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Threat tonight. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Tonight, tens of millions of americans are in the path of dangerous storms from texas to vermont. Good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. Its a fourth straight day of Severe Weather bringing destructive wind, flooding, and tornadoes. Several twisters touched down last night in the hawkeye state, including one with winds up to 165 Miles Per Hour. And the scope of the devastation is heartbreaking. This is what the small town of greenfield, iowa, looks like from above tonight. Home after home brought to the ground. Search and rescue operations are underway right now, with the governor revealing its unknown exactly how many people are dead or missing. Cbss Roxana Saberi is in greenfield tonight, talking to families who lost everything. Reporter the tornado that ripped through greenfield, iowa, left a trail of destruction several miles long. This is a Search And Rescue mission, and it will continue to be throughout the day. Reporter winds in excess of 136 Miles Per Hour shredded homes and flung cars and trees, 4 people died, and at least 35 were injured. Dont know whose tv that is. Reporter zeke chafa says one of his two daughters was at home alone when the twister hit. She survived by hiding in their basement. I got my daughter. Everything else can be replaced. Reporter including, he says, his home of 20 years. Is all of this stuff yours, do you think . I dont think any of it is. Thats a fridge from somebodys house. My fridge is over there. Thats a big tornado. Reporter at least 18 tornadoes were reported across the state yesterday, including this one near the town of nevada. A Traffic Camera captured the moment it barreled across a highway, flipping this semitruck. The storms are part of an unrelenting season of Severe Weather. More than 850 tornadoes have been reported across the u. S. Already this year far above average. Back in greenfield, Sisters Keely and Kaiya Pickrell told us they are still in shock. You must have a lot of memories here. Yeah. Reporter do you want to build new ones . Yeah. Yeah. Reporter here . Yeah. Yep. I hope so. Reporter we have seen residents here all day, helping one another, picking up the pieces, and they all say the same thing they want to rebuild if they can. Norah . Norah Roxana Saberi, thank you for being there. There is breaking news tonight. New questions surrounding Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito after a New York Times report of a revolutionary war era flag linked to the january 6th insurrection photographed outside alitos beach house in new jersey last summer. It was an Appeal To Heaven flag, which became a symbol of support for Donald Trumps Stop The Steal campaign to overturn the 2020 election. The times previously reported another Stop The Steal symbol, an upside down american flag, was flown outside alitos home in Virginia In January of 2021. Alito says his wife put up that flag as part of a dispute with a neighbor. The revelation has dozens of democratic lawmakers calling on the justice to recuse himself from january 6threlated cases. Today, 19 families of Uvalde School shooting victims announced they have settled one lawsuit against the city for 2 million, but they are filing another against the School District and 92 state police officers. This week marks two years since officers waited 77 minutes to confront the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at robb elementary. Cbss Lilia Luciano is back in uvalde. Reporter still in search of answers and accountability, nearly two years to the day, the families of slain and some surviving victims filed a 500 million federal lawsuit, calling the response the greatest lawenforcement failure in confronting an active shooter in american history. The time has come to do the right thing. Reporter the lawsuit names 92 individual officers from the Texas Department of public safety, the agency with the largest presence at robb elementary, as the killer was left inside the two classrooms, shooting multiple times for more than an hour. 376 officers doing their job and unable to protect these children for 77 minutes. Reporter but in a city torn apart by rage, grief, and Political Polarization since may 2022, families have reached a 2 million settlement with the city, which included Enhancement Police training and a new fitness for duty standard, among other community resources. Anybody hearing 2 million would conclude that cant be satisfactory settlement in this case. Yeah, thats right. Reporter why . You do not want to go after your city that you know and love and potentially even jeopardize them financially and put them into bankruptcy. Reporter 10yearold victim lexi rubios mom, kimberly, says the second year is increasingly difficult. I think the first year, you are in shock, and numb. Year 2 comes around, and its just, its been a really long time since we have seen her. Held her. Heard her. Reporter why was it important to reach the settlement . This isnt justice, but its the citys Step Toward Promoting Healing in our community, and this is lexis community, this is my community. Reporter in addition to that 2 million settlement, which is coming from the insurance that the city holds, the city has also agreed to make may 24th an annual day of remembrance and to build a permanent memorial to honor the victims, including all those children, possibly at this town square. Norah . Norah Lilia Luciano, thank you for all your reporting from there. We appreciate it. Tonight, the families of female idf soldiers taken on october 7th want you to see the images we are about to show you, and a warning, they are disturbing. They show the women bound, some bloodied, before they were ushered into a Waiting Vehicle at gunpoint. The families released the video in an attempt to pressure israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their release. And tonight there are new protests. Its not the only pressure that netanyahu is feeling after three countries said today theyll recognize Palestinian Statehood. Cbss imtiaz tyab has more from east jerusalem. Reporter Prime Minister netanyahu responded with fury, calling it a reward for terrorism. But the leaders of norway, spain, and ireland insist the move to recognize a Palestinian State was in support of peace. And because we believe that Permanent Peace can only be secured upon the basis of the free will of a free people. Reporter regional analysts say the move by the european nations, which is largely symbolic, may be a sign the u. S. s decadeslong dominance over the socalled Peace Process is starting to wane. The last time direct talks were held between the israelis and palestinians was during the obama administration, and that collapsed in a matter of months. The three european leaders said their recognition of palestine was also part of efforts to pressure israel to end the fighting in gaza. And the pressure is only mounting tonight after the families of five israeli women released graphic images of their abduction from the nir oz kibbutz, part of a desperate plea to Prime Minister netanyahu to agree to a deal with hamas to secure their release. Orly gilboa is the mother of 19yearold daniela. I just want everyone do whatever they can to bring her home. Reporter in gaza, the fighting rages on. A cbs news team was at the alaqsa hospital in deir al bala after an israeli air strike killed at least 12. And between a potential Arrest Warrant for alleged war crimes, the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian State by european powers, and anguished pleas from Hostage Families at home, netanyahu is facing pressure from all sides as he desperately tries to cling onto power. Norah . Norah imtiaz tyab, thank you. There is breaking news tonight in the 2024 race for president. Former republican president ial candidate nikki haley said this. So i will be voting for trump. Having said that, i stand by what i said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me. And not assume that they are just going to be with him. And i genuinely hope he does that. Norah haley has had sharp differences with her former boss, and previously called trump not qualified to lead the nation. Heres a look at tonights other top headlines, starting with the fallout from Donald Trumps contraception comments, with cbs pittsburgh. First, the former president said he wants restrictions on contraceptive access. Then he backtracked. Cbss Scott Macfarlane has reaction. Reporter democrats have been trying to press womens reproductive rights into a Winning Campaign issue. Now they are considering a plan to make access to contraceptives a federal right. Leaning into the former president s comments he would be open to restriction. Well, we are looking at that, and i am going to have a policy on that very shortly. Reporter minnesota democrat Amy Klobuchar says congress has to move on this. I take him at his word because we saw it time and time again with the kind of judges he put on the court. Reporter democrats know they dont have 60 votes to make this law, but they want to make some political noise. Norah now to that deadly sudden turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight from london monday. Cbss Chris Livesay reports the u. S. Is now part of the investigation. Reporter at least 20 people are still in intensive care, and now we are hearing more harrowing details from those on board. They hit the ceiling. There is dents on the overhead luggage compartments. What you would expect to be a warning for some kind of incoming turbulence. It didnt happen. Reporter the ntsb is sending investigators to bangkok, where the plane made an emergency landing. Norah next, to graceland, where the American Landmark in memphis is safe, at least for now. Cbss Omar Villafranca on what happens next. Reporter graceland, the legendary home of elvis presley, will not go up for a foreclosure auction tomorrow, after a judge in memphis paused the proceedings. Just hours after the judge granted the injunction, someone who claims to be a representative of naussany investments now says that the company is withdrawing the case that it made a 3. 8 million loan to elvis late daughter, lisa marie presley, with graceland as collateral, saying the loan wasnt paid off before she died. Lisa maries daughter and heir, riley keough, says her mother never borrowed the money and says the claims were fraudulent. Norah and finally to turks and caicos, where Five Americans are being held after small amount of ammunition were found in their luggage. That includes a florida grandmother who spoke to cbss kris van cleave. Reporter Sharitta Grier was on a surprise mothers day vacation with her daughter when Police Allege Airport Security spotted two rounds of ammo in her bag as she was leaving the turks and caicos. She insists she didnt know the bullets were there. You spent a few nights behind bars. I did. Reporter what was that experience like . They chained me to a chair by my leg. Its cold. Im scared. It was awful. Reporter a delegation of u. S. Lawmakers just met with local leaders, Urging Leniency and hoping for a solution, but the fate of the Five Americans is up to the courts. Norah thanks to our cbs news teams around the globe. A big announcement today about those popular buy now, pay later plans, you know what im talking about, well, money watch is next. About, well, money watch is next. So this is better. Even this. Dupixent is an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma thats not for sudden breathing problems. Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. 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Reporter from clothes to Beauty Products to appliances, buy now, pay later is exploding as a result of rising prices. Its just another way for people to buy things they cannot afford. Reporter and now, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says lenders that offer interestfree payments in limited installments, like afterpay, affirm, klarna, and paypal, must follow the same federal rule as credit card companies. So, we really think that when people borrow, they should know before they owe. Reporter this means lenders must investigate customers disputes on charges, allow shoppers to demand refunds on returned product or canceled services, and provide regular billing statements. Cfpb director rohit chopra spoke to cbs news in an exclusive interview. You dont have to jump through all of the hoops that some of these companies have set up. Reporter half of shoppers 25 to 44 say they have used buy now, pay later. Also buying in, Hundreds Of Thousands of merchants, including walmart, target, and amazon. How worried are you that lowerincome groups and minorities have been adversely impacted by buy now, pay later . Typically, with new forms f credit, it usually is those who are living paycheck to paycheck who often feel the brunt when things go wrong. Reporter both klarna and affirm say they already offer shoppers the protections the cfpb is mandating, but klarna added, it was baffling to be put in the same category as credit cards. We want to make sure that buy now, pay later lending doesnt turn into a big financial headache for families in the country. Reporter this rule goes into effect in 60 days, but unlike credit cards, buy now, pay later loans are not often reported to credit bureaus, so you cant always tell how much debt someone has taken on. But that is something that could change soon, as well. Norah . Norah such an important story. Jo ling kent, thank you so much. 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In tonights eye on america, ben tracy reports on the power of this simultaneous invasion, not just to captivate, but to unify. Reporter this is crazy. I mean, this is like cicada jackpot here. It is. Its pretty cool. Reporter Kristi Shirley brought us to this park by her home in southern illinois, where she has been captivated by the army of Cicadas Marching Up Thed its just like, wow, is this what we are watching in front of our eyes . Reporter by now, you are probably familiar with the headlines. Billions of cicadas showing up in 16 states in the southeast and midwest to mate. Yeah, so what is that noise we are hearing . That is the call of a single male tredecassini. Reporter but Biologist Gene Kritsky says there may be a deeper meaning in this insect invasion. The cicadas are coming together at a time when it is all too easy to see what keeps us apart. As if nature is yet again trying to capture our collective attention. Do i have a cicada on my back . Yes, you do. Oh, it was a big one. A neotredecim. Reporter in april, so many of us gathered to stop and stare during a total eclipse of the sun. Earlier this month, millions of us marveled as the Northern Lights danced across the night sky. Two events accurately predicted by astronomers. Now we are seeing Periodical Cicadas coming out of the ground predicted by entomologists. At a time when people lost faith in science, this shows that science works, and we get it right. Reporter i dont want to overplay this, but does it give us this kind of shared experience, in a world where we dont have that many of those anymore . I think so. I was at an eclipse party and there were people there from all political persuasions. We didnt talk politics. We watched the solar eclipse. Reporter now, kritsky has created an app called cicada safari, to track where and when the bugs arrive, and its bringing together. I think you are super user, arent you . I am a super user. Reporter those who find Something Special in these rather unique looking insects. This event is just so spectacular. Reporter at that park in illinois, we saw natures power to give complete strangers something to talk about. When Kristi Shirley met blaine rothauser. You just met in this park . Just met. We go back in the day. 5 minutes. Reporter 5 minutes ago . Yeah. Reporter when was the last time you are in a park and started talking to somebody you dont know . Yeah, we dont i dont do that too much. Reporter its been a while . Its nice to find those moments these days because it does feel like most everything now is starting with, what do you believe, what do you support, what team are you on . Whats important is, are we all curious . Reporter and whats also important is to remember that while we so often think we live in separate worlds, we actually share one. For eye on america, ben tracy, charleston, illinois. 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