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daughter got that phone call. it's horrible. underneath here -- >> reporter: gantt wanted to show us how she lives now. with her colon gone, she has a bag called an ileostomy attached to her abdomen at all times to collect waste. >> i had no warning that this was even a possibility. >> reporter: she is now suing drugmaker novo nordisk, claiming its drug labels do not adequately warn patients and doctors about potentially serious side effects, including gastroparesis, or stomach paralysis and bowel obstruction. gantt's attorney -- >> it's put a lot of resources into marketing the drug, hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the market, get new patients for the drug, but hasn't spent that money on warning patients of the risk of gastroparesis, small bowel obstruction. and the fact these can be severe

even if it's in a rare case. >> reporter: novo nordisk declined to do an on-camera interview, but in a statement said the known risks of the medicine are known and described in the labeling. the company wrote the allegations in these lawsuits are without merit, and the company intends to vigorously defend against these claims. many doctors do regard the drugs as key tools for patients. cbs news medical contributor and kff health editor at large dr. celine gounder. >> they are game changers in many ways. not only are they helping people lose weight, control their diabetes, but we're seeing improvement in many medical conditions which are related to being obese or overweight. but at the same time, patients do need to be aware that there are risks. those are not necessarily risks that are outweighed by the benefits in every situation. >> reporter: a study published risk of bowel obstruction and stomach paralysis for patients

taking certain glp-1 drugs for weight loss when compared with another weight loss drug combination. those complications were relatively rare, but study co-author dr. modi says -- >> it's really important for patients to put that into context that their individual risk may potentially be low, but that doesn't mean it can't happen to them. >> reporter: gantt says she wants others to know about her experience. >> this should not have happened. it just should not have happened to me. if it happened to me, it could happen to you. >> reporter: novo nordisk also told us semaglutide, the drug sold over the ozempic and wegovy names has been developed in large real world evidence studies. the company did not directly address our questions about the specific conditions that gantt says happened to her. in court documents they previously said gastrointestinal symptoms are known and labeled side effects of these medicines. anna werner, cbs news in new york. well, there is a big push to get kids vaccinated for the new school year. dr. celine gounder reports.

>> i got four shots. >> reporter: no tears from fort worth, texas kindergartner emerly soria, getting her required vaccines with her dad and little brother. >> she was behind on her vaccination schedule by one year. so we had to get all of them taken care of. >> reporter: they were able to catch up on their vaccines because the tarrant county health department brought this free clinic to a high school gym in their neighborhood. >> it was lot cheaper than going into the doctor's office and getting it done that way. >> reporter: health workers here gave out more than 2,600 doses to nearly a thousand people. >> the reason it's working so well is because they feel comfortable coming here. it's a school that they know and it's a place that is familiar to them. >> reporter: but as children head back to school, parents filing for vaccine examinations exemptions have gop up to about 3% since the pandemic. that makes communities more

susceptible to diseases like measles, one of the most contagious viruses. >> we see pockets and communities where that vaccination level is lower. so we want to really think about the unique barriers that might be present in those communities. >> we've seen a rise in measles as well as now pertussis, or whooping cough cases. that? >> we have a vaccines program for children here in the country that covers the cost of vaccines for folks who are either on medicaid, are lower income. we're making sure we can break down barriers so kids can get vaccinated. >> reporter: director cohen says kid got behind on vaccinations because of the pandemic and mistrust. >> we had a lot of distrust of health care, a lot of vaccines in particular come out of the covid pandemic. and that's been more isolated to the covid vaccine. people still trust vaxes they got when they were kids. >> reporter: meeting families like the sorias in their community will help children like emerly get ready for school

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coast, where the mountains cascade into the sea, a ribbon of road rides down the edge of the continent. highway 1 is a singular experience, and this winding 70-mile stretch hugging the steep coastline of big sur is why bucket lists exist. what do you think of this coastline driving up and down here? >> i think it's phenomenal. >> reporter: for tourists like linda carroll of st. paul, minnesota, the feeling is divine. >> if you didn't believe in god and you were down here, you definitely would have to because it's just spectacular. >> reporter: does this view ever get old? >> no, because it's always changing. >> reporter: kirk gafill spent his life on bluffs of big sur. he runs nepenthe restaurant where the tables come with a view so wide it shifts your perspective. gafill's grandparents first moved here in 1947 after hollywood royalty moved out.

>> they bought the property from rita hayworth and orson welles, who had just bought the property a couple of years earlier on their honeymoon trip, and then got divorced. so they decided to build a restaurant. >> reporter: elizabeth taylor and richard burton filmed scenes at the restaurant for the 1965 film "the sandpiper." but the true star of the show around here has always been highway 1. opened in 1937, in a burst of optimism at the end of the great depression. >> so this road, highway 1, has been a part of your entire life? >> yeah, it is the part of big sur that is fundamental to living here, to having a business here, and so access is everything. >> reporter: and right now there are signs of trouble in paradise. >> as we sit here today, the road is closed just south of here. what does that do to your business? >> it represents about a 30 to

35% drop in business levels. we know these closures are going to happen. it's just a matter of when, not if. it's almost become an annualized event. >> reporter: fierce storms from two back-to-back wet winters battered the santa lucia mountains, causing landslides that buried and broken the road in four places. >> when the bridge fell north of here and we had a big landslide to the south, we lived in what we call the island. so we were essentially closed off. >> beautiful. >> reporter: magnus toren lives in big sur where he runs the henry miller memorial library dedicated to the writer who helped put the area on the map in the 1950s. >> this is the california the man dreamed of years ago. this is the face of the earth as the creator intended it to look. >> reporter: wow. >> yeah. >> reporter: almost as dramatic as the landscape. >> right, right. >> reporter: toren lives just a few miles from where highway 1 comes to an abrupt end, closed

to the south for nearly two years. i've asked the question, can we continue to keep this highway open forever when it gets so assaulted by landslides and also fires. >> reporter: scientists say climate change is fueling more frequent and intense wildfires and more powerful winter storms. a potent mix that increases the risk of landslides in an area already prone to them. in the past five years, california has spent nearly $230 million repairing just this stretch of highway 1. i mean, that's real money. >> that is real money, absolutely. it's an important roadway for california. this is part of the original road. >> reporter: tony tavares is director of california's department of transportation. >> you know, climate change is something i think nationally we talk about in the distant future. here in california, we are experiencing it every day. >> reporter: further up the coast erosion forced caltrans to move sections of highway 1

400 feet inland. with mountains on one side and the pacific on the other, there is nowhere to go along big sur. is it possible to make this thing resilient in the face of what's to come? >> we are doing our best. we believe it's possible. i can tell you we are not abandoning this roadway. >> reporter: is highway 1 simply too big to fail? >> i would say it is too important to fail, absolutely. >> reporter: and while there are certainly easier places to live, magnus toren says there are none more beautiful. for so many of us who come through here on a road trip, this is a once in a lifetime thing. this is your every day. >> yeah. i do sometimes pinch myself. tina zimmerman: five years ago, i reconnected with my estranged father, and that's just something i never ever thought could happen. but when he became a believer, he just had this insatiable

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a lot of people around the world are joining the fresh food movement called farm to table. well, it's not a problem if your table is close to a farm, but if it's not, you could be out of luck. well, one company in europe has come up with a high-tech solution to bring fresh food to a water-bound city. cbs' ian lee reports. >> reporter: among the cranes in this dutch shipping port sits a floating barn. dozens of cows help to deliver fresh milk and cheese to the city of rotterdam. >> we see that they are doing very well. their fur is shiny.

they produce a lot of milk, and the quality of the milk is very good. >> reporter: the cows graze on hay and leftover orange rinds from a local grocery store. robots milk the animals and even clean up their manure. owner minke calls it an innovate solution, especially in countries that suffer from flooding or drought. >> when you have a floating platform, you are climate adaptive so you can keep on producing fresh, healthy food for the city. >> reporter: her husband floated the idea after fresh food ran out when hurricane sandy flood new york city in 2012. >> if you like our milk, of course. >> reporter: visitors now come from far and wide to see the floating farm, many from big cities. >> city dwellers, they also like to visit the farm and to see how food is produced. >> reporter: critics say the outcome of these farms will vary by region. >> of course, there is a huge carbon expenditure in the

crafting of this three-story floating steel vessel. >> reporter: owners are moving on to the next stage after the success of the buoyant bovines, planning a second floating farm to grow vegetables, with the cow pies providing the heating. ian lee, cbs news, london. >> well, the cheese looks tasty, but how about those floating cows? that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul.

. hello, and thanks so much for staying up with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." another mass school shooting, this time a 14-year-old in georgia is accused of killing four people. criminal charges and new sanctions aimed at russia over moscow's alleged efforts to interfere with the november election. and vice president kamala harris reveals details of her small business tax plan. another day of terror for america's school children. police say a 14-year-old student opened fire wednesday morning at apalachee high school in winder, georgia, about 45 miles northeast of atlanta. students scramble for safety as gunshots range out. four people, two students and two teachers are dead, and at least nine others are wounded.

cbs' mark strassmann was there on the scene. >> reporter: winder, georgia's moment of dread. an active shooter rampaging through apalachee high school. >> he started shooting like ten times. he shot at least ten times. i had -- i saw one of my classmates on the ground bleeding so bad. >> hurry up, let's go! >> reporter: inside the school, gunshots, panic. when did you first realize it was real? >> i was in chemistry, and we heard loud banging and we heard screaming. as soon as we heard screaming, i thought oh, it's for real. >> reporter: and carnage. four people killed, two teachers and two students. nine others were wounded. >> i never imagined i would be speaking to the media in my career over something that happened today, the pure evil that happened today. >> reporter: school officials guided roughly 1900 students to the football field.

sophomore medically alvarez. what was going through your mind? >> i was crying. i was scared i was going to die. >> were other kids doing the same thing? >> yeah, all of us were crying. >> reporter: the alleged shooter, now in custody, identified as 14-year-old colt gray. >> and our school resource officer engaged him. and the shooter quickly realized that if he did not give up, that it would end with an ois, an officer-involved shooting. >> reporter: hundreds of parents raced from around metro atlanta to the school. >> i was completely in shock. i didn't i know if i would see my daughter alive. >> reporter: the sheriff here says the shooter is cooperating, but the motive unclear. the school will be closed the rest of the week. mark strassmann, cbs news, winder, georgia. >> and on wednesday night, the fbi's atlanta office confirmed

the 14-year-old suspected shooter was taken into custody and already was on their radar. they say the boy was interviewed in may of last year over anonymous tips of threats of a school shooting, but no action was taken at the time. he will now be charged as an adult. turning now to the biden administration's crackdown on russia's attempts to influence the 2024 election. the department of justice, the treasury, and the state department all announcing a series of actions including criminal charges and sanctions. cbs' scott macfarlane has more from the justice department. >> reporter: just two months before election day, the department of justice accused russia of an elaborate, sophisticated propaganda campaign to sway voters. two russian officials with state-controlled rt are charged as part of an alleged scheme to work with a tennessee company to publish stories favorable to russia to splinter americans and dampen support for ukraine. both officials remain at large

overseas. >> the american people were informed when a foreign power engages in political activities or seeks to influence public discourse. >> reporter: the feds also seized 32 internet domains believed to be tools of russia's disinformation campaign, directed by vladimir putin's administration with a playbook to push polarizing issues including inflation, job loss for white americans, privileges for people of color, threats of crime from people of color. and to target an audience of lower and middle class white americans as supporters of candidate a. though the court filings don't explicitly identify candidate a, the attorney general indicated russia wanted to bolster support for trump. >> russia's preferences have not changed from the preceding election. >> reporter: the department of justice says russia pushed out phony news reports to trick readers and viewers into thinking they were reading real articles from "the washington post" or fox news, but they were not. >> show me your legal authority

or get out. >> reporter: the propaganda's targeted social media influencers who have massive followings to spread this misinformation far and wide. some articles and videos secured millions of views, including on youtube. >> russia has used the past several years to refine their tactics to enhance their impact and identify new ways to reach an american audience to sway the election. >> reporter: the fbi director warned other nations not to try the same. >> knock it off. >> reporter: in a response, the state media company rt accused the department of justice of scare mongering. scott macfarlane, cbs news, washington. the ground rules are now set for next week's presidential debate, with the harris campaign agreeing that microphones will be muted when it's not a candidate's turn to speak. vice president kamala harris was campaigning in new hampshire on wednesday. cbs' ed o'keefe was there. >> on november 5th, we will save

our economy. >> reporter: the fight for the middle class is on. >> it's essentially a tax cut for starting a small business. >> reporter: at a local brewery in new hampshire, vice president harris served up an idea that would allow new small businesses to write off $50,000 in start-up costs, up from the current $5,000. >> we will, and this is very important, cut the red tape that can make starting and growing a small business more difficult than it needs to be. >> reporter: harris is setting a goal of 25 million new small business applications in her first term, more than during the biden or trump years. portsmouth frame store owner, an independent voter is a fan of another piece of harris' plan, a new standard tax deduction for small businesses. >> saving paperwork is fantastic. but even the deduction, we always put money back into the business. i mean, that's usually what a lot of the small businesses do. so that would help us to reinvest in our business.

>> reporter: but former president trump's running mate blasted harris' new ideas. >> she thinks they're going to do a lot of good. she should try them out now. >> reporter: trump has promised to boost economic growth but hasn't directly appealed to small businesses. he he'd end taxes on tips and social security benefits and wants to cut the corporate tax cut. >> we gave you the biggest tax cut in history. >> reporter: vice president harris said she'd play for her plan by boosting taxes on wealthy americans and big corporations. all of the ideas would require congressional approval. ed o'keefe, cbs news, portsmouth, new hampshire. when "cbs news roundup" continues, a former top aide to new york's governor is charged with being an agent for china. [inspirational music] ♪♪ ♪♪

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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. a former top aide to two new york governors is free op bail today after being charged with working for years as an agent for the people's republic of china. the fbi arrested linda sun and her husband. they're both charged with schemes to advance china's interest in exchange for millions of dollars in cash, gift, and business opportunities. cbs' jericka duncan has more. >> linda, what do you to say to the allegations? >> reporter: linda sun and her husband had nothing to say as they walked out of a brooklyn federal court. the former high-ranking aide to new york governor kathy hochul and her predecessor andrew cuomo pleaded not guilty to several charges, accusing her of a brazen scheme to serve as a secret agent of china. >> a lot of the obligations in this indictment are frankly

complexing. >> reporter: fbi agents raided sun's long island home back in july. at the time, the reason was not disclosed. now the justice department alleges she shaped new york chinese priorities, blocked references to taiwan in government documents, and stopped meetings between state and taiwanese representatives. in return, prosecutors allege sun and her husband received millions of dollars in business in china, along with personal benefits such as paid travel, event tickets, and a job for a family member. federal investigators also claim the couple laundered the profits to purchase several multimillion properties and luxury cars. >> it is a devastatingly sweeping indictment with a lot of evidence. >> reporter: federal defense attorney caroline polizzi says prosecutors have become more aware of foreign agent fraud nationwide. >> when you look at how closely the u.s. and china are tied

together, how often is this happening, but we just don't know about it? >> reporter: well, that's the question, right? it's such a violation of trust, when we put people in positions of power in our government. clearly, we expect them to be working on behalf of the united states or new york state. and in this global world that we live in now, i think people are starting to raise questions going on behind the scenes. >> reporter: hochul's office said sun's employment was terminated in march of 2023 after evidence of misconduct. and a spokesperson for andrew cuomo said sun had little interaction with the then interaction with the then governor in her (music playing)

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>> reporter: in o'clare, wisconsin this summer, a tent revival attracted hundreds of charismatic christians to receive revelation and wade into the gospel of trumpism. >> the holy spirit lives inside of you. >> reporter: tens of thousands joined online, all part of the so-called courage tour, a religious road show that is unapologetically political. >> you can't make america great again until you restore an awakening with god again. >> reporter: the goal, motive fellow charismatic christian, many of whom don't belong to a formal church structure but who find god in miracles to donald trump all the way to november. >> we believe it's time to release the roar of christian voters across america. >> reporter: joshua is part of the courage tour. do you mean christian voters or do you mean pro-trump christian voters? >> it's all the above. >> reporter: it sounds to me like most this messaging is pro-trump. >> you're literally seeing two

sets of values and world views on display. and it just so happens one naturally aligns more to what we believe. >> reporter: in trump, evangelicals don't see an abrasive, lies the married billionaire. they do see an anti-establishment leader strong on abortion, gender issues and israel. >> i want people to vote because he stands for something. >> reporter: brother and sister attendees jackie brokaw and tim jansen. >> 2020 is a fraud, and everybody nose it. >> the number of christians that are in this area, if they would vote, they could swing this county which would probably swing the rest of the state. >> reporter: the courage tour targets key counties in battleground states, including places where trump lost narrowly in 2020. in addition to voter mobilization, organizers want charismatic christians as poll watchers and workers. >> we are seeing here today is the most targeted and tactical voter mobilization effort done

by christian nationalists ever. >> reporter: matthew taylor has written extensively about this new form of religious activism that fuses political outcomes with divine intervention. what is the political import possibly in the 2024 election of events like this? >> well, if trump wins, then that becomes a part of the impetus that donald trump can say i don't just have a democratic mandate, i have a divine mandate to change the country in accordance with the biblical value these folks claim to have. >> you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful christians. >> reporter: trump's election denialism electrified and galvanized charismatics for week leading up to the january 6th capitol riot. >> january 6th was not an inside rexz. it was an election fraud intervention. >> many people who are leaders in this movement also showed up on january 6th, because they really believed that the election was being stolen. >> reporter: as part of our visit to o'clare, we spoke with

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are spoken around the world, but a u.n. study found more than half of them could disappear by the end of this century. that includes languages spoken by indigenous communities in the amazon. cbs' manuel bojorquez travelled to the jungles of peru to see what's being done there to save them. >> reporter: you're listening to a song in marinahua -- [ singing in a global language ] a rare sound isolated in a remote corner of the amazon spoken by only 100 people like natalicia gonshico. which is why linguists are recording and deciphering it in the hopes of saving it. it's got to scare you that there are only 100 speakers of that language. >> yes. and knowing the traditional songs and knowing, you know, the traditional ways of life and everything, that would be even less than 100. >> reporter: he and his team which includes his wife mariana poblete operate out of this

research station near peru using to capture voices, eye movements, facial expression anything that can help record and preserve the 20 to 30 dialects spoken in this region. it seems like the world's most complicated puzzle trying to put all of that together. >> languages are probably one of the most complex behaviors in the world. >> reporter: he says of the 48 languages recognized by peru, eight have anywhere from nine to only one speaker left. for him, it's not just the spoken word, it's the culture, customs, and traditions behind them, all things he fell in love with as a child when his family traveled from lima to the amazon. we travelled to a community called santa clara to see how the shipp ibo konibo, one of the area's indigenous groups, are trying to reclaim what's been lost. at the schoolhouse, we met children of all ages, eager to show what they've learned. [ speaking in a global language ]

reciting a poem -- ♪ performing a healing ceremony. [ singing in global language ] and singing songs in their native tongue before receiving natural medicines from an elder, eye drops, and then an herbal drink. pablo gonzalez is the school's director. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: it's a cultural rescue. when he was their age, he says, many parents only taught their children spanish. [ speaking in a global language ] "because they thought speaking only spanish would help them get ahead and compete with others," he said. now with help they're learning to value both languages. [ speaking in a global language ] this was your dream to have this school. >> exactly. >> we are organizations, but in the end, we want to disappear. we want to make all this work

being done and conducted by the indigenous communities themselves. >> reporter: you want them at some point to do this on their own completely. >> that's the big dream, yes. >> reporter: yeah. for now the team is giving these centuries' old dial elects some high-tech help, developing apps to teach young ones indigenous words. natalicia holds on to her grandson as she sings, hoping one day he'll sing the songs of her childhood too. what do we lose when one of these languages is lost? >> well, we lose a unique opportunity to understand human nature. and we lose, you know, a lot of knowledge and wisdom that might change our life, might enrich our point of view, might teach us important things about how to live in happiness.

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