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talked of killing people of particular religious faiths. >> we shouldn't stop conducting our daily lives, going to schools, houses of worship, and so forth. but we should be vigilant. >> reporter: the fbi is also probing anti-semitic threats against students at cornell university. and today new york's governor announced a person of interest in custody. >> every single new yorker has a right to feel safe and to be safe. >> reporter: meanwhile in nevada, a judge has scheduled a november 13th hearing in the case of john anthony miller, charged with making violent, vulgar, anti-semitic threats toward democratic senator jacky rosen and showing up outside her las vegas office. >> look at the protests around the world. jews are feeling under attack. >> reporter: the fbi director also said al qaeda and isis have called for attacks on the u.s. but said at this time they're not tracking any imminent, credible threats. norah. >> scott macfarlane on the hill for us, thank you so much. tonight we're getting a clearer picture of the warning
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signs some going back months that perhaps could have prevented the mass shooting in maine that killed 18 people. cbs's jeff pegues reports families are asking why more wasn't done. >> bill was his hero. >> reporter: rob young's older brother, bill, and his 14-year-old nephew, aaron, were enjoying a father/son night out last wednesday when the gunman burst into the bowling alley and started shooting. >> it's a tragedy that it had to be at a bowling alley where any were taken. >> reporter: he's frustrated enough wasn't done to stop robert card before the deadly rampage. >> are you frustrated, angry? >> honestly, i can't get angry because i'll snap. i'm trying really hard not to -- not to dwell too hard on it. you know, he killed one of our children. >> reporter: in newly released documents, the sagadahoc county sheriff's department said that in may, the card family reached out to them to tell them that robert card's mental health was deteriorating. in july, card's army unit had him admitted for a psychiatric
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evaluation for 14 days, noting that he was hearing voices and making threats against the base. in september, after continued threats to shoot up a drill center, the army reserve requested the sheriff's department do a wellness check. on back-to-back days in september, a deputy visited card's home but did not reach him, and that prompted a statewide alert that went out saying he was armed and dangerous. card's brother also told a deputy that he would work to secure any firearms that card had access to. a month later, the statewide alert was canceled just one week before the massacre. bill bratton is the former new york city police commissioner. >> what should have happened? >> a couple of things. welfare visits was not enough quite clearly. a full investigation would determine exactly what actions did the deputies take. >> reporter: another warning
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sign came from the army, telling law enforcement here that card should not be around ammunition or firearms. norah, the funerals for the 18 victims named on these crosses behind me will begin over the next several days. >> jeff pegues, thank you for being there. now to some newly released video showing the police response to the nation's deadliest wildfire in modern history. the body cam video shows how officers tried to get residents out of harm's way but were quickly overwhelmed by the maui wildfire. cbs's jonathan vigliotti covered the catastrophe on the ground in lahaina that left 99 dead. >> you gotta go! >> reporter: they go door to door. >> you got to evacuate. there's a fire. >> reporter: neighborhood to neighborhood. these maui police officers knowing time is running out. this body cam video revealing not just the urgency -- >> there's a fire. >> reporter: but also care. it was a kay ott, last-minute
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evacuation after maui officials failed to sound warning sirens. for many, this was their first alert. here's what the world saw on august 8th as flames raced through front street in lahaina. >> come out, come out, come out. >> reporter: this is what police saw at 6:42 p.m. a group huddled inside a coffee shop. >> come with me, come with me. >> reporter: 15 rescued with embers flying all around. later, an officer helps a man with severe burns. with no fire trucks in sight, officers cut fences and even tried to fight what became america's deadliest wildfire in a century with garden hoses. at the start of the fast-moving fire, only 13 maui police officers were on duty, outmatched. >> please turn around. we have too many casualties. >> reporter: 99 died in the fire. thousands of homes and businesses lay in ruins. but maui's police chief says something else is evident in the 20 hours of video.
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>> you saw officers saving lives. you saw officers going into houses and getting people out of harm's way. >> reporter: and the county, including the police department, is currently under investigation for its emergency response. and it is important to point out tonight the maui police department released 911 calls and now all of this video only after media organizations, including cbs news, requested public records, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, who has been pressing for answers from been pressing for answers from day feeling sluggish or weighed down? could be a sign that your digestive system isn't at its best. but a little metamucil everyday can help. metamucil's psyllium fiber gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down and also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. so you can feel lighter and more energetic. lighten every day the metamucil way. and for a delicious way to promote digestive health try metamucil fiber thins.
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always. fear no gush. since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade last year, 15 states have passed near total bans on abortion. one of the most restrictive laws is in idaho, where abortion is a felony under most circumstances. in a cbs news investigation, cbs's adriana diaz traveled to idaho, where even support evers of the ban say there have been unexpected consequences for women's health. >> i can't describe the amount of love that i have for this little girl. >> reporter: becca vincent brown was overjoyed about having a sibling for her daughter. but at 16 weeks, tests revealed the fetus had a fatal diagnosis with multiple abnormal organs. >> that really kind of hit both my husband and i that it wasn't going to be a viable baby. >> reporter: her options were
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wait until she miscarried or had a skill birth or leave the state for an abortion. they drove seven hours to portland with their 2-year-old because they didn't have child care. after the first night of a two-day procedure, she went into labor in her hotel bathroom. >> i had to stifle cries because my child is on the other side of the wall, sleeping, sleeping, and my other child is sitting in the hotel bathroom. >> reporter: when dr. ann finer heard what happened, she was overcome with emotion. >> sadness, feeling like there was so much harm that happened to her that didn't need to happen. >> how dangerous was it for her? >> very dangerous. >> why is there so much confusion over the exemption that abortions are allowed if it's to save a woman's life? >> because it's really hard to define at what point you're saving that woman's life.
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>> reporter: idaho's laws are fueling a maternal care exodus. more than half of the state's high-risk obs will be gone by the end of the year. >> do you feel there were unintended consequences? >> obviously. >> reporter: idaho state representative republican john vander would you da voted for the abortion ban but now says his position has evolved. >> i believe we have to have something in there that includes the health of the mother, not just the life of the mother. >> how are you guys? >> reporter: vincent brown is expecting again. >> how have things been going? >> reporter: and doesn't want anyone else to go through what she did. >> the trauma that i experienced, i blame completely on the legislation. and it's really pushing me to try to make a change. >> reporter: vincent brown is now suing the state of idaho along with other patients and doctors over its abortion ban, which they say is resulting in, quote, grave harms to pregnant patients. the center for le productive rights, which filed the suit,
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helicopter crew got to the scene and hoisted him to safety with minor injuries. now that crash is under investigation. a major court victory for tesla today. a jury in california finding tesla's autopilot technology was not to blame for a deadly crash in 2019. survivors of the crash accused the automaker of knowing its driver assistant technology was defe defective. tesla argues the crash was caused by human error and that the driver still has to keep their hands on the wheel while using autopilo. the jury ruled that the driver's model 3 was not defective when it went offer the road. passengers are trapped
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lift to evacuate more than 70 passengers. no one was hurt. the caped crusader and your friendly neighborhood spider-man visit patients at a california hospital. that's next. finally tonight, pediatric patients at one california hospital got an early treat on this halloween night. batman and spider-man came to the rescue of kids at the ventura county medical center. they rappelled down the wall to the delight of the children, parents, and staff. when they were done, they came
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back down to earth to take photos and hand out gifts, and that actually wasn't bruce wayne or peter parker but actually volunteers from the ventura county fire department's urban search and rescue team. our firefighters are our real-life heroes. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. 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 the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the white house says president biden would veto a bill being proposed in the house that would provide assistance only to israel. this comes after top administration officials were on capitol hill tuesday, pushing
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for a package that would bundle aid for israel, ukraine, and other national security objectives. a student at cornell university has been arrested for posting violent threats online against jewish students. 21-year-old patrick dye faces up to five years in prison if found guilty. the school said that campus police will maintain heightened security. and new york city just held its 50th annual village halloween parade tuesday night. fun fact, this is the largest halloween parade in the world. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with israel's invasion of gaza growing more intense with troops
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and tanks advancing further into enemy territory. this as fbi director christopher wray warns senators on capitol hill that war could inspire extremist groups to launch attacks right here in the u.s. israeli forces are engaged in urban combat with hamas fighters as they advance toward the densely populated center of gaza city. two israeli soldiers were killed, the first since the ground incursion. israel says it hit about 300 hamas targets with air strikes in the last 24 hours, including at the gevalia refugee camp in gaza, causing catastrophic damage. several apartment buildings were destroyed, killing dozens of people. and we learned today that the u.s. is sending 300 more u.s. troops to the middle east. they won't go into israel, but they will help with things like communications, disposal of explosives, and other support. and back here in washington, protesters calling for a cease-fire disrupted secretary of state antony blinken's testimony on capitol hill. senators today confirmed former
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treasury secretary jack lew is the new u.s. ambassador to israel. that's actually a position that's been vacant for more than three months. we have team coverage of the war, and cbs's charlie d'agata will start us off tonight from tel aviv. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. tonight fierce fighting is under way inside gaza. hamas has fired a barrage of rockets into israel, several aiming here at tel aviv throughout the day, while rescue teams tonight are racing to find survivors in the latest series of israeli air strikes. the vast craters left behind as deep as they are wide, the sheer destruction in the surrounding residential buildings, the terrible human toll are all evidence of the ferocity of the israeli air strike north of gaza city, right in the middle of the densely packed refugee camp. one survivor said it felt like an earthquake. hamas said dozens were killed
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with another 150 badly wounded, making it one of the deadliest single attacks since fighting began. israel defense forces released more video today said to show its troops advancing through a desert scrubland. bulldozers paving a way through the sand and debris for tanks and soldiers on patrol, working their way through the remains of bombed-out buildings after weeks of air strikes. hamas has its own video. fighters emerging from tunnels on the gaza/israeli border, saying its fighters have been using machine guns and anti-tank missiles against advancing troops. both sides report fierce fighting at multiple locations along the strip. this map gives a clearer picture, with israeli ground assaults from the north and the east while previous israeli naval commandos have targeted hamas positions from the sea.
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the israeli military says it struck 300 targets in the past day, aiming for the vast hamas tunnel systems and the command centers located within them. hamas has been able to retaliate, raining rockets down on israeli cities north of gaza like ashdod, even reaching areas as far as tel aviv. [ siren ] in another dangerous development, the southern red sea resort of eilat found itself under attack again, fighter jets intercepting drones and the arrow defense system shooting down a missile fired from iranian-backed houthi rebels in yemen before they reached israeli airspace. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "idf forces identified an aerial target," the idf spokesman said. "alerts were sounded. there is no threat, and there is no danger." [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: the houthi military spokesman not only claimed
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responsibility but warned of more to come unless the israeli aggression in gaza stops. the massive strike on gaza's largest refugee camp. more images of the dead and wounded will only inflame a region already outraged by israel's military operation. and tonight the israeli military claimed that air strike on the refugee camp killed a top hamas commander who is one of the leaders of the october 7th massacre here as well as a number of other militants. norah. >> charlie d'agata, thank you. now to those growing terror threats on the u.s. homeland. fbi director christopher wray was on capitol hill today, warning that the risk of a terrorist attack on the u.s. has risen, quote, to a whole other level not seen since the emergence of isis. cbs's scott macfarlane reports tonight from capitol hill.
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>> reporter: a sober warning from the director of the fbi that the war between israel and hamas could lead to attacks in the u.s. >> our most immediate concern is that violent extremists, individuals or small groups, will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. >> reporter: director christopher wray said domestic terrorists could target jewish or muslim communities, and he specifically mentioned the arrest of a man in houston earlier this month. >> who had been studying how to build bombs and posted online about his support for killing jews. >> reporter: he was referring to sohev abuyash. in court records obtained by cbs news, prosecutors allege the 20-year-old jordanian living in texas, seen here at a firing range, trained with weapons to possibly commit an attack and talked of killing people of particular religious faiths. >> we shouldn't stop conducting our daily lives, going to schools, houses of worship, and so forth. but we should be vigilant. >> reporter: the fbi is also probing anti-semitic threats against students at cornell university. and today new york's governor announced a person of interest in custody.
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>> every single new yorker has a right to feel safe and to be safe. >> reporter: meanwhile in nevada, a judge has scheduled a november 13th hearing in the case of john anthony miller, charged with making violent, vulgar, anti-semitic threats toward democratic senator jacky rosen and showing up outside her las vegas office. >> look at the protests around the world. jews are feeling under attack. >> reporter: the fbi director also said al qaeda and isis have called for attacks on the u.s. but said at this time they're not tracking any imminent, credible threats. norah. >> scott macfarlane on the hill for us, thank you so much. well, turning now to the weather, it will be a freezing halloween for millions of trick-or-treaters in all the lower 48 states except for florida. for the cold forecast, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. happy halloween and good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. a very frigid forecast this halloween across much of the country. if you look at this map, you see all these blue dots. it indicates locations that will
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set record low temperatures or record low high temperatures. and you can see it is a ton of states. for trick-or-treating, very cold. many spots down into the 30s, including a 32 in kansas city. 36 with snow in chicago. temperatures in the morning the coldest of the season in many spots, including freezing in dallas. 27 in nashville. and what a contrast in nashville. over the weekend, temperatures in the upper 80s. tomorrow morning, temperatures that will be 60 degrees colder at 27. cold, it returns again thursday morning. the good news here, norah, is if you don't like the cold, temperatures warm up gradually heading into the weekend. heading into the weekend. >> good news, mike. this delectable ramen noodle recipe will put an end to your drive-through dinner rituals. throw that powder in that tasty combo of delightful carrots, and the rich touch of bok choy. knorr taste combos. it's not fast food, but it's soooo good. ♪ ♪
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since roe v. wade was overturned last year, 14 states have implemented near total bans on abortion. one of those states is idaho. abortion there is a felony unless it is a matter of saving a mother's life or a case of rape or incests that been reported to police. anyone who helps a minor leave the state for an abortion could face jail time. all of this has caused an exodus of obgyns from the state. we traveled to idaho to see how the laws are affecting pregnant patients and the doctors who care for them. >> i can't describe the amount of love that i have for this little girl. >> reporter: becca vincent-brown says the joy of having her first child far surpassed anything she could have imagined. >> there you go. >> and how was it trying for a second? >> it took us about a year. >> and when you found out you were pregnant -- >> ecstatic. >> reporter: but at 16 weeks, tests revealed multiple abnormalities. >> and it was at that point in time that it really kind of
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hit -- sorry -- that it really kind of hit both my husband and i that it wasn't going to be a viable baby. >> reporter: doctors diagnosed vincent-brown's expected baby with try employdy. many of the organs were malformed, including the brain, kidneys, and heart. a fatal diagnosis for the fetus. >> she explained to us that, you know, you have a couple options. one, you could bring this baby until it spontaneously miscarries or stillbirths, or you can have an abortion. but unfortunately because of idaho's laws currently right now, it can't be within the state of idaho. >> reporter: she and her husband had to drive seven hours to portland and bring their 2-year-old because they couldn't find last-minute child care. on the first day of a two-day procedure, she was dilated but overnight, she went into labor at the hotel. >> there was a really, really
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intense contraction, and my water broke. i went to the bathroom, and then ultimately i gave birth to the baby in the hotel bathroom. i had to stifle cries because my child is on the other side of the wall. >> in her pack and play. >> in her pack and play. >> sleeping. >> sleeping. and my other child is sitting in the hotel bathroom. >> reporter: when dr. ann finer, vincent brown's ob in boysy, heard what happened, she was overcome with emotion. >> sadness, just really hopeless. and frustrated. feeling like there was so much harm that happened to her that didn't need to happen. >> how dangerus was it for her? >> very dangerous. >> why is there so much confusion over the exemption that abortions are allowed if it's to save a woman's life?
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>> because it's really hard to define at what point you're saving that woman's life. someone might come in in an emergency, bleeding, and i won't know the right thing to do, whether it's legal or not. >> reporter: idaho's laws are fueling an exodus of obgyns. more than half of the state's high-risk obs will have left by the end of the year, leaving empty offices, including this one, behind. >> did idaho go too far with this abortion ban? >> no. i think it's a good starting point. >> reporter: ooird state representative, republican john vander woude, who describes himself as pro-life, chairs the health and welfare committee. he voted for the abortion ban but says his position has evolved. >> we have to have something in there that includes the health of the mother, not just the life of the mother. and i'm pro-life, but i'm also pro-life for the mother too. >> reporter: but he'll likely face resistance in the republican-dominated idaho state legislature, which earlier this year refused to add an exception to protect a mother's health.
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>> so that was -- that was our decision was to focus on the life versus more of a health-type exception. >> what do you plan to say to your colleagues who are steadfastly "no" on this issue? >> that they're wrong. that i think you can't be pro-life and not care about the life of the mother and the health of the mother. i just don't see you can separate those two. >> becca. >> hey. >> reporter: for now, dr. finer says she's staying in idaho. >> how have things been going? >> reporter: because of patients like vincent-brown, who is expecting again. >> let me know if i push too hard, okay? >> oh, hello, face. >> reporter: how do you feel about this law having gone through what you went through? >> the trauma that i experienced, i blame completely on the legislation, and it's really pushing me to try to make a change. >> reporter: she is so determined to make a change that
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vincent-brown has joined other patients and doctors in suing the state of idaho. they allege the state's strict abortion ban has resulted in, quote, grave harms to pregnant patients. in other medical news this morning, there has been an alarming rise in the cases of breast cancer in women under 50. it's up nearly 8% in the decade ending in 2019. breast cancer is the second most common cancer affecting american women and the second most common cause of cancer death. and as christina ruffini reports, routine testing often won't detect it. >> you see any birds right now? >> reporter: stephanie gerard is many things -- a grad student, a mother, a new homeowner. >> what was a bigger shock to the system? the actual chemo or the fact that you were having to have it at 38? >> i think probably having to have it at 38. >> reporter: now she's also a woman with cancer. >> when you start treatment and you look in the mirror and you're like, so sad and so
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depressed that you're losing your hair. and then on the flip side, you're like, what is hair? who cares? all i care about is life. i want to live. i want to watch my daughter grow up. >> reporter: gerard has a family history of breast cancer and a genetic mutation that puts her at higher risk. for more than a year, she says she also had persistent pain in her left armpit and breast. doctors ran annual sonograms, even a breast mri, but found nothing. >> they always said, you don't need a mammogram until 40. no mammogram. you're fine, you're fine, you're fine. they've said it's normal. my doctor said cancer doesn't hurt. >> reporter: in may, she saw a new doctor who ordered a mammogram, which came back positive for low-stage breast cancer. >> the radiologist told me, no, this doesn't show up on a breast mri because these are micro calcifications that can only be picked up by a mammogram. >> so you needed the mammogram. >> reporter: she also needed a double mastectomy. >> when i found out i was going to have a mastectomy, i thought, like, i want to remember my
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body, like the way it was. um, sorry. >> no, no. >> um, i want to remember my body the way it was. and so i had put out onto instagram, you know, if anybody knew a photographer. >> that's gorgeous. >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: in her head, this is how stephanie still sees herself. >> that's my hair, yep. >> hair and boobs. >> yep. >> reporter: with a mane of dark waist length curls and her pre-op curls proudly staged. she gave us permission to show the unedited photos but we blurred them for the sake of morning tv. >> have you thought about taking them again when you're done with this whole process? >> i have. i have. it's still my body. it's just got some battle wounds. >> reporter: following the procedure and subsequent tissue testing, gerard's cancer was upgraded to stage 2 duck till
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carc carcinoma, an invasive form of the disease that spread to her lymph nodes. she now needs chemo and radiation. >> you have to make screening earlier. like by the time we -- what if i had waited till i was 40? >> yeah. >> if there is something in the back of your mind telling you this is not right, then you have to push for it any way that you can get that test. >> reporter: whatever it takes, she says, to be around to watch her kids grow up. >> every moment i look at my daughter, it's like i'm trying to hold on to, like, every moment. i just want to know, like, i'm going to be okay. i'm going to be here. i'm going to watch her grow up. >> stephanie's on her third round of chemo. she's optimistic and says she looks forward to spending the holidays with her family. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and for some it's good for the body and the soul. steve hartman found this story "on the road". >> reporter: they come together at the crack of dawn from all directions, converging on this tiny house in st. louis, missouri, for their weekly wednesday visit with 66-year-old peggy win could you ski. >> it's raining. >> grandma peggy brings everyone together. she's just like a built-in grandma to alt of us. she cares for us a lot. she really cares for us. >> reporter: the students who visit grandma peggy attend bishop deberg high school and are part of what they call the wednesday breakfast club. seeing the spread, you can understand why kids might want to come here. but what isn't so clear is how peggy got roped into hosting. the wednesday breakfast club actually used to meet at this diner until one day, a kid named
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sam crow said, you know, my grandma could cook better than this. so the next wednesday, they showed up at her doorstep. >> i'm like, okay. and they came all school year, every wednesday. >> reporter: that was back in 2021, and it continued merrily until that day when all joy was lost. about a year and a half ago, peggy's grandson, sam, a sophomore at bishop deberg, was killed in a hit-and-run. the boy was beloved. so, of course, breakfast was the last thing on anyone's mind. and yet the very next wednesday, and virtually every wednesday since during the school year, the kids have returned to grandma peggy's in numbers far greater than before. >> sam would be so proud. look at what he started. >> reporter: everyone coming together for a heaping helping of healing. >> it melts my heart.
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>> it's really not about the food. it's just about being together. >> we benefit from her. she benefits from us. it's like we feed off each other and we're like, keeping his memory alive, so, yeah. >> good morning, guys. >> reporter: everyone grieves differently. but those who manage it best always seem to blanket themselves with kindred spirits, sharing the burden, teaching each other to laugh again, and building tradition to make sure those memories are as snug and sustaining as a warm meal at grandma's. >> this is the best mornin >> reporter:
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and this -- >> that is a burmese python. >> reporter: is how it ends. she's a python elimination specialist for the south florida water management district. >> they're out here hunting, but you're out here hunting too. >> that's right. we're out here hunting the hunters. >> reporter: she is one of about 100 contractors in the everglades looking for these large, invasive snakes and getting paid for it. earlier this year, hunter snagged a 19-foot burmese python, the longest ever measured and documented in the state. there are currently as many as 300,000 burmese pythons in the everglades with no major predator besides humans. >> the burmese python has taken a toll on native species. raccoon and possum population in the park has dropped by 99%. marsh and cottontail rabbits along with foxes have effectively disappeared. khalil says alligators have fallen prey too. >> you grab it, curl around it, constrict it, and kill it.
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once it's dead t will swallow it whole. it all depends on who's the biggest predator. that will decide who wins the battle. >> reporter: florida has been hosting an annual python challenge with $30,000 in prizes as one way to combat the growing problem. over the last two decades, 18,000 of these belly crawlers have been removed. just a fraction of the python population. cristian benavides, cbs news, the everglades. and that is the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm adriana diaz. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the white house says president biden would veto a bill being proposed in the house that would provide assistance only to israel. this comes after top
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administration officials were on capitol hill tuesday, pushing for a package that would bundle aid for israel, ukraine, and other national security objectives. a student at cornell university has been arrested for posting violent threats online against jewish students. 21-year-old patrick dai faces up to five years in prison if found guilty. the school said that campus police will maintain heightened security. and new york city just held its 50th annual village halloween parade tuesday night. fun fact, this is the largest halloween parade in the world. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. tonight, the new warning from the fbi. hamas could inspire terror attacks right here in the united states with the threat against the homeland reaching a, quote, whole other level. plus a deadly air strike on a refugee camp in gaza. israel saying it killed a top
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hamas leader. here are tonight's headlines. part of a refugee camp leveled. the catastrophic damages and civilian deaths. plus, israeli troops move deeper into gaza as hamas fighters emerge from its vast tunnel network. it is a time to be concerned. we are in a dangerous period. >> tonight, the greatest threat to america since isis. the alarming testimony from the fbi director. >> this is not a time for panic, but it is a time for vigilance. new disturbing details about warning signs in that maine mass shooting as we learn the family of the gunman went to police nearly six months before he killed 18 people. you gotta go! >> we're seeing for the first time chaotic body cam footage of officers in maui racing to evacuate residents from that deadly wildfire. the police outmatched, trying to fend off the flames with garden hoses. abortion in america. why a near total ban in one state left a doctor hopeless and
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frustrated after her patient was forced to travel out of state for the procedure. >> the trauma that i experienced, i blame completely on the legislation. miraculous rescue after a small plane crashes in the everglades. >> we're very grateful that he's okay. a chilling forecast for halloween. the only state in the continental u.s. not facing a frigid forecast. we'll tell you. and a special visit for one hospital's little superheroes. >> they're like family to us, you know. so to be able to have a little bit of fun, bring some smiles to their faces is what it's all about. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with israel's invasion of gaza growing more intense with troops and tanks advancing further into enemy territory. this as fbi director christopher wray warns senators on capitol
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hill that war could inspire extremist groups to launch attacks right here in the u.s. israeli forces are engaged in urban combat with hamas fighters as they advance toward the densely populated center of gaza city. two israeli soldiers were killed, the first since the ground incursion. israel says it hit about 300 hamas targets with air strikes in the last 24 hours, including at the gevalia refugee camp in gaza, causing catastrophic damage. several apartment buildings were destroyed, killing dozens of people. and we learned today that the u.s. is sending 300 more u.s. troops to the middle east. they won't go into israel, but they will help with things like communications, disposal of explosives, and other support. and back here in washington, protesters calling for a cease-fire disrupted secretary of state antony blinken's testimony on capitol hill. senators today confirmed former treasury secretary jack lew is the new u.s. ambassador to israel. that's actually a position
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that's been vacant for more than three months. we have team coverage of the war, and cbs's charlie d'agata will start us off tonight from tel aviv. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. tonight fierce fighting is under way inside gaza. hamas has fired a barrage of rockets into israel, several aiming here at tel aviv throughout the day while rescue teams tonight are racing to find survivors in the latest series of israeli air strikes. the vast craters left behind as deep as they are wide, the sheer destruction of the surrounding residential buildings, the terrible human toll are all evidence of the ferocity of the israeli air strike north of gaza city. right in the middle of the densely packed refugee camp. one survivor said it felt like an earthquake. hamas said dozens were killed with another 150 badly wounded,
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making it one of the deadliest single attacks since fighting began. israel defense forces released more video today said to show its troops advancing through a desert scrubland. bulldozers paving a way through the sand and debris for tanks and soldiers on patrol, working their way through the remains of bombed-out buildings after weeks of air strikes. hamas has its own video. fighters emerging from tunnels on the gaza/israeli border, saying its fighters have been using machine guns and anti-tank missiles against advancing troops. both sides report fierce fighting at multiple locations along the strip. this map gives a clearer picture, with israeli ground assaults from the north and the east while previous israeli naval commandos have targeted hamas positions from the sea. the israeli military says it struck 300 targets in the past
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day, aiming for the vast hamas tunnel systems and the command centers located within them. hamas has been able to retaliate, raining rockets down on israeli cities north of gaza like ashdod, even reaching areas as far as tel aviv. [ siren ] in another dangerous development, the southern red sea resort of eilat found itself under attack again. fighter jets intercepting drones and the arrow defense system shooting down a missile fired from iranian-backed houthi rebels in yemen before they reached israeli airspace. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "idf forces identified an aerial target," the idf spokesman said. "alerts were sounded. there is no threat, and there is no danger." [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: the houthi military spokesman not only claimed responsibility but warned of more to come unless the israeli
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aggression in gaza stops. the massive strike on gaza's largest refugee camp. more images of the dead and wounded will only inflame a region already outraged by israel's military operation. and tonight the israeli military claimed that air strike on the refugee camp killed a top hamas commander who is one of the leaders of the october 7th massacre here as well as a number of other militants. norah. >> charlie d'agata, thank you. well, turning now to the weather, it will be a freezing halloween for millions of trick-or-treaters in all the lower 48 states except for florida. for the cold forecast, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. happy halloween and good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. a very frigid forecast this halloween across much of the country. if you look at this map, you see all these blue dots. it indicates locations that will set record low temperatures or record low high temperatures. and you can see it is a ton of
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states. for trick-or-treating, very cold. many spots down into the 30s, including a 32 in kansas city, 36 with snow in chicago. temperatures in the morning the coldest of the season in many spots, including freezing in dallas. 27 in nashville. and what a contrast in nashville. over the weekend, temperatures in the upper 80s. tomorrow morning, temperatures that will be 60 degrees colder at 27. cold, it returns again thursday morning. the good news here, norah, is if you don't like the cold, temperatures warm up gradually heading into the weekend. >> good news, mike. thanks. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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was on capitol hill today warning that the risk of a terrorist attack on the u.s. has risen, quote, to a whole other level not seen since the emergence of isis. cbs's scott macfarlane reports tonight from capitol hill. >> reporter: a sober warning from the director of the fbi that the war between israel and hamas could lead to attacks in the u.s. >> our most immediate concern is that violent extremists, individuals or small groups, will draw inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks against americans going about their daily lives. >> reporter: director christopher wray said domestic terrorists could target jewish or muslim communities, and he specifically mentioned the arrest of a man in houston earlier this month. >> who had been studying how to build bombs and posted online about his support for killing jews. >> reporter: he was referring to sohaib abuayyash. in court records obtained by cbs news, prosecutors allege the 20-year-old jordanian living in texas, seen here at a firing range, trained with weapons to possibly commit an attack and
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talked of killing people of particular religious faiths. >> we shouldn't stop conducting our daily lives, going to schools, houses of worship, and so forth. but we should be vigilant. >> reporter: the fbi is also probing anti-semitic threats against students at cornell university. and today new york's governor announced a person of interest in custody. >> every single new yorker has a right to feel safe and to be safe. >> reporter: meanwhile in nevada, a judge has scheduled a november 13th hearing in the case of john anthony miller, charged with making violent, vulgar, anti-semitic threats toward democratic senator jacky rosen and showing up outside her las vegas office. >> look at the protests around the world. jews are feeling under attack. >> reporter: the fbi director also said al qaeda and isis have called for attacks on the u.s. but said at this time they're not tracking any imminent, credible threats. norah. >> scott macfarlane on the hill for us, thank you so much. tonight we're getting a clearer picture of the warning signs, some going back months,
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that perhaps could have prevented the mass shooting in maine that killed 18 people. cbs's jeff pegues reports families are asking why more wasn't done. >> bill was his hero. >> reporter: rob young's older brother, bill, and his 14-year-old nephew, aaron, were enjoying a father/son night out last wednesday when the gunman burst into the bowling alley and started shooting. >> it's a tragedy that it had to be at a bowling alley where they were taken. >> reporter: he's frustrated enough wasn't done to stop robert card before the deadly rampage. >> are you frustrated, angry? >> honestly, i can't get angry because i'll snap. i'm trying really hard not to -- not to dwell too hard on it. you know, he killed one of our children. >> reporter: in newly released douments, the sagadahoc county sheriff's department said that in may, the card family reached out to them to tell them that robert card's mental health was deteriorating. in july, card's army unit had him admitted for a psychiatric
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evaluation for 14 days, noting that he was hearing voices and making threats against the base. in september, after continued threats to shoot up a drill center, the army reserve requested the sheriff's department do a wellness check. on back-to-back days in september, a deputy visited card's home but did not reach him, and that prompted a statewide alert that went out saying he was armed and dangerous. card's brother also told a deputy that he would work to secure any firearms that card had access to. a month later, the statewide alert was canceled just one week before the massacre. bill bratton is the former new york city police commissioner. >> what should have happened? >> a couple of things. welfare visits was not enough quite clearly. a full investigation would determine exactly what actions did the deputies take. >> reporter: another warning
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sign came from the army, telling law enforcement here that card should not be around ammunition or firearms. norah, the funerals for the 18 victims named on these crosses behind me will begin over the next several days. >> jeff pegues, thank you for being there. now to some newly released video showing the police response to the nation's deadliest wildfire in modern history. the body cam video shows how officers tried to get residents out of harm's way but were quickly overwhelmed by the maui wildfire. cbs's jonathan vigliotti covered the catastrophe on the ground in lahaina that left 99 dead. >> you gotta go! >> reporter: they go door to door. >> you got to evacuate. there's a fire. >> reporter: neighborhood to neighborhood. these maui police officers knowing time is running out. this body cam video revealing not just the urgency -- >> there's a fire. >> reporter: -- but also care. >> we won't let you fall.
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>> reporter: it was a chaotic, last-minute evacuation after maui officials failed to sound warning sirens. for many, this was their first alert. here's what the world saw on august 8th as flames raced through front street in lahaina. >> come out, come out, come out! >> reporter: this is what police saw at 6:42 p.m. a group huddled inside a coffee shop. >> come with me, come with me! >> reporter: 15 rescued with embers flying all around. later, an officer helps a man with severe burns. with no fire trucks in sight, officers cut fences and even tried to fight what became america's deadliest wildfire in a century with garden hoses. at the start of the fast-moving fire, only 13 maui police officers were on duty, outmatched. >> please turn around. we have too many casualties. >> reporter: 99 died in the fire. thousands of homes and businesses lay in ruins. but maui's police chief says something else is evident in the 20 hours of video.
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>> you saw officers saving lives. you saw officers going into houses and getting people out of harm's way. >> reporter: and the county, including the police department, is currently under investigation for its emergency response. and it is important to point out tonight the maui police department released 911 calls and now all of this video only after media organizations, including cbs news, requested public records, norah. >> jonathan vigliotti, who has been pressing for answers from day one, thank you. day one, thank you. the "cbs overn sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand for a better night sleep. so now, he wakes up feeling like himself. the reigning family room middle-weight champion. better days start with zzzquil nights. king c. gillette is an award winning lineup men's health best beard trimmer for beginners among men's journal's best beard shampoos and washes and gq's best beard conditioners for soft no-itch, facial hair. your beard is our trade
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since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade last year, 15 states have passed near total bans on abortion. one of the most restrictive laws is in idaho, where abortion is a felony under most circumstances. in a cbs news investigation, cbs's adriana diaz traveled to idaho where even supporters of the ban say there have been unexpected consequences for women's health. >> i can't describe the amount of love that i have for this little girl. >> reporter: becca vincent-brown was overjoyed about having a sibling for her daughter. but at 16 weeks, tests revealed the fetus had a fatal diagnosis with multiple abnormal organs. >> that really kind of hit both my husband and i that it wasn't going to be a viable baby. >> reporter: her options were
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wait until she miscarried or had a stillbirth or leave the state for an abortion. they drove seven hours to portland with their 2-year-old because they didn't have child care. after the first night of a two-day procedure, she went into labor in her hotel bathroom. >> i had to stifle cries because my child is on the other side of the wall. >> sleeping. >> sleeping. and my other child is sitting in the hotel bathroom. >> reporter: when dr. anne feighner, vincent brown's ob in boise, heard what happened, she was overcome with emotion. >> sadness. like feeling like there was so much harm that happened to her that didn't need to happen. >> how dangerous was it for her? >> very dangerous. >> why is there so much confusion over the exemption that abortions are allowed if it's to save a woman's life? >> because it's really hard to define at what point you're saving that woman's life. >> reporter: idaho's laws are
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fueling a maternal care exodus. more than half of the state's high-risk obs will be gone by the end of the year. >> do you feel there were unintended consequences? >> obviously. >> reporter: idaho state representative republican john vander woude voted for the abortion ban but now says his position has evolved. >> i believe we have to have something in there that includes the health of the mother, not just the life of the mother. >> hello. how are you guys? >> reporter: vincent-brown is expecting again. >> how have things been going? >> reporter: and doesn't want anyone else to go through what she did. >> the trauma that i experienced, i blame completely on the legislation, and it's really pushing me to try to make a change. >> vincent-brown is now suing the state of idaho along with other patients and doctors over its abortion ban, which they say is resulting in, quote, grave
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a helicopter crew got to the scene and hoisted him to safety with minor injuries. now that crash is under investigation. a major court victory for tesla today. a jury in california finding tesla's autopilot technology was not to blame for a deadly crash in 2019. survivors of the crash accused the automaker of knowing its driver assistant technology was defective. tesla argued the crash was caused by human error and that the driver still has to keep their hands on the wheel while using autopilot. the jury ruled that the iver's model 3 wa
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passengers. no one was hurt. the caped crusader and your friendly neighborhood spider-man visit patients at a california hospital. that's next. finally tonight, pediatric patients at one california hospital got an early treat on this halloween night. batman and spider-man came to the rescue of kids at the ventura county medical center. they rappelled down the wall to the delight of the children, parents, and staff. when they were done, they came
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back down to earth to take photos and hand out gifts, and that actually wasn't bruce wayne or peter parker but actually volunteers from the ventura county fire department's urban search and rescue team. our firefighters are our real-life heroes. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. 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 the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the white house says president biden would veto a bill being proposed in the house that would provide assistance only to israel. this comes after top administration officials were on capitol hill tuesday, pushing
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for a package that would bundle aid for israel, ukraine, and other national security objectives. a student at cornell university has been arrested for posting violent threats online against jewish students. 21-year-old patrick dai faces up to five years in prison if found guilty. the school said that campus police will maintain heightened security. and new york city just held its 50th annual village halloween parade tuesday night. fun fact, this is the largest halloween parade in the world. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, november 1st, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." israel on the defensive. the deadly attack on a refugee camp in gaza. the devastating damages and civilian deaths. why israel is calling the strike a success.
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