i've never seen a shark act like this. it was probably around nine to ten feet, probably around 500 pounds. >> reporter: just a day later another shark bit a man on the foot in the florida keys. there were 41 unprovoked shark attacks with one fatality in the u.s. last year. but the risk of being attacked by a shark is just one in 11.5 million. >> the ocean is a wild place. it's not a swimming pool. so remember that. use common sense. >> reporter: with a rise in shark sightings in new york, governor kathy hochul announced drones and helicopters will monitor long island state park beaches this summer. the new jersey beach where drasdowski encountered a shark is still open with no restrictions. to avoid attracting sharks, experts say swim in groups, don't wander too far from shore, and don't wear shiny jewelry. it could be mistaken for fish scales. norah? >> nikki battiste, thank you. now to a story that all parents need to know. the u.s. surgeon general today

issued the first ever public health advisory on the negative effects that social media can have on young people. cbs's roxana saberi reports the warning is a call to action to protect the mental health of america's teens. >> reporter: social media. it's entertaining. and some teens can't get enough. but america's top doctor is sounding the alarm. >> there is not sufficient evidence for us to conclude that social media is in fact sufficiently safe for our kids. >> reporter: up to 95% of 13 to 17-year-olds report using a social media platform, with more than a third saying they use social media almost constantly. the advisory cited a study that found adolescents who spent more than three hours per day on social media face double the risk of poor mental health outcomes including depression and anxiety. how urgent is it? >> we have seen an increase in depression, in anxiety, in suicide, in loneliness among

young people. there is a full-blown crisis that's taking place in our country right now. >> reporter: emma lempkey says she got addicted to social media at age 12. >> social media companies have made young people feel helpless for years. >> reporter: now 20, lempkey started the log off movement to help teens develop a healthy relationship with social media. >> i think that young people need to become more mindful of addictive features that are being employed to keep them on. i always suggest doing the five-minute scroll and going through one's feed and stopping at each image and just asking how does this make me feel? >> reporter: today's advisory also cites a study showing that limiting social media use for older teens to just 30 minutes a day reduced depression. and the advisory suggests parents restrict the use of devices at bedtime and encourage kids to make friends in peon h? ronaberi tnk youho of

anti sexual abuse byat illinois. kwame raul, revealed today that investigators found more than 450 clergy members abused nearly 2,000 children between 1950 and 2019. that is far more than the 103 victims the church had named when the investigation began. >> absent their courage and willingness to come forward and discuss their experience, there would be no true investigative report. >> catholic church officials in illinois are now vowing to illinois are now vowing to review their policies and ♪ dove 0% with coconut and jasmine is aluminum free and gives you 48 hour odor protection. with a scent that goes strong all day long. and we're kinder to skin too. nobody's coconuts work harde

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mercenaries. the year before another massacre. thousands of miles away in the central bambari. here no prosecutors documenting the mass murder. and no one to implicate those mercenaries who prop up c.a.r.'s president in exchange for lucrative contracts to mine gold. cbs news spoke to eyewitnesses whose names have all been changed for their protection. c.a.r. refugee medina fled to cameroon after wagner attacked bambari and seized the family's gold trading business. "they were shooting at us from the ground and the sky," she said. "so many people died." the blood bath her son usman told us began shortly before midday prayers. "it was total carnage. like armageddon," he said. "they spoke russian, even chechen." authorities claim there was an

operation to root out rebels, but some of the dead were found at this local mosque. pockmarked by gunfire. the bodies of 100 mostly civilians were counted including usman's brother gunned down while running home to help their sister, alzina. they ordered all the men to step outside our house, alzina said. some killed on the spot. alzina was taken to a wagner base and raped, we were told. we then had to switch locations for security reasons where usman told us another sister suffered a similar fate. they raped her in her home, she said. it became wagner's house where they carried out those heinous deeds. it's a lot to carry. usman weeps frequetly during our interviews, asking what his family had ever done to vladimir putin. war crimes just keeps ou of po

on growing. wagner responded to our request for comment on the allegations that it was involved in the mass murder of civilians in the central african republic by saying our questions were boorish and provocative and that they did not commit these crimes. norah? >> debora patta. thank you again for your powerful reporting. an explosion set off a fire an explosion set off a fire today at an ♪ dove 0% with coconut and jasmine is aluminum free and gives you 48 hour odor protection. with a scent that goes strong all day long. and we're kinder to skin too. nobody's coconuts work harder. 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.

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on the next "turning point", right here on this station. history was made this year when oakland's new mayor was sworn into office. cbs's nancy chen has her incredible story of perseverance as we celebrate asian american and pacific islander heritage month. >> reporter: one of the first things you notice about sheng thao is her enthusiasm. >> and the charter of the city of oakland. >> reporter: a swearing in ceremony she could never have imagined. >> congratulations. >> reporter: what were you thinking about? >> hmong people flew in from all over the country to join me on inauguration day. was journ i took e hmong community. >> reporter: her parents' journey began when they fled laos in 1975. >> my parents are refugees.

and all i knew was that we were poor and it was hard. >> reporter: this graduation photo was taken after thao escaped an abusive relationship, lived in a car with her young son and stood in line for free food. >> you always hear about starving students, but what do people actually do about it? >> reporter: what she did was run for city council. >> you can't do this work without feeling empathy. and you shouldn't do this work if you don't have that empathy. >> reporter: today as mayor the 37-year-old is leading a large and troubled city. her mission, to make it better for the next generation. that includes her son ben. now 16, he performed at her inauguration. >> what message do you hope that people take away from your story? >> mainly that hope is everything. >> i mean, look at me. i'm standing up here. >> reporter: nancy chen, cbs news. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for "cbs mornings" and 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 shan'll kaul in new york. eye russian court has extended the detention of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich for at least another three months. gershkovich was arrested in march on espionage charges that the u.s. says are fabricated. target is pulling some items from its pride theme line of products, saying they've led to confrontations from customers and threats to employee safety. target's pride collection features more than 2,000 lgbtq-friendly items and was rolled out in may. and bills coach sean mcdermott says damar hamlin is not practicing yet though he is working with the team. hamlin was cleared to resume

football activities last month. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or cnnected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin tonight with a security threat near the white house. when a missouri man attempted to drive a rented box truck into a barricade last night. according to court documents, the suspect told secret service agents that he planned the attack for six months with the intention of taking control of the white house and killing the presidenrgot in his way. the 19-year-old from the st. louis suburb of chesterfield appeared in court this afternoon on one federal charge. the white house says the president was briefed this morning on the situation by the u.s. secret service and the park

police. the arrest comes as threats against lawmakers have surged in recent years. cbs's jeff pegues is going to start us off from the scene just outside the white house. good evening, jeff. >> reporter: norah, there is an unexpected sight for tourists near the white house tonight, and that is last night's crime scene. that u-haul truck hit that barricade with such force that several pedestrians had to jump out of the way. investigators believe the suspect intentionally crashed the 26-foot rental track into the barricade at lafayette park shortly before 10:00 p.m., about 100 yards from the white house fence. behind the wheel authorities say was 19-year-old sai var smith kandula. court documents reveal he told secret service agents he flew one way into washington, d.c. from st. louis monday night, rented the truck at dulles international airport and drove directly to the white house. kandula goal was

to get to the white house, seize power and be put in charge of the nation, and would kill the president "if that's what i have to do." the suspect was carrying this nazi flag, and when asked expressed admiration for hitler. a.t. smith is a former deputy director of the united states secret service. how often does the secret service investigate threats to the white house? >> jeff, there are threats made against the white house and the protectees every day. the numbers tend to go up early in an administration and then they wane toward the end. >> reporter: threats against members of congress have surged in the last six years. just last week a man attacked staffers at congressman gerry connolly's office. last fall a man broke into nancy pelosi's san francisco home and attacked her husband with a hammer. >> what's going on, man? >> reporter: the attorney for the r-ol sai today that ve have

evid that th sus deid intentllyg disagrd.sh the videousody else. she saw how that u-haul truck slammed into the barricade, stopped, backed up and then hit it again. the suspect is expected to face more federal charges tomorrow. norah. >> jeff pegues with all that new information, thank you. let's turn now to the 2024 presidential campaign. cbs news has learned that florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his bid for the white house tomorrow during a live event on twitter with elon musk. cbs's robert costa is in miami with the details. all right, bob, this is not your typical campaign launch. so why is governor desantis doing this? >> reporter: it is not norah. it is a little different. good to be with you from here in miami. for governor desantis this roll jut is about more than elon musk and his 140 million twitt it'so making a political statement. by being alongside musk, what

desantis is trying to do is signal, his allies say, that he embraces the controversial ceo's combative politics, especially on cultural issues, and he wants to make a point on a platform famously used by his chief rival, former president donald trump, during his presidency. it's not clear, however, whether musk will explicitly endorse desanity ig during this event. meanwhile, a trump adviser tells thbs news that by going on twitter for his launch desandtis is showing he doesn't want to interact with people. but a desantis ally tells us tonight that the governor will hold a formal campaign rally with his supporters in the coming days. norah? >> robert costa with that new reporting. thank you. there is breaking news tonight from texas. at least two people have been killed and seven others injured after severe storms hit the area just north of houston. there are reports of multiple injuries in huntsville and widespread damage to homes and

b businesses after a storm blew through the area. power lines were knocked down and trees uprooted. a county emergency official couldn't provide details on the extent of the injuries or damage, only saying we're dealing with a lot right now. tonight shocking results of an investigation into decades of sexual abuse by catholic clergymen in illinois. the state's attorney general, kwame raoul, revealed today that investigators found more than 450 clergy members abused nearly 2,000 children between 1950 and 2019. that is far more than the 103 victims the church had named when the investigation began. >> absent their courage and willi willingness to come forward and discuss their experience, there would be no true investigative report. >> catholic church officials in illinois are now vowing to review their policies and make changes. tonight the clock is ticking and there's still no deal on raising the nation's debt limit. white house negotiate az were on

capitol hill today to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy to try to hammer out an agreement that both sides can live with. what about the american people? cbs's nikole killion reports on the biggest sticking points. >> reporter: nine days from a default deadline speaker kevin mccarthy said he and president biden are nowhere close to a deal. >> they still want to spend more money next year than they spent this year. that's the red line. >> reporter: republicans insist on cutting federal spending from its current levels, saying a white house proposal to free spending is not enough. the gop is also seeking savings from unspent covid money and tougher work requirements for those on government assistance. >> what are you willing to give up in this fight? >> what am i willing to give up? i passed a bill that raises the debt ceiling. is the president going to hold fast and firm that he wants to spend more, more inflation, and more dependents on china? i don't think. so. >> reporter: negotiators returned to the capitol

following the meeting with the speaker. >> neither side is going to get what they want. failure ai the borrowing limit by june 1st could send the u.s. into recession and risk delaying billions of dollars in federal benefits. >> what's at stake? >> what's at stake is the full faith and credit of the united states. it means the loss of over 8 million jobs. cuts to our veterans. it could disrupt social security payments. these are devastating effects. >> reporter: gop negotiators say they do take that june 1st deadline seriously. while they are very close on some issues, they concede fundamental differences remain. and as of now there are no further scheduled meetings with the white house. norah? >> nikole killion, thank you. netflix's crackdown on password sharing is now under way in the u.s. the streaming service is alerting subscribers about its new sharing policy saying accounts are only for users from one household. you can pay an extra $7.99 a month per person to share your account with someone outside your household.

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individuals. marc strassmann has more. >> reporter: in florida critics sense hostility from governor ron desantis and his conservative crackdown in the state. the naacp's new message? beware of traveling to florida. why do you believe that florida is so hostile to black americans? >> well, it's been demonstrated by the governor's action and the policies that have been advanced. and so we want to make sure the rest of america understand the hostility with which he is governing in his quest to become president. >> reporter: desantis just days away from announcing a bid for the white house has been solidifying his conservative creddentials. he's blocked public high schools from offering an african american studies a.p. course, barred all grades from teaching about gender identity and critical race theory, and signed a ban on abortion after six weeks. >> we will never, ever surrender to the woke mob -- >> is this just politics?

>> i mean, it certainly is just politics, right? but the problem is that it impacts lives. and so it may take years for us to unwind the damage that has been done here in florida. >> reporter: heather wilkie leads zebra youth. it provides services to lgbtq teens and young adults in orlando. >> people are so afraid because they've seen these targeted attacks. look at what happened with disney. >> reporter: more backlash from florida's largest private employer, disney. the company and desabtis have feuded ever since disney opposed a state law critics dubbed don't say gay. just last week the company, synonymous with florida tourism, scrapped plans for a billion-dollar new campus in the state. >> disney may have gotten everything they want in florida for the last 60 years, but there's a new sheriff in town now. >> reporter: and as for the naacp advisory a spokesman for desantis called it a stunt. and tourism in florida is up. a record 137 million tourists

visited the state last year. i'm marc strassmann in orlando. after months of bickering three western states have reached an agreement to hopefully keep the colorado river from running dry. ben tracy has the story. >> reporter: it's a lifeline for a river in critical condition. california, arizona and nevada have agreed on a proposal to conserve nearly a trillion gallons of colorado river water. much of that will come from the federal government spending $1.2 billion to pay farmers, cities and native american tribes to use less water. >> it shows sacrifice by all three states. >> reporter: john insminger runs the southern nevada water authority and was part of the negotiations. so with this deal how much watt yore does nevada have to give up? >> we'll be contributing a total of 285,000 acre feet between now and the end of 2026. >> reporter: that's more water

than las vegas uses in an entire year. the water the states conserve will be left in lake mead. the nation's largest reservoir just about 30% full. we visited there in 2021. the white bathtub ring a sign of decades of drought and overuse by western states. since 2000 lake mead has dropped 130 feet. that's hard to imagine. but picture a 13-story building on top of my head. way up there. that's where the water used to be. since then it's dropped even further. a wet winter out west is expected to boost reservoirs in the river. but long term the federal government is worried they could drop so low that water would no longer flow through massive damages, choking off the water supply. >> that's a huge amount of water that is not going to farms, is not going to cities. >> reporter: michael cohen of the pacific institute says climate change means even more painful cuts will be needed. >> so that's the future. it's a hotter dryer climate which means less water's available. >> reporter: i'm ben tracy in

los angeles. turning now to ukraine, for nearly a year russia's wagner mercenary group has been fighting to capture the city of bakhmut. with that battle apparently winding down wagnertion leader says he's ready to pull his troops out of ukraine entirely and send them to central africa. that could be p spell more bad news for the people who live there. debora patta went undercover for this exclusive report. >> reporter: the killing grounds of bucha. in the opening months of the war in ukraine. on every street corner evidence of the horrors that took place, beamed around the world and quickly investigated as potential war crimes committed by the kremlin's troops including russian mers mcenarie from the notoriously brutal wagner group. the year before another massacre. but thousands of miles away in the central african republic town of bambari, here

intena spott, no documenting ths murder of civilians, and no one to implicate those mercenaries. only a president who turns a blind eye, protected by those same wagner gunmen in exchange for lucrative contracts to mine gold. and a country so gripped by fear not a single atrocity was reported to a government commission of inquiry. cbs news has pieced together an account of that massacre through eyewitnesses whose names have all been changed to protect their identities. c.a.r. refugee medina fled to neighboring cameroon after the russian mercenaries attacked bambari and seized control of the familition gold trading business. she was so terrified she hid under her bed for three days. "they were shooting at us from the ground," she says, "and

planes fired from the sky." no idea how many people died? sighed, "i hard to count." medina washed the bodies of the women who had been gunned down. the bloodbath, her son usman told us, began shortly before midday prayers. "it was total carnage. like armageddon," he said. "they spoke russian, even chechen." authorities claim there was an operation at the time to root out rebels. but some of the dead were found at this local mosque. photos taken after the massacre show walls pockmarked by gunfire and the bodies of over 100 mostly civilians were counted, their names recorded by a community health worker called mubarak who was later abducted, presumed dead. on mubarak's list was usman's brother, hit and killed by a

sniper while running from the gold mine to help their mother and sister alzina. "when they entered our house they ordered all the men to step out. some were arrested. others killed on the spot, alzina said. "many did not come back." she was taken to a wagner base and raped, we were told. the memory so traumatic she cannot speak about it. her brother picked up the story after we were forced to move to a different location for security reasons. "she begged me for forgiveness," he later told us, "and said she might as well be dead now." another sister suffered a similar fate. "they raped her in our home. it became wagner's house," he said. "they drank and carried out those heinous acts.

usman carries the weight of both his sisters' pain, frequently breaking down weeping in our interviews with him. and asking what his family had ever done to vladimir putin to deserve this. it is an achingly familiar cry half a world away in ukraine where civilians wonder how many more victims of putin's bloody war will be added to a staggering list of tens of thousands of potential russian and wagner war crimes. debora patta, kyiv. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪ dove 0% with coconut and jasmine is aluminum free and gives you 48 hour odor protection. with a scent that goes strong all day long. and we're kinder to skin too. nobody's coconuts work harder. want a worry-free way to kill bugs?

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the pentagon's move to replace confederate-linked names from military bases continued this month. the army's fort bening is now called fort moore. it was a historic moment not just for the soldiers but for their spouses as well. david martin reports. >> i can't describe to you re really. >> reporter: hal moore was a soldier once and young. commander of american troops in the bloody 1965 battle of ijerin valley the first head-to-head clash with north vietnamese soldiers. >> the smoke and the dust and the names, screams of the men hollering for mom or medic. >> reporter: more has since passed away but bob edwar w

er c five officers and 106 men. b but. >> that's 50% casualties. >> but the line had held. >> reporter: edwards and his soldiers were based at fort bening, georgia. which from now on will be called fort moore. >> 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 ai us in 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 wednesday. be to check back later

reporting li fnation'scatal mar. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. a russian court has extended the detention of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich for at least another three months. gershkovich was arrested in march on espionage charges that the u.s. says are fabricated. target is pulling some items from its pride theme line of products, saying they've led to confrontations from customers and threats to employee safety. target's pride collection features more than 2,000 lgbtq dprendly items and was rolled out in may. and bills coach sean mcdermott says damar hamlin is not practicing yesterday though he is working with the team.

hamlin was cleared to resume football activities last month. for more download the cbs news app on your cell dpoen o connected tv i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, a teen is accused of threatening to kill president biden after ramming a 26-foot truck into a white house barricade. here are tonight's headlines. the new details about the 19-year-old who flew from st. louis to the nation's capital, accused of crashing a rented box truck and carrying a nazi flag. a twist in the 2024 race for president. how florida governor ron desantis will announce his bid for the epublican nomination. we're now one day closer to the deadline with no agreement to stave off a default. the speaker and the president vowed to talk every day until they get a deal, but there aren't that many days left.

>> we owe more money than our entire economy is. social media and america's children. the new warning tonight from the surgeon general. what parents need to know. >> we're living through a youth mental health crisis in our country. a shark attack on the shore sends a teenage surfer to the hospital. >> i'm just in shock. i just thought that was something that would never happen to me. attention, netflix users. the days of sharing passwords are over. but how much will it cost you? oakland, let's get to work. >> how a child of hmong refugees overcame the odds to become oakland's new mayor. >> what message do you hope that people take away from your story? >> hope is everything. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news".

we want to begin tonight with a security threat near the white house. when a missouri man attempted to drive a rented box truck into a barricade last night. according to court documents, the suspect told secret service agents that he planned the attack for six months with the intention of taking control of the white house and killing the president or anyone else that got in his way. the 19-year-old from the st. louis suburb of chesterfield appeared in court this afternoon on one federal charge. the white house says the president was briefed this morning on the situation by the u.s. secret service and the park police. the arrest comes as threats against lawmakers have surged in recent years. cbs's jeff pegues is going to start us off from the scene just outside the white house. good evening, jeff. >> reporter: norah, there is an unexpected sight for tourists near the white house tonight, and that is last night's crime scene. that u-haul truck hit that barricade with such force that several pedestrians had to jump out of the way.

investigators believe the suspect intentionally crashed the 26-foot rental truck into the barricade at lafayette park shortly before 10:00 p.m., about 100 yards from the white house fence. behind the wheel authorities say was 19-year-old sai varshith kandula. court records reveal he told secret service agents he flew one way into washington, d.c. from st. louis monday night, rented the truck at dulles international airport, and drove directly to the white house. kandula stated that his goal was to get to the white house, seize power and be put in charge of the nation. and would kill the president "if that's what i have to do." the suspect was carrying this nazi flag. and when asked expressed admiration for hitler. a.t. smith is a former deputy director of the united states secret service.

how often does the secret service investigate threats to the white house? >> jeff, there are threats made against the white house and the protectees every day. the numbers tend to go up early in an administration, and then they wane toward the end. >> reporter: threats against members of congress have surged in the last six years. just last week a man attacked staffers at congressman gerry connolly's office. last fall a man broke into nancy pelosi's san francisco home and attacked her husband with a hammer. >> what's going on, man? >> reporter: the attorney for the 19-year-old said today that investigators did not have any evidence that the suspect did what he did intentionally. however, the judge, she disagreed. she saw the video just like everybody else, she saw how that u-haul truck slammed into the barricade, stopped, backed up and then hit it again. the suspect is expected to face more federal charges tomorrow. >> jeff pegues with all that new

information. thank you. the presidentiam cbs news has learned that florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his bid for the white house tomorrow during a live event on twitter with elon musk. cbs's robert costa is in miami with the details. all right, bob, this is not your typical campaign launch. so why is governor desantis doing this? >> reporter: it is not, norah. it's a little different. good to be with you from here in miami. for governor desantis, this rollout is about more than elon musk and his 140 million twitter followers. it's also about making a political statement. by being alongside musk. what desantis is trying to do is signal, his allies say, that he embraces the controversial ceo's combative politics, especially on cultural issues, and he wants to make a point on a platform famously used by his chief rival, former president donald trump, during his presidency. musk will icitlyndorse , whether

sant ne thaby going on t twitter for his launch desantis is showing he doesn't want to interact with people. but a desantis ally tells us tonight that the governor will hold a formal campaign rally with his supporters in the coming days. norah? >> robert costa with that new reporting. thank you. tonight the clock is ticking and there's still no deal on raising the nation's debt limit. white house negotiators were on capitol hill today to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy to try to hammer out an agreement that both sides can live with. what about the american people? cbs's nikole killion reports on the biggest sticking points. >> reporter: nine days from a default deadline speaker kevin mccarthy said he and president biden are nowhere close to a deal. >> they still want to spend more money next year than they spent this year. that's the red line. >> reporter: republicans insist on cutting federal spending from its current levels, saying a white house proposal to freeze

spending is not enough. the gop is also seeking savings from unspent covid money and thoson governmasstan whae you w? ated rais the debt ceiling. is the president going to hold fast and firm that he wants to spend more, create more inflation and have more dependence on china? i don't think so. >> reporter: white house negotiators returned to the capitol following the president's meeting monday with the speaker. >> neither side going to get compactly what he this want. >> reporter: failure to raise the debt seeing by june 1st could send the u.s. into recession and risk delaying billions of dollars in federal benefits. >> what's at stake? >> what's at stake is the full faith and credit of the united states. it means the loss of over 8 million jobs. cuts to our veterans. it could disrupt social security payments. these are devastating effects. >> reporter: gop negotiators say they do take that june 1st deadline seriously. while they are very close on some issues, they concede fundamental differences remain

and as of now there are no further scheduled meetings with the white house. norah? >> nikole killion, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." there is breaking news tonight from texas. at least two people have been killed and seven others injured after severe storms hit the area just north of houston. there are reports of multiple injuries in huntsville and widespread damage to homes and businesses after a storm blew through the area. power lines were knocked down and trees uprooted. a county emergency official couldn't provide details on the extent of the injuries or damage, only saying "we're dealing with a lot right now." with summer just around the

corner a number of recent shark encounters along the east coast are raising concerns about keeping beachgoers safe. cbs's nikki battiste reports one of the latest incidents involves a 15-year-old surfer. >> reporter: from a great white in cape cod to a bull shark in the florida keys, shark sightings and attacks are making beachgoers nervous heading into memorial day. in new jersey 15-year-old maggie drasdowski is on crutches after a shark bit her on the foot and pulled her underwater while surfing on sunday. >> i really shook it off as much as i could. it was hard, though. it was heavy. but i shook my foot as hard as i could to get it off. >> reporter: the shark left bite marks on her wet suit. >> just in shock because i feel like -- i just thought that was something that would never happen to me. because i watched like all the "jaws" movies and stuff. i thought of it as like a joke. >> reporter: in marathon, florida a bull shark tore into kevin blinko's leg twice while he was spearfishing last week. >> i've been in the water for a very long time. i've never seen a shark act like this.

it was probably around anywhere from nine or ten feet, probably around 500 pounds. >> reporter: just a day later another shark bit a man on the foot in the florida keys. there were 41 unprovoked shark attacks with one fatality in the u.s. last year. but the risk of being attacked by a shark is just one in 11.5 million. >> the ocean is a wild place. it's not a swimming pool. so remember that. use common sense. >> reporter: with a rise in shark sightings in new york, governor kathy hochul announced drones and helicopters will monitor long island state park beaches this summer. the new jersey beach where drozdowski encountered a shark is still open with no restrictions. to avoid attracting sharks, experts say swim in groups, don't wander too far from shore, and don't wear shiny jewelry. it could be mistaken for fish scales. norah? >> nikki battiste, thank you. now to a story that all parents need to know. thbl health advisory on the negative

effects that social media can have on young people. cbs's roxana saberi reports the warning is a call to action to protect the mental health of america's teens. >> reporter: social media. it's entertaining. and some teens can't get enough. but america's top doctor is sounding the alarm. >> there is not sufficient evidence for us to conclude that social media is in fact sufficiently safe for our kids. >> reporter: up to 95% of 13 to 17-year-olds report using a social media platform, with more than a third saying they use social media almost constantly. the advisory cited a study that found adolescents who spent more than three hours per day on social media face double the risk of poor mental health outcomes including depression and anxiety. how urgent is it? >> we have seen an increase in depression, in anxiety, in suicide, in loneliness among young people. there is a full-blown crisis

that's taking place in our country right now. >> reporter: emma lembke says she got addicted to social media at age 12. >> social media companies have made young people feel helpless for years. >> reporter: now 20, lembke started the log off movement to help teens develop a healthy relationship with social media. >> i think that young people need to become more mindful of addictive features that are being employed to keep them on. i always suggest doing the five-minute scroll and going through one's feed and stopping at each image and just asking how does this make me feel? >> reporter: today's advisory also cites a study showing that limiting social media use for older teens to just 30 minutes a day reduced depression. and the advisory suggests that parents restrict the use of devices at bedtime and encourage kids to make friends in person. norah? >> good advice. roxana saberi, thank you so much.t shocking results of

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the year before another massacre. thousands of miles away in the central african republic town of ari. hereprut and no one to implicate those mercenaries who prop up c.a.r.'s president in exchange for lucrative contracts to mine gold. cbs news spoke to eyewitnesses whose names have all been changed for their protection. c.a.r. refugee medina fled to cameroon after wagner attacked bambari and seized the family's gold trading business. "they were shooting at us from the ground and the sky," she said. "so many people died." the bloodbath, her son usman told us, began shortly before midday prayers. "it was total carnage. like armageddon," he said. "they spoke russian, even cheche thieaim e

oper at this local mosque. pockmarked by gunfire. the bodies of more than 100 mostly civilians were counted including usman's brother, gunned down while running home to help their sister, alzina. "they ordered all the men to step outside our house," alzina said. "some were arrested, others killed on the spot." alzina was taken to a wagner base and raped, we were told. we then had to switch locations for security reasons where, usman later told us another sister suffered a similar fate. "they raped her in her home," she said. "it became wagner's house where they carried out those heinous deeds." it's a lot to carry. usman weeps frequently during our interviews, asking what hisr putin. it is an achingly familiar cry here in ukraine, where a

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history was made this year when oakland's new mayor was sworn into office. cbs's nancy chen has her incredible story of perseverance as we celebrate asian american and pacific islander heritage month. >> reporter: one of the first things you notice about sheng thao is her enthusiasm. >> and the charter of the city of oakland! >> reporter: a swearing in ceremony she could never have imagined. >> congratulations. >> reporter: what were you thinking about? >> hmong people flew in from all over the country to join me on inauguration day. it was a journey i took with the whole hmong community. >> reporter: her family's journey began when her parents fled laos in 1975. >> my parents are refugees.

and all i knew was that we were poor and it was hard. >> reporter: this graduation photo was taken after thao escaped an abusive relationship, lived in a car with her young son and stood in line for free food. >> you always hear about starving students, but what do people actually do about it? >> reporter: what she did was run for city council. >> you can't do this work without feeling empathy. and you shouldn't do this work if you don't have that empathy. >> reporter: today as mayor the 37-year-old is leading a large and troubled city. her mission, to make it better for the next generation. that includes her son ben. now 16, he performed at her inauguration. >> what message do you hope that people take away from your story? >> mainly that hope is everything. >> i mean, look at me. i'm standing up here. >> reporter: nancy chen, cbs news. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for

"cbs mornings" and 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. a russian court has extended the detention of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich for at least another three months. gershkovich was arrested in march on espionage charges that the u.s. says are fabricated. target is pulling some items from its pride theme line of products, saying they've led to confrontations from customers and threats to employee safety. target's pride collection features more than 2,000 lgbtq-friendly items and was rolled out in may. and bills coach sean mcdermott says damar hamlin is not practicing yet though he is working with the team. hamlin was cleared to resume football activities last month.

for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new it's wednesday, may 24th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." jumping in the race. florida's governor ron desantis is expected to kick off his bid for the white house later today. how he plans to announce. presidential threat. the man accused of crashing his truck near the white house is due back in court today. what investigators say he was planning. heroic actions. a school bus driver saves the lives of six students just moments before the bus bursts into flames. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a new name is expected to enter the presidential race. sources tell cbs news florida governor ron desantis will announce he's running today during a live event on twitter with elon musk.