>> i was. >> what were your impressions? paint a picture for us? a lot of people? >> a lot of people. >> how far away did a civilian have to park? >> i hear average about a mile. you could get parking close up, but people were charging the 50 or $35. which isn't bad really. >> they do what they do at candle stick. >> not candle stick anymore, oracle park. >> to me it's all 1975. that's it for us at 5:00. we'll see you back here at 6:00. >> the cbs evening ne is up next . tonight, severe weather threat. nearly 30 million americans in nine states in the path of danger with strong tornados, hail, and damaging winds all in the forecast. also tonight bridge to nowhere. the latest setback in the distribution of desperately needed food and supplies for war

torn gaza. in east jerusalem as negotiations for the release of hostages in gaza looks set to restart. war of words. special counsel jack smith has asked a judge for a gag order against donald trump. why he says the former president could pose a danger to law enforcement. motion denied. what a judge's new ruling means for alec baldwin and his manslaughter indictment. from the ashes. the five-year journey for this centuries old piece of notre dame now back where it belongs. and later, riding the waves. the program that is helping veterans navigate life's sometimes choppy waters. >> yeah! >> you're doing it! >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with adriana diaz.

good evening. i'm christine johnson in for adriana. thank you for joining us. it has been another day of dark, ominous clouds and dangerous storms brewing in the midwest along with hail in mississippi, flooding in arkansas, these storms could produce some severe weather. let's get to the latest now on the forecast from paul goodlow with our partners at the weather channel. good evening, paul. >> well, christine we're tracking some nasty storms out there, but there's going to be a lot more as we head on through this evening as well. our scale which goes up to a 10, we have 70s here across parts of the central plains and also a widespread risk of damaging wind and large hail perhaps golf ball to softball sized hail with these storms. tracking severe storms with this weather past midnight, but the storms keep going into predawn hours tomorrow, blasting across the mississippi river valley. but, wait, they keep going into

the ohio valley throughout the day tomorrow into tomorrow evening while another line develops behind this. so a very active holiday weekend for millions of americans. in terms of traveling trying to get back home on monday more storms here across the midatlantic, airport delays expected later in the afternoon. christine? >> paul, thank you. today cbs news learned talks aimed at reaching a deal to free the remaining hostages held by hamas are expected to resume next week. the negotiations would take plus with active u.s. involvement. for now there is no letting up in the fierce israeli bombardment of gaza, and cbs has details. >> reporter: israel's relentless attacks on rafah are only intensi intensifying. over the past week the israeli military has also been widening its bombing campaign across all

of gaza. this u.n. school in northern gaza city a shelter for civilians was struck muttple times overnight. the blood of those killed still fresh as their bodies are prepared for burial. the devastating increase in violence has triggered a mass forced displacement of tens of thousands of palestinians, many fleeing with what little possessions they have left to a fate unknown. as the biden administration's efforts to get aid into gaza falters, operations at the $320 million u.s. military built pier were suspended today because of rough seas. worsening violence discovers the remains of six hostages discovered this past week. and of the 125 who it's believed remain it's unknown how many are still alive. including his brother yousef and

nephew. every time we hear they find more bodies, it just increases the pain, he says. he belongs to a muslim community in southern israel close to the barrier wall with gauzy. while they're israeli citizens, their towns and villages are often neglected by the government. it must be terrifying to think that israel's continuing to widen its military operation in rafah knowing that your brother and nephew could potentially be there. yes, because our government and prime minister doesn't listen to anybody, he says. the whole world is calling on him to stop the war and to bring back the hostags, but netanyahu doesn't listen. and tonight cbs news has learned negotiations to release hostages held in gaza are expected to resume as early as next week. qatar, egypt, and the united states will participate in the talks in cairo, christine. but a hamas spokesman is denying

the group will take part. >> thank you. today in ukraine at least two people were killed in an air strike on the city of kharkiv. the city and its surroundings have been the site of an ongoing russian offensive. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his country's forces have secured what he called combat control of the region. and today president biden said he's determined to keep american soldiers out of ukraine, but he said that the u.s. is standing strong with the embattled nation as it defends itself from the russian onslaught. the commander in chief gave the commencement address at west point as campaign 2024 heats up. natalie brand joins us from washington with more. good evening, natalie. >> reporter: good evening, christine. the president did not mention former president donald trump by name or the upcoming election, but he delivered a warning that's a key part of his campaign. >> nothing is guaranteed about our democracy in america.

every generation has an obligation to defend it. >> reporter: president biden urged cadets to remember their oath to the u.s. constitution. >> not to a president but to the constitution of the united states of america against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> reporter: the president's address saturday comes as his campaign steps up its attacks against trump. >> trump wants revenge. >> reporter: with a $14 million ad buy targeting battleground states. >> i'm thrilled to be back. >> reporter: trump for a second time this week will be back out on the campaign trail tonight trying to appeal to libertarian voters at their convention this weekend. is that resonating at all? >> i don't think so. i think he's going to say anything he can to try to get more votes and push more people in his direction. >> reporter: the former president's so-called hush money trial in new york is expected to wrap up and go to the jury next week. his supporters say they're galvanized by the court cases. >> i'm pretty involved in politics, and i've never met a

single person that is going to be swayed by this. >> reporter: but in a new friday filing in trump's classified documents case, special counsel jack smith asked a judge to bar trump from making statements that the doj argues endanger law enforcement. it comes in response to trump's claim that fbi agents during the 2022 search of mar-a-lago were, quote, locked and loaded and ready to take him out. but, in fact, the search was planned for a time when trump would not be on property. now, trump doubled down on that post today. special counsel smith argues trump distorted the reality of the search and says agents followed standard protocol related to all search warrants. christine? >> natalie brand, thank you. a judge has denied alec baldwin's kbs to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter charge against him. cbs' jonathan bigliatti joins us from los angeles with a look at the case against baldwin.

jonathan, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, christine. baultd baldwin will likely stand trial later this summer. his attorneys saying he's looking forward to standing in court. judged by a jury of his peers nearly three years after this mexican film set became a crime scene. >> it was a last ditch effort to try and avoid trial. i don't think there was a lot of heft to that motion. >> reporter: a santa fe judge friday denied the actor's motion to dismiss the case after baldwin's lawyers failed to argue state prosecutors withheld critical evidence from the grand jury that indicted him earlier this year. baldwin is charged with involuntary manslaughter after a prop gun he was holding fired live ammunition killing "rust" cinematographer helena hutchins. >> i take the gun out and the barrel clears, i turn the cot -- i turn and cot the gun, the gun goes off. >> reporter: when questioned by

police shortly after the tragedy baldwin says it was not his responsibility to check the gun for live rounds and claimed the weapon was faulty and fired on its own. "rust"'s armorer was also charged with involuntary manslaughter, convicted in april, and sentenced to 18 months in prison. >> there is a chance he could be convicted. you can't as a prosecutor go forward with a case where you think there's no chance of a conviction. >> reporter: and baldwin has pleaded not guilty. if convicted, he faces up to three years in prison. jury selection is scheduled to begin in early july, christine. >> jonathan vigliotti, thank you. it has been four years since george floyd was killed by a minneapolis police officer as other officers looked on. his death forced changes in policing, but critics say not enough has changed. cbs' torian small wept back to minnesota to find out. >> i never thought i would see it look like this.

>> does it hurt to see it like this? >> oh, it's terrible, absolutely terrible. >> reporter: this intersection four years ago the epicenter for protests and unrest following the murder of george floyd, an unarmed black man, by a minneapolis police officer. the police chief back then was brought in by the state to get the city under control. >> i taught on riots, you know, for a while here, but there's no play book for what we had to deal with. >> reporter: that moment ignited a nationwide reckoning, activists say the fire in washington appears to have burned out. >> most black neighborhoods in the united states of america where a black man is killed either at the hands of police or by community, it's just a neighborhood that just doesn't thrive. >> reporter: but the white house is touting executive action the president has taken including a nationwide database tracking police misconduct.

>> we've made progress. are where we used to be? absolutely not. are we where we want to be, not just yet but we'll get there. >> reporter: getting there the white house says requires help from lawmakers. floyd's family on capitol hill this week pushed for congress to review police reform in his name. >> my brother's life was stolen. so many other people's life was stolen from them, and we continue to say we're going to talk about this george floyd justice and policing act. >> reporter: republicans concerns over eliminating legal protections for officers stymied that legislation. minneapolis congresswoman ilhan omar says those partisan politics remain. >> voters know that congress is divided on this issue. i hope that, you know, they utilize the ballot box to remedy that because we need members who are serious about protecting people from police brutaliy in this country. >> reporter: polls show biden's support among black voters appears to be softening, so the president's continued push for

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♪ . for many the ocean is soothing, and now it is helping some veterans in california overcome emotional trauma after they leave the battlefield. cbs' carter evans went surfing to see for himself. >> yeah! you got it. whoo! >> reporter: there's nothing like the thrill of catching a wave, the adrenaline rush, sensory overload. >> and my lens widened, it's kind of surreal. >> reporter: and surprisingly visual description from someone who can't see a thing. >> a little 1:00 view. there you go. >> reporter: 28-year-old zack tidwell was a machine gunner in the marines. today he's doing a little group surf therapy with other injured and troubled veterans off the coast of santa cruz, california. >> it's about building trust.

therefore, you can accomplish things you never thought you could ever do. >> reporter: he started operation surf more than two decades ago to help deal with his own demons. >> my drug addiction cept me into a life of all about me. i realized thinking and caring about others was part of my journey of recovery. >> stand up. go, go. >> what we do at operation surf is not just build connection with the ocean, it's actually to build connection with others. >> reporter: in the water tidwell told me about his struggles with alcohol and how his life went into a tailspin after the marines. a bullet took his sight, but it didn't happen on the battlefield. so you put the barrel of the gun right here. >> right here. >> wow. >> i went from what i thought was the lowest place to a lower place. >> reporter: the marine is now more one of 2,000 veterans of

operation surf. research has shown spending time in the ocean can help reduce ptsd symptoms by more than 30%. surfing requires laser focus that quiets the mind by shutting out distractions. we were so in the moment it took a moment before i realize his guide didn't make the wave, and zack relies on verbal cues. >> stand up. you got it, yeah! >> reporter: an incredible accomplishment for zack, infectious for the rest of us. that was so awesome. that was just you and me. we lost your coach. an image i'll never forget and he'll never see. carter evans, cbs news, santa cruz. and there you go. a brand new friendship. that is the "cbs weekend news"

for this saturday. first thing tomorrow cbs sunday morning, and then it's "face the nation." margaret brennen's guest includes transportation secretary pete buttigieg, connecticut senator chris murphy, and texas congressman tony gonzalez. i'm kristine johnson in new york. have a good night. f0 from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. >> you don't have to travel to all these different countries. i get it right here in the heart of san francisco. now at 6:00, california's largest multicultural celebration underway in the mission. a look at the spectacle that makes up carnaval. it's the home of the famous coffee crunch cake. a san francisco business with a big

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