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thank you, ed o'keefe. >>> new details tonight in that shooting that led to the lockdown at the university of north carolina chapel hill yesterday. 34-year-old tailei qi is now charged with first-degree murder and is being held out bail. the graduate student from china is accused of killing his associate professor and the leader of his research group. police have not found the 9 millimeter handgun used, and they still don't know a motive. >>> tonight the department of justice says the fbi led an international takedown of a notorious hacking network responsible for infecting hundreds of thousands of computers with ransomware and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. it's a big story. cbs's jeff pegues reports ransomware attacks on vital u.s. facilities are rapidly growing. >> reporter: the fbi called it operation duck hunt, a worldwide investigation to take down the notorious qakbot hacking network. cyber experts say it is malware originating in russia, which has infected more than 700,000 computers worldwide. >> this operation is going to protect our country and our economy i

ed o'keefe reports. >> reporter: according to court filings, just three days ago craig robertson posted that he'd heard president biden was coming to utah. robertson made a threat saying he would be cleaning the dust off the m-24 sniper rifle. a.t. smith is a former secret servicice directotor and cbs ne consultantnt. >> thihis is about ass e extrem itit gets.. >> reporteter: videoeo shott by neigighborhoods shows the r rai which bebegan this s morning an some p point explosionons are . one they heard around six gunshots and that robertson's body was eventually brought out to the street. early wednesday, sources tell cbs news an fbi team tried to arrest robertson at his provo, drive from where the president's traveling tonight. some kind of confrontation ensued, and robertson died in a shootout. the fbi had been investigating robertson for five months for allegedly making threats against other officials. among them, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, new york attorney general letitia james, and attorney general merrick garland. all of them overseeing criminal or civil proceedings

and we were headed into the o'keefe and o'keefe for five days of canoeing around, and slipping on the platforms, it was a magazine assignment for me. i had a magazine writing career giving me a license to go to while places and see wild things, and right about them. i'm going to talk about this book, breathless, the scientific race to defeat a deadly virus. and what is in it. i also want to talk about how it came to be, how it took shape. that goes back -- well, it goes back 23 years, when i first got interested in dangerous viruses, emerging seemingly out of nowhere and getting into humans. that was originally by way of ebola. but more specifically, it began when i published the book, that nancy bunch, and spillover, in 2012. spillover subtitled animal infections and the next human pandemic was a book about the broader phenomenon of new diseases that are known as zoonosis, zoonotic disease is because they come from animals, and they get into humans. emerging pathogens of various sorts particularly viruses come out of wild animals and sometimes infect humans, and if were unlucky, they

ed o'keefe has more on the ruling. >> reporter: police nationwide say ghost guns are a big reason whyviolent crime has spiked in major cities in recent years, and they've been used in school shootings in california, maryland, and elsewhere. ghost guns can be bought on line, , some made e with a 3d d prininter. most don't carry serial numbers, making them harder to track. the supreme court with conservative justices roberts and amy coney barrett joining the three liberals in the majority let it stay in place. the rules were introduced last summer in response to the growing wave of violent crime and seek to treat ghost guns like other firearms. >> simply treats them as firearms under the gun-control act where a person has to appear in person, present identification. pass a background check. >> reporter: tom chittum helped draft the regulations. >> increasingly what we've seen is criminals turn to the internet, order these kits from the comfort of their home, assemble them, and have a firearm that is not easily detected by law enforcement. >> reporter: atf figures show the number of ghos

cbs's ed o'keefe reports on the significance of the ruling as the use of these untraceable guns risessay ghost guns are a reason that crime has spiked in recent years. they have been used as school shootings in carolina, maryland, and elelsewhere. ghostt guns can be bought onlin. some with a 3d printer. most don't carry serial numbers making them harder to track. today the supreme court with the way of the supreme justice john roberts and amy coney barrett joining the liberals of the committee allowed it to stay in place while legal challenges continue. the new rules were first introduced last summer sponsoring the growing wave of violent crime and seeking to treat ghost guns like other firearms. >> simply treat them as firearms under the gun control act. you have to present identification and pass a background check. >> the former number two at the atf and helped draft of the regulations. >> increasingly what we are seeing is a criminal's turn to the internet and order these kits from the comfort of their home, and have a firearm that is not easily protected by law enforcement. >> re

cbs's ed o'keefe reports on the significance of this ruling as the use of these untraceable guns risesorter: police nationwide say ghost guns are a big reason why violent crimes have spiked. ghost guns can be bought online, some made with a 3-d printer, and most don't carry serial numbers, making them harder to track. today the supreme court with conservative justices john roberts and amy coney barrett joining the three liberals in the majority, allowed the regulations to stay in place while legal challenges continue. te new rules were first introduced last summer in response to the growing wave of violent crime and seek to treat ghost guns like other firearms. >> it simply treats them as firearms under the gun control act where a person has to appear in person, present identification, and pass a background check. >> reporter: thomas chit ham is the former number two at the atf and helped draft the regulations. >> increasingly what we've seen is that criminals turn to the internet, order these kits from the comfort of their home, assemble them, and have a firearm ha is not easily detec

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cbs' ed o'keefe reports the agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant after the man allegedlyill president biden, his family and several others, including former president obama. >> reporter: according to court filings three days ago, craig robertson posted he heard biden was coming to utah. robert on the made a threat, saying he would be cleaning the dust off the m-24 sniper rifle. a.t. smith iss the former secre service deputy director and cbs consultant. >> i think this is about as extreme as it gets when we're talking about someone like this who is either a solele participt or a lone e wolf. >> repororter: earlyly wednesda sourceces tell cbsbs news an f team tried t to arrest r robert at his provo, utah home, less than an hour's drive where the president is traveling tonight. some kind of confrontation ensued, and robertson died in a shootout. the fbi had been investigating robertson for five months for allegedly making threats against other officials, among them manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, new york attorney general letitia james, and attorney general merrick

his attorney say it does not give them enough time to prepare. >> norah: a lot happening him ed o'keefeethics questions are swirling around supreme conservative supreme court justice clarence thomas. newly-released financial disclosures show justice thomas a plane owned by her republican mega harlan crow. jan crawford has reported no magnum from. >> reporter: three trips last year out of a private jet and a paid luxury -- his estate in the adirondacks. while insisting inadvertent or the result of long-standing guidance he received from court officials. two of the trips on harlan crow's private jet were for speeches. thomas says his security detail advised privat travel last day because of the security risk after you draft leak of the courts opinion overturning roe vs. wade. thomas also amended a filing regarding a real estate transaction with crow from a 22013 bought three properties from him and his family members in savannah, georgia, including his mother's home. thomas said he didn't realize he had to report the sale because he did not make a profit from it. thomas has been under int

>> major: ed o'keefe for us at the white house, thank you. sales of electric vehicles in the u.s.t means higher demand for the metals needed to make ev batteries peered in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's ben tracy does a deep dive into how artificial intelligence is helping find those materials in a place you not expect. >> reporter: this underwater robot being lowered into lake huron is built by a company called impossible metals. impossible because this is hard to do? >> yes, very much so. >> reporter: that's because it's job is to mind the bottom of the ocean. >> deep-sea mining is the concept of pulling metals off the ocean floor. >> reporter: company cofounder renee grogan says parts of the ocean floor are filled with potato sized rocks containing vast amounts of cobalt, copper, and nickel, metals needed to make batteries for electric cars. how much of this stuff is down there? >> a lot. the second question is, how do you get it? >> reporter: we watched a test of the prototype, which used a retractable arm to pluck rocks off the bottom of the lake. the real thing will be th

thank you, ed o'keefe.oting that led to the lockdown of the university of north carolina-chapel hill yesterday. 34-year-old tailei qi is now charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bail. the graduate student from china is accused of killing zijie yan, that is his associate professor and the leader of his research group. police have not found the 9mm handgun used, and they still don't know a motive. tonight, the department of justice says the fbi led an international takedown of a notorious hacking network responsible for infecting hundreds of thousands of computers with ransomware and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. it's a big story. cbs's jeff pegues reports ransomware attacks on vital u.s. facilities are rapidly growing. >> reporter: the fbi called it operation duck hunt. a worldwide investigation to take down the notorious qakbot hacking network. cyber experts say that it is malware originating in russia, which has infected more than 700,000 computers worldwide. >>

>> major: ed o'keefe, thank you. at least two tornadoes hit northeastern colorado last night. this massive funnel cloud tore a path through yuma county, damaging homes and businesses. it also toppled telephone poles and power lines. authorities are going door to door to check on residents, but so far, no injuries have been reported. now to the january 6th investigation. tonight, we are learning new details about a trump campaign memo that lays out a postelection plot to use fake electors to block then-president-elect joe biden from taking office. cbs's robert costa also reports the investigation now includes former president trump's social media account. >> reporter: court documents tonight reveal the special counsel obtained a search warrant for former president donald trump's twitter account, seeking more information as it continues to investigate the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. trump responded immediately on social media, calling the search warrant a major hit on my civil rights. as prosecutors continu

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while the russians head back with strikes, talking ukrainian cops, o'keefe and what mcbride is the with this report. as always, the ukraine, you know, authority is not commenting directly on these attacks in russia, describing the merely as accidents taking place on russian soil. but the also a cheese head do regard these russian add bases as being legitimate targets and it does follow it increase on the tax on these faces over the weekend, there was an attack on an ad based close to the city. of course, that's just over a 100 kilometers know of ukrainian boulder just inside russia when, according to ukraine, you know, so it's ease of 5 russian jets were damaged on the ground to bite drones just over a week ago. again, there was another attack, a deep inside russia, a close to st. petersburg kind of a drone attack on an ad base that reportedly either destroyed or at least badly damaged, a long rain, supersonic, a boma that was on the ground. it does a pose the possibility that these drone strikes deep inside rush. i mean that ukraine is operating much more sophisticated, more powerful d

i'm reggie o'keefe from abc7 mornings. let's see how traffic is doing. how'd you know?e fire response is still causing delays even though the fire is out at oak street and octavia streets in san francisco. so again, police and emergency crews are asking you to avoid the area. your speeds surrounding it are around six miles per hour. elsewhere though, a live look here at the san mateo bridge. this is our most crowded bridge this morning, particularly in the westbound direction. hey, drew. >> hey, jobina. >> temperature is very typical. we're in the 50s low 60s in some spots. a lot of cloud cover out there this morning as we welcome august. it is in true typical fashion with that fog. you can see this is a live look from our east bay hills camera. and this is how the day shapes up. we'll have increasing sunshine as the day rolls on, that fog pulls back to the coastline. it's a breezy afternoon and those temperatures are below average, but pleasant. only in the 70s and 80s. away from the coast. reggie >> thank you. drew, if you're streaming us on our abc7 bay area app. abc

i'm reggie o'keefe from abc seven mornings. jobina. how's our friday traffic?into mountain view right now where we were following a crash, but it is in the process of clearing, so i'm giving you the thumbs up. northbound 101 before ellis street. but we do have a very crowded ride westbound on the san mateo bridge. we had an earlier crash that has since cleared, but the residual delays remain. hey, lisa. >> hey, jobina good morning to you. extra cloud cover, some humidity and even rain falling in the south bay. some reports of that. you can see a little bit of moisture there from live doppler seven, most of it staying to the south of us. and we'll break out into partly sunny to mostly sunny conditions, 63 in oakland, 67 in san jose. so already feeling the effects of that warmer morning, 63in napa, 58 santa rosa. so a little muggy. temperatures near average mid 80s inland upper 60s across the bay, mid 60s in san francisco. a warm up on the way for the second half of the weekend through the middle of next week. reggie thank you for joining us on our abc7 bay area