inferno of twisted metal and rubble. the third night in a row of some of the heaviest bombardment the cities of odesa and mykolaiv have seen since the start of the invasion. the kremlin calls it retaliation for the attack on the bridge to crimea but timed to coincide with russia's pullout of an agreement allowing safe passage of ukrainian grain from these very ports. ukraine says strikes on a grain terminal destroyed 60,000 tons of grain, enough to feed 300,000 people. moscow now threatening that any ship caught passing through those waters will be consideder a legegitimate mililitary targr. and in another emerging development, the apparent appearance of wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin in neighboring belarus, addressing his forces, trash talking russian frontline troops as a disgrace, and hinting that when the time

comes, he and his fighters will return to the battlefields of ukraine. and tonight, norah, u.s. officials confirm that ukrainian forces have begun using those controversial u.s.-supplied cluster munitions for the first time. >> charlie d'agata, thank you. there was a scary scene here in d.c. today. police are now investigating a deadly crash in a parking garage at med star georgetown university hospital. one woman was killed, and five other people were injured when a car hit a group of pedestrians. the injured are expected to recover. one official said there's no indication that the crash was intentional. the lights of broadway will continue to shine after a last-minute deal between producers and the backstage workers union. the agreement avoids another major strike with hollywood actors and writers continuing to walk the picket line. cbs's mark strassmann reports the shutdown of the industry which supports nearly 2.5 million jobs is already being felt beyond the screen.

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more than 46,000 jobs. and it's not just georgia. billions in wages for workers in states like north carolina, florida, and texas. chris harris is an atlanta production sound mixer. his union's not on strike, but he's not working either. >> it's just that all the work that i used to do is gone because none of that can exist without s.a.g. actors and wga scripts. >> reporter: billy biggers' prop house also can't exist without them. >> if it lasts until december, it's going to get hairy for a lot of people, including myself. >> and define hairy. >> financially. >> reporter: so from prop houses to major local studios like tyler perry's behind me, georgia's movie making business is feeling it. in biggers' case, he says the family business is on the line with these two hollywood strikes. norah. >> quite a ripple effect. mark strassmann, thank you. well, from the hollywood strike to a hollywood ending for one lucky powerball player. the only winning ticket worth more than $1 billion was sold in the city of dreams, los angeles.

cbs's jamie yuccas spoke to the owner of the store where the odds were in one person's favor. >> reporter: once word got out that this downtown los angeles mini market sold the ticket, the excitement couldn't be contained. the store's owners, a mother and daughter, claimed their million dollar check and immediately turned around and started selling more lottery tickets. >> is this life-changing? >> no. it's same thing. for us, no change. life will keep going. we are like a normal, any other person, so we keep going. that's it. >> from now on, every day i'm going to go and buy there. >> reporter: as for the winner, they have a year to come forward, and many wait once learning their names are made public. however, that didn't stop one woman from showing up in front of all those cameras, claiming to have hit the jackpot. >> bless you! thank you! >> reporter: another called the

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with stunning new details in the gilgo beach murders on new york's long island. law enforcement sources tell cbs news that the investigation has spread to at least four states, including new york, new jersey, south carolina, and nevada. police are trying to determine if the suspect, 59-year-old rex heuermann, is connected to any additional unsolved murders, including a wave of killings in atlantic city in 2006. well, now that investigators have his dna in a statewide database, other law enforcement agencies can run his information against open cases. last friday, heuermann was charged in the murders of three women and is the prime suspect in the death of a fourth. he pleaded not guilty to all charges. investigators are combing through his massapequa park home inch by inch for evidence, and police in new york are now in possession of an suv from south carolina that may be connected to at least one of the murders. cbs's lilia luciano is going to start us off tonight from outside the suspect's home.

>> rex, did you do it? >> reporter: tonight, the investigation into the gilgo beach murders spreads nationwide. cbs news has learned police are looking into whether one or more of the three murders rex heuermann is charged with may have taken place inside the long island home he shared with his wife and children. his family was apparently away at the time of those murders. >> there is absolutely no evidence that anyone acted with the defendant, much less his family. >> reporter: law enforcement officials also tell cbs news investigators are looking to see if heuermann is connected to other unsolved murders throughout the county and the country. suffolk county officials have executed several warrants, including in south carolina and las vegas, where the alleged killer had ties. police in south carolina are looking into whether a 2014 missing person case could be tied to heuermann as well. 18-year-old aaliyah bell went missing about 20 miles from where heuermann owned land, but

so far, police have found no connection. investigators are searching the property for evidence, and it's where they found a chevy avalanche, which may have been used in at least one of the three killings. >> it makes you stop and think about the seriousness of what goes on in the world today. >> reporter: long island investigators are actively working with atlantic city police to determine if heuermann is involved in a string of unsolved killings of young women. >> as it stands right now, these charges are just allegations, but we look very much forward to proving them in court. >> reporter: heuermann's wife of almost 30 years has filed for divorce. her attorney tells cbs news she and their adult children are all in shock, that they were told to leave the home where they lived with the clothes on their back and haven't been allowed back since as the search continues more than a week later. norah. >> lilia luciano, thank you. we want to turn now to the unrelenting heat dome engulfing much of the nation that shows no

signs of letting up. more than 125 million americans are under these heat alerts tonight in more than a dozen states. here's cbs's carter evans. >> reporter: as the unrelenting heat wave enters its 40th consecutive day, the temperature is expected to reach a record-setting 119 in palm springs, where hiking trails are closed but road crews are still on the job. the pavement they're working on is 142 degrees. jose sanchez figures he'll need to drink at least two gallons of water to stay hydrated. >> for the first four hours, you're okay. but then the last four hours, you got to take a lot of breaks. >> reporter: no kids on the playground today, and you can understand why. the temperature here on the slide is 171 degrees. further north in death valley, a 71-year-old hiker died after collapsing during his visit in the 121-degree heat. meanwhile in phoenix, temperatures are staying in the triple digits, flirting with a

new daily record, and heat-related e.r. visits are on the rise in the southwest, up 134% from last week. so far this year, the heat's killed 18 people in arizona's maricopa county. the heat straining the power grid. energy bills are predicted to jump almost 12% this summer. just outside dallas, a.c. repairman jonathan monreal can only answer about four to six calls a day. today he's fixing a unit in a 111-degree attic. >> sometimes, you know, you do kind of pat yourself on the shoulder and say, that's a good job. >> reporter: and nobody's dining outside today here in downtown palm springs. they're trying to stay inside to stay cool. and to keep the temperatures down in your home, of course close the shades, turn on the ceiling fans, circulate that air. and also get rid of those old incandescent light bulbs. they throw off a lot of heat. norah. >> that's good information. thank you, carter. for the forecast and an explanation on what's behind this record-breaking heat, let's

bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. the record-setting heat wave we're experiencing across the south only intensifies and expands now through the weekend. dozens of cities from florida all the way to california will experience record-setting high and low temperatures. so now the question is why? why is it so hot in so many places? well, you can blame this right here. high pressure heat dome that's been parked over the southwest for the better part of a month now. and it really doesn't move over the course of the weekend and next week. the jet stream has gone well to the north. in fact, that high pressure only re-intensifies next week. and if you look at the outlook through the end of the month, most of the country remains well above average for temperatures. for a place like phoenix, the takeaway is this forecast. temperatures 110 or higher through july. norah, what that tells us is phoenix is likely to set its record for the warmest month in city history. >> chris, thank you. well, from the hollywood strike to a hollywood ending for one lucky powerball player.

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get a security clearance. his own wife, kitty, had been a member of the party for a long time. >> what did groves think of that? >> he thought that oppy was the one to lead this project, and it was a brilliant choice. he could see in oppy the smarts and the charisma to bring all these scientists together in this secret city and make it happen. >> initially, it was believed that it would only take about 130 people to get the job done here at los alamos. that number grew to 1,700. >> reporter: thrown together in what was then the know where-ville of los alamos, the average age of the scientists was 29. >> boys and girls together, were there romances? >> there were, and that became somewhat of a security problem here because before the project, essentially no one was born in this area. all of a sudden you've got 8, 10, 12 children being born every month. how do you hide that? >> are there traces of the person he was around here? i mean a lot of martini glasses

over there. >> the martini glasses. you'll see ashtrays. >> reporter: after shooting scenes in oppenheimer's new mexico home, nolan donated the furn shings he had brought in to the los alamos historical society. but without the bugs placed by security officers suspicious of oppenheimer's politics. >> was he under surveillance in his own house? >> he was being watched for much of his employment in different ways. for instance, his phone was tapped at various times, and when he would talk to kitty, they would occasionally make reference to the fact that they were probably be listened in on. >> reporter: by the time oppenheimer was ready to test what he called the gadget, germany had already surrendered, but japan fought on. >> this was literally life and death because of every day that was going on in the war. thousands and thousands of more people were being killed. >> reporter: the gadget was hoisted to the top of a 100-foot tower, and the countdown began. >> did he have any famous last

words before the test? >> oppenheimer supposedly said ", lord these affairs are difficult on the heart." >> reporter: oppenheimer was in a bunker 10,000 yards from ground zero. >> there is a tremendous burst of light. he would have been watching it unfold in silence for dozens and dozens of seconds before the shock wave arrived. imagine someone firing a pistol very close to you and somebody putting a leaf blower on high right in your face. >> reporter: three weeks after the test, an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima, then a second one on nagasaki. >> we had split the atom. we had changed the world. >> reporter: the war was over, and oppenheimer was the most famous scientist in the world. but that is only half the story. >> he shortly afterwards plunged into deep depression. i think having read some of the news accounts of what had happened actually on the ground

at hiroshima and nagasaki. >> reporter: oppenheimer had built the weapon that ended the war, but he had also created a monster, which he warned would one day cause the world to curse the names los alamos and hiroshima. >> if there is another world war, this civilization may go under. >> the national security establishment is appalled that the father of the atomic bomb is coming out in public, giving speeches against these weapons. >> reporter: lewis straw is the chairman of the atomic energy commission played by robert downey jr., was bent on building more and bigger bombs than the russians. and oppenheimer was in his way. >> the russians have a bomb. we're supposed to be years ahead of them, but -- what were you guys doing at los alamos? was security tight? >> straws managed to draw up an indictment that made it appear

that oppy's advice was politically motivated, that maybe he was a subversive, that maybe he was a secret communist, that maybe he was a spy. >> reporter: meeting behind closed doors, an atomic energy commission security panel heard evidence, some of it gathered from illegal wiretaps, of oppenheimer's communist past. they voted against him. >> it's a terrible tragedy because here america's foremost scientist, a great public intellectual, is put on trial and stripped of his security clearance and then humiliated. >> reporter: he retreated into academic exile at the institute for advanced study in princeton, new jersey, home of albert einstein, who had tried to talk oppenheimer out of fighting a battle he couldn't win. >> oppenheimer walks away from einstein, and albert einstein turns to his secretary and says, "there goes a nar," the yiddish

for fool. >> has it ever been rectified? >> this past year, december 2022, the department of energy formally vacated the entire clearance hearing. the message there is that this shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: by then, oppenheimer had long since passed away. so he remains as the title of his biography says, the american prometheus who stole fire from the gods and was tortured ever after. but it's not a myth. >> and they won't understand it, not until they've used it. ♪ >> that was david mar n, and this i

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ian lee reports. >> reporter: the hot summer is fueling wildfires from california to the shores of the mediterranean. german scientist jorgen multer knows where there's smoke, there's fire. his company developed a sensor to sniff out flames so firefighters can snuff them out before they grow. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: he says, we're making a fire to test our sensors to see how sensitive they are. hundreds of the devices dubbed electronic noses dot this forest in eastern germany. the solar-powered sensors scan the landscape. a built-in gas detector identifies gases emitted by fire. in his lab, he uses artificial intelligence to teach the device to distinguish smoke from different types of burning trees. they now sniff out smoke from a pine or beech forest. then a.i. maps this pattern, he

says. the sensors can spot a fire in minutes, and with scientists blaming climate change for bigger and faster-moving fires, forest manager raymond engel says this technology is protecting their lands. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "this early detection system can alert us before any major damage," he says. raising the alarm to save not just forests, but property and lives. ian lee, cbs news. that is the overnight news for this friday. check back later for "cbs mornings," and you can join me for my radio show "america changed forever." it's available on sirius xm channel 124 and other outlets. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. this is "cbs news flash." i'm wendy gillette in new york. an armed standoff comes to a tragic end in oklahoma.

a woman reportedly killed her three children and herself in their home thursday night after a standoff with police lasting over two hours. authorities are investigating. lawyers for the failed cryptocurrency exchange ftx are suing former ceo sam bankman-fried and other former executives, alleging they stole hundreds of millions of the company's dollars. the lawsuit also alleges that bankman-fried is now using some of that money to pay for his criminal defense. and the u.s. women's national soccer team's quest for third world cup in a ow starts tonight. they begin group play against vietnam. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. m wendy gillette, cb tonight, our new reporting on the suspected gilgo beach serial killer as the search for more victims expands to at least four states. plus, cbs news has learned police are looking into whether

at least one woman was killed inside the suspect's long island home. here are tonight's headlines. the suspect's wife files for divorce as investigators say she inadvertently helped with his arrest. >> we didn't get a whole lot of sleep because we were worried that our investigation was going to come to light. hospitals face an influx of patients as the heat wave expands. tonight, how to keep your home cool. strike averted on broadway, but actors and writers remain on strike. how it's hurting the livelihoods of people beyond tinsel town. >> all the work that i used to do is gone because none of that can exist without s.a.g. actors and wga scripts. one lucky southern california powerball player is a billion dollars richer. >> the winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in downtown los angeles. >> we're standing here today wondering if the person who bought the ticket even realizes it yet.

two baby mexican wolves flew in from new york. they're a highly endangered species. the wildlife service has 24 hours to get them into a den here in the forest where they can start life in the wild. >> it's a hard life. >> it's a very hard life. she's america's most experienced astronaut. we go "person to person" with peggy whitson to talk about shooting for the stars. >> i might be a little bit addicted to space. >> i think you're a space junkie. >> i think maybe that's true. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin tonight with stunning new details in the gilgo beach murders on new york's long island. law enforcement sources tell cbs news that the investigation has spread to at least four states, including new york, new jersey, south carolina, and nevada.

police are trying to determine if the suspect, 59-year-old rex heuermann, is connected to any additional unsolved murders, including a wave of killings in atlantic city in 2006. well, now that investigators have his dna in a statewide database, other law enforcement against open cases. last friday, heuermann was charged in the murders of three women and is the prime suspect in the death of a fourth. he pleaded not guilty to all charges. investigators are combing through his massapequa park home inch by inch for evidence, and police in new york are now in possession of an suv from south carolina that may be connected to at least one of the murders. cbs's lilia luciano is going to start us off tonight from outside the suspect's home. >> rex, did you do it? >> reporter: tonight, the investigation into the gilgo beach murders spreads nationwide. cbs news has learned police are looking into whether one or more of the three murders rex heuermann is charged with may

have taken place inside the long island home he shared with his wife and children. his family was apparently away at the time of those murders. >> there is absolutely no evidence that anyone acted with the defendant, much less his family. >> reporter: law enforcement officials also tell cbs news investigators are looking to see if heuermann is connected to other unsolved murders throughout the county and the country. suffolk county officials have executed several warrants, including in south carolina and las vegas, where the alleged killer had ties. police in south carolina are looking into whether a 2014 missing person case could be tied to heuermann as well. 18-year-old aaliyah bell went missing about 20 miles from where heuermann owned land, but so far, police have found no connection. investigators are searching the property for evidence, and it's where they found a chevy avalanche, which may have been used in at least one of the three killings. >> it makes you stop and think

about the seriousness of what goes on in the world today. >> reporter: long island investigators are actively working with atlantic city police to determine if heuermann is involved in a string of unsolved killings of young women. >> as it stands right now, these charges are just allegations, but we look very much forward to proving them in court. >> reporter: heuermann's wife of almost 30 years has filed for divorce. her attorney tells cbs news she and their adult children are all in shock, that they were told to leave the home where they lived with the clothes on their back and haven't been allowed back since as the search continues more than a week later. norah. >> lilia luciano, thank you. we want to turn now to the unrelenting heat dome engulfing much of the nation that shows no signs of letting up. more than 125 million americans are under these heat alerts tonight in more than a dozen states. here's cbs's carter evans. >> reporter: as the unrelenting heat wave enters its 40th

consecutive day, the temperature is expected to reach a record-setting 119 in palm springs, where hiking trails are closed but road crews are still on the job. the pavement they're working on is 142 degrees. jose sanchez figures he'll need to drink at least two gallons of water to stay hydrated. >> for the first four hours, you're okay. but then the last four hours, you got to take a lot of breaks. >> reporter: no kids on the playground today, and you can understand why. the temperature here on the slide is 171 degrees. further north in death valley, a 71-year-old hiker died after collapsing during his visit in the 121-degree heat. meanwhile in phoenix, temperatures are staying in the triple digits, flirting with a new daily record, and heat-related e.r. visits are on the rise in the southwest, up 134% from last week. so far this year, the heat's killed 18 people in arizona's maricopa county. the heat straining the power

grid. energy bills are predicted to jump almost 12% this summer. just outside dallas, a.c. repairman jonathan monreal can only answer about four to six calls a day. today he's fixing a unit in a 111-degree attic. >> sometimes, you know, you do kind of pat yourself on the shoulder and say, that's a good job. >> reporter: and nobody's dining outside today here in downtown palm springs. they're trying to stay inside to stay cool. and to keep the temperatures down in your home, of course close the shades, turn on the ceiling fans, circulate that air. and also get rid of those old incandescent light bulbs. they throw off a lot of heat. norah. >> that's good information. thank you, carter. for the forecast and an explanation on what's behind this record-breaking heat, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. the record-setting heat wave we're experiencing across the south only intensifies and expands now through the weekend. dozens of cities from florida

all the way to california will experience record-setting high and low temperatures. so now the question is why? why is it so hot in so many places? well, you can blame this right here. high pressure heat dome that's been parked over the southwest for the better part of a month now. and it really doesn't move over the course of the weekend and next week. the jet stream has gone well to the north. in fact, that high pressure only re-intensifies next week. and if you look at the outlook through the end of the month, most of the country remains well above average for temperatures. for a place like phoenix, the takeaway is this forecast. temperatures 110 or higher through july. norah, what that tells us is phoenix is likely to set its record for the warmest month in city history. >> chris, thank you.

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there's some breaking news just coming in. explosive news about now former washington commanders owner dan snyder. the nfl says that snyder has agreed to pay a $60 million fine after an independent investigation found he sexually harassed tiffany johnston. that's a former cheerleader and team marketing manager. investigators found snyder oversaw executives who dlib tratly withheld at least $11 million in revenue from other teams. this news broke this evening minutes after nfl owners unanimously approved the sale of the team to a group led by businessman josh harris, which includes nba legend magic johnson. turning now to the war in ukraine, russia is continuing its assault on southern ukraine and targeting grain facilities, threatening food supplies in countries that are facing hunger. we get more from cbs's charlie d'agata inside ukraine. >> reporter: russian cruise missiles and drones have turned ukraine's black sea ports into a battlefield, engulfing whole

neighborhoods in a raging inferno of twisted metal and rubble. the third night in a row of some of the heaviest bombardment the cities of odesa and mykolaiv have seen since the start of the invasion. the kremlin calls it retaliation for the attack on the bridge to crimea but timed to coincide with russia's pullout of an agreement allowing safe passage of ukrainian grain from these very ports. ukraine says strikes on a grain terminal destroyed 60,000 tons of grain, enough to feed 300,000 people. moscow now threatening that any ship caught passing through those waters will be considered a legitimamate military y targe. and in anothther emerging g development, the apparent appearance of wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin in neighboring belarus, addressing his forces, trash talking russian frontline troops as a disgrace, and hinting that when the time comes, he and his fighters will

return to the battlefields of ukraine. and tonight, norah, u.s. officials confirm that ukrainian forces have begun using those controversial u.s.-supplied cluster munitions for the first time. >> charlie d'agata, thank you. there was a scary scene here in d.c. today. police are now investigating a deadly crash in a parking garage at medstar georgetown university hospital. one woman was killed, and five other people were injured when a car hit a group of pedestrians. the injured are expected to recover. one official said there's no indication that the crash was intentional. the lights of broadway will continue to shine after a last-minute deal between producers and the backstage workers union. the agreement avoids another major strike with hollywood actors and writers continuing to walk the picket line. cbs's mark strassmann reports the shutdown of the industry which supports nearly 2.5 million jobs is already being felt beyond the screen.

>> no contract. >> no actors! >> reporter: in hollywood, striking the set has a whole new meaning, with repercussions rippling 2,200 miles away in atlanta. >> this is decades of stuff, right? >> reporter: billy biggar's family-owned prop house services the hollywood of the south. it's jam-packed with moviemaking esoterica for rent, millions of items. >> lots of fake food. >> reporter: gathering dust, unneeded with quiet on every set here. >> it's hard to keep upbeat. >> is business as b bad as it c be? > yeah. when your r clients arare shut , you're shut down. >> reporter: of hollywood's six highest domestic grossing movies, four were shot in georgia. "black panther." >> you have three seconds to lay downwn your weapapon. >> repeporter: twowo "avengersr momovies. >> six stones, three teams, one shot. >> reporter: and "spider-man: no way home." >> all right. let's do this.

>> reporter: all feature this peach in their closing credits. $3.5 billion in annual wages and more than 46,000 jobs. and it's not just georgia. billions in wages for workers in states like north carolina, florida, and texas. chris harris is an atlanta production sound mixer. his union's not on strike, but he's not working either. >> it's just that all the work that i used to do is gone because none of that can exist without s.a.g. actors and wga scripts. >> reporter: billy biggar's prop house also can't exist without them. >> if it lasts until december, it's going to get hairy for a lot of people, including myself. >> and define "hairy." >> financially. >> reporter: so from prop houses to major local studios like tyler perry's behind me, georgia's moviemaking business is feeling it. in biggar's case, he says the family business is on the line with these two hollywood strikes. norah. >> quite a ripple effect. mark strassmann, thank you. well, from the hollywood strike to a hollywood ending for one lucky powerball player. the only winning ticket worth more than $1 billion was sold in the city of dreams, los angeles. cbs's jamie yuccas spoke to the

owner of the store where the odds were in one person's favor. >> reporter: once word got out that this downtown los angeles mini market sold the ticket, the excitement couldn't be contained. >> wow! unbelievable! >> reporter: the store's owners, a mother and daughter, claimed their million dollar check and immediately turned around and started selling more lottery tickets. >> is this life-changing? >> no. it's same thing. for us, no change. life keeps going. we are like a normal, any other person, so we keep going. that's it. >> from now on, every day i'm going to go and buy there. >> reporter: as for the winner, they have a year to come forward, and many wait once learning their names are made public. however, that didn't stop one woman from showing up in front of all those cameras, claiming to have hit the jackpot. >> god bless you! thank you! >> reporter: another called the store, also claiming to be the

winner. >> it would take us a while before we were able to say, yes, that person is indeed the winner. we won't know for a while. >> reporter: in an only in america moment, the block this business sits on is just steps from the infamous skid row. a number of homeless people frequent the store, and many now wonder if one of them could be the winner. norah. >> stay tuned. jamie yuccas, thank you so much. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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with more of their cattle being killed. in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's kris van cleave looks at the tensions that come with the growing wolf population. >> reporter: the race to save an endangered species has five newborn mexican wolf pups on a nearly 2,500 mile journey -- >> precious cargo first. >> reporter: -- from captivity in new york to new mexico and the wild. veterinarian susan dicks. >> time is trauma, and the very best place for a wolf pup to be is with a mother. >> reporter: the mexican wolf, or lobo, was once plentiful in the southwest until it was hunted nearly to extinction. by the mid-1970s, there were just seven in existence. >> they are doing better and improving, but that's a fine line. disease comes through, something happens, they could be lost. >> reporter: there are now about 250 back in the wild, but a lack of genetic diversity makes rehoming pups from captivity necessary. >> is this wolf country? >> yes, it is. >> reporter: at barbara marks' family ranch in blue, arizona,

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pfizer is assessing the damage from a tornado that ripped through its pharmaceutical plant in rocky mountain, north carolina, on wednesday. the ef-3 tornado with 150-mile-an-hour winds tore open and collapsed the roof, scattering debris. there were no serious injuries, but there is concern that it could make america's drug shortage worse. the plant, which employs more than 2,000 workers, produces drugs that are injected through an iv, including anesthesia and other medications for surgery. a deadly explosion rocks a major international city. that's next.

officials in south africa are investigating a tremendous deadly explosion that rattled the city of johannesburg wednesday night. you can see that it tossed heavy vehicles into the air and blasted a hole in the road, sending people running. one man was killed, and nearly 50 people were injured. officials suspect it was a gas explosion. today marks the 54th anniversary of the first moon landing, a moment that peggy whitson says inspired her to follow in their historic footsteps. now she's america's most experienced astronaut. in our new episode of "person to person," we sat down with whitson to discuss her record-breaking career and what inspired her dream of working among the stars. >> i was 9 years old when the first astronauts walked on the moon. and at the time i thought cool job. i want to do this too. but i was a farm kid in iowa, and i never really told anybody about it because it seemed so unreal to me.

and coincidentally when i graduated high school was the first year nasa picked the female astronauts. i'm like, maybe this is possible for me to become an astronaut. and i try and tell young people it's -- it's so important to take advantage of the opportunities you're given along your path because getting there isn't always a straight line. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm wendy gillette in new york. an armed standoff comes to a tragic end in oklahoma.

a woman reportedly killed her three children and herself in their home thursday night after a standoff with police lasting over two hours. authorities are investigating. lawyers for the failed cryptocurrency exchange ftx are suing former ceo sam bankman-fried and other former executives, alleging they stole hundreds of millions of the company's dollars. the lawsuit also alleges that bankman-fried is now using some of that money to pay for his criminal defense. and the u.s. women's national soccer team's quest for athird world cup in a row starts tonight. they begin group play against vietnam. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. it's friday, july 21st, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." deadly heat. more extreme weather as a third of americans are hit by record-breaking high temperat