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families in san francisco came out to the embarcadero today far foggy bike ride with firefighters and highway patrol officers. the annual sf bike rodeo put on by scouting america. >> and kids learned how to navigate traffic and use bike paths and how to use the proper safety equipment. >> and how to navigate orange cones in the road. that's always important. cbs weekend news is next. that's it for us at 5:00. see you back here at 6:00. >> good night. tonight, a rare day of joy in israel. four israeli hostages rescued alive, a nation and families celebrate eight months after
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hamas' surprise attack amid new bloodshed. >> i'm chris livesay in tel aviv where four hostages are finally back home. 120 remain in hamas captivity. also tonight -- president biden on a state visit to france hails israel's risky rescue. >> we won't stop working until all the hostages come home and a cease-fire is reached. >> i'm ed o'keefe in paris where the president has been honoring veterans and toasting america's oldest ally. former president trump heads west streaking to strike campaign gold in california. we remember apollo 8 astronaut william anders. he took this stunning photo that changed how we see our planet. in wyoming stunning images. officials call this collapse of a teton pass highway a catastrophic failure while a dangerous heat dome scorches the west. when will it end?
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>> it pretty much feels like you're in an oven. >> we'll have the forecast. and later it's one of the world's most popular sports, but can cricket conquer america? it's game on. >> nice job. nice job, guys. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from washington with adriana diaz. good evening. adriana is off. i'm robert costa. a burst of joy and relief in israel tonight after four hostages held by hamas for the last eight months were rescued by israeli forces. the mission to free them took weeks of planning. it brought home four hostage, three men and one woman ranging in age from 21 to 40. news of esi cues prompted a celebration across the country. an aid for hostages called it, quote heroic. president biden added praise for the mission which was bolstered by u.s. intelligence. it happened here in nuseirat in
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central gaza and was not without bloodshed. dozens of gazans were killed. cbs' chris livesay leads us off tonight. >> reporter: good evening, robert. some very rare good news. four hostages are finally back home after spending eight months in hamas captivity. tonight they're okay after what israel is calling the biggest rescue operation since the start of the war. a reunion eight months in the making. four hostages, almog mier, andrey kozlov, and schlom ziv finally back home, each of them taken hostage during the october 7th massacre at the nova music festival. who can forget her screaming don't kill me. now he's reunited with her
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father and her mother dying from cancer, clinging to the hope of seeing her daughter one last time. almog mier seen leaving this res helicopter was last seen in a hamas propaganda video. at the time his mother told cbs news what seeing that did to her. >> to reflect, i start to shake. >> reporter: today that terror transformed into joy. >> i couldn't stop hugging him. i couldn't stop. and tomorrow is my birthday, so i got my present. >> reporter: almog's friends cheering his return. >> he's strong and he's smiling, and i can't believe he's doing great. and he can speak arabic right now. >> reporter: he learned how to speak arabic?
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>> yes, he learned how to speak arabic. >> reporter: israel says hamas was widing hostages in two separate residential buildings in densely populated central gaza, rescuing them in a risky operation in broad daylight. sources tell cbs news the mission was conducted with u.s. intelligence support. hamas said over 200 were killed. there's still 120 hostages in gaza. 43 of them have already been declared dead. their bodies still being held by hamas. robert, the message at this rally in tel aviv now more than ever, bring them home now. >> chris livesay, thanks. today president biden welcomed news of the israeli hostages safe rescue and return to their families. the president spoke in paris during today's state visit to france, a day of ceremonies and celebration. cbs' ed o'keefe is traveling with the president and has the
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latest. ed, good evening. >> reporter: robert, good evening. france is america's oldest ally, and the two countries are in general greet around some of the world's thorniest issues of the day, which makes visits like this one an opportunity to reinforce the importance of these partnerships. a day of pomp with a formal militaryporosistion through the streets of paris. and tonight a glitzy state dinner at the l.a. state palace including invited guests like pharrell williams and salma hayek. for president biden and french president emmanuel macron news of a hostage mission in gaza bolstered their piece. the israel and france are pushing israel and hamas to agree to a cease-fire hostage deal. on ukraine the leaders are providing some of the strongest
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support to volodymyr zelenskyy's war against russia. >> we see eye to eye on this war raging in ukraine. >> the united states is standing strong with ukraine, we're standing with our allies, and we're standing with france. >> reporter: it had president on friday announced another $225 million in aid to ukraine. air defense equipment, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons. french troops continue training ukrainian soldiers, but macron hasn't ruled out deploying french troops into ukraine, something mr. biden so far, at least, refuses to do. saturday's meetings came after two days of commemoration of d-day, putting the president on the world stage to tout american power and democracy at a time he's concerned about it at home. >> i simply refuse to believe that america's greatness is a thing of the past. >> reporter: and while he hasn't drawn explicit comparisons to likely republican opponent donald trump, mr. biden's
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re-election campaign has. the president's trip is scheduled to end on sunday with an implicit contrast with trump, a viz toot a cemetery for american soldiers and marines killed in world war i. back in 2018 then-president trump declined to visit the cemetery citing bad weather. but reports later surfaced that he called those buried at the cemetery, quote, losers and suckers. he strongly denied those reports, but his statements president biden has never forgotten. robert? >> ed o'keefe in paris, thanks. with president biden in france the man who wants his job has been raising money in california. supporters turned out in orange county today to cheer on former president trump as he wraps up a three-day fund-raising trip mooch he also made a fund-raising stop in beverly hills, and san francisco. trump heads to las vegas tomorrow. the economy remains one of the key issues of the presidential campaign. inflation and credit card
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delinquencies are up, but so are paychecks and 401k balances. what does that mean for family budgets? cbs' michael george on wall street joins us with more. michael? >> reporter: well, robert, all signs are showing a strong econmy, stocks holding steady, low unemployment, a better than expected jobs report, but the nagging issue for a lot of americans, high prices, which is why the perception of the economy may not match the reality. wall street staying strong. the nasdaq, s&p, and dow all up this year and holding near record highs. and the latest jobs report shows the country added more than a quarter of a million jobs last month with unemployment creeping up to 4%. >> the reports of the demise of the labor market has certainly been overstated. >> reporter: cbs news business analyst speaking on saturday morning. >> there's also been evidence that consumers aren't spending
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quite as much and economic growth is pulling back a little bit. >> reporter: a recent harris poll found more than half of americans think we're in a recession, the reason inflation and the price tags we're seeing for things like food like this farmer's market in biloxi, mississippi. >> right now prices are high that means you have less disposal income. >> reporter: but americans are also making more money. >> wages were up by 4.1% from a year ago. why is that important? the inflation rate right now is at about 3.4% from a year ago. >> reporter: home prices and mortgage rates are still my, but the number of homes for sale is rising sharply. and more good news, gas prices have been dropping heading into the summer. and while consumers may be getting some relief from the federal reserve after that strong jobs report, experts believe its unlikely they'll make any rate cuts at their meeting this week. robert? >> michael george, thanks.
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tonight transportation foi fo officials in wyoming are scrambling after what's been described at the catastrophic failure of a highway. this is highway 22 after crumbling in a landslide. it connects jackson, wyoming, with victor, idaho. officials say it will take at least a few weeks or more to repair. still in the west dangerously high conditions are forecast for parts of california and the southwest this weekend as a searing heat wave takes a toll, but some relief may be in sight. let's check in with meteorologist andrew kozak at cbs philadelphia. >> numerous record high temperatures. we've been seeing that this past week. even tonight temperatures are still well above 100, areas like vegas and over toward death valleych we have an excessive heat warning until 9:00. the good news we're going to get a bit of a break by sunday, but
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by monday into wednesday next week bakersville, fresno and many areas once again looking at triple digit heat. now, the other big story tonight for weather would be that enhanced risk of severe weather, could be looking at some large hail, gusty winds, even an isolated tornado for eastern colorado and western kansas. next week the east coast shares the wealth of the heat where 90s and a chance for storms are going to be up and down the i-95 corridor. >> andrew kozak at cbs philadelphia, thanks. today americans are mourning a space pioneer. apollo astronaut william anders died yesterday. he was the pilot and only occupant of a plane that crashed. he was 90. cbs has more on his life and legacy. >> the elevator ride to the top of the 36-story tall saturn 5 moon. >> reporter: billium anders flew into space just once.
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it was in 1968 apollo 8, a nerve-wracking trip, the first time humans ever left low earth orbit. >> the farthest away from home he's ever bip before. >> reporter: the quarter million mile flight reached the moon on christmas, and controllers in houston wanted to know what the moon looked like up close. >> it was ironic that we've done all this work to come and explore the moon and what we really discovered was the earth. >> reporter: it was anders who captured the most famous image ever taken in space, the iconic earth rise, changing forever the way we saw our planet. in 2018 lee gowan of cbs sunday mornings spoke to anders about what he saw and his decision to skirt orders. >> that wasn't in the flight plan, he was right. what the hell was that? an here was a beautiful shot. >> reporter: after nasa anders served as the first chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission and later became ceo of general dynamics.
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william anders was 90. elise preston, cbs news. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," meet the minnesota man who not only fought on d-day but helped plan it. and why the princess of whales issued an apology today to her irish guards. and how the world's second most popular sport is now winning fans in america. dancing is just one of the many inherited traits you can discover with ancestry dna. get it for dad, and together you can see which traits were inherited, the places where they started, and the people he shares them with. best of all, it's on sale for father's day. but get movin', this sale is only for a limited time. salonpas lidocaine flex. a super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. and did we mention, it really, really sticks?
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hell, i'm the luckiest man in the world. >> papa jake larson is always witty, wise, and to the point. >> i'm walking history. >> reporter: he's a self-described farm boy from hope township, minnesota, and he grew up during the great depression. he lied about his age so he could join the national guard at age 15. a few years later he found himself in world war ii. not only was jake sent to france, he got in on the planning of the d-day invasion. he learned to type in high school and knew as much about type writers as he did about guns. >> it raised me right up to the top. >> reporter: so when military leaders began planning for d-day it was papa jake who helped type their plan. >> every person that landed on omaha beach on d-day came through these fingers. >> reporter: that also meant typing his own name. >> it was hell. that whole beach under us had
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over 1 million land mines planted. >> reporter: at 101 he's outlived many of the soldiers who fought with him that day. >> i'm a messenger for these guys that gave their life. >> reporter: papa jake delivers that message through a platform most sentitarians aren't familiar with all thanks to his granddaughter. >> what the hell is tiktok? >> reporter: within a week he had more than 10,000 followers. it's been a way to connect the greatest generation with the youngest generation. now papa jake is back at normandy. the d-day invasion he helped plan happened right here at these beaches. and there's a reason why even at his age he feels the need to return. in france, papa jake feels the love. >> thank you. >> thank you! >> reporter: people of all ages know who he is and they come out of the woodwork just to be near this hero. >> they treat me like a celebrity. >> reporter: he hopes this isn't
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the u.s. won its first two matches including a big win over cricket super power pakistan. as cbs' shanelle kaul shows us it's helping boost interest across america. >> reporter: on a field in buoy, maryland, these kids are playing a game unknown to most americans, cricket. >> when i first start playing my mom was like, girl, what are you doing? >> reporter: 13-year-old jordan hinkle walker had never even heard of the game until two years ago when the coach brought cricket to her classroom. >> i called the principal and said, hey, i would like to come to the school and do a demo. >>. >> reporter: what was the reactio? >> it was crazy and you see their face lithe up. back then it was mainly the immigrant population were playing cricket. it was a fun way to get together. >> reporter: then when he had
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children, chotoo wanted to share this piece of his culture with them. >> i said why don't i start a cricket program here. >> reporter: that program became the first elementary school cricket league in the country. now over a decade later -- >> we have 86 teams and more than 1,000 kids playing cricket. >> reporter: the sport is exploding from coast to coast. usa cricket says more than 400 leagues have opened in america with over 200,000 players and counting. >> it's truly a watershed moment for cricket in this country. >> reporter: cricket reporter smit patel says the pro game is growing, too. last year major league cricket debuted in the u.s., and cricked will be featured at the 2028 olympic games in los angeles. >> it's the second most played sport in the world. >> reporter: this week for the first time, the united states is co-hosting and competing in the international cricket council's men's t20 world cup.
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now with the world watching, these little cricketers can dream bigger than ever before. shanelle kaul, cbs news, buoy, maryland. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. first thing tomorrow cbs sunday morning, then it's face the nation. margt brennen's guests include senator lindsey graham and cindy mccain, executive director of the world food program. i'm robert costa in washington. good night. from cbs news bay area this is the evening edition. >> he came over here wanting to fight with, you know, antagonizing, wanting to fight. >> now at 6:00, some violent clashes at a rally over the recall election of alameda county's district attorney. the lead up to the scuffles and
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what both sides said after things calmed down. plus, a case of donkey drama on the peninsula. why a plan to drop thousands of dollars on an animal that inspired a famous movie character isn't sitting well with locals. it's a safe space for us to be creative with our peers and find support. >> a way to celebrate pride in the east bay. how the underground ballroom scene is seeing a revival in oakland. but first, almost like clock work, the calendar turned, temperatures got hotter, and fires started flaring up. >> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. tonight we're talking fire season. if the number of wildfires we've had so far seems unusual, it is. >> a grass fire burned near brushy regional park. no word on how it started. calfire has kept a lid on it. it's burned 44 acres, 75% contained, no

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