shows around the country, but when fred passed away in january, judy worried about maintaining the car. so she made the decision to pass the handle by putting it up for auction in anchorage. bidding ends on mother's day. we're still looking at where the bidding even starts. wonder how much something like that costs? cbs evening news with norah o'donnell is next. we're back in 30 minutes with more news at 7:00. thanks for joining us! ♪ ♪ >> tornado on the ground. >> norah: severe tornado threat, we're tracking what the national weather service calls a rare high level risk with more than 50 million americans in the path. >> big damaging hail and the wind gusts could be 50, 60, and 70 plus miles an hour. >> norah: plus the dramatic rescues in texas after heavy rain flooded the area. >> we lost everything. the damage is all the way to my waist. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪

good evening. i am norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we come on the air with the threat of dangerous and deadly weather for tens of millions of americans tonight across the southern plains. the national weather service is issuing a rare high risk forecast for violent thunderstorms, long track tornadoes, and giant hail, talking about hail from 2-4 inches in diameter, that's the size of baseballs to grapefruit. residents from oklahoma to kansas are in the bull's-eye tonight and are bracing for the potential outbreak of powerful ef3 strength twisters or stronger. this is the first time oklahoma has been under a high risk weather alert in five years. we will begin tonight in oklahoma city where meteorologist paul goodloe from our partners at the weather channel is standing by for a busy night of storms. good evening, paul. >> reporter: good evening, norah. again, the wind has been howling all day long. 30 plus miles an hour as the

winds of change coming in here. you mention the high risk. last time that happened was 2019. we are now under a pds tornado watch, and particularly dangerous situation. this is the second one we have had in nine days. the last one on the 27th of april. 20 tornadoes, four oklahomans lost their lives. we hope that does not happen. but the ingredients are there. on the torcon scale at the weather channel up to a 9, that can be a 10 once we have tornadoes on the ground. the timing of this will be after dinner time toward sunset, roughly 8:00 on three men are twice as deadly as tornadoes during the day. that depression is eastern on tuesday. more in the ohio valley, midwest on that threat, and then another piece of energy across the west comes through on wednesday and bringing another risk of severe weather. right now, norah, it's all about what can happen through the rest of tonight here across the central and southern plains. yes, that high-risk means ef3 or stronger tornadoes, possibly on

the ground for a long time. people need to have a plan, and follow that plan when the warnings are issued for their area. norah. >> norah: a dangerous night ahead, paul goodloe, thank you. while millions are bracing for the severe weather to come, texans are still recovering from days of heavy downpours and deadly flooding that resulted in hundreds of rescues. residents in the houston area of finally recovering to their homes to assess the damage as the floodwaters recede. janet shamlian reports from hard-hit montgomery county texas. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of a home ravaged by floodwater. rita david and her daughter left hours before it looked like this, water waist high. how bad is it in your house? >> it's terrible. we lost everything. >> reporter: she's dragging moldy furniture onto the lawn by day, sleeping on the mosquito filled second floor at night. you have flood insurance, what does it cover? >> they tell me it only covers the structure, so i am in shock, thinking i'm protected. >> reporter: this is a reality for hundreds after catastrophic flooding,

water receding, but not heartache. >> we are coming out of the response phase and going into the recovery mode. >> reporter: more than 500 rescues across texas and at least three people killed including a 4-year-old boy swept away by floodwater. the response phase was a life saver for some. >> this is the worst i've seen, second only to hurricane harvey. >> reporter: almost 2 feet of rainfall in five days, we were with first responders as they made rescues by boats including dozens of pets, and yet there were holdouts. >> they could take him to a shelter. >> reporter: no, ma'am. >> governor abbott called the flooding heart-wrenching. >> the main thing we want to do is protect lives. >> reporter: today david and

others need all they can get. >> i need people to help me. i want to sign up for volunteers to come over, do you know who showed up? the news. the reporters helped me move the furniture. >> reporter: the lawns of this neighborhood are filled with people's belongings and treasures, for the hardest hit homes, it will be a year's long process that is just getting started. norah. >> norah: i'm thinking about the people of texas, janet shamlian, thank you. now breaking news on a possible cease-fire deal after word today that hamas accepted a proposal. israel's war cabinet came out to say that deal is far from acceptable. but still israel is sending representatives to egypt to keep the conversations going. as cbs's ramy inocencio reports, that's not stopping benjamin netanyahu from moving forward with his military operation in gaza. >> reporter: a rare sound rose across gaza, tears of relief and joy. while in israel, protesters called for the government to accept a deal. >> you see that the remaining hostages are still alive. >> reporter: hamas approved a proposal, three stages each six weeks long for a

permanent cease-fire. a swap of hostages held by hamas for palestinians and israeli gazans to return home with no restrictions. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office called hamas' proposal "far from meeting israel core demands," but announced he will send a delegation to join negotiations. but he had been adamant he would not agree to a permanent cease-fire. >> if israel is forced to stand alone, israel will stand alone. >> reporter: the white house would not get into the details. >> the last thing i would ever want to do from this podium is say something that could put this very sensitive process at greater risk. we are at a critical stage right now. >> reporter: by president biden in a call earlier today with netanyahu repeated that are rafah invasion is unacceptable, putting an estimated 1.4 million civilians at risk.

this morning they spread an ominous message under eastern rafah, children clutch maps dropped by israel telling them to head to the coast. israel says it is prepped for 100,000 people to move to the al-mawasi camp, already overcrowded says sam rose and gaza with the u.n. >> i find it very hard to believe that there would be space for these people living in areas that aren't fit for long term human habitation. it's essentially living on a beach. >> reporter: and just after hamas announced its approval of a cease-fire, israel's war cabinet decided to continue its military operations in eastern rafah. this is the same area that was told to evacuate. the military confirmed the start of the attacks tonight. norah. >> norah: ramy inocencio, thank you. back here at home, columbia university today canceled its main graduation ceremony. following weeks to protest over israel's war and gaza. the recent crackdowns by schools

and police has done anything but slow this nationwide movement. we have team coverage of these increasingly defiant protests from coast-to-coast, and cbs's lana zak will start us off tonight from new york. good evening, lana. >> reporter: good evening, norah, columbia is hoping that their decision to scrap the large celebration in favor of two dozen smaller events held 5 miles off campus will help them to avoid the disruptions we have already seen at other graduations. tonight graduating students at columbia university are frustrated by the latest disruption to their school year. >> it's a bittersweet ending to a bittersweet start. >> it's irritating, parents have to change her plans because a university could not decide whether they were going to host commencement until now. >> reporter: the university has struggled for weeks which disrupted student protests calling in the police twice including last week to remove more than 100 people illegally barricaded inside hamilton hall. over the weekend northeastern university's ceremony was briefly interrupted by protesters. one student was arrested.

while about 50 protesters march through commencement at the university of michigan. out on the west coast, clashes between police and demonstrators intensified today. >> reporter: i'm elise preston on the campus of ucla where hundreds of students march through the campus after views that dozens were detained in the early mornin hours. a video posted on social media shows multiple people in a campus parking lot with their hands zip tied. demonstrators expressed outrage over what they see as over policing. just as ucla formed a new office of campus safety, the campus police are under investigation with their handling of an attack on a student encampment last week. do you feel safe on this campus? >> i do not feel safe on this campus. i feel targeted. >> reporter: at uc san diego,

60 people were taken into custody as law enforcement tore down an encampment, and great protesters clashed with deputies at the sheriff's office. tents at usc were removed yesterday, more security checkpoints have become the norm. >> i guess i'm a little disappointed that i won't be able to walk through this gate for the final time with my parents on graduation day. >> reporter: now ucla has not announced whether commencement here at pauley pavilion will go on as planned, or what additional security measures could be added. meanwhile, schools across the country are rolling out metal detectors and hiring additional security. norah. >> norah: elise preston and lana zak, thank you. there's more breaking news from overseas. cbs news has learned that an american soldier has been arrested in russia after being accused of stealing from a woman. cbs's david martin is at the pentagon with new reporting. >> reporter: the soldier is staff sergeant gordon black, based in south korea, but now detained in russia and accused of theft. officials say he was supposed to be returning to the

united states as part of a regular rotation. but instead traveled to the port city of vladivostock, even though russia is listed as a "do not travel zone" for the american military. he was arrested last week for allegedly stealing from a woman. the evidence against him is not known. >> i can't really say much about it right now, but we are aware of this case. >> reporter: another american hole held in russian jail, including former marine paul whelan and "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich, at the time when the war in ukraine has brought relations from washington and moscow to crisis levels. both have been designated as wrongfully detained. wnba star brittany griner was sentenced to nine years after marijuana was found in her luggage. she was released in a trade for a notorious arms dealer. this evening, cbs news spoke with sergeant black's mother who says he told the family he was

going to russia to visit a girlfriend. his mother has spoken to her son and while he was in russia, and says that the girlfriend claimed he had stolen money from her. norah. >> norah: it's an interesting story. more will come out on this no doubt. david martin, thank you. testimony in the trial of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. trump entered its third week today. prosecutors tried to lay out their case, giving jurors theirt their case giving they say prove the former president falsified records related to payments to porn star stormy daniels. and in more fireworks, the judge held the former president in contempt for the second time for repeatedly violating a gag order. cbs's robert costa is back at the courthouse for us. and bob, i understand that the judge had some very harsh words for donald trump. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good evening, norah. the judge said former president donald trump violated the gag order in this case for the tenth time. and fined trump $10,000. the gag order says trump can't

talk about the jury or the witnesses in this case. the most recent violation about an interview trump gave when he said that jury in his view is democratic and unfair. inside the courtroom today, the judge looked at trump and said, "those comments are a direct attack on the rule of law." >> norah: so bob, i know the judge keeps fining him, but could the former president go to jail? >> reporter: yes, he could, norah. the judge has not ruled out anything. and in fact, cbs news has learned there are internal discussions inside the u.s. secret service about how to handle trump being put in jail, should it happen. would it be in a holding cell at the courthouse behind me? or maybe even in a cell at rikers island? nothing is off the table at this point. but sources say regardless of what happens, should it happen it would be a logistical nightmare. >> norah: no doubt, robert costa with that new reporting, thank you.

millions of patients and tens of thousands of employees are in limbo tonight after one of the largest hospital bankruptcies in history. cbs's chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook has been investigating for nearly two years. >> reporter: after steward health care declared bankruptcy earlier today, massachusetts governor maura healey insisted eight hospitals run by the company in here state will remain open. >> patients should keep your appointments, continue to seek care when you need it at these facilities. >> reporter: despite those assurances, the company's early morning filing listing debts of at least $550 million left frontline workers like nurse audra sprague reeling. how does this all leave you feeling? >> angry. this one company is going to come in and just destroy and walk away. and probably have no repercussions for it.

>> reporter: beginning in 2010, steward snapped up dozens of community hospitals across eight states with backing from private equity investors. in recent years, the company has struggled, shuttered hospitals and leaving an extensive trail of unpaid bills that led to shortages of life-saving medical supplies. last year at this steward hospital in boston, 39-year-old woman died after giving birth to her daughter. weeks before, a device that potentially might've saved her life was repossessed by a vendor steward had not paid. >> they bought these hospitals in these communities to serve the underserved, and that's not happening. >> reporter: in a statement announcing the bankruptcy, steward ceo ralph de la torre said the company had done everything in its power to operate successfully in a highly challenging health care environment. >> seems like whatever steward says, you can't trust. >> reporter: an sec filing from 2021 revealed steward's owners paid themselves millions in dividends. around the same time de la torre obtained this yacht estimated to be worth $40 million. >> the situation stems from and is rooted in greed, mismanagement, and lack of

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>> every now and then it's like this is cool. >> reporter: but something will be riding with the two astronauts. it's boeing's reputation. starliner has been stunned by setbacks, severe software programs, jammed valves, parachute issues, nearly a mile a potential flammable tape inside the capsule. in all seven years of delays more than a billion dollars in cost overruns. >> i have full confidence that people are putting the vehicle together properly. >> reporter: mark knapp is the program manager for starliner. >> this is not a race. this is all about doing it right and doing it safely. >> reporter: how important is it to the boeing brand that this flight go well? >> it's important to the crew, and it's important for the company. >> reporter: nasa already has one reliable space taxi, space x, but the space agency wants redundancy, a space uber and a space lyft. so far spacex has put 50 people into orbit, boeing, none. >> despite the confidence -- >> at this time absolutely.

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>> watching her grow and watching her commitment and compassion towards patients is very inspiring to me. sometimes i'm like, "oh, my god, who is this wonderful woman?" >> norah: the nurses at children's national hospital in washington and all nurses everywhere, you are tonight's "heart of america." and that is tonight's norah, thank you. i'm juliette goodrich. having your work published in "rolling stone" magazine. he did it while serving time behind bars in san quentin. >> i am in prison doing a life sentence. my picture is in a popular magazine. >> meet the ex- conthat found purpose behind bars with his camera. celebrating a milestone, helping those living on the streets. some question, is the city doing enough? >> two people can not solve this problem. three people can

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