bus slammed into it. he immediately got out and started helping. >> i ran to my truck and got the fire extinguisher, and i put the fire out. and then i got the last pregnant lady out the window with one of the other guys that had climbed out earlier. >> reporter: the ntsb is now investigating this deadly accident. right now we know that in illinois, it is actually illegal for trucks to park on an exit ramp, but many drivers do as it's difficult to find overnight parking. norah? >> alexa zotos, thank you. turning overseas to the nato summit in lithuania. president biden met with the leader of ukraine as they promised assistance in the war against russia. weija jang reports said the presence of nato is stronger and more united than ever. >> reporter: president biden told a roaring crowd in lithuania that nato's commitment to ukraine will not weaken.

>> we will not waver. >> reporter: and he assured ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy that military and financial aid would continue. >> but i promise you, the united states is doing everything we can to get you what you need. >> reporter: but nato has not provided a timeline for when ukraine would become a member, which zelenskyy called absurd in an angry tweet tuesday. after national security adviser jake sullivan said the american people deserve gratitude, zelenskyy's tone seemed to shift. >> you give us huge support. i want to thank to all americans. >> reporter: traveling to finland, president biden was asked how long ukraine would have the wait for membership. >> i think until the war is over. whether or not he is in nato now is not relevant, as long as he has the commitment. >> reporter: and he does. the g7 today announcing new long-term security guarantees, including modern military

equipment, training for ukrainian forces, and intelligence sharing. tonight, russia is warning the u.s. after its decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine, a controversial weapon banned by most of the world. the defense minister telling reporters they have cluster bombs for all occasions. here in finland, which just became a nato member back in april, the border with russia stretches over 800 miles. president biden will continue to rally support for ukraine, meeting tomorrow with the leaders of four nordic nations, including sweden, which is also on track to join the alliance. norah? >> weija jang, thank you. president biden is celebrating some good economic news back here at home, with inflation falling to its lowest annual rate in more than two years. the labor department reports the consumer price index sank to 3% in june. that's down from a 40-year high of 9.1% last summer.

the federal reserve is expected to continue to raise interest rates until reaching its target of 2% inflation. now to an issue the secretary of defense calls the irresponsible and unprecedented hold on pentagon appointments that poses a, quote, clear risk to u.s. military readiness. alabama's republican senator tommy tuberville has placed a mo months' long blockade on military promotion, and has been in the news lately for his comments about white nationalism. cbs' david martin spoke with the senator today. >> i object. >> i object. >> and with that, i object. >> reporter: republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama objects every time democrats try to approve promotions for generals and admirals. in parliamentary terms, it's called a hold, and it's caused a backup of more than 250 military nominations. what would it take for you to lift your hold on all these nominations? >> all they need to do is change it back to the way it was.

>> reporter: tuberville is demanding that defense secretary lloyd austin rescind this memo, authorizing paid leave and transportation costs for service members to travel to states where abortion is legal. otherwise, tuberville will keep his hold on promotions to major commands around the world, as well as the heads of the armed services. aren't you dragging the military into politics? >> i want to keep politics out of the militar. it is ruining our military. >> reporter: defense secretary austin says tuberville's hold harms americica's nationanal security,, and callsls it irrespsponsible. but at least t one veteranans organizatition agrees.. >> one l lone senator, t tommy tutuberville, , who neverr serv unifororm himselelf, h has held hoststage hundrereds off militi asassignments,s, just to force maga social agenda on women in the ranks. >> reporter: even fellow republicans like minority leader mitch mcconnell have criticized tuberville's tactics and called

recent remarks he made about white nationalists unacceptable. >> do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military? >> well, they call them that. i call them americans. >> reporter: remarks he now disavows. >> i'm totally against white nationalism. i'm totally against it. it's racist, okay? we don't need that in the military. >> so white nationalists are unfit for service. >> they should not be in our military, yes, sir. >> reporter: so at least the defense secretary and the senator agree on one thing. but if tuberville continues his hold on military promotions, there could be a backlog of 650 generals and admirals by the end of the year. norah? >> not to mention the effect on military families. david martin with that important story, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be

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the union that represents about 160,000 actors and other performers is set to strike at midnight if they can't work out a last-minute agreement with the major studios. both sides met today with a federal mediator. one of the main sticking points

is better residualsed on streaming services. 11,000 union members have been on strike for more than two months. here is a fun fact. the last time writers and actors were on strike at the same time was 1960 when an actor named reagan was president of the screen actors guild. happy birthday to the james webb space telescope. nasa marks the day with a new out-of-the-world image you have to see to believe. that's next. finally, tonight, nasa is celebrating the first full year of the james webb space telescope with a breathtaking image of stars at the moment of their birth. this cloud complex is located

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much of the nation with more extreme weather on the way. more than 100 million americans are under heat alerts with triple-digit feel-like temperatures in 16 states. the most brutal conditions are in the south and west, with arizona the hot spot for record-breaking heat, approaching 120 degrees. even for a state that's used to high temps, the ongoing stretch of scorching heat is posing a serious health risk. the national weather service says heat is the top weather-related killer each year. and in the northeast, vermont remains in a state of emergency with officials just beginning to assess the damage from those historic floods. more storms are forecast across the region, including for areas that have already seen two months of rain in just two days. we have coast-to-coast coverage, starting off with cbs' omar villafranca in phoenix. good evening, omar. >> good evening. for 13 straight days temperatures here in the phoenix area have hit at least 110 degrees.

the record is 18 straight days. that was set in 1974. and that record is in jeopardy after another day of triple-digits. as searing heat continues to cook the phoenix area, the salvation army respite center offers a break from the baking temperatures. the cooling center is one of more than 200 in the phoenix area where people can rest in the ac, take a cool shower, or grab a cold water. david is the city of phoenix's so-called heat czar. how quick can you go and get heat exhaustion? >> it can happen very quickly. even just a half hour in this heat can really change how our body is feeling, how we're performing. >> reporter: warning signs of heatstroke include dizziness, nausea and confusion. southern california will share the misery starting friday, as temperatures are forecasted to hit up to 113 degrees over l.a. county. while parts of the west cope with heat, swaths of the northeast are disaster zones after heavy rain and catastrophic flooding. meg oliver is in vermont.

>> reporter: here in barre, vermont, the storm ravaged this town. the force of the floods lifted up that pickup truck and sent these vehicles crashing into the cracked concrete. five-feet floodwaters wiped out jo-ellen and brian's basement, destroying the few remaining keepsakes of her parents. how are you dealing with that? >> not well. >> reporter: what was part of it? >> i lost my father at 11, and when our house flooded in 2011, i lost -- i lost stuff from my childhood with him. so this flood, i'm losing the stuff from my mom. >> reporter: just north in the state capitol montpelier, floodwaters have receded, but some areas of town are still soaked. back in the valley of the sun, the hottest commodity is cold water, and shelters are stocking up for the summer. to give you idea how hot it

gets, the coolest part of the day is typically right before the sunrises. well, the temperatures at that time are already in the 90s, and the excessive heat warning is in place until at least next week. norah? >> omar villafranca, thank you for being there for us. to explain the worsening heat and the continued threats of flooding, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. we're in the middle of a very intense wide-ranging heatwave. with advisories across more than a dozen states. high pressure is baking us right now. it becomes more intense even as we go into the weekend as this high pressure dome stays right on top of us with a jet stream that's gone well to the north. some of the temperatures truly incredible. the most intense part of the heat for you in phoenix will probably be saturday at 119 degrees. that will be the first time we've hit 119 in a decade. we've had 13 straight days of 110 degrees or more. and with this forecast, we're likely to break a record an make it three straight weeks above 110 degrees in phoenix.

we've never done that before. now on the opposite side of the country, it is cool and it is wet. heavy rain returns for us going into the weekend, norah. you can see chances for flooding remain across the new england states, which means rivers are likely to rise once again. >> mike bettes, thank you. now to some breaking news. severe turbulence has left several passengers and crew members injured aboard an allegiant air flight to florida. cbs' manuel bojorquez has the late-breaking details. >> reporter: it was a frightening scene this afternoon for passengers and crew on allegiant 227, the flight from asheville to st. petersburg, clearwater was in descent. when per flightaware, the plane dropped more than 4,000 feet in less than a minute. >> allegiant 227, we have multiple head injuries and one broken ankle. >> reporter: two passengers and two flight attendants were taken to the hospital. 179 passengers and 6 crew were on board. one passenger told our tampa affiliate she saw a flight attendant being thrown around the cabin. >> all of the sudden we hit a

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powerful and fast-moving, up to eight feet per second, impossible to swim against. onshore, paul can spot them easily. most of us can't. where is the rip? >> the rip is going to be over here. >> reporter: last month, an unusual stationary front generated winds and waves that created countless rips. one ten-day stretch here was especially deadly. paul's team performed 73 rescues. they saved 143 people, but six others drowned, all men, all out-of-state vacationer, and all of them died trying to rescue someone else. >> he was born with a hero's heart. >> reporter: the way he came into the world is the way he left it? >> sure was. >> reporter: aaron's brother richie was the first of the six to drown. the 52-year-old retired firefighter tried rescuing two men. >> it was a fear he had. he couldn't stand the thought of him drowning.

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technology is making a lot of older skills obsolete like cursive for what we used to call scriript. michael g george reports. >> reporter: think back. when was the last time you used cursive. chances are it was to sign something.

most of us learned cursive in school, but for children growing up in a world of laptops, smartphones and tablets, the writing lesson is fading away. only 21 states currently require cursive instruction. >> go all the way around. >> reporter: but some schools, like st. edmond elementary in brooklyn, new york, never stopped teaching it. >> and dot the i. >> reporter: and surprisingly, some kids are taking to it. >> i love how it looks so neat and so fun to do. >> reporter: 13-year-old katelyn noh doesn't just like cursive, she is the 2021 grand national cursive champion. she finds her tidy penmanship helpful. >> when you take notes in class, it's faster and easy to read. >> reporter: a person who abandoned cursive decades ago, i asked katelyn to grade my work. okay. what do you think? >> i think it's pretty good. >> reporter: okay. >> but i noticed that you're kind of like your pencil is kind of shaky. >> reporter: on the question of whether cursive is still useful today, it does allow us to read

historical documents, including john hancock's famous signature on the declaration of independence. and lauren mooney baer says we retain information better when we write by hand. >> there are so many studies that show that cursive writing uses more of the neurons in the brain. >> reporter: so cursive isn't a lost art yet. any pointers? any tips? >> yeah, you need to practice your d's and b's mostly. >> reporter: in fact, some kids are even better at it than adults. michael george, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm catherine herridge. this is cbs news flash. i'm erica brown in new york. multiple tornadoes touch down in the chicago area last night, damaging homes and downing power lines. a ground stop and shelter in place was put in effect at

o'hare international airport, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations. farmers insurance has announced it will no longer offer coverage in florida, affecting 100,000 policies. it is now the fourth major insurance provider to pull out of florida in the past year amid a growing threat from extreme weather. and the nominees for this year's emmy awards were announced wednesday. "succession" led the way wit 27 nominations, i luding for outstanding drama series. for more, download the cbs news app on your connected tv. i'm erica brow cbs news, new ♪ tonight, the deadly heatwave continues across much of the country, causing dangerous conditions for more than 100 million americans. and in the northeast, thousands of residents begin cleanup after historic flooding. here are tonight's headlines.

the west and south are baking under triple-digit temperatures with no end in sight. >> it's hotter and hotter every summer time. >> and as new york and vermont begin to assess the damage from massive floods, the area is also bracing for more rain. you're still pumping water out days after? >> yes. multiple passengers and flight attendants injured after a flight to florida hits severe turbulence. >> she flew up in the air like "matrix" is the only way i can think to describe it. three people are dead, 14 others seriously hurt after a crash involving a greyhound bus. it was i-70 near st. louis. president biden capped a two-day nato summit by emphasize issing the military alliance's united front in rallying around ukraine. >> our commitment to ukraine will not weaken. hundreds of military

nominations hang in the balance, held up by one senator protesting abortion access. >> how long are you willing to keep this hold on? >> until we get some kind of vote on the floor or we change it back. our series age of ai. how artificial intelligence is helping als patients preserve a key piece of their identity. >> the fact that i can sound kind of like me is a true gift to me and my family. and the james webb space telescope celebrates one year of exploration with a picture-perfect birthday. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we begin with dangerous warnings as a heat dome blankets much of the nation with more

extreme weather on the way. more than 100 million americans are under heat alerts with triple-digit feel-like temperatures in 16 states. the most brutal conditions are in the south and west, with arizona the hot spot for record-breaking heat, approaching 120 degrees. even for a state that's used to high temps, the ongoing stretch of scorching heat is posing a serious health risk. the national weather service says heat is the top weather-related killer each year. and in the northeast, vermont remains in a state of emergency with officials just beginning to assess the damage from those historic floods. more storms are forecast across the region, including for areas that have already seen two months of rain in just two days. we have coast-to-coast coverage, starting off with cbs' omar villafranca in phoenix. good evening, omar. >> good evening. for 13 straight days temperatures here in the phoenix area have hit at least 110 degrees. the record is 18 straight days.

that was set in 1974. and that record is in jeopardy after another day of triple-digits. as searing heat continues to cook the phoenix area, the salvation army respite center offers a break from the baking temperatures. the cooling center is one of more than 200 in the phoenix area where people can rest in the ac, take a cool shower, or grab a cold water. david is the city of phoenix's so-called heat czar. how quick can you go and get heat exhaustion? >> it can happen very quickly. even just a half hour in this heat can really change how our body is feeling, how we're performing. >> reporter: warning signs of heatstroke include dizziness, nausea and confusion. southern california will share the misery starting friday, as temperatures are forecasted to hit up to 113 degrees over l.a. county. while parts of the west cope with heat, swaths of the northeast are disaster zones after heavy rain and catastrophic flooding. meg oliver is in vermont.

>> reporter: here in barre, vermont, the storm ravaged this town. the force of the floods lifted up that pickup truck and sent these vehicles crashing into the cracked concrete. five-feet floodwaters wiped out jo-ellen and brian's basement, destroying the few remaining keepsakes of her parent. how are you dealing with that? >> not well. >> reporter: what was part of it? >> i lost my father at 11, and when our house flooded in 2011, i lost -- i lost stuff from my childhood with him. so this flood, i'm losing the stuff from my mom. >> reporter: just north in the state capitol montpelier, floodwaters have receded, but some areas of town are still soaked. back in the valley of the sun, the hottest commodity is cold water, and shelters are stocking up for the summer. to give you idea how hot it

gets, the coolest part of the day is typically right before the sun rises. well, the temperatures at that time are already in the 90s. and the excessive heat warning is in place until at least next week. norah? >> omar villafranca, thank you for being there for us. to explain the worsening heat and the continued threats of flooding, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. we're in the middle of a very intense wide-ranging heatwave. with advisories across more than a dozen states. high pressure is baking us right now. it becomes more intense even as we go into the weekend as this high pressure dome stays right on top of us with a jet stream that's gone well to the north. some of the temperatures truly incredible. the most intense part of the heat for you in phoenix will probably be saturday at 119 degrees. that will be the first time we've hit 119 in a decade. we've had 13 straight days of 110 degrees or more. and with this forecast, we're likely to break a record an make it three straight weeks above 110 degrees in phoenix.

we've never done that before. now on the opposite side of the country, it is cool and it is wet. heavy rain returns for us going into the weekend, norah. you can see chances for flooding remain across the new england states, which means rivers are likely to rise once again. >> mike bettes, thank you. now to some breaking news. severe turbulence has left several passengers and crew members injured aboard an allegiant air flight from north carolina to florida. cbs' manuel bojorquez has the late-breaking details. >> reporter: it was a frightening scene this afternoon for passengers and crew on allegiant 227, the flight from asheville to st. petersburg, clearwater was in descent. when per flightaware, the plane dropped more than 4,000 feet in less than a minute. >> allegiant 227, we have multiple head injuries and one broken ankle. >> reporter: two passengers and two flight attendants were taken to the hospital. 179 passengers and 6 crew were on board. one passenger told our tampa affiliate she saw a flight attendant being thrown around the cabin. >> all of the sudden we hit a major turbulence where literally

she flew up in the air like "matrix" is the only way i can think to describe it. >> reporter: this is at least the third incident in recent months involving serious injuries. and tonight the airline tells us it will be investigating this incident in coordination with the ntsb and the faa. norah? >> that is some scary turbulence. manny bojorquez, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." ♪ from ththe mountainins to t the coast..... ♪ ♪ heatitin' up the e kitchen♪ ♪ we got sosomethin dififferen♪ ♪ spreadidin' good vibes all l day ♪ ♪ todos a a la mesa ♪ ♪ que buenana la mezclala ♪ ♪ it dodon't get nono better♪ ♪ livivin' in thehe golden sts♪ ♪ l lovin' thisis land everery♪ ♪ norte a a sur lo pupuedes ve♪

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overnight in southern illinois. alexis zotos from our cbs affiliate kmob reports 14 passengers were transported to area hospitals. >> reporter: it was just before 2:00 a.m. when illinois state police say a greyhound bus traveling from indianapolis to st. louis crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway exit to a rest area. images show the bus's entire right side ripped open. >> in front of me was a man stuck between the seats. like his whole body was folded. >> reporter: at least three people were killed, 14 others seriously injured, including the bus driver. four had to be evacuated by helicopter. the scene so bad, all westbound lanes of the highway were closed for several hours. >> i woke up in the air. when my brain registered what i was doing, i was floating. >> reporter: david chernow had been asleep inside his truck for hours when the bus slammed into it. he immediately got out and

started helping. >> i got five people out through the window. i ran to my truck and got the fire extinguisher, and i put the fire out. and then i got the last pregnant lady out the window with one of the other guys that had climbed out earlier. >> reporter: the ntsb is now investigating this deadly accident. right now we know that in illinois, it is actually illegal for trucks to park on an exit ramp, but many drivers do as it's difficult to find overnight parking. norah? >> alexa zotos, thank you. turning overseas to the nato summit in lithuania. president biden met with the ukraine's president zelenskyy as the u.s. and other world leaders promised long-term military assistance in the country's war against russia. cbs' weijia jiang reports the president said nato is stronger and more united than ever. >> usa! usa! >> reporter: president biden told a roaring crowd in lithuania that nato's commitment to ukraine will not weaken. >> we will not waver.

>> reporter: and he assured ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy that military and financial aid would continue. >> but i promise you, the united states is doing everything we can to get you what you need. >> reporter: but nato has not provided a timeline for when ukraine would become a member, which zelenskyy called absurd in an angry tweet tuesday. after national security adviser jake sullivan said the american people deserve gratitude, zelenskyy's tone seemed to shift. >> you give us huge support. i want to thank to all americans. >> reporter: traveling to finland, president biden was asked how long ukraine would have the wait for membership. >> i think until the war is over. whether or not he is in nato now is not relevant, as long as he has the commitment. >> reporter: and he does. the g7 today announcing new long-term security guarantees, including modern military equipment, training for

ukrainian forces, and intelligence sharing. tonight, russia is warning the u.s. after its decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine, a controversial weapon banned by most of the world. the defense minister telling reporters they have cluster bombs for all occasions. here in finland, which just became a nato member back in april, the border with russia stretches over 800 miles. president biden will continue to rally support for ukraine, meeting tomorrow with the leaders of four nordic nations, including sweden, which is also on track to join the alliance. norah? >> weijia jiang, thank you. president biden is celebrating some good economic news back here at home, with inflation falling to its lowest annual rate in more than two years. the labor department reports the consumer price index sank to 3% in june. that's down from a 40-year high of 9.1% last summer. the federal reserve is expected

to continue to raise interest rates until reaching its target of 2% inflation. now to an issue the secretary of defense calls the irresponsible and unprecedented hold on pentagon appointments that poses a, quote, clear risk to u.s. military readiness. alabama's republican senator tommy tuberville has placed a months' long blockade on military promotion, and has been in the news lately for his comments about white nationalism. cbs' david martin spoke with the senator today. >> i object. >> i object. >> and with that, i object. >> reporter: republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama objects every time democrats try to approve promotions for generals and admirals. in parliamentary terms, it's called a hold, and it's caused a backup of more than 250 military nominations. what would it take for you to lift your hold on all these nominations? >> all they need to do is change it back to the way it was. >> reporter: tuberville is demanding that defense secretary

lloyd austin rescind this memo, authorizing paid leave and transportation costs for service members to travel to states where abortion is legal. otherwise, tuberville will keep his hold on promotions to major commands around the world, as well as the heads of the armed services. aren't you dragging the military into politics? >> i want to keep politics out of the military. it is ruining our military. >> reporter: defense secretary austin says tuberville's hold harms america's national secucurity, and d calls it irirresponsiblble. but at leaeast one veteterans organinization agrgrees. >> o one lone sesenator, tomomm tubervilille, who nenever serve uniform hihimself, hasas held hostage e hundreds o of militar asassignments,s, just to f forc maga sociaial agenda o on women the ranks. >> reporter: even fellow republicans like minority leader mitch mcconnell have criticized tuberville's tactics and called recent remarks he made about

white nationalists unacceptable. >> do you believe they should allow white nationalists in the military? >> well, they call them that. i call them americans. >> reporter: remarks he now disavows. >> i'm totally against white nationalism. i'm totally against it. it's racist, okay? we don't need that in the military. >> so white nationalists are unfit for service. >> they should not be in our military, yes, sir. >> reporter: so at least the defense secretary and the senator agree on one thing. but if tuberville continues his hold on military promotions, there could be a backlog of 650 generals and admirals by the end of the year. norah? >> not to mention the effect on military families. david martin with that important story, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. after advil.l. feeling g better? on top o of the worlrlddd! beforere advil.

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the union that represents about 160,000 actors and other performers is set to strike at midnight if they can't work out a last-minute agreement with the major studios. both sides met today with a federal mediator. one of the main sticking points

is better residuals on streaming services. 11,000 union members have been on strike for more than two months. here is a fun fact. the last time actors and writers were on strike at the same time was 1960 when an actor named reagan was president of the screen actors guild. happy birthday to the james webb space telescope. nasa marks the day with a new out-of-the-world image you have to see to believe. that's next. finally, tonight, nasa is celebrating the first full year of the james webb space telescope with a breathtaking new image of stars at the moment of their birth. this cloud complex is located some 390 light years from earth and contains about 50 stars,

each with the mass of the sun. in a statement, nasa said in just one year, the telescope has delivered on its promise of revealing secrets of the universe like it's never been seen before. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember, you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm erica brown in new york. multiple tornadoes touch down in the chicago area last night, damaging homes and downing power lines. a ground stop and shelter in

place was put in effect at o'hare international airport, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations. farmers insurance has announced it will no longer offer coverage in florida, affecting 100,000 policies. it is now the fourth major insurance provider to pull out of florida in the past year amid a growing threat from extreme weather. and the nominees for this year's emmy awards were announced wednesday. "succession" led the way with 27 nominations, including for outstanding drama series. for more, download the cbs news app on your connected tv. i'm erica brown, cbs news, new york. it's thursday, july 13th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, a string of twisters ravaged chicago. sirens heard blaring in the downtown metro area as residents rato