hours earlier, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken attended a summit on haiti held in jamaica. members of the department of justice, fbi, and other national security officials will brief house members on tiktok today. the house votes wednesday on a bill that would force the social media app to divest from its chinese-owned parent company. and a star-studded tribute to jimmy buffett. a-listers, including paul mccartney and the eagles, will perform at a concert in his honor next month. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected it's tuesday, march 12th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." breaking overnight, the shakeup of a government. the prime minister is stepping down as the country spirals out of control.

>> i looked ahead and there's another guy on the ceiling and two people flying through the air. >> mid flight fright. what caused a plane carrying 240 peole to suddenly nosedive throwing passengers around the cabin. and royal controversy. princess kate fesses up to altering the photo of her and her kids, but the apology is leaving more questions than answers. well, good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we start with breaking news overnight. haiti's embattled prime minister ariel henry announced he is resigning. he's been stranded in puerto rico since armed gangs unleashed a wave of deadly violence in the capital of port-au-prince including freeing thousands of inmates from two prisons. the announcement came hours after u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and regional

leaders held an urgent meeting yesterday in jamaica to discuss ways to halt the violence in haiti. blinken announce an additional $100,000 from the u.s. to the race for president now and a shake upof the national republican committee engineered by dip. donald trump. dozens of staffers are being pushed out ace his allies and daughter-in-law take over. cbs's jarred hill is joining us right here in the studio from the campaign trail. >> these contests are largely a formality at this point, right, but they likely will still earn president biden and former president donald trump enough delegates to comment themselves as either party's nominee, but with no major challenges left in either race, both candidates are in full general election mode. today voters in georgia, hawaii, mississippi, and washington state head to the primary polls. >> personally, i just want a republican in the white house.

>> i just hope the democrats will come out and vote. >> reporter: yesterday president biden was at a campaign office in new hampshire where he's likely to continue to draw the line between himself and his likely 2024 gop rival former president donald trump. >> while i was down in georgia working on health care, he was with viktor orban who talked about democracy being a problem. >> reporter: trump defended his meeting during an interview on cnbc. >> i get along with him very well, friendly. but i have respect for him. >> reporter: in the same interview the former president suggested he was open to cutting entitlements like social security and medicare to save money. >> there is a lot you to do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting, and in terms of also the theft and the bad management of entitlements. >> reporter: president biden has released his fiscal year 2025 budget proposal which includes plans to shore up the benefits. >> i will protect and strengthen the social security and make the

wealthy pay their fair share. >> reporter: but it won't likely pass congress. amid reports of massive layoffs at the national republican committee after trump allies were put in power they released a statement saying, quote, it's not a good sign. so the candidates are on the campaign trail this week. president biden heads to battleground states wisconsin and michigan while former president donald trump is due at a rally in ohio. the special counsel investigating president biden's handling of classified documents is set to testify before the house committee today. it will be the first time robert hur has addressed the public since his report last month cleared biden of criminal wrongdoing but raised questions about his mental awareness. the report criticized by the white house characterized biden as an elderly man with a poor memory. to gaza now where the muslim holy month of ramadan is on the way.

an international charity says its aid ship set sail a short time ago bound for gaza. this is a test for the opening of a sea corridor to supply aid to the territory. cbs's chris livesay reports from jerusalem. >> reporter: with cease-fire negotiations failing, israel says it's mobiliziing for an offensive on rafah, a stronghold, but refuge to 1.5 million palestinians. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing he'll push ahead arguing any friction with the u.s., israel's biggest ally, emboldens hamas. >> to the extent that hamas believes there's daylight between us, that doesn't help. >> reporter: president biden has been sharpening hit criticism of netanyahu over the loss of life in gaza. >> he's hurting rather than helping. it's contrary to what israel stands for. >> reporter: israel insists it will allow a major evacuation of

rafah before the offensive but hasn't revealed exactly how. this week marks the start of ramadan, the islamic holy month,s a time of prayer and fasting, but over recent years, violence as well over israeli restrictions on accessing muslim holy sites in jerusalem. this year with the washington in gaza, tensions are boiling. it's been a flashpoint in ramadan's past and this year with the war in gaza, tensions are boiling. >> reporter: samer sinijlawi is an activist with the political part. >> everybody will suddenly feel he has a sense of responsibility to act, not just show solidarity. suddenly there are images that are coming out of gaza that generated some kind of grief or sorrow will be translated into anger. >> reporter: hopes for a cease-fire aren't dead. cia director bill burns was here in the region over the weekend

to negotiate. now israel and the government here in jerusalem is insisting that hamas release the dozens of israeli hostages that have been in hamas captivity for five months, but so far they've refused. chris livesay, cbs news, jerusalem. u.s. intelligence chiefs are warning the country faces threats from increasingly fragile world order. >> beijing will continue to use its military-forces to intimidate its neighbors. russia continues to fortify its weapons capabilities. both al qaeda and i.s.i.s. inspired by hamas have directed others to force attacks. >> they said china could use technology to try to influence this year's presidential election, and they warned about the record amount of illegal drugs including fentanyl being moved across the southern border

by mentioxican criminal organizations. now to a royal photo scandal that has sparked controversy and conspiracies when it comes to the princess of wales. while kate middleton is taking the blame for the manipulated image, the palace is refusing to release the original version, raising more questions. cbs's charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: the controversy started innocently enough. a family photo of the princess of wales and the smiling children to mark mother's day here in britain, but then came the kill orders from several global news agencies like the "associated press" saying it appears the photo had been manipulated at source and apparently not very well. observers noted more than a dozen inconsistencies, a sleeve that didn't line up with charlotte's wrist, a skewered zipper on kate's jacket, and her blurred hand around leouis.

at first the palace didn't comment. she tweeted like many amateur photographers, i occasionally experiment with imaging. but it's the first official photo since kate underwent unspecified surgery two months ago, and the doctored image only fueled a tempest of speculation surrounding katherine's health. >> i have never seen anything like i have in doing this job. >> is it because so many people want to know what's going on? >> i think because we haven't really had a situation like this where two very senior members of the royal family are unwell. >> reporter: the shot was taken by prince williams seen at a commonwealth service who's been flying solo as the face of the monarchy for weeks. his father, king charles, undergoing cancer treatment, his wife still recovering from surgery. dealing with health-related issues at home and now scrutiny on the world stage. our sources close to the palace called the controversy a storm

in a royal teacup, but that photoshop fail won't do much to dampen down the speculation around the princess's well being. cha cha charliely d'agata, cbs news, london. coming up, rough flight. dozens of passengers are injured when they hit the ceiling. the reason the airline is giving. >> and a school bus tragedy. a search for answers after a bus collides with a truck. h for anss collides with a truck. - bye, bye cough. - later chest congestion.

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>> a massive jolt happened. i looked up to see the gentleman that was sitting next to me on the roof of the plane and then he came crashing down to the floor. >> there was people scared, screaming, crying, and lots of -- lots of injuries. >> the plane landed safely in auckland. ten passengers and three crew members were taken to the hospital, one in serious condition. earlier reports said the plane's flight control system temporarily malfunctioned. there are arrests at a bus stop shooting and tragedy on the highway. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "chicago tribune" reports five people were killed when a school bus collided with a semitruck in illinois. authorities say the bus crossed the center line on a highway yesterday for an unknown reason and into the path of the truck. both vehicles caught fire. all four people on the bus were killed. three children ages 3 to 5 years old along with the driver. the truck driver was also killed. "the philadelphia inquirer"

say two teenagers face several charges including attempted murder in the shooting of eight high school students at a bus stop. the two 18-year-old suspects were arrested over the weekend. surveillance video shows three masked people jumped out of a car and opened fire on students waiting for a school bus last week. it may have been connected to a deadly shooting two days earlier outside a high school. and the "sun sentinel" says a crocodile bit a man near a marina in florida's everglades national park. officials say the 68-year-old man was attacked after he fell off his capsized sailboat saturday. he was trying to swim to the dock with his boat when witnesses saw him go under water. the man resurfaced on his own though. park rangers treated the man for a cut on his leg. wild life officials are monitoring the american crocodile, which is listed as a threatened species in the u.s. still ahead, statue

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>> the s&p 500 dropped for a second trading day in a row after tech stocks cooled off monday. the dow gained 46 points. the nasdaq was down 65 points, and the s&p 500 lost 5 points. tiktok is under the spotlight. house republicans are moving ahead with a bill that would require the social media platform to divest from its chinese owned parent company bytedance or face a ban in the united states, this as former president donald trump is voicing opposition to the move. the house will vote on this measure on wednesday. more privacy measures for airbnb house guests. the short-term rental company announcing the ban of the use of indoor security cameras. the change will take effect by the end of next month and apply to listings around the world. airbnb previously allowed the use of indoor security cameras in common areas as long as it was disclosed on the listings page. and the body shop is closing

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