reporting from the nation's capitalal i'm catherine herridge.apital i'm catherine herridge. >>> >>> it's thursday, july 1st, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." growing tragedy. more bodies are pulled from the rubble of that florida condo collapse including two children. it comes as president biden heads to the grief-stricken community today. >>> charges filed. the organization that bears former president trump's name is now facing criminal charges. the high-ranking official expected to appear in court today. >>> and released from prison. disgraced comedian bill cosby is back home today after his back home today after his conviction was overturned. captioning funded by cbs

major. >> garrett: catherine herridge, thank you. tonight the vatican says pope francis is recovering after the biggest health scare of his papacy. part of his colon was removed doctors removed part of his colon was removed sunday. he was suffering from diverticulitis. the pope, 84, is expected to stay in the hospital for about a week. there are new developments tonight in afghanistan as the u.s. winds down its war. the taliban retook the northern region overnight, sending more than 1,000 afghan soldiers fleeing into a neighboring country. for thousands of afghans who helped during the 20-year war, time is running out. cbs' charlie d'agata is there. >> reporter: serene was on day one as interpreter with the u.s. combat platoon wen a roadside bomb struck his vehicle. >> it was my first and worst experience. >> reporter: much worse was yet to come. he and his father abdul had gone to sell the family home when taliban militants came knocking one night. >> we just saw people climbing the walls, people with long beards, guns in their hand

reporting from washington i'm catherine herridge. >>> it's friday, july 2nd, 2021.his is the "cbs morning news." consoler-in-chief. president biden makes an emotional trip to surfside, florida, following the deadly condo collapse. what he told first responders and vict fs. >>> historic settlemenusenthds lingthe sueme coends its term wn lingthe sueme coends its term wn and what it means going forward. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, i'm diane king hall. anne-marie green is off.

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i'm catherine herridge in washington.company and long-time chief financial officer are now facing tax-related criminal charges. trump organization cfo allen weisselberg surrendered thursday ahead of his arraignment in a new york city courtroom, he pleaded not guilty to 15 felony counts including grand larceny, charges stemming from a year's long investigation into mr. trump's family business by the manhattan da. jeff pegues with the report. >> reporter: the charges against trump organization and cfo allen weisselberg are due to failure to pay taxes. he is operating behind the scenes not only as a cf oro but also former taxi cab driver -- >> replacing george is allen weisselberg, you think george was tough wait until you see allen. >> barbara was part of the former trump administration. >> did allen weisselberg do anything without former presidenttrump's knowledge. >> nobody does anything major without trump's knowledge and usually approval. >> on wednesday mr. trump ignored questions from reporters. >> reporter: but in a

." >>> welcome back to the "cbs overnight news" i'm catherine herridge in washington. the u.s.y halfway through a 90-day review of the origins of covid-19. investigators are looking at whether the virus emeriweathered naturally with human contact with an infected animal or if it accidentally escaped from a wuhan lab in china, the lab-leak theory was initially dismissed by high-profile scientists but is now getting a different look now that significant information was buried in government databases and didn't reach their desks for a year >> in southwest china the origins of the covid-19 virus were discovered in caves more than a decade ago. more than 900 miles from wuhan where the pandemic began. >> it's impossible to tell whether that last bit of evolution took place in a laboratory or in nature. >> a stanford professor and microbiologist is no stranger to complex cases. when anthrax was sent through the mail in 2001 he reviewed the science underpinning the fbi probe and now advising he government on the sieccience behind the can pandemic origins. >> the lab leak is absolutely

catherine herridge reports. >> we're not aware of any ongoing threat related to these individuals orporter: denver police s.w.a.t. teams swarmed the maven hotel friday night after a hotel maid reported suspicious activity. two rooms at the top of the hotel were searched with multiple weapons, including rifles and drugs seized. three men and one woman face initial charges, including possession of a firearm by a previous offender as well as narcotics possession. one of the suspects, ricardo rodriguez, spoke to our denver station kcnc in this jailhouse interview. >> had a sniper rifle, probably two of them, two mid-sized -- three midsized assault rifles, ak-47s. >> reporter: with nearly three decades at the atf, scott sweeto says they're looking into their digital media. >> the cell phone, the computers, hit social media companies with preservation orders to make sure that no evidence can be destroyed. >> reporter: with large crowds expected for tuesday's game and the hotel's close proximity to coors field, sweeto said -- >> everybody go! >> reporter: the 2017 las vegas shooting where a

senior investigative correspondent catherine herridge joins us now. >> reporter: good morning. in a statement, the fbi said there is no reason to believe the incident is connected to terrorism or a direct threat to the all-star game. as former agents tell cbs news, the next 48 hours are critically important to understand whether others are involved. >> we're not aware of any ongoing threat related these individuals or this situation. >> reporter: denver police s.w.a.t. teams swarmed the maven hotel friday night after a hotel maid reported suspicious activity. two rooms at the top of the hotel were searched with multiple weapons including rifles and drugs seized. three men and one woman face initial charges including possession of a firearm by a previous offender, as well as narcotics possession. one of the suspects, ricardo rodriguez spoke to kcnc in this jailhouse interview. >> had a sniper rifle, probably two of them. two midsized -- three midsized assault rifles, ak-47s -- >> reporter: with nearly three decades at the atf, scott olympic park bombing, said the immediate prior

senior investigative correspondent catherine herridge spoke with gop congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgershe energy and commerce committee. catherine, good morning. >> reporter: the congresswoman says she's trying to answer the critical question of whether u.s. government grants played a role in risky research at the wuhan lab that could have started the pandemic. those records are just one data point in a complex investigation. >> we want to know what was funded through taxpayer dollars to the wuhan lab. >> reporter: republican congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgers told cbs news that despite two formal requests, the national institutes of health has not fully cooperated with congressional investigators. >> we need these grant letters to better understand when the united states of america, nih in particular, started funding grants at the wuhan lab. >> reporter: in a letter obtained by cbs news, mcmorris rodgers and other house republicans said "the nih has not provided a single document," about whether nih funding played a role in risky research in china. >> we're 16 months into the pandemi

senior investigative correspondent catherine herridge reports. >> reporter: hackers hit i.t.ny kaseya friday and infected some customers that rely on the network management system including swedish grocery chain coop which closed most of its 700 stores sunday because their cash register shut down. >> lots of organizations figure out they can get paid millions. if you compromise kaseya you can then take over the kaseya infrastructure to help broadcast ransomware. so all of those unwitting victims. >> reporter: after a recent ransomware breach at colonial pipeline and jbs, a major meat processor, homeland security warned in this recent intelligence report obtained by cbs news that ransomware attacks were likely to increase in the near and long term. >> these are largely russian affiliated entities, and are able to operate with relative impunity because there's not really any enforcement from the russian state. >> reporter: in michigan saturday, president biden said intelligence officials are investigating. >> i directed the intelligence community to give me a deep dive on what'