norah? >> norah: ed o'keefe, thank you.santis today, saying the potential republican presidential candidate has waged a "relentless campaign to weaponize government power" against their company. the federal lawsuit alleges that desantis retaliated against disney after it criticized a florida bill that bans classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity. the governor and his allies then revoked the special tax district that allowed disney to essentially self govern for nearly 60 years. turning now to the important issue of crime in america. nationwide crime rates are at an alarmingly high level, and tonight, we are focusing on the nation's capital, which has one of the highest rates in the country. through our reporting, we learned there are three major issues facing police department's across the country: a shortage of officers, gun violence, and repeat dangerous offenders who often end up back out on the streets. we spent hours with d.c. police chief robert contee, just tapped to join the fbi, to understand

norah? >> norah: nick stewart, thank you.er president donald trump of rape and defamation faced intense cross-examining today. e. jean carroll testified she was emboldened to come forward with her accusation after the harvey weinstein scandal and the rise of the me too movement. cbs's elaine quijano is at the courthouse in lower manhattan. >> reporter: donald trump's attorney joe tacopina wasted no time trying to raise doubts about e. jean carroll's allegations that in the mid-1990s, former president trump assaulted her in a new york department store dressing room. tacopina asked carroll about "supposedly" being raped by trump. "not supposedly," carroll replied, "i was raped." "that's your version," tacopina responded. "those are facts." carroll alleges the attack was violent and left her traumatized. she did not report it to the police. in a heated exchange, tacopina noted carroll never screamed at trump in the assault or screamed for help. "i'm not a screamer," carroll testified. adding later in a raised voice, "i'm telling

norah? >> norah: roxana saberi, thank you very much.ille have intensified the debate over gun reform in this country. a stunning new survey out just today reveals more than half of adults say they've had a family member killed by a gun. for black americans, it is one in three. tonight, cbs's nikki battiste looks at the emotional toll of america's gun violence crisis. >> it is more than tired. i am weary. >> reporter: after the latest mass shooting from a trauma surgeon jason smith says he's had enough. >> there's only so many times you can walk into a room and tell someone they're not coming home tomorrow. and it just breaks your heart.we "mommy" o "da something. because doing nothing, which is what we have been doing, is not working. >> reporter: and a major new survey on the impact of gun violence, the kaiser family foundation found that 54% of those surveyed said they had either personally been threatened by a gun or witnessed someone being shot. >> i am part of the 54%. >> reporter: ashley kirzinger was one of the study's lead autho

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norah? >> norah: lilia luciano, thank you very much.ccused of shooting a black teenager after he accidentally went to the wrong home to pick up his younger brothers has surrendered to police. andrew lester faces two felony car charges for using his .32 revolver to shoot the rs s's adana diaz is issoi, with te latest onl'ry >> we love you, ralph! >> reporter: today, ralph yarl's classmates marched in solidarity and support. ralph's mother, cleo nagbe, says her son is recovering from being shot in the head and arm. >> mostly, he just sits there and stares, and the buckets of tears just rolls down his eyes. you can see that he is just replaying the situation over and over again. >> reporter: andrew lester faces two felony counts, armed criminal action and first-degree assault. according to the criminal complaint, the 84-year-old told police he had just laid down in bed when he heard the doorbell. he picked up his gun and said he saw a black male approximately 6 feet tall at the door, telling detectives he was "scared to death" due to the m

norah? >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much.today as he wrapped up his visit to ireland. while touring the catholic shrine in knock, the president was told that father frank o'grady, the priest who performed the last rites on his late son, beau, was now stationed there. the president insisted on meeting him. >> we had a nice chat for about 10 minutes. he was delighted to see me and i was delighted to see him. he gave me a big hug and hunter @gave me a big hug. it was like a reunion. >> norah: well, father o'grady is a former u.s. army chaplain who was assigned to walter reed national military medical center, where beau biden died in 2015. we want to turn now to the growing concerns over the rise in artificial intelligence, or ai. some tech industry leaders are warning of the potential risks, including deepfakes and robots replacing humans. tonight, in a preview of sunday's "60 minutes," google executive james manyika tells cbs's scott pelley how the tech company is designing ai to help people. >> a lot of people can be replaced

norah? >> norah: max lewis, thank you very much.k democratic lawmakers to be reinstated to the state legislature after they were kicked out by republicans for leading a protest over gun reform. cbs's mark strassmann tells us how the second lawmaker was vindicated this afternoon. >> no justice! >> no peace! >> reporter: no justin, no peace. >> this is what democracy looks like! >> reporter: justin jones and justin pearson. >> because this is the democracy that changes the status quo! >> reporter: two-thirds of the tennessee three marching supporters through memphis, to the intersection of reappointment and redemption. >> we need to use the democratic process of reappointment in order to ensure that we send a clear message that we care about the preservation of democracy. >> what you all see right now is a vote. >> reporter: the shelby county commission's vote whether to appoint pearson as his former district's interim state rep. unanimously, they said yes. [cheers and applause] >> to never bow. >> power to the people. >> reporter: tw

norah? >> norah: jericka duncan, thank you. is moving through the southern plains, with texas in the bull's-eye. for more, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. we are anticipating severe thunderstorms once again across the southern plains right through the evening, in particular oklahoma and texas. likely to be high winds, tornadoes, and hail bigger than ping-pong balls. these are the areas to watch, from west texas back down toward austin, and houston. tomorrow, dallas and fort worth in the mix. large hail once again an issue. flooding rain across oklahoma, including right in oklahoma city. some of those storms could produce torrential downpours here and some of those storms then move into louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. as we go late in the week, prolonged event of rain brings chances for flooding. that could be true in florida, as well, through the day tomorrow, tampa, orlando, as well as okeechobee, even miami and fort lauderdale

norah? thank you very much for your for more on the threats tonight and tomorrow let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening, norah. more dangerous severe weather is expected across parts of the united states, including here where i am standing virtually in dallas. all generated by this big area of low pressure that is moving through the southern plains, damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes a possibility. try to watch in effect until 10:00 this evening for this part of texas. the threat for damaging hail possibly up to baseball sized, also exists in florida, not just possible, but it is likely ther weather in texas,isiana into f tonig. tomorrow, the threat includes more of the southeast, and once again, with damaging winds and hail, norah, it is possible there could be more tornadoes. >> norah: chris warren, thank you. there was graphic and disturbing testimony today in a new york city courtroom. a former c

norah. >> norah: jim axelrod, thank you.eak of top-secret documents about the war in ukraine. the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of posting files to an online chat room used by gamers made a brief appearance in federal court today. cbs's catherine herridge reports the detention hearing was delayed to give the defense more time to prepare. >> reporter: handcuffed as he entered the boston court, 21-year-old jack teixeira, now charged under the espionage act, stared into space. since the air national guardsman was arrested by heavily armed federal agents outside his mother's massachusetts home, bipartisan outrage has built on capitol hill over the leaked pentagon records posted online. >> i think it's stunning. >> reporter: today, a private briefing by the nation's top intelligence official seemed to raise more questions. >> i certainly wasn't satisfied with any plans they have in place to prevent this from happening in the future. >> i think a lot of us wondered, you know, how a 21-year-old airman gets access to

norah? thank you very much. and there is more breaking news from right here in new york city. at least one person has died and several others were injured after a parking garage partially collapsed in lower manhattan late this afternoon. emergency crews arrived on the scene within minutes of a frantic search for victims. cbs's lilia luciano is there. >> 57 ann street between nassau street and william street. >> reporter: new york city firefighters rushed to lorman hat after a 4-story parking garage collapsed, sending cars, cars crashing to the basement. >>> sounded like a bomb going e oling froat i completely fell down. >> reporter: authorities say six workers were inside the building. four were taken to the hospital. >> this was an extremity dangerous operation for our firefighters. we had firefighters inside the building conducting searches. the building was continuing to collapse. >> reporter: firefighters used a drone and robotic dogs to search for survivors, over concerns the rest of th

norah? >> norah: nick stewart, thank you.ccusing former vice president donald trump of rape and defamation based cross-examining today. e. jean carroll testified she was emboldened to come forward with heart story after harvey weinstein on the rise of the me too movement. cbs's elaine quijano is at the courthouse in lower manhattan. >> reporter: donald trump's attorney joe tacopina wasted no time raising doubt that in the mid-1990s, former school.nt trump assaulted her ki tanaskedro aut b rap suppodly, i was rap tur version, rede artifacts. carroll alleges the attack was violent and left her traumatized bureau in a heated exchange, tacopina noted carroll never sct trump in the assault or scream for help. "i'm not a screamer, carroll testified, adding later in a raised voice, i'm telling you, he raped me, whether i screamed or not. tacopina suggested carroll made the allegation publicly just to sell her autobiography, which was released in 2019. carroll denied that and said she came forward after women began sharing their stor

louis. >> norah: she gave him hope.on the a's to bring them some extra green. >> it was going to be great, there's going to be a lot of new customers. >> now the team is leaving oakland behind, the difficult decision some business owners are going to have to make. >>> students are pushing to add a religious holiday to the calendar but the district said it's not that simple. >>> and some retired cops back out on the beat. the temporary solution in san francisco to help keep some shopping areas safe. >>> how long does it take to walk every last inch of berkeley ? one man is going the extra mile to find out. >> this is cbs news bay area. >> happy friday, news about the a's certainly leaving oakland are all but certain, that is really upsetting a lot of fans, it is also a huge blow to business owners, a lot of them were hoping that a new waterfront ballpark would bring in more people and make them more money but without that plan coming to fruition, nearby businesses are in a state of limbo. >> born and raised in oakland, g

norah. >> norah: scott macfarlane, thank you.ical implications of today's charges, let's bring into political analyst john dickerson, chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa, and "cbs news" legal analyst rikki klieman. rikki, you have read through the indictment. what stood out to you? >> reporter: i think what stands out to me is i wanted to know what the nexus was. what is the connection between falsifying business records and what law was concealed? and what we have learned, as the government says, this was a conspiracy, in essence, an agreement of more than two people, to keep information away from the voting public in 2016. so, it's a federal election violation, a state election violation, as well as a mischaracterization for tax purposes. >> norah: and there might be new witnesses, right? >> reporter: i think the new witnesses are the things that intrigue me most, because what we have here in order to prove this agreement or scheme is they talked about the cfo, that's allen weisselberg, they talked about the

norah. >> norah: roxana saberi, thank you.erea black democratic lawmaker was just unanimously reinstated just days after republicans threw him and another democrat out of the tennessee legislature. cbs's mark strassmann reports the representatives were removed after they led a protest over a gun reform. >> no justin, no peace. no justin, no peace. >> reporter: suddenly the so-called tennessee three are everywhere. in the streets of nashville today, on television, and probably in-state republican nightmares. former democratic state representative justin pearson and justin jones. >> there is no democracy in tennessee. tennessee is the most undemocratic state in the nation. >> reporter: last week mostly white republicans in the house's flexed their super majority and expelled two young black lawmakers for mocking house decorum with a bullhorn and bravado. >> i'm worried about process and procedures that are laid out that you should follow and not having a protest as it was described over here. on the house floor. >> reporter: jon

norah? >> norah: what a story. david martin, thank you so much.mely rare severe weather event in florida. experts are calling it a one in 1,000 year downpour, as more than 2 feet of rain swamped parts of fort lauderdale within hours, triggering flash floods that trapped peoples in their homes and cars and left a major cbs's manuel bojorquez is there. >> reporter: tonight, a massive cleanup after unprecedented flooding. rescuers had to use boats to access fort lauderdale's hardest t neighoodriin opnd p after a night surrounded by floodwaters. >> i'm going to go back and get your mommy and daddy come all right, butouadvontoming in r swamped buddies and water vehicles which has been a huge help. >> reporter: some people waited through the water with boxes wrapped in plastic, trying to keep their belongings dry. others described having to climb out of windows. >> could open the door with put too much pressure on the door. >> reporter: more water fell in a 24-hour period than any other day in the city's history. nearly 26 inches. that is more than 40%

norah. >> norah: scott macfarlane, thank you.e americans missing at sea for nearly two weeks. a desperate search is underway by the mexican navy and u.s. coast guard. cbs's elise preston has new details in the international effort to find them. >> reporter: loved ones of kerry and frank o' brien and their friend william gross are desperate to hear from the three missing sailors. >> its agony, pure agony. i'm trying to hold myself together. >> reporter: ellen argall says that her daughter and son-in-law have stoyes and e lend ains. they asked gross with his 50 years experience to journey with them. it's been nearly two weeks since the americans left mazatlan, they made calls that same day requesting a stop in cabo san lucas for food and fuel, their last known communication, the trio was supposed to reach cabo on april 6th and continue on to san diego, but never made it. the search area now is 2500 square miles. >> it's a long trip for even good conditions. >> reporter: rough seas and high winds may have been a factor and the coupl

norah. >> norah: jeff pegues, thank you. afternoon for the victims of last week's covenant school shooting in nashville. cbs's mark strassmann reports it took place as students across the nation walked out of their classes to demand action against gun violence. >> reporter: seattle. charlotte. boston. coast-to-coast outrage about gun violence. students staged a noon walkout in protest. [chanting] including in uvalde, texas, where a school gunman last year massacred 19 children and two adults. >> help! help! >> 911. >> there's gunshots up at the church. >> reporter: last week's shooting at nashville's covenant school took six lives. three 9-year-olds and three adults, including katherine koonce, the head of the christian school. among the hundreds today grieving the lifelong educator, ann caudill, a close friend. >> with each day, i think of the layers of loss to our school family, to our family, to our friends, and to the community. >> reporter: like responding officers, koonce heard the shots and had one focus: stopping the

norah? >> norah: roxana saberi, thank you very much.s is also in a high-risk zone for those severe storms, including violent tornadoes. and that is where meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel is following this major system. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. this is an extremely dangerous night. in fact, a little more than 10 miles up the mississippi river, where those dark skies are, there is a particularly dangerous situation, tornado warning right now, a tornado in progress, and this essentially just the beginning of what is expected to be a very long and dangerous night. the threat for some strong, possibly intense, long-lived tornadoes extends from texas all the way up to wisconsin. tomorrow, we are going to watch the threat head to the east coast, parts of the southeast, parts of the northeast. will have the potential for some very strong storms, also widespread winds tonight and tomorrow could cause damage, and norah, unfortunately, a similar situation setting up again early next week. >> n

norah? >> norah: omar villafranca, thank you very much.hreats tonight and over the weekend, let's bring meteorologist chris warren from ourodning, chd eveng, nora netae.ay, ere has been srms ov r exemely lcing e haild see dg winds, and even tornadoes through the evening and early nighttime hours. the system that is creating that severe weather will continue to impact parts of the gulf coast during the day tomorrow. with it, bringing more thunderstorms and possibly some tornadoes there and then that system heads up into the northeast, which is already going to be a pretty wet weekend, with a chance for some flooding and some stormy conditions by sunday. in the west, more summer-like temperatures, and norah, when you combine record heat with seasonal record snowfall, there could be some flooding. >> norah: chris warren, thank you. and tonight, this just income of the u.s. army grounded all aircraft except those participating in critical missi. the military branch ordered a complete safety review after the latest accident during a training fl

norah? >> norah: elise preston, thank you very much.ul rocket exploded 4 minutes after launch today. the self-destruct system was triggered as the starship started tumbling out of control. elon musk's spacex says the test was still successful for the lessons learned. there were no astronauts on board, but the company hopes to one day use the nearly 400-foot rocket to send people and cargo to the moon and mars. as the southwest deals with a decades-long megadrought, states like arizona are facing a water crisis, like they have never seen before. in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's ben tracy tells us about growing outrage over water being used by some foreign-owned megafarms. >> reporter: this was your well. >> this was my well. >> reporter: and now you got nothing. >> nothing but dust. >> reporter: arizona cattle rancher brad mead says his well went dry. >> you can toss a rock in it. it is gone. [hollow clanging] >> reporter: because of his neighbor's farm down the road. it's run by fondomonte, owned by one of the largest dairy companie

norah? >> norah: praying for the people there.so before a judge. 25-year-old deja taylor is charged with a weapon's violation and felony child neglect in the case. her lawyer says she is trying to work on a plea deal, citing mental health issues. police say taylor's son shot and seriously wounded first grade teacher abby zwerner in january. national rifle association kicked off its annual convention today. the gathering of gun rights activists is attracting several republican presidential hopefuls this year, including former president donald trump and former vice president mike pence. cbs's robert costa is at the convention in indianapolis. >> reporter: former vice president mike pence came to the nra convention intent on taking a harder, more conservative right now my client on gun rights and former president from, calling for armed officers at all schools and swift executions of massot>>g t irein my lun, i w he r to and bears shall not be ged. >> reporter: pence was greeted with applause, but also some boos of the top of his rem

norah? >> norah: jan crawford, thank you very much.s are women, but the gender gap remains in some of the top specialties. for instance, only 8% of thoracic surgeons are women, and even fewer are women of color. in tonight's "eye on america," we will show you how female physicians at one california hospital are changing the future of medicine. >> reporter: dr. laura scrimgeour had never met a female cardiothoracic surgeon until she met dr. amy fiedler. >> i think it is a real problem for women in medicine in all fields, but particularly in surgery. >> reporter: scrimgeour is a fellow working under fiedler at ucsf medical center in california, and they are among just a handful of women in their field. >> i get mistaken for a nurse. i get mistaken for a physical therapist. one time for food service. i mean, pretty much anything other than being the cardiac surgeon. 32ows more likely tdie ifated by amale sgea female one. men were also more likely to die in the hands of male surgeons. >> even just to have one person to look up to can make

norah. >> norah: holly williams, thank you.ces could soon be headed higher, after opec plus countries announced a major cutback in oil production. oil prices jumpedhan 6% after saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, and kuwait said they will cut supplies by more than 1 million barrels a day. now to four astronauts who nasa says have the right stuff. the space agency named one woman and three men to the crew for the first mission to the moon and more than half a century. cbs's mark strassmann reports is the first time a woman and a black astronaut have been named to a lunar crew. >> ladies and gentlemen, your artemis 2 crew. >> reporter: nasa's deep space hopes rocket with his crew. >> to the moon, to mars, and beyond. [applause] >> reporter: the first moon bound astronauts and more than a half-century. >> we know how big this moment is and i feel that it is so much bigger than my name and my test. >> reporter: diverse artemis 2 s and a canadian. reid weissmann, u.s. navy captain and commander. victor glover, the first black as

norah? >> norah: adriana diaz, thank you so much.lence, officials in alabama announced today that two teenage brothers and a 20-year-old have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a deadly mass shooting last weekend at a sweet 16 birthday party. the 16 and 17-year-old brothers will be charged as adults. four young people were killed, and more than 30 others wounded. four victims are still in critical condition. tonight, there is breaking news in the federal criminal investigation into hunter biden's tax returns. an attorney for an irs supervisor sent a letter to lawmakers today, asking for a whistle-blower protection, saying his client has information that suggests the investigation is being improperly influenced by "preferential treatment and politics." here is cbs news chief investigative correspondent jim axelrod. >> my client wants to come forward to congress... he is ready to be questioned about what he knows and what he experienced under the proper legal protections. >> reporter: attorney mark lytle's client

norah. >> norah: ed o'keefe, thank you very much.h & beyond is going out of business putting thousands of jobs in jeopardy marking the end of an era for a store that became a one-stop shopping for millions of loyal's company's customers. roxana saberi reports that the big box store is the latest casualty of the changing retail landscape. >> reporter: it's lights out at bed bath & beyond, filing for bankruptcy, they plan to close their 360 stores. and 120 bye-bye baby locations putting around 14,000 jobs at risk. >> i'm so sorry they are going out of business. >> reporter: the chapter 11 filing the company acknowledged it was slow to embrace and adopt to the e-commerce boom falling behind competitors like target, walmart, and amazon. >> they really failed to adapt to what the consumer wanted. >> reporter: retail analyst neil saunders. what do you think they wanted? >> they wanted bed bath & beyond to compete better on price and much more multichannel experience where they could do up in store. >> reporter: founded in 1971 to compete w

norah >> norah: omar villafranca, thank you for being there.of kansas city, missouri, where the county prosecutor has charged an 85-year-old white man for shooting a black teenager twice including once in the head. police say the teen went to the wrong address to pick up his younger brothers, ring the doorbell and moments later multiple shots were fired. cbs's roxana saberi is outside the police station with these new details. >> do you think if he was a white 16-year-old boy that -- a, do you think it would bend in the same outcome? >> reporter: the family says the 16 euros gun downed after mixing up the address, he was supposed to go to 115th terrace, but instead rang the doorbell on 115th street just one block a away. the family attorney says that ralph waited for a few minutes before ringing the bell before the door opened. >> he was immediately confronted with an armed man that said he did not want to see him on his property again an open fire. >> they say that the teen ran for help, knocking on three more doors before the neighbor called

i am norah o'donnell.ogs being dead. >> but yet she could post on facebook about it. >> announcer: ...and a friendship catastrophe. >> judge judy: one of the dogs got out and got lost. >> yes, ma'am. >> judge judy: the other dog was injured by your dog. >> i never would have agreed to allow these dogs to go to her house. >> you don't even give a crap about those dogs. >> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution cheryl wilhite is suing her former friend, beatrice stigen, for vet bills, lost wages and punitive damages resulting from beatrice's negligence. >> byrd: order! all rise! this is case number 212 on the calendar in the matter of wilhite vs. stigen. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. folks, have a seat. >> judge judy: ms. wilhite, you had four dogs. >> yes, ma'am. >> judge judy: and you were going on vacation, and you had someone set up to take care of the f

norah. >> norah: it's quite a ruling, thank you. 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in a virginia classroom is facing criminal charges. on charges including the firearm and endangering a child. the teacher still recovering, filing a $40 million lawsuit last week claiming school the ministers avoided warnings that the boy had a gun at school and posed an imminent threat. the only leaks of highly classified documents presented a very serious risk to national security. those documents exposed u.s. intelligence on asia and the middle east, but the biggest concern involves the war in ukraine. cbs's catherine herridge on what is being done to limit the damage. >> reporter: tonight pentagon officials are scrabbling to find the source of leaked documents apparently met first indian senior decision-making years, including cia updates. not even the white house can say if the crisis is contained. >> what we don't know. we truly don't know. i >> well, obviously, this i very detrimental. >> congressman mike turner, chairman of the h

norah? >> carter evans there in montana, thank you. >>> back here in washington, president biden welcomes south korea's president to the white house today where they called their bond unbreakable amid ongoing threats from north korea. but as cbs' ed o'keefe report, the newly announced candidate for reelection fielded questions today about his age. >> yes, how old i am. i can't even say the number. it doesn't register with me. >> reporter: president biden brushed off questions about his age this afternoon even as polls show most americans, even most democrats consider it a real concern as he seeks reelection. >> they're going to see a race, and they're going to judge whether or not i have it or don't have it. >> reporter: today republican presidential candidate nikki haley went so far as to question whether the 80-year-old president would live through a second term. >> the idea that he would make it until 86 years old is not something that i think is likely. >> reporter: when asked, mr. biden

norah. >> that is needed. manuel bojorquez, thank you so much. >>> turning overseas, "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich made his first court appearance today in moscow. a russian judge rejected an appeal from the american journalist to be freed from his pretrial detention on espionage charges. the state department says he is being wrongfully detained. cbs's nancy cordes reports his lawyers have vowed to keep fighting for his release. >> reporter: evan gershkovich stood in a metal and glass cage with his arms folded ahead of what the white house dubbed a sham judicial proceeding. "he is in a combative mood," his russian lawyer said. "he's ready to defend himself." gershkovich was arrested and accused of espionage during a reporting trip in russia last month. >> totally illegal what's happening. >> reporter: the 31-year-old "wall street journal" reporter was one of the few western journalists left in russia after putin invaded ukraine last year and began cracking down on free e lastricanussi accused

good evening, chris. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah.t is another dangerous night. people need to be on alert. what's remarkable about this, again, is the extent of the storms. already severe thunderstorm watches. conditions are favorable across parts of the midwest, favorable for the development of more strong storms. but several states, again, could see some strong long-lived, long-track tornadoes. this threat continues into the day tomorrow, really not letting up much at all with the possibility for some strong storms, again, including tornadoes. the timing for this is extremely important as we watch these storms throughout the day tomorrow. but once again, norah, one of the big challenges, one of the big dangers is that some of the strongest storms, including tornadoes, are going to be happening at night while people may be sleeping. >> really scary. >> really scary. chris warren dove 0% is different. we left aluminum out and put unbeatable 48 hours freshness and 1 quarter moisturizers... in. dove 0% aluminum deodorant. instantly dry

norah. >> that's what's so scary. omar villafranca, thank you for being there. >>> 35 million americans are in the path of that severe weather that omar just mentioned, so let's bring in meteorologist alex wilson from our partners at the weather channel. she's got new details. >> after deadly severe weather late last week, we're again bracing for dangerous storms tomorrow. severe weather friday into saturday. each and every one of these is a tornado report. now we look at tomorrow's risk area. very similar areas to watch, including our northern and southern zones. now, northern areas, parts of iowa and illinois, you're going to be watching the afternoon hours tomorrow for that risk of not just tornadoes but large hail, gusty, damaging winds. for the southern zone, it could be a very late evening, even overnight threat that you need to be bracing for. wednesday, severe weather moves into parts of the ohio valley and northeast. on top of that, we've got big snow coming to the west and the plains, blizzard warnings in ef

norah? >> elaine quijano, thank you. >>> we turn now to another story about gun violence. at least there is some good news today about the black teenager who wast after hetakewe to the pick u brothers. 16-year-old ralph yarl is on the road to recovery, and he is sitting up on his own. assault, an armed criminal cbs' adriana diaz is outside the courthouse in liberty, missouri. >> reporter: andrew lester entered the courtroom with a cane and labored walk. he faces two felony counts, armed criminal action, and first-degree assault. he pleaded not guilty. according to detectives, lester told police he was, quote, scared to death, fearing a break-in when he fired twice through his glass door, strike 16-year-old ralph yarl in the head and arm. prosecutors believe race played a role. ralph is now at home recovering. missouri's castle doctrine may play a role in the case says legal analyst. >> what it means is your home is your castle. if you are attacked in your home, you do not have a duty to defe

norah. >> what a cleanup. manuel bojorquez, thank you very much. >>> the storm threat isn't over yet across florida, and much of the southeast. let's bring in mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. hey there, mike. >> norah, good evening. still contending with storms across south florida again today after record setting rain falling yesterday. the storm that produced the rain in ft. lauderdale lasted for st. you can see the storms over stationary boundary that just sat right over i-95 and a 1 a. if you look at it three dimensionally, boy does ft. lauderdale stand out. more storms again today. they stretch all the way up into georgia and alabama. more storms tomorrow across south carolina, north carolina, and portions of virginia. then of course there's record setting heat in the northeast after a record-setting 90-degree day today in new york city. we'll do it all again tomorrow. norah, new york, 89 degrees. >> mike bettes, thank you. >>> tonight there's an arrest in the murder of cash app found

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norah. >> we are thinking of everybody there. you so much. >>> breaking news. actor alec baldwin's legal team says prosecutors in new mexico are dropping criminal charges related to the shooting death on the set of his western movie, "rust," in 2021. cbs's jonathan vigliotti has the latest as production on the film resumed today in montana. >> reporter: it is the latest stunning development in a case that sent shock waves throughout hollywood. it's been 18 months since the gun baldwin was holding on-set went off, killing cinematographer halyna hutchins and wounding "rust" director joel souza. his attorneys say "we are pleased with the decision to dismiss the case against alec baldwin, and we encourage a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances of this tragic accident." this is what baldwin told investigators shortly after the shooting. >> it should have been a cold gun with no rounds inside or dummy rounds. i take the gun out slowly. i turn and cock the pistol. bang, it goes off. she hits the ground. >> reporter: whi

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