from texas and nurse monica johnson from oregon. >> so, you know, we came in with such good intentions obviously and wanted to help and save lives. we haven't had a single wound patient in the icu that has made it out. >> not a single one? >> no. >> reporter: most of their patients are kids. >> she had glitter on her fingernails. she had this colored hair. these things -- it really affects you because you really see the innocence. >> they're broken, and they are empty. so the thought of leaving them and, you know, leaving them while they're so empty is heartbreaking. >> reporter: and tonight the israeli military has confirmed it sent more troops into the southern city of rafah as israel's government is expected to approve widening the

offensive there. maurice. >> imtiaz tyab in tel aviv tonight, thank you. now to our investigation into how thousands of guns once carried by police officers are turning up at crime scenes around the country. cbs news partnered with nonprofit newsrooms, the trace and reveal, to survey nearly 200 police departments nationwide, and most told us they trade or sell their used guns. here's cbs news investigative correspondent stephen stock. >> attention northwest 22, person shot. >> reporter: indianapolis has a gun problem. firearm deaths of young people last year jumped 70%. >> another family lost another child at the hands of a firearm that shouldn't even be on the streets. it shouldn't even be on the streets. >> reporter: candace leslie's only k450i8d was shot to death. police discovered one of the guns involved in cameron brown's

death was owned by a sheriff's department in stanislaus county, california. >> there's no reason for police firearms to be in the hands of teenagers. >> i would say to cameron's mom, i'm very sorry for your loss, but my organization had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: sheriff jeff durksy's agency is one of more than 140 nationwide that we learned sell or trade in their used weapons when they update their arsenals. >> it's a legal transaction. i mean i'll go back to -- so if i legally sold my old used patrol cars and somebody uses that in a commission of a crime, is that our responsibility? i would say no. >> reporter: durksy says he saved taxpayers $25,000 last time he traded in about 650 guns. during a 16-year time period ending in february 2022, the atf traced 52,529 former police service weapons to crimes somewhere in america. on average, that's more than

3,200 guns every year, 9 every day. and our analysis of atf documents shows guns and crime traced to law enforcement agencies nationwide. in indianapolis, like so many american cities with a gun problem, the police department trades in its weapons. >> as a police chief, i don't want anything -- any weapon that we owned to end up being used violently against another person in our country. >> you'd be open to stopping that practice? >> well, i'd have to see, you know, the taxpayers pay for these things. >> reporter: cameron's mother says there's a greater cost. >> this one gun has hit home for me. it's changed my life forever. >> reporter: changed by a gun originally meant to protect and serve. maurice, the atf is required under federal law to melt down its guns. the white house office for gun violence prevention would not agree to talk to us. >> eye opening reporting. stephen stock, thanks so much.

tonight a preview of norah o'donnell's one of a kind interview with pope francis on this sunday's "60 minutes," the head of the catholic church shares his views on a range of issues, including a big shift under his leadership. >> last year, you decided to allow catholic priests to bless same-sex couples. that's a big change. why? >> translator: no. what i allowed was not to bless the union. that cannot be done because that is not the sacrament. i cannot. the lord made it that way. but to bless each person, yes. the blessing is for everyone, for everyone. to bless a homosexual-type union, however, goes against the given right, against the law of the church. but to bless each person, why not?

the blessing is for all. some people were scandalized by this, but why? everyone, everyone. >> you have said, who am i to judge? homosexuality is not a crime. >> translator: no, it's a human fact. >> and you can watch norah's interview with pope francis on this sunday's "60 minutes" followed by a prime time special on monday right here on cbs. don't miss it. a man convicted of killing a black lives matter protester is pardoned after serving just one year in prison. we'll have the details next.

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guided by the legacy of that supreme court decision. >> i heard you had a birthday. >> reporter: home delivered birthday gifts and cake aren't generally part of a school curriculum. but tow fee coo school superintendent tiffany anderson rarely sticks to a lesson plan when there's a child in need. >> if we don't do it, who will? >> reporter: the district at the center of the 19 54 brown versus education ruling outlawing segregation in schools. >> in the past, they have tried doing separate but equal. >> reporter: is now helmed by its first black female superintendent. >> 70 years later, do you live with the burden of their hope and dreams? >> i think 70 years later, i live with the privilege to help their homes and dreams come to life. i'm standing on their shoulders. >> reporter: high school graduation rates have skyrocketed from near 70% to 91% during her eight-year tenure. she's established morale-boosting programs like graduation ceremonies for students in the nearby state

correctional facility. >> so have faith that you will make it through and be out of this space. >> reporter: in a district where almost half of students qualify for subsidized lunch, she put washers and dryers in schools as well as food and clothing pantries. >> it's not really hard to get people on board when they know that you care and they know they can be part of something pretty incredible and transformational. >> why isn't it happening somewhere else? >> sometimes fear. fear can make you choose not to accept other people. fear can shut down systems in a way like nothing else can. >> reporter: the historic district is transforming once again, this time opening its doors to refugees and migrants. >> just because somebody doesn't speak english doesn't mean they're less valuable to a community. >> reporter: students from more than 40 countries have enrolled. >> we have clothing. >> reporter: director of cultural innovation, pilar mejia, welcomes each one. >> without this program, where do you think some of these families would be right now?

>> it would be tragic. they might end up in either not being able to come or stay in situations in their countries that are dire. >> is there any connection that you can draw there between what's happening now with these kids and the situation at the time? >> the connection is they all are looking for a better and brighter future. they're all hoping for something better for their lives. we're dealing with families who want more for their children. >> reporter: it's that better, brighter future that was fought over 70 years ago in the schools of topeka. liz neeley: you know, you've probably heard it said that some people have to hit rock bottom before they really come to the lord and give him their life. and that's what happened.

i probably had a lot of anxiety at that point about my future, but as i began to study the word and a lot of dr. stanley's teachings and sermons, i began to realize that, through the love of jesus, god saved me for a purpose.

finally here tonight's "heart of america," meet leah wils ns, an oncology nurse. after years of helping patients navigate treatment, the mother of two was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma at 35. wilson kept working, supporting her fellow cancer patients on their journeys. now in remission, she says it gave her a whole new perspective on cancer and life. >> it's okay to grieve, and it's really appropriate to grieve. but then also that joy can exist in the same stance where we find our best selves and our best lives because we become more vulnerable. we become relatable. >> norah o'donnell's words of advice for the graduates today at georgetown university. >> now it is time for you to use the values and the knowledge that you have learned here to lead a life of purpose, of kindness, of gratitude, of

impact and integrity. and most of all, of love and understanding of one another. and that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from washington, i'm maurice dubois. this is "cbs news flash." i'm ca race sa lawson in new york. powerful storms hit the houston area overnight as the national weather service warns of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of texas and louisiana. at least four people have been killed and round a million

customers have lost power. aid will soon begin flowing into gaza through a new pier constructed by the u.s. military. after months of intense fighting in the israel-hamas war, more than a million people are in critical need according to the u.n. and a terrifying day at california's state capitol. workers evacuated after a package was delivered containing a suspicious substance labeled as anthrax. it was later found to be harmless. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. what do we want? >> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> new arrests at pro-palestinian demonstrations on college campuses at the height of graduation season. as president biden prepares to make a commencement speech at a georgia college, the school says it will halt sunday's ceremony on the spot if protesters

interrupt. >> his decisions do not reflect the moral compass of ourselves as students. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for being with us. i'm maurice dubois. norah is on assignment. tonight we are following escalating pro-palestinian protests on campuses around the country. in california, police in helmets and riot gear cleared a lecture hall at uc irvine, arresting 50 people. chicago police arrested two protesters at depaul university while clearing that encampment. at least five students chained themselves to columns at the university of oregon. and at the university of michigan, protesters placed fake bloody body bags outside the private home of a school board member. these scenes are playing out in the middle of graduation season, and this weekend, president

biden could step into the fray when he travels to georgia to give the commencement address at morehouse college. cs's nikole killion reports on how the school and the white house are preparing for possible disruptions. >> reporter: tonight at morehouse college in atlanta, fences started going up around the campus ahead of president biden's commencement address this weekend as concerns build for possible protest. the school's president, david thomas, warned he will halt graduation ceremonies if demonstrations erupt. >> if my choice is 20 people being arrested on national tv on the morehouse campus, taken away in zip ties during our commencement, before we would reach that point, i would conclude the ceremony. >> free, free palestine! >> reporter: for weeks, some students have challenged leaders at the historically black college to rescind biden's invitation over his administration's response to the war between israel and hamas. >> we feel that all of his

decisions do not reflect the moral compass of ourselves as students, of this institution, and largely of the black american population. >> reporter: last week, the white house dispatched senior adviser stephen benjamin to meet with students on campus. >> i think as long as they're peaceful protests that don't disrupt the amazing moment that is for each of those graduates there today, i think we'll all consider this a success. >> reporter: the president's visit comes at a critical time in a critical battleground state. biden flipped georgia in 2020. but if the election were held today, a recent "new york times"/sienna poll shows him losing to former president trump by 10 points as both candidates try to shore up support with black voters. >> look, trump hurt black people every chance he got. >> reporter: this engineering graduate wants to keep politics out of it. >> i mean this is like one of the happiest days of my life.

if they come over here and ruin it, i don't know. i'm going to be hurt. >> reporter: today, morehouse faculty voted in favor of conferring an honorary degree on president biden. the white house says the president isn't concerned that his visit could overshadow sunday's graduation and that he plans to engage with students and faculty while he's here. maurice. >> nikole killion in atlanta tonight, thank you. michael cohen faced hours of intense questioning today at former president trump's criminal trial. defense attorneys accusing him of lying and attacking his character and his testimony. cbs's robert costa once again tonight from the courthouse in lower manhattan. >> reporter: former president donald trump appeared to be closely watching as his defense tore into the credibility of michael cohen, who has acknowledged lying under oath in past cases. >> the last time i appeared before congress, i came to protect mr. trump. today i am here to tell the truth. >> reporter: as the prosecution's star witness, cohen says he lied because of his loyalty to trump and has

testified he paid adult film star stormy daniels $130,000 to suppress her account of an alleged sexual encounter with trump to stave off a scandal ahead of the 2016 election. and cohen has testified he called then-candidate trump to update him about the transaction. but on thursday, defense attorney todd blanche accused cohen of lying about the call and instead claimed cohen was reaching out to trump's bodyguard to get help because he was receiving harassing phone calls from a 14-year-old prankster. part of it was the 14-year-old, cohen testified, saying he discussed the prank calls while also updating trump about the deal. >> the prosecution misses that michael cohen was talking and complaining about some teenager who was pranking him. that's an unforgivable miss. >> reporter: in an effort to raise doubts about cohen, blanche played comments from his podcast railing against trump. >> you better believe i want

this man to go down and rot inside for what he did to me and my family. >> reporter: cohen was sentenced to three years in prison amid the fallout of a federal investigation related to his payments to daniels. although he admitted to violating campaign finance laws, he believes he was wrongly charged with tax evasion. >> i have never asked for nor would i accept a pardon from president trump. >> reporter: in another tense exchange, that past testimony was brought up today, and cohen said he and his attorneys did explore a pardon from trump. in court, trump was again joined by several republicans from capitol hill, who spoke out against michael cohen's testimony while trump remains under a gag order. >> and they're all up in arms over this. they can't even believe it. >> reporter: cohen will be back on the witness stand on monday, and trump's team could finish up its cross-examination that day. a source close to trump tells me he might want to take the witness stand, but for now, that's unlikely. maurice. >> robert costa in new york city tonight, thank you.

back here in washington, house republicans are pushing to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress. that's because of garland's refusal to hand over audio recordings of president biden's interview with special counsel robert hur, who declined to recommend charges in biden's classified documents case. the justice department released transcripts from that interview, but today the president asserted executive privilege over the recordings. tonight parts of texas and louisiana are facing possibly life-threatening flash flooding from another round of extreme rain. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> good evening. heavy thunderstorms and heavy rain becoming a major concern now and through the weekend along the gulf coast. you notice this area with a high risk highlighted in red. that means a significant threat for some flooding. even areas from alexandria back toward dallas could experience some flooding. but what does that mean, a high risk? well, how about this stat? high-risk days, they happen less

than a handful of days a year but account for 39% of all flood-related deaths in the united states. moderate-risk days account for 17%. heavy rain, texas and louisiana through the night tonight. heavy rain all across the southeast through the day tomorrow as well. some of these storms are turning again for us tomorrow evening and even into our weekend. in total, a lot of places here will pick up 2 to 3 inches of rain with pockets of 3 to 5 or even isolated areas of 5 inches or more, whih of course leads to a very dangerous flood risk. >> okay. mike bettes, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." what's the worst part of the locker room? shareef: axe. axe. brandon: i like that. shareef: reminds me of like a designer store. brandon: this smells like a candle. shareef: is this a joke? you chose axe! brandon: i knew i had good taste! shareef: i thought that was a designer brand.

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consumer prices shows inflation creeping lower. but behind the numbers, there are signs that people are watching how they spend. low-cost retailers like walmart and target reported higher than expected earnings, and companies like mcdonald's and wendy's have been forced to cut prices as consumers on a budget react to the high cost of fast food. jo ling kent reports. >> reporter: these high schoolers say a dollar can't get them what it used to. >> i look at how much money i spend on food, and it's a lot more than i expected. >> it's the big mac for like $4. it's a lot. >> now you're getting what for $4? >> i got a coke and some fries. >> reporter: the price of fast food has soared 4.8%. >> all i got was one large fry and a small coke, and it was 5.60 declaration. why? >> tell me why it was $17 for three filet of fishes. >> reporter: to make their menu more affordable, mcdonald's is now considering adding a new

value meal. >> can i have one mcchicken, please, one medium fry, and one medium diet coke? >> reporter: right now, all of this costs $8. and to give customers relief, mcdonald's may soon make it a $5 value meal nationwide. a price that customers haven't seen in a decade. analysis from finance buzz found a mcdonald's quarter pounder with cheese meal has more than doubled. taco bell's beefy five-layer burrito spiked 132%. and a chipotle burrito is 87% more expensive. >> for a typical restaurant operator in america, one-third of the sales dollar you pay goes to cover labor, and another third goes to cover food costs. unfortunately, menu prices have to move up in correspondence. >> reporter: and business is hurting, kfc reported slower foot traffic and mcdonald's missed profit expectations for the first time in two years. >> i remember when i was younger, there was like the

dollar menu that they had. >> yeah. >> reporter: while customers are nostalgic for a dollar menu, they'll take the next best thing. >> i think a $5 value meal sounds really good. >> reporter: one way you can save, sign up for those fast food apps and loyalty programs and know that while inflation has remained steadily high, it has cooled off a little bit, which sent markets rallying. so that means a possible september rate cut is coming. but for now, mortgage and car loans remain expensive. jo ling kent, cbs news, new york. and while we're on the subject of cars, a new study shows the new car smell that many of us enjoy could be linked to toxic chemicals in the seats. anna werner explains. >> reporter: san francisco's veena sing la drives an electric car to help the environment but hadn't thought much about the air inside her car. >> i never realized there could be toxic chemicals. >> reporter: about two years ago, she volunteered to participate in a study looking at drivers' exposure to flame retardants used on automobile seats to meet federal fire

safety standards. she and 100 other car owners placed these silicone bands in their cars for a week to measure the levels of those chemicals in the air inside their vehicles. >> i want to know what chemicals are in my car and if there's anything i can do to reduce my own exposures. >> reporter: now the results are in. the study finds vehicles are likely important sources of human exposure to potentially harmful flame retardants. those most likely to be exposed, commuters, full-time vehicle drivers, and children. levels of some of those chemicals were two to five times higher in summer as compared to winter. >> in hotter temperatures, chemicals are able to be released from the car materials more easily. >> so the hotter it gets, the more chemical you're likely to have? >> yes. >> reporter: researchers can't say precisely what the health effects might be from breathing in those flame retard ants but they know a 2023 u.s. toxicology

report found evidence of carcinogenic activity in rats and mice for the most frequently found chemical. they and others are calling for the federal flammability standard to be re-evaluated. the national highway safety traffic administration, which sets those standards, told cbs news it's aware of the report and is reviewing it. researchers detected flame retard ands inside all of the cars tested. a group renting automakers said approved flame retardants are included in vehicles to meet the government's required flammability standards. back in san francisco, veena's test showed flame retardants too, which she says is frustrating. >> we can do better and have healthier, safer cars. >> reporter: in the meantime, the researchers recommend when you first get in your car, roll down the windows and let the air out. anna werner, cbs news, san francisco. police and sheriff's departments are contactually

upgrading their weapons. cbs news partnered with nonprofit news stations to look into this, and we discovered many of these police guns are sold and thousands end up being involved in crimes every year. stephen stock reports. >> you know, another family lost another child at the hands of a firearm that shouldn't even be on the streets. it shouldn't even be on the streets. >> reporter: candace leslie's only son died three years ago, shot four times outside his apartment. detectives gathered a gun involved in cameron brown's death but they've made no arrest. >> i'm losing trust in the people who are supposed to protect and serve us. >> reporter: but what candice didn't know, until we told her, was that a weapon involved in her son's death here in indianapolis was a former police weapon from a sheriff's office more than 2,300 miles away.

using public records, cbs news traced a gun involved in brown's death, a glock 21 handgun, to a sheriff's office in stan us las county, california. >> there's no reason for police firearms to be in the hands of teenagers. >> i would say to cameron's mom, i'm very sorry for your loss, but my organization had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: stanislaus county sheriff jeff dirksy told cbs news los angeles he makes no apologies for trading in used guns. he says that saves taxpayer money when the department updates its arsenal. >> it's a legal transaction. i'll go back to -- so if i legally sold my old used patrol cars, then somebody uses that in te commission of a crime, is that our responsibility? i would say no. >> reporter: his department is one of more than 140 law enforcement agencies nationwide we found off-loading their used weapons to gun stores. >> so this is about 220 smith &

wesson m and p 40 cs that just came in as police trade-ins. >> reporter: and those stores advertise the guns' police history as a selling point. >> during a 16 year time period ending in february 2022, the atf traced 52,529 former police service weapons to crimes somewhere in america. on average, that's more than 3,200 guns every year, 9 every day. >> it's good to know that these things aren't going to end someplace they shouldn't. >> reporter: this is what seattle's police department does with its used guns. we recently watched as they melted 179 used service weapons. seattle changed its policy in 2016. >> it's not worth that risk. >> what's the worst thing in your mind that could happen if a police gun got in the wrong hands? >> well, if you'd be using in a criminal act and a shooting, killing somebody, or even killing an officer. >> reporter: or somebody's son. >> does it feel like cameron's just a statistic?

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swimsuit edition to hit newsstands. but over the years, so much has changed from the readers to the looks. >> beautiful. >> reporter: christie, tyra, kate. >> beautiful. >> reporter: gayle. >> oh that shoulder, yes. >> reporter: martha. >> gorgeous, gorgeous. >> you know i like color. >> this ain't your dad's sports illustrated. >> reporter: it certainly isn't. >> own it. gorgeous. >> own it. >> reporter: this is the 60th anniversary of the iconic sports illustrated's swimsuit edition, and this year it's unlike any other from the grouns to the models, thanks to editor in chief mj day. >> gorgeous, guys. >> what are you hoping achieve with this historic cover? >> i want the world to realize that "sports illustrated" has evolved into such a far more wide-reaching, powerful vehicle of change. >> reporter: over the years, the issue has transformed to include

women from sports, news, and entertainment, representing different races, ages, and body types. from the magazine's first transgender cover model, lay na bloom, to helena aidan, the first woman wearing a hijab. and this year, our very own gayle king. >> everyone, gayle king's in the house! >> i honestly thought when i heard sports illustrated was wanting to talk to me, that i was being punked. of all the things in my life, all the things in my life, being a model isn't one of them. >> happy, gayle? >> yes. >> gorgeous. >> reporter: the swimsuit issue made its first splash in the winter of 1964. >> it was sort of the dead period after football ended and before hockey started, and they needed some filler. >> reporter: the late s.i. editor julie campbell came up with the concept, and for the first time printed the models' names with their pictures, a game-changer for legends like christie brinkley.

>> when you first graced the cover in 1975, what did it do for your career? >> the "sports illustrated" cover is such a huge get. it's great for your career. >> for so many years, the only people who graced the cover were skinny, white women who were barely wearing anything. why did it take so long for the magazine to put a woman of color on the cover? >> i mean i think it took a long time for the world to think differently about what was being, you know, spoon fed to them. >> reporter: tyra banks broke that barrier in 1996. >> what impresses you most about the evolution of this brand? >> oh, my gosh. think about it. decades ago, i'm the first black woman on the cover, and that was -- >> 1996. >> thank you for the number because i don't remember. that was like, oh, my god, a big deal. it reverberated around the entire globe. >> as the swimsuit edition evolved, did you lose readers?

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it's graduation season from coast to coast, and meg oliver has the story of five siblings giving a new meaning to family affair. >> well, we definitely missed out on prom, graduation. >> reporter: the povolos are making up for lost time with the quintessential graduation. >> it was huge. i mean like it's the first in our family.

>> reporter: born in new jersey on july 4th, 2002, quintuplets victoria, virks, co, ashley, michael, and marcus have done it all from sharing birthdays to bedrooms. >> we know everything about each other. >> reporter: but they weren't sure they'd share a college education. >> some of us even thought of maybe not going to college or just community. >> refinanced the house, asked for loans. we were in that process when the big surprise happened. >> reporter: montclair state university pulled through with a big surprise, offering five full academic scholarships. >> so happy. or mom was crying instantly, as soon as she found out. >> is this a dream come true for you? >> absolutely. >> reporter: on monday, four years after missing their high school graduation during the pandemic, the povolos made up for it five times over. >> hopefully med school down the line. >> i might like to go to law school. >> hopefully by summertime, i have a teaching job. >> i want my own business.

>> i think i'm going to be continuing to work in my corporate banking job. >> reporter: meg oliver, cbs news, little falls, new jersey. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm willie james inman. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. powerful storms hit the houston area overnight as the national weather service warns of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of texas and louisiana. at least four people have been killed and around a million customers have lost power.

aid will soon begin flowing into gaza through a new pier constructed by the u.s. military. after months of intense fighting in the israel-hamas war, more than a million people are in critical need according to the u.n. and a terrifying day at california's state capitol. workers evacuated after a package was delivered containing a suspicious substance labeled as anthrax. it was later found to be harmless. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. what do we want? >> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> new arrests at pro-palestinian demonstrations on college campuses at the height of graduation season. >> let her go! >> as president biden prepares to make a commencement speech at a georgia college, the school says it will halt sunday's ceremony on the spot if

protesters interrupt. >> his decisions do not reflect the moral compass of ourselves as students. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening and thank you for being with us. i'm maurice dubois. norah is on assignment. tonight we are following escalating pro-palestinian protests on campuses around the country. in california, police in helmets and riot gear cleared a lecture hall at uc irvine, arresting 50 people. chicago police arrested two protesters at depaul university while clearing that encampment. at least five students chained themselves to columns at the university of oregon. and at the university of michigan, protesters placed fake bloody body bags outside the private home of a school board member. these scenes are playing out in the middle of graduation season, and this weekend, president biden could step into the fray

when he travels to georgia to give the commencement address at morehouse college. cbs's nikole killion reports on how the school and the white house are preparing for possible disruptions. >> reporter: tonight at morehouse college in atlanta, fences started going up around the campus ahead of president biden's commencement address this weekend as concerns build for possible protests. the school's president, david thomas, warned he will halt graduation ceremonies if demonstrations erupt. >> if my choice is 20 people being arrested on national tv on the morehouse campus, taken away in zip ties during our commencement, before we would reach that point, i would conclude the ceremony. >> free, free palestine! >> reporter: for weeks, some students have challenged leaders at the historically black college to rescind biden's invitation over his administration's response to the war between israel and hamas. >> we feel that all of his

decisions do not reflect the moral compass of ourselves as students, of this institution, and largely of the black american population. >> reporter: last week, the white house dispatched senior adviser stephen benjamin to meet with students on campus. >> i think as long as they're peaceful protests that don't disrupt the amazing moment that is for each of those graduates there today, i think we'll all consider this a success. >> reporter: the president's visit comes at a critical time in a critical battleground state. biden flipped georgia in 2020. but if the election were held today, a recent "new york times"/sienna poll shows him losing to former president trump by 10 points as both candidates try to shore up support with black voters. >> look, trump hurt black people every chance he got. >> reporter: this engineering graduate wants to keep politics out of it. >> i mean this is like one of the happiest days of my life. if they come over here and ruin it, i don't know. i'm going to be hurt.

>> reporter: today, morehouse faculty voted in favor of conferring an honorary degree on president biden. the white house says the president isn't concerned that his visit could overshadow sunday's graduation and that he plans to engage with students and faculty while he's here. maurice. >> nikole killion in atlanta tonight, thank you. michael cohen faced hours of intense questioning today at former president trump's criminal trial. defense attorneys accusing him of lying and attacking his character and his testimony. cbs's robert costa once again tonight from the courthouse in lower manhattan. >> reporter: former president donald trump appeared to be closely watching as his defense tore into the credibility of michael cohen, who has acknowledged lying under oath in past cases. >> the last time i appeared before congress, i came to protect mr. trump. today i am here to tell the truth. >> reporter: as the prosecution's star witness, cohen says he lied because of his loyalty to trump and has

testified he paid adult film star stormy daniels $130,000 to suppress her account of an alleged sexual encounter with trump to stave off a scandal ahead of the 2016 election. and cohen has testified he called then-candidate trump to update him about the transaction. but on thursday, defense attorney todd blanche accused cohen of lying about the call and instead claimed cohen was reaching out to trump's bodyguard to get help because he wa receiving harassing phone calls from a 14-year-old prankster. part of it was the 14-year-old, cohen testified, saying he discussed the prank calls while also updating trump about the deal. >> the prosecution misses that michael cohen was talking and complaining about some teenager who was pranking him. that's an unforgivable miss. >> reporter: in an effort to raise doubts about cohen, blanche played comments from his podcast railing against trump. >> you better believe i want

this man to go down and rot inside for what he did to me and my family. >> reporter: cohen was sentenced to three years in prison amid the fallout of a federal investigation related to his payments to daniels. although he admitted to violating campaign finance laws, he believes he was wrongly charged with tax evasion. >> i have never asked for nor would i accept a pardon from president trump. >> reporter: in another tense exchange, that past testimony was brought up today, and cohen said he and his attorneys did explore a pardon from trump. in court, trump was again joined by several republicans from capitol hill, who spoke out against michael cohen's testimony while trump remains under a gag order. >> and they're all up in arms over this. they can't even believe it. >> reporter: cohen will be back on the witness stand on monday, and trump's team could finish up its cross-examination that day. a source close to trump tells me he might want to take the witness stand, but for now, that's unlikely. maurice. >> robert costa in new york city tonight, thank you.

back here in washington, house republicans are pushing to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress. that's because of garland's refusal to hand over audio recordings of president biden's interview with special counsel robert hur, who declined to recommend charges in biden's classified documents case. the justice department released transcripts from that interview, but today the president asserted executive privilege over the recordings. tonight parts of texas and louisiana are facing possibly life-threatening flash flooding from another round of extreme rain. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> good evening. heavy thunderstorms and heavy rain becoming a major concern now and through the weekend along the gulf coast. you notice this area with a high risk highlighted in red. that means a significant threat for some flooding. even areas from alexandria back toward dallas could experience some flooding. but what does that mean, a high risk? well, how about this stat? high-risk days, they happen less than a handful of days a year

but account for 39% of all flood-related deaths in the united states. moderate-risk days account for 17%. heavy rain, texas and louisiana through the night tonight. heavy rain all across the southeast through the day tomorrow as well. some of these storms return again for us tomorrow evening and even into our weekend. in total, a lot of places here will pick up 2 to 3 inches of rain with pockets of 3 to 5 or even isolated areas of 5 inches or more, which of course leads to a very dangerous flood risk. >> okay. mike bettes, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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finished building a floating pier just offshore. and tonight we're hearing heartbreaking accounts from american medics bearing witness to the horrors of the war and its most innocent victims. here's cbs's imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: with the massive u.s. military constructed pier now in position, hundreds of tons of desperately needed aid will start arriving in gaza in a matter of days. and the aid can't come soon enough for the almost 2 million displaced and for those facing famine. but for 10-year-old samaya, who lost her arm in an israeli air strike, what she needs is advanced medical care. "i want the border crossings open," she says, "so i can get a new arm and be like everyone else." also trapped inside gaza are around 20 american medics doing all they can while they wait to be allowed to go home after the two main crossings in the south were closed.

we reached this doctor from texas and this nurse from oregon. >> so, you know, we came in with such good intentions obviously and wanted to help and save lives. we haven't had a single wound patient in the icu that has made it out. >> not a single one? >> no. >> reporter: most of their patients are kids. >> she had glitter on her fingernails. she had this colored hair. these things -- it really affects you because you really see the innocence. >> they're broken, and they are empty. so the thought of leaving them and, you know, leaving them while they're so empty is heartbreaking. >> reporter: and tonight the israeli military has confirmed it sent more troops into the southern city of rafah as israel's government is expected to approve widening the offensive there. maurice.

>> imtiaz tyab in tel aviv tonight, thank you. now to our investigation into how thousands of guns once carried by police officers are turning up at crime scenes around the country. cbs news partnered with nonprofit newsrooms the trace and reveal to survey nearly 200 police departments nationwide, and most told us they trade or sell their used guns. here's cbs news investigative correspondent stephen stock. >> attention northwest 22, person shot. >> reporter: indianapolis has a gun problem. firearm deaths of young people last year jumped 70%. >> another family lost another child at the hands of a firearm that shouldn't even be on the streets. it shouldn't even be on the streets. >> reporter: candace leslie's only child was shot to death. cbs news discovered one of the guns involved in cameron brown's death was once owned by a sheriff's department 2,300 miles

away in stanislaus county, california. >> there's no reason for police firearms to be in the hands of teenagers. >> i would say to cameron's mom, i'm very sorry for your loss, but my organization had nothing to do with it. >> reporter: sheriff jeff dirkse's agency is one of more than 140 nationwide that we learned sell or trade in their used weapons when they update their arsenals. >> it's a legal transaction. i mean i'll go back to -- so if i legally sold my old used patrol cars and somebody uses that in the commission of a crime, is that our responsibility? i would say no. >> reporter: dirkse says he saved taxpayers $25,000 last time he traded in about 650 guns. during a 16-year time period ending in february 2022, the atf traced 52,529 former police service weapons to crimes somewhere in america. on average, that's more than 3,200 guns every year, 9 every

day. and our analysis of atf documents shows guns and crime traced to law enforcement agencies nationwide. in indianapolis, like so many american cities with a gun problem, the police department trades in its weapons. >> as a police chief, i don't want anything -- any weapon that we owned to end up being used violently against another person in our country. >> you'd be open to stopping that practice? >> well, i'd have to see. you know, the taxpayers pay for these things. >> reporter: cameron's mother says there's a greater cost. >> this one gun has hit home for me. it's changed my life forever. >> reporter: changed by a gun originally meant to protect and serve. maurice, the atf is required under federal law to melt down its guns. the white house office for gun violence prevention would not agree to talk to us. >> eye-opening reporting. stephen stock, thanks so much.

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of all, of love and understanding of one another. and that is the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from washington, i'm maurice dubois. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. powerful storms hit the houston area overnight as the national weather service warns of life-threatening flash flooding in parts of texas and louisiana. at least four people have been killed and around a million customers have lost power.

aid will soon begin flowing into gaza through a new pier constructed by the u.s. military. after months of intense fighting in the israel-hamas war, more than a million people are in critical need according to the u.n. and a terrifying day at california's state capitol. workers evacuated after a package was delivered containing a suspicious substance labeled as anthrax. it was later found to be harmless. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. it's friday, may 17th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." >> we all took cover in the bathroom. windows blowing out. >> breaking overnight, a dangerous and deadly storm tears

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