>> o'donnell: janet shamlian, thank you. more weather news now. at least three people including two children have died in the midwest after severe storms there. damaging winds and heavy rains blew through michigan last night. that same storm system is now moving into the northeast while excessive heat watches are in effect in the west. let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. right now watching storms rumbling across the northeast and in the midatlantic. the big threat with this will be damaging winds, lightning and heavy rain, enough to produce some flash flooding. also watching some dangerous heat on the west coast, both in the pacific northwest and in the southwest across a lot of california and then there's the tropics. a couple areas to watch here, one coming off of africa. but this is the one, the area of investigation. 91l. the national hurricane center is giving it a high chance for development into a named storm in the coming days, but, norah, the big

we have a lot of news to get to tonight, and cbs' janet shamlian will start us off from jackson. t. it seems like a real dire situation there. >> it is very challenging here tonight norah. tonight it is almost every family for themselves in the search for water. there is nothing in the stores, and if the water gives way across this city, they are running out. a line stretching as far as the eye can see in jackson, mississippi tonight, waiting for water that's safe to drink. >> hey, how you doing? where do you want it? >> reporter: the irony of it, too much water along jackson's pearl river after the storm contributed to the collapse of the city's aging water system. how long have you been in line here? >> about 2 1/2 hours. >> reporter: now there is a state of emergency, affecting as many as 180,000 people. >> the water is not safe to drink. i'd say it's not even safe to brush your teeth with. >> reporter: emergency crews have been scrambling to get the water treatment plant back online. floodwaters overran the pumps. >> how are you? >> have a great day, ma'am. >> reporter: desper

here is cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: emotional testimony from neil heslan.he father of 6-year-old jesse lewis killed at sandy hook elementary in 2012. >> when you lose a child, you're losing part of yourself, and those feelings don't go aquay. >> reporter: heslan and jesse's mom scarlett lewis are suing conspiracy theorist alex jones. jones on his "infowars" program told his audience of millions that the massacre was a hoax, calling the victims and their families crisis actors. >> they staged sandy hook. the evidence is overwhelm ing. >> reporter: the parents are asking for $150 million, saying they've endured years of harassment and threat by jones' followers. >> alex started this fight and i'll finish this fight. >> reporter: calling jones a coward for not being present for his testimony, but jones was in court this afternoon as scarlett lewis, the boy's mother took the stand and addressed him directly. >> my son existed. you're still on your show today trying to say that i'm implying that i'm an actress. >> raise your right hand. >> reporter: late today j

cbs's janet shamlian goes in depth to report on the impact for patients. >> reporter: norah wise is living with a rare autoimmune bone disease that causes pain in her ribs. >> it felt like i didn't want to breathe. it just felt like needles. >> reporter: the 10-year-old indiana girl struggled before her mom found traemt. >> we started the metotrexate. it took about two weeks, and she said she wasn't in pain anymore. >> methtrexae is often used to treat cancer. it can also be used to treat nonvn nonviable pregnancies. >> as soon as i started hearing about women in other states having this issue, i started asking the question is this going to be a problem? >> reporter: it was a problem for annie england nobland, she takes the drug for rheumatoid arthritis in missouri, a state now banning almost all abortions. she says her pharmacist wouldn't fill it until confirming it wasn't for an abortion. >> when you heard that, what did you think? >> it was immediate anger. >> reporter: in austin, ob/gyn c. john thople says he's prescribed it ten times over the last year for nonviable pregnancies. some

>> o'donnell: and janet shamlian is here with us in washington from texas.ow are these food banks meeting the needs of so many people? >> reporter: norah, sometimes they're running out of food while people are still in line. and for example, the dallas food bank says they're making food swaps. now, they buy canned pears instead of canned peaches because of the cost, and they say they're already having trouble finding turkeys at thanksgiving at a price they can afford to pay. >> o'donnell: my goodness, they need more help. janet shamlian, thank you. now to this story, rape accusations derail an n.f.l. career. the alleged teenaged victim is speak out tonight for the first time. that story, in 60 seconds. but gut focused entyvio is. entyvio works at the site of the problem to block certain inflammation-causing cells from entering the gut. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may increase risk of infection which can be serious. although unlikely, a risk of pml, a rare, serious, potentially fatal brain infection ca

cbs' janet shamlian is in jackson. navy seal death. a former yale football captain dies during hell week. tonight, questions about the culture of brutality and drug use. cbs' david martin spoke to kyle mullen's mother. >> it's like a sick hazing. >> o'donnell: and the medical breakthrough. cbs' jon lapook with new technol that could change lives. ed >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we want to begin tonight with that extraordinary, just-before-midnight filing from the justice department, where the government laid out its investigation in far more detail than ever before. the document is 36 pages long with 18 additional pages of attachments and includes this photo at the end of the filing, the final page showing several classified secret and top secret documents. one noteworthy point-- none of the folders bear a label our a stamp kathy indicating they have been declassified. justice department says

cbs' janet shamlian talks to a single mom struggling to check off their preschooler's supply list. >> i would probably put it around $50 to $75. >> reporter: and it's not complete. >> it's not complete, no. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, rank tonight from new york city. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. tonight, millions of americans in the southwest are under flood warnings after monsoon rains drenched communities across parts of six states, north texas getting worst of it. the dallas-forth worth area suffering from a months-long drought was pummeled with more than nine inches. that is the second heaviest rainfall in the city's history. it was the equivalent of a summer's worth of rain in one 24-hour period. floodwaters rushed through the streets, submerging vehicles, and we're learning tonight, a woman was swept off a bridge and has died. while floorlts create nightmares on the ground, airlines are severely impacted with more than 7,000 flights in the u.s. delayed or canceled. more than half of all the

here's cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: volunteering has long been a way to keep kansas city off thehero, chiefs quarterback patrick mahomes, challenged students to volunteer 15 hours, that it really scored. he teamed up with the kansas city chapter of the national youth volunteer corps, which helps kids make a difference. when patrick mahomes puts his name on something like this, what type of impact does it have? >> oh, man. it -- that's the man of the nfl. so just having his name associated with it was a big thing for us. >> reporter: a blitz of enthusiasm as kids scrambled to be on mahomes' special team. enrollment more than doubled. >> i like how he gives the charity a lot. and he's probably my -- one of my favorite players players in the nfl right now. >> reporter: the work is helpful. like making dog toys for shelter puppies. but it's as much about introducing kids to the concept of service. >> when i grow up, i do want to be a nurse. this is a great start for me to help people out.gaen that is ou >> we'll use the shovel to dig them up -- >> reporter: teaching the leaders of to

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janet shamlian has more. >> reporter: emotional testimony from neil heslin. he's the father of 6-year-old jesse lewis, killed at sandy hook elementary in 2012. >> when you lose a child, you're losing part of yourself. those feelings don't go away. >> reporter: heslin and jesse's mom are suing conspiracy theorist alex jones. jones on his infowars program told his audience of millions that the massacre was hoax, calling the victims and their families crisis actors. >> they staged sandy hook. the evidence is just overwhelming. >> reporter: parents are asking for $150 million saying they've endured years of harassment and threats by jones' followers. >> alex started the fight -- i'll finish this fight. >> reporter: heslin called jones a coward for not being present for his testimony. jones was in court as scarlett lewis, the boy's mother, took the stand and addressed him directly >> my son existed. you're still on your show today trying to say that i'm implying that i'm an actress. >> raise your right hand -- >> reporter: jones took the stand in his own defense.

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cbs' janet shamlian is there. so, janet, what are you hearing? >> reporter: norah, good evening. the meeting is just getting started here at uvalde high school, and it's a full house. board members considering whether to fire chief pete arredondo, something parents here have been demanding for months, calling for his termination for what's been described as a botched law enforcement response. arredondo was currently on unpaid leave. we've just learned that he is not going to show here tonight, but he has previously said that he did not think he was in charge on the day the shooting happened. and as this hearing gets started, across this city at the schools, fences are going up, cameras are being installed for a greater security presence. most kids go back to class here just after labor day. norah. >> o'donnell: janet shamlian, thank you so much. let's turn now to some breaking news in ukraine, where at least 22 people were killed and dozens more injured in a russian missile strike on a train station. the strike in eastern ukraine comes six months after the start of russia's invas

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cbs's janet shamlian has more in tonight's "eye on america." >> reporter: there's more than food growing on this patch of farmland. a crop of boys becoming men. >> one! >> reporter: it's a two-year agriculture-focused free entrepreneurship class called boys grow, offering mentoring to 14, 15, and 16-year-olds, many lacking important life skills. >> the soft skills we teach are skills that they're going to be able to continue on, but they have an opportunity to learn them out here. >> reporter: after working in the juvenile justice system founder john gordon was looking for a way to inspire kids, like kendrell kirkwood. >> he told me to go to college, college is worth it, do everything that i probably wouldn't want to da because next thing you know i might want to do it. >> reporter: there's a need in the kansas city metro area where data indicates there are nearly double the number of youth homicides compared to the national average. and in missouri black students are half as likely as white students to graduate college. three days a week in summer the ten-acre farm is worked by four doz

janet shamlian, cbs news, austin. >> o'donnell: schools across the country are struggling to find enoughe'll show you what some of them are doing to ease the crisis.n . pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. and now get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire . >> o'donnell: as students return to the classrooms, school districts across the country are struggling to hire enough teachers. cbs' manuel bojorquez takes a look at the problem and some potential solutions. >> reporter: it was the first day of school in los angeles county, the nation's second-largest district. but the national teacher shortage is affecting smaller systems, like, like espiritu charter schools in phoenix, arizona. >> i think the long-term danger on this is

cbs's janet shamlian is in uvalde. >> reporter: tonight uvalde school's police chief, pete arredondo,d cause exits to terminate the noncertified contract of pete arredondo effective immediately. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: an outraged community finally getting what it has been pleading for. >> turn in your badge and step down! you don't deserve to wear one! >> reporter: arredondo was a no-show here. his attorney releasing a 17-page statement calling the meeting an "unconstitutional public lynching" and calling his actions outstanding. family say next to go are some of the officers in the hallway while children were calling 911 from the classroom. adam martinez say his son and daughter are frightened and won't be going back to school. they will take classes remotely. >> i told my son, they're going to have impomore cops, they're g to have higher fencing, and right away he said, it doesn't matter if there's cops or not, they're not going to go in, they're not going to protect us. >> reporter: some are leaving the district entirely. uvalde's sacred heart catholic school has

here is cbs' janet shamlian. >> hi, puppy!boxer boom kim kempton will treasure forever. 's my baby.minmy chi >> reporter: photographer uren s kennedy is taking ththartbreak ofa reonshipomg >> yanto capre those happhhere s, stor wt they are, t captures will the true love. >> reporter: these were her had cancer.s of four-year-old after posting them online an unexpected response. >> families from california, from out of the state, from canada, you know, all asking if they could travel to me or if i would fly to them to be able to do this. so the outreach was absolutely incredible. >> reporter: in a matter of weeks? >> in a matter of days. >> reporter: kennedy created this web site with names of photographers willing to do the same. the tilly project is named for the cat kennedy loved and then lost. >> i know that grief, that heartbreaking, life-stopping, just earth-shattering grief. >> reporter: for the animals we love, gift of celebrating an unbreakable bond. >> you can look back and say, "i was feeling absolutely heartbreak, bu

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here is cbs' janet shamlian. >> hi, puppy!photos of her boxer, boom, kim kempton will treasure forever. boom is terminally ill. >> he's my child. he's my baby. >> reporter: photographer lauren smith kennedy is taking the pictures free, as she has for other pet owners grappling with the heartbreak of a relationship coming to a close. >> you want to capture those last moments, whether they're happy, whether they're sad, just for what they are, because that captures the true love. >> reporter: these were her first photos of four-year-old lacy, who had cancer. after posting them online, an unexpected response. >> families from california, from out of the state, from canada, you know? all asking if they could travel to me or if i would fly to them, to be able to do this. so, the outreach was absolutely incredible. >> reporter: in a matter of weeks? >> in a matter of days. >> reporter: kennedy created this website with names of photographers willing to do the same. the tilly project is named for the cat kennedy loved, and then lost.

norah. >> o'donnell: janet shamlian, thank you. let's turn how to ukraine where fears are growing over a potential nuclear disaster. after weeks of shelling, europe's largest nuclear power plant temporary lost power today for the first time ever. president biden spoke with ukraine within president zelenskyy, both urging russia to withdraw from the facility. cbs's debora patta is in ukraine. >> reporter: it's an historic first in all the wrong ways. the first time zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been completely disconnected from the grivmentd it was caused by a fire in a nearby call station that cut off the plant's last remaining supply lines. a constant electricity supply is critical to cooling down spent nuclear fuel and avoiding a disastrous meltdown says nuclear ex hert hamish de bretton gordon. >> if the power goes off, we're then relying on generators from fairly elderly diesel generates to turn on the safety systems. once you lose the main power supply you're almost in a two engine airplane which loses one engine and the

here is cbs' janet shamlian. >> hi, puppy, that's a good boy!kim kempton will treasure forever. boone is terminally ill. >> he is my child. he is my baby. >> reporter: photographer lauren smith kennedy is taking the pictures free, as she has for other pet owners grappling with the heartbreak of a relationship coming to a close. >> you want to capture those last moments, whether they're happy, whether they're sad, just for what they are because that captures the true love. >> reporter: this are the first photos of 4-year-old lacy who had cancer. after posting them online, an unexpected response. families from california, from out of the state, from canada, all asking if they could travel to me or if i would fly to them to be able to do this. so the outreach was absolutely incredible. >> reporter: in a matter of weeks? >> in a matter of days. >> reporter: kennedy created this website with names of photographers willing to do the same. the tilly project is named for the cat kennedy loved and then lost. >> i know that grief, that heartbreaking life-

janet shamlian, cbs news, austin. >> that is the "overnight news" for this monday.rk city, i'm jericka duncan. >>> this is "cbs news flash." i'm elise preston in new york. thousands of columbus, ohio, children head back to in-person classrooms this week after a teachers union strike forced the students to begin the school year online. the 4,500-member union approved a new contract which gives teachers a 4% raise each year for the next three years. >>> the federal government will no longer provide free at-home covid tests after friday. the site where americans had been able to order the tests blames the program suspension on congress, stating additional funding for the kits has not been provided. >>> hawaii takes home its fourth little league world series title. the team beat out curacao for bragging rights. the same team from honolulu finished third last year. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm elise preston, cbs news, new york. >>> it's monday, august 29th, 2022, this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, groce

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cbs' janet shamlian is in jackson. >> the people in these cars have been waiting more than two hours in 90-degree weather just for a case of clean water! >> o'donnell: biden the campaign trail going after what he called magga republicans and focusing on crime in america. >> the answer is not defund the police. it's fund the police. >> o'donnell: cbs's nancy cordes reports on the wave of gun violence. the breaking news tonight a

janet shamlian has that story. >> reporter: norah wise has been living with a rare autoimmune diseasee inflammation in her bones. for a while, her mom says, there was no relief. >> we're doing therapies and everything we could, but her pain kept increasing. and she would be crying all night long. >> reporter: the 10-year-old indiana girl says the worst pain was in her lungs. >> it felt like i didn't want to breathe. it just felt like needles. >> reporter: but life changed, her mom says, after norah's doctor prescribed methotrexate. >> we started it and it took about two weeks and she wasn't in pain anymore. >> reporter: methotrexate reduces inflammation. it's commonly used to treat arthritis and some cancers, but can also be used to terminate nonviable ectopic pregnancies where a fertilized egg gro outside the womb. since the supreme court decision that overturned roe v. wade, some women report trouble getting the medication by pharmacists concerned they could be held responsible for aiding an abortion. >> as soon as i started hearing about women in other states having this issue, i s

janet shamlian, cbs news, austin. >>> next on the cbs weekend news, the extraordinary record set by this mint mantle. >>> this wednesday marks 25 years since the death of princess diana. she along with her memorabilia hold enduring public appeal. in fact, this weekend a souped up ford escort she once owned sold at auction for more than $850,000 after a bidding war broke out. diana drove the car from 1985 to 1988, often using it to go shopping. >>> a mint condition mickey mantle baseball card has sold at auction for $12.6 million. that's the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in the booming market. the 1952 tops mantle card was last sold for $50,000. that was back in 1991. >>> well, the first round of the u.s. open starts tomorrow right here in new york. serena williams will play in what is likely to be her final tournament. the 40-year-old, who has won 23 grand slam singles titles, announced her plan in vogue magazine to, quote, evolve away from tennis. and for the first time since 2018, a sister sequel, serena will play alongside her sister, venus, in the women's doubles after accept

cbs' janet shamlian is in jackson. >> reporter: the people in these cars have been waiting more thanof clean water. >> o'donnell: biden on the campaign trail going after what he calls maga republicans, and focusing on crime in america. >> the answer is not defund the police. it's fund the police. >> o'donnell: cbs's nancy cordes reports on the wave of gun violence. >> o'donnell: cbs's nancy cordes rrt

. >> janet shamlian is here from texas. how are these food banks meeting the needs of so many people? >> sometimes they're running out of food while people are still in line. for example the dallas food banks says they're making food swaps. now they buy canned pears instead of canned peaches. they're already having trouble finding turkeys for thanksgiving at a price they can afford to pay. >> my goodness. >>> right now, rape accusations derail an nfl career. the alleged teenage victim is speaking out tonight for the first time. that story in 60 seconds. >> tonight, the teenager accusing an nfl rookie of rape is speaking out. the accused player was cut over the weekend by the buffalo bills. cbs' lilia luciano talked to her, and we do want to warn you, that some of the details are disturbing. >> reporter: matt araiza was a bills into the nfl. but, off the field, police were investigating him for sexual assault. >> i was having to deal with this horrible, traumatic experience that i never asked for. >> reporter: the accuser, w

janet shamlian reports. >> reporter: scams are everywhere, on your phones, in your emails, and one scamencing where you choose to eat. the target, restaurants that rely on customer reviews, and that's almost all of them. the swindle? demand a ransom forcing restaurants to pay up or face a barrage of bad reviews. >> thank you for calling blue door. how may i help you? >> reporter: houston restaurant bludorn is often mentioned as one of the best, but you wouldn't know it from some of the posts recently. co-owner and chef says they all appeared a the same time. when you first saw those negative reviews, what did you think? >> i was heartbroken that someone was taking something that we've worked so hard for, which are plenty of four-star and five-star reviews and a good rating on google, and they knocked us down. >> reporter: bludorn and co-owner shareef say before this, they rarely received negative feedback. how concerned were you? >> very concerned. a reputation for a restaurant is everything. >> reporter: they learned the reviews were part of a scam after the restaurant says it received