howard replied, oh, my god. asked to clarify the text, davidson told the jury there was an understanding that their activities may have assisted trump's campaign. trump has denied any wrongdoing and has denied knowing details about the payment. so today the prosecution played an audio recording for the jury in which cohen tells davidson that trump hates the fact that we did it. davidson testified, that was a reference to the payment to daniels. trump's lawyers, meanwhile, tried to paint davidson as a serial extortionist of celebrities, citing alleged deals related to lindsay lohan, charlie sheen, and hulk hogan and that he did the same with trump. >> they're doing a good job at showing sort of the seedy, dirty underbelly of this world that keith davidson peddles in. by all accounts, this is what this man does for a living. it's his bread and butter. >> reporter: and today trump falsely claimed that he's not able to testify due to the gag order. that's not true. he is able to testify.

the gag order just prohibits him from criticizing the jury or the witnesses. j.b. >> robert costa in new york, thank you. arizona's near total ban on abortion has been repealed. governor katie hobbs made that official today, undoing a law that dated back to 1864. this summer, a law passed in 2022 will go back into effect. that allows abortions up to the 15th week of pregnancy. some abortion rights advocates want that to be extended to 24 weeks and are collecting signatures to put that on the ballot in november. tonight, mandatory evacuations are in place in areas around houston, texas, as a major river there quickly rises. nearly 40 million people are on alert for flash flooding. that's following days of torrential rains and severe thunderstorms. cbs's omar villafranca reports from hard-hit southeast texas. >> reporter: parts of livingston, texas waterlogged

after overnight storms soaked the southeast texas town. up to 8 inches of rain fell in some areas this morning, leaving homes and businesses looking like lakefront property. we tried to get to livingston but couldn't. heavy downpours drenched major highways and slowed traffic during the morning commute. we could only get as far as cold springs, 17 miles away. the main road in town is shut down. we found residents taking horses and even pet pigs to drier, higher ground. >> about an hour and a half ago, it was about waist deep in my backyard. >> reporter: luckily vanessa russell's home is on stilts, but her confidence is not high after she found out the lake livingston dam across the street was open to relieve the swollen lake, dumping millions of gallons into her neighborhood. >> it's horrible. do not move to a floodplain ever. >> oh, no way. >> reporter: further east in college station, a woman tried to drive through a flooded parking lot. >> okay. that got bad very quickly.

>> reporter: she abandoned her car once the water became too deep. >> she is okay. that is the important part. her car, maybe not so much. >> reporter: in northern houston, this neighborhood also washed out. people there walking through water that reached to their knees. houston's mayor, john whitmire. >> it appears the worst is yet to come. >> reporter: high-water vehicles like this one are the only way to get around certain neighborhoods. here in san jacinto county, emergency crews have already rescued 32 people, and with more rain in the forecast, that number may go up. j.b. >> omar with the tough news. thank you, omar. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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>> reporter: nine months after getting the job of speaker, republican kevin mccarthy of california got dumped by the far-right wing of his party following three weeks of paralysis, mike johnson of louisiana took his place. >> i want to thank you all for the trust that you have instilled in me. >> reporter: after he worked with democrats to pass the foreign aid bill that included $61 billion for ukraine, georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who opposed it, said she will follow through with a threat to oust him. jeffries told us he works to find common ground with the other side of the aisle, and at least one republican who might be happy about that is speaker johnson. >> johnson at some point today -- >> reporter: this past week, democrats said they would vote against congresswoman greene's effort to remove him. >> has speaker johnson asked for your help? >> he has not.

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degrees fahrenheit. where is the sound actually coming from? >> it's kind of an ambient sound. they go to the top of the tree. >> reporter: the eggs drop back down here, a cycle that happens every 13 years. but this year is special. >> i think i got one. >> reporter: in central illinois, dr. katie dana and her son are waiting on the 17-year brood. >> yep, it's a boy. >> reporter: and the 13-year ones, all in the same area, overlapping for the first time since 1803, when thomas jefferson was president. >> you can see other kinds of cicadas. >> reporter: and those ones are still here in urbana at the massive bug collection at the university of illinois. >> these specimens are from the great, great, great, great, great, great grandparents. >> reporter: we could talk about trillion of these critters. >> that's a big number, isn't it? >> reporter: all this waiting and emerging and molting -- >> how was he able to jump on me if he doesn't even have wings yet? >> got rid of that baby body and

flew home. >> reporter: and freaking out the neighbors will come to an end about two weeks after they pop out of their shells -- that is, if they make it to the treetops. >> everything eats these things. >> reporter: this may actually be bad news for fishermen because with all the cicadas dropping in the lake here, the fish may already be full and not biting. dave malkoff, cbs news, lincoln county, georgia. if you're looking to buy a home, your monthly costs just went up again. we'll show you why when we come back. liz neeley: you know, you've probably heard it said that some people have to hit rock bottom before they really come to the lord and give him their life.

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when a container ship lost power and crashed into a support column, collapsing the bridge. home buyers beware. mortgages are getting more expensive. one day after the fed left interest rates unchanged, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage jumped to more than 7.2%. that's the highest in more than. this comes at a bad time for buyers. more than a third of all home sales each year come between march and june. finally tonight, "heart of america." two members of a florida police department and a good samaritan who saved a couple from their burning home. body cam video shows the scene when officer nicholas jones and detective matthew lemos arrived at the scene in cape coral. they didn't hesitate to help a woman that was trapped in her garage and also tackled the flames with the fire extinguisher. then with the help of a neighbor named vincent navy, they rescued the woman's husband, an amputee

who needed assistance getting out in his wheelchair. the couple and their two dogs all made it out safely before the fire department arrived. the heroes were honored with lifesaving awards for their efforts. >> we really thrive on the community support that we get. >> those three to five minutes felt like eternity. i was just happy they got out. >> three heroes who put their lives on the line to save others -- tonight's "heart of america." and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm james brown. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. a tornado was reported in the central texas town of hawley thursday night. it's just the latest severe weather to hit texas this week as multiple tornadoes swept

across the state. and the houston area saw heavy rain and severe flooding. the captain of the dive boat conception which caught fire in 2019, killing 34 people on board, was sentenced to four years in prison thursday. jerry boylan was found guilty of seaman's manslaughter last year. and for the first time ever, the national and state teachers of the year were honored with a state dinner at the white house thursday night. the 2024 national teacher of the year is missy test ta men, a second grade teacher from tennessee. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. president biden condemns campus violence, speaking out for the first time in a week. >> violent protest is not protected. peaceful protest is. >> as tensions across the nation reach a boiling point.

tonight, police clash with demonstrators in portland and washington, d.c. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm james brown in for norah, and we begin tonight with president biden's sharp criticism today of the violence that has broken out at protests on america's college campuses over the israel-hamas war. in recent weeks, nearly 2,000 people have been detained or arrested at dozens of schools. there were more protests today at portland state, george washington university, the university of pennsylvania, and nyu. speaking at the white house today, president biden made his most extensive comments to date on the protests, condemning anti-semitic slurs, vandalism, trespassing, and major disruptions to classes and graduations at some

universities. new york city mayor eric adams says nearly half of those arrested earlier this week at columbia university and nearby city college were not students at those schools. adams claims outside agitators are radicalizing students. cbs's nancy cordes leads off our coverage tonight from the white house. >> reporter: white house officials say it was the sheer number of violent encounters on college campuses over the past two days that prompted president biden to speak out. >> there's the right to protest but not the right to cause chaos. >> reporter: his comments came in the wake of nearly 2,000 arrests at more than 30 colleges and universities. just today, protesters were ejected from a library at portland state university that they had occupied for three days. inside, police say they found ball bearings, paint balloons, spray bottles of ink, and diy armor.

>> vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations -- none of this is a peaceful protest. >> reporter: like many protesters, president biden has expressed concern about the plight of palestinians. more than 34,000 killed according to the hamas-run health ministry. but when asked today if he would change his policies towards israel as the protesters have been demanding, biden said simply -- >> no. >> reporter: the unrest is now threatening to become an election issue. young people are a key democratic voting bloc. >> biden needs to listen to what the students are calling for, which is an end to a genocide funded by the united states. so first things first, stop funding israel. >> reporter: in battleground wisconsin, donald trump argued biden should have spoken out sooner. >> there's a big fever in our

country, and he's not talking. >> reporter: but trump also made this unfounded claim about campus demonstrators. >> they do come from other countries, and they are paid. >> reporter: some republicans have urged president biden to send in the national guard to quell campus protests, but he said no to that today. cbs news was first to report that the biden administration is now considering bringing some palestinians from war-torn gaza to the u.s. as refugees. j.b. >> nancy, thank you very much. one of the most intense flash points is the campus of ucla. police broke up an encampment overnight, and bulldozers were brought in today to scoop up trash and tents. some buildings were covered in graffiti. cbs's jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: early morning chaos on the campus of ucla. >> these are chp riot police. >> reporter: hundreds of officers in riot gear clashed with protesters. >> get back!

get back! >> reporter: with support from multiple agencies, officers moved in, tearing down barricades and dismantling tents, firing rubber bullets and flashbangs. cbs's carter evans was there as police stepped into action. >> reporter: we're looking at what might be the end of the protest here at this encampment. police have got the protesters surrounded, pushing them up against a wall there. but they are not giving up. >> reporter: the pro-palestinian encampment set up by students one week ago was declared unlawful by the university tuesday night. >> this is an attack on democratic rights. this is outrageous. >> reporter: more than 200 people were arrested, arms zip tied behind their backs, and led away. >> we need to resist. we need to keep protesting, and that's the only way change will be made. >> reporter: newly released police body cam footage at columbia university shows officers cutting their way through barricades after the school called in the nypd to clear protesters from the campus.

cbs news has learned no firearms were found, but police did recover small pocket knives, baseball bats, and clubs. cbs's lilia luciano spoke with new york city mayor eric adams about the unrest at columbia university. >> we saw a change in protest behavior when we saw destruction of property, taking over buildings. we saw the patterns that these individuals that we identify are used to doing. >> reporter: mayor adams says outside agitators known to police were arrested alongside the student protesters. >> reporter: back here on the ucla campus, cleanup is under way. the encampment behind me has been cleared out, and tonight there's an increased police presence here on campus along with calls for the chancellor to step down. meanwhile, all classes have been moved online for the rest of the week, j.b. >> thank you, jonathan. tonight one of the nation's busiest highways is completely shut down in a bustling area of connecticut. a massive fire after a gasoline tanker crashed also severely damaged an overpass. no one was seriously hurt, but

this could have a huge economic impact in the northeast. cbs's tony aiello reports from the scene. >> reporter: raging flames and black smoke turned dawn into darkness after the multi-vehicle crash on i-95 in norwalk, connecticut, this morning. fire officials say a car swerved in front of a truck pulling a flatbed trailer as a fuel tanker approached loaded with 8,500 flammable gallons, all colliding under the fairfield overpass bridge, igniting a massive fire. ironically, it happened near the headquarters of norwalk fire. >> the bridge was damaged. the heat from the burning fuel compromised some of the bridge, so that bridge is going to have to come down. >> reporter: while firefighters used foam to battle the blaze, officials say roughly 4,000 gallons of the gasoline load have burned or run off. the crash occurred on the southbound lane of i-95, a busy stretch of the north/south interstate with more than 145,000 vehicles traveling through daily.

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more than 100 million americans should be checking their credit reports after a data breach of the giant medical company unitedhealth group. the cyberattack not only exposed personal and medical information for nearly a third of all patients in the u.s., but it also helped paralyze medical billing and emergency rooms across the nation. unitedhealth group's ceo was hauled before congress, where he apologized for his company's missteps. some on capitol hill are demanding more than that. here's nicole sganga. >> reporter: bipartisan outrage in back-to-back hearings on capitol hill. >> your company, on your watch, let the country down. >> you have a responsibility to protect the data of the people who have put their trust in you, or, more bluntly, in this case, you failed. >> reporter: after a cyberattacked paralyzed insurance payments to hospitals, pharmacies, and medical practices nationwide -- >> we will not rest. i will not rest until we fix

this. >> reporter: on wednesday, a public apology delivered to lawmakers by the ceo of its parent company, unitedhealth. >> i'm deeply, deeply sorry. >> reporter: andrew witty revealed the company paid a hefty ransom to russia-linked cyber criminals. >> how much? $22 million. >> reporter: after he said hackers broke into change health care's portal on february 12th using stolen credentials, breaching a server not equipped with multi-factor authentication and compromising patient data. >> ten weeks is way too long for millions of americans to not know that their records may be available to criminals on the dark web. >> reporter: unitedhealth says payment systems are mostly restored, and they've issued $6.5 billion in assistance loans. but physicians like dr. christine meyer of exton, pennsylvania, who first spoke with "cbs mornings" in march, say they're drowning under a backlog of claims.

>> how many months is it going to take for you to get back to normal? >> i honestly couldn't tell you because i thought by now, if we were having this conversation, we would have been celebrating, like we got throug it. it could be a year. it could be longer. i have no idea. >> reporter: witty says it's still too soon to know just how many patients had their data stolen. meanwhile physicians like dr. meyer are pushing for loan forgiveness for medical practices still struggling to get by. >> that was nicole sganga. as the campus protests against israel's assault on gaza continue from coast to coast, there are other issues inspiring demonstrators. environmental activists, for instance, are getting aggressive in their efforts to bring attention to climate change. ben tracy reports. >> reporter: blocking traffic, throwing red powder on a case housing the u.s. constitution, and dousing a glass covered van gogh with soup, climate protesters are not just marching in the streets.

they're finding new and more aggressive ways to demand climate action. >> we can still cause a little bit of a scene, cause some chaos. >> reporter: on a recent wednesday night in washington, d.c. -- >> i know exactly the route that we can go. >> reporter: 21-year-old maxwell downing shared his plan to cause a scene at this nearby hotel. >> what exactly are you guys doing tonight? >> we're going to a fancy schmancy gala that j.d. vance, republican senator from ohio, is going to be speaking at. j.d. vance is one of the top 20 recipients of oil and gas money in congress. >> reporter: downing cased the hotel the day before to find the best escape routes. >> who does not have $50 in cash? >> reporter: so after making sure that everyone had money in case they got arrested , these climate protesters stormed the ballroom. >> come out, j.d. face us. >> he's a criminal. >> reporter: interrupting the event until security finally threw them out.

>> get out! >> immediately security guards, hands around the neck, which is not usual. >> reporter: they belong to a group called climate defiance. >> you need to act. >> reporter: which says it won't engage in vandalism or violence. >> end notal fuels! >> reporter: but has quickly become notorious for surprise confrontations with oil executives and politicians on both sides of the aisle. senator vance did not respond when we asked for his reaction to the disruption. but a recent protest of senator joe manchin, a democrat, almost came to blows. >> you have sold our futures, and you've gotten rich doing it. you sick [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and a protester was shoved to the ground. >> when you burst into a room and you call somebody like senator manchin a sick f word, what is the outcome you're hoping to achieve? >> we don't expect to move

manchin or what not. we're trying to make climate change a top issue in american politics. i mean that reached 6 million people. >> reporter: michael greenberg is executive director of climate defiance. he says their protests are designed to go viral on social media, attracting new members to their cause and raising awareness of climate change as an existential issue. >> we're going to die. >> we're trying to shake the public awake. >> do you worry about turning people off, that they see you as more annoying or more of a threat than actually helping the cause you say you're trying to help? >> yeah. we're definitely an acquired taste. not everybody loves us. you don't need to be popular to be effective. >> and their goal is media attention, plain and simple. >> reporter: dana fisher is a professor at american university and author of a new book about climate actactivism. she calls these kinds of activists shockers, not unlike

some of the aids activists of the 1980s who desperately tried to get people's attention. >> how do we know if this is actually effective? >> i think it's going to be a hindsight thing. i do not think that the whole movement should shift towards these kinds of actions because i think it will be a detriment to the movement itself. but it is playing a role in helping to keep the conversation going. >> there's a lot of climate doom that goes around right now. oh, you can't do anything. well, we're doing something. we're confronting directly the people who are selling our futures. >> reporter: and they have some success. after targeting several biden administration officials, climate defiance got a meeting with john podesta, the white house's chief climate adviser. the group was also part of the pressure campaign that recently led president biden to pause the expansion of the liquefied natural gas exports. >> that was ben tracy, and this is the "cbs overnight news." everybody wants super straight, super white teeth. they want that hollywood white smile. new sensodyne clinical white

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plus breaks out its sunday best on the first saturday of may, in the shadow of those iconic white spires at louisville's churchill downs. mike anderson runs the track. >> first saturday in may means something to millions of people. it's derby day. >> reporter: but this isn't every year. it's even more special. >> they're off! >> reporter: this saturday, the longest continuously held sporting event in america will celebrate its 150th birthday. >> we have run a kentucky derby ever single year since 1875. >> reporter: chris goodlet is the curator. >> this is our triple crown exhibit. >> reporter: of the kentucky derby museum. >> we've had two world wars, a depression, pandemics. we've always run a kentucky derby. >> justify has won the kentucky derby! >> reporter: jockey mike smith has had the most mounts in kentucky derby history, 28. he's won it twice. >> are those two derby wins different? >> without a doubt.

i've often tried to describe the feeling, what it feels like. i've -- i can't find words. >> this is a 1940 mint julep glass. >> reporter: much of the history is a source of pride in kentucky. much, but not all. 13 of the 15 jockeys in the first derby were black men, including the winner, oliver lewis, riding aristides. black jockeys won 15 of the first 28 derbies. but then there were no black jockeys for an uncomfortable length of time, long past jim crow. but then from 1920 to 2000, no black jockeys. why not? >> you know, it's an unfortunate time in our history where certain laws prohibited african american jockeys from participating. certainly we've come a long way since then, and we're trying to

ensure that we're fair and there's equal opportunities for anyone to participate in our sport today. >> reporter: recent history has also created challenges to the derby's image. last year, a dozen horses went down during training in the weeks surrounding the race. an independent investigation cleared churchill downs of any fault in the deaths, but questions linger. >> 12 horse deaths, what's going on here? >> churchill downs takes safety of our participants very seriously. we don't ever think it's suitable or tolerable when there's an equine death. >> at the wire, it's going to be secretariat. >> reporter: for all the pageantry we'll see unfold at churchill downs, it is, after all, the horses that are at the center of everything, which is why during the last decade, they spent half a billion dollars renovating and modernizing.

the centerpiece is a $200 million paddock to showcase the magnificent creatures who are the stars of the show. >> i kind of feel like i'm standing next to babe ruth. >> yes. the presence of greatness, i call it. >> coming to the finish, american pharoah. >> reporter: american pharoah won the kentucky derby and then the triple crown in 2015. he's now living the life, out to stud at coolmore farm in kentucky horse country, under the watch of dermot ryan. >> he's taken a carrot out of your hand in a pretty gentle way. >> yeah, the majority of horses, i might have lost a finger by now. he's just different. >> i thought most champions have that killer edge. >> he has. once he got on the track, he was focused, and he just ran. i mean they couldn't stop it. that's what made him so good. he had the will and the heart to win. >> reporter: this saturday, for the 150th time, another 3-year-old will possess just a touch more heart than the rest

of the field and end the day draped with a garland of roses. >> i get emotional just thinking about it. it's pretty neat. powerful, man. it's a feeling -- i wish i could bottle that feeling up, man, and just let someone take a sip of it, man, because it is amazing. >> reporter: and it will be like every other first saturday in may when they run the fastest two minutes in sports at churchill downs, only better. >> every kentucky derby is special and unique, but there's something a little bit more special about our

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you don't even want to look at it on the floor, you know. you don't even want to touch it. >> reporter: sophia co-lar runs the start-up human material loop. in the short time the amsterdam small business has been operating, co-lar is at salons and barbershops scooping up strands that with the help of students and engineers in its labs is turning into this -- fiber sewn into couture pieces. >> what have you been able to say, okay, here works here? >> we have developed knitted pieces, woven pieces, so we can really also show this can be an alternative to actually fibers or wool fibers. >> reporter: the effort is an attempt at lowering the environmental impacts of the fashion world, the second largest consumer industry of water. it takes 700 gallons to produce just one cotton shirt compared to human material loop's method which uses no water. >> we just take all the hair and just make it really lacey. >> reporter: matter of trust is a san francisco-based nonprofit that has been experimenting with human hair for years.

it's one of the largest collectors of donated hair in the u.s. and in addition to the occasional thread, most of the hair it gathers helps clean up hundreds of oil spills in u.s. waters. volunteers needle felts of hair for these mats and self-incriminations. >> inside we use this hair because it's better at absorbing some of the oils. >> reporter: and better for the environment, one lock at a time. skyler henry, cbs news, washington. >> and that's the overnight news for this friday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm olivia gazis. this is "cbs news flash." i'm carissa lawson in new york. a tornado was reported in the central texas town of hawley thursday night. it's just the latest severe weather to hit texas this week as multiple tornadoes swept across the state. and the houston area saw heavy

rain and severe flooding. the captain of the dive boat "conception," which caught fire in 2019 killing 34 people on board, was sentenced to four years in prison thursday. jerry boylan was found guilty of seaman's manslaughter last year. and for the first time ever, the national and state teachers of the year were honored with a state dinner at he white house thursday night. the 2024 national teacher of the year is missy testerman, a second grade teacher from tennessee. for more, app on your phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. president biden condemns campus violence, speaking out for the first time in a week. >> violent protest is not protected. peaceful protest is. >> as tensions across the nation reach a boiling point. >> the people united will never

be defeated! >> tonight, police clash with demonstrators in portland and washington, d.c. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm james brown in for norah, and we begin tonight with president biden's sharp criticism today of the violence that has broken out at protests on america's college campuses over the israel-hamas war. in recent weeks, nearly 2,000 people have been detained or arrested at dozens of schools. there were more protests today at portland state, george washington university, the university of pennsylvania, and nyu. speaking at the white house today, president biden made his most extensive comments to date on the protests, condemning anti-semitic slurs, vandalism, trespassing, and major disruptions to classes and graduations at some

universities. new york city mayor eric adams says nearly half of those arrested earlier this week at columbia university and nearby city college were not students at those schools. adams claims outside agitators are radicalizing students. cbs's nancy cordes leads off our coverage tonight from the white house. >> reporter: white house officials say it was the sheer number of violent encounters on college campuses over the past two days that prompted president biden to speak out. >> there's the right to protest but not the right to cause chaos. >> reporter: his comments came in the wake of nearly 2,000 arrests at more than 30 colleges and universities. just today, protesters were ejected from a library at portland state university that they had occupied for three days. inside, police say they found ball bearings, paint balloons, spray bottles of ink, and diy armor.

>> vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations -- none of this is a peaceful protest. >> reporter: like many protesters, president biden has expressed concern about the plight of palestinian civilians. more than 34,000 killed according to the hamas-run health ministry. but when asked today if he would change his policies towards israel as the protesters have been demanding, biden said simply -- >> no. >> reporter: the unrest is now threatening to become an election issue. young people are a key democratic voting bloc. >> biden needs to listen to what the students are calling for, which is an end to a genocide funded by the united states. so first things first, stop funding israel. wisconsin, donald trump argued biden should have spoken out sooner. >> there's a big fever in our

country, and he's not talking. >> reporter: but trump also made this unfounded claim about campus demonstrators. >> they do come from other countries, and they are paid. >> reporter: some republicans have urged president biden to send in the national guard to quell campus protests, but he said no to that today. cbs news was first to report that the biden administration is now considering bringing some palestinians from war-torn gaza to the u.s. as refugees. j.b. >> nancy, thank you very much. one of the most intense flash points is the campus of ucla. police broke up an encampment overnight, and bulldozers were brought in today to scoop up trash and tents. some buildings were covered in graffiti. cbs's jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: early morning chaos on the campus of ucla. >> these are chp riot police. >> reporter: hundreds of officers in riot gear clashed with protesters. >> get back!

get back! >> reporter: with support from multiple agencies, officers moved in, tearing down barricades and dismantling tents, firing rubber bullets and flashbangs. cbs's carter evans was there as police stepped into action. >> reporter: we're looking at what might be the end of the protest here at this encampment. police have got the protesters surrounded, pushing them up against a wall there. but they are not giving up. >> reporter: the pro-palestinian encampment set up by students one week ago was declared unlawful by the university tuesday night. >> this is an attack on democratic rights. this is outrageous. >> reporter: more than 200 people were arrested, arms zip tied behind their backs, and led away. >> we need to resist. we need to keep protesting, and that's the only way change will be made. >> reporter: newly released police body cam footage at columbia university shows officers cutting their way through barricades after the school called in the nypd to clear protesters from the campus.

cbs news has learned no firearms were found, but police did recover small pocket knives, baseball bats, and clubs. cbs's lilia luciano spoke with new york city mayor eric adams about the unrest at columbia university. >> we saw a change in protest behavior when we saw destruction of property, taking over buildings. we saw the patterns that these individuals that we identify are used to doing. >> reporter: mayor adams says outside agitators known to police were arrested alongside the student protesters. >> reporter: back here on the ucla campus, cleanup is under way. the encampment behind me has been cleared out, and tonight there's an increased police presence here on campus along with calls for the chancellor to step down. meanwhile, all classes have been moved online for the rest of the week, j.b. >> thank you, jonathan. tonight one of the nation's busiest highways is completely shut down in a bustling area of connecticut. a massive fire after a gasoline tanker crashed also severely damaged an overpass. no one was seriously hurt, but

this could have a huge economic impact in the northeast. cbs's tony aiello reports from the scene. >> reporter: raging flames and black smoke turned dawn into darkness after the multi-vehicle crash on i-95 in norwalk, connecticut, this morning. fire officials say a car swerved in front of a truck pulling a flatbed trailer as a fuel tanker approached loaded with 8,500 flammable gallons, all colliding under the fairfield overpass bridge, igniting a massive fire. ironically, it happened near the headquarters of norwalk fire. >> the bridge was damaged. the heat from the burning fuel compromised some of the bridge, so that bridge is going to have to come down. >> reporter: while firefighters used foam to battle the blaze, officials say roughly 4,000 gallons of the gasoline load have burned or run off. the crash occurred on the southbound lane of i-95, a busy stretch of the north/south interstate with more than 145,000 vehicles traveling through daily.

the morning commute turned into a chaotic mess with thousands of vehicles diverted to local roads around the accident scene after state police shut down the highway in both directions. >> for a lot of truckers, we are on the clock, so we can only work 14 hours and drive 11 hours. so with this impact, it slows down the delivery time for our loads. >> reporter: they will begin dismantling that fire-damaged overpass early friday morning with an eye on reopening this critical highway for rush hour monday. j.b. >> tony aiello, thank you very much. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." today was the sixth day of testimony at former president donald trump's so-called hush

money trial in manhattan. before the jury heard from a former attorney for stormy daniels, there was a hearing on more potential violations of a gag order by the former president. cbs's robert costa is at the courthouse. >> reporter: former president trump, already fined $9,000 for violating a gag order, could be penalized again as judge juan merchan this morning considered four additional violations. >> this judge is totally conflicted, has me under an unconstitutional gag order. >> reporter: prosecutors cited several examples, including this about future witness michael cohen. >> he got caught lying in the last trial. >> reporter: on the stand today, stormy daniels' former attorney, keith davidson, who testified how he negotiated a $130,000 payment from cohen to pay stormy daniels for her story before the 2016 election. >> and you had sex with him? >> yes. >> reporter: davidson acknowledged texting with "national enquirer" editor dylan howard the night trump won,

writing "what have we done?" howard replied, "oh, my god." asked to clarify the text, davidson told the jury there was an understanding that their activities may have assisted trump's campaign. trump has denied any wrongdoing and has denied knowing details about the payment. so today the prosecution played an audio recording for the jury in which cohen tells davidson that "trump hates the fact that we did it." davidson testified, that was a reference to the payment to daniels. trump's lawyers, meanwhile, tried to paint davidson as a serial extortionist of celebrities, citing alleged deals related to lindsay lohan, charlie sheen, and hulk hogan and that he did the same with trump. >> they're doing a good job at showing sort of the seedy, dirty underbelly of this world that keith davidson peddles in. by all accounts, you know, this is what this man does for a living. it's his bread and butter. >> reporter: and today trump falsely claimed that he's not able to testify due to the gag order. that's not true. he is able to testify.

the gag order just prohibits him from criticizing the jury or the witnesses. j.b. >> robert costa in new york, thank you. arizona's near total ban on abortion has been repealed. governor katie hobbs made that official today, undoing a law that dated back to 1864. this summer, a law passed in 2022 will go back into effect. that allows abortions up to the 15th week of pregnancy. some abortion rights advocates want that to be extended to 24 weeks and are collecting signatures to put that on the ballot in november. tonight, mandatory evacuations are in place in areas around houston, texas, as a major river there quickly rises. nearly 40 million people are on alert for flash flooding. that's following days of torrential rains and severe thunderstorms. cbs's omar villafranca reports from hard-hit southeast texas. >> reporter: parts of

livingston, texas, waterlogged after overnight storms soaked the southeast texas town. up to 8 inches of rain fell in some areas this morning, leaving homes and businesses looking like lakefront property. we tried to get to livingston but couldn't. heavy downpours drenched major highways and slowed traffic during the morning commute. we could only get as far as coldspring, 17 miles away. the main road in town is shut down. we found residents taking horses and even pet pigs to drier, higher ground. >> about an hour and a half ago, it was about waist deep in my backyard. >> reporter: luckily vanessa russell's home is on stilts, but her confidence is not high after she found out the lake livingston dam across the street was open to relieve the swollen lake, dumping millions of gallons into her neighborhood. >> it's horrible. do not move to a floodplain ever. >> oh, no way. >> reporter: further east in college station, a woman tried to drive through a flooded parking lot. >> okay. that got bad very quickly.

>> reporter: she abandoned her car once the water became too deep. >> she is okay. that is the important part. her car, maybe not so much. >> reporter: in northern houston, this neighborhood also washed out. people there walking through water that reached to their knees. houston's mayor, john whitmire. >> it appears the worst is yet to come. >> reporter: high-water vehicles like this one are the only way to get around certain neighborhoods. here in san jacinto county, emergency crews have already rescued 32 people, and with more rain in the forecast, that number may go up. j.b. >> omar with the tough news. thank you, omar. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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>> reporter: nine months after getting the job of speaker, republican kevin mccarthy of california got dumped by the far-right wing of his party. following three weeks of paralysis, mike johnson of louisiana took his place. >> i want to thank you all for the trust that you have instilled in me. >> reporter: after he worked with democrats to pass the foreign aid bill that included $61 billion for ukraine, georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who opposed it, said she will follow through with the threat to oust him. jeffries told us he works to find common ground with the other side of the aisle, and at least one republican who might be happy about that is speaker johnson. >> johnson at some point today -- >> reporter: this past week, democrats said they would vote against congresswoman greene's effort to remove him. >> has speaker johnson asked for your help? >> he has not.

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coming from? it's hard to pinpoint. >> it really is. it's kind of an ambient sound. they go to the top of the tree, and that's kind of where they do their mating ritual. >> reporter: the eggs drop back down here, a cycle that happens every 13 years. but this year is special. >> i think i got one. >> reporter: in central illinois, dr. katie dana and her son are waiting on the 17-year brood. >> yep, it's a boy. >> reporter: and the 13-year ones, all in the same area, overlapping for the first time since 1803, when thomas jefferson was president. >> you can see other kinds of cicadas. >> reporter: and those ones are still here in urbana at the massive bug collection at the university of illinois. >> these specimens are from the great, great, great, great, great, great-grandparents. >> reporter: we could talk about trillion of these critters. >> that's a big number, isn't it? >> reporter: all this waiting and emerging and molting -- >> how was he able to jump on me if he doesn't even have wings yet? >> got rid of that baby body and flew home. >> reporter: and freaking out

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the body of a fifth construction worker has been recovered from the wreckage site at baltimore's key bridge. miguel angel luna gonzalez's body was found inside a submerged truck. one other victim is still missing. six members of a road work crew plunged to their deaths in march

when a container ship lost power and crashed into a support column, collapsing the bridge. home buyers beware. mortgages are getting more expensive. one day after the fed left interest rates unchanged, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage jumped to more than 7.2%. that's the highest in more than five months. this comes at a bad time for buyers. more than a third of all home sales each year come between march and june. finally tonight, "heart of america." two members of a florida police department and a good samaritan who saved a couple from their burning home. body cam video shows the scene when officer nicholas jones and detective matthew lemos arrived at the scene in cape coral. they didn't hesitate to help a woman that was trapped in her garage and also tackled the flames with a fire extinguisher. then with the help of a neighbor

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