stalking with an air tag? the lawsuit tonight against apple, after women say they are being followed with help from the tracking devices. and, our exclusive with the first female commandant of the u.s. coast guard, as the military branch combats a recruiting shortage. we are here with the u.s. coast guard, witnessing a rescued swimmer deployment. u.s. coast guard, witnessing a rescued swimmer deployment. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy wednesday night. tonight, cbs news has learned of new threats of a copycat attack on america s infrastructure like the one that knocked out power to thousands in north carolina. and, we re just getting new information from police in that case of the four college students who were murdered. investigators are now looking for information about a specific kind of car.
including firearms with no serial number, multiple silencers, milling tools, weapons modification manuals, explosives production diagrams and manuals, chemicals and components that an fbi lab determine could be used to create an explosive device. prosecutors said they found, quote, a large amount of not see related material such as videos, books, and images. also detailed u.s. power infrastructure information, a list of specific power substations, and, quote, an article regarding the sabotage of a power substation in california. the california attack on that power substation was in 2013. still unsolved. this, year we get neo-nazis trying to set off a race for planning what appears to have been a copycat attack, copied from what happened in
newscast. i got myself an in. you got yours. we ll make you work extra. i can t ored by cbs o donnell: tonight, from here in washington, the big focus on the epidemic of gun violence. the emotional pleas from families tonight, begging lawmakers to do something as the department of homeland security issues a heightened alert, warning of copycat attack this summer. in an extraordinary speech from the white house podium, actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey fights back tears. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her at the shooting. o donnell: and the families who lost loved ones demand congress act. my mother s life mattered. o donnell: tonight, the behind-the-scenes of intense senate negotiations. could they have a deal by the end of the week? the surge of guns in america. 500 million firearms possibly on the streets of america right now.
community leaders and also with first responders, and as this buffalo community mourns the loss of those loved ones, officials say there are concerns now that there could be a copycat attack. there have been a number of internet messages about crimes potentially being committed. phone calls made. already yesterday and the day before, two people were arrested. law enforcement is taking this very seriously. it s a measure of just how widespread the hate is that s driving this. this is new eyewitness video of the suspect s arrest after the bloody, bloody shooting wearing there, as you can see, camouflage. you also have body armor and an operations manager at the store says that she told the 18-year-old alleged gunman to leave the store on friday because it looked like he was bothering customers. there s evidence that he was planning for this sometime. prosecutors are working to bring
fbi and department of homeland security have issued a stark warning for faith-based communities in the wake of saturday s texas synagogue attack. officials are urging state and local leaders to evaluate security at houses of worship. cnn s shimon prokupecz is joining us now. what are they saying, exactly? report the concern is there can be a copycat attack. law enforcement gets concerned that someone else could be inspired and try to carry out some similar attacks. what they have done is they ve issued this alert to law enforcement and also to the faith-based communities. re-evaluate your security. remind yourselves of things you can do to protect yourselves. they say this is also, in part, because we are living in such a heightened state of alert. the threat level is heightened, certainly, both domestically, which is really interesting, and also foreign terrorists who still want to target jews and