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as janet shamlian reports, the outbreak of severe weather in the u.s. is not letting up with tornadoes ripping through the south. >> reporter: a trail of destruction in lake charles, louisiana, where a tornado left this neighborhood in tatters. roofs ripped from homes, debris in every direction, and neighbors racing to check on each other. at least one person was hurt. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: texas was also in the path. a tornado in the houston area roaring across an interstate, churning up property and taking out power lines. there are reports of multiple twisters across the lone star state. the system raced across the region. residents in east texas posted video of the aftermath. >> this whole neighborhood was affected pretty severely. >> reporter: trees snapped in half, overturned cars, and widespread power outages. more than half a million customers were in the dark across massachusetts, connecticut, and rhode island as a powerful nor'easter intensified into a bomb cyclone, delivering hurricane-force winds early today. >> a transformer blew. >>

janet shamlian, thank you. tonight, a jury has been selected in a trial that will once again focus the nation's attention on the 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia. the jury will decide whether the organizers should be held accountable for the violence that turned deadly. cbs' jeff pegues is there. >> reporter: today in court, the jurors were sworn in as some of the defendants, self-proclaimed neo-nazis and white nationalists looked on. during the unite the right rally in 2017, white nationalists marched through the streets. they carried torches and clashed with counterprotesters. until a car driven by neo-nazi james fields plowed into a crowd, killing heather heyer. >> the goal of this lawsuits, first and foremost, is justice for our plaintiffs and accountability for those responsible for the violence four years ago. >> reporter: amy spitalnick is the executive director of integrity first for america, when brought the lawsuits on behalf of some of the victims will of the violence. >> the f

cbs' janet shamlian is going to lead us off tonight from waller county, texas, with all this nea informationng, janet. >> reporter: norah, good evening. cbs news has learned the n.t.s.b. team will be arriving here in just a couple of hours to lead the investigation, and unlike most plane crashes, they have a surviving crew and passengers to talk to. t it looked unsurvivable. >> what you're seeing is what's left of an md-87 aircraft. it's just the tail there. >> reporter: a commuter-sized jet burning up in a field 30 miles west of downtown houston. >> reporter: as firefighters raced to put out the flames, news came that was almost beyond believer-- 21 people were on board, and everyone survived. there were just two minor injuries. >> the actual airplane rolled down the runway, struck an actual fence, and from there, became disabled. >> reporter: the 33-year-old jet, owned by houston home builder j. alan kent, who was aboard, was cleared for takeoff but never got off the ground. three crew on board and 18 passengers, including a 10-year- old, headed to tonight's astros- red sox play-off game i

norah. >> o'donnell: janet shamlian, thank you.ow to a serious lead water crisis in benton harbor, michigan. that's a predominantly black city throw hours from flint. people are under order not to use the tap water because of high levels of lead from old pipes. and as cbs' omar villafranca reports city officials have known about the problem for years. >> reporter: the city of benton harbor gets its water from nearby lake michigan, but residents like francis davis say what comes up on the of the faucet is not safe to use. what water do you use to cook? >> the bottled water. >> reporter: to brush your teeth? >> bottled water. orter: leawase.>> boter. detectn the drinking watery's water system has failed six lead tests over the last three years. last month, concerned residents and activists petitioned the e.p.a. for help. in response, the state started distributing free bottled water to the city's nearly 10,000 residents. >> there's no urgency with the federal government. there's no urgency with the state government. and there's no ur

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cbs's janet shamlian. >> don't look. >> reporter: fda decision will impact some 28 million across thery. it's the same two-shot, two weeks apart regimen as adolescents and dults but only a third of the dose. different colored cap, given with smaller needle. more than 6 million american children contracted covid since the pandemic started. more than 700 under the age of 18 have died. >> children may get fever, muscle aches, headaches, chills, sore arm. >> not a big deal. >> reporter: doctor who helped run pfizer's pediatric trial at duke university said 4,500 children took part overall. >> it's a pretty good-sized trial, especially with the safety track record in adolescents and adults. >> reporter: seven-year-old lydia melo and her sister bridgett were part of the trial. >> something brave and thought would keep us safe. >> reporter: that's great. did you feel okay when you did it? >> yes. >> yes. >> reporter: their parents meghan and jim first got okay from the family pediatrician. >> if we can create that herd immunity, we can start coming out of this and start leading a normal life

janet shamlian, thank you.ht, we are learning more about the two victims killed in a mass shooting at a mall in idaho monday. 26-year-old jo acker was a mall security guard and an army veteran. roberto arguis was 49 years old. four other people were injured in the shooting. the gunman was shot by police and he died today. still, there is no word on the motive for the attack. all right, tonight, there are serious questions about whether safety protocols were followed on the new mexico movie set where alec baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer. cbs' jonathan vigliotti has disturbing new details from santa fe. >> reporter: three revolvers, spent shell casings and ammo, that's what detectives found inside boxes, a fanny pack and laying around loose as they searched the new mexico set where actor alec baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer. it's not clear if the ammunition was live bullets, but there are damaging new reports about what allegedly happened just hours before halyna hutchins' death. acc

janet shamlian, thank you. and to haiti now.e white house says it won't comply with the multi- million-dollar demands of the kidnappers who are holding 17 christian missionaries hostage in haiti. efforts to get them released are continuing on the ground in haiti while prayers are being offered back here at home. cbs' manuel bojorquez reports from port-au-prince. >> reporter: police at this checkpoint today inspected vehicles headed towards the gang-held territory. cbs news has learned the hostage takers' initial demand is $1 million for each of the 17 missionary hostages. christian aid ministries in ohio released a statement about the victims. the adults range in age from 18 to 48. the five children, from 15 years to just eight months old. we went to a government ministry in port-au-prince today, but officials would not comment, citing the sensitive nature of negotiations with the notorious 400 mawozo gang, which is accused of kidnapping the 16 americans and one canadian saturday after the missionaries visited an orphanage near

>> janet shamlian, thank you. >>> we want to turn now to a serious lead water crisis in benton harbor, michigan. that's a predominantly black city three hours from flint. people are under orders not to use the tap water because of high levels of lead from old pipes. and the cbs' omar villafranca reports, city officials have known about the problem for years. >> reporter: the city of benton harbor gets its water from nearby lake michigan. but residents like francis davis say what comes out of the faucet is not safe to use. what water do you use to cook? >> the bottled water. >> reporter: to brush your teeth? >> bottled water. >> reporter: bathe? >> bottled water. >> reporter: in 2018, lead was detected in the drinking water in some homes due to older lead pipes. state officials say the city's water system has failed six lead tests over the last three years. last month concerned residents and activists petitioned the epa for help. in response, the state started distributing free bottled water to the city's nearly 10,000 residents. >> there is no urgency with the federal government. ther

janet shamlian has the story. >> reporter: tonight the race is on to get shots into arms.fficials warn of a potentially dangerous flu season colliding with the pandemic. should we have a tremendously bad flu season, how could that impact the covid situation? >> if we have a serious influenza outbreak on top of covid-19, we potentially are going to overwhelm the health care system. >> reporter: that's why in little rock at the university of arkansas for medical sciences, there is a new strategy. >> that was quick. >> reporter: a one-stop-shop for flu shots and covid vaccines at th clinic. the cdc says people can safely receive both at the same time. >> i appreciate you doing this. >> reporter: andrew bens got a covid booster in his right arm. >> here's your flu shot. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: and his flu shot in the left. >> covid is like a wildfire right now. i want to do everything i can to mitigate the spread. >> reporter: the pandemic lockdowns, the cdc says the 2020 flu season was the mildest on record. experts say with fewer people exposed last year, flu resistance is

janet shamlian has the story. >> reporter: james marriott leaves for work before sunrise.streets and ending on a road less traveled. the final stretch of his commute, acres of flush farmland. with degrees in neural science and global health, the 24-year-old has recently taken a new job in farming. >> right now we are bunching 150 bunches of cilantro. >> reporter: it's a different skill set, far from the lab of a biotech company where he used to work developing vaccines. have you heard the term "quarter life crisis"? >> i'm very familiar with that term. >> reporter: is that what this is? >> i wouldn't so much call it a crisis. this was a very intentional decision, and this is not something where i was i don't know what to do. let me just go work on a farm. this is how i want my life to go. >> i got you. >> reporter: on a crisp fall morning at drumlin farm, marriott is not an anomaly. we also met sean moriarty who also left his job as a copywriter to harvest crops. and traded days inside a hospital for bucolic green acres. >> it's beautiful. it feels really god just to be he