president trump to do. abortion rights ruling, the supreme court strikes down more restrictions on abortion. the chief justice voting with the court's liberal wing, why the ruling could affect this fall's election. paying to kill americans? did vladimir putin's government put a price on the heads of american soldiers in afghanistan? congress now asking what did the president know and were u.s. troops killed? critical condition, two tulsa police officers shot in the head after a traffic stop goes bad. what we're learning as we come on the air. texas soldier missing. new developments tonight in the search for an army private who vanished from fort hood. and sketching out a recovery. how a young coronavirus patient's art made a difference to more than just his doctors. this is the cbs evening news with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capitol. >> garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us, norah is off tonight, i'm major garrett. we're going to begin with a dire warning and a dangerous surge of coronavirus infections across the south. the world health organization now says the pandemic is far from over and that it may actually be speeding up. here in the u.s. more than half of all states are seeing increases in cases, overwhelming hospitals and leading to long lines at testing sites in florida and texas. and as we head into the july 4th weekend, the second big holiday of the summer, experts are warning we may be paying a price for how states handled the first one, memorial day. about half of all new cases in the u.s. are in california, texas, florida and arizona. forcing some governors who once touted reopening to order new closures. tonight arizona's governor says he is shutting down bars, nightclubs and water parks for a month. beaches and bars in florida are also shutting down. and new york and new jersey are rethinking just how fast they want to reopen restaurants. as we come on the air, the virus has killed half a million people worldwide, with about a quarter of those deaths right here in the u.s. there is a lot of news to get to tonight. and of course our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. cbs's manuel bojorquez is going to lead off our coverage tonight from miami beach. manny. >> reporter: well, major, over the weekend florida reported a one-day record for new covid-19 cases, more than 9,500. today the reported number was down significantly to about 5,200, still it's a large enough increase that four counties have decided they will shut down their beaches over the fourth of july weekend. some beach goers don't see how cutting off access over the weekend will help. >> i don't have a problem with the beaches being open because i don't think that is what is causing the problem. >> reporter: people 35 and under now account for nearly 40% of cases statewide. miami mayor francis suarez. what do you think went wrong here? >> what went wrong without a doubt was, the minute we started opening, people started socializing as if the coronavirus didn't exist. >> reporter: miami now requires face coverings in public and announced tougher penalties on businesses not in compliance. new jersey has decided to postpone allowing indoor dining given the spikes in other states. new york city may hold off too. with cases mounting in california, governor gavin newsom dialed back reopenings. peght counties including los angeles have now closed bars. dr. ashish jha is director of the harvard global health institute. >> i'm very concerned about large parts of our country, especially arizona, texas, florida, south carolina but other states as well, where we're seeing really, pretty substantial increases in cases. >> reporter: he also says declining death rates likely will rise again. >> typically it takes about two to three weeks from an infection 'til somebody gets sick enough to die from the disease. >> reporter: georgia reported a record daily number of new cases sunday. and at least 19 states have more patients hospitalized for covid- 19 than two weeks in wrgm tempy r a member tested po more than 200 people who may hve been exposed were asked to quaantine and in tennessee-- country singer chase rice is facing backlash after playing a concert where social distancing was not enforced. you won't hear the music of broadway, however. broadway, however.shuttered shows will remain should erred through the end of the year. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, miami. >> reporter: this is janet shamlian in houston, where demand is overwhelming covid testing sites. even spilling out on to a nearby freeway, an hour's long wait. >> people recognize the importance of testing. it is better to know than not to know. >> reporter: it's now filtering down to small emergency clinics which can't find nearby hospital beds. >> we are having to send patients 50, 60 miles far away just to get them a bed. just to get them a bed. >> can y >> reporter: can you compare this to anything you have dealt with before, medically? >> never. >> reporter: they are searching throughout texas, amid reopening, and mixed messages on mask wearing. >> we encourage everyone to wear a mask in the affected areas. >> reporter: the vice president wore one in a dallas church sunday. ♪ jesus saves >> reporter: but the 100 plus member choir belted out hymns without them. ♪ >> reporter: new york's governor says the president should take action. >> let the president lead by example and let the president put a mask on. >> reporter: from anger at a california grocery store. iforniane harassing me to wear mask, you guys are violating federal law. >> reporter: to indifference in boston. >> i personally just don't care. >> reporter: yeah, why is that? >> i haven't got sick yet so. >> reporter: in texas the governor has ordered restaurants to return to 50% capacity. houston's bosscat kitchen decided to shut down completely. >> i've been through hurricanes, tornadoes, economic downturn. this is a completely different completely differentis no animal because there is no answer t answer to it. >> reporter: the lines for testing are growing here. and tonight there's concern about what happens when school reopens. in one texas district, 73% of parents said if cases keep growing they will keep their children home, major. >> garrett: janet shamlian, thank you. today the supreme court delivered a major victory for abortion rights advocates, in a 5-4 ruling the court struck down a louisiana law that could have shut down nearly every abortion clinic in that state. chief justice john roberts joined the liberal wing in this decision. cbs's jan crawford reports tonight from the supreme court. >> reporter: for this louisiana abortion clinic a decision was a relief. clinics a decision ws a r >> to say we are elated hardly begins to come close to what we are feeling. >> reporter: kathaleen pittman's hope medical group for women had argued the louisiana law, which required doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals was an impossible burden. the justices agreed with conservative chief justice john roberts again casting the deciding vote with liberals to strike down the law. it was the first time in roberts' career he has voted against an abortion restriction. writing for the liberals, justice stephen breyer says the louisiana law poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking an abortion. roberts wrote his own more narrow opinion pointing to a decision four years ago that invalidated a nearly identical texas abortion law. in that case, roberts joined conservatives in dissent. he wrote today "i continue to believe that the case was wrongly decided. the question is not whether it was right or wrong, but whether to adhere to it in deciding the present case." that is not the outcome many expected. with the addition of two new justices appointed by president trump, it was widely believed the court was poised to allow greater restrictions on abortion. conservatives blanched at roberts decision. >> he wants the court to be perceived as apolitical. but unfortunately by making some of these decisions n a political basis, rather than on a legal basis, he is doing the exact opposite. >> reporter: but siding with liberals is becoming a familiar pattern with roberts in some of these big cases going back to 2012 when he provided that key fifth vote to save obamacare to the recent ruling preserving daca, all big disappointments for conservatives, major. >> garrett: jan crawford, thank you. tonight the white house is insisting president trump was never briefed on reports of a russian plot to target americans in afghanistan. now members of congress of both parties including top republicans want answers. cbs's weijia jiang is at the white house tonight, weijia? >> reporter: major, today a group of republican lawmakers came here to the white house for a classified briefing on that report and tomorrow a handful of democrats will receive one too. their leaders are urging the administration to brief all members of congress as questions continue to mount. tonight lawmakers are demanding answers from the white house about reports that russia secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for bowntees to tal killing american soldiers earlier this year. president trump claims he wasn't briefed on the matter because the intelligence gathered was not credible. but cbs news has learned the president's national security aides discussed it. >> if you weren't briefed on this important report, how can you run an administration wheret brought to your level. >> reporter: military officials were reportedly reviewing american casualties in afghanistan to find out whether russia was linked to any of them. congressman mike mccaul was one of several republicans briefed at the white house this afternoon. >> if it is true i think it's very important to say that there should be very severe consequences on mr. putin and russia. they are not our friend. >> reporter: congresswoman liz cheney was also in the briefing, earlier on twitter she asked what has been done in response to protect our forces and hold putin accountable? democrats claim the president's coziness with russia may have influenced the administration's hesponse. >> despite what donald trump may think, russia is not a trend, they are a foe. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the intelligence community knew about the allegations and that while the c.i.a. believed them to be legitimate, the national security agency questioned their validity. the white house says that is why president trump did not hear about the assessment. >> so intelligence is verified before it reaches the president of the united states. and in this case it was not verified. >> reporter: president's often receive intelligence assessments presented with varying levels of confidence. for example, information that is used to track and thwart terror threats, sources tell cbs news the term "verified" is not typically used within the intel community, major. >> garrett: weijia jiang, thank you. the former minneapolis police officer accused of murdering george floyd had a court appearance along with three other accused of aiding and abetting him. floyd was killed five weeks tonight setting off protests against racial injustice and police brutality. jamie yuccas reports from minneapolis. >> reporter: the four former police officers charged in the death of george floyd appeared in a minneapolis court. two were able to walk in with their attorneys. derek chauvin who was seen kneeling on floyd's neck appeared on video conference from a detention center. the judge set a date for the first trial for all four officers, march 2021. members of the floyd family sat in the front row of the court room today, including george floyd's uncle selwyn jones. >> they had control of him breathe or not breathing. and they, you saw what they did. >> floyd's last words of "i can't breathe" sparked protests worldwide, with many asking for police reform. a recent new york times study found that over the past decade 70 people have died in law enforcement custody after saying those same words. >> this is a luau party! >> reporter: including 23 year old elijah mcclain, a black man put into a chokehold by colorado police last year and later died. at a violin vigil for the musician over the weekend the city of aurora officers are being questioned after using pepper spray to disperse the crowd. they can't murder peopleow that whenever they have a bad attitude. >> reporter: back here in minneapolis the judge says there are 8,000 documents including video and audio recordings for both sides to sort through. the officers face up to 40 years in prison if convicted, major. >> garrett: jamie yuccas, thank you. two tulsa, oklahoma, police officers are in critical condition tonight after both were shot in the head during a traffic stop. one of the officers is a rookie. he had only been on the patrol for six weeks, the other a sergeant. police say a suspect is now in custody. tonight the secretary of the army is pleading with the public to help find a young soldier who has been missing from fort hood in texas for more than two months. investigators suspect foul play in the disappearance of private first class vanessa guillen who had recently told family she had been sexually harassed on the base. here's cbs's mireya villarreal. >> reporter: volunteers scoured the central texas brush searching for private first class vanessa guillen. >> i feel that somebody at some point would have been able to notice something and the fact that they are not speaking up only makes things worse. >> reporter: the 20 year old has been missing since april, her mother gloria pleading for the army to give answers. >> ( speaking spanish ) >> reporter: guillen was last seen in a parking lot on fort hood base. investigators say they found her car keys, id and wallet in her armory room where she was working but her cell phone is missing. >> she had actually texted her boyfriend that she was going to go into work. and she would text back as soon as she could. and that text never came. >> reporter: the u.s. army criminal investigation command has launched an investigation saying they are doing all they can to find her. >> we want to bring vanessa home, as efficiently and rapidly as possible. >> reporter: but the family's attorney natalie khawan is demanding the case be removed from base officials and independently investigated. was vanessa having problems within her unit? >> we understand she was sexually harassed by a couple of her superiors on two different occasions, that she reported to her family, friends and colleagues at work. >> reporter: tonight we have confirmed the fbi is aiding in this investigation. although we have not independently verified those allegations of sexual harassment, we do know vanessa's story is inspiring others online, sort of having them, all these survivors come forward and say that they are vanessa too. the hashtag is #iamvanessa. major? >> garrett: mireya villarreal, thank you. there is still much more news ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. an unusual court appearance and a guilty plea from the man known as the golden state killer. later, for a teenage covid patient, the best medicine was a sketch pad. patient, the best medicine was a sketch pad. get in its way. hpv can affect males and females... and there's no way to predict who will or won't clear the virus. but you can help protect your child by taking a first step. the cdc recommends hpv vaccination at age 11 or 12 to help protect against certain cancers. hey cancer! not... my... child. don't wait... talk to your child's doctor about hpv vaccination today. instead of using aloe, or baby wipes, or powders. try the cooling, soothing relief of preparation h. because your derriere deserves expert care. try new soothing relief. neuriva has clinically proven oingredients that fuel five, indicators of brain performanc: memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. well, here's to first dates! you look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know, it's half-washed. try downy fabric conditioner. unlike detergent alone, downy helps prevent stretching by conditioning and smoothing fibers, so clothes look newer, longer. downy and it's done. amazing school district. the hoa has been very involved. these shrubs aren't board approved. you need to break down your cardboard. thank you. violation. violation. i see you've met cynthia. at least geico makes bundling our home and car insurance easy. and it does help us save a bunch of money. two inches over regulation. thanks, cynthia. for bundling made easy, go to geico.com golden state killer, 74 year old joseph deangelo, jr. pleaded guilty today to 13 murina plaste shield, was wheeled into a temporary courtroom at sacramento state university, a room large enough to allow social distancing. the former police officer was arrested two years ago in connection with a wave of rapes and break-ins that terrorized california back in the 1970s and '80s. decades later, his dna was traced through a genealogy website. deangelo told investigators he was gided by an inner voice known to him as jerry. he will now spend the rest of his life in prison. no chance of parole. and what the federal aviation administration calls an important milestone, the boeing 737 max took the first of three certification flights today. the f.a.a. is overseeing the tests focused on the plane's automated flight controls. the 737 max has been grounded, you might recall, since march of 2019 after a pair of crashes overseas killed 346. boeing said it hopes to get the max back in service later this year. up next, how art helped a teenage covid patient and his doctors and nurses. >> if you can't watch the cbs evening news, you can listen. subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. sponsored by u.s. bank. sored by u.s. banks. that's the clarity you get with fidelity wealth management. for spending a perfectly reasonable amount of time on the couch with tacos from grubhub? 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