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new people. and we continue to keep a close eye on the corpse flower at the academy of sciences. it's expected to bloom over the next few days, releasing their smell, which many compare to a corpse, hence the name. once bloomed, it could reach up to 20 feet. have either of you ever smell it had in person? >> i have not and i don't want to. smelling like rotten flesh? jeez. >> doesn't really intrigue you? no. ♪ . tonight, trounced by trump. >> we got double the number of votes that has ever been received in the great state of south carolina. >> the former president projected to beat nikki haley in the south carolina primary. she's now 0 for 4 in primaries but doubling down on staying the
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course. >> onward. >> as we head towards super tuesday. >> i don't believe donald trump can beat joe biden. also tonight, delusional demands. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling on hamas to get serious about negotiating. >> then we'll have the progress that we all want. >> we'll have the latest on the talks. plus, storm watch. the coast-to-coast system threatening to bring severe weather to millions in the coming days. we'll tell you when and where it's expected to hit. and the party is on! >> also court chaos. out of control fans rush the hardwood after wake forest's upset win over duke. a star player injured. tonight, who's crying foul. and later, the power of play. the evolution of dolls over generations telling the story of the black experience. >> re-imagining the doll. that was really important.
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>> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. tonight former president donald trump has his eyes set on michigan this tuesday for what he hopes will be another win after sweeping the primaries thus far. his challenger, nikki haley, is defying calls to drop out. at last check, her campaign says she is planning to head to the great lakes state after suffering a major blow in the very place that elected her twice as governor. well, here are the numbers with nearly all the votes counted. trump won south carolina by about 20 points. nicole sganga joins us with the details on what you're hearing regarding what's next for these candidates. good evening, nicole. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. another decisive win for former president donald trump. for the gop front-runner, it's also another hurdle cleared in that long road to securing the
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1,215 delegates needed to clinch the republican nomination. in columbia, south carolina, former president donald trump declared victory, sweeping his fourth street primary by double digits. >> wow. that is really something. this was a little sooner than we anticipated. >> reporter: leaving his opponent, former south carolina governor nikki haley and her home state advantage thwarted. >> today in south carolina, we're getting around 40% of the vote. i'm going to count it. i know 40% is not 50%. >> reporter: but still defiant. >> but i also know 40% is not some tiny group. >> reporter: roughly 800,000 south carolinians voted saturday. trump bested haley among most key demographic groups, winning majorities of both men and women plus all age groups according to cbs news exit polls.
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>> i thought that nikki was a stronger candidate in a lot of ways, and we needed a new generation. >> reporter: despite an unclear path to victory, haley has doubled down on her promise to stay in the race as her opponent faces multiple legal challenges. >> the mug shot. we've all seen the mug shot. and you know who embraced it more than anybody else? the black population. >> reporter: taking aim at the former president for comments made in front of conservative black voters. >> trump drives people away, including with his comments just yesterday. >> reporter: haley now heads to michigan before the state's primary contest tuesday. >> onward! >> reporter: michigan is just one of a dozen super tuesday states voting on march 5th. now haley has vowed to stay in the race until then, when over one-third of the republican delegates will be awarded. jericka. >> yeah, tuesday will be a big one.
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nicole sganga, thank you. today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a cease-fire deal with hamas can be within reach. netanyahu appeared on cbs's "face the nation," where he told our margaret brennan that hamas first needs to drop its, quote, delusional claims. >> hamas started out with just crazy demands. if they do abandon them and get into what you call the ballpark -- they're not even in the city. they're on another planet. but if they come down to a reasonable situation, then, yes, we'll have a hostage deal. i hope so. >> netanyahu also says israel anticipates ground operation in rafah would put his nation within weeks of total victory. right now six americans are among the more than 100 hostages believed to be in hamas captivity. the white house has warned israel from advancing on rafah without a detailed plan to limit civilian casualties. more than 1 million palestinians
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are currently living there. for the first time ever, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy publicly acknowledged that 31,000 ukrainian soldiers have been killed more than two years since russia's invasion. he appealed to the west to boost military aid as kyiv suffers setbacks. cbs's charlie d'agata is there tonight. >> reporter: with an historic train station, a church, and neighboring homes in flames and ruins from an overnight russian missile bombardment, year three of the full-scale invasion began a lot like day one. ukrainian defenses overwhelmed by a better-equipped enemy. ukrainian leaders pleading for help from the west. "whether ukraine will lose depends on you, on our partners, on the western world," president zelenskyy said tonight. if we will be strong with
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weapons, we will not lose. we will win. and while congress wrestles over that $60 billion ukraine funding package, cbs news has learned that the lack of money severely impacts u.s. army operations on nato's eastern flank with the country and beyond. just last week, u.s. soldiers from the 3rd infantry division out of georgia held live-fire exercises in neighboring poland. military planners have identified this region as especially vulnerable to attack with russian territory to the west and kremlin-allied belarus to the east, separated by a 40-mile strip of nato territory. but the cash-strapped army has not only been footing the bill on training and equipping ukrainian troops, spokesman colonel martin o'donnell says the lack of funding also puts in peril exercises like these. >> critical exercises.
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>> critical exercises. yeah, not only exercises that, you know, maintain our readiness, but should the need arise, our ability to stand, you know, side by side with our nato allies to deter, should deterrence fail, aggression. >> reporter: aggression from regional enemies, namely russia. ukrainian leaders and military analysts alike have repeatedly warned that if russia achieves victory here, that puts u.s. and nato partner poland squarely on a new front line. nobody wants this war to end more than the ukrainians themselves, jericka. asked tonight whether it was time to negotiate with russian president vladimir putin, president zelenskyy said, is it possible to address a deaf person, a person who's killing his opponents? >> charlie d'agata in kyiv, thank you. today millions of you are
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under weather alerts as a winter storm is set to move across this country. meteorologist lynette charles with our partners at the weather channel is tracking it all for us tonight. lynette, good evening. >> good evening, jericka. we do have a potent storm system that's going to start out west and work its way towards the east. but through your tuesday, the pacific northwest could see about one to two inches of rain moving in through the area. there it is on the west coast, and it's going to continue to work its way on off towards the east. this big bundle of energy is going to pose a big problem before it's all said and undid. so we're talking about tuesday into your wednesday, we will be dealing with severe thunderstorms, damaging gusty wind, tornadoes, and also hail from chicago, indianapolis. st. louis could see this. tis will continue to make its move on off towards the east. along with this, we're going to be dealing with plenty of wind moving across the area as well. jericka. >> all right, lynette. thank you. well, speaking of weather, for some of us, spring cannot come soon enough. and for potential home buyers,
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it could bring a much anticipated rate break. cbs's elise preston explains. >> reporter: americans are hoping for a spring thaw on the housing market. rising mortgage rates and higher home prices have kept many would-be buyers on the sidelines. >> when you have mortgage rates above 7%, it's really been a gut punch for the whole real estate market, and that's why there's so much focus on the fed in this game of poker. when do they start to cut rates? >> reporter: the current rate for a 30-year mixed loan is 7.5%. with the average home price hitting a record high of $379,000. dan ives of wed busch bush securities. >> the housing market is essentially at a standstill. inventory is starting to increase, but no one's really signing on the dotted line. >> reporter: despite inflation slowing down, americans are spending more than 11% of their
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income on food according to the u.s. department of agriculture, a number not seen in more than 30 years. >> what is your advice to the average consumer? >> yeah, my advice is we're going to see the fed start to cut as we get into may and june. that's good for consumers. >> reporter: now, some good economic news. the nation's unemployment rate remains steady with more people finding new jobs at the start of the year than experts predicted. jericka. >> all right. we like good news. elise preston, thank you. tonight a duke university basketball star is recovering from a sprained ankle, and it happened on the court but not during play. the incident highlights the controversy over postgame celebrations and the chaos that can follow. cbs's shanelle kaul has details. >> reporter: moments before the final buzzer sounded, wake forest fans sprinted onto the court. at least two fans made contact with men's basketball starting center kyle filipowski.
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his coach says he suffered a sprained ankle. >> i absolutely feel like it was personal. you know, intentional for sure. >> reporter: it's the second recent athlete versus fan injury on a college court. last month, a fan collided with ncaa women's top scorer caitlin clark at ohio state in columbus. >> and i was absolutely just hammered by somebody trying to run onto the court and basically blindsided. >> reporter: filipowski's coach is now joining others calling for a ban on court storming. >> like how many times does a player have to get into something where they get punched or they get pushed or they get taunted? it's a dangerous thing. >> reporter: in a statement, wake forest director of athletics john curry agreed with the call, writing, something must be done about the national phenomenon of court and field storming. a review by espn found fans have been rushing college basketball courts three times a week in the
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past three months. right now the ncaa lets conferences determine how to penalize schools for these incidents. some don't fine schools at all. others impose penalties of up to $500,000. but even those fines are not deterring fans. >> one thing certain leagues do is they make it mandatory for their schools to present, you know, a safety plan of sorts. could it be a situation where there is an announcement, for example, saying, you know, wait ten seconds so players can get off the court? >> reporter: with march madness just weeks away, there is growing demand for a national consensus on how to control the crowds and celebrate safely. shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. well, straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news" the weight of the war through the eyes of a child. plus a standout star's historic win. and later, the power of these dolls and the evolution of black culture. ng. i'm so glad i can still come here.
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in times in times of war, children who survive are often left with losses that are unimaginable. we followed the journey of one 5-year-old boy from gaza and the nonprofit that brought him to the united states for medical treatment. at new york's jfk airport, e list sa montanti waits patiently for this flight coming in from cairo. montanti cut through red tape to get 5-year-old omar to the u.s. a frightened little boy in desperate need of medical care. omar's aunt says his parents, brother, sister, and grandparents were all killed by an israeli air strike on their gaza home in december. he suffered severe injuries, including leg wounds and the amputation of his left arm. >> i'll get it. >> reporter: at his temporary home run by montanti's charity,
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the global medical relief fund, omar experienced snow for the first time. >> i love it. >> this is the first time she sees him smiling. >> oh. >> reporter: and he got a chance to sleep in a bunk bed. >> these are innocent children that have absolutely no resources or very, very little. in the 60 countries we've helped are these children. >> reporter: she's partnered with shriner's childrens in philadelphia. >> so his left arm is the one that was amputated. >> reporter: omar's injuries were evaluated by dr. scott kozin. >> the fact that omar was able to be brought here is good for omar, and it's good for his outlook. if he stayed in gaza or stayed in egypt, who knows? i don't know what would have happened. >> reporter: later, we were in the operating room as dr. kozin performed surgery. >> so we want to get rid of all this bad scar and replace it with normal skin graft. >> reporter: to repair the wound
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on omar's leg. doctors also began the process of fitting him for a prosthetic arm. his recovery is expected to take several weeks. >> how important is it to give this to a child? >> it's very important, and it's empowerment, you know. you're giving them back their youth when they're this small and their integrity. it's just important, very important to empower a child who so much has been taken away from them. >> reporter: but far from the reality of war, omar visited the staten island children's museum. a momentary escape. >> whoa, look at you! >> reporter: -- where he could be a child once again. well, omar is expected to receive his prosthetic arm later this week, and tonight we've learned that omar's family is actually going to be able to relocate in egypt. well, still ahead on the
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power of african american doll and puppet making, an exhibition at new york city's lore museum. >> you sit here and you see the dolls, but you also see the souls of the doll makers. >> reporter: founding direct or steven zeitlin and curator camila bryce-laporte came together for the exhibition. >> they're using scraps of different things to make the human form and to talk about their existence. >> reporter: on display, more than two dozen dolls and puppets like this one. >> this is the abiomy doll. >> reporter: telling the story of the african diaspora, like this topsy-turvy doll by artist francine haskins. >> they were given dolls to prepare them for servitude. this is a doll of resistance. so what the mother would do, flip it over. she'd have a black doll underneath. >> reporter: the exhibition shows how anti-black imagery was used during the jim crow era. >> this is a gollywog.
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it started out as being a friendly little character, and then it became a menacing character. this is not one little black boy. you add the pejorative, it's one little, two little, three, four little, five little six. it's a beat-down. it's the constant, constant denigration of blackness. >> reporter: in the 1900s, about 6 million black people moved from the american south to northern, midwestern, and western states. it was known as the great migration. >> they left in droves because -- in part, because of jim crow. when they all gathered, they began to fight for realistic black dolls that represented what black children really look like. >> reporter: the exhibition ends with dolls inspired by social justice and a hopeful look toward the future. and our piece -- >> i have something for you. >> reporter: ends with a surprise. >> it's to remind you that you are part of this and that you
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are inspiring people. it's to remind you that you are a warrior, and your weapons are words, and you're now part of the community. >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, new york. and that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for watching. good night. there is a lot of things
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that went in to help us get to this place and that momentum is continuing. now at 6:00, facing continued criticism over crime. san francisco's mayor says it is actually declining, but some business owners how one bay area teenager found a new purpose in keeping her late father's boxing gym open and training the next champion fighter. thank you for joining us, i'm andrea nakano. tonight, we're taking a deeper look at crime in san francisco. >> we are definitely doing better. >> reporter: san francisco mayor london breed says despite the city's perception, crime in the city is actually down according to newly released numbers. but some business owners aren't feeling that reality and san francisco still has a perception problem when it comes to crime. our max darrow has the story. >> reporter: we have the lowest crime rate in 2023 than we've had in ten years, not including 2020 when we shut the city down. >> reporter: that's the word from london breed and sfpd data shared by the office that is publicly available, shows the reality. when comparing january 2024 to january of 2023, property crime is down 32%.

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