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headed to belarus and will not details any consequences for publicly criticizing putin's war strategy. prigozhin blames putin for a missile strike on his own mercenary soldiers in ukraine. as a result the 62-year-old advanced his men in an armed revolt toward moscow, making it to within 150 miles of the capital before backing down. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy had this message for putin, claiming the man from the kremlin is, quote, very afraid and probably hiding somewhere. on social media, zelenskyy touted a positive and inspiring conversation today with president biden, adding that, quote, the world must keep pressure on putin. cbs' ian lee starts us off tonight from dnipro. ian? >> reporter: the events in russia played out like a momovi. it had a whole cast of characters and an ending many didn't anticipate.
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residents cheered wagner fighters as they left the russian city of rostov. from the heroes farewell, it would be hard to tell the mercenaries failed in their mutiny. the group's leader, yvgeny prigozhin, smiled and posed for selfies on his way out. some greeted the returning russian authorities less warmly, hurling insults. for hours, the world watched wagner forces march toward moscow. social media tracked every update of their advance. russian authorities locked down the capital, and with the kremlin's focus elsewhere, ukraine seized the opportunity, launching major assaults along the front. troops cleared russian trenches near bakhmut. while ukrainian soldiers rained down artillery on their positions. "we're firing shells all the time because our guys are trying to get through the russian defenses," he says. it was the war in ukraine that sparked the rebellion in russia. prigozhin accused the russian
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military of killing his men with a missile strike, a claim russian defense officials denied. his men quickly seized rostov, home of russia's southern military headquarters, before advancing toward moscow. a furious president vladimir putin went on state tv to call prigozhin a traitor. but with wagner troops knocking on moscow's gates, the kremlin cut a deal. wagner troops would be pardoned and returned to their bases. criminal charges against prigozhin would be dropped, and he'd go into exile in belarus, whose leader brokered the agreement. today, evidence of the insurrection evaporated. an uneasy calm settled on moscow and rostov. putin's hohold on power r survi. battered and bruised. despite trying to take advantage of the chaos in russia, jericka, it's still unclear whether ukraine successfully advanced the front line. >> all right, ian lee for us in dnipro, ukraine.
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in washington, the biden administration and other world leaders are reacting to the uprising. tonight, cbs' skyler henry has more on that part of the story from the white house. good evening, skyler junior hey, jer jericka, good to see you. the white house says president biden is being regularly updated about the latest in russia. his top advisers actually say that this weekend's events mean it will be president putin who will have a lot to answer to in the weeks and months ahead. >> this raises profound questions. it shows real cracks. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken said on "face the nation" the u.s. is watching what's happening in russia closely and carefully. >> we're in the midst of a moving picture. we haven't seen the last act. >> reporter: on saturday, president biden spoke with the leaders of the uk, france, and germany about the march on moscow before heading to camp david. national security adviser jake sullivan went with him. the president also reaffirmed the four countries' support for ukraine. lawmakers are now scrutinizing
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the short-lived revolt. >> where was the air force, the russian air force, in preventing this? that's going to be an issue that putin's going to have to deal with both internationally and domestically. >> reporter: even presidential hopefuls are weighing in. in some cases criticizing the biden administration for not doing more in the moment to help ukraine. >> the only thing we've been hearing out of the biden administration, the biden white house, is that we're actively monitoring. there's another word for that, that's wringing your hands and doing nothing. >> reporter: as u.s. officials work to learn more about what's going on in russia, there will be plenty of time to discuss for president biden and other foreign leaders during the nato leaders summit in two weeks. jericka? >> all right, skyler, thank you. more than 50 million people are in the path of oppressive heat in the south. paul goodloe from our partners at the weather channel takes a look at the forecast and what we should be looking out for this week. paul? >> jericka, our story continues to be the heat and the storms,
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strong and severe, even possibly producing tornados. we're going to track the storms right now, and eventually tomorrow they'll fire back up. east of the ohio valley, r east- mid-atlantic, northeast, parts of southeast as well. we'll pick them up early, early tomorrow morning as storms are winding down from tonight. it's really in the afternoon hours we start seeing the heating of the day and the cold front approaching. showers become thunderstorms become lines of storms producing damaging wind, potentially even tornados as we head through tomorrow evening and overnight. then things quiet down, but the heat dome giving us all this heat, guess what, it's going to kind of nudge its way a little farther east later on this week. the triple-digit heat pushes eastward. not triple digits but plenty of 90s coming into the southeast by the end of this week. >> all right, thanks, paul. california is rebounding from years of intense drought, but now as temperatures rise, the melting snow is making some outdoor adventures too dangerous to enjoy.
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cbs' elise preston joins us from los angeles to explain. elise, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, jericka. many californians are outside by the water at lakes, rivers, and streams. but because of historic storms, those popular waterways now come with a warning. fast and furious. that's how the cold water is flowing at yosemite national park with rangers warning visitors to stay out of some rivers and streams. record snowmelt across california has made many popular rivers off limits. >> this year, we're afraid to even put our feet in the water. it's so intense. >> reporter: several counties statewide have banned recreational rafting and swimming because of the risk of drowning and will fine those who ignore the closures. at least 18 people have drowned or disappeared in california waterways since april according to san jose's "the mercury news." the fierce currents carried one victim ten miles downstream. swiftwater rescue teams are
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bracing for a busy summer as many people underestimate the temperature and strength of the water. > people have come up and they enjoy themselves, but they get a little complacent. and it's unfortunate. >> reporter: rescue officials warn that the rivers are so cold, hypothermia can set in within minutes. they also say, if you do decide to swim, never be alone. jericka? jericka? >> did you know most dish soaps don't removeve all the g grea, even with scrubbing? (whaaat?) i jujust cleaneded those. try dawn platinum. it removes 99% of grease and food residue. that's why dawn is trurusted toto save wildldlife affefected by oioil. dawn plalatinum cleaeans to the sququeak.
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turn around without engaging the russian army. it was the biggest challenge to vladimir putin's regime since he came to power. wagner's leader, yevgeny prigozhin, reportedly agreed to go into exile in belarus. >> reporter: an armed mutiny by russia's toughest fighters set off a head-spining sequence of events, with rebel troops advancing on moscow. have we just witnessed a water shed moment? >> absolutely. absolutely. among the key milestones in russian history, particularly in the post-cold war era, this will be a key one. >> reporter: former amendola to jaesh john sullivan says vladimir putin's iron grip on power has been tested like never before. has he ever faced a threat like this before? >> this is the most significant threat that i think he has faced. >> reporter: putin went on television to appeal for support.
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>> if you saw the look on his face when he gave those remarks, he is a man under a great deal of stress. >> reporter: as he spoke, mute us in troops patrolled the streets of rostov in southern russia, and d their commanander yevgeny prigozhin, conversed with putin's generals in their headquarters, apparently having taken over without a fight. prigozhin was an ex-convict who became a caterer and made a fortune off his reputation as putin's favorite chef. then he turned to war, putting his mercenary force of convicts and veterans at putin's service. is prigozhin just a loose cannon? or is he a wily operator? >> what we're dealing with is, in effect, a career criminal. he spent most of the 1980s in prison in leningrad. so he is really an organized crime figure, in my mind. >> reporter: his troops fought and died by the thousands in the
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changed man forever or cursing the bad weather. >> reporter: as the whole world knows now, oceangate's business was taking adventure-seekers on these "titanic" dives. >> we're sitting on the "titanic." >> reporter: for $250,000 a ticket. on a one-of-a-kind carbon fiber submersible called the "titan." >> carbon fiber is a great material. it's better than titanium, it's better than a lot of other materials. >> reporter: this is stockton rush, the ceo of oceangate and the designer of the sub. last sunday, as he was piloting the sub to the "titanic," it imploded, killing him and his four passengers. we spent nine days at sea with rush last summer, and in wake of the tragic news, we thought you might like to see more of what we saw and hear more of what stockton rush said. the "titan" wasn't like any previous deep sea submersible. there was no dashboard, just a
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touchscreen computer and a single power button. >> we only have one button, that's it. >> wait a minute, i've seen submersibles, and they are banks of controls, like cockpit after cockpit. >> exactly. this is what other submersibles what the iphone was to the blackberry. >> reporter: but many of its components seemed surprisingly cheap. for views outside the sub, he has installed store-bought security cameras. reserve. >> i got these from camper world. >> reporter: then there was the steering unit. >> we run the whole thing with this game controller. >> come on. it seems like a lot of the way you made this is by taking off-the-shelf parts and macgyvering them together. >> yeah, pretty much. >> does that not raise anybody's eyebrows in the industry? >> oh, yeah. yeah, i am definitely an outlier. there are a lot of rules out there that didn't make engineering sense to me.
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>> reporter: everyone i know keeps asking me the same question. why would you get on that dangerous sub? well, first of all, stockton rush had the credentials. he majored in aerospace engineering at princeton. he designed and flew his own airplanes. he designed previous submersibles. second, he was emphatic that the important parts of the "titan" were rock solid. like the carbon fiber body for which nasa served as a consultant. >> there's certain things that you want to be buttoned down, and that's the pressure vessels. once the pressure vessel is -- you're certain it's not going to collapse on everybody, everything else can fail. your thrusters can go, your lights can go, you're still going to be safe. >> reporter: third, i was convinced by an expert. p.h. nargeolet, the veteran deep sea explorer who also perished in the "titan." over the years, he'd been to the "titanic" more than just about anyone. how many times have you been? >> with the last dive, 37 times.
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>> you've been to the "titanic" 37 times? >> yes. i was in charge of one, two, three, four, five -- five subs. >> how different is the "titan" from those other subs? >> completely different. most of them, you have a sphere. >> was there never a point when you wondered about the safety of the sub at that depth? >> no. two, three years ago, i had a phone call with stockton. and he explained to me that he was doing a lot of tests. he showed me some of the ways they were building the stuff. i say, okay, that's fine, that's fine, i have no problem diving the sub. >> reporter: i was also impressed by the sub's seven redundant systems for returning to the surface. so you have a backup of a backup of a backup of a backup of a backup? >> correct. >> reporter: finally, the crew seems to foster a culture of safety. there were checklists,
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inspections before and after every dive, and a "three strikes" rule. if three things seemed out of the ordinary, no matter how minor, they'd cancel the dive. i learned that the hard way on our own dive. >> we're in the water, we're floating, whoo! >> reporter: at this point, divers are supposed to detach the sub from its launch platform. >> so apparently those floats there came off the platform. that wasn't supposed to happen. >> so we're scrubbing? >> yeah, yeah, i think that's the consensus up here. >> copy that. >> reporter: i never did see "the titanic." and i wasn't unusual. in oceangate's first two summers of "titanic" operations, it spent a total of 50 days floating above the shipwreck site. but because of waves, bad weather, and malfunctions, the "titan" actually made it to the "titanic" only 12 times. but through it all, stockton rush defended his unconventional approach. >> anything, when you're trying something outside the box,
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people inside the box think you're nurts. same thing with elon musk was doing spacex. inside the box, everything's scary. >> reporter: but as early as 2018, there was concern about the "titan's" design. a former employee says that when he raised safety concerns, rush fired him. that same year, a group of submersible engineers urged rush to seek certification of the "titan" by a safety agency. rush declined, saying that regulation would stifle innovation. >> at some point, safety just is pure waste. i mean, if you just want to be safe, don't get out of bed. don't get in your car. don't do anything. at some point you're going to take some risk, and it really is a risk/reward question. i think i can do this just as safely by breaking the rules. >> so captain mclaren, have you spent much time in submarines? >> david, my total time under the water, divorced from the outside atmosphere is a little over 5 3/4 years.
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>> reporter: retired u.s. navy submarine captain alfred mclaren is not impressed by oceangate's innovations. >> would you fly in an airplane somebody excitedly tells you, it's going to be a lot cheaper because we found a new way of attaching the wings? yeah, right. >> reporter: he theorizes the on "titan failed" because it was made of three dissimilar materials. carbon fiber, titanium, and plexiglass for the porthole. >> when you have different materials, different molecular structure, different coefficients of expansion and compression, and then you make repeated cycles in depth, of course you're going to work that seal loose. and that's why submarines don't run around with any portholes at all, come to think of it. it's a weak point. >> i think there's a great, almost surreal irony here, which is "titanic" sank because the
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captain took it full steam into an ice field at night on a moonless night with very poor visibility. after he had been repeatedly warned by telegram, by marconi gram. >> reporter: in an interview with anderson cooper, filmmaker and veteran "titanic" diver james cameron pointed out a sad parallel between stockton rush and the captain of the "titanic." >> the arrogance and the hubris that sent that ship to its doom is exactly the same thing that sent those people in that sub to their fate. >> reporter: the world mourns the loss of stockton rush, p.h. nargeolet, and their three passengers, british billionaire hamish harding, pakistani businessman shahzada day wood and his son, suleman. already there's talk of restrictions and regulations and lawsuits. will the oceangate disaster mean fewer people going adventuring? >> well, every year, people do die skydiving and scuba diving and climbing mount everest. tragic every time.
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and yet people still keep coming. some people just have that itch. for them, danger is the point. the risk of dying gives meaning to living. i think stockton rush was among them. >> i wanted to be sort of the captain kirk. i didn't want to be the passenger in the back. i realized that the ocean is the universe. that's where life is. >> that again was david pogue. the "overnight news" is back in two minutes.
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music has a way of bringing out the best in people. one orchestra in washington has a program dedicated to that, giving young musicians of color an opportunity to shine. here's cbs' nancy chin. >> reporter: olivia tilly's harp stood well above her when she started lessons at age 7. what do you like about playing the harp? >> it allows me to express myself in ways that sometimes words can't. ♪
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>> reporter: now a teen, she says she was often one of the few performers of color in the halls she played in, until she signed up for the washington musical pathways initiative. >> in classical music, less than 6% of undergraduates are african american and latinx. we want to change that. >> reporter: students including austin get free private lessons and master classes at the kennedy center from established musicians like the string queens. >> i don't even know where i would be without this program. ♪ >> reporter: it's part of a national network to foster profesessional careeeers inn mu. the quartrterback c. ininitiati jujust graduatated its firirst . that incncluded tilly, who will enroll in juilliard in the fall. >> i've gotten to meet a lot of other talented individuals who
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inspire me and who i can also look up to that look like me. >> reporter: a prelude to creating music for years to come. nancy chen, cbs news, washington. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm olivia gazis in new york. severe storms hit central indiana sunday, killing at least one person. several suspected tornados were reported, and dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. thousands of unionized starbucks employees are on strike this week, accusing the coffee chain of restricting pride decorations at certain locations.
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starbucks says decorations are up to local managers, but starbucks workers united says the company's direction on the issue has been inconsistent. the international african american museum opens to the public this week in charleston, south carolina. the museum overlooks gadsden's wharf where an estimated 45% of enslaved africans first entered america. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone i'm ia gazis, cbs news, new york. putin's power in question. that attempted rebellion by the russian president's own mercenary leader exposing what some global leaders say are cracks in vladimir putin's decades-long control. >> this raises profound questions. putin has a lot more to answer for in the weeks and months ahead. >> plus the latest on what's next for yevgeny prigozhin as he heads into exile, and those
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hired soldiers who followed his lead on the aborted march to moscow. i'm ian lee in dnipro, where ukrainian forces are trying to take advantage of a failed insurrection in russia. dangerous weather. a record-setting heat dome. more than 50 million americans are trapped under a record-setting heat dome. the same system could bring high winds, pounding rain, and tornados. plus boycotts and backlash from coast to coast. millions are ending pride month waving the rainbow flag in support of lgbtq rights as new clouds appear for the community and its allies. >> i'm astrid martinez in new york city where the pride parade message is celebration and unity. later, movie magic. we'll take you inside the warehouse that's home to some of hollywood's most iconic creations. >> this is a dream come true for so many batman fans.
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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we begin with that fallout from the rebellion against russian president vladimir putin and his military officials. tonight, the whereabouts of putin's former ally, yevgeny prigozhin, are unknown. kremlin officials say he is headed to belarus and will not face consequences for publicly criticizing putin's war strategy. prigozhin blames putin for a missile strike on his own mercenary soldiers in ukraine. as a result, the 62-year-old advanced his men in an armed revolt toward moscow, making it to within 150 miles of the capital before backing down. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy had this message for putin, claiming the man from the kremlin is, quote, very afraid and probably hiding somewhere. on social media, zelenskyy touted a positive and inspiring conversation today with
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president biden, adding that, quote, the world must keep pressure on putin. cbs' ian lee starts us off tonight from dnipro, ian? >> reporter: good evening, jericka. the events in russia played out like a movie. it had a whole cast of characters and an ending many didn't anticipate. residents cheered wagner fghters as they left the russian city of rostov. from the heroes farewell, it would be hard to tell the mercenaries failed in their mutiny. the group's leader, yvgeny prigozhin, smiled and posed for selfies on his way out. some greeted the returning russian authorities less firmly, hurling insults. for hours, the world watched wagner forces march toward moscow. social media tracked every update of their advance. russian authorities locked down the capital, and with the kremlin's focus elsewhere, ukraine seized the opportunity, launching major assaults along the front.
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troops cleared russian trenches near bakhmut. while ukrainian soldiers rained down artillery on their positions. "we're firing shells all the time because our guys are trying to get through the russian defenses," he says. it was the war in ukraine that sparked the rebellion in russia. prigozhin accused the russian military of killing his men with a missile strike, a claim russian defense officials denied. his men quickly seized rostov, home of russia's southern military headquarters, before advancing toward moscow. a furious president vladimir putin went on state tv to call prigozhin a traitor. but with wagner troops knocking on moscow's gates, the kremlin cut a deal. wagnerer troops woululd be pard and returned to their bases. criminal charges against prigozhin would be dropped, and he'd go into exile in belarus, whose leader brokered the agreement.
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today, evidence of the insurrection evaporated. an uneasy calm settled on moscow and rostov. puputin's hold o on power survi. battered and bruised. despite trying to take advantage of the chaos in russia, jericka, it's still unclear whether ukraine successfully advanced the front line. >> all right, ian lee for us in dnipro, ukraine. in washington, the biden administration and other world leaders are reacting to the uprising. tonight, cbs' skyler henry has more on that part of the story from the white house. good evening, skyler. >> reporter: hey, jericka, good to see you. the white house says president biden is being regularly updated about the latest in russia. his top advisers actually say that this weekend's events mean it will be president putin who will have a lot to answer to in the weeks and months ahead. >> this raises profound questions. it shows real cracks. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken said on "face the
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nation" the u.s. is watching what's happening in russia closely and carefully. >> we're in the midst of a moving picture. we haven't seen the last act. >> reporter: on saturday, president biden spoke with the leaders of the uk, france, and germany about the march on moscow before heading to camp david. national security adviser jake sullivan went with him. the president also reaffirmed the four countries' support for ukraine. lawmakers are now scrutinizing the short-lived revolt. >> where was the air force, the russian air force, in preventing this? that's going to be an issue that putin's going to have to deal with both internationally and domestically. >> i don't think anyone has clarity about what happens next. >> reporter: even presidential hopefuls are weighing in. in some cases criticizing the biden administration for not doing more in the moment to help ukraine. >> the only thing we've been hearing out of the biden administration, the biden white house, is that we're actively monitoring. there's another word for that, that's wringing your hands and doing nothing. >> reporter: as u.s. officials work to learn more about what's
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going on in russia, there will be plenty of time to discuss for president biden and other foreign leaders during the nato leaders summit in two weeks. jericka? >> all right, skyler, thank you. more than 50 million people are in the path of oppressive heat in the south. paul goodloe from our partners at the weather channel takes a look at the forecast and what we should be looking out for this week. paul? >> jericka, our story is going to continue to be the heat and the storms, strong and severe, even possibly producing tornados. we're going to track the storms right now, and eventually tomorrow they'll fire back up. this time a little farther east. east of the ohio valley, mid-atlantic, northeast, parts of the southeast as well. we'll pick them up early, early tomorrow morning as storms are winding down from tonight. it's really in the afternoon hours we start seeing the heating of the day and the cold front approaching. showers become thunderstorms become lines of storms producing damaging wind, potentially even tornados as we head through tomorrow evening and overnight. then things quiet down, but the heat dome giving us all this
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heat, guess what, it's going to kind of nudge its way a little farther east later on this week. the triple digit-heat pushes eastward. not triple digits but plenty of 90s coming into the southeast by the end of this week. >> all right, thanks, paul. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> california is rebounding from years of intense drought, but now as temperatures rise, the melting snow is making some outdoor adventures too dangerous to enjoy. cbs' elise preston joins us from los angeles to explain. elise, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to
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you. summer means many californians are outside by the water at lakes, rivers, and streams. but because of historic storms, those popular waterways now come with a warning. fast and furious. that's how the cold water is flowing at yosemite national park with rangers warning visitors to stay out of some rivers and streams. record snowmelt across california has made many popular rivers off limits. >> this year, we're afraid to even put our feet in the water. it's so intense. >> reporter: several counties statewide have banned recreational rafting and swimming because of the risk of drowning. and will fine those who ignore the closures. at least 18 people have drowned or disappeared in california waterways since april according to san jose's "the mercury news." the fierce currents carried one victim ten miles downstream. swiftwater rescue teams are
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bracing for a busy summer as many people underestimate the temperature and strength of the water. >> people have come up and they enjoy themselves, but they get a little complacent. and it's unfortunate. >> reporter: rescue officials warn that the rivers are so cold, hypothermia can set in within minutes. they also say, if you do decide to swim, never be alone. jericka? >> elise preston with that helpful information, thank you. today the coast guard announced it is leading the investigation into the "titan" submersible that imploded. it happened thousands of feet below sea level near the wreckage site of "the titanic." the agency has been salvaging pieces of the vessel and conducting interviews. the remains of the five people on board have not been recovered. cleanup is under way in montana tonight after a bridge collapse and train derailment. however, it's unclear which happened first. it sent freight cars with potentially hazardous material tumbling into the yellowstone river saturday.
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no one was hurt. today, pride parades filled the streets of cities across this country with the final weekend of pride month. with new legislation aimed at the lgbtq+ community, for many pride is not just a party, it's a protest. cbs' astrid martinez joins us in new york with more. astrid? >> reporter: good evening, jericka. there were hundreds of pride events around the country, but the biggest right here in new york where the message was solidarity when it's needed most. ♪ the streets of new york were filled with both pride and joy. thousands packed the parade route in a show of support for the lgbtq community. >> it's to show people that we're here and that we have voices and we're going to be heard. >> reporter: but even with pride events from chicago to seattle to san francisco, this year's celebration is dampened by what many see as a backlash against gay and transgender rights.
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>> our community is under attack right now. nationally, it's under attack. >> reporter: this month, missouri became the 20th state to restrict or ban gender-affirming medical care for minors. the anti-defamation league and advocacy group glaad say anti-lgbtq incidents are on the rise. leading to more security at this year's events. >> we're going to have our most experienced officers working throughout the night. >> reporter: here in new york, governor kathy hochul reaffirmed the state's protection for the lgbtq community. >> we're going to make new york a safe haven for trans youth from all across this country. >> reporter: and that report from the anti-defamation league found more than 100 anti-lgbtq incidents in the u.s. in the first three weeks of this month. that's more than twice compared to last june. jericka? >> astrid martinez, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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doesn't just reset her router or modem like many of us would. moore takes her laptop for a ride, up the hill behind her house, on the hunt for a hot spot. >> it's kind of like you share your favorite place to shop. we share our favorite places to get signal. >> reporter: moore lives in clay county, west virginia, a state where the fcc estimates about one-third of homes and businesses do not have high-speed broadband access. while she now often works from home for the united way, moore was a professional photographer for 20 years. not having the bandwidth to upload files turned out to be much more than an inconvenience. it sounds like it altered your career path? >> it did. it absolutely altered my career path. i didn't have time to wait for the infrastructure to catch up to the business that we wanted to have. so i just had to let it go. >> broadband isn't a luxury anymore, it's a necessity. >> reporter: commerce secretary gina raimondo is leading the
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biden administration's $65 billion broadband push as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law signed in 2021. raimondo's broader mission is maintaining america's competitiveness with china. >> it's really essential to our competition. >> so are we at a disadvantage right now? >> tapping into everyone in america -- boys, girls, people of color, people living in rural america -- will make us stronger. and if those are the people who don't have the internet, we're losing out on their talent. >> reporter: talent, like 15-year-old jaylee pursinger, who does not have broadband at her house in hico, west virginia. how does the lack of fast service impact your schoolwork at home? >> it makes it very hard. it takes me a minute to five minutes to reconnect. >> reporter: jaylee's principal, richard pettitte, says some
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students can't connect to the internet at all. >> if we don't do something to address the gap, we can only determine that we're going to leave people behind. >> reporter: west virginia, along with every other state, will receive federal funding to expand broadband access. exactly how the billions of dollars are divvied up will be announced by the end of this month based on the newly released fcc coverage map. but even with the influx of cash, it may still be a long road. >> the biggest challenge is topography. you think about some places out in the west or anywhere, really, with mountain ranges, with difficult physical circumstances. but we will get it done. >> reporter: for amanda moore, it can't get done soon enough. would broadband access make your life better? >> broadband access would make me probably sing and dance and -- yeah, it would make my life easier. it would make everybody's life a lot easier.
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but leave it up to our carter evans, who got a rare tour. >> reporter: inside a los angeles warehouse so top secret we can't even show you the outside lies a treasure trove of movie memorabilia. >> this is an incredible garage right here. i recognize a lot of these. wow. >> this is the duesenberg from baz luhrman's "the great gatsby." >> reporter: george feltenstein is warner brothers' library historian. >> this is an absolutely incredible space. i look around, and i see things that i recognize from my childhood everywhere. >> reporter: and this is where their priceless props are stored. including an impressive lineup of ten batmobiles. >> this isn't just a prop, it actually works. it actually drives. it runs, it moves. >> so i actually get to turn this thing on? i mean, this is a dream come true for so many batman fans.
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ready? [ engine starts ] oh, yeah. >> reporter: the archive is still a working prop house, renting out items for protections. but some are too precious, too fragile, or too unique to ever consider reusing. >> this was vanessa redgrave's dress as guinevere in the wedding scene of "camelot." no expense spared. >> reporter: the archive offers a peek behind the scenes. production notes, music scores and scripts. >> this is the original editor's script for "casablanca." you can see it's typewritten, the pages are a little frayed. >> reporter: these priceless documents share space with an estimated 100,000 costumes. this is like walking through time. >> very much so. >> reporter: matt truex is an archivist in this vast vault. >> i pulled out a cool surprise for you. >> okay. >> reporter: as a child of the '70s, this one really brought me back. ♪ >> i heard you, like me, are a superman fan. >> yes, yes. >> is this one of the first movies?
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>> this is from the first movie. you can check out the tag here. it says, "christopher reeve." >> wow. ♪ >> reporter: here's what lois lane wore on their first date. >> this is her falling out of the helicopter. christopher reeve catching her. "you've got me, who's got you?" >> reporter: all of these props and costumes, especially the ones from the golden age, seem like part of a bygone era, a testament to a century of
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an american anthropologist digging in south africa's cradle of humanity says he's uncovered the oldest burial chamber of our ancient cousins. ian lee has more. >> reporter: to travel back in time, paleo anthropologist lee berger first heads underground. >> these caves are filled with fossils. these fossils are probably over 2 million years old in front of you. >> all of this?
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>> reporter: the u.s. explorer says he and his team in south africa have discovered the oldest burial site in the world, predating human burials by at least 100,000 years. >> that we have discovered a nonhuman species that buried its dead in a ritual fashion over and over and over again. and while they were doing that, they carved symbols on the wall above it. >> reporter: fossil remains of the homo naledi were uncovered in these caves around a decade ago. since then, researchers have kept squeezing into them, looking for clues. not everyone is convinced about this latest find, mainly because our stone age cousins had brains one-third the size of ours. >> i'm skeptical at that point because i'm not sure they've accounted for every other potential process that's brought these b bones together. >> reporteter: scientists havevt toto determine how oldld the ca markings arere or who actually carved them, but berger is confident it's a groundbreaking discovery. >> it goes against everything,
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hundreds of years of humans trying to understand why we're so special. >> reporter: researchers say they'll keep exploring to unlock the completete story of human evolution. ian lee, cbs news. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this monday. check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm olivia gazis in new york. severe storms hit central indiana sunday, killing at least one person. several suspected tornados were reported and dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. thousands of unionized starbucks employees are on strike this week, accusing the coffee chain of restricting pride decorations at certain locations.
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starbucks says decorations are up to local managers, but starbucks workers united says the company's direction on the issue has been inconsistent. the international african american museum opens to the public this week in charleston, south carolina. the museum overlooks gadsden's wharf where an estimated 45% of enslaved africans first entered america. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm olivia gazis, cbs news, new york. it's monday, june 26th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." coup halted. the russian wagner mercenary stopped their march to moscow. we have the latest on the possible whereabouts of their leader. caught on camera -- tornado touches down in indiana. we have the latest on the damage to the residences it ripped through. "titan" sub recovery.
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