Michigan are cleaning up after more than three dozen tornadoes touched down. So your trailer was here. Yeah, my trailer was here. And now . Now its over here. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We come on the air tonight with Breaking News with another outbreak of tornadoes, this time in tennessee, illinois, and missouri. This is the Third Straight day of dangerous and possibly deadly weather moving across the u. S. Tens of millions of people tonight are in the path of this massive storm system that stretches from texas to virginia, with severe thunderstorms, destructive winds, large hail, and more twisters. Todays threats follow another Night Of Terror in the midwest and the ohio valley, with at least 19 tornadoes in eight states. Homes and businesses were torn apart, including this Fedex Facility in the town of portage, michigan. Thats just south of kalamazoo. Trees were ripped up and power was knocked out for Tens Of Thousands of residents. Tonight, we have Team Coverage of this wild weather, and cbss Roxana Saberi will start us off. Reporter tonight, once again, a Tornado Threat became reality across the midsection of the country. Power flash, look at that. Reporter up north, tornadoes tore across the midwest tuesday. Thats a big one. Reporter at least three have been confirmed in michigan, prompting the states firstever tornado emergency. In the crosshairs, kalamazoo county, where 176 homes were damaged or destroyed. The city of portage took a direct hit not once, but twice, in less than an hour and a half. An ef2 twister with winds of 135 Miles Per Hour mangled this Fedex Facility. Authorities tell cbs news Everyone Inside was able to escape by the time rescuers arrived. This doorbell camera captured the moment a tornado toppled nearly every tree in sight. Oh, my god reporter while a few miles away, a twister slammed pavilion estates, splintering several mobile homes and injuring at least 12 people. Today, The Sound Of Chainsaws filled the air, as residents began cleaning up. The force of the first tornado was so strong, it wrapped multiple homes around this tree. So your trailer was here . Yeah, my trailer was here. Reporter and now . Now its over there, yes. Reporter thats your trailer. Gerald brooks said he survived by hiding in his closet. I just said a couple prayers, and just curled up in a ball, probably about ten seconds i was in the air. Reporter so you think if you werent in the closet. I dont think i would have been here. Reporter the red cross has opened an Emergency Shelter to help families displaced by the tornadoes that ripped through neighborhoods like this one. The Family Living in this house told us they have had to move out, and now they are just waiting for their home to collapse. Norah . Norah Roxana Saberi, thank you for being there. There is even more Severe Weather in the forecast tonight and tomorrow, so lets bring in meteorologist Reynolds Wolf from our partners at the weather channel. Good evening, reynolds. Good evening, norah. We have got the boom of Thunderw Yester City and the set up that we have atmospherically speaking is very similar to what we saw yesterday. Plenty of Moisture Feeding in from the gulf of mexico, we have the Daytime Heating creating an unstable air mass, and then we have this energy that is rolling from west to east, and you see the result right there. It is a bevy of watches and warnings, and again some very tumultuous storms racing across americas landscape, bringing with it really the hammer blows of Severe Weather, including tornadoes. Now, at this time, we do have a torcon listed for much of the area that ranges in a 5. Now remember they go from 1 to 10, so a 5 is where we stand. In terms of damaging wind, greater likelihood of damage there, certainly widespread Power Outages may be in the mix and also the very formation of very large hail. But what may prove to be the biggest part of the story is the rainfall. It could be excessive. We are talking about an area that has had plenty of moisture, and with another 2 to 3 inches of rainfall possible as we make our way through the next several hours, there is certainly a very good chance of some flash flooding. Now, the system is eventually going to linger a bit more towards the east and to the south, but still, millions of americans will be under threat for tomorrow. Norah . Norah thats good information. Reynolds wolf, thank you so much. Turning now to the israelhamas war and the Breaking News out of the white house. President biden issuing a warning to Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu the u. S. Will not supply weapons that israel could use in an assault in the Southern City of rafah. We get details now from chief Foreign Affairs correspondent and Face The Nation moderator margaret brennan. Lets go reporter this is what the Israeli Military calls a limited operation in rafah, where air strikes today hit one of the most densely populated places on earth. Nearly 1. 5 Million People have swelled into this part of southern gaza. Casualties and lack of supplies overwhelmed this Kuwait Hospital director. I feel that the rockets, the explosive bombs, are completely different from those which have been used before. Reporter the Biden Administration announced that while it is surging weapons to israel, it has simultaneously paused delivery of 3500 socalled dumb bombs, due to concern of the impact of 2,000pound bombs in dense urban settings. Civilians have been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bombs, and other ways in which they go after population centers. And ive made it clear that if they go into rafah, they havent gone into rafah yet, if they go into rafah, im not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah, to deal with the cities, to deal with that problem. Reporter the Israeli Military publicly downplayed the pause, but privately, cbs was told of deep frustration. Including among republicans. This is obscene. It is absurd. Give israel what they need to fight the war they cant afford to lose. Reporter it is the first such limiting action put on israel in this sevenmonth war hamas began back in october. But President Biden warned israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu a month ago that he was considering a Policy Change of israel did not show more care for civilians. Half of the 35,000 dead in gaza are children. While biden did usher through 26 billion in Emergency Aid to israel, hes under pressure from more than half of congressional democrats, who are calling for him to withhold offensive weaponry. Now he is trying to signal u. S. Support may not be unequivocal when it comes to how israel uses u. S. Taxpayerfunded weapons. We just dont believe its possible to move those people to other places inside gaza, and we have not seen a plan to take care of them if they were moved to other places. Reporter and the president also said tonight the u. S. May pause artillery shell deliveries. Meanwhile, the cia director, bill burns, met with netanyahu in israel and is now back in egypt, and it is the united states, norah, that is leading these diplomatic efforts to release hostages and pause the fighting. Norah no doubt they are working very hard on this. Margaret brennan, thank you. Tonight, another win for Donald Trumps legal team as they pushed to delay his trials. The start date of the Georgia Election interference case is now in limbo after an Appeals Court agreed to hear trumps argument to disqualify District Attorney fani willis. Trump and other defendants want her off the case, claiming her relationship with a former Special Prosecutor presented a conflict of interest. On tuesday, the judge in his classified documents case postponed that trial indefinitely, saying it will take months to settle disputes over evidence. Meanwhile, trumps socalled hush money trial, well, that resumes in new york tomorrow. Now to a cbs news exclusive. A former Spirit Aerosystems employee who blew the whistle over Safety Concerns is now breaking his silence to cbs news. The company is a major supplier for boeing and has been under intense scrutiny since january when a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines plane midflight. Well, tonight, the whistleblower is telling his story to our Senior Transportation correspondent kris van cleave. If quality matter, i would still be at spirit. Reporter for about a decade, Santiago Paredes worked at the end of the Production Line at one of boeings largest suppliers, Spirit Aerosystems, doing final inspections on 737 fuselages before they would ship to boeing. How often did you find issues . Every day. Im finding over 100 defects in every day. Reporter findings he says his managers pressured him to keep to a minimum, even, he says, referring to him by the nickname showstopper because repairs he identified delayed deliveries, which he says costid photos of dent they always said that they didnt have time to fix mistakes. Reporter didnt have time because they needed to get the planes out . They needed to get the planes out, yep. Reporter cbs news spoke with several current and former spirit employees and reviewed photos of dented fuselages and a wrench they say was left behind in a supposedly readytodeliver component. Were these defects that if they werent fixed could be a safety issue down the line . Some of them were because some of them were missing fasteners. Reporter and a fastener holds parts of the plane together . Yeah. Reporter boeing confirms it has long had a team that minds and fixes defects in spirit products after delivery when boeing is assembling the planes. Its a recipe for disaster, really. I said it was just a matter of time before something bad happened. Reporter in february 2022, paredes said his bosses asked him to speed up inspections, by being less specific about where he was finding issues. He emailed his managers, writing the request was unethical. What happened to you . They took my teammate away. They stripped me from my from my leadership position. Reporter after filing an Ethics Complaint with hr and contacting the companys ceo, paredes eventually was reinstated, but says he had enough, resigning that summer. It takes a toll on you, and i was tired of fighting. Reporter until today, paredes, an air force veteran who spent 12 years at spirits wichita plant, was known as former employee 1 in a lawsuit brought in december by spirit shareholders, alleging widespread quality failures. Quality failures paredes says boeing was well aware of. For many years, they knew they were getting defective fuselages. Reporter he says he frequently found issues in door panels similar to the one that blew out a 737 max midflight in january. The ongoing Ntsb Investigation indicates that door panel was removed during final assembly to allow Spirit Contractors to make defect repairs. It appears the bolts holding the panel were not reinstalled. Working at spirit, i almost grew a fear of flying. Theres about two or three units that is in the back of your mind that you know that you would never want to fly. Reporter you think there are planes out there that you wouldnt want to fly on . Knowing what i know about the 737 . It makes me very uncomfortable when i fly on one of them. Reporter spirit declined our request for an interview, but in a statement says the claims against the company in that Shareholder Lawsuits are unfounded, and it remains committed to addressing concerns and continuously improving Workplace Safety standards. Norah . Norah so, kris, it seems like one of the obvious questions is, what is boeing doing about this . Reporter well, since march, boeing has been inspecting every fuselage that comes off the line in wichita. Boeings ceo says that has cut defect issued by about 80 . Boeing maintains the 737 is safe. Norah kris van cleave, thank you very much. Theres Breaking News tonight from here in washington. Democrats joined republicans in an overwhelming vote to defeat a motion to remove House Speaker mike johnson from his leadership position. To be vacant [boos] norah you can hear it. Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene was met with boos after she filed that motion to vacate the chair. Greene wanted to remove Spear Johnson after he helped pass several bipartisan bills, including a foreign aid package with funds for ukraine. Major cities across the u. S. Have been battling an expensive problem for the last several years organized retail theft. In 2022 alone, the losses added up to more than 100 billion. Well, now, new york city is cracking down on these operations that buy stolen goods in bulk and then resell it for a huge profit. Here is cbss lilia luciano. Reporter weve all seen the videos of flash mobs and smashandgrabs targeting popular chain stores. Now police say some of those thefts could be fueling the organized retail crime. They were doing this to make money. Reporter manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg announced recovering a Million Dollars in stolen goods headed for resale. We found hundreds of boxes of stolen items, ranging from designer purses, electronic devices, overthecounter medications. Reporter its called fencing. The people behind Fencing Operations often use individual shoplifters to steal goods from your local duane reade, your bodega, your convenience store. From there, the goods are brought to the fencers, who boost their bottom line by reselling them. Reporter a similar Operation Shutdown in los angeles. Police found hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen items believed to be from target, cvs, and walmart. Los angeles, san francisco, oakland, houston, and new york are the most impacted by organized retail crime. Recently, norah spoke with the ceo of cvs health, karen lynch, about the problem. Norah i remember back in the day, the really expensive stuff would be under lock and key. I get that. But now it is like shampoo and toothpaste. Why . Because they are coming in and they are just ripping through, like, the entire counter. And so, we are trying to keep things safe. Reporter the new york d. A. Said today that more than 200,000 from that milliondollar bust were goods that were stolen from macys alone. And experts say that this type of crime doesnt only impact what consumers could end up paying, but also jobs, because many of these retailers end up shutting down stories. Norah . Norah it is a big problem. Lilia luciano, thank you so much. Dramatic moments as a fedex plane skids down a runway. Look at this, sparks flying. Weve got the details next. T. And who are antiachr antibody positive, season to season, ultomiris is continuous symptom control, with improvement in activities of daily living. It is reduced muscle weakness. And ultomiris is the only longacting Gmg Treatment with the freedom of just 6 to 7 infusions per year, for a predictable routine i can count on. 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