gilgo beach in late 2010. >> mr. heuermann had a double life. i guess at nighttime he turned into this monster. >> reporter: police honed in on heuermann in march 2022 after discovering he owned a truck an eyewitness connected to one of the disappearances. over time, they found data from seven burner phones used to contact victims. more than 200 internet searches about the gilgo beach investigation, and tied dna found on a discarded pizza crust to hair found on one of the bodies. police found the remains of 11 people in the area of gilgo beach, including a toddler. they are now looking at other unsolved crimes. >> there's still an awful lot of investigation that has to be done to fully understand how many people were victims to this individual. >> reporter: prosecutors say they pushed up the time frame on the arrest because heuermann was closely monitoring the investigation and was a danger

to the community. he has pleaded not guilty to the murders of the three women. norah. >> elaine quijano, thank you. tonight the faa is investigating what caused an emergency slide to fall from a united airlines jet near chicago's o'hare airport today. you can see the chute that landed in a backyard. maintenance workers say they discovered the slide was missing when the plan landed safely in chicago from zurich, switzerland. luckily no one was hurt. what a story. turning now to 2024, the republican presidential campaign of florida governor ron desantis is garnering fresh criticism after he struggled to rise in the polls and now a campaign shake-up. cbs's robert costa reports on how and why desantis has been losing ground. >> hello, south carolina! >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis hit the trail today amid a campaign shake-up, laying off about ten staff members as he strug thes to gain traction in the crowded gop field.

desantis made the moves after burning through cash faster than most of his opponents in the second quarter, spending about 40% of what he's raised. >> i think we've got a lot of work to do over these next 18 months. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that some key donors are growing frustrated with the campaign and its leadership and are alarmed about the lack of voter enthusiasm for desantis. they fear trump is in a far better primary position. >> the more i'm out there, the more support we get in these early states. >> reporter: desantis' standing against the former president has plummeted in recent months. >> we are totally dominating desank tis. >> reporter: allies say a bright spot for the campaign is casey desantis. >> we want you to be on board to help take this country back. >> reporter: sources say the governor's donors feel she could spur a turnaround for the campaign. there are concerns emerging across the aisle too. democrat robert f. kennedy jr., who is challenging president biden, has been making incremental gains in the polls. he's now speaking out on

comments that prompted charges of racism and anti-sesemitism afafter falsely suggestining th cocovid-19 wasas engineerered te jejewish and chihinese people. >> there's an argument that it is ethnically targeted. covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. >> reporter: kennedy has said his comments were misinterpreted, but his remarks continue to face condemnation. the white house has called the claims vile. his sister, carrie kennedy, called them deplorable and untruthful. and norah, jewish groups have said the same. >> no scientific evidence to back those claims. robert costa, thank you. turning now to the war in ukraine, russia is vowing to get revenge after ukrainian forces again attacked a vital bridge connecting russia to crimea. the u.s. meanwhile is blasting russia for pulling out of a grain deal with ukraine today, which could impact global food prices. we get more now from cbs's

charlie d'agata in southern ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, ukrainian intelligence officials staking claim for that attack. pre-dawn explosions took down a span of the bridge, tearing into russia's main artery to occupied crimea. local officials say a married couple was killed and their 14-year-old daughter injured in the assault. it's the worst attack on the bridge since a suspected truck bomb blew part of it up in october. the new strike another symbolic blow to russian prestige. while back here on the battlefields of ukraine, the fight rages on. here on the very edge of newly liberated territory, not a building has been left untouched. the ukrainians have managed to push the russian front line back, but the russians keep attacking what's left of this place. and they have other ways of retaliating. hours after the bridge attack,

the kremlin announced it would not be extending the u.n.-brokered deal allowing ukraine to export tens of millions of dollars in grain through the black sea, not only cutting off ukraine but impacting global grain prices, hitting developing countries most. russian president vladimir putin hs already vowed retaliation for the attack on the bridge. we were here the last time that happened, which triggered a wave of air strikes across the country. norah. >> charlie d'agata, thank you very much. there's a lot more news ahead d on the "cbcbs overnight nenews."

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three pointers hit a hole in one at the american century celebrity golf tournament on saturday. if that wasn't enough, on sunday he ended his round with an eagle on the 18th hole to win the tournament. curry became the first active professional athlete to win in more than two decades. congratulations. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online 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. authorities uncovered new evidence in the case of a suspected serial killer in new york. they found more than 200 guns in

a vault in rex heuermann's home and an suv linked to him in south carolina. the 59-year-old was arrested thursday in the murders of three women who had gone missing in 2010. abortion is now legal again in iowa for now. a district judge in the state put a hold on a new law signed last friday banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. and imagine shelling out six figures for an iphone. one bidder just bought a first-generation iphone in its original packaging for $190,000 at an auction. 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." tonight, we begin with the urgent search for two missing

children swept away during deadly flash flooding. police have tripled their resources with teams on foot, in boats, using drones, divers, and sonar technology. 2-year-old matilda and 9-month-old conrad were on their way to a summer barbecue with their mom when the storm turned deadly and water got into the car. their young mother, 32-year-old katie, killed trying to save her babies. heavy downpours caused flooding across much of the northeast, including pennsylvania, massachusetts, new york, and new jersey, where the governor declared a state of emergency on sunday. and the threat isn't over. the region is bracing for more rain and flash flooding in the days ahead. rain isn't the only dangerous weather that's out there. there's that brutal heat in the west and the south. and the smoke from those wildfires in canada, yep, it is back, bringing unhealthy air to more than half of the country. so tonight we've got our team coverage. cbs's lana zak will start us off tonight from the hard-hit philadelphia suburb of

washington crossing. good evening, lana. >> reporter: hi there, norah. just moments ago, the coroner released her findings. five people here dead from accidental drowning following those violent flash floods. a frantic search continues tonight in bucks county, pennsylvania, after rushing flash floods turned roads into rapids. the vehicle of the sheils family was overcome by floodwaters, and in a moment of terror, the family abandoned the vehicle. the husband, 4-year-old son, and grandmother survived, but the body of mother katie seley was found by search teams yesterday while 2-year-old mattie and 9-month-old conrad are still missing. drones and search dogs are still looking for the children. >> these people did not drive into high water. they were caught. this was a flash flood. >> reporter: 30 miles away, the weather is being blamed for this 40-car freight train tumbling off the tracks in whitemarsh township. no one was injured. air travel was also impacted. nearly 4,000 flights were canceled over the weekend, leaving angry passengers

stranded. >> we were delayed, and then we were delayed more and ththen we were cananceled. >> reporter: the heavy rainfall and flash flooding extended into parts of new york and new england. in massachusetts, officials say a tornado touched down in north brookfield sunday. >> i've never seen one like that. there were limbs flying all over the furniture. >> reporter: video captured the moment rushing water crumbled this roadway in new hampshire. >> whoa! >> reporter: torrential rain closed about 100 roads in the state. and as the search continues for those missing children in pennsylvania, hope remains for a safe return. >> we ask that you continue to pray for the return of conrad and mattie and for the safety of all those committed to bringing them home to us. >> reporter: that search is going to be continuing here overnight. more resources are expected to arrive tomorrow. norah, the uncle says that their commitment to bringing conrad and mattie home is unwavering. >> what an awful story. lana zak, thank you so much.

from the floodwaters to the deadly heat, nearly 90 million americans are under heat alerts today with record-breaking temperatures bearing down on the west and the south. cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports that the triple-digit temperatures threaten to kick fire season into high gear. >> reporter: out of the frying pan and into phoenix. >> it is miserable being outside unless you're in the water somehow. >> reporter: today a record-tying 18th straight day where temperatures topped 110 degrees. the outlook, brutal. arizona's power grid is meeting demand even as residents set a new record for electricity use. in neighboring california, this wildfire in a rugged area north of san francisco. in the state's scorching central valley, there's no relief. jeff smith is with pacific gas and electric. >> you've got really hot temperatures that don't cool down at night. that can be really taxing on the electrical equipment. that's when you start to see transformer failures. >> reporter: then there's death valley.

>> we might be talking about some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded. >> reporter: on sunday, 128 degrees during the day. at 1:00 a.m., it was 120, one of the hottest nights ever on earth. the heat dome now stretching from the desert southwest all the way to south florida. miami-dade county with its first ever excessive heat warning. in salt lake city, the asphalt buckled. and in connecticut, country music star jason aldean was overcome by heat during a concert. >> it was a combination of dehydration and just heat exhaustion. >> reporter: this fire in riverside county east of los angeles forced 1,000 people from their homes. and what looks like rain relief is not. it's dry lightning, and lightning is what sparked that fire. firefighters battling to bring it under control. and tonight thousands of acres across the state look like this. thousands of acres charred. the state has gotten off to a slow start with wildfire season, but officials say with all of

this heat and now all of this dry vegetation, the season could become explosive, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti for us, thank you. tonight the faa is investigating what caused an emergency slide to fall from a united airlines jet near chicago's o'hare airport today. you can see the chute that landed in a backyard. maintenance workers say they discovered the slide was missing when the plane landed safely in chicago from zurich, switzerland. luckily no one was hurt. what a story. turning now to 2024, the republican presidential campaign of florida governor ron desantis is garnering fresh criticism after he struggled to rise in the polls and now a campaign shake-up. cbs's robert costa reports on how and why desantis has been losing ground. >> hello, south carolina! >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis hit the trail today amid a campaign shake-up, laying off about ten staff members as he struggles to gain traction in the crowded gop field. desantis made the moves after

burning through cash faster than most of his opponents in the second quarter, spending about 40% of what he's raised. >> i think we've got a lot of work to do over these next 18 months. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that some key donors are growing frustrated with the campaign and its leadership and are alarmed about the lack of voter enthusiasm for desantis. they fear trump is in a far better primary position. >> the more i'm out there, the more support we get in these early states. >> reporter: desantis' standing against the former president has plummeted in recent months. >> we are totally dominating desanctis. >> reporter: allies say a bright spot for the campaign is casey desantis. >> we want you to be on board to help take this country back. >> reporter: sources say the governor's donors feel she could spur a turnaround for the campaign. there are concerns emerging across the aisle too. democrat robert f. kennedy jr., who is challenging president biden, has been making incremental gains in the polls.

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i'm nicole sganga in washington. thanks for staying with us. the summer movie season is in full swing, but those star-studded red carpet openings have been canceled due to the hollywood strike. hundreds of film and television actors and writers are manning the picket lines in new york and los angeles with their first joint work stoppage in more than 70 years. the unions have issues with how streaming services are affecting the entertainment industry as well as the use of artificial intelligence to write computer-generated scripts and create fake actors and performances. how would that work? well, carter evans spoke to the expertrts. >> reporter: a at the age ofof harrison ford is starring as both indiana j jones both old a young. audiences could soon see a new performance by james dean, who died in 195555. andd ann upcoming film will feature tom hanks and robin

wright as they appeared in forrest gump nearly 40 years ago. this man became famous as a young tom cruise, a makeover from the a.i. company metaphysic. >> you know i do all my own stunts obviously. >> reporter: it is now immortalizing actors through image capture like this to appear in future films without ever being on-set. ceo tom graham. >> there is a move now for many people to preserve their likeness that in the future could be used to create their performance. this is going to be a core asset for every performer. >> i could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that's it. but my performances can go on and on and on and on. >> reporter: but how that likeness is preserves, who has access to it, a and who cashess onon i it are k key concernss o sag-afaftra, the union that represents actors. >> we're not anti-a.i. it is okay for a performers's likeness, image, voice, to be

digitally modeled and captured provided they know exactly what it's going to be used for and see that there are appropriate safeguards in place to make sure that data is not made available beyond its intended use. >> safeguards that currently don't exist. >> we need to focus heavily on the ethics and how we deploy a.i. and so we need to really work hard to move our institutions very, very quickly to be able to accommodate some of these new potential outcomes. >> reporter: jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, hollywood. the hollywood strike hasn't stopped the release of big-budget films completed before the work stoppage. hollywood is hoping for some monster hits to save the season. ben mankiwicz has a look at the history of the summer blockbuster. ♪ >> reporter: they may be the most famous two notes in hollywood history. directed by steven spielberg

just 26 years old, "jaws" surfaced in the summer of 1975. john williams' theme and those teeth scared families out of the water and into movie theaters, becoming the blueprint for the modern blockbuster. >> the way that shot is framed now, it's so clear now what it's for. >> even expecting it, it's such a shock. >> i know. >> reporter: dana stephens is a film critic for slate. >> i was a kid when jaws came out but i remember in prime time every night there would be these scary trailers for jaws on tv. by the time it opened in the summer of '75, people were hyped. >> we're going to need a bigger boat. >> it was a blockbuster about summer, set in summer, about things that we totally associate with summer. >> that was a big part of it too, right? >> reporter: 34 years after "jaws," "avatar" redefined the blockbuster. so far, it's earned $3 billion

at the box office. the blockbuster has been good. >> yes, it has. i'm very fortunate. >> reporter: a prolific character actor, stephen lang played the villain, miles. >> i need to know how to force their cooperation or hammer them hard if they won't. >> reporter: in "avatar," hollywood's biggest money maker ever. >> it widened the array of choices i had. one time they asked robert mitchum how do you choose your roles. he said i read what's offered and accept the least embarrassing. >> reporter: the formula established by jaws, then exceeded by avatar is in theaters this summer. there's mission: impossible, indiana jones, oppenheimer. >> i don't know if we can be trusted. >> reporter: they all fit the definition of a big-budget, mass-marketed movie designed to make big money at the box office and beyond. >> the truth is the blockbuster

is a concept, an idea, a strategy that hollywood had been using for quite a few decades before 1975 when "jaws" was released. >> charles aclund chronicles this cinematic business model in his book, "american blockbuster". >> in broad daylight, mighty squadrons roar across the north sea. >> reporter: the term's origin story is no hollywood tale. it came from the american military, the name of a devastating world war ii bomb. >> the blockbuster was initially the highest capacity explosive that had ever been used in warfare. >> and here is the 1943 u.s. model blockbuster. >> there was very, very high public awareness of what this was. >> reporter: movie studios repurposed the word in the late 1940s and '50s, first as a way to sell films to theaters, later to lure audiences back from tv by promoting grand epics often on a biblical scale. in 1959, "the new york times" used the word "blockbuster" in

its review of "ben-hur." of course not all these epics succeed. there's 1963's cleopatra. who directed cleopatra? it escapes me. >> reporter: spoiler alert, it was my great uncle, joe mankiewicz. 12 years later, "jaws" rewrote the rules. for every big budget blockbuster, there are nearly as many big-budget bombs. john carter, the lone ranger, the adventures of pluto nash, and famously, ishtar. ♪ >> there's a great affection for ishtar, in part because of how poorly it was received at the time and how quickly it became just this joke. >> reporter: meanwhile, far less expensive sleepers hit the jackpot. ♪ this could be love ♪ >> reporter: nobody could put dirty dancing in a corner. released in the summer of 1987, it cost roughly $6 million to

produce and returned more than $200 million. >> this falls really into that niche about the woman's movie, a movie that focuses on a female character and her world that isn't sci-fi, adventure, you know. it doesn't have any violence in it and has massive, massive appeal. ♪ i've had the time of my life ♪ >> reporter: premiering next week, "barbie." >> my heels are on the ground. >> reporter: directed by greta gerwig, similarly focused on a female character. author charles aclund believes the movie will sell much more than tickets. >> what we are talking about here are these really gigantic investment opportunities in the case of mattel reintroducing barbie as a particular item of relevance to many different audiences. >> reporter: for stephen lang,

the key to turning a big-budget film into a blockbuster comes down to a single word -- story. >> i think as a rule, it's good to have a very simple narrative. take e.t. i would characterize e.t. as a blockbuster although it doesn't have the huge, huge scale. but what it does have, it's got the cutest alien ever created, and the story line is pretty simple. i'm here. i'm stuck, and i want to go home. >> reporter: the fact is what matters to movie lovers isn't the take at the box office but what we take away from the film. >> you just don't want to leech the art out of hollywood. think of the films that have come out of there, you know? they've been extraordinary, and they can't be just replaced by, you know, comic book characters and just huge stunt films, you know, from end to end. >> everybody who goes to the movies wants to either laugh or cry, to experience intense emotions. >> people want to see something

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like most new evs, the cockpit is packed with technology, and some critics say that's not necessarily a good thing. kris van cleave explains. ♪ >> reporter: the 2023 cadillac lyric ev comes with a glimpse of the future. what general motors calls its new cockpit experience. and if it feels a bit like a video game, that's because it was designed by gamers. >> historically, the exterior was really what made or broke a vehicle. but now it's the combination of the exterior and the interior. it's the digital experience is a big part of that. >> reporter: mike hishmy leads gm's cockpit experience team. >> you guys have kind of gamified that experience. >> over time, gaming has influenced the design of not just the digital content you see on the screens. a lot of controls like steering wheel controls are inspired by video game controllers. >> reporter: self described video game nerd matty udi is a

designer. >> i'm thinking about what video games are doing that we can not only implement into our vehicle but be the next cutting edge thing for the vehicle. >> reporter: she's worked on the upcoming cadillac seles tick ev. it won't have a traditional dashboard at all. it's more of a video wall stretching across the front cabin, similar to this mercedes ev. in fact, several automakers are now using video game technology. the new ford mustang screens are powered by the same system used to develop the popular video game "fortnite." >> it's the brain of the car. it's the only way that you can communicate with the driver. >> reporter: marty romances runs san francisco bay's territory studio, a design firm with its roots in video games and big budget movies that design the user experience for the lyric. >> cars need the same things that we do for movies and games, which is telling a very complex story in a visual language which is universal in a way that everyone can understand what's happening. >> there's this delicate

balance. >> reporter: kelly funk hauser from consumer reports has r reviewed some of the display-heavy vehicles. >> we're really concerned about the drawing drivers' attention away from the road and putting it onto those screens. >> reporter: something the gm cockpit team says it pays a lot of design attention to. gm uses this simulator to test distraction, to see if something they're putting into the dashboard takes your eyes off the road for too long. video game technology is increasingly factoring into car design too, from vr headsets that help speed up the process to this full-motion simulaor allowing for vehicle testing on a virtual track that looks a lot like the latest racing game.

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machines. >> we use a dough press to help us create uniform 16-inch pies, and then we need the dough through a piece of robotics equipment that helps us sauce and cheese the pies in a consistent matter. >> reporter: matt owns pizza hq in woodland park, new jersey. they've automated almost every part of the pizza assembly line here. >> we do around 4,000 pies a week. >> reporter: they serve local customers, but they're not trying to replace the neighborhood spot. pizza hq's main business comes from schools and large events. >> it allows for consistency, which whether you're in the retail market or the wholesale market, that's what the end customer wants. >> reporter: more restaurants are u using robotots. whwhite castlele is testining a that can work the fryer. mcdonald's has a restaurant where drive-through customers pick up orders through a conveyor system. during the pandemic, many restaurants purchased robots to help deliver room.

it is expected the food industry will continue to adopt this type of technology. >> i think as restaurants kind of find ways where robots can help assist make that experience better, that's where consumers are going to weigh in how they feel about it. >> reporter: often top of mind for customers, how does it taste? >> that's great. >> yeah. >> i'm a little surprised. >> reporter: a slice of the future already rising in some restaurants. michael george, cbs news, woodland park, new jersey. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm nicole sganga. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. authorities uncovered new evidence in the case of a suspected serial killer in new york.

they found more than 200 guns in a vault in rex heuermann's home and an suv linked to him in south carolina. the 59-year-old was arrested thursday in the murders of three women who had gone missing in 2010. abortion is now legal again in iowa for now. a district judge in the state put a hold on a new law signed last friday banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. and imagine shelling out six figures for an iphone. one bidder just bought a first-generation iphone in its original packaging for $190,000 at an auction. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or i'm shanelle kaul,ews, new york. tonight, nearly 90 million americans face sweltering, record-breaking heat with no relief in sight. plus, deadly flooding and the state of emergency in the northeast. here are tonight's headlines.

the urgent search for two children swept away by floodwaters as the east coast cleans up from deadly storms. >> every one of these people were caught. the wall of water came to them. they did not go into the water. americans from coast to coast are struggling under scorching heat. on the west coast, the extreme weather is fueling wildfires. >> now this big heat dome has expanded across the west, and we're getting up to excessive temperatures. the flood of evidence as investigators find more than 200 guns in the home of the accused gilgo beach serial murderer. why police moved quickly to arrest him. a new attack on a crucial supply line for russia. the bridge to the crimean peninsula was damaged and shut down overnight. >> russia has suspended the critical black sea grain deal. >> the agreement had allowed for the safe export of ukrainian grain into the global market. looking to get away this

summer? how you can save money on that last-minute dream vacation. >> you have to follow the deal, not the destination. what a weekend for steph curry. >> are you kidding me? >> from an ace on saturday to a walk-off eagle on sunday, nothing but net. >> and steph curry is the winner. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, we begin with the urgent search for two missing children swept away during deadly flash flooding. police have tripled their resources with teams on foot, in boats, using drones, divers, and sonar technology. 2-year-old matilda and 9-month-old conrad were on their way to a summer barbecue with their mom when the storm turned deadly and water got into the car. their young mother, 32-year-old

katie, killed trying to save her babies. heavy downpours caused flooding across much of the northeast, including pennsylvania, massachusetts, new york, and new jersey, where the governor declared a state of emergency on sunday. and the threat isn't over. the region is bracing for more rain and flash flooding in the days ahead. rain isn't the only dangerous weather that's out there. there's that brutal heat in the west and the south. and the smoke from those wildfires in canada, yep, it is back, bringing unhealthy air to more than half of the country. so tonight we've got our team coverage. cbs's lana zak will start us off tonight from the hard-hit philadelphia suburb of washington crossing. good evening, lana. >> reporter: hi there, norah. just moments ago, the coroner released her findings. five people here dead from accidental drowning following those violent flash floods. a frantic search continues tonight in bucks county, pennsylvania, after rushing flash floods turned roads into rapids.

the vehicle of the sheils family was overcome by floodwaters, and in a moment of terror, the family abandoned the vehicle. the husband, 4-year-old son, and grandmother survived. but the body of mother katie seley was found by search teams yesterday while 2-year-old mattie and 9-month-old conrad are still missing. drones and search dogs are still looking for the children. >> these people did not drive into high water. they were caught. this was a flash flood. >> reporter: 30 miles away, the weather is being blamed for this 40-car freight train tumbling off the tracks in whitemarsh township. no one was injured. air travel was also impacted. nearly 4,000 flights were canceled over the weekend, leaving angry passengers stranded. >> we were delayed, and then we were delayed more, and then we were canceled. >> reporter: the heavy rainfall and manufacturing extended into parts of new york and new england. in massachusetts, officials say a tornado touched down in north brookfield sunday. >> i've never seen one like that. there were limbs flying all over the furniture.

>> reporter: and video captured the moment rushing water crumbled this roadway in new hampshire. >> whoa! >> reporter: torrential rain closed about 100 roads in the state. and as the search continues for those missing children in pennsylvania, hope remains for a safe return. >> we ask that you continue to pray for the return of conrad and mattie and for the safety of all those committed to bringing them home to us. >> reporter: that search is going to be continuing here overnight. more resources are expected to arrive tomorrow. norah, the uncle says that their commitment to bringing conrad and mattie home is unwavering. >> what an awful story. lana zak, thank you so much. from the floodwaters to the deadly heat, nearly 90 million americans are under heat alerts today with record-breaking temperatures bearing down on the west and the south. cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports that the triple-digit temperatures threaten to kick fire season into high gear. >> reporter: out of the frying pan and into phoenix. >> it is miserable being outside

unless you're in the water somehow. >> reporter: today a record-tying 18th straight day where temperatures topped 110 degrees. the outlook, brutal. arizona's power grid is meeting demand even as residents set a new record for electricity use. in neighboring california, this wildfire in a rugged area north of san francisco. in the state's scorching central valley, there's no relief. jeff smith is with pacific gas and electric. >> you've got really hot temperatures that don't cool down at night. that can be really taxing on the electrical equipment. so that's when you start to see transformer failures. >> reporter: then there's death valley. >> we might be talking about some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded. >> reporter: on sunday, 128 degrees during the day. at 1:00 a.m., it was 120, one of the hottest nights ever on earth. the heat dome now stretching from the desert southwest all the way to south florida. miami-dade county with its first ever excessive heat warning.

in salt lake city, the asphalt buckled. and in connecticut, country music star jason aldean was overcome by heat during a concert. >> it was a combination of dehydration and just heat exhaustion. >> reporter: this fire in riverside county east of los angeles forced 1,000 people from their homes. and what looks like rain relief is not. it's dry lightning, and lightning is what sparked that fire. firefighters battling to bring it under control. and tonight thousands of acres across the state look like this. thousands of acres charred. the state has gotten off to a slow start with wildfire season, but officials say with all of this heat and now all of this dry vegetation, the season could become explosive, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti for us, thank you. for more on how long the heat and rain will stick around, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. the heat is unbearable. it is dangerous, and it is

hanging around for a while. with that, excessive heat warnings, excessive heat watches for several states in the southwest. that 110-plus degree trend will continue not just through midweek. possibly through the weekend. so this is hanging in here. the heat dome not just entrenched but expanding in the coming days to include parts of the south, even into florida with records possibly going to fall. record heat in the hottest time of the year is dangerous, and we're seeing multiple systems which unfortunately could, norah, lead to more dangerous flooding in the northeast. >> chris warren, thank you. the "cbs overnight new

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight investigators are uncovering new evidence after arresting a suspected serial killer on new york's long island. cbs's elaine quijano tonight has the shocking new details about what police found inside his home. >> reporter: tonight police say they found over 200 guns in a vault in the basement of accused serial killer rex heuermann's long island home and are executing search warrants at multiple nearby storage facilities, looking for more evidence or trophies from his alleged victims. >> to think this guy was roaming around our community for so long is truly frightening. >> reporter: heuermann was arrested thursday night. >> rex, did you do it? >> reporter: and charged with the murders of three women, all sex workers. he is also the prime suspect in the murder of a fourth, which prosecutors feel confident they can tie him to. their bodies were found within a

quarter mile of each other near gilgo beach in late 2010. >> mr. heuermann had a double life. i guess at nighttime he turned into this monster. >> reporter: police honed in on heuermann in march 2022 after discovering he owned a truck an eyewitness connected to one of the disappearances. over time, they found data from seven burner phones used to contact victims. more than 200 internet searches about the gilgo beach investigation, and tied dna found on a discarded pizza crust to hair found on one of the bodies. police found the remains of 11 people in the area of gilgo beach, including a toddler. they are now looking at other unsolved crimes. >> there's still an awful lot of investigation that has to be done to fully understand how many people were victims to this individual. >> reporter: prosecutors say they pushed up the time frame on the arrest because heuermann was closely monitoring the investigation and was a danger to the community.

he has pleaded not guilty to the murders of the three women. norah. >> elaine quijano, thank you. tonight the faa is investigating what caused an emergency slide to fall from a united airlines jet near chicago's o'hare airport today. you can see the chute that landed in a backyard. maintenance workers say they discovered the slide was missing when the plane landed safely in chicago from zurich, switzerland. luckily no one was hurt. what a story. turning now to 2024, the republican presidential campaign of florida governor ron desantis is garnering fresh criticism after he's struggled to rise in the polls and now a campaign shake-up. cbs's robert costa reports on how and why desantis has been losing ground. >> hello, south carolina! >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis hit the trail today amid a campaign shake-up, laying off about ten staff members as he struggles to gain traction in the crowded gop field. desantis made the moves after burning through cash faster than

most of his opponents in the second quarter, spending about 40% of what he's raised. >> i think we've got a lot of work to do over these next 18 months. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that some key donors are growing frustrated with the campaign and its leadership and are alarmed about the lack of voter enthusiasm for desantis. they fear trump is in a far better primary position. >> the more i'm out there, the more support we get in these early states. >> reporter: desantis' standing against the former president has plummeted in recent months. >> we are totally dominating desanctis. >> reporter: allies say a bright spot for the campaign is casey desantis. >> we want you to be on board to help take this country back. >> reporter: sources say the governor's donors feel she could spur a turnaround for the campaign. there are concerns emerging across the aisle too. democrat robert f. kennedy jr., who is challenging president biden, has been making incremental gains in the polls. he's now speaking out on

comments that prompted charges of racism and anti-semitism after falselely suggestiting th cocovid-19 wasas engineerered te jewish andnd chinese p people. > there's an argument that i is ethnically targeted. covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and b black people. >> reporter: kennedy has said his comments were misinterpreted, but his remarks continue to face condemnation. the white house has called the claims vile. his sister, kerry kennedy, called them deplorable and untruthful. and norah, jewish groups have said the same. >> no scientific evidence to back those claims. robert costa, thank you. turning now to the war in ukraine, russia is vowing to get revenge after ukrainian forces again attacked a vital bridge connecting russia to crimea. the u.s. meanwhile is blasting russia for pulling out of a grain deal with ukraine today, which could impact global food prices. we get more now from cbs's charlie d'agata in southern

ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, ukrainian intelligence officials staking claim for that attack. pre-dawn explosions took down a span of the bridge, tearing into russia's main artery to occupied crimea. local officials say a married couple was killed and their 14-year-old daughter injured in the assault. it's the worst attack on the bridge since a suspected truck bomb blew part of it up in october. the new strike another symbolic blow to russian prestige. while back here on the battlefields of ukraine, the fight rages on. here on the very edge of newly liberated territory, not a building has been left untouched. the ukrainians have managed to push the russian front line back, but the russians keep attacking what's left of this place. and they have other ways of retaliating. hours after the bridge attack,

the kremlin announced it would not be extending the u.n.-brokered deal allowing ukraine to export tens of millions of dollars in grain through the black sea, not only cutting off ukraine but impacting global grain prices, hitting developing countries most. russian president vladimir putin has already vowed retaliation for the attack on the bridge. we were here the last time that happened, which triggered a wave of air strikes across the country. norah. >> charlie d'agata, thank you very much. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight nenews."

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>> are you kidding me? >> the nba's all-time leader in three pointers hit a hole in one at the american century celebrity golf tournament on saturday. if that wasn't enough, on sunday he ended his round with an eagle on the 18th hole to win the tournament. curry became the first active professional athlete to win in more than two decades. congratulations. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online 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. authorities uncovered new evidence in the case of a suspected serial killer in new york. they found more than 200 guns in

a vault in rex heuermann's home and an suv linked to him in south carolina. the 59-year-old was arrested thursday in the murders of three women who had gone missing in 2010. abortion is now legal again in iowa for now. a district judge in the state put a hold on a new law signed last friday banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. and imagine shelling out six figures for an iphone. one bidder just bought a first-generation iphone in its original packaging for $190,000 at an auction. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new it's tuesday, july 18th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." millions of people under heat alerts right now. triple-digit temperatures