threat rather than towards the threat. >> reporter: 17 people died during the massacre at marjory stoneman douglas high school on february 14th, 2018. peterson was the only armed school resource officer on duty. prosecutors said he ignored his training to confront the gunman. instead, he remained outside the building for more than 40 minutes. peterson's attorney argued he could not tell where the shots were coming from. cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman. >> the reason this case is so unprecedented is that in the context of this mass shooting, this man was prosecuted because he didn't do something. that's very rare indeed. >> reporter: peterson was the only person besides the shooter to be criminally charged. he decided not to take the stand during the trial. norah. >> manny bojorquez, thank you. tonight millions of americans are on the move ahead

of the long july 4th holiday weekend. today was expected to be the busiest day for air travel, adding pressure to an already stressful week at the nation's airports. cbs's kris van cleave reports that nearly 51 million will travel by plane, train, car, or cruise according to the aaa. >> reporter: tonight the fourth of july holiday weekend has a potential record number of americans hoping for independence from travel troubles. >> it's a lot. hopefully we make our flight. >> i'm hoping that i can get to florida without any delays. >> reporter: aaa predicted the number of holiday flyers will soar 11% over last year. but the rush comes as airlines recover from a series of storms that delayed about 45,000 flights and forced the cancellation of over 8,000 more since saturday. united airlines is the hardest hit, canceling around 14% of its flights just today. and in denver, a sea of bags wait to be claimed as a flood of passengers try to get somewhere

else. >> my phone dinged saying my flight was canceled. >> reporter: madeline hardy left new york city on amtrak, avoiding the airport. >> since what's going on, i happen to be taking the train. >> reporter: more than 43 million are expected to drive. with gas prices on average more than $1.30 a gallon cheaper than last year. welcome news for dennis, who is hauming a camper youtside los angeles. we difl have more money to spend on the tourist stuff. >> reporter: and this moment. after a passenger from phoenix left her passport on that train, these british airways pilots in the terminal got a hold of the g guys. vacation saved. >> amazing! she's going to get her passport. >> reporter: a travel silver lining there. the tsa expects tomorrow will be very busy. they anticipate screening more than 2.8 million people.

that could be a post-pandemic record. united airlines says it made good improvement today and expects to see its cancellations and delays continue to decline, weather permitting. norah. >> that purse with passport drop was pretty good. she's very lucky. kris van cleave, thank you very much. many of those hitting the road will experience poor air quality from those canadian wildfires. more than 112 million americans across dozens of states are feeling the effects of the smoke. while in the south, it's the deadly heat. cbs's scott macfarlane reports that some of the worst of the unealthy air has settled above us right here in the nation's capital. >> reporter: washington, d.c. today had some of the most polluted air in the world. d.c. and maryland urged face coverings and for seniors to minimize their time outside. at the washington monument, livia pecos visiting from massachusetts was masked. >> and it's like way foggier than it would be on a normal

day. >> but you still wanted to make the trip today? >> yes. because we want to see the monuments because this is our last full day here. >> reporter: nearly a third of the population of america is feeling at least some impact. in chicago, city officials urged people to limit driving and they opened some air-conditioned shelters. >> it smells like a camp fire. >> reporter: residents said the air smelled like a barbecue pit as it blanketed pittsburgh. coaches canceled swim practice near st. louis. >> they can get into some pretty rigorous activity, so we didn't want to expose them to the air quality at that time. >> reporter: in the south, heat is the big issue as more than 44 million people are under an excessive heat warning. janet shamlian is in houston. >> reporter: for construction workers like these and so many others, this is their office. there is no relief whatsoever from the heat. right now the surface temperature where they've been working all day has measured 123 degrees. elsewhere, home security video captured a delivery driver overcome by heat. amazon says the worker is okay. at new orleans police

headquarters, it's hotter inside than out. the air-conditioning broken as the heat index hits 113 degrees. >> reporter: back in d.c., satellite images show this cycle of smoeg continues with more wildfires flaring up in quebec and making the march south through the u.s. east coast. this blanket of smoke, which you can see is blurring the washington monument, shifts south tomorrow, clearing the way and clearing the air for a crush of visitors coming here july 4th. norah. o cf1 o >> hopefully to see those fireworks. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden.

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leaving farmers and consumers out in the cold. in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's mark strassmann heads to the heart of peach country. >> reporter: in the peach state, naturally you eat peach cobbler. but at atlanta's silver skillet restaurant -- >> everything okay? we're either using canned peaches, or we're having to do fresh frozen. >> reporter: georgia's fresh peaches are expensive and scarce. lotten pierson, a fifth generation peach farmer, showed us why. >> you've got peaches here, and that variety has nothing. >> not one. >> not a single peach on it. that's the way 95% of the farm looks. >> reporter: his 1,500 acre peach crop is a lemon. pierson's losing an annual challenge. it's something called chill hours. his georgia peaches, always a diva fruit, generally need 850

hours under 45 degrees fahrenheit to blossom. this year's crop, with climate change, had about 700 chill hours. >> starting in 2016, it's like we fell off a cliff. the average is about the minimum we need to have a good crop. >> no margin for error. >> that's right. we've got to come up to the average every year. >> reporter: dario chavez is trying to breed a boetter peach >> each one of these is actually a pit from the fruit that we harvest, from a cross that we made. >> reporter: at the university of georgia, his peach team is matchmaking slivers from the pits of different varieties. their goal, a peach more resilient to georgia's changing climate. >> here we're looking at a high chill variety of peaches. >> reporter: but all good br breeding takes time and georgia is running out. >> it actually teaks akes decad >> continuing to grow peaches, it's potentially a risk. >> yeah, it's potentially a risk. >> reporter: in his groves of

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for the third time in recent weeks, a concert has been interrupted by someone in the audience throwing an object onstage. country singer kelsea ballerini was hit in the face during a performance wednesday night in idaho. fans posted online that ballerini was struck by a bracelet. earlier this month, pop singer bebe rexha needed stitches after being hit in the face by a cell phone. and then a fan threw a bag of their mother's ashes onstage at a p!nk concert. billionaire richard

it was a historic day for space tourism. after years of delays, virgin galactic, founded by british billionaire richard branson, pulled off its first commercial flight to the edge of space and back. the winged rocket plane lifted off from new mexico.

the two pilots and three italian researchers flew nearly 53 miles above earth. they enjoyed a few minutes of weight weightlessness. a major league pitcher accomplishes one of the rarest feats in all of sports. that's next. we end tonight with perfection. a pitcher on the new york

yankees is celebrating an extremely rare perfect game. domingo german shut down all 27 batters he faced, striking out 9 as the yankees blew out the oakland a's wednesday night, 11-0. it was only the 24th perfect game in major league history and the first in over a decade. german revealed after the game that he'd been grieving his uncle's death earlier this week. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. another hollywood strike could be looming as the screen actors guild contract runs out tonight. earlier this week, over 300

union members, including meryl streep and jennifer lawrence, signed a letter supporting a strike if a transformative deal could not be reached. the artificial sweetener aspartame is reportedly set to be classified as a possible car sin oh jen by the cancer research arm of the world health organization. aspartame is currently approved by the fda. the who report will be released on july 14th. and christine king ferris, the stis and supporter of dr. martin luther king jr., has passed away at 95. 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 the supreme court striking down affirmative action and reshaping

college admissions. in a 6-3 decision, the justices ruled that harvard university and the university of north carolina violated the constitution by considering race when deciding whether to admit someone to their school. a landmark case overturning nearly 50 years of precedent. it's the latest example of the conservative majority redefining american law, including abortion rights and guns. the ruling means higher education institutions will need to come up with new ways to create diverse student bodies. groups of protesters, mostly made up of young adults, gathered outside the court to voice their outrage and to underscore how monumental this case is, six of the nine justices wrote opinions, many personal and strongly worded. vashz cbs's major garrett has all the details and will start us off tonight from outside the supreme court. good evening, major. >> reporter: good evening, norah. yes, it was personal with justices on the touch stone issue of race talking to and past one another. the sweeping and historic ruling

effectively ends affirmative action in college admissions, reversing decades of precedent that less conservative court majorities had protected in giving colleges and universities some latitude to consider race as one factor as they sought to build more diverse student bodies. writing for the majority, chief justice john roberts said admission policies at harvard university and the university of north carolina violated the 14th amendment's equal protection clause. the student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual, not on the basis of race, roberts wrote. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in a scathing dissent, justice sonia sotomayor accused the court majority of ignoring history and precedent. the court cements a superficial rule of color blindness as a constitutional principle in an endemically segregated society, where race has always mattered and continues to matter. at the white house, president biden criticized the

conservative majority and said the nation must find a new way to achieve diversity in college admissions. >> what i propose for consideration is a new standard where colleges take into account the adversity a student has overcome when selecting among qualified applicants. >> reporter: the opinion also exposed deep personal and ideological divisions within the court. justice ketanji brown jackson, the first black woman to serve on the high court, wrote in her dissent, quote, with let them eat cake obliviousness, the majority pulls the rip cord and announces colorblindness for all by legal fiat. clarence thomas, the court's other black justice, responded, quote, justice jackson uses her broad observations about statistical relationships between race and select measures of health, wealth, and well-being to label all blacks as victims. >> we won't go back! >> reporter: outside the court,

students and civil rights leaders assembled to protest. >> i think in this moment in time, it's important for every institution from colleges to corporations to commit to pledge to diversity no matter what. >> reporter: ed blum, the president of students for fair admissions, brought the case to the court, arguing race should not factor into admissions decisions at all. >> ending racial preferences in college admissions is an outcome that the vast majority of all americans, of all races, will celebrate. >> reporter: cbs news polling shows that 70% of americans think race should not be allowed as a factor in college admissions. but statistics indicate that in states that have banned affirmative action, such as california and michigan, admissions for black and latino students have fallen dramatically at their most selective universities. shruthi kumar, a student at harvard, opposes today's court ruling.

>> i think the idea that our society, like, can be color blind is a silly one. we don't live in a perfect meritocracy. >> reporter: the decision was praised by most republican primary contenders, chief among them former president trump, who took credit for appointing three of the justices in today's conservative majority. former first lady michelle obama said she'd benefited greatly from affirmative action and vowed to continue her work to build more minority inclusion in higher education. norah. >> major garrett on this landmark case, thank you. tonight, millions of americans are on the move ahead of the long july 4th holiday weekend. today was expected to be the busiest day for air travel, adding pressure to an already stressful week at the nation's airports. cbs's kris van cleave reports that nearly 51 million will travel by plane, train, car, or cruise according to the aaa. >> reporter: tonight the fourth of july holiday weekend has a potential record number of americans hoping for independence from travel troubles. >> it's a lot.

hopefully we make our flight. >> i'm hoping that i can get to florida without any delays. >> reporter: aa predicts the number of holiday flyers will soar 11% over last year. but the rush comes as airlines recover from a series of storms that delayed about 45,000 flights and forced the cancellation of over 8,000 more since saturday. united airlines is the hardest hit, canceling around 14% of its flights just today. and in denver, a sea of bags wait to be claimed as a flood of passengers try to get somewhere else. >> my phone dinged saying my flight was canceled. >> reporter: madeline hardy left new york city on amtrak, avoiding the airport. >> since what's going on, i'm happy to be taking the train. >> reporter: on the roads, more than 43 million are expected to drive, surpassing the pre-pandemic fourth of july record. with gas prices on average more than $1.30 a gallon cheaper than last year. welcome news for dennis, who is hauling a camper outside los angeles. >> we definitely have more money now to spend on the tourist

stuff. >> reporter: and this moment. after a passenger from phoenix left her passport on that train, these british airways pilots in the terminal got a hold of the guys on the flight deck, who dropped her purse out the cockpit window as they pushed back for departure. vacation saved. >> amazing! she's going to get her passport. >> reporter: a travel silver lining there. the tsa expects tomorrow will be very busy. they anticipate screening more than 2.8 million people. that could be a post-pandemic record. united airlines says it made good improvement today and expects to see its cancellations and delays continue to decline, weather permitting. norah. >> that purse with passport drop was pretty good. she's very lucky. kris van cleave, thank you very much. turning now overseas, paris and much of france remains on edge following three nights of violent and destructive protests sparked by the deadly police

shooting of a 17-year-old boy during a traffic stop. president emmanuel macron called the killing inexcusable, and the officer is facing a preliminary charge of voluntary homicide. about 40,000 police officers are now on patrol across france. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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washington. thanks for staying with us. a cancer diagnosis is a life-changing event, and the battle against the disease can be long and grueling. that fight for life is now complicated by an alarming shortage of lifesaving cancer treatments. 14 commonly used chemotherapy drugs are now in short supply, and that means that more than 500,000 patients do not know if they can get the treatment they need. norah o'donnell spoke with one of them. >> reporter: carol noon has an aggressive form of endomeet real cancer. it's treatable, but there's no time to waste. >> do you know if the drugs will be available for the rest of your treatment? >> no. i have no -- there's no guarantee. >> reporter: the night before her seconond dose of chememo, t 61-year-old got a call from her doctor. the hospital ran out of her treatment. thankfully, noon got her dose a week later. >> so how has this complicated your recovery process? >> well, i think it's an

emotional roller coaster. it's just very frustrating to know that there's a standard of care, these two generic drugs, and i can't get them. >> what do the doctors say when you ask what does this delayed treatment mean for my prognosis? >> oh, my gosh. they're frustrated. we're just hoping there's going to be treatment available. >> reporter: patients like noon are given carboplatin and cisplatin, generic medications which are not profitable, and few are made in america. since the pandemic, the international supply chain has struggled. making the issue dire right now, fda inspectors found widespread problems at a factory in india that reportedly makes more than half of the u.s. supply of cisplatin. >> i think we do need answers. there are solutions. we just have to think differently. we have to approach this differently. >> reporter: the fda says it's working to end the shortage, but it can't require a pharmaceutical company to make a drug or even make more of a drug. for now, the shortage means

hundreds of thousands of sick patients are left in limbo. >> we had to make some decisions about who we were going to prioritize during this difficult time. >> reporter: oncologist dr. carrie wisinski has never seen a shortage this serious. >> the question is could people die because of this shortage? i think it all depends on how long it occurred. if we experienced a prolonged shortage of chemotherapy, then, yes, i do think people could die. >> reporter: in response, the fda temporarily ganim prioritying a chinese chemo drug. but doctors say more needs to be done. >> someday i'm going to die. i really would rather not die because these standard generic drugs weren't available to me. and i can't imagine my family having that doubt. was it the cancer, or was it that there was not enough chemotherapy and it got rationed? >> reporter: i'm norah o'donnell

in washington. for years, the power industry has been trying to find new technology that would make oldeder coal-f-fired powerer pl more eco-o-friendly. one possible answer is a prorocs calllled carbon capture,e, and new epa rules take effect, most planants that burn f fossil f f mamay have to use it or risk getting shut down. congress has allocated billions of dollars in subsidies to expand its use, but carbon capture has faced criticism, including that it's too expensive and just doesn't work. ben tracy reports. >> this is the nashlth carbon capture center and kind of our main mission here is to test carbon capture. >> reporter: the national carbon capture center sits along the banks of the kusa river in alabama. it looks a bit like something willy wonka might build if he ditched chocolate for carbon dioxide. >> how long have you guys been testing carbon capture here? >> so we've been testing a total

now of over a decade. >> reporter: john northington is the director of this department of energy research facility. it's attached to an operating coal and natural gas fired power plant run by utility giant southern company. >> so this place is like a very large laboratory? >> yes. it represents about 135,000 hours of testing and over 70 different technologies. >> reporter: coal and gas-fired power plants generate about 60% of the electricity in the u.s. and are the country's second largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. carbon capture stops co2 emissions from going up the smokestack. they are separated out with chemicals and usually injected and stored underground. >> does the technology work? >> yes, the technology does work. >> what percentage of the carbon do you actually capture? >> generally in the neighborhood of 95% capture. >> reporter: but so far, what's worked in the lab has not worked

so well in the real world. the petra nova coal-fired power plant outside houston was the first and only commercial plant in the u.s. to use carbon capture. it had technical issues, high costs, and was moth balled in 2020. its new owner is now attempting to revive it. >> it's definitely not a silver bullet. >> reporter: mit professor charles harvey says carbon capture and storage, or ccs, doesn't make sense because it now costs less to build new renewable energy projects such as wind and solar than to operate an existing coal plant. >> a dollar spent in the renewable technologies will avert a lot more emissions than ccs will. >> reporter: he argues carbon capture just allows the industry to keep burning fossil fuels. in fact, the carbon captured at the petra nova plant in texas was used to extract more oil from the ground in a process called enhanced oil recovery. >> the frustrating thing is that

there is an easy solution, and that's to stop using fossil fuels. we have the technology to do most of that right now, and i don't think we should be distracted from that. >> reporter: he does believe there could be a role for something called direct air capture, sucking planet-warming co 2:00 right out of the sky to help avoid runaway global warming. >> this is the biggest version that exists on the plant? >> yes. >> this is the world's largest operating direct air capture facility. we visited in 2021, , the day ty turned it on. these fans suck in air. co2 is separated out, and then inside these huts, it's injected into the ground, where it's permanently stored in rock formations. >> every ton of co2 that's removed is a ton that's actually helping fighting climate change and not contributing to global warming.

>> reporter: but it can onlnly removeve about 4,000 of ththe ny 40 billion continues of co2 humans are pumping into the atmosphere every year. larger facilities are now being built, including this one in west texas. >> i'm excited. i think there's a tremendous amount of potential. >> reporter: john northenton believes carbon capture technologies can help even if they're not a silver bullet. >> if you take that off the table, then you're trying to solve the problem, which is a very complex problem, with one arm tied behind your back. >> reporter: i'm ben tracy in wilsonville, alabama. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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oversees production. it takes about 50 people, he says, to make each hat, from sewing the sweat band to crafting the crown. >> this is where the stetson hats literally start to take their shape. >> reporter: some of the machines 50 years old but still considered the gold standard of production. >> we'll kind of put kind of a rough shape to it, put it inside the mold. we'll put the plug inside the mold. now push the start. you just pressed a stetson hat. >> love it. >> you're a professional. >> hire me? >> you're hired. >> reporter: after a minute or so, this is the result. wow. the company started in 1865 in philadelphia. founded by john stetson, who borrowed $60 from his sister to start the company. you could buy one for $8. the price of entry now is about $100. for top of the line models, more than $1,000. >> they're not cheap. >> they're not cheap. there are affordable entry points into stetson, but quality

isn't cheap. the hats that you see in this factory are all made by hand, made in america. you know, you do pay a premium for that, but we also like to think it's worth it. >> reporter: who's worn a stetson? who hasn't. actors john wayne, frank sinatra, steve mcqueen, appro presidents truman, eieisenhower and obama. more rececently, post malolone arnoldld schwarzezenegger. >> to our n next andnd final contestantnt, bud davis. >> r reporter: salales surgeged john t travolta wore one in 198s "urban cowboy." but stetson went bankrupt a few years later. another company bought the license and now makes the hats. >> we literally have not changed our process, have not changed our material, and haven't changed our machinery. quite frankly, there's probably still some people that have made stetson hats over 40 years ago

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>> reporter: this vending machine in new york city is in the business of providing products that could be lifesaving. >> as you see, we have masks. we have wound care. we have narcan kits. we have zylazine and fentanyl test strips and feminine hygiene and regular old hygiene kits because the community said that was something they wanted. >> reporter: it's the first public health vending machine from the city's department of health and mental hygiene. the goal is to reduce stigma and increase access as the city looks for new ways to lower overdose deaths. >> we all know people who would be alive today if a machine like that had existed, that whether we're working with someone who winds up dying of an infection because they couldn't access free wound care. >> reporter: services for the underserved says 100 kits of narcan, the drug used to reverse an opioid overdose, were distributed in the first week. the supplies are free and restocked daily.

the hope that this vending machine will encourage people to seek the services and medical care they need. bradley blackburn, cbs news, new york. that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for c"cbs mornings." follow us online at cbsnews.com, and you can also join me for my radio show, america changed forever, but check your local listings. this week, we're discussing the situation in russia. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. another hollywood strike could be looming as the screen actors guild contract runs out tonight. earlier this week, over 300 union members, including meryl

streep and jennifer lawrence, signed a letter supporting a strike if a transformative deal could not be reached. the artificial sweetener aspartame is reportedly set to be classified as a possible carcinogen by the cancer research arm of the world health organization. aspartame is currently approved by the fda. the w.h.o. report will be released on july 14th. and christ e king farris, the sister and supporter of dr. martin luther king jr., has passed away at 95. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell one or i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, a major change for college admissions. the supreme court strikes down affirmative action. what the ruling means for the future of higher education. here are tonight's headlines. we break down the decision, plus the reaction tonight from

supporters and critics. >> today the supreme court got it wrong. >> our children will no longer be treated as second-class citizens. long lines and short tempers at the nation's airports as weather and staff issues continue to wreak havoc on the holiday weekend getaway. >> the faa says today will be the highest number of scheduled flights for the holiday. poor air quality alerts are in effect for millions across the country as smoke from canadian wildfires continues to spread. >> look at how it's expanded from the midwest all the way down into the deep south. the secret service arrests a man accused of threatening to blow up former president barack obama's home. his alleged connection to january 6th. georgia's fresh peaches are expensive and scarce. always a diva fruit, peaches generally need 850 hours under 45 degrees fahrenheit to blossom.

>> what worries me is that it's becoming a lot more difficult to make peaches. grounded to third. there it is. perfection for domingo german! the 24th perfect game in baseball history. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with the supreme court striking down affirmative action and reshaping college admissions. in a 6-3 decision, the justices ruled that harvard university and the university of north carolina violated the constitution by considering race when deciding whether to admit someone to their school. a landmark case overturning nearly 50 years of precedent. it's the latest example of the conservative majority redefining american law, including abortion rights and guns.

the ruling means higher education institutions will need to come up with new ways to create diverse student bodies. groups of protesters, mostly made up of young adults, gathered outside the court to voice their outrage. and to underscore how monumental this case is, six of the nine justices wrote opinions, many personal and strongly worded. cbs's major garrett has all the new details and will start us off tonight from outside the supreme court court. good evening, major. >> reporter: good evening, norah. yes, it was personal with justices on the touch stone issue of race talking to and past one another. the sweeping and historic ruling effectively ends affirmative action in college admissions, reversing decades of precedent that less conservative court majorities had protected in giving colleges and universities m latitude to consider race as one factor as they sought to build more diversity student bodies. writing for the majority, chief justice john roberts said admission policies at harvard university and the university of north carolina violated the 14th

amendment's equal protection clause. the student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual, not on the basis of race, roberts wrote. many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in a scathing dissent, justice sonia sotomayor accused the court majority of ignoring history and precedent. the court cements a superficial rule of colorblindness as a constitutional principle in an endemically segregated society where race has always mattered and continues to matter. at the white house, president biden criticized the conservative majority and said the nation must find a new way to achieve diversity in college admissions. >> what i propose for consideration is a new standard where colleges take into account the adversity a student has overcome when selecting among qualified applicants. >> reporter: the opinion also exposed deep personal and ideological divisions within the

court. justice ketanji brown jackson, the first black woman to serve on the high court, wrote in her dissent, quote, with let them eat cake obliviousness, the majority pulls the rip cord and announces colorblindness for all by legal fiat. clarence thomas, the court's other black justice, responded, quote, justice jackson uses her broad observations about statistical relationships between race and select measures of health, wealth, and well-being to label all blacks as victims. >> we won't go back! >> reporter: outside the court, students and civil rights leaders assembled to protest. >> i think in this moment in time, it's important for every institution from colleges to corporations to commit to pledge to diversity no matter what. >> reporter: ed blum, the president of students for fair admissions, brought the case to the court, arguing race should not factor into admissions decisions at all. >> ending racial preferences in

college admissions is an outcome that the vast majority of all americans, of all races, will celebrate. >> reporter: cbs news polling shows that 70% of americans think race should not be allowed as a factor in college admissions. but statistics indicate that in states that have banned affirmative action, such as california and michigan, admissions for black and latino students have fallen dramatically at their most selective universities. shruthi kumar, a student at harvard, opposes today's court ruling. >> i think the idea that our society, like, can be colorblind is a silly one. we don't live in a perfect meritocracy. >> reporter: the decision was praised by most republican primary contenders, chief among them former president trump, who took credit for appointing three of the justices in today's conservative majority. former first lady michelle obama said she had benefited greatly from affirmative action and vowed to continue her work to

build more minority inclusion in higher education. norah. >> major garrett on this landmark case, thank you. now to that dramatic arrest today of a man who allegedly threaten to blow up former president barack obama's home right near in d.c. as cbs's jeff pegues has learned from his federal law enforcement sources, the suspect was also wanted for the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. >> reporter: law enforcement officials tell cbs news that 37-year-old taylor taranto was spotted in former president obama's washington neighborhood this afternoon. when police approached, he ran toward mr. obama's home before being arrested with multiple weapons and explosive materials. officials were concerned because taranto had been livestreaming threats in recent days that have since been deleted. his conversion van parked nearby was adorned with american flags and the words "patriots win" written on one of the windows. taranto was being sought by the fbi and capitol police for his

role in the january 6th attacks. >> it's very troubling anytime you have an individual who is focused on an event like january 6th, who is in a vehicle, who has apparently the materials to make molotov cocktails, and he's in close proximity to a former president. >> reporter: taranto is from washington state, but he's been spending a lot of time here in the d.c. area according to our cbs sources, who tell us that he'd been living out of that conversion van down by the d.c. jail, where a lot of the january 6th defendants are being held. norah. >> jeff pegues with all those new detail

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former sheriff's deputy not guilty for failing to act during the mass shooting at parkland high school in 2018. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports prosecutors alleged his inaction contributed to some of the deaths and injuries. >> the defendant is not guilty. >> reporter: former florida sheriff's deputy scot peterson broke down in tears this afternoon, shaking with emotion after he was found not guilty of felony child neglect, culpable negligence, and perjury. if convicted, peterson could have faced nearly 100 years in prison. >> we've got our life back after 4 1/2 years. don't anybody ever forget this was a massacre on february 14th. the only person to blame was that monster. >> reporter: victims' parents were disappointed with the verdict. you still believe he put his life ahead of the others? >> i think the evidence is clear. we saw the school video. we saw him retreat from the danger. we saw him not be curious about where the gunshots were coming from. we saw him run away from the

threat rather than towards the threat. >> reporter: 17 people died during the massacre at marjory stoneman douglas high school on february 14th, 2018. peterson was the only armed school resource officer on duty. prosecutors said he ignored his training to confront the gunman. instead, he remained outside the building for more than 40 minutes. peterson's attorney argued he could not tell where the shots were coming from. cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman. >> the reason this case is so o unprecedented is that in the context of this mass shooting, this man was prosecuted because he didn't do something. that's very rare indeed. >> reporter: peterson was the only person besides the shooter to be criminally charged. he decided not to take the stand during the trial. norah. >> manny bojorquez, thank you. tonight millions of americans are on the move ahead

of the long july 4th holiday weekend. today was expected to be the busiest day for air travel, adding pressure to an already stressful week at the nation's airports. cbs's kris van cleave reports that nearly 51 million will travel by plane, train, car, or cruise according to the aaa. >> reporter: tonight the fourth of july holiday weekend has a potential record number of americans hoping for independence from travel troubles. >> it's a lot. hopefully we make our flight. >> i'm hoping that i can get to florida without any delays. >> reporter: aaa predicts the number of holiday flyers will soar 11% over last year. but the rush comes as airlines recover from a series of storms that delayed about 45,000 flights and forced the cancellation of over 8,000 more since saturday. united airlines is the hardest hit, canceling around 14% of its flights just today. and in denver, a sea of bags wait to be claimed as a flood of passengers try to get somewhere else. >> my phone dinged saying my

flight was canceled. >> reporter: madeline hardy left new york city on amtrak, avoiding the airport. >> since what's going on, i'm happy to be taking the train. >> reporter: on the roads, more than 43 million are expected to drive, with gas pruces on average more than $1.30 a gallon cheaper than last year. welcome news for dennis, who is hauling a camper outside los angeles. we definitely have more money to spend on the tourist stuff. >> reporter: and this moment. after a passenger from phoenix left her passport on that plane, these british airways pilots in. the terminal got a hold of the guys on the flight deck, who dropped her purse out the cockpit window as they pushed back for departure. vacation saved. >> amazing! she's going to get her passport. >> reporter: a travel silver lining there. the tsa expects tomorrow will be very busy. they anticipate screening more than 2.8 million people. that could be a post-pandemic

record. united airlines says it made good improvement today and expects to see its cancellations and delays continue to decline, weather permitting. norah. >> that purse with passport drop was pretty good. she's very lucky. kris van cleave, thank you very much. many of those hitting the road will experience poor air quality from those canadian wildfires. more than 112 million americans across dozens of states are feeling the effects of the smoke. while in the south, it's the deadly heat. cbs's scott macfarlane reports that some of the worst of the unhealthy air has settled above us right here in the nation's capital. >> reporter: washington, d.c. today had some of the most polluted air in the world. d.c. and maryland urged face coverings and for seniors to minimize their time outside. at the washington monument, livia pecos visiting from massachusetts was masked. >> and it's like way foggier than it would be on a normal day. >> but you still wanted to make the trip today?

>> yes, because we want to see the monuments because this is our last full day here. >> reporter: nearly a third of the population of america is feeling at least some impact. in chicago, city officials urged people to limit driving and they opened some air-conditioned shelters. >> it smells like a camp fire. >> reporter: residents said the air smelled like a barbecue pit as it blanketed pittsburgh. coaches canceled swim practice near st. louis. >> they can get into some pretty rigorous activity, so we didn't want to expose them to the air quality at that time. >> reporter: in the south, heat is the big issue as more than 44 million people are under an excessive heat warning. janet shamlian is in houston. >> reporter: for construction workers like these and so many others, this is their office. there is no relief whatsoever from the heat. right now the surface temperature where they've been working all day has measured 123 degrees. elsewhere, home security video captured a delivery driver overcome by heat. amazon says the worker is okay. at new orleans police headquarters, it's hotter inside

than out. the air-conditioning broken as the heat index hits 113 degrees. >> reporter: back in d.c., satellite images show this cycle of smoke continues with more wildfires flaring up in quebec and making the march south through the u.s. east coast. this blanket of smoke, which you can see is blurring the washington monument, shifts south tomorrow, clearing the way and clearing the air for a crush of visitors coming here july 4th. norah. >> hopefully to see those fireworks. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. you know that feeling of having to rewash dishes that didn't get clean? i don'n't. new cacascade platatinum plus. with double the dawn grease fighting p power and double the scrubbing power. for a no rewash clean... and a cabinet ready shine. upgrade to new cascade platinum plus. dare to dish differently.

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out in the cold. in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's mark strassmann heads to the heart of peach country. >> reporter: in the peach state, naturally you eat peach cobbler. but at atlanta's silver skillet restaurant -- >> everything okay? we're either using canned peaches, or we're having to do fresh frozen. >> reporter: -- georgia's fresh peaches are expensive and scarce. lawton pearson, a fifth-generation peach farmer, showed us why. >> you've got peaches here, and that variety has nothing. >> not one. >> not a single peach on it. that's the way 95% of the farm looks. >> reporter: his 1,500 acre peach crop is a lemon. >> thundershower -- they're all my buddies. they all died, and now i've got to deal with it. >> reporter: pearson's losing an annual challenge.

it's something called chill hours. his georgia peaches, always a diva fruit, generally need 850 hours under 45 degrees fahrenheit to blossom. this year's crop, with climate change, had about 700 chill hours. >> starting in 2016, it's like we fell off a cliff. the average is about the minimum we need to have a good crop. >> no margin for error. >> that's right. we've got to come up to the average every year, and we can't adapt for that many varieties. >> reporter: dario chavez is trying to breed a better peach. >> each one of these is actually a pit from the fruit that we harvest, from a cross that we made. >> reporter: at the university of georgia, his peach team is matchmaking slivers from the pits of different varieties. their goal, a peach more resilient to georgia's changing climate. >> here we're looking at a high chill variety of peaches. >> reporter: but all good breeding takes time, and georgia is running out. >> it actually takes decades. >> the short answer is you're working on it. >> we're working on it. >> continuing to grow peaches, it's potentially a risk. >> yeah, it's potentially a risk. >> reporter: in his groves of unfruited trees --

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