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they reveal several entertainment ceos made more than $30 million in pay last year. norah. >> elise preston, thank you very much. we want to turn now to the investigation into a crash in south carolina that killed a bride just hours after her wedding and left her groom seriously injured. the golf cart they were riding in was tossed more than 100 yards. cbs's nancy chen has new details tonight about the 25-year-old suspected drunk driver accused of plowing into the newlyweds. >> reporter: it was supposed to be the best day of their lives. a wedding on the south carolina shore for samantha miller and eric hutchinson. followed by a small reception with family and close friends, including jenna gribble. >> this was the happiest i'd ever seen her. >> reporter: but as the newlyweds left in a golf cart, an alleged drunk driver slammed into them, traveling nearly three times the speed limit
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according to police. all three occupants were thrown from the cts itti e 34-year-old bride was killed. three others, including retchenson wer the oom' mher wrote she was handed his wedding ring at the hospital only five hours after miller gave it to him. >> they just looked so happy as they were leaving. >> they were. that was one of the last things she said. she was like, i don't want tonight to end, and then it was all over. >> reporter: police say the driver of the car, 25-year-old jamie cam row ski smelled of alcohol but refused a field bright test. she's been charged with three counts of dui and one count of reckless homicide. >> it's a 25-mile-an-hour speed limit island-wide. there's absolutely zero reason a vehicle should be operated that fast. >> reporter: drunk driving-related deaths have surged in the last few years from just over 10,000 in 2019 to more than 13,000 in 2021. gribble is urging people to think twice. >> in this day and age with lyft
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and uber and cabs, why would you drink adr an 00,000. page has ncyhe much.n incredistory. a dartmteducorthowsha erre reporting the highest number of discrimination and sexual harassment complaints in history. a cbs news investigation found that by the time they graduate high school, more than 5 million students have experienced sexual misconduct ranging from harassment to assault. cbs's meg oliver explains how the abuse is often overlooked. >> reporter: when some schools hear allegations of teacher sexual abuse, they often try to make them go away quietly without any record. >> it's called passing the trash. >> passing the trash. and when they move on, would they write them recommendation
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letters? >> yeah, they'd give them -- they'd give them rentalations. they give them approvals. >> reporter: on average, one offender passes through three different school districts before they're stopped. we found one teacher was able to abuse a total of 73 children. we focused on one district in redlands, california, where 50 survivors have accused 25 teachers of sexual misconduct from 1999 to 2022. >> when you were a sophomore, who was your theater teacher? >> joel kunce. >> joel kunce was hired by redlands high school in 2016 after he was fired from a texas summer camp. he told students it was because he had sex with a girl who was underage, but his record was clean. within a year, a school employee called the police, reporting kunce for suspicions of sexual abuse at redlands high. the school quietly put him on leave and let his contract expire. >> he told us to come to his house, and he gave us a lot of alcohol. he just started kissing on us
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and we started having sex. >> this was 2018. joel kunce was arrested. and after he went on to be a substitute teacher in a nearby district. >> mm-hmm. it just shows that like it could have been prevented, and it wasn't. >> reporter: kunce is currently inrince b forarole this month. the federal department of education is currently investigating 145 public school districts across the country for allegations of sexual violence, including redlands unified. >> this is a phenomenon of child abuse that we allow to happen under our noses. >> how is that possible? >> we have insufficient collective will as a country to stop it. >> reporter: in response to our investigation, redlands unified told us they have taken swift and appropriate actions when there has been a violation of law. but the district has paid out more than $41 million in settlements to students and their families for allegations of teacher sexual abuse in 23 cases. nine more lawsuits are ongoing.
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norah. >> it's just extraordinary. really powerful reporting. meg oliver, thank you so much. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. america, klondike® wants to know what your hometown would do for a klondike®. let's see what's up with hilldale. [cheering and applause] ♪
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over human-made chemicals known as forever chemicals. a recent study by the environmental working group showed that nearly 20 million acres of u.s. farmland is contaminated by these chemicals that are linked to cancer and other illnesses. cbs's roxana saberi takes an in-depth look at the toxic problem that's leaving some farmers out in the cold. >> reporter: the wind is almost all you hear now at songbird farms. >> welcome to the ghost town of our dreams. >> reporter: adam nordel and his ,ne in 2014 to raise organic produce and a family. seven years later, they learned their land was riddled with chemicals called pfas, a family of thousands of toxic compounds that last so long in the environment, they're known as forever chemicals. the toxins at songbird farm were traced to sludge, the solids left after wastewater is
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treated, spread there as fertilizer in the 1990s. nordel says tests found that their water and some crops had dangerously high levels. the level in his family's blood, he says it was 250 times higher than average. >> i feel like i have a poorly wired time bomb inside of me. >> reporter: while maine is leading the way in identifying farmland contaminated with pfas, a recent study estimates that sludge like what was applied here has also been spread on 5% of all farmland in this country. not all sludge contains toxic chemicals, and in an email to cbs news, the fda said the u.s. food supply is among the safest in the world, adding that it tests food samples. very few have detectable levels of pfas, and those that do are low. elsie sunderland studies pfas pollution at her harvard university lab. >> how would you characterize the federal government's
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approach toward pfas? >> i would call it ambitious yet fragmented. you know, if we're really concerned about pfas and our everyday exposure, we should be proactive, and we should be banning these chemicals from nonessential uses. >> what is it like for you to come back here? >> it's -- it's pretty hard for me. >> reporter: back in maine, nordel has turned from working on his farm to pushing for new laws to help other farmers with dreams spoiled by forever chemicals. roxana saberi, cbs news, unity, maine. this police officer and several others are lucky to be alive after a horrifying wreck. we've got the detail
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nominations for the 76th annual tony awards were announce this morning on cbs. cbs's jamie wax got a behind the scenes look at one of this year's most talked about shows, life of pi. >> reporter: from best-selling novel to oscar-winning movie to hit play, the life of pi has captivated audiences with a tale of literal captivity. the story center around a boy named pi patel and a bengal tiger, who struggle to stay alive while adrift on a small boat. iran has portrayed the title character onstage from the beginning. >> i think we all thought, oh, wow, we have something special that could take us places. >> reporter: those places included london's west end,
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where the production received five olivier awards, including a highly unusual best supporting actor for the puppetry team, which includes scarlet willedering. >> there's lots of people working together, designers, makers, sculptors, actors. so many people backstage and onstage that do so much to make this happen. >> reporter: bringing the tiger to life. >> all of the sounds are made by the puppeteers, correct? >> that's right. >> so let's here a tiger roar, guys. [ roaring ] >> okay. i'm leaving. goodbye. thank you. thank you very much. >> reporter: with five tony nominations, they hope they won't be leaving broadway anytime soon. jamie wax, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." remember you can always follow us online anytime at
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cbsnews.com. reporting from right here in our nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the man accused of killing five of his neighbors, including a 9-year-old, has been arrested in texas. authorities took 38-year-old francisco oropesa into custody without incident last night. oropesa had been on the run since friday. the fbi, border patrol, and u.s. marshals were involved in his arrest. police are asking the public for help after three stabbings in less than a week have shaken the california college town of davis. two victims have died, and a third is critically injured. it's unclear if the stabbings are related. and philadelphia's joel embiid has been named the 2023
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nba mvp. embiid is the fifth 76er to win the award. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. "c overnight news." we want to begin with news that the biden administration is sending 1,500 more active duty troops, marines, and army to the southern border. that's in addition to the 2,500 national guard members already there. the decision comes ahead of an expected surge of migrants when pandemic-era restrictions known as title 42 expire next week. the pentagon says the troops will not do law enforcement duties although some will be armed. the goal is to free up border patrol agents to do their jobs. under title 42, law enforcement
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was given broad authority to turn away hundreds of thousands of people, including those seeking asylum on public health grounds. well, once it expires next week, thousands more are expected to begin arriving every day. cbs's weijia jiang starts us off tonight from the white house. good evening, weijia. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the biden administration says smugglers are already taking advantage ahead of the policy easi entry into the u.s. and making the expected surge even worse. republicans say the crisis is already here. with thousands of migrants arriving at the southern border each day and that number expected to rise, some of the 1,500 troops could be in place as early as next wednesday, just one day before title 42 is lifted. >> in light of the changes on may 11th and the anticipated surge, dhs did reach out and request this support. >> reporter: the soldiers will
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provide logistical support for 90 days. they will not be processing migrants, and some will be armed for self-defense purposes. the administration is preparing for as many as 10,000 migrants to cross the southern border next week, which would almost double the daily average in march. recently more than 7,000 migrants have arrived every day. >> title 42 might as well already have been lifted. >> reporter: texas republican tony gonzales represents parts of el paso, which has seen a 130% spike in migrants at the border. hundreds are sleeping on sidewalks and in alleys, many seeking asylum in the u.s. >> and the way this gets solved, it's not by sending u.s. troops at the border to do probably in the administration needs to be sending judges to the border, and these judges need to get these asylum cases heard in days, not years. >> reporter: on monday, texas governor greg abbott said he would again send busloads of
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migrants to democrat-run cities. the mayors of chicago and new york city say they have no more room. >> what is the administration doing to help state and local governments prepare ahead of the expected influx? >> so, look, it's unfortunate that governor abbott continues to play politics with migrants and with the american people. we have been in touch with state and local governments to help them in any way that we can. >> reporter: the white house says judges and lawyers are heading to the border to handle expedited removal proceedings, and those who do not qualify for asylum will be removed quickly in a matter of days or weeks. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you very much. we want to turn now to the investigation into a crash in south carolina that killed a bride just hours after her wedding and left her groom seriously injured. the golf cart they were riding in was tossed more than 100 yards. cbs's nancy chen has new details
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tonight about the 25-year-old suspected drunk driver accused of plowing into the newlyweds. >> reporter: it was supposed to be the best day of their lives. a wedding on the south carolina shore for samantha miller and aric hutchinson, followed by a small reception with family and close friends, including jenna gribble. >> this was the happiest i'd ever seen her. >> reporter: but as the yws left in a golf cart at the end of the night, an alleged drunk driver slammed into them, traveling nearly three times the speed limit according to police. all three occupants were thrown from the cart as it rolled several times. the 34-year-old bride was killed. three others, including hutchinson, were seriously injured. the groom's mother wrote she was handed his wedding ring at the hospital only five hours after miller gave it to him. >> they just looked so happy as they were leaving. >> they were. that was one of the last things she said. she was just like, i don't want tonight to end, and then it was
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all over. driver of the car, 25-year-old jamie komoroski smelled of alcohol but refused a field sobriety test. she's been charged with three counts of dui and one count of reckless homicide. >> it's a 25-mile-an-hour speed limit island-wide. there's absolutely zero reason a vehicle should be operated that fast. >> reporter: drunk frus 10, 2019 to tha13,00020. gribble is urging people to think twice. >> in this day and age with lyft and uber and cabs, why would you drink and drive? >> reporter: toxicology results could take another few weeks. police tell me the golf cart the couple was riding in was legal to drive. a gofundme page has raised more than $500,000. norah. >> such an incredibly sad story. nancy chen, thank you so much. well, tonight the friendly skies seem to be anything but. unruly passengers are a
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disturbing trend with a record number of americans planning to travel this summer. cbs's kris van cleave takes a look at how the faa is punishing the worst offenders. >> reporter: dramatic video of a redeye turning into a black eye as a passenger gets fighting mad over a seat assignment, even appearing to throw punches at an airline employee before allegedly trying to make a run for it by opening a cabin door at san frais>>asetely ifd. s right in fntf hithe h,go >> you t viral all tist r gng tbe >> ror in rc a dpute een o tr tofistfight. in dallas ahead of a flight to phoenix. disruptive passenger incidents skyrocketed during the pandemic to nea16. while they've declined since the lifting of the mask mandate, they are still happening more
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frequently than pre-pandemic. during the first four months of this year, there were 586 reported. >> if someone chooses to act up, my message to them is to stay home because if you act up, we're going to come after you with everything that we have. >> reporter: that passenger in san francisco, a 47-year-old man from texas, was cited by police for battery. norah. >> so, kris, i have to ask you, is there a no-fly list for these passengers who are getting violent? >> reporter: there is not a formal no-fly list for disruptive passengers, but individual airlines can ban someone from future travel, which united did in this case. they can also face criminal charges as well as significant fines from the faa that can approach $100,000 an incident. norah. >> kris van cleave, thank you. a judge in minneapolis today found former police officer tou thao guilty of aiding and abetting in the 2020 murder of george floyd. thao held back a crowd while three other former officers pinned floyd to the ground with
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm nicole sganga in washington. thanks for staying with us. if your summer vacationpida'ast coast, you might want to think twice about heading to the beach. tons of seaweed have been wash ago shore daily. towns are sendicts ea i up, but theanans the seawe gives off a powerful odor of rotten eggs. the seaweed is part of a huge blob floating in the atlantic ocean, and it could keep washing
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ashore for months. manuel bojorquez reports from miami beach. >> reporter: it's about this time once the sun has come up where you can really see what has washed up onshore overnight. this seaweed is known as sar gasm, and it is expected to keep coming in waves over the next several months. >> it's very undesirable. >> reporter: oscar vasquez has owned his miami beach condo for more than 25 years and says he's never seen this much sargasm, a seaweed, this early. >> there are parts of the beach where it's undesirable and difficult to get into the water. >> reporter: specialized tractors have been raking up the clumps of brown weeds that line these beaches. but by the time the sun rises again, they're usually back. the sar gasm that is picked up is destined for landfills. but before, it'sre releasing a . >> not to be overly dramatic, i feel that maybe i bought in the wrong place.
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>> really? >> yeah, because this is not what i bargained for. >> reporter: the seaweed is naturally occurring, but this year scientists say there's a bumper crop. on an average march since 2011, there's been this much of it in what's called the great sargassum belt. this year, there was this much, an estimated 13.5 million metric tons, which could reach beaches in the caribbean and florida over the next few months. afifa abdul ghani studies sar gas um at the university of miami. >> you have all that nutrients that can be found in wastewater. >> and they help -- >> it actually fertilizes the sar gas um. >> reporter: she's analyzing what productive human uses it might have. >> instead of putting it into an landfill, we want to compost it be madeit. ae pan >>orter: but that's still in the research stage. until then, miami-dade county
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officials say beaches will be cleaned daily, eager to protect tourism revenue and property values. >> maintain the beaches. >> reporter: miami-dade county mayor says they must be careful to also protect wildlife. >> we have to get a permit for removal from the state, and there are also federal guidelines protecting the native species. we can't put out barriers because that would be injurious to wildlife. >> so it's a delicate balance trying to keep the beaches free of the sargassum and also trying to protect the wildlife that's there. >> absolutely. it's a balance that i think we've done very well maintaining. >> reporter: they are not allowed to scoop it out of the water, for example, because fish hatchlings and other creatures could be living in it. the county has set aside $3.9 million this year for sargassum removal, but it's aking the state for an additional $2 million because of how much more is still out there. >> that was manuel bojorquez in miami beach. the overnight news is back in
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there was a time in the mid-'80s that michael j. fox was one of the most sought-after ators in hollywood. he was starring in the two top movies in america and a hit sitcom. then he was diagnosed with parkinson's. jane pauley sat down with fox to talk about his challenges and what lies ahead. >> do you remember the first time you were in new york city? >> i came to see you. >> uh-huh. >> i came to see you and do the "today" show. >> promoting a new show, and i introduced a new name in hollywood, michael fox. >> what do you do if you are children of the '60s and your oldest son makes william buckley look like fdr? actor michael fox plays just such a son on the nbc television series family ties. >> i have to be careful on the set that i'm not holding it upside down. >> me and my friend who came with me to new york wandered
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down fifth and we went to breakfast, and it was $20. i lost my [ bleep ]. i go, $20 c! >> what you remember is breakfast, and i remember meeting you. >> reporter: on the cusp of a very bright future -- >> there were people at every state in the union at that protest. >> what were you protesting, god grooming? >> reporter: "family ties" debuted 40 years ago. >> well, how do i look? >> middle-aged. >> reporter: as for taping the first show with a live audience, did you know you were the star? >> i knew it landed. >> reporter: he knew he'd found something, and this was the moment he found it. the name of his character was alex keaton until he takes the phone. >> alex p. keaton here. >> i did this ad-lib thing. i said this is alex p. keaton. >> is p. funny? >> p is funny.sandiase,year mic
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j. bee getlaugh. parkinson's is a gift. >> it's the gift that keeps on taking, but it's a gift. >> every time i see you, i can see it's taken a little bit more of something. >> 30-plus years. there's not many of us that have had the disease for 30 years. >> reporter: half his life. >> it sucks. >> reporter: as millions know too well. >> for some families, it's a nightmare. it's a living hell. we have to deal with realities that are beyond most people's understanding. >> reporter: fox is first to say he has advantages. >> my life is set up so is i can pack parkinson's along with me if i have to. >> reporter: but at some point, parkinson's is going to make the call for you, isn't it? >> it's banging on the door. i'm alive. it's getting harder. it's getting tougher. every day gets tougher. >> reporter: even talking comes
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at a price. >> i can make myself still, but i won't be as -- as animated. >> show me what happens if you make yourself still. >> reporter: as he showed us six years ago. >> but we're not talking. >> i can't talk. i have to move. >> reporter: more now than tremors and slurred speech, muscle rigidity, the exhausting jerks and twists, it's been falls and broken bones. >> i had spinal surgery. i had a tumor in my spine, and it was benign. then i started to break stuff. i broke this arm. i broke this arm. i broke this elbow. i broke my face. i broke my hand. >> reporter: falling on things? >> from falling, which is a big killer. it's falling and aspirating food and pneumonia, all these subtle ways that get you.
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you don't die from parkinson's. you die with parkinson's. i'm not going to 61, he savors his past. >> i looked at back to the futu since 1987. >> >> reporter: as he recalls, tracy pollan, his wife of 35 years, had been waiting for him. >> i sat down on the sofa. 45 minutes later, she goes, what are you doing? where are you? i said back to the future is on. she said, you're watching back to the future? >> i said, yeah, i'm really good in it. >> reporter: in the summer of 1985, michael j. fox was the hottest name in hollywood with not only a number one movie but a number two and a top tv show. >> 20% to 30% of tv viewing audiences was watching you.
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that's not true now. >> walking down the hallway, every room i could hear familye. it was massive. >> how did you handle that fame? >> i pigged out on it. i loved it. >> mike is a genuinely great guy. >> reporter: in recognition of his foundation of work, old friend woody harrelson presented fox with an honorary oscar last year. >> we did some damage. we did some damage in the '80s. >> you say we did some damage. >> we had a good time. >> is it possible you did some damage? >> yeah, very possible. there's so many ways that you can -- that i could have hurt myself. coy have hit my head. i could have drank too much in a certainly developmental period. most likely i think i was exposed to some kind of chemical. what we say the environment pulls the trigger. >> $1.5 billion. that's how much the michael j. fox foundation has raised for
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research, announcing a breakthrough this month, a biomarker for parkinson's, which could mean faster diagnosis and >> this is -- this changes everything. i know with where we are right now, in five years, they will be able to tell if they have it. they'll be able to tell if they're ever going to get it. we'll know how to treat it. >> it's great if you understand what i'm saying, but i'd rather you don't fall over. >> i love being with my family. >> you could put a little bit of this in there. >> reporter: his family all appear in a new documentary about fox. >> the story of me, take two. >> reporter: his life -- >> what did it mean to be still? >> i wouldn't know. i was never still. >> reporter: his career. >> doc, are you telling me that you built a time machine? >> reporter: and, of course, parkinson's. it's called "still." >> what does "still" imply, evoke? >> i can never be still until i couldn't be still.
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>> and still has other meanings. still here. >> endurance. >> still committed. >> i'll take thel. top a re >> repr: and we see it all. losing his footing. >> i'm okay. thank you. >> reporter: but not his dignity or his sense of humor. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. you knocked me off my feet. >> and you come in with the punch line. >> you knocked me off my feet. >> got the laugh. i was in it for the laugh. >> reporter: michael j. fox is a serious person, funny but wise. >> there had never been a time in your life that wasn't amazing. >> pretty good life. >> it's perverse to say it but kind of a charmed life. >> that's the point. i recognize how hard this is for people, and i recognize how hard it is for me. but i have a certain set of skills that allow me to deal with this stuff. and i realize with gratitude, optimism is sustainable.
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if you can find something to be grateful for, then you find something to look forward to, then you carry on. >> that was (male) there are many voices in today's world. everyone is voicing their opinions about everything, and jesus is no exception to that. what if there was a clear voice telling you exactly who jesus is? (male announcer) join dr. david jeremiah as he teaches who jesus is and what that means for your life. tune in to dr. jeremiah's new series, "christ above all", on the next "turning point", right here on this station.
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a message and have some pastor that i feel connected to in my home with me. ♪♪♪ 76er. the coronation of britain's king charles is justee days away, and the royal palace is going to great lengths to make sure everything is perfect, including the quiche. tina kraus reports. ♪ >> reporter: the palace rolled out the official recipe for coronation quiche last month. and ever since, bakers across britain have been trying to get it just right. >> actually, it's quite a cheap dish to do. the ingredients are very plentiful no matter where you are in the world. >> reporter: featuring spinach, broad beans, and tarragon, it's a royal recipe bringing communities together. >> make sure you put it between your fingers. >> reporter: the tart tops the
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menu at this cooking school in london. >> i think mine looks pretty -- >> reporter: after all, this isn't just any quiche. it's declared by king charles and his wife camilla, the queen consort, as the dish of the day to celebratehe is going d well with thewas, yeah v unique, very british, celebrating the coronation like we should. >> i do like it. it's very . >> reporter: coronation quiche is a nod to coronation chicken, a curry and mayonnaise-based dish invented for queen elizabeth when she was crowned back in 1953. >> i prefer the quiche to the coronation chicken. i'm not a great fan of coronation chicken. >> reporter: keeping with his green credentials, king charles has offered a vegan-friendly twist for the quiche. >> so we're not putting lard in it. >> reporter: allowing bakers to tweak the tart to their taste so the crowning glory can be served at as many coronation parties as possible.
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tina kraus, cbs news, london. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm nicole sganga. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the man accused of killing five of his neighbors, including a 9-year-old, has been arrested in texas. authorities took 38-year-old francisco oropesa into custody without incident last night. oropesa had been on the run since friday. the fbi, border patrol, and u.s. marshals were involved in his arrest. police are asking the public for help after three stabbings in less than a week have shaken the california college town of davis. two victims have died, and a third is critically injured. it's unclear if the stabbings are related. and philadelphia's joel embiid has been named the 2023
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nba mvp. embiid is the fifth 76er to win the award. for more, download the cbs news app onr cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the biden administration's new plan to send 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border to handle the influx of migrants. here are tonight's headlines.re as the u.s. prepares for a surge at the border once a pandemic-era rule restricting immigration expires. why president biden is sending the military in. the heartbreaking story of a bride killed by a drunk driver on her wedding day. >> i miss her. i don't know what i'm going to do without her. oh, my god! >> the unfriendly skies. dramatic video of an angry
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passenger appearing to attack a crew member. >> at that time he was like, why are you smiling at me? and that's when we realized that this is probably not going to be good. television script writers walk off the job, putting hundreds of shows in jeopardy of being shut down. what the walkout could mean for viewers. you've got this culture that just allows it to happen and happen again and again. >> teachers sexually abusing their students in public schools nationwide. abuss.rts investigation i feel like i have a poorly wired time bomb inside of me. >> in maine, this remote farm is at the center of a growing national debate over forever chemicals in your food. and the tony nominees are -- tonight a look at one of this year's most talked about shows.
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>> i think we all thought, oh, wow, we have something special that could take us places. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin with news that the biden administration is sending 1,500 more active duty troops, marines, and army to the southern border. that's in addition to the 2,500 national guard members already there. the decision comes ahead of an expected surge of migrants when pandemic-era restrictions known as title 42 expire next week. the pentagon says the troops will not do law enforcement duties although some will be armed. the goal is to free up border patrol agents to do their jobs. under title 42, law enforcement was given broad authority to turn away hundreds of thousands of people, including those seeking asylum on public health grounds.
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well, once it expires next week, thousands more are expected to begin arriving every day. cbs's weijia jiang starts us off tonight from the white house. good evening, weijia. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the biden administration says smugglers are already taking advantage ahead of the policy change, promising migrants easier entry into the u.s. and making the expected surge even worse. republicans say the crisis is already here. with thousands of migrants arriving at the southern border each day and that number expected to rise, some of the 1,500 troops could be in place as early as next wednesday, just one day before title 42 is li >> in light of the changes on may 11th and the anticipated surge, dhs did reach out and request this support. >> reporter: the soldiers will provide logistical support for 90 days. they will not be processing migrants, and some will be armed for self-defense purposes.
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the administration is preparing for as many as 10,000 migrants to cross the southern border next week, which would almost double the daily average in march. recently, more than 7,000 migrants have arrived every day. >> title 42 might as well already have been lifted. >> reporter: texas republican tony gonzales represents parts of el paso, which has seen a 130% spike in migrants at the border. hundreds are sleeping on sidewalks and in alleys, many seeking asylum in the u.s. >> and the way this gets solved, it's not by sending u.s. troops at the border to do probably nothing. the administration needs to be sending judges to the border, and these judges need to get these asylum cases heard in days, not years. >> reporter: on monday, texas governor greg abbott said he would again send busloads of migrants to democrat-run cities. the mayors of chicago and new york city say they have no more room. >> what is the administration doing to help state and local
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governments prepare ahead of the expected influx? >> so, look, it's unfortunate that governor abbott continues to play politics with migrants and with the american people. we have been in touch with state and local governments to help them in any way that we can. >> reporter: the white house says judges and lawyers are heading to the border to handle expedited removal proceedings, and those who do not qualify for asylum will be removed quickly, in a matter of days or weeks. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you very much. well, tonight the friendly skies seem to be anything but. unruly passengers are a disturbing trend with a record number of americans planning to travel this summer. cbs's kris van cleave takes a look at how the faa is punishing the worst offenders. >> reporter: dramatic video of a redeye turning into a black eye as a passenger gets fighting mad
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over a seat assignment, even appearing to throw punches at an airline employee before allegedly trying to make a run for it by opening a cabin door at san francisco's airport late sunday night. >> i was completely terrified. i was right in front of him the whole time. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: naya jimenez shot this video. >> you see things like this go viral all the time, and you just never think you're going to be the one in that situation. >> reporter: in march, a dispute between two travelers turned into a fistfight in dallas ahead of a flight to phoenix. disruptive passenger incidents while they've clined since thec lifting of the mask mandate, they are still happening more frequently than pre-pandemic. during the first four months of this year, there were 586 reported. >> if someone chooses to act up, my message to them is to stay home because if you act up, we're going to come after you with everything that we have. >> reporter: that passenger in san francisco, a 47-year-old man
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from texas, was cited by police for battery. norah. >> so, kris, i have to ask you, is there a no-fly list for these passengers who are getting violent? >> reporter: there is not a formal no-fly list for disruptive passengers, but individual airlines can ban someone from future travel, which united did in this case. they can also face criminal charges as well as significant fines from the faa that can approach $100,000 an incident. norah. >> kris van cleave, thank you. a judge in minneapolis today abetng in 2020 murofofficer toud george floyd. thao held back a crowd while three other former officers pinned floyd to the ground with derek chauvin kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. thao is the last of those four officers to be convicted on state charges. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." big news from hollywood. late-night shows and "saturday night live" are going dark and will air reruns after writers went on strike for the first time in 15 years. film and tv production shut down after the writers guild of america failed to reach an agreement with studios. cbs's elise preston reports from los angeles. >> reporter: they've put down >> who's story? >> our story! >> reporter: and picketed up picket signs. >> we're going to keep striking until we get what we want.
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>> reporter: for viewers, the impact is immediate. late-night shows are now dark. last night, comedian stephen colbert struck a more serious tone. >> these are our writers, and i'll stick myself in there because i'm wga too, and they're so important to our show. i also think that the writers' demands are not unreasonable. >> reporter: daytime soaps could be the next casualty. >> let her die. >> reporter: this could be just the start of the script. actors and directors are facing their own labor uncertainty. both of those guilds are about to negotiate. >> we could have an entire town out on the picket line at some point. >> writers got to get more pay! >> reporter: what's playing out on the streets in front of studios on both coasts is a real-life drama. >> the writers see themselves as being left behind, and they see themselves as being increasingly marginalized in an entertainment economy that is only benefiting the top 1%. >> reporter: now adding to their outrage, executive pay. the salaries of many top studio
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execs have been released publicly to their shareholders. they reveal several entertainment ceos made more than $30 million in pay last year. norah. >> elise preston, thank you very much. we want to turn now to the investigation into a crash in south carolina that killed a bride just hours after her wedding and left her groom seriously injured. the golf cart they were riding in was tossed more than 100 yards. cbs's nancy chen has new details tonight about the 25-year-old suspected drunk driver accused of plowing into the newlyweds. >> reporter: it was supposed to be the best day of their lives. a wedding on the south carolina shore for samantha miller and aric hutchinson, followed by a small reception with family and close friends, including jenna gribble. >> this was the happiest i'd evr seen her. >> reporter: but as the newlyweds left in a golf cart at the end of the night, an alleged drunk driver slammed into them, traveling nearly three times the
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speed limit according to police. all three occupants were thrown from the cart as it rolled several times. the 34-year-old bride was killed. three others, including hutchinson, were seriously injured. the groom's mother wrote she was handed his wedding ring at the hospital only five hours after miller gave it to him. >> they just looked so happy as they were leaving. >> they were. that was one of the last things she said. she was just, like, i don't want tonight to end. and then it was all over. >> reporter: police say the driver of the car, 25-year-old jamie komoroski, smelled of alcohol but refused a field sobriety test. she's been charged with three counts of dui and one count of reckless homicide. >> it's a 25-mile-an-hour speed limit island-wide. there's absolutely zero reason a vehicle should be operated that fast. >> reporter: drunk driving-related deaths have surged in the last few years from just over 10,000 in 2019 to more than 13,000 in 2021. gribble is urging people to think twice. >> in this day and age with lyft
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and uber and cabs, why would you drink and drive? >> reporter: toxicology results could take another few weeks. police tell me the golf cart the couple was riding in was legal to drive. a gofundme page has raised more than $500,000. norah. >> such an incredibly sad story. nancy chen, thank you so much. a new department of education report shows that america's schoolchildren are reporting the highest number of discrimination and sexual harassment complaints in history. a cbs news investigation found that by the time they graduate high school, more than 5 million students have experienced sexual misconduct ranging from harassment to assault. cbs's meg oliver explains how the abuse is often overlooked. >> reporter: when some schools hear allegations of teacher sexual abuse, they often try to make them go away quietly without any record. >> it's called passing the trash. >> passing the trash. and when they move on, would they write them recommendation letters?
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>> yeah, they give them -- they give them recommendations. they give them approvals. >> reporter: on average, one offender passes through three different school districts before they're stopped. we found one teacher was able to abuse a total of 73 children. we focused on one district in redlands, california, where 50 survivors have accused 25 teachers of sexual misconduct from 1999 to 2022. >> when you were a sophomore, who was your theater teacher? >> joel koonce. >> reporter: joel koonce was hired by redlands high school in 2016 after he was fired by a texas summer camp. he told students it was because he had sex with a girl who was underage but his record was clean. within a year, a school employee called the police, reporting koonce for suspicions of sexual abuse at redlands high. the school quietly put him on leave and let his contract expire. >> he told us to come to his house, and he gave us a lot of alcohol. he just started kissing us, and
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one thing led to another. we started having sex. >> this was 2018. joel koonce was arrested, and after he went on to be a substitute teacher in a nearby district. >> mm-hmm. it just shows that like it could have been prevented, and it wasn't. >> reporter: koonce is currently in prison but is up for parole this month. the federal department of education is currently investigating 145 public school districts across the country for allegations of sexual violence, including redlands unified. >> this is a phenomenon of child abuse that we allow to happen under our noses. >> how is that possible? >> we have insufficient collective will as a country to stop it. >> reporter: in response to our investigation, redlands unified told us they have taken swift and appropriate actions when there has been a violation of law. but the district has paid out more than $41 million in settlements to students and their families for allegations of teacher sexual abuse in 23 cases. nine more lawsuits are ongoing. norah.
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over human-made chemicals known as forever chemicals a recent study by the environmental working group showed that nearly 20 million acres of u.s. farmland is contaminated by these chemicals that are linked to cancer and other illnesses. cbs's roxana saberi takes an in-depth look at the toxic problem that's leaving some farmers out in the cold. >> reporter: the wind is almost all you hear now at songbird farms. >> welcome to the ghost town of our dreams. >> reporter: adam nordell and his wife, johanna, bought this farm in maine in 2014 to raise organic produce and a family. seven years later, they learned their land was riddled with chemicals called pfas, a family of thousands of toxic compounds that last so long in the environment, they're known as forever chemicals. the toxins at songbird farm were ed to sludge, the solids left after wastewater is
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treated, spread there as fertilizer in the 1990s. nordsar and some crops had dangerously high levels. the level in his family's blood, he says it was 250 times higher than average. >> i feel like i have a poorly wired time bomb inside of me. >> reporter: while maine is leading the way in identifying farmland contaminated with pfas, a recent study estimates that sludge like what was applied here has also been spread on around 5% of all farmland in this country. not all sludge contains toxic chemicals, and in an email to cbs news, the fda said the u.s. food supply is among the safest in the world, adding that it tests food samples. very few have detectable levels of pfas, and those that do are low. elsie sunderland studies pfas pollution at her harvard university lab. >> how would you characterize the federal government's
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an tony ds were nounced this m here on cbs. as one of thisear's most talkeout shows, "life of pi." >> reporter: from best-selling novel to oscar-winning movie to hit play, "the life of pi" has captivated audiences with a tale of literal captivity. the story centers around a boy named pi patel and a bengal tiger who struggle to stay alive while adrift on a small boat. hiran abeysekera has portrayed the title character onstage from the beginning. >> i think we all thought, oh, wow, we have something special that could take us places. >> reporter: those places included london's west end,
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where the production received five olivier awards, including a highly unusual best supporting actor for the puppetry team, which includes scarlet wilderink. >> there's lots of people working together, designers, rs. so many people backstage and onstage that do so much to make this happen. >> reporter: bringing the tiger to life. >> all of the sounds are made by the puppeteers, correct? >> that's right. >> all right. so let's hear a tiger roar, guys. [ roaring ] > okay. i'm leaving. goodbye. thank you. thank you very much. >> reporter: with five tony nominations, they hope they won't be leaving broadway anytime soon. jamie wax, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." remember you can always follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from right here in our
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nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the man accused of killing five of his neighbors, including a 9-year-old, has been arrested in texas. authorities took 38-year-old francisco oropesa into custody without incident last night. oropesa had been on the run since friday. the fbi, border patrol, and u.s. marshals were involved in his arrest. police are asking the public for help after three stabbings in less than a week have shaken the california college town of davis. two victims have died, and a third is critically injured. it's unclear if the stabbings are related. and philadelphia's joel embiid has been named the 2023
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nba mvp. embiid is the fifth 76er to win the award. it's wednesday, may 3rd, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." texas manhunt arrest. after four days, police say they have the man accused of gunning down five of his neighbors. what led them to the suspect. troops to the border. how the white house is preparing for a potential surge in migrants coming from mexico. and california murder mystery. police in california are trying to find the suspect or suspects responsible for a series of stabbings in a community that hasn't seen a homicide in years. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. breaking overnight, the search
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