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well. last summer taylor swift brought her eras tour to levi stadium and santa clara renamed itself swiftie clara for two days. the city can now boast it actually is the swiftie capital of the united states. >> don't know about you, but i'm feeling it, too. >> casino.org did a study to find the most swifties per capita and compared the 20 cities by tour attendance and google searches and tiktok posts and santa clara, you came out on top. the website stepped 137,000 fans attended the eras show at levi's in july, about 10,000 more than santa clara's population. we talked about being indoors this weekend. many will be watching the masters on kpix. coming up, you can see who won our masters between vern glenn and i. we compete for the green jacket. stay tuned. until then oh, ♪ ♪
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>> stolen vehicle that crashed into the dps office. there is entrapment in the building. >> norah: the breaking news, a deadly crash police say was intentional, deliberate. >> we will prosecute this person to the full extent of the law. >> norah: a stolen 18-wheeler plows into a texas government building, killing at least one person and hurting more than a dozen others. what authorities are saying tonight about the possible motive. >> the suspect was backing the vehicle up and with the intent of going into it again. >> 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 deadly and terrifying day in texas. police say a stolen big rig semitruck was intentionally crashed into a government office building, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others. two are now in critical condition tonight. according to authorities, the driver was in a high-speed police chase before deliberately
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smashing into the building about an hour west of houston. a 42-year-old is in custody tonight, and police are now revealing the suspect visited the office earlier this week. katiera winfrey from our cbs affiliate khou will start us off tonight with the new details. >> stolen vehicle that crashed into the dps office. >> reporter: tense moments tonight after 42-year-old clenard parker of chappell hill, texas, allegedly rammed this 18-wheeler into the department of public safety building in brenham, texas, leaving a gaping hole. he was arrested at the scene. >> he had stole an 18-wheeler earlier. he was being chased by a deputy and then he ran into our building. we have several people that were injured and one is deceased at this time. >> reporter: the truck was carrying a heavy load of rebar, steel reinforcement, when police say parker slammed it into the building where various licensing services are provided. authorities say he had been there the previous day.
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>> parker did come to the dps brenham office yesterday at approximately 3:00 or 4:00 p.m., where he was denied his commercial driver's license. >> reporter: the mayor said it could have been even worse had parker not been pulled out of the driver's seat and put in handcuffs by law enforcement. >> had it not been for their quick action, as you can see across the street, the suspect was backing the vehicle up and with the intent of going into it again. >> reporter: tonight, the state's texas rangers have launched a criminal investigation. >> what we've seen today was an act of violence. we will prosecute this person to the full extent of the law. because this will not be tolerated. >> reporter: and a suspect is facing multiple felony offenses, including serious bodily injury. he is being held at the washington county jail tonight without bond. norah? >> norah: katiera winfrey, thank you so much. much of the world is on alert tonight for an imminent attack on israel by iran. president biden tonight has a
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simple one-word warning for the iranians: don't. cbs news has learned the u.s. military is sending additional firepower to the region to increase force protection for american troops that are already there. cbs's weijia jiang is at the white house with new reporting. >> reporter: a u.s. official tells cbs news that the size of the planned attack aimed at military targets in israel has grown in recent days. it could include more than 100 drones, 150 cruise missiles, and even ballistic missiles used for long-range strikes. tonight, a warning from president biden to tehran. >> reporter: mr. president, what is your message to iran in this moment? >> don't. >> reporter: iran has vowed to retaliate, blaming israel for an air strike that demolished its consulate in the syrian capital of damascus. iranian state media claims 13, including two senior iranian generals, were killed.
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a spokesperson for the idf says israel is not only on the defensive. "but we are also prepared to go on the offensive. we are prepared to strike with a variety of capabilities," he said. today the pentagon's top commander for the middle east arrived in israel, as preparations continue, and biden once again pledged the u.s.'s ironclad support. >> we are devoted to the defense of israel. we will support israel. we will defend -- help defend israel, and iran will not succeed. >> reporter: the state department is warning american diplomats not to travel outside tel aviv or jerusalem, while the u.k. has gone further, advising people to leave israel if they can. general frank mckenzie, the former head of central command, said an iranian attack could lead to a broader conflict in the region. >> if there is a significant mass casualty event inside israel, then i think the possibility of escalation is very, very high.
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>> reporter: tonight, president biden says he expects iran to attack israel sooner rather than later. as for those additional u.s. assets you mentioned, the pentagon is repositioning a navy destroyer in the region, joining another warship that is already there. norah? >> norah: weijia jiang at the white house with that new information, thank you. let's go now to israel, where tensions are high with its iron dome missile defense system already being tested today, with rockets being launched by an iranian proxy group. cbs's debora patta joins us from tel aviv. good evening, debora. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the iranian-backed group hezbollah fired a barrage of missiles from lebanon into northern israel earlier. this is what the night sky looked like a short while ago. the israeli defense force says most of the missiles were intercepted. the rest falling on empty land with no injuries. israel remains on high alert, bracing itself for the
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possibility of an attack by iran in retaliation for the bombing of its consulate in damascus. a former mossad official sima shine told us there is a real fear the region could be on the brink of an expanded conflict. she believes the attack could either come from a number of iranian proxies in lebanon, iraq, or yemen, or directly from iran. and if it resulted in mass casualties, this would have the potential for significant escalation. norah? >> norah: debora patta, thank you. in memphis today, a police encounter with two teenagers ended in a hail of bullets. an officer was killed, along with an 18-year-old suspect. and we are learning tonight that that teenager was recently a suspicious vehicle. >> officer down. >> reporter: as they were approaching the stationary vehicle with two teens inside, gunshots rang out from the vehicle. >> three officers were struck by gunfire. tragically, one of our officers
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lost his life. >> reporter: officer joseph mckinney, with the department three years, was killed. a second officer was taken to an area hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, and a third was grazed by a bullet, treated at the scene. >> we have a family that's grieving now. we have a wife that's grieving now. >> reporter: officials say both teenage suspects were shot during the gunfire, killing 18-year-old jaylen lobley. in march, police say lobley was arrested in a stolen vehicle and was armed with a semiautomatic weapon, altered to shoot like a machine gun. >> he was also charged at that time for two stolen vehicles and having a programming device commonly used to steal cars. the suspect was released at that time without bond. >> reporter: in the u.s. so far this year, 34 other officers have died in the line of duty, with 11 killed by gunfire.
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memphis mayor paul young. >> we know that we as a community have to do more to hold violent offenders accountable. >> reporter: now the local district attorney, that's steve mulroy, made clear today his office argued against releasing lobley just last month because they already identified him as a high-risk offender. an investigation is underway, but it raises the painful question, norah, if both of today's deaths could have been avoided. >> norah: that's a real issue in a lot of cities. errol barnett, thank you so much. house speaker mike johnson is with donald trump tonight at the former president's mar-a-lago resort, after appearing together publicly for the first time since johnson took that post. the top house republican flew to florida as he is facing a revolt from conservative members of his conference. cbs's robert costa reports tonight from palm beach. >> reporter: former president donald trump and house speaker mike johnson, two men who fought to overturn the 2020 election, called a press conference today
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to argue noncitizens should not be able to vote, despite the fact it's already illegal. >> the house republicans are introducing a bill that will require proof of citizenship to vote. it seems like common sense. >> reporter: the illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act of 1996 explicitly bans noncitizen voting in federal elections. yet trump and his allies have falsely claimed noncitizens constantly vote in elections. the nonpartisan brennan center, which tracks voting issues, says examples of noncitizens voting are extremely rare. for the embattled speaker, today's pilgrimage to mar-a-lago was a chance to get a needed boost from the former president, as some trump allies say johnson is failing. >> i explained all the reasons why he failed as our speaker. >> reporter: in recent weeks, johnson has seen his grip on the gavel loosened, as he has stumbled to find votes on surveillance legislation and funding for ukraine. and his work on some bipartisan measures has sparked talk
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of a possible coup. >> i think he is doing a very good job. he is doing about as good as you are going to do. >> reporter: for trump, the visit underscored his immense influence over the party despite his legal issues, much like when then-speaker kevin mccarthy came to mar-a-lago three years ago in the wake of the capitol attack. and on monday, former president trump's criminal trial over hush money payments in 2016 is scheduled to begin. trump told me today he plans to take the witness stand and that jury selection will be the luck of the draw. norah? >> norah: that's a big headline out of today. robert costa, thank you. vice president kamala harris lashed out at former president donald trump in arizona today, calling him the architect of the restrictive abortion bans nationwide. it comes in the wake of the state's recent near-total ban on the procedure. cbs's janet shamlian reports the issue is now front and center in the 2024 election. >> good afternoon, arizona!
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[cheers and applause] >> reporter: tonight, the blame game. >> we all must understand who is to blame. former president donald trump did this. during his campaign in 2016, donald trump said women should be punished for seeking an abortion. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris campaigning in arizona, blaming former president trump for the state's supreme court ruling reviving a near-total abortion ban. >> the overturning of roe was, without any question, a seismic event. and this ban here in arizona is one of the biggest aftershocks yet. >> reporter: antiabortion rights protesters were also in tucson today. >> and we want to protect those people that are in the womb still, because they deserve to be protected. >> reporter: they hope to defeat a constitutional amendment protecting the procedure, likely to appear on the november ballot. >> i think that when arizonans
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come out to vote this november, i think that they are going to side against this abortion extremism in the referendum and support the right to life. >> reporter: pro-abortion rights advocates say they have the almost 400,000 signatures needed but continue to gather more. >> i'm ashamed as to what it says about arizona. it's -- it's -- it's a law that they are trying to enforce that was before women had the right to vote, before arizona was a state. it's just awful that they have gone so far backwards. >> reporter: dr. deshawn taylor runs one of the eight abortion clinics in arizona. >> it's infuriating. because abortion is health care. >> reporter: she says patients are confused about when the law will take effect. abortion is currently legal up to 15 weeks. >> for the last couple of days, it's been fairly quiet. >> reporter: because they think they can't get an abortion? >> correct. >> reporter: democrats see this as an issue that will likely get voters out in november. arizona among more than a dozen
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states likely to have abortion on the ballot, the latest being colorado. norah? >> norah: janet shamlian, thank you very much. the former interpreter and longtime friend of baseball superstar shohei ohtani surrendered to federal authorities and appeared in a los angeles courtroom today. the 39-year-old is facing federal bank fraud charges for allegedly stealing $16 million from ohtani to place about 19,000 bets going back more than two years. he was released on $25,000 bond and ordered to get treatment for gambling addiction. a young swimmer swept away by a fast-moving river. the latest on the tragic discovery next. latest on the tc discovery next. ♪ ♪ (vo) you might be used to living with your albuterol asthma rescue inhaler, but it's a bit 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
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>> norah: this week's total solar eclipse brought millions of americans together for a moment of inspiration and awe. that includes cbs's steve hartman and his family "on the road." >> reporter: like many families, we went to a lot of trouble this week, driving five hours for a 4-minute vacation. >> because it's not just 4 minutes, it's something that you can look back on in your old age and say "i was there." >> reporter: this is my oldest son, george. he's been into astrophysics since kindergarten.
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>> by a strange coincidence, the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun but 400 times closer to the earth. >> there's a sundial. >> reporter: he begged to go to the last eclipse in 2017 and wanted to go again this year, so we traveled to top of the world drive in vermont's northern kingdom, crashed a party there, and set up for an encore performance by the world's biggest star. >> all right, greatest show on earth. >> except it's not on earth. >> reporter: only difference, last eclipse, george was an engaging 9-year-old who thought his father hung the moon. and this time, he's a teenager. what are you thinking, george? >> do i have to think in a normal sense in such moments of pure beauty? >> reporter: okay... so while george sulked up the sun, the rest of us cheerfully waited for our window. >> yeah, it's in the bottom right corner.
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>> reporter: at this point, the shadow had already passed through most of the country, and we talked about that, how it traveled through red states and blue. >> i see the moon! >> reporter: how it fell on faces of all colors, stirred souls of all creeds. and how, by the time it reached us, more than 30 million americans -- >> oh, my god. >> reporter: who just moments before seemed so different. >> whoo! >> reporter: would all fall under the same exact wonder. >> oh! >> like, the country comes together and we all find it amazing. >> and look around us. look at all the similarities. >> a moment that kind of unites us all was pretty cool to see. >> reporter: we decided that unity was almost as inspiring as the event itself. [cheering] >> totality! >> reporter: of course, within seconds, the heavens returned us to our own devices. but our wish at the end of this wondrous week is that a ray of that harmony remains, which leads me now to this. are you glad you got to have this time with your family?
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>> hmm. i think maybe the answer to that is yes.. >> reporter: a glimmer of hope. >> but also maybe not. >> reporter: quickly eclipsed by snark. guess when it comes to throwing shade, not even the moon can trump a teenager. steve hartman, "on the road," in newport, vermont. >> norah: it was a delight to see it. all right, "heart of america" is next, with the "piano man" and his record-breaking performance at the world's most famous arena, madison square garden. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: if you can't watch the "cbs evening news," you can listen. subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ ♪ but i never just found my way; i made it. and did all i could to prevent recurrence. verzenio reduces the risk of recurrence of hr-positive, her2-negative, node-positive, early breast cancer with a high chance of returning as determined by your doctor when added to hormone therapy. diarrhea is common, may be severe,
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right here on cbs. in addition to all the hits, including "my life" and "new york state of mind," joel performs his first new song in nearly 20 years, "turn the lights back on." he is also joined onstage by some of his famous friends, jerry seinfeld and sting. the five-time grammy winner will end his decade-long residency at the garden in july, so catch him while you can, or just tune into cbs on sunday. billy joel, tonight's "heart of america." and that is tonight's "cbs evening news."
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oh, boy, get ready. san francisco police get ready to celebrate a milestone a decade in the making. the reforms aimed at restoring trust with the police. it is not perfect. but we have finished. some changes you don't see immediately. but change happens when it is done right. who knew middle schools had strong decisions. >> we would like to ask why takeaway something that has been so beneficial and so crucial? it is happening, storm clouds are moving in on our weekend plans. you can probably feel a big cool down today. rain is returning to the bay area with the first showers arriving overnight. it is staying dry long enough to enjoy fun events this weekend and this evening

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