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overall threat investigations have soared. they've doubled in the past six years. >> and it shows no sign of abating. >> reporter: and a new survey of top congressional aides by the d.c.-based congressional management foundation found nearly 3 of 4 have suffered insulting or threatening messages with a similar number worried about safety. one year after an attacker beat two congressional staffers with a baseball bat at an office in virginia. >> this isn't just happening in washington, d.c. it's also happening at home. >> in the hometown offices? >> yes. >> reporter: minnesota democratic senator amy klobuchar oversees u.s. capitol police. >> our democracy cannot function if you have elected officials being threatened. >> reporter: the justice department and capitol police have hired three new prosecutors to handle the growing number of congressional threat cases, and the police are actively recruiting to recover from a wave of departures after january 6th. in the coming weeks, congress will debate how much money to give the u.s. capitol police for 2025. even in a gridlocked u.s.
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congress, there's likely to be bipartisan agreement on that. scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. it's too soon to predict how donald trump's guilty verdicts will affect the upcoming presidential election. up until now, polls showed the economy was the top issue on the minds of most voters, especially those hoping to buy a home. sky-high mortgage rates coupled with the high cost of houses has now pushed the american dream out of reach for millions. that includes prospective first-time home buyers in the battleground state of arizona. ed o'keefe paid a visit. >> reporter: this election year in key battleground states, the keys to a first home may feel further out of reach. >> most normal people are pushed out of buying. >> whether housing, whether you're renting, everything's increasing. >> oh, it's outrageous right now. at this point, we're saying that we're probably not going to be able to move. >> reporter: the housing market up almost everywhere is especially hot in arizona. finish this sentence for me. the cost of housing is --
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>> is too high right now. there's no question about that. >> reporter: nathan claiborne isn't looking to buy a home. he sells them as a realtor in the phoenix area. >> affordability is certainly the issue here. your police, your teachers, your firefighters, they can't afford this house. >> reporter: or this one he showed us with three bedrooms. >> all new flooring, all the fixtures are new. >> reporter: listed for over a half million dollars. this might have been 20, 30, 40 years ago a starter home. >> yeah. >> now this is the end goal. >> this is a move-up home, absolutely. >> reporter: in part, claiborne says, because a lot of buyers are moving in from out of state. now only 2% of arizonans say housing here is very affordable while 42% tell a recent cbs news poll it's very unaffordable. like those we met at good wood tavern in scottsdale. joshua snider runs the bar. he's 45 and is closing tomorrow on the first home he's owned. >> did you get everything you were looking for? >> i think we did.
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>> reporter: but it took years of looking as prices kept going up. >> i feel like it jumped 30%, 40% in three years. >> reporter: our poll finds 88% of arizonans say buying a home is harder than it was for their parents. >> so my parents were my age, they owned a home and had been for a couple of years. >> reporter: laura new kirk's parents helped her save for a down payment. >> i think we're on our fourth or fifth offer. >> and you've come up short each time? >> yeah. >> so far. >> reporter: so ryland tuttle and kelsey graft moved in with family to save. >> is it easier or harder to buy a home now than say it was four years ago? >> harder. >> definitely harder. >> reporter: and claiborne agrees. >> it does seem increasingly like it is out of reach for a lot of people. >> it is mathematically out of reach for lots of people. >> reporter: president biden, former president donald trump do speak about the issue of housing out on the campaign trail every so often. and those we spoke with say it's
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nobody knows why. on the cbs news climate watch, carter evans takes a look at the problem and visits rescuers trying to help. >> reporter: it shouldn't be but these birds are weak because they're starving. >> just skin and bone, this guy. >> reporter: over the last month, pelican rescue volunteers zoely teg lass has captured a growing number of hungry birds in southern california. >> i'm like the ambulance, the first line emt. >> reporter: he brings the weakest ones to the wetlands and wildlife center. exclusive director debbie mcguire showed us the triage inside with pelican patients packed in tents and crates. >> around this time of year, how many pelicans would you normally have? >> maybe a dozen. >> how many do you have now? >> 99. >> reporter: up and down the coast of california, brown pelicans are coming into rescue centers e maceiated and dying. >> we're not seeing any symptoms of illness. >> reporter: just starvation, says veterinarian elizabeth
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the prices sometimes. >> reporter: even the season's staple, grilling, can be pricey to pull off. cookout news estimates the national average for a cookout this year at nearly $90, up nearly 16% from 2022. but there are ways to spend less so you can grill more. cookout news says to use cheaper cuts of meat, like pork shoulder and pulled pork. you can also use flatiron steak and dark meat chicken like thighs and wings. and you can cut back on costly protein by mixing vegetables like mushrooms into your burger patties. and if your summer plans include a trip -- >> dad, i forgot. why are we flying? >> because getting there is half the fun. you know that. >> reporter: vines recommends staying closer to home. >> if you're a family of four or five, instead of buying all of those plane tickets, you may want to get your griswold on and make it a driving trip. >> reporter: the national average of gas is still up 51 cents a gallon since the start of the year. to save at the pump, experts say load everything inside your car.
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putting luggage on a rack could increase drag, which means more gas. plus, you can increase your fuel economy by close to 15% by decreasing your speed by just 5 to 10 miles per hour. tickets to amusement parks and music venues also add up fast. the average price of a concert ticket increased from $90 in 2018 to $120 in 2023. instead, try parks and museums. many museums offer special discounts on certain days or special rates for local residents like new york's metropolitan museum of art. and more than 225 cultural institutions are free to bank of america cardholders the first full weekend of each month. other major banks also offer similar discounts. and staying cool doesn't have to burn a hole in your wallet either. adjust your thermostat as you head out the door. a difference of 7 to 10 degrees
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for eight hours could save up to 10% on your monthly bill. >> it does add up. it's these little bitty wins that really translate into savings to last you all season. >> another way to stay cool, of course, head to the movies. you can catch summer blockbuster at a discount with several movie theater chains like reek arl and
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pandemonium is about to break out in washington. giant pandas are coming back to the d.c. national zoo. the black and white bears are more than just a tourist attraction. they're a symbol of the on again/off again relationship between washington and beijing. nancy cordes has more. >> there he is. >> reporter: it's been six long months since washington, d.c. bid farewell to its beloved giant pandas with no guarantee their kind would ever return. >> i have to warn you these guests are particular. >> reporter: but then came a
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surprise announcement wednesday from the national zoo at first lady jill biden. >> it's official! the pandas are coming back to d.c. >> reporter: two adolescent pandas will arrive by the end of the year. the result of a new loan agreement with china. >> the new bears are bao li and ching bao. >> reporter: bow lee's roots are right here in d.c. his mother, bough bough, was born at the national zoo in 2014. she was one of the four surviving panda cubs that made the program a success for half a century. the zoo's first pair of giant pandas arrived in 1972, a gift from the chinese premier to then-first lady pat nixon. >> i think they're adorable, endearing creatures. >> pandas! >> reporter: since then, they've captured zoo-goers' hearts, tumbling in fresh snow, flopping from heights, and chomping down on their favorite snacks all while welcoming new cubs along the way.
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thousands watched in awe online as xiao chi ji was born in 2020. but he and his parents were sent back to china in november after their loan agreements lapsed amid heightened tensions with beijing. >> really sad, heartbreaking, to see them go back to china, and hopefully we can work something out in the future for more pandas. >> reporter: that hope now a reality after productive communications between president biden and chines president xi jinping in recent months, a sign panda diplomacy is alive and well. the new pandas are 2 years old. they'll be on a ten-year loan, which means they'll be here through at least 2034. while it's a win for all of us here in washington obviously, it's actually a boon to china's panda program as well because some of the most cutting-edge innovations in panda fertility have taken place right here in d.c. at the national zoo.
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and pandas are notoriously difficult breeders, so send them here in d.c. we'll get them straightened out. >> all right. pandas and politics. that was our nancy cordes. and this is the "cbs news roundup." reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. ♪ ( hello and thanks so much for watching. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are some of the stories we're tracking on "cbs news roundup." former president donald trump found guilty on all counts in his criminal hush money trial. also, a verdict in another case that gripped the nation, the so-called doomsday murders.
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and israel claims new gains in the war against hamas. former president donald trump now a convicted felon. a historic verdict from a 12-member jury in a manhattan courtroom on thursday. trump was handed guilty verdicts on all 34 charges of illegally influencing the 2016 election through hush money payments made to a porn actor. cbs's robert costa covered all of this from inside the courtroom. >> reporter: the seven men and five women of the jury decided donald trump's fate in just over 11 hours. >> this was a disgrace. >> reporter: enraging the former president, who said the real decision will come in november. >> the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. >> reporter: judge juan merchan announced he will sentence trump on july 11th, four days before the republican national convention. he faces up to four years in prison but could be given probation with no jail time. as the verdict was read, trump sat expressionless in the courtroom. >> the jury spoke decisively.
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it spoke unanimously. there wasn't really any doubt at the way they were coming out in this case. it was faster, i think, crtainly than i and other people following this trial closely anticipated, just given the length of the trial, the number of witnesses, the complexity of the witnesses. the issues, the fact they had 34 counts to resolve. that was unusual. >> reporter: trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up his alleged sexual encounter with stormy daniels during his presidential run in 2016. the jury perhaps swayed by the prosecution's key witness, former trump attorney michael cohen, who offered crucial testimony that directly implicated trump in falsifying the $130,000 payment. daniels, herself, testified in graphic detail in the trial. as they began their deliberations wednesday, jurors asked to rehear key pieces of testimony, specifically about the 2015 trump tower meeting with trump, former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker, and cohen. cohen testified that is where the three men hatched the so-called catch and kill scheme
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to spike stories that could harm trump's 2016 presidential run. pecker was asked by prosecutors if the purpose of the deal was to benefit the campaign. that is right, pecker testified in april. the defense tried to portray cohen as untrustworthy. trump's lead attorney calling him the mvp of liars in closing arguments. district attorney alvin bragg, who brought the case against trump, responded. >> while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately today at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the courtroom doors -- by following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favor. >> reporter: sources close to trump tell me the appeals process has already started and politically that this summer will be a summer of grievance as trump ramps up his attacks on the prosecution. robert costa, cbs news, new york. now to another important courtroom decision, this one
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from idaho with a guilty verdict in the case that gripped the nation, the so-called doomsday murders. chad daybell was convicted in the murder of his first wife and his then-girlfriend's youngest children. cbs's carter evans reports on this disturbing case. >> guilty, guilty, guilty. >> reporter: as guilty verdicts were read eight times, chad daybell stood expressionless while outside court -- [ crowd cheering ] >> reporter: the jury took about five hours to convict him in the deaths of his first wife, tammy, and two of his current wife's children. their mother, lori vallow, found guilty in their deaths last year. prosecutors say daybell had created a doomsday cult. he and lori referring to her children as zombies possessed by evil spirits. in 2018 when both were married, chad and lori had an affair. within months, vallow's husband was shot and killed and daybell's wife suddenly died. two weeks after her death, chad
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and lori married. around the same time, her two youngest children, 16-year-old tylee and 7-year-old jj, went missing. their bodies were found nine months later buried in chad daybell's yard. tammy daybell's death, originally thought to be from natural causes, was later ruled a homicide. daybell's defense argued his dna was not found on any of the victims, but the jury believed the prosecution. >> three dead bodies on the defendant chad daybell's property, and for what? money, power, and sex. >> reporter: now, the same jury must decide if chad daybell should receive the death penalty. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. turning now to the middle east, the israel-hamas war has entered a dangerous new phase with israel now controlling the entire land border of the gaza strip, including a buffer zone between gaza and egypt. inside that zone, israel says it
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found 20 tunnels used by hamas to smuggle weapons. cbs's imtiaz tyab has more on this from east jerusalem. >> reporter: this is as close as the cbs news team in gaza could get to the philadelphi corridor. israel's military has said it's now in control of the strategically important buffer zone. 330 feet wide in parts, it runs along the palestinian territory side of the eight-mile border with egypt, gaza's only other land border is with israel itself. the israeli military has said its operation there has already uncovered several hamas tunnels as it pushes further into rafah despite intense international pressure not to. the head of the u.s. agency for international development warns of imminent famine in gaza, saying conditions there are worse than ever before. over the past few weeks, over 1 million palestinians have been displaced from rafah.
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>> we can pretty much always hear, like, sounds of war like in the background. >> reporter: ryan kerr is an american paramedic and trauma nurse from albuquerque, new mexico. we reached him in nearby al mawasi. >> everyone is focused on finding a safe place to go. >> reporter: kerr was supposed to leave gaza two weeks ago and is now stuck because of the fighting. >> if you could speak to president biden, what would you say to him? >> it would just be to ask him to do what he can to make this stop. >> you just want the war to end. >> yeah. i think deciding that killing people to solve a problem is probably the worst way to go about it. >> reporter: imtiaz tyab, cbs news, east jerusalem. well, they say the magic is all in the timing. watch this. >> dismissed! >> just incredible. nearly a thousand cadets graduated on thursday from the u.s. air force academy with the help of this perfectly timed
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♪ thanks so much for staying with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. america's so-called forever wars in iraq and afghanistan are a thing of the past, but the u.s. military is still on patrol in foreign lands. the new global epicenter of the isis terror group is the sahel region of africa, which stretches ll the way across the continent. extremist violence there claimed more than 20,000 lives last year, and cbs news joined u.s.
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military exercises with nato allies and african soldiers to see how they're training to deal with that threat. debora patta has our exclusive report. >> reporter: u.s. special forces and their nato allies training alongside african soldiers in counterterrorism drills. it's called flint lock, special ops exercises like rescuing hostages from a simulated airport attack. >> hostage ready to move. time now. >> reporter: a very real scenario in the sahel, home to the world's fastest growing terror groups linked to al qaeda and isis. deputy commander lieutenant general john brennan says it's not only about military training. >> we offer things that are meaningful in the long term, sharing democratic values, instilling the rule of law. >> reporter: but that hasn't worked out so well over the past decade.
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there have been 11 coups in the sahel alone. at least 14 of their leaders trained at flint lock. >> we teach them how to protect their forces in combat and conduct successful counterterrorism operations. that has nothing to do with overthrowing a government. >> reporter: flint lock has expanded to include maritime training lycra pelling onto a moving warship hijacked by armed militants. the sahel runs all the way to the red sea, where houthi militias have launched attacks on u.s. naval vessels. this annual training operation could not have come at a more crucial time for the u.s. military as american influence on this continent is in deep decline. the u.s. is facing stiff competition from both russia and china, who offer resources with no strings attached. after last year's coup in niger, more than 1,000 american troops
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stationed there were ordered to leave by mid-september. russia has now stepped in to exploit that power vacuum. its mercenaries arrived in niger's capital, niamey, in april and share an air base with the u.s. >> any loss of a partner is concerning, but the numbers of russians that are in niamey are pretty statistically insignificant. >> reporter: but what russia provides is military muscle in exchange for mineral wealth, with none of those tricky human rights questions, prompting a strong note of caution from america's ambassador to ghana, virginia palmer. >> i think it's important that our african partners understand that what the russians are offering is maybe regime protection. it's certainly not national security. >> reporter: the u.s. restricts military aid to armies guilty of human rights abuses. but many leaders here accuse america of double standards, withholding aid from some
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african nations while israel is given billions of dollars despite global condemnation of its war in gaza. >> is there a double standard, and how do you counter that argument? >> i don't think there's a double standard. but i can tell you our values and the people that we do partner with even after coups, we are still able to influence them. >> reporter: the flintlock exercises are part of america's long-term strategy on a crowded battlefield of malign actors in the hope it bolsters african partnerships to defeat the growing terror threat. debora patta, tamalei, ghana. closer to home now, there are new reports that rap mogul sean "diddy" combs is under investigation by a federal grand jury looking at allegations of sex trafficking. jericka duncan has the latest. >> reporter: a official investigation into combs has been ongoing, but he has not been charged with a crime. since november, seven people
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have filed civil lawsuits alleging he sexually assaulted them, and now their potential testimony could help the government bring a criminal case. as sean "diddy" combs faces a wave of sexual assault allegations, cnn and the "l.a. times" report that federal investigators are preparing to bring the embattled hip-hop mogul's accusers before a grand jury as part of an inquiry over possible sex trafficking, which could signal the potential for criminal charges. it comes two months after federal agents raided houses in miami and los angeles belonging to combs in connection with the ongoing investigation. at the time, an attorney for combs said he was innocent and called the raids a witch hunt. combs has been named in eight civil suits since november with seven people accusing him of sexual assault. , including his ex-girlfriend, cassie ventura, who settled her case with combs one day after it
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was filed. in a december social media post, combs said in part, i did not do any of the awful things being alleged. but earlier this month, after cnn obtained graphic footage that shows combs punching and kicking ventura in 2016, he released an apology. >> i take full responsibility for my actions in that video. >> what we saw in that video totally eviscerated his credibility. >> reporter: judy saunders is an attorney who specializes in sex abuse and human trafficking cases. she said combs' accusers likely have information that prosecutors will use to paint a bigger picture of his alleged behavior. >> these individual cases, they may help explain how it was that he was able to allegedly operate a wider network that included sexual crimes. >> reporter: cbs news asked the u.s. attorney's office here in manhattan about the existence of a grand jury tied to the federal
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journalists are not the story, but today one of our colleagues is. cbs news senior white house correspondent weijia jiang. next year, weijia will be the first woman of color to serve as president of the white house correspondents association. weijia was born in china, but her journalistic journey began in west virginia, and she brought our vladimir duthiers there for a visit. ♪ >> you picked the best time of year to come to ba canna west virginia. it is the west virginia strawberry festival. >> how did your parents find themselves here in buck hannon, west virginia, population 5,500? >> yes. this is a question that i grew up asking myself. >> reporter: the answer to that question is part of her family's american dream. >> both presidential candidates will -- >> reporter: and one that propelled her to the front lawn of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> weijia jiang, cbs news, the
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white house. >> having that perspective of growing up in rural america has been so valuable because i get it. you want a press corps to reflect america. >> reporter: when weijia was 2, her father moved their family from xiao men china to west virginia, where he attended graduate school. >> so this is where i did my homework. this is where my friends would scum hang out with me. >> reporter: the jangs opened the only chinese restaurant in buckhannon in this building. >> my parents worked 15 to 18 hours a day. and it is backbreaking work. the gift that they gave me was my work ethic and my understanding of what an opportunity it is to be able to do work that we love. >> so this is your house? >> this is my house. >> reporter: their hard work allowed them to fulfill another element of the american dream when they bought this home. >> i handmade thousands of
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s.a.t. flash cards, and they're all still intact. my dad used to always say, you don't know it right now, but you are making money while you study. and then i got a full scholarship to college. >> reporter: her parents still live in buckhannon and still make dumplings with love. >> what does it feel like for you whenever you see weijia on television? >> well, i'm so proud of her. of course, yeah. >> reporter: but not every moment is easy to watch. >> yeah, go ahead, please. >> reporter: like this charged exchange with former president donald trump. >> why is this a global competition to you if -- >> reporter: at the height of covid. >> maybe that's a question you should ask china. >> sir, why are you saying that to me specifically? >> i'm not saying it specifically to anybody. i'm saying it to anybody that would ask a nasty question like that. >> that's not a nasty question. >> please go ahead. >> reporter: but weijia had developed a thick skin growing up in an area with few people of
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color. >> reporter: i think the fearlessness came from having to learn how to defend myself. people used to always ask if i could see because my eyes were so small. by the time i was in high school, you know, come at me. i will give it right back to you. >> how are you? >> reporter: she credits her middle school video journalism class with mrs. diane williams for inspiring her career. >> mrs. williams is the whole reason why i became a broadcaster. you are! >> i don't see why not. >> reporter: mrs. williams encouraged weijia to apply to a contest. >> and she already is doing a tremendous job. >> reporter: hosted by a student-geared broadcast called channel 1 news. >> and if you won, they flew you to los angeles for a week and a half. >> i'm weijia jiang from buckhannon, west virginia. >> reporter: out of 13,000 applicants, she was one of 20 winners. >> the actual anchor and reporters who were working that i got to shadow were tracy smith of cbs sunday morning and lisa
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ling, who is a cbs news contributor. and i was only 13 years old. and to me, they were goddesses. and i couldn't unsee it. >> i hope to be the next connie chung and better. that's kind of hard, but that's my goal. >> reporter: still, at the time, weijia couldn't see many people who looked like her on the news. >> i wasn't taking a hairbrush and pretending to sing. i was taking a hairbrush and pretending i was connie chung. there were still just less than a handful of prominent asian american broadcasters. >> wbun, our news. >> right. >> we have to recreate this. >> reporter: at buckhannon upshire middle school, weijia and mrs. williams guided us to the small basement room used for that video journalism class nearly 30 years ago. >> i'm weijia jiang. >> and i'm dianne williams. >> reporter: in a final full-circle moment, weijia had her chance to share a message with students, imparting big
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wisdom on her small town. >> i was sitting in the same seats that you're sitting in right now. i dreamed of becoming a tv news reporter. and now i cover the white house for cbs news, and i don't think i'd be there had it not been for
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. some of the most iconic cars of the 20th century are taking a leap into the modern age. charlie d'agata took a ride back to the future. >> reporter: this, ladies and gentlemen, is a 1960s e-type jaguar. and yet it is on the cutting edge of automotive technology. >> it looks like the original car. it is the original car. it just got a different engine. >> reporter: steve drummond is the co-founder of electrogenic, taking classic cars of the past back to the future. >> this is our electric motor. >> reporter: by replacing the old combustion engines with new
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electric motors. >> what we're now doing is we're packaging that tech into sophisticated drop-in sort of plug and play kits so that they can be installed by our agents around the world. >> reporter: including the u.s. the kits start at roughly $30,000, not including installation. drummond says not only has the technology moved on, so have the times and the market. >> the bigger growing category is the 30s, 55. they've always wanted a classic car but don't have the time or the skills to keep it on the road. so it's a sort of perfect major for them. >> reporter: it's far cleaner and a fraction of the cost to run a gas guzzler. how does this electric motor compare to the real thing? okay, here we go. wow. like most electric cars, the acceleration is immediate. it outperforms the original.
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the motor revs through the gears like a traditional engine. >> so you still get that sporty feeling of the car? >> yeah. >> reporter: including an identical top speed of 150 miles an hour. but there is the 350 horsepower elephant in the room. for classic car purists, nothing can match the sound and smell of the real thing. the era of the real thing may be coming to an end. in tomorrow's brave new world, the electric classics may be the only road ahead. charlie d'agata, cbs news, near oxford, england. all right. i'll take one of those. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul.
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♪ hello and thanks so much for watching. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are some of the stories we're tracking on "cbs news roundup." former president donald trump found guilty on all counts in his criminal hush money trial. also, a verdict in another case that gripped the nation, the so-called doomsday murders. and israel claims new gains
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in the war against hamas. former president donald trump now a convicted felon. a historic verdict from a 12-member jury in a manhattan courtroom on thursday. trump was handed guilty verdicts on all 34 charges of illegally influencing the 2016 election through hush money payments made to a porn actor. cbs's robert costa covered all of this from inside the courtroom. >> reporter: the seven men and five women of the jury decided donald trump's fate in just over 11 hours. >> this was a disgrace. >> reporter: enraging the former president, who said the real decision will come in november. >> the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. >> reporter: judge juan merchan announced he will sentence trump on july 11th, four days before the republican national convention. he faces up to four years in prison but could be given probation with no jail time. as the verdict was read, trump sat expressionless in the courtroom.
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>> the jury spoke decisively. it spoke unanimously. there wasn't really any doubt at the way they were coming out in this case. it was faster certainly than i and a lot of other people who were following this trial closely anticipated given the length of the trial, the number of witnesses, the complexity of the issues, the fact they had 34 counts to resolve. that was unusual. >> reporter: trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up his alleged sexual encounter with stormy daniels during his presidential run in 2016. the jury perhaps swayed by the prosecution's key witness, former trump attorney michael cohen, who offered crucial testimony that directly implicated trump in falsifying the $130,000 payment. daniels, herself, testified in graphic detail in the trial. as they began their deliberations wednesday, jurors asked to rehear key pieces of testimony, specifically about the 2015 trump tower meeting with trump, former "national enquirer" publisher david pecker, and cohen. cohen testified that is where the three men hatched the so-called catch and kill scheme to spike stories that could harm
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trump's 2016 presidential run. pecker was asked by prosecutors if the purpose of the deal was to benefit the campaign. that is right, pecker testified in april. the defense tried to portray cohen as untrustworthy. trump's lead attorney calling him the mvp of liars in closing arguments. district attorney alvin bragg, who brought the case against trump, responded. >> while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately today at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the courtroom doors -- by following the facts and the law and doing so without fear or favor. >> reporter: sources close to trump tell me the appeals process has already started and politically that this summer will be a summer of grievance as trump ramps up his attacks on the prosecution. robert costa, cbs news, new york. now to another important
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courtroom decision, this one from idaho with a guilty verdict in the case that gripped the nation, the so-called doomsday murders. chad daybell was convicted in the murder of his first wife and his then-girlfriend's youngest children. cbs's carter evans reports on this disturbing case. >> guilty, guilty, guilty. >> reporter: as guilty verdicts were read eight times, chad daybell stood expressionless while outside court -- [ crowd cheering ] >> reporter: the jury took about five hours to convict him in the deaths of his first wife, tammy, and two of his current wife's children. their mother, lori vallow, found guilty in their deaths last year. prosecutors say daybell had created a doomsday cult. he and lori referring to her children as zombies possessed by evil spirits. in 2018 when both were married, chad and lori had an affair. within months, vallow's husband was shot and killed and daybell's wife suddenly died. two weeks after her death, chad
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and lori married. around the same time, her two youngest children, 16-year-old tylee and 7-year-old jj, went missing. their bodies were found nine months later buried in chad daybell's yard. tammy daybell's death, originally thought to be from natural causes, was later ruled a homicide. dybell's defense argued his dna was not found on any of the victims, but the jury believed the prosecution. >> three dead bodies on the defendant chad daybell's property, and for what? money, power, and sex. >> reporter: now the same jury must decide if chad daybell should receive the death penalty. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. turning now to the middle east, the israel-hamas war has entered a dangerous new phase with israel now controlling the entire land border of the gaza strip, including a buffer zone between gaza and egypt. inside that zone, israel says it
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found 20 tunnels used by hamas to smuggle weapons. cbs's imtiaz tyab has more on this from east jerusalem. >> reporter: this is as close as the cbs news team in gaza could get to the philadelphi corridor. israel's military has said it's now in control of the strategically important buffer zone. 330 feet wide in parts, it runs along the palestinian territory side of the eight-mile border with egypt. gaza's only other land border is with israel itself. the israeli military has said its operation there has already uncovered several hamas tunnels as it pushes further into rafah despite intense international pressure not to. the head of the u.s. agency for international development warns of imminent famine in gaza, saying conditions there are worse than ever before. over the past few weeks, over 1 million palestinians have been
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displaced from rafah. >> we can pretty much always hear, like, sounds of war like in the background. >> reporter: ryan kerr is an american paramedic and trauma nurse from albuquerque, new mexico. we reached him in nearby al mawasi. >> everyone is focused on finding a safe place to go. >> reporter: kerr was supposed to leave gaza two weeks ago and is now stuck because of the fighting. >> if you could speak to president biden, what would you say to him? >> it would just be to ask him to do what he can to make this stop. >> you just want the war to end. >> yeah. i think deciding that killing people to solve a problem is probably the worst way to go about it. >> reporter: imtiaz tyab, cbs news, east jerusalem. well, they say the magic is al in the timing. watch this. >> dismissed! >> just incredible. nearly a thousand cadets graduated on thursday from the u.s. air force academy with the help of this perfectly timed
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flyover. our congratulations to all the graduates. and don't go away. there's plenty more just ahead on "cbs news roundup" after the break.
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♪ thanks so much for staying with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york. our top story, of course, former president donald trump found guilty on all 34 felony counts related to hush money payments designed to influence the 2016 presidential election. trump's lawyers are vowing to appeal, but that process could take months or even years. in the meantime, trump faces up to four years in prison on each
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count. legal experts say jail time is unlikely, but sentencing is scheduled for july 11th, just four days before the republican national convention. the verdict is expected to fuel threats that have been pouring into the capitol. here's cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: 12 years later, mitchell revard remembers the thrill of his first day working at the capitol. >> every morning that i walk into this building, i remind myself of how much of an honor and a privilege it is to work here. >> reporter: revard now chief of staff to a longtime congressman from michigan, says the beauty and the rich history here is increasingly plagued. >> not a lot of people are calling their congressional office every day and patting us on the back and telling us we're doing a great job. >> reporter: by an ugliness. >> but the tone and tenor of these conversations has changed. >> reporter: the number of threatening, menacing, and vulgar phone calls to congress, often answered by the youngest of staff and interns, has surged. the u.s. capitol police chief warned senators this week
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overall threat investigations have soared. they've doubled in the past six years. >> and it shows no sign of abating. >> reporter: and a new survey of top congressional aides by the d.c.-based congressional management foundation found nearly 3 of 4 have suffered insulting or threatening messages with a similar number worried about safety. one year after an attacker beat two congressional staffers with a baseball bat at an office in virginia. >> this isn't just happening in washington, d.c. it's also happening at home. >> in the hometown offices? >> yes. >> reporter: minnesota democratic senator amy klobuchar oversees u.s. capitol police. >> our democracy cannot function if you have elected officials being threatened. >> reporter: the justice department and capitol police have hired three new prosecutors to handle the growing number of congressional threat cases, and the police are actively recruiting to recover from a wave of departures after january 6th. in the coming weeks, congress will debate how much money to give the u.s. capitol police for 2025. even in a gridlocked u.s.
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congress, there's likely to be bipartisan agreement on that. scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. it's too soon to predict how donald trump's guilty verdicts will affect the upcoming presidential election. up until now, polls showed the economy was the top issue on the minds of most voters, especially those hoping to buy a home. sky-high mortgage rates coupled with the high cost of houses has now pushed the american dream out of reach for millions. that includes prospective first-time home buyers in the battleground state of arizona. ed o'keefe paid a visit. >> reporter: this election year in key battleground states, the keys to a first home may feel further out of reach. >> most normal people are pushed out of buying. >> whether housing, whether you're renting, everything's increasing. >> oh, it's outrageous right now. at this point, we're saying that we're probably not going to be able to move. >> reporter: the housing market up almost everywhere is especially hot in arizona. finish this sentence for me.
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the cost of housing is -- >> is too high right now. there's no question about that. >> reporter: nathan claiborn isn't looking to buy a home. he sells them as a realtor in the phoenix area. >> affordability is certainly the issue here. your police, your teachers, your firefighters, they can't afford this house. >> reporter: or this one he showed us with three bedrooms. >> all new flooring. all the fixtures are new. >> reporter: listed for over a half million dollars. this might have been 20, 30, 40 years ago a starter home. >> yeah. >> now this is the end goal. >> this is a move-up home, absolutely. >> reporter: in part, claiborn says, because a lot of buyers are moving in from out of state. now only 2% of arizonans say housing here is very affordable while 42% tell a recent cbs news poll it's very unaffordable. like those we met at goodwood tavern in scottsdale. >> you guys doing okay over here? >> reporter: joshua snyder runs the bar. he's 45 and is closing tomorrow on the first home he's owned. >> did you get everything you were looking for?
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>> i think we did. >> reporter: but it took years of looking as prices kept going up. >> i feel like it jumped 30%, 40% in three years. >> reporter: our poll finds 88% of arizonans say buying a home is harder than it was for their parents. >> so when my parents were my age, they owned a home and had been for a couple of years. >> reporter: laura newkirk's parents helped her save for a down payment. >> i think we're on our fourth or fifth offer. >> and you've come up short each time? >> yeah. >> so far. >> reporter: so rylan tuttle and kelsey graft moved in with family to save. >> is it easier or harder to buy a home now than say it was four years ago? >> harder. >> definitely harder. >> reporter: and claiborn agrees. >> it does seem increasingly like it is out of reach for a lot of people. >> yeah, it doesn't seem out of reach. it is mathematically out of reach for lots and lots of people. >> reporter: president biden and former president donald trump do speak about the issue of housing out on the campaign trail every
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so often. and those we spoke with say it's going to be a major factor in who they ultimately vote for this november. but arizona is a battleground state, and every one of those voters we spoke to say they haven't yet made up their mind. ed o'keefe, cbs news, ed o'keefe, cbs news, talenti salted caramel truffle layers, with creamy salted caramel gelato. -bradley. -it's cookies. -i can see the cookies, the jar is see-through. -i knew that. -i knew you knew that. talenti. raise the jar. if you spit blood when you brush, it could be the start of a domino effect. new parodontax active gum repair breath freshener. clinically proven to help reverse the four signs of early gum disease. a new toothpaste from parodontax, the gum experts. “the darkness of bipolar depression made me feel like i was losing interest in the things i love. then i found a chance to let in the lyte.” discover caplyta. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta is proven to deliver significant symptom relief from both bipolar i & ii depression.
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on the cbs news climate watch, carter evans takes a look at the problem and visits the rescuers trying to help. >> reporter: it shouldn't be this easy to catch a pelican. but these birds are weak because they're starving. >> just skin and bone, this guy. >> reporter: over the last month, pelican rescue volunteer zoli teglas has captured a growing number of hungry birds in southern california. >> i'm like the ambulance, the first-line emt. >> reporter: he brings the weakest ones to the wetlands and wildlife center. >> we have become camp pelican. >> reporter: executive director debbie mcguire showed us the triage inside with pelican patients packed in tents and crates. >> around this time of year, how many pelicans would you normally have? >> maybe a dozen. >> how many do you have now? >> 99. >> reporter: up and down the coast of california, brown pelicans are coming into rescue centers emaciated and dying. >> we're not seeing any symptoms of illness. >> reporter: just starvation, says veterinarian elizabeth wood.
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a lot of people, myself included, wait all year for summer, a chance to enjoy sun, fun, and family. but the season can also be expensive even if you're not traveling. nancy chen has some ideas on how you can enjoy the next couple of months without breaking the bank. ♪ in the summertime when the weather is hot ♪ >> reporter: the temperatures aren't the only things spiking this season. >> this summer is looking a little bit different than last year thanks to something we have less of -- money. >> reporter: brian vines from consumer reports. >> why is summer so expensive? >> well, in a word, we're all outside finally.
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so with volume comes increased prices sometimes. >> reporter: even the season's staple, grilling, can be pricey to pull off. "cookout news" estimates the national average for a cookout this year at nearly $90, up more than 16% from 2022. but there are ways to spend less so you can grill more. "cookout news" says to use cheaper cuts of meat, like pork shoulder and pulled pork. you can also use flatiron steak and dark meat chicken like thighs and wings. and you can cut back on costly protein by mixing vegetables like mushrooms into your burger patties. and if your summer plans include a trip -- >> dad, i forgot. why aren't we flying? >> because getting there is half the fun. you know that. >> reporter: vines recommends staying closer to home. >> if you're a family of four or five, instead of buying all of those plane tickets, you may want to get your griswold on and make it a driving trip. >> reporter: the national average of gas is still up 51 cents a gallon since the start of the year. to save at the pump, experts say load everything inside your car. putting luggage on a rack could
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increase drag, which means more gas. plus, you can increase your fuel economy by close to 15% by decreasing your speed by just 5 to 10 miles per hour. tickets to amusement parks and music venues also add up fast. the average price of a concert ticket increased from $90 in 2018 to $120 in 2023. instead, try parks and museums. many museums offer special discounts on certain days or special rates for local residents like new york's metropolitan museum of art. and more than 225 cultural institutions are free to bank of america cardholders the first full weekend of each month. other major banks also offer similar discounts. and staying cool doesn't have to burn a hole in your wallet either. adjust your thermostat as you head out the door. a difference of 7 to 10 degrees
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from the national zoo and first lady jill biden. >> it's official! the pandas are coming back to d.c. >> reporter: two adolescent pandas will arrive by the end of the year. the result of a new loan agreement with china. >> the new bears are bao li and and qing bao. >> reporter: bao li's roots are right here in d.c. his mother, bao bao, was born at the national zoo in 2014. she was one of the four surviving panda cubs that made the program a success for half a century. the zoo's first pair of giant pandas arrived in 1972, a gift from the chinese premier to then-first lady pat nixon. >> i think they're adorable, endearing creatures. >> pandas! >> reporter: since then, they've captured zoo-goers' hearts, tumbling in fresh snow, flopping from heights, and chomping down on their favorite snacks all while welcoming new cubs along the way.
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thousands watched in awe online as xiao qi ji was born in 2020. but he and his parents were sent back to china in november after their loan agreements lapsed amid heightened tensions with beijing. >> really sad, heartbreaking to see them go back to china, and hopefully we can work something out in the future for more pandas. >> reporter: that hope now a reality after productive communications between president biden and chinese president xi jinping in recent months, a sign panda diplomacy is alive and well. the new pandas are 2 years old. they'll be on a ten-year loan, which means they're going to be here through at least 2034. while it's a win for all of us here in washington obviously, it's actually a boon to china's panda program as well because some of the most cutting-edge innovations in panda fertility have taken place right here in d.c. at the national zoo. and pandas are notoriously
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difficult breeders, so send them here to d.c. we'll get them straightened out. >> all right. pandas and politics. that was our nancy cordes. and this is the "cbs news roundup." reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. it's it's friday, may 31st, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." historic verdict. donald trump now a convicted felon. the first former american president to have ever been found guilty of felony crimes. >> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. >> the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury, and the jury has spoken. >> the reaction from across the country. what happens next, and the impact on the presidential race.

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