ever without a winner is 41 drawings. your plans for easter probably do not include a flying bunny. how do you know? but that's what visitors saw today. the flying bunny descended in a helicopter. people came out far family-friendly easter event. that's it for us at 5:00, we'll see you at 6:00. >> the cbs weekend news is coming up next. good night. tonight, the easter and spring break rush is on. tens of million of travelers this holiday weekend taking to the sky and hitting the road. for some, it's a rough ride. >> pretty much bumper to bumper, like standstill. >> old man winter taking a swing at spring. i'm joy benedict in a rainy l.a., where passengers are dodging crowds and traffic to make their flights.

also tonight, baltimore's mammoth cleanup. the latest from the bridge disaster, and the urgent push to rebuild. >> this is about our nation's economy. >> cbs's nicole sganga shows us dramatic new pictures. >> i'm nicole sganga in baltimore. we just embedded with the u.s. coast guard as this all of government effort is under way to clear the wreckage and reopen the port. ♪ easter at the vatican. and worries about the health of the pope. plus, the toll of war in the holy land. >> i'm holly williams in israel. as christians in the holy land celebrate easter, they say they're under attack. and later, the end of an era in sin city. ♪ viva las vegas ♪ >> after nearly 70 years of showmanship, it's curtains for the tropicana. >> i'll be sad when they blow it up, you know.

i hope i'm not on the stage at the time. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from washington, with adriana diaz. good evening, everyone. adriana is off. i'm mark strassmann. this weekend's big story, a mass migration of americans. millions of people on the move, with both easter and spring break travel in full swing. for drivers, the trip will cost more. gas prices are up 22 cents just in the last month. for people flying, there's also turbulence. cbs's joy benedict is at l.a.x. tonight with more. joy? >> reporter: yeah, they certainly call it spring break for a reason, right? that's because a lot of folks clearly need one, as the nation's airports are experiencing record travel this easter weekend. it's the rush to relaxation this holiday weekend. >> people are tired of the cold weather. >> reporter: part of a busy spring break travel season that could see up to 167 million

passengers hitting the skies from march through april, up 6% from last year. you missed a plane? >> missed a plane. i'm about to miss one now. >> reporter: this easter weekend kicked off with the tsa screening more than 2.7 million passengers thursday, its tenth-busiest day on record. and another travel woe. >> i just had a dreamliner attempt to land runway 22, went around due to wind shear. >> reporter: six passengers reported mfrn injuries after this united airlines flight was forced to abort a landing at newark airport friday due to high winds. it landed safely at an airport 60 miles away. as for the roads -- >> pretty much bumper to bumper, like standstill almost. >> reporter: in northern california, a weekend snowstorm is causing slowdowns for drivers. >> it almost feels like christmas. >> reporter: well, this actually could prove to be the calm before the travel storm, so to speak, as the faa is predicting even busier travel next week, not only because of spring

breakers but also because of those flying to get a good view of the solar eclipse. mark? >> joy benedict, thanks. a major storm is taking aim at the u.s. over the holiday. it's a washout along the west coast, leading to several accidents. and evacuation orders in places prone to landslides. from california to colorado, there are multiple alerts for heavy rain, strong winds, and up to two feet of snow in the mountains. the system is expected to storm east and could spin off tornadoes across the plains. now, to the latest from baltimore. today, workers began the daunting task of cutting the destroyed bridge into pieces. a critical first step in the urgent effort to reopen the city's blocked port. cbs's nicole sganga is there and getting up close to it all with the u.s. coast guard. nicole? >> reporter: good evening, mark. today, our closest look yet at the destruction. cbs news embedded with the u.s. coast guard, part of the 24/7 federal and state operation with

a central mission -- to reopen the port. the ninth-busiest port in america now at a standstill. the container ship "dali" trapped under an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 tons of twisted metal. before the u.s. coast guard can reopen this vital shipping channel, authorities are rushing to clear the debris spanning 700 feet. we're about 250 yards away from the site of the bridge collapse. behind me, you can see one, two, three cranes poised to lift the wreckage off of the container ship "dali." a temporary channel is now in the works to get smaller ships moving. >> if we can open up another one that will help the economy here and move traffic in and out of the port of baltimore, even if it's not the deep draft, we want to take advantage of that opportunity. >> reporter: baltimore-bound container ships now being rerouted to other ports. >> cargo will be redistributed between the port of virginia, the port of new york, and the port of philadelphia. >> reporter: baltimore handles

more cars and farm equipment than any other port in america. >> baltimore is the largest in the nation and certainly by far the largest on the u.s. east coast, and there isn't a single place that can replace them. >> reporter: the port generates over $5 billion in worker wages, roughly $650 million in state and local tax revenue, and more than 50,000 jobs, including roughly 8,000 port workers, like crane operator john zoffia. >> we're all wondering how long it's going to take to clear the main channel, so we can get ships back in so we can work. >> reporter: maryland lawmakers are now crafting a bill that, if greenlit, would stand up a temporary financial relief program run by the department of labor. it's designed to help workers who regularly clock in at the port and now they're waiting for it to reopen. mark? >> nicole sganga with new pictures and new reporting, thanks. president biden says he'll visit baltimore next week.

natalie benz at the white house with more on how the federal government plans to get things moving. natalie? >> reporter: good evening, mark. the president has pledged full federal support for the rebuild. the department of transportation says right now it has around $950 million in emergency relief funds. maryland has begun to get some of that money, but the administration says it's likely lawmakers may have to approve more. >> this is a project of national significance. the port has a national impact. >> reporter: maryland senator chris van hollen hopes congress will agree, because support will be needed for a future key bridge. so it could be 100% federally covered? >> the emergency relief program will, by design, cover 90%. and senator cardin and i will introduce legislation to cover the other 10%. again, also making sure that the federal government gets credited for any funds that come in because of liability from the ship owners or others.

>> reporter: he estimates the price tag could exceed a billion dollars. engineers say the project could take years, and will include new safety standards not in place when the key bridge was initially built. despite improved measures today, cbs news analysis found a majority of u.s. bridges that have ships passing under them lack impact protection. >> i think as a result of this, it's probably going to be more vulnerability studies, if they haven't done them already, on various bridges that have large vessels passing under them. >> reporter: the bipartisan infrastructure law passed in 2021 provided around $40 billion to repair bridges nationwide, but that's just a fraction of the more than $300 billion that the american road and transportation builders association estimates is needed. mark? >> natalie brand at the white house, thank you. the biden administration continues to authorize the transfer of billions of dollars in high-powered weapons to

israel, including 2,000-pound bombs and f-35 war planes. that's despite ongoing concern for civilian casualties in gaza. they're part of contracts signed long before the hamas attack on october 7th. today, thousands of pro-palestinian protesters marched in london, demanding an end to the war in gaza. and in jerusalem, easter usually draws christian pilgrims to the holy land, but not this year. cbs's holly williams is there. >> reporter: on good friday, christian pilgrims filled the ancient alleyways of jerusalem. praying and singing as they walked the via dolorosa, in english the way of suffering. christians believe that around 2,000 years ago, jesus walked this route through jerusalem carrying the cross to the hill where he was crucified. but this year the procession was smaller than usual. many stayed away because of the israel-hamas war. kurt blackwell is a minister

from north carolina who made the pilgrimage despite the violence. >> i wish we could all come together in one spirit, one belief. the trouble here, i understand, it's biblical. >> reporter: jerusalem is a contested city. a holy place for jews, muslims, and christians, claimed as a capital by both israelis and palestinians. the tiny christian community in jerusalem only numbers around 15,000 believers, many of them palestinian. and their community is under attack. there's been a spike in assaults by ultra orthodox jews, including spitting at christians and even desecrating this cemetery. >> it's very uncommon for people to be arrested. >> reporter: father bernard poggi is from california, but has lived in jerusalem for ten years. what's your worst fear for jerusalem? >> our worst fear is that people won't have a right to pray. our worst fear is that people will be removed. those who want to come to this

holy city to pray as they are now are being rejected, they are not being given permission to come. >> reporter: in gaza, palestinian christians are struggling simply to stay alive. hundreds have taken shelter inside churches in the gaza strip, hoping for protection. but one church compound was hit by an israeli air strike in october, killing at least 18. ships carrying over 300 tons of food aid headed to gaza today. mark, this week the international court of justice ordered israel to allow the unhindered access of humanitarian aid into the gaza strip and said famine is, quote, setting in there. >> holly williams in tel aviv, thanks. tonight, pope francis presided over the easter vigil mass at st. peter's basilica in roam. the 87-year-old arrived in a wheelchair for the two-hour service, but the pontiff skipped a good friday event. the vatican said he wanted to preserve his strength.

this is the busiest week of the church calendar. to new mexico now, where a police chase in the southwest looked like a flashback to the wild west. >> albuquerque police! stop! >> body cam video showed an albuquerque officer on horseback chasing after a shoplifting suspect. he keeps running, but a race between a man and a horse is not a fair fight. before long, a posse of mounted police, three in all, have him in custody. somewhere, wyatt earp is smiling. want to be a borderline billionaire? a jumbo jackpot is up for grabs with today's powerball drawing. the massive prize, $935 million. there have been 37 consecutive drawings without a winner. and straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," it's closing time for a landmark on the las vegas strip. we visit the tropicana. and then, thinking of a new pet? why easter and real bunnies should probably not mix. and later, making history.

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tiffany of the strip, kicked up a fuss for vegas showgirls and suave secret agents. >> i hear the hotel tropicana is quite comfortable. >> for decades, the trop drew in the famous and the infamous. from movie stars to mobsters. but now old vegas gives way to new vegas. and bally's, the tropicana's owners, has decided to cash in all its chips. >> it's quite dated now. and there needs to be new blood and new life brought into it. >> su kim ought to know. he's chairman of bally's. buyers of the trop last year demolishers later this year. >> when you bought the property, was it even a tough call to decide to close it? >> no. no, it wasn't, actually. the current structure was economically obsolescent. >> reporter: in short, the trop got old. tourists got bored. the money moved on. and in new vegas old vegas often ends up here. the neon museum, a graveyard of

gloried signage. sometime this fall, with a howl and a roar, the tropicana will become another spectacular vegas implosion. the latest prime spot on the strip to collapse into an afterthought. >> i thought the tropicana would always be here. >> okay, okay. got you. got you. >> reporter: impressionist rich little has played vegas since the rat pack '60s. >> it was mainly single acts, you know, like frank, dean and sammy. >> reporter: and headlined the tropicana's comedy club for the last nine years. another old vegas landmark gone. >> i'll be sad when they blow it up, you know? i hope i'm not on the stage at the time. but -- >> reporter: also wistful, barbara bojes, a costume specialist. >> it was jumping. it was booming at the time. >> reporter: and a tropicana employee since 1978. you're sad it's closing, but you get it? >> it's really nothing they can do to build this place back up.

except tear it down and build it back up. >> reporter: replace it with this. a $1.5 billion baseball stadium. the new home of the relocating oakland a's. bally's has big plans for the rest of the tropicana property, too, but won't show its cards. bet on something audacious. it's vegas, baby. >> you have to go and almost start over. unless you just want to lock the past in forever, and that doesn't work in the tourism business. ♪ viva las vegas ♪ >> another measure now of how far las vegas has come. when the trop first opened the county had a population of 125,000 people. today las vegas has 150,000 hotel rooms. and now, speaking of luck, watch this. a guy in eugene, oregon was walking into a convenience store. as soon as he steps inside, whap, that's a concrete saw

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in tonight's weekend journal, no unny knows the story quite like cbs's itay hod. >> reporter: just before easter, ben vand vooer, a father of two, found himself in a hair-raising predicament. >> you tell your kids that you're going to look at a house full of bunny rabbits and that dominates the attention and discussion for the day. >> reporter: last year, 9-year-old delphine and 5-year-old adrienne visited relatives who had a bunny. since then, it's all they talk about. >> let's go. >> reporter: why is why ben decided to take a leap of faith. >> little black nose. >> reporter: heading to a rabbit rescue just north of san francisco for a little bunny bonding. >> good girl. >> reporter: save a bunny founder marcy berman says a lot of parents get their kids bunnies for easter. but raising a rabbit is a lot of work. >> good girl. >> reporter: it's why rescues get full about two weeks after easter, just as the novelty of having a bunny wears off. >> it's been a super crisis in the bay area, and it's probably

only going to get worse. >> reporter: according to peta, about 80% of rabbits bought for easter will die or be abandoned within the first year. >> these rabbits are not wild, and so when you set a bunny free you're just really feeding the wildlife. >> reporter: to try and combat the problem, save a bunny now offers a foster to adopt program, essentially giving people a trial run for bunny parenthood. >> she's about a year old. >> reporter: at the end of the day the vande vers fall in love with yvette, a mini-lop rabbit with floppy ears. are you excited about getting a bunny? >> sure. >> yeah. >> reporter: as for delphine and adrian, they're jumping for joy. now that they found some bunny to love. itay hod, cbs news, mill valley, california. next on the "cbs weekend news," a west virginia teenager whose life is an open book. r ped by the unpredictability of generalized myasthenia gravis

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♪ i love my blue shoes ♪ >> reporter: but she's also made the history books. in this year of stalemates in congress zori managed to author a formal resolution passed by the u.s. senate. do you recognize what a challenge it is right now to get congress to do anything? >> yes. in a time of such political polarity and everybody's fighting with each other. but everyone could come together to support early childhood literacy. >> reporter: she studied how to write her resolution, which formally acknowledges early childhood literacy awareness day. >> i went through every single resolution. >> every single resolution -- >> of a commemorative day. like since 2018. >> reporter: her effort got her home state senator's attention. >> she wanted to share it. >> reporter: never too young to do this stuff. >> never too young to share. >> reporter: and together they lobbied for the bill. >> it basically tells you what our country's all about, what our form of government is all about, what we're supposed to be doing. it's for the people, not for the parties. >> i want a book! >> reporter: a book lover,

already writing her own story. scott macfarlane, cbs news, moorefield, west virginia. and that's our read on the world this easter saturday. i'm mark strassmann in washington. good night. from cbs news bay area this is the evening edition. >> if it helps catch criminals and bad guys, i think it's okay. >> now at 6:00, hundreds of new surveillance cameras going up on east bay freeways and the streets of oakland, but some locals say it's a waste of money. >> the safest communities don't have the most police, the most surveillance. we don't have the most jails. we have the most resources. plus, mostly clear skies

today after yesterday's storms. so will the weather impact your easter sunday plans? >> not really. and as the uss harvey milk leaves, we look at its legacy. i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. >> da lin has the story, and he says not everybody is on board with this. >> reporter: a brazen freeway shooting caught on camera. the chp says it happened wednesday afternoon on 880 in union city. investigators say it was road rage. the bullet did not hit the victim but shattered glass caused minor injuries. with good footage, detectives arrested this man within 24 hours. >> it has to have a deterrent effect because if they know that the cameras are there, who wants to put their dirt on film? >> reporter: alicia benton says the qu