in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's nikole killion takes a cbs' nikole killion takes a look at a new approach to rehab that is hitting all the right notes. >> reporter: abbey aposporous has found the right key. to her music and to life. >> it's a form of meditation for me. >> reporter: a life nearly lost illicit drugs. >> i could be passed out for six hours and not know what happened. >> reporter: the 28 year old's addiction started with pain killers. >> i was introduced to opiates at like a very, very young age, from all the injuries. >> reporter: how young? >> honestly, likely like eight years old. >> reporter: eight? >> yeah, like just from being hurt and stuff like that. >> reporter: she was a division 3 collegiate soccer player. when she suffered an unrelated traumatic brain injury that put her on a destructive path to heroin, crack and fentanyl. she went into rehab three times and at one point dropping to 80 pounds. was that a wake-up moment for you? >> yeah, oh for sure, i was like what is the point of living, only essentially. it was like sink or swim and for a long time i wa

nikole killion outside the court. thank you. well, breaking tonight, nearly a year after a high-rise condominium collapsed in surfside, florida, killing 98 people, victims and families have reached a surprising settlement with insurers and others for $1 billion. we get new details from ashley dyer from our cbs miami station wfor. >> reporter: the proposed $997 million class action settlement over wrongful death claims comes just before the one-year anniversary of the condo collapse. 98 people were killed, many as they slept in the early morning hours last june 24. the action includes insurance companies and developers of champlain towers south in surfside, and victims and the relatives of individuals. harley tropein is the lead attorney representing the victims. >> we believe that that amount was a very, very fair, generous number to get to the victims. >> reporter: horrifying images of smoky ruins and stunned victims were captured moments after the collapse and the search in the days that followed. investigators and officials f

cbs' nikole killion joins us now. nikole, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, john, president biden is just returning from a trip to asia and plans to address the nation tonight. the white house says he was briefed aboard air force one about the texas shooting. the vice president has been briefed as well. but this really marks a tragic bookend to his trip overseas. you'll recall just before he left, he went to buffalo to comfort families there after 10 people were gunned down in a mass shooting. he acknowledged at that time how difficult gun reform will be but said that he won't give up. again, we will hear from the president tonight from the roosevelt room. flags here at the white house have been lowered to half-staff. john. >> dickerson: nikole killion, thank you. today's deadly mass shooting is just the latest in what has sadly . it's a crisisd trry detailed earlier this week in a newly released f.b.i. report. cbs' scott macfarlane has been speaking with justice department officials this week. >> reporter: even before the horrors of uvalde

norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you so much. we turn now to the pandemic, and the once-unthinkable tragedy of one million u.s. covid deaths. white house covid response coordinator ashish jha warns the united states is still in a pandemic state, with more than 80,000 infections, and hundreds of deaths every day. cbs's ed o'keefe reports tonight from the white house. >> reporter: at the white house, and the capitol, washington paused today to mark an american covid death toll fast approaching one million. >> there is still so much left to do. this pandemic isn't over. >> reporter: the milestone is bringing back memories for so many americans, like alexa and brooklyn rivera. their mother and grandmother, ana martinez, died at the height of the pandemic. >> about an hour after the conversation with the doctor about her kidneys failing, she was gone. i remember bawling in my room. i hadn't cried so much since, like, i was a child. >> reporter: the president today acknowledged the loss. >> one million empty chairs around the family di

here's cbs's nikole killion. >> tonight the top republican in the house, kevin mccarthy not backing down after being slapped with a subpoena, along with four gop lawmakers, to appear by the end of the month before the house select committee investigating the capitol attack. >> my view on the committee has not changed. they're not conducting a legitimate investigation. >> the rare move comes after mccarthy and the other members rejected the panel's request for voluntary system several months ago. chairman benny thompson said in a statement we're forced to take this step to help ensure the committee uncovers facts concerning january 6th. >> what makes you think they are goes to supply with the subpoena? >> we feel it's part of our investigative steps that we needed to take this. responsibility. we don't take any pride in doing this. >> the committee says it believes the lawmakers have relevant knowledge about the events leading up to the riots, iner mcc ent that day. >> ie idt. i ked them toal to thel to stp this >> citing alabama mo brooks speech on the ellipse. >> today is the day americ

nikole killion thank you. for military families, sacrifices are a part of service. and when a family has a child who needs extra medical attention, that complex life can become even more complicated. tonight, we continue our series "the modern mom" with a mom fighting for her daughter and helping others along the way. >> she is probably the center of our entire family. and i think that she's a person who gave us a purpose in life. there you go. you can have that one. >> o'donnell: austin carrigg's purpose is to make sure her daughter, melanie, lives a full and normal life. >> yeah, that's one. >> o'donnell: austin's husband, joshua, is in the army, forcing the family of five to move seven times. carrigg says that's impacted access to care for nine-year-old melanie. she's deaf and has down syndrome. >> i know that my husband has said he would give his life for our country, but we never thought they would ask for our daughter's. >> o'donnell: an undiagnosed blood vessel disorder led her to suffer a devastating stroke two years ago. did you feel doctors were doing enou

in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's nikole killion takes a t that is hitting all the right notes. >> reporter: abbey aposporous has found the right key. to her music and to life. >> it's a form of meditation for me. >> reporter: a life nearly lost illicit drugs. >> i could be passed out for six hours and not know what happened. >> reporter: the 28 year old's addiction started with pain killers. >> i was introduced to opiates at like a very, very young age, from all the injuries. >> reporter: how young? >> honestly, likely like eight years old. >> reporter: eight? >> yeah, like just from being hurt and stuff like that. >> reporter: she was a division 3 collegiate soccer player. when she suffered an unrelated traumatic brain injury that put her on a destructive path to heroin, crack and fentanyl. she went into rehab three times and at one point dropping to 80 pounds. was that a wake-up moment for you? >> yeah, oh for sure, i was like what is the point of living, only essentially. it was like sink or swim and for a long time i was sinking. >> reporter: until recovery unplugged struck a

cbs' nikole killion is at the white house. nikole, the first thing we could hear from the president was an audible sigh. >> reporter: that's right, president biden was very emotional with first lady jill biden by his side as he expressed his horror and frustration at this tragedy, saying it's time to turn our pain into action. >> as a nation we have to ask when in god's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? when in god's name we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done. i am sick and tired of it. we have to act. and don't tell me we can't have an impact on this carnage. >> reporter: the president's remarks come about an haf trip to asiaile ard air force one, he called texas governor greg abbott and offered any and all assistance to deal with this horrific shooting. flags here at the white house have been lowered to half-staff. john? >> nikole killion at the white house. >>> today's deadly mass shooting is just the latest in what has sadly become an all too common occurrence in the united states. it's a crisis

." >> i'm nikole killion in washington. thanks for staying with us. the cdc says drug overdoses spiked during the heart of the pandemic. deaths surpassed 100,000 during the 12 months ending in april 2021. that's up more than 28% from the year before, and there are no signs that the trouble has passed. synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, are among the biggest causes. borders and customs claim most arrive in the u.s. across the southwest border in cars and commercial trucks. lilia luciano got an exclusive look at the latest federal efforts to stop the flow. and she spoke to a father who is sounding the alarm about the deadly problem. >> right in here where his ashes reside. i come here every morning and i kiss this box, and i kiss it at night before i go to bed. >> reporter: jaime's son daniel was 16 when he died in 2020. >> when i opened the door to his room on april 21st, i saw my son lying with his arms across his chest. his eyes were slit. he was ashen gray and he had a blue tint on top of his lip. and i just started screaming from the top of my

nikole killion outside the court, thank you. >>> well, breaking tonight, nearly a year after a high-rise condominium collapsed in surfside, florida. killing 98 people, victims and families have reached asurprising settlement with insurers and others for nearly one billion. we get new details from ashley dyer of our cbs miami station wfor. >> reporter: the proposed $997 million class action settlement over wrongful death claims comes just before the one-year anniversary of the condo collapse. 98 people were killed, many as they slept in the early morning hours last june 24th. the action includes insurance companies and developers of champlain towers south in surfside and victims and the relatives of individuals. harley tropin is the lead attorney representing the victims. >> we believe that that amount was a very, very fair, generous number to get to the victims. >> reporter: horrifying images of smoky ruins and stunned victims were captured moments after the collapse and the search in the days that followed. investigators and officials found the building to be structurally unsafe. the en

here is cbs' nikole killion. >> reporter: tonight the top republican in the house kevin mccarthy not backing down after being slapped with a subpoena, along with four gop lawmakers to appear by the end of the month before the house select committee investigating the capitol attack. >> my view on the committee has not changed. they're not conducting legitimate investigations. >> reporter: the rare move comes after mccarthy and the other members rejected the panel's request for voluntary testimony several months ago. chairman bennie thompson said in a statement "we're forced to take this step to help ensure the committee uncovers facts concerning january 6." what makes you think they're going to comply with the subpoena? >> well we feel as part of our investigative steps that we needed to take this responsibility. we don't take any pride in doing this. >> reporter: the committee says it believes the lawmakers have relevant knowledge about the events leading up to the riot, pointing to leader mccarthy and congressman jim jordan's conversations with the former president that day. >> i ha

t >> dickerson: nikole killion, thank you. today's deadly mass shooting is just the latest in what has sadly become a common occurrence in the united states. it's a crisis and trajectory detailed earlier this week in a newly released f.b.i. report. cbs' scott macfarlane has been speaking with justice department officials this week. >> reporter: even before the horrors of uvalde, texas, in buffalo just 10 days ago, the arrows were pointing in an alarming direction. 61 active shooter incidents in 2021. that's twice as many as in 2017. and it's even a spike from just the year before. the shooting incidents took place in 30 states last year-- six in california and five each in georgia and texas. the total number shot: 243, including 103 killed. >> our heart is breaking for these families. every ounce of love and thoughts and prayers we can send, we are sending. but i'm here on this floor to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues. find a path forward here. work with us to find a way to pass laws that