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dave malkoff, thank you so much. the u.s. may soon welcome some palestinians from gaza as refugees. cbs news has obtained internal documents showing senior biden administration officials have discussed several options for resettling a small number of gaza residents. it would include those who have immediate family members who are u.s. citizens or permanent residents. in the last fiscal year, the u.s. resettled 60,000 refugees from around the world. just 56 were palestinian. tonight, secretary of state antony blinken is in israel for talks as the biden administration presses hamas to accept a deal to release some hostages in return for a temporary cease-fire. but cbs's debora patta reports israel's prime minister says even if there is a deal, he intends to go ahead with a ground invasion of the southern gaza city of rafah. >> reporter: protesters are turning up the heat night after night, demanding prime minister

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"everyone's putting up a tent on top of the rubble of their homes," he said, "because they want their lives back." he has nothing and walks several hours a day 0 to to find water or a tin of food. but at least here, he has dignity, he says, and his memories of what was once the most beautiful place in gaza. and a glimmer of hope in gaza today. the world central kitchen resumed work almost one month to the day seven of its workers were killed in an israeli strike. they provided 200,000 meals to displaced palestinians and say they have trucks ready to enter gaza with enough food for 8 million more meals. norah. >> they're doing heroic work. debora patta, thanks. there was a horrifying attack today in london. police say a man drove into a house and then began stabbing people with a sword. doorbell video shows police using a taser to subdue the suspect, who was arrested but

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who's a cut above the rest, and he's tonight's "heart of america." and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from new york, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the new york police department entered and began to clear columbia university tuesday night at the school's request, arresting pro-palestinian protesters. it comes after demonstrators broke into and occupied the school's hamilton hall on monday, an escalation the school says gave them no choice but to call the police.

florida's new ban on abortions after six weeks takes effect today. the ban was signed by governor ron desantis last year. vice president kamala harris will be in jacksonville today, holding an event on abortion rights. and crowds lined up to see formula 1 star lewis hamilton do donuts on new york's fifth avenue tuesday. the miami grand prix will be held sunday. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. chaos on college campuses. >> free, free, free palestine! >> pro-palestinian protesters break in and occupy a columbia university building as tensions grow at schools across the country. >> they keep us safe! >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."

good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we're going to begin with the crackdown on increasingly defiant and dangerous protests on college campuses across the country over the war in gaza. tonight at columbia university, the epicenter of the demonstrations, dozens of pro-palestinian students have barricaded themselves inside a campus building, and they now face expulsion from the ivy league school. a white house spokesman today saying, quote, forcibly taking over buildings is not peaceful. it is wrong. at the university of north carolina in chapel hill, police forcefully removed protesters this morning. more than half of those arrested were not even affiliated with the university. in recent weeks, protests have been staged at more than 60 campuses. more than 1,000 people have been arrested. many protesters are calling for the schools to cut ties with companies linked to israel and to be transparent about their investments. cbs's tom hanson leads us off

tonight from columbia university in manhattan. >> reporter: dozens of pro-palestinian protesters smashed their way into hamilton hall on the campus of new york's columbia university early this morning. >> they barricaded themselves in. they brought chairs out, blocked the doors, and they moved outdoor heavy metal tables, blockaded the doors, formed human chains in front. >> reporter: once inside, the demonstrators hung a banner with the word "intifada," the arabic word meaning uprising. today the white house said president biden condemned the use of the term along with other dangerous hate speech. the students are demanding that columbia divest and sell its investment in companies linked to israel, which the university has rejected. this latest escalation comes a day after university officials warned the students to dismantle their encampment or face suspension. in defiance, they set up a second one. >> how do you think this all resolves on columbia?

>> i'm not a fortune teller, but i think -- i mean the students have made it very clear that, like, what they want is for their demands to be met. and as long as, like, those demands are not met, they will continue to hold their ground. >> reporter: jewish students on campus say the atmosphere has become intolerable. >> when we talk about feeling unsafe on campus, we're not lying. this is a threat. >> reporter: police at the university of north carolina were outnumbered as students threw debris at them, forcing some to use a chemical agent as they retreated. in new orleans, part of the uptown campus at tulane university closed today after students and outside protesters clashed with police. and tonight columbia is threatening to expel student protesters occupying campus, but the school has still not given any indication how they are going to clear the encampment. in a press conference, new york

city mayor eric adams says we cannot call for peace by using violence. norah. >> tom hanson, thank you very much. the third week of donald trump's new york criminal trial started with the threat of jail time for the former president. the judge held the presumptive republican nominee in contempt of court for violating a gag order, forcing him to pay fines and take down social media posts. trump is facing 34 felony charges related to so-called hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels. cbs's jericka duncan reports from the courthouse. >> this gag order is not only unique, it's totally unconstitutional. >> reporter: the $9,000 in fines are the result of nine instances where the court found donald trump disparaged witnesses online against the judge's orders. judge juan merchan acknowledged the fines might not be enough to deter trump and warned more violations could result in jail time. >> judge merchan did exactly

what should be done and probably what was expected to be done. >> reporter: as court began, for the first time, one of trump's children, eric trump, joined the former president. prosecutors played videos of trump weeks before the 2016 election, responding to allegations he sexually harassed women, concerned about how it could impact his chances of becoming president. >> i have no idea who these women are. if 5% of the people think it's true and maybe 10% think -- we don't -- we don't win. >> reporter: the focus then turned to keith davidson, an attorney who represented stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. both claimed they had sex with trump, which he denies. davidson first described bringing mcdougal's tale, which he called a blockbuster trump story, to the "national enquirer" and warned he would bring it elsewhere if they didn't quickly pay her. davidson also says it was the "access hollywood" tape where trump was caught saying he could grab a woman by their private

areas that had a, quote, tremendous influence on interest in stormy daniels' story. davidson believed he had reached a deal with trump's attorney, michael cohen, in early october of 2016 but says it took longer than expected to finalize. when the prosecution asked why, davidson said, quote, i thought he was trying to kick the can down the road until after the election. now, the gag order does not prevent donald trump from speaking to the press as you've seen, but it does prevent him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors, or other people connected to this criminal case. now, on thursday, the judge is expected to hold another hearing, norah, that will review four other potential gag order violations. >> jericka duncan, thank you. tonight, a historic shift in u.s. drug policy is in the works. sources tell cbs news the justice department is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. cbs's weijia jiang is at the white house. she joins us now.

good evening, weijia. so this will be a major reform. how is it going to work? >> reporter: good evening, norah. this is the most significant change in u.s. drug policy in more than 50 years. so marijuana, which is now classified as a schedule i drug like heroin and illicit fentanyl, would be reclassified as a schedule iii substance like ketamine and steroids. drugs in this category are considered less dangerous and less addictive. it also means the consequences for using them are less severe. however, the dea still regulates these drugs, so even if pot is reclassified, the change would not legalize marijuana for recreational use. so it's not like you'd be able to get it at your neighborhood pharmacy. 24 states and washington, d.c. have legalized marijuana, and 14 others permit its use for medical purposes. the white house is not commenting on the proposed rule, but it was president biden who called for a review of federal marijuana law back in 2022, and

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most advanced chips are made overseas. the commerce department has $39 billion to provide grants to companies willing to build manufacturing plants here in the u.s. critics say american taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill. jo ling kent as a look behind the numbers. >> reporter: this is the new front line of the global chip wars. at this intel fabrication plant in oregon, we suited up to get a closer look at one of the locations where billions of taxpayer dollars will soon be put to work. this place is just massive. it's the equivaent of 28 football fields. intel is one of the biggest chipmakers in the world. in the plant, yellow light protects the millions of chips, or semiconductors, that power nearly all the tech we use. inside each one of those boxes, 25 silicon wafers. they travel around this factory, running about 200 miles over three to six months, going through thousands of steps

before they are officially a semiconductor. ceo pat gelsinger says intel is ramping up production to meet insatiable demand. >> every aspect of human existence is depending more and more on what we do with semiconductors. >> reporter: it's also a matter of national security. for example, if china were to ever invade taiwan and block chips made on the island, the worldwide financial impact could amount to more than a trillion dollars. >> we invented semiconductors. the world now depends on those semiconductors. we have failed to be the leading manufacturer of chips in the world. >> reporter: to change that, the white house recently awarded intel $8.5 billion from the chips act to build more fabrication plants and upgrade others. >> you've said that president biden is pressuring you to build factories faster. what exactly has he told you? >> well, if one factory is good, two factories is better. we don't want supply chains to end in the u.s. we want supply chains to begin

and end in the u.s. >> reporter: at the same time, the company is struggling to navigate its own turnaround, and intel fell short of wall street's expectations in its latest earnings report, becoming the worst-performing tech stock in the s&p 500 this year. >> why should a taxpayer believe that this is actually going to happen? >> if you show up in ohio today, you know, we have thousands of construction workers today at that site. you know, these aren't empty promises. we're saying do we want these factories build in the united states or do you want them built in asia? >> reporter: currently less than 10% of the semiconductors are made in the u.s. gelsinger's goal, double that by 2030. to catch up, intel is deploying a lithography tool, the most advanced ever made, using a laser that heats material 40 times hotter than the sun. jeff bird saul is a general manager at the oregon fabrication plant. >> we'll use this technology to

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those 2367s. >> reporter: david ismaeler is president of 2k games, the makers of wwe 2 k, pga 2 k, and their biggest hit, the nba 2 k series. >> we moved here in 2007. >> and what is this place? >> this used to be a military base. >> reporter: we met up at their headquarters in novato, california. >> especially in sports video games, it used to be that the technology didn't let us build beyond just the simulation. you would build a very small part of the game. today technology lets us build everything on and off the court. >> reporter: blurring the lines between a virtual and real world that some say also boosts the ath athlete's profile. >> when did you realize it's not just the game itself that draws, it's who's in the game? >> those partnerships with the athletes. i'd argue we pioneered that. we inserted fashion, music, and those are things that today make

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topspin, featuring legends like serena williams and roger federer and new talent like naomi osaka and frances tiafoe. we caught up with him at the miami open last month. >> man, this is nuts. >> reporter: where he got a first look at topspin 2k's launch. while tiafoe didn't have much time for video games growing up, he recognizes their potential to inspire kids. >> what are you hoping to do with the reboot? >> make something that's cool, right? i think that's the whole idea behind it. bringing it to the younger audience. by doing that, then hopefully they want to play tennis, on the actual court, not just on the screens. >> reporter: as for how they include their athletes, a state-of-the-art mobile face scanning rig to meet athletes on the road and capture their likeness in 3-d. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: producers bill gayle and daniel burke at 2 k go

put me in the hot eight. >> this is the angry yell on the court. it's a happy angry. three, two, one. [ yelling ] >> i like how you verbalized it. that's amazing. >> reporter: using up to 78 cameras to photograph every muss t t le, vain, and pore. >> this is basically the first step to get someone's likeness into the video game. it starts with the photography, and then that data is given to our cg team, and they basically use software to compile it together. >> reporter: a few moments later -- >> so, yeah, michelle, here you are in all its digital glory. >> wow. did you take that double chin away? >> our artists will definitely be able to do that. >> please. >> basically what you're seeing here is this is the raw data from the trailer, from the rig, put through reality capture. the software is able to build a 3-d model of your head and your face. >> reporter: pretty dead-on.

realism that's also achieved through motion capture, recording on video the likes of, say, a roger federer to perfect his digital avatar. >> you basically have all the major sports represented. >> reporter: seattle university media professor chris paul teaches courses on video games. the sports sector of that industry now represents $21 billion, much of which he says comes from microtransactions. >> sports video games are typically monetized by selling you an initial copy of the game, but then making also a ton of money from things they sell you within the game. >> so it sounds like they're encouraging you to level up? >> yeah, and they're charging you for it. and each year it gets a little harder, a little more expensive. it's a way they can dissociate the initial price. other sectors are really jealous of that because it's become a norm in sports video games that any time it tries to get ported into other video games, it gets

sticky. >> reporter: that constant churn may generate revenue but decreases a product's shelf life, forcing audiences to buy the next generation. >> that's serena? okay. what are we playing. >> wimbledon. iconic. >> all right. this stick moves you, and this stick hits the ball. >> reporter: it's an experience that even first-timers can get into. >> oh, i got to -- >> move your stick. >> and then hit. >> what? that was not out. >> are you going to challenge the line judge? >> obviously you've played before. >> a little bit. >> reporter: a complete immersion in some subtle and not so subtle ways. >> who is that grunting? >> there are unique grunts that you can assign when you create your own player or that each of the pros have. you can decide when they grunt, but a real part of tennis. >> reporter: that attention to realism, critics say, fosters a gamer's obsession. but professor chris paul insists

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a lot of seniors feel that modern technology has left them behind. well, there's a new effort to bring them up to speed. cristian benavides reports. >> reporter: in miami's trendy winwood neighborhood, a hub for art, culture, and nightlife, tis graffiti building is home to the city's newest senior center. this woman is a proud member. >> i feel comfortable. i feel comfortable, like a

second home. >> reporter: here, aarp runs senior planet, a tech-themed space for older adults. sierra, who retired in 2016, can take a range of classes, and she signed up for nearly all of them. >> so that was very interesting. i loved that one. >> reporter: from computer basics to downloading smartphone apps to using social media and even hailing rideshare pickups. >> they're teaching you new things, like how to use uber. >> there is no aarp membership required. you just have to be 50 or older to participate. cesar mendez is the center's manager. >> all the adults didn't grow up having technology, so we have a lot of people interested in, like, the basics of those classes. >> reporter: aarp has senior planet locations in new york and denver with plans to expand across the country. courses are also offered online and even over the phone. >> the idea is every single person that comes through the door is willing to learn new things, challenge themselves. >> reporter: lessons helping

older americans thrive in the digital age. cristian benavides, cbs news, miami. and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. 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 nicole sganga. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the new york police department entered and began to clear columbia university tuesday night at the school's request, arresting pro-palestinian protesters. it comes after demonstrators broke into and occupied the school's hamilton hall on monday, an escalation the school says gave them no choice but to call the police. florida's new ban on

abortions after six weeks takes effect today. the ban was signed by governor ron desantis last year. vice president kamala harris will be in jacksonville today, holding an event on abortion rights. and crowds ined up to see formula 1 star lewis hamilton do donuts on new york's fifth avenue tuesday. the miami grand prix will be held sunday. ell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. chaos on college campuses. >> free, free, free palestine! >> pro-palestinian protesters break in and occupy a columbia university building as tensions grow at schools across the country. >> they keep us safe! >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."

good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we're going to begin with the crackdown on increasingly defiant and dangerous protests on college campuses across the country over the war in gaza. tonight at columbia university, the epicenter of the demonstrations, dozens of pro-palestinian students have barricaded themselves inside a campus building, and they now face expulsion from the ivy league school. a white house spokesman today saying, quote, forcibly taking over buildings is not peaceful. it is wrong. at the university of north carolina in chapel hill, police forcefully removed protesters this morning. more than half of those arrested were not even affiliated with the university. in recent weeks, protests have been staged at more than 60 campuses. more than 1,000 people have been arrested. many protesters are calling for the schools to cut ties with companies linked to israel and to be transparent about their investments. cbs's tom hanson leads us off tonight from columbia university

in manhattan. >> reporter: dozens of pro-palestinian protesters smashed their way into hamilton hall on the campus of new york's columbia university early this morning. >> they barricaded themselves in. they brought chairs out, blocked the doors, and they moved outdoor heavy metal tables, blockaded the doors, formed human chains in front. >> reporter: once inside, the demonstrators hung a banner with the word "intifada," the arabic word meaning uprising. today the white house said president biden condemned the use of the term along with other dangerous hate speech. the students are demanding that columbia divest and sell its investment in companies linked to israel, which the university has rejected. this latest escalation comes a day after university officials warned the students to dismantle their encampment or face suspension. in defiance, they set up a second one. >> how do you think this all resolves on columbia?

>> i'm not a fortune teller, but i think -- i mean the students have made it very clear that, like, what they want is for their demands to be met. and as long as, like, those demands are not met, they will continue to hold their ground. >> reporter: jewish students on campus say the atmosphere has become intolerable. >> when we talk about feeling unsafe on campus, we're not lying. this is a threat. >> reporter: police at the university of north carolina were outnumbered as students threw debris at them, forcing some to use a chemical agent as they retreated. in new orleans, part of the uptown campus at tulane university closed today after students and outside protesters clashed with police. and tonight columbia is threatening to expel student protesters occupying campus, but the school has still not given any indication how they are going to clear the encampment. in a press conference, new york city mayor eric adams says we

cannot call for peace by using violence. norah. >> tom hanson, thank you very much. the third week of donald trump's new york criminal trial started with the threat of jail time for the former president. the judge held the presumptive republican nominee in contempt of court for violating a gag order, forcing him to pay fines and take down social media posts. trump is facing 34 felony charges related to so-called hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels. cbs's jericka duncan reports from the courthouse. >> this gag order is not only unique, it's totally unconstitutional. >> reporter: the $9,000 in fines are the result of nine instances where the court found donald trump disparaged witnesses online against the judge's orders. judge juan merchan acknowledged the fines might not be enough to deter trump and warned more violations could result in jail time. >> judge merchan did exactly what should be done and probably

what was expected to be done. >> reporter: as court began, for the first time, one of trump's children, eric trump, joined the former president. prosecutors played videos of trump weeks before the 2016 election, responding to allegations he sexually harassed women, concerned about how it could impact his chances of becoming president. >> i have no idea who these women are. if 5% of the people think it's true and maybe 10% think -- we don't -- we don't win. >> reporter: the focus then turned to keith davidson, an attorney who represented stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. both claimed they had sex with trump, which he denies. davidson first described bringing mcdougal's tale, which he called a blockbuster trump story, to the "national enquirer" and warned he would bring it elsewhere if they didn't quickly pay her. davidson also says it was the "access hollywood" tape where trump was caught saying he could grab a woman by their private areas that had a, quote,

tremendous influence on interest in stormy daniels' story. davidson believed he had reached a deal with trump's attorney, michael cohen, in early october of 2016 but says it took longer than expected to finalize. when the prosecution asked why, davidson said, quote, i thought he was trying to kick the can down the road until after the election. now, the gag order does not prevent donald trump from speaking to the press as you've seen, but it does prevent him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors, or other people connected to this criminal case. now, on thursday, the judge is expected to hold another hearing, norah, that will review four other potential gag order violations. >> jericka duncan, thank you. tonight, a historic shift in u.s. drug policy is in the works. sources tell cbs news the justice department is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. cbs's weijia jiang is at the white house. she joins us now.

good evening, weijia. so this will be a major reform. how is it going to work? >> reporter: good evening, norah. this is the most significant change in u.s. drug policy in more than 50 years. so marijuana, which is now classified as a schedule i drug like heroin and illicit fentanyl, would be reclassified as a schedule iii substance like ketamine and steroids. drugs in this category are considered less dangerous and less addictive. it also means the consequences for using them are less severe. however, the dea still regulates these drugs, so even if pot is reclassified, the change would not legalize marijuana for recreational use. so it's not like you'd be able to get it at your neighborhood pharmacy. 24 states and washington, d.c. have legalized marijuana, and 14 others permit its use for medical purposes. the white house is not commenting on the proposed rule, but it was president biden who called for a review of federal marijuana law back in 2022, and

he pardoned thousands of americans convicted of simple possession. tonight a former white house drug policy adviser to presidents obama, bush, and clinton is slamming the proposal, arguing there are serious health and mental consequences of using pot. and if the drug is reclassified, he plans to challenge that decision in court. norah. >> really interesting. weijia jiang, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." air wick. how far would you go to set the ambience of your space? try the air wick way with air wick essential mist. infused with natural essential oils to fill your moment with immersive fragrance for up to 45 days. now that's a breath of fresh air wick.

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north carolina. cbs's dave malkoff has more on the fallen officers. [ sound of gunfire ] >> reporter: police say 39-year-old terry clark hughes, armed with an ar-15 rifle and a .40 caliber handgun, opened fire from an upstairs window of a house as a u.s. marshals task force attempted to execute an arrest warrant for him at a charlotte, north carolina house on monday afternoon. several officers immediately came under fire as others rushed in to help. >> to me, that's truly heroic when you hear the gunshots and the rapid fire, and they're running directly into it because they know that there are people that need help. >> reporter: hughes then attempted to leave the house and was shot dead. two women were eventually taken into custody after an hours-long standoff. neither has been charged. tonight we are learning more about the four officers killed. deputy marshal thomas weeks, who leaves behind a wife and four kids. william "alden" elliott and sam

poloche, both 14-year veterans. of the state department of corrections. and joshua eyer, a cmpd police officer who died later at the hospital. demonte white knew officer eyer. he was the school police officer who inspired him to serve. >> you know, when danger strikes, just like any other officer, he's going to get out there. >> reporter: today, remnants of the chaos remain. the house partially destroyed and covered in bullet holes and the solemn procession carrying the fallen to their resting place. >> the last few days have -- it's just been very tough. >> reporter: i got to tell you it was moving in that room when chief jennings was remembering his friend. the chief was just with officer eyer when he awarded him as officer of the month for april. and, norah, he leaves behind a wife and a 3-year-old boy. >> it is just devastating. dave malkoff, thank you so much.

the u.s. may soon welcome some palestinians from gaza as refugees. cbs news has obtained internal documents showing senior biden administration officials have discussed several options for resettling a small number of gaza residents. it would include those who have immediate family members who are u.s. citizens or permanent residents. in the last fiscal year, the u.s. resettled 60,000 refugees from around the world. just 56 were palestinian. tonight, secretary of state antony blinken is in israel for talks as the biden administration presses hamas to accept a deal to release some hostages in return for a temporary cease-fire. but cbs's debora patta reports israel's prime minister says even if there is a deal, he intends to go ahead with a ground invasion of the southern gaza city of rafah. >> reporter: protesters are turning up the heat night after night, demanding prime minister

benjamin netanyahu bring the hostages home, whatever the price. for netanyahu, it would mean delaying the rafah invasion and alienating hard-liners in his government, a price he's not yet ready to pay. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "we will enter rafah because we have no other choice," he said today. as the secretary of state lands in tel aviv, hamas is weighing up the hostage proposal. >> no more delays. no more excuses. the time to act is now. >> reporter: he's here in a last-ditch bid to secure a deal to stave off the rafah offensive and ensure gaza is flooded with humanitarian aid. the threat of a ground invasion terrifies adnan abu asi. he's done living as a refugee in rafah and returned to what's left of his four-story family home outside khan younis today.

"everyone's putting up a tent on top of the rubble of their homes," he said, "because they want their lives back." abu asi has nothing and walks several hours a day to find water or a tin of food. but at least here, he has dignity, he says, and his memories of what was once the most beautiful place in gaza. and a glimmer of hope in gaza today. the world central kitchen resumed work almost one month to the day seven of its workers were killed in an israeli strike. they provided 200,000 meals to displaced palestinians and say they have trucks ready to enter gaza with enough food for 8 million more meals. norah. >> they're doing heroic work. debora patta, thanks. there was a horrifying attack today in london. police say a man drove into a house and then began stabbing people with a sword. doorbell video shows police using a taser to subdue the suspect, who was arrested but

not before a 14-year-old boy was killed. four other people were hurt, including two officers. investigators don't have a motive but do not believe this was an act of terrorism. tonight, millions in the central u.s. are on alert as tornado watches are in effect. the latest round of severe weather includes the threat of large hail, heavy rain, and 70-mile-per-hour gusts. meteorologist chris warren is tracking it all with our partners at the weather challenge. good evening, chris. >> good evening, norah. with the ongoing cleanup and recovery efforts, an increasing chance for more storms. that threat continues tonight and again tomorrow for some of the areas that were hit by tornadoes over the weekend. the storms continuing to increase during the nighttime hours. the future radar shows that. the tornado threat is there, the possibility for tornadoes. winds could be damaging up to around 75 miles an hour. these storms are also going to be bringing hail and very heavy rain. that flood threat will be with

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total losses to those over the age of 60 ballooned by 11%. cbs's nicole sganga has important information on how to protect your savings. >> reporter: reverend malcolm fraser was browsing his computer when the screen froze. >> a message jumped out, said "do not turn off your computer. please call this number." >> reporter: a scammer persuaded him to transfer tens of thousands of dollars in savings or lose it all. >> you thought you were talking to the bank, and you were talking to a scammer. >> exactly. >> reporter: it's called elder fraud crime, and americans over the age of 60 are now falling victim at record numbers. >> financial fraud is definitely on the rise, and particularly targeting our elderly population. >> reporter: last year, $3.4 billion was stolen according to a newly released fbi report with more than 100,000 complaints filed to federal law enforcement last year alone. driven by criminal networks

operating in west africa and asia. >> organized networks of individuals who are well-financed, well-resourced, and are using technology. >> reporter: still, experts say the crime targeting seniors is grossly underreported. aarp estimates more than $28 billion is stolen due to elder fraud scams each year. they're now launching a public awareness campaign nationwide as the fbi visits senior centers, churches, and rotary clubs. >> if you've never met somebody in person, the best advice is to not send them any money. >> reporter: convincing members of america's silent generation to stay vigilant and to speak out. >> just don't fall for it. hang the phone up. >> reporter: fbi officials are also urging financial institutions to create more guardrails, fraud prevention measures that would help stop seniors from sending large sums of money to strangers. norah. >> such an important story. nicole sganga, thank you. a tragic accident in arizona involving a bounce house.

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who's a cut above the rest, and he's tonight's "heart of america." and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from new york, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the new york police department entered and began to clear columbia university tuesday night at the school's request, arresting pro-palestinian protesters. it comes after demonstrators broke into and occupied the school's hamilton hall on monday, an escalation the school says gave them no chchoice but call the police.

florida's new ban on abortions after six weeks takes effect today. the ban was signed by governor ron desantis last year. vice president kamala harris will be in jacksonville today, holding an event on abortion rights. and crowds lined up to see formula 1 star lewis hamilton do donuts on new york's fifth avenue tuesday. the miami grand prix will be held sunday. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new it's wednesday, may 1st, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." breaking overnight -- moving in and clearing out. police in riot gear take back control of new york's columbia university from pro-palestinian protesters, ending their campus siege in dramatic fashion. good morning, and good to be