cbs's meg oliver is in white hall, maryland, where she's seeing some of the damage up close. >> reportero pummel the northeast today with a tornado knocking down trees as it swept through mattapoisett, massachusetts. two days of raging storms caused flooding across the state, making some roads impassable. on monday, from new york to tennessee, the force of mother nature was evident. >> this had to be a tornado. >> reporter: the storms brought down trees and knocked out power for thousands around knoxville, tennessee. eye-opening scenes everywhere. frightened drivers in westminster, maryland, were caught in a dangerous thunderstorm monday as winds up to 80 miles per hour knocked down power lines like dominoes. nearly 50 people were rescued from their cars. the wild weather brought airports across the east coast to a standstill. kris van cleave is at washington's reagan national airport. >> reporter: what a difference a day makes. only a handful of delays up on the board and just one cancellation here in washington as the nation's airlines recover from the storm that canceled more than 1,7

cbs's meg oliver takes a look at an innovative program used in nearly 2,000 schools across the country reporter: when an emergency happens in a school, response time is critical. >> how much time are you saving here? >> minutes. we're about a a 60% reduction i response time. >> reporter: allen is the founder of 911 inform, security software to connect staff on-site, dispatchers, and first responders simultaneously for anything from a fight to a health issue to gun violence immediately. >> we basically connect into the phones in the building, the camera systemem, the hvac, all e technology that's in thehe bubuilding. >> repeporter: thahat instantnts can be lifesaving. 911 inform works by notifying school staff before the phone even rings at 911 dispatch. >> there are no students in this school right now, but you're going to give us an example. so you dial the 911. >> right. so i'm going to dial 911. so our system instantaneously picked up, notified exactly where i called. so if you look here -- >> can you see inside that classroom? >> i can click on that classroom. i can view, and there

major. >> major: meg oliver, thank you.al heat, let's bring a our partners at the weatherfrom- channel. chris, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, major. as meg showed us, trees are extremely dangerous when there are storms around when you are outside or even in your home coming and there were a lot of strong winds creating a lot of damage. more than 600 storm reports widespread across the southeast all the way up to new england and the mid-atlantic. heat still a big concern across the southern plains and continuing to expand as well across the gulf coast. and around the gulf coast you have a lot more access to humidity, so temperatures while we are going to see readings into the triple digits, you get close to the gulf and florida, some areas it's going to feel like it is 110 plus. >> major: chris warren, we thank you. swimmers kept out of the water today at a popular new york city beach after what is believed to have been an extremely rare shark attacks. a 65-year-old woman was severely injured. we get the latest now

>> meg oliver, thank you. >>> now to flash flooding concerns. missouri and illinois are under a flood watch. thunderstorms could drop more than a half a foot of rain in a matter of hours tonight, and there are heat alerts to tell you about impacting more than 75 million americans across the gulf coast. texas is still broiling with new record highs expected tomorrow in san antonio, corpus christi, and further east in new orleans. >>> the rising popularity and rising prices for weight loss drugs is pushing many employers to drop insurance coverage in order to cut costs. now the makers of two of the most popular weight loss and diabetes drugs are facing a major lawsuit over claims about potential side effects. cbs' janet shamlian has the details. ♪ oh oh, ozempic ♪ >> reporter: they've been game changers in the world of weight loss. the drugs ozempic and mounjaro delivering big results, generally without dangerous side effects. but a lawsuit filed today against manufacturers novo nordisk and eli lilly claims othe otherwise, saying the drugs can cau

cbs's meg oliver takes a look at an innovative program used in nearly 2,000 schools across the country happens in a school, response time is critical. how much time are you saving here? >> minutes. we are about 60% reduction in response time. >> repororter: ivo a allen is te fofounder of 9 911 inform,m, sesecurity sofoftware desisigneo connecect staff o on-site, dispatatchers, andnd first responders simultaneously for anything from a fight to a health issue to gun violence immediately. >> we basically connect into the phones in the building, the camera system, the hvac, all of the technology that is in the building. >> reporter: that instant access can be life-saving. 911 informrm works by y notifyig schools staff before the phone even rings at 911 dispatch. there are no students in the school right now, but you are going to give us an example, so you dial the 911. >> right, so i'm going to dial 911. our system instantaneously picked it up, notified exactly where i called. so if you look here. >> reporter: can you see inside the classroom? >> i can click on that classroom. i can view.

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cbs's meg oliver will start us off tonight from reading, pennsylvania. major, good evening. the storm system just blasting through reading, packing quite a punch with heavy rain, lightning, and strong gusts of wind that could reach up to 75 miles per hour as the system roars across the region. [sirens] ominous warnings of an approaching tornado sound in flatwoods, kentucky, today as this menacing funnel was just west in lexington. severe thunderstorms packing violent winds stretched across the south, ripping branches off of trees in tennessee. >> this is really bad. >> reporter: downtown parkersburg, west virginia, turned into a flood zone brought on by a heavy afternoon rain. the storm system pushed through the midwest this weekend with reports of nearly a dozen tornadoes, including one in christian county, illinois, shredding roofs and damaging power lines. from california to texas to florida about 100 million are under heat alerts. omar villafranca is in johnson county, texas. >> reporter: the baking triple digit heat here in north and central texas ha

cbs's meg oliver will start us off tonight from reading, pennsylvania. major, good evening. this storm is minutes away from rolling in here with heavy rain, lightning, and strong gust of wind hit that could reach up to 75 miles per hour as the system roars across the region. ♪ ♪ ominous warnings of an approaching tornado sound in flatwoods, kentucky today, as this menacing funnel swept to west in lexington. severe thunderstorms packing violent winds across the strauss lament south ripping bridges and trees and tennessee. west virginia turned into a flood dome brought on by heavy afternoon rain. the storm system pushed through the midwest this weekend with reports of nearly a dozen tornadoes including one named christian county, illinois. shredding roofs and damaging power lines. from california to texas to florida about 100 million are under heat alerts. omar villafranca is in texas. >> reporter: the baking heat in north and southern texas has turned parts of the steet filament state into a tinderbox. this while fire has burned more than 1300 acres. emper

cbs's meg oliver will start us off tonight from reading, pennsylvania. >> reporter: major, good evening. this storm is just minutes away from rolling in here with heavy rain, lightning, and strong gusts of wind, which could reach up to 75 miles per hour as this system roars across the region. [ siren ] ominous warnings of an approaching tornado sounded in flatwoods, kentucky, today, as this menacing funnel swept just west in lexington. severe thunderstorms packing violent winds stretched across the sound, ripping branches off trees in tennessee. >> this is really bad. >> reporter: downtown parkersburg, west virginia, turned into a flood zone brought on by heavy afternoon rain. the storm system pushed through the midwest this weekend with reports of nearly a dozen tornadoes, including one in christian county, illinois, shredding roofs and damaging power lines. from california to texas to florida, about 100 million are under heat alerts. omar villafranca is in johnson county, texas. >> reporter: the baking triple-digit heat here in north and central texas h

meg oliver has the answer. >> i don't know why i decided to draw that that day.ld not have imagined where this picture would take us. >> reporter: digital artist michael winkleman admits the picture of uncle jim wasn't great. >> it's not like each day has to be a masterpiece. >> reporter: but on may 1st, 2007, he set a goal. >> i wanted to get better drawing. so i saw an illustrator out of the uk named tom judd, who did a sketch a day in his notebook for one year. i thought that was a cool way to get better at drawing. >> reporter: to get better, wipgleman known professionally as beeple started creating art he posted online daily. where did you find your inspiration? >> sometimes it's art on the internet. and sometimes it's the culture of the internet. and sometimes it's news on the internet. >> reporter: after 365 works, the first year, he moved on to posting 3d renderings, tackling politics, pop culture and power dynamics, creating cartoon-like and in your face images. after the first year, what was the end goal? did you think, okay, i'm just going to keep doin