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of a united airlines jet overnight. the airline says the flight from newark, new jersey, to rome lost cabin pressure about 50 minutes into the flight and had to circle back to the airport for an emergency landing. now, the flight map shows the plane dropped about 30,000 feet in altitude in just seven minutes before safely landing. no injuries were reported. now to the cyberattack causing havoc at mgm resorts nationwide. hackers have crippled the company's computer systems, shutting down casino slot machines, atms, and even guest room doors in hotels from vegas to atlantic city. cbs's elise preston reports from las vegas, where the fbi is investigating this multi-million dollar hack. >> reporter: mgm resorts is not only one of the biggest players on the las vegas strip. it's nevada's largest employer, and tonigh it's paralyzed. casinos filled with non-working slot machines. computers and phone lines are
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down, and frustration is growing. >> you don't know what you're dealing with, right? you don't know how much is compromised and how much is not compromised. >> i don't even want to pay with my card right now. i'm scared they're going to hack all of our information. >> reporter: a group that reports on cyberattacks claims that all hackers did to compromise mgm resorts was hop on linkedin, find an employee, then call the help desk. >> how was this even carried out? >> it's not clear. >> reporter: cbs news cybersecurity expert chris krebs says several recent cyberattacks may have been homegrown. >> we have built up this kind of mythology around ransomware operators being eastern europeans or russians hiding under the skirt of putin and the kremlin. it may be that there were also americans involved in these most recent attacks. >> reporter: according to bloomberg, a few weeks ago, caesar's entertainment paid about $15 million ransom to restore its systems. the company confirms that attackers breached loyalty customer data, including driver's license and social
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security numbers but has taken steps to ensure that the stolen data is deleted by the unauthorized actor. >> even if you are able to get some of these folks, another is going to pop up right behind them because they've been able to demonstrate that it is a very lucrative profession, that cyber crime pays and it pays very, very well. >> reporter: krebs says you can increase your own cybersecurity. keep your phones up to date with the latest protective software. when conducting business online, make sure you're using legitimate weapon sites. and if shopping online, use credit cards, not debit cards. norah. >> good information. elise preston, thank you so much. tonight, new details about that dangerous fugitive who was captured outside of philadelphia on wednesday after a two-week manhunt. danelo cavalcante was discovered by thermal imaging and then subdued by a police dog named yoda. the u.s. marshal says cavalcante told investigators he was planning to carjack someone and
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was hoping to travel to canada and then possibly puerto rico. the convicted killer also telling officers they nearly stepped on him multiple times during the search while he was hiding under leaves and brush and that he survived on watermelons and stream water. well, he's now being held in a maximum security prison, awaiting new charges from his time on the run. tonight, an american cave researcher who became trapped more than 3,000 feet underground in turkey is finally sharing his incredible story of survival. cbs's ramy inocencio spoke with ththe n new york r resident a a lifefe-threatenining ordeal.l. >> so i'm doing great. nonot like 100% yet. on thehe outstside, i look pre good. >> reporter: but on the inside, doctors are still not sure what caused u.s. caver mark dickey to suddenly fall ill during a mapping expedition more than 3,000 feet under a turkish mountain,, struck with severe internal bleeding and vomiting. >> at some point i just was in such bad shape that i couldn't even check my own pulse.
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i was close to the edge. >> reporter: over the next ten days, nearly 200 rescuers from europe and turkey answered the call for help. navigating his stretcher up vertical ascents, through tight passages, past waterfalls a andn near freezining c cold until -- [ applause ] this is the moment we've been waiting and hoping for. his journey from the depths of the earth finally came to its end. >> to what extent will this ordeal stop you from going back into the earth? >> no extent whatsoever. >> i expected that answer. to thattent, why do you love doing this so much? >> this is one of the last frontiers of exploration. the places that i'm getting to are so challenging, so difficult, it's like climbing mt. everest. you can get to amazing places. >> and back. >> and back. >> reporter: and mark told me he will be staying here until next week for more scans. but next month is already on his mind, norah, and his next caving adventure. >> just incredible.
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ramy inocencio, thank you. tonight, a staggering new death toll from monday's catastrophic floods along libya's mediterranean coast. the libyan red crescent aid organization says more than 11,000 are dead in the city of derna with another 10,000 still unaccounted for. new video shows the devastation. some survivors say the only warning they received to evacuate was the explosion of dams bursting, unleashing those waves of floodwater. there's a lot more e news ahead onon the "cbs overnight news."
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can scrub away south carolina's past. >> there's a whole history behind what i'm doing. >> it's deep. >> yeah, it's real deep. >> reporter: indigo dye's beautiful color comes shrubbed and shrouded by an ugly history. in the mid-1700s planters called it blue gold, a labor intensive cash crop produced by the sweat of enslaved people. for meyers, it's personal. >> very personal. >> but to you, it's not just anybody's history. >> right. >> this is -- >> my family history. >> reporter: among those enslaved indigo workers, her great, great-grandmother. >> because they were humiliated, now i'm being honored. and me being honored is like i'm honoring them as well. i don't think they would ever have thought in a million years that they would have a descendant creating things like this. >> reporter: her company, genotype, sells indigo-based skin care and medicinal products for psoriasis, peptic ulcers, bronchitis. annual sales topped $1 million.
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the company for a refund. a group of girl scouts survived a way too close encounter with an alligator estimated to be 14 feet long. have a look at this video. the gator appears to be stalking the girls, swimming towards them at a lake in texas' huntsville state park last weekend. the scouts scrambled out of the water while their brave troop leader got between them and the gator. i'm thinking they should get a new badge for that one. wow. finally tonight, perhaps one of the most famous sweaters in the world went up for auction today at sotheby's and sold for a price tag fit for a princess. princess diana's iconic black sheep sweater fetched a record $1.1 million. that is more than 14 times the original estimate and the most ever for an item of clothing worn by the late british royal. lady diana spencer first wore the sweater to a polo match in 1981 during her courtship with then-prince charles.
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and the rest, they say, is history. well, that's it. the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. have a good weekend. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. for the first time ever, the united autoworkers are striking against all three big car companies at once. at the direction of union leadership, workers at three plants, one from each company, walked off the job at midnight tonight when the deadline for a new contract had passed. president biden approved an
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emergency declaration in maine ahead of the arrival of hurricane lee this weekend. the storm is predicted to bring heavy rain, flooding, and wind gusts near 80 miles per hourr t easterern new engngland and cac. andnd the summerr o of barb continues, following the release of the hit film, barbie toy sales increased 25% during july and august compared to the same time last year. 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 breaking news. a federal grand jury in delaware indicting hunter biden on three gun charges. the president's youngest son could face up to 25 years in prison if he's found guilty of the felony counts, all stemming from his purchase of a firearm
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at a time when he was using drugs. special counsel david weiss alleges biden lied about his addiction on paperwork and illegally obtained a gun. per the atf, it is against the law for a user of certain controlled substances, including cocaine, to possess a firearm. today's news comes less than two months after a plea agreement between hunter biden and federal prosecutors fell apart after the judge refused to sign off on it. we have a lot of new details to bring you tonight, and cbs's catherine herridge is here to start us off. good evening, catherine. >> good evening, norah. this is an extraordinary situation for the attorney general, whose department is prosecuting the leading candidate for the gop nomination, former president donald trump, and the president's son at the same time, who is facing new legal jeopardy. the three felony counts hunter biden faces stem from his possession of a handgun in october 2018, identified in court records as a colt cobra .38 special revolver. the president's son is accused of making a false and fictitious
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statement about his drug use on a federal gun form and to a firearms dealer. the third count alleges he did knowingly possess a firearm while on drugs. tom dupree is a former senior justice department official. >> how serious are the charges? >> these are all charges that carry fairly significant potential jail terms. >> reporter: the president's son had previously reached an agreement on the charge of gun possession that avoided prosecution if he had abided by the terms for two years. but that deal, which included misdemeanor tax charges, collapsed. his lawyer insisted today the gun agreement remains valid, saying the evidence has not changed, but the law has. and so has maga republicans' improper and partisan interference in this process. a senior house republican, who is at the center of the newly announced impeachment inquiry into the president, said the charges fell short. >> this is the one crime he committed that you can't tie joe biden into. >> reporter: hunter biden has openly admitted his past
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struggle with addiction as he told "cbs sunday morning." >> i went one time for 13 days without sleeping and smoking crack and drinking vodka exclusively throughout that entire time. >> mr. president -- >> reporter: and while the president had no comment about his son today, he has long defended him. >> first of all, my son's done nothing wrong. i trust him. i have faith in him. >> reporter: but hunter biden could still face more charges for alleged tax violations. >> today's news about this indictment being filed, unfortunately for hunter biden, it's probably the first chapter in what could be a long book. >> reporter: based on the court records, those tax charges could be filed here in washington, d.c. or california, where hunter biden lives. irs whistle-blowers first told cbs news they believe the evidence supports serious felony tax violations. norah. >> catherine herridge, thank you. switching gears to what could be the first ever strike against detroit's big three automakers all at the same time. nearly 150,000 uaw members are
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threatening to walk off the job just hours from now without a new contract. cbs's kris van cleave reports from the motor city that a work stoppage would have a negative effect across the entire economy. >> reporter: countdown to a shutdown. without a deal, autoworkers will go on strike at ford, gm, and stellantis plants at midnight. negotiations appear to be stalled. >> the big three can afford to immediately give us our fair share. if they choose not to, then they're choosing to strike themselves. >> i think they're preparing for a historic strike with all three companies. >> reporter: ford's ceo, jim farley. >> what their initial offer was is to pay our hourly workers about $300,000 each and work four days. that would basically put our company out of business. >> do you feel this has been a good faith negotiation? >> it's hard to say what word because we've never really seen this before. >> reporter: the uaw is seeking up to a 40% raise.
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the automakers are offering about half that. also on the wish list, a 32-hour workweek and the return of pensions, non-starters for the companies. also phasing out concessions made in 2008 when the carmakers teetered on the verge of collapse. the big three are on a roll of big profits over the last decade, more than $20 billion so far this year alone. >> corporate greed is the problem. our membership is fed up and fired up. >> reporter: the fight is playing out as the auto industry is going through a major shift to electric vehicles. evs require less labor to manufacture, and workers tend not to be unionized, meaning labor costs for competitors are significantly less. >> we're falling behind further and further. >> reporter: a friday strike would leave third-generation autoworker zach van vleet living off $500 a week in strike pay, which doesn't go far for a family of four. >> how long until you really start to feel that pinch? >> honestly, i don't think it would take long at all. if we do go out, how long is it ing if to take to get a deal?
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>> the uaw says without a deal, it will strike key plants belonging to all three automakers and then expand if necessary. >> it's a dangerous thing to say you're going to strike just some plants but not others because that's not how the industry can operate, and you will see more than just those plants shut down. >> reporter: economists say even a relatively short ten-day strike against all three automakers could cost $5.6 billion. tonight we're learning president biden has spoken with union leaders and executives at the big three, trying to find out how to unstall these stalled negotiations. norah. >> kris van cleave, thank you. turning now to the weather and hurricane lee as it moves across the atlantic and closes in on new england. the category 1 storm is currently located west of bermuda, lashing the island with strong winds and pounding waves. in maine, residents are not tking any chances. they're pulling their boats out of the water to protect them from getting damaged or destroyed with waves up to 20 feet expected to slam the coast. meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel is following the storm's
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latest track. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. tropical storm conditions are expected up and down the new england coast. even though much of the u.s. is out of the cone, the storm will b getting bigger. also have to monitor the potential for some flooding with some of the rain with this system. here's a look at those tropical alerts from southern massachusetts all the way up through coastal maine. even inland from down east maine could have some strong tropical storm-force winds. as far as the worst of the weather, really look for things to go downhill tomorrow night. high tide could lead to some coastal flooding on saturday with winds peaking friday night, norah, into saturday afternoon with dramatic improvements, at least on land, by sunday. >> chris, thank you. tonight the faa is investigating the rapid descent of a united airlines jet overnight. the airline says the flight from newark, new jersey, to rome lost cabin pressure about 50 minutes into the flight and had to circle back to the airport for an emergency landing.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm major garrett in washington. we thank you for staying with us. a worldwide study on cancer found an explosion of cases in people under the age of 50, up 80% in the past 30 years. early onset cancer claims the lives of a million people each
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year. many of these deaths can be prevented if the cancer is caught early. janet shamlian reports on what you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: queen stewart is a lawyer and mom of two, who learned she had breast cancer at 35, finding the lump herself, too young for insurance-paid screening. >> when you were diagnosed, what did you think? >> i just cried. and i just worried so much about whether i would be here for my girls. >> reporter: cancer is surging in people under 50. according to a new studying involving more than 200 countries, increasing 79% over an almost 30-year period. the most cases and deaths coming from breast cancer. prostrate and trachea or windpipe cancers had the fastest increases. >> those numbers are remarkable. >> what are the ramifications for society of younger people getting cancer? >> i think it's important for younger individuals who meet screening criteria to consider and pursue screening at
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age-appropriate times. >> reporter: but why is it happening? researchers say genetics is a factor, but the study cites poor diets, alcohol and tobacco use, physical inactivity, and %-po reduce their cancer risk? >> look at the importance of screening, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, cervix cancer. >> reporter: in the u.s., the recommended age to start colon cancer screening was recently lowered from 50 to 45, and breast cancer from 50 to 40. stewart had a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. she's in remission and says she has a new lease on life. >> it had me create a sense of urgency in my life to live now, to find joy. >> reporter: researchers specifically mentioned dietary factors, too much sodium, too much red meat as contributors, stressing how much of a role what we eat plays in our overall health. this time last year, a
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decades-long mega drought had utah's great salt lake at its lowest level ever recorded. but a huge snowfall over the winter has brought much of the lake back to life. barry petersen paid a visit. >> reporter: there's a particular beauty to this lake in the desert. it seems all the more special this year. >> you are talking to a person who literaly wrote an obituary for great sought lakes. >> reporter: biologist bonnie baxter is among the many who until recently feared the great salt like was dying. >> last time i was here just a year ago, this was absolutely bone dry. >> yes, dry out to there. >> and to look at it now -- >> yeah. look at the sailboats. it's like people haven't been able to even have boats on the water. >> reporter: last year, when the lake reached its lowest level ever recorded, what water there was became too salty for much of the life the lake supports. but now the swarms of tiny brine flies on the water's edge is a sign the lake is returning to
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health. >> so this is exciting for you. >> yes, so exciting. the birds are back on the shore. the flies are back on the shore. it tells us that if we can get water to this lake, the lake will take care of itself, but -- >> you got to get water. >> yeah, and relying on mother nature to do this mammoth snowstorm season again is not a good strategy. >> reporter: utah got more snow this past winter than it's received in at least 40 years. as that snow melts, the rivers that feed the great salt lake are running high and fast. >> go a little further. >> reporter: mike freeman of the u.s. geological survey is tracking the flow on the bear river. >> the bear river provides about a little under half of the total volume that goes into the great salt lake. >> reporter: the measurement is made in cfs, cubic feet per second, for which freeman has an excellent explanation. >> one cubic foot is equivalent to one basketball going from
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this point every second. so if you think about a river, right now we have about 3,300 cfs. so 3,300 basket balls per second moving down the river. >> reporter: it's badly needed after a long drought says utah's director of natural resources. >> it's a 20-year drought at the very tail end of the worst drought in 1,200 years, and it was dire. and then -- >> the heavens opened. >> the heavens opened. this last year, we received over 200% precipitation statewide. >> reporter: as well as his government job, ferry runs a ranch that's been in his family for five generations. >> when we were here a year ago, this was parched. >> yeah, this was. nothing would grow here if we didn't irrigate. and now it's -- well, it's been flooded. >> reporter: flooded by the bear river. in spite of that, ferry is still pushing for more conservation to send more water to the great
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salt lake. >> we might be out of drought today, but we're preparing for the next one. it's coming. i guarantee you that we will be in drought within the next five years. >> reporter: last year, we saw university of utah scientist kevin perry measuring arsenic and other heavy metals in the dust of the dry lakebed, which is the source for dust storms that threaten the health of millions in the salt lake city region. >> you can see this wall of dust, and it reduces the visibility, and people are very concerned about what might be in the dust that they're breathing. >> reporter: the risk of dust storms has not gone away. even with this year's water level rise of about 5 feet. much of the lake bed remains dry. >> we need to gain 11 feet for it to be stable. >> reporter: >> we would be in water now. >> oh, yes. we would be in water. >> so it's not mission accomplished, hang our hat, we're done. it's go to work. really all hands on deck to continue to save that lake. >> reporter: it's a lake that is
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academy to see if he has what it takes. >> you're going to be put through some paces today to show you what an agent goes through to become part of the counterassault team. >> reporter: after 11 seasons in the national football league, i thought i had a pretty good understanding of what it meant to be tested. >> 134 hostages. >> reporter: but on this morning in laurel, maryland, i was about to find out what it really takes to make one of the most exclusive teams in national security. >> the united states secret service. >> repororter: crereated in n 1 the treasuryy department to police currency counterfeiting, the secret service expanded its role after president william mckinley was assassinated in 1901. today they're an agency of more than 7,000 responsible for the protection of the american president, vice president, visiting world leaders, and our financial system. >> there's many days when i wish i was still back in the field. >> really? >> because that was a lot more fun than sitting behind a desk. >> reporter: secret service director kim cheadle knows the
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stresses of the job as well as any director in its history. she was on the protective detail of then-vice president dick cheney on 9/11, and on a team that protected then vice president joe biden during the obama administration. >> what isn't talked about are the days when everything goes according to plan. >> our successes, 99.9% of the time are never talked about, and we are just the silent success in the background of history. and our job is to keep our head down, don't listen to the noise, and do our jobs. >> reporter: today's job, to try and understand the tryout process for special agents of the secret service, who believe they are fit enough and smart enough to join the division's special counterassault team, otherwise known around here as the c.a.t. team. >> let's head down to the 15 yard line. >> reporter: instructor jay randall has been with the secret service for nearly 30 years. >> you'll come up, see the red dot through your scope. >> reporter: and if you want to make the c.a.t. team, you'll likely need to go through him.
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>> what you have right now is not bad at all. >> okay. >> reporter: we had the rare opportunity to work with live firearms. [ sound of gunfire ] and it was an eye-opening reminder of the power of these weapons. and gun safety was constantly being stressed. >> the magazine, empty, right? exactly. >> one, two. one more. >> reporter: we picked the hottest and stickiest day of the summer in maryland. >> okay. on my side. >> reporter: where real-feel temps climbed to nearly 107 degrees. and as you can tell by my heavy breathing -- >> that's it, that's it, that's it. good. >> reporter: i was feeling the heat. >> so why don't we do this? >> create that fatigue, mental fatigue, physical fatigue. >> we can only go so far with situational fatigue because i
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really can't hurt people. but i can put them under duress physically. that's what we do. it's not an issue if you can do it. dry, flat range, perfect, cool conditions. can you do it on fire? can you do it in the moment? can you do it when you have your behind handed to you? >> reporter: after a quick reset and some much needed hydration -- >> you got to work! >> reporter: -- the second part of the fitness test resumed. it was one of the most demanding physical stresses i've ever faced. >> there you go. >> reporter: pulling 100-pound sleds, tire flips. the secret service needs to make sure all special agents who are responsible for protecting the president of the united states can execute while under extreme exhaustion. carrying 45-pound kettle bells up six stories nearly broke me down. along with my photographer, kenton young, who was running
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alongside me the entire time. >> well done. well done. >> reporter: then it was more sled pulling. >> what time is it? >> it's game time. let's go! >> reporter: by the time i lifted this 100 pound sandbag over my head and onto my back, the exhaustion and the heat had me cooked. >> there you go. >> let's go! >> reporter: you can't tell from this angle. >> but i was grabbing clumps of grass with all my might. it all culminated with the real-time simulation of the presidential motorcade under attack. [ sound of gunfire ] where i used my training -- >> tango down! >> reporter: to help neutralize the targets. special agent jamar newsom is a former nfl wide receiver who now works for the secret service. >> reps are so important. i's just like in football. it's all about reps, no matter how exhausting. >> that's the only way you get
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good at it. >> are you holding up okay? >> i'm holding up all right. >> reporter: i think i earned the respect of the men and women of the secret service this day, and they showed me they can execute with no margin for error. >> you know, we've been talking a quiet day on the job is a good day. >> absolutely. >> because that means the objective has been completed. >> yep. we say that we like to be quietly in the background and success, and nobody h rs about
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during the covid pandemic, people stuck at home adopted millions of pets to keep them company. now a lot of those dogs and cats are being dropped back off at shelters, which are now, not surprisingly, overwhelmed. mimichael geoeorge repoports. >> repororter: on t the streets new yoyork city,, the numbeber straray cats has reacheded a cr. by some estimates, more than half a million cats without a home. >> shelters in new york city had to close intake for cats recently because the problem is
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so babad. >> reporteter: will zwiegerer r the nonprofit flatbush cats. he says what's happening here is an issue nationwide. many are handing over their cats and dogs to shelters. a 2022 forbes survey found more than a third of those who gave up pets said owning them became too expensive. >> the real problem is we have a massive affordability crisis for veterinary care. more than 50% of u.s. pet owners can no longer afford a basic vet visit. >> reporter: vet care costs rose more than 8% just in the last year. >> you have to keep your pets healthy like your children, and you have t to -- thehere's a lo upupkeep withh animals. >> reporter: when stray pet numbers soar, euthanasia rates rise too. the new flatbush veterinary clinic opening this month is specifically designed to give affordable pet care and perform 7,500 spay/neuter operations a year. zwieger says while adodoption helps,s, the reaeal solutioion talked about enough. >> support spay neuter efforts. that is a way to get to the root
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of the issue and prevent shelters from being overcrowded. >> reporter: giving cats and dogs more space to live the lives they deserve. michael george, cbs news, new york. and that is the overnight news for this friday. of course you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. that's where you'll find, among other things, my podcast the takeout. politics, policy, a bit of pop culture. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. for the first time ever, the united autoworkers are striking against all three big car companies at once. at the direction of union leadership, workers at three plants, one from each company, walked off the job at midnight tonight when the deadline for a new contract had passed. president biden approved an emergency declaration in maine
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ahead of the arrival of hurricane lee this weekend. the storm is predicted to bring heavy rain, flooding, and wind gusts near 80 miles per hour to eastern new england and canada. a and thehe summer of "barb continues. following the release of the hit film, barbie toy sales increased 25% during july and august compared to the same time last year. for more, down ad the cbs o connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york tonight, the breaking news. hunter biden indicted on three felony charges, all tied to his alleged possession of a gun while using narcotics. the new information as the president's son faces possible jail time. here are tonight's headlines. our new reporting as hunter biden becomes the first child of a sitting president to be indicted by a federal grand jury. the talk of the auto show
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should be the latest models and newest technology. instead, it's the giant elephant in the room, the looming strike. >> we're not asking to be millionaires. we're just asking for our fair share so we can survive. hurricane lee is creeping closer to new england. >> we now have a hurricane watch for parts of maine, the first in 15 years, and a tropical storm watch that stretches down to rhode island. cyberattacks hit las vegas. the new details as we learn caesar's reportedly paid a $15 million ransom. who may be responsible. the consumer product safety commission has announced a voluntary recall of a popular children's toy. the agency says they pose a risk of injury or even death. "eye on america." how an indigo farmer in south carolina is reclaiming the crop to honor her ancestors. >> to you, it's not just anybody's history.
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>> right. >> this is -- >> my family history. look how big it is! >> take a look at this. the scary moment a 14-foot gator charges a group of girl scouts. the heroic actions of their brave troop leader. the american rescued from deep inside a turkish cave is sharing his incredible survival story. >> you can get to amazing places. >> and back. >> and back. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with breaking news. a federal grand jury in delaware indicting hunter biden on three gun charges. the president's youngest son could face up to 25 years in prison if he's found guilty of the felony counts, all stemming from his purchase of a firearm at a time when he was using drugs. special counsel david weiss
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alleges biden lied about his addiction on paperwork and illegally obtained a gun. per the atf, it is against the law for a user of certain controlled substances, including cocaine, to possess a firearm. today's news comes less than two months after a plea agreement between hunter biden and federal prosecutors fell apart after the judge refused to sign off on it. we have a lot of new details to bring you tonight, and cbs's catherine herridge is here to start us off. good evening, catherine. >> good evening, norah. this is an extraordinary situation for the attorney general, whose department is prosecuting the leading candidate for the gop nomination, former president donald trump, and the president's son at the same time, who is facing new legal jeopardy. the three felony counts hunter biden faces stem from his possession of a handgun in october 2018, identified in court records as a colt cobra .38 special revolver. the president's son is accused of making a false and fictitious statement about his drug use on a federal gun form and to a
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firearms dealer. the third count alleges he did knowingly possess a firearm while on drugs. tom dupree is a former senior justice department official. >> how serious are the charges? >> these are all charges that carry fairly significant potential jail terms. >> reporter: the president's son had previously reached an agreement on the charge of gun possession that avoided prosecution if he had abided by the terms for two years. but that deal, which included misdemeanor tax charges, collapsed. his lawyer insisted today the gun agreement remains valid, saying "the evidence has not changed, but the law has, and so has maga republicans' improper and partisan interference in this process." a senior house republican, who is at the center of the newly announced impeachment inquiry into the president, said the charges fell short. >> this is the one crime he committed that you can't tie joe biden into. >> reporter: hunter biden has openly admitted his past struggle with addiction as he told "cbs sunday morning."
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>> i went one time for 13 days without sleeping and smoking crack and drinking vodka exclusively throughout that entire time. >> mr. president -- >> reporter: and while the president had no comment about his son today, he has long defended him. >> first of all, my son's done nothing wrong. i trust him. i have faith in him. >> reporter: but hunter biden could still face more charges for alleged tax violations. >> today's news about this indictment being filed, unfortunately for hunter biden, it's probably the first chapter in what could be a long book. >> reporter: based on the court record, those tax charges could be filed here in washington, d.c. or in california where hunter biden lives. irs whistle-blowers first told cbs news they believe the evidence supports serious felony tax violations. norah. >> catherine herridge, thank you. switching gears to what could be the first ever strike against detroit's big three automakers all at the same time. nearly 150,000 uaw members are threatening to walk off the job just hours from now without a new contract.
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cbs's kris van cleave reports from the motor city that a work stoppage would have a negative effect across the entire economy. >> reporter: countdown to a shutdown. without a deal, autoworkers will go on strike at ford, gm, and stellantis plants at midnight. negotiations appear to be stalled. >> the big three can afford to immediately give us our fair share. if they choose not to, then they're choosing to strike themselves. >> i think they're preparing for a historic strike with all three companies. >> reporter: ford ceo jim farley. >> what their initial offer was is to pay our hourly workers about $300,000 each and work four days. that would basically put our company out of business. >> do you feel this has been a good faith negotiation? >> it's hard to say what word because we've never really seen this before. >> reporter: the uaw is seeking up to a 40% raise. the automakers are offering about half that. also on the wish list, a 32-hour workweek and the return of
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pensions, non-starters for the companies. also phasing out concessions made in 2008 when the carmakers teetered on the verge of collapse. the big three are on a roll of big profits over the last decade, more than $20 billion so far this year alone. >> corporate greed is the problem. our membership is fed up and fired up. >> reporter: the fight is playing out as the auto industry is going through a major shift to electric vehicles. evs require less labor to manufacture, and workers tend not to be unionized, meaning labor costs for competitors are significantly less. >> we're falling behind further and further. >> reporter: a friday strike would leave third-generation autoworker zach van vleet living off $500 a week in strike pay, which doesn't go far for a family of four. >> how long until you start to really feel that pinch? >> honestly, i don't think it would take long at all. if we do go out, how long is it going to take to get a deal? >> reporter: the uaw says without a deal, it will strike key plants belonging to all
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three automakers and then expand if necessary. >> it's a dangerous thing to say you're going to strike just some plants but not others because that's not how the industry can operate. and you will see more than just those plants shut down. >> reporter: economists say even a relatively short ten-day strike against all three automakers could cost $5.6 billion. tonight we're learning president biden has spoken with union leaders and executives at the big three, trying to find out how to unstall these stalled negotiations. norah. >> kris van cleave, thank you.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." turning now to the weather and hurricane lee as it moves across the atlantic and closes in on new england. the category 1 storm is currently located west of bermuda, lashing the island with strong winds and pounding waves. in maine, residents are not taking any chances.
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they're pulling their boats out of the water to protect them from getting damaged or destroyed with waves up to 20 feet expected to slam the coast. meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel is following the storm's latest track. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. tropical storm conditions are expected up and down the new england coast. even though much of the u.s. is out f the cone, the storm will be getting bigger. also have to monitor the potential for some flooding with some of the rain with this system. here's a look at those tropical alerts from southern massachusetts all the way up through coastal maine. even inland from down east maine could have some strong tropical storm-force winds. as far as the worst of the weather, really look for things to go downhill tomorrow night. high tide could lead to some coastal flooding on saturday with winds peaking friday night, norah, into saturday afternoon with dramatic improvements, at least on land, by sunday. >> chris, thank you. tonight the faa is investigating the rapid descent of a united airlines jet
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overnight. the airline says the flight from newark, new jersey, to rome lost cabin pressure about 50 minutes into the flight and had to circle back to the airport for an emergency landing. now, the flight map shows the plane dropped about 30,000 feet in altitude in just seven minutes before safely landing. no injuries were reported. now to the cyberattack causing havoc at mgm resorts nationwide. hackers have crippled the company's computer systems, shutting down casino slot machines, atms, and even guest room doors in hotels from vegas to atlantic city. cbs's elise preston reports from las vegas, where the fbi is investigating this multi-million dollar hack. >> reporter: mgm resorts is not only one of the biggest players on the las vegas strip. it's nevada's largest employer, and tonight it's paralyzed. casinos filled with non-working slot machines. computers and phone lines are down, and frustration is
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growing. >> you don't know what you're dealing with, right? you don't know how much is copromised and how much is not compromised. >> i don't even want to pay with my card right now. i'm scared they're going to hack all of our information. >> reporter: a group that reports on cyberattacks claims that all hackers did to compromise mgm resorts was hop on linkedin, find an employee, then call the help desk. >> how was this even carried out? >> it's not clear. >> reporter: cbs news cybersecurity expert chris krebs says several recent cyberattacks may have been homegrown. >> we have built up this kind of mythology around ransomware operators being eastern europeans or russians hiding under the skirt of putin and the kremlin. it may be that there were also americans involved in these most recent attacks. >> reporter: according to bloomberg, a few weeks ago, caesar's entertainment paid about $15 million ransom to restore its systems. the company confirms that attackers breached loyalty customer data, including driver's license and social
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security numbers, but has taken steps to ensure that the stolen data is deleted by the unauthorized actor. >> even if you are able to get some of these folks, another is going to pop up right behind them because they've been able to demonstrate that it is a very lucrative profession, that cyber crime pays and it pays very, very well. >> reporter: krebs says you can increase your own cybersecurity. keep your phones up to date with the latest protective software. when conducting business online, make sure you're using legitimate websites. and if shopping online, use credit cards, not debit cards. norah. >> good information. elise preston, thank you so much. tonight, new details about that dangerous fugitive who was captured outside of philadelphia on wednesday after a two-week manhunt. danelo cavalcante was discovered by thermal imaging and then subdued by a police dog named yoda. the u.s. marshal says cavalcante told investigators he was planning to carjack someone and was hoping to travel to canada
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and then possibly puerto rico. the convicted killer also telling officers they nearly stepped on him multiple times during the search while he was hiding under leaves and brush and that he survived on watermelons and stream water. well, he's now being held in a maximum security prison, awaiting new charges from his time on the run. tonight, an american cave researcher who became trapped more than 3,000 feet underground in turkey is finally sharing his incredible story of survival. cbs's ramy inocencio spoke with the new york resesident abouout lilife-threatetening ordeaeal. >> so o i'm doing g great. not like 100% yet. on t the outsidede, i look p pr good. . >> reporter: but on the inside, doctors are still not sure what caused u.s. caver mark dickey to suddenly fall ill during a mapping expedition more than 3,000 feet under a turkish mountain, struck with severe internal bleeding and vomiting. >> at some point i just was in such bad shape that i couldn't even check my own pulse. i was close to the edge.
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>> reporter: over the next ten days, nearly 200 rescuers from europe and turkey answered the call for help. navigating his stretcher up vertical ascents, through tight passages, past waterfalls and in nearar freezing g cold untilil [ applausese ] this is s the momentnt we've be waiting and hoping for. his journey from the depths of the earth finally came to its end. >> to what extent will this ordeal stop you from going back into the earth? >> no extent whatsoever. >> i expected that answer. to that end, why do you love doing this so much? >> this is one of the last frontiers of exploration. the places that i'm getting to are so challenging, so difficult, it's like climbing mt. everest. you can get to amazing places. >> and back. >> reporter: and mark told me he will be staying here until next week for more scans. but next month is already on his mind, norah, and his next caving adventure. >> just incredible. ramy inocencio, thank you.
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tonight, a staggering new death toll from monday's catastrophic floods along libya's mediterranean coast. the libyan red crescent aid organization says more than 11,000 are dead in the city of derna with another 10,000 still unaccounted for. new video shows the devastation. some survivors say the only warning they received to evacuate was the explosion of dams bursting, unleashing those waves of floodwater. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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past. >> there's a whole history behind what i'm doing. >> it's deep. >> yeah, it's real deep. >> reporter: indigo dye's beautiful color comes shrubbed and shrouded by an ugly history. in the mid-1700s, wealthy south carolina planters called it blue gold, a labor-intensive cash crop produced by the sweat of enslaved people. for myers, it's personal. >> very personal. >> but to you, it's not just anybody's history. >> right. >> this is -- >> my family history. >> reporter: among those enslaved indigo workers, her great-great-grandmother. >> because they were humiliated, now i'm being honored. and me being honored is like i'm honoring them as well. i don't think they would ever have thought in a million years that they would have a descendant creating things like this. >> reporter: hercompany, genotype, sells indigo-based skin care and medicinal products for psoriasis, peptic ulcers, bronchitis. annual sales topped $1 million. >> immerse it?
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>> immerse it down in. >> reporter: down the road, precious jennings grows indigo to process its natural dye powder. think of it as farm to fabric, digging for healing in the dirt of a former plantation. >> every day i come onto this land, i honor and think about and give gratitude to the people that were here and enslaved on this land. >> reporter: myers wants to pass her business and family history to her three sons. >> if they keep this business alive, it won't disappear. >> keep growing the indigo. >> mm-hmm. >> the history stays alive. >> it will continue. it will continue. >> reporter: growing a new indigo legacy rich in humility. for "eye on america," mark strassmann, charleston, south carolina. there's new information tonight about that luxury cruise ship that ran aground with more ship that ran aground with more than 200 people on board. my frequent heartburn had me taking antacid after antacid all day long but with prilosec otc just one pill a day blocks heartburn for a full 24 hours.
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cooperating with the investigation. a terrifying encounter between girl scouts and an alligator during a camping trip they won't soon forget. we've got some of the scary details next.
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now to an important consumer alert about a popular activity for kids. more than 50,000 chuckle & roar ultimate water beads activity kits are being recalled after a 10-month-old child died from swallowing the beads and a 9-month-old was seriously injured. water beads are crystals that grow when you put them in water. the recalled kits made by buffalo games of new york were sold exclusively at target from march through november of last year. customers are advised to contact the company for a refund.
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a group of girl scouts survived a way-too-close encounter with an alligator estimated to be 14 feet long. have a look at this video. the gator appears to be stalking the girls, swimming towards them at a lake in texas' huntsville state park last weekend. the scouts scrambled out of the water while their brave troop leader got between them and the gator. i'm thinking they should get a new badge for that one. wow. finally tonight, perhaps one of the most famous sweaters in the world went up for auction today at sotheby's and sold for a price tag fit for a princess. princess diana's iconic black sheep sweater fetched a record $1.1 million. that is more than 14 times the original estimate and the most ever for an item of clothing worn by the late british royal. lady diana spencer first wore the sweater to a polo match in 1981 during her courtship with then-prince charles. and the rest, they say, is
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history. well, that's it, the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. have a good weekend. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. for the first time ever, the united autoworkers are striking against all three big car companies at once. at the direction of union leadership, workers at three plants, one from each company, walked off the job at midnight tonight when the deadline for a new contract had passed. president biden approved an emergency declaration in maine
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ahead of the arrival of hurricane lee this weekend. the storm is predicted to bring heavy rain, flooding, and wind gusts near 80 miles per hour to eastern new england and canada. and the summer of "barbie" continues. following the release of the hit film, barbie toy sales increased 25% during july and august compared to the same time last year. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phon it's friday, september 15th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, on strike. for the first time ever the united autoworkers take on the big-three car companies simultaneously as contract talks break down. we're going to tell you how far apart they are. hunter biden charged. the president's son is indicted

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