accountable. >> reporter: his victims testified just prior to the sentencing, calling masterson a true coward and a heartless monster. you relish in hurting women. it's your addiction. another saying, every time i think i'm okay, that rape comes back to me. >> i've gotten to know the victims in this case. they're strong. they were committed to making sure that justice gets served, and today they got it. >> reporter: now, the church of scientology denies that it harassed the victims or prevented them from reporting the assaults. masterson's attorneys plan to appeal the verdict, but for now, the actor won't be eligible for parole until he's 77 years old. norah. >> carter evans, thank you. the mayor of new york city is sounding the alarm, saying the cost of caring for migrants is pushing america's largest city to the brink. resources are stretched across the city with schools stressed by more than 20,000 migrant children now attending there. the humanitarian crisis brought

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congressman george santos, a more than 100-page research report obtained exclusively by cbs news, it was commissioned not by his opponent but by the santos campaign in late 2021 to dig into his vulnerabilities. the report raised now familiar doubts about college degrees santos says he earned, his marriage to a woman despite being openly gay, and his alleged ties to companies that have been accused of fraud and scamming customers. >> i will go to washington to fight for the american dream. >> reporter: and cbs news has lerned a group of gop campaign strategists in washington were aware of the conclusions while santos was running for office. >> what jumped out at you? >> the totality of it all. >> reporter: we shared the document with political consultant doug hooi, a veteran of republican campaigns. >> with a whole host of very questionable things over and over again and not just in one direction, but in seemingly every facet of his life. that is staggering. >> reporter: the report drew from santos' own social media accounts, surfacing since

deleted posts and photos, flagging comments santos made falsely claiming his grandparents were holocaust refugees and echoing the federal charges he now faces for allegedly misleading congress about his finances. >> i have plenty of evidence. >> reporter: upon seeing the report in 2021, several campaign aides encouraged santos to drop out. when he refused, those aides resigned. >> i think that's the proper course given just the bulk, the sheer bulk of how much there was here. >> reporter: local new york republican leaders say they never saw the santos report. >> george santos' campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies, and fabrication. >> reporter: but a fund-raising group backed by house republican leaders apparently knew enough to withhold its support for santos' candidacy. his eventual victory helped secure republicans control of the house. >> there's very little that can be done about that. >> reporter: santos has pleaded not guilty to federal charges,

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we begin with the dangerous heat wave still smothering a large portion of the country, including major cities like new york and boston, which both hit historic highs today. more than 80 million americans were under heat alerts today, and more than 60 cities scorched in record-breaking temperatures. fort worth, texas, hit 107 and roswell, new mexico, 105 degrees. that is more than 15 degrees above average for this time of year. and in the atlantic, hurricane lee is now a category 4, and it's gaining momentum fueled by the unusually warm waters. the late summer heat is putting pressure on schools unable to keep students safe because they don't have air-conditioning. many districts canceling school or sending students home early as high temperatures force officials to rethink how they can operate in this extreme weather. cbs's meg oliver is in new york city tonight with how some of these districts are handling the heat. good evening, meg.

>> reporter: norah, good evening. more than a million students here in new york city went back to school today but with a heat advisory still in effect, schools are limiting outdoor activities. students in the nation's largest public school district headed back in the sweltering sun today. >> it's really hot. >> it's going to feel like 100 degrees today. >> reporter: the majority of new york city public schools have air-conditioning after spending millions of dollars in 2017. >> as long as it's running, i think she'll be okay. >> reporter: the heat was on in massachusetts today too. but in boston, the first day back was a breeze. >> inside the majority of our schools, it is very cool and comfortable. >> reporter: last year, boston public schools installed 3,800 new air conditioners partially funded by federal pandemi grants. now the $9 million investment is having a big payoff. >> we can predict that things are going to be warmer and hotter. this was something for students and staff that was needed for them to be able to, again, focus on teaching and learning, be

comfortable in the buildings. >> reporter: a recent study found that students scored increasingly worse on standardized tests when temperatures were above 80 degrees. dozens of districts across ten states have been forced to close or dismiss early this week because of inadequately cooled classrooms. back in new york, 4-year-old sophie had a cool first day of kindergarten. it was a little hot outside? was it cool inside? the three-day heat wave is expected to break tonight in the northeast with temperatures dipping below 90 degrees. but in texas tomorrow, they're expected to break another record, reaching 108 degrees. norah. >> that is too hot. meg oliver, thank you. the other big weather story tonight is hurricane lee. it exploded in size in the atlantic, going from a category 2 to a major category 4 in just six hours this afternoon. the winds are now at 130 miles per hour. lee is still over a week away

from any possible direct u.s. impact. but the national weather hurricane center says it will bring rip currents and dangerous surf to the east coast beaches by sunday. there's an urgent rescue effort under way in turkey for an american researcher trapped deep inside a cave. teams have made contact, but the researcher is sick, and he's unable to get out on his own, prompting one of the largest logistical and technical rescue operations in the world. cbs's ramy inocencio reports the rescue could take days. >> reporter: more than 3,000 feet below ground, rescuers from across europe have reached american mark dickey. >> i'm alert. i'm talking. but i'm not healed on the inside yet, so i'm going to need a lot of help to get out of here. >> reporter: the 40-year-old expert caver suddenly fell ill a week ago while mapping out a cave system in southern turkey, suffering life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding and vomiting. with dickey unable to climb out,

over 150 rescuers rushed in, bringing medical supplies, including blood and fluids, and organizing a plan to bring him to the surface. >> we take care of our own, and it's really special to be taken care of. >> reporter: dickey and his rescuers are appropriately at a place called camp hope. from there, the return path up zigzags through the earth's crust, a stretch more than two times the height of new york's empire state building, with narrow passages that need widening for a stretcher to get through. carl heitmeyer is a friend and fellow cave rescuer in new jersey. >> walk us through what he and his rescuers will have to pass through. >> well, they're going to have tight spots. they're going to have restrictions. they're going to have belly crawls. it's cold. the water is 40 degrees fahrenheit, and you're going to get wet. >> reporter: and the plan is for the ascent to start tomorrow, norah. heitmeyer says best-case scenario is a minimum of four

days until dickey reaches the surface. worst-case scenario, a week if not two. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. today that 70s show actor danny masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for drugging and raping two women 20 years ago when he starred in the hit sitcom. as cbs's carter evans reports, both women delivered powerful statements directly to masterson before he learned his fate. >> they got their justice. it's a long time coming. >> reporter: it took two decades for danny masterson to be found guilty of rape. the actor best known for his role in that 70s show had been convicted in may of raping two women back in 2003. a jury deadlocked on a third count. masterson and both victims were members of the church of scientology. there were allegations the reason it took so long was that the church prevented the victims from reporting the assaults. the women claimed once they came forward, they were harassed and threatened by the church. >> just because it's a delayed reporting, even if it's been 20

years, it still mattered. a crime still happened, and somebody needs to be held accountable. >> reporter: his victims testified just prior to the sentencing, calling masterson a true coward and a heartless monster. "you relish in hurting women. it's your addiction." another saying, "every time i think i'm okay, that rape coming back to me." >> i've gotten to know the victims in this case. they're strong. they were committed to making sure that justice gets served, and today they got it. >> reporter: now, the church of scientology denies that it harassed the victims or prevented them from reporting the assaults. masterson's attorneys plan to appeal the verdict, but for now, the actor won't be eligible for parole until he's 77 years old. norah. >> carter evans, thank you. former president donald trump's trade adviser was convicted of contempt of congress today. peter navarro was found guilty of defying a subpoena from the house committee investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol. navarro has said he was

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i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us. the freeze on federal student loan payments which started during the covid pandemic comes to an end next month. and a recent survey found that nearly half of all borrowers expect to be delinquent on their payments. the biden administration has put in place a new repayment plan based on a borrower's income. 4 million people have already enrolled, but republicans in congress have introduced legislation to kill the program. carter evans has more. >> reporter: rochelle brooks knows the power of higher education. the once homeless, single mother says college pulled her out of poverty. >> how many degrees do you have? >> i've got an associae's degree, a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, a teaching credential, and a doctorate degree. >> could you have done it without taking out student loans? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: now 36, and an l.a. public school principal, brooks

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angeles. republican congressman george santos of new york facing a long list of charges for lies that he allegedly told during and after his campaign for congress. well, now cbs news has learned that many of those alleged lies were captured in a damning report commissioned by his own campaign a year before his election. scott macfarlane has that story. >> reporter: it was the blueprint for the political scandal that would engulf congressman george santos, a more than 100-page research report obtained exclusively by cbs news. it was commissioned not by his opponent but by the santos campaign in late 2021 to dig into his vulnerabilities. the report raised now familiar doubts about college degrees santos says he earned, his marriage to a woman despite being openly gay, and his alleged ties to companies that have been accused of fraud and scamming customers. >> i will go to washington to fight for the american dream.

>> reporter: and cbs news has learned a group of gop campaign strategists in washington were aware of the conclusions while santos was running for office. >> when you looked at this, what jumped out at you? >> the totality of it all. >> we shared the document with political consultant, doug heye, a veteran of republican campaigns. >> a whole host of very questionable things over and over again and not just in one direction, but in seemingly every facet of his life. that is staggering. >> reporter: the report drew from santos' own social media accounts, surfacing since deleted posts and photos. it questioned the true circumstances of his marriage to his ex-wife, observing that she may not have been a green cardholder nor legal to work in the united states around the time of her marriage to santos. it flagged comments santos made falsely claiming his grandparents were holocaust refugees, and ittek koered the crimnal charges he faces for allegedly misleading congress about his finances. upon seeing the report in 2021, several campaign aides

encouraged santos to drop out. when he refused, those aides resigned. >> i think that's the proper course given just the bulk, the sheer bulk of how much there was here with santos. theyey knew there w was not j j problelem but a a lotot of prob >> reporter: local new york republican leaders say they never saw this santos report. >> george santos' campaign last year was a campaign of deceit, lies, and fabrication. >> reporter: but a fund-raising group backed by house republican leaders apparently knew enough to withhold its support for santos' candidacy. his eventual victory helped secure republicans control of the u.s. house. >> your challenge is when that candidate wins, they're every bit the member of congress as nancy pelosi or kevin mccarthy, and there's very little that can be done about that. >> reporter: santos has pleaded not guilty to those federal charges, and his spokesperson didn't comment on this vulnerability report. his ex-wife didn't return calls seeking confirmation of her immigration status when she was

married to santos. but despite acknowledging embellishing his resume, santos has been defiant against calls he resign. he's running for re-election, and he remains a very pivotal vote in a very narrow house majority. >> that was scott macfarlane on capitol hill. vice president kamala harris returns from indonesia today, where she attended a summit of southeast asian nations. the vice president sat down for a chat with "face the nation" moderator margaret brennan. >> why are you spending so much time in this particular part of the world? >> the south china sea being in this region of the world, in those seas, one-third of global trade occurs. >> it's a huge transit point. >> it's a huge transit point. so think about supply chain issues if it is not secure, if it is not open, if there's not freedom of navigation and enforcement of maritime law, what that will mean in terms of i impeding supply chains and how

that will relate, then, to the average american being able to get what they need every day. >> south korea has raised concern about north korea's kim jong-un, as you know, is expected, according to u.s. intelligence, to go meet with vladimir putin in russia in exchange for some military support potentially here. how destabilizing would that be? >> i think it would be a huge mistake. i think it would be a huge mistake. the idea that they would be supplying ammunition to that end would be a huge mistake. i also believe very strongly that for both russia and north korea, this will further isolate them. it is very clear that russia has clearly -- they're very desperate. they have already experienced a strategic failure. just think about it at the beginning of it all, a year and a half ago. the pundits were saying that

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natural fermentation. >> you can hear it gurgling. what are we doing right now? "mixing it to keep it moist," he says. "nothing added and nothing taken away. ready to drink after six months." you'll still find georgian wines in in white and red, but it's that uncanny orange that's put georgia on the map, with a flavor so big and dry, you might confuse it for a red if you were blindfolded. gella's is called pheasant's tears and he makes it together with fellow ex-part john wardman, a pioneer of what's become the natural wine movement. >> there's no enzymes used. there's no mega purple. there's no various fish glues and so forth to change the texture. it's just basically the naked juice. it's what, in people's mind, wine is. >> reporter: something georgia never forgot and the rest of the world is slowly remembering with exports to the u.s. growing

nearly 30% year-over-year for the past six years. >> and now if you took the top 50 restaurants in the world, probably all of them serve natural wine, and the majority only serve natural wine. >> reporter: his bistro in the capital ta bleezy is named after georgia's traditional folk singing. >> i heard you refer to it as the voice of the wine. i mean is there a music here? >> if you were to compare an orange wine to an opera singer, in this you have, i think, soprano all the way down to a bass in one voice. that's something that most white wines and red wines can never do. >> reporter: the fat lady's singing, if you will. a big wine in a tiny country re

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the summer may be, we hope, winding down, but dermatologists say that you should still wear sunscreen if you're outside.

and some of the best sunscreens are only available overseas. perhaps you did not know that. haley ott reports. >> reporter: before she heads out to walk her dog, caroline says she always puts on sunscreen. >> i've had skin cancer run in my family, so it's just something that's like high priority. >> reporter: sunscreen protects against skin cancer as well as skin aging. but a 2017 study from memorial sloan-kettering found around half of products in the u.s. offered less protection from harmful uv rays than versions from europe. dermatologist dr. anthony rossi says that's because fewer active ingredients are approved in the u.s. >> there are more widely available chemical filters that actually have a broader range of protection, both against the uva and uvb. >> reporter: it's been more than two decades since a new chemical uv filter for sunscreen was approved in the u.s. sunscreen here is regulated as a drug, which means potential new ingredients undergo extensive safety and efficacy testing.

sunscreen in other parts of the world is regulated as a cosmetic, a much simpler process. >> i would definitely like to see those ingredients that are available in the european union and in asia to be tested here and be able to be used in our formulations here. >> reporter: in new york, some lawmakers and advocates are calling for reform to make approving new sunscreen ingredients easier. in the meantime, dr. rossi says u.s. broad spectrum sunscreens still offer great protection. so the best way to stay safe in the sun is to keep reapplying. haley ott, cbs news, new york. that is the overnight news for this friday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the floating barriers in the rio grande river will remain for now.w.

an appeals court issued a temporary stay on a lower court ruling ordering texas to remove the buoys. governor greg abbott installed them to stop migrants from crossing the river, leading to a lawsuit from the justice department. hurricane lee is now a category 5. the national hurricane center says dangerous beach conditions are expected to develop in the western atlantic through early next week. and climate protesters delayed the women's semifinal match at the u.s. open by almost an hour last night. when it resumed, 19-year-old american coco gauff won to advance to the final. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or york. tonight, much of the country is still in the grip of a brutal late summer heat wave with active heat alerts from coast to coast and no relief in sight. here are tonight's headlines.

high temperatures sending schools scrambling as students swelter in classes with no a.c. why districts are rethinking how they handle the back-to-school season. >> it's very distracting to you when you're in that heat. we've got hurricane lee going through rapid intensification today. a los angeles judge has sentenced actor danny masterson to 30 years to life in prison for raping two women 20 years ago. and new york city mayor eric adams makes a controversial statement about the rise in migrants in his city. >> this issue will destroy new york city. and an urgent mission to rescue a sick american trapped in a cave more than 3,000 feet underground. this literally is ground zero for our fight against fentanyl precursors. >> we're at a secret location

inside a u.s. government bunker. beside me, nearly 8,500 pounds of fentanyl and its chemical precursors, soon to be destroyed. a cbs news exclusive. the 141-page report detailing the prolific lies insiders knew before embattled new york congressman george santos was elected. ♪ is this the real life ♪ and it's not just a fantasy. queen front man freddie mercury's famous piano sells for over $2 million at auction. >> sold to you. thank you very, very much. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin with the dangerous heat wave still smothering a large portion of the country, including major cities like new york and boston, which both hit historic highs today.

more than 80 million americans were under heat alerts today, and more than 60 cities scorched in record-breaking temperatures. fort worth, texas, hit 107 and roswell, new mexico, 105 degrees. that is more than 15 degrees above average for this time of year. and in the atlantic, hurricane lee is now a category 4, and it's gaining momentum fueled by the unusually warm waters. the late summer heat is putting pressure on schools, unable to keep students safe because they don't have air-conditioning. many districts canceling school or sending students home early as high temperatures force officials to rethink how they can operate in this extreme weather. cbs's meg oliver is in new york city tonight with how some of these districts are handling the heat. good evening, meg. >> reporter: norah, good evening. more than a million students here in new york city went back to school today, but with a heat advisory still in effect,

schools are limiting outdoor activities. students in the nation's largest public school district headed bac in the sweltering sun today. >> it's really hot. >> it's going to feel like 100 degrees today. >> reporter: the majority of new york city public schools have air-conditioning after spending millions of dollars in 2017. >> as long as it's running, i think she'll be okay. >> reporter: the heat was on in massachusetts today too. but in boston, the first day back was a breeze. >> inside the majority of our schools, it is very cool and comfortable. >> reporter: last year boston public schools installed 3,800 new air conditioners partially funded by federal pandemic grants. now the $9 million investment is having a big payoff. >> we can predict that things are going to be warmer and hotter. this was something for students and staff that was needed for them to be able to, again, focus on teaching and learning, be comfortable in the buildings. >> reporter: a recent study found that students scored increasingly worse on standardized tests when temperatures were above 80 degrees.

dozens of districts across ten states have been forced to close or dismiss early this week because of inadequately cooled classrooms. back in new york, 4-year-old sophie had a cool first day of kindergarten. it was a little hot outside? was it cool inside? the three-day heat wave is expected to break tonight in the northeast with temperatures dipping below 90 degrees. but in texas tomorrow, they're expected to break another record, reaching 108 degrees. norah. >> that is too hot. meg oliver, thank you. the other big weather story tonight is hurricane lee. it exploded in size in the atlantic, going from a category 2 to a major category 4 in just six hours this afternoon. the winds are now at 130 miles per hour. lee is still over a week away from any possible direct u.s. impact. but the national weather hurricane center says it will bring rip currents and dangerous surf to the east coast beaches

by sunday. there's an urgent rescue effort under way in turkey for an american researcher trapped deep inside a cave. teams have made contact, but the researcher is sick, and he's unable to get out on his own, prompting one of the largest logistical and technical rescue operations in the world. cbs's ramy inocencio reports the rescue could take days. >> reporter: more than 3,000 feet below ground, rescuers from across europe have reached american mark dickey. >> i'm alert. i'm talking. but i'm not healed on the inside yet, so i'm going to need a lot of help to get out of here. >> reporter: the 40-year-old expert caver suddenly fell ill a week ago while mapping out a cave system in southern turkey, suffering life-threatening gastrointestinal bleeding and vomiting. with dickey unable to climb out, over 150 rescuers rushed in, bringing medical supplies, including blood and fluids, and organizing a plan to bring him to the surface. >> we take care of our own, and

it's really special to be taken care of. >> reporter: dickey and his rescuers are appropriately at a place called camp hope. from there, the return path up zigzags through the earth's crust, a stretch more than two times the height of new york's empire state building, with narrow passages that need widening for a stretcher to get through. carl heitmeyer is a friend and fellow cave rescuer in new jersey. >> walk us through what he and his rescuers will have to pass through. >> well, they're going to have tight spots. they're going to have restrictions. they're going to have belly crawls. it's cold. the water is 40 degrees fahrenheit, and you're going to get wet. >> reporter: and the plan is for the ascent to start tomorrow, norah. heitmeyer says best-case scenario is a minimum of four days until dickey reaches the surface. worst-case scenario, a week if not two. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. former president donald trump's trade adviser was convicted of contempt of

congress today. peter navarro was found guilty of defying a subpoena from the house committee investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol. navarro has said he was protected by executive privilege, but the judge denied that defense, saying navarro had not presented proof of that. navarro could face up to a year in prison when sentenced. he's planning to appeal his conviction. also today, former president trump signaled that he may try to move the election interference and racketeering case against him in georgia to federal court. moving the case to a federal courtroom would likely block it from being televised as it will be in georgia. several of trump's 18 co-defendants in the case have already begun trying to move their charges from state court. there's a lot re news

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overnight news." today, "that '70s show" actor danny masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for drugging and raping two women 20 years ago when he starred in the hit sitcom. as cbs's carter evans reports, both women delivered powerful statements directly to masterson before he learned his fate. >> they got their justice. it's a long time coming. >> reporter: it took two decades for danny masterson to be found guilty of rape. the actor, best known for his role in "that '70s show," had been convicted in may of raping two women back in 2003. a jury deadlocked on a third count. masterson and both victims were members of the church of scientology. there were allegations the reason it took so long was that the church prevented the victims from reporting the assaults. the women claimed once they came forward, they were harassed and threatened by the church. >> just because it's a delayed reporting, even if it's been 20 years, it still matters. a crime still happened, and somebody needs to be held

accountable. >> reporter: his victims testified just prior to the sentencing, calling masterson a true coward and a heartless monster. "you relish in hurting women. it's your addiction." another saying, "every time i think i'm okay, that rape comes back to me." >> i've gotten to know the victims in this case. they're strong. they were committed to making sure that justice gets served, and today they got it. >> reporter: now, the church of scientology denies that it harassed the victims or prevented them from reporting the assaults. masterson's attorneys plan to appeal the verdict, but for now, the actor won't be eligible for parole until he's 77 years old. norah. >> carter evans, thank you. the mayor of new york city is sounding the alarm, saying the cost of caring for migrants is pushing america's largest city to the brink. resources are stretched across the city with schools stressed by more than 20,000 migrant children now attending there. the humanitarian crisis brought

on by waves of migrants looking for a new life in the u.s. is worsening. here's cbs's omar villafranca. >> reporter: from the border to the big apple -- >> it started when a madman down in texas decided he wanted to bus people up to new york city. >> reporter: new york city mayor eric adams sounded off on the flow of migrants to nyc. thousands of them arriving on buses from texas. without federal dollars to help, the mayor says there is no space or money to house them. >> this issue will destroy new york city. we're getting 10,000 migrants a month. every community in this city is going to be impacted. >> reporter: more than 100,000 migrants have arrived in new york city in the last year. more t than 13,00000 bused in n texaxas governoror greg abbobot. abbott b blames presesident bid border policies for the influx and says liberal cities should shoulder some of that burden. abbott has bused migrants across the country -- more than 11,000

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he's sending more national guard troops to ports of entry along the border where they face a monumental task. cbs's nicole sganga was given a rare, up-close look at the fight against fentanyl. >> reporter: an unmarked building, hidden inside a vault and locked behind security gate. the spoils of the war against drugs. >> the drugs are right here with the fentanyl. >> reporter: chief among the stacks, fentanyl and its so-called precursors, the chemicals used to make the deadly drug. we're at a secret location inside a u.s. government bunker. all we can tell you is that we're in california. beside me, nearly 8,500 pounds of fentanyl and its chemical precursors, soon to be destroyed. but before the fentanyl is destroyed, officers have to find it, scouring shipments taken off cargo flights at los angeles international airport. many packages originating from china. >> this literally is ground zero

for our fight against fentanyl precursors. >> reporter: cbp acting commissioner troy miller oversees operation artemis. the u.s. counter-narcotics mission that intercepted more than 8,000 pounds of chemical precursors in the last three months. >> this is an emergency. it's an opioid epidemic where we need to go after the transnational criminal organizations. >> reporter: synthetic opioids like fentanyl kill more than 70,000 people in the u.s. annually. >> she was a bright little girl. >> reporter: like 15-year-old melanie ramos, found lifeless in her l.a. high school bathroom last year. her aunt calls fentanyl the devil's pill. >> it's -- it's poisonous. it's poison. it's playing roulette with your life. >> reporter: another troubling trend, u.s. officials have seized hundreds of pill presses this summer alone, a sign that drug gangs are making pills on u.s. soil. >> you can literally press pills

in an apartment complex, and you can press thousands of pills. >> and we're seeing that in the u.s. now? >> we're seeing it in the u.s. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence warns much of those chemical precursors are being disguised in air cargo, deliberately mislabeled as children's toys, clothing, even workout equipment before being seized right here at l.a.x. norah. >> nicole sganga with that important report, thank you very much. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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congressman george santos, a more than 100-page research report obtained exclusively by cbs news. it was commissioned not by his opponent, but by the santos campaign in late 2021 to dig into his vulnerabilities. the report raised now familiar doubts about college degrees santos says he earned, his marriage to a woman despite being openly gay, and his alleged ties to companies that have been accused of fraud and scamming customers. >> i will go to washington to fight for the american dream. >> reporter: and cbs news has learned a group of gop campaign strategists in washington were aware of the conclusions while santos was running for office. >> what jumped out at you? >> the totality of it all. >> reporter: we shared the document with political consultant doug heye, a veteran of republican campaigns. >> with the whole host of very questionable things over and over again and not just in one direction, but in seemingly every facet of his life. that is staggering. >> reporter: the report drew from santos' own social media accounts, surfacing since deleted posts and photos,

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brooks had to undo the driver's seat belt and then drag him out of the truck and onto interstate 85. a bystanders helped. moments after the rescue, the truck exploded. unbelievable. well, that driver is now recovering at home. freddie mercury once sang "nothing really matters." well, tell that to the fans who paid a fortune for his memorabilia. that's next. finally tonight, who can forget queen's masterpiece "bohemian rhapsody"? ♪ mama, ooh ♪ >> this week, the piano that freddie mercury used to compose it sold at auction for more than $2 million.

it was part of a collection being sold by a close friend with the money going to charity. mercury's first draft of the song lyrics sold for $1.7 million. the pages show he once considered calling it "mongolian rhapsody." sometimes one word can make all the difference. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com but always better to watch us live. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. the floating barriers in the rio

grande river will remain for now. an appeals court issued a temporary stay on a lower court ruling ordering texas to remove the buoys. governor greg abbott installed them to stop migrants from crossing the river, leading to a lawsuit from the justice department. hurricane lee is now a category 5. the national hurricane center says dangerous beach conditions are expected to develop in the western atlantic through early next week. and climate protesters delayed the women's semifinal match at the u.s. open by almost an hour last night. when it resumed, 19-year-old american coco gauff won to advance to the final. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's friday, september 8th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." record-setting heat. dozens of cities hit new