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let's take a look at the sky star ferris wheel, which will be staying in san francisco's waterfront longer than expected. maryland inbreed has proposed keeping the 150 foot ferris wheel at fisherman's wharf for another 18 months. she says the attraction helps bring the foot traffic from locals and tourists, and once that to continue. the ferris wheel moved from golden gate park in november. the city says ridership has doubled ever since. let's go for a ride. cbs evening news is next. >> this is a show-me-your-papers law. >> norah: breaking news. texas can now arrest and detain anyone suspected of illegally crossing into the state from mexico.
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the fight over who can police the border escalating and the supreme court weighing in. >> nearly half a million people here in el paso have to basically justify their presence in the united states because of the color of their skin. >> norah: what this means for the battle over immigration. >> texas, very simply, is enforcing the laws. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we want to begin tonight with a ruling from the supreme court that allows a sweeping texas immigration law to go into effect for now. in a 6-3 decision, the nation's highest court said it won't block the law, known as sb 4, that gives local and state police the power to arrest and detain migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. the federal government has been the sole authority of immigration enforcement for decades. and critics say this ruling is an affront to federal law. the case now heads back to the
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court of appeals to decide if it is constitutional or not. but in the meantime, it's a major victory for texas and republican governor greg abbott. the white house said that they fundamentally disagree with the supreme court's order. and cbs's ed o'keefe is on the campaign trail with the president, and he'll start us off tonight from las vegas. >> reporter: razor wire and texas national guard troops along the u.s.-mexico border reinforced tonight by the u.s. supreme court. now, lone star state sheriff and police departments can arrest, jail, and judges can prosecute migrants accused of illegally entering the u.s. >> he's not denying illegal entry. president biden is aiding and abetting illegal entry. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott, who has been locked in a yearslong fight with the federal government over border security, last year signed what's known as the sb 4 law, amid the historic increase in migrant border crossings. today, he called the supreme court's ruling a positive development. the white house sought to block the law, and today said it's another example of republican officials politicizing the border while blocking
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real solutions. it called on congress to pass a bipartisan border security plan currently being blocked in the house. the supreme court allowed the new law to take effect, but it still faces a challenge in a lower federal court. today, conservative justices brett kavanaugh and amy coney barrett urged the appeals court to rule quickly. liberal justices sonia sotomayor and ketanji brown jackson questioned the law's constitutionality and said it will upend the long-standing federal state balance of power and sow chaos. multiple law enforcement officials tell cbs news they are already short-staffed and don't have the training from the state on how to enforce the law. >> it is not like, oh, "he looks illegal and we are going to put him in jail." we can't do that. we can't stereotype someone from mexico and do that. >> reporter: and that potential for racial profiling across texas is what concerns migrant activists like dylan corbett. >> it's not just against recently-arriving migrants. migrants who are coming to the border today. but this really goes after texans throughout the state. >> reporter: tonight, the
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mexican government says it won't accept migrants that texas officials try to send back under the new law. campaigning here in nevada, president biden had no comment on the ruling. coincidentally, he is headed next to the border states of arizona and texas. norah? >> norah: ed o'keefe, thank you very much. today, former trump white house advisor peter navarro became the first person from the trump administration to go to prison over matters related to the january 6th attack on the capitol. cbs's robert costa reports navarro was convicted of contempt of congress but remained defiant to the very end. >> navarro is going to prison today. >> reporter: peter navarro made it clear he understood his fate this morning. and addressing reporters outside miami's federal correctional institution, the 74-year-old former trump trade advisor said he wasn't happy about it. >> i'm pissed. that's what i'm feeling right now. but i'm also afraid of only one thing. i'm afraid for this country.
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because this, what they're doing, should have a chilling effect on every american, regardless of their party. they come for me, they can come for you. >> reporter: navarro will live in an 80-person dormitory reserved for older inmates. he will have access to a phone, email, and tv. >> the president is going to sign another order. >> reporter: once a combative fixture at trump's side, navarro now becomes the first-ever former white house official jailed for contempt of congress. the four-month sentence handed down after he defied a subpoena from the house january 6th committee, probing his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. >> the election is over. the voting is over. but the outcome is not. >> reporter: navarro was an advocate of a proposed scheme to help trump stay in power. the former president, who continues to falsely claim the election was stolen and praises those who face prosecution for their conduct on january 6th, said navarro was wronged.
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>> i think it's a shame. i think it's a disgrace. >> reporter: behind the scenes, republican sources tell me trump now faces intense stress, politically and financially. his prize properties like trump tower and 40 wall street could be seized on monday by the new york attorney general, if he doesn't secure his $454 million bond. >> norah: robert costa, thank you. well, tonight, two former mississippi sheriff's deputies are behind bars after being sentenced for taking part in the racially-motivated torture of two black men last year. the deputies were among a group of white law enforcement officers who called themselves the "goon squad" because of their willingness to use excessive force. cbs's errol barnett reports. >> reporter: egregious and despicable. those words from a federal judge in mississippi describing the actions of former cops hunter elward, sentenced to 20 years, and jeffrey middleton, sentenced to more than 17 years.
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they, along with four others, some of whom refer to themselves as the goon squad, pleaded guilty to breaking into this home early last year without a warrant and then terrorizing and torturing two black men. all apparently because they stayed at this house with a white woman. >> the six white police officers involved in this assault sought to dehumanize their victims. >> reporter: during the ordeal, both were handcuffed as deputies poured milk, alcohol, and syrup up on their faces, calling them racial slurs. at one point, michael jenkins was shot in the mouth. >> he was looking at me. i was looking at him. we sat there for a minute. and he pulled the trigger. >> you see the bullet coming out of the gun, i mean, the fire coming out, it was just -- it was horrific. >> reporter: the federal charges were brought by the department of justice's civil rights division. >> hard to imagine a more atrocious set of civil rights violations than those carried out by these guys. >> reporter: an investigation by the associated press revealed
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that since 2019, some of these deputies had been involved in at least four violent assaults on black men. they resulted in two deaths and another suffering lasting injuries. >> they are not just depriving victims of their civil rights, they are degrading the public's trust in our criminal justice system. >> reporter: now, there are still four additional deputies to be sentenced later this week, and during today's hearing in the federal courthouse you see behind me, hunter elward addressed the court, said he accepted responsibility and said to the two victims, norah, that he apologized. at that point, one of the victims, eddie parker, stood, turned to him, and said, "i forgive you." >> norah: oh, my goodness, wow. errol barnett, thank you. now to haiti, where the u.s. is considering a new plan to airlift desperate americans out of the country, which is in deep political turmoil. with the main airport in haiti's capital still closed, helicopters may be used to fly americans to the dominican republic, where they
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could book flights to the u.s. as cbs's manuel bojorquez reports, the only option for now is a dangerous 6-hour drive to another airport in haiti's north. >> reporter: another day at cap-haitien international airport as americans are desperate to flee a country in crisis. 82-year-old gregoire leconte is one of hundreds of u.s. passport holders trying to leave. he is hoping to get home to his wife in new york, but still no luck securing a seat. you are back here waiting to see when the next one will go? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: but no idea right now when it might happen? >> right, right. >> reporter: this woman, who did not want her identity revealed, came to the airport early this morning with no baggage in hand, scared for those she leaves behind. >> the thing is, people go inside your house, killing, raping, all of those things, burning your house, you don't know tomorrow what's going to happen. >> reporter: cbs miami reporter tania francois was also in cap-haitien, where she was on
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board one of the several missionary flights bringing aid and evacuating people. >> airport workers tell me that this is the first flight to come in from the united states with passengers, also with supplies. >> reporter: residents in the capital of port-au-prince see no end to a crisis that has their city plagued by gang violence. more than 86,000 people are displaced, with no access to food or gas. people on the streets are on the brink of starvation. widespread power outages are leaving some stranded and still hoping for a way out. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, cap-haitien, haiti. >> norah: now to an alarming new study that estimates in chicago that nearly 70% of children under six years old are exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water. cbs's charlie de mar reports on the latest major city to face this widespread problem. >> reporter: tonight, danger lurking in chicago's drinking water, according to a new study that used ai to estimate lead
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levels in unfiltered tap water over a seven-year period. benjamin huynh is the study's lead researcher. >> the goal is to have zero lead in water at all, and we know from the science that even a small amounts of lead in the water can have an impact on your child. >> reporter: black and hispanic children are more likely to be effected and less likely to have the household water tested, according to the study estimation. >> i don't think we need to be alarmist. it is not as bad as the flint crisis. your kid is not going to be hospitalized from the levels of lead that we are seeing. but even these low levels of lead, these are things that can affect your child without you noticing. >> reporter: lead in drinking water is a nationwide issue. children in flint, michigan, were found to have learning delays after the lead water crisis began there ten years ago. today, chicago's department of water management told cbs news it has an issue with the study's methodology, saying its results only indicated whether there is a lead service line, not routine exposure. chicago environmental advocate
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chakena perry is calling on the city to immediately replace lead water pipes. >> so not only is this a public health crisis, but it's also an environmental justice issue, and so when you look at it through that lens, that should create a sense of urgency, to say that we can't wait any longer. >> reporter: the biden administration has vowed to remove all lead pipes nationwide. here in chicago, the department of water management says it's already introduced programs to remove the city's 400,000 lead service lines and offers residents with free water testing. norah? >> norah: charlie de mar, thank you. the number of abortions in the u.s. topped 1 million last year for the first time in over a decade. more than 60% were medication abortions, using a 2-pill regimen to terminate early pregnancies. the increase is despite the 2022 supreme court decision to overturn roe vs. wade that allowed 13 states to ban abortion with few exceptions,
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forcing many women to travel out of state. the supreme court is set to hear arguments next week in a case that puts access to one of those medications used in abortions at stake. new video of princess catherine has not ended speculation online and in the british press about her whereabouts months after she had abdominal surgery. and as cbs's ramy inocencio reports, the authenticity of another royal photo is coming under scrutiny. >> reporter: the optics of royal business as usual. prince william supported a homelessness project today, while king charles greeted korean war veterans at buckingham palace. but those optics have been blurred in this 2022 photo of queen elizabeth, her grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. the image, taken by kate, digitally enhanced, according to global picture agency getty images. the second royal photo in two weeks after she apologized for doctoring this portrait. kate last officially appeared in public at christmas before disappearing from public view to
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undergo abdominal surgery. >> they may discover that these days, in a world with social media, where people like to have a running commentary on every single issue, that it isn't possible now for us to have three months with absolutely no news. >> reporter: but kate made big news when she was filmed walking with prince william in windsor in this new video obtained by tmz, further fueling the debate about transparency in the royal family. >> i think it's been made clear to me from several of their friends who know their thinking on this that i think both of them will want to be more open about what has gone on. at a point where kate feels ready to do that. >> reporter: and kensington palace has maintained all along that kate would return to public duties after easter. the late queen elizabeth's unofficial motto was "never complain, never explain," but for the next generation of royals, that might be "do explain, but just a little," norah.
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was found near the shore on sunday. the university of missouri senior disappeared 11 days ago during a fraternity trip. the anguished mother said she speaks with her son a few times a day. >> he's my best friend. he's everything. >> norah: tennessee officials are investigating whether strain was over-served alcohol at a bar owned by country music singer luke bryan. a new report on climate change issues a red alert warning to the world due to rising sea levels and record temperatures. we'll show you one ambitious plan to fight the problem next. s plan to fight the problem next. 't of a dinosaur, because it only treats your symptoms, not inflammation. treating both symptoms and inflammation with rescue is supported by asthma experts. finally, there's a modern way to treat symptoms and asthma attacks. airsupra is the first ever dual-action rescue inhaler that treats your asthma symptoms and helps prevent attacks.
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>> reporter: heirloom says its pilot plant removes just 1,000 tons of co2 per year but plans to build facilities that capture 1,000 times more. carbon removal is often knocked for being too expensive, but given the climate crisis we now face, samala says it's an essential part of the solution. >> we need to start turning back the clock on climate change. what carbon removal offers us is the closest thing to a time machine. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, central california. >> norah: "heart of america" is next, with a remarkable graduation ceremony for a premature baby born at just 26 weeks. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: if you can't watch the "cbs evening news," you can listen. subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. your podcasts. rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms
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a full graduation ceremony. look, complete with a cap and gown. ellyannah's parents, cecia and boris, said the staff became like family. >> we knew that this day would come. we were very hopeful, and we had faith that things would work out, and we trusted this hospital, and we knew we were in good hands. and today we get to take our daughter home after ten months. >> norah: wow. well, ellyannah is now 17 pounds but she's still got a long road ahead. ellyannah lopez and the incredible staff at cedars-sinai guerin children's, tonight's "heart of america." and that is tonight's "cbs . such a sweet story there. i'm juliette goodrich, a smoke shop left in shambles after the thieves used a truck to smash into the store and steal what was inside. >> i am angry. i am angry at
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