spending is expected to bring a $6 billion boost to the u.s. economy, even more than the taylor swift tour. no blank spaces in the path of totality today. airbnb rentals were booked up. in fredericksburg, texas, businesses were doing everything under the sun to cash in on the cleepds, from special wines to a local glass maker's eclipse inspired paper wick, all leading to the big moment at 1:32 p.m. despite the threat of cloud cover, the skies parted, leaving those here walking on sunshine. >> what did you think? >> amazing. >> awesome. >> that was one of the coolest things i've ever seen. >> once in a lifetime experience for sure. >> yeah. >> reporter: what made it memorable here is that it was unexpected. you know, the forecast for kerrville was not good, but the skies parted, and we had just that moment that we needed, especially rewarding for people who traveled so far.

norah. >> janet, it was so exciting to watch the excitement where you were. thank you. now to the 2024 presidential campaign, where abortion rights is taking center stage. when donald trump was president, he nominated the justices that would overturn roe v. wade. since then, 21 states have moved to restrict or ban the procedure, but many republicans want to go further with a federal ban passed by congress. cbs's weijia jiang reports that trump today tried to clarify his position, angering his conservative base. >> reporter: former president donald trump suggested today that the federal government should stay out of the abortion rights debate. >> my view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. in this case, the law of the state. >> reporter: the remarks

followed months of mixed signals from the former president, owning his part in overturning roe v. wade just as he did today. >> i was proudly the person responsible. >> reporter: but refusing to commit to a national abortion ban, even while suggesting in the past he would support one. >> when you heard his remarks, were you surprised at all? >> i was surprised and disappointed. >> reporter: marjorie dannon fouzer, the president of susan b. anthony pro-life america, spoke to trump on the phone this morning and thinks the door to a federal ban remains open. >> but i actually do think that he will get there. i really believe that because i believe that there was something that compelled him to stand strong and defend fearlessly every single supreme court justice that he put up, he never gave up on any of them. i don't think he'll give up on this. >> reporter: president biden, who was in wisconsin today, unveiling a new plan to forgive student loan debt for millions, agreed with her.

>> maga republicans put a federal ban on his desk, he'd sign it. >> reporter: his campaign promptly released a new ad featuring a texas woman who says she nearly died twice, unable to get the abortion she needed following a miscarriage. >> the blanket that she was in. >> reporter: and blaming trump for enabling state-level bans on abortion passed since roe was overturned. voters in florida, maryland, and new york will vote on abortion-related measures in november, and several other states, including key battlegrounds arizona and nevada, are considering adding measures to their ballots. democrats hope the issue will give them an edge at the polls. norah. >> weijia jiang at the white house, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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israel has withdrawn most of its troops from the south to prepare for what they call future operations, most likely an offensive in rafah. cbs's holly williams reports this brief pause in the ground operation has revealed the ravages of the past six months. >> reporter: with most israeli forces now gone from the southern gaza strip, a cbs news team was there today as thousands of palestinians moved around freely for the first time in months. in the city of khan younis, they found destruction on a colossal scale. some went looking for their homes and instead picked through rubble for their belongings. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "i couldn't find my bed or my clothes," said this woman. "i lost my books." israel's military says it now has just one division inside the gaza strip. the other division that was there moved out over the weekend. the remaining troops are

positioned along gaza's border with israel and to the north, where the israelis have built a new road cutting across the gaza strip from east to west, thought to be part of israel's planning for after the war. israel's military says the troops who have pulled out are recuperating, and today prime minister benjamin netanyahu said they've set a date for an offensive in the southern city of rafah despite u.s. opposition, though that date is unspecified. it comes just days after president biden told netanyahu in a phone call that the humanitarian situation in gaza was, quote, unacceptable. israel says today over 400 aid trucks made it into gaza, the most since the beginning of the war. the u.s. says there's a cease-fire deal on the table for hamas. an israeli official told cbs news that negotiations are advancing.

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sunday when an engine cover ripped away just after takeoff in denver. the pilot of the boeing 737-800 returned to the airport to make an emergency landing. it is important to note that the engine isn't made by boeing. none of the 141 people on board were hurt. it was a record-breaking women's basketball championship between south carolina and iowa in caitlin clark's final college game. we'll take a look back on this inspiring season. that's next. march madness will wrap up tonight with purdue facing uconn in the men's national championship game. on the women's side, south

carolina topped iowa, and caitlin clark, on sunday with a record 18.7 million viewers -- i was one of them. that is the most watched basketball game, men or women, college or pro, in the last five years. cbs's jan crawford reports on how the women's tournament was one for the ages. ♪ >> reporter: a tribute worthy of a remarkable year. women's basketball and its champions. south carolina completing a perfect season and in a dream final, dominant, defeating iowa to avenge its only loss in the past two years. >> johnson lays it in! >> reporter: and while reveling in victory, hall of fame coach dawn staley praised a player. >> clark. oh, my! >> reporter: she called one of the greatest of all time. >> i want to personally thank caitlin clark for lifting up our sport. you are one of the g.o.a.t.s of

our games, and we appreciate you. >> reporter: caitlin clark not only broke every scoring record but hawkeye games smashed viewing and attendance records, and the world shared its amazement and gratitude. >> people aren't going to remember every single win or every single loss. i think they're just going to remember how excited their young daughter or son got about watching women's basketball. i think that's pretty cool. >> reporter: clark is leaving for the wnba and leaves behind a legacy not just for those carrying the torch next year but the thousands of girls now inspired to be next. to hear the roar of the crowd and to become just like their idols, on top of the world. jan crawford, cbs news.

finally, tonight's "heart of america." the only thing more awe inspiring than watching the total solar eclipse is watching it through the eyes of school kids. >> that is so cool.

>> oh! >> reporter: the astronomy class from eminence high school weren't just observers of the % eclipse. >> i would say before i was in this class, i didn't know how rare seeing an eclipse was. >> reporter: they were helping nasa, using a special telescope to collect data of the sun's corona. >> i think it's really nice to just see everyone collaborating on one project. >> reporter: students from texas to vermont. >> it doesn't happen that often here, and it's just really exciting. >> reporter: getting a big science lesson and a lesson we could all learn -- how to come together. >> it's, of course, giant teamwork of everybody just going outside and just looking at it. >> reporter: the information will help scientists understand the way the sun converts magnetic energy into heat, furthering our understanding of the world around us and reminding us to look up and enjoy the world's wonders. >> it's something we don't get very often anymore is that one

moment of people aren't on their phones, people aren't looking away. people are observing something that's a true spectacle in our world and our entire solar system. >> and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. 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 indianapolis, i'm norah o'donnell. >> there it is! there it is! >> this is the moment of totality. this is "cbs news flash." i'm wendy gillette in new york. president biden has announced a new plan to cancel student loan debt for over 30 million

americans. the plan targets accrued interest on loans. a previous attempt at debt relief was struck down by the supreme court. this plan is also expected to be challenged in court. actor jonathan majors will avoid jail time for the misdemeanor assault and harassment of his former girlfriend. majors was sentenced monday to probation and a year-long counseling program. and it's a party in connecticut again. for the second year in a row, the uconn huskies have won the ncaa men's basketball championship. it's the school's sixth title. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. there it is! there it is! >> america looks to the sky with tens of millions experiencing a total solar eclipse. >> this is the moment of

totality. >> crowds cheer as the rare astronomical phenomenon passes overhead. we're along the path of totality with the sights. >> there's the diamond ring, diamond ring. >> sounds. >> it was just mind-blowing. >> and science. >> that is amazing. it is absolutely unbelievable. there's nothing like it. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we're here tonight at the indianapolis motor speedway for the great american eclipse of 2024. this place was packed with tens of thousands from all 50 states and 33 countries around the world to watch this cosmic spectacle as the moon slipped between the earth and the sun, turning day into night and then sunlight into total darkness. you know, the word "monday"

actually means day of the moon, and that certainly held true today. the historic path of totality crossed into the u.s. in texas at 2:27 p.m. eastern time and then traveled over parts of 15 states through maine before heading into canada at 3:35 p.m. eastern. it was something to see, and about 31 million people live in the path of the total solar eclipse. and millions more traveled to catch a glimpse of this rare celestial event. look at this. this is what nasa astronauts aboard the international space station saw. the moon's shadow covering earth. i mean i'd never seen an eclipse before, and it was a once in a lifetime type of experience. you could say it was sort of a front-row seat to something majestic, even spiritual. a collective moment for millions of americans to be inspired. >> there it is! >> oh! >> oh, my god!

>> reporter: awe in the afternoon. we were watching along with 50,000 others as darkness swept over everyone and everything at the indianapolis motor speedway. >> the tv doesn't do it justice. >> no, it does not. >> this is a once in a lifetime experience. >> reporter: a total solar eclipse. the moon having its moment in the sun, blocking all but a fiery halo of light for 3 minutes and 47 seconds. >> you've seen how many? >> i just hit seven. that was my seventh. >> and how does it compare? >> each one is different. >> reporter: the celestial celebration turned eyes to the skies. some waiting years to witness this rare moment. thousands of spectators in mazatlan, mexico, were the first to experience the eclipse. the path of totality in the u.s. started near eagle pass, texas, just before 1:30 p.m. local time, casting a shadow roughly 100 miles wide, moving across 15

states in just over an hour. this time-lapse video of dallas shows the dramatic change in light over the skyline. for those outside of that path, a partial eclipse was visible throughout all 48 contiguous states. in some parts of the country, the forecast called for clouds. but then the cosmic clearing. >> oh, my goodness. the clouds parted. the clouds parted. >> i cannot believe we're seeing this right now. it has been cloud cover all day. how lucky are we? >> reporter: at 30,000 feet, eclipse-viewing soared to new heights aboard special delta airlines flights from dallas and austin. pilots maneuvered along the path of totality as nearly 200 passengers snacked on sun chips and moon pies. >> it was really cool being in complete daylight and then all of a sudden, it started to dim and got pitch black, and it felt like night. >> reporter: but russellville, arkansas, has to be the icing on the cake with over 50 couples

professing their love to the moon and back, taking their wedding vows in a mass ceremony. the thin circle of light around the moon resembling a golden wedding ring but in the sky. >> this is really, really cool. it's a once in a lifetime thing. >> reporter: well, you know, talk about love in the air for those couples and this texas family welcoming their new baby girl during the solar eclipse today. the fort worth family named her sol, spanish for sun, and she arrived a week early to join her big sister, whose name is luna. that's pretty good. now, who better to discuss what we witnessed today other than bill nye, the science guy? we spoke with bill earlier after he experienced totality in fredericksburg, texas. >> bill, this is like the super bowl of science, and it's so rare that humanity pauses to watch something together. what do you hope that brings people?

>> norah, i hope people appreciate the pb & j, the passion, beauty, and joy of science and space exploration. this really brought people together. you know, tradings came to a virtual stop on wall street because people shared this experience. and this experience is understood through the process of science. >> bill, i know there was a concern in texas about the clouds and the weather, but it turned out better than expected for you, right? what did you see? >> it was perfect for totality. we could see the disk of the moon covering the disk of the sun, and i saw a couple things which i'd never seen before, one of which was the solar prominence, the solar flare-style event, that coronale mass ejection of these charged particles shooting off the sun into deep space because the sun is more active right now than it was, let's say, in 2017 when we

had another solar eclipse here in north america. and so the jolt of particles off the sun was really visible from here, and it was this extraordinary pink. >> it was a marvelous day, and bill nye, thank you so much for sharing it with us. >> thank you, norah. there's some breaking news out of las vegas. three people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting inside a fifth-floor law office. cbs news has learned that one of the victims was a prominent trial attorney. cbs's elise preston has the latest developments. >> suspect is barricaded and right now we have one victim shot. >> reporter: police say it was just after 10:00 a.m. in this busy six-floor office building when shots rang out in attorney dennis prince's law office. >> all of a sudden, i heard some screams and yelling coming from out in the hallway. i immediately just texted my husband, told him i loved him >> reporter: terrified workers hunkered down in their offices for hours, waiting for police to come help. >> we're going door by door and making sure that everybody in there is okay and evacuating them. >> reporter: a close friend of

dennis prince and his wife tells cbs news they were among those killed. the well-known attorney was representing his wife, ashley, in a deposition against her ex-husband when the ex's father, attorney joe houston, allegedly shot them before turning the gun on himself. >> we believe the suspect is deceased, and there is no further threat to the community. >> reporter: tonight, las vegas police are left wondering why the gunman pulled the trigger and how the community will heal. >> it's pretty crazy to think that, you know, it can really happen anywhere, to anyone. >> reporter: now, the couple leaves behind four children, including an infant they just had a few months ago. norah. >> elise preston, thank you very much. the "cbs overnight news" the "cbs overnight news" will this delectable knorr ramen noodle recipe will put an end to your drive-thru dinner rituals. throw that knorr bouillon in that tasty combo of delightful carrots and the rich touch of bok choy. make your own knorr taste combo. it's not fast food, but it's so good. [stomach growling]

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i'm erica brown in washington. thanks for staying with us. the tsa has launched an investigation after another incident involving a boeing 737. this time a southwest airlines flight from denver to houston was forced to make an emergency landing after an engine cover blew off the plane during takeoff. the pilot landed safely, and the jet was towed to the gate. no one was hurt, and the passengers were later loaded onto another plane. meanwhile, a new report shows those airport security gates aren't as secure as you might think. the tsa confirms that hujz of passengers were able to slip past security checkpoints last year. mark strassmann has the story. >> reporter: america's airport security has near misses too. this video shows a salt lake city traveler appearing to photograph boarding passes of other passengers to sneak on a different airline. it worked until the flight crew caught him emerging from the restroom when the plane was on the tarmac. he was arrested.

that close call last month came as the tsa confirms a sobering trend. more than 300 instances of people trying to skirt security just in the last year. more than 200 of them went the wrong way into airport exits. another 80 people somehow snuck past the tsa's i.d. checking stations. 85% of them were eventually sto sto stopped. former tsa administrator john pistole. >> that is part of why tsa has multiple layers of security. >> is it concern but not alarm? >> i think that's a good way to describe it. >> reporter: in a statement, the tsa said most of these security violations are inadvertent and unintentional. tsa immediately investigates and takes corrective action. rare is this type of security breach. a man broke through an emergency door at salt lake city's airport and ended up running on a tarmac. he eventually died inside an

airline engine. >> costly but would more physical barriers help? >> i think the physical barriers would, but i don't think the american people should be concerned about traveling. >> reporter: the tsa puts the odds of bir passing security like this at 11 million to 1. but security experts will tell you once is once too often. >> that was mark strassmann reporting. salvage crews have begun removing shipping containers from the deck of that cargo ship that crashed into the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. there are also 50 divers and 12 cranes working to move the collapsed bridge, and temporary channels have been opened for smaller vessels to pass around the wreck. with hundreds of jobs at stake, reopening the port of baltimore is now job one. kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: this is our first look at the murky conditions facing divers working to clear the wreckage of the francis scott key bridge. >> that view looks like being in the middle of a snowstorm with

high beams on. that's the complication that our divers are navigating right now. >> reporter: the twisted, mangled mess of steel and concrete is blocking the shipping channel, largely cutting off the port of baltimore, which handled nearly $81 billion of international cargo last year. >> most of that is moved by small, independent truckers that are now out of business. they're desperate, and we want to make sure they get all the help that they need. >> we would normally see people in and out, picking and packing and loading up trucks. >> reporter: for miranda summer, a quiet warehouse is bad for the bottom line. almost immediately the bridge collapse hit her baltimore trailer and storage business. >> nobody needs storage when they don't have product to store in it. >> how worried are you about your business surviving? >> we're hoping to adjust and make the changes, but we definitely -- it's the unknown right now. >> reporter: summer says she started the application process for a low-interest loan from the small business administration, already more than 500 businesses from five states and washington,

d.c. have sought sba aid of up to $2 million. >> the local impact can be devastating for some of the small businesses. >> reporter: sba administrator isabel guzman. >> we're trying to be as responsive as quickly as possible. of our disaster loans, economic injury process can take up to a couple of weeks. >> why can't those loans get out the door faster? >> we've got to work with the business to assess the true impact. we've had our first approval already. it can be a streamlined process as well. >> reporter: maryland's governor announced a coalition of 50 area businesses that have pledged to not reduce their workforce while the port has been closed. also the baltimore orioles and the baltimore ravens are pledging $10 million for recovery relief aid. >> that was kris van cleave in >> that was kris van cleave in baltimore. this charmin ultra soft smooth tear is soooo soft and soo smooth. charmin ultra soft smooth tear

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the deep political divisions in our country have some predicting a possible second civil war. a new movie shines a light on how that may come about. here's mankiewicz. >> reporter: america's darkest chapter has never been far from hollywood's vivid imagination. >> with them goes the last semblance of law and order. >> reporter: from gone with the wind. >> these skaf enjerz aren't

wasting any time. >> reporter: the glory to lincoln, movies have brought us the barbarity and the politics of the civil war. >> i can't accomplish a damn thing of any human meaning or worth until we cure ourselves of slavery and end this pest lential war. >> reporter: but what if that pest lential war were merely our first civil war? that's the premise of a new film called "civil war" opening this wek. an unflinching and relentless look at a nation divided and violent. >> what kind of american are you? >> reporter: not in the 1860s but today. >> you don't know? >> it does not feel like a sci-fi movie. this could be us in -- pick a year. 2025, 2026, 2024. is that fair? >> hopefully not.

i mean but i do think it's a warning. i do. >> reporter: kirsten dunst leads the cast, playing a war photographer along with three other journalists, they drive from new york to d.c., hoping to interview the president before rebel forces, led by texas and california, reach the white house. >> at the heart of all of this, it's really about humanity and what happens when people stop treating each other like human beings. >> reporter: the lack of humanity in a few scenes is shocking as we follow these reporters along the back roads, encountering an america entirely broken. no rules, no decency. >> who's giving you orders? >> reporter: and a cold-blooded disregard for human life. >> someone's trying to kill us. we are trying to kill them. >> why is the film unnerving? and i think the obvious reason it would appear to be unnerving is that it's a film about the

product of polarization and division. >> reporter: alex garland, an englishman, is civil war's writer and director. he leaves unanswered questions of how the war begins and, to some extent, who the good guys are. we're left with a movie that's intentionally vague. garland wanted this story seen through the eyes of reporters even though a colleague told him that was box office poison. >> it's a dynamic film about journalists. everybody hates journalists. i thought that was an interesting thing to say. it's sort of like saying everybody hates doctors. you can't hate doctors because you need doctors. and actually we kind of know any healthy country needs journalists. it needs -- it needs freedom of the press. >> reporter: the audience will certainly be talking about the film's president, who we learn is serving a third term and has abolished the fbi. >> some are already calling it the greatest victory in the

history of military campaigns. >> reporter: he's played by nick offerman, who says the character was not inspired by any commander in chief, past or present. offerman does say the film offers a warning that given today's political climate, americans need to heed. >> our ego and our history wants to allow us to believe that we're above such things, that, you know, lesser countries around the world may engage in but we're americans, you know. we drink the finest cola beverages. we're immune to such things. >> there's an underlying truth with everything difficult, which is nobody's immune. >> are you guys aware there's a pretty huge civil war going on across america. >> reporter: seeing this happen here is an unsettling appearance, one haired by the cast, including wagner maura, and kaley spaeny, two of the

three reporters traveling with kirsten dunst. >> why didn't i just tell them not to shoot him? >> it was the first time i feel like the message really went through me. it felt like a gut punch. >> and i personally have never felt the way i felt coming out of the theater, and i was in the movie, and i was just as shocked. it felt like it was meant to be. i've never had that experience in a film before. >> reporter: for kirsten dunst, that's saying something. she's been in movies since she was a kid, landing her first meaty role at 12. on sit tom cruise and brad pitt in "interview with a vampire." big teen movies followed, the virgin suicides and bring it on. then three spider-man films. in 2022, dunst earned an oscar nomination for her aching performance in "power of the dog." now 35 years into the business, she knows civil war is unlike

anything she's done before. >> i'd never played a role like this. i think that this is one of the most important films i've ever been a part of. i think that it respects the audience and lets them put their own believes onto what's happening. >> you're saying it's about the audience. what does that mean in this case for this film? >> i think it's up to the individual to take whatever their political beliefs are, and they will imprint watching the film what it makes them feel or whose side is what side. and i think that's really interesting and will get a lot of conversations that we need to have happen. and that's the beautiful thing about art. it's like that's what you want to be a part of in filmmaking is to push boundaries and give something that no one's seen before because i haven't seen a film like this before. >> reporter: whatever the audience projects, it will come with a degree of unease in a country that has always been

comforted by the notion that this could never happen here. not again. >> unless we come to our senses, our polarized, divisive, non-communicative, accusatory state is going to continue unless we do something about it. >> i hope as many people see it as possible, and i hope that it helps us slowly trudge ourselves towards trying to find decency in our society and supporting that and turning our backs on the forces that make us look in the other direction and can lead us to things like what happens in this

a shortage of nurses has some hospitals going virtual. natalie brand explains. >> reporter: after four deployments as an air force nurse and more than 20 years on the job, sher issa jackson needs

a change. >> how are you doing? how are you feeling? >> reporter: she traded her scrubs for a screen and is now working as a virtual nurse at doctors community medical center in prince george's county, maryland. >> it doesn't require you doing a 12-hour shift. it doesn't require you giving shots or passing out pills. >> reporter: she says the new role helped her combat burnout. >> it was essential for my mental health to find a way to still use my expertise after i left the military. >> reporter: a recent survey finds burnout for physicians and nurses remains above pre-pandemic levels with staffing shortages noted as a key contributing factor along with too many bureaucratic tasks. >> virtual nurses have taken off significant administrative burden to our floor nurses. >> reporter: chief nursing officer crystal beckford says her hospital's virtual nurses focus on areas such as patient outreach and education, admissions and discharge instructions, allowing their counterparts to be more hands-on at the bedside.

>> i'd say anywhere from an hour to 90 minutes, an hour and a half it's giving back to that floor nurse. >> which could save a life in hospital time. >> it could save a life, and it could also save a nurse from turnover. >> reporter: patient janelle jackson experiencing a virtual nurse for the first time during her hospital stay, appreciated the extra attention. >> the regular nurses may not always be able to get to you. >> reporter: innovation improving outcomes for all sides. natalie brand, cbs news, maryland. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm erica brown. this is "cbs news flash." i'm wendy gillette in new york. president biden has announced a new plan to cancel student loan debt for over 30 million

americans. the plan targets accrued interest on loans. a previous attempt at debt relief was struck down by the supreme court. this plan is also expected to be challenged in court. actor jonathan majors will avoid jail time for the misdemeanor assault and harassment of his former girlfriend. majors was sentenced monday to probation and a year-long counseling program. and it's a party in connecticut again. for the second year in a row, the uconn huskies have won the ncaa men's basketball championship. it's the school's sixth title. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. there it is! there it is! >> america looks to the sky with tens of millions experiencing a total solar eclipse. >> this is the moment of totality.

>> crowds cheer as the rare astronomical phenomenon passes overhead. we're along the path of totality with the sights. >> there's the diamond ring, diamond ring. >> sounds. >> it was just mind-blowing. >> and science. >> that is amazing. it is absolutely unbelievable. there's nothing like it. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we're here tonight at the indianapolis motor speedway for the great american eclipse of 2024. this place was packed with tens of thousands from all 50 states and 33 countries around the world to watch this cosmic spectacle as the moon slipped between the earth and the sun, turning day into night and then sunlight into total darkness. you know, the word "monday" actually means day of the moon,

and that certainly held true today. the historic path of totality crossed into the u.s. in texas at 2:27 p.m. eastern time and then traveled over parts of 15 states through maine before heading into canada at 3:35 p.m. eastern. it was something to see, and about 31 million people live in the path of the total solar eclipse. and millions more traveled to catch a glimpse of this rare celestial event. look at this. this is what nasa astronauts aboard the international space station saw. the moon's shadow covering earth. i mean i'd never seen an eclipse before, and it was a once in a lifetime type of experience. you could say it was sort of a front-row seat to something majestic, even spiritual. a collective moment for millions of americans to be inspired. >> there it is! >> oh! >> oh, my god! >> reporter: awe in the

afternoon. we were watching along with 50,000 others as darkness swept over everyone and everything at the indianapolis motor speedway. >> no, it does not. >> this is a once in a lifetime experience. >> reporter: a total solar eclipse. the moon having its moment in the sun, blocking all but a fiery halo of light for 3 minutes and 47 seconds. >> you've seen how many? >> i just hit seven. that was my seventh. >> and how does it compare? >> each one is different. >> reporter: the celestial celebration turned eyes to the skies. some waiting years to witness this rare moment. thousands of spectators in mazatlan, mexico, were the first to experience the eclipse. the path of totality in the u.s. started near eagle pass, texas, just before 1:30 p.m. local time, casting a shadow roughly 100 miles wide, moving across 15

states in just over an hour. this time-lapse video of dallas shows the dramatic change in light over the skyline. for those outside of that path, a partial eclipse was visible throughout all 48 contiguous states. in some parts of the country, the forecast called for clouds. but then the cosmic clearing. >> oh, my goodness. the clouds parted. the clouds parted. >> i cannot believe we're seeing this right now. it has been cloud cover all day. how lucky are we? >> reporter: at 30,000 feet, eclipse-viewing soared to new heights aboard special delta airlines flights from dallas and austin. pilots maneuvered along the path of totality as nearly 200 passengers snacked on sun chips and moon pies. >> it was really cool being in complete daylight and then all of a sudden, it started to dim and got pitch black, and it felt like night. >> reporter: but russellville, arkansas, has to be the icing on

the cake with over 50 couples professing their love to the moon and back, taking their wedding vows in a mass ceremony. the thin circle of light around the moon resembling a golden wedding ring but in the sky. >> this is really, really cool. it's a once in a lifetime thing. >> reporter: well, you know, talk about love in the air for those couples and this texas family welcoming their new baby girl during the solar eclipse today. the fort worth family named her sol, spanish for sun, and she arrived a week early to join her big sister, whose name is luna. that's pretty good. now, who better to discuss what we witnessed today other than bill nye, the science guy? we spoke with bill earlier after he experienced totality in fredericksburg, texas. >> bill, this is like the super bowl of science, and it's so rare that humanity pauses to watch something together. what do you hope that brings

people? >> norah, i hope people appreciate the pb & j, the passion, beauty, and joy of science and space exploration. this really brought people together. you know, tradings came to a virtual stop on wall street because people shared this experience. and this experience is understood through the process of science. >> bill, i know there was a concern in texas about the clouds and the weather, but it turned out better than expected for you, right? what did you see? >> it was perfect for totality. we could see the disk of the moon covering the disk of the sun, and i saw a couple things which i'd never seen before, one of which was the solar prominence, the solar flare-style event, that coronal mass ejection of these charged particles shooting off the sun into deep space because the sun is more active right now than it was, let's say, in 2017 when we had another solar eclipse here in north america.

and so the jolt of particles off the sun was really visible from here, and it was this extraordinary pink. >> it was a marvelous day, and bill nye, thank you so much for sharing it with us. >> thank you, norah. there's some breaking news out of las vegas. three people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting inside a fifth-floor law office. cbs news has learned that one of the victims was a prominent trial attorney. cbs's elise preston has the latest developments. >> suspect is barricaded and right now we have one victim shot. >> reporter: police say it was just after 10:00 a.m. in this busy six-floor office building when shots rang out in attorney dennis prince's law office. >> all of a sudden, i heard some screams and yelling coming from out in the hallway. i immediately just texted my husband, told him i loved him >> reporter: terrified workers hunkered down in their offices for hours, waiting for police to come help. >> we're going door by door and making sure that everybody in there is okay and evacuating them. >> reporter: a close friend of

dennis prince and his wife tells cbs news they were among those killed. the well-known attorney was representing his wife, ashley, in a deposition against her ex-husband when the ex's father, attorney joe houston, allegedly shot them before turning the gun on himself. >> we believe the suspect is deceased, and there is no further threat to the community. >> reporter: tonight, las vegas police are left wondering why the gunman pulled the trigger and how the community will heal. >> it's pretty crazy to think that, you know, it can really happen anywhere, to anyone. >> reporter: now, the couple leaves behind four children, including an infant they just had a few months ago. norah. >> elise preston, thank you very much. we're still going for that nice catch. we're still going for that perfect pizza. and with higher stroke risk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem,... ...we're going for a better treatment than warfarin. eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk. and has less major bleeding. over 97% of eliquis patients did not experience a stroke.

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of the eclipse, it's been an economic boom thanks to the millions of people traveling from around the world to witness this phenomenon. cbs's janet shamlian with new reporting tonight on how big a financial impact it will be for the cities in the shadow of the moon. >> reporter: they appeared from across the country. >> you came here from florida? >> yes. >> reporter: and around the world. >> we come from switzerland. >> reporter: to see the sun disappear in kerrville, texas, population 25,000. as many as four times that showed up today. a boon for local businesses. >> the crowd is really big, and it's, you know, been getting bigger by the hour. >> it's good for business today? >> it's so good. >> reporter: carol block and her family booked their trip from arizona more than a year ago, with flights, hotels, and a rental car taking a bite out of the family budget. >> did you do this instead of another vacation? >> yeah. we didn't really do much for spring break. we've kind of been waiting for

this. so, yeah, it's like a once in a lifetime thing. >> reporter: nationwide, eclipse spending is expected to bring a $6 billion boost to the u.s. economy, even more than the taylor swift tour. no blank spaces in the path of totality today. airbnb rentals were booked up. in fredericksburg, texas, businesses were doing everything under the sun to cash in on the eclipse, from special wines to a local glassmaker's eclipse-inspired paper wick, all leading to the big moment at 1:32 p.m. despite the threat of cloud cover, the skies parted, leaving those here walking on sunshine. >> what did you think? >> amazing. >> awesome. >> that was one of the coolest things i've ever seen. >> once in a lifetime experience for sure. >> yeah. >> reporter: what made it memorable here is that it was unexpected. you know, the forecast for kerrville was not good, but the skies parted, and we had just that moment that we needed, especially rewarding for people who traveled so far.

norah. >> janet, it was so exciting to watch the excitement where you were. thank you. now to the 2024 presidential campaign, where abortion rights is taking center stage. when donald trump was president, he nominated the justices that would overturn roe v. wade. since then, 21 states have moved to restrict or ban the procedure, but many republicans want to go further with a federal ban passed by congress. cbs's weijia jiang reports that trump today tried to clarify his position, angering his conservative base. >> reporter: former president donald trump suggested today that the federal government should stay out of the abortion rights debate. >> my view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. in this case, the law of the state. >> reporter: the remarks followed months of mixed signals

from the former president, owning his part in overturning roe v. wade just as he did today. >> i was proudly the person responsible. >> reporter: but refusing to commit to a national abortion ban, even while suggesting in the past he would support one. >> when you heard his remarks, were you surprised at all? >> i was surprised and disappointed. >> reporter: marjorie dannenfelser, the president of susan b. anthony pro-life america, spoke to trump on the phone this morning and thinks the door to a federal ban remains open. >> but i actually do think that he will get there. i really believe that because i believe that there was something that compelled him to stand strong and defend fearlessly every single supreme court justice that he put up. he never gave up on any of them. i don't think he'll give up on this. >> reporter: president biden, who was in wisconsin today, unveiling a new plan to forgive student loan debt for millions, agreed with her.

>> if maga republicans put a federal ban on his desk, he'd sign it. >> reporter: his campaign promptly released a new ad featuring a texas woman who says she nearly died twice, unable to get the abortion she needed following a miscarriage. >> the blanket that she was in. >> reporter: and blaming trump for enabling state-level bans on abortion passed since roe was overturned. voters in florida, maryland, and new york will vote on abortion-related measures in november, and several other states, including key battlegrounds arizona and nevada, are considering adding measures to their ballots. democrats hope the issue will give them an edge at the polls. norah. >> weijia jiang at the white house, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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entering a new phase. israel has withdrawn most of its troops from the south to prepare for what they call future operations, most likely an offensive in rafah. cbs's holly williams reports this brief pause in the ground operation has revealed the ravages of the past six months. >> reporter: with most israeli forces now gone from the southern gaza strip, a cbs news team was there today as thousands of palestinians moved around freely for the first time in months. in the city of khan younis, they found destruction on a colossal scale. some went looking for their homes and instead picked through rubble for their belongings. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "i couldn't find my bed or my clothes," said this woman. "i lost my books." israel's military says it now has just one division inside the gaza strip. the other division that was there moved out over the weekend. the remaining troops are

positioned along gaza's border with israel and to the north, where the israelis have built a new road cutting across the gaza strip from east to west, thought to be part of israel's planning for after the war. israel's military says the troops who have pulled out are recuperating, and today prime minister benjamin netanyahu said they've set a date for an offensive in the southern city of rafah despite u.s. opposition, though that date is unspecified. it comes just days after president biden told netanyahu in a phone call that the humanitarian situation in gaza was, quote, unacceptable. israel says today over 400 aid trucks made it into gaza, the most since the beginning of the war. the u.s. says there's a cease-fire deal on the table for hamas. an israeli official told cbs news that negotiations are advancing. but a spokesman for hamas told

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sunday when an engine cover ripped away just after takeoff in denver. the pilot of the boeing 737-800 returned to the airport to make an emergency landing. it is important to note that the engine isn't made by boeing. none of the 141 people on board were hurt. it was a record-breaking women's basketball championship between south carolina and iowa in caitlin clark's final college game. we'll take a look back on this inspiring season. that's next. march madness will wrap up tonight with purdue facing uconn in the men's national championship game. on the women's side, south

carolina topped iowa and caitlin clark on sunday with a record 18.7 million viewers. i was one of them. that is the most watched basketball game, men or women, college or pro, in the last five years. cbs's jan crawford reports on how the women's tournament was one for the ages. ♪ >> reporter: a tribute worthy of a remarkable year. women's basketball and its champions. south carolina completing a perfect season and in a dream final, dominant, defeating iowa to avenge its only loss in the past two years. >> johnson lays it in! >> reporter: and while reveling in victory, hall of fame coach dawn staley praised a player. >> clark. oh, my! >> reporter: she called one of the greatest of all time. >> i want to personally thank caitlin clark for lifting up our sport. you are one of the g.o.a.t.s of our games, and we appreciate

you. >> reporter: caitlin clark not only broke every scoring record but hawkeye games smashed viewing and attendance records, and the world shared its amazement and gratitude. >> people aren't going to remember every single win or every single loss. i think they're just going to remember how excited their young daughter or son got about watching women's basketball. i think that's pretty cool. >> reporter: clark is leaving for the wnba and leaves behind a legacy not just for those carrying the torch next year but the thousands of girls now inspired to be next. to hear the roar of the crowd and to become just like their idols, on top of the world. jan crawford, cbs 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. nothing dims my light like a migraine.

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>> reporter: the astronomy class from eminence high school weren't just observers of the eclipse. >> i would say before i was in this class, i didn't know how rare seeing an eclipse was. >> reporter: they were helping nasa, using a special telescope to collect data of the sun's corona. >> i think it's really nice to just see everyone collaborating on one project. >> reporter: students from texas to vermont. >> it doesn't happen that often here, and it's just really exciting. >> reporter: getting a big science lesson and a lesson we could all learn -- how to come together. >> it's, of course, giant teamwork of everybody just going outside and just looking at it. >> reporter: the information will help scientists understand the way the sun converts magnetic energy into heat, furthering our understanding of the world around us and reminding us to look up and enjoy the world's wonders. >> it's something we don't get very often anymore is that one

moment of people aren't on their phones, people aren't looking away. people are observing something that's a true spectacle in our world and our entire solar system. and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. 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 indianapolis, i'm norah o'donnell. >> there it is! there it is! >> this is the moment of totality. this is "cbs news flash." i'm wendy gillette in new york. president biden has announced a new plan to cancel student loan debt for over 30 million americans.

the plan targets accrued interest on loans. a previous attempt at debt relief was struck down by the supreme court. this plan is also expected to be challenged in court. actor jonathan majors will avoid jail time for the misdemeanor assault and harassment of his former girlfriend. majors was sentenced monday to probation and a year-long counseling program. and it's a party in connecticut again. fr the second year in a row, the uconn huskies have won the ncaa men's basketball championship. it's the school's sixth title. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. it's tuesday, april 9th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings."