and donald trump. >> a vote for joe biden is a vote for our democracy and our decency. >> reporter: rfk jr. has sparked controversy with claims like vaccines cause autism in children. but his family's public endorsement of biden signals how seriously democrats are taking his run. so far, kennedy has secured a spot on the ballot in utah and michigan. the kennedy campaign and its supporters claim they have enough signatures to appear on nearly a dozen other states, including key battlegrounds. donald trump says rfk jr. will be a spoiler for biden. >> i do believe that rfk jr. will do very well, and i do believe he's going to take a lot of votes away from crooked joe biden. >> reporter: former massachusetts congressman joe kennedy ii said he would encourage his brother to drop out. >> we cannot do anything that in

any way strips even one vote from president biden. >> reporter: today kennedy tweeted about his family's decision, saying, quote, i am pleased they are politically active. it's a family tradition. he added that they are divided in opinions but united in their love for each other, though there was clearly no love lost today in philadelphia. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you. there are new developments tonight in the murder case of the man charged with killing four university of idaho students in 2022. the defense says suspect bryan kohberger has an alibi for the night of the murders. cbs's carter evans has the latest news in this closely-watched murder investigation. >> reporter: bryan kohberger's lawyers say there was no way he could have been at the murder scene and plan to use cell phone data to prove it. the 29-year-old criminology student is accused of brutally stabbing madison mogen, kaley

gonsalves, xana kernodle and ethan chapin in this house in 2022. a newly filed alibi claims kohberger was out driving at the time of the murders as he often did to hike and run and/or see the moon and stars miles away from the crime scene. >> the defens is trying to paint a consistent picture here. this was his pattern and practice, nothing out of the ordinary happened. he liked to drive late at night. >> reporter: but court documents show kohberger's cell phone had no service or was turned off for two hours during the time the murders took place, which is consistent with him attempting to conceal his location. the defense says there was nothing to hide, claiming the cell data will prove that this car captured on surveillance video shortly before the murders could not have been kohberger's. >> cell phone evidence is very difficult if that's the only evidence you have on either side because it's imperfect and because we don't always have our cell phones on us. >> reporter: but prosecutors

also say police found kohberger's dna on a knife sheath at the crime. which is stronger in court, cell phone data or dna allegedly found at the scene of the crime? >> the prosecution will simply say you have to follow the scientific evidence, and that's the dna. >> reporter: now, the gonsalves family tells cbs news they're relieved to finally see the alibi information. it actually makes them feel more confident about the prosecution. they're just frustrated with all the delays in the case. norah, a trial date still has not been set. >> i don't understand that. carter evans, thank you. well, now to another round of severe weather threatening millions of americans tonight. in ohio, communities near cleveland and columbus are cleaning up after at least five tornadoes touched down. for a look at where the storms are heading right now, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the wefrn channel. good evening, chris. >> we are tracking severe weather, and we'll be doing so with multiple threats into the overnight hours tonight. this is where severe weather is

not just possible but likely. could see a few tornadoes and damaging winds, but the big threat tonight, big-time hail. two inches or greater. that would be golf ball-sized hail or even larger. here's the hail parameters. so in here, that hail parameter is there with these storms even into the overnight and first thing in the morning. could be woken up by hail across parts of the south. another organization issuing their hurricane outlook. this forecast here from the weather company along with colorado state university, now both saying an above-average season. and, norah, i think the main takeaway with this is the fact that if there's more storms, there's more chances for one to make landfall. >> chris, thank you. extreme weather doesn't begin to capture what's happening in dubai. this week, the largest city in the united arab emirates got about two years' worth of rain in one day. and cbs's chris livesay reports they are still trying to get one of the world's busiest airports back to normal. >> reporter: a parched desert

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her tour has essentially revitalized so much of the economy and boosted the local economy everywhere she goes. ♪ >> reporter: undergrad sophia and miyad teach artistry and entrepreneurship, taylor's version. >> her songwriting ability is what gives her her competitive edge in the industry. >> reporter: to 44 fellow students. >> taylor is so strategic in all the things that she does. when you think of a brand, that's all they ever want. they want loyal customers, and that's what taylor has. >> there's a reason top institutions are studying that. they know this is like a trend. >> reporter: universities nationwide are teaching the swift effect in departments from english to political science to gender studies. >> welcome to the eras tour. >> reporter: swift's successes and failures are part of the syllabus, like the battle to regain control of her master recordings. >> we've also learned about some of the implications she's had on legal issues such as artist rights and ticketing legislation, which has been really impactful as well because that's not something you see every day. >> reporter: still, we wondered

with so much tuition on the line, how did your family react? >> my parents were super thrilled. my mom took me to a 1989 concert. >> they were like, you have to take this class. if it's not now, never, right? >> reporter: and swift now has some students thinking even bigger. >> she's incredibly fearless in the ways in which she doesn't mind taking creative risks. to me it's like climbing the corporate ladder. i'll end up as the manager in five years. >> you think you might take more risks a la taylor swift? >> sure, sure. >> because of this course? >> yeah. >> reporter: of course taylor-made for success. jo ling kent, cbs news, berkeley, california. >> looks like a fun class.

finally, tonight's "heart of america" as we pay tribute to a true rock and roll legend. ♪ i was born a ramblin' man ♪ ♪ tryon to make a living and doing the best i can ♪ >> dickey betts, guitarist and founding member of the allman brothers bands has died at the age of 80 after a battle with cancer. betts and wrote and performed some of the band's biggest hits like ramblin' man.

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this comes after the weekend attack by iran on israel, which followed israel's bombing of the iranian consulate in syria. flights over iran were diverted. columbia university's president said in a statement that an encampment of pro-palestinian protesters severely disrupts campus life and has created a harassing and intimidating environment. the statement followed the arrest of more than 100 protesters on thursday. and your starbucks order will start looking a little different. the coffee chain says it's rolling out new cups this month that will use 10% to 20% less plastic. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. breaking news. the jury in donald trump's new york trial is seated. >> i'm supposed to be in a lot of different places campaigning, but i've been here all day. >> the dramatic day in court as

12 americans are selected to decide the former president's fate in the so-called hush money trial. >> the jury called you selfish. how did that make you feel? >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we want to begin tonight with that breaking news. a jury of 12 new yorkers has now been seated for the first criminal prosecution of a former president of the united states. seven men and five women have been selected for the trial of donald trump, who's charged with falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair and influence the 2016 presidential election. now, earlier in the day, the case appeared to be heading in the wrong direction. that's because two jurors who were already seated were then removed. tonight prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt after they said he repeatedly violated the court's

gag order. cbs's robert costa was inside the courthouse in lower manhattan for today's major developments. >> reporter: jury selection stumbled backward and forward today before the 12 jurors who will decide donald trump's fate were finally seated. seven men and five women, including one who, during questioning, referred to trump as selfish and self-serving, but also promised she could be impartial. after a full day in court, former president trump vented his frustrations. >> i'm sitting here for days now, from morning till night, in that freezing room -- freezing. everybody is freezing in there. >> reporter: the morning began with seven jurors in place, but complications flared, underscoring the high-wire act of seating a jury in such a high-profile trial. first, new york judge juan merchan excused juror number 2,

a nurse, who said she no longer believed she could be impartial. "aspects of my identity have already been out there in public," she said. " yesterday alone, i had friends, colleagues, and family push things to my phone." then he dismissed juror number 4, who had called trump fascinating and mysterious, after it emerged someone with the same name was once arrested for allegedly ripping down conservative political posters according to prosecutors. trial consultants say the vetting of these potential jurors is critical. >> there is this extra caution because you don't want to go through six weeks and all the expense of this and then have a problem with a juror that can cause a mistrial. >> reporter: trump was mostly quiet in court, occasionally staring into the jury box. but he's continued to rage about the case on social media, alarming prosecutors who claimed he has violated the judge's gag order seven times. "it's ridiculous. it has to stop." late today, the former president

sharply criticized the judge and district attorney alvin bragg. >> you got a d.a. that's out of control. you have a judge that's highly conflicted. >> reporter: among the new jurors, an engineer, a physical therapist, and a banker, who said they follow one of the key witnesses in this case on social media, michael cohen. they also follow trump. and the judge said opening arguments could now begin on monday. norah. >> wow. robert costa, thank you. there's breaking news out of the middle east. here's cbs's david martin. >> reporter: the retaliation comes six days after iran launched some 350 drones and missiles against israel. an attack that was almost entirely defeated by israeli and u.s. air defenses. that attack was itself a retaliation for israel's bombing of the iranian embassy in syria. after it failed, president biden urged israel's netanyahu to declare victory and not respond. but after several days of meetings by israel's war

cabinet, a retaliatory strike was ordered. even before the strike, iran had vowed to respond. so now the u.s., israel, and the rest of the middle east are waiting on iran's next move. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. tonight, the crackdown at columbia university, where more than 100 protesters at the ivy league school were cuffed and carried away by new york police following a second day of demonstrations on campus. the heavy police presence and action came one day after the school's president faced some tough questions on capitol hill about the rise of anti-semitism on campus. cbs's lilia luciano reports on the arrests. >> for what reason? i'm just standing on the sidewalk! >> reporter: police in riot gear detained protesters at columbia university, loading them into multiple buses as they cleared out students who had camped out in tents on the school's south lawn. the mass protest over the war in gaza began wednesday. >> columbia has shown over and over again that they don't care about student rights.

they don't care about student voices. they don't care about student safety. >> reporter: school administrators today asked the nypd to clear the tents and suspended several students who participated, including the daughter of representative ilhan omar, according to a tweet on x. columbia has been a hot spot of protests since the october 7th attacks, with pro-palestinian students denouncing the killing of more than 34,000 people in gaza, most women and children, and what usaid recently called an imminent famine. the school also saw a spike in reports of anti-semitic rhetoric. >> i'm scared to wear a jewish -- here. i've gotten very nasty anti-semitic comments at me. >> reporter: tonight tensions still hold over the campus. >> new yorkers have every right to express their sorrow, but that heartbreak does not give you the right to harass others, to spread hate. >> reporter: this protest continues here as you can hear all around me. at one point, it turned from the

chants and the demonstration into a march down the street. they return here to columbia, and it's expected to continue through the night. norah. >> lilia luciano, thank you very much. speaker mike johnson's political future could be on the line this weekend. he's hoping to hold votes on a series of bills that include billions in military aid for israel and ukraine. johnson will likely need help from democrats to get the bills passed. cbs's scott macfarlane has been doing his reporting on capitol hill all day. what have you learned, scott? >> reporter: norah, a critical and fragile 48 hours ahead as mike johnson tries to put down a revolt inside his own party, but also get enough support for that $61 billion plan to help ukraine ahead of a key vote on saturday. and an appeal to some of his party's critics, who say the government spent enough on ukraine already, johnson tonight argues some of the money is in the form of a loan, and some of the money will help u.s. defense manufacturers. but that's not enough to satisfy trump ally and georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who again today said she would move

to try to remove johnson as speaker over that ukraine money, potentially in the coming days. norah, multiple house democrats told cbs news late today either they or they think their colleagues would intervene to save him if it meant getting money to ukraine. >> critical couple days ahead. you are right. scott, let me ask you about that key development on the congressional push to ban tiktok. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that foreign aid bill also includes this provision requiring tiktok to be sold or divested from its china-based owner or face a ban in the u.s. in a year, which would strip it from tens of millions of users. it already has bipartisan support. could be on a fast track. and, norah, tiktok has said these bills encroach on the first amendment. >> a lot to watch. scott macfarlane, thank you very much.

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>> it totally rocked my world. >> reporter: not only that, but the fraudsters also stole another $19,000 from an account she managed for a nonprofit industry group. >> that wasn't even my money. that was the members' money, and i just was sick. i was sick to my stomach. >> reporter: in a letter to her, chase acknowledged she was the victim of a scam, but nonetheless contended the wire transfers were authorized, that chase had received calls verifying the wires as valid with someone providing her dent card number and pin and further said, we processed it as you instructed. >> essentially they're saying that you did it. >> right. yeah. >> how do you feel about that? >> well, i think it's bizarre, and they're not taking responsibility for what is happening to their customers. >> reporter: chase told us it does reimburse customers for unauthorized transactions if it decides a customer had no part to play in the transaction. but in rowe's case and those of the other victims we interviewed, chase said it would not reimburse their money because despite them reporting

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a couple of guys in california are making a name for themselves one bus stop at a time. itay hod has their story. >> reporter: when darryl owens and ming way samuel noticed there were no benches at many bus stops across berkeley,

california, instead of sitting on their hands, they decided to take a stand. >> this is just a way to make the world a better place. >> reporter: for months now, they've become known as the bench guys, pulling up to bus stops and installing their own handcrafted creations. >> we weren't looking for any fame or glory. our goal is just to give people a place to sit. >> reporter: it all started when one of their neighbors, who just got out of surgery, was forced to sit on the curb. that's when darryl and ming way taught themselves how to build a bench on youtube and even made sure they were up to city code. so far, they've installed 27 benches. each one takes about four hours to make. >> the goal is to get the cities to put these benches out. >> >> reporter: their project has pushed berkeley to swap one of their benches for an official city bench. >> i would say a fire has been

lit. >> reporter: jean walsh is an a.c. transit board member. she says this quirky campaign is forcing officials to find a solution to this deep-seated issue. >> so many of our problems are hard to solve. they're complex. they're costly. they're really difficult. putting benches at bus stops isn't one of them. >> reporter: at the end of the day, darryl and ming way head home, but not before taking a load off. >> i love just like sitting on it and take a little break and then go about your day after. >> reporter: itay hod, cbs news, berkeley, california. and that's the overnight news for this friday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm taurean small. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. two u.s. officials confirmed to cbs news that an israeli missile has hit iran. this comes after the weekend

attack by iran on israel, which followed israel's bombing of the iranian consulate in syria. flights over iran were diverted. columbia university's president said in a statement that an encampment of pro-palestinian protesters severely disrupts campus life and has created a harassing and intimidating environment. the statement followed the arrests of more than 100 protesters on thursday. and your starbucks order will start looking a little different. the coffee chain says it's rolling out new cups this month that will use 10% to 20% less plastic. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. breaking news. the jury in donald trump's new york trial is seated. >> i'm supposed to be in a lot of different places campaigning, but i've been here all day. >> the dramatic day in court as 12 americans are selected to

decide the former president's fate in the so-called hush money trial. >> the juror called you selfish. how did that make you feel? >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we want to begin tonight with that breaking news. a jury of 12 new yorkers has now been seated for the first criminal prosecution of a former president of the united states. seven men and five women have been selected for the trial of donald trump, who's charged with falsifying business records to hide an alleged affair and influence the 2016 presidential election. now, earlier in the day, the case appeared to be heading in the wrong direction. that's because two jurors who were already seated were then removed. tonight prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt after they said he

repeatedly violated the court's gag order. cbs's robert costa was inside the courthouse in lower manhattan for today's major developments. >> reporter: jury selection stumbled backward and forward today before the 12 jurors who will decide donald trump's fate were finally seated. seven men and five women, including one who, during questioning, referred to trump as selfish and self-serving, but also promised she could be impartial. after a full day in court, former president trump vented his frustrations. >> i'm sitting here for days now, from morning till night, in that freezing room -- freezing. everybody is freezing in there. >> reporter: the morning began with seven jurors in place, but complications flared, underscoring the high-wire act of seating a jury in such a high-profile trial. first, new york judge juan merchan excused juror number 2, a nurse, who said she no longer

believed she could be impartial. "aspects of my identity have already been out there in public," she said. " yesterday alone, i had friends, colleagues, and family push things to my phone." then he dismissed juror number 4, who had called trump fascinating and mysterious, after it emerged someone with the same name was once arrested for allegedly ripping down conservative political posters according to prosecutors. trial consultants say the vetting of these potential jurors is critical. >> there is this extra caution because you don't want to go through six weeks and all the expense of this and then have a problem with a juror that can cause a mistrial. >> reporter: trump was mostly quiet in court, occasionally staring into the jury box. but he's continued to rage about the case on social media, alarming prosecutors who claimed he has violated the judge's gag order seven times. "it's ridiculous. it has to stop." late today, the former president sharply criticized the judge and

district attorney alvin bragg. >> you got a d.a. that's out of control. you have a judge that's highly conflicted. >> reporter: among the new jurors, an engineer, a physical therapist, and a banker, who said they follow one of the key witnesses in this case on social media, michael cohen. they also follow trump. and the judge said opening arguments could now begin on monday. norah. >> wow. robert costa, thank you. there's breaking news out of the middle east. here's cbs's david martin. >> reporter: the retaliation comes six days after iran launched some 350 drones and missiles against israel. an attack that was almost entirely defeated by israeli and u.s. air defenses. that attack was itself a retaliation for israel's bombing of the iranian embassy in syria. after it failed, president biden urged israel's netanyahu to declare victory and not respond. but after several days of meetings by israel's war

cabinet, a retaliatory strike was ordered. even before the strike, iran had vowed to respond. so now the u.s., israel, and the rest of the middle east are waiting on iran's next move. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. tonight, the crackdown at columbia university, where more than 100 protesters at the ivy league school were cuffed and carried away by new york police following a second day of demonstrations on campus. the heavy police presence and action came one day after the school's president faced some tough questions on capitol hill about the rise of anti-semitism on campus. cbs's lilia luciano reports on the arrests. >> for what reason? i'm just standing on the sidewalk! >> reporter: police in riot gear detained protesters at columbia university, loading them into multiple buses as they cleared out students who had camped out in tents on the school's south lawn. the mass protest over the war in gaza began wednesday. >> columbia has shown over and over again that they don't care about student rights. they don't care about student

voices. they don't care about student safety. >> reporter: school administrators today asked the nypd to clear the tents and suspended several students who participated, including the daughter of representative ilhan omar, according to a tweet on x. columbia has been a hot spot of protests since the october 7th attacks, with pro-palestinian students denouncing the killing of more than 34,000 people in gaza, most women and children, and what usaid recently called an imminent famine. the school also saw a spike in reports of anti-semitic rhetoric. >> i'm scared to wear a jewish star here. i've gotten very nasty anti-semitic comments at me. >> reporter: tonight tensions still hold over the campus. >> new yorkers have every right to express their sorrow, but that heartbreak does not give you the right to harass others, to spread hate. >> reporter: this protest continues here as you can hear all around me. at one point, it turned from the chants and the demonstration into a march down the street.

they returned here to columbia, and it's expected to continue through the night. norah. >> lilia luciano, thank you very much. speaker mike johnson's political future could be on the line this weekend. he's hoping to hold votes on a series of bills that include billions in military aid for israel and ukraine. johnson will likely need help from democrats to get the bills passed. cbs's scott macfarlane has been doing his reporting on capitol hill all day. what have you learned, scott? >> reporter: norah, a critical and fragile 48 hours ahead as mike johnson tries to put down a revolt inside his own party, but also get enough support for that $61 billion plan to help ukraine ahead of a key vote on saturday. in an appeal to some of his party's critics, who say the government spent enough on ukraine already, johnson tonight argues some of the money is in the form of a loan, and some of the money will help u.s. defense manufacturers. but that's not enough to satisfy trump ally and georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who again today said she would move to try to remove johnson as speaker over that ukraine money,

potentially in the coming days. norah, multiple house democrats told cbs news late today either they or they think their colleagues would intervene to save him if it meant getting money to ukraine. >> critical couple days ahead. you are right. scott, let me ask you about that key development on the congressional push to ban tiktok. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that foreign aid bill also includes this provision requiring tiktok to be sold or divested from its china-based owner or face a ban in the u.s. in a year, which would strip it from tens of millions of users. it already has bipartisan support. could be on a fast track. and, norah, tiktok has said these bills encroach on the first amendment. >> a lot to watch. scott macfarlane, thank yo very

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." now to the 2024 presidential

election and america decides. president biden's campaign is increasingly concerned that the independent bid of robert f. kennedy jr., who promotes conspiracies, could hurt biden's re-election efforts. so biden appeared with kennedy's family, who has denounced their brother's views and his candidacy. cbs's weijia jiang with news from the campaign trail. >> reporter: at a biden campaign event in philadelphia -- >> the kennedy family endorses joe biden for president. >> reporter: -- 15 members of the kennedy family, a political dynasty, threw support behind president biden instead of their own relative, robert f. kennedy jr. >> i don't want to become emotional, but what an incredible honor to have the support of the kennedy family. >> reporter: rfk jr.'s sister, kerry kennedy, did not mention him by name, but she insisted the race is just between biden and donald trump.

>> a vote for joe biden is a vote for our democracy and our decency. >> reporter: rfk jr. has sparked controversy with claims like vaccines cause autism in children. but his family's public endorsement of biden signals how seriously democrats are taking his run. so far, kennedy has secured a spot on the ballot in utah and michigan. the kennedy campaign and its supporters claim they have enough signatures to appear on nearly a dozen other states, including key battlegrounds. donald trump says rfk jr. will be a spoiler for biden. >> i do believe that rfk jr. will do very well, and i do believe he's going to take a lot of votes away from crooked joe biden. >> reporter: former massachusetts congressman joe kennedy ii said he would encourage his brother to drop out. >> we cannot do anything that in any way strips even one vote

from president biden. >> reporter: today kennedy tweeted about his family's decision, saying, quote, i am pleased they are politically active. it's a family tradition. he added that they are divided in opinions but united in their love for each other, though there was clearly no love lost today in philadelphia. norah. >> weijia jiang, thank you. there are new developments tonight in the murder case of the man charged with killing four university of idaho students in 2022. the defense says suspect bryan kohberger has an alibi for the night of the murders. cbs's carter evans has the latest news in this closely-watched murder investigation. >> reporter: bryan kohberger's lawyers say there was no way he could have been at the murder scene and plan to use cell phone data to prove it. the 29-year-old criminology student is accused of brutally stabbing madison mogen, kaylee goncalves, xana kernodle, and ethan chapin in this moscow,

idaho, house back in 2022. a newly filed alibi claims kohberger was out driving at the time of the murders as he often did to hike and run and/or see the moon and stars miles away from the crime scene. >> the defense is trying to paint a consistent picture here. this was his pattern and practice. nothing out of the ordinary happened. he liked to drive late at night. >> reporter: but court documents show kohberger's cell phone had no service or was turned off for two hours during the time the murders took place, which is consistent with him attempting to conceal his location. the defense says there was nothing to hide, claiming the cell data will prove that this car captured on surveillance video shortly before the murders could not have been kohberger's. >> cell phone evidence is very difficult if that's the only evidence you have on either side because it's imperfect and because we don't always have our cell phones on us. >> reporter: but prosecutors also say police found kohberger's dna on a knife

sheath at the scene of the crime. which is stronger in court, cell phone data or dna allegedly found at the scene of the crime? >> the prosecution will simply say you have to follow the scientific evidence, and that's the dna. >> reporter: now, the goncalves family tells cbs news they're relieved to finally see the alibi information, and it actually makes them feel more confident about the prosecution. they're just frustrated with all the delays in the case. norah, a trial date still has not been set. >> i don't understand that. carter evans, thank you. well, now to another round of severe weather threatening millions of americans tonight. in ohio, communities near cleveland and columbus are cleaning up after at least five tornadoes touched down. for a look at where the storms are heading right now, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> we are tracking severe weather, and we'll be doing so with multiple threats into the overnight hours tonight.

this is where severe weather is not just possible but likely. could see a few tornadoes and damaging winds, but the big threat tonight, big-time hail, two inches or greater. that would be golf ball-sized hail or even larger. here's the hail parameters. so in here, that hail parameter is there with these storms even into the overnight and first thing in the morning. could be woken up by hail across parts of the south. another organization issuing their hurricane outlook. this forecast here from the weather company along with colorado state university, now both saying an above-average season. and, norah, i think the main takeaway with this is the fact that if there's more storms, there's more chances for one to make landfall. >> chris, thank you. extreme weather doesn't begin to capture what's happening in dubai. this week, the largest city in the united arab emirates got about two years' worth of rain in one day. and cbs's chris livesay reports they are still trying to get one of the world's busiest airports back to normal. >> reporter: a parched desert

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attack by iran on israel, which followed israel's bombing of the iranian consulate in syria. flights over iran were diverted. columbia university's president said in a statement that an encampment of pro-palestinian protesters severely disrupts campus life and has created a harassing and intimidating environment. the statement followed the arrests of more than 100 protesters on thursday. and your starbucks order will start looking a little different. the coffee chain says it's rolling out new cups this month that will use 10% to 20% less plastic. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. it's friday, april 19th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." breaking overnight, israel strikes back hitting iranian soil in retaliation for last