over 21,800 have died, according to the hamas-run ministry of health. the idf has intensified its operations in recent days. going building by building, street by street, after hamas militants. destroying tunnels and hoping to rescue hostages seized by fighters on october 7th. as the year wraps up, some harbor hopes for the future. "i wish to go back to normal, for electricity to return, and to go home," says this boy. for 12-year-old mouna alsawa, even a return to the mundane seems special. she says she wants to return home and run errands again. in tel aviv, some expressed the need to end the fighting. >> in order to release these hostages, a cease-fire must be taking place. >> reporter: for now, the war grinds on. few, if any, will be celebrating the new year here. many hope, especially in gaza, that 2024 brings a long and lasting peace.

>> ian lee and our entire cbs news team in the middle east tonight, thank you. the war in ukraine and the war in the middle east are top priorities for president biden as he begins his new year. cbs' skyler henry is traveling with the president in the u.s. virgin islands. good evening, skyler. >> reporter: ed, good to see you. there's several issues the president is juggling heading into 2024 as he's also looking to stay in office with an election on the horizon. president biden staying in close contact this weekend with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. with western military aid stalled and kyiv running low on supplies as it defends itself from russian aggression, the biden administration is urging congress to take action. >> we believe that they can be successful in this conflict that they can win, and they can push russian forces out of ukraine. but what they've got to have, additional resources.

>> reporter: republican lawmakers on capitol hill say aid to both ukraine and israel hinges on beefing up assets and sweeping policy changes along the u.s. southern border. today more than 300 migrants landed in rockford, illinois, before being bussed to chicago, one of the major cities concerned about federal resources as they deal with an overflow of asylum seekers. >> what we have is clearly an international and federal crisis that local governments are being asked to subsidize. and this is unsustainable. >> reporter: u.s. officials signal they're on track to process a record-breaking more than 300,000 migrants crossing into the country in just december alone. though the number of deportations nearly doubled compared to the year before. the republicans looking to take president biden's job aren't holding back. >> i can't believe, in this day and time in america, we're allowing that to happen. it is a complete dereliction of duty. >> reporter: the biden campaign

is asking voters to allow him to finish the job. the support for former president trump remains strong despite a slew of legal challenges. he's facing election challenges as well, including a growing number of states considering dropping him from their primary ballots. ed? >> skyler henry traveling with the president tonight, thanks. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." the "cbs overnight news." ♪ start this new charmin ultra soft smooth tear is soooo soft and soo smooth. new charmin ultra soft smooth tear has wavy perforations that tear so much better for a smooth more enjoyable go. charmin, enjoy the go. ♪♪ vicks vapostick provides soothing, non-medicated vicks vapors. easy to apply for the whole family. vicks vapostick. and try vicks vaposhower for steamy vicks vapors. new herbal essences sulfate free.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm ed o'keefe in washington. happy new year. 2024 is just hours old, and it promises to be a memorable year. first off, the u.s. presidential campaign season heats up with donald trump, the leading republican candidate, out on bail in four jurisdictions and facing 91 felony counts.

there are the continuing wars in ukraine and gaza. the u.s. will host a nato summit. and the city of light, paris, will host the summer olympics. in the skies, there's a total eclipse on tap and a giant comet heading our way. there are also a bunch of new laws taking effect today. they include raising the minimum wage for those in the health care and fast food industries. carter evans has that story from los angeles. >> reporter: as a delivery driver for pizza hut, marcelo sandoval was one of 10 million americans looking forward to a raise in 2024. he qualified for california's new $20 an hour minimum wage for certain food service workers. >> who wouldn't mind getting an extra $4 increase in their pay? >> reporter: 25 states and dozens of municipalities across the country are planning minimum wage increases in 2024. one as high as $20.29 an hour, far competing the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour set back in 2009.

>> because of how rapid inflation has been the past couple of years, the minimum wage increases are keeping up with or slightly exceeding inflation. in a lot of states now, actually. >> reporter: the bigger paychecks will come at a cost, especially in restaurants in california. >> a burrito costs $15, it's going to cost $17. >> what's the ripple effect? >> everyone else has to match. if you can work at mcdonald's or starbucks for $20 an hour, why would you stay at olive garden or walmart? >> reporter: economists believe it could eventually lead to a slight increase in overall inflation and other unintended consequences. you're not going to see that $20 an hour? >> unfortunately, i won't. >> reporter: that's because sandoval is one of more than 1,100 california delivery drivers pizza hut franchises are laying off. because they don't want to pay you $20 an hour? >> exactly. >> reporter: now, instead of looking forward to a bigger paycheck, he's looking for a new job. >> i felt a little betrayed.

but at the same time, i'm not surprised. >> reporter: carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. 2024 is also ushering in big changes in the entertainment industry. copyright protections expire on dozens of iconic works from "lady chatterly's lover" to the first "winnie-the-pooh" book. films like "peter pan" and the max brothers "animal crackers" will enter the public domain. jo ling kent has that story. >> reporter: 95 years after the 1928 animated short "steamboat willie" made its debut, this minnie and mickey will enter the public domain. that means the house of mouse won't be the only one who can use images of the iconic rodents. >> this is the culmination of a love triangle. >> reporter: duke professor jennifer jenkins specializes in intellectual property. >> the poster child for how valuable the public domain is,

is probably walt disney. think of all their beloved, wonderful films that are based on public domain works, but at the same time physicianny is also a figurehead for the diminishment of the public domain because of their support for copyright term extension. >> reporter: disneyand other companies pushed congress to pass copyright extensions in the 1990s, delaying mickey's emergence into the public sphere. only mickey and minnie's black-and-white "steamboat willie" versions can now be used in creative works. not the more familiar colorful renditions that came after. what are the limitations? what are you not allowed to do? >> you cannot use the characters in a way that misleads consumers into thinking that disney has produced or sponsored your product. >> reporter: a case in point, winnie-the-pooh. ♪ winnie-the-pooh winnie-the-pooh ♪ >> reporter: one test of an icon going out to the public whose

original literary work lost its protection two years ago, and that led to this. "winnie-the-pooh: blood and honey." >> "blood and honey" was buzz worthy because of the shock value, because it grossed people out. but in the long run, our culture gets to decide what kinds of public domain reuses have enduring appeal. >> reporter: over the years, many other characters have entered the public domain without much fanfare, including "tarzan," "sherlock holmes," "even "frankenstein's monitor." >> we've got donald duck, superman, batman, movies such as "the wizard of oz." we have a lot of wonderful works and a lot of forgotten works going in the public domain in the inspection few years. the inspection few years. >> reporter: a thrilling new (peaceful music)

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too. california's giant redwoods can live for over 2,500 years. so it was devastating when the 2020 wildfires burned up big basin redwoods state park, leaving nothing behind but blackened trunks. but this year, something amazing. new green buds growing back. it turns out that for centuries, these trees have been harboring a secret reserve of buds beneath the bark. a little insurance for worst-case scenarios. but as good news categories go, the big winner this year was medicine. we got the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill. new treatments approved for alzheimer's, rsv, and muscular dystrophy. and then the game changer in owe beamsty and diabetes, the mainstream arrival of drugs like ozmpic. >> particularly what it does it slows the way food moves to your

gut. you feel less appetite, you feel less cravings. clinical trials have shown 15% to 20% weight loss. >> of your body weight? >> yes. these are really significant. >> reporter: this is the director of obesity medicine at mount sinai hospital in new york. >> many of my patients, they are eating better than i am. they're exercising a ton. they're doing everything right. that's where our patients who come and have tried their best, who have failed lifestyle measures, could really benefit from should have these drugs. >> reporter: best of all, it's not just about losing weight. >> whether it's their blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, you know. being able to say, you don't need your blood pressure medicine anymore. these are tremendous, tremendous gains and something that is really a breakthrough. >> reporter: 2023 was the year artificial intelligence got real. software like chatgpt set off waves of terror about jobs and misinformation and humanity's future. but there's more to the a.i. story.

for example, a.i. can now spot breast cancer tumors that people miss. in california, within two months, a new a.i. program spotted 77 wildfires forming before any person had a clue. and in l.a. and new york, a.i. hooked up to traffic cameras is changing stop lights in realtime t keep traffic flowing. as stanford professor eric brin nelson points out -- >> not only is it not the end of the world, think they we'll have potentially the best decade of flourishing creativity than ever because lots more people than before are going to be able to contribute to our collective art and science. >> reporter: finally, air travel is one of the last great challenges in decarbonizing the planet. airplanes pump out about a billion tons of carbon dioxide every year. and of course, as we all know, there's no such thing as a clean electric plane. or is there?

we go now to david pogue. >> reporter: it's a beautiful day to fly in burlington, vermont. >> what a view! >> reporter: off the wing of our chase plane, we're observing a striking new airplane. >> is that beautiful? all electric. it adds to the future. >> reporter: it's an electric plane made by beta technologies. it seats six and can fly for a couple hundred miles on a charge. >> there are four lifting rotors -- >> reporter: according to beta founder and ceo kyle clark, that's only the beginning. >> every year, batteries get better and better. that means in seven years, we'll double that. in another seven years, we'll double that again. >> reporter: so you think before you and i die that we will fly on an electric-powered jetliner? >> yes. absolutely. no question. >> reporter: beta expects to begin flying cargo in 2024, passengers in 2025. but it's just one of over 300

companies working on electric planes. quieter than gas planes, simpler to maintain, and much cheaper to fly. many of them can take off and land vertically. and you know what that means. where we're going, we don't need runways. >> thank you, david. that's all for today. actually, that's nowhere near all. but remember, bad news breaks suddenly, but good

being home for the holidays took on a new meaning for some people in new orleans. omar villafranca records on a christmas surprise to remember. >> reporter: britney rickard of new orleans wears a lot of hats. >> this will be gone first quarter. >> reporter: these ceo of her own cosmetics company, and last year she bought her first investment property, an apartment building with ten units. >> a lot of my tenants are

single women with children. >> reporter: that made her think of her childhood growing up in public housing and how difficult christmas could be for her mom. >> my mom was a single woman raising three children alone. >> reporter: last month she gathered her tenants, put on a shar truth suit, and delivered a gift that would make santa green with envy. >> i wanted to actually gift y'all with a free month's rent. >> now i don't have to try to take a loan out or ask family for money. i can do it now. >> reporter: kadesha lives in one unit with her two boys. she says rickard's gift will allow her family to celebrate more and worry less. she's better than santa claus? >> yes, like a guardian angel. a guardian angel. that's the "overnight news" for this monday.

check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. recording from the nation's capital, i'm ed o'keefe. happy new year.

♪ ringing in the new year. celebrations under way worldwide. in new york, a big crowd for the ball drop in times square. law enforcement nationwide watched with heightened concern. cbs news is overhead. >> i'm astrid martinez taking to the new york city skies with nypd as they show me their massive security operations to keep the crowd safe on new year's eve. red sea attack.

u.s. navy kills iran-backed rebels in boats attacking a containership. as israel expands its fight against hamas. >> i'm ian lee on the israel/gaza border. last night, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war behind me could last many more months. plus president biden's new year. vacationing in st. croix, but juggling war, a migrant crisis, and re-election. >> i'm skyler henry traveling with the president as he dials up the pressure on congress, while his political opponents weigh in. death of a nascar legend. remembering three-time champion cale yarborough. later, we'll note the end of an era as america's last lighthouse keeper ends her watch at boston light. >> boston light is my home. i took to it like a fish to water.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good morning and happy new year. i'm ed o'keefe in washington. 2024 came in with a bang, with fireworks and parties and revelers raising a glass to the brand-new year. the biggest party of all was in new york's times square. 1 million people packing the crossroads of the world as the tiffany ball came down for a joyous start to 2024. ♪ auld lang syne ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ start spreading the news ♪ ♪ i'm leaving today ♪ ♪ i want to be a part of it ♪ >> the nation's largest police department was out in force to keep everyone safe. astrid martinez has the story. >> we could give a specific location, like how many people are on this corner -- >> reporter: high above the celebration -- >> when the sun goes down, it's a whole different sight, too. >> reporter: law enforcement is on high alert. >> we're covering the whole city, but we're focused on manhattan. >> reporter: anybody wants to try anything, what would you tll them? >> not today. not tonight. not ever. >> reporter: this year, officers

on the lookout for protests like those that interrupted the thanksgiving day parade and a tree lighting in november. and police will use drones for the first time ever to monitor potential dangers. >> this year, the drones are giving us a better view of exactly what's going on, you know, in realtime. >> reporter: below times square, the busiest mass transit hub of the city will be watched closely. >> our plans for policing this event is multi-layered. you know, we're talking about the subway system. you know, our riders are going to see a visible presence and an invisible presence. >> reporter: this historic celebration, named for "the new york times," dates all the way back to 1904. >> u.s. citizens welcomed the new year with the loudest and most populous greeting in decades. >> reporter: in chicago, the skies over lake michigan will be lit with more than 100,000 fireworks. and las vegas will close the

strip where more than 400,000 people are expected. back in new york, revelers are filling times square and focusing on the future. >> going to be a great year for all of us. >> reporter: nypd's safety measures go far beyond times square. police expect 2 million people to come to new york to watch the ball drop, but they will be spread out throughout the five boroughs. ed, happy new year. >> same to you, astrid martinez, thank you. we head overseas where there's a marked escalation of tensions along one of the world's busiest shipping routes. it happened in the red sea after a container ship issued a distress call saying it was under attack by iran-backed houthi militants in four boats. u.s. navy helicopters from the aircraft carrier "eisenhower" and "uss gravely" responded, returning fire. they sunk three boats, killing its crew members. the u.s. says it's the 23rd illegal red sea attack by houthi rebels since mid-november.

what's happening is a spillover of the israel/hamas war. cbs' ian lee is on the front lines of the conflict tonight. ian, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, ed. you can see smoke rising from the intensifyinging taking place in northern gaza hint me. this comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warns the war could last many more months. paramedics arrive on the scene of an artillery strike in khan younis today. "move quickly, there's a boy," shouts the ambulance driver. the boy moves amidst the rubble, alive but injured. they quickly bring a stretcher and haul him off. the war in gaza has transformed its hospitals. people gather for information or hoping to find safety. the injured seek life-saving treatment. but now gaza's largest hospital has a new addition. a cemetery. hundreds of graves line the courtyard of al shifa.

signs bear the names of the men, women, and children killed in the fighting since october. over 21,800 have died, according to the hamas-run ministry of health. the idf has intensified its operations in recent days. going building by building, street by street, after hamas militants. destroying tunnels and hoping to rescue hostages seized by fighters on october 7th. as the year wraps up, some harbor hopes for the future. "i wish to go back to normal, for electricity to return, and to go home," says this boy. for 12-year-old mouna alsawa, even a return to the mundane seems special. she says she wants to return home and run errands again. in tel aviv, some expressed the need to end the fighting. >> in order to release these hostages, a cease-fire must be taking place. >> reporter: for now, the war grinds on. few, if any, will be celebrating the new year here. many hope, especially in gaza,

that 2024 brings a long and lasting peace. >> ian lee and our entire cbs news team in the middle east tonight, thank you. now to the war in ukraine. today russia launched a new wave of drone and missile attacks on targets in kharkiv and other cities. at least 20 were injured in apparent retaliation for a deadly ukrainian attack saturday in the russian city of belgorod. there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnig

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." the war in ukraine and the war in the middle east are top priorities for president biden as he begins his new year. cbs' skyler henry is traveling with the president in the u.s. virgin islands. good evening, skyler. >> reporter: ed, good to see you. there's several issues the president is juggling heading

into 2024 as he's also looking to stay in office with an election on the horizon. president biden staying in close contact this weekend with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. with western military aid stalled and kyiv running low on supplies, the biden administration is urging congress to take action. to give more funding to ukraine. >> we believe that they can be successful in this conflict, that they can win, and they can push russian forces out of ukraine. but what they've got to have, additional resources. >> reporter: republican lawmakers on capitol hill say aid to both ukraine and israel hinges on beefing up assets and sweeping policy changes along the u.s. southern border. today more than 300 migrants landed in rockford, illinois, before being bussed to chicago, one of the major cities concerned about federal resources as they deal with an overflow of asylum seekers.

>> what we have is clearly an international and federal crisis that local governments are being asked to subsidize. and this is unsustainable. >> reporter: u.s. officials signal they're on track to process a record-breaking more than 300,000 migrants crossing into the country in just december alone. though the number of deportations nearly doubled compared to the year before. the republicans looking to take president biden's job aren't holding back. >> i can't believe, in this day and time in america, we're allowing that to happen. it is a complete dereliction of duty. >> reporter: the biden campaign is asking voters to allow him to finish the job. the support for former president trump remains strong despite a slew of legal challenges. he's facing election challenges as well, including a growing number of states considering dropping him from their primary ballots. ed? >> skyler henry traveling with the president tonight, thanks. tonight, there's been a

surprise announcement from one of europe's leaders. denmark's queen margrethe revealed in her annual new year's speech she's stepping down after 52 years on the throne. currently the world's longest-serving monarch, margrethe cited age and health issues. the queen will be succeeded by her son, crown prince frederik, on january 14th. to texas, where former congresswoman eddie bernice johnson has died. a democrat, she represented parts of dallas for 30 years before stepping down at the start of the year. johnson was the first registered nurse elected to congress and the first woman to chair the house science committee. eddie bernice johnson was 88 years old. and today we learned of the death of nascar legend cale yarborough. he's considered one of the sport's all-time greatest drivers and the first to win three consecutive cup titles. yarborough also won the daytona 500 four times. he's the last of nascar's so-called blue collar drivers who worked their way up from the sport's humble start to its

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honey-licious, power through your day, medicine. happy new year! >> we've covered plenty of tough stories in 2023, so we asked mark strassmann to recap some of the good news of the year. ♪ shake it off shake it off ♪ >> reporter: ladies first. women headlined in 2023. taylor and her jubilant swifties. >> it's amazing that everybody comes together and we're all dressed up and we all participate. >> reporter: beyonce and the bey-hive. both tours generated billions for local economies, mostly from women cheering their heroes. >> i have never been more confident and proud to be in my own skin because of her. ♪ diamonds ♪ >> reporter: and barbie. not just a hollywood hit. a cultural conversation.

>> barbie is such a strong and empowered woman. she has like 90 jobs. >> reporter: good news, speaking of jobs. in 2023, america's rate of working women between 25 and 54 hit a record high. the overall economy, inflation down, recession fears fading. >> we're seeing inflation making real progress. wanting to see. >> reporter: core inflation down to 4%. back in january, it was 5.6%. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: 2023 emboldened workers, especially union workers. on strike, nurses, auto workers, hollywood. they all picketed a path to a happy ending on payday. >> we were finally realizing, wait, we know our worth. >> reporter: fans of comeuppance or just telling the truth also hit the jackpot. rudy giuliani ordered to pay millions for lies he told about two georgia election workers.

and george santos, the prince of make-believe, drummed out of congress. in entertainment, michelle yeoh became the first asian woman to win the best actress oscar. a salute to admiral lisa francetti, the first-ever female member of the joint chiefs of staff. in sports, the buffalo bills damar hamlin played again in an nfl game, ten months after he nearly died of cardiac arrest on the football field. >> to be able to still do what i love at the highest level in the world is amazing. >> reporter: and brittney griner playing again in the wnba after languishing for ten months in russian custody. >> the love from fans when i came out was amazing. >> reporter: and finally, 2023 was a great year for ten americans released from venezuelan custody and five americans released in september by iran. home in time for the holidays. mark strassmann, cbs news,

atlanta.

from the skies over thailand to pasadena, california, where final preparations are under way for the rose parade. it's a new year's day tradition dating back to 1890. this year, nearly 1,000 volunteers worked a combined 80,000 hours to keep the floats

and festivities blossoming. tonight marks the end of an era for u.s. coast guard lighthouses and their keepers. for 20 years, sally snowman has kept watch over boston light on little brewster island that first illuminated boston harbor in 1716. she's the 70th keeper and the first woman to hold the position, and now the last. snowman is retiring. the lighthouse was sold to a private owner who's required to preserve it.

that's the "overnight news" for this monday. check back later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm ed o'keefe. happy new year.

it's monday, january 1st, 2024. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ happy 2024. hundreds of thousands of people packed new york's times square for a largely peaceful welcome to the new year.