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ground. we will have an update at 7:00. finally this evening, it's the first week of june and the bay area is kicking off pride month festivities, including the raising of the pride flag at san francisco city hall. mayor london breed joined lgbtq leaders and community members today to kick off the city's 54th annual pride month. we'll have a month of special stories coming up and also take you inside the colorful world of oakland's underground ballroom scene coming up at 7:00. cbs evening news with norah o'donnell is next on kpix. we're back in ♪ ♪ >> that's him. >> norah: tonight the president's son on trial. a jury just seated, what we are learning about who they are. first lady jill biden appears in court sittng in the front row to show support as
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president biden issues a rare statement about hunter biden. >> it's not often if ever in american history you have the son of a sitting president of the united states being charged with three federal felonies and standing trial. >> norah: what to expect from the trial. the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ hunter biden just left the courthouse where six men and six women have been seated in an american first. the first criminal trial for a child of a sitting president. good evening. i am norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. those jurors were selected after attorneys on both sides questioned them about their views on gun rights, addiction, and politics. the president's only surviving son charged with three felony counts related to his alleged collegial illegal purchase and possession of a firearm in 2018. tomorrow the prosecution and the defense will present opening statements which could allude sordid details about hunter biden's love life and addiction battles. the first lady was in the courtroom with the president not far remaining at his home in
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delaware. cbs's scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom for today's proceedings. >> reporter: a show of support on the first day of trial for president biden's son hunter. 73rd birthday sat directly behind him. and in a rare statement on the case, the president said "jill and i love our son. and we are so proud of the man he is today." hunter biden is charged with making false statements when he bought a cult 38 handgun six years ago by not acknowledging on the application he was using or addicted to drugs. >> i made mistakes in my life, wasted opportunities and privileges i was afforded. for that i am responsible. >> reporter: prosecutors are expected to call as a witness, beau biden's widow hallie biden, she and hunter were romantically linked at the time of the gun purchase. >> i returned that fall of 2018
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after my most recent relapse in california with the hopes of getting clean through a new therapy and reconciling with hallie, neither happened. >> reporter: prosecutors will claim that hallie biden found the gun in hunter' truck in 2018 and tossed it in a dumpster. according to court documents he texted her, "are you insane, tell me now, this is no game." hallie biden "check yourself into a local rehab, hunter, this has to stop." also expected to testify his ex-wife kathleen who is in a legal battle with him. >> reporter: regardless if he is acquitted they will not be a good experience. >> reporter: prosecutors will also show text messages alluding to the drug problem including when he was waiting for a drug dealer in wilmington. "i was sleeping on a car, smoking crack on fourth street at rodney," an agreemnt that collapsed when the judge determined that a
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they did not agree on the terms. >> it was lucy pulling the football away from charlie brown when everyone thought it would be done, sealed, and delivered, but we are back to square one. >> reporter: opening statements begin tomorrow morning in a trial likely lasting 1-2 weeks. in a different case brought by the same prosecutor in california, that case set to go to trial in september where it's just as the presidential race hits high gear. >> norah: scott macfarlane, thank you. today the israeli military reported that four more hostages abducted in the october 7th attack are dead. and their bodies are still being held by hamas. news of their deaths now increasing pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to bring the remaining hostages home. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports from tel aviv on who these men were and how hamas used them for war messaging. >> reporter: it was in the ruins of the southern gaza city of khan yunis where nadav popplewell, haim perry and yoram metzger were
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declared dead by the military. this relates to video released in december that shows three of them still alive. it's not known how they died, but an army spokesperson says that likely happened months ago. the discovery of the remains and even more hostages has only intensified the pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu on saturday over 120,000 israelis took to the streets in tel aviv to demand he move forward with the deal to release the hostages and end the war in gaza as outlined by president biden. >> the most important thing is bring in the back right now no matter what. >> reporter: tonight, netanyahu insisting he has not been pressured to dismiss the cease-fire deal by members of his own extreme right wing coalition after two ultranationalist leaders could threaten to quit and topple his government over the plan. saying "the goals of the war, chief among them is the elimination of hamas." as the misery across gaza only deepens, according to health officials, 40 palestinians have been killed in israeli strikes over the past day alone.
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when prime minister netanyahu insisting on eliminating hamas and refusing a truce with out a president cease-fire, president biden's plan may not be achievable. and that could be many more months of war. >> norah: imtiaz tyab, thank you. here at home, dramatic images out of california show a wildfire devouring hillsides about an hour east of san francisco. the corral fire is the state's largest so far this year. right now it is about 75% contained, but this week fire danger will ramp up with blistering triple digit temperatures. cbs's ben tracy is on the scene in northern california. >> reporter: fueled by forced wins, the corral fire exploded this weekend scorching more than 14,000 acres, jumping major
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roadways and bearing down on nearby homes. >> was the scariest night of my life. >> reporter: daniel perez stayed behind to help first responders. >> the firefighters actually dip the hose into my pool, then all of a sudden the fire came from that direction. >> reporter: it burned down his neighbor's home, the older couple living there evacuated safely. perez's home survived, but his garage and the memories inside of it did not. >> it's irreplaceable. this is a comforter that was in my daughter's crib. my grandmother made that and its ruin. >> i'm sorry. >> yes, it's devastating. >> the fire behavior was so aggressive a ripped through all the tall grass. >> reporter: what worries firefighters is that this is happening so early in the so-called wire fire season. >> for the most part we don't refer to it as fire season anymore, so most like there are no rules so far. >> reporter: in a warming climate spring is arriving earlier, melting the snow pack more quickly and drying out vegetation which becomes fuel for fires. this seems kind of early for a fire like this, are you surprised by this? >> you are absolutely right to
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have a fire with more than 14,000 acres plus in the beginning of june is a bit eye-opening. >> reporter: and it's about to get even more eye-opening, because a heat dome which is an area of high pressure that traps hot air like a lid on a boiling pot is about to hit the american west and norah, that was in temperatures up into the above 100 degrees and raise the risk of more fires like this one. >> norah: ben tracy, thank you for being there. president biden under intense political pressure to curb illegal immigration. it's a top concern for voters, one that donald trump and his allies have seized on. and tomorrow biden is expected to take action issuing an executive order allowing him to shut down the asylum process at the southern border. cbs news was the first to break the story, and tonight our nancy cordes is at he white house. good to see you. this is going to be the most restrictive border policy ever enacted by a democratic president.
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why now? >> reporter: well, norah, the white house had been hoping that congress would take the step, it didn't. this represents a major change to immigration policy, and we are told that the president is going to sign this executive order tomorrow. cbs news has learned that the new order will allow u.s. immigration officials to deport migrants without processing their asylum claims any time the number of illegal border crossings tops a specific threshold. sources tell cbs that threshold is likely to be 2500 migrants apprehensions a day which means this partial ban could be triggered on day one because the number of number of applications at the southern border today was higher than that, 3800 a day according to the border patrol. right now asylum-seekers are able to stay in the u.s. until their cases processed which can take years, and critics say that creates an incentive for those who don't qualify to come to the u.s. anyway. this new executive order is almost certainly going to face legal challenges down the road. the white house appears to be
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going this route now because republicans rejected a bipartisan senate deal that would have done something similar. norah. >> nancy cordes with the big news tonight. thank you so much. mexico was a key partner in trying to curb illegal immigration and president biden called to congratulate the country's historic new president-elect. claudia sheinbaum is the first woman and the first jewish person to win the presidency. cbs's enrique acevedo reports on what americans can expect from mexico's next president. [chanting] >> reporter: claudia sheinbaum's victory was an absolute landslide. "for the first time in 200 years of the republic, i will become the first woman president of mexico," she told supporters. the 61-year-old former climate scientists, the mayor of mexico city will not only become of state, but the first from a- jewish family, her grandparents fled the holocaust by moving to mexico. [speaking spanish] "yes, we women can have a voice" sheinbaum's selection is a
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historic milestone in a nation that gave women the right to vote in the 1950s. among the pressing issues facing mexico's new president, cartel violence and the migrants at the u.s./mexico border. >> and the main concern we have right now is that a lot of immigrants from central america that want to get into the u.s. are getting stuck in mexico. they don't want to be here, but they are stuck here. >> reporter: during his presidency under andres manuel lopez-obrador stamped into u.s. by many in mexico. the changes expected from sheinbaum who is the protege. >> i think of presidency from claudia will look similar to >> reporter: in that call between president biden and
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president sheinbaum both leaders emphasize their commitment on cooperation on key issues like immigration, border security, and trade. >> norah: enrique, thank you so much. here's a look at tonight's other top stories starting on capitol hill. for dr. anthony fauci was grilled for three hours by republican lawmakers. the former government scientist is considered the face of the covid pandemic response as cbs's nikole killion shows us it was a heated hearing. >> reporter: dr. fauci called g.o.p. claims that he covered up information about the coronavirus simply preposterous. >> do you agree that there was a push to downplay the lab leak theory? >> not on my part. >> really? >> really. >> reporter: at times the hearing devolved into attacks. >> that man does not deserve to have a license. it should be revoked and he belongs in prison. >> reporter: dr. fauci got emotional about some of the death threats he's received. >> they involve my wife and my three daughters. >> reporter: and dr. fauci was questioned about social
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distancing and vaccine mandates and said that public health officials should reevaluate. >> norah: as americans get ready for summer, beaches are closed in a san diego town after a shark attack over the weekend. cbs's carter evans has more on the swimmers to terrifying ordeal and how scientists are trying to find corporate. >> reporter: the water here in southern california has been murky recently due to algae from red tide. so no one in the group saw the shark coming. now the victim is about 100 yards off shore when it bit him. north of san diego and delmar and sustained injuries to his torso and arm but expected to make a full recovery. experts tell me this was a juvenile white shark, and plan to take a dna sample from the victim's wet suit comparing to dna in the water to try to determine if the offending shark is still around. >> norah: and finally tonight, biles it's back.
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the gymnastic genius makes history again. here is cbs's elise preston. >> reporter: simone biles is breaking her own records with another historic sweeping competition. the gymnastics superstar soared her way into her ninth u.s. all-around title. [cheers and applause] she won the gold for every individual event at the u.s. championships in fort worth, texas. the 27-year-old is expected to compete in her third olympic games in paris this summer. some of her likely teammates are over a decade younger. biles who already has 37 olympic and world medals heads to the olympic trials later this month. >> norah: elise preston, thank you. next in "eye on america," part two of our investigation in nursing homes run by for-profit companies. and complaints that many are putting profits before patients. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ companies. and complaints that many are putting profits before patients. ♪ ♪
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is the nursing home where 85-year-old ruby frazier spent a month after a fall centered at the hospital in november 2022. her grand daughter maisha and daughter yolanda said ruby struggled to get the attention of staff. >> my mom would push the button for help and they would not acknowledge her. >> reporter: how often was she telling you this? >> every day. >> all the time. >> reporter: maisha and yolanda said they watched as ruby's condition quickly deteriorated until one visit when ruby who is bedbound began gasping for air. >> i said what do you all please call the ambulance? no, we are not going to call -- yes, you are. >> reporter: emergency room doctors diagnosed her with pneumonia and severe sepsis. she had also developed these bed sores on her heels, wounds the family says oakland heights staff hid from them. >> they would not even turn her. they likely did not give a dog gone.
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>> reporter: oakland heights is run by aspen health care, a chain of more than two dozen california nursing homes. the cbs news investigation found in 2022 aspen facilities moved more than $25 million, much of it medicare and medicaid reimbursements to companies related to aspen. >> it has become very complicated. >> reporter: last year the biden administration forced nursing homes to disclose more information about their owners. but harvard professor david grabowski told us that still does not explain where taxpayer money is flowing. >> reporter: does aspen have particular investors? there is no ability to peel that back with the federal data. basically we need to know for every nursing home in the country how they are spending public dollars. >> reporter: research suggests when the nursing home industry extracting profit through inflated rents and management fees to related companies is widespread. so how did things change when
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aspen took over operations? >> for the most part i would say the care became suboptimal. >> reporter: dr. takeshi matsumoto is a private physician who sees some of his patients in this l.a. nursing home which aspen took over from a nonprofit in 2016. >> just taking care of some basic needs, like for example taking care of the residents' dentures. the dentures were still caked with old food. >> i just feel like she suffered. >> reporter: maisha and yolanda told us ruby's wounds never healed. she died last year, five months after she left oakland heights. they pursued aspen alleging the company knowingly and deliberately understaffed and underfunded oakland heights to maximize profits at the expense of patient care. if you had an opportunity to address the folks at aspen skilled healthcare, what would you say to them? >> what if that she was on the other foot? if it was your loved one and thc
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treated correctly? >> reporter: aspen skilled health care declined to comment for this report. in the court filing, the company denied all of maisha and yolanda's allegations. in a statement, the industry lobbying group said financial moves like the ones aspen made work, business practices to help streamline services and notes they are been thousands of closures, ownership changes, and bankruptcies in recent years. >> norah: such important reporting, lisa ling, thank you so much. sources tell cbs news an accused serial killer is about to be hit with a new charge. that's next. ♪ ♪ that's next. ecause of asthm? get back to better breathing with fasenra, an add-on treatment for eosinophilic asthma that is taken once every 8 weeks. fasenra is not for sudden breathing problems or other eosinophilic conditions. allergic reactions may occur. don't stop your asthma treatments without talking with your doctor. tell your doctor if your asthma worsens. headache and sore throat may occur. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. step back out there with fasenra. ask your doctor if it's right for you.
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. thank you, norah, i'm juliette goodrich, people frantically hosing down their homes as a fire burned down the street. >> they got the lose and started praying them. >> you can see on the other side, a dry grass, catching on fire. >> how neighbors jumped into action after the apartment building caught on fire. what
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this lots means for a community desperately in need for housing. . developing news of another fire burning right now. the concern tonight, wind. we will add heat to the list of concerns beginning tomorrow. heat advisories go into effect in parts of the bay area. oh, it is all about the attitude, talent and fun. we will take you to the ball room that is catching on here in the pay area. >> i grew up in a strict kind of military family. this was like my outlet. >> it was very much an escape for me. >> this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. thank you for joining us at 7:00 tonight t. is an aftermath of a fire that tore through an affordable housing project that was still under construction. these are the scenes during the height of

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