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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening, jericka is off. i'm maurice dubois. mrs. carter was 96 years old. no other first couple lived
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longer after leaving the white house than jimmy and rosalynn carter, nearly 43 years. cbs' norah o'donnell looks back at the life of rosalynn carter. >> reporter: jimmy and rosalynn carter had a partnership that was extraordinary for a president and first lady. the carters' bond was deep, both in private and politics. >> could jimmy carter have been elected president without rosalynn carter? >> well, i don't think he could have. >> reporter: she spoke her mind to her husband, and he valued her advice. she sat in on cabinet meetings, a first, and took the heat for it. >> it doesn't matter what i do. it doesn't matter what he does. we go in to be criticized. you just have to have confidence. >> reporter: born in plains, georgia, on august 18th, 1927, the oldest of four children, she started dating jimmy carter when she was 18. >> first time i had a date with him i came home, and mother said, "you know, i like jimmy, he has the nicest smile."
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>> reporter: they married a year later. jimmy was in the navy, which allowed them to see the world. his father died in 1953, so with their three sons they returned to plains to run the family peanut business. in 1970, jimmy was elected governor of georgia. rosalynn campaigned by his side and on her own. that continued on the 1976 presidential campaign trail where their fourth child, amy, often joined them. as first lady, she continued to be a sounding board for her husband. >> i look forward to consulting closely with him on a regular basis. >> reporter: she also traveled as his emissary, especially to latin america. after leaving washington in 1981, they then created the carter center in atlanta where they promoted peace and where she continued her work as an advocate for research and treatment of mental illness. she also became a prominent voice for caregivers and for women and children.
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and she joined her husband in the work of habitat for humanity. as the world faced the deadly covid-19 pandemic, the couple used their voices to encourage americans to get vaccinated to help save lives. their long tradition of helping others led president clinton to award the carters the medal of freedom. in 1999. >> jimmy and rosalynn carter have done more things for more people in more places than any other couple on the face of the earth. >> reporter: president carter not only called rosalynn his wife, but also his best friend and chief adviser. a small-town girl who didn't plan on a public life, rosalynn carter understood the power of high office and used it to help make this a better and kinder world. norah o'donnell, cbs news, washington. >> tonight, habitat for humanity called the late first lady "a compassionate and committed champion of the organization," adding, she worked fiercely to
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help families around the world. now to the middle east and today, fighting raged in gaza even as israel and hamas appear to be close to a deal to free some hostages. the conflict is now in week seven with no end in sight. cbs' imtiaz tyab in east jerusalem with the latest tonight. >> reporter: 31 premature babies have been safely evacuated from the al shifa hospital as the israeli military releases new video of what it says is a tunnel system used by hamas that ran below the sprawling medical complex. as well as what it says is video evidence hamas took captives from israel to the facility following the deadly october 7th attacks. they are the tiniest of survivors, born into a brutal war. now transferred here to southern gaza from the besieged al shifa hospital where a visiting team from the world health organization described it as a
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death zone and praised palestinian health workers who continue to work there under dire conditions. >> i'm absolutely humbled by the work of you and your team. the heroic efforts that you have made, i have no words. >> reporter: tonight the israeli military released this video it says is of a complex hamas tunnel that runs below the sprawling complex, as well as footage of what it says are hostages from israel, of thai and nepali origin, forced into the hospital by hamas fighters the morning they were captured. >> hamas is holding the elderly. >> reporter: cbs news cannot independently verify the claims, but as israel continues to widen its military campaign from northern gaza to the south, killing dozens, the first anti-war protest since the start of israel's assault on the palestinian territory was held in tel aviv this weekend, forbidden by police until now. why is the cease-fire so important?
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>> because people are being killed at an alarming rate in gaza, and because i don't think the military solution -- there is no military solution to this problem. >> reporter: protesters carried signs in hebrew, arabic, and english, calling for an end to the war and the occupation. >> i think that if you lose hope, so there's nothing more to struggle for. there's nothing more to fight for. >> reporter: but few across israel feel this way. this man shouted curse words in hebrew at the anti-war demonstrators before being led away by police. tonight, israel's intelligence minister has said the international community should not fund the rebuilding of gaza after the war and instead promote what she called the, quote, voluntary resettlement of palestinians from the territory to other countries, a suggestion that is deeply controversial given the dark history of palestinian displacement, maurice, something the biden administration has said will not happen.
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>> imtiaz tyab, thanks to you. it has been a tough weekend for elon musk. the spacex cofounder watched the most powerful rocket ever built explode during a test flight over the texas coast on saturday. musk faces growing backlash from advertisers over anti-semitic posts on his social media site x. cbs' astrid martinez has more. >> reporter: comcast and sony some of the latest to say they're leaving x. they're joining a growing list of advertisers pulling money from the platform formerly known as twitter. apple, warner brothers, cbs' parent company paramount fleeing after owner elon musk endorsed anti-semitic conspiracy theories online. wednesday musk liked a post on x that claimed jewish communities have a dialectical hatred against whites. "you have said the actual truth," musk responded.
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now promising a "thermonuclear lawsuit" against watchdog media matters for reporting x has been placing ads next to pro-nazi content. other social networks like facebook and tiktok also struggle with monitoring false and hateful content. however, maurice, musk has drawn personal condemnation for posting his controversial views to his more than 163 million followers. >> astrid martinez, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." when your gut is out of balance, your body gives you signs. so if you're frustrated with occasional bloating... ♪♪ [stomach noises] gas... or abdominal discomfort... help stop the frustration and start taking align every day. align probiotic was specifically designed by gastroenterologists to help relieve your occasional digestive upsets. so you can enjoy life. when you feel the signs, it's time to try align. ♪ vicks vapostick provides soothing,
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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm maurice dubois in new york. thanks for staying with us. former president donald trump took his campaign to the u.s./mexico border. he helped serve meals to national guard troops and outlined a hardline immigration agenda he plans to implement if he wins a second term. it includes mass deportations, a
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travel ban, ending the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, and, of course, the border wall. most of those seeking entry into the u.s. come from central and south america, but a growing number of migrants are from africa and asia. over the past year, border agents arrested more than 24,000 people from china. elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: a group of migrant struggle through the rain and mud of the panamanian jungle toward the u.s. border. weiwei wang is one of them. "i'm surviving on chocolate bars and running out of drinking water." >> reporter: he videoed the whole grueling trek undertaken by people from all over the world, including recently a record number from china. since january, border officials have processed more than ten times as many chinese migrants as last year. a surge of people with their hopes crushed by china's weak
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economy, repression, and corruption. "the government wanted my family's land," chen yi chow explains, and has video of what he said were thugs sent to beat them up. at the border, american volunteers help out the new arrivals. >> we're used to seeing border crossers here. central americans, mexicans. trying to avoid the border patrol. and here we have this giant mass of asians coming in saying, "please arrest me, where's the guy who's going to arrest me?" >> reporter: the route is an owe open secret. first from china to quito in ecuador, which chinese can enter without a visa. then onward with detailed online advice. in this video, a guide shows quito airport on googlemaps. "if you land at night, don't go outs outside. next morning, catch the bus and carry on north."
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the cartoons make it look easy. it's not. >> it's very, very dangerous. >> reporter: immigration lawyer wang represents chinese migrants in the u.s. >> they could be killed, they could be raped, they could be robbed. it's really, rail risky. i keep warning people, do not come this way. >> reporter: the poor rural town of changla in china's southeast is famous for the number of migrants who have left from here for america. but for most, the price, over $5,000, is just too high. one local woman who scrapes by selling secondhand textiles told us, "my brother and his family left years ago. of course i want to go too, but wishing won't do it. i need cash." on the u.s. border, more and more have found the cash to gamble on a new life. even though attorney wang says about 30% will be deported. but --
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>> 70% of the people will be allowed to settle down in the u.s. in the meantime, the u.s. economy is growing very fast. and a lot of employers need low-paid employees. so that's kind of the win-win situation. >> reporter: and the biggest win of all is to have left china far behind. ♪ hallelujah ♪ >> reporter: i'm elizabeth palmer in tokyo. president biden's recent talks with china's president xi jinping has led to a thaw in relations between the two countries. some visitors to the natistiona zoo in washington hopes it also means the return of the giant panamas. adriana diaz reports on the history of panda diplomacy. >> reporter: the pandas left the nation's capital with diplomatic flair. a police escort, a private plane, and a hero's welcome back in china last week. for half a century, they've been
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among washington's heaviest hitters. did you see pandas? >> yes! >> yes! >> there's one straight behind you! >> look at how cute. >> reporter: but they've always been on loan. smithsonian's national zoo pays china millions for the pandas. >> they are just joy. people watch them, they're happy, they smile. >> reporter: brandi smith is the zoo's director. >> they were supposed to return about three years ago -- >> then they had a baby? >> they did have a baby. >> pandemic puppy. >> yes, our little pandemic miracle. >> reporter: the name means "little miracle" in mandarin because he was born by artificial insemination when his mother was 22, well past the mating age of around 6 years old. the first panda in the u.s. was likely this one nearly a century ago, a cub captured by american explorer ruth harkness who got the hotel treatment en route to the brookfield zoo outside
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chicago. many mistakenly believe pandas first arrived in 1972 after president nixon's groundbreaking trip to a then closed off china led to so-called panda diplomacy. georgetown professor dennis wilder advised the bush administration on china. >> the story goes, as told by pat nixon, in front of her was a tin of cigarettes. and on the cover of that tin was a panda. and she turned to premier li sitting next to her and said, "i love pandas." and he said, "you love pandas? why don't i give you some?" >> i think pandemonium is going to break out right here at the zoo. >> reporter: and it's never died down. americans' love only grew with the panda cam. first snow day, over 6 million views. zookeeper laurie thompson was on the plane. what have you taught them to get
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them ready for being in another environment completely? >> the chinese also do the same similar training as us. if we want them to stand up, we would do this. >> and they stand up? >> yes. and open mouth is like this. >> you've seen them grow up. >> uh-huh. >> how are you doing? >> i'm trying not to think about the end. >> reporter: shaky relations between the u.s. and china in the skies, over taiwan, and a shot-down spy balloon have coincided with china letting american panda contracts lapse with no renewals. >> i like to call it punitive panda diplomacy. this is chinese subtlety. >> reporter: but this week, after a productive meeting with president biden wednesday, president xi said he heard americans were sad to see the pandas go. indicated more could be heading to the san diego zoo. washington's national zoo had no comment, but when their pandas departed, director smith said this. >> i cannot imagine washington, d.c. without giant pandas.
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>> it's not giving people what they expect. >> reporter: his name is spencer schein. his work has provided him with quite the catchy nickname. >> most of the vanilla flavoring was chemical. >> reporter: the vanilla vigilante. perhaps the most prolific class action attorney in the country, schien is the smokehouse sheriff. >> these almonds have never come within a foot of the smokehouse. >> reporter: the olive oil avenger. >> the amount of olive oil in this is actually quite small. >> reporter: he carved out a unique niche, deceptions he sees in the aisles of the grocery store, hundreds of cases including a suit against the a makers of a and w root bear. >> made with aged vanilla, when in fact almost all the flavor is in that product was not from aged vanilla or any kind of vanilla, but actually from a
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chemical ethylvanolin. >> reporter: he didn't claim it was less healthy, just that consumers paid more, expecting the real thing. do you believe your clients have been harmed? >> they have been harmed. of course, it's not a car accident. it's somebody who was misled. >> so there's a general federal statute that says, when you sell or label food or advertise food, you have to be truthful. you can't be fraudulent. you can't be deceptive. >> reporter: jacob gersin, director of harvard law school's food law lab, says it's a matter of what a reasonable consumer would believe. and that in a world of too many regulations and too few regulators to enforce them, spencer schien's lawsuits help determine that. so do food companies think of the type of cases an attorney like spencer schien files against them? >> they hate them. they think they're frivolous. they think that no reasonable
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consumer would actually believe the things that he's asserting. they believe in these cases. >> one out of every four or five case news smiling, some judge says there's no merit to it. >> i think that's quite an unfortunate thing. >> are you out there pressing for some sort of justice for the consumer? or have you stumbled upon a breaking business model? >> personally, i don't think in terms of business model. i happen to enjoy what i do. >> reporter: schien's cases against blue diamond, smokehouse almonds, and country crock butter are ongoing. those companies say all their labeling is truthful, accurate, and fda compliant. the makers of a and w root beer say the same but have agreed to settle the case for $15 million. they say to avoid further litigation. that's a few bucks each plaintiffs and a few million to the lawyers. but the real aged vanilla is no longer used.
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>> the members of the class, people who get to share in the settlement, how much money did they get? >> they might get anywhere from $5 to $25, depending on their proof of purchase. >> attorneys make millions. >> we're the stopgap. after us, it's nothing. and all we're doing is just trying to hold things back a little bit. just try to make things a little bit better. and to give consumers a little bit more transparency when it comes to what they're buying. >> so the windfall from the cases financially absolutely goes to the lawyers that bring them. that should make us feel a little uneasy. but compared to a world where the cases are never brought, i think this world looks a lot better. >> reporter: a world where lawsuits filed by the vanilla vigilante and others like him keep defining and refining where the line is when it comes to food producers getting us to pull ■their items off the shelvs and into our carts. >> now, that is a terrible
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thing? i don't think that's such a terrible thing. because when a consumer reads vanilla, made with vanilla, we actually want to know what most people think that means. the best world would be where people get what they think they're buying. and then eat what they think they're eating. >> that was jim axelrod, and this is the "cbs overnight news."
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country music star and former u.s. marine steven cochran has a new album out, but it's his time in iraq that's the focus of a new movie about his life. >> it's one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me, other than being a husband and a father, is becoming a marine. >> reporter: at a young age, after seeing his cousin fresh after boot camp, steven cochran knew he wanted to be a marine. like many americans, he signed up after the events of 9/11,
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being deployed to iraq in 203. >> i was one of the first battalions to enter. we fought in the battle of nasiriyah, the first major city to fall in iraq, up to tikrit and back. >> reporter: he suffered back injury that lost him the ability to walk. >> the vehicle no inn front of us went around, my vehicle didn't see it, we hit it. threw me off the back. i came back down on a bust sell rack and broke my back, shattered all my lumbars. even with doctors saying he would never walk again, he pushed on. with a major back surgery and the hem of his family, he'd walk again in a year. after the injury he got back to his passion for country music, writing songs about the hardships veterans face. cochran has been a member of the country music awards, awarded best new artist, and has a new album on the way. >> we released yet on the marine corps birthday, early for marines and navy corpsmen, now it's out everywhere.
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>> reporter: cochran, an incredible tale of beating the odds, is now being made into a movie. >> we signed a deal with hallmark movie network where they've written and now hopefully, since the strike is over, will be soon into production on the film based upon my life. % >> reporter: the movie is expected to hit the big screen in the summer of 2024. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. reporting from new york city, i'm maurice dubois. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt piper in new york. the schedule has been announced to honor the life of former first lady rosalynn carter, who died sunday at the age of 96. her body will lie in repose at the jimmy carter presidential library and museum in atlanta next monday, and a private funeral will be held november 29th. in a statement, president biden and first lady jill bider lauded her for inspiring a nation and the world.
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far-right candidate javier milei won argentina's presidential election, comfortably defeating sergio mahsa. his election comes as inflation in argentina is skyrocketing. mr. bi n will pardon two turkeys today, liberty and bell. they'll live at the university of minnesota. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm ma ♪ remembering rosalynn carter. the former first lady who wielded influence during a turbulent presidency and championed humanitarian causes worldwide dies at age 96. >> could jimmy carter have been elected president without rosalynn carter? >> well, i don't like to think he could have. also, fighting rages in gaza. caught in the crossfire, palestinian civilians. the territory on the brink of collapse.
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these premature babies moved out of the the besieged al shifa hospital today. in jerusalem, the world health organization has described gaza's main hospital as a death zone. israel releases new video of what it calls a terror tunnel under the complex as hope grows for a hostage deal. holiday head start. travelers try to beat the thanksgiving get-away crush. >> i'm reid cowan at los angeles international airport where long lines and the high price to get in the sky may have you speeding up your turkey trot this thanksgiving holiday. >> 'tis the season to shop. so why are seasonal job hunters feeling a big chill? and later, we head to japan for a spin in the vehicles of the future. not all of them built for the road. >> it's not a bumper car. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news."
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good evening, jericka is off. i'm maurice dubois. we begin with the death of former first lady rosalynn carter. she died today at her home in plains, georgia, after a life committed to public service long after leaving washington. mrs. carter was 96 years old. no other first couple lived longer after leaving the white house than jimmy and rosalynn carter, nearly 43 years. no first couple was married longer, 77 years. cbs' norah o'donnell looks back at the life of a groundbreaking american woman. >> reporter: jimmy and rosalynn carter had a partnership that was extraordinary for a president and first lady. the carters' bond was deep, both in private and in politics. >> could jimmy carter have been elected president without rosalynn carter? >> well, i don't like to think he could have. >> reporter: she spoke her mind to her husband, and he valued her advice. she sat in on cabinet meetings, a first, and took the heat for
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it. >> it doesn't matter what i do. it doesn't matter what he does. we go in to be criticized. you just have to have confidence. >> reporter: born in plains, georgia, on august 18th, 1927, the oldest of four children, she started dating jimmy carter when she was 18. >> first time i had a date with him i came home, and mother said, "you know, i like jimmy, he has the nicest smile." >> reporter: they married a year later. jimmy was in the navy, which allowed them to see the world. his father died in 1953, so with their three sons they returned to plains to run the family peanut business. in 1970, jimmy was elected governor of georgia. rosalynn campaigned by his side and on her own. that continued on the 1976 presidential campaign trail where their fourth child, amy, often joined them. as first lady, she continued to be a sounding board for her husband. >> i look forward to consulting closely with him on a regular basis.
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>> reporter: she also traveled as his emissary, especially to latin america. after leaving washington in 1981, they then created the carter center in atlanta where they promoted peace and where she continued her work as an advocate for research and treatment of mental illness. she also became a prominent voice for caregivers and for women and children. and she joined her husband in the work of habitat for humanity. as the world faced the deadly covid-19 pandemic, the couple used their voices to encourage americans to get vaccinated to help save lives. their long tradition of helping others led president clinton to award the carters the medal of freedom in 1999. >> jimmy and rosalynn carter have done more good things for more people in more places than any other couple on the face of earth. >> reporter: president carter not only called rosalynn his
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wife but his best friend and chief adviser. a small-town girl who didn't plan on a public life, rosalynn carter understood the power of high office and used it to help make this a better and kinder world. norah o'donnell, cbs news, washington. >> tonight, habitat for humanity called the late first lady "a compassionate and committed champion of the organization," adding, "she worked fiercely to help families around the world." now to the middle east and today, fighting raged in gaza even as israel and hamas appear to be close to a deal to free some hostages. the conflict is now in week seven with no end in fight. cbs' imtiaz tyab in east jerusalem tonight. >> reporter: 31 premature babies have been safely evacuated from the al shifa hospital as the israeli military releases new video of a tunnel system it said was used by hamas that ran below
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the sprawling complex, as well as what it says is video evidence hamas took captives from israel to the facility after the deadly october 7th attacks. they are the tiniest of survivors, born into a brutal war. now transferred here to southern gaza from the besieged al shifa hospital where a visiting team from the world health organization described it as a death zone and praised palestinian health workers who continue to work there under dire conditions. >> i'm absolutely humbled by the work of you and your team. the heroic efforts that you have made, i have no words. >> reporter: tonight the israeli military released this video it says is of a complex hamas tunnel that runs below the sprawling complex, as well as footage of what it says are hostages from israel, of thai and nepali origin, forced into the hospital by hamas fighters the morning they were captured. >> hamas is holding the elderly. >> reporter: cbs news cannot independently verify the claims,
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but as israel continues to widen its military campaign from northern gaza to the south, killing dozens, the first anti-war protest since the start of israel's assault on the palestinian territory was held in tel aviv this weekend, forbidden by police until now. why is the cease-fire so important? >> because people are being killed at an alarming rate in gaza, and because i don't think the military solution -- there is no military solution to this problem. >> reporter: protesters carried signs in hebrew, arabic, and english, calling for an end to the war and the occupation. >> i think that if you lose hope, so there's nothing more to struggle for. there's nothing more to fight for. >> reporter: but few across israel feel this way. this man shouted curse words in hebrew at the anti-war demonstrators before being led away by police. tonight, israel's intelligence minister has said the international community should
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not fund the rebuilding of gaza after the war and instead promote what she called the, quote, voluntary resettlement of palestinians from the territory to other countries, a suggestion that is deeply controversial given the dark history of palestinian displacement, maurice, something the biden administration has said will not happen. >> imtiaz tyab, thanks to you. there's a lot more news ahead
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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> today, president biden spent the day in virginia. the president and first lady traveling to norfolk, joining military service members and their families for dinner ahead of thanksgiving. but the president is also focused on a possible deal aimed at freeing hostages, including americans, held by hamas. cbs' skyler henry at the white house tonight with more, skyler?
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>> reporter: hey, maurice, good to be with you. the biden administration says getting those hostages, including dozens of women and children, out of the region is an extraordinarily high priority for the president. >> on an issue as sensitive as this and challenging as this, the mantra that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed really does apply. >> reporter: deputy national security adviser john finer says the u.s. attempt to broker a hostage release deal between israel and hamas is delicate. >> we're going to continue working this directly and intensively behind the scenes with the goal of getting as many of these people home, including the americans who are held hostage there, as we can. >> reporter: president biden said in an op-ed published in "the washington post" saturday, he and his team are working hour by hour to get the hostages released. he also added, as long as hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, a cease-fire is not peace, going on to say that cease-fires would allow hamas
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militants to rebuild, restock rockets, and reposition fighters. but mr. biden does think a two-state solution is the way forward. some democrats on capitol hill agree. >> you can be both pro-israel, as i am, and also pro-palestinian and support palestinian rights and aspirations to self-determination and a homeland of their own. >> reporter: new polling, however, suggests 70% of young voters between the ages of 18 to 34 disapprove of biden's handling of the war. looking ahead for the week tomorrow, president biden turns 81. he's the oldest sitting president and he's also running for re-election. a recent cbs news poll shows only one-third of registered voters think that the president would stay through a second term. maurice? >> okay, skyler henry at the white house tonight, thank you. thanksgiving is four days away, and the travel rush is on. a cross-country storm is expected to impact some of that travel with rain and severe
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weather from the west coast impacting the midwest and east coast as early as tuesday. cbs' reid cowan is at a busy l.a.x. tonight with more for us, reid? >> reporter: good evening, maurice. many thanksgiving travelers behind me working hard and working early to beat the storms and the crowds. 55 million people are expected to travel, that means the holidays are off to a hectic start. call it a sprint before thanksgiving dinner. only this rush won't burn calories, as passengers wait in long lines at los angeles international airport and all across the country. >> it is so busy, and i want to make sure that we have easy travel. >> reporter: this weekend the number of scheduled flights is up 13%, according to the faa, in what could be the busiest holiday travel period in nearly 20 years. aaa's doug shupe -- >> a lot of people are trying to get out of town early to avoid the heavy, heavy congestion at the terminals on tuesday and wednesday. >> reporter: flyer michael devine got the warning and
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arrived early. >> you're warned, get to the airport, it's going to be crazy. for us it was like, keep our fingers crossed. >> reporter: fingers crosses and flyers' wallets stressed. how much did you pay for your ticket? >> $700. >> $600. >> close to $700 one way. >> reporter: the average cost of a domestic airline ticket, $681, up 5% from last year. for travelers not willing to pay for pricey flights, gas prices nationwide are down from last year, averaging $3.31 per gallon. for big holidays, taking the automobile is the number one mode of transportation. it's also the most economical for families. no matter how you make it to the thanksgiving table, the cost of the traditional dinner is 4.5% lower, which takes the sting out of getting there. >> 100% worth it. >> reporter: so get this, the busiest day to fly is wednesday. if you're going to drive on wednesday, here's a tip. leave before 11:00 a.m. to avoid bumper-to-bumper traffic.
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maurice, that means if i leave right now, i'll be on the east coast in three days. i like extra turkey with my gravy. >> if it all works out. reid cowan, thanks so much tonight. good news for commuters in los angeles. interstate 10 will fully reopen tomorrow, more than a week after a fire severely damaged part of one of the nation's busiest roadways. construction workers worked a combined 10,000 hours to stabilize the freeway. elon musk facing an advertising backlash after an anti-semitic endorsement. why retailers are bracing for a ho-hum hiring season.
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it has been a tough weekend for elon musk. the spacex cofounder watched the most powerful rocket ever built explode during a test flight over the texas coast saturday. musk faces growing backlash from advertisers over anti-semitic posts on his social media site x. cbs' astrid martinez has more. >> reporter: comcast and sony some of the latest to say they're leaving x. they're joining a growing list of advertisers pulling money from the platform formerly known as twitter. apple, warner brothers, cbs' parent company paramount fleeing after owner elon musk endorsed anti-semitic conspiracy theories online. wednesday musk liked a post on x that claimed jewish communities
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have a dialectical hatred against whites. "you have said the actual truth," musk responded. now promising a "thermonuclear lawsuit" against watchdog media matters for reporting x has been placing ads next to pro-nazi content. other social networks like facebook and tiktok also struggle with monitoring false and hateful content. >> reporter: senior correspondent for vox, peter kafka, said x is still struggling with heavy debt load. >> he's got about a billion dollars of interest payments he has to pay off every year. that's a real cost he has to figure out how to pay. but he's the world's richest man. this stuff is available to him. if he wanted to sort of eat it, he can. >> reporter: other social networks like facebook and tiktok also struggle with monitoring false and hateful content. however, maurice, musk has drawn personal condemnation for posting his controversial views to his more than 163 million followers. >> astrid martinez, thank you. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news."
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very smooth. honda calls it the uni-1. the rest of us call it amazing. >> it's not a bumper car. >> reporter: elsewhere there were customizable vending trucks, robotic exoskeletons, even remote-controlled diggers. the meat and potatoes of this business is still practical cars for busy people. powerhouse toyota ceo koji sato took is stage to introduce the company's brand-new e-vehicles. his company's pouring billions into the holy grail of batteries, so-called solid state, to have in its cars by 2028. recharge time, ten minutes. range, more than 700 miles. honda's vision of the future includes the tiny cimev. you actually designed it with your mother-in-law in mind?
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>> yes. >> reporter: design chief yusuke hasegawa showed me how easy to read buttons replaced the gear shift. on the drawing board is a driverless option. >> the car is to you coming by itself. >> you tell it where to go? >> right. >> then once it drops you off, you have to tell it where to park? >> that's right. >> reporter: look out, world, here comes the future.
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tonight paris, known as the city of lights, is sparkling even brighter. thousands of christmas lights on the champs-elysees were switched on. they'll adorn the iconic avenue until january 7th. in this country, it's a dim outlook for job hunters seeking holiday employment. retailers are expected to add 410,000 jobs this season, the lowest level since 2008. here's cbs' nancy chen. >> reporter: at this seasonal job fair in new york city, the holidays are already well under
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way. >> really successful, ended up getting hired. >> on the spot? >> on the spot. >> reporter: retailers, however, are proceeding cautiously. employment site indeed reports while there are more seasonal job-seekers this year, listings are down. >> it's still a shaky economy in many ways. companies are proceeding with caution. that means opening up fewer roles and looking critically at what roles have to be filled. >> reporter: online giant amazon stands out by adding more positions than last year. but many major companies say they're staying about the same or hiring fewer workers. walmart hasn't announced seasonal plans, saying it's already fully staffed. still, while holiday sales growth is expected to slow from recent years, industry experts are predicting another record-breaking spending season. a deloitte survey estimates consumers will spend on average over $1,600 on holiday shopping, up 14% from last year. even as shoppers face inflation,
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higher living costs, and resuming student loan payments. >> regardless of the economic conditions, when it comes to putting gifts under the tree for kids, parents make it happen. >> reporter: resilient shoppers, an endure doering holiday spirit. nancy chen, cbs news, new york. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. reporting from new york city, i'm maurice dubois. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt piper in new york. the schedule has been announced to honor the life of former first lady rosalynn carter, who died sunday at the age of 96. her body will lie in repose at the jimmy carter presidential library and museum in atlanta next monday, and a private funeral will be held november 29th. in a statement, president biden and first lady jill biden lauded her for inspiring a nation and the world.
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far-right candidate javier malay won argentina's presidential election, comfortably defeating sergio mahsa. his election comes as inflation in argentina is skyrocketing. mr. biden will pardon two turkeys today, liberty and bell. they'll live at the university of minnesota. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. it's monday, november 20th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." remembering rosalynn carter. tributes pour in for the former first lady and champion of humanitarian causes. the funeral plans and how the public can pay their respects. new video. israel uncovers security camera footage it says captures hamas militants bringing two hostages to gaza's largest hospital on

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