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well. and all of them are free of charge. >> lots of beautiful sunshine we will be having from here to eternity. >> we didn't show the highlights from the chest tournament. it was the kids running. and the weather worked out great for them. we are now at the start of a big warming trend. by thursday and friday, inland daytime highs are going to be in the upper 80s. not yet, but by the end of the week. >> we will see that ♪ tonight tonight, disaster as severe weather storms across texas. more rain, flash floods, and scenes of despair from rural east texas to the houston suburbs. cbs' janet shamlian is there. >> we're riding with houston police department rescue teams today. people are still seeking shelter. >> tornadoes still threat, so is huge hail. we'll have the very latest on
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the forecast. >> also tonight, pomp and protest. university graduations nationwide disrupted over gaza. with no breakthrough yet in mideast negotiations for a new cease-fire and hostage release -- >> i'm ramey ensenseio in tel aviv. cbs confirms that the israel cease-fire talks are on the verge of collapse. >> as political pressure on president biden builds. >> i'm skylar henry at the white house. with six months until election day, the president facing fury on several fronts. >> and controversial book. south dakota governor kristi noem defends her words and actions. >> i made a difficult choice. you're a mother two and you have little kiddos. would you make a choice between your children and a dangerous animal? countdown to launch. boeing ready to send humans into space after years of delays.
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and later, he fled war to find peace. now a student from ukraine is headed to the one of the most prestigious music schools in the country. >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with je rica duncan. good evening, thank you for joining us on this sunday. tonight we begin with a new weather threat. an estimated 40 million people are at risk of severe storms tl tomorrow through wednesday, including what the national weather service says could spawn intense tornadoes. this tornado tore through rural west texas on saturday. the upcoming outbreak follows a busy april, where more than 300 tornadoes were reported across the u.s. that month. thunderstorms also dumped more rain on waterlogged texas this weekend, adding to the misery there. entire neighborhoods have been swamped, leading to hundreds of rescues. emergency management crews report the death of a 4-year-old
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boy, just south of ft. worth, texas, who drowned. cbs' janet shamlian is in houston tonight and leads us off opinion janet, good evening. >> reporter: jericka, good evening to you. it's been a rough weekend here. for people in the flood zone and for first responders, houston police who have been out in these boats in rough, fast-moving water. and while the rain seems to be slowing down, tonight, the threat is widening. a west texas twister, cars pummeled on the road south of midland, amid hail the size of tennis balls. severe storms there shalling an already-soggy texas, and now spreading beyond it. >> scary. because you don't know if the water is going to come in and just start taking over. >> reporter: in the houston area, the san jacinto river is raging. >> hang tight! >> reporter: we rode along with the houston police department's marine division. >> you don't realize how much current is going down.
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>> reporter: sergeant epi garza is among the officers answering the calls from a woman needing to evacuate with a pet. >> it's pouring. >> reporter: hpd is working in teams on the san jacinto river, because there are still people who want to get out as the water levels are so high. >> this dog was rervscued by an officer on a jet ski. authorities say many abandoned pets have been rescued, too. >> they don't want to leave without them. >> that's correct. and fortunately, in this case, we have enough time to be able to help them out. >> we still have that weather delay. >> reporter: houston's energy stadium was briefly evacuated during a soccer match due to the storm threat, amid a region wet and weary. >> and it is not just texas. millions in the south are still under flood threats. houston police are hoping that this is the last day they will have to be out there in these rough waters, making rescues.
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>> janet shamlian, thank you for your reporting all weekend. let's check in with meteorologist paul goodlow from the weather channel with more on the severe storms to come, starting tomorrow. paul? >> jericka, may is the most active month for tornadoes, we have hail, and a damaging wind threat across the central plains, as we head towards our monday afternoon. monday afternoon, monday evening. golf ball or larger-sized hail and everybody has a wind threat. the timing of this is perhaps early afternoon right on through the overnight period, right across the midwest and trailing in parts of oklahoma and texas. and after we have monday night's threat fire back up, as we head on as early as tuesday morning, definitely tuesday evening, and more energy comes through wednesday. same real estate, dealing with a risk of damaging hail and tornadoes by midweek. jericka? >> paul goodlow at the weather
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channel, thank you. tonight, college administrators across this country are bracing for more tension as protests over the war in gaza spill over into graduation season. they held commencement today after student-led disruptions saturday in indiana and michigan. shane shanelle kaul has more on that. >> reporter: we now that safety is a top priority as they brace for even more potential protests now spilling into is graduation season. before sunup, los angeles police, armed in riot gear, peacefully cleared a pro-palestinian encampment at the university of southern california capping off a busy weekend of protests. >> there was no warning, no one saw them coming in. >> this protest now under scrutiny. the university of mississippi
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saying it is investigating student actions that were offensive, including actions that conveyed hostility and racist overturns. the controversial incident was praised by republican congressman mike collins of georgia, who posted on "x," ole miss taking care of business. saturday, police arrested nearly 70 people at chicago's art institute. and at the university of virginia, police there sprayed a chemical irritant to help arrest approximately 25 protesters and tore down tents. across the country, more than 2,000 demonstrators have been arrested in recent weeks. that includes nearly 300 at two new york city campuses tuesday. the city now says that roughly half of those arrests were not students. >> when you're on college grounds and you do not attend that college, you are an outsider, and when you train people to do destructive things, you are an agitator. >> reporter: of the hundreds
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arrested in new york, we know the majority have been released on summons as the d.a. now investigates. as for the investigation at the university of mississippi, the naacp is now saying three students there be expelled. >> shen eelle kaul, thank you. now the release of hostages held by hamas. there were new attacks in the territory today targeted one of the few routes to get humanitarian aid in. cbs' rami ian esenseio is in te aviv with the very latest. ramey? >> good evening, cbs news can confirm that cease-fire talks are on the verge of collapse, that's from a source close to the negotiations. the cia director is meeting with qatar's prime minister in an emergency session. hamas' delegation is talking with its own leaders and israel's prime minister says that his government will not
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agree to hamas' demands. >> reporter: israel is not willing to accept this, said benjamin netanyahu, listing hamas' demands he called extreme. holding out the military have gaza, ending this war, and letting the militant group live on now believed to be hunkered down in rafah. military action in rafah is expected soon, said israel's defense minister, galant in gaza. both sides struck the other today. the number of dead rising again. in jerusalem, israeli police ended all broadcasts of qatari-based al jazeera news in the country, raiding their offices. >> if you're watching this pre-recorded report, then al jazeera has been banned in the territory of israel. >> reporter: israel sys the channel is a mouthpiece for hamas and harms national security. hamas says it's a violation of freedom of the press. tonight is the eve of israel's holocaust remembrance day.
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85-year-old hanna broder is a canadian israeli holocaust survivor. >> did you think that here in israel, it was safe? you were secure? >> good question. yes, i thought so, yes. and then october the 7th was a big shock. >> reporter: how do you advise people to make sure they get the full picture, to make sure that the since of the past, whether it's the holocaust, or the sis happening now, stop? >> to tell you the truth, perhaps i prefer not to think about these things, because it's depressing. i want to escape. people ask me how i am, i say, i'm fine. my children are fine, but my country is in deep [ bleep ], if you'll pardon the expression. >> and broder rolled her eyes when i brought up prime minister netanyahu. she said she doesn't approve of him at all, and like a growing number of israelis, jericka, she wants a cease-fire now, the
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hostages home, and an end to this war. >> definitely a difficult situation. ramy inocencio, thank you. now to the fallout from the war in gaza on presidential politics and the intensifying campaign. cbs' skyler henry is at the white house. skyler, we are six months away from the election. >> reporter: that's right, jericka. time is certainly flying by. that diplomatic tightrope and the unrest happening on college campuses as pressure builds on the biden administration with just six months until the presidential election. today, democrats are rallying behind president biden's response to pro-palestinian student protests, saying dissent is essential for democracy, but it must never lead to disorder. >> these kind of protests haven't been helpful. >> reporter: republicans have bounced on biden's position. >> it was two weeks after these pro-hamas fanatics have taken over a lot of campuses. >> reporter: former president
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donald trump also took aim, saying on truth social that president biden, quote, doesn't know what to do. trump's critique comes as speculation grows over who he'll pick as a running mate. last night, he hosted the rnc spring meeting at mar-a-lago. >> if i'm on it, who would know, but it's not why i'm out supporting the president right now. >> i certainly expect to have a decision from president trump in the next 60 days or so. >> reporter: also on the rumored short list, south akota governor kristi noem, appearing on "face the nation" today promoting her controversial new memoir. she's come under fire after revealing she shot and killed her 14-month-old puppy. she also told "face the nation" the book had to be edited after a claim about meeting kim jong-un turned out to be false, though she declined to say that she never met the north korean leader. >> so you did not meet with kim jong-un, that's what you're saying? >> no, i met with many, many world leaders, many world leaders. as soon as it was brought to my attention, i made sure that was
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adjusted. >> and on the campaign trail, it will be a busy week. president biden is expected to make stops in wisconsin, illinois, and the state of washington promoting his investing in america agenda. jericka? >> all right, skyler hen ryry a the white house. thank you. tonight, a major roadway connecting new york city and new england is back open once again. crews near norwalk, connecticut, worked around the clock for 80 hours straight to reopen an overpass on i-95. it was demolished after being damaged when a gas line tanker truck crashed and burst into flames as you see there on thursday. well, coming up on the "cbs weekend news," a high school senior from ukraine is headed to one of the most prestigious music schools in this country. but next, counting down to boeing's first human launch to space, and what's at stake. at .
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on ton of it boeing's star liner spacecraft. boeing has flown many of us around the world for decades. now it's preparing for its first flight to space with a crew onboard, after years of delays and stumbles. cbs' mark strassman is at the kennedy space center tonight with more. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. after a series of setbacks, boeing desperately needs this test flight to be a win. >> our motto, know everything and perform at will. >> reporter: bush wilmore and sunny williams, two of nasa's most seasoned astronauts. but even for them, nothing compares to a flight assignment like this. >> never in my wildest dreams would i have imagined to be the crew for the first flight of a spacecraft. >> every now and then, it's like, wow! this is cool. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> in this simulator, we watch these former navy test pilots practice docking boeing's star liner to the international space
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station. >> this is a risk and it's a higher risk than most flights. but what a great opportunity, risk being what it is, because of what the outcome could be. >> reporter: the outcome, nasa hopes, is annual star liner flights to the space station. is nasa wants redundancy, and hired both boeing and spacex, a decade ago. both companies face challenges. >> liftoff of the falcon 9 and crewed dragon. >> reporter: but spacex has launched 50 people to orbit since 2020. boeing, none. star liner is seven years behind schedule. and this flight comes as boeing's commercial airliner business faces mounting scrutiny over its safety culture, especially after a door plug fell off of a 737 max in january. >> there's one priority and it's to do this safely. >> reporter: mark nappi is star liner's safety officer. >> i have full confidence that the processes are very robust to
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get a safe vehicle up into orbit with people onboard. >> reporter: for boeing, a long road to the launch pad stung by a series of setbacks. >> and liftoff. the rise of star liner. >> reporter: on its first uncrewed test flight in 2019, software problems doomed a planned meetup with the space station. >> and liftoff. s starliner is headed back to safe. >> reporter: boeing made it on a second try. >> contact, capture. [ applause ] >> reporter: but had to conquer problems, jammed valves, parachutes, and a worry nearly a mile of protective tape wrapped throughout the capsule could be flammable. >> yes, there's been some issues in the past. that's the past. that is not now. >> we've had a lot of lessons learned. we wouldn't say we're ready if we weren't ready. >> reporter: nasa's waited patiently for a second way to send crews to the space station. fit goes well, this test flight could give them that. jericka? >> fingers crossed. mark strassmann, thank you.
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philadelphia has tonight's "weekend journal." ♪ >> for as long as he can remember, high school senior david korzyrkov has dreamed of using music to make the world a better place. ♪ >> i want to make people feel what i'm feeling inside. >> use music to do that. >> use music to do that, yeah. >> two years ago, russia's invasion of ukraine changed his life forever. >> at 4:00 in the morning, when we start to hear bombs, here russian flies, and my father go to my room and says, war started. we just need to take it back. >> with just the keyboard and the clothes on his back, david traveled from mariupol to philadelphia with mom and sister, after a musical group he performed with in philadelphia sponsored the family. here, he furthered his musical education, but he longed for what he left behind. >> when i start to think for my friends who die in ukraine and i
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watch all the friends who are right here with me, i think, that god give me something. >> reporter: while he's made new friends, his best friend is still fighting in the war. >> my father in ukraine. >> what does he mean? >> he's my best friend. he's my number one. i speak with him every day. >> reporter: this fall, he will be attending the berkelee collee of music in boston. >> what does it mean to you to get into your dream school? >> i mean, that means a lot. that's a lot of hard work. maybe most important, my family, my parents be proud of me. >> reporter: his dream, now a reality and a chance to use his music to make the world a better place. >> really important, what do you do in your life? what do you for people. >> reporter: josh sanders, cbs news, philadelphia. >> that is the "cbs weekend
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news" for this sunday. coming up tonight on "60 minutes," nora o'donnell profiles house minority leader, hakim jeffreys. for now. i'm nora o'donnell in new york. thanks for joining us. have a great night and an even better week. from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. the governor says the california had record tourism levels, but there are businesses were saying, where is the money? >> as you can see on a sunday afternoon run, it's not happening. plus, it can be rough for young kids to get to school in
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san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood, having to pass by drugs and crime. how one group of volunteers is clearing the path. for mariachi music to low riders, mexican culture was in full display for cinco de mayo. i am brian hackney. governor newsom stood on top of the golden gate bridge proclaiming tourism is back. while that mail be a case , the numbers in the bay area are still down. >> tourists in the bay area spent 37.7 billion last year, which is still below the 2019 figure of 39 billion. the three counties that saw the most of the regions travel spending have yet to make it back to pre-pandemic levels. tourists spent about 14 billion in san francisco county, bending 14.2 in 2013. tourists spent $7 billion, nearly back to pre-pandemic levelan

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