with two major allies now at war, the white house is asking congress for $14 billion in emergency funding for israel, $61 billion for ukraine and $9 billion for humanitarian assistance. but the bill proposed by the new republican speaker, mike johnson, strips out the humanitarian and ukraine funding and cuts $14 billion from the irs. >> and that was the easiest and largest pile of money that's sitting there for us to be able to pay for this immediate obligation. >> reporter: the congressional budget office projected this week that shrinking the irs would actually add to the deficit. >> this is republicans playing politics with aid to israel. >> reporter: that bill may have just passed the house a short time ago, but the white house has threatened to veto, and the bill has been declared dead on arrival in the senate, where many democrats and many republicans want to send funding to both israel and ukraine right away. how they'll get there, norah, is

very unclear right now. >> all right, nancy with all those important updates from the white house. thank you. now to a stunning development today in the deadly police beating of tyre nichols, a former memphis officer, one of five charged in the case, changed his plea to guilty today on federal charges and intends to do the same on state charges. we get the details now from cbs's elise preston. >> this is just one of many that i hope will come in our favor. >> reporter: tyre nichols' mother, row vaughn wells, spoke outside the federal courthouse today, just minutes after watching former memphis police officer desmond mills plead guilty in the beating death of her son during a police traffic stop. >> this is really the first time i actually heard somebody tell and say what they actually did to my son. >> reporter: her son died january 10th, three days after he was repeatedly kicked and punched by mills and four other memphis police officers, which

was caught on police body cams. they were all part of the now disbanded scorpion street crime unit. in september, a federal grand jury indicted all five officers on four counts, which carried a life sentence, and they are all facing state charges. but today mills agreed to plead guilty to two counts, excessive force and conspiracy to witness tampering. he is now facing 15 years. >> he is fully cooperating, and we expect him to continue to fully cooperate, answering all questions truthfully. >> reporter: as part of the plea agreement, mills is also expected to plead guilty to related state charges. >> the pressure that is now put on the other four is really huge. so one can anticipate that any of the four will try to be the second one in line. >> reporter: elise preston, cbs news, los angeles.

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to approve three promotions, including admiral lisa fran ketty. she will be the new chief of naval operations, making her the first female member of the joint chiefs of staff. cbs's scott macfarlane with more on the months-long blockade. >> reporter: hundreds of top military positions remain in limbo tonight, held up by alabama republican tommy tuberville, who rose to fame as coach of auburn university's football team. >> senator tuberville says there's no risk to the military. >> there absolutely is risk to the military, and that's maybe because he hasn't served in uniform. >> reporter: tuberville is blocking action on 376 nominees, protesting a biden administration policy allowing service members paid time off to travel out of state for abortion services. >> why would you punish them for something they've got nothing to do with? >> reporter: wednesday night, a dam burst among his fellow republicans as tuberville stood and objected to 61 straight nominees. >> i object. i object. with that, madam president, i object.

>> reporter: they claim foreign adversaries could take advantage of the dysfunction. >> xi jinping is watching us right now. so is putin. they're loving it. how dumb can we be, man? >> are you at risk of weakening the military? >> no, no. as i told you all along, if i thought there was any problem with readiness, we wouldn't be doing this. >> reporter: the deputy secretary of defense disagreed. >> the hold is unnecessary, unprus dented, and unsafe, and it's bad for our military. >> reporter: tuberville is now being questioned about marine corps commandant eric smith, who had an apparent heart attack last weekend. smith had spoken about the demanding nature of the job. >> it is not sustainable. >> reporter: tuberville bristled at the suggestion he was responsible. >> this guy's going to work 18, 20 hours a day no matter what. that's what we do. you know, i did that for years. >> reporter: senators managed to work through tuberville's holds to confirm those three senior military leaders today, but tuberville isn't backing down. next week democrats consider a true rarity, norah, changing

senate rules to break the blockade. >> this is such an important story. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. well, tonight authorities in virginia are investigating an unprecedented outbreak of opioid overdoses at just one high school in the last three weeks, with 19 total juvenile overdoses so far this year in the county. cbs's christina ruffini reports all the cases are believed to involve the synthetic opioid fort fentanyl for some parents, the subject of many of those conversations is fentanyl. >> my husband and i are absolutely having these conversations with our kids because it's a reality. >> reporter: since class started, there have been ten suspected fentanyl overdoses across area high schools according to the district. none of the students died, but four were given naloxone or narcan and some required cpr. lound county superintendent aaron spence. >> i'm not just worried about it for our students. i'm worried about this for our

communities. we want to be on the front lines with our community, helping to solve this problem and understand that schools can't do this alone. >> reporter: the loudoun county sheriff's office says it's already investigated 19 cases of opioid-related overdoses involving minors so far this year. >> we want to get to the bottom of this before any of these teenagers lose their lives. >> reporter: parents in loudoun county are now looking for answers. >> the spotlight is on park view county or park view high school right now. but this is a county problem. this is a nationwide problem right now. it is not just limited to what's happening at park view high school. >> reporter: virginia's one of 36 states that allows narcan or the generic naloxone to be administered in k through 12 schools. tonight the superintendent here says they're considering allowing students to carry it on them, even in their backpacks in case of an emergency. norah. >> christina ruffini, t

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me. it brought me back. >> reporter: stephanie sellers, like most here, is legally blind. working for the national industries for the blind, which inked a deal to produce the skill craft brand pens for government 55 years ago, and has been doing so since. >> coming here, you see what people are capable of, and i saw that the world was open to me. >> reporter: richard oliver is a 27-year employee. >> mustapha, how are you, my friend? >> reporter: the work has given him and hundreds over five decades the ability to provide for their families, buy a house, put children through college. that's critical because the unemployment rate for the blind and visually impaired hovers near 70%. >> without the jobs that exist here, where would some of these workers be working? >> they wouldn't be working. they would be at home. >> there's a lot of us that are blind or impaired. we got a reason to get up. we have a job, and we have fun

doing it. >> reporter: it's work that's changing lives even as the pen used everywhere from u.s. post offices to combat front lines hasn't changed. >> so you think that people are blind or have other disabilities can't produce. and they can't perform at the same levels of other people. and we're proving that wrong every single day. >> reporter: through their work, writing (female) i grew up in a home that didn't have running water. my shoes always had holes in them. i know how it is to be poor. i listened to a message of dr. stanley's, talking about, you know, how you never really live your life until you actually give it away. he kinda gave me that push to get out there and really do something. ♪♪♪

doordash is advising customers to tip their delivery people or expect to wait. the delivery service has been testing a warning message for customers who leave a $0 tip at checkout, saying it could take longer to get your food. that's because delivery drivers are less likely to accept orders without a tip. the fab four is back. more than a half a century after breaking up. we've got the new beatles song. that's right. next.

finally tonight, we leave you with something the world has been waiting for for more than 50 years, the last beatles song, the perfectly titled "now and then." ♪ now and then i miss you ♪ >> after a hard day's night, paul mccartthy and ringo starr, along with a little help from artificial intelligence, have come together to complete an unfinished demo by john lennon. the late george harrison recorded his new guitar part for

the song in the 1990s. from 1963's please please me to 2023's now and then, beatlemania is alive and well. 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 remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the u.s. military confirms it's flying unarmed drones like this one over the gaza strip to help find hostages. the news comes as heavy israeli attacks continued to hit gaza overnight and secretary of state antony blinken travels to israel to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. ftx founder sam

bankman-fried has been found guilty on all charges in the financial crimes case tied to his failed cryptocurrency companies. each of the seven charges carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. and yellowstone fans are going to have to wait a little longer to see how the story ends for the dutton family. the paramount network says the show's final episodes will air next november after being delayed by the hollywood strikes. 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 a breakthrough in the desperate effort to evacuate americans out of gaza. at least 74 americans fleeing today, making their way out of the war zone and to safety in egypt. the breakthrough comes with a major new battle under way tonight in northern gaza.

the israeli army launching heavy attacks from land, sea, and air. prime minister netanyahu saying, quote, we are at the height of the battle. israel's military is facing off with hamas militants in close combat battles as they advance deeper into gaza city. and for the third day in a row, israeli air strikes hit the jabalia refugee camp as it targets members of hamas. more than 100 trucks with aid made their way into gaza today -- that's a big number -- as the humanitarian crisis there worsens. secretary of state antony where the white house says he will urge leaders for a pause in the fighting to allow aid to be distributed and for the possible release of hostages. and there's breaking news. the house passed a $14 billion aid package for israel but without funding for ukraine. we have team coverage tonight from the middle east to washington, and cbs's charlie d'agata will start us off from tel aviv. good evening, charlie.

>> reporter: good evening, norah. the israeli defense forces say face-to-face fighting is under way between israeli soldiers and hamas militants as troops push deeper into densely populated gaza city while further south, there's a desperate rush for those trying to escape the war zone. by the thousands, they gathered at the gate today, daring to hope this time they'd make it out of gaza. like susan, a palestinian american born in gaza who moved to utah. >> i'm leaving today or god knows if i'm going to be able to leave. for the fifth time i come to the border, but i'm leaving a huge part of me here, people that i love and care about. nobody is safe in gaza. if you're in schools, if you're in hospitals, if you are underground, on the ground, you're never safe. >> reporter: but even a few feet from the safety of egypt, one last reminder of the war.

>> the internet has been cut off for the past three weeks. >> reporter: hours later, she made it safely over. >> this is one of the toughest days of my life, to be leaving my family, my friends, and my hometown like this. it's just unbearable. it's devastating, and it's really hard. >> reporter: back in the embattled strip of land they managed to flee, israeli air strikes pounded the area around the jabalia refugee camp north of gaza city for the third day in a row. "they even hit the school," cries a young woman, referring to a u.n.-run school where displaced residents had sought shelter. but being a school provided no more protection than the concrete pillars that collapsed around them. a father shouts "find my son!"

a terrified child wails, "we did nothing wrong. we did nothing wrong." the u.n. said today four of their schools-turned-shelters were hit in the last 24 hours. israeli defense forces released new video as the top commander claimed forces are encircling gaza city on three sides. but even as they clear the battlefield of hamas militants overground, dangers still lurk below. what first began two decades ago as a labyrinth of tunnels to move smuggled goods around has since become an advanced underground network known as the gaza metro, housing command and control centers and weapons storage. hamas released this new video said to show one of its militants emerging from a tunnel and planting explosives on an israeli tank. the skies over gaza lit up tonight in another series of air strikes.

clouds of thick smoke rising as explosions ring out in the distance. a renewed bombardment from the air even as israeli troops fight it out on the ground. and even as that fighting rages in gaza tonight, there's been an escalation in attacks from iranian-backed hezbollah in the north. the militant group's leader is scheduled to speak tomorrow for the first time since fighting in gaza began in what might indicate whether that group is about to launch a wider war. norah. >> a second front. all right. charlie d'agata, thank you for that update. there's breaking news now on capitol hill as house republicans have passed an emergency funding bill for israel tonight, providing $14 billion in aid. but it does face opposition from the white house and senate leaders, who also wanted billions in aid for ukraine in this bill. cbs's nancy cordes is at the white house, where the president is under pressure as the humanitarian crisis in gaza worsens. >> reporter: secretary of state

antony blinken left washington for his third visit to israel in three weeks. before departing, he said his main focus would be on ways to better protect palestinian civilians. >> how israel does this matters. >> reporter: that's about as close as u.s. officials will get to publicly criticizing a key ally over civilian deaths. president biden will only say that israel needs to abide by international law. >> that suggests that he thinks that israel isn't following international law, doesn't it? >> no. we've been saying it since the very beginning, nancy, that we want to see our good friend and partner abide by our shared commitments. >> reporter: but with pressure mounting to slow the death toll, president biden did tell donors at a fund-raiser in minnesota last night, quote, i think we need a pause to give time to get the prisoners out. with two major allies now at war, the white house is asking congress for $14 billion in emergency funding for israel,

$61 billion for ukraine, and $9 billion for humanitarian assistance. but the bill proposed by the new republican speaker, mike johnson, strips out the humanitarian and ukraine funding and cuts $14 billion from the irs. >> and that was the easiest and largest pile of money that's sitting there for us to be able to pay for this immediate obligation. >> reporter: the congressional budget office projected this week that shrinking the irs would actually add to the deficit. >> this is republicans playing politics with aid to israel. >> reporter: that bill may have just passed the house a short time ago, but the white house has threatened to veto, and the bill has been declared dead on arrival in the senate, where many democrats and many republicans want to send funding to both israel and ukraine right away. how they'll get there, norah, is very unclear right now. >> all right. nancy with all those important updates from the white house, thank you. now to new york, where eric trump took the stand today in

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tightening have yet to be felt. given ou far we have come along with the uncertainties and risks we face, the committee is proceeding carefully. >> reporter: federal reserve chair jerome powell said there's still a long way to go to push inflation down to its goal of 2%. meantime, the economy is still running hot, with a blockbuster september jobs report, strong economic growth last quarter, and healthy spending nationwide. >> it's fair to say that's the question we're asking, is should we hike more? the committee is not thinking about rate cuts right now. >> reporter: but it's that rate cut that denise duncan said she so badly needs to keep her doors open and her four employees paid. >> it sounds to me that you're kind of living on a prayer sometimes. >> yeah. there's a lot of mornings i don't want to get up. >> reporter: according to goldman sachs, interest payments for small businesses will rise on average to about 7% of their revenue next year. that's up from nearly 6% in 2021. >> we're just white knuckling it. >> what's going to give? >> well, you've got to raise

prices, which makes me even less competitive. the other thing i think that most people don't understand is if i can't pay the rent or the utility or make payroll, i will do without. i will do without the paycheck. >> that was jo ling kent reporting. another threat facing small businesses, cyber crime. more mom and pop online storefronts are being targeted. shanelle kaul has the story. >> reporter: pearl nor tlup is an artist, and her canvas includes everything from ornaments to plates, even a decorative skull. >> i have a space, and i start painting it, i don't stop until i fill the entirety of it. >> reporter: she used facebook to pro-molt her colorful creations and one morning received a notification about a problem with the account. >> and if i didn't provide my information, they would delete my account immediately. >> reporter: nor tlup clicked on a link and ensterred her log ying info. in minutes a hacker took over her personal and business facebook pages, racking up charges to her business account. >> i wonder if you can talk

about that moment of panic. >> it was a mixture of, oh, my gosh, i can't believe i fell for that, and, like, i just wanted to get my page back. >> reporter: she's far from alone. a new report shows 73% of small businesses suffered a cyber incident in the past year. >> the number of small businesses being attacked has grown tremendously over the last three years. >> reporter: james lee with the identity theft resource center says criminals often target the company's network to get customer data and money. 43% of small business owners say they lost revenue in an attack. >> the main thing any small business needs to do is make sure you have an outside adviser helping you with your cybersecurity. it's just too complex to go on your own. >> reporter: after an involved process, nor tlup eventually regained control of her business account and facebook waived charges the hacker had made. >> it was just -- it was scary. >> reporter: she now uses social media sparingly to promote her business and lives with the fear

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controversy. ♪ try that in a small town ♪ ♪ see how far you make it down the road ♪ ♪ around here ♪ >> critics say the song and its music video is full of racial undertones and threats of violence. the singer doesn't see it that way. we caught up with aldean at the studio in nashville where he's been recording for years. ♪ that's the way we get down ♪ ♪ in a hick town ♪ >> reporter: it's the sound of modern country music. and jason aldean laid its foundation. ♪ >> how have you influenced country? >> we definitely brought a little bit of a different sound in. it was a little heavier. it had a lot of -- a lot of rock and roll elements to what we were doing. >> reporter: but success wasn't instant. 25 years ago when al dean moved from georgia to nashville with tattoos and a southern rock

vibe, the industry said no thanks. aldean never wavered. >> i was writing songs, and at one point had lost my writing deal too. so it was tough. i mean it's like, you know, macing out credit cards just to buy formula or diapers or those kind of things. it finally did take off, and it was full steam ahead for me to try and take advantage of it. ♪ anyone from the heartland is going to understand ♪ ♪ what i'm talking about right now ♪ >> reporter: nearly two decades later, aldean's had 28 number one singles. ♪ on a dirt road ♪ >> reporter: and sold 20 million albums. but over the summer, aldean, who doesn't shy away from expressing his views -- ♪ >> reporter: -- found himself in the middle of controversy over his song "try that in a small town." ♪ stomp on the flag and light it

up ♪ >> reporter: it divided the internet. >> jason aldean's song is racist, and if you can't see that, you're part of the problem. >> what he talked about was people who steal, people who carjack, people who burn flags, and you interpret that as he must be speaking about black people. >> reporter: supporters felt the song upheld small town values in uncertain times. ♪ around here we take care of our own ♪ >> reporter: while others heard racism and subtle calls for violence. >> what was your reaction when you saw people saying that this had racist undertones and, you know, it was like a call to arms? you know, it was like a call to arms in small towns. it was a threatening kind of video for black people. i mean people were putting this on -- >> but there was people of all color doing stuff in the video. that's what i don't understand. there was white people in there. there was black -- i mean this video did not shine light on one specific group and say, that's the problem. and anybody that saw that in the

video, then you weren't looking hard enough in the video is all i can tell you. ♪ try that in a small town ♪ >> reporter: the song mostly flew under the radar when it was released. but when the music video came out in july, it took off, skyrocketing to number one across all musical genres in the country. >> i love the song. i was excited to cut it and thought it was actually a song that said something for a change, not just a -- you know, here's another song for radio. >> did you think, oh, this might not go over well with some people, but i'm going to say it? >> on the second first, it says -- snoet that gun that my granddad gave me, ♪ >> that, i thought was going to be the biggest issue with the song was that it said "gun," and that, you know, will tend to get people talking sometimes about that. so, you know, i didn't expect to get the kind of heat that it got, and i think that was more probably because of the video more so than the actual song. >> reporter: part of that heat was because of where the video

was filmed, in front of the murray county courthouse in columbia, tennessee, the site of a 1927 lynching of a black teen. >> for anybody that thinks we picked that building specifically for that reason, because, you know, there was a lynching there, whatever -- >> did you know that? >> no. but i also don't go back 100 years and check on the history of a place before we go shoot it either. i's also the -- it's also the place that i go get my car tags every year. it's my county that i live in. >> would you do it in that courthouse again knowing what you know now? >> knowing what i know now, probably not. but it's also -- you know, again, i'm not going to go back 100 years and check on the history of this building. i mien, because, honestly if you're in the south, you could probably go to any small town court house, you're going to be hard pressed to find one that hasn't had some sort of racial issue over the years at some point. i mean that's just a fact. >> reporter: critics also slammed aldean for the images. aldean says he didn't choose the specific clips, but the overall

look of the video was his idea. ♪ we didn't start the fire ♪ >> reporter: inspired by billy joel's "we didn't start the fire". >> the whole idea behind the video was to show the lawlessness and the disrespect for cops and just, you know, trashing cities and burning -- i'm just not cool with that. i don't know. i feel like the narrative really got switched over and became, you know, more of a racial type thing. and it's like if that's what you got out of the song and the video, i mean i almost feel like that's on you because that wasn't our intention, you know. >> reporter: aldean says the song may resonate with him more because news reports of crime and violence feel personal. he was onstage in las vegas when a gunman opened fire, killing 60 people at the route 91 festival. >> vegas was six years ago. like how have you processed that? >> it makes you mad. you know what i mean? my pregnant wife was there.

our fans were there watching the show. all hell breaks loose, and you're not prepared. it's like i got a guitar. what am i going to do? >> did you even know what was happening? >> no, not philly a few minutes we were offstage. it does make you look at things a little different when you go through something like that. ♪ >> reporter: that brings aldean to his new album, "highway desperado," out november 3rd. "try that in a small town" is one of his tracks. >> all 11 albums have been in here. >> every album? >> every single one of them. >> you could have gone in any studio. >> yeah, but there's just something about this guy. >> reporter: he recorded it in the same bare bones studio he's always recorded in, with the same band and producer he started out with 20 years ago. >> not ready to hang it up. >> not yet. i got more stuff to say, you know? >> reporter: and he will continue to stand by what he's already said in "try that in a small town". >> i would do it over again every time.

>> minus the setting? >> minus the setting. knowing what i know now, obviously, you know, knowing that that was going to be a thing, you know, maybe you look at doing it somewhere else. i know what the intentions were behind the location, the video, the song, all of it. and, you know, and i stand by all that. >> reporter: aldean didn't write the lyrics to "try that in a small town." like most of his songs, it was co-written by members of his band. they have all been together from the start of when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of

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a library in california is using high technology to help unlock the love of learning for children with autism. elise preston has the story. >> reporter: this is the start of a futuristic friendship for luke sepulveda. >> in different spaces, you don't know how he's going to react. so i was just hoping for the best. >> reporter: ella's 4-year-old son is on the autism spectrum. she wants to make sure he can communicate with the world

around him. >> you're smiling. >> i know. that's -- >> from the inside out. >> just knowing that a robot can engage his attention, that makes me happy. >> reporter: here at the santa ana public library, robots are specially programmed to teach children with autism. 1 in 36 children in the u.s. is on the spectrum. >> that is the square. touch the square. >> reporter: this is one of the first libraries in the country to provide this pricey program free. >> access is a big issue, especially to new technology. >> reporter: librarian cheryl everly launched the program during the pandemic, hoping to help fill gaps of services for children of color, who are often underserved and diagnosed when they're older. >> every time i see, you know, a kid on the spectrum lock in and interact with the robot and get that moment where they are bonded and they understand, it's amazing. >> reporter: bonds created with the human help of larry singer. >> human beings have emotions.

human beings get tired. human beings get frustrated. a robot, same response every single time. >> i am proud of you. >> aw, she's proud of you. >> my hope and dream for him is really just do your best. you're awesome and you're loved. >> reporter: elise preston, santa ana, california. 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 jarred hill in new york. the u.s. military confirms it's flying unarmed drones like this one over the gaza strip to help find hostages. the news comes as heavy israeli attacks continued to hit gaza overnight and secretary of state antony blinken travels to israel to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >>ftx founder sam bankman-fried has been found

guilty on all charges in the financial crimes case tied to his failed cryptocurrency companies. each of the seven charges carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. and "yellowstone" fans are going to have to wait a little longer to see how the story ends for the dutton famil the paramount network says the show's final episodes will air next november after being delayed by the hollywood strikes. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell one or tv. i'm jarred hill,bs news, new york. tonight, the hundreds of people, including many americans, now escaping the war-torn territory of gaza as more aid makes its way in and the fighting between the israeli army and hamas militants intensifies. here are tonight's headlines. >> i'm terrified. i'm leaving people that i love behind, and i don't know if i'm going to see them or they're going to see me ever again. >> we're at the rafah border crossing with egypt as americans

are allowed to leave but missiles continue to rain down across gaza, even as they evacuate. >> the internet has been cut off for the past three weeks. >> the israeli army advances on gaza city as president biden calls for a humanitarian pause on military operations. plus, the house approves a $14 billion aid package for israel. one of five former memphis police officers involved in the beating death of tyre nichols pleads guilty in a deal with federal prosecutors. >> this is really the first time i actually heard somebody tell and say what they actually did to my son. a breaking point after a months-long standoff over the future of hundreds of u.s. military officials. >> i object. >> i object. >> and with that, i object. >> the lone republican senator denounced by his own party. >> you've just denied this lady a promotion. you did that. "eye on america." the story of a pen with history and the ability to change lives. >> coming here, you see what

people are capable of, and i saw that the world was open to me. ♪ now and then ♪ and the new and final beatles song made with a little help from a.i. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with a breakthrough in the desperate effort to evacuate americans out of gaza. at least 74 americans fleeing today, making their way out of the war zone and to safety in egypt. the breakthrough comes with a major new battle under way tonight in northern gaza. the israeli army launching heavy attacks from land, sea, and air. prime minister netanyahu saying, quote, we are at the height of the battle. israel's military is facing off with hamas militants in close combat battles as they advance deeper into gaza city.

and for the third day in a row, israeli air strikes hit the jabalia refugee camp as it targets members of hamas. more than 100 trucks with aid made their way into gaza today -- that's a big number -- as the humanitarian crisis there worsens. secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to israel, where the white house says he will urge leaders for a pause in the fighting to allow aid to be distributed and for the possible release of hostages. and there's breaking news. the house passed a $14 billion aid package for israel but without funding for ukraine. we have team coverage tonight from the middle east to washington, and cbs's charlie d'agata will start us off from tel aviv. good evening, charlie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the israeli defense forces say face-to-face fighting is under way between israeli soldiers and hamas militants as troops push deeper into densely populated gaza city while further south, there's a desperate rush for

those trying to escape the war zone. by the thousands, they gathered at the gate today, daring to hope this time they'd make it out of gaza. like susan, a palestinian american born in gaza who moved to utah. >> i'm leaving today, or god those if i'm going to be able to leave. for the fifth time, i've come to the border. but i'm leaving a huge part of me here, people that i love and care about. nobody is safe in gaza. if you're in schools, if you're in hospitals, if you are underground, on the ground, you're never safe. >> reporter: but even a few feet from the safety of egypt, one last reminder of the war. >> the internet has been cut off for the past three weeks. >> reporter: hours later, she made it safely over. >> this is one of the toughest days of my life, to be leaving

my family, my friends, and my hometown like this. it's just unbearable. it's devastating, and it's really hard. >> reporter: back in the embattled strip of land they managed to flee, israeli air strikes pounded the area around the jabalia refugee camp north of gaza city for the third day in a row. "they even hit the school," cries a young woman, referring to a u.n.-run school where displaced residents had sought shelter. but being a school provided no more protection than the concrete pillars that collapsed around them. a father shouts "find my son!" a terrified child wails, "we did nothing wrong. we did nothing wrong." the u.n. said today four of their schools-turned-shelters were hit in the last 24 hours. israeli defense forces released

new video as the top commander claimed forces are encircling gaza city on three sides. but even as they clear the battlefield of hamas militants overground, dangers still lurk below. what first began two decades ago as a labyrinth of tunnels to move smuggled goods around has since become an advanced underground network known as the gaza metro, housing command and control centers and weapons storage. hamas released this new video said to show one of its militants emerging from a tunnel and planting explosives on an israeli tank. the skies over gaza lit up tonight in another series of air strikes. clouds of thick smoke rising as explosions ring out in the distance. a renewed bombardment from the air even as israeli troops fight it out on the ground. and even as that fighting rages in gaza tonight, there's been an escalation in attacks from

iranian-backed hezbollah in the north. the militant group's leader is scheduled to speak tomorrow for the first time since fighting in gaza began in what might indicate whether that group is about to launch a wider war. norah. >> a second front. all right. charlie d'agata, thank you for that update. now to new york, where former president donald trump's second oldest son, eric trump, took the stand today in the trump organization's civil fraud trial. the younger trump testified that he had little knowledge of his father's financial statements despite being the company's vice president. the trumps are accused of exaggerating the value of their properties as much as $2 billion in one year. the former president calls the case a witch hunt. he and his daughter ivanka are set to testify next week. more than a dozen people were injured today when a construction crew accidentally cut a gas line, sparking a tremendous explosion and fire. this happened in wappingers falls, about 70 miles north of new york city. ring camera video shows the huge wall of flames that erupted.

officials say that children and first responders are among the injured. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." fe

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." there's breaking news now on capitol hill as house republicans have passed an emergency funding bill for israel tonight, providing $14 billion in aid. but it does face opposition from the white house and senate leaders, who also wanted billions in aid for ukraine in this bill. cbs's nancy cordes is at the

white house, where the president is under pressure as the humanitarian crisis in gaza worsens. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken left washington for his third visit to israel in three weeks. before departing, he said his main focus would be on ways to better protect palestinian civilians. >> how israel does this matters. >> reporter: that's about as close as u.s. officials will get to publicly criticizing a key ally over civilian deaths. president biden will only say that israel needs to abide by international law. >> that suggests that he thinks that israel isn't following international law, doesn't it? >> no. we've been saying it since the very beginning, nancy, that we want to see our good friend and partner abide by our shared commitments. >> reporter: but with pressure mounting to slow the death toll, president biden did tell donors at a fund-raiser in minnesota last night, quote, i think we need a pause to give time to get the prisoners out.

with two major allies now at war, the white house is asking congress for $14 billion in emergency funding for israel, $61 billion for ukraine, and $9 billion for humanitarian assistance. but the bill proposed by the new republican speaker, mike johnson, strips out the humanitarian and ukraine funding and cuts $14 billion from the irs. >> and that was the easiest and largest pile of money that's sitting there for us to be able to pay for this immediate obligation. >> reporter: the congressional budget office projected this week that shrinking the irs would actually add to the deficit. >> this is republicans playing politics with aid to israel. >> reporter: that bill may have just passed the house a short time ago, but the white house has threatened to veto, and the bill has been declared dead on arrival in the senate, where many democrats and many republicans want to send funding to both israel and ukraine right away. how they'll get there, norah, is very unclear right now.

>> all right. nancy with all those important updates from the white house, thank you. now to a stunning development today in the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. a former memphis officer, one of five charged in the case, changed his plea to guilty today on federal charges and intends to do the same on state charges. we get the details now from cbs's elise preston. >> this is just one of many that i hope will come in our favor. >> reporter: tyre nichols' mother, rowvaughn wells, spoke outside the federal courthouse today just minutes after watching former memphis police officer desmond mills plead guilty in the beating death of her son during a police traffic stop. >> this is really the first time i actually heard somebody tell and say what they actually did to my son. >> reporter: her son died january 10th, three days after he was repeatedly kicked and punched by mills and four other memphis police officers, which was caught on police body cams.

they were all part of the now disbanded scorpion street crime unit. in september, a federal grand jury indicted all five officers on four counts, which carried a life sentence, and they are all facing state charges. but today mills agreed to plead guilty to two counts, excessive force and conspiracy to witness tampering. he is now facing 15 years. >> he is fully cooperating, and we expect him to continue to fully cooperate, answering all questions truthfully. >> reporter: as part of the plea agreement, mills is also expected to plead guilty to related state charges. >> the pressure that is now put on the other four is really huge. so one can anticipate that any of the four will try to be the second one in line. >> reporter: elise preston, cbs news, los angeles.

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to approve three promotions, including admiral lisa franchetti. she will be the new chief of naval operations, making her the first female member of the joint chiefs of staff. cbs's scott macfarlane with more on the months-long blockade. >> reporter: hundreds of top military positions remain in limbo tonight, held up by alabama republican tommy tuberville, who rose to fame as coach of auburn university's football team. >> senator tuberville says there's no risk to the military. >> there absolutely is risk to the military, and that's maybe because he hasn't served in uniform. >> reporter: tuberville is blocking action on 376 nominees, protesting a biden administration policy allowing service members paid time off to travel out of state for abortion services. >> why would you punish them for something they've got nothing to do with? >> reporter: wednesday night, a dam burst among his fellow republicans as tuberville stood and objected to 61 straight nominees. >> i object. >> i object. >> with that, madam president, i object. >> reporter: they claim foreign

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>> i think that this place saved me. it brought me back. >> reporter: stephanie sellers, like most here, is legally blind, working for the national industries for the blind, which inked a deal to produce the skilcraft brand pens for the government 35 -- 55 years ago and has been doing so since. >> coming here, you see what people are capable of, and i saw that the world was open to me. >> reporter: richard oliver is a 27-year employee. >> mustapha, how are you, my friend? >> reporter: the work has given him and hundreds over five decades the ability to provide for their families, buy a house, put children through college. that's critical because the unemployment rate for the blind and visually impaired hovers near 70%. >> without the jobs that exist here, where would some of these workers be working? >> they wouldn't be working. they would be at home. >> there's a lot of us that are blind or impaired. we got a reason to get up. we have a job, and we have fun

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finally tonight, we leave you with something the world has been waiting for for more than 50 years, the last beatles song, the perfectly titled "now and then." ♪ now and then i miss you ♪ >> after a hard day's night, paul mccartney and ringo starr, along with a little help from artificial intelligence, have come together to complete an unfinished demo by john lennon. the late george harrison recorded his new guitar parts

for the song in the 1990s. from 1963's please please me to 2023's now and then, beatlemania is alive and well. 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 remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm jarred hill in new york. the u.s. military confirms it's flying unarmed drones like this one over the gaza strip to help find hostages. the news comes as heavy israeli attacks continued to hit gaza overnight and secretary of state antony blinken travels to israel to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. ftx founder sam bankman-fried has been found guilty on all charges in the

financial crimes case tied to his failed cryptocurrency companies. each of the seven charges carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. and "yellowstone" fans are going to have to wait a little longer to see how the story ends for the dutton family. the paramount network says the show's final episodes will air next november after being delayed by the hollywood strikes. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. it's friday, november 3rd, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." escalating their offensive. explosions and flares light up the night gaza sky as israel presses ahead with their vow to wipe out hamas. guilty. that's the verdict against disgraced crypto founder sam bankman-fried, convicted of stealing billions from clients. he's proclaiming his innocence and vowing to fight.