going around in a circle. >> reporter: 470 search and rescue agents are combing through this american pompei. 85% of the five-square-mile disaster zone has been cleared. but fema search teams say clearing what's left could take weeks, if not longer. >> hey, buddy, ready to go? >> reporter: kristi bohrman and rer dog canyon are one of 40 ca dafrner dog teams sifting through what little remains. >> structures that are burned have been burned completely. we're talking about ash and metal, and that's basically what's left of those structures. >> reporter: and tonight questions still remain about herman andaya, the now resigned head of maui's emergency response, and his decision to not activate emergency sirens. >> do you regret not sounding the sirens? >> i -- i do not. >> reporter: andaya as off-island at the time of the fire, attending a conference for the state's first responders. but sources tell cbs news several off his counterparts pulled out of the event so they could prepare their communities. >> oh, my god!

>> reporter: the national weather service issued fire warnings beginning four days before the disaster. as the search for the missing continues, calls for accountability are growing. >> a lot of people, a lot of families we got here, they lost everything, and people lost their lives over here. and this all could have been prevented. >> reporter: and the fire burned so hot, it reduced entire neighborhoods to ash. the governor now warning it could be impossible to find all of the missing, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you. there are signs tonight that donald trump is preparing to surrender in georgia for racketeering and other charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. cbs's robert costa reports the former president's lawyers today agreed to a $200,000 bond as part of his release conditions. >> reporter: the bond agreement made public after former president trump's legal team met inside fulton county district

attorney fani willis' offices, set strict rules for trump's release after his expected surrender later this week, saying he shall make no direct or indirect threat against any co-defendant or witness. several of trump's 18 co-defendants also agreed to bond terms today, including his former lawyer john eastman, one of the alleged architects of the plan to overturn the 2020 election. despite four indictments and 91 charges against him, trump's lead over his gop rivals continues to grow. new cbs polling shows a 46-point advantage over florida governor ron desantis, the only other candidate in double digits. trump pointed to his dominance in the cbs poll as one reason why he's skipping the first gop debate wednesday in milwaukee, a move criticized by his opponents. >> he has a great opportunity to come out and do this. i think he owes it to people. >> he's both afraid of me, and he's afraid of defending his record. >> reporter: trump is planning an interview with former fox

news host tucker carlson that could air online at the time of the debate. meanwhile, trump's former chief of staff, mark meadows, who is cooperating with federal investigators looking at trump's mishandling of classified documents, has according to abc told special counsel jack smith he could not recall trump ever declassifying documents before leaving the white house, contradicting the former president's claims. >> and robert costa joins us now. this is a big week for republicans. the debate, and i understand you have some reporting about potential new republicans entering this crowded field? >> there is alarm inside of the republican party as trump keeps gaining. now some veteran republicans are encouraging virginia governor glenn youngkin to consider entering the race as well as georgia governor brian kemp. john bolton tells me he recently went to georgia to meet privately with kemp to gauge his interest about jumping in and taking on trump. >> both experienced governors.

all right, robert costa. thank you. well, today federal agents arrested an illinois woman who is accused of threatening to shoot former president trump and his youngest son, barron, who is 17 years old. court documents say that tracy fee ren za admitted to making her threat in emails to a school in palm beach, florida, in may and june. the trumps' primary residence is in palm beach. fee ren za is expected to be brought to florida to face charges. a community in california is hken after a local business owner was shot to death. police say the gunman objected to the mother of nine displaying a pride flag outside her shop in lake arrowhead. here's cbs's elise preston. >> reporter: the pain palpable as community members cling to each other for comfort. signs of love and support flood this space where loved ones say hate killed lauri carleton. carleton was shot and killed friday after police say the shooter made several disparaging

remarks about the pride flags hanging outside her shop. her best friend tells cbs news by phone that she exchanged words with the man and went back into the store, and that's when he shot her. >> i heard the first shot. i said, there's something wrong with your wife. >> was he in shock too? was he frozen? >> big time. big time. >> reporter: the gunman ran away but was later shot and killed in a confrontation with police. days later, close friend robin lyles is still in disbelief that a friend she described as a courageous force for inclusivity was gunned down. >> we're all feeling extreme anger, sadness, and love for lauri and what she was to this community. >> reporter: as an ally of the lgbtq community, the mother of nine continuously put up pride flags at her business that were targeted. >> being a straight white woman, that wasn't her. it wasn't what she needed or wanted for herself. it was for others. it was very selfless. >> reporter: as a flag outside of carleton's shop now waves at

half-staff, loved ones say her spirit will continue. >> what is her legacy? >> to not allow hate to win. >> reporter: now, residents here say the support carleton provided was critically needed as anti-lgbtq sentiments are on the rise across the country. there have been 356 incidents of assault, vandalism, and harassment over the past year. norah. >> elise preston, thank you very >> elise preston, thank you very to help prevent bleeding gums. try saying 'hello gumwash' with parodontax active gum health. it kills 99% plaque bacteria. and forms an antibacterial shield. try parodontax active gum health mouthwash.

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was imminent. >> go, go, go! >> reporter: we've been told a second round of missiles is on the way. we need to get out of here as fast as we can. the threat failed to materialize, but the terror lingered as first responders ran into the destruction to treat the more than 150 injured and collect the dead, loading at least seven bodies into a waiting van. >> russia will lose this war. >> reporter: president zelenskyy vowed retaliation during a visit to denmark and the netherlands, who have promised f-16 fighter jets to help fend off russian air strikes. but that announcement came too late for this little girl, 6-year-old sofia, the youngest victim of the attack. and, norah, ukraine's deputy defense minister told us that the f-16 fighter jets will boost the country's air defenses, adding if they'd had them earlier, they could have stopped

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the airline says the pepper spray belonged to a passenger. the jet was forced to land in jacksonville, florida, but later on continued to new york after it was cleaned. we now know what caused a big setback for russia's space program. the country's space director says its unmanned spacecraft slammed into the moon yesterday after its engines failed to shut down properly. this was russia's first moon mission since 1976. india is expected to attempt its own lunar landing this week. finally tonight, a living legend in the gaming world announced his retirement today. you probably don't know his name, but chances are you've heard his voice. >> it's-a me, mario. woo-hoo! >> reporter: that, of course, is super mario from the nintendo game as voiced by actor charles martinet. he's held the job since 1991. during his audition, the directors actually told him to talk like an italian plumber from brooklyn. well, it's not just mario. martinet has also supplied the voices for luigi, oreo, and

other numerous characters from the show. charles martinet may be retiring, but he's not quite ready to leave the mushroom kingdom. nintendo says he's transitioning to a brand-new role as mario ambassador. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." remember, you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. president biden and the first lady met with vocal leaders on maui after touring the aftermath of the deadly wildfires.

he said the federal government wants to help rebuild the community the way hawaiians want it done. former president donald trump says he will turn himself in to a georgia county jail on thursday after being charged in the state's 2020 election interference case. his bond for the charges has been set at $200,000. and american sprinter sha'carri richardson, who was controversially suspended from the u.s. olympic team in 2021 after testing positive for marijuana, won the women's 100-meter world championship on monday. 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." and we start tonight with

violent storms in this summer packed with extreme weather and excessive heat. tonight we're talking about tropical storm hilary, which slammed southern california with record-breaking rainfall, strong winds, and widespread floodwaters. this is the biggest storm, the strongest storm to hit the golden state in more than eight decades. aerial footage shows the transformation from sunny deserts and palm trees to a wasteland of thick mud covering everything in sight. cbs's carter evans will start us off from hard-hit oakland, california. good evening, carter. >> reporter: good evening, norah. neighbors could tell trouble was coming when they heard the rumbling of the huge boulders and logs headed downstream. just imagine the force when it slammed into this building, ripping it right open. tonight, neighborhoods buried in several inches of mud and residents left knee-deep in aggravation. hilary packed a wallop for a region that last saw a tropical

storm 84 years ago. boulders tumbled. across southern california, many tried to drive on flooded roads, some that turned into muck. >> i am trapped. yeah, i'm trapped. >> reporter: this is normally a dry wash right here. all the debris has clogged up the drains, and now you've got the water flowing right over the road. palm springs normally gets about 4 1/2 inches of rain a year. it received nearly that much in one day. this truck ended up half buried. een rescueuers needed d to be rescued. and so mucuch standingng water roadads that looooked okay.. ththis is whatat happened d as tried to brake coming down interstate 5. and in the midst of one natural disaster, a 5.1 earthquake jolted the town of ojai. it was felt over a wide area. it was that kind of day. tina patel is with our los angeles station, kcal. >> reporter: look at the size of this eucalyptus tree that came down in sun valley overnight.

it narrowly missed the home but crushed two cars. this is a common sight around southern california. in addition to trees being uprooted, there were several power lines that came down. during the height of the storm, more than 40,000 people in l.a. lost power. >> reporter: in oak glen, the fear was a repeat of a mudslide that came crashing through last year. that fear came true. >> going through the town, you can definitely see all the devastation. >> reporter: kyle mccullough said his dad owned this building for years and wanted to turn it into a restaurant. >> he just kind of planned on one day, it was going to be his dream to open it back up for the community. but, yeah. >> what's it look like inside? >> ten times worse than the outside. there's a tree that's inside that's probably 20 foot long. >> that bad, huh? >> i don't think that we'll be able to fix it. >> reporter: and looking at the sunny skies out here now, you'd never know such a powerful storm just blew through here. now the cleanup begins, but this family tells me they're still in shock, and, norah, they don't even know where to start. >> yeah, just devastating.

carter evans, thank you. president biden and the first lady are on maui tonight, surveying the damage and visiting with survivors of the country's deadliest wildfire in more than a century. tonight nearly a thousand people are still unaccounted for, and as cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports, loved ones are beginning to lose hope. >> reporter: president biden surveyed the destruction in lahaina from the air and ground, promising the federal government will be there to help rebuild. but nearly two weeks after fires wiped out most of the town, 850 people are still missing. >> pretty much overrun by fire down here. >> reporter: new video from that day shows local firefighters overwhelmed by the flames. tim laborte's stepfather is among them. as hope fades, he's posting missing persons flyers. >> we don't know if he might have left early or ran into another area where it was bad or so, and they might have diverted him back, and he might have been going around in a circle.

>> reporter: 470 search and rescue agents are combing through this american pompeii. 85% of the five-square-mile disaster zone has been cleared. but fema search teams say clearing what's left could take weeks, if not longer. >> hey, buddy, ready to go? >> reporter: kristi bohrman and her dog, canyon, are one of 40 cadaver dog teams sifting through what little remains. >> structures that are burned have been burned completely. and so we're talking about ash, and we're talking about metal, and that's basically what's left of those structures. >> reporter: and tonight questions still remain about herman andaya, the now resigned head of maui's emergency response, and his decision to not activate emergency sirens. >> do you regret not sounding the sirens? >> i -- i do not. >> reporter: andaya was off-island at the time of the fire, attending a conference for the state's first responders. but sources tell cbs news several off his counterparts pulled out of the event so they could prepare their communities. >> oh, my god!

>> reporter: the national weather service issued fire warnings beginning four days before the disaster. as the search for the missing continues, calls for accountability are growing. >> and the fire burned so hot, it reduced entire neighborhoods to ash. the governor now warning it could be impossible to find all of the missing, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you. there are signs tonight that donald trump is preparing to surrender in georgia for racketeering and other charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. cbs's robert costa reports the former president's lawyers today agreed to a $200,000 bond as part of his release conditions. >> reporter: the bond agreement, made public after former president trump's legal team met inside fulton county district attorney fani willis' offices, set strict rules for trump's release after his expected surrender later this week, saying he shall make no direct or indirect threat against any

co-defendant or witness. several of trump's 18 co-defendants also agreed to bond terms today, including his former lawyer, john eastman, one of the alleged architects of the plan to overturn the 2020 election. despite four indictments and 91 charges against him, trump's lead over his gop rivals continues to grow. new cbs polling shows a 46-point advantage over florida governor ron desantis, the only other candidate in double digits. trump pointed to his dominance in the cbs poll as one reason why he's skipping the first gop debate wednesday in milwaukee, a move criticized by his opponents. >> he has a great opportunity to come out and do this. i think he owes it to people. >> he's both afraid of me, and he's afraid of defending his record. >> reporter: trump is planning an interview with former fox news host tucker carlson that could air onto at the time of the debate. meanwhile, trump's former chief of staff, mark meadows, who is cooperating with federal investigators looking at trump's

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washington. thanks for staying with us. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in athens this morning, the fourth stop on his tour of european capitals aimed at maintaining support in the war against russia. zelenskyy is meeting with the greek prime minister and also the leaders of the baltic nations. over the weekend, he was in denmark, getting a firsthand look at the f-16 fighters that country had promised to provide around the end of the year. ukrainian officials say those warplanes could have stopped the latest air strike on a civilian target. our cbs news crew got there just after the attack. debora patta reports. >> reporter: it's believed, in fact, that russia may have been targeting a drone exhibition in the city. but as usual, it is civilians who bore the brunt of that attack. the moment a russian missile plunged into the heart of chernihiv, striking the city center just as our cbs news team was driving towards it. this is the very building we

were heading for just minutes before we arrived. it was hit by a massive explosion. the rocket slammed into this historic theater and tore through the main square where worshippers had been attending church. but the danger was not over. we had to abruptly stop an interview following an urgent warning. another attack was imminent. >> go, go, go! >> reporter: we've been told a second round of missiles is on the way. we need to get out of here as fast as we can. the threat failed to materialize, but the terror lingered. there were so many injured, this red cross worker told us -- >> we tried to save lives. it's bad because many people died very mass bleeding. >> reporter: objection ana and her family were in this bus when

the missile hit. [ speaking in a global language ] "all i could think of was my children," she said. "we lay on top of them to protect them. there were just dad bodies around us." their injuries were minor. the emotional ones far deeper. nearby, rescue workers grimly loaded bodies into a waiting van. the youngest victim, a 6-year-old child. little sofia, whose future was blown up just days before she was due to start school for the very first time. and the deputy defense minister responsible for procuring weapons for ukraine has told cbs news that if this country already had f-16 fighter jets, that missile strike on chernihiv could have been stopped. >> that was debora patta in kyiv. closer to home, a courtroom in fort worth, texas, has been working to rehabilitate military veterans who break the law. instead of jail or prison, they

get a new lease on life and a chance to wipe their records clean. omar villafranca reports. >> reporter: we spent a day at this veterans treatment court and saw what prosecutors there descried to us as a different kind of justice. >> all rise. >> reporter: every third thursday of the month at the tarrant county courthouse, judge chuck van overdedicates his courtroom to a criminal docket of a special class of defendants, military veterans. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag -- >> our military does a great job at war fighting but sometimes people have a little bit tougher time coming back and adjusting into a civilian world where they don't have the camaraderie, the team, the structur, the discipline. >> a felony of the second degree. >> reporter: after they're arrested, most for assaults or duis, the veterans are offered a bargain. plead guilty, and if you sign up with a mentor, stay out of trouble, and show up every month -- >> guilty or not guilty? >> guilty.

>> reporter: -- judge van over puts that guilty plea on hold. >> i don't think anybody who knows me would ever accuse me of being a bleeding heart. but i just have been so impressed with the changes i've seen people make through this program. >> reporter: prosecutor deanna franzen served in the air force. >> there's a lot of alcohol based offenses, a lot of drug based offenses. that has a lot with them to do sometimes acting out on demons that they earned during their time in the nilt. >> you said demons they earned. >> their struggles they have are because they did things for our country that we needed to do at that time, and that can't be discounted. >> reporter: a new national commission, chaired by former secretary of defense chuck hagel, reports that 1 in 3 veterans say they've been arrested at least once. and veterans now make up 8% of those in state prisons. >> this is the cross rifles. it's the symbol of the infantry. >> reporter: infantryman william meek served as a vehicle commander in iraq, where roadside bombs were a daily

occurrence. meek survived multiple head injuries. >> i remember my head getting knocked around but i was wearing the helmet. >> reporter: adjusting back to civilian life was challenging. >> after the war, i was just angry all the time. i was angry about stuff that i had done, that i wasn't in the army. i was angry that i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: meek was arrested for unlawful carry of a weapon and decided to try vuj vanover's veterans court. >> did you look at it as this will allow me to escape through it easier? >> yeah. >> was it easier. >> no. regular probation would have been so much easier. >> reporter: now meek spends once a week working in the court where he's seen firsthand how hard the struggle can be. >> the very first veteran whoever came and asked me to be his mentor, he took his life. i always tell people we all have demons. everybody in this room has demons. but i also tell people, no one

in this room is alone. >> reporter: the program had such an impact on meek that the same judge who oversaw his punishment was there to preside over his marriage. >> we've graduated over 600 veterans through this program. >> reporter: administrator courtney young told us about how many participants stay out of trouble after the program. >> our recidivism rate is less than 10% at this time. >> compared to general population that's significantly better. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: judge van over, who him self serves in the texas state guard, requires that the veteran court take a minimum of ten months. and for veterans who complete the mission, they can walk away with their criminal charge expunged, any trace of it wiped from their record. >> some people may say it seems like special treatment. do you think this program is special treatment for veterans? >> no, i don't because they don't only get one bite at the apple. if somebody has gone through the program and they get rearrested for something, they don't get a chance to come back.

>> this is not just do the crime, do the time, and then you move on. i mean the carrot would be the expungement from the record. >> right. when they start off, you see kind of the blank stare. but as they go through the program, you start to see that little flicker of light come on this their eye and looking forward to going on with life. >> that was omar villafranca in texas, and this is the "cbs overnight news." do your armpits need extra care? ( ♪ ♪ ) try dove dry spray. with 1/4 moisturizers. it helps your skin barrier rerecover after r shav. for softfter, smoother armpits. try dove. for effective protection,

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>> were you surprised when you heard your name? >> stunned is probably the right word. >> reporter: ron clem ensick was rainier square's lead engineer. he's also speed core's biggest cheerleader. >> in terms my grandmother would understand, what is speed core? >> so speed core is a pre-fabricated, modular wall system. think of lego building blocks, and then we stack them up one on top of another. and then ultimately come back and fill them with concrete to make them strong enough and stiff enough. >> someone compared it to an ice cream sandwich. >> yeah. ice cream sandwich is a good analogy. >> this would be the chocolate cookie part of the ice cream sandwich. >> that is correct. >> reporter: more than 17 years in the making, speed core was developed as an open-source technology that's free to utilize by a group of nonprofits and colleges, including purdue university, where amit varma teaches engineering. >> all you have to do is fill it with concrete, and you're good

to go. >> reporter: with money from the recent bipartisan infrastructure bill starting to flow, there is a hope among the engineers in this room -- >> tonight's totally inspiration. >> reporter: -- that we're entering a new golden age of infrastructure. >> i love civil engineering, truly. you guys rock. [ applause ] >> reporter: and they seem honored to help build it. >> do you feel pressure to make sure that you have engineered an appropriately interesting, structurally speaking statue? >> absolutely. so we take this very seriously. >> i'll tell you the emmy statues have a tendency to break at the base. >> ours don't break. >> this year's opal awa s will

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mother could love. but chris buckley wants snails to slime their way into your heart. >> the snail is good as a pet because it doesn't need so much attention. so you don't need to walk your snail, for example, or it -- it's not loud, you know. >> reporter: the mother of two from germany says her kids turned her into a snail-fluencer on tiktok and instagram. she now welcomes nearly 200,000 followers to the slimy side of life. >> i think it was like the second video that got viral, what i posted. and it was with my snails. and then, like, the people begged me, and then i came into this whole snail game. >> reporter: buckley raises around 5,000 snails of different species in a warehouse. some, like the okay tina, are nearly 10 inches long and way 1 1/2 pounds. she sells her slugs with shells to folks looking for an easy

pet. >> you have to decide what kind of snail you want at first. then you're going to buy an enclosure for the snail. you need soil, of course, stuff where they can hide in, a bowl full of water, food of course, and that's about it. >> reporter: encouraging people to come out of their shells and join her, even if it's at a snail's pace. ian lee, cbs news. 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 follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm erica brown. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. president biden and the first lady met with vocal leaders on maui after touring the aftermath of the deadly wildfires.

he said the federal government wants to help rebuild the community the way hawaiians want it done. former president donald trump says he will turn himself in to a georgia county jail on thursday after being charged in the state's 2020 election interference case. his bond for the charges has been set at $200,000. and american sprinter sha'carri richardson, who was controversially suspended from the u.s. olympic team in 2021 after testing positive for marijuana, won the women's 100-meter world championship on monday. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the catastrophic flood threat from tropical storm hilary after bringing record rain and strong winds to california. and the extreme weather continues with storms forming in the gulf and atlantic.

plus, nearly 140 million americans facing excessive heat. here are tonight's headlines. the cleanup tonight after water fills the streets of southern california, causing roads to collapse. some cities getting a year of rain in just one day. >> there's not a whole lot you can do to stop the water. president biden visits maui, meeting with survivors as 850 people are still missing. >> structures that are burned have been burned completely. former president trump and 18 others also have four days to surrender at a court in georgia after being indicted in the state last week. go, go, go! >> we're in ukraine after a russian missile kills seven, including a 6-year-old girl. our cbs news crew narrowly missing the blast. >> minutes before we arrived, it was hit by a massive explosion. we've been told a second round of missiles is on the way. we need to get out of here as

fast as we can. a meore california where the owner was shot and killed during a confrontation apparently over a pride flag hanging outside her shop. >> trader joe's is recalling another one of their products because it may contain metal. >> they're recalling multigrain crackers with sunflower and flaxseeds. ♪ >> it's-a me, mario. woo-hoo. >> and game over -- well, sort of, for the iconic voice of super mario, retiring after three decades. >> bye-bye. woo-hoo! >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." and we start tonight with violent storms in this summer packed with extreme weather and excessive heat.

tonight we're talking about tropical storm hilary, which slammed southern california with record-breaking rainfall, strong winds, and widespread floodwaters. this is the biggest storm, the strongest storm to hit the golden state in more than eight decades. aerial footage shows the transformation from sunny deserts and palm trees to a wasteland of thick mud covering everything in sight. the mud several feet deep in some areas. water turning roads and interstates into rivers. officials warn that the rain and flooding will continue as the storm moves north toward the canadian border. we have team coverage tonight of this unprecedented storm. cbs's carter evans will start us off from hard-hit oakland, california. good evening, carter. >> reporter: good evening, norah. neighbors could tell trouble was coming when they heard the rumbling of the huge boulders and logs headed downstream. just imagine the force when it slammed into this building, ripping it right open. tonight, neighborhoods buried in several inches of mud and

residents left knee-deep in aggravation. hilary packed a wallop for a region that last saw a tropical storm 84 years ago.bled across southern california, many tried to drive on flooded roads, some that turned into muck. >> i am trapped. yeah, i'm trapped. >> reporter: this is normally a dry wash right here. all the debris has clogged up the drains, and now you've got the water flowing right over the road. palm springs normally gets about 4 1/2 inches of rain a year. it received nearly that much in one day. this truck ended up hahalf buri. even resescuers neededed to be rescued.d. and soso much stananding watere roadads that looooked okay.. this is s what happened as cars tried to brake coming down interstate 5. and in the midst of one natural disaster, a 5.1 earthquake jolted the town of ojai. it was felt over a wide area.

it was that kind of day. tina patel is with our los angeles station, kcal. >> reporter: look at the size of this eucalyptus tree that came down in sun valley overnight. it narrowly missed the home but crushed two cars. this is a common sight around southern california. in addition to trees being uprooted, there were several power lines that came down. during the height of the storm, more than 40,000 people in l.a. lost power. >> reporter: in oak glen, the fear was a repeat of a mudslide that came crashing through last year. that fear came true. >> going through the town, you can definitely see all the devastation. >> reporter: kyle mccullough said his dad owned this building for years and wanted to turn it into a restaurant. >> he just kind of planned on one day, it was going to be his dream to open it back up for the community. but, yeah. >> what's it look like inside? >> ten times worse than the outside. there's a tree that's inside that's probably 20 foot long. >> that bad, huh? >> i don't think that we'll be able to fix it. >> reporter: and looking at the sunny skies out here now, you'd never know such a powerful storm

just blew through here. now the cleanup begins, but this family tells me they're still in shock, and, norah, they don't even know where to start. >> yeah, just devastating. carter evans, thank you. so for where the system is headed next and the new tropical depression that is headed towards the gulf, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. the moisture left over from hilary still brings the potential for flash flooding. that threat extends from arizona and the mexico border all the way up to canada, including parts of the pacific northwest, and the tropics are now extremely active, including this, tropical depression 9, which is expected by tomorrow morning to become a tropical storm with winds at 45 miles an hour. heavy rain could lead to some localized flooding. meanwhile, big heat dome. strong upper level low helping to keep things sizzling across most of the united states with

many locations in the 90s and triple digits. and, norah, this dangerous heat is going to linger for most of the week. >> chris, thank you. from hurricanes to wildfires. two major fires burning in washington state have scorched more than 20,000 acres outside spokane and forced thousands of people to evacuate. the gray fire and oregon road fire have destroyed some 200 structures and are being blamed for at least one death. we turn now to some breaking news. there's a possible game-changer in the fight against the respiratory virus known as rsv. the fda tonight approving the first rsv vaccine to protect infants prior to their birth. nearly 80,000 young children under the age of 5 are hospitalized every year because of this virus, and this new vaccine will be given to pregnant mothers, passing the protection on to their babies. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." president biden and the first lady are on maui tonight, surveying the damage and visiting with survivors of the country's deadliest wildfire in more than a century. tonight nearly a thousand people are still unaccounted for, and as cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports, loved ones are beginning to lose hope. >> reporter: president biden surveyed the destruction in lahaina from the air and ground, promising the federal government will be there to help rebuild. but nearly two weeks after fires wiped out most of the town, 850 people are still missing. >> pretty much overrun by fire down here. >> reporter: new video from that day shows local firefighters overwhelmed by the flames. tim laborte's stepfather is among them. as hope fades, he's posting missing persons flyers. >> we don't know if he might have left early or ran into another area where it was bad or so, and they might have diverted him back, and he might have been

going around in a circle. >> reporter: 470 search and rescue agents are combing through this american pompeii. 85% of the five-square-mile disaster zone has been cleared. but fema search teams say clearing what's left could take weeks, if not longer. >> hey, buddy, ready to go? >> reporter: kristi bohrman and her dog, canyon, are one of 40 cadaver dog teams sifting through what little remains. >> structures that are burned have been burned completely. and so we're talking about ash, and we're talking about metal, and that's basically what's left of those structures. >> reporter: and tonight questions still remain about herman andaya, the now resigned head of maui's emergency response, and his decision to not activate emergency sirens. >> do you regret not sounding the sirens? >> i -- i do not. >> reporter: andaya was off-island at the time of the fire, attending a conference for the state's first responders. but sources tell cbs news several off his counterparts pulled out of the event so they could prepare their communities.

>> oh, my god! >> reporter: the national weather service issued fire warnings beginning four days before the disaster. as the search for the missing continues, calls for accountability are growing. >> a lot of people, a lot of families we got here, they lost everything, and people lost their lives over here. and this all could have been prevented. >> reporter: and the fire burned so hot, it reduced entire neighborhoods to ash. the governor now warning it could be impossible to find all of the missing, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you. there are signs tonight that donald trump is preparing to surrender in georgia for racketeering and other charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. cbs's robert costa reports the former president's lawyers today agreed to a $200,000 bond as part of his release conditions. >> reporter: the bond agreement, made public after former president trump's legal team met inside fulton county district attorney fani willis' offices,

set strict rules for trump's release after his expected surrender later this week, saying he shall make no direct or indirect threat against any co-defendant or witness. several of trump's 18 co-defendants also agreed to bond terms today, including his former lawyer john eastman, one of the alleged architects of the plan to overturn the 2020 election. despite four indictments and 91 charges against him, trump's lead over his gop rivals continues to grow. new cbs polling shows a 46-point advantage over florida governor ron desantis, the only other candidate in double digits. trump pointed to his dominance in the cbs poll as one reason why he's skipping the first gop debate wednesday in milwaukee, a move criticized by his opponents. >> he has a great opportunity to come out and do this. i think he owes it to people. >> he's both afraid of me, and he's afraid of defending his record. >> reporter: trump is planning an interview with former fox

news host tucker carlson that could air online at the time of the debate. meanwhile, trump's former chief of staff, mark meadows, who is cooperating with federal investigators looking at trump's mishandling of classified documents, has according to abc told special counsel jack smith he could not recall trump ever declassifying documents before leaving the white house, contradicting the former president's claims. >> and robert costa joins us now. this is a big week for republicans. the debate, and i understand you have some reporting about potential new republicans entering this crowded field? >> there is alarm inside of the republican party as trump keeps gaining. now some veteran republicans are encouraging virginia governor glenn youngkin to consider entering the race as well as georgia governor brine kemp. in fact, former trump flashl security adviser john bolton tells me he recently went to georgia to meet privately with kemp to gauge his interest about jumping in and taking on trump.

>> both experienced governors. all right, robert costa. thank you. well, today federal agents arrested an illinois woman who is accused of threatening to shoot former president trump and his youngest son, barron, who is 17 years old. court documents say that tracy fiorenza admitted to making her threat in emails to a school in palm beach, florida, in may and june. the trumps' primary residence is in palm beach. fiorenza is expected to be brought to florida to face charges. a community in california is heartbroken after a local business owner was shot to death. police say the gunman objected to the mother of nine displaying a pride flag outside her shop in lake arrowhead. here's cbs's elise preston. >> reporter: the pain palpable as community members cling to each other for comfort. signs of love and support flood this space where loved ones say hate killed lauri carleton. carleton was shot and killed friday after police say the shooter made several disparaging

remarks about the pride flags hanging outside her shop. her best friend tells cbs news by phone that she exchanged words with the man and went back into the store, and that's when he shot her. >> i heard the first shot. i said, there's something wrong with your wife. >> was he in shock too? was he frozen? >> big time. big time. >> reporter: the gunman ran away but was later shot and killed in a confrontation with police. days later, close friend robin lyles is still in disbelief that a friend she described as a courageous force for inclusivity was gunned down. >> we're all feeling extreme anger, sadness, and love for lauri and what she was to this community. >> reporter: as an ally of the lgbtq community, the mother of nine continuously put up pride flags at her business that were targeted. >> being a straight white woman, that wasn't her. it wasn't what she needed or wanted for herself. it was for others. it was very selfless. >> reporter: as a flag outside of carleton's shop now waves at half-staff, loved ones say her

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