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parade was ending. earlier this week, ten people were hurt when shots were fired at a street celebration after the nuggets clinched the championship. overseas, a 30-year-old american man is under arrest after allegedly assaulting and pushing two american women into a ravine near a world-famous castle in south germany. one of the two female victims has died. here's cbs's imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: it's one of jaurm's most picturesque tourist destinations, the castle. the inspiration behind disney's fairy tale castle but was the scene of a brutal attack. german police say two american women, just 21 did 22 years old, were visiting the site like so many others, but were allegedly lured by a stranger to a nearby hiking trail and lookout point, where investigators say this -y m ated e thewo w rertedly sexually assaulted
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before they were both pushed into a deep ravine, falling 165 feet. this is the moment a helicopter crew rescued one of the women. the younger of the two died overnight in the hospital. eric abneri from new york was visiting the castle when he filmed the rescue and arrest. >> his face was covered in deep red scratch marks, and his neck as well. there was clearly a struggle there, and he just had a frown on his face. he didn't say anything. he had a sort of disturbed look. >> reporter: german police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. back here at home, concert-goers and sports fans will soon have a light shined on all those hidden fees that can raise the price of tickets by more than 20%. cbs's meg oliver reports the new policy announced today could be the first step towards getting those costs under control. ♪
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d you he golden hi weekend in pittsburgh. >> i'm so excited. >> reporter: 39-year-old swiftie superfan laura kelly paid $350 face value for hers. >> do you know how much you paid in hidden fees? >> i have no idea. >> and how does that make you feel not knowing really how much the ticket actually was? >> there's definitely a little bit of a sticker shock. >> reporter: hidden fees can add more than 20% to the price of tickets, from sporting events to concerts. ♪ you won't break my soul ♪ >> reporter: we found a seat at beyoncé's upcoming show in new jersey for $146 face value. at checkout, more than $30 in fees were tacked on. today at the white house, executives from livenation, seatgeek and other companies joined president biden, pledging to provide the total cost of tickets up front. >> this is a win for consumers in my view, and proof that our crackdown on junk fees has real
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momentum. it all comes in the wake of the disastrous ticket launch for swift's eras tour last november. outraged fans waited hours online before ticketmaster suspended sales due to high demand and insufficient inventory. brandon ross is a media and technology analyst. >> truly it's a deceptive practice, and i think everyone in the industry recognizes that, and it's why i think livenation/ticketmaster is taking this leadership position. >> reporter: while the artists and their teams keep most of the ticket price you pay, ross says about an additional 75% of those additional fees go to venues to pay for things like parking, security, and staff. a smaller portion goes to ticketmaster. this new all-in pricing takes effect this fall. norah. >> that's big. meg oliver, thank you so much. family members are speaking out about the mysterious deaths out about the mysterious deaths of two americans at a yo! you gotta try this new axe. it's the fine fragrance g.o.a.t.! ♪
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the issues and solutions facing doctors and patients today. dr. jesse ehrenfeld is an anesthesiologist, navy veteran, and father. >> what do you think is the top issue facing physicians today? >> so after three years of experiencing so much stress with covid, we've had this twindemic, a pandemic of the disease plus a pandemic of misinformation and bad information. >> reporter: dr. ehrenfeld is taking over at a difficult time. doctors are facing burnout, soaring medical costs, medicare payment issues, and new legislation targeting the lgbtq community and reproductive rights. >> we have a health care system in crisis. i hear that from my physician colleagues. >> how do we have a health care system in crisis? >> so today there are so many back seat drivers telling us what to do, and we've got regulators that are discarding science and telling physicians how to practice medicine, putting barriers in care. >> reporter: those barriers include what he considers the
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criminalization of health care. >> in at least six states now, if i practice evidence-based care, i can go to jail. it's frightening. when a patient shows up in my office, if i do the right thing from a scientific, from an ethical perspective, to know that that care is no longer legal, criminalized, and could wind me in prison. >> what kind of care are you talking about? >> so gender-affirming care, care for transgender patients, as well as abortion, reproductive health care. >> what do you think is behind this criminal sizing of doctor care? >> health care has been a target as of late in a way that has been deeply damaging, not just to the health of patients who are seeking specific services, but to every american. so we see patients who no longer can find an obgny because obgyn's are leaving a state. that affects all women in the state. >> reporter: dr. ehrenfeld hopes to improve health equity for all underserved groups, and he hopes to be a role model for any young doctors and especially his own
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sons. >> what do you hope that they learn from you as president of the ama? >> well, i hope that they learn that they shouldn't let anything get in their way of following their dream. and for anybody who's different out there, i hope they see themselves my children and the example i've set, that they shouldn't let anybody tell them that he can't. >> reporter: as president of the ama, dr. ehrenfeld now represents more than 270,000 represents more than 270,000 doctors in the want a worry-free way to kill bugs? zevo traps use light to attract and trap flying insects with no odor and no mess. they work continuously, so you don't have to. zevo. people-friendly. bug-deadly. [♪♪] did you know, unless you treat dandruff regularly, zevo. people-friendly. it will keep coming back. try head & shoulders shampoo. dandruff is caused by irritation to a germ that lives on everyone's scalp. unlike regular shampoo, head & shoulders contains zinc pyrithione, whicfihe ndruausieranhelppren comg b.
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there's there new details into the investigation of the deaths of an american couple at a mexican resort. abby lutz and john heathco, both from california, were found dead in their room earlier this week at rancho pescadero, lutz's stepmother and stepsister tell cbs news that days before their deaths, the couple was treated for what they thought was food poisoning. >> monday night is the last time any of us heard from her. she texted her dad and said, good night, love you, like she always does. and that's the last we heard from her. >> investigators suspect it was possibly carbon monoxide poisoning. there was no sign of violence. a father's wisdom passed down to his son. that story is next.
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tonight, luke russert is opening up about his father, tim ruszer, the longtime moderator of "meet the press" who died 15 years ago this week from a heart attack. ahead of father's day, we spoke to russert about his new memoir, look for me there, grieving my father, finding myself, and lessons from his father in tonight's person to person. >> the most important thing to him was just living a good, honest, and meaningful life. one of the things he also used to say is look 12:48. i struggled with that for a long time. what is expected? do i have to be better than you, dad? i realized that, no, just be a good human being. just be kind, and that's the greatest thing you could ever do in this life. and that now resonates with me. i'm not afraid of it like i was
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for some time. >> you can see more of our interview tonight on "person to person" on the cbs news app at 9:30 p.m. easter 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 in my home with me. ♪♪♪
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as we continue our week-long series tonight, we take a look at the future of police cars. cbs's kris van cleave shows us how the new york police department is now going electric. >> reporter: meet the big apple's newest viral hit. the nypd is deploying nearly 200 fully electric ford mustang mach of es to see how well evs hold up to the rigors of patrol. did you ever think there would be a day where you would be plugging in your police cars? deputy commissioner edward ca ban. >> i think about the grand furies, the ca prixes. they were gas guzzlers. this is a game-changer. >> reporter: these mach es have
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more horsepower, torque, and advanced safety features, along with faster acceleration and breaking than any other vehicle in the nypd fleet. >> let's sew how this goes. >> reporter: we experienced if firsthand. >> stay close to the left. close to the left. close to the left. slam on those brakes. >> there went some cones. >> reporter: departments nationwide are adding evs. in south pasadena, california, the police are going all electric. the nypd hopes to eventually electrify more than 9,000 vehicles. >> do you feel like this is just as capable of a police car as a gas-powered car? >> i do, yeah. i think if it's managed properly and gets. >> -- plugged in at night? >> plugged in at night, yes, it can be used very effectively. >> reporter: making the nypd blue a little more green. kris van cleave, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this friday. "cbs mornings."ker for
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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. severe storms rolled through the south overnight with a tornado causing heavy damage in the town of perryton, texas. at least one fatality and dozens of injuries have been reported. jack teixeira, the alleged pentagon leaker and former air national guardsman was indicted by a federal grand jury on thursday. he faces six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. each charge brings up to ten years in prison. and two-time oscar winner glenda jackson, who went on to a career in politics, spending 23 years in the uk parliament as a
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member of the labor party, has died. she was 87. 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 begin tonight with a significant cyberattack taking place across the nation and around the world. federal agencies, state governments, and major universities have been hit with a campaign of data theft and ransomware. cbs news has confirmed that the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency is providing support to agencies that have been targeted. johns hopkins university and its health system says the data impaed sensitive personal and financial information, including contact information and health billing
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records. now, there's no confirmation about what group or country is behind the intrusions, but u.s. intelligence believes a criminal organization operating inside russia is responsible. cbs's catherine herridge has been speaking with her sources. she'll start us off tonight from right here in washington. good evening, catherine. >> reporter: good evening, norah. a senior u.s. government official told reporters there is no evidence to date the u.s. military and intelligence agencies have been compromised, but a number of federal agencies have been hit. tonight, senior government officials are racing to limit the impact of what one cyber expert is calling potentially the largest theft and extortion event in recent history. american targets include multiple federal agencies, including the department of energy, plus johns hopkins-affiliated hospitals in maryland and florida, georgia's statewide university system, and the minnesota rt of brh s waalso hit. the hackers are part of the cyber criminal gang called clop,
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believed to operate from inside russia. >> they've started releasing some of the data that was stolen as part of their work to extort these companies. we strongly encourage anyone who is a user of the software to, of course, patch, lock down their systems. >> reporter: the cyber criminals are exploiting a software program called moveit which companies and government agencies use to transfer data, including personal information. the group steals the data, and in this message believed to be from the hackers, warns that if a ransom is not paid, after seven days, all your data will start to be published, sometimes on the dark web. cyber expert brett callow says foreign adversaries and criminals will be looking to leverage the data. >> overseas governments will no doubt be very interested in obtaining the information that clop obtained through these thefts. >> reporter: the fbi and the government's cybersecurity agency last week warned companies to be on alert for this kind of attack. been cculati for wks, ancials es
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they accuse the u.s. government of being slow to act, norah. >> and, catherine, there is also breaking news tonight about the airman accused of leaking defense intelligence. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, norah, that massachusetts air national guardsman has now been formally indicted by a grand jury on six counts of the willful retention and transmission of classified information, including the russia/ukraine conflict and a plot to target u.s. forces overseas. jack teixeira was arrested by an fbi s.w.a.t. team earlier this year and accused of posting these documents, some of them top secret, on a social media platform. norah. >> all right. catherine herridge with those breaking news stories, thank you. now to breaking news from denver. there was mayhem today as an estimated 1 million people celebrated the nuggets' first nba championship. a police officer was seriously injured after being run over by
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a fire truck carrying several players along the parade route. he was rushed into surgery on his leg. and two people were seriously wounded in what police called a targeted shooting just as the parade was ending. earlier this week, ten people were hurt when shots were fired at a street celebration after the nuggets clinched the championship. overseas, a 30-year-old american man is under arrest after allegedly assaulting and pushing two american women into a ravine near a world-famous castle in south germany. one of the two female victims has died. here's cbs's imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: it's one of germany's more picture esque tourist destinations. the castle, the inspiration behind disney's fairy tale castle but was the scene of a brutal attack. german police say two american women, just 21 and 22 years old, were visiting the site like so many others but were allegedly lured by a stranger to a nearby hiking trail and lookout point,
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eaicanan estigators say t attacked them. the younger of the two was reportedly sexually assaulted before they were both pushed into a deep ravine, falling 165 feet. this is the moment a helicopter crew rescued one of the women. the younger of the two died overnight in hospital. eric abneri from new york was visiting the castle when he filmed the rescue and arrest. >> his face was covered in deep red scratch marks, and his neck as well. there was clearly a struggle there, and he just had a frown on his face. he didn't say anything. he had a sort of disturbed look. >> reporter: german police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. back here at home, concertgoers and sports fans will soon have a light shined on all those hidden fees that can raise the price of tickets by more than 20%. cbs's meg oliver reports the new
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policy announced today could be the first step towards getting those costs under control. ♪ we got bad blood ♪ >> reporter: there's no bad blood if you have a golden ticket to taylor swift this weekend in pittsburgh. >> i' so excited. >> reporter: 39-year-old swiftie superfan laura kelly paid $350 face value for hers. >> do you know how much you paid in hidden fees? >> i have no idea. >> and how does that make you feel not knowing really how much the ticket actually was? >> there's definitely a little bit of a sticker shock. >> reporter: hidden fees can add more than 20% to the price of tickets, from sporting events to concerts. ♪ you won't break my soul ♪ >> reporter: we found a seat at beyoncé's upcoming show in new jersey for $146 face value. at checkout, more than $30 in fees were tacked on. today at the white house, executives from live nation, seatgeek and other companies joined president biden, pledging
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to provide the total cost of tickets up front. >> this is a win for consumers in my view, and proof that our crackdown on junk fees has real momentum. >> reporter: it all comes in the wake of the disastrous ticket launch for swift's era's tour last november. outraged fans waited hours online before ticketmaster suspended sales due to high demand and insufficient inventory. brandon ross is a media and technology analyst. >> truly it's a deceptive practice, and i think everyone in the industry recognizes that, and it's why i think live nation/ticketmaster is taking this leadership position. >> reporter: while the artists and their teams keep most of the ticket price you pay, ross says about an additional 75% of those additional fees go to venues to pay for things like parking, security, and staff. a smaller portion goes to ticketmaster. this new all-in pricing takes effect this fall. norah. >> that's big. meg oliver, thank you so much.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us. the southern baptist convention adjourned its annual meeting in new orleans after reaffirming a commitment that only men should lead its churches. the convention rejected the appeals of two churches that were expelled because they had female pastors. one of them is the california-based saddleback church. it's got the second biggest congregation in the sbc with 14 churches in southern california and another 4 overseas. janet shamlian reports.
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>> on the question of saddleback chur 9,437otes in favor. vot u the ban on churches with female pastors wasn't close. >> saddleback church is not in friendly cooperation with the southern baptist convention. >> reporter: delegates upheld the february expulsions of the saddleback megachurch in lake forest, california. ♪ and the smaller froome creek baptist church in louisville, kentucky, all because they employed female pastors. >> there has never been a moment in the history of the southern baptist convention that the southern baptist convention was supportive of the idea that women could occupy the office of pastor, elder and overseer. it's just that i think we've had hope that people who had come to a different conclusion from us would rethink that. >> this is a sad day for southern baptist. >> let us pray. >> reporter: someone who didn't rethink it, pastor linda barnes
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popham. she has served as the lead pastor at fern creek for 30 years. she'll keep serving independent of the southern baptist convention. >> what does this say to the millions of women in the churches? >> it says to those women, you are not valued. you cannot be called of god, and we don't want you. southern baptists need us more than we need them. i mean they're losing a friend. we don't want you anymore. they're losing a family member. >> reporter: the southern baptist convention's statement of faith last amends in 2000 says the office 6 of pastor is limited to men as qualified by scripture. in a separate vote wednesday, sbc delegates went further. they voted in favor of an amendment broadly banning women from any pastoral titles. >> we should leave no room for our daughters and granddaughters in the generations ahead to have confusion on where the sbcc stands.
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>> history will prove us wrong again if we adopt this motion. >> reporter: the church has recently been emproiled in scandal, including a bombshell report last year alleging its executives hushed up hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse. it all comes as the church is facing steep membership declines. nearly 460,000 members lost last year, the largest drop in more than a century. saddleback's retired pastor and founder rick warren says membership will continue to drop without significant change. >> 17 years of decline year after year after year is not a glitch. and the loss of a half a million members in a single year cannot be ignored. >> reporter: for those like pastor barnes popham, looking to the future is the only way forward, even outside of the sbc. >> we will continue to be a church. we will continue to move forward. and as the pianist texted me earlier today or yesterday, we are bound for gre gs, an
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was two years ago. in some places like northern california, those mortgage rates are driving down the price of homes. but that doesn't mean those houses have suddenly become affordable. carter evans went shopping in silicon valley. >> so this is a $2 million starter home? >> correct, yes. >> reporter: don't let the eye-popping price for this 1,300 square foot home in silicon valley fool you. >> so how quickly will this sell? >> i would imagine it's going to sell within the first week or so. >> wow. >> reporter: real estate agent joel stever says $2 million is a deal, and he anticipates multiple offers. >> it will sell for over asking? >> it will. >> but it's still not as expensive as it would have been? >> correct. >> reporter: northern california home prices jumped during the pandemic, but now the region has seen some of the steepest price declines in the nation, enticing buyers like odin chavez. >> did you feel like when prices dipped a little bit, like maybe ,o they rectly made get a
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an offer over asking. >> ande got outbid by close to a quarter million. >> reporter: the problem is low inventory according to real estate agent kelly dippel. >> there's more buyers than available homes. >> why are there so few houses on the market? >> people that have locked in these low interest rates, are they going to want to sell their house and by something else for close to 7%? they're going to hang on. >> reporter: and that's creating a frenzy for what is on the market. chris and cole robinson got into a bidding war. >> there were 15 other offers on this house. >> so you really went to battle. >> yes. >> we did. >> reporter: stevers say successful buyers in this markets have to be willing to compromise on what they want and be willing to pay more for it. >> usually it's a multiple offer situation. they're removing all their contingencies, their loan, the appraisal, and property inspection contingency. >> that sounds like during the peak of the pandemic again. >> it really does, yeah. it's happening all over again. >> reporter: and experts suggest
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the home buying crunch won't clear until interest rates come back down. i'm carter evans in silicon valley. high mortgage rates have a lot of people deciding to keep their current homes and just fix them up. americans are expected to spend record $485 billion on home repairs and remodeling this year, and that includes do it yourself projects. tony dokoupil got a lesson in home repairs from a star of social media. >> hi, i'm bob vela. welcome home again. >> reporter: if you're like me, you've spent countless hours watching other people renovate their homes on television. >> look at you, man. oh, you guys are crown molding experts. >> reporter: if you've been inspired to rehab your own home, as millions have, you probably know that hiring a professional contractor isn't always necessary. >> i am going to save you a bunch of time on your next tiling project. >> reporter: not when social media is now packed with tutorials that make even major
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home renovations look easy for a do it at a regular 45 degree angle. >> reporter: but over at real life renovation on instagram and tiktok, a self-described dummy named alex delessio has a different approach. he's built an audience of hundreds of thousands of followers around a major dose of diy reality. this is not always easy, and you will screw it up sometimes. >> how is the drawer hanging going? >> it is going below par, which is on par with how it goes for me. >> okay. >> reporter: and sure enough when i stopped by recently to see alex at work dr. >> i have no idea what to call this thing, a cabinet hardware jig maybe. >> reporter: mistakes were made. >> oh, no. that did not work out. >> reporter: but for a lifelong diy skeptic like me, alex's message is inspiring. maybe i can take on a project or two. >> here's just how easy its t
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ange a fixture our home. >> reporter: for alex, the proof is everywhere inside the townhouse he and his wife, kylie, bought in baltimore in 2020. his first project, an attempt to save a few bucks on a table. >> kylie was like, we need to get like a $500 coffee table. we need this and this. i'm like let's spend the same amount of money, half the money on the tools and the wood. if i can't build it, i'll let you get whatever coffee table you want, if you like it. and i let it rip. >> reporter: he learned everything he needed from what he calls youtube university. >> with the power of google, youtube, and some lessons learned along the way -- >> reporter: and he's since done work on the lawn zri room, a basement, a home bar, the primary bathroom, and now his bedroom. >> here's my mother-in-law installed faux brick. >> reporter: how much money would you have spent on professionals or store-bought stuff if you just did it the normal way? >> i would say all together, probably at least 80, 90.
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>> and how much did it actually cost you? >> maybe 10 with the tools, materials, all that. >> that's a pretty good advertisement for this way much living. >> yeah. >> reporter: to me, though, diy renovations still sounded like a pretty good recipe for messing up my house, especially if alex, no offense, was the one doing the work. after all, he was until recently a guy with a master's degree and a corporate job who had never even run a power tool. now -- >> welcome back to day 39. i finished my basement by myself. >> reporter: he is a full-time social media star, but that doesn't exactly make him a skilted tradesman. and his assistant, not an apprentice carpenter, but his mother-in-law, sherri, who herself had doubts about alex working at his own handyman. >> part of me, you know, reacted like any normal parent would, like oh, my god, you're going to throw away six years of school. >> i gave him six months. >> yeah. >> he said by march of 2021, if
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you don't have something lined up or if it's not getting better, then you're going back to work. >> reporter: but he has lined up paid sponsors, saying he now makes double what he was earning at his old corporate job. >> the wear and tear is considerable. >> reporter: so maybe, i thought, we'll take on a couple small jobs around the house. the chipped paint on my kitchen cabinets and the mold colony in the caulk under my kitchen sink. >> we can definitely get this right where almost right away, we ran into some issues. >> takeout chopsticks. that will work. >> reporter: first with the paint. >> we're going to smooth all that out. >> reporter: which looked not exactly great after our first coat. >> i thought this was going to cut out a lot easier. >> reporter: then at the sink. >> i got some slicing happening now. >> reporter: we had a heck of a type removing all the mystery goo. but in between the curse words. >> nasty. >> reporter: something remarkable happened. we couldn't get the silicon caulk out of its tube no matter what we tried.
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>> now we're going in. >> reporter: and just when we were about to give up -- >> damn. >> reporter: joe on camera one with a suggestion. >> why don't you youtube it? >> reporter: so in the end, alex got help the very same way he gives it. >> there's no way you could ever get that to come out by ramming a nail down there. >> reporter: through the wonders of the internet. >> hey! look at that. >> and that's what's so great about this era. you didn't have to have a parent teach you this. we literally just learned it together. we didn't know if it was going to work, and here we are. >> this is extremely diy. >> reporter: it wasn't pretty, but it got the job done. and, no, the kitchen wasn't flawless, but it was definitely better. and in the world of diy, i've learned better is absolutely perfect. >> you screw up a lot, don't you? >> yes, and i let hundreds of >> that was tony dokoupil t bt'
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the u.s. army's first black female diver is finally being recognized for her place in history. elise preston reports on the years of struggle and perseverance and how they've paid off. >> well, that would be me. >> reporter: a remarkable moment in the remarkable life of andrea motley crabtree. >> i was happy to be there, happy to be in that suit. >> reporter: inspired by her father and grandfather, both veterans. >> i always wanted to be in the military, but a lot of people didn't think the military was a good thing for women. >> reporter: in 1982, she became the army's irst woman deep sea diver, but the now retired master sergeant battled racism and sexism throughout her journey. >> i was army, going to a
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predominantly navy environment, a female to a predominantly male environment. i'm black to a predominantly white environment. and this guy, he looked at me, and he says, you shouldn't be here. you should be home barefoot and pregnant. >> reporter: others told her she wouldn't make it. >> i stayed in army diving and put up with everything that i put up with for one reason. i loved it. i love diving. >> reporter: a love she now shares with her three sons. >> right now i'm outside the metropolitan museum of art. >> reporter: proof her place in history now has an even bigger stage. >> it's incredible. i'm almost speechless, and i'd do it all over again. >> reporter: elise preston, cbs news. that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for
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"cbs mornings." and don't forget that you can follow us online anytime 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. severe storms rolled through the south overnight with a tornado causing heavy damage in the town of perryton, texas. at least one fatality and dozens of injuries have been reported. jack teixeira, the alleged pentagon leaker and former air national guardsman was indicted by a federal grand jury on thursday. he faces six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. each charge brings up to ten years in prison. and two-time oscar winner glenda jackson, who went on to a career in politics, spending 23 years in the uk parliament as a member of the labor party, has
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died. she was 87. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the u.s. government hit by a major cyberattack, potentially one of the largest extortion events in recent history. what sensitive and personal information may have been stolen. here are tonight's headlines. the fbi warning about an ongoing threat after a group inside russia is suspected of hacking multiple u.s. federal agencies and american universities. major cleanup efforts are under way across the south after severe storms pounded parts of the region. >> today into tonight, there will be several rounds of storms that are going to pump out the hail, lightning, and strong winds.
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womad assating another at aftere a world-famous castle. do you know how much you paid in hidden fees? >> i have no idea. >> the growing list of companies are being more up front when it comes to all those hidden service fees. >> this is a win for consumers in my view, and proof that our crackdown on junk fees has real momentum. the new president of the nation's largest association of doctors tells us why treating patients is getting harder. >> we have a health care system in crisis. a government report revealed arizona's booming population will outgrow its drought-stricken water supply if action isn't taken. >> if we don't have the water, we can't build the communiti. and an inside look at the nypd's newest fleet of all-electric squad cars. >> did you ever think there would be a day where you'd be
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plugging in your police car? >> no, not at all. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with a significant cyberattack taking place across the nation and around the world. federal agencies, state governments, and major universities have been hit with a campaign of data theft and ransomware. cbs news has confirmed that the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency is providing support to agencies that have been targeted. johns hopkins university and its health system says the data breach may have impacted sensitive personal and financial information, including contact information and health billing records. now, there's no confirmation about what group or country is behind the intrusions, but u.s. intelligence believes a criminal organization operating inside russia is responsible.
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cbs's catherine herridge has been speaking with her sources. she'll start us off tonight from right here in washington. good evening, catherine. >> reporter: good evening, norah. a senior u.s. government official told reporters there is no evidence to date the u.s. military and intelligence agencies have been compromised, but a number of federal agencies have been hit. tonight, senior government officials are racing to limit the impact of what one cyber expert is calling potentially the largest theft and extortion event in recent history. american targets include multiple federal agencies, including the department of energy, plus johns hopkins-affiliated hospitals in maryland and florida, georgia's statewide university system, and the minnesota department of education. british airways was also hit. the hackers are part of the cyber criminal gang called clop, believed to operate from inside russia. >> they've started releasing some of the data that was stolen as part of their work to extort these companies. we strongly encourage anyone who
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is a user of the software to, of course, patch, lock down their systems. >> reporter: the cyber criminals are exploiting a software program called moveit which companies and government agencies use to transfer data, including personal information. the group steals the data, and in this message believed to be from the hackers, warns that if a ransom is not paid, after seven days, all your data will start to be published, sometimes on the dark web. cyber expert brett callow says foreign adversaries and criminals will be looking to leverage the data. >> overseas governments will no doubt be very interested in obtaining the information that clop obtained through these thefts. >> reporter: the fbi and the government's cybersecurity agency last week warned companies to be on alert for this kind of attack. former intelligence officials told cbs news the threat has been circulating for weeks, and they accuse the u.s. government of being slow to act, norah. and, catherine, there is also breaking news tonight about
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the airman accused of leaking defense intelligence. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, norah, that massachusetts air national guardsman has now been formally indicted by a grand jury on six counts of the willful retention and transmission of classified information, including the russia/ukraine conflict and a plot to target u.s. forces overseas. jack teixeira was arrested by an fbi s.w.a.t. team earlier this year and accused of posting these documents, some of them top secret, on a social media platform. norah. >> all right. catherine herridge with those breaking news stories, thank you. in a controversial move, the state of arizona is pausing new home construction around the city of phoenix, one of the fastest growing communities in the nation. in this week's "eye on america," cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports the concern is there may not be enough water for the booming population. >> reporter: maricopa county's population skyrocketed by 15% in the last decade. but now a troubling flat line.
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new construction that relies on groundwater will stop in parts of the state after a government report revealed arizona's booming population will outgrow its drought-stricken water supply if action isn't taken. >> this pause will not affect growth within any of our major cities. >> reporter: but it will immediately impact surrounding suburbs, towns like queen creek, where plans for 9,000 homes have been halted. rick collins is a carpenter. >> it's been an issue that we've been dealing for arizona from the very beginning. it's how it works here. we -- we can't -- if we don't have the water, we can't build the communities. >> reporter: in maricopa county alone, an estimated 2 billion gallons are consumed every day. that's nearly twice as much as new york city, which has double the population. paul gardner manages queen creek's water supply. >> of course we have concern. our mayor and council has been looking forward into the future, knowing that this day was going to come. >> some people in other parts of
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the country who don't know the area hear this news, and they think of a community in decline. >> yeah. >> how would you characterize what's unfolding here? >> i would say a community that is evolving. >> reporter: that evolution means relying more on reclaimed wastewater projects like this one and spending tens of millions of dollars to purchase water from the colorado river. but climate change and growing demand across the west are also shrinking the colorado river, meaning that water source could be cut off down the road. kathryn sorensen, director of research at the kyle center for water policy, says the state's plan ensures there's enough water for all as arizona adapts to a world with less of it. >> it sounds like the market here is forcing sustainable living. >> yeah, that's one way of looking at it. it is a proactive plan. it is not reactive. >> reporter: for "eye on amvigl nizo ere's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, millions of americans across the south are bracing for more severe weather following at least a dozen tornadoes touching down in four states on wednesday. so for what areas are most at risk, let's bring in our meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. hey there, chris. >> good evening, norah. destructive storms possible again tonight and possible for some of the same areas with storms yesterday and last night. tornads, d enotoy jure livestoc
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anybody that is outside, any animals that are outside. could see baseball-sized hail. some of these storms, once they get going, will continue to go during the overnight hours. again, some of the same areas that had them yesterday. and going into the weekend, similar pattern for similar areas. more thunderstorms riding over the top of some extreme heat. and by the end of the weekend, norah, some areas will be seeing temperatures that feel like they are close to 120 degrees. >> that is hot. chris, thank you so much. now to breaking news from denver. there was mayhem today as an estimated 1 million people celebrated the nuggets' first nba championship. a police officer was seriously injured after being run over by a fire truck carrying several players along the parade route. he was rushed into surgery on his leg. and two people were seriously wounded in what police call a
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targeted shooting just as the parade was ending. earlier this week, ten people were hurt when shots were fired at a street celebration after the nuggets clinched the championship. overseas, a 30-year-old american man is under arrest after allegedly assaulting and pushing two american women into a ravine near a world-famous castle in south germany. one of the two female victims has died. here's cbs's imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: it's one of germany's most picturesque tourist destinations, the neuschwanstein castle, the inspiration behind disney's fairy tale castle but was the scene of a brutal attack. german police say two american women, just 21 and 22 years old, were visiting the site like so many others, but were allegedly lured by a stranger to a nearby hiking trail and lookout point, where investigators say this 30-year-old american man attacked them. the younger of the two was reportedly sexually assaulted before they were both pushed
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into a deep ravine, falling 165 feet. this is the moment a helicopter crew rescued one of the women. the younger of the two died overnight in hospital. eric abneri from new york was visiting the castle when he filmed the rescue and arrest. >> his face was covered in deep red scratch marks, and his neck as well. there was clearly a struggle there, and he just had a frown on his face. he didn't say anything. he had a sort of disturbed look. >> reporter: german police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. back here at home, concertgoers and sports fans will soon have a light shined on all those hidden fees that can raise the price of tickets by more than 20%. cbs's meg oliver reports the new policy announced today could be the first step towards getting those costs under control. ♪ we got bad blood ♪>>eporter:
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blood if you have a golden ticket to taylor swift this weekend in pittsburgh. >> i'm so excited. >> reporter: 39-year-old swiftie superfan laura kelly paid $350 face value for hers. >> do you know how much you paid in hidden fees? >> i have no idea. >> and how does that make you feel not knowing really how much the ticket actually was? >> there's definitely a little bit of a sticker shock. >> reporter: hidden fees can add more than 20% to the price of tickets, from sporting events to concerts. ♪ you won't break my soul ♪ >> reporter: we found a seat at beyoncé's upcoming show in new jersey for $146 face value. at checkout, more than $30 in fees were tacked on. today at the white house, executives from live nation, seatgeek and other companies joined president biden, pledging to provide the total cost of tickets up front. >> this is a win for consumers in my view, and proof that our crackdown on junk fees has real momentum.
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it all comes in the wake of the disastrous ticket launch for swift's eras tour last november. outraged fans waited hours online before ticketmaster suspended sales due to high demand and insufficient inventory. brandon ross is a media and technology analyst. >> truly it's a deceptive practice, and i think everyone in the industry recognizes that, and it's why i think live nation/ticketmaster is taking this leadership position. >> reporter: while the artists and their teams keep most of the ticket price you pay, ross says about an additional 75% of those additional fees go to venues to pay for things like parking, security, and staff. a smaller portion goes to ticketmaster. this new all-in pricing takes effect this fall. norah. >> that's big. meg oliver, thank you so much. family members are speaking out about the mysterious deaths of two americans at a resort i
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doctors and patients today. dr. jesse ehrenfeld is an anesthesiologist, navy veteran, and father. >> what do you think is the top issue facing physicians today? >> so after three years of experiencing so much stress with covid, we've had this twindemic, a pandemic of the disease plus a pandemic of misinformation and bad information. >> reporter: dr. ehrenfeld is taking over at a difficult time. doctors are facing burnout, soaring medical costs, medicare payment issues, and new legislation targeting the lgbtq community and reproductive rights. >> we have a health care system in crisis. i hear that from my physician colleagues. >> how do we have a health care system in crisis? >> so today there are so many back seat drivers telling us what to do, and we've got regulators that are discarding science and telling physicians how to practice medicine, putting barriers in care. >> reporter: those barriers include what he considers the
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criminalization of health care. >> in at least six states now, if i practice evidence-based care, i can go to jail. it's frightening. when a patient shows up in my office, if i do the right thing from a scientific, from an ethical perspective, to know that that care is no longer legal, criminalized, and could wind me in prison. >> what kind of care are you talking about? >> so gender-affirming care, care for transgender patients, as well as abortion, reproductive health care. >> what do you think is behind this criminalizing of doctor care? >> health care has been a target as of late in a way that has been deeply damaging, not just to the health of patients who are seeking specific services, but to every american. so we see patients who no longer can find an ob-gyn because ob-gyns are leaving a state where they have criminalized certain aspects of care. that affects all women in the state. >> reporter: dr. ehrenfeld hopes to improve health equity for all underserved groups, and he hopes to be a role model for any young doctors and especially his own wel iopthat they learn
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there's new details tonight into the investigation of the deaths of an american couple at a mexican resort. 28-year-old abby lutsz and 41-year-old john heathco, both from california, were found dead in their room earlier this week at rancho pescadero. lutz's stepmother and stepsister tell cbs news that days before their deaths, the couple was treated for what they thought was food poisoning. >> monday night is the last time any of us heard from her. she texted her dad and said "good night, love you," like she always does. and that's the last we heard from her. >> investigators suspect it was possibly carbon monoxide poisoning. there was no sign of violence. a father's wisdom passed down to his son. that story is next.
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tonight, luke russert is opening up about his father, tim russert, the longtime moderator of "meet the press," who died 15 years ago this week from a heart attack. ahead of father's day, we spoke to russert about his new memoir, look for me there, grieving my father, finding myself, and lessons from his father in tonight's person to person. >> the most important thing to him was just living a good, honest, and meaningful life. one of the things he also used to say is luke 12:48, to whom much is given, much is expected. i struggled with that for a long time. what is expected? do i have to be just as good as you, dad, better than you, dad? then i realized, no, just be a good human being, just be kind. that's the greatest thing you could ever do in this life. and that now resonates with me. i'm not afraid of it like i was
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as we continue our week-long series tonight, we take a look at the future of police cars. cbs's kris van cleave shows us how the new york police department is now going electric. >> reporter: meet the big apple's newest viral hit. the nypd is deploying nearly 200 fully electric ford mustang mach es to see how well evs hold up to the rigors of patrol. did you ever think there would be a day where you'd be plugging in your police cars? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: first deputy commissioner edward caban. >> i think back in my time, my career, where we had the gran fury furies, the ca prixes.
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they were gas guzzlers. this is a game-changer. >> reporter: these mach es have more horsepower, torque, and advanced safety features, along with faster acceleration and breaking than any other vehicle in the nypd fleet. >> let's see how this goes. >> reporter: we experienced it firsthand. >> stay close to the left. close to the left. close to the left. slam on those brakes. >> there went some cones. >> reporter: departments nationwide are adding evs. in south pasadena, california, the police are going all electric. the nypd hopes to eventually electrify more than 9,000 vehicles. >> do you feel like this is just as capable of a police car as a gas-powered car? >> i do, yeah. i think if it's managed properly and gets -- >> -- plugged in at night? >> -- plugged in at night, yes. it can be used very effectively. >> reporter: making the nypd blue a little more green. kris van cleave, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this friday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah
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o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. severe storms rolled through the south overnight with a tornado causing heavy damage in the town of perryton, texas. at least one fatality and dozens of injuries have been reported. jack teixeira, the alleged pentagon leaker and former air national guardsman, was indicted by a federal grand jury on thursday. he faces six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. each charge brings up to ten years in prison. and two-time oscar winner glenda jackson, who went on to a career in politics, spending 23 years in the uk parliament as a member of the labor party, has died.
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she was 87. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's friday, june 16th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." america hacked. a cyberattack targets several u.s. government agencies. we have the latest on who may be the behind it. castle attack. a tourist is dead and another injured in an alleged attack by an american at a popular tourist destination. eliminating junk fees. president biden makes a push to cut hidden fees for concertgoers. find out when it takes effect. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a cyber-extortion gang based in russia is being blamed for a worldwide cyberattack that hit some u.s. federal and state government agencies.
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