major. >> garrett: catherine herridge, thank you. and a programming note: brittney griner's wife, charelle griner, will be on "cbs mornings" tomorrow. now to ukraine, which suffered a major setback in its war with russia. it lost control of the bombed-out eastern city of lysychansk, and as a result, lost control of the critical luhansk region. ukrainian president zelenskyy said the lost territory will be regained with the help of long-range western weapons. here in washington, the house select committee investigating facing expensive vitamin c creams with dull results? olay brightens it up with olay vitamin c. gives you two times brighter skin. hydrates better than the $400 cream. here in washington, the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack is collecting new information ahead of more public hearings later this month. still, a question persists: was the conduct leading up to the capitol attack "criminal?" here's cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: the committee investigating the u.s. capitol attack is talking p

catherine herridge, thank you so much. now for more of today's top story, let's go to cbs' major garrett in washington. major, it's really a somber scene here in illinois. >> counselling and prayer vigils there. adriana, thank you so much. tonight in akron, ohio, a state of emergency remains in effect following the fatal police shooting of 25-year-old jayland walker. the killing has sparked outrage. walker was shot at least 60 times after fleeing a traffic stop. elise preston is in downtown akron. >> reporter: eight akron police officers involved in the deadly shooting of jayland walker are facing an independent state investigation in ohio, a first for the department. city council president margo sommerville says historically those investigations were done internally. >> the state of ohio does not require independent state investigations when it comes to officer-involved shootings. >> that correct. accountability has been kind of missing, right? transparency has kind of been missing. so there has been a lot of mistrust. we

catherine herridge, thank you so much. for more top force, major garrett in washington. major, it's really a somber scene here in illinois. >> garrett: crisis counseling and prayer vigils there. adriana, thank you so much. in akron, ohio, a state of emergency remains in effect following several days of protest that followed fatal police shooting of 25-year-old jayland walker. walker was shot at least 60 times after fleeing a traffic stop. cbs's elise preston is downtown akron. >> reporter: eight akron police officers involved in the deadly shooting of jayland walker are facing an independent state investigation in ohio, a first for the department. city council president margo sommerville says, historically, those investigations were done internally. >> the state of ohio does not require independent state investigations when it comes to officer-involved shootings. >> that is correct. accountability has been kind of missing, right. transparency has kind of missing. so there's been a lot of mistrust. we're trying to rebuild some of that trust. >> reporter: police say this s

in a cbs news investigation, cbs's catherine herridge speaks to gun safety advocates who say the gun industry is illegally marketing to young people. >> the same day the shooter in uvalde, texas, used a military-style assault weapon made by daniel defense to murde) a deleted instagram shows the gun-maker promoted the same type weapon, urging to arm out. >> it's direct advertising to young people to buy weapons of war. >> reporter: the governmeny, the ftc, the advocacy group every town for gun safety alleges daniel defense preys on at risk young men pointing to the marketing strategy, a city's street in a rifle's crosshairs and military combat missions. >> it's not just dangerous, it's led di. >> reporter: this deleted post of a toddler craid ling an ar-15 style rifle is part of the 34-page complaint that calls on the ftc to -- but no evidence the f.t.c. investigated further. >> i think we are at a tipple point. >> reporter: david saladdic oversaw investigations at the f.t.c. and says the agency has a responsibility to act. >> we are now seeing an epidemic of these kinds of shootings

norah. >> o'donnell: catherine herridge, thank you for that investigation. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, known as the a.t.f., is a law enforcement agency that's part of the department of justice. its goal is to protect our communities from violent criminals, and prevent the illegl use of firearms. now, for the first time in seven years, the a.t.f. has a permanent director: stephen dettelbach. we sat down with him for his first tv interview. guns have now become the leading cause of death for american children. why isn't this a national emergency? >> well, it's certainly, you know, a national problem that is urgent. i think everybody agrees about that. one of the things that makes this problem so hard is that it looks way different depending on where you are. so, if you think of what the gun violence problem looks like in a large city, in new york city, or chicago, and then you think, okay, what does it look like in the south, what does it look like in alaska? what does it look like in the-- in small towns? it looks different. and t

major. >> catherine herridge, thank you. and a programming note, brittney griner's wife s charelle greiner will be on "cbs this morning"'s tomorrow. a bombed out city of lysychansk, lost control of the luhansk region. president zelenskyy says the lost territory will be regained with the help of long range wen weapons. in washington testify house select committee investigating the january 6th attack is collecting new information ahead of more public hearings later this month. still, a question persists -- was the conduct leading up to the capitol attack criminal? here'sbs scofarlane. >> reporter: the committee investigating the u.s. capitol attack is talking publicly about the possibility they will recommend a first ever criminal prosecution of a former president. >> i think there was evidence the former president engaged in multiple violations of the law, and that should be investigated. >> reporter: despite concerns about how divisive it could be for the country for the justice department to prosecute a former president and

cbs' catherine herridge has more.ny blinken told reporters he urged russia's foreign minister in strong terms to make a deal that would bring home two americans detained there. >> we had a frank and direct conversation. i pressed the kremlin to accept the substantial proposal that we put forth on the release of paul whelan and brittney griner. >> reporter: he made no mention of a potential and controversial prisoner swap. former marine, paul whelan, who was arrested in 2018 on eps nawnl charges, and w.n.b.a. star, brittney griner, who recently pleaded guilty to bringing c cannabis derive. paul whelan's story inspired the film "lord of war" starring nicholas cage. >> i supplied every army but the salvation army. .>> reporter: what should people know about mr. bouit? >> he was a major threat toaur national security. >> reporter: former d.e.a. age robert zachariasiewicz was part of an international team that captured bout in thailand. he was later convicted on federal conspiracy charges to kill americans and to supply we

cbs's catherine herridge explains. >> how many pieces of glass have been removed over the 30 or 40. >ear-old bob essington recalls april 18 the beirut, lebanon. >> it was like a shock wave hit me. >> reporter: planted by an iranian-backed terror group, the 2,000 pound truck bomb killed 63 and injured more than 100. the explosive force compressed essington's spine, permanently impairing his mobility. >> i have a statementlator implanted in my hip with 14 plates on my spine. if i shut it off, i go into instant pain, and there's nothing to stop the pain. >> reporter: after the u.s. pulled out of afghanistan and froze $7 billion in assets from that country's central bank, the essingtons, along with other families, expected at least some of the money would go to a general compensation fund created by congress to benefit u.s. victims of terrorism. but president biden's executive order earmarked $3.5 billion to support the urgent needs of the people of afghanistan. the remaining $3.5 billion was left for a new york court to decide compensation with a small group of 9/11 families with claims

major. >> garrett: catherine herridge, thank you. and a programming note: brittney griner's wife, charelle griner, will be on "cbs mornings" tomorrow. now to ukraine, which suffered a major setback in its war with russia. it lost control of the bombed- out eastern city of lysychansk, and as a result, lost control of the critical luhansk region. ukrainian president zelenskyy said the lost territory will be regained with the help of long-range western weapons. here in washington, the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack is collecting new information ahead of more public hearings later this month. still, a question persists: was the conduct leading up to the capitol attack "criminal?" here's cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: the committee investigating the u.s. capitol attack is talking publicly about the possibility they'll recommend a first-ever criminal prosecution of a former president. >> i think there was evidence the former president engaged in multiple violations of the law, and that should be investiga

catherine herridge has the details. >> reporter: imprisoned basketball star brittney griner seen last week at the start of her trial sent a letter to the president. i'm terrified i might be here foefr, griner wrote, about her detention by russian authorities. it hurts thinking about how i usually celebrate this day because freedom means something completely different to me this different. arrested in february at a moscow airport griner's trial began last week. in her personal plea, griner urged president biden to free all u.s. hostages. i realize you're dealing with so much, but please don't forget about me and the other american detainees. please do all you can to bring me and others home. >> be sure to tune in to "cbs mornings" later today.ithife chs handling this difficult time. >>> fireworks lit up across and security was tight as millions of people gathered in new york city for the 46th annual macy's fourth of july fireworks. five barges on the city's east river fired more than 50,000 shells and effects last night. fireworks were held along the national mall in washington, d.c. p

. >> garrett: catherine herridge, thank you. we turn now to the worrying trends in the monkeypox outbreak. the united states now leads the world in the number of confirmed cases with more than 4900 in 46 states and the district of columbia. today, congress called on the biden administration to declare monkeypox a public health emergency. here is tanya rivero. >> reporter: tonight, monkeypox cases are exploding coast to coast as health officers in new york state and san francisco have declared a health emergency as the country faces a shortage of vaccine. >> we have received just about 12,000 doses, about 4,000 of those came just in the past few days. >> reporter: dr. susan philip, san francisco's top doctor says the city needs about 70,000 doses to get a handle on the outbreak. they're calling on the federal government to ramp up vaccines, testing, and treatment. and right now who is eligible to receive a vaccine? >> we are really prioritizing limited vaccine to the populations that are most impacted. so that is including gay me

in cbs news investigation, cbs's catherine herridge speaks to gun safety advocates who say the gun industry is illegally marketed to young people. >> reporter: same day the shooter in uvalde, texas, used military style assault weapon made by daniel defense to murder 19 students and two teachers, deleted social media post showed them promoting it, with load out, military ready for battle. >> direct advertisement to young people to buy weapons of war. >> reporter: the advocacy group every town for gun safety alleges daniel defense preys on at-risk young men, pointing to social media marketing strategy, city street in cross hairs and military combat missions. >> it's deadly. >> reporter: this deleted post of toddler with ak-47 rifle is on the complaint, calling for them to investigate daniel defense. cbs news identified similar complaints against gun manufacturers but no action. >> we're at tipping point. >> reporter: oversaw it and says the agency has responsibility to zb act. >> seeing epidemic of these shootings, demon denominators, angry young men and assault rifles. >> reporter: the manuf

coming up on our streaming service, "cbs news bay area," our full interview with cbs news' catherine herridge on today's january 6th hearing. you can watch our stream wherever, whenever, just find us on pluto tv channel 1021, on any platform using the free cbs news app. >>> take a look at this. we leave you tonight with a look at the newest otter at the monterey bay aquarium. meet ruby. i'm not sure which one she is there. >> one of those. >> one of those. she is a southern sea otter, and she was actually raised there as a rescue pup. then she went on to live at an aquarium in new orleans, but now she's back. so welcome home to ruby. i don't know which one it is. the one on the left or the right. >> switch places. >> now we don't know. but i always think otters are fascinating little creatures. >> they are. >> they can lay on their back. >> they hold hands -- paws. >> they hold the mussels and the oysters and eat the shells. they're cute little animals. here are some pictures from nasa and the james web telescope. i'm going to leave this to paul, because i know paul was having fun with this e

. >> coming up on cbs news bay area, our full interview with cbs' catherine herridge. you can whenever, - you okay? - there's a flex alert today so i'm mentally preparing for the power outage. oh, well we can help stop one because we are going to reduce our energy use from 4-9pm. what now? i stepped on a plug. oh that's my bad! unplugging. when it comes to preventing outages the power is ours. >>> the white house is reportedly considering a plan to expand second booster shots for adults under 50. the white house covid-19 response team did not address the idea at its briefing today, but they did emphasize the importance of boosters for people 50 and over and immunocompromised. people who get boosted now will still be eligible to get a variant shot in the fall. >> if you have not gotten a vaccine shot this year, go get one now. it could save your life. >> the warning comes as cases are surging driven by the ba.5 omicron subvariant. the cdc says it makes up 65% of new cases in the u.s. >>> first lady jill biden apologizing for comments she made about latinos during a spee

. >> catherine herridge, cbs news, washington. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> finally leave you tonight, we want to take a moment to honor one of our own. we lost veteran cbs news producer diane renault over the weekend after a long battle can cancer. sunday morning's lee cowan has this remembrance. >> reporter: you may not have known her name, but over the course of her more than three decades at cbs news, diane renault helped us all make sense of the chaotic world, much of it while dealing with her own private chaos. a 16 year battle with pancreatic cancer. >> much as i was extremely worried about being sick i also wanted to participate in the rest of my life. >> reporter: she had enough grit to pave a freeway, enough humor to buoy a newsroom through the ugliest of scenes and enough nd why w got into this business in the first place. perhaps her greatest gift was helping those around her find balance too. >> i'd much rather be cooking dinner, cleaning my house, than being sick. >> diane was defined by her family. their twin sons that knew no bounds. they were her hea