deprive biden of electoral vote, but also acknowledged the proposal as a bold controversial strategy that would likely be rejected by the supreme court. chesebro did not respond to requests for comment. >> chesebro was the architect of a strategy to just keep biden from getting to the magic number of 270, doing something that he knew was almost certainly unlawful to buy time. >> reporter: but the effort fell short of pushing then vice president mike pence to disavow certifying the 2020 election. pence has since become a key witness in the investigation. >> president trump asked me to put him over the constitution, but i chose the constitution. >> cbs news has learned chesebro is also likely one of the co-conspirators in the trump indictment but has not been charged. the next standoff in this case comes friday. a hear willing be held over what trump can and cannot say about the investigation. this comes after prosecutors sounded the alarm about comments

the former president made on the trail and in social media. major? >> a key word in that memo, deprive. robert costa, thank you. supporters of abortion rights in ohio are claiming victory after voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to add abortion protections to the state's constitution. cbs' caitlin huey-burns reports on the political impact of the vote. >> reporter: ohio, we did it. we did it! >> reporter: voter turnout far exceeded expectations for a summer special election that sent a message across the >> they underestimated ohio. and they have aye awakened a sleeping giant. >> reporter: at issue, whether to raise the threshold to amend the state constitution from a simple majority, 50% plus one vote to 60%. republicans, including secretary of state frank larose had hoped to implement the change ahead of

november when enshrining abortion protections into the state constitution will be on the ballot. >> of course we don't want the see a really radical abortion amendment put in our state constitution. >> changing the rules at this stage in the game, isn't that stacking the deck? >> no. >> reporter: but 57% of ohio voters disagreed. voters rejected the measure even in areas former president trump won in 2020, and in each of ohio's 88 coins, support for the proposal was less than the trump vote. republican strategist moira gillespie says the results are a warning sign for her party. >> i think it speaks to this issue being a losing issue for republicans. they're never going to win if they continue to isolate moderate republicans, independents, and many in the party who maybe aren't the loudest voices. >> reporter: but ohio republicans aren't backing away. >> we lost one battle, but the war continues. and i have just begun to fight. >> and ohioans will vote

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conversation about gay clubs with a bunk maitlanded her in front of naval investigators. her military career was over a few months later. she was stunned to read her dd-214, her discharge document. >> other than honorable due to homosexuality. it hurt. because my country is telling me i'm not good enough to serve because of who i love, not because of anything else. just because of who i love. >> reporter: farrell is part of a group of veterans now suing the defense department to get their discharges changed and gain access to benefits like v.a. loans, tuition assistance and federal jobs. >> this case is not about damages. this case is about simply changing that piece of paper. >> reporter: jocelyn larkin is one of the lawyers representing farrell and others in a class action lawsuit against the pentagon. >> every time they have to show that document, they are essentially outed involuntarily. imagine if it was on your driver's license? it's ridiculous.

>> reporter: the suit calls the existing process of trying to chage the dd 214 inadequate, opaque and often requires veterans to hire a lawyer. >> it would take a lot less effort to change these documents than it did to hound them out and take away their dreams. >> reporter: as for sheryl farrell, she still has hope for an upgraded discharge and plans for when she gets one. >> once they change my discharge, i'm going frame both of those dd-214s and hang them up. because i want the country to know that i was willing to serve and die for my country, but you're telling me i'm not able to serve because of who i love? and you're not even willing to serve, but you get all the benefits. how fair is that? >> reporter: a pentagon spokesperson said the department does not comment on pending litigation, but in an earlier statement, stood by their existing discharge upgrade process. major? >> jim axelrod, thank you. the suspected gilgo beach serial killer was ordered by a

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one of the first black officers to serve in the green berets was honored today with the unveiling of his medal of honor plaque. the remarkable story of vietnam war veteran retired colonel paris davis, now receiving long overdue recognition. >> reporter: when president biden awarded the medal of honor to retired colonel paris davis in march -- >> we honor a true hero of our

nation. >> reporter: it righted a nearly six decade old wrong for one of the elite officers in the united states green berets. since the white house ceremony, what's changed? >> everything. >> reporter: americans have taken the 84-year-old davis into their hearts. >> i couldn't go anywhere that someone didn't recognize me or come over and say thanks for your service. >> reporter: they've sent hand made cards. >> most of them were "we love you," "congratulations." >> reporter: he has even thrown out the first pitch at nationals park. [ cheering ] >> reporter: but some still ask why his medal of honor paperwork for rescuing two severely injured soldiers in vietnam vanished twice at the height of the civil rights movement. >> people were really interested in finding out what the hell happened. and i would always say that was then. this is now. >> reporter: and now another honor, his name engraved in the

medal of honor wall at the national museum of the u.s. army. >> never forget who we are and what america stands for. >> reporter: as davis secures his place in special forces history. catherine herridge, cbs news, fort belvoir, virginia. and that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, please check back later for "cbs mornings." and of course you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. authorities in hawaii say that at least 271 structures were impacted in the wildfires that tore through the town of lahaina wednesday, killing six. more than 2,000 people have been in shelters across the island of maui. two suspects in a brawl along the montgomery, alabama

riverfront have now turned themselves in to police. 23-year-old allen todd and 25-year-old zachary shipman were both charged with one count of assault in the third-degree. 48-year-old richard roberts, the other suspect at the time was already in custody and phillies pitcher miking lorenzen threw a no-hitter against the nationals. it came in lorenzen's second start with the team since being traded to philadelphia last week. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we begin tonight with wildfires in hawaii that have people fleeing for their lives. the fast-spreading flames have engulfed entire towns on the island of maui, ripping through historic tourist destinations, burning everything in sight. hundreds of homes and businesses

are feared destroyed as winds from hurricane dora have turned small brushfires into raging infernos. a state of emergency has been declared, and officials are preparing to ask for federal funding as soon as they get a better idea of the scale of destruction. fema and the military have been called in to help. at least six people have died and 20 are seriously injured. the death toll is expected to rise. >> thousands are staying in shelters, and officials are discouraging all nonessential travel from the mainland, at least for the next few days. cbs' mark strassmann has the latest. >> reporter: iconic lahaina, a paradise lost. >> let's go! >> damn, it's hot. >> reporter: winds from a hurricane south of maui with gusts up to 70 miles per hour pushed flames that raced across the island and fueled several large wildfires. in a horrifying instant, a wall of fire charred a piece of maui all the way to the ocean.

the coast guard rescued at least a dozen people from these waters, their only refuge, with flames menacing all around. >> somebody is down right here. >> yeah, somebody is down. >> we cannot do nothing for her. >> reporter: thousands of people were evacuated, including dan sonneson. he shot these images today on maui, a horizon of smoke and flame. his vacationing family of three from colorado now stuck sleeping in their car. >> it was awful. for all the natives especially. and you lose a place like lahaina, it's so historic. >> oh my god! >> reporter: day break showed the scope of the calamity. flames had wiped out hundreds of homes and businesses and hawaiian history. lahaina, a mecca for tourist, used to be the capital of hawaii's ancient kingdom and a major fishing port. >> this is such a cool old town. it's really tough to think about. >> reporter: witnesses say lahaina lies in scorched ruins.

>> everything is gone. >> this is a time we need help. we need to be -- stand together. we need to be brave for each other. we are just struck by the devastation felt on maui. >> reporter: many maui residents have lost everything. shelters are overrun. emergency resources pushed to the brink. and more than 4,000 tourists are now scrambling to get off the island, far away from paradise. major? >> so many officials said, there was no way to prepare. mark strassmann, thank you. now to some breaking news. a utah man was shot and killed early this morning during an fbi raid on his home. cbs' ed o'keefe reports the agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant after the man allegedly threatened to kill president biden, his family and several others, including former president obama. >> reporter: according to court filings three days ago, craig robertson posted he heard biden was coming to utah.

robert on the made a threat, saying he would be cleaning the dust off the m-24 sniper rifle. a.t. smith iss the former secre service deputy director and cbs consultant. >> i think this is about as extreme as it gets when we're talking about someone like this who is either a solele participt or a lone e wolf. >> repororter: earlyly wednesda sourceces tell cbsbs news an f team tried t to arrest r robert at his provo, utah home, less than an hour's drive where the president is traveling tonight. some kind of confrontation ensued, and robertson died in a shootout. the fbi had been investigating robertson for five months for allegedly making threats against other officials, among them manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, new york attorney general letitia james, and attorney general merrick garland, all of them overseeing criminal or civil proceedings against former president donald trump. in march, using truth social, a platform favored by trump, robertson said he would be traveling to new york to fulfill his dream of killing bragg. the criminal complaint includes allegations of more than two

dozen other threats against vice president harris, prosecutors, and fbi agents. >> there is a line to be crossed, and clearly this individual crossed that line. and that's why the fbi was there today. >> reporter: neighbors tell cbs news robertson was active in his church, pro second amendment, and someone known to have a, quote, arsenal of weapons in his home. a white house official says the president was briefed on the case this morning shortly after the shootout. the secret service referred all questions on the case to the fbi. major? >> ed o'keefe, thank you. thunderstorms, baseball-sized hail, and at least two tornadoes hit northeastern colorado last night. this massive funnel cloud tore a path through yuma county, damaging homes and businesses. it also toppled telephone poles and power lines. authorities are going door to door to check on residents, but so far no injuries have been reported. now to the january 6th investigation. tonight we're learning new details about a trump campaign memo that lays out a post election plot to use fake electors to block then president-elect joe biden from

taking office. cbs' robert costa also reports the investigation now includes former president trump's social media accounts. >> reporter: court documents tonight reveal the special counsel obtained a search warrant for former president donald trump's twitter account, seeking more information as it continues to investigate the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. trump responded immediately on social media, calling the search warrant a major hit on my civil rights. as prosecutors continue to build their case, we're learning new details about the justice department's probe into trump's conduct in and around january 6th. a memo authored by trump lawyer ken chesebro first written in 2020, reported by "the new york times" outlines a plot to encourage the creation of false slates of trump electors in battleground states where trump lost. the idea was to compel congress to consider those false slates on january 6th when it certified the election. in the memo, chesebro rights

that letting matters play out this way would enable trump to deprive biden of electoral vote, but also acknowledged the proposal as a bold controversial strategy that would likely be rejected by the supreme court. chesebro did not respond to requests for comment. >> chesebro was the architect of a strategy to just keep biden from getting to the magic number of 270, doing something that he knew was almost certainly unlawful to buy time. >> reporter: but the effort fell short of pushing then vice president mike pence to disavow certifying the 2020 election. pence has since become a key witness in the investigation. >> president trump asked me to put him over the constitution, but i chose the constitution. >> cbs news has learned chesebro is also likely one of the co-conspirators in the trump indictment but has not been charged. the next standoff in this case comes friday. a hearing will be held over what trump can and can not say about

the investigation. this comes after prosecutors sounded the alarm about comments the former president made on the trail and in social media. major? >> a key word in that memo, "deprive." robert costa, thank you. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."."

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for shooting megan thee stallion. a jury found him multiple felonies. in court prosecutors read a statement from megan saying she has suffered every day since the incident. carter evans has more. >> reporter: rapper tory lanez, whose legal name is james peterson has been sentenced to a decade behind bars for shooting and wounding hip-hop star megan thee stallion in 2020. >> do you think the sentence is fair? >> reporter: surrounded by family as he left the courtroom sunday, the 31-year-old's father read an emotional statement to the judge. choking back tears, the elder peterson described ulosing his mother to a rare disorder when he was 11 years old. saying, quote, i don't think anybody gets over there, but his music became his outlet. megan thee stallion, whose real name is megan pete accused peterson of shootinger in the foot after they left a los angeles party. in an exclusive interview with "cbs mornings," pete described the shooting. were you afraid for your life at that time? >> i was really scared, because

i had never been shot at before. >> reporter: in an impact statement read by prosecutors during the sentencing, pete said he not only shot me, he made a mockery of my trauma. he tried to position himself as a victim and set out to destroy my character and my soul. >> you look great. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: prosecutors have petitioned the court for a 13-year sentence, stating that peterson showed a lack of remorse for the crime. l.a. county d.a. george gascon spoke after the sentencing. >> there are many people in our community that endure acts of violence every day from people close to them and feel reluctant to come forward. i hope that ms. pete's bravery gives hope to those who feel helpless. >> reporter: peterson maintained his innocence throughout the trial, and his lawyers plan to appeal his conviction. dom carter evans in los angeles. now a follow-up investigation into the discharge status of thousands of lgbtq veterans kicked out of military service because of their sexuality. a group of them has now filed a

federal civil rights lawsuit over the defense department's failure to grant them honorable discharges. their dishonorable discharges have cost them benefits like loans, health care, and tuition assistance. jim axelrod sat down with one of those plaintiffs who still carries the painful remind they're who she loved made her unfit to serve. >> reporter: this is 24-year-old you. >> correct. >> reporter: do you remember what she's thinking? >> i was proud at that time. putting on that uniform was everything. >> reporter: when sherrill farrell joined the navy in 1985, she was also joining the family business. >> this is one of the best countries there is. and to be able to honor it by serving it was something that my whole family had done. so it was like it seemed like the right thing to do. >> reporter: her grandfather was an army officer in world war ii. her father an air force officer. you wanted to do 20 years? >> that was my plan. >> reporter: you didn't even do ten months.

>> no, sir. i wasn't allowed to. >> reporter: soon after arriving at her first duty station, she says a casual conversation about gay clubs with a bunk maitlanded her in front of naval investigators. her military career was over a few months later. she was stunned to read her dd-214, her discharge document. >> other than honorable due to homosexuality. it hurt. because my country is telling me i'm not good enough to serve because of who i love, not because of anything else. just because of who i love. >> reporter: farrell is part of a group of veterans now suing to get the defense department to upgrade their discharges to honorable and change the language on their paperwork. >> this case is not about damages. this case is about simply changing that piece of paper. >> reporter: jocelyn larkin is one of the lawyers representing farrell and others in a class action lawsuit against the pentagon. as part of an ongoing cbs news

investigation, we've reported at least 35,000 vets were kicked out of the servic due to their sexuality, yet just over 1300 have had their discharges changed. >> every time they have to show that document, they are essentially outed involuntarily. even if they just keep their private lives to themselves, they don't have a choice when they're asked for their dd-214 in order to access so many different opportunities that veterans receive. i mean, imagine if it was on your driver's license. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: the suit calls the existing process of trying to change a vet's dd-214 inadequate, opaque, and forces veterans to relive the trauma of their discharge, carrying the burden of proving discrimination to the very institution that discriminated against them. a burden larkin says veterans should not have to bear. >> in my mind, the american

military is capable of extraordinary things, and we're talking here about changing a single piece of paper. >> reporter: it feels like it's three key strokes on a computer. >> it would take a lot less effort to change these documents than it did to hound them out and take away their dreams. just to give them back the honor, make them feel like veterans day is also about them. >> reporter: as for sherrill farrell, she still has hope she'll get the upgrade she wants. but after 37 years of carrying an other than honorable discharge on her dd-214 and the stigma that came with it, she also has some plans. >> once they change my discharge, i'm going the frame both of those dd-214s and hang them up. because i want the country to know that i was willing to serve and die for my country, but you're telling me i'm not able to serve because of who i love? and you're not even willing to serve, but you get all the benefits. how fair is that? >> reporter: a pentagon

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cheerleader, but i can't because i can't make it through this process because i'm black. >> reporter: lee says that conversation led to a change in the selection process. it was a victory that inspired a life-long call to activism. >> mission accomplished. now i know that black girls and girls with color are going to be cheerleaders. i mean, i was thinking like that at 15 and 16 years old. >> reporter: you've been breaking through that grass ceiling ever since. >> ever since. >> reporter: and fighting for equality. >> i look at politics and public service as being able to not tinker around the edges, but dismantling systems that are barriers for an equal opportunity for everyone. >> reporter: madam secretary, you just don't care much about civil rights of black and brown children. this is horrible. >> reporter: her fight against racial bias in schools continues. in an op-ed, she blasted the supreme court's decision to overturn affirmative action, writing "the remnants of jim crow laws and the chains of slavery were meant to be broken, not meant to take new forms."

>> we're under attack, we won't go back! >> reporter: when the supreme court overturned roe v. wade -- >> what in the world is this? is this america? >> reporter: lee shared her outrage. >> you're trying to criminalize people for making their own reproductive health care decisions. you're trying to set up an environment for people to spy on each other. >> reporter: in a pivotal moment, lee revealed she had had an illegal abortion in high school. >> it was a dark back alley. it was about 10:30 at night. the doctor had a white coat on. there was light above the bed. i mean, i remember it very vividly, like it was yesterday. >> reporter: did you hide it from people here? >> everybody. to live with that trauma and that stigma. >> reporter: yeah. >> the fear around it, the shame around it, it was i felt horrible. >> reporter: and did you ever think we'd be back where women are going to have to fight once again? >> never. it's not about do you believe or not believe in abortions. it's about what you want to do based on about what your decision is a about y your own . >> reporter: we continued our

conversation at mills college in oakland, her alma mater. it was here she met shirley chisholm, the first african american woman elected to congress. she ignited lee's passion for politics. >> right now we have the maga extremist republicans who are fighting to take away our democratic rights. and we need more fighters who are going to say no who are going to stop this from taking place. >> reporter: it was a no vote that created a career-defining moment for lee. in the aftermath of the devastating 9/11 attacks, lee followed her conscience, becoming the only member of congress to vote against giving then preresident geoeorge w. bu unlilimited warar powewers. >> letet us not becomee the evi thatat wee deplore.e. >> repeporter: herer v vote led dedeath threatats. bubut t today i it's a vieiew m lawmakakers have c come to endn. at 77, lee is in perhaps the toughest fight of her political career, a race for the 2024 seat

long held by outgoing senator dianne feinstein. >> so when someone tries to tell me that a black woman of my age with all the experience i bring to the table can't win a fight, i just smile to myself, and i say watch me. >> reporter: she's competing with representatives katie porter, known for her tough questioning at oversight committee meetings, and adam schiff, backed by former house speaker nancy pelosi. if elected, she'd be the only black woman in the senate. >> representation matters. we want everybody to have an opportunity to live the american dream. >> reporter: a dream that would mean another achievement for a woman who still remembers her early days in segregated el paso. and after moving to california, recalls her mom warning her dad about cross burnings in san leandro, a city lee now represents. >> i'm excited to be here. >> reporter: when she is not campaigning or in congress, lee

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>> reporter: deere and vega hope their stories encourage people to sign up as organ donors. >> somebody out there saved my life. >> reporter: many people with situs inversus only learn they have it for an unrelated condition. jared hill, cbs news i. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the nation's capital, i'm caitlin huey-burns. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. authorities in hawaii say that at least 271 structures were impacted in the wildfires that tore through the town of lahaina wednesday, killing six. more than 2,000 people have been in shelters across the island of maui. two suspects in a brawl along the montgomery, alabama riverfront have now turned themselves in to police.

23-year-old allen todd and 25-year-old zachary shipman were both charged with one count of assault in the third-degree. 48-year-old richard roberts, the other suspect at the time was already in custody. and phillies pitcher michael lorenzen threw a no-hitter against the nationals. it came in just lorenzen's second start with the team since being traded to philadelphia last week. for more, download the cbs news app on y r cell phone or shanelle kaul, cbs news, york. ♪ breaking news. at least six people killed and dozens injured as wildfires rage on the hawaiian island of maui. some people jumping into the ocean to escape the flames as rescue crews desperately search for survivors. here are tonight's headlines. hurricane-force winds fuel the deadly fires as thousands are evacuated after flames engulf a popular tourist town.

>> we need to be brave for each other. a utah man is killed during an fbi raid after allegedly threatening president biden. a tornado touched down in northeast colorado. it was one of two tornadoes that hit the area. new details on a search warrant into former president trump's twitter account as a key memo reveals new information about a plot to overturn the 2020 election. we did it! >> supporters of abortion rights in ohio are claiming a huge victory after voters rejected a measure that would have made it harder to amend the state constitution. >> yes! we beat the brakes off of them, yes! a group of lgbtq veterans who were kicked out of the military because of their sexuality are now suing the department of defense, hoping to change what are currently discriminatory discharges to honorable. >> my opportunity is telling me i'm not good enough to serve just because of who i love.

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from hurricane dora have turned small brushfires into raging infernos. a state of emergency has been declared, and officials are preparing to ask for federal funding as soon as they get a better idea of the scale of destruction. fema and the military have been called in to help. at least six people have died and 20 are seriously injured. the death toll is expected to rise. >> thousands are staying in shelters, and officials are discouraging all nonessential travel from the mainland, at least for the next few days. cbs' mark strassmann has the latest. >> reporter: iconic lahaina, a paradise lost. >> let's go! damn, it's hot. >> reporter: winds from a hurricane south of maui with gusts up to 70 miles per hour pushed flames that raced across the island and fueled several large wildfires. in a horrifying instant, a wall of fire charred a piece of maui all the way to the ocean. the coast guard rescued at least

a dozen people from these waters, their only refuge, with flames menacing all around. >> somebody is down right here. >> yeah, somebody is down. >> we cannot do nothing for her. >> reporter: thousands of people were evacuated, including dan sonneson. he shot these images today on maui, a horizon of smoke and flame. his vacationing family of three from colorado now stuck sleeping in their car. >> it was awful. fr all the natives especially. and you lose a place like lahaina, it's so historic. >> oh my god! >> reporter: daybreak showed the scope of the calamity. flames had wiped out hundreds of homes and businesses and hawaiian history. lahaina, a mecca for tourists, used to be the capital of hawaii's ancient kingdom and a major fishing port. >> this is such a cool old town. it's really tough to think about. >> reporter: witnesses say lahaina lies in scorched ruins. >> everything is gone.

>> this is a time we need help. we need to be stand together. we need to be brave for each other. we are just struck by the devastation felt on maui. >> reporter: many maui residents have lost everything. shelters are overrun. emergency resources pushed to the brink. and more than 4,000 tourists are now scrambling to get off the island, far away from paradise. major? >> so many officials said, there was no way to prepare. mark strassmann, thank you. now to some breaking news. a utah man was shot and killed early this morning during an fbi raid on his home. cbs' ed o'keefe reports the agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant after the man allegedly threatened to kill president biden, his family and several others, including former president obama. >> reporter: according to court filings three days ago, craig robertson posted he heard biden was coming to utah. robert on the made a threat, saying he would be cleaning the

dust off the m-24 sniper rifle. a.t. smith is a former secret service deputy director and cbs news consultant. >> i think this is about as extreme as it gets when we're talking about someone like this who is either a sole participant oror a lone wowolf. >> repeporter: earlyly wednesda sosources tell c cbs news anan team trieded to arrest robertso at his provo, utah home, less than an hour's drive from where the president is traveling tonight. some kind of confrontation ensued, and robertson died in a shootout. the fbi had been investigating robertson for five months for allegedly making threats against other officials, among them manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, new york attorney general letitia james, and attorney general merrick garland, all of them overseeing criminal or civil proceedings against former president donald trump. in march, using truth social, a platform favored by trump, robertson said he would be traveling to new york to fulfill his dream of killing bragg. the criminal complaint includes allegations of more than two dozen other threats against vice president harris, prosecutor,

and fbi agents. >> there is a line to be crossed, and clearly this individual crossed that line. and that's why the fbi was there today. >> reporter: neighbors tell cbs news robertson was active in his church, pro second amendment, and someone known to have a, quote, arsenal of weapons in his home. a white house official says the president was briefed on the case this morning shortly after the shootout. the secret service referred all questions on the case to the fbi. major? >> ed o'keefe, thank you. thunderstorms, baseball-sized hail, and at least two tornadoes hit northeastern colorado last night. this massive funnel cloud tore a path you yuma county, damaging homes and businesses. it also toppled telephone poles and power lines. authorities are going door to door to check on residents, but so far no injuries have been reported. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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the investigation now includes former president trump's social media accounts. >> reporter: court documents tonight reveal the special counsel obtained a search warrant for former president donald trump's twitter account, seeking more information as it continues to investigate the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. trump responded immediately on social media, calling the search warrant a major hit on my civil rights. as prosecutors continue to build their case, we're learning new details about the justice department's probe into trump's conduct in and around january 6th. a memo authored by trump lawyer ken chesebro written in early december 2020 and first reported by "the new york times" outlines a plot to encourage the creation of false slatings of trump electors in battleground states where trump lost. the idea was to compel congress to consider those false slates on january 6th when it certified the election. in the memo, chesebro rights writes that letting matters play

out this way would enable trump to deprive biden of electoral votes, but also acknowledged the proposal as a bold controversial strategy that would likely be rejected by the supreme court. chesebro did not respond to requests for comment. >> chesebro was the architect of a strategy to just keep biden from getting to the magic number of 270, doing something that he knew was almost certainly unlawful to buy time. >> reporter: but the effort fell short of pushing then vice president mike pence to disavow certifying the 2020 election. pence has since become a key witness in the investigation. >> president trump asked me to put him over the constitution, but i chose the constitution. >> cbs news has learned chesebro is also likely one of the co-conspirators in the trump indictment but has not been charged. the next standoff in this case comes friday. a hearing will be held over what trump can and cannot say about the investigation. this comes after prosecutors sounded the alarm about comments the former president made on the

trail and in social media. major? >> a key word in that memo, "deprive." robert costa, thank you. we turn now to a closely watched battle over abortion. supporters of abortion rights in ohio are claiming victory after voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to add abortion protections to the state's constitution. cbs' caitlin huey-burns reports on the political impact of the vote. >> reporter: ohio, we did it. we did it! >> reporter: voter turnout far exceeded expectations for a summer special election that sent a message across the country. >> they underestimated ohio. and they have aye awakened a sleeping giant. >> reporter: at issue, whether to raise the threshold to amend the state constitution from a simple majority, 50% plus one vote to 60%. republicans, including secretary of state frank larose had hoped to implement the change ahead of november when enshrining

abortion protections into the state constitution will be on the ballot. >> of course we don't want the to see a really radical abortion amendment put in our state constitution. >> changing the rules at this stage in the game, isn't that stacking the deck? >> no. >> reporter: but 57% of ohio voters disagreed. voters rejected the measure even in areas former president trump won in 2020, and in each of humphries 88 counties, support for the proposal was less than the trump vote. republican strategist maura gillespie says the results are a warning sign for her party. >> i think it speaks to this issue being a losing issue for republicans. they're never going to win if they continue to isolate moderate republicans, independents, and many in the party who maybe aren't the loudest voices. >> reporter: but ohio republicans aren't backing away. >> we lost one battle, but the war continues. and i have just begun to fight. >> and ohioans will vote directly on abortion rights this november with that constitutional amendment.

and there are efforts under way in other states to get this issue on the ballot next year, a presidential year. and also in that big battleground of arizona. major? >> caitlin huey-burns, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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with a bunk mate landed her in front of naval investigators. her military career was over a few months later. she was stunned to read her dd-214, her discharge document. >> other than honorable due to homosexuality. it hurt. because my country is telling me i'm not good enough to serve because of who i love, not because of anything else. just because of who i love. >> reporter: farrell is part of a group of veterans now suing the defense department to get their discharges changed and gain access to benefits like v.a. loans, tuition assistance and federal jobs. >> this case is not about damages. this case is about simply changing that piece of paper. >> reporter: jocelyn larkin is one of the lawyers representing farrell and others in a class action lawsuit against the pentagon. >> every time they have to show that document, they are essentially outed involuntarily. imagine if it was on your driver's license? it's ridiculous. >> reporter: the suit calls the

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weeks ago have been freed. without offering details, the aid group that alix dorsainvil works for said they had been held captive in the city of port-au-prince. dorsainvil and her daughter were abducted on the same day the state department ordered the evacuation of some americans due to the threat of kidnapping and other crimes. a loss tonight in the world of classic rock. robbie robertson, the driving force behind the band died today in los angeles. ♪ you put the right load right on me ♪ >> that is the wait, just one of a string of classics written by robertson. he and the band gained fame backing bob dylan in the 1960s. robertson went on to a critically acclaimed solo career, also producing soundtracks for his long time friend, director martin scorsese, who paid tribute today saying robertson's effect on the art form was profound and lasting. robbie robertson was 80. after nearly 60 years, an american hero finally gets his due.

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one of the first black officers to serve in the green berets was honored today with the unveiling of his medal of honor plaque. cbs' catherine herridge has for some time followed the remarkable story of vietnam war rhett van, retired colonel paris davis, now receiving long overdue recognition. >> reporter: when president biden awarded the medal of honor to retired colonel paris davis in march -- >> we honor a true hero of our nation. >> reporter: it righted a nearly

six decade old wrong for one of the elite officers in the united elite green berets. since the white house ceremony, what's changed? >> everything. >> reporter: americans have taken the 84-year-old davis into teir hearts. >> i couldn't go anywhere that someone didn't recognize me or come over and say thanks for your service. >> reporter: they've sent hand made cards. >> most of them were "we love you," "congratulations." >> reporter: he has even thrown out the first pitch at nationals park. [ cheering ] >> reporter: but some still ask why his medal of honor paperwork for rescuing two severely injured soldiers in vietnam vanished twice at the height of the civil rights movement. >> people were really interested in finding out what the hell happened. and i would always say that was then. this is now. >> reporter: and now another honor, his name engraved in the medal of honor wall at the

national museum of the u.s. army. >> never forget who we are and what america stands for. >> reporter: as davis secures his place in special forces history. catherine herridge, cbs news, fort belvoir, virginia. and that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, please check back later for "cbs mornings." and of course you can follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is cbs news flash. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. authorities in hawaii say that at least 271 structures were impacted in the wildfires that tore through the town of lahaina wednesday, killing six. more than 2,000 people have been in shelters across the island of maui. two suspects in a brawl along the montgomery, alabama riverfront have now turned themselves in to police.

23-year-old allen todd and 25-year-old zachary shipman were both charged with one count of assault in the third-degree. 48-year-old richard roberts, the other suspect at the time was already in custody. and phillies pitcher michael lorenzen threw a no-hitter against the nationals. it came in lorenzen's second start with the team since being traded to philadelphia last week. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's thursday, august 10th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." island inferno. deadly wildfires sweep through the hawaiian island of maui where historic communities have been reduced to ash. we're going to have an update. [ gunshots ] ecuador assassination. a psi