the oldest u.s. national park ranger, betty reid soskin, got an honorary doctorate at cal state east bay. >> soskin didn't become a park ranger until she was 85 years old. she is now 102 years old and retired two years ago. >> dr. soskin corala . tonight, israel orders civilians in the gaza city of rafah to get out. the city once a refuge from war now on its front lines. hundreds of thousands with

nowhere to flee. >> i'm ramy insince yo in jerusalem. cease-fire talks between israel and hamas are over for now, and hamas claims another hostage is dead. plus new reaction as a u.s. report takes aim at israel's u.s. of american weapons. as campus protests flare again from virginia to california. also tonight money matters. a federal judge's ruling could impact your next credit card bill while mortgage rates reverse course. plus dazzling display. a rare solar storm lights up the sky in the north and south. why the show's not over yet. historic flyover. dozens of aircraft wing it across the nation's most restricted airspace. and later a salute to the top of the mark. san francisco's legendary stop for u.s. service members and veterans celebrates 85 years.

>> we are very excited. we finally made it to 85. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from washington with agerenna diaz. good evening. i'm robert costa in for adriana. nationwide protests over the war in gaza, and president biden's approach have inflamed dozens of colleges and universities, stoked tensions in the democratic party, and created new challenges for his re-election. today more pro-palestinian protests as dozens of graduating students walked out of their commencement at virginia commonwealth university in richmond. across the country at the university of california in berkeley commencement began peacefully but was disrupted by hundreds of protesters, most of them graduates in camp and gown. and tonight in gaza some 300,000 palestinians in the city of rafah are being forced to flee once again as the israeli military prepares to target

hamas. cbs's ramy inocencio leads us off. >> reporter: thousands are evacuating to the coast on top of the 100,000 that fled in the past week. ramping up, the exodus from rafah. gazans heeded israel's newest warning cept by texts and flyers from the sky. you are in a dangerous combat area. the idf is about to operate with great force. we're leaving because of our fear and because of coercion, said this woman. we're leaving for the unknown and there are no safe areas at all. all the areas it says are safe are unsafe. more are overflowing further up the coast like this family. we came from rafah and found no place to stay, he said. there isn't enough space for all the people. there is not enough space to hold the displaced people. what's left in rafah is eerie

abandonment. even journalists wrapping up their final stories. at the city's biggest hospital, a quiet acceptance more death is coming. hamas is still fighting back with missiles and with media. this new video praises snipers shooting israeli soldiers. israel's army release said its own, troops advancing through gazan homes. but tonight hamas also released this video, a 51-year-old british hostage, they claim he died after an israeli strike. tonight, more protests across the country and outside prime minister benjamin netanyahu's house in jerusalem. these protests have been happening for months. they're saying bring the hostages home. their blood is on the government's hands. protests have swelled in recent weeks calling for netanyahu's ouster and for that cease-fire with hamas. until then, the desperate in gaza are evacuating as fast as they can. and hamas says cease-fire talks

are back at square one, blaming israel for rejecting its proposal last week. and robert, the u.s. is trying to keep israel and hamas talking if only virtually to keep cease-fire hopes alive. >> ramey in jerusalem, thanks. here in washington the biden administration has been working urgently for weeks to stave off a full-scale israeli invasion of rafah. at the same time it's walking a diplomatic tightrope after releasing a critical report on israeli use of american weapons in the conflict. cbs's natalie brand is at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: good evening, robert. this nearly 50-page report delivered to congress is critical of israel but also inconclusive, adding to the frustration from the right and left. republicans accuse the report of providing political cover to the president with his supporters. democrats say it ducks the critical question at hand after

the state department is said given israel's skips reliance on u.s. article defense it's reasonable to assess that it may have been used quote inconsistent with interhalgs law. >> it sends a muddled message because it's inconclusive. >> reporter: the document comes the same week the president warned israel the u.s. will not supply offensive weapons for a large scale military operation in rafah. already the white house has paused a shipment of 3,500 bombs including 2,000-pound aerial weapons. the white house is worried about the impact they could have in dense urban settings. >> if israel is serious about doing a precise targeted counter terrorism operation that can take out hamas battalions but not cause undue civilian harm, you really don't need munitions of that size anyway. >> reporter: but the administration's move has intensified divisions on capitol

hill. >> i think the president is doing the right thing. >> this is terrible policy and it's bad for the united states. >> reporter: responding to republican criticism, the white house says the president is still standing with israel as they fight hamas but also making clear how israel defends itself matters. the administration saying it does not want to see anymore civilians killed. robert? >> natalie brand, thanks. now to a setback for the biden administration in court. a federal judge in texas has blocked a plan to try and limit credit card late fees. the cap was supposed to go in effect next week. cbs' elise preston is on the money watch tonight. elise? >> reporter: robert, credit card users looking for release from late fees won't get it anytime soon after a federal judge sided with banks and businesses to freeze the rule from going into effect. the biden administration's rule that capped late fees for credit card payments at $8 is now temporarily on hold. a federal judge in texas granted

an injunction at the request of business and banking organizations. late fees on bills generate an estimated $10 billion annually for credit card companies. the average penalty is a whopping $32 a month. this case could go all the way to the supreme court. mortgage rates fell for the first time in five weeks. the average rate for a 30-year fixed loan is at 7.09%, down from 7.22% last week. still, not enough for some home owners. >> why sell and pay higher interest on a new home? >> reporter: many house hunters are also sitting on the side lines due to higher prices and lower inventory. some consumers are fed up with fast food. several chains including mcdonald's and starbucks are seeing a drop in sales as their prices climb higher. mcdonald's prices doubled since 2014, according to finance buzz, while starbucks lovers are shelling out nearly 40% more

compared to a decade ago. labor costs are partly driving higher prices at the nation's most popular fast food joipts. nearly half of states raised minimum wage for fast food workers this year. robert? >> elise preston, thank you. now to the huge solar storm hitting the earth's atmosphere. it's millions of miles away but the eruptions on the sun are bringing the northern lights to regions that rarely see them all over the world. but if you miss this magical phenomenon you might get lucky tonight. cbs' michael george in new york has his eyes on the sky. michael? >> reporter: well, robert, quite a show last night and it's not over yet. but as beautiful as the northern lights are, with a solar storm this large it has the power to effect things here on earth from the power grid to the gps on your phone. breathtaking, other worldly images from canada, ukraine,

switzerland and england. and across much of the u.s. people witnessed streaks of pink and purple and green as far south as florida. >> wow. >> reporter: sean dal senior space werther forecaster for the national atmospheric and oceanic administration explains what we see in the skies. >> auroras particles of the sun in less quantities than usual and interact with a magnetic barrier. >> reporter: an astrophysicist says this is the biggest geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years. >> this one is pretty large. i think it's pretty extreme. >> reporter: it's so large it can temporarily disrupt satellites we rely on for communication and navigation like gps. elon musk's star link satellites are reporting degraded service. >> most of us have gps on our phones. is that something that could potentially be disrupted? >> yes, it could, because most of our phones are single gps

systems. >> it seems this time around certain steps were taken. >> reporter: now, if you didn't get a chance to see aurora last night, you still have one more shot tonight. now, it is weather dependent but experts say your best shot is between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. robert? thank you. today the woman that led to the creation of juneteenth as a federal holiday was honored at southern methodist sufrt. opal lee was awarded an honorary doctorate. juneteenth marks the day when 2,000 union troops arrived in galveston bay, texas, to announce to the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in this state they were finally free. tomorrow the presidential campaign carried on as president biden takes a break to hit the shore, rallying thousands of supporters gathered in wildwood new jersey.

as for the biden campaign it's been recently rallying its core voters too. how biden's team are ensuring black men especially are enthusiastic. >> reporter: black voters helped swing georgia for joe biden in 2020, but their support appears to be softening. >> i mean i guess it's the best we got. >> i think my vote's the same but it's less enthusiastic. >> reporter: and grassroots organizers are to seeing signs black men are slow to return to his fold. >> the young black men are more likely to say that they will vote for trump, but what i would -- what i am most concerned about this year is that 30% were still undecided at the time of our poll. >> reporter: now six months out, the biden campaign is retooling its messaging to those unenthused voters. >> it's why we're running organizing pilots last year in cities like milwaukee targeted directly towards black men.

we're now at a moment in time in april we're scaling up all those operations in battleground states. republicans are focused on peeling black men away from biden's base just without the infrastructure it had in previous cycles. for example, this now shuttered office space right outside atlanta used to be the rnc's black american community center. without it, they're leaning on local conservative groups like the georgia black republican council for outreach. >> what we've done black conservative centers, we've done barbershop political forums. we bring government to the people in the local communities where they can ask direct questions and get direct answers. >> reporter: their pitch, mentorship from generations of republican black men without the national party. do you think republicans are doing enough outreach in black communities? >> we can do a better job. >> we have an opportunity to get a message out, and we're doing everything we can to take advantage of that opportunity. >> reporter: biden is still expected to pick up the majority of votes from black men in the

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tonight, a tonight a san francisco landmark is celebrating 85 years of service and sweeping views of one of the country's most beautiful cities. in 1944 "time" magazine wrote up to 30,000 soldiers and sailors came up every month for the final drink on american soil before shipping out to war. in our weekend journal cbs's juliet goodrich takes us to the top of the mark. >> reporter: high atop knob hill inside the mark hopkins hotel take the elevator all the way up, and on this night only you'll travel back in time. 85 years? >> yes. we are very excited. we finally made it to 85 starting way back in may of 1939. >> reporter: the top of the mark, the bay area's most famous cocktail lounge, opened 85 years ago. it was an instant sensation. during the second world war the top of the mark was a favorite

spot for pacific-bound military to share a toast before shipping out. as the warships left, wives and sweethearts gathered at this very corner known as the weepers window. >> and they would watch as they shipped out, and of course there would be some weeping. there would be some tissues, a very emotional time. >> wow. >> reporter: it was also here that the tradition known as the squadron bottle began. servicemen buy and leave a bottle with the bartender so the next member from the squadren could enjoy a free drink. finish the bottle, you leave a new one behind. >> this bottle embodies and represents those bonds, that teamwork, that camaraderie that was forged at sea as were the case. >> cheers to 75 years. >> reporter: finally on top of the mark, a bit of kpi history. 75 years ago kpix began broadcasting from the attic above the famous bar, becoming

the first tv station in northern california. cheers. juliet goodrich, cbs news, san francisco. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. first thing tomorrow cbs sunday morning, then it's "face the nation." margaret brennen's guest includes secretary of state antony blinken. reporting from washington, i'm robert costa. good night. from cbs news bay area bay area this is the evening edition. >> and then over the last four, five day, things kind of cratered. >> thousands of starving pelican, nobody can figure out

why. how wildlife rescues are jumping into action. >> some of them are coming in lsz than half of the body weight that they're supposed to be. it wasn't in the program, but it was expected. the anti-war protests from graduates at uc berkeley's commencement. and the northern lights paunting the bay area skies. the views around the bay area and how likely we are to get another show tonight. and later we'll meet the doctors trying to figure out what's behind a surge in lung cancer among asian american women. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. we begin tonight with a wildlife crisis that's playing out in the bay area and all along the california coast. thousands of pelicans are starving to death and scientists don't seem to know why. >> video efrom huntington beach in santa barbara county where it is the same story. wildlife rescues overwhelmed with the ia