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today. >> yes. parts legacy fleet of trains will soon be out of commission for good. >> it goes. just three of these legacy fleet trains are still running today since b.a.r.t. got a major update in 2016, replacing the original models. >> they still look pretty good though. today the last of the legacy fleet trains will reach our final stop in a final ride off in the sunset from macarthur ♪ ♪ tonight, done deal. after a tortured journey. house lawmakers finally vote to send billions of dollars in foreign aid to ukraine, israel, and taiwan, but what's the cost to speaker mike johnson? >> you do the right thing, and you let the chips fall where
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they may. also tonight, tensions simmer between iran and israel as israel launches new strikes on gaza. >> reporter: i'm debora patta in jerusalem. the war in gaza has reached a grim new milestone. 34,000 dead, mostly women and children. trump stumps, stepping away from the courtroom to cash in on the campaign trail. plus, historic win. volkswagen workers accelerate the uaw's push to organize the south. >> volkswagen family, welcome to the uaw. columbine, 25 years later. a victim's father reflects on the legacy of his lost son. >> after columbine they wrote to us and said, you know, we've received a number of donations in daniel's name. weekend washout. texas gets drenched. and later, peacocks run amok. how a florida community is
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turning to the scalpel to trim the out-of-control population. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from washington with adriana diaz. i'm nancy cordes. adriana is off. tonight, after six months of wrangling, the house has passed $95 billion in aid for ukraine, israel, and taiwan. it now heads to the senate. the hold-up was the funding for ukraine, which the white house says is crucial to help that country repel the ongoing russian invasion. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy expressed his thanks to congress on social media today. fewer than half of all house republicans, though, voted for that funding, and now some of them are threatening to oust one of their own, house speaker mike johnson, for allowing that vote in the first place. natalie brand has been covering all of it on capitol hill and joins us now.
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good evening, natalie. >> reporter: good evening, nancy. these three foreign aid bills passed with rare bipartisan support. speaker johnson calling the world a tinderbox, said it demands american leadership. now his leadership is being challenged by some republican rebels. cheers and a show of support for ukraine as $60 billion in foreign aid for the war-torn country finally cleared the u.s. house after months of republican opposition and gridlock. it's part of a $95 billion package with separate bills also passing for israel and taiwan. ukrainians demonstrating outside the capitol cheered for the critically needed assistance. >> every day costs lives. costs lives of my friends, of my classmates, of my schoolmates. >> reporter: congressman adam smith, ranking democrat on the armed services committee, believes passage means ukraine has a chance to survive. >> ukraine's being outgunned
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like ten to one in terms of ammunition. if we do get the support to them, most of the military experts that i have spoken to believe that ukraine will be able to hold that line. >> reporter: it's an issue that's further divided a fractured republican party, with more gop members voting against ukraine aid than for it. >> nothing is done to secure our border or reduce our debt. >> reporter: that could cause speaker mike johnson with marjorie taylor greene and two others, including kentucky's thomas massie, threatening to try and oust him. do you have a timeline on when you would like to -- >> we'd like -- we'd like him to resign today. he should have resigned. >> reporter: speaker johnson said today, he's not worried about losing his job. >> i have to do my job. we did. i've done here what i believe to be the right thing, and let the chips fall where they may. >> reporter: a fourth foreign policy bill that passed today paves the way for a possible ban of tiktok if chinese-based bytedance doesn't sell its
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stake, nancy. >> that bill could be heading to the president's desk soon. natalie brand, thank you. today's congressional action includes $26 billion in aid to israel, some of which will be used to support defense systems that repelled recent attacks from iran. cbs's debora patta has the latest now from jerusalem. >> reporter: good evening. for now, at least, security experts here believe tehran will not respond to israel's retaliatory strike, but it has diverted attention from the war in gaza, which reached a grim new milestone. more than 34,000 dead. the frantic rush to save the injured after yet another israeli air strike in rafah. health workers do their best, but for this little girl it is too late. her father is inconsolable, pressing her tight against his chest one last time. the days grind on.
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the death toll mounts. in this room it is only the bodies of children. we have been here so many times in this nearly seven-month-long war. every day, more names added to a growing list of horror. trauma and grief play out on a never-ending loop. shellshocked residents standing in the ruins of their decimated homes. children trying to salvage what they can from the rubble. looking for something familiar. for more than two months, israel has threatened to send troops into rafah, but even without such an operation it is under regular bombardment. the strikes come at night. they come during the day. sometimes there's a warning from the israel defense force just before a hit. these residents are on the move, carrying backpacks and flour after being told to leave just this afternoon.
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"they're going to strike at 3:40, it's happening," shouts a man. minutes later, it's done. in this makeshift kindergarten, teachers provide a welcome relief from the war. more than half of gaza's 2.3 million palestinians are sheltering in rafah. it was supposed to be their last stop. despite the tensions this week with iran, the g7 meeting, which wrapped up in italy yesterday, is keeping the pressure on israel, warning that a full-scale operation in rafah, nancy, would have catastrophic consequences. >> devastating pictures. debora patta, thank you so much. tonight, former president trump is on the campaign trail in north carolina after spending the week attending his criminal trial in new york. cbs's bradley blackburn is outside the court with more. bradley? >> reporter: nancy, we are now used to seeing images of former
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president trump in court, but what is set to happen here monday is historic. the first time a former president will sit in front of a jury of his peers in a criminal trial. with jury selection finalized, former president trump is bracing for a historic day in court. >> what the judge wants is to go as fast as possible. that's for his reasons, not for my reasons. >> reporter: trump's attorneys had again tried to delay the trial and move it out of new york city, but friday an appeals court judge denied that latest effort. trump will face criminal charges of falsifying business records about alleged hush money payments to adult film actress stormy daniels. the jury that will decide the case includes a teacher, an investment banker, and a corporate lawyer. >> this jury is going to be in a fishbowl under a microscope. >> reporter: legal analyst jessica levinson says opening statements could last days. >> it sets the scene for the trial. it sets the tone. it lets the jurors know where you're going to go.
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>> reporter: the drama in court was eclipsed briefly friday in a park outside. a 37-year-old man doused himself with accelerant and set himself on fire. he later died in a hospital. >> we do not believe this was targeting any particular person or any particular group. we just, right now, are labeling it as sort of a conspiracy theorist. >> reporter: authorities say the incident was not a threat to the trial, but they are reassessing security. the barricades are up here. former president trump has said he is willing to testify in his own defense, but we don't know yet what subjects he might be asked about. the judge will decide that, nancy, on monday. >> opening statements could go on for days. bradley blackburn, thank you so much. tonight, organized labor has made new inroads in the south after a big breakthrough by the united auto workers. cbs's jeff nguyen is tracking the story for us tonight. jeff? >> reporter: nancy, following the historic union vote, volkswagen has acknowledged the results and thanked its employees for voting.
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auto workers at a volkswagen assembly plant in chattanooga, tennessee are revved up after a historic win. >> i'm about to cry. 14 years, this is my third union drive here. and we finally got it. >> reporter: last night they voted to join the united auto workers after two previous organizing attempts fell short. 73% of workers voting yes. that's a first in the south. >> the pundits have said to me repeatedly, before we announced this campaign, "you can't win in the south." but you all said, "what's next?" you all moved a mountain. >> reporter: this victory comes after large gains won by workers of the big three automakers. what does this say about the perception of organized labor in america? >> i think this is going to be a major boost for unions in america, more generally.
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it is such a spectacular win that it makes it easier for the uaw to organize at the 11 remaining nonunion automakers. >> reporter: these uaw gains appear to be part of a renaissance moment for unions. a year ago, the so-called summer of labor saw hollywood actors and writers and las vegas hotel workers winning big. the next test for the uaw comes next month with workers at two mercedes-benz plants voting to unionize in alabama. nancy? >> jeff nguyen, thank you. tonight, flash flooding threatens parts of the south. take a look at texas where widespread rain and thunderstorms soaked part of the state today. that's making driving treacherous on water-logged roads. today marks 1,200 days since the attack on the u.s. capitol. it has led to the largest criminal probe and prosecution in u.s. history, which is still
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ongoing. as cbs's scott macfarlane reports, one notorious and unsettling mystery remains. >> reporter: it might have been the most photographed crime in american history. but three years later, one particularly troubling image has yet to come into focus. you'd like to have an answer to that question? >> i'd love to have an answer, but we can't find it out so far. >> reporter: the people who constructed the gallows on the west front of the capitol on january 6th have never been identified, amid a mob chanting to hang some political leaders. >> hang mike pence! >> reporter: eleanor holmes norton represents washington, d.c., in the u.s. house. >> it has special meaning in the district of columbia because this is a black and brown city. so when you see gallows here where, in fact, people in years gone by were in fact hanged, it has very special meaning.
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>> reporter: cbs news has obtained new video showing people moving pieces into place before dawn. a new report from a congressional subcommittee says the construction began before 7:00 a.m. with the cross-beam and a neon orange noose added just after the rioters attacked the capitol at 1:00 p.m. cbs news has learned the rope was cut and tossed down after the riot and recovered by an international journalist who turned it over to the fbi. >> started the white house -- >> reporter: jane campbell of the u.s. capitol historical society says it's an image that is now seared into history. >> the images of terror at times when our country is in its worst moments stick with us. >> reporter: though that mystery remains, the department of justice and the fbi have found more than 1,350 people they believe were part of the january 6th attack. with hundreds more arrests still possible. scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. straight ahead on the "cbs
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weekend news," remembering columbine, 25 years later. nothing comes close to this place in the morning. i'm so glad i can still come here. you see, i was diagnosed with obstructive hcm. and there were some days i was so short of breath. i thought i'd have to settle for never stepping foot on this trail again. i became great at making excuses. but i have people who count on me so i talked to my cardiologist. i said there must be more we can do for my symptoms. he told me about a medication called camzyos. he said camzyos works by targeting what's causing my obstructive hcm. so he prescribed it and i'm really glad he did. camzyos is used to treat adults with symptomatic obstructive hcm. camzyos may improve your symptoms and your ability to be active. camzyos may cause serious side effects, including heart failure that can lead to death. a risk that's increased if you develop a serious infection or irregular heartbeat or when taking certain other medicines. so do not stop, start or change medicines or the dose without telling your healthcare provider. you must have echocardiograms
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karen morfitt of cbs colorado spoke to daniel's dad about the far-reaching legacy his son left behind. >> reporter: sitting in the library at columbine high school today, his son's shoes on his feet, tom mauser doesn't focus on what happened 25 years ago. instead, he reflects on the good happening inside another school thousands of miles away. >> we have been contributing to an organization called unbound, and it was a young girl in guatemala that was benefitting from that. and after columbine they wrote to us and said, you know, we've -- we've received a number of donations in daniel's name. >> reporter: roughly $77,000 was raised from those wanting to honor his son. it was enough to build a school where that little girl lived, and the mauser family was asked to come and visit. >> and then there were some buildings next door that were still under construction. i said, what's that? oh, that's the high school. we had enough money to do that also. >> reporter: and then he learned of yet another building. >> they had enough money to
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build a library in another community, given that daniel was killed in the library in columbine. >> reporter: it would be the first in a town of 20,000 people, and the joy it brought, he says, put their own pain into perspective. >> you saw the smiles on these kids' faces. you think, oh my god. what they go through every day, what they have been through. we've been through hell too. so have they. >> reporter: 25 years later, he's received several photos and calls from travelers who have come across that library, dedicated to his son, daniel mauser. karen morfitt, cbs news, denver. >> what a gift for that town. we'll be right back. did i read this? did i get eggs? where are my keys? memory and thinking issues keep piling up? it may be due to a buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain.
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tonight, we're remembering a champion of chicago's south side who we have followed for years here. raydell lacey died from cancer this week. our adriana diaz first met her in 2016 when lacey lost her grandson, e.j., to gun violence. she vowed then to turn her grief into a game-changing movement. she started not before my parents, an organization that taught young chicagoans chess, and the power of using their minds to solve life's challenges. >> and i don't have to beat him with these. i can beat him with this right here. >> raydell lacey, or nana, as she was known by her loved ones, was 68 years old. next on the "cbs weekend news," peacock problems. how a miami suburb is curbing a skyrocketing population. before my doctor and i chose breztri for my copd, i had bad days. [cough] flare-ups that could permanently damage my lungs.
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>> reporter: in pinecrest, florida a novel approach for a pesky predicament. is this what you pictured? >> no, i did not realize how many there were, i mean, how big of a problem. >> reporter: trapper blake wilkins is usually out chasing reptiles. >> similar to the iguanas, you know, the peacock population has exploded down here. >> it is peacock overdrive. >> reporter: homeowner riva steinman says the beautiful majestic birds act like they rule the roost. >> they are an expensive nuisance. >> reporter: jumping on roofs, pecking at cars, damaging property, even stopping traffic. not to mention the noise. so many complaints, the village decided to act. the humane solution, peacock vasectomies. >> we'll leave the trap there. >> reporter: wilkins' team is tasked with trapping the peacocks. wrangling the peacocks is no easy task, but it's just the first step in the process. then exotic animal veterinarian don harris takes over.
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>> if you do a vasectomy on one male, you could stop seven, ten, 15 females from reproducing. >> reporter: the entire process is less than an hour. >> the victory behind all this is we are not removing the masculinity of the males. they retain their beautiful appearance. they retain their beautiful tail. they retain their dominance. >> reporter: the pilot program has ruffled a few feathers. some residents feel the birds should be left alone, even stopping some caged peacocks from reaching the operating table. >> we've had birds humanely enclosed, ready for the procedures, and people have come in and released them. >> reporter: still, other cities and towns across the country are calling dr. harris, looking to nip and snip their own peacock problem. cristian benavides, cbs news. pinecrest, florida.
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>> guys taking one for the team. well, that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. first thing tomorrow, "cbs sunday morning." and then it's "face the nation." margaret brennan's guests include governor josh shapiro of pennsylvania and senator dan sullivan of alaska. for now, i'm nancy cordes in washington. good night. from cbs news bay area, this is the evening addition. >> now at 6:00, an early start to celebrating earth day. how this baseball team is boozing up its future home in a neglected neighborhood. >> just all the people who have
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committed a beautiful saturday to coming out and cleaning up this part, it is pretty incredible. plus, this plant-themed holiday but nothing like in years past. we take you to the celebration at hippie hill. and later -- >> this need to be addressed immediately. >> the canal has been thinking for decades and they built a new one which is also sinking. how the fight to fix it is getting farmer against farmer. >> i am brian hackney. >> and i am andrea nakano. inventor happening all weekend long. oakland zoo's baseball team and dozens of volunteers are celebrating earth day by helping to get the park ready for opening day. >> basement today picking up trash and giving it a good power wash. our

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