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 was not worse. Reporter trumps lawyers pushback 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. Reporter ukrainian authorities are saying they have thwarted an Assassination Plot against president volodymyr zelenskyy. Reporter one woman has been detained, Ukrainian Secret Service say she was planning russian air strike to hit a Southern Region of the country where the president was said to be visiting. Reporter a new study found black men are more likely than white men to die of melanoma despite making up fewer cases. Its time that we are more aware that this is a Silent Killer within our communities. I thought that i was invincible. Its something you dont know about until it happens to you. Reporter team usa took on sweden yesterday morning. The dramatic match played out into extra time before Penalty Kicks sent sweden into the quarterfinals and the u. S. Packing home. Major and going for gold, simone biles makes a triumphant return to the mat. [cheers and applause] it felt really good. This time im doing it for me. Im very happy with the result. Major good evening to our viewers in the west. Thank you for joining us. I am Major Garrett in for norah. We begin tonight with threats of Severe Weather from dangerous heat in the south to thunderstorms and possible tornado 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 1300 canceled. Airports from new york to atlanta 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 a tornado watches from North Carolina to new york. In tennessee, down trees like these outside the city of marysville have left Tens Of Thousands without power. Meanwhile, in the south, unrelenting heat is scorching residents from coasttocoast. Cbss Meg Oliver Will start us off tonight from reading, pennsylvania. Meg, good evening. Reporter major, good evening. The storm system just blasting through reading, packing quite a punch with heavy rain, lightning, and strong gusts of wind that could reach up to 75 Miles Per Hour as the system roars across the region. [sirens] ominous warnings of an approaching Tornado Sound in flatwoods, kentucky, today as this menacing funnel was just west in lexington. Severe thunderstorms packing violent winds stretched across the south, ripping branches off of trees in tennessee. This is really bad. Reporter downtown parkersburg, west virginia, turned into a flood zone brought on by a 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 Triple Digit heat here in north and Central Texas has turned parts of the state into a tinderbox. This wild fire has burned more than 1300 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. 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. We all have stuff to do tomorrow, and now we cant. Reporter tonight more than half a Million People are without power in the south and midatlantic, and at least a dozen states are under a tornado watches including here in southeast pennsylvania. Major. Major meg and omar, we thank you. For what is in store for the rest of the night and the days ahead, lets bring in meteorologist chris warren for my partners at the weather channel. Chris, good evening. Reporter good evening, major. As meg showed us, we have already seen a lot of damage in 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 could go over 75 Miles Per Hour. The storms will push offshore in the midatlantic before or around midnight and continue through the northeast during the overnight hours, and the heat does remain entrenched across the Southern Plains in the gulf coast states with once again, major, temperatures back into the dangerous even record category into the triple digits. Major chris warren, we thank you. Now to a tragic accident in southern california. An investigation is underway tonight after two helicopters collided while responding to a brushfire 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 3acre brushfire early evening with good visibility. Six Cal Fire Choppers responded, two collided on 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. Maria fuentes lives about a half mile away. When i saw the fire coming up before the fire and the flames i said, i got to go, this is close. Reporter killed aboard the helicopter tony sousa and two fire captains. 45yearold captain tim rodriguez, and 46yearold assistant chief josh bischof. Here on facebook ironically talking about aircraft separation. We are responsible for maintaining separation between the thick Swing Airtankers and the ruttering 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 sort out the cause and if warranted the blame of how these two air craft ended up fatally close. Major. 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 did not do anything wrong. The judge imposed a harsher sentence than prosecutors requested, saying he hoped that the former officer would show more remorse. Floyds killing sparked nationwide protests. Not 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 6 case. Cbss robert costa reports late today that trumps attorneys weighed in saying that request goes too far. Reporter in a filing tonight, trumps lawyers push back against prosecutors and the 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. He is a deranged human being. Those indictments are not worth the paper they are 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 reinforce the concern that former president is not a defendant who sits and ruminates in silence. Reporter trump lawyer john lauro said trump can speak out on freespeech grounds. We will fire on First Amendment grounds on the fact that President Trump is immune from 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 course, joe biden is the president. Reporter but the Court Battles doing little to diminish the popularity in the 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 growing service to overseeing the case has been given more security. And special counsel jack smith has also been given more protection. Major. 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 a Surveillance Plane to keep watch until they left the area. Turning to the war in ukraine, Ukraine Security service as a woman is under a less for an alleged Assassination Plot against president zelenskyy. Cbss Ramy Inocencio has the latest for odesa. We will continue with the internal cleansing of our state said volodymyr zelenskyy. Mere hours later, ukrainian Spy Agency Alllleged at Thisis Ukran Woman was an informant for russia, now arrested who gathered intel on thee presididents july itinerary to mykolaiv, a city near the southwest front line for a possible essays Donation Attempts and massive air strike. Also today two russian hypersonic missiles slammed into pokrovsk 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 features a multiwave attack saturday night 70 missiles and drones, ten avaided and Sky Shieldld Defenss slamming into the Blood Transfusion Center in the northeast and a great silo and Military Airful 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. They are likely a reaction to two see Drone Attacks by ukraine, against russian vessels friday and saturday. Russia has called the recent see drone attack barbaric and terrorism. What is your reply to that . They finally learn their own real names. As for that alleged ukrainian spy for russia, if convicted, she could serve up to 12 years in prison. Ukrainian Security Services said she was caught redhanded as she tried to pass intel to her handlers. Major. Major Ramy Inocencio, thank you. The u. S. Womens soccer team is headed home early after getting knocked out of the world cup in sweden. By sweden, rather. Cbss Nancy Chen Reports from australia that the difference between winning and losing came down to a penalty shootout and the slimmest of margins. Reporter so close and so cruel. In the end the difference between potential victory and heartbreaking loss was this. The save that wasnt. Did it go in . Reporter it did. Replays show by millimeters. And it sent the americans home, their earliest world cup exit ever. The u. S. Had looked lackluster in three previous matches. But in this one, sweden managed just one shot on goal, the americans 11. The team clicked. They just could not 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 insurmountable in securing equal pay for the Womens National team. Those efforts celebrated last year with the president ial medal of freedom. She played in three previous world cups, finishing the last two as champion, but this year so many missed opportunities. In her final world cup Megan Rapinoe storied career ended in the worst way. Rapinoe 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 step away. Reporter and the u. S. Teams youngest fans. If you have one message to the players, what would you say . You are my hero, i love you. Reporter here in melbin theres more soccer to play and two more weeks to crown a champion. As for the u. S. There some soulsearching ahead. The mix of veteran players and rising stars to not work out. The goal now to fix it all before next years olympics. Major. Major 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 a disparity in Survival Rates. You think you are invincible. This is something that is 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 . You put a dot with the pen on your foot, it was about that size. Reporter it turned out to be a rare type of melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer. He needed multiple surgeries and chemotherapy to remove it. 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 often times are less likely to carry private insurance. Theyre less likely to have access to Quality Health care in their neighborhoods and communities. Reporter if detected early, the five year Survival Rate per melanoma is 99 . But it plummets to 32 once melanoma has spread to the bodys organs. Reporter black people are not immune to melanoma. Its time that we are more aware that 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 hardtoreach 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 abnormal, get that checked out. Reporter Errol Barnett, cbs news new york. Major there has been a terrifying Roller Coaster Accident involving a 6yearold boy. We have the details next. Wewe have the e details nenext. Iill be e taking meeeeting. With f family and d friends. 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