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did he know at the time that he actually lost the election? >> reporter: the indictment said that trump deliberately disregarded the truth, a view shared by former attorney general bill barr. >> i have come to believe he knew well that he had lost the election. >> reporter: sources say trump lawyers plan to argue trump's false claims about the election were not criminal and that his efforts were driven by the advice of outside attorneys, like sidney powell, rudy giuliani, and john eastman, among others. cbs news has learned that they are likely some of the six alleged coconspirators cited in the indictment. the judge scheduled the next hearing for august 28th. the special counsel has called for a speedy trial, but sources close to trump's legal team say they will push for a delay, arguing they need time to navigate the many cases facing trump. >> norah: robert costa, thank you. john dickerson is also with us here. all right, john, this is the third criminal indictment this year, but it does include some of the most serious charges so far. how will this look in the history books? >> reporter: i think historians will go all the way back to the beginning. 236 years ago, at this moment, in philadelphia, they were designing the presidency and the constitution. the founders had two fears: a president who would put personal ambition over the obligations of the job, and a public that would resort to political violence. both of those questions are at the center of what president trump is facing in this case, and the test for history going forward is whether that system the founders created can handle this stress test. >> norah: part of his legal strategy is also a political strategy, which is to try and get reelected and become president again. >> reporter: and between the indictment and the january 6th report from the house, plus what president trump has said about these events, we have never had a more detailed look at how a candidate would act in office. and a lot of this detail comes from people under oath, so voters who want to know whether this candidate will preserve, protect, and defend, can look at the details here and find out, does he use his power wisely? does he listen to aides when they give him advice? does he act on impulse or by the obligations of the job? they have it all there to read to make the determination about whether he can handle four more years. >> norah: always brilliant analysis, john dickerson, and great reporting, robert costa, thank you so much. let's turn now to some breaking news. federal prosecutors today charged two active-duty navy sailors with selling sensitive national defense information to china. cbs's mark strassmann reports some of the information includes details about a large-scale military exercise and navy warships. >> reporter: cash over country. >> we sometimes discover that threats to our national security come from inside our most esteemed institutions. >> reporter: for almost two years, today's indictment charges 26-year-old petty officer wenheng zhao, betrayed his country, selling military secrets to the chinese government. >> mr. zhao chose a path of corruption. and in doing so, he sold out his colleagues at the u.s. navy. >> reporter: among the secrets zhao allegedly sold, details about his post at the naval bass about his post at the naval base in ventura county. plans for this large-scale military exercise, in the indo-pacific region, earlier this year. and blueprints for a radar system on a u.s. base in okinawa. zhao's contact, a chinese intelligence officer. in return, zhao allegedly took nearly $15,000 in bribes. >> the scheme alleged here is just one more example of the people republic of china's ongoing and brazen campaign to target u.s. officials with access to sensitive military secrets. >> reporter: arrested separately on espionage charges, jinchao wei, a 22-year-old machinist t aboard thehe uss es. wewei allegedldly sold t the che navaval defense information and dozens of technical and mechanical military manuals, all while he was applying to become a u.s. citizen. >> the officer even congratulated him when he became a u.s. citizen. >> reporter: both sailors had first appearances today. zhao here at the federal courthouse in los angeles, in full uniform, with shackles on his combat boots. he pleaded not guilty, but if convicted of bribery, faces up to 20 years. wei, if convicted of espionage, could get life. norah? >> norah: very serious charges, mark strassmann, thank you. a rare federal death sentence was handed down today to the white nationalist gunman behind the deadliest attack on jewish people in u.s. history. robert bowers made anti-semitic rants online before killing 11 worshipers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. seven other people were wounded in the 2018 attack. now to a tragedy on the southern border, mexican authorities have recovered the bodies of two possible drowning victims in the rio grande. cbs's omar villafranca reports one of the bodies was found near a floating barrier that was recently installed by the texas government to deter migrants. >> reporter: the two bodies were discovered in this remote stretch of the rio grande. the first migrant from honduras was found by texas troopers tangled on the controversial floating barrier buoys. later, mexican authorities found another body 3 miles upstream. officials are investigating what led to their deaths. [sobbing] univision spoke to his emotional mother, who says he was her oldest son. >> [speaking spanish] >> reporter: before he left, she told reporters he gave her one last hug and said, "we can't keep starving here. i have to go." mexican officials blame the drowning on the barriers. a spokesperson for texas governor greg abbott disagrees, saying the mexican government is flat-out wrong. to be clear, preliminary information points to the drowning occurring before the body was even near the barriers. the deaths come less than three weeks after the thousand-foot barrier was placed in the water to deter illegal crossings. a part of governor greg abbott's $5 billion border security plan, operation lone star. >> it's too deep. they have a child. [speaking spanish] jesus. >> reporter: magali urbina's farm bumps up to the rio grande the buoys. >> [speaking spanish] >> reporter: where we saw troopers rescuing a small migrant group baking in the sun. urbina says the buoys have not stopped migrants from crossing the river. >> they don't change anything. it doesn't do anything. it doesn't deter, it doesn't stop, it doesn't do anything. >> reporter: the doj has sued the state of texas saying the barriers are not safe, they are unlawful, and they want them removed, but texas governor greg abbott says the state has a right to defend its borders. both sides are waiting on the court's decision. norah? >> norah: omar villafranca, thank you. we want to turn now to some terrifying incidents on board several planes. on wednesday, delta crew members and passengers helped subdue a man following a violent attack on a flight attendant in new orleans. in a separate incident, one person was injured when a tire was blown out during a hard landing in atlanta. cbs's kris van cleave has new details about a near collision at boston's logan airport. >> reporter: tonight, a dramatic new picture of a close call on a boston runway taken from a jet blue cockpit shows a business jet taking off without permission in february, forcing the airliner to take evasive action to avoid a catastrophic collisioion. also tonigight, the faa a is investigating what caused a fiery tire blowout as delta flight 1437 landed in atlanta yesterday. >> it sounds like we blew a tire. 1437, is that correct? >> yes, sir. we did see smoke and fire coming off of one of your tires, your number one main gear is on fire. >> reporter: the 190 passengers on board the boeing 757 used emergency slides as fire crews responded. at least one passenger was injured. >> any time you have fire on an airplane, it is not a good situation at all, and so evacuating sounds to me like it is probably the best option. >> reporter: just hours earlier at the new orleans airport... >> looks like we have a passenger that has gotten up. go ahead and sit right here. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies say 39-year-old nelson montgomery allegedly stabbed himself before grabbing a flight attendant moments after delta flight 2432 landed from atlanta. that's him on the stretcher. passengers jumped in to restrain the man. >> that flight attendant weighed maybe 110 pounds. if we hadn't been there to restrain him, she would have been out of luck. >> reporter: raquel davis was on board. >> the people that subdued the man, i am thankful for them that they took the time to put their lives at risk. >> reporter: the flight attendant was treated for minor injuries and montgomery arrested. while the number of disruptive passengers has come down considerably from its record high in 2021. so far this year, the faa has received nearly 1200 reports, and that is despite stepped-up penalties. norah? >> norah: kris van cleave, thank you. with the southwest in the middle of a decades-long megadrought, states are facing the biggest water crisis in generations. well, in tonight's "eye on america," we head back to arizona, where earlier this year, we reported on the foreign-owned farms that are draining the state's water supply. cbs's ben tracy reports officials are now working to cancel those controversial leases. >> reporter: this was your well. >> this was my well. >> reporter: and now you've got nothing. >> nothing but dust. >> reporter: arizona cattle rancher brad mead says his well went dry... >> you can toss a rock in, it's gone. [clanking] >> reporter: because of his neighbor's farm down the road. it's run by fondomonte, owned by one of the largest dairy companies in saudi arabia. it grows alfalfa here to feed cattle back in the middle east. it's illegal to grow it in saudi arabia because it uses so much water. so when you look out there and you think? >> i see money leaving america. i see water getting depleted. >> it is pure insanity. >> reporter: arizona attorney general kris mayes, a democrat, says fondomonte bought vast tracts of land in western arizona, where there are no regulations on how much water can be pumped out of the ground, so the state doesn't monitor it. fondomonte also leases thousands of acres from the state itself, deals approved by state officials no longer in office. fondomonte pays nothing for the water itself. >> we cannot afford to give our water away, frankly, to anyone, let alone the saudis for free. >> reporteter: as we t talked, e saw a series of trucks hauling dried alfalfa off of one of the state-owned properties. so cows in saudi arabia are essentially drinking arizona water. >> correct. >> reporter: the scale of the problem is obvious from above. i mean, that is a lot of green down there. >> using millions upon millions of gallons of precious groundwater. >> reporter: mayes says arizona's cities, including phoenix, will need that water as they face potentially drastic cuts from the drought-ravaged colorado river. fondomonte declined our request for an interview. what it's doing is not illegal, but since our story first aired, the state revoked approval for two additional fondomonte wells and is considering canceling some of its leases on state-owned land when they expire next year. >> it is a scandal that the state of arizona allowed this to happen. it shouldn't be happening, and it needs to come to an end. >> for "eye on america," ben tracy, vicksburg, arizona. >> norah: the bizarre new alibi for the man accused of brutally stabbing four university of idaho students. the details are next. ♪ and one of three new flavors like roasted garlic butter... ...this is not your grandpa's crabfest... ...unless grandpa's got flavor. dayumm! crabfest is here for a limited time. welcome to fun dining. bug spraray works bebest... when youour family actuallyly wears it.t. ♪♪ get ododor-free eight hohour protectction from m mosquitoes s and tics withouout the ick.k. zezevo on-bodydy repellentn. peoplele love it.. bugs hate e it. type 2 2 diabetes?s? peoplele love it.. discscover the o ozempic® tri-zonene. in my ozozempic® t tri-zone, i i lowered mymy a1c, cv r r, and d lost some e weight. inin studies, , the mamajority of f people reachehed an a1c u under 7 and maintatained it. ozozempic® l lowers the e rk of majajor cardiovovascular evs such as s stroke, heheart atta, or d death in adadults also with h known hearart dise. and yoyou may losese weight. adults losost up to 1414 poun. ozempic® isn't t for peoplele with t type 1 diababetes. don'n't share e needles oror , or reuse n needles. don'n't take o ozempic® if you o or your famamily ever had m medullary thyroid cacancer, or have mumultiple endndocrie neoplasia a syndrome t type , or if allelergic to itit. ststop ozempicic® and getet medicacal help rigight away if you g get a lumpp or swewelling in y your neck, sesevere stomamach pain, o on alallergic reaeaction. serious s side effecects may include papancreatitisis. gallblbladder proboblems may o . tellll your provovider aboutut n problemsms or changeges. taking ozezempic® witith a sulflfonylurea o or insulinn may increaease low blood susugar risk.. side e effects likike nausea, vomititing, and diararrhea may l lead to d dehydrationon, whwhich may woworsen kidndney problemems. ask k your healtlth care provir about ththe ozempicc® tri-zon. you may papay as littltle asas. frustrtrated by skskin tags? dr. . scholl's h has the brbreakthroughgh you'veve been waititing for. the e first fda-a-cleared at-home skskin tag rememover clininically proroven toto remove skskin tags safely i in as littltle as onone treatmenent. clininically proroven toto remove skskin tags (roosesevelt) i alalways thout thatat cigarettete smokoking just m md up your r lungs. i i never thouougt that at ononly 45 itit would givive me a heaeart . my tip i is; do your r heart a fafavor, anand quit nowow. 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>> at first, no. i am pretty sure a bengals player is the last person you expect to show up with your doordash order. >> reporter: but along with the exercise, he got an education. >> bag of chips or water? >> sure, thank you. >> there is a need on the street you can see. it kind of tugged at me. >> reporter: so he started using his doordash earnings to deliver generosity. >> god bless you guys. >> seeing that smile, seeing their face light up, no one has ever regretted, you know, making someone else's day. >> how are you doing? are you hungry, sir? >> reporter: he posts it all on social media, hoping to spread kindness and the word about local businesses, like tracy and pete ianni's your mom's pizzeria, which supplied pizza he gave away. >> he is just a down-home, good human who loves his community and gives back to his community. >> i thought being a cincinnati bengals was going to fulfill my life but part of me missed the charitable side. i like football, but i love giving back. i love helping people. >> reporter: proving it is not the gift... >> enjoy, guys. >> reporter: but the giving that really pays off. adriana diaz, cbs news, cincinnati. >> norah: a touchdown for generosity. and that's tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. good night. ♪ ♪ now on cbs news bay area, a san francisco mother left to watch her son live on the streets and struggle with addiction. >> it was disheartening, a little bit, but i have to respect it. then the latest on the brush fire burning in the san jose foothills as firefighters rushed to save homes. people living in a san pablo neighborhood evacuated for hours and hours because of a hazmat emergency and when they could be allowed to come back home. the healthcare industry is surprisingly a contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. how a bay area medical center is trying to cut down on the carbon footprint. >> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. hi, i am sara donchey. juliette has the night off. we are looking at how the homeless this crisis is playing out at a san jose church. we told you about the church of emmanuel in god in christ. now a mother who attends the church says that her son is both on housed and struggling with addiction. r