>> she was able to get off of the second floor before all of this came off the front of the house. so she's lucky to be alive. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the tornado passed near spring hill, destroying a barn at spirit horse stables and flipping a car on interstate 65. along with the strong winds, heavy rain up to 9 inches north of nashville, causing flash flooding. a 10-year-old child is in critical condition avenue being swept into a drain pipe. near the town of han agar, alabama, calm after the storm. >> that's what saved our lives. >> wanda white took cover inside her shelter. her home survived a tornado 13 years ago. now there's nothing left. >> we started hearing trees popping and blowing and awful sounds, and this is what we woke up to at 5:00 this morning. and this is what we saw. >> reporter: wow, it really feels like tornadoes are

happening all at once this season. just since april 25th, there have been more than 300 reports of tornadoes. and, norah, if you add all that up, that is nearly half of the tornado reports this year. >> a lot of severe weather. dave malkoff, thank you very much. the israel-hamas war appears to be entering a dangerous new phase with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu defiantly vowing that israel will go it alone if necessary to finish off hamas. netanyahu today shrugging off the withholding of u.s. military weapons and repeated warnings not to invade the city of rafah. cbs's ramy inocencio has the late developments from tel aviv. >> reporter: with israel's military pushing closer to the city of rafah, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pushing back. angrily against president biden. "if we have to stand alone, we will stand alone," he said. his reply to biden's blunt

warning wednesday to not launch a major strike. >> it's just wrong. >> reporter: the president said he wants to avoid mass casualty and paused a shipment of 3,500 bombs last week, but refusing to back down, israel's military spokesman said they have the necessary ammunition for the rafah operation. a far-right minister posted on social, hamas loves biden. and another lawmaker said biden not only jeopardizes israel but the entire free world. rafah is believed to be hamas' battalions. but for nearly 1.5 million people, 600,000 of them children, it's their last refuge from this war and still getting struck. some in israel want to keep advancing, says former deputy national security adviser chuck fraley. >> to what extent can israel win this war without the u.s.? >> i think israel won the war by the middle of -- again, the middle of december. we had essentially destroyed hamas as a coherent military

force. at the same time, israel may have lost its international standing is bad, and now we've seen this emerging divide with the united states. for hamas, i think that's an incredible achievement. >> reporter: cease-fire talks in cairo have ended for now. both the israeli and hamas delegations left today as well as cia director bill burns. norah. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. the trial against hunter biden on federal gun charges is on track to begin next month after a federal appeals court declined to dismiss those charges today. hunter biden is accused of falsifying a federal firearms form and illegal possession of a firearm while using a narcotic. the president's son also faces federal tax charges in california and is scheduled to stand trial later in june. he has pleaded not guilty in both cases. one of the biggest decisions we can make in life is if and when to start a family of our own. thanks to modern science and new

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weekend over what she called workplace toxicity. we reached out to miss usa organization for comment, but we have not heard back. tonight, the cbs news family is honoring the life and work of veteran reporter rick sallinge rerks. sallinger died of natural causeo wednesday at the age ever 74. he discovered some of the biggest stories including the columbine high school shootings, the murder of jonbenet ramsay, and the aurora movie theater massacre. his work earned numerous awards. rick salinger will be greatly missed by all of us here at

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. and that's what happened. i probably had a lot of anxiety at that point about my future, but as i began to study the word and a lot of dr. stanley's teachings and sermons, i began to realize that, through the love of jesus, god saved me for a purpose.

finally, tonight's "heart of america." in the lead-up to mother's day, one mom's mission for every child to be celebrated. carissa carroll got the unexpected news from a nurse when her son, jack, was born in 2013. >> she said down syndrome. she listed all the characteristics that he was showing and said, just enjoy your baby and left the room. it would have been wonderful to hear, congratulations on your baby. >> so when jack turned 1, she created jack's basket, which delivers supplies and information to parents newly coping with a down syndrome diagnosis. >> when you have a baby, you get new gifts, right? so we want that basket to also remind the family that this is your baby first. >> reporter: so far, 9,000 baskets in 43 countries and all 50 states. she's also developed a curriculum to teach health care providers how to deliver the diagnosis to parents. >> we want them to be equipped to start the story with congratulations instead of "i'm

sorry". >> reporter: a mother motivated to make the down syndrome journey easier for others. >> i wouldn't change jack if i could, but i will change the world because of him. >> well, for that, jack and carissa carroll are 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 remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm courtney kealy in new york. the senate passed a major air safety bill increasing protections for passengers and workers. it also renews the faa's

authority over the aviation industry. the house is expected to pass the bill next week. a solar storm could bring the northern lights to the u.s. this weekend. forecasters issued a rare storm watch for the first time since 2005. they say the northern lights may be seen over much of the northern half of the country and potentially as far south as alabama. and a big day in the wnba. last season's champions, the las vegas aces, visited the white house, and caitlin clark played her first home preseason game before indiana fever fans. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm courtney kealy, cbs news, new york. tonight, contentious cross-examination of stormy daniels. >> here we sit after 2 1/2 weeks, and i think you'll see some very revealing things today. >> donald trump's lawyers grill the adult film star to call her credibility into question. >> what did you think of the

stormy daniels' testimony? >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. tonight jurors in the so-called hush money case against donald trump are weighing a dizzying day and a half of testimony from adult film star stormy daniels. she was called back to the witness stand today with the former president sitting just feet away from daniels as his attorneys prodded her about sex, the porn industry, and more. they aimed to paint her as a money-hungry liar as they questioned her about the alleged 2006 tryst that resulted in the now infamous hush money payment. and daniels forcefully pushed back, saying, quote, if that story was untrue, i would have written it to be a lot better. trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to

cover up that payment. cbs's robert costa starts us off tonight with the salacious details from court. >> reporter: former president donald trump has always advised his lawyers to be aggressive. today his defense team targeted stormy daniels' credibility. >> here we sit after 2 1/2 weeks, and i think you'll see some very revealing things today. >> reporter: trump's attorney, susan necheles, led an often tense cross-examination of daniels, who prosecutors say accepted a $130,000 payment from trump's former attorney, michael cohen, before the 2016 election in exchange for keeping quiet about her story. necheles focused on daniels' high-profile appearances after news of her alleged sexual encounter with trump, which he denies, made headlines and argued daniels tried to capitalize on her fame. necheles: "you wanted to make more money, right?" daniels: "no. that's why i did "60 minutes"

for free." >> did you want to have sex with him? >> no. but i didn't say no. i'm not a victim. >> reporter: trump's attorney brought up daniels' career of writing, directing, and acting in adult films. necheles asked, "you have a lot of experience making phony stories about sex appear real." daniels disputed that. "the sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room," adding if her encounter with trump was untrue, "i would have written it to be a lot better." trump grimaced at the comment. >> you feel like if you had wanted to go public, you could have gotten paid a lot of money to go public? >> without a doubt. i know for a fact. >> reporter: daniels repeatedly denied being motivated by money, and when necheles noted she was selling merchandise related to trump's indictments online, daniels replied, "not unlike mr. trump." >> did the defense's strategy potentially make stormy daniels look sympathetic to the jury? >> some jurors may have had

sympathy for stormy daniels, and some jurors may have had contempt for her. >> reporter: late today, trump's lawyers pushed the judge to modify the gag order so he could comment on daniels' testimony. but the judge denied that, saying it would remain in place because of trump's record of attacking witnesses with, quote, vitriol. he also rejected another call for a mistrial. >> robert, there is still another highly anticipated witness, michael cohen. what do we expect there? >> all eyes on the longtime trump fixer and trump lawyer. he will be the key witness for the prosecution in the coming days, expected to take the stand. if you thought today was rough and tumble, just wait till michael cohen is in that chair. >> robert, thank you. now to some breaking news. a florida sheriff's office released body camera video this afternoon showing the fatal shooting of a u.s. air force airman last week inside his own apartment. cbs's mark strassmann reports the family of the decorated service member is seeking

answers. and a warning, some of these images you will see are disturbing. >> reporter: tonight, newly released body cam video shows an okaloosa county deputy arriving at the home of senior airman roger fortson's apartment door, responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. the video is partially blurred. the deputy appears to step to the side and knocks three times. seconds later, fortson opens the door holding a handgun at his side that was legally owned according to his family. the deputy orders him to step back and then fires. [ sound of gunfire ] okaloosa county sheriff eric aidan says his department released the video to be transparent. >> i want to assure you that we're not hiding, covering up, or taking action that would result in a rush to judgment of mr. fortson or our deputy. >> reporter: fortson's mother, meka, says her son was facetiming with his girlfriend during the shooting. a portion of that facetime video, which appears to be after the shooting, was released by the family's attorney.

law enforcement can be heard talking about fortson's injuries. the subtitles were added by cbs news. >> yeah, he's shot up. >> they just said, oh, yeah, he's shot up. he's shot up. my baby was shot up. >> reporter: fortson's family claims the deputy had no reason to go to his apartment. the sheriff says his deputy went to the apartment he was directed to. in other words, contradictory accounts. lawyer ben crump represents the family. >> roger was the best of us. he was the best america had to offer, and they stole his life. the very people who were supposed to protect and serve him took him away from meka and their family. >> reporter: the investigator is now looking into this shooting. the deputy who pulled the trigger has been placed on administrative leave. norah. >> mark strassmann, thank you.

we've got some breaking news from utah with a tragic day on the slopes in the mountains outside salt lake city. three skiers were buried in an avalanche, and only one made it out alive. we get details from kristen mcpeek of our cbs utah affiliate, kutv. >> reporter: a life flight helicopter flew one of the three skiers to safety this afternoon. he appeared to be walking with a slight limp as first responders led him to an ambulance. >> he was able to dig himself out, and he was in pretty fair condition other than mentally. >> reporter: the avalanche happened in an area recently covered in three feet of snow about 30 miles south of salt lake city. the two other skiers were found dead after being trapped in steep, rugged terrain. avalanches are common in this region. experts say rapidly changing weather conditions are triggering them this late in the season. >> up in the mountains, it's

full-on winter with dense, heavy snow, strong winds. and anytime the sun pops out or there's rapidly rising temperatures, that, of course, is instantly going to ramp up the avalanche danger. >> reporter: we're told that this was a group of experienced back country skiers who had avalanche gear. and now, norah, the recovery process begins for those skiers who lost their lives. >> kristen mcpeek, thanks for your reporting. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." talenti mango sorbetto is made with a hundred percent real fruit. -with alphonso mangoes. -yeah, i know. -oh? -right? -mmm-hmm. talenti. raise the jar. sfx: [birds chirping] for nourished, lightweight hair,

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washington. thanks for staying with us. there are more questions this morning surrounding the boeing 737 max airliner. spirit aerosystems, which builds much of the plane, is responding to a cbs news investigation into quality control issues in the construction process. a spirit aerosystems whistle-blower described how he often found issues near door panels similar to the one that blew off an alaska airlines flight in january. kris van cleave has the story. >> if quality mattered, i would still be at spirit. >> reporter: for about a decade, santiago per et easy works at the end of the production line at one of boeing's largest suppliers, spirit aerosystems, doing final inspections on 737 fuselages before they shipped to boeing. >> how often did you find issues? >> every day. i'm finding over a hundred defects every day. >> reporter: findings he says his managers pressured him to keep to a minute um, even, he says, referring to him by the nickname showstopper because repairs he identified delayed

deliveries, we he said cost spirit money. >> they always said they didn't have time to fix makes. they needed to get the planes out. >> reporter: while the two 7837 max crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 12019 were not blamed on problems at spirit, pa red easy hoped they would have been a quality wake-up call. >> i felt responsible in a way. i came home. i cried to my wife. i was like, this is so frustrating. i was like hundreds of people have already died, and they're not changing. i was like, and they're not changing. >> reporter: he says quality issues persisted. cbs news spoke with several current and former spirit employees and reviewed photos of dented fuselages and a wrench they say was left behind in a supposedly ready-to-deliver component. >> were these defects that if they weren't fixed could be a safety issue down the line? >> some of them were because some of them were missing fasteners. >> and a faszenner holds parts of the plane together? >> yeah. >> reporter: boeing confirms its

long had a time that finds and fixes defects in spirit products after delivery, when boeing is assembling the planes. >> it's a recipe for disaster really. i said it was just a matter of time before something bad happened. >> reporter: in february 2022, paredes said his bosses asked him to speed up inspections by being less specific about where he was finding issues. he emailed his managers, writing the request was unethical. >> what happened to you? >> they took my team lead away. they stripped me from my -- from my leadership position. >> reporter: after filing an ethics complaint with h.r. and contacting the company's ceo, paredes eventually was reinstated but says he'd had enough, resigning that summer. >> it takes a toll on you, and i was tired of fighting. >> reporter: until now, paredes, an air force veteran who spent 12 years at spirit's wichita plant, was known as former employee one in a lawsuit brought in december by spirit shareholders, alleging widespread quality failures, something paredes says boeing was well aware of. >> for many years, they knew they were getting defective

footage laujs. >> reporter: he says he frequently found issues near door pants similar to the one that blew out of a 737 max mid-flight in january. the ongoing ntsb investigation indicates that door panel was removed during final assembly to allow spirit contractors to make defect repairs. it appears the bolts holding the panel were not reinstalled. >> working at spirit, i almost grew a fear of flying. >> there's about two or three units that is in the back of your mind that you know that you would never want to fly on. >> you think there are planes out there that you wouldn't want to fly on? >> knowing what i know about the 737, it makes me very uncomfortable when i fly on one of them. >> reporter: spirit aerosystems declined our request for an on camera interview but says in a statement that claims in that shareholder lawsuit are unfounded and it remains committed to addressing concerns and continuously improving workplace safety standards. since march, boeing has been inspecting every fuselage as it

rolls off the line in wichita. boeing's ceo said that has cut defect issues by about 80%. boeing maintains the 737 is a safe airplane. >> that was kris van cleave reporting. an undercover sting operation in new mexico is exposing how social media platforms may have become havens for sexual predators. body cam video shows how police took down a suspected sexual predator who was allegedly targeting a child on facebook messenger. jo ling kent has the story. >> reporter: police were waiting in this room at a new mexico motel when a 52-year-old man showed up, expecting, investigators say, to meet a 12-year-old girl. >> i'm a relative. >> reporter: in this body cam video obtained exclusively by cbs news, fernando clyde was arrested and charged on tuesday after allegedly sending unsolicited sexual messages on facebook messenger to the girl who was actually an undercover special agent with the new mexico justice department.

>> these are individuals who explicitly use this platform to find and target these children. >> reporter: the sting is part of operation metafile, which also resulted in the arrest of 29-year-old marlon kellywood at this same motel. the facebook profile photo was created using a.i., and police say attracted potential predators. the new mexico attorney general says the children were targeted through design features on facebook and instagram. >> they were making really horrific statements about their interest in sex with these children. >> what do you make of the way meta and other social platforms have handled this major pervasive threat thus far? >> if they could make this safe on their own, they would have done it by now. >> reporter: the criminal charges come after our exclusive reporting last december, revealing new mexico's separate civil lawsuit against meta, the parent company of facebook, which alleged the company enabled adults to find, message, and groom minors, soliciting them to sell pictures or

participate in pornographic videos. meta has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. in a state regarding the arrests in new mexico, meta says child exploitation is a horrific crime, and we've spent years building technology to combat it. the company says it uses sophisticated technology and experts reporting content to the national center for missing and exploited children. that organization received 36.2 million reports of suspected child sexual exploitation online in 2023 alone. now, both men are facing two charges, and they have not entered pleas yet. attorney general torres tells me he plans to conduct more of these stings across all social media, not just facebook and meta products. meanwhile, president biden this week signed a new law making social media platforms legally obligated to report crimes related to child trafficking and grooming to the national center for missing and exploited children. >> that was jo ling kent in los

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>> hi. how are you? >> reporter: from now until mid-may, you'll find the longtime newsman mingling with a packed washington crowd at the american university museum. where he's presented 24 original oil paintings in an exhibit he's titled "looking for the light." >> i just want to thank all of you for coming tonight. the former "face the nation" moderator has put the pen down for the paintbrush. the collection is schieffer's new take on the news. it's a project four years in the making that began in his washington, d.c. dining room during the pandemic lockdowns. >> oh, my. the dining room, huh? >> this used to be the dining room. >> reporter: and schieffer has been painting here close to 70 canvases told, ever since. >> the show is called "looking for light." tell me about that. >> after january 6th happened, i was offended. i mean to me, the united states

capitol is to american politics what the sistine chapel is to catholics and christians. it's kind of the holy place. >> did you say in that moment, i've got to paint this? >> i did. i didn't. and i wasn't sure how i was going to paint it or what i was going to do about it, but i had pretty much come close to finishing that painting when amanda gorman, the youth poet laureate, spoke at biden's inauguration. >> when day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade? >> and i will never forget that when she said "the light is always there if only we are brave enough to see it," if only we are brave enough to be it." and i thought right there, that's it. and at that moment, i decided i would call this collection "looking for the light". >> you were looking for light in

that moment? had. >> yes. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: the collection defects events that rocked the nation, such as george floyd's murder, and international crises as seen in this stark painting of vladimir putin inspired by signs at protests for ukraine. >> well, this was the easiest one to find a title for. i called it "the face of leefl." >> reporter: schieffer collected images he saw in print and on television and gives full credit to the photographers who captured them. schieffer has always gone big. he was the first reporter from a texas newspaper to report from vietnam. then at cbs news, he covered the pentagon, state department, congress, and the white house. later in his career, he wrote and performed country music. ♪ and hosted "face the nation" every sunday for 24 years.

>> i can't think of anybody else who's moderated presidential debates, played at the grand ole opry, and now is having their own exhibition as a young artist. i mean was this the plan all along? >> i don't know what the plan was all along. maybe i just like to show off. >> reporter: those who know this show-off know he deeply loves this country and the people who changed it for the better. that's why he included portraits of people he admired, including the late senator john mccain and supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> in your show notes, you say america has always been a work in progress and remains so. do you think that's true? >> i think it is so, and i hope that's so because if it stops being a work in progress, that's -- we're done with it. and i don't think we are. >> reporter: the final painting in schieffer's "cbs overnight news"s off his texas-sized sense of humor. >> the only note i have is where are the cowboy boots?

>> it's a nod to norman rockwell's painting titled triple self-portrait, making this institution a part of the history he paints. >> i must say, in some ways i find this kind of humorous. i'm leading into a new career at age 87. 87 years old, and, you know, here i'm strikig out on a new adventure. >> i think it's so bob schieffer. no one thought you'd go quietly off to the golf course. >> well, i say now, painting is the one thing that i can do today better than everything else i ever did in life. >> that was sharyn alfonsi with

at the vatican the smallest army in the world swore in some new recruits. ian lee has the story. >> reporter: a vision of the past comes into focus. ♪

as trumpeters herald a 500-year-old tradition. for max million fisher, joining the swiss guard this week is a childhood dream come true. >> my mom always made these jokes that when i was older, i could go through the swiss guards because i was swiss. >> reporter: it's the smaller, most colorful, and exclusive army in the world. members must be swiss men who are catholic, aged 19 to 30, standing at least 5'8", with impeccable character. fisher is one of 34 new recruits raising three fingers symbolizing the trinity to swear loyalty to the pope. >> that i would give my life for the pope because that is a big part of why i'm here. i'm here to protect the pope. >> reporter: the guards paraded through st. peter's square in front of tourists, dignitaries, and the pontiff himself. pope francis gave a warm greeting to his new guards and their families. the swiss guard acts less like an army and more like the u.s.

secret service, scanning the crowds for any threats. but don't be confused by their baggy pants, armor, and medieval hal burts. this is very much a modern military. >> obviously we look very medieval in this kind of attire. but we do have modern weapons. we do have modern technologies. >> reporter: the 135-strong force keeps one eye on the past with the other protecting the pope into the future. ian lee, cbs news, london. and that's the overnight news for this friday. be sure to check back later for "cbs mornings." reporting from the nation's capital, i'm erica brown. this is "cbs news flash." i'm courtney kealy in new york. the senate passed a major air safety bill increasing protections for passengers and workers. it also renews the faa's

authority over the aviation industry. the house is expected to pass the bill next week. a solar storm could bring the northern lights to the u.s. this weekend. forecasters issued a rare storm watch for the first time since 2005. they say the northern lights may be seen over much of the northern half of the country and potentially as far south as alabama. and a big day in the wnba. last season's champions, the las vegas aces, sited the white house, and caitlin clark played her first home preseason game before indiana fever fans. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or i'm cour kealy, cbs news, new york. tonight, contentious cross-examination of stormy daniels. >> here we sit after 2 1/2 weeks, and i think you'll see some very revealing things today. >> donald trump's lawyers grill the adult film star to call her credibility into question. >> what did you think of the

stormy daniels testimony? >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. tonight jurors in the so-called hush money case against donald trump are weighing a dizzying day and a half of testimony from adult film star stormy daniels. she was called back to the witness stand today with the former president sitting just feet away from daniels as his attorneys prodded her about sex, the porn industry, and more. they aimed to paint her as a money-hungry liar as they questioned her about the alleged 2006 tryst that resulted in the now infamous hush money payment. and daniels forcefully pushed back, saying, quote, if that story was untrue, i would have written it to be a lot better. trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to

cover up that payment. cbs's robert costa starts us off tonight with the salacious details from court. >> reporter: former president donald trump has always advised his lawyers to be aggressive. today his defense team targeted stormy daniels' credibility. >> here we sit after 2 1/2 weeks, and i think you'll see some very revealing things today. >> reporter: trump's attorney, susan necheles, led an often tense cross-examination of daniels, who prosecutors say accepted a $130,000 payment from trump's former attorney, michael cohen, before the 2016 election in exchange for keeping quiet about her story. necheles focused on daniels' high-profile appearances after news of her alleged sexual encounter with trump, which he denies, made headlines and argued daniels tried to capitalize on her fame. necheles: "you wanted to make more money, right?" daniels: "no. that's why i did "60 minutes" for free."

>> did you want to have sex with him? >> no. but i didn't say no. i'm not a victim. >> reporter: trump's attorney brought up daniels' career of writing, directing, and acting in adult films. necheles asked, "you have a lot of experience making phony stories about sex appear real." daniels disputed that. "the sex in the films is very much real, just like what happened to me in that room," adding if her encounter with trump was untrue, "i would have written it to be a lot better." trump grimaced at the comment. >> you feel like if you had wanted to go public, you could have gotten paid a lot of money to go public? >> without a doubt. i know for a fact. >> reporter: daniels repeatedly denied being motivated by money, and when necheles noted she was selling merchandise related to trump's indictments online, daniels replied, "not unlike mr. trump." >> did the defense's strategy potentially make stormy daniels look sympathetic to the jury? >> some jurors may have had

sympathy for stormy daniels, and some jurors may have had contempt for her. >> reporter: late today, trump's lawyers pushed the judge to modify the gag order so he could comment on daniels' testimony. but the judge denied that, saying it would remain in place because of trump's record of attacking witnesses with, quote, vitriol. he also rejected another call for a mistrial. >> robert, there is still another highly anticipated witness, michael cohen. what do we expect there? >> all eyes on the longtime trump fixer and trump lawyer. he will be the key witness for the prosecution in the coming days, expected to take the stand. if you thought today was rough and tumble, just wait till michael cohen is in that chair. >> robert, thank you. now to some breaking news. a florida sheriff's office released body camera video this afternoon showing the fatal shooting of a u.s. air force airman last week inside his own apartment. cbs's mark strassmann reports the family of the decorated service member is seeking answers.

and a warning, some of these images you will see are disturbing. >> reporter: tonight, newly released body cam video shows an okaloosa county deputy arriving at the home of senior airman roger fortson's apartment door, responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. the video is partially blurred. the deputy appears to step to the side and knocks three times. seconds later, fortson opens the door holding a handgun at his side that was legally owned according to his family. the deputy orders him to step back and then fires. [ sound of gunfire ] okaloosa county sheriff eric aidan says his department released the video to be transparent. >> i want to assure you that we're not hiding, covering up, or taking action that would result in a rush to judgment of mr. fortson or our deputy. >> reporter: fortson's mother, meka, says her son was facetiming with his girlfriend during the shooting. a portion of that facetime video, which appears to be after the shooting, was released by the family's attorney.

law enforcement can be heard talking about fortson's injuries. the subtitles were added by cbs news. >> yeah, he's shot up. >> they just said, "oh, yeah, he's shot up." he's shot up. my baby was shot up. >> reporter: fortson's family claims the deputy had no reason to go to his apartment. the sheriff says his deputy went to the apartment he was directed to. in other words, contradictory accounts. lawyer ben crump represents the family. >> roger was the best of us. he was the best america had to offer, and they stole his life. the very people who were supposed to protect and serve him took him away from meka and their family. >> reporter: the investigator is now looking into this shooting. the deputy who pulled the trigger has been placed on administrative leave. norah. >> mark strassmann, thank you.

we've got some breaking news from utah with a tragic day on the slopes in the mountains outside salt lake city. three skiers were buried in an avalanche, and only one made it out alive. we get details from kristen mcpeek of our cbs utah affiliate, kutv. >> reporter: a life flight helicopter flew one of the three skiers to safety this afternoon. he appeared to be walking with a slight limp as first responders led him to an ambulance. >> he was able to dig himself out, and he was in pretty fair condition other than mentally. >> reporter: the avalanche happened in an area recently covered in three feet of snow about 30 miles south of salt lake city. the two other skiers were found dead after being trapped in steep, rugged terrain. avalanches are common in this region. experts say rapidly changing weather conditions are triggering them this late in the season. >> up in the mountains, it's full-on winter with dense, heavy

snow, strong winds. and anytime the sun pops out or there's rapidly rising temperatures, that, of course, is instantly going to ramp up the avalanche danger. >> reporter: we're told that this was a group of experienced back country skiers who had avalanche gear. and now, norah, the recovery process begins for those skiers who lost their lives. >> kristen mcpeek, thanks for your reporting. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."

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weather in the forecast tonight after a string of brutal storms tore through the south last night with at least nine tornadoes touching down in five states. three people died in the storms, and more are injured, including a 10-year-old boy who is in critical condition after he was swept into a storm drain in tennessee. cbs's dave malkoff reports tonight from the hard-hit community of columbia, tennessee. >> reporter: four days of pounding tornadoes has taken a toll. >> that is 100% a tornado. >> reporter: with relentless heavy rain and wind pummeling the region. the latest round on wednesday. at least two twisters touched down in tennessee. an ef-3 with winds in excess of 140 miles per hour caused catastrophic damage in maury county. one person died and 100 homes were damaged or destroyed. >> you can look around and see all the stuff that was pulled out of the house. >> reporter: david white watched from a few blocks away as his family's house was hit, with his sister-in-law inside.

>> she was able to get down off of the second floor before all of this came off of the front of the house. so she's lucky to be alive. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the tornado passed near spring hill, destroying a barn at spirit horse stables and flipping a car on interstate 65. along with the strong winds, heavy rain. up to 9 inches north of nashville, causing flash flooding. a 10-year-old child is now in critical condition after being swept into a drain pipe. near the town of henagar, alabama, calm after the storm. >> that's what saved our lives. >> reporter: wanda white took cover inside her shelter. her home survived a tornado 13 years ago. now there's nothing left. >> we started hearing trees popping and blowing and awful sounds, and this is what we woke up to at 5:00 this morning. and this is what we saw. >> reporter: wow, it really feels like tornadoes are

happening all at once this season. just since april 25th, there have been more than 300 reports of tornadoes. and, norah, if you add all that up, that is nearly half of the tornado reports this year. >> a lot of severe weather. dave malkoff, thank you very much. the israel-hamas war appears to be entering a dangerous new phase with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu defiantly vowing that israel will go it alone if necessary to finish off hamas. netanyahu today shrugging off the withholding of u.s. military weapons and repeated warnings not to invade the city of rafah. cbs's ramy inocencio has the late developments from tel aviv. >> reporter: with israel's military pushing closer to the city of rafah, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pushing back angrily against president biden. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: "if we have to stand alone, we will stand alone, "he said.

his reply to biden's blunt warning wednesday to not launch a major strike. >> it's just wrong. >> reporter: the president said he wants to avoid mass casualty and paused a shipment of 3,500 bombs last week. but refusing to back down, israel's military spokesman said they have the necessary ammunition for the rafah operation. a far-right minister posted on social, "hamas loves biden." and another lawmaker said biden not only jeopardizes israel but the entire free world. rafah is believed to be hamas' last bastion with four battalions. but for nearly 1.5 million people, 600,000 of them children, it's their last refuge from this war and still getting struck. some in israel want to keep advancing, says former deputy national security adviser chuck freilich. >> to what extent can israel win this war without the u.s.? >> i think israel won the war by the middle of -- again, in the middle of december, we had essentially destroyed hamas as a

coherent military force. at the same time, israel may have lost. its international standing is bad, and now we've seen this emerging divide with the united states. for hamas, i think that's an incredible achievement. >> reporter: cease-fire talks in cairo have ended for now. both the israeli and hamas delegations left today as well as cia director bill burns. norah. >> ramy inocencio, thank you. the trial against hunter biden on federal gun charges is on track to begin next month after a federal appeals court declined to dismiss those charges today. hunter biden is accused of falsifying a federal firearms form and illegal possession of a firearm while using a narcotic. the president's son also faces federal tax charges in california and is scheduled to stand trial later in june. he has pleaded not guilty in both cases. one of the biggest decisions we can make in life is if and when to start a family of our own. thanks to modern science and new social norms, more women are

choosing to have babies later in life and on their own. cbs's nikki battiste goes in depth on the growing trend of women becoming single moms by choice. >> hi. >> how are you? >> good. >> reporter: up against her biological clock, tracy kodak faced a tough decision at 39. >> do you remember the moment you thought, i'm going to have a baby on my own? >> i do. i was with my best friend, and i said, "i don't have a partner. i need to be a mom." >> reporter: she emptied her savings to cover fertility treatments, ultimately using sperm donated by a friend. after three years of trying, she had zola, seven-plus pounds of pure wonder. >> then it was, oh, my gosh, i'm taking home a human, and she was perfect. >> reporter: kodak belongs to the organization single mothers by choice. its 30,000 members are part of a growing trend, women having

babies alone because they're tired of waiting for the one, or they simply want to parent solo. >> you could do this all day, couldn't you? >> reporter: like emma ramos, mother to 2-year-old michael. >> if you had to choose one word to describe life as a single mom by choice, what would it be? >> can it be two words? i would say just like beautiful chaos. >> reporter: as a teenager, ramos dreamed of having a child, not a partner. modern attitudes have helped make that possible. today more than three-quarters of americans find single parenting acceptable although more support a two-parent household. >> that speaks to the misconception that we have somehow purposefully handicapped our children by, you know, only bringing them into the world with one parent. >> you obviously make all the decisions. >> mm-hmm. >> is it a blessing and a curse? >> decision-making, i would say,

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finally, tonight's "heart of america." in the lead-up to mother's day, oe mom's mission for every child to be celebrated. carissa carroll got the unexpected news from a nurse when her son, jack, was born in 2013. >> she said down syndrome. she listed all the characteristics that he was showing and said, "just enjoy your baby" and left the room. it would have been wonderful to hear, "congratulations on your baby." >> so when jack turned 1, she created jack's basket, which delivers supplies and information to parents newly coping with a down syndrome diagnosis. >> when you have a baby, you get new gifts, right? so we want that basket to also remind the family that this is your baby first. >> reporter: so far, 9,000 baskets in 43 countries and all 50 states. she's also developed a curriculum to teach health care providers how to deliver the diagnosis to parents. >> we want them to be equipped to start the story with "congratulations" instead of

"i'm sorry." >> reporter: a mother motivated to make the down syndrome journey easier for others. >> i wouldn't change jack if i could, but i will change the world because of him. >> well, for that, jack and carissa carroll are 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 remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is "cbs news flash." i'm courtney kealy in new york. the senate passed a major air safety bill increasing protections for passengers and workers. it also renews the faa's authority over the aviation

industry. the house is expected to pass the bill next week. a solar storm could bring the northern lights to the u.s. this weekend. forecasters issued a rare storm watch for the first time since 2005. they say the northern lights may be seen over much of the northern half of the country and potentially as far south as alabama. and a big day in the wnba. last season's champions, the las vegas aces, visited the white house, and caitlin clark played her first home preseason game before indiana fever fans. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm courtney kealy, cbs news, new york. it's friday, may 10th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." dangerous and deadly storms. the relentless streak of torrential rain and tornadoes continues across the south.