still surveying the destruction after severe storms hammered the region this weekend. a powerful ef-3 tornado with winds of 140 to 150 miles per hour tore through the city of virginia beach on sunday, damaging upwards of 100 homes and businesses and knocking out power to hundreds. the storm caused an estimated $15.3 million in residential damage. another twister touched down in palm beach gardens, florida, on saturday, wreaking havoc on homes, flipping cars, and downing power lines. fortunately there were no reports of fatalities or serious injuries in either of the weekend storms. let's turn now to the economy with news tonight about when the u.s. could default on its debt payments. it is a critical week for markets with corporate earnings, a decision on interest rates, and concerns over the banking
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industry. overnight, federal regulators t bl asbs'seijijirts,chase, biggica'sge >> reporter: president biden today assured americans their money is safe and they won't have to pay for the latest bank rescue. >> depositors are being protected. shareholders are losing their investments. and critically, taxpayers are not the ones that are on the hook. >> reporter: overnight, first republic, the 14th largest bank in the u.s., became the third major bank to fail since march and the second largest bank collapse in u.s. history. after the fdic seized it, jpmorgan chase acquired all their deposits and most of their assets, including 84 branches in 8 states. customers, including sandra robbins, were able to access their money without issues. >> i'm not angry at them. i'm angry at the economy and at the people that ran and drew
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their money out real fast. >> reporter: first republic's depositors withdrew $100 billion, plunging the stock by more than 75% last week. jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon warned the collapse could mean a reduction in bank lending but would not increase the risk of a recession. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger says most americans can feel confident in their money because deposits of less than $250,000 are insured. >> what's really important is that bank failures are part of our system. that's why we have fdic insurance. >> and weijia jiang joins us now from the white house, where there's some breaking news on the debt ceiling. what are you learning? >> reporter: norah, that's right. president biden called house speaker kevin mccarthy and invited him to the white house next week to talk about the debt limit. this comes as treasury secretary janet yellen warned that the u.s. could run out of money by
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june 1st if congress doesn't raise or suspend the limit, and that is even earlier than previously thought. norah. >> weijia jiang at the white wi. tonight, health experts are sounding the alarm about human-made chemicals known as forever chemicals, which are linked to cancer and other illnesses. more than 95% of all americans tested had detectible levels in their blood. cbs's roxana saberi traveled to michigan to take an in-depth look at the contamination of freshwater fish. one environmental group calls it the tip of a toxic iceberg. >> reporter: on michigan's grand river, biologists are fishing for chemicals. these freshwater fish will be tested for pfas, a family of toxic compounds that last so long in the environment and in people, they've been called forever chemicals. for decades, pfas have been
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widely used to put the nonstick in cookware and to make stain and waterproof fabrics, firefighting foam, and even cosmetics. >> they've really contaminated fish everywhere. >> reporter: climatologist dan brown showed us a stretch of the huron river near detroit where a auto parts plant discharged so much pfas into the water, the state says the fish aren't safe to eat. >> how widespread is the problem across the united states? >> the huron river, i think, is one of the canaries in the coal mine. i think we're just now seeing the tip of the iceberg. if we're finding pfas here in all the fish that we sampled, i think any river throughout most of the united states, you're going to find similar levels of pfas. >> reporter: a recent study of freshwater fish samples collected by the epa found it's an issue in almost every state. david andrews is one of the authors. >> nearly every single sample
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that consuming a single serving of fish would be equivalent to a year of contaminated water. >> reporter: now for the first time, the federal government is proposing strict regulations limiting pfas in drinking water, more than 90% lower than previous recommendations. for now, though, states essentially make their own rules. abigail hendershot leads michigan's efforts to find and fix pfas pollution. >> the easy thing for consumers to understand is has my lake been tested? has my river been tested? so when it comes to public health and fish consumption, we want to make sure people are thinking about this holistically. >> reporter: many companies are phasing out certain kinds of pfas, but many more remain in use. >> the longer we use pfas, the longer we're going to poison ourselves. >> reporter: a threat that could last forever. roxana saberi, cbs news, milford, michigan. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm erica brown in washington. thanks for staying with us. a massive evacuation is under way in sudan, where fighting continues despite an announced cease-fire. evacuees, including americans, are making the 500-mile journey from sudan's capital to its largest port and then onto ships bound for saudi arabia. thousands have left already, including hundreds of americans. ramy inocencio is there. >> reporter: this is the u.s. naval ship brunswick right behind me, and this is the one that traveled overnight through the night carrying these americans and many others,
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crossing the red sea, a 200-mile stretch, something like 12 hours. the americans on board and so inur aelf m 300acue mos fro u.s., o from at least 16 other nations, escaping this. more than two weeks of chaos. sudan's military and biggest paramilitary bloc fighting for power. upended vehicles, rubble-strewn roads the new normal. after their dangerous drive from the capital, khartoum, to port sudan, the americans we spoke to said that they were stuck in that port for another 24 hours. mohammed is from brooklyn, new york. he said the u.s. embassy did a good job, but email access was spotty. >> thank god the ones we did get, we used it, and we're hear. >> reporter: this 11-year-old said she was exhausted and afraid. >> i was very scary because i was scared of the army. >> i feel relieved. i feel safe, you know.
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i feel way better than how i felt in sudan. scary to hear gunshots outside of your house. >> melaz is from queens, new york. >> seeing dead bodies on the street. seeing, like, tanks. >> reporter: she's flying straight back to the united states. >> you're taking off now. how do you feel? >> i feel relieved.y. ror tragically, not every american who wanted to flee made it. this american doctor based in iowa city was stabbed to death the day he and his family decided to leave. anotheridtified american with ties to denver was killed in crossfire. overnight, more anxious people crowded port sudan, waiting for the next transport to take them and their families away from a country on the edge of civil war. and this ship will not be the end of american evacuations from sudan. cbs news has now learned that a new convoy of eight buses with americans on board that has arrived in port sudan.
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spain, singing backup on born to run. that's just one of the many hits that over the decades have made springsteen a superstar. he's 73 now and looking back on his career with jim axelrod. >> this is where the magic happened. >> this is the room where it happened, that's right. >> reporter: it may not look like much, but this small bedroom in colt's neck, new jersey -- >> this is the orange shag rug that was here 40 years ago. >> reporter: this is the same bed? >> good lord. >> reporter: is where bruce springsteen made what he considers his masterpiece. ♪ i saw her standing on the front lawn ♪ >> reporter: ten songs. ♪ twirling her baton ♪ >> reporter: dark and mournful. ♪ from the town of lincoln, nebraska ♪ >> if i had to pick one album out and say this is going to represent you 50 years from now, i'd pick "nebraska."
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♪ through to the badlands of wyoming ♪ ♪ i killed everything in my path ♪ >> reporter: written 41 years ago at a time of great upheaval in springsteen's inner life. >> i had just hit some sort of personal wall that i didn't even know was there. it was my first real major depression where i realized i've got to do something about it. >> and you can't succeed your way out of pain. >> no, you cannot. that's a very good way of putting it. you cannot succeed your way out of that pain. ♪ well, like a river that don't know where it's been ♪ >> reporter: coming off a hugely successful tour for the river album, he'd had his first top ten hit. ♪ everybody's got a hungry heart ♪ >> reporter: he was 32, a genuine rock star, surrounded by success and learning its limits.
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♪ everybody wants to have a home ♪ >> the rock and roll meds, singing in front of 40,000 people, all that is, is anesthesia. >> yeah, it worked for me. i think in your 20s, a lot of things work for you. your 30s is where you start to become an adult. suddenly i looked around and said, where is everything? where's my home? where is my partner? where are the sons or daughters that i thought i might have someday? and i realized none of these things are there. so i said, okay. the first thing i've got to do as soon as i get home is remind myself of who i am and where i came from. >> i lived in this house exactly half a lifetime ago. >> reporter: home at the time was a fixed-up farmhouse he was renting. >> i enjoyed it here because i liked the access to this reservoir. mica knew remains. it's still there. >> reporter: here he would try to understand why his success
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left him so alienated. >> this is all inside of me. you can either take it and transform it into something positive, or it can destroy you. >> there are records, films, books that don't just come in the front door. they come in the back door. they come up through a trapdoor and stay with you in life. >> reporter: author warren zane's new book "deliver me from nowhere" offers a deep and moving examination of the making of "nebraska." >> here's bruce springsteen making a record from a kind of bottom in his own life. >> reporter: springsteen's pain was rooted in a lonely childhood. >> they were very poor, and then he becomes bruce springsteen. he felt that his past was making his present complicated, and he wanted to be freed of it. >> oh, there it is. this is the song, wow. >> reporter: forringsteen, liberation had always come through writing.
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while he filled notebook after notebook. >> i don't remember doing all this work. >> reporter: the album didn't come together until late one night when he was channel surfing and stumbled across "badlands." >> i shoot people every now and then. not that i deserve a medal. >> reporter: terrence malek's 23i78 about charles stark weather, whose murder tree in 1957 and '58 unfolded mainly in nebraska. >> i actually called the reporter who had reported on that story in nebraska, and amazingly enough, she was still at the newspaper, and she was a lovely woman, and we talked for a half hour or so. and it just sort of focused me on the feeling of what i wanted to write about. ♪ they want to know why ♪ >> reporter: in a serial killer, springsteen had found a muse. ♪ i guess there's just a meanness in this world ♪ >> there's a meanness in this
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world. that explains everything stark weather's done. >> yeah. i tried to locate where the humanity was as best as i could. >> reporter: in a surge of creativity, he wrote 15 songs in a matter of weeks. >> this is pretty much the setup, i think. i had a little chair here. mike was over there with this tape player. >> reporter: and one january night in 1982, it was time to record. >> the acoustics of this room. >> not bad. the orange shag carpet makes it really dead. you know, there's not a lot of echo. >> not just beautiful to look at -- >> not only was it beautiful, it came in handy. >> reporter: one of rock's biggest stars sat in this bedroom alone and sang. ♪ at least for a little while, sir ♪ >> reporter: getting exactly the sound he was looking for. ♪ me and her had us some fun ♪
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>> mansion on the fill, my father's house, used cars, they're all written from kids' perspectives, children trying to make sense of the world they were born into. ♪ she said i'm sorry son but no one by that name lives here anymore ♪ >> reporter: others profiled adults left out or left behind. >> there's that very stark, dark, lonely sound. >> it's austere. >> very austere, very bare bones. >> reporter: on a broken-down boombox, springsteen mixed the songs onto a cassette tape he carried around in his pocket. >> you got one cassette. >> that's right. >> and you're walking around with it in your pocket for a few weeks? >> yeah, my back pocket. >> i hope you had a plastic case on it. >> i don't think i had a case. i'm lucky i didn't lose it. >> reporter: the band would record what he had on the cassette, but bigger and bolder wasn't what he was looking for. >> it was a happy accident. i had planned to just write some good songs, teach them to the
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band, go in the studio and record them. but every time i tried to improve on the tape that i had made in that little room, it's the old story of if this gets any better, it's going to be worse. >> reporter: bruce springsteen wasn't working e street, but another road entirely. >> nebraska was muddy. it was imperfect. it wasn't finished. all the things that you shouldn't put out, he put out. ♪ >> did any part of you worry, oh, my goodness, what am i putting out there? >> i knew what the nebraska record was. it was also a signal i was sending that i've had some success, but i do what i want to do. i make the records i want to make. i'm trying to tell a bigger story, and that's the job that i'm trying to do for you. >> reporter: a few more songs that didn't make the cut -- ♪ born in the usa ♪ >>. >> reporter: well, you probably heard them later. >> born in the usa, pink
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cadillac. >> all stuff that didn't make it. >> reporter: songs the guy in the leather jacket, who have written of chrome wheeled, fuel injected suicide machines kept in this binder with snoopy on the cover. >> i'm glad we can see it. people wouldn't believe it otherwise. >> reporter: in that small bedroom, springsteen the rocker made an album that fleshe out springsteen the poet. imagine if he hadn't. >> then people might be assessing a career and say, oh t was great, man. 70,000 people singing rosalie ta in the stadium, but that might have been closer to where it ended in considering what you've done. >> yeah. i mean i was just interested in more, in more than that. i loved doing it. i still love doing it to this day. but i wanted more than that. ♪ you make sure my pretty baby ♪ ♪ sitting right there on my lap ♪ >> if they want to enjoy your
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work, try anything. if they want to understand your work, try nebraska. >> yeah. i'd agree with that. i'd definitely agree with that. >> im when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward to seeing you right here. you are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race that's been designed for you.
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on the next "turning point", right here on this station. the summer beach season is right around the corner and a new survey found many americans don't use sunscreen. doctors say they could be putting themselves at risk of skin cancer. skyler henry reports. >> reporter: rachel ferris went to the dermatologist to check a rash on her stomach. she left the exam with a diagnosis she never saw coming. >> i was going for a rash. didn't think i was going in, going to come out, you know, being told that i had stage 1 melanoma. >> reporter: the 28-year-old grew up as a competitive swimmer and visited tanning salons before meets. without a family history of skin cancer, she never thought of that ultraviolet exposure as a risk for melanoma. >> sun exposure in tanning beds is what caused it. i just had a very low threshold
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for what my body could, you know, take. >> reporter: dermatologist ma recall ca barian skellsy says skin cancer is on the rise with about 200,000 cases of melanoma each year. its the deadliest form but treatable if caught early. the american academy of dermatology says the best prevention is wearing sunscreen and sun protective clothing and watching for changes to your skin. >> if you have a spot on your skin that has looked the same your whole life and suddenly the edges might look different or the color changes, if the size changes, that's an important factor. but in dark er skin types melanoma can be diagnosed often very late, and it appears in areas that are not necessarily sun exposed. >> reporter: after having eight cancerous spots removed, ferris likes to spread the word. >> friends telling me they're going on a beach vacation. i'm like, wear your sunscreen. >> reporter: an ounce of prevention that could save a
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life. skyler henry, cbs news, war. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. catal, i'm erica browns this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. oklahoma is now at least the 16th state to ban minors from receiving gender-affirming care. governor kevin stitt has signed a new law making it a felony to provide children treatment like puberty blocking drugs or hormones. hollywood screenwriters are on strike for the first time since 2007. a deal with producers could not be reached before their contract expired last night. the writers guild says picketing will begin this afternoon. and the met gala was held last night. the star-studded event saw some of the biggest names in some of the most lavish outfits. it also featured a surprise pregnancy announcement from tennis superstar serena williams. for more, download the cbs
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news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the deadly dust storm. multiple people are killed and dozens hospitalized after a multi-car pileup that shut down a major interstate. here are tonight's headlines. strong winds make for a dangerous situation in illinois. low visibility caused a crash involving as many as 80 cars and trucks. >> oh, my god. >> plus the dangerous tornadoes causing major destruction. the massive manhunt for the man accused of killing five of his neighbors, including a 9-year-old boy. what led to the massacre as we learn the suspect had been deported from the u.s. at least four times. the regulators have seized first republic bank and chosen jpmorgan chase to buy most of its assets. >> the san francisco-based bank is the third major bank to fail
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in two months. a u.s. navy ship has taken more than 100 u.s. citizens away from the violence in sudan, but many more are still waiting to be rescued. thousands of american acyou travel? >> we're here to demand that management comes to the table. the company builds schedules that are unflyable. the so-called forever chemicals contaminating drinking water and fish. >> if we're finding pfas here, you go to any rivers throughout most of the united states, and you're going to find similar levels. now retired air force colonel kim campbell faced that decision 20 years ago in the cockpit of her a-10 over baghdad. >> hearing all the guys on the radio, "welcome home," i knew that i had made it. i'd survived. >> announcer: this is the "cbs
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overnight news." we want to begin tonight with some breaking news. at least six people are dead and dozens of others injured after a massive pileup on interstate 55 in south central illinois. police say dozens of passenger vehicles and 30 commercial vehicles, including several semi-trucks, were involved in a devastating crash located about 70 miles north of st. louis. parts of the interstate are shut down in both directions after vehicles burst into flames following the collisions. caroline hecker from our cbs affiliate kmov is at the scene with the scary details. >> reporter: this dust storm turned deadly along i-55 in central illinois after blinded drivers slammed into each other this morning. >> unknown injury, i-55 northbound at the 76. >> reporter: strong winds blew dirt from fields across the highway, creating near zero visibility that led to accidents
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on both the north and southbound sides. >> one vehicle is into the median. the other one is a truck tractor semitrailer. >> reporter: more than 30 were taken to hospitals. up to 80 vehicles were involved. semirs havcaught fire as a result of the crash. we had some initials reports that maybe there could have been an explosion. we can't confirm that at this time. >> reporter: now, i can tell you that you can still clearly see and feel the wind that caused this accident. they've been moving semis off the interstate. injuries in this accident ranging from minor to life-threatening with the victims as young as 2 and as old as 80. this portion of interstate 55 shut down for at least the rest of the evening. norah. >> yeah, very windy indeed. caroline hecker, thank you so much. tonight officials across virginia are still surveying the destruction after severe storms hammered the region this weekend. a powerful ef-3 tornado with winds of 140 to 150 miles per
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hour tore through the city of damaging upwards of 100 homes and businesses and knocking out power to hundreds. the storm caused an estimated $15.3 million in residential damage. another twister touched down in palm beach gardens, florida, on saturday, wreaking havoc on homes, flipping cars, and downing power lines. fortunately there were no reports of fatalities or serious injuries in either of the weekend storms. turning now to the war in ukraine, the biden administration estimates that more than 20,000 russian troops, many of them convicts thrown into combat, have been killed in the battle for bakhmut over the last five months. this body cam video from the ukrainian side shows the intense fighting in a battle that's become known as the meat grinder. the u.s. estimates another 80,000 russians have been wounded. the fighting rages on. this video shows a russian missile strike in eastern ukraine today that killed 2 people and wounded 40 others.
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tonight health experts are sounding the alarm about human-made chemicals known as forever chemicals, which are linked to cancer and other illnesses. more than 95% of all americans tested had detectable levels in their blood. cbs's roxana saberi traveled to michigan to take an in-depth look at the contamination of freshwater fish. one environmental group calls it the tip of a toxic iceberg. >> reporter: on michigan's grand river, biologists are fishing for chemicals. these freshwater fish will be tested for pfas, a family of toxic compounds that last so long in the environment and in people, they've been called forever chemicals. for decades, pfas have been widely used to put the nonstick in cookware and to make stain and waterproof fabrics, firefighting foam, and even cosmetics. >> they've really contaminated fish everywhere. >> reporter: climatologist dan
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brown showed us a stretch of the huron river near detroit where a nearby auto parts plant discharged so much pfas into the water, the state says the fish aren't safe to eat. >> how widespread is the problem across the united states? >> the huron river, i think, is one of the canaries in the coal mine. i think we're just now seeing the tip of the iceberg. if we're finding pfas here in all the fish that we sampled, i think any rivers throughout most of the united states, you're going to find similar levels of pfas. >> reporter: a recent study of freshwater fish samples collected by the epa found it's an issue in almost every state. david andrews is one of the authors. >> nearly every single sample had pfas in it in levels that consuming a single serving of fish would be equivalent to a year of contaminated water. >> reporter: now for the first time, the federal government is proposing strict regulations
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limiting pfas in drinking water, more than 9er evmendat thoh, states rusentially abigail hendershot leads michigan's efforts to find and fix pfas pollution. >> the easy thing for consumers to understand is has my lake been tested? has my river been tested? so when it comes to public health and fish consumption, we want to make sure people are thinking about this holistically. >> reporter: many companies are phasing out certain kinds of pfas, but many more remain in use. >> the longer we use pfas, the longer we're going to poison ourselves. >> reporter: a threat that could last forever. roxana saberi, cbs news, milford, michigan. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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oh, are you sure? are you sure you don't want to go, it will be so much fun! this is the "cbs overnight news." let's turn now to the economy with news tonight about when the u.s. could default on its debt payments. it is a critical week for markets with corporate earnings, a decision on interest rates, and concerns over the banking industry. overnight, federal regulators seized the troubled first republic bank, and as cbs's weijia jiang reports, jpmorgan chase, america's biggest bank, just got bigger. >> reporter: president biden today assured americans their money is safe and they won't have to pay for the latest bank rescue. >> depositors are being prd.
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shareholders are losing their investments. and critically, taxpayers are not the ones that are on the hook. >> reporter: overnight, first republic, the 14th largest bank in the u.s., became the third major bank to fail since march and the second largest bank collapse in u.s. history. after the fdic seized it, jpmorgan chase acquired all their deposits and most of their assets, including 84 branches in 8 states. customers, including sandra robbins, were able to access their money without issues. >> i'm not angry at them. i'm angry at the economy and at the people that ran and drew their money out real fast. >> reporter: first republic's depositors withdrew $100 billion, plunging the stock by more than 75% last week. jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon warned the collapse could mean a reduction in bank lending but would not increase the risk of a recession.
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cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger says most americans can feel confident in their money because deposits of less than $250,000 are insured. >> what's really important is that bank failures are part of our system. that's why we have fdic insurance. >> and weijia jiang joins us now from the white house, where there's some breaking news on the debt ceiling. what are you learning? >> reporter: norah, that's right. president biden called house speaker kevin mccarthy and invited him to the white house next week to talk about the debt limit. this comes as treasury secretary janet yellen warned that the u.s. could run out of money by june 1st if congress doesn't raise or suspend the limit, and that is even earlier than previously thought. norah. >> weijia jiang at the white house with that news, thank you. overseas now to those mass evacuations from war-torn sudan. the u.s. government has now helped roughly 1,000 u.s. citizens evacuate that country in northeast africa since
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fighting broke out last month between rival military factions. citi who aived batt 100 u.s. today in saudirabia. cb ino i >> reporter: waiting for a way out, the fortunate find their way to port sudan. this sea of humanity desperate for safe passage. >> i have no idea how i'm going to leave this spot, if it's going to be by plane or be by ship. i have no clue. >> reporter: the country's military and strongest paramilitary bloc have been attacking each other day after day since mid-april. the collateral damage, hundreds of dead, thousands hurt. the u.s. naval ship "brunswick" is here to pick people up. american service members scrutinize every passport, each serving as a ticket to saudi arabia.
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the choice to leave made simpler with chaos rising over the ese ericanna ndfall on sasomany rthbu convoy from khartoum, 500 miles to port sudan under u.s. air cover, likely meaning drones. joining more, who then sailed 200 miles through the night across the red sea here. melaz lives in queens, new york. >> seeing, like, dead bodies on the street. seeing, like, tanks, it's very chaotic. you really don't know what might happen next. >> reporter: she's flying straight back to the united states. >> you're taking off now. how do you feel? >> i feel relieved. i'm happy. >> reporter: this ship will not be the end of americans evacuating from sudan, norah. cbs news has learned that two new convoys with u.s. citizens have arrived in port sudan, now even more of them wanting to leave. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. a writers strike appears to be written in the stars as a midnight deadline fast
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approaches for the wga to reach a new deal with hollywood studios. "entertainment tonight" co-host kevin frazier reports more than 11,000 writers of your favorite films and tv shows could walk off the job and onto the picket line as soon as tomorrow.rue hollywood cliff-hanger -- >> action! >> reporter: -- and the ending is still being written. >> incredibly grateful that there are negotiators for both sides. incredibly hopeful that they can come to an agreement. >> reporter: the first impact would be late-night tv. all these shows could be off by tomorrow plus the remaining episodes of "saturday night live." this week's scheduled host is pete davidson. >> as you know, the writers strike might happen. i've been working on this for two or three months. they're like, we'll know monday. >> reporter: more than 11,000 writers are set to walk the picket line if no deal is reached with hollywood producers. the main issue is streaming. 78% of households now subscribe to at least one streaming
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service, but the writers say those series pay less and have fewer episodes. ten years ago, the wga says a third of its tv writers worked at the minimum salary. it's now half. but studio producers say their budgets are already stretched, and they can't make a profit by paying more when revenues are falling. also playing a role in the labor talks, ai. the writers want assurances that studios won't use artificial intelligence like chatgpt to generate new scripts. the last writers strike in 2007 lasted 100 days and cost california more than $2 billion. back then, stephen colbert was on comedy central. >> where are my words? >> we have no script, stephen. >> why not? >> the writers are on strike. >> reporter: now, a long strike could push back the fall tv season, and even if there is an agreement, consider that next month, contracts expire for the unions representing both hollywood's directors and actors. norah.
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an $80,000 reward. >> reporter: tonight, deputies and fbi agents widening their search for the suspect as the manhunt pushes into a third day. the fbi at its latest briefing saying francisco oropesa remains elusive. >> we do not know where he is. we don't have any tips right now to where he may be. >> reporter: the 38-year-old, a mexican national who was deported and subsequently returned to the u.s. four times over the past 14 years, is accused of killing five people in a neighbor's home with an ar-15-style rifle after they asked him to stop shooting a gun in his yard because a baby was sleeping. wilson garcia's wife and 9-year-old son were killed in the attack. he says she stayed on the front porch as they saw the gunman approaching, believing he wouldn't shoot a woman. garcia says he fired at her without saying a word and then came inside to find us all. garcia says they made several
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calls to 911 before the gunman entered the house. the dispatcher, he says, kept saying help wa t the victims from honduras range in age from 31 to just 9 years old, daniel enrique laso. >> my heart is with this little boy. i don't care if he was here legally. i don't care if he was here illegally. he was in my county. five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is. >> reporter: wilson garcia says he likely survived because another woman in the house told him to escape out the window because his children needed their father. that woman was killed. norah. >> janet shamlian, thank you. violent protests erupted in france todur. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervive nerve relief
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fficers were injured in clashes with protesters who hurled firebombs and explosives. police responded with tear gas and water cannons. nearly 300 people were arrested. the protests coincided with the annual may day workers' rights demonstrations. tonight a consumer alert about a popular product that may be in your kitchen cabinet. what you need to know. that's next. we have an important consumer alert tonight. general mills is recalling some of its gold medal flour because of a possible salmonella contamination. the company is recalling two, five, and ten-pound bags of gold medal unbleached andl-purpe flo.
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the smithsonian national air and space museum received a unusual donation, a piece of a u.s. air force combat plane that was nearly shot down over baghdad 20 years ago. cbs's david martin has the story of the heroic female pilot who did the near impossible to bring the plane in for a landing, saving her life. >> it felt like the decision could be the difference between life and death. >> reporter: now retired air force colonel kim campbell faced that decision 20 years ago in the cockpit of her a-10 over baghdad. the plane is built to support troops on the ground, and she had just attacked an enemy position. >> when i felt and heard a large explosion at the back of the airplane. and i knew immediately i was hit. >> reporter: here is the cockpit recording. h
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>> reporter: an iraqi missile had severed her plane's hydraulic lines. >> it was just plunging to the ground, completely out of control. >> reporter: she regained control by switching to manual mode. >> it's just very heavy, very difficult to fly. >> reporter: and even harder to land. here she is on final approach, something she had never practiced because it was too dangerous. >> i wasn't sure if the airplane was just going to flip over, if i was going to crash. but i got the airplane on the ground. >> reporter: the only woman pilot in the squadron stuck the landing. >> to me, the best part of that mission was hearing all the guys on the radio, "welcome home." i knew that i had made it. i'd survived. >> reporter: the plane never flew again, but campbell, whose call sign was "killer chick," was back over iraq the next day. david martin, cbs news, at the air and space museum. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us
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anytime at cbsnews.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. oklahoma is now at least the 16th state to ban minors from receiving gender-affirming care. governor kevin stitt has signed a new law making it a felony to provide children treatment like puberty-blocking drugs or hormones. hollywood screenwriters are on strike for the first time since 2007. a deal with producers could not be reached before their contract expired last night. the writers guild says picketing will begin this afternoon. and the met gala was held last night. the star-studded event saw some of the biggest names in some of the most lavish outfits. it also featured a surprise pregnancy announcement from tennis superstar serena williams.
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for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's es 2nd, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." deadly dust storm. the rare occurrence causes a massive pileup on a major interstate leashing some death and dozens injured. the search for two missing teens in oklahoma comes to an end. we have the shocking detail as what the police found while looking for the teens. and writers on strike. some of your favorite tv shows could be put on hold as thousands of screenwriters walk off the job. captioning funded by cbs good morning and good to be

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