errol. >> barnett: jeff pegues, thank you.inal salute today across california for three of the service members killed in the suicide bombing at kabul airport last month. a funeral was held for 20-year-old lance corporal kareem nikoui in rivered side. 22-year-old marine corporal hunter lopez was buried in palm spring. and sergeant nicole gee was remembered at a service in roseville. less than a week before the attack, ghee shared this photo of cradling an afghan baby. >> she was making a difference and honestly would have given her life for that one single baby. >> barnett: the biden administration is cracking down on migrants at the southern border. today, the department of homeland security said it would begin quickly deporting thousands of haitians gathered there. cbs' christina ruffini is at the white house with more. christina. >> reporter: good evening, errol. that entry point in del rio is now closed and the department of homeland security says our borders are not open and people should not make the dangerous journey. bu

as jeff pegues reports, new threats showed up on social media ahead of the demonstration. >> reporter: with eight-foot-high fencing now surrounding the capitol, cbs news has learned that capitol police aren't just gearing up for saturday's rally, they're concerned about the day before, too. the fbi has flagged social media posts which suggest storming the capitol on friday, and the new homeland security bulletin is warning of lone offenders or small groups that could spark violence. rally organizer matt brainard, a former trump campaign staffer, says the event, which will include calls for the imprisoned january 6th rioters to be released, will be peaceful. >> the capitol police know that we are no threat. this to deter people from attending. >> reporter: the former president who critics say incited the january 6th riotng persecuted unfairly. but those mobs of people caused more than $1 million in damage, injured more than 100 police officers, and led to five deaths. the security presence this time around looks much different. the national guard has been requested. nearby police depar

jeff pegues, thank you. secretary of state antony blinken came under fire today over the afghanistan withdrawal when he testified before a house committee. republicans called the pullout a disaster and a disgrace. some called on blinken to resign. 13 american service members were killed in a suicide bombing during the withdrawal. blinken said there are about 100 americans in afghanistan who still want to leave, and hel insisted the afghan's government collapse happened much more quickly than anyone expected. also tonight, the u.n. is warning afghanistan faces aces f severe food crisis in the coming months. at least a million children aree at risk of starvation. at risk of starvation. and tonight, president biden is on his first trip west since taking office. he says the raging wildfires point to the need for spending trillions on infrastructure. the president is also hoping to boost a key political ally. more from major garrett. >> reporter: president biden on a west coast swing talking wildfires and recall

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. all right, now to south carolina where disgraced lawyer alex murdaugh surrendered to authorities today, after being accused of hiring a hit man to kill him in a botched insurance fraud scheme. cbs' nikki battiste is following this increasingly bizarre case. >> reporter: 53-year-old alex murdaugh and his family of powerful prosecutors once held a commanding presence at this hampton county, south carolina courthouse. but tonight, he's a defendant in handcuffs, facing charges of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and filing a false police report. murdaugh is accused of hiring 61-year-old curtis smith to shoot him in the head, with hopes of leaving a $10 million insurance windfall to his older son. when the alleged plot failed, murdaugh told police he was shot while changing a flat tire. earlier today, a $55,000 bond was set for smith, who faces five charges, ranging from assisted suicide to insurance fraud. it's the latest twist in a string of ongoing criminal investigations connected

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. rap superstar nicki minaj is one of the best-selling and moste popular female artists of all time. but now, minaj has ignited a firestorm for spreading vaccine misinformation, telling her tens of millions of followers that her cousin's friend became impotent after receiving a shot. well, that claim has beenho debunked and there's no science behind it. so why is the white house offering help? here is cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: rapper nicki minaj is known for feuding with other stars like miley cyrus and cardi b., no odds with the white house. >> our hope is that anyone who has a big platform is going to project accurate information. >> reporter: it all started monday night, when the unvaccinated singer tweeted, "my cousin in trinidad won't get the covid vaccine, because his friend got it and became impotent. his testicles became swollen." trinidad and tobago's health minister debunked that the next day. >> reporter: white house staffers worried that the super-base singer with 23 m

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you so much. wall street has its worst day since may.inverts are worried about china's second largest property developer defaulting and on top of that there's concern about the delta variant's impact on business and what will happen at afederal reserve meeting 1.8orrow. you dot have to look far to see how much the pandemic has driven up the costs of goods and services and part of a problem is a sea of trouble at the ports of los angeles and long beach that handle 40% of the nation's imports. here's cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: it's an l.a. traffic jam in the pacific. tonight, a record 70 cargo ships carrying everything from furniture and electronics to holiday toys are just waiting to get into the ports of l.a. and long beach. what you're seeing now is advance of the christmas season. >> reporter: l.a. port director gene seroka says shipping traffic is up 50% from pre- pandemic levels. >> the american consumer's buying strength is so strong and epic that we can't absorb all this cargo into the domestic supply chain. >> reporter: what

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues there in philadelphia, thank you., a federal judge approved the unconditional release of john hinckley, jr. remember he's the man who shot and wounded president ronald reagan and three others in 1981. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to a mental facility for decades. the judge said hinckley could be freed from all restrictions, that's as soon as next june. tonight instagram put on hold a plan for a version of its app meant for kids under 13. the company is facing new scrutiny after a report revealed it could be toxic for teenagers. here's cbs' carter evans. >> reporter: instagram says it needs more time with parents and experts before releasing a new version of the photo sharing app for kids 10-12 years old. it's a stunning reversal, but parent company facebook is already under fire from 44 attorneys general who urge the company to abandon the project, saying facebook has historically failed to protect the welfare of children. >> i still strongly believe it's the right thing to do. >> reporte

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you.ht a humanitarian crisis at the southern border is growing worse by the hour. thousands of migrants have waded across the rio grande and in just a few days their numbers have grown six fold, that's right, and they're being kept beneath a bridge in squalid conditions. cbs' omar villafranca reports tonight from del rio, texas. >> reporter: more than 12,000 migrants, mostly haitians, have crossed into this makeshift camp and waiting to be processed into border patrol custody. >> folks are coming over and across as if there is no border. >> reporter: tony gonzales is urging the administration for a plan to control the chaos. >> this is unsustainable. this is not america. this is not the way things should be. >> reporter: food is scarce and so is water, and with the heat index in the triple digits here at the border, many migrants are bathing in the river and then wading back and forth across the rio grande. nearly 30,000 haitians arrived at the southern border in the past 11 months. many b

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. social media giant facebook is under fire and today a top executive was in the senate hot seat over a recent report that showed facebook's instagram app can be toxic for teens especially girls. we get more from cbs's carter evans. >> instagram is that first childhood cigarette. >> facebook is in the process of hiding. >> reporter: in a rare show of bipartisanship lawmakers hammered foosh. >> how can parents trust you. >> reporter: using the company's own data against it, leaked researched indicated about a third of teen girls who already feel bad about their bodies say facebook's instagram makes them feel even worse. >> this research is a bombshell. i ask you to commit that you will make full disclosure, all of the thousands of pages of documents. >> we are looking for ways to release more research. >> reporter: facebook's global head of security antigone davis testifed a day after the company did release more research showing roughly 40% of users in the u.s. say their ideas of a perf

jeff pegues, thank you. and now to our executive cbs news investigation into domestic violence in the military. our reporting found the military is failing spouses, partners, and service members who report abuse among the ranks. tonight, in part four of our series, a former army attorney who worked with dozens of survivors is speaking out. he calls the issue a crisis that has only compounded after 20 years of war. >> there was no protection for me. there was no help. there was no resources. >> o'donnell: cbs news spoke with nearly 40 survivors who reported domestic violence to the military. they described a broken system. >> a soldier is an asset. they need him. they have spent a lot of money to train him and to do his job. and who am i? as long as i'm removed and i'm not part of the problem, then they have their soldier. >> o'donnell: survivor liz knight says one of the only people who helped her after she reported was captain tony hosein. is domestic violence in the military a crisis? >> it is a crisis. an

norah. >> jeff pegues there in philadelphia. thank you. >>> well, today a federal judge approved the unconditional release of john hinckley jr. remember, he's the man who shot and wounded president ronald reagan and three others in 1981. hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and then confined to a mental facility for decades. the judge said hinckley could be freed from all restrictions. that's as soon as next june. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. charmin ultra soft has so much cushiony softness, it's hard for your family to remember they can use less. sweet pillows of softness! this is soft! holy charmin! oh! excuse me! roll it back, everybody! sorry! charmin ultra soft is so cushiony soft, you'll want more! but it's so absorbent, you can use less. wth it.ultra soft is so cushiony soft, you'll want more! now, what did we l about usin? u'ackerybod ywith occasional nerve achs we a go, why not go with crmin ound f trve rief we a go, why not go with crmin from the world's #1 selling nerve care company.

. >> reporter: i'm jeff pegues on capitol hill where there is heavy security amid concerns about violence. >> barnett: plus, border crisis: the biden administration takes swift action as thousands of haitian migrants overwhelm one texas border town. person of interest: police search for a missing woman's fiance as he

jeff pegues shows us the artifacts in evidence from some of our country's most notorious crimes. >>>by the times square studio to tell us about season two of her emmy-nominated talk show "the drew barrymore show." >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm diane king hall. have a great day. ♪

jeff pegues has been speaking with his law enforcement contacts, and he leads our coverage tonight. good evening to you, jeff. >> reporter: margaret, gunshots rang out inside that kroger store starting at about 1:30 this afternoon, and it did not take long for police to show up on scene. it was within four minutes, they were heavily armed, and what they saw inside was gruesome. multiple victims, after yet another mass shooting. >> going to be a active shooter at the kroger. >> reporter: heavily armed police from multiple agencies answered the call. >> tere numerous employees that were working and that we found people hiding in freezers and in locked offices and, you know, they were doing what they had been trained to do. >> reporter: employee brigneta dickerson works the cash register, and saw the shooter when he opened fire. >> i closed the door to the area, and we all ducked, and that's when the guy came out there with the gun. one of my co-workers got shot in the head, and a customer got shot in the stomach and the arm. >> reporter: authorities say one person was killed and more t