norah. >> o'donnell: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. the intense manhunt continues for brian laundrie. he's wanted for questioning in the death of his 22-year-old fiance, gabby petito, and alleged credit card fraud after her disappearance. authorities say they are scaling back the search to make it more efficient. vigils for gabby petito are planned tonight on long island, new york. and tomorrow night, "48 hours" investigates what happened to gabby petito and updates the search for brian laundrie. that is at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 central, right here on cbs. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." why one of the nation's largest retailers is again limiting toilet paper purchases. and tv's captain kirk wants to boldly go where no man his age has gone before. ore. commended 's scientifically designed to help manage your blood sugar. live every moment. glucerna. alice loves the scent of gain so much, scientifically designed to help manage your blood sugar. she wished there was a way to make it last longer

norah. >> o'donnell: charlie d'agata, thank you. and we want to turn now to the wildfire emergency in south lake tahoe, california. the caldor fire is threatening more than 30,000 homes and businesses as it rages towards the popular vacation destination. renee santos of our cbs sacramento station, kovr, is there. >> reporter: this is the nightmare so many have nightmare so many have feared: thick forests are exploding in flames, firefighters are making a desperate stand trying to protect neighborhoods filled with log cabins. >> we're taking on a lot of heat here. >> reporter: this is what they're up against. tense moments as one fire fighting crew was overrun as the wind shifted. they made it out, but the flames keep raging, threatening more than 30,000 structures. >> this is our home town. we live for tourists to come see it. if it's burned down, we don't have anywhere to go. >> reporter: more than 20,000 residents have been forced from their homes. south lake tahoe normally bustles with tourists. it's now a ghost town. narby ski r

i'm norah o'donnell in the nation's capital. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. >>> i am january crawford in washington, thank you for staying with us. much of the gulf coast is drying out from nicholas. it dumped more than a foot of rain on some texas towns and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands. nicholas was also expected to drop to 20 inches of rain on ports of louisiana where many people are still wheeling from hurricane ida which hit two just beyond a pile of trash was as coffin that had floated away during hurricane ida. it was found in the woods, the graveyard where it floated from was just 300 yards away. it was under water. we spotted the name plate, ester morton. i googled the name and found the daughter. miles an hour morton had been buried here eight years ago. >> oh my lord. it's been a while since 2013. >> that was the last time troy harvey saw his grandmother's casket when he helped to carry it at her funeral >> i don't know how we get the casket back in its place but i am sure they're not comfortable

norah. norah. >> o'donnell: all of this largely preventable. all right, manuel bojorquez, thank you. tonight, an explosive report in "the washington post" says internal research at facebook found that its photo sharing app instagram, can harm the mental health of users, particularly teenaged girls and the company has known about it for years. here's cbs' jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: instagram's parent company, facebook, has called the apps mental health impact positive, but undisclosed research, commissioned by facebook and leaked to the "wall street journal" sheds light on a darker reality. "we make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls," facebook's research revealed. the findings of the three-year study were reportedly shown to top facebook executives during an internal presentation last year. one chart showed 21% of girls and 14% of boys in the u.s. felt somewhat worse or much worse after using instagram. >> i can't imagine any consumer product that if it harmed one- third of adults we would allow that thing to be on the ma

norah. >> o'donnell: what a loss. thank you so much. president biden faces the most pivotal week of his presidency. house and senate democrats are rushing to complete work on the president's multi-trillion spending plans. and on top of that a government shutdown is looming. cbs' nikole killion has all the details from the capitol. >> reporter: tonight a high stakes showdown. >> voting no says let's risk it. >> reporter: over a potential shutdown. >> we will not provide republican votes for raising the debt limit. >> reporter: congress at odds over how to avoid an historic default on the nation's debt and keep the government open before funding expires friday. without a resolution, agency services could be halted and roughly 800,000 federal workers would be furloughed with suspended pay. at the white house, president biden exuded confidence as the main pillars of his legislative agenda hang in the balance. >> i'm a born optimist. i think things are going to go well. i think we'll get it done. >> reporter: house democrats huddled behind c

i'm norah o'donnell. we want to leave you at the >> with a look at the national mall tonight. 660,000 white flags are on display, one for nearly every american who has died from covid. good night. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." ♪ >>> i'm jan crawford in washington. thanks for staying with us. president biden send the biggest companies to the white house to discuss his new vaccine mandate, microsoft, walgreens, walt disney company and others could soon have to have all workers test weekly and all immigrants fully vaccinated. the virus is effecting the new nfl season with six offensive coaches and one player have test positive. all have been vaccinated. the virus has a health care system at a breaking point. a quarter of all hospitals nationwide report their icu beds are 95% filled. omar villafranca with this story from hard-hit tennessee. >> reporter: tennessee leads the nation in new covid cases per capita, one reason why, low vaccination rate amongst kids between 12 and 17 fewer th

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. social media giant facebook is under fire and today a top executive was in the senate hot seat over a recent report that showed facebook's instagram app can be toxic for teens especially girls. we get more from cbs's carter evans. >> instagram is that first childhood cigarette. >> facebook is in the process of hiding. >> reporter: in a rare show of bipartisanship lawmakers hammered foosh. >> how can parents trust you. >> reporter: using the company's own data against it, leaked researched indicated about a third of teen girls who already feel bad about their bodies say facebook's instagram makes them feel even worse. >> this research is a bombshell. i ask you to commit that you will make full disclosure, all of the thousands of pages of documents. >> we are looking for ways to release more research. >> reporter: facebook's global head of security antigone davis testifed a day after the company did release more research showing roughly 40% of users in the u.s. say their ideas of a perf

norah. >> o'donnell: kris van cleave, thank you. and we should note that $450 billion of that larger spending bill being debated on capitol hill aims to lower the cost of child care and increase access. that is an important issue to parents nationwide. a new treasury report calls the current system "unworkable." cbs' chief white house correspondent nancy cordes reports tonight on the rising cost of child care. >> reporter: heidi ford of jackonsville, florida intended to go back to event planning full time after having her daughter, willow. but then, she discovered that dt even par even part-time child care would cost nearly as much as her rent. >> all of the women that i work very closely with are all moms, and so they're struggling with the exact same thing. >> reporter: nationwide, the average cost of care per child is $10,000 a year. in 32 states, infant care is more expensive than in-state college tuition. >> the system's shattered. >> reporter: lynette fraga is the c.e.o. of child care aware, which advocates for affordable care

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. all right, now to south carolina where disgraced lawyer alex murdaugh surrendered to authorities today, after being accused of hiring a hit man to kill him in a botched insurance fraud scheme. cbs' nikki battiste is following this increasingly bizarre case. >> reporter: 53-year-old alex murdaugh and his family of powerful prosecutors once held a commanding presence at this hampton county, south carolina courthouse. but tonight, he's a defendant in handcuffs, facing charges of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and filing a false police report. murdaugh is accused of hiring 61-year-old curtis smith to shoot him in the head, with hopes of leaving a $10 million insurance windfall to his older son. when the alleged plot failed, murdaugh told police he was shot while changing a flat tire. earlier today, a $55,000 bond was set for smith, who faces five charges, ranging from assisted suicide to insurance fraud. it's the latest twist in a string of ongoing criminal investigations connected

norah. >> o'donnell: jericka duncan, thank you so much. well, tonight, thousands of haitian migrants camped out on the texas border face a tough choice, cross back into mexico or face being put on a plane to haiti where some have not lived for years. and there is growing concern about how the migrants are treated both in mexico and the u.s. cbs' manuel bojorquez reports from the border. >> reporter: the department of homeland security is now investigating this incident where border patrol agents on horseback are seen intimidating haitian migrants at the southern border. >> i was horrified to see the images, and we look forward to learning the facts. we do not tolerate any mistreatment or abuse of a migrant. period. >> reporter: the flashpoint, this makeshift camp in del rio, texas between a mass deportation effort and haitians fleeing back to mexico, fewer than so 10 thousand migrants remain at the camp. to escape deportation, some were forced to cross the chest-high river holding their children above their heads. even though this stretch

norah. >> o'donnell: mark strassmann, thank you. well, president biden faced a tall challenge today as he made his first address at the united nations. he hoped to convince world leaders to join the u.s. in fighting covid, climate change and a host of other pressing issues. we get more now from cbs' ed o'keefe. >> all weekend now to create... >> reporter: world leaders gathered at the united nations for the first time since the pandemic amid heightened security. an f-16 had to intercept a single engine plane that violated restricted airspace. inside, president biden was on the defensive, addressing the strained relationship with china and the botched withdrawal from afghanistan, as even traditional u.s. allies voiced concern about american leadership. on china, the president said he's focused on competition not conflict. >> we are not seeking a new cold war or a world divided in the ridged blocs. >> reporter: he never mentioned china by name but clashed the rivalry as a clash of democracies and autocracies. the u.n. secretary genera

norah? >> o'donnell: manny bojorquez, thank you. well, there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." the investigation after the deadly crash of a corporate jet, and why the government just grounded richard branson's virgin galactic. and, take me out to the ballgame for a hero's homecoming. 's home. 'are my bones strong?' life is full of make or break moments. that's why it's so important to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every 6 months. do not take prolia® if you have low blood calcium, are pregnant, are allergic to it, or take xgeva®. serious allergic reactions like low blood pressure, trouble breathing, throat tightness, face, lip, or tongue swelling, rash, itching, or hives have happened. tell your doctor about dental problems, as severe jaw bone problems may happen, or new or unusual pain in your hip, groin, or thigh, as unusual thigh bone fractures have occurred. speak to your doctor before stopping

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norah. >> o'donnell: jericka duncan, thank you very much. tonight, we were intrigued by this story because there are students at several universities that are demanding action after reports of sexual assaults at fraternities. cbs' nikki battiste reports from one campus where tempers are flaring. >> reporter: the anger and frustration has been mounting ever since an anonymous post alleging sexual assault at a fraternity house on the umass campus went viral last weekend, part of a reckoning of sexual violence within the university's party scene in amherst, massachusetts. today, nearly 100 students gathered inside this building to share their stories. >> don't lose your education over this! >> reporter: it comes on the heels of days of protest outside the theta chi fraternity house where the alleged sexual assault occurred, a gathering that turned violent with shattered windows and a flipped car. what is happening here on campus? ( sighs ) >> a lot of sexual assault. >> reporter: gala cares is now a junior and says she was sexually assaulted at

i'm norah o'donnell. good night. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> i'm errol barnett in washington. thanks for staying with us. as the state department struggles to evacuate more americans from afghanistan, the taliban announced some of the people who will lead the new government. but their goal to win the hearts and minds of the people of afghanistan as well as the international community is already facing trouble. taliban gun men used rifle butts and sticks to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to the streets of kabul, firing into the air and arresting a number of journalists. charlie d'agata has this story from doha. >> reporter: these aren't just anti-taliban protests. people are shouting long live the resistance, the resistance fighters in panjshir. it could pose a major problem for the taliban. >>> they raged in kabul again today, antitaliban protests that are growing in size and fury by the day. heavy gunfire broke out, shots fired to disperse the crowds, sending people scra

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norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. well, a former catholic archbishop of washington pleaded not guilty today to sexual assault. ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick is charged with assaulting a 16-year-old boy at a wedding reception nearly 50 years ago. mccarrick, now 91 years old, is the only catholic cardinal ever charged with child sex crimes here in this country. today, president biden signed an executive order directing the justice department to look into declassifying some documents related to the 9/11 attacks. he did so under pressure from families of victims who are demanding to know if saudi arabia helped the 9/11 hijackers. we get more now from cbs's catherine herridge, including an exclusive interview with two former investigators.>> reps that's my dad.en his father >> reporter: eagleson is now leading a group of 9/11 families battling their own government to release still-secret f.b.i. files from the case. >> it's a ten-year-long investigation, that specifically investigated the role that the kingdom of saudi ara

norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang, thank you. there is news about covid boosters for millions of americans who got moderna shots. the f.d.a. is reportedly leaning towards authorizing half doses for those third moderna shots. in another big development, youtube says it is banning users who spread vaccine misinformation, and that include anti-vaccine activist robert f. kennedy jr. but tonight, our reporting on the pandemic takes us to an overrun hospital in montana, where cbs' marga cbs' meg olivee access. >> what we're seeing right now say they% of the covid patients we have are unvaccinated. >> reporter: in billings, montana, emergency room doctor jaimee belsky can barely keep up with the surge of new covid patients. have you run out of beds? >> so we are, we're getting short on beds. we're running out of beds, took frank with you. >> reporter: here in billings clinic, the largest hospital in the state, the i.c.u. is running at 150% capacity with younger and sicker patients admitted daily. the national guard is on hand to help ca

norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang, thank you. to los angeles now, where america's second largest school district just approved a new effort to protect students. it comes as covid cases among america's kids are soaring. we get more now from cbs's jonathan vigliotti. >> and it passes. >> thank you. ( applause ) >> reporter: tonight, los angeles school board members voted to make covid vaccines mandatory for all eligible students. >> when we look at other immunization requirements-- polio, rubella, hepatitis-- that we've had in schools for generations, we are going to see other districts follow l.a. unified's lead. >> i have a number! >> reporter: the nation's second largest school system will now require kids 12 and older to get vaccinated by thanksgiving, if they want to attend in-person classes. board member nick melvoin says too many school administrators are overwhelmed. what has their workload been like through covid thus far? >> well, according to this principal, about 90% of his schedule over the last month of school has bee

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. rap superstar nicki minaj is one of the best-selling and moste popular female artists of all time. but now, minaj has ignited a firestorm for spreading vaccine misinformation, telling her tens of millions of followers that her cousin's friend became impotent after receiving a shot. well, that claim has beenho debunked and there's no science behind it. so why is the white house offering help? here is cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: rapper nicki minaj is known for feuding with other stars like miley cyrus and cardi b., no odds with the white house. >> our hope is that anyone who has a big platform is going to project accurate information. >> reporter: it all started monday night, when the unvaccinated singer tweeted, "my cousin in trinidad won't get the covid vaccine, because his friend got it and became impotent. his testicles became swollen." trinidad and tobago's health minister debunked that the next day. >> reporter: white house staffers worried that the super-base singer with 23 m

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i'm norah o'donnell. good night. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> i'm errol barnett in washington. thanks for staying with us. the taliban has been celebrating the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan with fireworks and rallies, but as the group plans to announce a new form of government, their leaders are waking up to serious problems. the u.n. says one-third of the country is already at a crisis level of food insecurity, and afghanistan could run out of food, believe it or not, within a month. a severe drought has gripped the country for years. winter is on its way, and then there is covid. charlie d'agata reports on what the future may hold for afghanistan under taliban rule. he is in doha. >> reporter: the taliban says they are now close to announcing a new government just one or two days away now, but for a country on the verge of collapse, it can't come quickly enough. taking over the country was the easy part. now comes the job of ruining it. like the airport, where tal

norah. >> o'donnell: debra alfarone, thank you. and tonight, we're hearing chilling memories of september 11 from secret service agents who protected the first family on the day america was attacked. here's cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: in this now-iconic moment from 9/11, president bush is informed of the attack by his chief of staff, andy card. eddie marinzel is off to his right. >> when i saw the look on the president's face, i knew that there was something that was bad. >> reporter: he was the lead secret service agent on the president's detail, and with the 9/11 attack in progress, his mission became getting the president out of that elementary school classroom and on to air force one as quickly as on to ar force one as qui possible. >> we did a very steep takeoff. >> reporter: why was that? >> our idea was to, you know, hide in the sky until we could figure out what was-- what was going on. >> reporter: "hide in the sky." >> right. >> reporter: fighter jet escorted air force one, protecting the president from any possible at

norah. >> o'donnell: nancy cordes, thank you. and we want to turn now to afghanistan and how the taliban's takeover will impact women and girls. malala yousafzai survived an assassination attempt by the taliban in pakistan for speaking out about education for women.a. well, earlier, we spoke with the youngest nobel peace prize laureate. what do you think will happen to the gains made by women and girls in the past 20 years? >> there were zero girls in school in the past government of the taliban. right now, so many children were in school, getting their education. and 39% of those children were girls were in school. they may not be able to go to their schools again, and the women and girls i have talked to, a lot of them right now want to be in a safe place, or they want the taliban to actually guarantee them they are safe. >> o'donnell: what are you hearing from your afghan friends about how women and girls are doing right now? >> girls are afraid to go to school. they had dreams and they're worried that they may not be able to

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. tonight a humanitarian crisis at the southern border is growing worse by the hour. thousands of migrants have waded across the rio grande and in just a few days their numbers are grown six fold, that's right, and they're being keptt a beneath a bridge in squalid conditions. cbs' omar villafranca reports tonight from del rio, texas. >> reporter: more than 12,000 migrants, mostly haitians, have crossed into this makeshift camp and waiting to be processed into border patrol custody. >> folks are coming over and across as there is no border. >> reporter: tony gonzales is urging the administration for a plan to control the chaos. >> this is unsustainable. this is not america. this is not the way things should be. >> reporter: food is scarce and so is water, and with the heat index in the triple digits here at the border, many migrants are bathing in the river and then wading back and forth across the rio grande. nearly 30,000 haitians arrived at the southern border in the past 11 months. m

norah. >> o'donnell: manny bojorquez, thank you. well, tonight, the search for gabby petito's boyfriend is still focused on a vast nature preserve in florida. a preliminary autopsy found her death to be a homicide, and her boyfriend hasn't been seen in more than a week.r boyfriend hasn't been seen in cbs' jericka duncan reports, the case has brought new attention to the search for tens of thousands of other missing people. >> reporter: today, veteran dive teams were called in to search underatern th 24crrese th'r and boats, in addition to helicopters and drones. still, no sign of 23-year-old brian laundrie, who hasn't been seen since the 14th, according to his parents, and is a person of interest in the death of gabby petito. a newly-released witness statement from the day police pulled the couple over details the argument that led to this body cam footage. the witness says the two were fighting over petito's phone. laundrie was trying to keep her out of the van. in wyoming, the coroner's office says final autopsy results for petito

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norah. >> o'donnell: your reporting is always a wake-up call. david begnaud, thank you. in afghanistan, the taliban announced that they had formed an acting government, which doesn't include any women and is made up of leaders with ties to the hard-line leadership of the past. that includes a terrorist with a $10 million bounty on his head and connections to al qaeda. taliban fighters fired weapons to disburse women protesting in kabul today. also in the capital city, a man painted a taliban flag on the wall outside the former u.s. embassy. cbs news has learned there are now more than 46,000 afghan refugees right here in the united states, and we're hearing from law enforcement sources that more than a dozen of them have shown up on terror watch lists. we asked the secretary of the department of homeland security about the vetting process in an exclusive interview. >> we screen and vet individuals before they board a plane to the united states. an individual who does not satisfy our screening and vetting protocols is not admitted to the united states, and if, in fact, we

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff berardelli, good information, thank you. and we want to turn now to the covid pandemic and a milestone for the one-time epicenter new york city. for the first time in a year and a half about a million students returned to in-person learning today. cbs' meg oliver on what's being done to keep everyone safe. >> reporter: this morning, natalya murakhver couldn't wait to take her seven and eleven- year-old daughters back to school. >> i think it is more than safe to send kids back to school. they miss socialization, they miss learning, they miss the interaction with their friends. >> reporter: after 18 months of pandemic shutdowns plus remote and hybrid learning... >> we're going to do it, we're ready. >> reporter: ...new york city school's chancellor meisha porter called today's reopening a milestone, with mask requirements, classroom air purifiers and vaccine mandates for teachers and staff, porter is confident schools are safe. despite all of that, there are nervous parents. how do you reassure them it's safe to send them bac

norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang, thank you. and we want to turn now to shanksville, pennsvania, a tiny town where a hijacked plane, believed to be headed for the nation's capitol, was brought down after dozens of passengers and crew members took heroic action. cbs' nikole killion spoke with a woman who's keeping their memory alive. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> 20 years later, it's one of those things where it feels like it's been a really long time-- and then, on the other hand, it feels like it's only been a few minutes. >> reporter: time knows no bounds for emily schenkel, who lost her godmother, lorraine bay, two decades ago when united flight 93 came hurtling to the ground in this pastoral pennsylvania field. >> she was a flight attendant for 37 years. if you can think of somebody who just absolutely loved their job, that was her. >> reporter: emily will never know if lorraine was part of the arduous struggle between the passengers and crew and the hijackers that ultimately prevented another attack, but their heroism was enough to inspir

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, we'll be covering it. jeff pegues, thank you. secretary of state antony blinken came under fire today over the afghanistan withdrawal when he testified before a house committee. republicans called the pullout a disaster and a disgrace. some called on blinken to resign. 13 american service members were killed in a suicide bombing during the withdrawal. blinken said there are about 100 americans in afghanistan who still want to leave, and hel insisted the afghan's government collapse happened much more quickly than anyone expected. also tonight, the u.n. is warning afghanistan faces aces f severe food crisis in the coming months. at least a million children aree at risk of starvation. at risk of starvation. and tonight, president biden is on his first trip west since taking office. he says the raging wildfires point to the need for spending trillions on infrastructure. the president is also hoping to boost a key political ally. more from major garrett. >> reporter: president biden on a west coast swing talking wildfires and recall

norah. >> o'donnell: my goodness. carter evans, thank you. well, tonight, it is nearly impossible to get an abortion in texas. the most restrictive abortion law in the country went into effect after the u.s. supreme court declined to act on a request to block it. cbs' ben tracy on what makes this texas law different from others. >> reporter: abortion rights advocates protested outside the texas state capitol today as clinics began turning away patients. abortion providers say texas has essentially outlawed 85% of abortion procedures, which will force many clinics to close. amy hagstrom miller runs four clinics providing abortion services, and is one of the plaintiffs asking the supreme court to intervene. >> it's heartbreaking to deny them the care that our staff are fully trained and ready to provide. so, really, most people are going to be forced to carry a pregnancy against their will. ( applause ) >> reporter: the law signed by republican governor greg abbott, bans abortion once a so-called fetal heartbeat is detected, usually around six

norah. >> o'donnell: manny bojorquez, thank you so much. we could learn as soon as tomorrow if remains found in wyoming are those of gabby petito, the young woman who has been missing for weeks. tonight the police and f.b.i. are still searching for her fiancÉ. cbs' jericka duncan is following new developments tonight in florida. >> police, search warrant! >> reporter: f.b.i. agents descended to the florida home of 23-year-old brian laundrie. they were inside for nearly six hours, questioning his parents and collecting evidence that might tell them what happened to petito and where laundrie is. the manhunt led them to a nature preserve but investigators found nothing. >> gabby petito never goes outside. >> reporter: the couple left in early july on a cross country road trip documenting their travels on van life. this 911 call came in august. >> reporter: this led to an exchange in utah. >> and he wouldn't let me in the car. >> reporter: there were no arrests. the couple said they were helped the couple said they were headed to grand teton n

norah. >> o'donnell: omar villafranca, thank you. and as we approach the 20th anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on u.s. soil, we wanted to share a story with you that few people have ever heard, about two fighter pilots who took off on 9/11 to protect the nation's capitol, knowing it might be their last mission. >> it was a normal tuesday morning. >> o'donnell: lieutenant general marc sasseville and heather penney flew f-16s for the air national guard. on september 11, 2001, they

for norah o'donnell, i'm jamie yuccas. happy labor day, and we want to wish everyone celebrating rosh hashanah a very happy new year. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access gro >> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> i'm jamie yuccas in washington. thanks for staying with us. the u.s. state department is working to evacuate hundred americans and many more afghans in limbo, some waiting in an airport north of kabul. this photo shows six planes waiting to fly them out of the country but the taliban is reportedly blocking the flights for those who made it out of afghanistan the journey was often treacherous even those who are citizens, here's christina ruffini with one family's harrowing journey >> both of these american citizens were supposed to be in kabul four days. >> one last trip to see family and celebrate his brother's wedding before the taliban took control. >> on sunday early morning when i woke up i smell my family member burning documents in the backyard and that's when i thought everyt

for norah o'donnell, i'm jamie yuccas. happy labor day, and we want to wish everyone celebrating rosh hashanah a very happy new year. good night. >>> unemployment end out. will bay area businesses get the help they have been trying to hire? >> you expect there to be a rush of applicants. i don't believe that will happen. >> right now on the kpix news at 7 and streaming on cbsn bay area. spare the air due to wildfire smoke and fog and the high temperatures not helping. good evening i'm allen martin. >>> and i'm elizabeth cook. chief meteorologist paul hagan is tracking the heat as we head back to the work week. >> it was hot today and the hot weather patterns tends to trap any surface level pollution whether it is urban or wildfire smoke and despite that air quality across the board in the moderate category and for where it is in most locations and good air quality downtown san francisco and even though it was a spare of the earth day we did not reach unhealthy for sensitive groups. it is not great but it could be worse. th

cbs evening news anchor and managing editor norah o'donnell has this story. >> the numbers are staggering. roughly 100,000 incidents of domestic abuse have been reported to the military since 2015. the pentagon hasn't kept track of how many of those reports involve violence, so it's actually impossible to know the full scope of this problem. what we do know is these are serious crimes, and some survivors told us they felt they were in more danger after they reported them. >> there's no doubt in my mind he was going to kill me. >> in 2019, retired master sergeant erica johnson told air force leaders she was being physically and sexually assaulted by someone she was in an intimate relationship with. >> domestic violence is this unspoken bad word, bad phrase. nobody wants to talk about it. >> cbs news spoke with nearly 40 survivors who, like erica, reported abuse to the military. >> and i think in the military specifically, it's even more of this forgotten crisis because there is this veil of a uniform. >> according to department of defense policy, commanders are required to tell victims abo

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norah o'donnell spoke with two fighter pilots who took off to protect the u.s. capitol, all while knowing it could be a suicide mission. >> it was a normal tuesday morning. >> reporter: lieutenant general mark sasville and heather p flew for thel ga 11, 2001 they watched two planes hit the world trade center. >> we knew immediately that we needed to protect and defend. >> reporter: protect and defend the nation's capitol, as commercial airliners had become weapons of war. what did you understand about the rules of engagement the >> we understood what the threat was. we were looking for a rogue airliner flying low, that was not communicating with air traffic control. >> reporter: the pilots had no time to spare. the country was under attack. they knew of at least one plane still in the sky, flying low. it was united flight 93. >> reporter: they didn't even have time to load missiles. so you're flying f-16s that weren't armed with missiles. how were you going to take down flight 93? >> we were going to have to hit the airplane. >> a ckamikaze mission? >> sir, i re

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norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues there in philadelphia, thank you. well, today, a federal judge approved the unconditional release of john hinckley, jr. he's the man who shot and wounded president ronald reagan and three others in 1981. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to a mental facility for decades. the judge said hinckley could be freed from all restrictions as soon as next june. instagram put on hold a plan for a version of his app meant for those under 18. company facing scrutiny as instagram is revealed to be toxic for teenagers. carter evans. >> reporter: instagram says it needs more time for parents and experts before releasing a new version for photo sharing app for kids so to 13 years old. facebook is already under fire from 44 attorneys general who urge the company to abandon the project saying facebook historically failed to protect the welfare of children. >> i strongly believe it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: instagram says the app is designed to keep kids safe. >> better for parents to have the abilit

in 2015 she woke to norah o'donnell for cbs this morning. >> what about those who say it's not enough blood to do all of the tests, especially if someone is very sick you're trying to figure out what it is. >> every time you create something new there should be questions, to me it's a sign you've done something that is transformative. >> just six months litter then-wall street journal reporter revealed the technology didn't actually work and the company ran many tests on third-party machines. >> when did you first suspect something was off. >> from the moment i learned about her i was suspicious. >> following investigation federal regulators forced the labs to close and void 1 million test results. >> one patient was told she was hiv positive when she was in fact perfectly healthy and other patients told they were no longer pregnant when their pregnancies were perfectly viable. that will be powerful testimony. >> court documents reveal she will try to pin the blame on ex-boyfriend and former president, claiming he abused her and controlled everything from what she ate, how she dr dres

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