where a 1-year-old died from suspected fentanyl poisoning and three other children were hospitalized. >> this is everywhere, and we should be on guard, and we should also do more to stop this harm. >> reporter: the suspect is being charged with criminal possession of drugs and of operating as a major trafficker. he was considered a flight risk, so he's being held without bail at rikers island. john. >> lilia luciano in new york, thank you. president biden today previewed his 2024 message with a broadside attack on donald trump while he was in the battleground state of arizona. cbs's ed o'keefe reports it comes one day after republicans, minus trump, gathered for a second gop debate. >> there's something dangerous happening in america now. >> reporter: president biden today claimed threats to democracy will continue as long as former president donald trump dominates the republican party. >> there's an extremist movement. it does not share the basic believes in our democracy.

the maga movement. >> reporter: speaking in the key swing state of arizona, the president slammed his potential opponent for rhetoric that could lead to violence. >> attacking the free press as the enemy of the people. >> reporter: and he said more in the gop should have denounced trump after he accused retiring joint chiefs of staff chairman mark milley of treason and implied the general deserved to be killed. >> and although i don't believe even a majority of the republicans think that, the silence is deafening. >> reporter: but trump, too, has been focusing his attacks on mr. biden. >> joe biden is the most corrupt president and most incompetent president we've ever had. >> reporter: the former president stumped with autoworkers in michigan wednesday night, skipping the second republican debate and mocking his challengers from afar. >> does anybody see any vp in the group? i don't think so. >> donald trump is missing in action. he should be on this stage tonight. he owes it to you to defend his record. >> reporter: trump's rivals called out his absence. >> you're ducking these things,

and let me tell you what's going to happen. you keep doing that, no one else is going to call you donald trump anymore. we're going to call you donald duck. >> reporter: but the debate frequently devolved into a shouting match. >> i have to jump in here. >> there's one person -- >> i honestly -- every time i hear you, i feel a little bit dumber for what you say. >> reporter: and another chaotic gop debate has some big money goep donors looking for another potential candidate to jump in. cbs news has learned virginia governor glenn youngkin is being encouraged to do so by some of the party's biggest ben factors. but he's not expected to make a final decision until virginia's legislative elections in november. john. >> ed o'keefe, thank you. turning to the weather and the remnants of tropical storm ophelia, which is lingering off the east coast. flood watches are in effect across the new york metro area with a risk of up to a half a foot of rain. for details, let's bring in chris warren of our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris.

>> good evening, john. we're seeing the potential for a serious flood threat developing during the day tomorrow in the northeast. it's possible there's going to be some flash flooding in green, and it is likely somewhere in yellow there will be some flash flooding as this slow-moving system directs a lot of moisture into the northeast. heavy rain likely beginning before sunrise and continuing almost like a fire hose, possibly pointed to new york city. certainly some of these highly urbanized, highly populated areas here in the northeast. rain continuing for hours. right into saturday morning. and, john, it's only going to take a couple of inches of rain in a few hours to produce flash flooding. >> chris warren, thank you. now to some breaking news. a suspect was taken into custody today after he allegedly shot and wounded a man during a protest an hour north of albuquerque. a newspaper photographer made tis photo of the man identified

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. there is heartache at hogwarts tonight. actor michael gambon, who played hogwarts headmaster al biss dumbledore in six harry potter movies has died after having pneumonia. >> happiness can be found even

in the darkest of times. >> the irish actor won multiple prestigious awards during his 60-year career but was best known for playing the powerful wizard. "harry potter" co-starred daniel radcliffe paid tribute, calling gambon brilliant and effortless. michael gambon was 82. as the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, we revisit an iconi

finally tonight, jazz musicians inspired a generation of hip-hop artists, and a famous photo taken in harlem. cbs's jericka duncan has the story behind an iconic moment in music history. >> reporter: the year was 1998. some of hip-hop's biggest stars came together for a photo shoot. they called it the greatest day in hip-hop. >> look at you 25 years ago. >> yeah, in the front row. >> you're the man. >> thank you, brothers.

♪ lean back ♪ >> reporter: fat joe, one of rap's first latino superstars, was among the 177 artists who rubbed elbows with other rap legends like rock him, busta rhymes, and common. >> and that day, seeing so many of my peers, so many people that i look up to, we knew that was history. >> reporter: in that same spot back in 1958, photographer art cain took this iconic photo featuring 57 of the world's greatest jazz musicians. to pay homage to them, hip-hop magazine xxl recreated the images. >> all these artists basically, you know, come out of jazz, came out of that genius. >> reporter: former editor in chief sheena lester convinced famed photographer gordon parks to snap the picture into history. this year marks hip-hop's 50th anniversary, a music genre born out of struggle that grew all the way up into a multi-billion

dollar industry. that is hip-hop all these years later and counting. jericka duncan, cbs news, harlem. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm john dickerson. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the united auto workers union is expected to expand its strike today. president shawn fain will announce the new picket line locations in an address on facebook live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. a source familiar with the negotiations tells cbs news talks remain quite active between the union and automakers. california governor gavin newsom signed a bill thursday to set the state's minimum wage for

fast food workers at $20 an hour. in exchange for the pay raise, fast food corporations will not be responsible for workplace violations by franchisees. and the performers for the rock & roll hall of famive ducks ceremony have been announced. elton john, h.e.r., and dave matthews are among those taking the stage. 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." i'm john dickerson in for norah. we begin with the federal government facing a shutdown, now just two days away. but house republicans were focused on other issues, principally the first hearing in the impeachment inquiry of president joe biden. house leaders are accusing the president of corruption and abuse of office while democrats

say the entire process is an evidence-free waste of time. in testimony, some of the gop's own witnesses did not agree with those who invited them, saying there is not enough evidence to support articles of impeachment. cbs's nikole killion will start us off tonight with the latest from capitol hill. good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening, john. there was little new evidence presented during this impeachment hearing, and democrats blasted republicans for holding it while the government is in danger of shutting down. >> the committee on oversight and accountability will come to order. >> reporter: after months of investigation, house republicans began their first impeachment proceeding seeking to tie president biden to his son, hunter, and his family's business dealings. >> what were the bidens selling to make all this money? joe biden, himself. joe biden is the brand. >> hunter biden cashed in by arranging access to joe biden. >> reporter: the white house has

denied any wrongdoing, and minutes into the hearing, the panel's own gop witnesses knocked some of the allegations down. >> i do not believe that the current evidence would support articles of impeachment. >> i'm not here today to even suggest that there was corruption, fraud, or any wrongdoing. in my opinion, more information needs to be gathered. >> reporter: democrats mocked the hearing as a sham. >> honestly if they would continue to say if or hunter and we were playing a drinking game, i would be drunk by now. >> reporter: and they called it a distraction from the looming government shutdown with the countdown clock ticking by the minute. >> we're 62 hours away from shutting down the government of the united states of america, and republicans are launching an impeachment drive based on a long debunked and discredited lie. >> reporter: leaders in both chambers raced to advance separate short-term funding packages. if they fail to pass, a partial shutdown could result in shuttered national parks, hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers, and essential employees like the military, federal law enforcement, and tsa forced to work without pay.

>> can you guarantee there won't be a shutdown, or is it inevitable at this point? >> i can't guarantee that. it could happen. it could not happen. the number one thing we have to do is finish our work. >> and nikole joins us now. nikole, i want to ask you about another matter on capitol hill. senator bob menendez has been indicted. many of his democratic colleagues want him to resign as a result. he met with them. what did we learn? >> reporter: well, john, menendez told his senate democratic colleagues that he will not resign despite bribery charges. i asked him if he can still continue to serve effectively even if he has lost the confidence of some of his colleagues, but he said he will continue to vote on behalf of his new jersey constituents. john. >> thank you, nikole. tonight the man suspected in the murder of a 26-year-old tech ceo in baltimore is under arrest. authorities captured jason billingsley, a convicted felon and registered sex offender, after a sprawling manhunt. cbs's nicole sganga reports billingsley is also linked to another violent crime from just

last week. >> reporter: 32-year-old suspect jason billingsley was arrested at a train station about 30 miles outside of baltimore. >> billingsley was taken into custody at approximately 11:00 last night. >> reporter: he's now facing 30 charges, including the first-degree murder of pava lapere. police say the 26-year-old tech ceo was killed on friday at this luxury building where she lived in downtown baltimore. authorities found her body days later with signs of blunt force trauma. police calling it a random act. >> we do know that there was no forced entry into the apartment building. >> reporter: this case raising questions about maryland's sentencing laws. billingsley pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexual assault. he was sentenced to 30 years, but 16 of those were ultimately suspended. the suspect was released last october after earning good behavior credits. >> rapists shouldn't be let out early, period. >> reporter: the suspect also charged with rape, arson, and

attempted murder in west baltimore just days before lapere's murder and just a mile from her apartment. >> why was this dangerous criminal on the streets in the first place? >> he did a little less than two-thirds of his sentence, and that's what the law allows. it was more or less the systematic, to me, failure in terms of what happened. >> reporter: lapere's death has rattled baltimore and the tight-knit tech community. >> she's a superstar in many ways. just a beaming, positive individual, passionate about baltimore and really passionate about equity and justice. >> reporter: investigators are now reviewing all open cases since the suspect's release last fall, trying to determine if any connections to other crimes exist. john. >> nicole sganga, thank you. tonight, travis king, the army private who went awol and bolted into north korea, is at an army medical center in texas for psychological and medical testing.

the 23-year-old soldier arrived in the u.s. overnight after being held by north korea for over two months. he's said to be in good health, but there's no answer on why he crossed the border back in july or what happened while he was there. president biden today previewed his 2024 message with a broadside attack on donald trump while he was in the battleground state of arizona. cbs's ed o'keefe reports it comes one day after republicans, minus trump, gathered for a second gop debate. >> and there's something dangerous happening in america now. >> reporter: president biden today claimed threats to democracy will continue as long as former president donald trump dominates the republican party. >> there's an extremist movement. it does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. the maga movement. >> reporter: speaking in the key swing state of arizona, the president slammed his potential opponent for rhetoric that could lead to violence. >> attacking the free press as the enemy of the people. >> reporter: and he said more in the gop should have denounced trump after he accused retiring

joint chiefs of staff chairman mark milley of treason and implied the general deserved to be killed. >> and although i don't believe even a majority of republicans think that, the silence is deafening. >> reporter: but trump, too, has been focusing his attacks on mr. biden. >> joe biden is the most corrupt president and most incompetent president we've ever had. >> reporter: the former president stumped with autoworkers in michigan wednesday night, skipping the second republican debate and mocking his challengers from afar. >> does anybody see any v.p. in the group? i don't think so. >> donald trump is missing in action. he should be on this stage tonight. he owes it to you to defend his record. >> reporter: trump's rivals called out his absence. >> you're ducking these things, and let me tell you what's going to happen. you keep doing that, no one up here is going to call you donald trump anymore. we're going to call you donald duck. >> reporter: but the debate frequently devolved into a shouting match. >> i have to jump in here. i'm sorry. i have to -- there's one person.

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filled to capacity. mayor eric adams says the migrant situation will, quote, destroy new york city, end quote. well, the texas governor was in new york city and said the situation there seems to be, in his words, calm and organized, at least compared to what's going on in towns along the southern border. michael george reports. >> reporter: visiting new york in the midst of its migrant crisis, texas governor greg abbott stood by his decision to bus more than 15,000 asylum seekers into the city. >> what you're dealing with in new york, what you are seeing and witnessing in the state, is a tiny fraction of what is happening every single day in the state of texas. >> reporter: abbott's comments at a conservative event come as southern border crossings are at a near record high, with nearly 7,000 apprehensions daily. the mayor of laredo, texas, told cbs news the federal budget stalemate and threat of a government shutdown are adding to the crisis. >> border security is number

one, and if we don't have any border security, that could give a wrong message to illegal organizations like cartels. >> reporter: republican governors busing migrants out of their overwhelmed border towns to cities like new york, los angeles, d.c., and chicago has been criticized for turning people into political pawns. here in new york, with designated shelters like the roosevelt hotel at capacity, mayor eric adams is looking at things like schools and parks for housing. but he's facing pushback. a staten island neighborhood is fighting a shelter there, and brooklyn leaders are pushing back against a plan for a migrant camp on federal park land. >> rather than providing access to this national park space, the federal government is restricting the ability of the public to fully enjoy the 1,300 acres of park land on the shores of jamaica bay. >> reporter: state and local leaders say what they need most is more federal funding. michael george, cbs news, new york. on the other side of the country, there's a growing health and environmental crisis

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>> reporter: the sphere has already changed the las vegas skyline, and it's about to change live music. ♪ >> are you tempted when you're playing to be just looking up, watching the show? i would be. >> occasionally. you have to check it out. >> reporter: bono and the edge have been checking it out because u2 will give the inaugural performance at the new venue with its 160,000 speakers and more than 260 million video pixels. >> that's the thing about the resolution of this screen and the photo real potential of it. >> yeah. >> is if you show what's outside the building on this wraparound screen, the building disappears. >> reporter: disappears into the nevada desert. >> we are not outside. >> i know. >> do your cameras know this? >> is this supposed to be what vegas would have looked like if we all weren't here? >> pretty much. >> have you done a rehearsal

yet? >> yeah, we did one last night. didn't go very well. thank you for asking, though, anthony. this has put us really in a good mood to start the interview. very good. ♪ i haven't seen you in quite a while ♪ >> reporter: for decades, u2 has been a band that revels in spectacle. their live shows have always pushed technological boundaries. >> that's what we started out wanting from the very beginning of the band, is just to smash the fourth wall, get to our audience. >> reporter: in the early '90s, their zoo tv tour reinvented the rock concert with a massive video wall. the tour supported their album, "automatic tung baby," which the band will be performing again at sphere. >> you've always been ambitious in terms of the choreography on the stage. >> right. we're kind of in that phase of exploring.

>> wait till people get -- they just don't know. they don't know. >> i love that twirling one you do. >> oh, it's so -- so we thought we'd show you something. so here it goes. ♪ >> reporter: u2 has collaborated wit a handful of visual artists. >> this is fun because i haven't seen it from this perspective. >> this is legal drugs. ♪ >> reporter: they also worked with ez devlin. >> what are we looking at? >> this is a elecollection of 2 of the most endangered species of nevada. and it's the final sequence in the show. >> what were the marching orders you were given for this? >> um, to create a cathedral in las vegas. >> reporter: u2's team began designing the show while sphere was still under construction.

>> how do you make something for something that doesn't exist? >> it's a combination of talent, experience, and guesswork. >> reporter: willie williams designed the u2 360 tour. ♪ and has been the band's creative director for more than 40 years. >> i think the joy of it has been, as we're seeing with this piece, the way you can lose yourself in it. >> it's coming down on us. >> i mean, i have no idea how an audience is going to respond to this. i guess we'll find out on friday. ♪ >> reporter: u2 first came to vegas in 1987 for the joshua tree tour and shot a video on the strip. ♪ but i still haven't found what i'm lookin' for ♪ >> literally we didn't really have a plan. we just got out of the car, put

the audio system in a shopping cart, and just walked through vegas just playing along. that was our plan. >> reporter: earlier this month, they showed up on the vegas streets again to shoot the video for their new single "atomic city." ♪ >> reporter: drummer larry mullen jr., who is recovering from surgery, played on both the video and the record. >> how is he doing? >> he was playing so well. >> reporter: but he will miss the shows at sphere. ♪ >> he played on the track, and it just sounds amazing. so we're very happy. >> he killed it, but it nearly killed him. so if you see him on a stretcher, you'll know he died for rock & roll. no, he's feeling good, and i

think he can see a way back to fitness. but it's going to take time. >> well, that's good to hear. >> thank you for asking. >> reporter: "atomic city" will be released friday. >> you did that really for this. >> we did, but we also wanted it to be a kind of foreshadowing of where we're heading. with the sound of the guitar and the potential of the guitar, and we fell in love with that sound too. >> how far along are you on that album? >> nothing is being recorded other than "atomic city," but we've got some great tunes. >> reporter: u2 will take the stage at sphere. >> it's a turntable. >> it's a turntable. you see the circle where the vinyl would sit. ♪ >> reporter: with both the privilege and pressure of being the first. >> are there days you wish you might have gone second? >> yesterday. yesterday, a horrible rehearsal. i definitely -- >> it wasn't that bad, bono. you were great. >> you were great.

no. >> isn't that what they say on broadway, though? you have to have a bad rehearsing. ? if the first rehearsal is bad, the show is going to be good? >> i need to get in touch with my inner diva. i need to be able to do things like it's off friday. no friday. i will not open this venue with my friends unless -- what? unless they give us even more tricks to play with. ♪

what more can you say about taylor swift? this year alone, she collected a boatload of grammys, kicked off a record-breaking world tour, may or may not be dating an nfl superstar, and her upcoming concert film with play in 7,500 theaters in 100 countries. now her song lyrics are even being taught in college. tina kraus reports. >> reporter: professor ellie mcs couldland loves teaching

literature, especially since her newest class is "tailored" to her liking. >> i'm a long-standing swiftie. i've been a fan of hers for a long time. >> reporter: the pop star's flare for looping literature into her lyrics inspired mccauseland's blog, call swift rature, which compares references and themes in swift's songwriting to literary greats. >> especially when she realed folklore and everimore i started thinking about her connections between literature. >> reporter: that led her to launch a swift court in kparszs between famous historical writers and the 33-year-old writer. >> i'm a huge taylor swift fan. >> reporter: students at gent university in belgium study the star's lyrics and debate whether she's a literary genius. >> people look down on taylor swift, but i just love the fact that you look at, like, these older circle works through the lens of how does it influence the now. >> taylor swift is one of our most popular artists of our

modern day, and this way it might be easier for people to learn to relate to literature more. >> reporter: professor mccauseland hopes the modern move sparks a love story with literature over the centuries. tina kraus, cbs news. and that's the overnight news for this friday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jan crawford. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the united auto workers union is expected to expand its strike today. president shawn fain will announce the new picket line locations in an address on facebook live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. a source familiar with the negotiations tells cbs news talks remain quite active between the union and automakers. california governor gavin newsom signed a bill thursday to set the state's minimum wage for

fast food workers at $20 an hour. in exchange for the pay raise, fast food corporations will not be responsible for workplace violations by franchisees. and the performers for the rock & roll hall of fame induction ceremony have been announced. elton john, h.e.r., and dave matthews are among those taking the stage. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. tonight, the house oversight committee begins its impeachment inquiry into president joe biden, accusing him of corruption and abuse of public office. here are tonight's headlines. >> joe biden abused his public office for his family's financial gain. >> house republicans say the president is using his position to benefit his son. >> they don't have a shred of evidence. >> while democrats call the inquiry a distraction, all as the clock ticks down to a

government shutdown. authorities have arrested a man accused of murdering baltimore tech ceo pava lapere. >> officials took jason billingsley into custody. lapere's body was discovered monday in her apartment complex after she was reported missing. >> i know this arrest does not bring back pava lapere. my hope is at least we can give a sense of closure to the city of baltimore. police in new york bust a fentanyl mill just six blocks away from the day care where a 1-year-old died after exposure to the drug. former president donald trump at the center of the gop debate but absent from the stage. plus, president biden calls trump a threat to democracy. delta is walking back changes to the airline's loyalty program after public backlash. >> no question we probably went too far. ♪ we remember actor michael gambon, best known for his spellbinding performance in "harry potter."

>> do not pity the dead, harry. pity the living. ♪ and how one of the most iconic pictures in hip-hop came to be. >> seeing so many of my peers in unity, we knew that was history. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm john dickerson in for norah. we begin with the federal government facing a shutdown, now just two days away. but house republicans were focused on other issues, principally the first hearing in the impeachment inquiry of president joe biden. house leaders are accusing the president of corruption and abuse of office while democrats say the entire process is an evidence-free waste of time. in testimony, some of the gop's own witnesses did not agree with those who invited them, saying there is not enough evidence to

support articles of impeachment. cbs's nikole killion will start us off tonight with the latest from capitol hill. good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening, john. there was little new evidence presented during this impeachment hearing, and democrats blasted republicans for holding it while the government is in danger of shutting down. >> the committee on oversight and accountability will come to order. >> reporter: after months of investigation, house republicans began their first impeachment proceeding seeking to tie president biden to his son, hunter, and his family's business dealings. >> what were the bidens selling to make all this money? joe biden, himself. joe biden is the brand. >> hunter biden cashed in by arranging access to joe biden. >> reporter: the white house has denied any wrongdoing, and minutes into the hearing, the panel's own gop witnesses knocked some of the allegations down. >> i do not believe that the current evidence would support articles of impeachment. >> i'm not here today to even suggest that there was

corruption, fraud, or any wrongdoing. in my opinion, more information needs to be gathered. >> reporter: democrats mocked the hearing as a sham. >> honestly if they would continue to say if or hunter and we were playing a drinking game, i would be drunk by now. >> reporter: and they called it a distraction from the looming government shutdown with the countdown clock ticking by the minute. >> we're 62 hours away from shutting down the government of the united states of america, and republicans are launching an impeachment drive based on a long debunked and discredited lie. >> reporter: leaders in both chambers raced to advance separate short-term funding packages. if they fail to pass, a partial shutdown could result in shuttered national parks, hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers, and essential employees like the military, federal law enforcement, and tsa forced to work without pay. >> can you guarantee there won't be a shutdown, or is it inevitable at this point? >> i can't guarantee that. that can happen. the number one thing we have to do is finish our work.

>> and nikole joins us now. nikole, i want to ask you about another matter on capitol hill. senator bob menendez has been indicted. many of his democratic colleagues want him to resign as a result. he met with them. what did we learn? >> reporter: well, john, menendez told his senate democratic colleagues that he will not resign despite bribery charges. i asked him if he can still continue to serve effectively even if he has lost the confidence of some of his colleagues, but he said he will continue to vote on behalf of his new jersey constituents. john. >> thank you, nikole. tonight the man suspected in the murder of a 26-year-old tech ceo in baltimore is under arrest. authorities captured jason billingsley, a convicted felon and registered sex offender, after a sprawling manhunt. cbs's nicole sganga reports billingsley is also linked to another violent crime from just last week. >> reporter: 32-year-old suspect jason billingsley was arrested at a train station about 30 miles outside of baltimore. >> billingsley was taken into custody at approximately 11:00

last night. >> reporter: he's now facing 30 charges, including the first-degree murder of pava lapere. police say the 26-year-old tech ceo was killed on friday at this luxury building where she lived in downtown baltimore. authorities found her body days later with signs of blunt force trauma. police calling it a random act. >> we do know that there was no forced entry into the apartment building. >> reporter: this case raising questions about maryland's sentencing laws. billingsley pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexual assault. he was sentenced to 30 years, but 16 of those were ultimately suspended. the suspect was released last october after earning good behavior credits. >> rapists shouldn't be let out early, period. >> reporter: the suspect also charged with rape, arson, and attempted murder in west baltimore just days before lapere's murder and just a mile from her apartment. >> why was this dangerous criminal on the streets in the first place? >> he did a little less than two-thirds of his sentence, and

that's what the law allows. it was more or less the systematic, to me, failure in terms of what happened. >> reporter: lapere's death has rattled baltimore and the tight-knit tech community. >> she's a superstar in many ways. just a beaming, positive individual, passionate about baltimore and really passionate about equity and justice. >> reporter: investigators are now reviewing all open cases since the suspect's release last fall, trying to determine if any connections to other crimes exist. john. >> nicole sganga, thank you. tonight, travis king, the army private who went awol and bolted into north korea, is at an army medical center in texas for psychological and medical testing. the 23-year-old soldier arrived in the u.s. overnight after being held by north korea for over two months. he's said to be in good health, but there's no answer on why he crossed the border back in july

or what happened while he was there. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we turn now to the takedown of a major drug trafficking mill in new york city. federal, state, and local law enforcement officers announced the recovery of more than 40 pounds of suspected fentanyl. cbs's lilia luciano reports

authorities said the suspect was transporting the highly lethal drug in a rolling suitcase on the subway, and tonight they have a warning for all new yorkers. >> what i would tell new yorkers is that they should be vigilant and aware of their surroundings at all times. this powder is very fine. it can get into the air. it can certainly lay on surfaces. >> reporter: police arrested 42-year-old juan gabriel herrera vargas on tuesday, saying he was using a bronx apartment as a drug mill. officers recovered a total of $1.5 million in value. >> that equates to roughly a million potential lethal doses of fentanyl that we removed from new york city streets. >> reporter: investigators say they found envelopes used to hold drugs and stamps to mark them inside the apartment where the windows were covered with black trash bags. >> the i-95 corridor is a great geographical location for these distribution networks to move that powder into mills. >> reporter: law enforcement says the apartment is just six

blocks away from the day care where a 1-year-old died from suspected fentanyl poisoning and three other children were hospitalized. >> this is everywhere, and we should be on guard, and we should also do more to stop this harm. >> reporter: the suspect is being charged with criminal possession of drugs and of operating as a major trafficker. he was considered a flight risk, so he's being held without bail at rikers island. john. >> lilia luciano in new york, thank you. president biden today previewed his 2024 message with a broadside attack on donald trump while he was in the battleground state of arizona. cbs's ed o'keefe reports it comes one day after republicans, minus trump, gathered for a second gop debate. >> and there's something dangerous happening in america now. >> reporter: president biden today claimed threats to democracy will continue as long as former president donald trump dominates the republican party. >> there's an extremist movement. it does not share the basic believes in our democracy.

the maga movement. >> reporter: speaking in the key swing state of arizona, the president slammed his potential opponent for rhetoric that could lead to violence. >> attacking the free press as the enemy of the people. >> reporter: and he said more in the gop should have denounced trump after he accused retiring joint chiefs of staff chairman mark milley of treason and implied the general deserved to be killed. >> and although i don't believe even a majority of republicans think that, the silence is deafening. >> reporter: but trump, too, has been focusing his attacks on mr. biden. >> joe biden is the most corrupt president and most incompetent president we've ever had. >> reporter: the former president stumped with autoworkers in michigan wednesday night, skipping the second republican debate and mocking his challengers from afar. >> does anybody see any v.p. in the group? i don't think so. >> donald trump is missing in action. he should be on this stage tonight. he owes it to you to defend his record. >> reporter: trump's rivals called out his absence. >> you're ducking these things, and let me tell you what's going

to happen. you keep doing that, no one up here is going to call you donald trump anymore. we're going to call you donald duck. >> reporter: but the debate frequently devolved into a shouting match. >> i have to jump in here. >> there's one person -- >> i honestly -- every time i hear you, i feel a little bit dumber for what you say. >> reporter: and another chaotic gop debate has some big money gop donors looking for another potential candidate to jump in. cbs news has learned virginia governor glenn youngkin is being encouraged to do so by some of the party's biggest benefactors. but he's not expected to make a final decision until after virginia's legislative elections in november. john. >> ed o'keefe, thank you. turning to the weather and the remnants of tropical storm ophelia, which is lingering off the east coast. flood watches are in effect across the new york metro area with a risk of up to a half a foot of rain. for details, let's bring in chris warren of our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris.

>> good evening, john. we're seeing the potential for a serious flood threat developing during the day tomorrow in the northeast. it's possible there's going to be some flash flooding in green, and it is likely somewhere in yellow there will be some flash flooding as this slow-moving system directs a lot of moisture into the northeast. heavy rain likely beginning before sunrise and continuing almost like a fire hose, possibly pointed to new york city, certainly some of these highly urbanized, highly populated areas here in the northeast. rain continuing for hours, right into saturday morning. and, john, it's only going to take a couple of inches of rain in a few hours to produce flash flooding. >> chris warren, thank you. now to some breaking news. a suspect was taken into custody today after he allegedly shot and wounded a man during a protest an hour north of albuquerque. a newspaper photographer made

this photo of the man identified as 23-year-old ryan martinez pulling out a gun moments before it happened. the protest was over the planned installation of a controversial statue. the "cbs o overnig

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finally tonight, jazz musicians inspired a generation of hip-hop artists and a famous photo taken in harlem. cbs's jericka duncan has the story behind an iconic moment in music history. >> reporter: the year was 1998. some of hip-hop's biggest stars came together for a photo shoot. they called it the greatest day in hip-hop. >> look at you 25 years ago. >> yeah, in the front row. >> fat joe, you're the man!

>> thank you, brother. ♪ lean back ♪ >> reporter: fat joe, one of rap's first latino superstars, was among the 177 artists who rubbed elbows with other rap legends like rakim, busta rhymes, and common. >> and that day, seeing so many of my peers, so many people that i look up to, we knew that was history. >> reporter: in that same spot back in 1958, photographer art kane took this iconic photo featuring 57 of the world's greatest jazz musicians. to pay homage to them, hip-hop magazine "xxl" recreated the image. >> all these artists basically, you know, come out of jazz, came out of that genius. >> reporter: former editor in chief sheena lester convinced 86-year-old famed photographer gordon parks to snap the picture into history. this year marks hip-hop's 50th anniversary, a music genre born out of struggle that grew all the way up into a multi-billion dollar industry that is hip-hop all these years later and

counting. jericka duncan, cbs news, harlem. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm john dickerson. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the united auto workers union is expected to expand its strike today. president shawn fain will announce the new picket line locations in an address on facebook live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. a source familiar with the negotiations tells cbs news talks remain quite active between the union and automakers. california governor gavin newsom signed a bill thursday to set the state's minimum wage for

fast food workers at $20 an hour. in exchange for the pay raise, fast food corporations will not be responsible for workplace violations by franchisees. and the performers for the rock & roll hall of fame induction ceremony have been announced. elton john, h.e.r., and dave matthews are among those taking the stage. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's friday, september 29th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." time ticks down. congress is scrambling to pass a new spending bill as government funding expires 12:00 a.m. sunday. the latest negotiations on capitol hill. plus, strike expanding. more workers are expected to hit the picket lines as the uaw strike continues against the major three automakers. what the union leader is expected to say later to