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alleged retention of classified documents after leaving office, trump allegedly worked with de oliveira and personal aide walt nauta in an attempt to pressure another mar-a-lago employee to delete footage. prosecutors said monday they have obtained surveillance footage from mar-a-lago, and sources say these tapes might show a trump aide moving boxes of classified documents out of a storage room. >> these are the types of witnesses people closest in the trump orbit who pose perhaps a greater threat to former president trump than the other witnesses. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, trump continues to dominate the primary race according to the latest polls. >> you know, they're not indicting me. they're indicting you. i just happen to be standing in their way. >> reporter: the special counsel is also investigating an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election and has told trump he's a target in that investigation. and in atlanta, barricades already being installed at fulton county courthouse where a grand jury is set to consider
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even more charges against trump, this time over his alleged role in pressuring georgia election officials. >> and robert costa joins us now with more from washington. so, bob, what are we learning about how expensive these legal fees are and how trump is paying for them? >> reporter: trump's political action committee has already spent more than $40 million on legal fees this year, and cbs news has learned tonight that a new legal defense fund is now being established by trump associates as they brace for more indictments on the horizon. norah. >> all right. robert costa, thank you. well, now to the desperate search for a kidnapped american nurse and her daughter in haiti. alix dorsainvil was abducted near haiti's capital and works for a faith-based organization that runs a school for underserved haitian students. the state department says they are in regular contact with the haitian authorities, but they
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declined further comment. turning now to the war in ukraine, president zelenskyy says at least six people, including a 10-year-old girl and her mother, were killed today in a russian missile attack on his hometown. it is seen as retaliation for ukraine's attack on central moscow over the weekend. here's cbs's ramy inocencio. >> reporter: russia's twin missile attacks on conservativevy re are personal for ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy. this is his hometown. a smoldering hole where apartments used to be. a university complex hit more than 75 wounds. several of them children. possible retaliation for the fear over moscow one day earlier. before dawn sunday, russian forces say they downed three drones targeting the capital. two tore off the facades of skyscrapers in the glitzy business district. "it was like a wave. everyone jumped. there was a lot of smoke, a and you c couldn't s see anything." ukrainian president volodymyr
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zelenskyy says war is returning to the territory of russia as ukraine's military also drives south in an apparent priority to cut off russia's access to crimea. a nearly 100-mile push from the southern frontline town of orakyiv to the sea of azov, that included the russian occupied city of melitopol. that city's mayor is in exile. >> now it's one of the main military city and military base of russians. >> what do you want americans to know about what's happening here? >> millions of ukrainians stay on the border of ukraine, not because they want to stay on the border of ukraine. because their house is occupied. >> reporter: the mayor did admit to us ukraine's offensive is moving slowly but very deliberately towards the city. and as far as he's concerned, it's not a matter of if but when it will be liberated from russian occupation. norah.
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>> ramy inocencio in ukraine, thank you. the terror group islamic state is claiming responsibility for one of the deadliest attacks in pakistan in recent years. at least 50 people were killed on sunday, including children, at an election rally for a pro-taliban cleric. islamic state says the attacker detonated an explosive vest and that the bombing was part of its war against forms of democracy it believes are against islam. back here at home, hollywood and a generation of fans are mourning the death of paul reubens, better known as his alter ego, pee-wee herman. cbs's omar villafranca reports reubens died at the age of 70 after a private battle with cancer. >> reporter: he was the man behind the laugh and the ludicrous dance moves. actor and comedian paul reubens created the quirky character pee-wee herman, who starred on the cbs show "pee-wee's playhouse." ♪ and box office hits like the
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>> reporter: company co-founder josh at the time rick. >> cultivating meat is the way of starting with a cell and ending with chicken, beef, or pork without all of the other issues in between. >> reporter: it starts with those chicken cells. >> this is our biggest reactor. >> reporter: which are bathed in a nutrient broth in a tank known as bioreactors. >> the genetic profile is the same as a slaughtered chicken. >> reporter: environmental advocates say cultivating meat is more sustainable compared to traditional livestock farming because it uses less water and land. in june, federal regulators approved the sale of lab-grown meat from good meat and nearby berkeley-based upside foods. but some researchers say the environmental impacts of cultivating meat will need to be closely monitored as the industry grows. >> just by the virtue of creating this meat in a lab doesn't necessarily mean it's better for the environment. >> reporter: and will people eat it? most we asked did. >> i mean it tastes good. >> yeah, it's really good. >> if you didn't know, you wouldn't really question it. >> yeah, i'd buy it.
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health officials in georgia are sounding the alarm after a rare death from what is known as the brain-eating amee bampt the unidentified victim is believed to have become infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond. a las vegas toddler died from the amoeba earlier this month. swimmers are urged to prevent warm freshwater from going up their nose. in tonight's health watch, alarming news about the impacts
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of alcohol on heart health. a new study out today warns that having as little as one drink a day may increase systolic blood pressure. that's the top number in a blood pressure reading, even in those without existing hypertension. the study which looked at 19,000 people found the negative impacts continued to rise with every additional drink. the month of august will bring a rare gift in the night sky. we'll explain n next. finally tonight, the month of august will be a delight for night sky watchers. the month will bring us not one, but two supermoons. the first known as the sturgeon moon will light up the sky on tuesday night and will appear 16% brighter than an average
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moon. the second will take place on the night of august 30th and will be a rare blue moon. a blue moon takes place only about once every three years. 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 remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm astrid martinez in new york. a north carolina man has been charged with felony hit-and-run after driving into and injuring six migrant workers over the weekend. 68-year-old daniel gonzalez turned himself in monday alongside several family members, who told authorities he said he was parking at walmart and accidentally hit the gas and panicked and fled the scene.
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the national weather service says that phoenix's record streak of 31 straight days of temperatures at least 110 degrees ended monday. the previous record was 18 days in 1974. temperatures are expected to rise again later this week. and actor angus cloud, best known for his role in the hit hbo show "euphoria" has died. he was 25. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm astrid martinez, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin tonight with breaking news of a potential mass shooting that was prevented at a jewish school in memphis. the memphis police say a suspect attempted to gain entry into margolin hebrew academy. when he couldn't get in the building, he opened fire.
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police are hailing the school for its safety plan, saying that prevented anyone from being harmed. the suspect fled the scene and was later shot by the police during a traffic stop. the congressman who represents the area called this, quote, an apparent act of violent anti-semitism. cbs's roxana saberi starts us off tonight with these late-breaking details. >> reporter: memphis police say just after noon today, this man attempted to enter the margolin hebrew academy carrying a gun. >> a male white wearing a green shirt on the property armed with a gun. >> reporter: they say when he failed to get inside, he fired shots outside the school and fled. >> thankfully that school had a great safety procedure and process in place and avoided anyone being harmed or injured at that scene. >> reporter: the school provided police with a photo of the suspect and a description of the vehicle he was driving, a maroon pickup truck with california plates. officers quickly spotted the vehicle and pulled him over. >> the suspect pulled the vehicle over.
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he immediately emerged out of the vehicle with a gun in his hand, and that resulted in an officer discharging his duty weapon. that suspect was struck. that suspect has been transported to regional one hospital in critical condition. >> reporter: monday's shooting comes four months after a shooter killed six people, including three 9-year-old children, at a catholic school in nashville. that tragedy sparked scrutiny of tennessee's lax gun laws and renewed calls to strengthen security at both private and public schools. the police say the incident could have ended much more tragically, but the school had safety measures in place, including stopping the suspect from entering the building. they also say it's too early to say whether this was a hate crime. norah. >> yeah, they apparently had these double-locked doors. roxana saberi, thank you. we want to turn now to the sentencing of lori vallow daybell, the so-called doomsday mom, convicted of killing her two children over bizarre claims that they were zombies. cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports
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daybell will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> reporter: lori daybell stared straight ahead as an idaho judge imposed the maximum sentence allowed. >> a mother killed her own children, and you simply have no remorse for it. >> reporter: daybell had been convicted of murdering two of her children, 16-year-old tylee and 7-year-old jj, and conspireing to kill tammy daybell before marrying tammy's husband, chad. in court, daybell spoke out for the first time. >> jesus christ knows that no one was murdered in this case. accidental deaths happen. >> reporter: it was rambling, bizarre, and disturbing. she claims the spirits of jj and tylee have reassured her. >> my children are happy. he put his arm around me, and he said to me, "you didn't do anything wrong, mom." tylee came to me, and she said
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to me, "stop worrying, mom. we are fine." >> reporter: the judge was having none of it. >> you chose the most evil and destructive path possible. you justified all of this by going down a bizarre religious rabbit hole, and clearly you are still down there. >> reporter: before sentencing, family members took direct aim at daybell. >> lori, you participated in the savage murders of precious people. i hope that the life you live is filled with fear. >> reporter: and outside court -- >> we are done with lori. she is no more to us. >> the arrogance to say what she said after she's done what she did, i'm still at a loss for words for that. >> reporter: and in another remarkable moment, the judge said photos from the crime scene were so disturbing, he would never be able to erase them from his memory. the judge called daybell a danger to society, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you
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for being there. on capitol hill, the republican-led house oversight committee today interviewed hunter biden's former business partner, devon archer, about any possible connections to president biden. cbs's catherine herridge has new details on the hours-long, behind-closed-doors testimony. >> reporter: devon archer was one of hunter biden's closest business associates and served alongside the president's son on the board of burisma, a ukraine energy firm. both republicans and democrats said archer testified that hunter biden put his father on speaker phone around business associates. the republican committee chairman said joe biden was the brand that his son sold around the world to enrich the biden family. but a senior democrat who was there today said he did not hear any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. >> the witness was very, very consistent that none of those conversations ever had to do with any business dealings or
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transactions. they were purely what he called casual conversations. >> reporter: and the white house went further today, saying "house republicans' own much-hyped witness testified that he never heard of president biden discussing business with his son or his son's associates or doing anything wrong." in a 2019 interview, hunter biden said his family name opened doors. >> i -- i don't think that there's a lot of things that would have happened in my life that if my last name wasn't biden. >> reporter: the final transcript of archer's interview should help clarify these issues, but it won't be publicly released, a republican committee aide told cbs news, until it has gone through a formal review process, and that could take weeks, norah. >> catherine herridge, thank you. the terror group islamic state is claiming responsibility for one of the deadliest attacks in pakistan in recent years. people were killed at an election rally for a pro-taliban
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cleric. islamic state says the attacker detonated an explosive vest . back here at home, hollywood and a generation of fans are mourning the death of paul reubens, better known as his alter ego, pee-wee herman. cbs's omar villafranca reports reubens died at the age of 70 after a private battle with cancer. >> reporter: he was the man behind the laugh and the ludicrous dance moves. actor and comedian paul reubens created the quirky character pee-wee herman, who starred on the cbs show "pee-wee's playhouse" and box office hits like the 1985 cult classic "pee-wee's big adventure," which gave kids across the country the ultimate comeback line to bullies. >> i know you are, but what am i? >> i know you are, but what am i? >> i know you are, but what am i? >> reporter: but the actor also made news for the wrong reasons,
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starting in the 1990s, including two obscenity incidents. then in 2001, he played derek foreal in the johnny depp movie "blow." but pee-wee was his most popular character, reintroduced to audiences in a 2016 netflix special called "pee-wee's big holiday." in a message on instagram, he going public with his sickness but said, "i have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art for you." omar villafranca, cbs news.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm nicole sganga in washington. thanks for staying with us. the war is returning to the territory of russia. those are the words of ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy
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after a drone strike in the heart of moscow's financial district, just a short walk from the kremlin. inside ukraine, russian artillery and missiles continue to rain down on civilian targets, including this apartment block in zelenskyy's hometown. despite the devastation all around them, many ukrainians are trying to maintain an air of normalcy even in the city just 25 miles from the russian border. charlie d'agata is there. >> reporter: a summer's evening. a sidewalk cafe. smiling friends. it could be anywhere, e except it's not anywhehere. kharkiv is not far from the russian border and within easy reach of missiles and air strikes. and while many buildings remain boarded up, the remote yet real possibility of dying hasn't stopped its residents from living. like 20-year-old student george
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solden terks, nko and his friends nick lie and andre. >> sometime rockets really just boom, boom at night, and that could be scary. but, you know, in the morning, when you wake up, you try and just -- just try and have a good morning, your routine, and that's all. ♪ >> reporter: despite the rockets, ukraine's nightlife is rocking. the bars and clubs are full. the place is jumping, music pumping. drinks flow freely, and they dance like there's no tomorrow. and it's not just here. fun fact. there are now more bars and restaurants in the capital than before the start of the invasion. an act of defiance? sometimes when they have to pick up the pieces and figure out how or if to carry on. this is what's left of an apartment block and a basement
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bar-turned-bomb shelter. it took a direct hit in the early days of the war, killing and wounding those inside. this is or was the hemingway bar, as in the legendary war author, ernest hemingway. a grim irony. undeterred, they reopened a few blocks away as soon as they could. enthusiastic owner constantine tells us. >> after that happened, did you think, no, we can't do this anymore? [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "i had mixed feelings because i lost my business," he said. "but i did not lose my life. people died, and i'm alive. that means i can carry on and do something." the hemingway bar is more popular than ever. [ bell ringing ] they say it may be a different bar in a different setting, but its heart and soul are still intact.
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>> the sun also rise. >> the sun also rises. >> yes. >> reporter: to quote hemingway there, reopening feels like a victory, he says. it's very important when we restore normal life. papa hemingway would be proud. back at the cafe, we put it to george whether he sees going out as an act of defiance. >> i think that sends a message that despite everything, you can -- you can enjoy your life, that life is great, and you should be thankful for it, for the opportunities to enjoy the little moments, you know, to enjoy the smiles around you, and just to be happy for a little bit. >> reporter: there are no illusions here. no one pretending the war doesn't exist. just flipping the coin and taking one summer's evening at a time. charlie d'agata, kharkiv, eastern ukraine.
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>> that was very good. still cook cocktails at a neighborhood bar can never wash away the horrors of the invasion. a new movie shines a spotlight on the war crimes committed by russian troops in the town of bucha and a man who risked his life to save others. ramy inocencio reports. >> reporter: march 2022. russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine is under way. invading russiane themselves comfortable in a ukrainian home just outside kyiv. its occupants gone. their photos with president volodymyr zelenskyy still hang. it is a troubling scene. then filming stops, and the actors take a break. this is the first movie-length feature about bucha, a city sadly synonymous with massacre. russia's army killed more than
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1,000 civilians here in its one-month occupation. after capturing this region outside the capital in the first weeks of the war. >> did you think you would die? [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "every day, but it wasn't as important as trying to save lives." >> he's the real hero. >> reporter: constantine seen here alongside the actor playing him in this movie has been called an angel of salvation. he drove 203 u ukrainianss outu rurussian occccupation. the upcomiming movovie tells hi storory, navigatating russisian checkpkpoints, wititnessing r r atrorocities, a and deliviverin peoplele from evil. >> the f film compares bucha to hell. do you agree? [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "for me, it was hell. i saw a lot of death. there were times i'd come to evacuate a family, and they'd be dead. i would scream to god, why did
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you send me here? if my life is needed, i have to save lives." constantine says he buried more than 70 bodies himself, but his thankful he saved more like famed ukrainian composer igor and his wife sweat lana. the couple hid in their cellar for two weeks with neighbors as russian columns rumbled outside. "we didn't have any water, no lights, no gas, but we adapted. the only thing that was hard to adapt to were the shellings, the missiles." >> and then constantine appeared. what went through your mind? "happiness. it was unreal happiness. i called him an angel. he's an angel to everyone he saved." and his bravery has meant so many lived. the families he saved forged together in a time of war.
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he's now celebrated holidays and birthdays that might not have been. one pregnant woman he saved even named hers on constantine. [ speaking in a global language ] "i have no children of my own, but i've got a lot of children that i gained during the wawar" artt echos life in this film, a testament that salvation arrives in the darkest of times. ramy inocencio, bucha. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. after r advil dualal action back p pain... yo! ! uh! ha! haha! [dog barark] what? my back k feels betttter. befofore advil..... new w advil dualal actition back papain fights bacack pain twowo way. for 8 8 hours of r relief.
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shoppers at a time. still, last november -- >> these girls stole over $10,000 in handbags, and i chased them into the alleyway, and they dropped the items, and they fled in a getaway car. >> reporter: it's happening everywhere. we've all seen video of dramatic smash-and-grabs and had to deal with merchandise locked in cabinets to block thieves. >> there are 224 devices in here. >> in this whole room, wow? >> just in this lab alone. >> reporter: reed hayes and his team at the loss prevention research council at the university of florida are developing even more ways to outsmart shoplifters, helping businesses develop products like this power drill implanted with a chip that must be activated at checkout. >> this will not function unless you purchase it. >> or this locked case that lets you enter your cell phone number. >> you'll get a quick text that will give you a unique code. you enter the code, and it will open for you. >> that is crazy.
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>> but most thieves do not want to share their cell number. >> right. >> that's right. >> reporter: the team actually interviews admitted shoplifters to see what works. >> why not this one? >> because those are hard to come off. >> reporter: and reed hayes says his best estimate is that $20 billion to $30 billion worth of merchandise is shoplifted from u.s. retailers each year. >> it's probably like measuring the wind right now because most retailers don't apprehend or detain people that are stealing from them. it can be very dangerous to the employees, of course, and it can be dangerous to customers. right now we're in a home improvement store. >> reporter: but this virtual reality setup shows that just a few simple additions can deter shoplifters. >> as you can see, an area of high-loss items, gloves -- >> a monitor. >> that's right. a monitor in there. then to further draw attention, we can add in some signage in
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here. >> reporter: some shoplifters work alone while others, like the ones who stormed into this shop in easthampton new york, belong to gangs. it's known as orc, organized retail crime. >> it goes from a very localized level to the international level where you have crime rings that are stealing large quantities of product. >> reporter: and while some of the stolen produc is fenced locally, research scientist cory lowe says other items actually end up online. >> in some cases, you'll actually see that they leave the eas tags, or the security tags, on the stuff that they've taken pictures of, and that's a really good sign that it's stolen. >> reporter: as the thieves get more sophisticated, so do the retailers, especially trying to foil smash-and-grab gangs. >> so if a vehicle comes in here and they commit a crime, we now have information about their
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vehicle, make, model, color, damage, customization, their tag number and state. >> reporter: if something suspicious looks like it's going on, will these machines alert personnel in the stores? >> they will. >> reporter: and while retailers say customers should not intervene, this walmart shopper was clearly fed up. >> you just jacked up the price for everybody else! >> that was rita braver, a
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prevent it. >> are you wearing your sunscreen every day? >> yes. >> reporter: that's changed in recent years. a 2023 study from research firm minute tell finds more black people are using sunscreen more often than they were just a year ago. >> someone with dark erskine has a much lower risk of skin cancer. but as we get older and we have accumulated exposure to the sun, you start to have some changes in your skin. >> reporter: spf 30 is the baseline according to the american academy of dermatology. but researchers have found that more than 80% of black sunscreen users also are looking for more options that fit their skin tone and don't leave a white residue. >> i do still think that there's a lot of work to be done to making it more accessible for skin tones across a variety of tones. >> reporter: esther olu a cosmetic chemist says there are growing options focused on darker skin, especially among chemical sunscreens that absorb harmful rays. but the mineral variety which act as a physical white barrier
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of zinc oxide still struggle. one possible ray of hope, redder iron oxide sunscreen, blocking visible light like that from a computer. >> that can be an issue sometimes with conditions like melasma, which disproportionately affect people with darker skin. >> reporter: but the best sunscreen is one you'll use. jarred hill, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm nicole sganga. this is "cbs news flash." i'm astrid martinez in new york. a north carolina man has been charged with felony hit-and-run after driving into and injuring six migrant workers over the weekend. 68-year-old daniel gonzalez turned himself in monday alongside several family members, who told authorities he said he was parking at walmart and accidentally hit the gas and panicked and fled the scene.
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the national weather service says that phoenix's record streak of 31 straight days of temperatures of at least 110 degrees ended monday. the previous record was 18 days in 1974. temperatures are expected to rise again later this week. and actor gus cloud, best known for his role in the hit hbo show "euphoria," has died. for more, wnload the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm astrid m tinez, cbs news, new york. tonight, the doomsday mom will spend life in prison for murdering her children and conspiring to kill her husband's first wife. her bizarre statement before a judge as she gets the maximum sentence. here are tonight's headlines. >> i don't think to this day, you have any remorse. >> lori vallow daybell is sentenced in the zombie murders of her kids. what she said in court about
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communicating with their spirits. >> i look forward to the day we're all reunited and i, too, will rest with them in the arms of my jesus. breaking news. police shoot a man trying to enter a jewish school with a gun. the new details tonight. donald trump's lead in the polls grows as he faces two more possible indictments. and hunter biden's business partner appears before congress behind closed doors for hours. what we're learning tonight. ukraine appears to be going on the offense after a new wave of russian aggression. >> russia says it downed three ukrainian drones headed for moscow on sunday. this may look like a pharmaceutical facility, but what they're making in there will be turned into chicken that, yes, you can eat. ♪
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> the man whwho brought t p hermrman to lifefe has died.d. paul reubebens played d the ico character on a cbs saturday morning show and then the movies. >> you're crazy. >> i know you are, but what am i? and all eyes on the night sky. how and when you can see the rare supermoon. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we want to begin tonight with breaking news of a potential mass shooting that was prevented at a jewish school in memphis. the memphis police say a suspect attempted to gain entry into margolin hebrew academy. when he couldn't get in the building, he opened fire. police are hailing the school for its safety plan, saying that prevented anyone from being harmed. the suspect fled the scene and was later shot by the police during a traffic stop. the congressman who represents the area called this, quote, an
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apparent act of violent anti-semitism. cbs's roxana saberi starts us off tonight with these late-breaking details. >> reporter: memphis police say just after noon today, this man attempted to enter the margolin hebrew academy carrying a gun. >> a male white wearing a green shirt on the property armed with a gun. >> reporter: they say when he failed to get inside, he fired shots outside the school and fled. >> thankfully that school had a great safety procedure and process in place and avoided anyone being harmed or injured at that scene. >> reporter: the school provided police with a photo of the suspect and a description of the vehicle he was driving, a maroon pickup truck with california plates. officers quickly spotted the vehicle and pulled him over. >> the suspect pulled the vehicle over. he immediately emerged out of the vehicle with a gun in his hand, and that resulted in an officer discharging his duty weapon. that suspect was struck. that suspect has been transported to regional one hospital in critical condition. >> reporter: monday's shooting
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comes four months after a shooter killed six people, including three 9-year-old children, at a catholic school in nashville. that tragedy sparked scrutiny of tennessee's lax gun laws and renewed calls to strengthen security at both private and public schools. the police say the incident could have ended much more tragically, but the school had safety measures in place, including stopping the suspect from entering the building. they also say it's too early to say whether this was a hate crime. norah. >> yeah, they apparently had these double-locked doors. roxana saberi, thank you. we want to turn now to the sentencing of lori vallow daybell, the so-called doomsday mom, convicted of killing her two children over bizarre claims that they were zombies. cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports daybell will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> reporter: lori daybell stared straight ahead as an idaho judge imposed the maximum sentence allowed. >> a mother killed her own
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children, and you simply have no remorse for it. >> reporter: daybell had been convicted of murdering two of her children, 16-year-old tylee and 7-year-old jj, and conspiring to kill tammy daybell before marrying tammy's husband, chad. in court, daybell spoke out for the first time. >> jesus christ knows that no one was murdered in this case. accidental deaths happen. >> reporter: it was rambling, bizarre, and disturbing. she claims the spirits of jj and tylee have reassured her. >> my children are happy. he put his arm around me, and he said to me, "you didn't do anything wrong, mom." tylee came to me, and she said to me, "stop worrying, mom. we are fine." >> reporter: the judge was having none of it. >> you chose the most evil and destructive path possible. you justified all of this by going down a bizarre religious
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rabbit hole, and clearly you are still down there. >> reporter: before sentencing, family members took direct aim at daybell. >> lori, you participated in the savage murders of precious people. i hope that the life you live is filled with fear. >> reporter: and outside court -- >> we are done with lori. she is no more to us. >> the arrogance to say what she said after she's done what she did, i'm still at a loss for words for that. >> reporter: and in another remarkable moment, the judge said photos from the crime scene were so disturbing, he would never be able to erase them from his memory. the judge called daybell a danger to society, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you for being there. on capitol hill, the republican-led house oversight committee today interviewed hunter biden's former business partner, devon archer, about any possible connections to president biden.
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cbs's catherine herridge has new details on the hours-long, behind-closed-doors testimony. >> reporter: devon archer was one of hunter biden's closest business associates and served alongside the president's son on the board of burisma, a ukraine energy firm. both republicans and democrats said archer testified that hunter biden put his father on speaker phone around business associates. the republican committee chairman said joe biden was the brand that his son sold around the world to enrich the biden family. but a senior democrat who was there today said he did not hear any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. >> the witness was very, very consistent hat none of those conversations ever had to do with any business dealings or transactions. they were purely what he called casual conversations. >> reporter: and the white house went further today, saying "house republicans' own much-hyped witness testified
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that he never heard of president biden discussing business with his son or his son's associates or doing anything wrong." in a 2019 interview, hunter biden said his family name opened doors. >> i -- i don't think that there's a lot of things that would have happened in my life that if my last name wasn't biden. >> reporter: the final transcript of archer's interview should help clarify these issues, but it won't be publicly released, a republican committee aide told cbs news, until it has gone through a formal review proc s, and
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." police in north carolina are searching for a driver that they say intentionally plowed into a group of migrant workers outside a walmart. it happened on sunday in lincolnton near charlotte. six people were injured. the driver is described as an older white man.
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investigators say he was driving on older model midsize black suv with a luggage rack. we turn now to growing legal troubles for donald trump. the former president's newest co-defendant, his mar-a-lago property manager, carlos de oliveira, and he made his initial court appearance in miami today. cbs's robert costa reports that the 56-year-old employee is accused of conspiring with trump to delete security footage and lying to the fbi. >> reporter: the mar-a-lago property manager accused by federal investigators of conspiring alongside former president trump and his valet to allegedly have security footage erased appeared in court monday for the first time. >> has your client been asked to testify against mr. trump? >> reporter: carlos de oliveira stayed silent amid a bustling crowd, emerging after a ten-minute hearing and released on a $100,000 signature bond. he is expected to enter a plea next month. according to the special counsel's probe of trump's
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alleged retention of classified documents after leaving office, trump allegedly worked with de oliveira and personal aide walt nauta in an attempt to pressure another mar-a-lago employee to delete footage. prosecutors said monday they have obtained surveillance footage from mar-a-lago, and sources say these tapes might show a trump aide moving boxes of classified documents out of a storage room. >> these are the types of witnesses, people closest in the trump orbit who pose perhaps a greater threat to former president trump than the other witnesses. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, trump continues to dominate the primary race according to the latest polls. >> you know, they're not indicting me. they're indicting you. i just happen to be standing in their way. >> reporter: the special counsel is also investigating an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election and has told trump he's a target in that investigation. and in atlanta, barricades already being installed at fulton county courthouse where a grand jury is set to consider
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even more charges against trump, this time over his alleged role in pressuring georgia election officials. >> and robert costa joins us now with more from washington. so, bob, what are we learning about how expensive these legal fees are and how trump is paying for them? >> reporter: trump's political action committee has already spent more than $40 million on legal fees this year, and cbs news has learned tonight that a new legal defense fund is now being established by trump associates as they brace for more indictments on the horizon. norah. >> all right. robert costa, thank you. well, now to the desperate search for a kidnapped american nurse and her daughter in haiti. alix dorsainvil was abducted last thursday near haiti's capital and works for a faith-based organization that runs a school for underserved haitian students. the state department says they are in regular contact with the haitian authorities, but they
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declined further comment. turning now to the war in ukraine, president zelenskyy says at least six people, including a 10-year-old girl and her mother, were killed today in a russian missile attack on his hometown. it is seen as retaliation for ukraine's attack on central moscow over the weekend. here's cbs's ramy inocencio. >> reporter: russia's twin missile attacks on kryvyi rih are personal for ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy. this is his hometown. a smoldering hole where apartments used to be. a university complex hit more than 75 wounds, several of them children. possible retaliation for the fear over moscow one day earlier. before dawn sunday, russian forces say they downed three drones targeting the capital. two tore off the facades of skyscrapers in the glitzy business district. "it was like a wave. everyone jumped. there was a lot of smoke, and you cocouldn't see a anything." ukrainian president volodymyr
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zelenskyy said war is returning to the territory of russia as ukraine's military also drives south in an apparent priority to cut off russia's access to crimea. a nearly 100-mile push from the southern frontline town of orakyiv to the sea of azov, that includes the russian-occupied city of melitopol. that city's mayor is in exile. >> now it's one of the main military city and military base of russians. >> what do you want americans to know about what's happening here? >> millions of ukrainians stay on the border of ukraine, not because they want to stay on the border of ukraine. because their house is occupied. >> reporter: the mayor did admit to us ukraine's offensive is moving slowly but very deliberately towards the city. and as far as he's concerned, it's not a matter of if but when it will be liberated from russian occupation. norah. >> ramy inocencio in ukraine, thank you.
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the terror group islamic state is claiming responsibility for one of the deadliest attacks in pakistan in recent years. at least 50 people were killed on sunday, including children, at an election rally for a pro-taliban cleric. islamic state says the attacker detonated an explosive vest and that the bombing was part of its war against forms of democracy it believes are against islam. back here at home, hollywood and a generation of fans are mourning the death of paul reubens, better known as his alter ego, pee-wee herman. cbs's omar villafranca reports reubens died at the age of 70 after a private battle with cancer. > reporter: he was the man behind the laugh and the ludicrous dance moves. actor and comedian paul reubens created the quirky character pee-wee herman, who starred on the cbs show "pee-wee's playhouse" and box office hits like the 1985 cult classic
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"pee-wee's big adventure," which gave kids across the country the ultimate comeback line to bullies. >> i know you are, but what am i? >> i know you are, but what am i? >> i know you are, but what am i? >> reporter: but the actor also made news for the wrong reasons, starting in the 1990s, including two obscenity incidents. then in 2001, he played derek foreal in the johnny depp movie "blow." but pee-wee was his most popular character, reintroduced to audiences in a 2016 netflix special called "pee-wee's big holiday." in a message on instagram, he apologized to his fans for not going public with his sickness but said, "i have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art so much and enjoyed making art for you." this is a call to women, to appreciate our bodies, to care for all parts, even those hidden, like our armpits. because perfect armpits, do exist! they are stubbly, with marks or shaved, all beautiful and each unique. dove cares for all armpits,
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tonight, the age of lab-grown chicken is taking flight at a famed d.c. restaurant. diners will be some of the first people to get a chance to taste what researchers have been working on for years. cbs's anna werner tonight shows us how labs could one day replace farms in tonight's "eye on america." >> it's just like a regular conventional chicken. >> reporter: the chicken they're cooking at chef jose andres' washington, d.c. restaurant comes not from a bird but a lab, from chicken cells grown into meat here at the company good meat in alameda, california. >> we call it cultivated chicken. >> cultivated chicken?
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>> reporter: company co-founder josh tetrick. >> cultivating meat is a way of starting with a cell and ending with chicken, beef, or pork without all of the other issues in between. >> this is the research and development lab. >> reporter: it starts with those chicken cells. >> this is our biggest bioreactor. >> reporter: -- which are bathed in a nutrient broth in tanks known as bioreactors. >> the genetic profile is the same as a slaughtered chicken. >> reporter: environmental advocates say cultivating meat is more sustainable compared to traditional livestock farming because it uses less water and land. in june, federal regulators approved the sale of lab-grown meat from good meat and nearby berkeley-based upside foods. but some researchers say the environmental impacts of cultivating meat will need to be closely monitored as the industry grows. >> just by the virtue of creating this meat in a lab doesn't necessarily mean it's better for the environment. >> reporter: and will people eat it? most we asked did. >> i mean it tastes good. >> yeah, it's really good. >> if you didn't know, you wouldn't really question it. >> yeah, i'd buy it. >> you'd buy it?
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investigators are looking into the cause of at least five crashes involving aircraft in recent days. the latest one happened today in myrtle beach, south carolina. a pilot was injured when their banner-towing plane plummeted into the ocean. there was a similar accident in new hampshire on saturday in addition to three deadly crashes in southern california and wisconsin. the nearly century-old trucking company yellow corp. is shutting down and filing for bankruptcy. that's the word today from the teamsters union, which represents 22,000 of the company's 30,000 workers. yellow has struggled and racked up debt for years, even after receiving $700 million in pandemic-era loans. there's important news tonight about alcohol and heart health. the potential impact of having even just one drink, next.
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health officials in georgia are sounding the alarm after a rare death from what is known as the brain-eating amoeba. the unidentified victim is believed to have become infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond. a las vegas toddler died from the amoeba earlier this month. swimmers are urged to prevent warm freshwater from going up their nose. in tonight's "health watch," alarming news about the impacts of alcohol on heart health.
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a new study out today warns that having as little as one drink a day may increase systolic blood pressure -- that's the top number in a blood pressure reading -- even in those without existing hypertension. the study, which looked at 19,0,000 people, found the negative impacts continued to rise with every additional drink. the month of august will bring a rare gift in the night sky. we'll explain next. finally tonight, the month of august will be a delight for night sky watchers. the month will bring us not one, but two supermoons. the first, known as the sturgeon moon, will light up the sky on tuesday night and will appear 16% brighter than an average moon.
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the second will take place on the night of august 30th and will be a rare blue moon. a blue moon takes place only about once every three years. 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 remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm astrid martinez in new york. a north carolina man has been charged with felony hit-and-run after driving into and injuring six migrant workers over the weekend. 68-year-old daniel gonzalez turned himself in monday alongside several family members, who told authorities he said he was parking at walmart and accidentally hit the gas and panicked and fled the scene.
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the national weather service says that phoenix's record streak of 31 straight days of temperatures of at least 110 degrees ended monday. the previous record was 18 days in 1974. temperatures are expected to rise again later this week. and actor angus cloud, best known for his role in the hit hbo show "euphoria," has died. he was 25. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or an abduction. what we're learning about a woman and her daughter being taken. what prevented an armed man from causing mass casualties at a jewish school.

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