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tonight the migrant crisis in new york city is nearing a breaking point with shelters at capacity and asylum seekers now being forced to sleep on the streets. cbs' meg oliver is asking the federal government to step in to help. >> reporter: in midtown manhattan, it's a scene of human misery. asylum seekers sleeping on sidewalks outside of the roosevelt hotel. 36-year-old adrian daniel jose is among dozens of people waiting to get services, leaving his wife and three kids in venezuela. >> reporter: your glasses broke. that's when you were robbed in mexico. so tape is holding your glasses together. and you've arrived here in america with the clothes on your back. >> from this moment on is downhill. there is no more room. >> reporter: to reduce the chaos, adams and the mayors of chicago and denver are asking the biden administration to expedite work permits for migrants. >> there has been no comprehensive response yet from the federal government or the states that have the ability to

provide the help that is desperately needed. >> reporter: thousands have been bussed from texas to cities across the country, part of texas republican governor greg abbott's controversial operation lone star. and new tonight, texas dps confirms troopers have begun detaining some fathers traveling with their families on trespassing charges, while children and their mothers are turned over to u.s. border patrol. the move is reminiscent of the trump administration policy that separated some families for years. back in new york city, natalia maxim from russia are seeking political asylum. have you slept? >> no, i can't slept in this situation. >> reporter: yeah. >> i can't slept. it's not safe for me, for him. >> reporter: to cut down on illegal border crossings, the biden administration barred asylum claims from those who don't first seek refuge in other countries. but a district judge ruled against it. unless a higher court intervenes, officials will need

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canadian prime minister justin trudeau stunned his nation today posting on instagram that he and his wife of 18 years are separating. trudeau said he and sophie gregoire will remain close. and for the well-being of their three children, asked for privacy. the prime minister's office says the family will be going on vacation next week. trudeau now 51 has been in office since 2015. an august super moon puts

today. the first of two super moons this month put on a spectacular show. from new york city to athens, greece, and rio de janeiro, brazil. the moon appeared bigger and brighter because the full moon occurred when the moon is closest to the earth. the next super moon, mark your calendar, august 30th. it's called a blue moon when it occurs for the second time in the same month. taylor swift knows all too well how important her tour crew

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is expected to be the first in history to gross more than $1 billion. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember, you can follow us online any time at "cbs overnight news." reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm character brown in new york. a lifeless body has been found in a chain of buoys in the rio grande river. the buoys were installed last month as part of texas's border security measures, leading to criticism that they were illegal and unsafe. the cause of death and identity of the body are unknown. adidas says a portion of the

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donald trump is no stranger to the inside of a courthouse. this is his third indictment. these are the first charges to stem from actions trump allegedly took while in office, all in an attempt, according to the special counsel to remain in power. the special counsel jack smith called the january 6th attack an assault on the seat of american democracy that was fuelled by lies. trump's lawyers today claim the charges violate the president's first area. amendment rights, but contemporaneous notes from former vice president mike pence, and today he lashed out at his former boss, saying trump was surrounded by, quote, crackpot lawyers. we have a team of coverage tonight, and cbs' robert costa is here to start us off. good evening, robert. >> good evening, norah. ahead of trump's arrival in washington tomorrow, his lawyers are moving fast to build the defense. his former vice president is emerging a key witness and a key critic, and security officials are already on edge. former president donald trump

spent the morning playing golf at his club in bedminster, new jersey, as he and his lawyers brace for a high stakes appearance in federal court. >> charging donald trump with conspiring to defraud the united states. >> reporter: the sweeping indictment alleges trump used dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to try to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election by organizing slates of fraudulent electors in seven states that he lost, pushing officials like the georgia secretary of state. >> look, brad, i've got to get -- i have to find 12,000 votes. >> reporter: and pressuring then vice president mike pence to refuse to certify the election results. >> because if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. >> reporter: sources say trump's lawyers plan to argue that trump's false claims about the election were not criminal, and that his efforts were driven by the advice of outside attorneys like sidney powell, rudy giuliani, and john eastman, among others. cbs news has learned that they are likely some of the six

unindicted co-conspirators referenced in the indictment. >> this is the first time that political speech has been criminalized in the history of the united states. it's the first time where a current president is using the criminal process to attack a former president on policy issues. we're in a constitutional abyss right now. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor harry litman says it's not about speech. >> the indictment carefully carves aside his free speech rights and the speech on the ellipse. that's not a big part of the indictment. what is a part of the indictment are agreements to do unlawful things. >> reporter: meanwhile, security is being tightened at the federalcourthouse in washington. cbs' scott macfarlane is there. >> the former president expected to arrive here with a secret service escort and a heavy police presence to enter a not guilty plea and learn about any release conditions and restrictions in his case. then the case shifts to federal judge tanya chutkan.

a 2014 appointee of president obama. she has been strident in her denunciations of the january 6th attack. in hearings she has called that day horrifying and a violent attempt to overthrow the government. today on the campaign trail, pence sharply criticized trump's alleged conduct. >> anyone who puts themselves over the constitution should never be president of the united states. >> reporter: others took on the justice system. >> and a d.c. jury would indict a ham sandwich and convict a ham sandwich if it was a republican ham sandwich. >> sources tell cbs news that trump's rivals see the upcoming republican debate as a chance for a breakthrough. but after long saying he would likely skip it, trump is now considering his options, and he dined last night with fox news executives who urged him to show up. >> on the very night he was indicted. robert costa, thank you. cbs news will have live coverage of former president donald trump's arraignment tomorrow afternoon.

well, the gunman responsible for killing 11 worshipers a the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh in 2018 will be sentenced to death. cbs' shanelle kaul reports a federal jury today unanimously recommended 50-year-old robert bowers be put to death for carrying out the deadliest anti-semitic attack in american history. >> finally, justice has been served. >> reporter: inside this pittsburgh courthouse, victims' families, a juror, even the judge broke down in tears as robert bowers learned he will be given the death penalty. >> anti-semitism and hate have no place in our hearts, no place in our communities, no place in our country. >> reporter: the gunman killed 11 worshippers and injured seven others when he opened fire inside the tree of life synagogue in october 2018. before the attack, prosecutors argued bowers spent years making anti-semitic comments online. this june, he was convicted of

all 63 charges against him, including federal hate crimes. then last month, the same jury found he was eligible for capital punishment. >> for the final verdict in this case, i feel relief. >> reporter: but criminal defense attorney joe tamburino says final justice won't be swift. >> every time someone is sentenced to death, there will be automatic appeals. so i wouldn't be surprised for a case like this to wind up in the courts for ten years. >> reporter: and there is also the possibility a death sentence may never be carried out. the biden administration put a federal moratorium on capital punishment back in 2021. bowers meantime will face formal sentencing tomorrow. norah? >> shanelle kaul, thank you. now to a deeply disturbing story out of the pacific northwest where a man is accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a woman and then locking her up in a cell made of cinder blocks.

c cbs' john van vigliotti tells us the fbi is searching for more victims in more states. >> reporter: haunting photos of makeshift jail cell where a woman was held captive before escaping. >> the woman fought for her life, beating the doors and the walls of this cell with bloodied hands. >> reporter: fbi officials identify the alleged attacker as 29-year-old negasi zuberi who they say was posing as an undercover police officer when the abduction occur. he sexually assaulted, handcuffed and shackled the woman in seattle, driving more than seven hours across state lines to his home in klamath falls, oregon. >> through her perseverance, she broke free and waved down a passing motorists, asking for their help to call 911. >> reporter: the cinder block cell was built in zuberi's garage. court documents revealed the victim's purse was there and her bood was found on a fence she climbed to escape. >> the victim's focus, actions, and her will to survive triggered a law enforcement response that actually may have saved in other women from a

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2030, enough to power more than ten mill homes. the white house expects the industry to create 77,000 jobs. >> this is the proof to america that the wind industry will bring jobs across the country. >> reporter: liz burdock runs a nonprofit that advocates for offshore wind in america. she says it's revitalizing yards impacted by the decline of the oil industry. the demand for new ships could last for decades. so this is so much bigger. >> yes. right now we have 33 vessels under construction to support the sector. we need 50 to 60 more. >> this renewed southeast louisiana. we're keeping people working. >> reporter: wally nakwin says a few years ago, he was down to less than 100 workers. now he has more than 600. tey also started work on a

second offshore windshield. >> we were built on the oil and gas industry. so now the wind industry is bringing us back to life. it's pretty awazing. >> at the end of the day, people just want a job. >> really, that's it. want to work, feed their families and get back to life. >> and now the winds of change blowing their way. i'm ben tracy in homer louisiana. then the scientists working to revolutionize solar power, harvesting it in space and beaming the energy down to earth. it will likely be decades before this technology comes online, ever. but researchers insist they've already proven it can work. jeff glor reports. >> gosh, we got it, guys! >> reporter: this video captures a moment some have compared to alexander graham bell's first television call. >> here we go, here we go. >> reporter: a microwave beam of energy sent directly from a satellite in space and received on earth by scientists from

caltech. ali hajimiri cola the team that did it. >> it was a little bit unreal initially. and then it took a little time to sink in. >> reporter: solar power currently provides about 3 to 4% of the world's energy needs. but it only works during the day, or when there are no clouds. in space, the sun always shines. the challenge has always been how to capture enough of it and get it back to earth. >> let's try this. can you turn the power off and then turn it back on? i'm going to keep mitt the same place. >> reporter: hajimiri has been developing the technology to do this at his caltech lab for decades. while that is the future, at guru, the company he cofounded, he showed us how beams using currently available energy can power basic household devices right now using that same technology. so there is like a beam of

energy right now? >> yes. i'm sending it specifically here, nowhere else. it's like standing in front of a heat lamp. so that's the kind of energy sending. >> at this station, the lights get their power from a transmitter overhead. the direction of its signal is controlled by a joystick. >> whoa, that's hot. >> well, you're standing right in front of it. >> i feel my power growing right now. the same power source works on other devices. there is no battery in this drone? >> no. ly, there is no other power source. it's being charged from up here. >> you're correct. mess it up. >> i blocked the power. >> you can see the power. > so it's going again. so you're powering your drone. could you power an airplane? in the long run, once you have it in space. but you have to have a full frontside system. >> reporter: sorry, one more time.

the largest construction project that's ever been done in space is 357 feet. international space station. you're talking about something that's a kilometer. >> right. exactly. so this is a much larger structure. >> reporter: how the heck do you do that? >> so making a difference. >> reporter: defense is hajimiri and his coworker at caltech have a plan to build a gigantic series of what some have described as flying carpets, which would soak up energy and send it back to earth. >> oh my god, it's going! wow. >> reporter: the first step in that process took place last january when the team sent a satellite into space with a prototype of one of these flying carpet, also called modules. >> so these modules, we envisage them being tens of meters in size. and we're focusing on an objective of 60 meters that

square would scale up by a factor of 30. >> reporter: this is going to be a football field in space. >> it will be. >> reporter: and you're talking hundreds of football fields. >> but all so lightweight that they'll just be doing their dance. >> reporter: being lightweight and compact reduces the fuel needed to launch into space, which is crucial if they're going to compete with the cost of other energy sources. this is what we're talking about. >> yeah. >> reporter: it seems very flimsy. >> it's very flimsy. and if you flatten it here, see? it becomes even flimsier. i can fold it. >> reporter: you think it's gooding to hold up in space? >> absolutely. >> reporter: when you're talking about sending this amount of energy, i guess people would ask is it dangerous? >> that's a good question. and we've been looking at it from different perspective. the good thing is the wavelengths, the frequencies we are using are the so-called nonionizing ones, which basically means they don't create chemical change. but on top of that, the system has various levels of control

and safety. so we keep the power density at maximum much lower than what you get from the sun. >> reporter: solar power beamed down from satellites in space has the potential to not only harvest eight advertisements more energy than land-based solar, but open new avenues of power to people who have never had it before. >> it's available anywhere you want. you can send it on demand. so it makes no differentiation between, a big city or a subsaharan african village that has no power infrastructure. >> reporter: what kind of timetable do you think you're looking at? >> i think we are looking for commercially available power from space, we are looking at a decade or two. >> that was

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>> my grandma gave the world a gift 70 years ago, and we're here today to give her a gift of justice. >> reporter: doctors at baltimore's johns hopkins hospital harvested lacks' cells without her knowledge in 1951, a practice they've insisted was common at the time. but after she died, her cells would become the first human ones to be grown and replicated outside the body. now known widely as hela cells, combining the first two letters of her first and last name, they contributed to the development of vaccines for everything from polio to covid, and to nobel prize winning cancer research. lacks' family accuse biotech company thermo fisher of making billions in profits from innovations tied to her cells. in a statement tuesday, the company said the parties are pleased that they were able to find a way to resolve this matter outside of court. >> today certainly was justice. >> reporter: attorney ben crump

began working with the family two years ago. he says this is just the beginning, and he expects other pharmaceutical companies to, quote, do right by lacks. >> a lot of people just think of the hela cell as a cell and a product. but she was a woman. she was a mother, a grandmother. >> reporter: alfred carter is one of lacks' grandchildren. >> people know that what happened to henrietta lacks was wrong. but we're all when you humble yourself

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pull victims out. but the sheer volume of fire is incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: new york fire department commissioner laura kavanagh testified at a u.s. consumer product safety commission meeting as lawmakers and consumer advocates push for national safety standards. >> are these batteries safe? >> i think that's a great question. i would say right now if you have one of these in your home, you don't know. >> reporter: experts say one of the biggest risks can come from mixing and matching batteries and chargers from different manufacturers. gabe knight is with consumer reports. >> i think until we have a federal safety standard and all of these devices are charged, yes, i would take extreme precaution. >> reporter: that means buying a reputable brand from a reputable seller, and asking whether the battery and charger are ul certified. the cpsc says last year it received reports of more than 200 fire or overheating incidents nationwide involving electric powered vehicles such as bike, scooters and hover boards.

the commission urges people to never use a device with a battery pack that has been modified and reworked, and always be present while charging devices, never while sleeping. while federal regulation could take years, the cpsc says it's working on tougher voluntary standards for better battery safety. natalie brand, cbs news, maryland. hand that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm caitlin huey-burns. this is cbs news flash. i'm erica brown in new york. mexico says a lifeless body has been found in a chain of buoys in the rio grande river. the buoys were installed last month as part of texas's border security measures, leading to criticism that they were illegal and unsafe. the cause of death and identity of the body are unknown. adidas says a portion of the proceeds from its upcoming sale

of yeezys will be donated to groups working to fight anti-semitism. the sneaker giant cut ties with the rapper formally known as kanye west last year after anti-semitic comments. and gwyneth paltrow has partnered with airbnb to rent her guest house. the one-night stay includes a chef's dinner with the actress and her husband. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. bs news, new york. tonight, from here in the nation's capital, where donald trump is set to appear before a federal judge, the new details about what will happen at the courthouse as the former president is expected to plead not guilty to charges of conspiracy and obstruction. here are tonight's headlines. d.c. police step up security as we learn more about who the unnamed co-conspirators are in the historic indictment.

in the trial of the pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the jury has recommended the gunman who killed 11 people should be sentenced to death. the jury unanimously voted on this recommendation. >> no verdict can set things right or restore what was lost that morning. breaking news. a kidnapped woman escaped from a cinder block cell. the concern tonight that she's not the only victim. >> he may have used several different methods to gain control of his victims, drugging their drinks and impersonating a law enforcement officer. are popular diabetes and weight loss drugs landing users in the emergency room? the scary alleged side effects. pandemic era protections for l.a. renters who couldn't afford to pay are now over. that means rent owed from march 2020 from september 2021 needs to be paid. >> i'm at my wit's end? what am i going to do? i can't live in my car.

and a sight that was out of this world. the stunning pictures of last night's super moon. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we are now less than 24 hours away from an unprecedented moment in american history, where a former president returns here to the nation's capital to make his first appearance on charges of going after the bedrock of american democracy, a peaceful transfer of power. donald trump is no stranger to the inside of a courthouse. this is his third indictment. these are the first charges to stem from actions trump allegedly took while in office, all in an attempt, according to the special counsel to remain in power. the special counsel jack smith called the january 6th attack an assault on the seat of american democracy that was fuelled by lies. trump's lawyers today claim the charges violate the president's

first area. amendment rights, but central to the case are contemporaneous notes from the former vice president mike pence, and today he lashed out at his former boss, saying trump was surrounded by, quote, crackpot lawyers. we have a team of coverage tonight, and cbs' robertcosta is here to start us off. good evening, robert. >> good evening, norah. ahead of trump's arrival in washington tomorrow, his lawyers are moving fast to build the defense. his former vice president is emerging a key witness and a key critic, and security officials are already on edge. former president donald trump spent the morning playing golf at his club in bedminster, new jersey, as he and his lawyers brace for a high stakes appearance in federal court. >> charging donald trump with conspiring to defraud the united states. >> reporter: the sweeping indictment alleges trump used dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to try to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election by organizing slates of fraudulent

electors in seven states that he lost, pushing officials like the georgia secretary of state. >> look, brad, i've got to get -- i have to find 12,000 votes. >> reporter: and pressuring then vice president mike pence to refuse to certify the election results. >> because if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. >> reporter: sources say trump's lawyers plan to argue that trump's false claims about the election were not criminal, and that his efforts were driven by the advice of outside attorneys like sidney powell, rudy giuliani, and john eastman, among others. cbs news has learned that they are likely some of the six unindicted co-conspirators referenced in the indictment. >> this is the first time that political speech has been criminalized in the history of the united states. it's the first time where a current president is using the criminal process to attack a former president on policy issues. we're in a constitutional abyss right now. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor harry litman says it's not about speech. >> the indictment carefully

carves aside his free speech rights and the speech on the ellipse. that's not a big part of the indictment. what is a part of the indictment are agreements to do unlawful things. >> reporter: meanwhile, security is being tightened at the federal courthouse in washington. cbs' scott macfarlane is there. >> the former president expected to arrive here with a secret service escort and a heavy police presence to enter a not guilty plea and learn about any release conditions and restrictions in his case. then the case shifts to federal judge tanya chutkan. a 2014 appointee of then president obama. she has been strident in her denunciations of the january 6th attack. in hearings of january 6th riot defendants, she has called that day horrifying and a violent attempt to overthrow the government. today on the campaign trail, pence sharply criticized trump's alleged conduct. >> anyone who puts themselves over the constitution should never be president of the united states. >> reporter: others took on the

justice system. >> and a d.c. jury would indict a ham sandwich and convict a ham sandwich if it was a republican ham sandwich. >> sources tell cbs news that trump's rivals see the upcoming republican debate as a chance for a breakthrough. but after long saying he would likely skip it, trump is now considering his options, and he dined last night with fox news executives who urged him to show up. >> on the very night he was indicted. robert costa, thank you. cbs news will have live coverage of former president donald trump's arraignment tomorrow afternoon. well, the gunman responsible for killing 11 worshipers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh in 2018 will be sentenced to death. cbs' shanelle kaul reports a federal jury today unanimously recommended 50-year-old robert bowers be put to death for carrying out the deadliest anti-semitic attack in american history. >> finally, justice has been served. >> reporter: inside this

pittsburgh courthouse, victims' families, a juror, even the judge broke down in tears as robert bowers learned he will be given the death penalty. >> anti-semitism and hate have no place in our hearts, no place in our communities, no place in our country. >> reporter: the gunman killed 11 worshippers and injured seven others when he opened fire inside the tree of life synagogue in october 2018. before the attack, prosecutors argued bowers spent years making anti-semitic comments online. this june, he was convicted of all 63 charges against him, including federal hate crimes. then last month, the same jury found he was eligible for capital punishment. >> for the final verdict in this case, i feel relief. >> reporter: but criminal defense attorney joe tamburino says final justice won't be swift. >> every time someone is sentenced to death, there will

be automatic appeals. so i wouldn't be surprised for a case like this to wind up in the courts for ten years. >> reporter: and there is also the possibility a death sentence may never be carried out. the biden administration put a federal moratorium on capital punishment back in 2021. bowers meantime will face formal sentencing tomorrow. norah? >> shanelle, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> well, now to a deeply disturbing story out of the pacific northwest where a man is accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a woman and then locking her up in a cell made of cinder blocks.

cbs' jonathan vigliotti reports the fbi is searching for more potential victims in multiple states. >> reporter: haunting photos of makeshift jail cell where a woman was held captive before escaping. >> the woman fought for her life, beating the doors and the walls of this cell with bloodied hands. >> reporter: fbi officials identify the alleged attacker as 29-year-old negasi zuberi who they say was posing as an undercover police officer when the abduction occur. he sexually assaulted, handcuffed and shackled the woman in seattle, driving more than seven hours across state lines to his home in klamath falls, oregon. >> through her perseverance, she broke free and waved down a passing motorist, asking for their help to call 911. >> reporter: the cinder block cell was built in zuberi's garage. court documents revealed the victim's purse was there and her blood was found on a fence she climbed to escape. >> the victim's focus, actions,

and her will to survive triggered a law enforcement response that actually may have saved in other women from a similar nightmare. >> reporter: those actions and the suspect's cell phone data led police to reno, nevada, where zuberi was arrested. he was with his wife and child. >> we believe there may be more victims. >> reporter: the fbi has link zuberi to other assaults and says is there could be more. he has lived in ten states in less than seven years under different names, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you. back here in washington, there was a scare on capitol hill this afternoon after reports of a possible active shooter. staffers were ordered to shelter in place across all three senate office buildings. nearly 200 capitol police officers conducted a floor to floor and room by room search of all three buildings and found nothing. it all started with a single 911 call, and police suspect it was a hoax. tonight the migrant crisis i new york city is nearing a

breaking point with shelters at capacity and asylum seekers now being forced to sleep on the streets. cbs' meg oliver is asking the federal government to step in to help. >> reporter: in midtown manhattan, it's a scene of human misery. asylum seekers sleeping on sidewalks outside of the roosevelt hotel. 36-year-old adrian daniel jose is among dozens of people waiting to get services, leaving his wife and three kids in venezuela. >> reporter: your glasses broke. that's when you were robbed in mexico. so tape is holding your glasses together. and you've arrived here in america with the clothes on your back. >> from this moment on is downhill. there is no more room. >> reporter: to reduce the chaos, adams and the mayors of chicago and denver are asking the biden administration to expedite work permits for migrants. >> there has been no comprehensive response yet from the federal government or the states that have the ability to provide the help that is desperately needed.

>> reporter: thousands have been bussed from texas to cities across the country, part of texas republican governor greg abbott's controversial operation lone star. and new tonight, texas dps confirms troopers have begun detaining some fathers traveling with their families on trespassing charges, while children and their mothers are turned over to u.s. border patrol. the move is reminiscent of the trump administration policy that separated some families for years. back in new york city, natalia and maxim from russia are seeking political asylum. have you slept? >> no, i can't slept in this situation. >> reporter: yeah. >> i can't slept. it's not safe for me, for him. >> reporter: to cut down on illegal border crossings, the biden administration barred asylum claims from those who don't first seek refuge in other countries. but a district judge ruled against it. unless a higher court intervenes, officials will need to stop that policy starting next week. norah? >> meg oliver, thank you.

now to flash flooding concerns. missouri and illinois are under a flood watch. thunderstorms could drop more than a half a foot of rain in a matter of hours tonight, and there are heat alerts to tell you about impacting more than 75 million americans across the gulf coast. texas is still broiling with new record highs expected tomorrow in san antonio, corpus christi, and further east in new orleans. the rising popularity and rising prices for weight loss drugs is pushing many employers to drop insurance coverage in order to cut costs. now the makers of two of the most popular weight loss and diabetes drugs are facing a major lawsuit over claims about potential side effects. cbs' janet shamlian has the details. ♪ oh oh, ozempic ♪ >> reporter: they've been game changers in the world of weight loss. the drugs ozempic and mounjaro delivering big results, generally without dangerous side effects. but a lawsuit filed today

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is expected to be the first in history to gross more than $1 billion. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember, you can follow us online any time at "cbs cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm erica brown in new york. mexico says a lifeless body has been found in a chain of buoys in the rio grande river. the buoys were installed last month as part of texas's border security measures, leading to criticism that they were illegal and unsafe. the cause of death and identity of the body are unknown. adidas says a portion of the proceeds from its upcoming sale

of yeezys will be donated to groups working to fight anti-semitism. the sneaker giant cut ties with the rapper formally known as kanye west last year after sent semitic comments. and gwyneth paltrow has partnered with airbnb to rent her guest house. the one-night stay includes a chef's dinner with the actress and her husband. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm erica brown, cbs news, new york. it's thursday, august 3rd, it's thursday, august 3rd, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." former president donald trump expected in court today in washington where he will face charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. we're going to have a preview from the capitol. sentenced to death. a jury recommend the death penalty for the pittsburgh synagogue shooter who killed 11 worshippers.