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this is "the cbs overnight news." >> we begin tonight with the intensifying manhunt in texas
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for the suspect accused of killing five of his neighbors, ages 8 to 31 years old. this afternoon, the fbi a announced an $80,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of this man, 38-year-old francisco oropesa p. t the shooting happened in cleveland, texas, a rural community about 35 miles north of houston. janet shamlain is in texas with that. >> reporter: authorities just finished a press conference where they announced that reward and say they have no idea where the suspect is. it's been almost two days since this incident happened. and tonight, he remains elusive. a widening search for the man suspected of murdering five people. law enforcement says almost execution style. in this cleveland, texas, home. investigators say 38-year-old francisco oropesa, has left the nearby wooded area they searched on saturday. >> it is my number one priority
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to find him. as it is everybody out here looking for him. sheriff's deputies say the deadly rampage started late friday night. the suspect's neighbor, wilson garcia, asked him to stop firing his gun in his yard so they could put a baby to sleep. after that talk with his neighbor, investigators say oropesa, took an a.r.-style rifle, entered his neighbor's home and started firing. ten people were shot. five were killed, the youngest an 8-year-old boy. the sheriff says two female victims were found on top of children, perhaps trying to protect them. >> my heart is with this 8-year-old little boy. i don't care if he was here legally. i don't care if he was here illegally. >> reporter: oropesa fled the scene. authorities believe they have his rifle. they say he should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> five people died in my county
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and that is where my heart is. >> reporter: authorities say ten people were in that house at the time. jericka, they had just moved to the home a short time ago. >> such an awful story. thank you, janet. today, the state department said it helped evacuate 1,000 americans from sudan. these new images show the buses being used to carry evacuees to safety, from khartoum, to port sudan and then jeddah, saudi arabia. >> reporter: revealing itself on the red sea horizon, the ferry delivered nearly 2,000 souls to safety. today marks the start of week three of this bloody conflict. the fear between clashes between sudan's military and its biggest paramilitary bloc will resolve into civil war. off the coast of saudi arabia,
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quiet relief and an unmistakable sign of affection. people working in sudan from around the world, including the united states, disembarked like this sudanese american. >> we feel a little better. >> reporter: he lives in detroit. he witnessed the fighting with his own eyes and got in touch with the u.s. embassy for help. >> we didn't know what to do. >> reporter: he and his son had to find their way to the coast and on to a ship. for these evacuees, finally, this means personal safety and psychological relief, especially after the last two weeks of violence across sudan. but these are the fortunate ones. this saudi military vessel docked with about 50 evacuees. one of them also american. >> you're ready to leave. they just put you on a ship. i believe the next one, the next ship, a lot of americans would
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be there. >> reporter: in port sudan, a u.s. naval craft arrived today. military personnel seen on-deck. u.s. forces checked passports, prepping tired families for their last leg to safety. tonight, federal regulators are racing to save another troubled banks before financial markets open tomorrow. cbs' skylar henry has more on this banking crisis. skylar, what is going on? >> reporter: good to see you. according to media reports, including "the wall street journal," several of the nation's largest financial institutions gave bids to the fdic to buy thehe troubleled fi republicic bank. now, we're learning the an announcement of the winning bidder could come as early as tonight. federal regulators are hoping to restore confidence in the u.s. banking sector after more than a month of financial turmoil at
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the san francisco-based first republic bank. it followed the collapse of silicon valley bank and a review of why it happened. >> this is a huge finding. this is a seismic moment. we found out this week, in the fed's own report, that these banks are not well regulated. >> reporter: the fed is also tracking new signs of inflation, including stubbornly high prices on food and energy. the board meets wednesday, expected to hike interest rates again, to tamp down rising prices. and tomorrow, a big change for prospective home buyers who need a government-backed mortgage. there's a new fee structure that coul lower closing costs for lower credit scores. but hike them for people with stronger scores. the republican-led house passed a bill that would raise the government spending limit by $1.5 trillion. it's not expected to pass in the democratic-controlled senate. but republicans hope it will pressure president biden to negotiate with them. >> it's been over two months
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since president biden has sat down with speaker mccarthy to have negotiations. president biden is clearly trying to run out the clock and create a debt crisis. >> the president says he's not going to be a hostage to having veteran cuts on health care. and having cuts on k-12 education. we can discuss that and negotiate but pay your bills. >> reporter: economists say the government could run out of money by july. >> switching topics, skylar, the annual white house correspondents' dinner was last night. i saw you there. it's normally a lighthearted affair. but it got serious at times. >> reporter: that's right, the president talked about a range of issues including the importance of free press and americans detained abroad. that included brittney griner, who was at the dinner last night and received a standing ovation. the wnba star was detained in russia for nearly ten months. she is now advocating for
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americans detained abroad, including "the wall street journal" who is also detained in russia. the president poked a bit of fun at himself and the media's coverage of his age. at 80, he's currently the oldest sitting president in u.s. history and looking to run for four more years. >> and look, i get that age is completely reasonable issue. you might think i don't like rupert murdoch. that's simply not true. how could i dislike a guy who makes me look like harry styles? >> reporter: and the president insists he should be judged on his record, not his age. jericka? >> skylar henry for us at the >> skylar henry for us at the white house. we'v've seen whahat you wouluo for r a klondikeke®, so we'e're raisingng bar. nonow we want t to see whaht yourur hometown n would do for a klonondike®, so get togogether, and gogo for the b bar, sasandwich, oror cone. go for thehe glory! ♪ if you've e had sensititivit, ththose zingerers can realally e
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washington. thanks so much for dstaying wit us. the united states is in the grips of an opioid aepidemic. about 1,200 people died in an overdose in 2021. one study found fentanyl is the number one cause of death for americans 18 to 49. if that's not bod ead enough, t dea says dealers are mixing fentanyl with xylazine. it's known as tranq and has been found in 48 states. in a quarter of all fentanyl seized by the dea. we found a small town in georgia on the front lines in the war against this new drug cocktail. every week, first responder jesse michael can see how drugs are destroying lives. does this work make a
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difference? >> i think it definitely does. >> reporter: he's part of the cobb county cares team. a community outreach group in marietta, georgia, about 35 miles north of atlanta. it's made up of paramedics and recovery specialists, or former users who are now clean. while fentanyl has been the focus for the last several years. an animal tranquilizer called xylazine is showing up in street drugs. >> xylazine and fentanyl co combined has been described as the deadliest drug in united states. >> reporter: she owns the zone, a recovery area in marietta. >> our 10 to 19-year-olds had an 800% increase this past year in fentanyl overdose in the state of georgia. >> reporter: the drug enforcement administration or the dea, has seized fentanyl
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mixed with xylazine in all but two states, with the south having the greatest increase of deaths with xylazine. the georgia it spiked 1120% in two years. >> a kilo in puerto rico is $300. >> reporter: dan salter worked for the dea for over 30 years. he's a liaison between the federal government and local communities like marietta. >> this is at everybody's doorstep. this is not just an issue in philadelphia and south atlanta. this is in every community in this country. >> reporter: what can you tell people about the effects of xylazine. >> xylazine is used for large animals. not for human consumption. most of the time when you cut fentanyl with xylazine, you'll
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the vietnam war ended 48 years ago yesterday, with the fall of saigon. well, there are many heroes in that conflict. and some of them spent time in a prison known as the hanoi hilton. well, a new exhibit is dedicated to keeping their memories alive. david martin reports. >> reporter: look familiar? >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: mike mcgrath was a 27-year-old navy pilot when he was shot down over north vietnam and taken to this prison in ha hanoi. >> this is where the guards could check on you. they would harass you day and night. they would clang it. you couldn't sleep. >> reporter: part of the prison, the p.o.ws sarcastically call the hanoi hilton is here in the united states. >> this is very real. >> reporter: salvaged when the
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old prison was tore down and on display at the american heritage museum outside boston. >> oh, my god. that's a cement slab. that's my mattress and my bed for years. >> reporter: it's been more than 50 years and only a handful of the surviving p.o.w.s could make it for the opening of the exhibit. just turned 80, charlie plum is one of the youngest. this is a fraternity like no other. >> this is a fraternity like no other. when you have guys that saved your life and they say you saved their life, you had a bond like no other. >> reporter: their harrowing stories are here at the tououchf a finger.. thee late j james stockdale, w received the meddal of honor fo courage in captivity. >> james stockdale. most of the guys would tell you this guy saved our life. just the best leader i've ever seen.
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and he said, we have a war to fight. we're warriors. we'll pursue this war to our last dying breath. >> reporter: come on in. >> okay. >> reporter: you have the key to get out of this, don't you? robert shoemaker was shot down in 1965. >> you're on top of the world flying this fighter. you are invincible. there you are on the ground, and reduced to almost being an animal. >> reporter: often injured when they bailed out, the pilots were abused by angry villagers, given crude medical care and held under not just harsh but cruel conditions. >> these are leg irons. if you misbehave according to their rules, they would lock your ankles in here. >> reporter: how long would they leave you in those things? >> i was in there for two or three weeks. >> reporter: two or three weeks? >> yeah. >> reporter: and much worse, weighted them in the knobby
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room. >> it was a torture room, where the vietnamese would extract information from the prisoners they had. >> reporter: how long were you subjected to it? >> i was tortured 12 times. >> reporter: we know what that looks like, thanks to drawings by mike mcgrath. >> they would put your arms behind your bank and cinch up your elbows. and they would rotate until your sho shoulders go to sleep. no man can stand the p■ain. >> they ran a metal bar down my throat to keep me from screaming. >> reporter: what did they want to get out of you? >> they wanted propaganda statements that we bombed churches and pagodas that was untrue. >> no man told the name, rank and serial number. we had guilt feelings that we broke a bond with the united states and gave information, whether false or true. >> reporter: do you remember when you broke? >> oh, yeah. i remember my arm going out of
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place. i got to tell them something. i can't hstand this. i started telling them lies, half-truths. >> reporter: where was the guilt in that? >> you let your country down by not holding on and dying. >> reporter: the only defense against the pain and guilt was finding a way to talk to each other. >> we would get information off of this wall. >> reporter: tapping in code through stone walls. >> you put your ear against there. and from the other side of the wall, when he understands your word, he taps back, roger, two taps. you go to the next word. here's my name. mm, mike mcgrath. >> reporter: how important was the communication? >> communication gave us the strength, the organization, the leadership, the inspiration, to continue to resist. >> reporter: when jeremiah denton was trotted out for a
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photo op, he told the world what really was going on, by blinking out the word torture in morse code. here's richard stratton. >> that was our fight in the prison camp. we didn't have airplanes. we didn't have guns. we were going to try to deny them the propaganda. >> reporter: there were attempts none succeeded. ed was beaten to death after he was caught. >> i heard him go out the ceiling. we said, well, the torture starts tomorrow. tey were right. they came in and tortured everybody in the camp. >> reporter: mike mcgrath was beaten within an inch of his life. >> that was a fan belt. they started beating us because they wanted to know who was involved in that escape. that was self-torture. i remember that. >> reporter: when ho chi minh died in 1969, the torture stopopped and thehe north s swi
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thee propaganda to make the hani hilton look like a summer camp. then one day in 1973, the prisoners were lined up in a courtyard and told they were released. not ready to believe it, they showed no emotion. but they were given fresh clothes and put on buses for the airport. where it became real. >> great to see americans. >> reporter: the late jeremiah denton recalled the moment in an air force interview. >> an american plane, with the american flag on it. an american military uniformed personnel, 50 or 100 yards from me. you don't know the feeling it gave me, i'm sure everybody else. >> reporter: as their former tormentor, a man they called rabbit, looked on, each p.o.w., including john mccain, came a few steps closer to freedom. you can see the emotions building. and then, wheels up. when they landed in the philippines, denton was first
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off. >> we are honored to have the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. >> reporter: for shoemaker, it had been eight years and one day in hell. >> to this day, if i hear somebody jingling keys, my heart rate goes up. you think, they're coming to torture somebody, it will be me or the guy next door. >> reporter: 493 men the north vietnamese called air pilots were captured in north vietnam. 28 died in prison. the rest came home.
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well, baseball season is a time of hopes and dreams for players and fans alike. but it all starts in spring training. and that's where we found a group of kids making a special connection with one major league
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team. janet shamlian has more. >> reporter: san diego padres players visit patients at the children hospital. this time, the kids did the traveling, all the way to spring training in arizona. an invite from their hometown heroes. >> we're not just caged up in a hospital bed. and now, we can actually have fun. >> reporter: talk about feeling like v.i.p.s. a behind-the-scenes tour, o autographs and selfies with manny machado. damian has a blood disorder since birth. >> meeting manny was so cool. >> reporter: and the pitcher tim hill may have had the biggest home run with the group. >> go, padres. >> reporter: hill spoke from the heart and from experience. >> i dealt with the same or similar things you all dealt with. in 2015, i had stage 3 colon cancer. >> snagged by hill. >> he beat cancer and he continued doing what he loved.
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>> reporter: an example of perseverance on a field of dreams. >> we've all gone through a lot. to be able to come on here and take a break from everything is really exciting. >> reporter: major league treatment and a chance for these kids to just be kids. >> have a good time? >> reporter: janet shamlian, cbs news, los angeles. that's "the overnight news" for this monday. for some check back later for "cbs mornings" and check online for cbsnews.com. i'm jericka duncan. have a great week. this is cbs news news flash. i'm matt piper in new york. a wicked round of severe weather has done some damage on the east coast. in virginia beach, 100 homes
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were damaged and a local state of emergency declared after a suspected tornado ripped through the area. there was also an ef-2 tornado in florida that tossed around cars and caused major damage. sudan's military says as of midnight, it extended a cease-fire for another 72 hours. it's been two weeks since the african conflict erupted and 1,000 americans have been evacuated. a historic season comes up short. the boston bruins who won an nhl record 65 games this season, fell in overtime to the florida panthers in game seven, in the first round of the stanley cup playoffs. for more, news app on your cell pho or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, ne york. shooting rampage. >> we're asking everyone for your help. >> the latest on the expanding manhunt in texas. this man suspected of gunning
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down his neighbors. five dead, including a child. >> my heart is with this 8-year-old little boy. also, escape from sudan. the u.s. navy is helping to get americans to safety. >> you're ready to leave. they just put you on a ship. rescue plan. federal regulators seek bids for another troubled bank. plus, presidential punch line. joe biden makes fun of his age at the white house correspondents' dinner. >> call me old, i call it being seasoned. tornado strike. violent winds tear up south florida while more rain soaks the northeast. we'll have the forecast. strike fears. hollywood studios and writers face off ahead of the deadline. what it could mean for your favorite shows. and later, the prince's patronage. with rehearsals under way for his crowning as king on
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saturday, we'll look at how charles has helped others get ahead. this is "the cbs overnight news." >> we begin tonight with the intensifying manhunt in texas for the suspect accused of killing five of his neighbors, ages 8 to 31 years old. this afternoon, the fbi announced an $80,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of this man, 38-year-old francisco oropesa. the shooting happened in cleveland, texas, a rural community about 45 miles north of houston. cbs' janet shamlian is in texas for us tonight with an update on that investigation. good evening, janet. >> reporter: authorities just finished a press conference here where they announced that reward and said they have no idea where the suspect is. it's been almost two days since this incident happened.
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and tonight, he remains elusive. a widening search for the man suspects of murdering five people, law enforcement says element execution-style in this cleveland, texas home. investigators say 38-year-old francisco oropesa has left the nearby wooded area they searched on saturday. >> it is my number one priority to find him, as it is everybody that's out here looking for him. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies say the deadly rampage started late friday night. the suspect's neighbor, wilson garcia, asked him to stop firing his gun in his yard so they could put a baby to sleep. after that talk with his neighbor, investigators say oropesa, took an a.r.-style rifle, entered his neighbor's home and started firing. ten people were shot. five were killed, the youngest an 8-year-old boy. the sheriff says two female victims were found on top of
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children, perhaps trying to protect them. >> my heart is with this 8-year-old little boy. i don't care if he was here legally. i don't care if he was here illegally. >> reporter: oropesa fled the scene. authorities believe they have his rifle. they say he should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. >> five people died in my county and that is where my heart is. >> reporter: authorities say ten people were in that house at the time. they had just moved to the home a short time ago. >> such an awful story. thank you, janet. well, today, the state department said it helped evacuate 1,000 americans from sudan. these new images show the buses being used to carry evacuees to safety, from khartoum, to port sudan and then jeddah, saudi arabia. >> reporter: revealing itself on the red sea horizon, the ferry took 2,000 souls to safety.
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today marks the start of week three of the bloody conflict. the fear between clashes between sudan's military and its paramilitary bloc will dissolve into civil war. relief and an unmistakable sign of affection. people working in sudan from around the world, including the united states, disembarked like this sudanese american. >> it was a troubled journey. but after the journey, we feel a little bit better. >> reporter: he lives in detroit. he witnessed the fighting with his own eyes and got in touch with the u.s. embassy for help. >> they said they're going to call us back. we waited for calls and nobody ever called us. >> reporter: when you calling the embassy and nobody picked up --
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>> we felt terrible. we didn't know what to do. >> reporter: ultimately, he and his son had to find their own way to the coast and on to a ship. for these evacuees, finally, this means personal safety and psychological relief, especially after the last two weeks of violence across sudan. but these are the fortunate ones. this saudi military vessel docked with about 50 evacuees. one of them also american. >> you're ready to leave. they just put you on a ship. i believe the next one, the next ship, a lot of americans would be there. >> reporter: in port sudan, a u.s. naval craft arrived today. military personnel seen on-deck. u.s. forces checked passports, prepping tired families for their last leg to safety. hollywood is quickly running out of time to script the perfect ending. thousands of writers could strike in hours. cbs' elise preston has more on how it could affect the shows and the movies that we all watch. elise, good evening.
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>> reporter: jericka, good evening to you. a possible strike looms in just hours, as hollywood is finally back to normal and pandemic protocols are set to end. >> it's "the late show." >> reporter: your favorite late night shows could go dark in just a matter of days, as the clock clicks in tinsel town, with a mid light night deadline before the contract between the writers guild of america and studios expires. the last walkout was in 2007 and lasted 100 days. current members are ready to re-enact the scenes, vowed to authorize a strike as early as tuesday. >> writers are making 23% less while the companies are making record profits. >> reporter: the union wants higher pay for episodes airing on traditional tv. and increased guaranteed residuals, especially on streaming platforms. a.i. platforms are able to write scripts in seconds.
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and the wga is seeking limits for the use of the technology. in a statement, the alliance representing studios and producers tells cbs news, our goal continues to be to reach a fair and reasonable agreement. the industry looks vastly different today than 2007. when this was america's favorite show. most americans paid for cable. today, less than half do. and dvds are now downloads. now, a potential strike could impact nearly 11,000 union members. jericka? >> yeah. a lot of people there. elise preston, thank you. "the cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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this is "the cbs overnight news." >> tonight, federal regulators are racing to save another
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troubled bank before financial markets open tomorrow. cbs' skylar henry has more on the banking crisis. sylar, what is going on? >> reporter: jericka, good to see you. according to media reports, including from "the wall street journal," this actually several of the nation's financial institutions submitted their final bids to the fdic to try to buy the troubled first republic babank. now, we'e're learning g the announcementnt of the winnnning bibidder could c come as early tonight. federal regulators are hoping to restore confidence in the u.s. banking sector after more than a month of financial turmoil at the san francisco-based first republic bank. it followed the collapse of silicon valley bank and a review of why it happened. >> this is a huge finding. this is a seismic moment. we found out this week, in the fed's own report, that these banks are not well regulated. >> reporter: the fed is tracking new signs of inflation, including stubbornly high prices
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on food and energy. the board meets wednesday, expected to hike interest rates again, to tamp down rising prices. and tomorrow, a big change for prospective home buyers who need a government-backed mortgage. there's a fee structure that could lower costs for lower credit scores. the republican-led house passed a bill that would raise the government spending limit by $1.5 trillion. it's not expected to pass in the democratic-controlled senate. but republicans hope it will pressure president biden to negotiate with them. >> it's been over two months since president biden has sat down with speaker mccarthy to have negotiations. president biden is trying to run out the clock and create a debt crisis. >> the president says he's not going to be a hostage to having veteran cuts on health care. we can discuss that and negotiate but pay your bills. >> reporter: the government
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would run out of money by july. >> switching topics, skylar, the annual white house correspondents' dinner was last night. i saw you there. it's normally a lighthearted affair. but it got serious at times. >> reporter: that's right, the president talked about a range of issues including the importance of free pressure and americans detained abroad. that included brittney griner, who was at the dinner last night and received a standing ovation. the wnba star was detained in russia for nearly ten months. she is advocating for americans detained abroad, including "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich, who is also detained in russia. the president poked a bit of fun at himself and the media's coverage of his age. at 80, he's currently the oldest sitting president in u.s. history and looking to run for four more years.
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>> and look, i get that age is completely reasonable issue. you might think i don't like rupert murdoch. that's simply not true. how could i dislike a guy who makes me look like harry styles? >> reporter: and the president insists he should be judged on his record, not his age. jericka? >> skylar henry for us at the white house. thank you. today, the army identified the three soldiers killed when two helicopters collided in alaska during a training mission. they are 39-year-old christopher aramo, kyle mckenna of california springs and stewart wayment of utah. april is going out like a lion as storms sweep through the south. today, people of palm beach gardens, florida, are assessing the damage after a tornado went through that area on saturday.
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no one was hurt. but the violent winds did some damage, including flipping several cars over. let's bring in meteorologist lynette charles from our partners at the weather channel. good evening. >> good evening, jericka. we're going to be dealing with showers and thunderstorms through dinner time. we have red on the map out there. we're going to watch for strong and severe thunderstorms. winds, the primary threat and can't rule it some tornadoes. as we work into tomorrow, across the northeast, we'll be dealing with plenty of rain and possibly mountain snow out there, as well. we're talking about snow as we move into may. but all in all, rainfall totals, there will be heavy pockets, up to 3 to 5 inches through maine, and portion there's. pockets of 2 to 3. most of us dealing with an inch across the ohio valley. back to you, jericka. >> so hard to hear the words snow in may. thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on "the cbs overnight news."
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stands firmly in a realm of rock royalty. performing at the queen's jubilee concert last year. ♪ the london olympics. but it all began with a little help from this man. >> it sounds mythical, doesn't it? the king gave us moneys. to travel to a far-off land. >> reporter: the far-off land was a recording studio in france. and the pepenniless bandmates needed equipment. they turned to the prince's trust t and were granted around $1,800 to get starteted. it fundamentally changed your path completely. the prince's trust started small in 1976, when then prince charles decided to put his navy severance pay of roughly $9,000 towards reaching out to hard-hit and predominantly minority communities. britain was in the grip of rampant unemployment, that gave way to rioting, fueled largely by disaffected and marginalized
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youths. >> he saw something that other people weren't addressing. >> reporter: dane martine millbourn is the head of the prince's trust. >> he started giving small amounts of grants to young people, to help them do something with their lives. and that blossoms into what is now the prince's trust. >> reporter: blossomed into an $80 million program to date helping more than 1 million people across two dozen countries realize their dreams. like 27-year-old entrepreneur kyle frank. >> i wouldn't have developed it without the prince's trust. >> reporter: he developed skin care products after suffering from acne at a teen. charles spotlighted kyle's brand while visiting "the voice" last year and invited him to the palace. >> he said he was proud of me. and he complimented me on my skin.
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>> reporter: it's not a place for handouts. if candidates aren't on their "a" game, they have to prove their spent of getting there. gy garvey is not only living proof, he's an ambassador. >> it's a pleasure to be part of the thing because you feel like part of the family. once you've benefited from it, how can i help out the next guy. >> reporter: you mentioned part of the family. do you feel like you're part of the family? >> the royal family? no. >> reporter: the king himself might disagree. the young people who have benefitted from the program, are like family. and that is a royal success story in itself.
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on to something. errol barnett explains. >> reporter: for many, spring flowers are a welcome sight. but for the congested, pollen is painful. >> your eyes become red and watery. >> reporter: ryan says he's been suffering from seasonal allergies his entire life. >> definitely feels longer. and i suffer for longer periods of time. >> reporter: he's right. allergy season is getting longer, starting 20 days earlier and lasting 10 days more. what differences are you seeing as far as patients coming to you suffering with allergies. >> the allergies have been unusually more severe. the most important factor we're seeing is the climate change. >> reporter: that's increasing the amount of pollen in the air by 50%. he is receiving weekly allergy shots, gradually relieving his symptoms. >> there's a lot of people that have milild symptoms w with minimizing exposure or taking
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antihistamines. >> reporter: those looking to minimize exposure, doctors suggest checking the pollen count, changing your clothes. and keeping windows closed and using high efficiency filters. if you're taking allergy medicine, start two weeks before the season begins. i'm errol barnett. that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and follow us anytime online. i'm jericka duncan, have a great week. this is cbs news flash. i'm matt piper in new york. in virginia beach, as many as 100 homes were damaged and a local state of emergency
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declared after a suspected tornado ripped through area. there was also an ef-2 tornado in florida that tossed around cars and caused major damage. sudan's military says as of midnight, it's extended a cease-fire for 72 hours. it's been two weeks since the african continent erupted. a season comes up short. the boston bruins who won an nhl record 65 games this season, fall in overtime to the florida panthers in the first round of the stanley cup playoffs. for more, download the cbs app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. it's monday, may 1st, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." massive manhunt. law enforcement in texas is scrambling to find a mass shooting suspect who vanished

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