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naacp's travel advisory a stunt. but among the backlash here, disney, florida's largest private employer, just canceled a $1 billion development project. latino and lgbtq groups have issued their own travel warnings. >> politics being politics is fine, but it impacts lives. >> reporter: heather wilkie leads zebra youth, an outreach group for young lgbtq people. >> it may take years for us to unwind the damage that has been done here in florida. >> the fear factor is real. >> 100%. >> reporter: with desantis announcing imminently that he's going to run for president, supporters and critics alike say the same thing. if you want to know what he'll do as president, look at what he's done as governor. norah. >> mark strassmann, thank you so much. in more presidential politics, the 2024 campaign g a today. south carolina senator tim scott kicked off his bid for the gop nomination with a speech in his
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hometown of north charleston. the senate's only black republican offered a message of optimism and compassion that he hopes will connect with voters. >> our party and our nation are standing at a time for choosing. i choose freedom and hope and opportunity. will you choose it with me? >> scott is expected to hit the road in the days ahead with stops in iowa and new hampshie. now to the migrant crisis far from the southern border. several northern cities are being overwhelmed with busloads of asylum seekers with many running out of options when it comes to housing. cbs's errol barnett reports we're also getting new details about the death of an 8-year-old while in custody in texas. shedical assistancether of three times on the day her little girl died in this border patrol processing center in
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texas. "how are they going to tell me everything was okay and then the baby dies? that's negligence." according to cbp, reyes suffered from flu-like symptoms and was given tamiflu. "they killed my daughter," the honduran father says. "it was a medical emergency." cbs news has learned she and her family were held for a week despite rules agents must only hold migrants for a maximum of three days. the girl was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. record migrant crossings in recent weeks have led to overcrowding at facilities across the country. new york city received 5,800 migrants last week. >> we have 108,000 cities, villages, towns. if everyone takes a small portion, it is not a burden on one city. >> reporter: the city transformed its iconic roosevelt hotel in midtown into a welcome center for migras and u 1,000 r.
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>> they're eager to work. >> reporter: and today the state's governor and the mayor seekers.w it could take years to receive a work permit. >> they came here in search of work and a new future, and they can become part of our economy and part of our communities. >> reporter: now, the passing of an adeet reyes is the second fatality of a minor while in custody at the u.s. government this month. both migrant child deaths and the circumstances surrounding them, norah, are being investigated. >> errol barnett, thank you so much. western states reach a historic deal today to save the drought-stricken colorado river. california, arizona, and nevada have agreed to cut back on river water use by 13% over the next three years to keep the nearly 1,500-mile-long lifeline of the southwest from running dry. in return, they'll receive more than a billion dollars in federal funding. turning now to the war in
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ukraine, the russian merce oup, theagne grou has in the br months-long battle for bakhmut. while president zelenskyy scored a major military boost which would give ukraine an advantage i the skies. cbs's debora patta reports from kyiv. >> reporter: topping president zelenskyy's wish list since the start of the war, advanced fighter jets. now after a sudden about turn in u.s. policy, washington will let western allies supply kyiv with american-made f-16 jets and support joint efforts to train ukrainian fighter pilots on them. zelenskyy used his visit to hiroshima, which was obliterated by a world war ii atomic bomb, to draw comparisons to the devastated city of bakhmut. "there is absolutely nothing left alive. all the buildings are imply tot
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been taken, but the dense fog of war makes it hard to determine if one of the longest and bloodiest battles in this conflict really has come to an end. russian tv broadcast footage of its soldiers walking through a wasteland of rubble and ruin. and wagner mercenaries planted their flags around the city as their leader, yevgeny progozhin bragged his private army had taken over every inch. while the ukrainian forces admitted losing ground, they said they still controlled areas southwest of the city and were advancing around its flanks. ukraine's rallying cry has for so long been "bakhmut holds." but this past week, bakhmut has been burning. and the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was once again cut
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off from the grid today. power has since been restored. both sides have accused the other of causing the oitage. norah. >> debora patta, thank you for your powerful reporting. well, back here in the u.s., just as beach season kicks into high gear, two men are bitten by sharks. we've got the details next. dove 0% with coconut and jasmine is aluminum free and kind to skin. it dries instantly, with no visible residue. with 48 hour odor protection, nobody's coconuts work harder.
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on the next "turning point", right here on this station. the pentagon's move to replace confederate linked names from military bases continued this month with the renaming of the u.s. armiary ft. benning, now called fort moore. cbs's david martin explains it was an historic moment, not just for the soldiers but for their spouses as well. >> i can't describe to you really the hell we were in. >> reporter: hal moore was a soldier once and young. commander of american troops in the bloody 1965 battle of idrane valley. the first head to haed clash with north vietnamese soldiers. >> the smoke and the dust and the noise. screams of the men hollering for "mom" or "medic". >> reporter: moore has since
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passed away but bob edwards was there. >> c company started with five officers and 106 men. by 10:00, there were no unwounded officers. there were 42 men killed. >> that's 50% casualties. >> but the line had held. >> reporter: edwards and his soldiers were based at ft. benning, georgia. which from now on will be called fort moore. >> but it's not named fort hal moore. it's both hal moore and julie. >> reporter: julie moore, her given name is julia, was outraged by the impersonal telegrams used to notify families of the dead. >> she raised hell. she raised a fuss all the way up to stop that inhumane practice. >> reporter: because of julia moore, the dreaded news is now delivered in person, and she is the first army spouse to have a base named after her. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news
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continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online 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. e. jean carroll is seeking at least $10 million in additional damages against former president donald trump for comments he made about her in a cnn town hall the day after he was found liable for defaming and sexually abusing her. carroll's attorney wrote that trump's comments show he was undeterred by the jury's decision. the european union is fining meta a record $1.3 billion. the tech company was found illegally transferring user data from europe to the u.s. and the field is out for next month's u.s. open, and tiger woods is not in it. woods is currently recovering from an april ankle surgery.
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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. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin tonight at the white house with debt limit negotiations taking place with the full faith and credit of the united states hanging in the balance. president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy in the oval office this evening in an effort to cut a deal that both sides can support. while the nation has been down this road before, the consequences of not reaching a deal are dire. economists and business leaders warn of the catastrophic impact a default would have on the economy and financial markets around the world. americans would begin feeling the ramifications almost immediately. 66 million social security
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checks could be delayed while funding for food stamps and medicaid would also be impacted. paychecks for active-duty military members could be held up, something critics say would harm national security. cbs's weijia jiang will start us off tonight from the white house with the latest details. good evening, weijia. >> reporter: norah, good evening to you. treasury secretary janet yellen is issuing her starkest warning yet that it is highly likely the u.s. will default on its bills as early as june 1st if congress does not raise the debt ceiling. despite that urgency and another meeting here at the white house, tonight there is no deal. president biden and speaker mccarthy met one-on-one this evening, both men hoping for a breakthrough. >> we both talked about the need for a bipartisan agreement. >> reporter: congress must raise the nation's borrowing limit in the next few days or risk the u.s. defaulting on its debts. this afternoon mccarthy said negotiators were on the right path.
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>> i think we can get a deal tonight, we can get a deal tomorrow, but you've got to get something done this week to be able to pass it and move it to the senate. >> reporter: republicans are demanding deep spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. sources tell cbs news the white house has offered to keep spending flat from this year to next. republicans, they say, want to increase defense spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. >> what they've already proposed is simply, quite frankly, unacceptable. >> reporter: economists say failing to reach a deal would be disastrous and lead to a recession. >> everyone's going to get hurt. people who rely on the government for a social security check or a payment, a contractor, they're not going to get paid. we're going to see borrowing costs go up. it's going to get harder to get a loan. >> reporter: marilyn ayers, a social security recipient, says she's tired of watching political theater. >> i'm angry about it, and i
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don't think that i deserve that kind of treatment. >> reporter: a default would maket rdpabill >> they're trying to play games with holding the people hostage that need help with their budget. >> reporter: a group of senate democrats have sent a letter to president biden urging him to invoke the 14th amendment to bypass congress and continue issuing debt on his own. but mr. biden said the move could get tangled up in court and may not be resolved in time to avoid a default. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you. a surprising move tonight from a major national civil rights group. the naacp today issuing a travel advisory for the state of florida. the organization says that under governor ron desantis, the sunshine state has become, quote, openly hostile toward african americans, people of color, and lgbtq+ individuals. cbs's mark strassmann reports this comes as desantis is set to announce his bid for the white
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house. >> reporter: florida is starting to feel uncomfortably warm, its weather, its politics. the naacp is broiling. it's targeting the state's $100 billion tourism industry with a travel warning. >> are you telling black americans in other states to stay out of florida? >> we're telling travelers beware, that you have a state and a state policy landscape that can be harmful to your existence. >> reporter: in his conservative crackdown here, governor ron desantis has stirred both content and contempt, blocking a high school a.p. course in african american studies. also in schools, bans on teaching gender identity, sexual identity, and critical race theory. and a ban on abortion after six weeks. >> we do not ever surrender to the woke mob because we've made the state of florida the place where woke goes to die. >> reporter: desantis points out a record 137 million people visited florida last year, up
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nearly 13% over 2021. naunt. kesperson calls the disney, florida's largest private employer, just canceled a billion dollar development project. latino and lgbtq groups have issued their own travel warnings. >> politics being politics is fine, but it impacts lives. >> reporter: heather wilkie leads zebra youth, an outreach group for young lgbtq people. >> it may take years for us to unwind the damage that has been done here in florida. >> the fear factor is real. >> 100%. >> reporter: with desantis announcing imminently that he's going to run for president, supporters and critics alike say the same thing. if you want to know what he'll do as president, look at what he's done as governor. norah. >> mark strassmann, thank you so much. in more presidential politics, the 2024 campaign field got a little more crowded today.
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south carolina senator tim scott kicked off his bid for the gop nomination with a speech in his hometown of north charleston. the senate's only black republican offered a message of optimism and compassion that he hopes will connect with voters. >> our party and our nation are standing at a time for choosing. i choose freedom and hope and opportunity. will you choose it with me? >> scott is expected to hit the road in the days ahead with stops in iowa and new hampshire. western states reach a historic deal today to save the drought-stricken colorado river. california, arizona, and nevada have agreed to cut back on river water use by 13% over the next three years to keep the nearly 1,500-mile-long lifeline of the southwest from running dry. in return, they'll receive more than a billion dollars in federal funding. tonight, two fishermen are
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm olivia gazis in washington. thanks for staying with us. the war in ukraine has again spread across the border and into russian territory. reports say an armed group made a cross-border raid into the province of belgorod. the governor there says they fought elements of the russian army and border guards. moscow claims they were ukrainian saboteurs. ukraine described the fighters ate comes as ukrainian position president zelenskyy returns from the g7 summit in japan, where he
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won promises of new military aid, including f-16 fighters. debora patta reports. >> reporter: president zelenskyy has lobbied long and hard for advanced fighter jets. now after a sudden about turn in u.s. policy, washington has agreed to let western allies supply kyiv with american-made f-16 jets and will support a joint effort to train ukrainian fighter pilots on them. ever the master of powerful symbols, zelenskyy used his visit to hiroshima, which was obliterated by a world war ii atomic bomb, to draw comparisons to the devastated city of bakhmut. [ speaking in a global language ] "there is absolutely nothing left alive. all the buildings are destroyed," he said. "it isimply absoluta lens wo d c that
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been taken by its forces, but peering through the dense fog of war makes it hard to determine if the fighting in one of the longest and bloodiest battles in this conflict really has come to an end. russian mercenaries from the wagner group staked their claim to the city, and the leader of the paramilitary group, yevgeny progozhin, posted this video, bragging that his private army had taken control of every inch. and while the ukrainian armed forces admitted losing ground, they said they still controlled areas southwest of the city and were advancing around its flanks. ukraine's rallying cry has for so long been "bakhmut holds." but this past week, bakhmut has been burning. that battle has lasted over nine
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months, during which bakhmut has become a symbol of fierce ukrainian resistance. but the focus on the city could quickly shift once that much talked about counteroffensive gets under way. >> that was debora patta in kyiv. before the battle for bakhmut, the bloodiest siege of the russian invasion centered on the ukrainian city of mariupol. it was a year ago this week that the last ukrainian soldiers surrendered. charlie d'agata spoke to two of them, who described their treatment at the hands of the russians. >> reporter: for months, the soldiers of ukraine's azov withstood relentless russian bombardment beneath a sprawling steelworks complex, until there was no choice but to surrender or die. chief sergeant karilo and commander arson da meet rick were among the men hauled away to a russian p.o.w. camp. >> were you fearful for your
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life? >> translator: yes, of course. >> reporter: this is what karilo looked like when he was released in a prisoner swap four months after their surrender. >> it didn't look like you had enough to eat. >> translator: we ate food with no caloric value, mostly with no salt, tea with no sugar, and nothing overall. i lost 30 kilos. >> reporter: that's more than 65 pounds. they won't discuss whether they were tortured in order to protect their fellow p.o.w.s still inside. but it was about to get much worse. commander arson says some of his men were transferred into another barracks when there was a massive explosion followed by an inferno. arsen describes the scene as a vision of hell. >> translator: everything was on fire. all of the guys arein o burn rtedinedic d t ot
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>> pe are of elief that the russians were responsible for that. what is your belief? it was rus 100%. >> reporter: more than 50 of their fellow service members perished. the two men again escaped death. then forced on to russian tv, they said, to show how well they'd been treated. eventually, they were freed in a prisoner swap. when their health improved, they went right back to fight. >> do you think you'll get mariupol back? >> translator: obviously, 100%. now it's personal for us against them. >> reporter: not only to win but in their words, to prove the russians didn't break us. >> "ght ne" will kyiv. be r
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adriana diaz has the story from >> reporter: bonnie askew is a regular. >> times are hard. people don't have a decent meal, so even if you can't get a full meal, you can supplement. >> reporter: some of this comes from chad techener with metro food rescue, who drives around town salvaging food about to be thrown out. >> my favorite thing to do is emtip the truck. >> reporter: and delivering it to some of the 33 million americans lacking stable food at home. >> it's unconscionable to me that, like, we waste 40% of the food in this country where 1 in 4 kids don't have enough food to eat. i have four young kids. it's a statistic that really hits home. >> love those thomas bagels. >> reporter: techener's team filled the truck at bimbo bakeries with food at just past the best by date. >> if we wouldn't get it to a food bank, we would have to
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throw it out. so it would completely go to waste. >> there's more than enough for everyone to eat. we just don't get it to the right place at the right time. all of the bread and stuff on this truck is still beautiful and great. >> it smells good. i can smell it. can you smell it? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: technology is also helping reduce waste, linking hungry consumers with affordable meals. apps like too good to go let customers buy bags of items from restaurants and stores before they're thrown out at a deep discount. >> there's a bit of randomness to it, but, again, you know, when you're paying $3, $4, $5 a net roi. >> reporter: a net return on investment, especially with the high cost of groceries. >> what do you want americans to know when they're going through their fridge and maybe thinking about throwing something out? >> if you don't see it, the hunger, go look for it. it's out there. donate your leftovers. find a pantry and donate.
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>> it makes a difference. >> it makes a huge difference. >> that was adria dia unean ind ates, at goes mond landfills. for years now, environmentalists have been encouraging people to compost their food waste, and in many cities, the message is getting through. lilia luciano met up with one urban farmer on a mission to make composting cool. >> reporter: growing up in new york city's public housing. domingo morales was more focused on his personal sustainability than that of the environment. >> i was in and out of foster care. it was just about, you know, making money, how to get the next job. >> reporter: but his perspective turned around when he took a job composting on a community farm in brooklyn. >> we went three times a week to shovel, to shovel, to shovel. and then a couple months after we were sifting finished compost, and they allowed us to
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apply finished compost to the farm.i'm li, whoa, you can recy food waste. >> reporter: that aha moment for morales prompted him to get his hands dirty and gain a better understanding of the art of composting. >> that's good. >> reporter: the nutrient-rich combination of food scraps and yard waste is like a meal for garden soil, which then feeds and nourishes plants. it also reduces methane emissions by keeping food out of landfills. >> so you were kind of moving dirt, not sure what you were doing, and suddenly you were able to see the connection from that pile to here, to the farm? >> yeah. it just made sense to me. it clicked. it's like recycling plastic, i still don't get it. recycling metal, i still don't get it. i know what happens with compost. >> reporter: moraless teamed up with the nonprofit green city forest and the new york city housing authority to form compost power, an initiative building up composting efforts in public housing communities. >> once a week we'll come and
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actually aerate this pile. equi. it is physical work, but you won't hear any complaints from his team. >> it's basically like a workout session for me. >> i'm trying to show that small-scale composting can change behavior. but on top of that, i'm trying to show that it's possible in the communities that historically people said it wasn't. >> reporter: compost power isn't alone in its mission. new york city has earmarked $2.7 million to roll out compost collection bins throughout the burrow of queens. >> i love i don't have to buy a lot of trash bags anymore. >> reporter: so residents like jasmine can put food and yard waste out with their trash and recycling. >> once you start properly throwing away your waste, you'll see a reduction in how much money you consciously spend because you're seeing what you're throwing away, what reporter: back in brooklyn,
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morales is busy feeding a balanced diet to his miniature special agents, fungi, bacteria, and insects, which he calls the fbi. it's one part nitrogen-packed greens from food scraps and three parts carbon-heavy materials. >> so we got wood chips here. >> reporter: the whole process takes up to six weeks. >> this is where you finalize the compost. >> reporter: and the finished compost then feeds the vibrant farm in the heart of this community. >> compost is a big, important part of what we do. we need them more than they need us. >> reporter: what grows there is free for residents. >> at one farm stand, we had cucumbers that were longer than 12 inches, oversized red radishes. the eggplants, they were gigantic. >> reporter: and they bring their food scraps in exchange, which along with the farm waste replenishes the compost pile. >> if wean show tha in a
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make i acuure, no one has an excuse can compost here, female: my husband worked on a strip job for a number of years, got black lung. a little over three years ago he quickly started declining and started asking for my help. since jerry got sick and i've taken on the extra work here it's been wonderful to know that i can still hear the word with a message and have some pastor that i feel connected to
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police in california are vowing a new zero-tolerance policy on street racing. it's a problem that's been glamorized by hollywood. danya bacchus reports. >> reporter: scenes like this from the new movie "fast x" are happening all over california. >> let's race! >> reporter: and law enforcement is cracking down. >> we warned you, you have to stop doing this. you're impacting people's lives negatively, and it's costing some lives as well. >> reporter: since 2015, instances of illegal street races, road takeovers and sideshows have quadrupled in california. over a five-year period, the state recorded 264 crashes that killed 30 and injured 124 others. >> we've seen in this city here, not just death to spectators but also violence in regards to
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shooting and murders that have occurred as a result of street sideshows. >> she was killed just by the ll of speed. >> reporter: lily trujillo puckett forms the advocacy group street racing kills after losing her 16-year-old daughter, valentina, in an 80-mile-per-hour street race. >> she died in the middle of the night on the cold asphalt without me being there for her when she took her last breath. >> reporter: l.a.'s police chief says illegal driving activity spikes when new movies from the fast and furious franchise hit theaters. >> their activities and their profit, their greed of what they achieve by promoting these activities is having a true and real consequence in the loss of life. >> reporter: those caught driving in illegal sideshows and street races could lose their licenses, pay hefty fines, spend time in jail, and lose their coveted cars. and a new state law mandates penalties even if you're just a spectator. danya bacchus, cbs news, los angeles. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. be sure to check back later for
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"cbs mornings." reporting from the nation's capital, i'm olivia gazis. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. e. jean carroll is seeking at least $10 million in additional damages against former president donald trump for comments he made about her in a cnn town hall the day after he was found liable for defaming and sexually abusing her. carroll's attorney wrote that trump's comments show he was undeterred by the jury's decision. the european union is fining meta a record $1.3 billion. the tech company was found illegally transferring user data from europe to the u.s. and the field is out for next month's u.s. open, and tiger woods is not in it. woods is currently recovering from an april ankle surger. 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, ten days until a possible financial disaster. the high-stakes negotiations over the nation's debt ceiling. why veterans and social security recipients could feel the impacts of a default. here are tonight's headlines. the critical meeting between president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. was any progress made ahead of the deadline? a judge has entered not guilty pleas on behalf of the man accused of stabbing four idaho college students to death. >> you expect the prosecution to seek the death penalty? >> i do. i do. new details about the 8-year-old migrant who died in u.s. custody as cities like new york struggle to shelter asylum seekers. >> those folks who have created
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this mess owe the responsibility to pay for this mess. senator tim scott has officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign. >> i'm running for president of the united states. the naacp has issued a travel warning for florida, calling the policies of governor ron desantis hostile to minority communities. back-to-back shark attacks in the florida keys. >> that one was not afraid of us. he wanted me. the inspirational story behind the historic new name of a u.s. army base. >> it's not named fort hal moore. it's both hal moore and julie. the fairy tale story gets better. a hole in one for michael block. >> dunked it. >> get there. yes! magic. >> wget to sim nt year
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin tonight at the white house with debt limit negotiations taking place with the full faith and credit of the united states hanging in the balance. president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy in the oval office this evening in an effort to cut a deal that both sides can support. while the nation has been down this road before, the consequences of not reaching a deal are dire. economists and business leaders warn of the catastrophic impact a default would have on the economy and financial markets around the world. americans would begin feeling the ramifications almost immediately. 66 million social security checks could be delayed while funding for food stamps and medicaid would also be impacted. mi mbe could be held duty up, something critics say would
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l st off hiteouse with the latest details. good evening, weijia. >> reporter: norah, good evening to you. treasury secretary janet yellen is issuing her starkest warning yet that it is highly likely the u.s. will default on its bills as early as june 1st if congress does not raise the debt ceiling. despite that urgency and another meeting here at the white house, tonight there is no deal. president biden and speaker mccarthy met one-on-one this evening, both men hoping for a breakthrough. >> we both talked about the need for a bipartisan agreement. >> reporter: congress must raise the nation's borrowing limit in the next few days or risk the u.s. defaulting on its debts. this afternoon mccarthy said negotiators were on the right path. >> i think we can get a deal tonight, we can get a deal tomorrow, but you've got to get something done this week to be able to pass it and move it to the senate. >> reporter: republicans are
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demanding deep spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. sources tell cbs news the white house has offered to keep spending flat from this year to next. republicans, they say, want to increase defense spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. >> what they've already proposed is simply, quite frankly, unacceptable. >> reporter: economists say failing to reach a deal would be disastrous and lead to a recession. >> everyone's going to get hurt. people who rely on the government for a social security check or a payment, a contractor, they're not going to get paid. we're going to see borrowing costs go up. it's going to get harder to get a loan. >> reporter: marilyn ayers, a social security recipient, says she's tired of watching political theater. >> i'm angry about it, and i don't think that i deserve that kind of treatment. >> reporter: a default would make it harder to pay her bills. >> they are trying to play games
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with holding the people hostagen moats have sa o president biden urging him to invoke the 14th amendment to bypass congress and continue issuing debt on his own. but mr. biden said the move could get tangled up in court and may not be resolved in time to avoid a default. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you. well, now to the brutal murder case of four university of idaho students. today was the first time the suspect was seen in court since his initial appearance in january, and bryan kohberger chose to stand silent. cbs's lilia luciano explains what that means and why the judge was forced to enter a not guilty plea for the ph.d. student. >> all rise. >> reporter: wearing an oregon jumpsuit, 28-year-old bryan kohberger returned to the latah county courthouse in moscow, idaho, briefly smiling at his attorney before staring straight ahead as the judge read the charges against him, four counts
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of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. >> do you understand the charge in count 2, murder in the first degree? >> yes. >> do you understand the maximum penalty? >> yes. >> reporter: when asked to enter a plea, his attorney declined, saying kohberger was standing silent. the judge entered not guilty pleas on the defendant's behalf. the suspect is accused of fatally stabbing four university of idaho students, madison mogen, kaylee goncalves, xana kernodle and ethan chapin as they slept in an off-campus house last november. weeks after an intensive search, kohberger was arrested at his parents' home in pennsylvania in december. he had been a ph.d. student studying criminology at nearby washington state university. in the courtroom today, family members of the victims cried. >> what is it like to see him walk in? >> there's no real words for it. you know, as a dad, you want to
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just do it yourself, take care of it, but you can't. the whole world deserves the process. >> reporter: kaylee goncalves' father, steve, says it's hard to be patient as the proceedings drag on and transparency lags. >> what is your biggest question, and what do you want to see from this? >> when do we stop with hiding all these things? i mean let's get the process going. i mean there's nothing more painful to the family than just to sit around doing nothing, you know? that's not justice. >> reporter: this trial is now set to begin on october 2nd and expected to last at least a month. starting today, prosecutors have 60 days to file for the death penalty, and we have heard nothing from police or prosecutors so far about a possible motive. norah. >> lilia luciano, thank you. now there's some breaking news from atlanta where a construction crane partially collapsed this afternoon, injuring at least four people. all are expected to be okay. neighboring buildings were evacuated. the cause of the accident is under investigation.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." a surprising move tonight from a major national civil rights group. the naacp today issuing a travel advisory for the state of florida. the organization says that under governor ron desantis, the sunshine state has become, quote, openly hostile toward african americans, people of color, and lgbtq+ individuals. cbs's mark strassmann reports this comes as desantis is set to announce his bid for the white house. >> reporter: florida is starting to feel uncomfortably warm, its weather, its politics.
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the naacp is broiling. it's targeting the state's $100 billion tourism industry with a travel warning. >> are you telling black americans in other states to stay out of florida? >> we're telling travelers beware, that you have a state and a state policy landscape that can be harmful to your existence. >> reporter: in his conservative high school a.p. course in n african american studies. also in schools, bans on teaching gender identity, sexual identity, and critical race theory. and a ban on abortion after six weeks. >> we do not ever surrender to the woke mob because we've made the state of florida the place where woke goes to die. >> reporter: desantis points out a record 137 million people visited florida last year, up nearly 13% over 2021. his spokesperson calls the
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naacp's travel advisory a stunt. but among the backlash here, disney, florida's largest private employer, just canceled a billion dollar development project. latino and lgbtq groups have issued their own travel warnings. >> politics being politics is fine, but it impacts lives. >> reporter: heather wilkie leads zebra youth, an outreach group for young lgbtq people. >> it may take years for us to unwind the damage that has been done here in florida. >> the fear factor is real. >> 100%. >> reporter: with desantis announcing imminently that he's going to run for president, supporters and critics alike say the same thing. if you want to know what he'll do as president, look at what he's done as governor. norah. >> mark strassmann, thank you so much. in more presidential politics, the 2024 campaign field got a little more crowded today. south carolina senator tim scott kicked off his bid for the gop nomination with a speech in his hometown of north charleston.
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the senate's only black republican offered a message of optimism and compassion that he hopes will connect with voters. >> our party and our nation are standing at a time for choosing. i choose freedom and hope and opportunity. will you choose it with me? >> scott is expected to hit the road in the days ahead with stops in iowa and new hampshire. now to the migrant crisis far from the southern border. several northern cities are being overwhelmed with busloads of asylum seekers with many running out of options when it comes to housing. cbs's errol barnett reports we're also getting new details about the death of an 8-year-old while in custody in texas. >> reporter: the mother of 8-year-old anadith reyes says she asked for medical assistance three times on the day her little girl died in this border patrol processing center in texas.
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[ speaking in a global language ] "how are they going to tell me everything was okay and then the baby dies? that's negligence." according to cbp, reyes suffered from flu-like symptoms and was given tamiflu. [ speaking in a global language ] "they killed my daughter," the honduran father says. "it was a medical emergency." cbs news has learned she and her family were held for a week despite rules agents must only hold migrants for a maximum of three days. the girl was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. record migrant crossings in recent weeks have led to overcrowding at facilities across the country. new york city received 5,800 migrants last week. >> we have 108,000 cities, villages, towns. if everyone takes a small portion, it is not a burden on one city. >> reporter: the city transformed its iconic roosevelt hotel in midtown into a welcome center for migrants and could open up to 1,000 rooms. >> they're eager to work.
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>> reporter: and today the state's governor and the mayor pressed washington to expedite work authorizations for asylum seekers. it could take years to receive a work permit. >> they came here in search of work and a new future, and they can become part of our economy and part of our communities. >> reporter: now, the passing of anadith reyes is the second fatality of a minor while in custody of the u.s. government this month. both migrant child deaths and the circumstances surrounding them, norah, are being investigated. >> errol barnett, thank you so much. western states reached a historic deal today to save the drought-stricken colorado river. california, arizona, and nevada have agreed to cut back on river water use by 13% over the next three years to keep the nearly 1,500-mile-long lifeline of the southwest from running dry. in return, they'll receive more than a billion dollars in federal funding. turning now to the war in
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ukraine, the russian mercenary group, the wagner group, has claimed victory in the brutal months-long battle for bakhmut. while president zelenskyy scored a major military boost which would give ukraine an advantage in the skies. cbs's debora patta reports from kyiv. >> reporter: topping president zelenskyy's wish list since the start of the war, advanced fighter jets. now after a sudden about turn in u.s. policy, washington will let western allies supply kyiv with american-made f-16 jets and support joint efforts to train ukrainian fighter pilots on them. zelenskyy used his visit to hiroshima, which was obliterated by a world war ii atomic bomb, to draw comparisons to the devastated city of bakhmut. [ speaking in a global language ] "there is absolutely nothing left alive. all the buildings are destroyed," he said.
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"it is simply total zelensy was quick to deny kremlin claims that bakhmut had been taken, but the dense fog of war makes it hard to determine if one of the longest and bloodiest battles in this conflict really has come to an end. russian tv broadcast footage of its soldiers walking through a wasteland of rubble and ruin. and wagner mercenaries planted their flags around the city as their leader, yevgeny progozhin, bragged his private army had taken over every inch. while the ukrainian forces admitted losing ground, they said they still controlled areas southwest of the city and were advancing around its flanks. ukraine's rallying cry has for so long been "bakhmut holds." but this past week, bakhmut has been burning. and the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was once again cut off from the grid today.
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power has since been restored. both sides have accused the other of causing the outage. norah. >> debora patta, thank you for your powerful reporting. well, back here in the u.s., just as beach season kicks into high gear, two men are bitten by sharks. we've got the details next. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervive nerve relief from the world's number one nerve care company. nervive contains ala to relieve nerve aches, and b-complex vitamins to fortify healthy nerves. try nervive.
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and we're kinder to skin too. nobody's coconuts work harder. well, you may have seen this. a little-known club pro named michael block turned the pga championship into a block party. the 46-year-old wowed the crowd on sunday, scoring a hole in one. it was golf great rory mcilroy who told block that his tee shot landed in the cup. block finished tied for 15th, earning nearly $300,000 and an invitation to the colonial later this week. liv golfer brooks koepka won the tournament for his fifth major victory. it was a good weekend in golf. all right. the renaming of an army base makes history for a vietnam veteran and his wife. we'll have their incredible story next. >>pent move reace c
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this month with the renaming of the u.s. army's fort benning, now called fort moore. cbs's david martin explains it was an historic moment, not just for the soldiers but for their spouses as well. >> i can't describe to you really the hell we were in. >> reporter: hal moore was a soldier once and young commander of american troops in the bloody 1965 battle of ia drang valley, the first head-to-head clash with north vietnamese soldiers. >> the smoke and the dust and the noise. screams of the men hollering for "mom" or "medic." >> reporter: moore has since passed away, but bob edwards was there as commander of c company.
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>> c company had started the day with 5 officers and 106 men. by 10:00, there were no unwounded officers. there were 42 men killed. >> that's 50% casualties. >> but the line had held. >> reporter: edwards and his soldiers were based at fort benning, georgia, which from now on will be called fort moore. >> but it's not named fort hal moore. it's both hal moore and julie. >> reporter: julie moore -- her given name is julia -- was outraged by the impersonal telegrams used to notify families of the dead. >> she raised hell. she raised a fuss all the way up to stop that inhumane practice. >> reporter: because of julia moore, the dreaded news is now delivered in person, and she is the first army spouse to have a david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues.
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for others, check back later for "cbs mornings."rting fromerinhe nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. e. jean carroll is seeking at least $10 million in additional damages against former president donald trump for comments he made about her in a cnn town hall the day after he was found liable for defaming and sexually abusing her. carroll's attorney wrote that trump's comments show he was undeterred by the jury's decision. the european union is fining meta a record $1.3 billion. the tech company was found illegally transferring user data from europe to the u.s.e fiis ot onth's u.s. op, an tiger woods is currently recovering from an april ankle surgery.
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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 tuesday, may 23rd, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." debt limit talks. president biden and the house speaker express optimism. what they're saying about prospects for a deal. breaking overnight, a u-haul crashes near the white house. the driver was detained by the secret service. what officials found inside the truck. clean sweep. the denver nuggets beat the lakers in four games. how the team is making history. well, good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we are now just nine days away from an unprecedented default on the national debt unless a deal can be worked out to raise the
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