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now to more than 140 million americans under heat alerts in 22 states in cities from the midwest to the south. setting new record highs. from our partners at the weather channel, good evening jackie. >> good evening, norah. the heat dome remains parked in place in the nation's midsection. feels like triple digits from minneapolis to the gust coast. records broken in chicago and milwaukee hit 100 degrees today for the seventh time in the
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month of august. triple digits expected tomorrow as well. breaking down the heat dome in the great lakes and northeast, that will bring the threat of storms, some severe. and the tropics, very active now. we're watching tropical storm franklin emerging off the coast of the dominican republic. got to keep an eye on it in the eastern u.s., coastal impacts, big surf. there's breaking news from pittsburgh, a neighborhood on edge for hours. started when sheriff's deputies tried to evict a man and were met with a barrage of bullets. a sergeant with hurt ducking the gunfire. they sent a drone locating the gunman. he was fatally shot, it's not clear by himself or police. the philadelphia police commissioner is vowing to fire one of her own officers after a fatal shooting of a man in a
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traffic stop. jeff, the video is graphic. >> reporter: the surveillance video shows him pulling over after driving the wrong way down a one-way street. moments later two officers pull up alongside him, jump out of the police cruiser with their guns drawn. >> show me your hands. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: five seconds later, officer fires six times into the vehicle. he later died at the hospital. today the police commissioner says she intended to terminate the five-year veteran for failing to cooperate with the investigation. there have been false statements about what happened. originally police said he lunged
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at the officers with a knife and they gave him multiple commands to drop the weapon outside the vehicle. how do you assure the people of philadelphia that officers are telling the truth? >> unfortunately the information released has dire consequences establishing and framing a narrative that was not true. >> reporter: investigators say two knives were recovered inside the vehicle. the family attorney. >> tell them you're story, that's the first step in atonement, recognizing that you did it, speaking directly to the aggrieved party. that hasn't happened. >> reporter: his aunt tells cbs news it's not enough to just fire the officer, she wants him behind bars for murdering her nephew. the other officer involved is on
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administrative leave and the d.a. is looking into the case. >> jeff pegues, thank you. there's new confusion how many people are missing, authorities increasing the number of unaccounted for to more than 1,000. despite the challenges, family members are still holding on to hope. >> i'm going to find my mother one way or another. >> reporter: it's been two weeks but jason is refusing to give up looking for his mother. >> until someone tells me exactly where she's at, i'm not going to stop looking to for her. >> reporter: he believes she was in her apartment when the wildfire ripped through lahaina. crews and cadaver dogs continue sifting through the wreckage. the fbi is also struggling with not enough dna samples from relatives to help identify the
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remains recovered. >> why do you think it's taking so long? >> language barrier, initial scattering the night of the event, and number three, they're sheltered in right now and probably somewhere where they can't deal, don't know what to do. >> reporter: also tonight, residents are demanding answers to the official communication breakdown. on tuesday, cbs' jonathan vigliotti pressed the mayor. >> do you think a lag of communication amplified the loss we're seeing? >> that would be a guess on my part to determine what would have changed the outcome. >> reporter: officials say part of the reason there's different numbers of people unaccounted for because they have various lists from different agencies with possibly conflicting information they're cross-referencing to come up with one list. norah. >> hard to believe, two weeks
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later. thank you. billions of dollars of trade to and from the united states is in jeopardy at one of the most important shipping routes, the panama canal. a major drought. ben tracy goes in depth to see how the lack of rainfall is creating a backlog of cargo. >> dominguez with shipping company, he's worried about the routes. the number of vessels allowed through is cut from 36 to 32 and some are forced to carry up to 3 30% less cargo to not hit
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bargain. >> more expensnsive, and they wl be latete. >> reporteter: it's one of the most successful shortcuts. about $270 billion of trade each year rides on this pathway between the pacific and the atlantic. i've never walked across it. >> it's an experience. >> reporter: the vice president of operations said the 50 mile long series of locks and lakes is above sea level. so you're reliant on rainfall. >> yes. but it's unprecedented dry season. the levels are close to the mininimum. >> reporteter: climatete change making the t tropics hotteter a drdry spells more frequent and longer. it takes 55 to 125 million gallons of water. the authority is trying to restore and reuse as much as possible instead of flushing it
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into the ocean. >> it uses more water than the city of new york every day. >> reporter: every day? wow. the canal authority is considering proposals to divert other rivers into the canal or build more reservoirs to store water in dry periods. how concerned are you about the long-term viability of the canal? >> my main concern. the issue of climate change to us is real. us is real. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs ♪ dove 0% with coconut and jasmine is aluminum free and gives you 48 hour odor protection. with a scent that goes strong all day long. and we're kinder to skin too. nobody's coconuts work harder. - [warririor 1] wowounded wawar projecect has bebeen with h e every y step of f my journrn. - aaron,n, how youou doing b b? - [wararrior 2] ] with expxpers thatat help meme realizeze that i i'm not a alone. - [warririor 3] anand speciaiad prograrams thatat give meme the toooolso train mymy body anand mind..
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tonight we're remembering david jacobs, a producer who helped change the face of television. in 1978, he created "dallas," the primetime soap opera about a
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texas oil family, a huge hit for cbs. he left to create "knots landing," 700 episodes between them. he died sunday after battling alzheimer's disease at 84 years old. i watched both those shows. a california mom makes a special delivery in the afaftermath ofof a tropicacal s next. finally tonight, good news. a special delivery. jacob phoenix came into the world after a series of power out
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outages from tropical storm hilary knocked out all the power in the hospital. >> the nurses used their flashlights and phones. >> you heard that right. doctors and nurses delivered this beautiful bundle of joy with flashlights on monday night. the mom says she's grateful to the staff who were cheering her on at the end. mom and baby boy are just doing fine. that's a great story they'll never forget. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. others check back later for "cbs mornings," and you can follow us online any time, cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash, i'm shannel kaul in new york. four were killed and others
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injured at a shooting in a bierk bar in northern california last night. the shooter was also killed and his wife. the first republican presidential debate was held in milwaukee, the eight candidates sparred over abortion, whether the u.s. should continue to send aid to ukraine, and the legal troubles of former president donald trump who skipped the debate. it's fall at starbucks, the fall menu is available with the iconic pumpkin spice latte back for the 20th year. for more, the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is "the cbs overnight news." we want to begin with a mystery unfolding in russia.
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after a private jet crashed nearly 200 miles north of moscow, believed to be on board, russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin and his number two, the commander of the wagner group. the big question, was the plane brought down intentionally, and was it revenge for a failed mutiny prigozhin led two months ago? the wagner group was the tip of the spear in russia's invasion in ukraine before he became disillusioned with the military leadership. the rebellion came to a sudden halt after striking a deal with putin in exchange for amnesty. photos of the crash site show plane wreckage engulfed in flames. two pilots, one flight attendant and seven passengers were on board, and there are no survivors. we have a lot of news to get to. debora patta starts off from inside ukraine, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, norah, as with many stories out of russia, it's difficult to get an accurate view and details are
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still very murky. but in ukraine yevgeny prigozhin will not be missed, regarded as a war criminal. the footage shows a plane plunging from the sky with a missing wing and crashing. wagner's social media channels claim it is yevgeny prigozhin's private jet which was shot down. russian aviatition authorititie sisimply say thehe plane crashs north of moscow killing all ten on board, , including prprigozh and the cause is being investigated. but president biden said he doesn't know for sure what happened, but he is not surprised. >> there's not much that happens in russia that putin is not involved with. >> reporter: prigozhin was last seen in this recruitment video standing in an arid desert, rifle in hand, at an undisclosed location in africa. it is the fifirst video sisince
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abororted mutiny, whwhich he ca off at the 11th hour, prompting raised eyebrows that he not only challenged vladimir putin but escaped almost unscathed. the former convict got his start selling hot dogs, eventually becoming putin's private caterer and confidant. during the first invasion of ukraine in 2014, he made the leap from chef to warlord. wagner soldiers started showing up in syria and across africa. his hired guns deal in death and prigozhin has made billions plundering natural resources in places like the central african republic. last year he recruited an army of prisoners from russian penal colonies to fight on the front lines in ukraine. he enjoyed the notoriety, filming himself strutting around
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the battlefield and handing putin his only real victory in bakhmut after months of war. it's exactly two months to the day that prigozhin launched that ill-fated mutiny in which he shot down several russian aircraft, prompting questions whether the plane crash was an accident or a very cold dish of revenge. >> debora patta, thank you. tonight one of former president donald trump's most high profile codefendants, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, has turned himself in to georgia authorities. nikole killion reports that he remained defiant after being booked and had his mug shot taken on charges related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election in the state. >> reporter: the man once known as america's mayor arrived to surrender at the fulton county jail. >> fani willis will go down in american history as conducting one of the worst attacks on
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american constitution. >> reporter: the face of former president trump's legal efforts after the 2020 election, he was charged with 13 counts, same as trump, for pushing fraudulent election claims in georgia. >> what are the odds they all switched overnight? >> reporter: and making false statements about poll worker ruby freeman, who described the pain it caused her to the january 6 committee. >> do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states target you? >> reporter: giuliani's bond was set at $150,000 and he was spotted at a bail bondsman after he was booked. >> who posted your bail, sir? >> reporter: sources have indicated the former mayor has struggled with his legal costs, though he flew to atlanta by private jet. acco times", the former president is set to host a fundraiser for giuliani next month at his club. ahead of the former president's surrender thursday, seven more turned themselves in, including
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former trump attorney sidney powell who spread many conspiracy theories, including that dominion voting systems rigged its machines to take votes from trump. there are more developments in the classified documents case. an i.t. worker at mar-a-lago has retracted his testimony and provided more information about the alleged efforts to erase security footage that may implicate the former president and two employees. they deny wrongdoing. the republican presidential candidates will be hitting the campaign trail today after last night's gop debate. donald trump skipped the debate but was still the center of attention. here's what the candidates had to say. >> if former president trump was convicted in a court of law, would you still support him if he's your party's choice? raise your hand if you would. >> whether or not you believe that the criminal charges are
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right or wrong, the conduct is beneath the office of president of the united states. >> do you believe that mike pence did the right thing, senator scott? >> absolutely. >> but governor desantis, do you believe that mike pence did the right thing on january 6? >> we need to end the weaponization of these federal agents. >> that's not the question. >> i know. >> i think the american people deserve to know whether everyone on this stage agrees that i kept my oath to the constitution that day. there's no more important duty, so answer the question. >> is this what we're going to be focusing on? going forward the rehashing of this. >> we spent an hour talking about policy. former president trump is beating you by 30, 40 points in many polls, so it is a factor in the gop primary.
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>> over a year ago i said that donald trump was morally disqualified for being president again as a result of what happened on january 6th. >> we have to look at the fact that three-quarters of americans don't want a rematch between trump and biden and we have to face the fact that trump is the most disliked politician in america. we can't win a general election that way. >> he asked me to put him over the constitution, and i chose the constitution. and i always will. i had no right to overturn the election and kamala harris will have no right to overturn the election when we beat them in 2024. >> thank
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washington, thanks for staying with us. russia and ukraine continue to trade drone attacks. ukraine targeting moscow and border cities, russia striking grain warehouses and port authorities. the counteroffensive is faced with the task of demining all of the territory it liberates. this shows a village evacuated so sappers can get rid of the mines laid by the russians. debora patta went along with the unit trying to make the recaptured areas safe. >> reporter: every day the men of the 35th marine brigade know they might not return home. clearing heavily mined territory where one wrong move could be fatal. this children's camp was used as a russian military base, now it's a deathtrap. the unit is laser focused, ignoring the distant sound of
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artillery. there is nowhere to run for cover. deadly explosives could be anywhere. what have you found? "anti-tank mines," this soldier tells us. they attach a rope around the mine and drag, worried there might be more explosives underneath. after removing the detonator, it's packed in their car with other mines. the men aboard the anti-tank mines here to detonate as safely as possible. this work takes nerves of steel, and a double dose of courage. last year, he stepped on a mine in kherson and lost his right leg. he was fitted with a prosthesis in the u.s., and after intense therapy, he's back on the battlefield. 100% of the territory has been mined, he told us.
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everything, roads, dead bodies, buildings, cars, weapons. his wife's not happy about it. she told me it's a sign. for you, the war is over. but it is not over for me yet. and as ukrainian troops advance, his dance with death goes on. and despite concerns about the slow territorial gains made by ukraine this summer, white house national security adviser jake sullivan has said the u.s. does not believe the war's reached a stalemate, describing kyiv's counteroffensive as methodical. >> that was debora patta in ukraine. when the panama canal was completed more than a century ago it was hailed as one of the modern marvels of the world, saving the long journey around
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south america. the people who operate it say the giant feat of engineering is being threatened by climate change. ben tracy got a firsrsthand l l. >> reporteter: the pananama cans one of the world's most successful shortcuts. about $270 billion of trade each year rides on this ribbon of water leaving very little room for error. >> panama is the route. >> reporter: boris moreno is the canal's vice president of operations. i've never walked across the panama canal. >> it's an experience. >> reporter: he says two-thirds of canal traffic is either coming from or going to the u.s. that flow of goods is at risk because this 50-mile-long system of locks and lakes that connects to oceans is above sea level and doesn't run on ocean water. >> no. it's fresh water from our lake. that's man-made. >> reporter: you are reliant on rainfall. >> yes.
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>> reporter: and generally in panama, that happens. >> it's one of the wettest countries in the world. but this year has been an unprecedented dry season. our lake levels are choes close to the minimum. >> reporter: severe drought is drying up the lakes that feed the canal, plunging water levels so low they've had to cut the number of vessels passing through from 36 to 32 per day. delaying goods and creating a growing waiting room of ships out at sea. some vessels are also being forced to carry up to 40% less cargo and slow down so they don't hit bottom. >> we are really, really looking for fresh water. >> reporter: ricaurte vasquez morales is the canal's administrator. >> the panama canal used about 2.5 times the amount of water as the city the size of new york uses every day. >> reporteter: every d day. wow. moving a a single shship througe locks takes 55 to 125 million gallons of water depending on its size. much of that is flushed into the
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ocean. but the canal authority is now trying to store and reuse as much of it as possible. it's considering diverting water from other rivers and building more reservoirs because the lakes feeding the canal are also the main source of drinking water for nearby panama city. how concerned are you about the long-term viability of the panama canal? >> that is my main concern. w are climate dependent. so this issue of climate change to us is real. >> reporter: climate change is making the tropics hotter and dry spells longer. here comes the rain. >> here comes the rain. >> reporter: it's currently panama's wet season, but except for this sudden downpour, we saw very little rain. >> for us it's very, very concerning. >> reporter: antonio dominguez is a managing director for shipping giant mersk. the largest single user of the canal. he's worried christmas could be impacted if the drought drags on and shippers are forced to
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use longer routes. the things we buy are going to be more expensive if the whole operation slows down. >> more expensive and late. >> reporter: are you seeing climate change impact your operations around the world? >> everywhere. everywhere you have climate change impacting global commerce and we need to do something about it. >> reporter: the international shipping industry is part of the problem. responsible for about 3% of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, about as much as japan. mersk is aiming to cut its emissions in half by 2030. your industry is a big contributor to climate change. climate change is making a drought like this worse. >> yeah. >> reporter: do you have a responsibility to address this problem? >> of course. we need to move faster. it's not a time to start wondering what to do. it's a time for action. time for action is now. >> reporter: because in shipping lanes like the panama canal, time is also money. i'm ben tracy in panama. six years ago a musical event billing itself as the fyre
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festival exposed as a scam and its organizer was sent to prison. he's out and trying to put together fyre festival two. who would shell out money for this thing? nancy chen has found two. >> reporter: fyre festival two tickets are on sale -- >> reporter: that was billy mcfarland on sunday, and by tuesday he said those tickets, 100 of them, were sold out. according to the fyre festival two website. prices will go up as more tickets go on sale. the most expensive are listed for nearly $8,000. >> the actual experience exceeds expectations -- >> reporter: if it seems like a case of deja vu -- >> all the names that seem big and -- >> reporter: it's because mcfarland first advertised the original fyre festival more than six years ago. with a splashy ad featuring popular models, t teasing the bt in fofood, art, music,c, and advenenture on a a prprivate islaland in the e bah. >> funnyny.
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>> r reporter: b but festivaval who paidid thousandsds for tick showowed up to h half-built t f tents ininstead of l luxury vil. >> they're wet. >> reporter: cold cheese sandwiches instead of gourmet meals. and d no big-namame musical l a even leaviving the islsland appd to b be a struggggle. >> 4:51 1 a.m., stilill sitting hehere. >> reporter: the disastrous event ultitimately swewept the internrnet and wenent on to ini two docucumentaries.s. > we are seselling a pipipe -- >> selling a pipe dream to [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the festival's demise also led to a federal investigation that set mcfarland behind bars, convicted for defrauding investors. and on the hook to repay his visitors $26 million. but in april, less than a year after he was released from prison, mcfarland tweeted "fyre festival two is finally happening." the website now says it's set for december, 2024, somewhere in the caribbean, but no specific
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location or lineup has been announced. >> if anything, it will just be a really cool vacation. >> reporter: victoria medvedenko and her boyfriend spent nearly $550 each to be one of fyre festival's first 100 ticket buyers. >> our main concern is we don't know if big headliners will be willing to take that risk to be in something so controversial. i think we're going to stay optimistic, but we're going to, you know, expect that there may be some cheese sandwiches. >> reporter: proceed with caution. now while the location has not been revealed, it almost certainly will not be the bahamas. the ministry of tourism told cbs news in a statement, quote, the government of the bahamas will not endorse or approve any event associated with billy mcfarland, adding that he is considered to be a fugitive there with several pending complaints against him. >> that was nancy chen. and this is "the cbs overnight news."
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brooklyn dumpling shop might be confusing. there's no cashier or wait staff. menu items are in the lockers, a reboot of an automat. >> technology killed the automat, it's time for technology to bring them back. >> reporter: it started in the early 1900s and looked like a vending machine. but the popularity faded and they shut down. this modern automat has updates. first customers use their phones to order. the food is cooked, then goes into a locker. a text alert tells customers the order is ready for pickup. >> scan your phone, will tell you which locker to go to, number 6. >> what are the advantages? >> we're recollecting your time. if you place the order, you can come in and out in ten seconds. >> reporter: it has customer
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appeal. >> i like to run late, they keep it warm for me, perfect. >> it's something for the future. >> reporter: with three employees they serve 200 to 300 customers a day. >> the tiktok generation are super comfortable with this concept because they live off their phones. >> reporter: they've invested in this idea from the past as the future of restaurants. michael george, cbs news, new york. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. check back later for "cbs mornings," reporting from the nation's capital, i'm scott macfarlane. this is cbs news flash, i'm shanelle kaul in new york. four people were killed and six others injured at a shooting in a biker
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bar in orange county, california, last night. it began as a domestic incident between the shooter, also killed, and his wife. the first republican presidential debate was held in milwaukee, the eight candidates sparred over abortion, whether the u.s. should continue to send aid to ukraine, and the legal troubles of former president donald trump who skipped the debate. it may not be labor day yet but it is fall at starbucks. starting today, the coffee chain's fall menu is available with the iconic pumpkin spice latte back for the 20th year. for more, the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. cbws, new york. ♪ tonight the breaking news, mystery plane crash. was the russian warlord who tried to overthrow vladimir putin killed? state media says yevgeny prigozhin was on board, among the ten dead.
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president biden on whether it was putin's payback. here are tonight's headlines. video of a plane falling out of the sky. the russian mercenary once known as putin's butcher listed as a passenger. was he killed two months to the day after he led a march to moscow? rudy giuliani, once america's mayor, surrenders to a georgia jail, let out on $150,000 bond. >> i'm fighting for justice. >> an employee is flipping on donald trump. america decides the first gop debate, missing its frontrunner, we're in milwaukee. a stunning reversal from the philadelphia police. >> officers are saying the man killed never lunged at police outside of his vehicle. hundreds of billions of
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dollars in international trade passes through the panama canal every year, but it's now threatened by severe drought. what that means for the goods we rely on and what they may have to do to secure the future of this critical waterway. a power outage left patients in jeopardy at a hospital. >> a pregnant woman and her baby. >> nurses used their flasashlights, c cheering meme dedeliver. remembering the life of legendary show creator david jacobs after a battle with alalzheimer's.s. >> it was you, kristin, who shot jr. ♪ >> announcer: this is "the cbs overnight news." we want to begin with a mystery unfolding in russia. after a private jet crashed nearly 200 miles north of
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moscow, believed to be on board, russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin and his number two, the commander of the wagner group. the big question, was the plane brought down intentionally, and was it revenge for a failed mutiny prigozhin led two months ago? the wagner group was the tip of the spear in russia's invasion in ukraine before he became disillusioned with the military leadership. the rebellion came to a sudden halt after striking a deal with putin in exchange for amnesty. photos of the crash site show plane wreckage engulfed in flames. two pilots, one flight attendant and seven passengers were on board and there are no survivors. we have a lot of news to get to. debora patta starts off from inside ukraine, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, norah, as with many stories out of russia, it's difficult to get an accurate view and details are still very murky. but in ukraine yevgeny prigozhin will not be missed, regarded as
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a war criminal. the footage shows a plane plunging from the sky with a missing wing and crashing. wagner's social media channels claim it is yevgeny prigozhin's private jet which was shot down. russian aviaiation authoriritie simply say the plane crashed north ofof moscow killlling all on boardrd, including g prigozh and the cause is being investigated. but president biden said he doesn't know for sure what happened, but he is not surprised. >> there's not much that happens in russia that putin is not involved with. >> reporter: prigozhin was last seen in this recruitment video standing in an arid desert, rifle in hand, at an undisclosed location in africa.. it is the firsrst video sincnce aborted mutiny, which he called off at the 11th hour, prompting
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raised eyebrows that he not only challenged vladimir putin but escaped almost unscathed. the former convict got his start selling hot dogs, eventually becoming putin's private caterer and confidant. during the first invasion of ukraine in 2014, he made the leap from chef to warlord. wagner soldiers started showing up in syria and across africa. his hired guns deal in death and prigozhin has made billions plundering natural resources in places like the central african republic. last year prigozhin recruited an army of prisoners from russian penal colonies to fight on the front lines in ukraine. he enjoyed the notoriety, filming himself strutting around the battlefield and handing putin his only real victory in bakhmut after months of war.
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it's exactly two months to the day that prigozhin launched that ill-fated mutiny in which he shot down several russian aircraft, prompting questions whether the plane crash was an accident or a very cold dish of revenge. >> debora patta, thank you. tonight one of former president donald trump's most high profile codefendants, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, has turned himself in to georgia authorities. cbs' nikole killion reports that he remained defiant after being booked and had his mug shot taken on charges related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election in the state. >> reporter: the man once known as america's mayor arrived to surrender at the fulton county jail. >> fani willis will go down in american history as conducting one of the worst attacks on the american constitution. >> reporter: rudy giuliani was the face of former president trump's legal efforts
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after the 2020 election, he was charged with 13 counts, same as trump, for pushing fraudulent election claims in georgia. >> what are the odds they all switched overnight? >> reporter: and making false statements about poll worker ruby freeman, who described the pain it caused her to the january 6 committee. >> do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states target you? >> reporter: giuliani's bond was set at $150,000 and he was spotted at a bail bondsman after he was booked. >> who posted your bail, sir? >> reporter: sources have indicated the former mayor has struggled with his legal costs, though he flew to atlanta by private jet. according to the "new york times", the former president is set to host a fundraiser for giuliani next month at his club. >> you suffered greatly. >> reporter: and just last night he reportedly hosted a fundraiser for people charged in the attack on january 6. ahead of the former president's
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surrender thursday, seven more defendants turned themselves in, including former trump attorney sidney powell who spread many conspiracy theories, including that dominion voting systems had rigged its voting machines to take votes from trump. there are more developments in the federal classified documents cases. an i.t. worker at mar-a-lago has retracted his testimony and provided more information about the alleged efforts to erase security footage. that may implicate the former president and two employees. they deny wrongdoing. >> we're also learning that cameras will be allowed in the georgia courtroom in the arraignment in september. thank you. i'i'm orlandoo and i'i'm living w with hiv. i don'n't have to o worry about t daily hiv v pills
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night's gop debate. donald trump skipped the debate but was still the center of attention. here's what the candidates had to say. >> if former president trump was convicted in a court of law, would you still support him if he's your party's choice? raise your hand if you would. >> whether or not you believe that the criminal charges are right or wrong, the conduct is beneath the office of president of the united states. >> but governor desantis, do you believe that mike pence did the right thing on january 6? >> we need to end the weaponization of these federal agents. >> that's not the question. >> i know. >> i think the american people deserve to know whether everyone on this stage agrees that i kept my oath to the constitution that day. there's no more important duty, so answer the question.
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as well. breaking down the heat dome in the great lakes and northeast, that will bring the threat of storms, some severe. and the tropics, very active now. we're watching tropical storm franklin emerging off the coast of the dominican republic. got to keep an eye on it in the eastern u.s., coastal impacts, big waves and rough surf. norah. there's breaking news from pittsburgh, a neighborhood on edge for hours. started when sheriff's deputies tried to evict a man and were met with a barrage of bullets. witnesses say hundreds of rounds were fired. a sergeant was hurt ducking the gunfire. they sent a drone locating the gunman. he was fatally shot, it's not clear if the suspect killed himself or was shot by police. the philadelphia police commissioner is vowing to fire one of her own officers after a fatal shooting of a man in a traffic stop. cbs' jeff pegues reports this
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comes as new video has emerged that appears to contradict the department's original account of what happened. warning, the video is graphic. >> reporter: the surveillance video captured on two ring cameras shows the 27-year-old pulled over after driving the wrong way down a one-way street. moments later two officers pull up alongside him, jump out of the police cruiser with their guns drawn. >> show me your hands. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: five seconds later, the officer fires six times into the vehicle. he later died at h says she intended to terminate the five-year veteran for failing to cooperate with the investigation. there have been false statements about what happened. originally police said he lunged at the officers with a knife and they gave him multiple commands to drop the weapon outside the vehicle.
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how do you assure the people of philadelphia that officers are telling the truth? >> unfortunately the information released has dire consequences establishing and framing a narrative that was not true. >> reporter: investigators say two knives were recovered inside the vehicle. his family attorney. >> tell them you're story, that's the first step in atonement, recognizing that you did it, speaking directly to the aggrieved party. that hasn't happened. >> reporter: his aunt tells cbs news it's not enough to just fire the officer, she wants him behind bars for murdering her nephew. the other officer involved is on administrative leave and the d.a. in philly says he's looking into the case. >> jeff pegues, thank you.
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now major developments in the maui wildfires. there's new confusion how many people are missing, authorities increasing the number of unaccounted for to more than 1,000. lilia luciano reports that despite the challenges, family members are still holding on to hope. >> i'm going to find my mother one way or another. >> reporter: it's been two weeks but jason is refusing to give up looking for his mother. >> until someone tells me exactly where she's at, i'm not going to stop looking to for her. >> reporter: he believes she was in her apartment when the wildfire ripped through lahaina. crews and cadaver dogs continue combing through structures to narrow down the list of roughly 1,100 people still unaccounted for, higher than the 850 previously reported. the fbi is also struggling with not enough dna samples from relatives to help identify the remains recovered. >> why do you think it's taking so long?
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>> language barrier, initial scattering the night of the event, and number three, they're sheltered in right now and probably somewhere where they can't deal, don't know what to do. >> reporter: also tonight, residents are demanding answers to the official communication breakdown. on tuesday, cbs' jonathan vigliotti pressed the mayor. >> do you think a lag of communication with could have contribbed or amplified the loss we're seeing? >> that would be a guess on my part to determine what would have changed the outcome. >> reporter: officials say part of the reason there's different numbers of people unaccounted for because they have various lists from different agencies with possibly conflicting information they're cross-referencing to come up with one list. norah. >> hard to believe, two weeks later. thank you. billions of dollars of trade to and from the united states is in jeopardy at one of the most
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world's most important shipping routes, the panama canal. a major drought is impacting the number of ships that can pass through the canal's waterway. cbs' ben tracy goes in depth to see how the lack of rainfall is creating a backlog of cargo. >> reporter: there's a traffic jam outside of the panama canal. massive cargo ships sitting idle as low water levels slow the flow of goods through the critical waterway. >> we have vessels waiting almost three weeks. >> reporter: time is money. >> time is money. >> dominguez with shipping company mersk is worried about the routes. the number of vessels allowed through is cut from 36 to 32 and some are forced to carry up to 40% less cargo so they don't hit bottom. >> extra cost, more timeme. >> repororter: so t the goods w bebe more e expensive.e.
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city of new york every day. >> reporter: every day? wow. the canal authority is considering proposals to divert other river into the canal or build more reservoirs to store water during wet periods. how concerned are you about the long-term viability of the panama canal? >> my main concern. the issue of climate change to us is real. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, panama canal. a new warning about small a new warning about small turtles and a salmonella wantnt a smarterer way to mo? inintroducing g the new swififfer powermrmop. an allll-in-one clcleaning tol with a 36060-degree swswivel d ththat goes plplaces a regulalar mop justst ca. mop smararter with t the new swiffefer powermopop. we've seseen what yoyou wouldo for a klklondike®,, so we're r raising barar. now wewe want to s see what your homometown woululd do for r a klondikeke®, so g get togetheher, and go foror the bar,, sandwiwich, or conone. go f for the glolory! ♪
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the cdc is out with a warning that a salmonella s outbreak is linked to small turtles. 26 people across 11 states have gotten sick. many of them younger than 5 years old. at least nine admitted to hospitals. the cdc warning says quote, don't kiss or snuggle your turtle or eat or drink around it. they're warning about turtles with shells less than four inches long. the sale of small turtles has been banned since 1975, but some are still sold illegally. we remember the creative force behind two groundbreaking
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tonight we're remembering david jacobs, a producer who helped change the face of television. in 1978, he created "dallas," the primetime soap opera about a texas oil family, a huge hit for cbs. he left to create "knots
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landing," 700 episodes between them. he died sunday after battling alzheimer's disease at 84 years old. i watched both those shows. a california mom makes a special delivery in the aftermath of a tropical storm, next. finally tonight, good news. a special delivery. jacob phoenix came into the world after a series of power outages from tropical storm hilary knocked out all the power -- the lights at the hospital in l.a. >> the nurses used their
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flashlights and phones. >> you heard that right. doctors and nurses delivered this beautiful bundle of joy with flashlights on monday night. the mom says she's grateful to the staff who were cheering her on at the end. mom and baby boy are just doing fine. that's a great story they'll never forget. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. others check back later for "cbs mornings," and you can follow us online any time, cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash, i'm shanelle kaul in new york. four people were killed and six others injured at a shooting in a biker bar in orange county, california, last night. it began as a domestic incident
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between the shooter, also killed, and his wife. the first republican presidential debate was held in milwaukee, the eight candidates sparred over abortion, whether the u.s. should continue to send aid to ukraine, and the legal troubles of former president donald trump who skipped the debate. it may not even be labor day yet, but it is fall at starbucks. starting today, the coffee chain's fall menu is available with the iconic pumpkin spice latte back for the 20th year. for more, the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's thursday, august 24th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, bar shooting. at least three people are killed and six others hospitalized after a shooting at a biker bar in california.

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