Given more protection. Major. Robert costa, thank you. The u. S. Navy remains on alert after chinese and russian warships approached the coast of alaska last week in an unprecedented joint military patrol. The ships never entered u. S. Waters and were not considered a threat to the aleutian islands. But the u. S. Did send four Navy Destroyers and surveillance planes to keep watch until they left the area. Turning to the war in ukraine, Ukraines Security Service says a woman is under arrest for an alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. Cbss Ramy Inocencio has the latest from odesa. Reporter we will continue the internal cleansing of our state said volodymyr zelenskyy. Mere hours later, ukraines spy Agency Alleged this ukraininian woman w was an inforormant for russia, now arrested, who gathered intel on the presesidents jululy itinerary mykolaiv, a city near the southeast front line, for a possible assassination attempt and, quote, massive air strike. Also today, two russian hypersonic missiles slammed into the Eastern Front line, killing at least five and wounding dozens when they hit an apartment and a hotel popular with international journalists. This latest assault follows russias multiwave attack saturday night. 70 missiles and d drones. 10 evaded sky shield defenses, slamming into this Blood Transfusion Center in the northeast and a grain silo and military airfield in the west. Every time russia is attacked, Russia Strikes back. One needs to remember russia hit first. Our strikes are for the exhaustion of a powerful, dangerous enemy, she says. Moscows weakened assaults are likely reaction to two sea drone attacks by ukraine against russian vessels friday and saturday. Russia has called the recent sea drone attacks as barbaric and terrorism. Whats your reply to that . They finally learned their own real names. As for that alleged ukrainian spy for russia, if convicted, she could serve up to 12 years in prison. 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Those efforts celebrated last year with the president ial medal of freedom. She had played in three previous world cups, finishing the last two as a champion. But this year, so many missed opportunities. In her final world cup, rapinoes storied career ended in the worst way. Puts it over the bar. Its a tough one, missing a penalty in my last game ever. Reporter tears but no bitterness. I feel like the game is in a great place for me to gracefully step away. Reporter and to the u. S. Teams youngest fans if you were to have one message to say to the players, what would you say . Youre my hero. I love you. Reporter here in melbourne, there is more soccer to play, and there are two more weeks to crown a champion. As for the u. S. , there is some soul searching ahead. The mix of veteran players and rising stars did not work out. The goal now, to fix it all for next years olympics. Major. A team in transition. Nancy chen, thank you. 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Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im Major Garrett in for norah. We begin tonight with threats of Severe Weather from dangerous heat in the south to thunderstorms and possible tornadoes stretching from the great lakes to the east coast. Storms have already created havoc for air travelers with more than 6,000 flights delayed and more than 1,300 canceled. Airports from atlanta to new york experienced ground stops this afternoon, forcing the faa to reroute flights around the storms. More than 30 million americans in nearly a dozen states are under tornado watches from North Carolina to new york. In tennessee, downed trees like these outside the city of maryville have left tens of thousands without power. Meanwhile in the south, unrelenting heat is scorching residents from coast to coast. Cbss meg oliver will start us off tonight from reading, pennsylvania. Meg, good evening. Reporter major, good evening. This storm is just minutes away from rolling in here with heavy rain, lightning, and strong gusts of wind, which could reach up to 75 Miles Per Hour as this system roars across the region. [ siren ] ominous warnings of an approaching tornado sounded in flatwoods, kentucky, today, as this menacing funnel swept just west in lexington. Severe thunderstorms packing violent winds stretched across the sound, ripping branches off trees in tennessee. This is really bad. Reporter downtown parkersburg, west virginia, turned into a flood zone brought on by heavy afternoon rain. The storm system pushed through the midwest this weekend with reports of nearly a dozen tornadoes, including one in christian county, illinois, shredding roofs and damaging power lines. From california to texas to florida, about 100 million are under heat alerts. Omar villafranca is in johnson county, texas. Reporter the baking tripledigit heat here in north and Central Texas has also turned parts of the state into a tinderbox. This wildfire has burned more than 1,300 acres, and for crews, working in this heat is dangerous. Parts of godly, texas, looked like hell on earth. Firefighters are urged to take cooling breaks as needed. They may only be able to work for 15 minutes before they have to go cool off. Reporter in juneau, alaska, a glacier melt turned the Mendenhall River into raging rapids. There this it goes, there it goes. Reporter that ate away at the banks and sent at least two homes crashing into the river. Reporter back here in the northeast, the wet weather forced the faa to reroute planes around the storms heading to the east coast, causing delays in airports including new york, d. C. , and atlanta. Tonight, more than half a million customers are without power across the south and midatlantic, and at least a dozen states are under tornado watches, including here in southeast pennsylvania. Major. Meg and omar, we thank you. For whats in store for the rest of the night and the days ahead, lets bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. Chris, good evening. Good evening, major. As meg showed us, weve already seen a lot of damage, and this Severe Weather outbreak continues to unfold across the midatlantic and the northeast. The potential for tornadoes also there over the next few hours. Destructive winds, some of the stronger winds could top 75 miles an hour. These storms will continue to push offshore in the midatlantic before or around midnight and then continue through the northeast during the overnight hours. And the heat does remain entrenched across the Southern Plains and the gulf coast states with once again, major, temperatures will be back into the dangerous, even record category, into the triple digits. Chris warren, we thank you. Now to a tragic accident in southern california. An investigation is under way tonight after two helicopters collided while responding to a brush fire sunday. Cbss Mark Strassmann reports three people were killed when one of the choppers crashed. Reporter in the salute to the fallen, the sorrow growing in the california desert. Nothing warned of a triple fatality. It was a simple threeacre brush fire, early evening, good visibility. Six cal fire choppers responded. Two collided en route. This was a tragic loss for the community, the fire service community. Reporter a sikorsky skycrane helicopter like this, capable of carrying more than 2,000 gallons of water, crashed midair into a smaller bell observational helicopter like this one, carrying the three men who were killed. Contract pilot tony sousa and two cal fire veterans, 44yearold captain Tim Rodriguez and 46yearold assistant chief josh bischof, here on facebook ironically talking about aircraft separation. Were responsible for maintaining separation between the fixedwing air tankers and also the rotoring helicopters. Reporter why these two helicopters flew close enough to collide will be a focus of this investigation. So heres the latest. Ntsb investigators will now sort out the cause and, if warranted, the blame of how these two aircraft ended up fatally close. Major. So very sad. Mark strassmann, thank you. A former Minneapolis Police officer was sentenced to nearly five years in prison today for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 killing of george floyd. At the sentencing, tou thao defended his actions, saying he didnt do anything wrong. The judge imposed a harsher sentence than prosecutors requested, saying hed hoped the former officer would have shown more remorse. Now to the growing legal troubles of donald trump. Federal prosecutors want to limit what the former president or his lawyers can publicly discuss when it comes to efrd in the january 6th case. Cbss robert costa reports late today trumps attorneys weighed in, saying that request goes too far. Reporter in a filing tonight, trumps lawyers pushed back against prosecutors and their request to limit what the former president can say, arguing it is, in effect, asking the court to censor his political speech. The request from federal prosecutors came as trumps attacks against special counsel jack smith are now standard on the campaign trail. Hes a deranged human being. Those indictments arent worth the paper theyre written on. Reporter and his social media outbursts, including writing if you go after me, im coming after you, prompted prosecutors to act, alarmed about the possibility that trump could divulge Sensitive Information or even evidence in the case. I think the former president s most recent comments really reinforced the governments concern that the former president is not a defendant who sits and ruminates in silence. Reporter trump lawyer john lauro said trump can speak out on free speech grounds. Were going to file on First Amendment grounds on the fact that President Trump is immune as president from being prosecuted in this way. Reporter trumps political opponents are stepping up their attacks. Of course he lost. Trump lost the 2020 election . Of joe bidens the president. Reporter but the Court Battles are doing little to diminish trumps popularity in the republican primary race. According to a cbs news poll, most republicans think the indictments are an attempt to stop trumps campaign. 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Olayay. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Im olivia gazis in washington. Thanks for staying with us. The extreme heat many of us have endured this summer is also being felt in the oceans. Some south florida coral appears to have been bleached by high water temperatures, and recent Water Surface temperatures in that area measured more than 100 degrees. Manuel bojorquez traveled to an endangered reef with scientists who are trying to save it. Reporter scientists with the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration, or noaa, took us to a spot known as chico rocks, off islamorada. Chico rocks has been one of the reefs thats really held on. So this is a resilient reef. This has been a resilient reef. Has been up until now. Yeah. Reporter ian enochs has been doing research here for about ten years. He was not prepared for what he saw. A virtual moonscape, a condition known as bleaching. Extremely warm water causes the coral to lose the algae it needs to survive, leaving them looking like ghosts. This is what it looked like in 2017. For me, just seeing the scale of death, its hard to kind of come to terms with that. Reporter now theres a race to save the coral. Ironically, by removing them from their habitat. We are trying to rescue as much of the genetic diversity and as much of the stock that we have. Its paramount to this revival of this species in the florida keys. Reporter hes Program Manager of the coral restoration foundation. Volunteers have been taking 20 different species of coral from the sea and to their partners at the keyes marine lab, where they are placed into tanks that simulate more normal conditions. The goal is to keep them alive and return them once the waters have cooled. Weve seen a species disappear, but an entire ecosystem . We havent seen that. And i dont want to be part of the generation that sees that. Reporter this is about more than coral. Reefs cover less than 1 of the earths surface but are home to 25 of marine species, making them critical to the food supply, tourism, and shoreline protection. For sea turtles, its a matter of survival. This animal was in our oceans when dinosaurs were on our land. So what we see happening to them is eventually going to affect all of life. Reporter mini zirkle bach is the general manager at the Turtle Hospital in marathon. She says warming waters contribute to abnormalities and deformities in turtles but could also affect the species long term. Nests in warmer sands yield more female turtles. As far as hatchlings in the state of florida, were only seeing female hatchlings. Reporter its a fragile ecosystem at risk. When ian enochs isnt willing to give up on. We have too much at stake, and so we have no other option than to try to turn this around. And i think we can. Reporter manuel bojorquez, islamorada, florida. President biden has begun a threeday visit to the southwestern u. S. , including planned stops at the grand canyon, utah, and new mexico. The focus of the trip is on the administrations response to climate change. That part of the country has been baking this summer with prolonged temperatures in the triple digits. Last week, a wildfire scorched about 94,000 acres in the Mojave National preserve, killing many joshua trees. Jamie yuccas visited nearby Joshua Tree National park to learn more about the climate dangers that these iconic trees now face. Reporter nature as thrown everything at the joshua tree for hundreds of thousands of years. But its toughest match is manmade. Even if theres a lot of reduction in greenhouse gases, were still going to see an increase in temperature and probably a decrease in joshua tree habitat. Reporter dr. Lynn sweet led a new study in the park. 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To this day, a memorial in the capital, taipei, honors him the man who set up a government in taiwan to oppose communist china. 70 years on, a lively, open society has bloomed here. So it your mind, theres no question taiwan is already an independent country . We have already independence. We have our military. We have our economy system, our currency, our people, our policy. Reporter michael cole is a taipei political analyst for the republican institute. For young taiwanese, their only experience is living in a liberal democracy, a vibrant liberal democracy with a highly politicized civil society. Reporter how liberal . Taiwan was the first country in asia to legalize gay marriage. And consider audrey tang, digital minister and asias first transgender cabinet member. I feel blessed that i do not face any discrimination whatsoever in taiwan. Reporter tang is a Software Engineer and a celebrity Whose Mission is to protect taiwans internet from chinese cyberattacks or an invasion. Ensuring proper communication infrastructure, including the local resilience of the public cloud providers like google, microsoft, and amazon, in taiwan, that is our highest priority. Reporter in spite of chinas looming threat, life ticks along here. Taiwan is a cyclists dream, and the tsc bike club includes several expat americans who do business in china. Benjamin shwall. Is there going to be a war . I hope not. I dont have a crystal ball, but i dont think its in anyones interest to have a war. I think that prevailing heads will prevail, and the tensions will subside. Reporter if so, says peter kurtz, its going to need some skillful diplomacy. We need to make sure that we dont back them too deeply into a corner that they have no choice in their minds to come out fighting. Reporter we took a short flight from taipei to an outlying island, kinmen, where the last round of actual fighting ended in 1979. These defensive spikes were put here on kinmen island to repel Chinese Landing craft. There was a hot war between china and taiwan in living memory, and this was the front line. A kinmen politician pointed out Mainland China almost close enough to swim to. A lot of people think that youre so close to china. You might as well be china yes, the older people think that, he says, but weve had democracy since the country was founded. Its never been communist. Tending the garden in front of her house, this woman is one of those older people. Do you feel more chinese or taiwanese . [ speaking in a global language ] reporter instantly she replies chinese. She may not care that joining china means totalitarian rule, but york wu sure does. He showed me the loft of his b b in a lovingly restored chinesestyle house. We respect Chinese Culture but not its government. I love the opportunity to express ourself freely chinas maneuvers this spring were an explicit threat, and so was this graphic released by the military of missiles raining down on the island. The message, resistance is futile. If china were to act unilaterally, there would be a response. Reporter President Biden has hinted that if china does invade, the u. S. Will help. America is already selling weapons to taiwans military. In spite of taiwan increasing its Defense Budget and enforcing mandatory conscription, the fact is neither its air force, its army, or its navy is any match for chinas military might. If there is a war, we are going to be destroyed. Reporter so better to avoid it, says retired Major General richard hu. Taiwan should just join china but negotiate autonomy. Beijing could just leave taiwan alone. We could enjoy our freedom and political system. There is nothing about modern china under xi jinping that suggests thats possible. Nothing. This is a government and a party that wants complete control. Well, i think is its a hope. Reporter its a hope shared by the main quo men tang Political Party but not by taiwanese young people. Who watched the Hong Kong Movement for autonomy from china in 2019 get crushed by beijing. They are now praying taiwans democratic dream doesnt die the same way. That was Elizabeth Pal oh m ms. Flores,s, whwhat would w we do withohout . Leaderer of many, anand pet wranangler too. You reportrt to your b bos, everery afternoooon. So beaeautiful. So becomoming a stududent agn mimight seem i impossible. Hehello, mi amamor. Bubut what if f a school coululd be therere for all o o . Carereer, familyly, financnces and menental heal. Wellll, it can. National u university. Y. Suppororting the w whole y. With wedding season well under way, the market for labgrown diamonds is exploding. Bradley blackburn takes a look at the differences between synthetic stones and natural gems. Reporter the largest jeweler in the world is well known for its charms but now pandora is very much in the diamond business. This is the centerpiece for your line. Yes. Yes. Reporter north american president lusz llano rodden bush shows us the gems they started selling last year. This is below 2,000. Reporter at prices they say make sense for their slice of the jewelry market. Ours are going to be one fifth to one seventh of the price. Reporter thats because these diamonds were grown in a lab, not mined from the ground. W with improved technology, manufacturing costs have fallen near rock bottom. What were seeing a lot is people that always dreamed but never had the chance to buy a diamond. Now they can. Reporter according to the knot, the popularity of labgrown diamonds has doubled in the last two years. In 2022, more than a third of Engagement Ring Center Stones were manufactured, not mined. The diamonds are visually and chemically the same, but Olivia Landau says there are key differences. Her Custom Jewelry company, the clear cut, sells only natural diamonds. Lab grown diamonds hold zero value. Theyre kind of the fast fashion of diamonds whereas natural diamonds do hold inherent value. They can is passed down from generation to generation. Reporter in fact, customers who buy her natural diamonds also get a lab diamond for free to wear when more expensive bling is stored away. If you want to go lab or if you want to go natural, its a personal decision. Just know the value and what youre getting for it. Reporter either way, the true value of the ring is the story behind it. Everybody that comes to this place is celebrating something. Reporter that is forever, no matter where the diamond comes from. Bradley blackburn, cbs news, new york. And thats the overnight news for this tuesday. Check back later for cbs mornings. Reporting from the nations capital, im olivia gazis. This is cbs news flash. Im Shanelle Kaul in new york. A hearing will be held later this week on whether to put a protective order in place in the special counsels 2020 election case against donald trump. The order would limit trumps access to discovery materials. Judge Tanya Chutkan has directed attorneys for both sides to meet today to find a time for that hearing. Rapper tory lanez is expected to be sentenced today in his 2020 shooting of megan thee stallion. Prosecutors are seeking a 13year prison sentence. And beyonce refusing to let bad weather ruin the night for her fans. Her renaissance tour paid 100,000 to keep all washington, d. C. Metro stations open an hour late sunday after storms delayed her show. For more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or im Shanelle Kaul, cbs news, new york. Tonight, the risk of tornadoes and Severe Weather along the east coast threatens millions of americans from new york to North Carolina. Here are tonights headlines. Were tracking the urgent situation of dangerous storms, strong winds, and excessive heat as thousands of flights are delayed or canceled. New details after two helicopters collide, killing firefighters responding to a brush fire. Although this was a tragic event, we are also thankful today that it wasnt worse. Trumps lawyers push back against prosecutors and their request to limit what the former president can say, arguing it is, in effect, asking the court to censor his political speech. Ukrainian authorities are saying they have thwarted an assassination plot against president volodymyr zelenskyy. One woman has been detained. Ukrainian secret service say she was planning a russian air strike to hit a Southern Region of the country where the president was set to be visiting. A new study found black men are more likely than white men to die of melanoma despite making up fewer cases. Its time that were more aware that this is a silent killer within our communities. I thought that i was invincible. Its something that you dont know about until it happens to you. Team usa took on sweden yesterday morning. The dramatic match played out into extra time before penalty kicks sent sweden to the quarterfinals and the u. S. Packing for home. And going for gold. Simone biles makes a triumphant return to the mat. It felt really good. This time im doing it for me, so im very happy with the result. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im Major Garrett in for norah. We begin tonight with threats of Severe Weather from dangerous heat in the south to thunderstorms and possible tornadoes stretching from the great lakes to the east coast. Storms have already created havoc for air travelers with more than 6,000 flights delayed and more than 1,300 canceled. Airports from atlanta to new york experienced ground stops this afternoon, forcing the faa to reroute flights around the storms. More than 30 million americans in nearly a dozen states are under tornado watches from North Carolina to new york. In tennessee, downed trees like these outside the city of maryville have left tens of thousands without power. Meanwhile in the south, unrelenting heat is scorching residents from coast to coast. Cbss meg oliver will start us off tonight from reading, pennsylvania. Meg, good evening. Reporter major, good evening. This storm is just minutes away from rolling in here with heavy rain, lightning, and strong gusts of wind, which could reach up to 75 Miles Per Hour as this system roars across the region. [ siren ] ominous warnings of an approaching tornado sounded in flatwoods, kentucky, today as this menacing funnel swept just west in lexington. Severe thunderstorms packing violent winds stretched across the south, ripping branches off trees in tennessee. This is really bad. Reporter downtown parkersburg, west virginia, turned into a flood zone brought on by heavy afternoon rain. The storm system pushed through the midwest this weekend with reports of nearly a dozen tornadoes, including one in christian county, illinois, shredding roofs and damaging power lines. From california to texas to florida, about 100 million are under heat alerts. Omar villafranca is in johnson county, texas. Reporter the baking tripledigit heat here in north and Central Texas has also turned parts of the state into a tinderbox. This wildfire has burned more than 1,300 acres, and for crews, working in this heat is dangerous. Parts of godley, texas, look like hell on earth. Firefighters are urged to take cooling breaks as needed. They may only be able to work for 15 minutes before they have to go cool off. Reporter in juneau, alaska, a glacier melt turned the Mendenhall River into raging rapids that ate away at the banks and sent at least two homes crashing into the river. Reporter back here in the northeast, the wet weather forced the faa to reroute planes around the storms heading to the east coast, causing delays in airports including new york, d. C. , and atlanta. Tonight, more than half a million customers are without power across the south and midatlantic, and at least a dozen states are under tornado watches, including here in southeast pennsylvania. Major. Meg and omar, we thank you. For whats in store for the rest of the night and the days ahead, lets bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. Chris, good evening. Good evening, major. As meg showed us, weve already seen a lot of damage, and this Severe Weather outbreak continues to unfold across the midatlantic and the northeast. The potential for tornadoes also there over the next few hours. Destructive winds, some of the stronger winds could top 75 miles an hour. These storms will continue to push offshore in the midatlantic before or around midnight and then continue through the northeast during the overnight hours. And the heat does remain entrenched across the Southern Plains and the gulf coast states with once again, major, temperatures will be back into the dangerous, even record category, into the triple digits. Chris warren, we thank you. Now to a tragic accident in southern california. An investigation is under way tonight after two helicopters collided while responding to a brush fire sunday. Cbss Mark Strassmann reports three people were killed when one of the choppers crashed. Reporter in the salute to the fallen, the sorrow growing in the california desert. Nothing warned of a triple fatality. It was a simple threeacre brush fire, early evening, good visibility. Six cal fire choppers responded. Two collided en route. This was a tragic loss for the community, the fire service community. Reporter a sikorsky skycrane helicopter like this, capable of carrying more than 2,000 gallons of water, crashed midair into a smaller bell observational helicopter like this one, carrying the three men who were killed. Contract pilot tony sousa and two cal fire veterans, 44yearold captain Tim Rodriguez and 46yearold assistant chief josh bischof, here on facebook ironically talking about aircraft separation. Were responsible for maintaining separation between the fixedwing air tankers and also the rotoring helicopters. Reporter why these two helicopters flew close enough to collide will be a focus of this investigation. So heres the latest. Ntsb investigators will now sort out the cause and, if warranted, the blame of how these two aircraft ended up fatally close. Major. So very sad. Mark strassmann, thank you. A former Minneapolis Police officer was sentenced to nearly five years in prison today for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 killing of george floyd. At the sentencing, tou thao defended his actions, saying he didnt do anything wrong. The judge imposed a harsher sentence than prosecutors requested, saying hed hoped the former officer would have shown more remorse. Floyds killing sparked nationwide protests. Theres a lot more news ahead on the cbs overnight news. warehouse ambience introducucing togoss nenew french d dip sandwicics featuring fresh arartisan breae piled d high with h tender roasast beef, smsmothered wiwith melty provolone e cheese anand served w with hot auau for dipppping. Try the roroast beef o or pastri french dipips today only a at togos announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Now to the growing legal troubles of donald trump. Federal prosecutors want to limit what the former president or his lawyers can publicly discuss when it comes to evidence in the january 6th case. Cbss robert costa reports late today, trumps attorneys weighed in, saying that request goes too far. Reporter in a filing tonight, trumps lawyers pushed back against prosecutors and their request to limit what the former president can say, arguing it is, in effect, asking the court to censor his political speech. The request from federal prosecutors came as trumps attacks against special counsel jack smith are now standard on the campaign trail. Hes a deranged human being. Those indictments arent worth the paper theyre written on. Reporter and his social media outbursts, including writing if you go after me, im coming after you, prompted prosecutors to act, alarmed about the possibility that trump could divulge Sensitive Information or even evidence in the case. I think the former president s most recent comments really reinforced the governments concern that the former president is not a defendant who sits and ruminates in silence. Reporter trump lawyer john lauro said trump can speak out on free speech grounds. Were going to file on First Amendment grounds on the fact that President Trump is immune as president from being prosecuted in this way. Reporter trumps political opponents are stepping up their attacks. Of course he lost. Trump lost the 2020 election . Of joe bidens the president. Reporter but the Court Battles are doing little to diminish trumps popularity in the republican primary race. According to a cbs news poll, most republicans think the indictments are an attempt to stop trumps campaign. I consider it a great badge of honor because im being indicted for you. Reporter cbs news has learned there are growing concerns at the court. A source says the judge, Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, has been given additional security and that special counsel jack smith has also been given more protection. Major. Robert costa, thank you. The u. S. Navy remains on alert after chinese and russian warships approached the coast of alaska last week in an unprecedented joint military patrol. The ships never entered u. S. Waters and were not considered a threat to the aleutian islands. But the u. S. Did send four Navy Destroyers and surveillance planes to keep watch until they left the area. Turning to the war in ukraine, Ukraines Security Service says a woman is under arrest for an alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. Cbss Ramy Inocencio has the latest from odesa. Reporter we will continue the internal cleansing of our state, said volodymyr z zelenskyy. Mere hours later, ukraines spy Agency Alleged this ukrainian woman n was an inforormant for russia, now arrested, who gathered intel on the president s july itinerary to mykolaiv, a city near the southeast front line, for a possible assassination attempt and, quote, massive air strike. Also today, two russian hypersonic missiles slammed into an area near the Eastern Front line, killing at least five and wounding dozens when they hit an apartment and a hotel popular with international journalists. This latest assault follows s russias multiwave attack saturday night. 70 missiles and drones. 10 evaded sky shield defenses, slamming into this Blood Transfusion Center in the northeast and a grain silo and military airfield in the west. Every time russia is attacked, Russia Strikes back. [ speaking in a global language ] reporter one needs to remember russia hit first. Our strikes are for the exhaustion of a powerful, dangerous enemy, she says. Moscow ahs weekend assaults are likely reaction to two sea drone attacks by ukraine against russian vessels friday and saturday. Russia has called the recent sea drone attacks as barbaric and terrorism. Whats your reply to that . [ speaking in a global language ] reporter they finally learned their own real names. 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The americans, 11. The team clicked. They just couldnt connect. We finally played with a lot of joy and were able to express ourselves and, you know, so proud of the group for that. Reporter Megan Rapinoe leaves a lasting legacy. She was instrumental in securing equal pay for the Womens National team. Those efforts celebrated last year with the president ial medal of freedom. She had played in three previous world cups, finishing the last two as a champion. But this year, so many missed opportunities. In her final world cup, rapinoes storied career ended in the worst way. Rapinoe puts it over the bar. Its a tough one, missing a penalty in my last game ever. Reporter tears but no bitterness. I feel like the game is in a great place for me to gracefully step away. Reporter and to the u. S. Teams youngest fans if you were to have one message to say to the players, what would you say . Youre my hero. I love you. Reporter here in melbourne, there is more soccer to play, and there are two more weeks to crown a champion. As for the u. S. , there is some soul searching ahead. The mix of veteran players and rising stars did not work out. The goal now, to fix it all for next years olympics. Major. A team in transition. Nancy chen, thank you. Nearly 100,000 americans are diagnosed with melanoma every year in the u. S. Thats the most serious type of skin cancer. A recent study shows that men are more vulnerable than women, and black men are at the highest risk. In tonights health watch, cbss Errol Barnett explains the disparity in survival rates. You think that youre invincible. This is something that has never crossed my mind. Reporter josh paschal was a sophomore on the university of kentuckys Football Team when he discovered a strange mark on the bottom of his foot. How small was it . If you put a dot of a pen on your foot, it was about that size. Reporter that dot turned out to be a rare form of melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer. Paschal needed multiple surgeries and immunotherapy to remove it. It was like learning how to play football again. You had a big scar on your foot. It hit me hard mentally. Reporter men are more likely to die of melanoma than women, and black men are 26 more likely to die of this form of skin cancer than white men even though they make up fewer cases. Unfortunately, black americans oftentimes are less likely to carry private insurance. Theyre less likely to be able to have access to Quality Health care in their neighborhoods and in their communities. Reporter if detected early, the fiveyear survival rate for melanoma is 99 . But it plummets to 32 once melanoma has spread to the bodys organs. Black people are not immune to melanoma. Its time were more aware this is a silent killer within our communities. Reporter to protect yourself, use sunscreen with an spf of 30 or higher and reapply every two hours. Ask for help with hard to reach places like your back. And get your skin checked by a boardcertified dermatologist at least once a year. Paschal is now playing a different type of defense with the detroit lions. If you see anything thats abnormal, get that checked out. Reporter Errol Barnett, cbs news, new york. Theres been a terrifying roller coaster accident involving a 6yearold boy. We have the details next. Looking for a bladder leak pad that keeps you dry . All of the things that youre looking for in a pad, ththat is alwaways discreee. Look at hohow it absororbs all l of the liqiquid. And d locking itit right t on in yoyou feel no o wetness. Oh my y gosh totally y absorbed i gogot to get s some alwaways discreeeet yo you gogotta try ththis new ax. Its the f fine fragrarance g. O. A. T. T. the new w axe fine fraragrance colollec. 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And in albuquerque, new mexico, a fire that broke out at a Plastics Recycling plant prompted a health alert on sunday with officials warning the smoke contains hazardous pollutants. Thick black smoke could be seen for miles. No word yet on what caused the fire, but it is expected to smolder for days. A man is rescued after being adrift in the atlantic. His harrowing tale is next. A 25yearold florida man is recovering after an ordeal at sea. Charles gregory was rescued about 12 miles off the coast of st. Augustine saturday after a wave damaged his small fishing boat. Gregory and his partially submerged boat were adrift for about 35 hours when the coast guard spotted him. Gregorys father says his son was scared, dehydrated, sunburned, and suffering from jellyfish stings, but hes expected to be okay. Acclaimed hollywood director William Friedkin died today in los angeles. Everlasting god friedkin was best known for the horror classic the exorcist and his oscarWinning Police drama the french connection. He also directed and cowrote the 1985 Action Thriller to live and die in l. A. William friedkin was 87. Finally tonight, american gymnast simone biles is back. The fourtime olympic champion returned to competition this weekend at the u. S. Classic outside chicago. Biles, considered by many to be the greatest gymnast of all time, jumped, flipped, and twisted her way to the overall title, and she finished first in the vault, floor routine, and balance beam. It was her first meet since dropping out of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 with a case of the twisties. Thats a mental block that can happen in the middle of a gymnasts routine. Next up, the National Championships later this month and perhaps the Paris Olympics in 2024. And that is the overnight news for this tuesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, please check back later for cbs mornings. And, of course, follow us online anytime at cbsnews. Com. Reporting from the nations capital, im Major Garrett. This is cbs news flash. Im Shanelle Kaul in new york. A hearing will be held later this week on whether to put a protective order in place in the special counsels 2020 election case against donald trump. The order would limit trumps access to discovery materials. Judge Tanya Chutkan has directed attorneys for both sides to meet today to find a time for that hearing. Rapper tory lanez is expected to be sentenced today in his 2020 shooting of megan thee stallion. Prosecutors are seeking a 13year prison sentence. And beyonce refusing to let bad weather ruin the night for her fans. Her renaissance tour paid 100,000 to keep all washington, d. C. Metro stations open an hour late sunday after storms delayed her show. For more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. Im Shanelle Kaul, cbs news, new york. Its tuesday, august 8th, 2023. 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