the city's east side took the stage to announce what schools they're going to. it's an annual tradition for the college prep school and a way to mark a major academic achievement. >> they have to overcome a lot of different stuff. it's not easy being a teenager, but especially not easy being a teenager right here a lot of the time. >> oakland unity high says 80% of its students are headed to four-year universities. a big congratulations to every single one of them! cbs evening news is next. we'll see you at 7:00. >> maurice: tonight, tens of millions of americans traveling for memorial day weekend, with a record number hitting the road for the unofficial start of summer. >> you're going to deal with traffic. you're going to be in a bumper-to-bumper. >> maurice: the jampacked roadways and tsa lines. what to expect this busy travel weekend. >> 2024 could be the busiest year for travel ever. >> maurice: plus, what's in the forecast? the "cbs evening news" starts now.

♪ ♪ traffic jams, flight delays, and severe weather. the memorial day travel rush is off to anything but a smooth start tonight. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i'm maurice dubois in for norah. nearly 44 million americans are heading out of town by road and by air, and they are having their patience tested for two reasons. first, there is a near record-breaking number of travelers. the tsa says today could be the busiest day ever for passenger screenings. and then, there are the widespread storms: thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds from the great plains in the midwest to as far south as georgia. all complicating the holiday getaway. we have team coverage of the weather and travel, and cbs's kris van cleave will start us off. >> reporter: major gridlock on an l.a. freeway, halting the memorial day getaway, shut down for three hours during a police standoff. and those pulling into lax just found another traffic jam.

brake lights outside. >> look at this line. >> reporter: and these long lines inside. and it wasn't just los angeles. >> tsa line was probably the longest i've ever seen it at cincinnati. >> reporter: thursday the tsa reported its second busiest day ever, screening just shy of 2.9 million, with even more expected today. tsa administrator david pekoske. >> just bank in a little more time. in addition to being patient, be kind to other passengers. >> holiday travel, wednesday, thursday, friday, let's make sure our staffing is up to par. >> reporter: at the faa's operation center outside washington, d.c., it's all hands on deck this weekend, as teams monitor more than 50,000 flights today alone and a forecast that includes potentially disrupting severe weather. what keeps you up at night? >> the weather. if the weather is good, i'm happy. managing volume is easy. managing the weather is not so easy. >> reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg spoke

to "face the nation"'s margaret brennan. >> in terms of weather, certainly a number of thunderstorms affecting a number of hubs. last year, 1.3% cancellations, it was the lowest in a decade. we're pressing the airlines to keep that up. >> reporter: but most americans, an estimated 38.4 million, will drive. mary harrelson is road tripping with her husband, her sister, and their five young kids from georgia to pennsylvania. >> we are having to drive through d.c. so we're going to hit some traffic, but we're ready for it. we mentally prepared ourselves. >> reporter: and drivers should mentally prepare for busy roads on the way home, too. aaa expects traffic to be the worst on sunday and monday, between 3:00 ad 7:00 p.m. tsa says its busiest day on the back end of the holiday will be monday. tonight, we are watching delays build in chicago, atlanta, and dallas, maurice. >> maurice: it is all about mental preparation. kris van cleave, thank you tonight. the severe weather will last through the rest of the holiday weekend, so let's bring in meteorologist jacqui jeras from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, jacqui.

>> good evening, maurice. not only will we have more severe storms on tap for tonight, but each day through the holiday weekend, it's going to be a possibility, if not a probability, depending on where you live. tonight, we'll be tracking conditions from austin all the way up towards chicago. large hail and damaging winds, and a few tornadoes will be possible. tomorrow, the tornadoes that develop could be very strong, violent, and long-lived. in fact, we could get tornadoes similar to what happened in greenfield, iowa, earlier this week. much of the day is going to be starting out here, pretty quiet, so get your activities done early in the day, and your barbecues, because storms will become explosive into the evening hours, and these will continue overnight into sunday. maurice? >> maurice: jacqui jeras, thank you. a young american couple doing missionary work in haiti was killed in a gang ambush, according to their family. now the white house is raising the pressure for an international force to take control of security there.

cbs's manuel bojorquez was on the ground in haiti at the start of this year's gang crisis, and he has the latest tonight. >> reporter: married couple 23-year-old davy and 21-year-old natalie lloyd where devoted to their mission, despite the violence plaguing haiti's capital, port-au-prince. they were working for oklahoma-based missions in haiti, a nonprofit run for more than 20 years by davy's parents, when they ran into trouble thursday. >> we never imagined what could happen happened. >> reporter: in a facebook post, the organization said the lloyds were leaving one of their churches when they were ambushed by a gang of three trucks full of guys and taken to a house where davy was "tied up and beat." a haitian employee, jude montis, came to help. but before long, another gang showed up and gunfire erupted. >> davy, natalie, and jude barricaded themselves in our home down there. but then the gangs just started shooting up the place. eventually busted the door down and went in and shot them

and killed them. >> reporter: haiti's descent into chaos has only worsened since the latest round of violence erupted in february. brutal gangs are said to control 80% of the capital, emboldened after their demands forced the former prime minister to resign, and pushing back against a newly-formed interim government. tonight, the families of the young couple are dealing with the unimaginable loss. they led lives of purpose, and they had lives of meaning. in their absence now, what do you think they represent? >> their lives represent that true love and that deep consideration of others before yourself. that's really the bottom line. >> reporter: davy lloyd actually grew up in haiti and spoke creole. the families of the young couple say they would do anything to bring attention to the plight of haiti's more than 11 million residents who live under some degree of poverty and hunger. maurice? >> maurice: so difficult

there. manny, thank you. a pennsylvania father was allowed to go home from the turks and caicos islands today, avoiding a potential 12-year prison sentence for having had 20 bullets in his luggage. instead of spending time behind bars, bryan hagerich received a one-year suspended sentence and a $6700 fine. the u.s. congressional delegation visited the islands this week, asking for the charges to be dropped. four other americans who are facing similar charges are still waiting to hear their fates. defense secretary lloyd austin will temporarily transfer power to his deputy this evening as he undergoes what the pentagon is calling a minimally invasive and nonsurgical procedure at walter reed medical center. this announcement comes after he got intense blowback for the secrecy surrounding his hospitalization earlier this year following surgery for prostate cancer. a spokesperson says this procedure is for an unrelated bladder issue. turning to the israel-hamas war and the top united nations court today ordering israel to halt

its military operations in rafah and repeating its demands that hamas release all the hostages. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports from east jerusalem on israel's response. [explosions] >> reporter: israel's response was ferocious. [explosions] making it clear it won't stop its military operation in rafah. the court, which is also investigating israel for "plausible genocide," also said the rafah offensive launched two weeks ago has triggered a humanitarian situation the icj called disastrous. many have fled here, to al mawasi, which also wasn't spared, as conditions there go from bad to worse. the court also called on the israeli government to reopen the rafah border crossing. in a matter of hours, president biden secured a commitment from egypt to resume deliveries of u.n. aid into gaza through the kerem shalom crossing in israel after tons of

food on the egyptian side of the crossing started to rot. meanwhile, u.s. officials admit the $320 million floating pier is not operating as planned. according to centcom, just 70 truckloads of aid have been delivered in the last week, far short of the 150 truckloads a day the biden administration had promised. many of the deliveries have been swarmed by hungry palestinians, and as israel continues to widen its offensive across all of gaza, the remains of three hostages were found in the northern jabalia refugee camp, identified as hanan jablonka, michael nisenbaum, and orion hernandez radoux, all three were killed on october 7th. reuven jablonka is the father of hanan. "the israeli leadership needs to stop arguing," he said. "we must bring everyone back home." and the icj has no way of enforcing its order as

prime minister netanyahu increasingly finds himself under pressure at home and isolated internationally. but he's clearly not backing down. maurice? >> maurice: imtiaz tyab, thank you. this is a sight we haven't seen in the baltimore harbor for two months now: a cruise ship. the royal caribbean ship pulled into port today before it heads to sail away tomorrow. it's another sign of recovery in the port since the deadly collapse of the francis scott key bridge nearly two months ago. port officials say more than 30 boats and barges are due to arrive over the next week. it is a new era for college sports and one that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. student athletes could soon get paid by their schools. cbs's nikki battiste has more on the landmark deal that blurs the line between professional and amateur sports. >> reporter: in a slam-dunk for college athletes, the settlement breaks a century-old ncaa policy that restricts players from getting paid. steve berman is one of the lead

attorneys in the class action lawsuit. what has the response been from your athletes? >> ecstatic. >> reporter: the deal allows big five conference schools to pay athletes out of a $21 million annual budget beginning as early as 2025, sharing a piece of the more than $3.5 billion in revenue that power five conferences brought in last year. >> it's a landmark, seismic shift for college athletes. >> reporter: last night, the ncaa agreed to pay about $2.8 billion in damages over ten years, to more than 184,000 current and former athletes dating back to 2016. how much money some of these athletes will get from this settlement? >> we haven't settled on it, but i imagine the range would be from a couple thousand to over $100,000. >> reporter: someone like caitlin clark stands to make thousands? >> yes, easily. >> reporter: in a statement, the ncaa called its decision "a road map for college sports

leaders and congress to ensure this uniquely american institution can continue to provide unmatched opportunity for millions of students." does this deal benefit bigger schools? >> the deal does not benefit bigger schools on the face of it. this decision actually benefits smaller schools and midsize schools because everybody is going to be capped at the same amount of money that schools can directly pay their student athletes. >> reporter: the ncaa started allowing division i athletes to make money off their name, image, and likeness back in 2021. the payday for players in this new billion-dollar settlement @is on pause. a judge still has to approve the deal. maurice? >> maurice: a lot to be sorted out there. nikki battiste, thank you so much. there is important medical news tonight about a new potential benefit of ozempic. that's next. and later, "on the road" with steve hartman's trip down memory lane. ♪ ♪

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what was supposed to be a celebration for graduates turns into chaos with students running for safety. [sound of gunfire] >> we ducked flat on our backs until we stopped hearing gunshots. it scared the life out of me. >> the school year ends with gunfire. three days with performances, a live report from napa valley's bottle rock that kicked off today.

>> you can tell by the pier. there are summers when the water is so low you can kayak under it. >> not this year. for the first time in five years lake tahoe is full. means visitors will have to make some adjustments. this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. >> hi, i'm sara donchey in for juliette today. a celebration at skyline high school turned ugly. the commencement ceremony just finned when gunfire erupted in the parking lot. we talked to students marring the memories of their special day. >> reporter: the three people shot on campus are expected to survive. they would not tell us if the victims are students or family members here for the graduation. [sound of gunfire] [sound of gunfire] >> oh my god! >> you see it and then the