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we're learning more about the u.s. soldier being detained in north korea after bolting across the border on tuesday. u.s. officials tell cbs news that 22-year-old private travis king served 47 days of hard labor after being charged last fall with assaulting two south koreans and kicking a police car. he was supposed to return to the u.s. for separation from the army before he crossed into north korea. there are new questions tonight about the mysterious disappearance of a 25-year-old alabama woman. police said today that carlee russell gave a harrowing account of being abducted by a man with orange hair, but that her internet searches before she vanished included a hollywood kidnapping thriller movie. we get more now from cbs' lilia luciano. >> reporter: tonight police provide some answers to the many questions that followed a bizarre story of abduction in birmingham when carlee russell disappeared after making an alarming call to 911. >> i am on interstate 459, and there's a kid just walking by

theirselves. >> reporter: her family says she was on the phone with her sister-in-law, who says they heard her scream. >> we pretty much know exactly what took place from the time she left work until she got on the 911 call. and we can see getting out of the car on the interstate from that footage. and after that, i think she only knows. >> reporter: she told police that the orange-haired man had kept her in the back of an 18-wheeler. police say during the investigation, it was revealed that she had made questionable internet searches days and hours before vanishing, including about the hollywood kidnapping thriller "taken." >> i will look for you. i will find you. >> on july 11th, at 7:30 a.m., the term "do you have to pay for an amber alert" was searched. >> reporter: russell's disappearance prompted a two-day statewide search. police say russell eventually walked home, was treated at a hospital and released.

pd are still investigating, and they do want the ask her more questions. but today police said they have yet to find any evidence of either a wandering toddler or a kidnapper. norah? >> so many questions. lilia luciano, thank you. tonight police are investigating a shooting inside a florida city walmart that left one person dead and two others injured. the suspected gunman is in custody. investigators for the miami-dade police said it's not clear if the shooting was a targeted attack. multiple law enforcement agencies are on the scene investigating along with emergency personnel. now to capitol hill, where two agents from the internal revenue service testified about their role in the federal investigation of hunter biden. the president's son expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax crimes next week. but in an exclusive interview with cbs' catherine herridge, the lead case agent said the evidence supported more serious charges. >> do you solemnly swear -- >> reporter: special agent joseph ziegler is a 13-year

veteran of the irs, a registered democrat, and until now, a confidential whistle-blower. today he publiced testified about his role investigating the president's son hunter for tax crimes. >> i'm the main case agent. i worked 95% of this tax investigation. >> so nice to meet you. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with cbs news, ziegler told us he believed the evidence he gathered during the five-year probe supported multiple felony and misdemeanor counts, including allegations hunter biden wrote off personal expenses as business payments. >> hotels he was blacklisted from, payments that were made to escorts, payments that are made to no-show employees. >> reporter: ziegler said he drafted this memo recommending justice department prosecutors charge hunter biden accordingly. but he said the trump-appointed u.s. attorney david weiss told him there was resistance to pursuing some of these charges by other officials at the justice department. >> it's a matter of are we treating all taxpayers the same.

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now what's being called a landmark abortion lawsuit by advocates. several women say they were denied an abortion despite facing serious pregnancy complications. >> the state doesn't care about the lives of their constituents. >> reporter: emotional testimony from women in a texas courtroom today saying the state's abortion ban put their lives in danger. >> i had just been given the worst news of my life, and i was terrified. >> reporter: amanda zerofsky says she was denied an abortion at 18 weeks. she developed sepsis and nearly died. was bella alive when you delivered her? >> no. >> reporter: the center for reproductive rights filed the suit on behalf of 13 women who claim they were denied emergency care due to the state's abortion laws. >> the law does not take cases

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overnight news." >> we begin with the dangerous weather that is gripping the nation, from brutally hot temperatures to life-threatening flooding and even tornadoes. in fact, this afternoon there was large twister that touched down in rocky mountain, north carolina, causing significant damage. that's about 50 miles east of raleigh. roofs were ripped off homes and trees and power lines were scattered across roadways. several people were transported to the hospital. and then from coast-to-coast, from pasadena to palm beach, we're talking about more than 120 million americans who are now under heat alerts. and torrential rains have flooded entire towns in western kentucky, turning roads into rivers and forcing residents from their homes. we have team coverage of today's extreme weather and a forecast of what's ahead. but first, cbs' mark strassmann will start us off tonight as emergency crews spring into action. >> is it coming this way? >> reporter: it was. a gathering storm approaching rocky mount, north carolina. >> oh my god, dude. >> reporter: its noontime fury

leaving a debris trail by some estimates stretching 2 1/2 miles wide. the tornado ripped into this pfizer manufacturing plant, shearing off the roof. >> i've never seen nothing like this in person. >> reporter: in north carolina, residential and ruin in stretches. >> maybe a minute, and it was over. >> reporter: neighboring kentucky's weather worry flooding. here is justin michaels with our partners at the weather channel. >> here in western kentucky, the water came in fast and furious. just outside the city of mayfield, what is expected to be a new 24-hour rainfall record for the state, with over 11 inches. residents here are still coping from the devastating and deadly tornado that ripped through the region less than two years ago. >> so it is a known flood risk area, but like i said, it came so quickly. >> reporter: and what that nearly a foot of rain did here in mayfield, kentucky over the

course of 24 hours is flood out cars and garages, even a home through those trees. and looking over here, the mayfield elementary school now surrounded by water. and there is more rain in the forecast. back in north carolina, the message, resilience. >> life is precious. material things come and go. but we will rebuild. >> the national weather service says it was an ef-3 tornado with winds up to 150 miles per hour. and norah, that's very rare for north carolina this time of year. >> mark strassmann, thank you. well, now to the brutal heat with triple-digit temperatures in nearly a dozen states. the daytime high near 120 degrees in phoenix, arizona. cbs' jonathan vigliotti reports that health officials across the southwest are on alert. >> reporter: here in phoenix, first responders are on the move. in just 24 hours, heat-related emergency calls jumped 35%, from

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video rallying supporters to join him. >> we will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. >> reporter: with a potential criminal indictment looming, cbs news has learned the target letter smith sent to trump cite several possible charges, including conspiracy to defraud the u.s., deprivation of rights under color of law, which applies when someone uses power to deny constitutional rights, and witness tampering and obstruction of an official proceeding, the january 6th electoral count certification. >> this goes to the top of the most serious charges that the former president will face. this is of a constitutional dimension. we've never seen anything like this in the history of our country. >> reporter: the obstruction count was used against more than 300 defendants in the capitol riot. the d.c. grand jury probing trump's action is still at work, and the special counsel recently contacted arizona's former governor doug ducey, who trump allegedly called in the aftermath of the election to

pressure him to overturn the results. the president's former ally says he face answer uphill climb in washington. >> you think donald trump can't get a fair trial in the district of columbia. why is that? >> well, he got 5% of the vote. you can indict a republican for almost anything and get convicted in this city. >> reporter: you don't think the jury can put the politics aside and hear the facts? >> no, no. >> reporter: meanwhile, a loss in court in new york for trump today, where a judge has rejected trump's request for a new trial in the civil case for which he was found liable for sexual abuse of the writer e. jean carroll. norah? >> scott macfarlane with all those details, thank you. tonight in an exclusive tv interview, former northwestern university quarterback lloyd yates is opening up to cbs news about the hazing and sexual abuse he says he endured. yates, who graduated from northwestern in 2018 is among the first players to speak out after football coach pat fitzgerald was fired earlier this month. yates tells cbs' roxana saberi

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u.s. design, as well as that of 12 other countries. >> it's inspired by abstract expressionism which is an art movement that actually put the united states on to the world's art scene in the first place. >> reporter: the movement shifted the art world's attention from europe to the u.s. fittingly similar to what's played out in women's soccer. but that wasn't the only focus. why was sustainability such a big factor this year? >> so we've now incorporated 100% recycled trims. they're made of nike grind. which is resurfaced, repurposed footwear straps. >> reporter: also new this year, the science and technology behind each square inch. is this technology that wasn't even available five years ago? >> so we're now able to utilize computational data and digital tools. combined with heat maps of the athlete's body, we're then able to really look at how the athlete needs us to tune this garment for their movements. >> reporter: that means features like more breathability in the

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uniforms themselves the night before pflyiying out. 30 years later, the fit wasas me focused on women, but the style was modeled after men's jerseys. it wasn't until 2019, the last world cup when the women's team finally got their own style kit. >> the growth we're experiencing around women's sport is because her game is more inclusive. there is new enerergy. > reporter: t the vice e pre of womemen's teams and organize sport at nike told us that t th 2019 jersey continues to o be ninike's topop sellingng soccery of all time. men's or women's. >> the momentum around women's sport and that energy is so palpable. it's inclusive and so fans want a piece of that. >> germany! >> reporter: with so many eyes on the team, for trinity rodman is glad to be playing in style. you're known for your love of fashion. what do you make of these new kits? >> oh, i love them. i think they're so cool. and you can just tell it's

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offices for outpatient treatment. >> we've gotten rips and strains. we've got tendon of the elbow, rotator cuff injury of the shoulder. >> reporter: dr. jonathan is an associate professor of clinical therapy at the university of southern california. he says more serious injuries could mean surgery. >> we could be looking at 30, 40, $50,000, really maybe just in the surgery alone. >> reporter: to protect your body and your bank account, he recommends players consult with a doctor before stepping on the court. >> my pt said, down, you need to stretch. and she give me some exercises. and i haven't stopped since. >> reporter: because missing a day o

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the urgent rescues in kentucky and state of emergency after flash flooding inundates homes and cars. plus, the devastation after a tornado forms in north carolina. former president trump is staying defiant after receiving a target letter in the january 6th investigation. >> the obstruction of an official proceeding could be one of the charges. >> i didn't know practically what a subpoena was and grand juries and all of this. now i'm becoming an expert. i don't have any option. >> emotional testimony from women suing texas, who believe the state's abortion ban puts their lives at risk. >> i don't feel safe to have children in texas anymore. cbs news exclusive. our interview with an irs whistle-blower who claims the department of justice limited his hunter biden investigation. >> i was asking to do these certain things and roadblock after roadblock was put up in front of me.

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flooding and even tornadoes. this afternoon there was a large twister that touched down in rocky mount, north carolina, causing significant damage. that's about 50 miles east of raleigh. roofs were ripped off homes and trees and power lines were scattered across roadways. several people were transported to the hospital. and then from coast-to-coast, from pasadena to palm beach, we're talking about more than 120 million americans who are now under heat alerts. and torrential rains have flooded entire towns in western kentucky, turning roads into rivers and forcing residents from their homes. we have team coverage of today's extreme weather and a forecast of what's ahead. but first, cbs' mark strassmann will start us off tonight as emergency crews spring into action. >> is it coming this way? >> reporter: it was. a gathering storm approaching rocky mount, north carolina. >> oh my god, dude. >> reporter: its noontime fury leaving a debris trail by some estimates stretching 2 1/2 miles wide.

the tornado ripped into this pfizer manufacturing plant, shearing off the roof. >> i've never seen nothing like this in person. >> reporter: in north carolina, residential and ruin in stretches. >> it was bad for maybe a minute, and then it was over. >> reporter: neighboring kentucky's weather worry flooding. here is justin michaels with our partners at the weather channel. >> here in western kentucky, the water came in fast and furious. just outside the city of mayfield, what is expected to be a new 24-hour rainfall record for the state, with over 11 inches. residents here are still coping from the devastating and deadly tornado that ripped through the region less than two years ago. >> so it is a known flood risk area, but like i said, it came so quickly. >> reporter: and what that nearly a foot of rain did here in mayfield, kentucky over the course of 24 hours is flood out cars and garages, even a home through those trees. and looking over here, the

mayfield elementary school now surrounded by water. and there is more rain in the forecast. back in north carolina, the message, resilience. >> life is precious. material things come and go. but we will rebuild. >> the national weather service says it was an ef-3 tornado with winds up to 150 miles per hour. and norah, that's very rare for north carolina this time of year. >> mark strassmann, thank you. well, now to the brutal heat with triple-digit temperatures in nearly a dozen states. the daytime high near 120 degrees in phoenix, arizona. cbs' jonathan vigliotti reports that health officials across the southwest are on alert. >> reporter: here in phoenix, first responders are on the move. in just 24 hours, heat-related emergency calls jumped 35%, from close calls like this one to treating this patient showing

signs of heat stress. >> i can tell you that a majority of our calls that we are going on are going to be medical calls. >> reporter: the priority for the responding crew is bringing a patient's body temperature down fast using ice-cold intravenous fluids. >> what you see here is we have iv bags that we throw on ice. we have several of them. this we could use two of these for one call. we also have these tools, which are very nice. we'll put these around the necks. we'll put these in the grin, we'll put teem these in the armpits as well. >> reporter: signs of heat-related illness include dizziness, nausea and headache. heatstroke is the most dangerous with warning signs including loss of sweat, a rapid pulse, and a body temperature of 103 degrees or higher. officials say you should call 911 immediately. >> go, yeah! >> reporter: at the tumbleweed day camp in los angeles, they're taking extra precautions to keep kids safe, making sure the equipment and the campers stay cool.

>> we make it a party. so it's sunscreen party. everyone is putting on sunscreen together. we're doing water breaks. we're doing hydration challenges. and so we're doing a lot of preemptive work on that. >> reporter: and back here in maricopa county, officials have confirmed at least 12 deaths linked to this heatwave. but perhaps most troubling about all of this, a third of those victims were actually inside at the time and may not have noticed the symptoms until it was too late, norah. >> that is really disturbing. jonathan vigliotti, thank you. the extreme weather of heat and heavy rains is far from over. so we've got a look ahead. let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. a rare flash flood emergency this morning in western kentucky with rainfall estimates more than a foot. and as justin showed us, the rain was relentless overnight into the morning hours. the threat for flooding continues overnight tonight into

the morning hours. if it seems like these flash flood emergencies are common, they aren't. but there has been 11 since july 1 in the eastern part of the united states. what else is not common is this heat. more record heat tomorrow again up to 118 in phoenix. and unfortunately, as we look at the pattern, we look at the weather, norah, in the west, no significant cooling at all for the next several days. >> chris warren, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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>> we're getting new details tonight about the possible charges that former president trump faces after receiving a target letter from special counsel jack smith. cbs' scott macfarlane spoke with a former prosecutor about what it all means. >> we have prosecutors that are evil people. these are evil people. >> reporter: former president trump lashed out at special counsel jack smith and posted a video rallying supporters to join him. >> we will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. >> reporter: with a potential criminal indictment looming, cbs news has learned the target letter smith sent to trump cite several possible charges, including conspiracy to defraud the u.s., deprivation of rights under color of law, which applies when someone uses power to deny constitutional rights, and witness tampering and obstruction of an official proceeding, the january 6th electoral count certification. >> this goes to the top of the most serious charges that the former president will face. this is of a constitutional dimension. we've never seen anything like this in the history of our

country. >> reporter: the obstruction count was used against more than 300 defendants in the capitol riot. the d.c. grand jury probing trump's actions is still at work and the special counsel recently contacted arizona's former governor doug ducey who allegedly called in the aftermath of the election to pressure him to overturn the results. the former president's ally says he faces an uphill climb in washington. >> you think donald trump can't get a fair trial in the district of columbia. why is that? >> well, he got 5% of the vote. you can indict a republican for almost anything and get convicted in this city. >> reporter: you don't think the jury can put the politics aside and hear the facts? >> no, no. >> reporter: meanwhile, a loss in court in new york for trump today, where a judge has rejected trump's request for a new trial in the civil case for which he was found liable of sexual abuse of the writer e. jean carroll. norah? >> scott macfarlane with all those details, thank you. we're learning more about the u.s. soldier being detained

in north korea after bolting across the border on tuesday. u.s. officials tell cbs news that 23-year-old private travis king served 47 days of hard labor after being charged last fall with assaulting two south koreans and kicking a police car. he was supposed to return to the u.s. for separation from the army before he crossed into north korea. there are new questions tonight about the mysterious disappearance of a 25-year-old alabama woman. police said today that carlee russell gave a harrowing account of being abducted by a man with orange hair, but that her internet searches before she vanished included a hollywood kidnapping thriller movie. we get more now from cbs' lilia luciano. >> reporter: tonight police provide some answers to the many questions that followed a bizarre story of abduction in birmingham when carlee russell disappeared after making an alarming call to 911. >> i am on interstate 459, and there's a kid just walking by theirselves.

>> reporter: her family says she was on the phone with her sister-in-law, who says they heard her scream. >> we pretty much know exactly what took place from the time she left work until she got on the 911 call. and we can see getting out of the car on the interstate from that footage. and after that, i think she only knows. >> reporter: she told police that the orange-haired man had kept her in the back of an 18-wheeler. police say during the investigation, it was revealed that she had made questionable internet searches days and hours before vanishing, including about the hollywood kidnapping thriller "taken." >> i will look for you. i will find you. >> on july 11th, at 7:30 a.m., the term "do you have to pay for an amber alert" was searched. >> reporter: russell's disappearance prompted a two-day statewide search. police say russell eventually walked home, was treated at a hospital and released.

hoover pd are still investigating, and they do want to ask her more questions. but today police said they have yet to find any evidence of either a wandering toddler or a kidnapper. norah? >> so many questions. lilia luciano, thank you. tonight police are investigating a shooting inside a florida city walmart that left one person dead and two others injured. the suspected gunman is in custody. investigators for the miami-dade police said it's not clear if the shooting was a targeted attack. multiple law enforcement agencies are on the scene investigating along with emergency personnel. now to capitol hill, where two agents from the internal revenue service testified about their role in the federal investigation of hunter biden. the president's son expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax crimes next week. but in an exclusive interview with cbs' catherine herridge, the lead case agent said the evidence supported more serious charges. >> do you solemnly swear -- >> reporter: special agent

joseph ziegler is a 13-year veteran of the irs, a registered democrat, and until now, a confidential whistle-blower. today he publicly testified about his role investigating the president's son hunter for tax crimes. >> i'm the main case agent. i worked 95% of this tax investigation. >> so nice to meet you. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with cbs news, ziegler told us he believed the evidence he gathered during the five-year probe supported multiple felony and misdemeanor counts, including allegations hunter biden wrote off personal expenses as business payments. >> hotels he was blacklisted from, payments that were made to escorts, payments that are made to no-show employees. >> reporter: ziegler said he drafted this memo recommending justice department prosecutors charge hunter biden accordingly. but he said the trump-appointed u.s. attorney david weiss told him there was resistance to pursuing some of these charges by other officials at the justice department. >> it's a matter of are we treating all taxpayers the same. >> reporter: and in this case? >> and in this case, no, i don't think so.

>> reporter: today, democrats push back on claims of preferential treatment. >> there is no evidence that hunter biden has received any kind of official favoritism in this prosecution for being joe biden's son. >> reporter: but ziegler described to cbs news a series of roadblocks that included his efforts to interview hunter biden's adult children about the legitimacy of his tax deductions. what did the u.s. assistant attorney tell you? >> that that's going to get us into hot water. >> reporter: ziegler also told us prosecutors would not sign off on pursuing leaves that might involve president biden. >> any time we potentially wanted to go down the road of asking questions related to the president, it was "that's going to take too much approvals. we can't ask those questions". >> reporter: it's a politically sensitive case. wouldn't it require approvals? >> yes. i do understand that. it would be let's think about that. let's put that on the back burner and it would now move down to item number 50.

>> reporter: this probe was ongoing during the 2020 election when the justice department policy limited some investigative steps. the u.s. attorney in delaware has told congress twice he had the ultimate decision making authority. president biden denies involvement in his son's business deals. and norah, hunter biden's legal team said any claim the probe wasn't thorough is, quote, preposterous. >> interesting new details. catherine herridge, thank you very much. the "cbs overnight news" new dodove men bododywash gives youu 24 hoursrs of nourisishing mimicromoisturure.

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now what's being called a landmark abortion lawsuit by advocates. cbs' janet shamlian reports tonight several women say they were denied an abortion despite facing serious pregnancy complications. >> the state doesn't care about the lives of their constituents. >> reporter: emotional testimony from women in a texas courtroom today saying the state's abortion ban put their lives in danger. >> i had just been given the worst news of my life, and i was terrified. >> reporter: amanda zurawski says she was denied an abortion when her water broke at 18 weeks. she developed sepsis and nearly died. >> was bella alive when you delivered her? >> no. >> reporter: the center for reproductive rights filed the suit on behalf of 13 women who claim they were denied emergency care due to the state's abortion laws. >> the law does not take cases like mine into consideration.

>> reporter: ashley brant was pregnant with twins when one was diagnosed with a fatal birth defect, she said she had to go out of state to terminate the pregnancy. >> i don't feel safe to have children in texas anymore. i know it was very clear that my health didn't really matter, but my daughter's health didn't really matter. and that's heartbreaking. >> reporter: texas is among 15 states that don't allow abortions for a fatal fetal anomaly. rebecca weaver is with texas right to life. >> certainly these stories from these women are heartbreaking and tragic, but our view is that the law is fine as it is and doesn't need to be changed. >> reporter: the state wants this case dismissed. it says the plaintiffs are unhappy with the medical care they received and oppose the texas abortion law. this hearing is scheduled to continue through tomorrow. norah? >> janet shamlian, thank you. tonight, explosive allegations of hazing and sexual abuse on the northwestern football team.

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to perform acts nude in front of teammates. and he says it left him with anxiety, nightmares, and unable to ever watch football. >> we want the bring that to light to make sure this type of stuff is not normalized. i think the biggest thing for us is being brainwashed that this is normal. >> yates is among several former northwestern athletes represented by civil rights attorney benjamin crump, who are now planning a lawsuit. the university sent us a statement tonight saying in part that hazing has no place at northwestern and further steps are being taken to eliminate it. all right. coming up, more about netflix as it makes a big announcement about one of its subscription

big changes tonight in netflix. the streaming giant has pulled the plug on its $10 per month commercial-free plan in the u.s. those already on the plan can continue to use it, but netflix is now trying to boost its

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injured at least five others at a construction site in auckland, new zealand just hours before the start of the women's world cup. the gunman was also killed after a shootout with police. derek chauvin's attorneys says he plans to appeal to the u.s. supreme court over his 22 1/2-year sentence for the murder of george floyd. this comes after the minnesota supreme court declined to hear the former police officer's appeal. and one lucky lotto player just got a whole lot richer. a winning ticket was sold for last night's billion jackpot powerball drawing. the ticket was sold at a los angeles convenience store. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's thursday, july 20th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." severe weather. kentucky is hit with catastrophic flooding, and a tornado in north carolina leaves