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visits in the middle east this weekend as arab states demand an immediate halt to israel's attacks. >> we're working very hard to make sure the conflict in gaza does not escalate, does not spread. >> the conflict drawing outrage around the world. inside israel, rising anger at the failures that led to last month's assault by hamas gunmen. >> reporter: i'm ramy inocencio in tel aviv. israel has launched a massive bombing campaign on gaza while anger and protests are growing against prime minister benjamin netanyahu. also tonight, biden versus trump. new cbs news polling on a possible rematch one year from election day. plus, high-stakes testimony. the former president set to take the stand with his business empire under scrutiny. strike action. california in the spotlight as unions flex their power. >> reporter: i'm kenny choi in los angeles where studios have given striking actors a best and final offer to get hollywood back up and running.
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and later, a wedding a long time coming. 56 years. but who's counting? >> you may kiss the bride. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin this sunday with israel's siege of gaza and its war on hamas. tonight's cia director william burns is in israel. part of a new push by the biden administration to engage leaders in the region and to keep the war from spreading amid rising outrage over civilian deaths in the palestinian territory. burns joins secretary of state antony blinken, already there. today blinken made stops to baghdad as well as the west bank city of ramallah, where he held what's being described as a tense meeting with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas.
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and tonight the israeli army said its, quote, significant air strikes and land assault had essentially split the palestinian territory in two. cbs's ramy inocencio is in tel aviv tonight and has the very latest. ramy, good evening. >> reporter: jericka, good evening. we've had hamas retaliate with rockets of their own tonight here in tel aviv. as for gaza, israel keeps shattering buildings and lives in its mission to destroy hamas. a viewer warning, the images you are about to see are disturbing. shock in gaza city, an israeli fighter jet struck this ambulance convoy, claiming hamas fighters were inside. men and women laid in their own pools of blood outside the strip's biggest hospital, al shifa. israel also hit gaza's jabalya refugee camp. the third time in five days. targeting more militants and infrastructure. in the aftermath, this anguished boy said he carried out dead bodies, including one
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decapitated. and in the maghazi refugee camp, hamas says another israeli strike killed at least 38 people and injured 100 more. this photojournalist carried his dead child, one of four he lost, along with four brothers and their children. israel claims hamas uses civilians as human shields. today releasing video purportedly of rocket launcher pits in gaza next to a children's swimming pool and playground. and new video of israeli police on october 7th finding only dead bodies on the grass and behind the bar, riddled with bullets at the nova music festival. in tel aviv new protests against prime minister benjamin netanyahu. as anger grows israel at political and security leaders for last month's deadly attack by hamas. many in the crowd marching toward his house, chanting "jail
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now." >> bring them home now! >> reporter: outside the defense ministry thousands demanded that all be done to bring the 200-plus hostages held by hamas home. why has he not taken responsibility? >> he thinks what will people watch when they will be 50 years from now. >> reporter: tal schneider is political correspondent for the "times of israel" newspaper. >> for netanyahu it always has been about his reputation. >> reporter: now his reputation is at all-time lows. in a new poll, 76% of israelis want him to resign. >> he's very good at propaganda, very good at explaining himself, but never good on follow-up and taking care of the people. >> reporter: should netanyahu resign? >> yes, netanyahu should resign. >> reporter: and tonight the prime minister again stresses there will be no cease-fire, jericka, until all hostages are freed. >> ramy inocencio tonight in tel aviv, thank you. we turn now to gaza and cbs
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news producer marwan al ghoul. just as in the last report, we caution that some of thele images are disturbing. the numbers of casualties cited are from the hamas-led health ministry. >> today the life becomes more and more miserable as israel keep bombing gaza around the hour, which caused more than 11,000 deaths and more than 24,000 injured. half of them or more are children and women. and don't forget that more than 1,500 killed are missed under structure still now. hospitals almost collapse. the health system in gaza can't apply its service to the patients, to the deaths and injuries. that's matter of life.
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people have nowhere to go. i can tell that more than 1 million of the palestinian in gaza, i mean, half of the population are displaced with no electricity, lack of food, lack of water, and a lot of destruction everywhere. today morning i was driving in rafah city and i saw thousands lying and stand in lines waiting for bread. a woman told me she had been standing for six hours to get some bread. might not be enough for her family. >> marwan al-ghoul reporting in gaza. we thank you. today pro-palestinian protesters marched in several cities around the world. thousands took to the streets of toronto calling for a cease-fire in gaza. while in madrid, demonstrators expressed support for the palestinian cause. here in the u.s., new cbs
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polling shows most americans have sympathy for both israelis and palestinians. a majority, however, also support providing military aid and weapons to israel. cbs's skyler henry is at the white house with more on how this war could impact the 2024 presidential election, now one year away. skyler? >> jericka, good to be with you. well, there is still ways to go in this race, but that new polling suggests that if there were a rematch between president biden and former president trump, it's trump with the slight edge. voters say issues on both the domestic and international fronts are fueling the support. >> mr. president, any progress on the humanitarian pause? >> yes. >> reporter: president biden over the weekend signaled that there could be a break in the fighting from israel's war with hamas to get more aid in and more hostages out of gaza. as top administration officials overseas look to tamp down concerns about a wider conflict
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in the region. >> the humanitarian pause or pauses could make a positive difference. >> reporter: lawmakers on capitol hill are expressing their concerns about israel's deadly siege. >> they're an independent country. but we have a right to say sorry, you need a new military strategy. go after hamas. but that means -- but do not kill innocent men, women and children. >> free, free, palestine! >> reporter: thousands of pro-palestine demonstrators converged on washington saturday, demanding a cease-fire in gaza. new cbs news polls show that while democrats and republicans think the u.s. should send weapons and military aid to israel, a number of far left-leaning democrats are in opposition of the support. >> everybody needs help. there are innocent lives at stake everywhere. >> reporter: voters' thoughts on foreign policy along with several hot-button issues including the state of the economy and abortion all help former president trump in the 2024 race for the white house.
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>> we're going to defeat crooked joe biden and we are going to make america great again. >> reporter: if he were to receive his party's nomination, polls show trump with a 3% lead over president biden in a possible head-to-head. the polls also show that the number of americans who think things are going badly in the country has hit a high for the year at 73%. jericka? >> that's not good. skyler henry for us at the white house, thank you. former president donald trump is expected to take the stand tomorrow at his civil trial in new york. trump is accused of fraudulently inflating the value of his properties to obtain loans and other benefits. cbs's naomi ruchim is outside the state court in lower manhattan with what we can expect. good evening. >> reporter: jericka, this high-stakes case could cost the former president control of some of his marquee properties, including the trump tower here in manhattan. tomorrow's testimony will help the judge determine how much the
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trump organization owes after executives were found liable for inflating trump's net worth and the value of his assets in order to get more favorable financing. last week's trump's sons, eric and donald trump jr., testified, saying they relied on an outside firm and accountants working for the trump organization. the former president testified in a deposition in april, he never felt his financial statements would be taken very seriously and warned people doing business with him to do their homework. trump's oldest daughter, ivanka, is set to testify in the case on wednesday and the civil trial is expected to last into december. and jericka, a reminder, in addition to this civil case, trump has been indicted in four criminal cases that will play out as the 2024 election is in full swing. >> thank you, naomi. well, there is new -- a new movement on the actors' strike against hollywood studios. it's one of several job actions taken as workers flex their,
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quote, labor muscle. as cbs's kenny choi reports, even more of them could soon be walking a picket line. >> reporter: jericka, major wins for autoworkers have given momentum to other labor movements. here in hollywood, one of the longest ongoing negotiations could soon come to an end. >> union! >> power! >> reporter: it's been 115 days since screen actors walked off the job. on saturday studios presented sag-aftra members with what they're calling the best and final offer. the proposal includes more residual bonuses for popular streaming shows and protections on a.i. the actors aren't alone. so far this year more than 450,000 american workers went on strike, up from over 140,000 just two years ago. in oregon the portland teachers union is striking for higher pay and smaller class sizes. >> the district wants to make it sound like it's really that we're out here, fighting for ourselves. we're not. this is about our students.
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>> reporter: if no deal is reached by tonight, district public schools will remain closed tomorrow. and in las vegas -- >> what do we want? >> reporter: -- tens of thousands of culinary workers are ready to join the picket line at the end of this week. if deals aren't reached with the casinos. >> we will bargain very strongly, but no worker is willing to accept to be short-changed in this economy. >> reporter: the biden administration has touted itself as the most pro-union in history, and amid rising and spiking inflation, workers are leveraging this moment to get their demands met. and here in hollywood, california, jericka, the state is seeing the most strikes than anywhere else in the country. >> that ought to tell us something. kenny choi, thank you. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the high-tech race to save florida's citrus crop. a record win in the new york city marathon. and why two seniors waited
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florida's citrus industry is in crisis. besieged by disease, severe weather and lost acreage, this year's crop is expected to yield less than half of what was produced just two years ago. that explains why orange juice prices at the store are up 10% from last year and are now at an all-time high. cbs's cristian benavides reports from groveland, florida. >> reporter: glenn beck is a fourth generation florida farmer. his grandfather started growing citrus in 1887. >> never before has there been a series of events that led to a downfall of an industry such as what citrus has experienced. >> reporter: beck says virtually all of his 5,000-acre citrus groves are infected with a bacterial disease carried by the tiny asian citrus psyllid.
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citrus groening has plagued florida farmers for almost two decades. >> the leaves and flruit don't receive the nutrients that they should until eventually the tree dies. >> reporter: genetic therapy was applied to help the trees tolerate the disease from within. and individual protective covers provide safekeeping from without. those efforts are bearing fruit, just in time for this upcoming season. >> if we get some solutions in there, we can start to rebuild. >> reporter: while beck expects to pass this on to the next generation, he believes he'll still lose about half the acres of orange groves that he holds by the end of the year. matt joiner with the trade group florida citrus mutual says at its peak, 300 million citrus boxes were produced. >> last season we ended it right at 18 million boxes of citrus, so about a 90% decline. >> reporter: and many florida packinghouses now sit empty, down to only 25 this year from over 100 in the 1980s.
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hurricanes and a december freeze both wiped out groves, which take about four years to recover before harvest. and consumer consumption is down for o.j., while land development is up, which helps accelerate the decline. this season, however, could be a turning point. >> i think that our production is going to be somewhat flat, but that's actually a victory. >> reporter: a victory shared by university of florida researchers because science has slowed the decline. they are among many scientists who study what makes citrus trees more tolerant to greening. >> they're tolerant, so they support the bacterial growth inside of them without dying. >> you think there's hope? >> absolutely. i know there's hope. >> reporter: growers need the therapies to work with their livelihood at stake. cristian benavides, cbs news, groveland, florida. still ahead on the "cbs
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>> it's a symbol of my love. >> symbol of my love -- >> reporter: terry and joyce mcmichaels' big day was a long time coming. >> we met in san francisco. in -- >> the summer of '67. >> yeah. >> reporter: and did you know right away? he was the one? >> oh, yes. i mean, it was -- yes. >> reporter: he was 19. she was 23. smitten, married right away, but no wedding. >> we went to the justice of the peace and got married. >> reporter: and why did you do it that way? >> it was the easiest thing to do. and we didn't have much money back then. >> reporter: 56 married years later, the mcmichaels live at this atlanta retirement center. they're now 75 and 79, and still smitten. >> i asked them about their wedding and they said they never had one. she said it was something she would want to have. i said, hey, let's do it. >> reporter: a wedding coordinator helped plan the big day. there's a cake, a videographer,
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a stylist and, of course, her wedding dress, all professionally done, all donated by a touched community. >> we laugh a lot. i guess that's the secret. >> we're still the same people that we were before the wedding. >> reporter: what if she says i don't? >> oh. she might. you never know. she wants to remain my first wife. >> yes, yes. first and only. >> look at you. >> very special. >> reporter: this time with a dress, the guests -- >> we gather here today in the presence of friends and family. >> reporter: and all the magic of a proper wedding. >> you may kiss the bride, mr. mcmichael. >> all right. [ applause ] >> 56 years is a long time. and why not celebrate that? we celebrate everything else. let's celebrate love.
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>> reporter: terry and joyce mcmichael, newlyweds again and proof that love is worth the wait. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> how could you not love that story? well, that's the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. coming up tonight on "60 minutes," when social security overpays you, prepare to pay up. for now, i'm jericka duncan in new york. from all of us here, thank you for watching. have a great night. how the agency went from curiosity to commuter mainstay to fiscal cliff. here are the nice problems.
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and the board got off and some other directions. >> one of the largest international summits in san francisco history is less than a week away. how one neighborhood is working extra hard to cash in. later, he was shot by a police officer after trying the same restaurant full of people. now he's speaking out by the man who pulled the trigger. live from the cbs news studios in san francisco this sunday evening, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we had warmer days this past week, but those are well behind us. it looks like the monday morning commute may be a little wet in some parts of the area. just yesterday it was 80 degrees and sunny. and that band of rain that would move down to the city in the last hour and a half, raining in the north bay today most of

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