the seat of american democracy. ♪ ♪ >> major: a suspect in gilgo beach killer appears in court for the first time since pleading not guilty as prosecutors reveal they have collected a mountain of evidence. ♪ ♪ >> police sources say they know who they are looking for in the deadly stabbing of a beloved dancer. police now investigating o'shea sibley's death as a hate crime. ♪ ♪ >> >> memphis police are hailing a jewish school for its safety plan, saying it prevented another potential mass shooting. a former student tried to gain access to the academy with a gun. >> in war between russia and ukraine, a drone hit a high line, damages two days ago. roger called it a terror attack by ukraine which is not claimed esponsibility. ♪ ♪ >> major: the women's world cup is well underway but the u.s. team has already scored a massive win: equal pay. >> it meant a lot to be able to achieve what we have done. we still have more progress to make. ♪ ♪ >> major: and a heartfelt reunion and a lifelong lesson on persevering. >> whatever i said stuck with him. >> look, you good. ♪ ♪ >> major: good evening, everyone, thank you for joining us on this historic tuesday night. i am major garrett in for norah. we begin with breaking news in one of the special counsel's investigations of donald trump. a federal grand jury here in washington has voted to indict the former president for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. among the charges include conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstruction of an official proceeding, and a civil rights era law that makes it a crime to oppress, threaten, or intimidate a person of their free exercise or enjoyment of any right in the constitution. it is just the second time in american history that the department of justice has filed criminal charges against a current or former u.s. president. special counsel jack smith announced the indictment just moments ago. today's charges are related to trump's attempts to challenge the result of an election he lost, plans for fake collectors and his role in the january 6th attack on the u.s. capital. trump responded to today's news on his social media account, calling smith "deranged" and the indictment "election interference" cbs's news robert costa has today's late-breaking details and start this off tonight vehicle robert, good evening. >> good evening, major. let's talk about the former president's defense this point. the former president is saying -- is being accused of a sweeping conspiracy against the united states, something that is based on fraudulent claims of the election being rigged. according to the indictment, for more than two months following election day, the defendant spread lies that there was fraud in the election and he had actually won. these claims were false, and the defendant knew they were false. >> the attack on our nation's capital on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. it is described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. lies by the defendant. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news former president trump's legal team is now mapping out a new strategy:% shifting blame onto lawyers, who were advising him at the time of the aftermath of the 2020 election. in a recent social media post, with the different of justice,% saying they explained in detail that i did nothing wrong and was advised by many lawyers. sources say the strategy could involve trying to pin blame on john eastman, trump's former lawyer, who sought to former vice president mike pence refused to ctify the 2020 presidential election results and presented trump with a memo outlining a plan to do so. trump has privately told allies that he believed john eastman's plan came from a conservative lawyer and that the following eastman's counsel does not mean he conspired against the united states. with those familiar with the special counsel's words say trump's conduct is being deeplye skeptical that he was just following advice. >> just because an attorney gives you advice, an attorney does not provide a defense if the attorney is suggesting you go out and violate a criminal law. that is not a defense. that has to be a good faith belief that what you are doing is legitimate. >> reporter: the next step in this process will come on thursday, when former president donald trump has been summoned to appear in washington before the grand jury. >> major: robert, let's talk about the trump's potential lines of defense. six indicted coconspiracy. the president has set on social media account or at least implied, i was just taking advice from lawyers, provide him with the means by which to defend himself against these charges? >> reporter: that is the defense that is being mounted by former president trump's legal team but as a federal prosecutor just told cbs news, just because a lawyer advises you something doesn't necessarily mean you have to take that advice, and if the lawyer is advising you on something that could be breaking the law, you would be breaking the law if you go along with that advice. so the special counsel, based on our reporting, does not believe that trump's argument is going to hold water, as this case moves forward, and instead they are focusing on the advice trump god and how he tried to push the lawyers along meant to say to them, let's try to make this happen and have me stay in power. >> major: robert costa, thank you so much for being with us. john dickerson is with us. john, if you can come it's a big lift, but this indictment and historical and political context. >> reporter: well, it is the most powerful person in the american system attacking the central pillar of the system, a free and fair election, and he is using the power to attack the system that he was given in order to protect the system. that's what happened in the last election. he is now asking to be rewarded for that behavior by being reelected to the office, and he very well, according to the polls, and as you know well from covering this race looks like he will be rewarded and in the final kicker, the person who held the line on january 6th, his vice president, who stood up for the system to protect it, is doing so poorly in the republican race he may not even make the debate stage to be in a position to call his former boss to account for attacking the system. >> major: it was a big lift, carried out beautifully. john dickerson, thank you so much. we turn now to the case of a suspected gilgo beach serial killer on new york's long island. suspect rex heuermann charged in the murder of three women appeared in court today. cbs's errol barnett was there. >> reporter: today, rex heuermann appearing stone-faced, wearing a dark blazer and handcuffs, stood before a judge. attorneys from both sides meeting at a conference hearing to discuss evidence against him. including surveillance video and items gathered during a 12-day in-depth search of the suspect's massapequa park home. >> suffice to say, it is a massive amount of material, and that is just the beginning. >> reporter: heuermann's lawyer accusing the media of having already convicted his client. >> he is a man who has never been arrested before. he has maintained his innocence. >> reporter: ellerup heuermann's wife, asa ellerup, releasing his images of the home she shared with him, showing a b that appears to be sliced open, with boxes of items strewn everywhere. >> there are some that heuermann seem to be ex wife is upset the way the house was effectively turned upside down, she might try to bring forward a case. >> she could pursue whatever remedies she feels are necessary. >> reporter: ellerup also saying she has been blindsided by the arrest. in a statement referring to their adult son and daughter, she says, "they have been crying themselves to sleep, "and i have been crying myself to sleep, too, every time i kids go through something, they open a box, every single time, they cry." in discussing her son with develop mental issues, ellerup tells "the new york post," "he is so distraught and doesn't understand, and as a mother, i have no answers for him." heuermann is charged with killing three women working as escorts in the gilgo beach area and is the lead suspect in a fourth death there. if found guilty of the six charges against him, heuermann faces multiple sentences of life without parole. now, heuermann's lawyer says he now needs to sift through eight terabytes of evidence and data. that is equivalent to roughly 2,500 pages and one other note, heuermann is not believed to be linked to deaths taking place -- that took place in atlantic city. major? >> major: errol barnett, we thank you. now to the dangerous heat and much of the country. for the forecast, let's bring in meteorologist chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. chris, good evening. >> good evening, major. very hot and dry conditions feeling wildfires in the west. a fire nato created by the intense heat from the fires, and unfortunately, no significant relief on the way anytime soon, not expecting any significant rain in california, arizona, a little bit in nevada but that is about it. meanwhile, the fire potential increasing in oklahoma and in texas, as the heat dome remains. it continues for the high plans and a lot of the southern states here. a very, very intense and dangerous heat going right into the weekend. good to see that heat build inte from what we are seeing today. and into the weekend, many locations, major, will see highs into the triple digits. >> major: chris warren, thank you. political leaders in new jersey were shaken today by the death of the state's trailblazing lieutenant, sheila oliver, who made history as the first black woman to hold statewide elected office, died today. she was 71 and was named new jersey's acting governor friday, when governor phil murphy went on overseas vac vacation. oliver was then hospitalized for an unspecified medical condition. the distraught governor said appointing oliver as his lieutenant was the best decision he ever made. tonight, new york city police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a dancer as a possible hate crime. cbs's shanelle kaul reports witnesses described hearing homophobic slurs during the attack outside a brooklyn gas station. >> reporter: the nypd is still searching for the person who fatally stabbed o'shea sibley, a professional dancer and choreographer. >> they murdered him because he was him because he was gay. >> reporter: it happened saturday night at this brooklyn gas station. sibley is seen on the surveillance gas, gas station surveillance. moments later, witnesses say he got into a heated argument with a man who made homophobic slurs. sibley was stabbed in the chest and later died. >> o'shea was a beacon of light that just influenced everybody. >> reporter: the 28-year-old moved from philadedelphia to new york t three years ago t to pursrsue his c career. >> i am horrified. >> reporter: toni morrison works with a nonprofit lgbtq advocate organization. are these isolated incidents? >> o'shea sibley joins a horrific list of five other lgbtq plus people who have been murdered in recent weeks. >> reporter: hate crimes reported to the fbi across the country rose by 11% between 2020 and 2021, but crimes against gay males increased 41%. sibley's friend kamara jewell says he is still in shock. >> homophobia and words can lead to ideologies and thoughts and those thoughts can lead to actions, and those type of actions that took away o'shea from this world. >> reporter: o'shea sibley was also a student here at the famed alvin ailey theatre in new york. in a statement, the theaters director said he was loved by both fellow students and instructors here and that he had incredible energy. major? >> major: speed 24, thank you. we are learning more tonight about the man memphis police they tried to enter a jewish school with a gun on monday. the alleged gunman has been identified as a former student at that school. another former student tells our cbs affiliate the suspect had struggled for years with mental health problems. after being shot in a confrontation with police, the suspect was taken to the hospital in critical condition. as the war in ukraine drags into its 18th month, there was yet another drone attack in the russian capital of moscow today on a building that was hit just days ago. cbs's ramy inocencio has the latest details. >> reporter: the shock wave, then smoke from a down to drone, rising over moscow's wall street, one of several targeting russia today. the kremlin blames kyiv. it's the second time in 48 hours this skyscraper, housing three russian government ministries, was hit. muscovites are concerned, but not scared, yet. "the drone attack was like a mosquito bite for a human." and from russia, several drones hit a college and sports complex in kharkiv near ukraine's northeast border. and russian shall include the roof on this hospital in kherson on the southeast front line, killinga doctor on his first day at work and injuring five colleagues. ramy inocencio, cbs news, dnipro, ukraine peered >> major: the u.s. women's national soccer team barely advanced to the knockout stage of the world cup this morning with a soreless draw against portugal. but cbs's nancy chen reports that for a team that has won so much on the field, it's biggest win has come off of it. >> reporter: the biggest women sporting event is smashing records. >> down! >> reporter: but the u.s. team has already notched a massive win off the pitch: playing in their first world cup with equal pay to men. in some cases, female players had been earning just 38% of white men made per game. >> this is the first world cup since the equal pay victory. you are at the table for that win. what did that mean? >> it meant a lot to be able to achieve what we have done. we still have more progress to make and ways to go. >> reporter: that includes bringing in even more money to women's sports. >> this is actually terrible business move if you are not getting in on it, if you are not investing. >> reporter: fifa sponsorship has grown 150% since the last women's world cup and on tv the matches are forecast to reach 2 billion viewers worldwide and nearly 80% increase from 2019. >> i think for a business perspective it is all upside. >> reporter:r: alllly bank rececently annouounced it i is g to spend equally on paid advertising across men's and women's sports. >> 80% of all purchase decisions in a household are made by women. right? this is who the consumer is today, and women's sports are at a tipping point of really becoming massive. >> reporter: a women's world cup with plenty to cheer for. >> i think america has grown into, you know, loving the game now. you see so much more investment, and you see people actually watching and learning. it is incredible. >> megan rapinoe, left side. >> reporter: nancy chen, cbs news peered >> major: a massive fire strays a building r construction in sanan francisco. ththe detailss straight t ahead. ♪ ♪ mamartial artsts is my pasas. i wowork out whehenever i ca. but withth my moderarate- toto-severe ececzema, it c can be tougugh. nonow, i'm stataying aheadad o. dupixexent helps h heal yoyour skin frfrom within.n. so youou can have cleararer skin, and noticeceably leless itch. seriouous allergicic reactios can ococcur that c can be sese. tellll your doctctor about nw oror worseningng eye problbls suchch as eye papain oror vision chchanges inincluding blurrered vision,, joint t aches and pain,, or a parasasitic infection.n. don'n't change o or stop asthma mededicines without tatalking to your r doctor. ask yoyour doctorr abouout dupixentnt. new w nature's b bounty hahair growth.h. clinicallyly shown to o hep growow thicker, , fuller hr with j just one cacapsule a y of a advanced hahair compl. conqueuer hair thihinnin. .....and fall l in love withth your hairir all over r . ononly from nanature's bouou. bubug spray woworks best.... whwhen your fafamily acactually weaears it. ♪♪ get odor-f-free eieight hour p protectionn from mosququitoes and d tics without ththe ick. zevo o on-body repepellent. people lovove it. bugsgs hate it.. i'm yoyour overlyy cocompetitive e brother. check.k. psych!h! 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