reckless. >> reporter: pence cited january 6th and how trump pressured him to overturn the 2020 election. >> and i hope mike is going to do the right thing. i hope so. >> anyone who asks someone else to put them over the constitution should never be president of the united states again. >> reporter: pence's refusal to do trump's bidding that day made him a target of the former president's loyal base. >> president trump also demanded that i choose between him and the constitution. now voters will be faced with the same choice. >> reporter: with roughly a dozen candidates in the race and pence's polling in the single digits, he is counting on a strong showing in the iowa caucuses, appealing to the state's evangelical voters, many of whom oppose abortion rights, he knocked trump again. >> sanctity of life has been our party's calling for half a century, long before donald trump was a part of it. and now he treats it as an

inconvenience, even blaming our election losses in 2022 on overturning roe v. wade. >> reporter: pence told cbs news he went after trump because the election is a crossroads for republicans. why was that so important for you to do? >> it's not. >> bob joins us now from des moines, where there are new developments in the investigation into former president trump's handling of classified documents. so, bob, what have you learned? >> norah, sources close to this classified documents investigation tell cbs news that a charging decision on a trump indictment is now possible in the coming days as special counsel jack smith begins to wrap up his introduce of key witnesses, including a former trump aide earlier today, someone who is now working on the superpac. this all comes as the trump legal team is expecting possible charges on illegal retention of classified documents and on obstruction of a federal investigation. trump, of course, maintained he has done nothing wrong.

norah? >> very important development. robert costa, thank you. now to a neighborhood feud that turned deadly in florida. a woman is claiming self-defense after killing her neighbor by shooting the mother of four through the front door. cbs' mark strassmann reports some are upset it took police four days to make an arrest. >> reporter: susan lorincz, witnesses say, was that neighbor. beyond unpleasant, she tormented her community, shouted racist insults at little kids. but ugly turned to deadly last friday. police say lawrence killed aj owens, a mother of four, by shooting once through her locked front door. >> when does a person get shot for knocking on a door with their 9-year-old son standing next to them? >> reporter: at this apartment complex, two of owens' young kids had been playing outside. police say lawrence yelled at them, threw a skate, swung an umbrella. then police say owens knocked on

her door for an explanation. gunshot. >> she had a 12-year-old that is also blamiming himselflf becaus when h he reresponded, h he cou saveve h his mother. >> reporter: lorincz was charged with manslaughter. what eats at owens' family, police took four days to make an arrest. >> this will encourage people to shoot black people first and ask questions later, and we can't send that message. >> reporter: police say lorincz has claimed self-defense under florida's stand your ground law. she could face a 30-year sentence on that manslaughter charge. norah? >> mark strassmann in florida. turning overseas to the war in ukraine, thousands of people are scrambling to find dry land in the southern part of the country after a major dam burst. both ukrainian and russian officials are blaming each other for sabotaging the dam, triggering catastrophic floods. cbs' debora patta is in u ukrai with moree on this humanitarian and ecological disaster.

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blocked by a judge. cbs' janet shamlian goes in-depth tonight on the impact these restrictions can have on many families. >> reporter: there is a lot of laughs among the five garbet children at their little home. but liz, an operating nurse says before her son simon transitioned a few years ago, it was very different. >> we couldn't figure out what was going on, and it was not a happy place. and after he transitioned, our home got calm again. everybody felt like themselves, and i've been able to watch him, like, blossom into his true self. >> reporter: the now 17-year-old first transitioned socially, cutting his hair, changing clothing, and legally changed his name. started hormone replacement therapy, and became an activist for the rights of trans youth. what's it like to put yourself out there? >> it -- it's nerve-racking and it's scary, and it gives me a

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we end tonight with the spectacular show on hawaii's big island, where the kilauea volcano is erupting again. here is the incredible view from the summit. kilauea is one of the most active volcanos on earth, and it began rumbling again overnight. a major eruption in 2018 destroyed hundreds of homes. tonight officials say kilauea is not posing a threat to any communities. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember, you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the justice department may be nearing an indictment of former president donald trump. his lawyers have been told he is a target of an investigation into possible mishandling of classified information. evidence on the case was presented to a grand jury in miami on wednesday. new york city is the latest city to suu kyiia and hyundai, saying the carmakers haven't kept up with anti-theft technology. the lawsuits come following a wave of car thefts after instructions for how to steal certain models went viral on social media. and dramatic images from new york city wednesday as smoke from wildfires in canada turned the whole city orange. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york.

♪ >> this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with a dangerous situation, hazardous air quality alerts from the northeast to chicago and as far south as atlanta. health officials are warning tens of millions of americans in more that a dozen states to remain indoors. new york tops the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world as manhattan's famous skyline disappeared behind a thick fog that made america's largest city look like the surface of mars. and take a look at this on the map from the epa. the darker the area, the more hazardous the air is to your health. how dangerous is it? if you're outside here in the nation's capital, that's the egive rent to smoking a cigarette an hour. and the smoke from the canadian wildfires led to ground stops

and flight days at new york area airports. plus, the matchup between the yankees and the white sox was postponed tonight. lilia luciano starts us off from an eerie new york city where the mayor told residents to wear masks if they go outside. good evening, lilia. >> that's right, norah. good evening. what explains this eerie scene, why the skyline disappears is tiny, tiny particles that are saturated in the air. those particles are so small that they can go into your lungs and potentially cause long-term damage if your body cannot expel them naturally. that's why the state of new york is giving out a million n95 masks like this one and recommending people use them. today the sun rose over the northeast shrouded in smoke. haze covering manhattan's skyline and bridges and the washington monument in d.c. smoke was seen as far south as tennessee, and even from space. >> it is absolutely mesmerizing and quite frightening. >> reporter: it's from an intense start to canada's wildfire season, fueled by high temperatures and dry conditions.

the total number of acres destroyed the first half of the year there almost 12 times the average. >> this is potentially deadly if people are out, particularly if you're in one of the high risk groups, the very young, the very old, and people who have chronic medical conditions. >> reporter: time lapse video shows downtown manhattan this morning. by mid afternoon, the thick smoke cast an eerie glow, making the skyline barely visible. >> so if you're not able to breathe and oxygenate as well, anything like a heart attack or a stroke you might be at high risk for. n95 mask, if fitted and worn correctly can reduce the risk. >> reporter: schools in new york city canceled outdoor activities today. >> this may be the first time we've experienced something like this on this magnitude. >> reporter: to protect yourself, health officials advise staying indoors, closing your windows, and using an air purifier if you have one. and if you're driving, recirculate the air in your car. what does this mean for

hospitals? >> hospitals could see a big influx of patients, people dealing with asthma attacks and some of the other complications from this air pollution. >> reporter: doctors say if you feel chest pain, if you feel like you need to cough more, or are coughing more and if you're short of breath, definitely seek medical attention right away. norah? >> lilia luciano with all that important information, thank you. now to the presidential campaign of 2024. former vice president mike pence launched his bid for the white house today with a rally in iowa. cbs' robert costa reports pence took the gloves off and leveled some harsh criticism of his former boss. >> and i'm running for president of the united states of america. >> reporter: former vice president mike pence made it official this afternoon in iowa, rebuking his former boss and current front-runner donald trump. >> president trump's words were reckless. >> reporter: pence cited january 6th and how trump pressured him to overturn the 2020 election. >> and i hope mike is going to do the right thing. i hope so. >> anyone who asks someone else

to put them over the constitution should never be president of the united states again. >> reporter: pence's refusal to do trump's bidding that day made him a target of the former president's loyal base. and the path to the nomination all the more difficult. >> president trump also demanded that i choose between him and the constitution. now voters will be faced with the same choice. >> reporter: with roughly a dozen candidates in the race and pence's polling in the single digits, he is counting on a strong showing in the iowa caucuses, appealing to the state's evangelical voters, many of whom oppose abortion rights, he knocked trump again. >> sanctity of life has been our party's calling for half a century, long before donald trump was a part of it. and now he treats it as an inconvenience, even blaming our election losses in 2022 on overturning roe v. wade. >> reporter: pence told cbs news he went after trump because the election is a crossroads for republicans.

why was that so important for you to do? >> it's not. >> bob joins us now from des moines, where there are new developments in the investigation into former president trump's handling of classified documents. so, bob, what have you learned? >> norah, sources close to this classified documents investigation tell cbs news that a charging decision on a trump indictment is now possible in the coming days as special counsel jack smith begins to wrap up his interviews of key witnesses, including a former trump aide earlier today, someone who is now working on the superpac. this all comes as the trump legal team is expecting possible charges on illegal retention of classified documents and on obstruction of a federal investigation. trump, of course, maintained he has done nothing wrong. norah? >> very important development. robert costa, thank you. now to a neighborhood feud deadly shooting outside a high

school graduation in richmond, virginia. the chaos erupted just as the cheerful crowd of parents and students were leaving the ceremony. two people were killed, five others wounded. cbs' nicole sganga was at the scene where she reports some of the victims were still in their gowns. >> reporter: gunshots and chaos erupted. just moments after seniors from huguenot high school their families left a graduation ceremony in richmond tuesday. >> several people shot, a couple of maydays. >> reporter: 18-year-old shawn jackson, who had just accepted his high school diploma, and his 36-year-old stepfather lorenzo smith were both shot and killed. >> i watched shawn take his final breath, and i cannot erase that image from my head. >> reporter: the police chief says five others were also hit by gunfire. today richmond's mayor called for peace. >> this must be the time that we put down guns and lift up our hearts. >> reporter: police arrested amari pollard and say they

recovered a handgun. the 19-year-old suspect has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder. richmond interim police chief rick edwards says the alleged gunman had a feud with jackson. >> this was targeted at one individual. so they knew each other and had an ongoing dispute. >> reporter: this mass shooting was the country's 279th so far this year. >> this just needs to stop. i'm tired of the vigils, the well meaning thoughts and prayers and the hand-wringing. we need action. >> reporter: the school district has postponed all remaining graduation ceremonies until next week. norah? >> nicole sganga, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on the"cbs overnight ahead on the"cbs overnight news." after cocooking a dedelicious chchicken chededdar broccoli r recipe, yoyou will wanant to deletee alall your delelivery appsp. because e nothing bebeats a perfect t combo of sweet tomatoes and smooth, silky zucchini.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us. this week's canadian open got off to a rocky start in toronto after the stunning news that the pga and european tour plan to merge with the saudi-backed liv golf tour. players met for a mandatory meeting with the commissioner stunned, including those who turned down tens of millions of dollars to join the rival tour, and now will end up working for them any way. manuel bojorquez has the story. >> this ultimately is a decision that i think is in the best interests of all of the members of the pga tour. >> reporter: it's a union that seemed unimaginable, but one pga tour commissioner jay monahan is downing down on. >> how did we go from, you know, a confrontation to now being partners?

we just realized that we were better off together than we were fighting or apart. >> reporter: last year, the saudi arabian government launched liv to rival the pga tour, offering hundreds of millions of dollars to the world's top players. notable champions splintered off, leading to a bitter divide. >> i think that what they've done is they've turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position. >> the guys who stayed loyal to the pga tour, it's kind of a kick in the teeth for them. >> reporter: players on tour reacted to tuesday's announcement swiftly and harshly, one calling the move hypocrisy. some met with the commissioner late tuesday afternoon. >> i would describe the meeting as intense, certainly heated. it's been a very dynamic and a complex couple of years. >> reporter: since liv golf's

inception last june, it's drawn accusations of being tied to sports washing by the saudi regime, a campaign of sponsoring sporting events to divert attention from a long record of human rights atrocities, including the 2018 murder of journalist jamal khashoggi and the country's alleged ties to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. something commissioner monahan criticized last year. >> and i would ask any player that has left, or any player that would ever consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the pga tour? >> reporter: in a scathing statement, 9/11 families united called the deal a betrayal tuesday, writing pga tour leaders should be ashamed. it appears their concern for our loved ones was merely window dressing in their quest for money. >> circumstances change. i recognize that people are going to call me a hypocrite. and d any time i said anything, said it the information i had

that moment. >> i don't think there is any way looking around sand saying this is a win for the saudi arabia ian government. >> reporter: liv forced the pga hand. >> so it's the moral of the story, the money wins? >> it certainly unfortunately looks like in this case, yes. if you bring up a big enough brinks truck of money, eventually, if you keep bringing the troucks and trucks of money again and again, you're going to find everybody's price. >> reporter: this is a framework of a deal, not a done deal yet. there are still things that have to be hammered out. what we do know is players who joined liv golf and were later suspended from pga tour golf will eventually be allowed to return, and that has angered some players who stuck by the pga tour. that was manuel bojorquez reporting. as part of the deal, the pga and liv golf have agreed to drop all the costly lawsuits. in the meantime, a new federal lawsuit accuses saudi arabia of a brutal campaign to silence its critics aided by twitter. a saudi aid worker used an

anonymous twitter account to mock saudi arabia was arrested in riyadh in 2018 and allegedly tortured. now it his american sister is speaking out. jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: when elon musk took over twitter last fall, he did so with financial backing from saudi arabia. the deal reaffirmed a close commercial relationship established years earlier between the social media company and the kingdom. a bond a woman named arij says led to the arrest and torture of her younger brother. >> i want proof of life. i want to be able to see my brother and speak to him and make sure that he is okay. >> reporter: arij al sudan, an american citizen, and her brother, abdul rahman, a saudi national, grew up splitting time between the u.s. and saudi arabia. when is the last time you spoke to your brother? >> more than five years ago. >> reporter: that's because her brother sits in a saudi prison cell, not allowed to communicate with his family.

>> his friends miss him. i miss him deararly. >> repeporter: afterer finishsh collegege in california in 2013 abdudulrahman r returned t to r and a j job as a humananitarian worker. did he have a good sense of humor? >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> reporter: but it was that sense of hume they're got him in trouble. his twitter account mocking saudi officials and religious figures grew to 160,000 followers. is twitter important inside saudi arabia? >> there is no freedom of speech. so twitter became more like the forum for people to express themselves, mostly anonymously. >> reporter: in its privacy policy, twitter assured users it does not disclose private personal information, except in limited circumstances. but in a new lawsuit, arij accuses twitter of improperly divulging abdel rahman's identity to the saudis and becoming a tool of transnational oppression. how did you know your brother

was missing? >> he used to call my mom every day. she was the first to notice. the calls were not going through, the messages were not going through, and my mom was freaking out. >> reporter: coworkers eventually told the family saudi officials arrested abdulrahman at his office, and they later learned he was being held and tortured. >> they broke his hand and smashed his fingers, saying this is the hand you tweet with. after three years, he was brought to a secret hearing. >> reporter: abdulrahman was charged with violating anti-saudi terrorism laws. he was prosecuted under counterterrorism laws for tweeting? >> yes. they want people to be afraid to speak out, to say, look, if you dare to criticize us, this is what we're going to charge you with. >> reporter: in 2021, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by a 20-year travel ban. none of this would have happened but for twitter's corruption. >> that is a big word. >> it is. but twitter lit the fuse. >> reporter: attorney jim walden represents arij al sudan in her

civil suit and pointed to a case in california to what they claim is twitter's complicity in exposing his identity. >> for the first time officials are accusing saudi arabia of spying in the u.s. >> reporter: last year a twitter manager was convicted of acting as a foreign agent for ksa, to the kingdom of saudi arabia. one two of employees caught accepting bribes to pass along confidential user data. >> the king of saudi arabia weaponized that information. >> reporter: evidence at trial suggested abdel rahman's personal information was leaked to the saudis three years before his arrest. twitter itself was never charged, and it said it cut off access to the bad actors. if there hadn't been any leak from inside twitter works abdel rahman's identity still be unknown to the ksa regime? >> he would still be anonymous. he would still be free. >> reporter: waldon alleges a conspiracy forged by the growing financial ties between the tech company and the kingdom, which

first invested in twitter in 2011. given the closeness of the relationship, given the amount of money that the saudis were giving twitter, it's impossible to conclude that twitter had no idea this was happening. twitter declined our request for comment, offering only this earthy emoji as an automated response. when elon musk bought the company last year, a saudi fund maintained its investment. they now hold the second largest stake in twitter, behind musk. >> what i'm worried about is that as a condition of their deal with musk to stay as an owner, that they got special access. >> reporter: connecticut senator chris murphy has asked the biden administration to review whether the musk deal jeopardized national security by giving the saudi government access to more private user data, including for u.s. citizens. he says the administration refused. >> i don't know why the administration didn't look into this.

but for a long time, we've looked the other way at saudi arabia's outrageous behavior, both domesticacally and in the reregion becausese we wanted th oil. >> we need to speak up for him. >> reporter: arij al sadhan said she can no longer stay quiet about her brother's case, despite receiving threats she says is the work of saudi leadership. >> one of them says i'm going to rape you and i'm going to murder you this. is horrendous. this is crazy. and of course when you remember what happened to journalist jamal khashoggi, you know how serious that is. these people are serious about their threats. >> saudi arabia is also named as a defendant in arij's lawsuit and declined to comment. human rights investigators at maintain abdulrahman violated anti-terrorism laws and denied claims of torture. investigators didn't buy it. they claimed his arrest and they claimed his arrest and detention were arbitrary and if you've had sensitivity, those zingers cacan really c cae

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this week marked the 50th anniversary of world environment day, and massive cleanup projects are under way across the globe. tina krouse has the story. >> reporter: in the race to clean up a polluted planet, paris has an ambitious game plan. working around the clock to make the toxic river seine swimmable for summer olympics next year. >> the biggest polluter of the seine river are the big rain events, which bring a lot of sewage in the water through combined sewer overflows. >> reporter: world environment day is giving workers an extra push to finish the job. >> our main goal, of course, is the olympic games. >> reporter: 4,000 miles east, a sea of toxic foam covers one of india's most polluted and sacred rivers. activists are calling on the government to wake up and help clean it up. residents have endured filthy water for decades. it's estimated about 80% of waste water from households

pours into the river untreated. with plastic pollution plaguing the planet, efforts are under way worldwide to get rid of it. in west africa's ivory coast, there is a financial incentive as volunteers get cash for bottles they sell to recyclers. in any language, the message is the same. we need to clean up the environment, he says. i decided to start right where i live. and the united nations says that's what it's all about. everyone doing their part to create a more sustainable world. tina kraus, cbs news, london. that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and you can find us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues.

this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the justice department may be nearing an indictment of former president donald trump. his lawyers have been told he is a target of an investigation into possible mishandling of classified information. evidence on the case was prsented to a grand jury in miami on wednesday. new york city is the latest city to sue kia and hyundai, saying the carmakers haven't kept up with anti-theft technology. the lawsuits come following a wave of car thefts after instructions for how to steal certain models went viral on social media. and dramatic images from new york city wednesday as smoke from wildfires in canada turned the whole city orange. more, do app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs ews, new york.

tonight, more than 100 million americans breathing in dangerous air as smoke from canadian wildfires blankets major u.s. cities like new york. so when will the skies clear up? here are tonight's headlines. apocalyptic scenes on the east coast, the worst in new york city. tonight the ground stops at airports, and what you can do to protect yourself from the hazardous haze. >> we can see it, we can smell it, and we felt it. the shooting after a high school graduation ceremony in virginia. two people killed. >> is nothing sacred any longer? i'm running for president of the united states of america. >> former vice president mike pence jumps into the republican race for the white house, taking aim at his former boss, donanal trump.p. >> i b believe anyone who puts themselves over the constitution should never be president of the united states. a florida woman is facing manslaughter and assault charges

after a very disturbing shooting that's leading to new questions about the state's stand your ground law. >> she had no weapon. she posed no imminent threat to anyone. the fight over transgender rights. meet a teen activist pushing back against growing bans on transgender care. what are you fighting for? >> the right to exist. and rap icon tupac gets some -- ♪ california ♪ -- >> we proudly welcome to the hollywood walk of fame, the legendary tupac shakur. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with a dangerous situation, hazardous air quality alerts from the northeast to chicago and as far south as atlanta.

health officials are warning tens of millions of americans in more that a dozen states to remain indoors. new york tops the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world as manhattan's famous skyline disappeared behind a thick fog that made america's largest city look like the surface of mars. and take a look at this on the map from the epa. the darker the area, the more hazardous the air is to your health. how dangerous is it? if you're outside here in the nation's capital, that's the equivalent of smoking a cigarette an hour. and the smoke from the canadian wildfires led to ground stops and flight delays at new york area airports. plus, the matchup between the yankees and the white sox was postponed tonight. cbs' lilia luciano starts us off tonight from an eerie new york city, where the mayor told residents to wear masks if they go outside. good evening, lilia. >> that's right, norah. good evening. what explains this eerie scene, why the skyline disappears is tiny, tiny particles that are

saturated in the air. those particles are so small that they can go into your lungs and potentially cause long-term damage if your body cannot expel them naturally. that's why the state of new york is giving out a million n95 masks like this one and recommending people use them. today the sun rose over the northeast shrouded in smoke. haze covering manhattan's skyline and bridges and the washington monument in d.c. smoke was seen as far south as tennessee, and even from space. >> it is absolutely mesmerizing and quite frightening. >> reporter: it's from an intense start to canada's wildfire season, fueled by high temperatures and dry conditions. the total number of acres destroyed the first half of the year there almost 12 times the average. >> this is potentially deadly if people are out, particularly if you're in one of the high risk groups, the very young, the very old, and people who have chroni medical conditions. >> reporter: time lapse video shows downtown manhattan this morning. by mid afternoon, the thick

smoke cast an eerie glow, making the skyline barely visible. >> so if you're not able to breathe and oxygenate as well, anything like a heart attack or a stroke you might be at high risk for. n95 mask, if fitted and worn correctly can reduce the risk. >> reporter: schools in new york city canceled outdoor activities today. >> this may be the first time we've experienced something like this on this magnitude. >> reporter: to protect yourself, health officials advise staying indoor, closing your windows, and using an air purifier, if you have one. and if you're driving, recirculate the air in your car. what does this mean for hospitals? >> hospitals could see a big influx of patients, people dealing with asthma attacks and some of the other complications from this air pollution. >> reporter: doctors say if you feel chest pain, if you feel like you need to cough more, or are coughing more and if you're short of breath, definitely seek medical attention right away. norah? >> lilia luciano with all that

important information, thank you. so when will we see some relief? let's bring in chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. unfortunately, this smoke is going to be hanging around for a while. big reason that is the case is this is going to be hanging around for a while, this area of low pressure that's bringing that smoke down into the northeast and through a lot of the eastern part of the united states as far south as the midatlantic even into parts of the south. this is what we've seen in the past 24 hours, and this is the forecast now, seeing unhealthy to getting close to very unhealthy for some individual spots by tomorrow. and then tomorrow afternoon, some of this unhealthy air, all of that smoke gets into the midatlantic, including washington, d.c. and again, this low, norah, is going to be hanging around for a while, which means the smoke will as well. >> chris warren, all right, thank you. now to that deadly shooting

outside of a school graduation in richmond, virginia. the chaos erupted just as the cheerful crowd of students and parents were leaving the ceremony. two people were killed, five others wounded. cbs' nicole sganga reports some at the scene where she reports some of the victims were still in their gowns. >> reporter: gunshots and chaos erupted. just moments after seniors from huguenot high school and their families left a graduation ceremony in richmond tuesday. >> several people shot, several maydays. >> reporter: 18-year-old shawn jackson, who had just accepted his high school diploma, and his 36-year-old stepfather lorenzo smith were both shot and killed. >> i watched shawn take his final breath, and i cannot erase that image from my head. >> reporter: the police chief says five others were also hit by gunfire. today richmond's mayor called for peace. >> this must be the time that we put down guns and lift up our hearts.

>> reporter: police arrested amari pollard and say they recovered a handgun. the 19-year-old suspect has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder. richmond interim police chief rick edwards says the alleged gunman had a feud with jackson. >> this was targeted at one individual. so they knew each other and had an ongoing dispute. >> reporter: this mass shooting was the country's 279th so far this year. >> this just needs to stop. i'm tired of the vigils, the well meaning thought and prayers and the hand-wringing. we need action. >> reporter: the school district has postponed all remaining graduation ceremonies until next week. norah? >> nicole sganga, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on

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6th and how trump pressured him to overturn the 2020 election. >> and i hope mike is going to do the right thing. i hope so. >> anyone who asks someone else to put them over the constitution should never be president of the united states again. >> reporter: pence's refusal to do trump's bidding that day made him a target of the former president's loyal base. and the path to the nomination all the more difficult. >> president trump also demanded that i choose between him and the constitution. now voters will be faced with the same choice. >> reporter: with roughly a dozen candidates in the race and pence's polling in the single digits, he is counting on a strong showing in the iowa caucuses, appealing to the state's evangelical voters, many of whom oppose abortion rights, he knocked trump again. >> sanctity of life has been our party's calling for half a century, long before donald trump was a part of it. and now he treats it as an inconvenience, even blaming our election losses in 2022 on overturning roe v. wade.

>> reporter: pence told cbs news he went after trump because the election is a crossroads for republicans. why was that so important for you to do? >> it's not. >> bob joins us now from des moines, where there are new developments in the investigation into former president trump's handling of classified documents. so, bob, what have you learned? >> norah, sources close to this classified documents investigation tell cbs news that a charging decision on a trump indictment is now possible in the coming days as special counsel jack smith begins to wrap up his interviews of key witnesses, including a former trump aide earlier today, someone who is now working on the superpac. this all comes as the trump legal team is expecting possible charges on illegal retention of classified documents and on obstruction of a federal investigation. trump, of course, maintained he has done nothing wrong. norah?

>> very important development. robert costa, thank you. now to a neighborhood feud that turned deadly in florida. a woman is claiming self-defense after killing her neighbor by shooting the mother of four through the front door. cbs' mark strassmann reports some are upset it took police four days to make an arrest. >> reporter: susan lorincz, witnesses say, was that neighbor. beyond unpleasant, she tormented her community, shouted racist insults at little kids. but ugly turned to deadly last friday. police say lorincz killed aj owens, a mother of four, by shooting once through her locked front door. >> when does a person get shot for knocking on a door with their 9-year-old son standing next to them? >> reporter: at this apartment complex, two of owens' young kids had been playing outside. police say lorincz yelled at them, threw a skate, swung an umbrella. then police say owens knocked on her door for an explanation.

gunshot. >> she had a 12-year-old that is also blaming himself because wheen he respoponded, he c coul save e his motherer. >> repoporter: loririncz was chd with mananslaughter.r. what eats at owens' family, police took four days to make an arrest. >> this will encourage people to shoot black people first and ask questions later, and we can't send that message. >> reporter: police say lorincz has claimed self-defense under florida's stand your ground law. she could face a 30-year sentence on that manslaughter charge. norah? >> mark strassmann in florida. turning overseas to the war in ukraine, thousands of people are scrambling to find dry land in the southern part of the country after a major dam burst. both ukrainian and russian officials are blaming each other for sabotaging the dam, triggering catastrophic floods. cbs' debora patta is in ukraine with more on this humanitarian and ecological disaster.

>> reporter: the sheer magnitude of the flooding is becoming clearer. it sank homes and businesses,s, leaviving thousandsds trapped i rising wawaters. desperate residents wave for help from rooooftops as ukraini drones, so ofteten used for destruction, become life-savers, dropping fresh drinking water. soldiers and volunteers manning boats have been working tirelesslsly to evacuatate the stranded, pulling them through windows and from the murky waters, while simply carrying the frail and elderly to dry land. animals terrified and soaked to the skin come too. the people of kherson wade through the deluge, clutching the few belonongings they c can carry, usining whatever stays afloat. and everywhere, anger is close to the surface. "putin must burn in hell," this woman curses, adding, "they couldn't finish us off.

now they're trying to drown us." and even as they flee to safety, danger is ever present as the war russia brought to their doorstep continues to rage around them. there are also thousands trapped by the floods in russian occupied areas near the dam. ukraine has urgently appealed to the united nations and the red cross to evacuate them, norah, saying kremlin troops have left them to perish. >> debora patta with those >> debora patta with those gripping details, thank you. after cookoking a delilicious chicicken cheddadar brbroccoli rececipe, you u will want t to deletee all l your delivivery apps.. because nonothing beatats a a perfect cocombo of sweet tomatoes and smooth, silky zucchini. knororr taste cocombos. it's n not fast fofood, but it's s soooo good.d. ♪ ♪

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in-depth tonight on the impact these restrictions can have on many families. >> reporter: there is a lot of laughs among the five garbet children at their little home. but lizz garbett, an operating nurse says before her son simon transitioned a few years ago, it was very different. >> we couldn't figure out what was going on, and it was not a happy place. and after he transitioned, our home got calm again. everybody felt like themselves, and i've been able to watch him, like, blossom into his true self. >> reporter: the now 17-year-old first transitioned socially, cutting his hair, changing clothing, and has since legally changed his name, started hormone replacement therapy, and become an activist for the rights of trans youth. what's it like to put yourself out there? >> it -- it's nerve-racking and

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this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the justice department may be nearing an indictment of former president donald trump. his lawyers have been told he is a target of an investigation into possible mishandling of classified information. evidence on the case was prsented to a grand jury in miami on wednesday. new york city is the latest city to sue kia and hyundai, saying the carmakers haven't kept up with anti-theft technology. the lawsuits come following a wave of car thefts after instructions for how to steal certain models went viral on social media. and dramatic images from new york city wednesday as smoke from wildfires in canada turned the whole city orange. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv.