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saying it might fuel inflation by raising taxes. >> this gives phony and cynical a bad name. >> reporter: with $369 billion for clean energy programs, it includes tax credits for people who buy electric cars and energy efficient home upgrades. it expands health care subsidies and a 15% tax rate on corporations. left out of the bill, a no plan to cap the price of insul lynn as they are estimated to have soared from $20 to $250 a vile over the past 20 years. >> have you noticed the price increasing? michelle williams knows how the cost of insulin can slam families. her daughter suffered from diabetes before she died. >> you can't afford the particular insulin that you need. >> reporter: the u.s. house is expected to pass this legislation on friday after which it goes to president
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biden's desk. democrats are hoping this is a political victory ahead of the mid-term elections. it's far from clear it will make a dent in inflation. >> scott, we shall see what happens. tonight a fragile cease-fire appears to be holding between israel and palestinian militants after a weekend of heavy fighting. it started on friday with israeli backed militants in gaza. the militants started by firing more than 1100 rockets. they claim 200 militant rockets landed inside gaza killing even children. today the pentagon announced e.e largest single military ths. pledgingth billion ammunion and other equipment. this comes as increased shelling around europe's largest nuclear plant is raising safety concerns. here's cbs's charlie d'agata
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from ukraine. >> reporter: back and forth over the zaporizhzhia power plant took a menacing new turn. renewed shelling. fears of a potentially catastrophic incident, something president zelenskyy condemned as russian nuclear terror. it lies on the intensifying russian offensive. here the coastal city has become the focus of russian fire power. ukrainian emergency services released drone footage this weekend said to show the aftermath of the latest artillery barrage. is it your sense that there will be a show down here? yes, we're preparing for this offensive, he said. our soldiers will stand until the end. no one is planning to give up nikolai. he said they're running out of precision missiles turning to
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the older missiles. we found primitive weapons. technology from the 1960s. we spoke in the rubble of the regional government headquarters destroyed in a precision missile strike. by luck alone people weren't in their offices. why do you think they are so intent on nikolai? >> they are terrorists. >> reporter: under strict blackout here, that's when the bombing begins. for every shell ukrainian forces fire, the russians respond with ten. jericka? >> charlie d'agata, thank you. if you were at the airport this weekend, there's a good chance your flights were delayed or canceled. we'll tell you about proposed
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new rules that may have airlines paying up when we come back in just 60 seconds. you could call this the summer of flyer frustration. since thursday more than 5,000 flights have been strubbed and more than 35,000 flights
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delayed. the airlines blame a combination of severe weather, staffing issues and increased demand. the transportation department is proposing new fines for airlines and refund regulations for passengers experiencing long disruptions. i think a lot of people would like that. the mayor of new york is blasting the governor of texas over the bussing of migrants to his city. more than 60 migrants have arrived in manhattan since friday. new york's mayor eric adams says some were forced on to those buses. texas has also bussed more than 6,000 migrants to washington, d.c. the man known as the voice of american history has died. david mccullough was a pulitzer prized winning writer who covered brooklyn bridge to john adams and harry truman. he narrated ken burns's civil war documentary and the movie
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how much did you pay for that out the door with taxes? >> 87,600. >> reporter: dennis wang just bought a brand-new tesla five months ago but the offer he just got from the dealer is too good to pass up. >> they gave you how much? >> $101,000. absolutely insane. mind blowing. >> reporter: the dealer paid off the rest of his loan and wang walked away with a check for almost $17,000. >> in the last two years i've been driving brand-new cars and have not lost a cent. >> reporter: eddie flipped his car for $5,000 more than he paid for it. >> 9 months and this is how much it appreciated. >> honda civic or toyota camry, these vehicles are worth more in the used market than they are in the new market. >> reporter: typically cars lose more than 20% of their value that first year on the road. since the pandemic began used car prices are actually up 53% and that has some car owners
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seeing green. >> we don't have enough new cars. guess what, consumers resort to used cars, essentially raising the ceiling what used cars cost. >> reporter: what does this do for a mom who's trying to buy a used toyota camry. >> it's going to be shock a and awe. pay more and get less. >> reporter: some are beginning to crack down. gm is warning buyers the warranties on some of its most popular vehicles will disappear if those cars are flipped within the first 12 months. tesla says it may unilaterally cancel any order that we believe has been made of a new sale. that's exactly what happened with dennis wang's next car. >> my orders have been deleted. they're trying to protect themselves and the customers at the end of the day. >> reporter: in the high revving economy, you should check the value of your car online especially if you have a lease. it's probably worse a lot more than you owe on it.
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that can give you bargaining power at the dealership or you can sell it and turn that equity into cash. jericka. >> the more you know. carter evans. thank you. still ahead, the battle to contain
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finally tonight, we remember olivia newton john who died today at the age of 73. john travolta said on instagram, my dearest olivia, you made all of our lives so much better. here's cbs's jim axelrod. >> reporter: she was a four-time grammy winner. who had five number one hits. but for so many remembering olivia newton john tonight, it was one of the great makeovers in hollywood history. from wholesome goody two shoes
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to john travolta's bombshell girlfriend in the 1973 movie "degrees" that defined her career. olivia newton john moved to australia at the age of 5. her initial success as a soft rock singer placing fourth in the euro vision contest in 1974 was dwarfed by the white hot superstar come to she found after coming to the u.s. in the mid 70s. "physical" spent ten weeks at number one in the early 1980s. she would spend years on environmental and animal rights issues all while carrying on a three year battle with breast cancer. >> i don't want to be a victim. what's happenedlivi newton 's provide so much for so many.
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jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. and that is the overnight news. i'm jericka duncan. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt piper in new york. the fbi has executed a search warrant at former president trump's mar-a-lago resort. trump calls it a raid and says, quote, they even broke into my safe. he was not at the florida home at the time. cbs news has learned it was not connected to january 6th but instead to missing white house records. the u.s. will send an additional $5.5 billion in government and military aid to ukraine. that brings the total in american aid to $8.5 billion since russia's february invasion. what was tiny dancer by elton john is a duet with britney spears called hold me closer. they say the new song will be out in the coming days.
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for more news download the cbs news app. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in for norah. tonight we start off with some breaking news. the fbi has served a search warrant on former president donald trump's mar-a-lago home in palm beach, florida. the former president released a statement saying his home was under siege and compared it to the watergate break-in. cbs's major garrett is here with the very latest. good evening, major. >> good evening, jericka. this is without precedent in american history. a former president of the united states now subject to a search of his primary residence by the fbi. according to multiple sources the fbi search related to the
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presidential records act, a law that requires official records from the presidency to be saved in the national archives. failure to comply is potentially a violation of federal law. we do not know which records, if any, the fbi found in the search or if they were classified. trump was not at mar-a-lago at the time of the fbi raid but confirmed it in a statement. in that statement trump said, quote, a large group of fbi agents, unquote, came to his mar-a-lago home. trump also said in that statement, quote, they broke into my safe, unquote. to be clear, this is an fbi raid under powers granted to it by a federal judge. trump is also under investigation for numerous actions undertaken to overturn the 2020 presidential election and events leading up to the capitol riot on january 6th, 2021, days before trump left the white house after losing the election to president joe biden. in recent weeks attorney general merrick garland has said repeatedly and emphatically that
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trump would not be immune from investigation or prosecution if evidence of a crime warranted. jericka. >> noting that no one is above the law. major. thank you. today president biden and the first lady got a closeup look at the catastrophic flood damage that has killed at least 37 people in kentucky. at the toured the devastated kmup be knit tis and met with victims and first responders in dissast zblers state history. tonight the threat of even more flooding is in the forecast with heavy rains expected this week. experts say it could take years to rebuild this region that one witness described as looking like a war zone after the flood waters began to recede. of course, we have a lot of news to get to tonight. cbs's nancy cordes will start us off from whitesburg, kentucky. it's been a tough go for that state. >> reporter: it really has, jericka. in fact, this is the second time in a year that president biden has come to kentucky to tour
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devastation. first from tornadoes and now from floods that in neighborhood after neighborhood destroyed homes like these from the inside out. this is what's left of downtown whitesburg now that the north fork kentucky river has receded. crews carted off mountains of debris today after four feet of water rushed into these homes in the middle of the night two weeks ago. >> they got out with the clothes on their back. >> reporter: beverly johnson's father escaped by boat and is now living in a camper. >> this house has to be demolished. we thought we could save it but the floors are buckled and there's already mold. it just -- it's not going to be something back. >> reporter: your father wants to stay? >> he wants to stay. >> reporter: president biden toured nearby lost creek where it carted off school buses and up ended mobile homes.
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>> we're an american citizen. we never stop, we never bow, we never bend. we just go forward. >> reporter: the disaster zone stretches across 12 eastern kentucky houses. as much as 10 1/2 inches of rain came down in "48 hours" turning creeks into rivers in an area made more vulnerable by strip mining. hndreds of people are being housed in kentucky state parks. 37 people have been confirmed dead including two here in whitesburg who were driving to work when their car was washed off the road. how many of these houses will have to be torn down? >> oh, my goodness, we have not done that assessment yet but i'm assuming it's going to be close to half. >> reporter: tiffany craft was just elected mayor last year. >> you go through that initial shock, and everyone came to acceptance and then started rebuilding. >> reporter: kentucky's governor told president biden today that this region now has enough bottled water and used clothing y ry need at inehrom
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fema, cly,jeria, the people her replace everything. >> definitely looks that way. nancy cordes, thank you. parts of the mile high city looked more like the sunken city of atlantis on sunday. denver residents were stranded and some had to be rescued after flood waters turned streets into rivers. elsewhere, dangerous heat remains in the forecast for much of this country. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettis from our partners at the weather channel. mike, good evening to you. >> reporter: jericka, good evening. the heat has been punishing across the northeast and nothing changes with temperatures across the 90s. 97 in boston. 26 straight days with the temperature above 80 degrees. all-time record for the city. the next cold front comes in, promises to cool things off and brings storms. flooding rain. late day storms and that could lead to travel problems, not only in the roadways but the
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airports. high impact at the airports. then of course there are the tropics. after a very quiet period finally coming alive again. the national hurricane center designating this cluster of storms off of africa with a 40% chance of potentially becoming our next storm. thanks, mike. tonight in albuquerque, new mexico, the f.b.i. is on the scene looking into the recent killings of four muslim men. authorities believe the murders may be connected and are asking for the public's help. cbs' omar villafrais victim in the string of ootings was killed in what investigators believe to be a targeted attack. 25-year-old was shot just hours after attending funeral services for mohamed absal hussain and aftab hussain who were both ambushed and killed in the last week n. november, 62-year-old was also killed.
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authorities believe it could be connected. the grief is still raw, nine months after his younger breer was killed behind the family's market. the family fled to the u.s. from afghanistan in the 1980s. like others nmt city's community, he's frightened and frustrated. >> to be honest with you, i don't care about my life anymore. when i lost my brother, i didn't care. >> reporter: local police are working with the fbi and over the weeke released a photo of this car which they say is wanted in connection to the shootings. sources tell cbs news, they're working to see if this is a hate crime, serial killer or both. across the country a sample from a dozen cities shows 45% increase in anti-muslim hate crimes since 2021. >> reporter: in response they
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this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm caitlyn burns in washington. thanks for staying with us. as the covid pandemic fades, supply chains are freeing up and it's getting easier for retailers to get the products they need. there's trouble brewing in los angeles. a labor dispute at the port and a lack of warehouse space inland is causing another pile up on the docks. this new bottleneck is threatening retailers who are hoping to stock up for the holiday season. we have the story. >> reporter: 'tis the season for ships packed with holiday gifts to start flooding america's
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ports, but the containers are already piling up clogging the docks waiting for trains to transport cargo across the country. >> there are about 35,000 containers that are designated for rail on our docks right now. on a normal day, looks more like 9,000 units. >> reporter: l.a. port director is sounding the alarm to prevent another scene like this. how long before we have another backup at sea. >> we have another four to six weeks if we do nothing. >> reporter: over the last three years, railroads have lost 20% of their employees. >> a lot of that is because they caught their own workforce. >> reporter: analyst ben noland said it began when they tried to streamline their work. >> when you're hyper efficient you're ill prepared for unexpected things like pan dem mix. >> reporter: where are the bottlenecks right now? >> the bottlenecks are on the
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last mile. >> reporter: union pacific vp said his railroad has hired hundreds of new employees. >> we're handling the volume. that's where we need to see gains. >> reporter: the rails move merchandise inland. with truck driver shortages and now a glut of goods arriving -- >> there's nowhere to offload the goods. >> reporter: and the containers keep coming. is it going to get any worse? >> that number continues to grow every day every week where would more trains here help? >> absolutely, but you have to have somewhere to put the trains when they get to their destination. >> reporter: none of it will happen without railroad workers who have been working without a contract and no raises. an emergency team from the white house will offer its recommendations in the next two weeks in hopes of heading off a railroad strike in september. i'm carter evans in los angeles. in ukraine there's growing concern that the largest nuclear power plant in europe could
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become a victim of the russian invasion. moscow's forces have occupied the area around the plant for months and have stationed troops and artillery nearby. both russia and ukraine are blaming each other for artillery strikes that destroyed some of the transmission lines sparking fears of a nuclear meltdown. meanwhile, more grain ships are managing to leave the war zone from ukraine's black sea ports. charlie d'agata reports from odessa. >> reporter: good morning. four more cargo ships left these ports yesterday. another two vessels set sail today, but there's a backlog of 20 million tons of grain and farmers on the front line are putting their lives on the line to gather this year's harvest. the tug of war over the country's grains may have shifted in ukraine's favor for now, but in addition to overflowing silos at the port, millions of tons of grain are
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piling up north of odessa. third generation farmer tells us if the grain deal collapses, so will his farm. we do not have much trust in russians, he says. they can strike the grain ships with a missile at any moment. he's banking on shipping out this year's harvest first. it's worth more fresh and he's got nowhere to store it anyway. this is last year's harvest. mountains of grain stuck in warehouses across ukraine. farmers are now harvesting this year's crops while russian forces attack fields, farms and storage facilities. whole fields turned into infernos. livelihoods wiped out starving the world of vital food supplies. shelling warehouses and storage facilities. farmers under fire forced to wear flak jackets as they work. the ukrainian military reported
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shelling in the s nrbyik sustained missile strikes and damage around the zaporizhzhia power plant after both sides traded accusations of shelling the compound again. president zelenskyy called the renewed shelling russian nuclear terror. the nuclear watchdog, the iaea expressed grave concern over the situation and u.n. secretary general called it nuclear suicide calling on inspectors to have access to the compound. charlie d'agata in odessa, ukraine. also in the war zone, there are disturbing reports that russian troops have kidnapped thousands of ukrainian children taking them to russian-controlled territory. ukraine says the kremlin is trying to force the kids to become russian. we have the report on the
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extraordinary rescue of two young boys who were brought back to their homeland. >> reporter: their music is ukrainian. their clothes are ukrainian but they were almost forced to become russian. russian forces took us away, says 16-year-old evan. he and 15-year-old maxime were living in an orphanage in mari said they were captured by russian forces. they were hold by russian forces, some as young as 8. were you afraid you would never come home? i had such thoughts, yes. ukraine says russia is systematically stealing their children and stripping them of their identities. >> russia continues this kidnapping of ukrainian children. after forcible transfer to
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russia, they are illegally adopted by russian citizens. >> reporter: russian tv says they're saving them instead. here's russia's children's rights commissioner telling vladimir putin that russian citizens have big hearts and are lining up to take the children. very good, he says. now you eliminate any delays. it's cynical propaganda says ukrainian vice prime minister. we're talking about children whose parents have possibly been killed by russians and now these children are in russia. as a ukrainian and as a mother, how does this make you feel? it's very hard, she says. it's my destiny to bring them home. and she's doing it, one by one helping relatives and guardians track down their children and negotiating their return, many with unfathomable trauma. one 12-year-old girl had to dig a hole to bury her mother.
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she tried to bury her brother, too, but his corps was too heavy to bury. i've seen small children whose hair have turned white. evan and maxime have escaped thanks to their guardian from mariupol. >> i could not leave them behind, he says. saving them meant crossing into enemy territory, not through the deadly front line but through poland, lithuania, latvia and russia. 70 hours of travel by bus. he arrived just before dawn. >> i was still sleeping says maxime. when i saw anton, i hugged him. i was so happy. we had not seen each other for so long. after more than two months in captivity, they're now back in ukraine. evan messages his friend,
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♪to let the doors in♪ ♪go hard all year,♪ smell fresh as fresh, no matter what. nasa marked a milestone this
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past weekend. ten years since the curiosity rover landed on mars. michelle miller updates us on the mission. >> touchdown confirmed. >> reporter: that was the scene ten years ago at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in california when the curiosity rover landed on the surface of mars. >> curiosity will take us. >> reporter: a 2,000 pound car sized lab on wheels. it sent back incredible images and began a scientific exploration of the red planet. >> it was huge and it is huge. the mission is ongoing. we're still making big discoveries. >> reporter: john grant is a senior geologist at the smithsonian and a member of curiosity's science team. >> curiosity as a rover went to mars with its lab equipment, with its cameras, with its instruments and really started probing into whether there were
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habitable environments on mars and we started finding out there were. >> and liftoff with the atlas five and curiosity. >> reporter: curiosity was launched into space from cape canaveral on november 26th, 2011, eight months, ten days and 100 million miles later it finally arrived. and three weeks later curiosity was sending back stunning images from the planet's surface, but it was also on the moon. its 7 foot robotic arm is designed to scoop up soil samples and drill into rocks looking for the chemical building blocks of life. >> curiosity landing in gail foe a past lake. that's a big deal. we know that lake was there for a very long time. that's another big deal. we know that the chemistry of that lake was such that if life had been there, it probably could have survived. that's another huge deal.
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>> reporter: the original mission was only slated to last two years, but it's been extended multiple times. >> this is a nuclear powered rover and it's got a finite lifetime just because of the slow decay of that power source over time. for now we're percing along. we're doing well. the rover in my sense is as active today as it was ten years ago. >> reporter: and now curiosity has company. >> touchdown confirmed! safely on the surface of mars. >> reporter: just last year nasa landed the next generation rover, perseverance, complete with the tiny flying drone. ultimately nasa hopes humans won't get just a remote view of the red planet but will see it for themselves. let's cut to the chase. how soon before we will see astronauts heading, landing on mars? >> in terms of time when people might have boots on the ground on mars, gosh, i hope it's in something like ten years, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if
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it's quite a bit more time than that. it's an expensive proposition. >> reporter: and a dangerous one. >> and a
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when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspirednc ard eeing r the race that's been
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designed for you. the stars of major league baseball can earn tens of millions of dollars a year, but in the minor leagues many players are living paycheck to paycheck. some sleeping on couches or coming up with some other odd living arrangements. charlie demar has the story. >> reporter: life in the minor leagues isn't big money. >> a lot of people are in host families. i've heard they don't have wi-fi tv, air conditioning. >> i've heard situations guys don't have beds. >> some scary stories. >> reporter: ask chase dawson and blake grand parks chasing big league dreams and they'll tell you they hit a home run. >> you guys going up? >> yes.
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>> reporter: after each game they come home to the most unlikely place, friendship village, a retirement community in the chicago suburbs. >> i've got three big boxes of these. >> reporter: where residents like thelma robinson roam the halls and the greens. here it's not just bingo and board games. >> they are exciting to talk to and somebody different. >> my first reaction was, really? i was like, you know what, let's to it. >> thelma's awesome. i couldn't believe it's 95. we've got a date next tuesday with thelma. >> for years she's made friends with kids younger than her grandkids. >> you threw out the first pitch. what was that like? >> i did. >> reporter: two or three boomers have spent the last nine seasons here. >> any advice? >> keep chasing your dreams. >> reporter: charlie demar, cbs news, chicago. and that's the overnight news for tuesday. for some of you the news
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continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings. follow us online at cbs news.com. reporting from the nation's capitol. i'm caitlyn huey burns. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt piper in new york. the fbi has executed a search warrant at former president trump's mar-a-lago resort. trump calls it a raid and says, quote, they even broke into my safe. he was not at the florida home at the time. cbs news has learned it was not connected to january 6th but instead to missing white house records. the u.s. will send an additional $5.5 billion in government and military aid to ukraine. that brings the total in american aid to $8.5 billion since russia's february invasion. what's tiny dancer is a duet with britney spears. reps for both artists say a new song will be out in the coming
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days. download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, nenew york. breaking news. the fbi has executed a search warrant on former president trump's mar-a-lago home. what we know at this hour. plus, president biden and the first lady travel to flood ravaged kentucky to get a firsthand look at the devastation. meeting residents and first responders, the president makes a promise. >> we're staying until everybody is back to where they were. >> with the threat of more rain on the way, cbs's nancy cordes speaks with families who are digging out from the mud left behind. >> people here are resilient, strong, smart and courageous. they'll rebuild but they'll need help. >> reporter: four muslim men gunned down in albuquerque. investigators looking into a possible link. cbs's omar villafranca talksner
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scared. >> carrices a skyrocketing.>>ucido pay out the door. >> 87,000. >> the inflation filled war of car flipping. >> reporter: and they gave you how much. >> $101,000. and remembering olivia newton john. ♪ ♪ >> she captured hearts as the girl next door and became an inspiration to many through her battle with cancer. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jericka duncan in for norah. tonight we start off with some breaking news. the fbi has served a search warrant on former president donald trump's mar-a-lago home in palm beach, florida. the former president released a statement saying his home was
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under siege and compared it to the watergate break-in. cbs's major garrett is here with the very latest. good evening, major. >> good evening, jericka. this is without press department in american history. the former president has a search of his primary resident by the fbi. they searched for documents related to the presidential records act. the law that requires records from the presidency to be saved in the national archives. failure to comply is potentially a violation of federal law. we do not know which records, if any, the fbi found in this search or if they were classified. trump was not at mar-a-lago at the time of the fbi raid but confirmed it in a statement. in that statement trump said, quote, a large group of fbi agents, unquote, came to his mar-a-lago home. trump also said in that statement, quote, they broke into my safe, unquote. to be clear, this is an fbi raid under powers granted to it by a federal judge. trump is also under
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investigation for numerous actions undertaken to overturn the 2020 presidential election and events leading up to the capitol riot on january 6th, 2021, days before trump left the white house after losing the election to president joe biden. in recent weeks attorney general merrick garland has said repeatedly and emphatically that trump would not be immune from investigation or prosecution if evidence of a crime warranted. jericka. >> that's right. noting no one is above the law. major, thank you. today president biden and the first lady got a close up look at the catastrophic flood damage that has killed at least 37 people in kentucky. they toured the devastated communities and met with victims and first responders in one of the worst flooding disasters in state history. tonight the threat of even more flooding is in the forecast with heavy rains expected this week. experts say it could take years to rebuild this region that one witness described as looking like a war zone after the flood
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waters began to recede. of course, we have a lot of news to get to tonight and cbs's nancy cordes will start us off from whitesburg, kentucky. it's been a tough go for that state. >> reporter: it really has, jericka. in fact, this is the second time in a year that president biden has come to kentucky to tour devastation. first from tornadoes, now from floods that in neighborhood after neighborhood destroyed homes like these from the inside out. this is what's left of downtown whitesburg now that the north fork kentucky river has receded. crews carted off mountains of debris today after four feet of water rushed into these homes in the middle of the night two weeks ago. >> they got out with the clothes on their back. >> reporter: beverly johnson's father escaped by boat and is now living in a camper. >> this house has to be demolished. we thought we could save it but the floors are buckled and there's already mold.
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it's not going to be safe to move back into so they'll demolish it and try to put something back. >> reporter: but your father wants to stay here? >> he wants to stay. >> reporter: president biden toured nearby lost creek today where rushing waters carted off school buses and up ended mobile homes. >> we're an american citizen. we never give up. we never stop. we never bow. we never bend. we just go forward. >> reporter: the disaster zone stretches across 12 eastern kentucky counties. as much as 10 1/2 inches of rain came down in just "48 hours" turning creeks into rivers in an area made more vulnerable by strip mining. hundreds of people are being housed in kentucky state parks. 37 people have been confirmed dead including two here in whitesburg who were driving to work when their car was washed off the road. >> reporter: how many of these houses will have to be torn down? >> oh, my goodness. we have not done that assessment yet but i'm assuming it's going
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to be close to half. >> reporter: tiffany craft was elected mayor last year. >> you go through the initial shock and everyone came to acceptance and started rebuilding. >> reporter: kentucky's governor told president biden today that this region now has enough bottled water and used clothing. what they really need at this point are more cash donations because despite all the help that is coming this way from fema, clearly, jericka, the people here are going to need to replace everything. >> definitely looks that way. nancy cordes, thank you. parts of the mile high city looked more like the sunken city of atlantis on sunday. denver residents were stranded and some had to be rescued after flood waters turned streets into rivers. elsewhere dangerous heat remains in the forecast for much of this country. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettis from our partners at the weather channel. mike, good evening to you. >> jericka, good evening. the heat has been punishing across the northeast and nothing
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changes with temperatures into the 90s. 97 in boston. 26 straight days with the temperature above 80s. all time record for the city. the next cold front comes in and cools things off and storms, flooding rain and late day storms in the northeast. that could lead to travel problems not only in the roadways, airports and they have impact at the airports. then, of course, there are the tropics. after very quiet period, finally coming alive again. the national hurricane center designating this cluster of thunderstorms off the coast of africa as an area to watch with, jericka, a 40% chance of becoming potentially our next named storm. >> thanks, mike. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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this is the c"cbs overnight ne news". to georgia now where a judge sentenced a white father and son to life in prison and their neighbor to 35 years for a federal hate crime in the 2020 murder of ahmaud arbery. arbery's father, marcus arbery, talked about the difficulty of sitting in the courtroom. >> it was hard to look at them every day as a father. and they show no remorse for how they took his life. that's the thing that bothered me real bad and then they asked for mercy. they didn't give him no mercy that day. >> all three men are already serving life sentences after
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being convicted of murder in a state trial last year. well, back here in washington, senate democrats are celebrating the weekend passage of a multi-billion dollar spending bill that's focused on health care, climate change and taxes. cbs's scott mcfarland takes a closer look at how and when you might actually feel the impact. >> klobuchar, aye. >> reporter: after a weekend marathon of voting in the senate. >> and the bill as amended is passed. >> reporter: approving nearly 3/4 of a trillion dollar plan called the inflation reduction act, the work week began at small businesses like kyle burke's bookstore with skepticism anything will change immediately. >> i think it would be foolish to expect any short term changes. >> reporter: food prices are squeezing employees meaning burke has to pay them more. does at that make it more difficult for you. >> i think it will. >> reporter: straight down party lines with republicans blasting
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the plan saying it might fuel inflation by raising taxes. >> this gives phony and cynical a bad name. >> reporter: with 369 3w8d for clean energy programs, also the largest climate change bill in u.s. history, including tax credits and for energy efficient home upgrades. it expands subsidies under the affordable care act and to help pay for t a new 15% tax rate on corporations. left out of the bill, a plan to cap the price of insulin for millions of people on private insurance. as insulin prices are estimated to have soared from $20 to $$25 the price. >> michelle knows her daughter suffered from diabetes before she died. >> you can't afford the particular insulin that you
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need. >> reporter: the u.s. house is expected to pass it on friday and then it goes to president biden's desk. jury creek? >> scott, we shall see what happens. tonight a fragile cease-fire appears to be holding between israel and palestinian militants after a weekend of heavy fighting. it started on friday with israeli targeting iranian backed militants in gaza. the militants responded by firing more than 1100 rockets and shells at israel. israeli officials claim 200 landed inside gaza killing innocent palestinians including children. president biden has called for an investigation. today the pentagon announced the largest single military package yet for ukraine. the u.s. is plenling another billion dollars in rockets, ammunition and other equipment. this comes as increased shelling around the largest nuclear plant is raising safety concerns.
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here's charlie dagg from ukraine. >> reporter: the legal back and forth around zaporizhzhia took a menacing turn. a potentially catastrophic incident, something president zelenskyy condemned as russian nuclear terror. the plant lies on the front line. here the coastal city of nikolai has become the focus of russian fire power. ukrainian emergency services released drone footage this weekend said to show the aftermath of the latest artillery barrage. major 1yegeneral is the command of this region. is it your sense there will be a showdown here in nikolai? >> yes. we're preparing for thr offensive. oush soldiers will stand until the end. no one is planning to give up nikolai. he said the russians are running
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out of precision missiles. we found missile debris with primitive old components and trans sisters, he said, technology from the 1960s. we spoke in the rubble of the regional government headquarters destroyed in a precision missile strike in march. by luck alone nikolai's governor was not in his office that morning. why do you think the russians are so intent on attacking nikolai? >> first of all, they want to scare the population. the second one, they are terrorists. >> reporter: now under strict blackout conditions here, that's when the nightly bombardment begins, but the russians have vastly more fire power. the general told us for every shell ukrainian forces fire, the russians respond with ten. jericka? >> charlie d'agata, thank you. if you were at the airport this weekend, there's a good chance your flights were delayed or canceled. we'll tell you about proposed
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new rules that may have you paying up . we'll be back in 60 seconds. you could call this the summer of flyer frustration. since thursday more than 5,000 flights have been scrubbed and more than 35,000 flights
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delayed. the air lines blame a combination of severe weather, staffing issues and increased demand. the transportation department is proposing new fines for airlines and refund regulations for passengers experiencing long disruptions. i think a lot of people would like that. well, the mayor of new york is blasting the governor of texas over the bussing of border migrants to his city. more than 60 migrants from south and central america have arrived in manhattan since friday straining shelter capacity for asylum seekers. new york's mayor eric adams says some were forced on those buses. texas has bussed more than 6,000 migrants to washington, d.c. the man known as the voice of american history has died. david mccullough was a pulitzer prize winning writer covering subjects from the brooklyn bridge to john adams and harry truman. he narrated ken burns's civil war documentary and the movie
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flipping. >> 87,600. >> dennis wang bought this months ago. but the deal he got was too good to pass up. >> they gave you how much? >> $101,000. absolutely insane. mind blowing. >> reporter: the dealer paid off the rest of his lone and wang walked away with a check for almost $17,000. >> in the last two years i've been driving brand-new cars and have not lost a cent. >> reporter: eddie flipped his car for $5,000 more than he paid for it. >> nine months and this is how much it appreciated. >> like a honda civic or toyota camry, these vehicles are worth more in the used market than they are in the new market. >> reporter: typically cars lose more than 20% of their value in the first year on the road. since the pandemic began, used car prices are actually up 53% and that has some car owners
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seeing green. >> we don't have enough new cars. guess what? consumers resort to used cars essentially raising the ceiling of what used cars cost. >> reporter: what does this do for a mom going to buy a new used toyota camry. >> it's going to be shock and awe. you will pay more and get less. >> reporter: some are beginning to crack down. gm is warning buyers the warranties on some of the most popular vehicles will disappear if those cars are flipped within the first 12 months. tesla says it may unilaterally cancel any order we believe was made with a view towards resale, and that's exactly what happened to dennis wang's next car. >> my order for tesla has been deleted. they're trying to protect the customers and of course themselves at the end of the day. >> reporter: in this high revenue economy, you should check the value of your car online especially if you have a lease. it's probably worth more than you owe on it.
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finally tonight, we remember olivia newton john who died today at the age of 73. john travolta said on instagram, my dearest olivia, you made all of our lives so much better. here's cbs's jim axelrod. >> reporter: she was a four-time grammy winner who had five number one hits. for so many remembering olivia newton john tonight, it was one of the great makeovers in hollywood history. from wholesome goody two shoes sandy olson ♪ ♪ >> to john travolta's leather and spandex clad bombshell
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girlfriend in the 1978 movie "grease" that defined her career. born in england 73 years ago, olivia newton john moved to australia at the age of 5. her initial success as a soft rock singer placing fourth in the euro vision contest in 1974 was dwarfed by the white hot superstar come to she found after coming to the u.s. in the mid '70s. "physical" spent ten weeks at number one in the early 1980s. she would spend years on environmental an animal rights issues all while carrying on a three decade long battle with breast cancer. >> i'm not a victim. i don't want to be one. i feel that what's happened to me has had purpose. >> reporter: olivia newton john's purpose filled life that provided so much joy to so many. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. and that is the overnight
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news for this tuesday. reporting from the nation's capitol. i'm jericka duncan. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt piper in new york. the fbi has executed a search warrant at former president trump's mar-a-lago resort. trump calls it a raid and says, quote, they even broke into my safe. he was not at the florida home at the time. cbs news has learned it was not connected to january 6th but instead to missing white house records. the u.s. will send an additional $5.5 billion in government and military aid to ukraine. that brings the total to $8.5 billion since russia's february invasion. what was tiny dancer by elton john is becoming a duet with britney spears called hold me closer. it will be out in the coming
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days. for more news, download the cbs news it's tuesday, august 9th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." search warrant. fbi officials check out donald trump's mar-a-lago estate. what they were looking for, and the former president's heated response. touring the damage. president biden gets an up-close look at flood-ravaged communities in eastern kentucky. his promise as more storms threaten the region. remembering olivia newton-john. a look back on her career and the emotional tribute from john travolta. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs well, good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the unprecedented search of a former president

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