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captioning s ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news". >>> i'm ben tracy in washington, thankscritical shortage of computer chips, that's impacting production from everything from toasters to washing machines to automobiles. analysts expect the chip supplies to increase in coming months but until they do the price of cars for high, the average cost of a new car at moore than $40,000 and used car prices up nearly 30% in just the last year. carter evans has the story from the dealership in los angeles. >> these are all microchips. this is from an old laptop, all these little squares are micro processor, well the new cars have hundreds of chips, they control everything from running the engine to rolling up the windows but now car makers are scaling back on features and others are shutting down production all together, bad news if you're buying a car. >> cool part is you can actually put the seats down. >> they went shopping recently for a new car, there were few options and no deals. >> how much more did you spend than you wanted to. >> i'm probably spend close to $100 more a mont

. >> ben tracy, cbs news. tampa bay. >> more than 200 of the world's leading climate scientists are meeting virtually to finalize a land mark united nation's report on climate change. we sat down with john kerry, president bide know's special envoy for climate, to discuss what can be done to get world leaders to take action. ly floods sweep europe.cana. and china. and heat waves hitting the u.s. >> this is a direct impact of the climate crisis. >> john kerry told us these are now every day signs of the devastation unleashed by climate change. >> do you feel there's a nuisance of urgency internationally to do something faster against climate change? >> i think there's a growing sense of urge answer and i it's not at the peak level it needs to be in a coordinated basis around the planet. there's an enormous amount to do. >> we are on a tight deadline. >> we have going around th wor. emissions.ifyugh30earth's tempe. >> reporter: under the paris climate treatyreed to limit the global warming to 3 degrees. but they

reporting from the nation's capital i'm ben tracy. >>> it's wednesday, july 7th. 2021.his is the "cbs morning news." lashing the coast. elsa has been downgraded back to a tropical storm, but it's still accompanying heavy rains on -- dumping heavy rains on florida and packing powerful winds. the latest on the rain, wind, and track of the storm. >>> no signs of life. more bodies are pulled from the rubble of that collapsed condo tower. the grim message from rescue workers. >>> claiming victory. as more results come in, a winner is projected in the race to be the democratic candidate to be the democratic candidate for new york city mayor. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, good to be with you.

reporting from the capital i'm ben tracy. orng news." defending the drawdown.nt biden makes the case for withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan, ending america's longest war. why he's speeding up the exit. >>> summer soaker. tropical storm elsa races up the east coast bringing flash flooding and tornadoes. where it's headed and how much rain to expect in areas already drenched by storms. >>> m-u-r-r-a-y-a. >> that is correct. [ applause ] >> letter perfect. how thea

ben tracy has more on this story. >> reporter: the american west was once seen as place of endless possibilitiesrand vistas, bountiful resources, and cities that somehow grew out of deserts. now manifest destiny has become a manifest emergency. a scorching drought made worse by climate change is draining reservoirs at an alarming pace, fueling massive wildfires and deadly heatwaves. and withering one of the most important agricultural economies in the country. >> i'm really concerned. i'm really worried. >> reporter: joe del bosci has been growing melons and other crops in central california since 1985. >> these are melons right here, cantaloupe and honeydews. >> reporter: he has weathered droughts before, but nothing like this. >> water wheel. it's been watered efficiently. >> reporter: and this looks completely differently over here. >> this is a fallow field. >> reporter: he showed us this fiofdirt. there is not enough water to plant a crop here this summer. how much of your land have you left unplanted this summer? >> about a third. >> reporter: a third? >> yes. that's significant. if that w

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." >>> i'm ben tracy in washington, thanks for staying with us.us is entering a dangerous new stage as the so-called delta variant is the dominant strain of the virus in the united states. it's being called covid-19 on steroids and is responsible for half the new infections nationwide. in the mid-west it accounts for more than 80% of infections. states like missouri seen a sharp rise in cases, hospitalization and deaths in the past month and many hospitals are overwhelmed. chancy chen with the story from springfield, missouri. >> reporter: hospital here is seeing the most covid patients during the entire pandemic as doctors and those who lost loved ones are urging people to stay the. >> carmichael lost her daughter a month ago to the delta variant. >> it was so severe. you can't believe how bad she looked physically and of course was suffering internally. this variant is brutal. it takes no prisoner. >> reporter: she says jones was hesitant to get the vaccine but saw her mother get sick after the first shot. >> that really freaked her out and afte

reporting from the capital i'm ben tracy. ns." defending the drawdown. president biden makes the case for withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan, ending america's longest war. why he's speeding up the exit. >>> summer soaker. tropical storm elsa races up the east coast bringing flash flooding and tornadoes. where it's headed and how much rain to expect in areas already drenched by storms. >>> m-u-r-r-a-y-a. >> that is correct. [ applause ] >> letter perfect. how this year's scripps national spelling bee champion is making spelling bee champion is making history. captioning funded by cbs >>> well, good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the president vigorously defending his decision to move u up u. drawdown of troops in afghanistan. the withdrawal will be completed by august 31st, earlier than initially announced. president biden insisted the u.s. has done more than enough to empower afghan authorities, and he's not willing to risk any more american lives. laura podesta is tracking the latest developments. laura, what els

. >>> i'm ben tracy in washington, thanks for staying with us.nd america's longest war has led to a situation that many expected. a taliban offensive in nearly every corner of afghanistan. milton milk tantalizes have militants have captures villages and towns, and laid siege from from their strad traditional support in the south. more now from kabul. >> reporter: we're told the taliban is taken over rural areas in key districts to the north but they're holding off trying to invade the city centers until all u.s. forces withdrawal. heavy fighting has broken out across the northern province as taliban militants across several fronts. more than 1,000 afghan soldiers abandoned their post and fled into the neighboring city in the word of government officials, to save their own lives. taliban fighters have been taking over bases like this one in the warnock province showing off vehicles, weapons and explosive they have seized releasing propaganda video showing soldiers unconfirmed how many u.s. soldiers will left sighting security concerns but hundreds

reporting from the nation's capital i'm ben tracy. >>> it's wednesday, july 7th. 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." lashing the coast. elsa has been downgraded back to a tropical storm, but it's still accompanying heavy rains on -- dumping heavy rains on florida and packing powerful winds. the latest on the rain, wind, and track of the storm. >>> no signs of life. more bodies are pulled from the rubble of that collapsed condo tower. the grim message from rescue workers. >>> claiming victory. as more results come in, a winner is projected in the race to be the democratic candidate to be the democratic candidate for new york city mayor. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning, elsa has been downgraded back to a tropical storm, but it's still powerful, packing torrential rains and maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. right now hurricane warnings are up for portions of florida and a tornado watch has been issued for the morning through parts of the peninsula. elsa is expected to continue moving north and

and ben tracy looks behind what some are now calling the mega drought. >> reporter: the american westa place of endless possibilities. grand vistas, bountiful resources, and cities that somehow grew out of deserts. now manifest destiny has become a manifest emergency. the scorching drought made worse by climate change is draining reservoirs at an alarming pace, fueling massive wildfires and deadly heatwaves. and withering one of the most important agricultural economies in the country. >> i'm really concerned, really worried. >> reporter: joe del bosque has been growing melons and other crops in california's central valley since 1985. >> these are melons, cantaloupes and hon honeydews. a well-watered field, and this looks like a completely different world over here. this is a sallow field. >> reporter: he showed us this field of dirt. there is not enough water to plant a crop here this summer. how much of your land have you left unplanted this year? >> about a third. >> reporter: a third? >> yes. if that water doesn't get here, we will start to lose or crops. some crops will probably

." >>> i'm ben tracy in washington. thanks for staying with us.after the holiday weekend, businesses from coast to coast are bracing to see if they've been a victim of an ongoing ransomware attack. hundreds of companies including financial service firms have been hacked by a russia-based cyber criminal group demanding a $70 million ransom. the fbi says they're the same hackers who hit a giant meat packing company over memorial day. catherine herridge reports. >> reporter: hackers hit kaseya on friday. it includes swedish grocery chain co-op which closed most of its 800 stores for a second day sunday because their cash register software shut down. >> lots of criminal organizations are finding out they can get paid millions of dollars to disrupt our economy. if you compromise kaseya, you can take over the kaseya infrastructure to help broadcast ransomware. >> reporter: after recent breaches at colonial pine line and jbs, homeland security warned that ransomware attacks are likely to increase in the near and long term. >> these are largely russian af

ben tracy, cbs news. >> garrett: tonight, former president trump is launching class action lawsuits againstoogle, twitter, facebook and their c.e.o.s. mr. trump was blocked from social media sites after the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. he says the companies are censoring conservatives and violating freedom of speech. legal experts tell us thend lawsuits have little chance of succeeding, because similar lawsuits have already failed. tonight's cbs news investigates one of the many disruptive side effects of the covid pandemic. there is now a global shortage of computer chips that make much of the world run. here is cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: sony's new playstation 5 is in such short supply, david rodgers had to pay almost double the retail price to get one. >> you think since last christmas that they would start to catch up with supply. and it just never happened. >> reporter: that's because sony can't get enough computer chips to build all the playstations consumers want. nearly all electronics and home appliances now require chips from laptops to tvs to smart refrigerators. covid

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