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dropping below 3% for the first time since 2021. it was better than what economists expected, driven by lower prices for gas and used cars. but monthly expenses like rent, auto insurance and electricity remain stubbornly high compared to last year, stretching budgets even thinner. the biden administration acknowledging the pain. >> i have three words for people who feel the way you just said, which is we hear you. >> reporter: does this inflation report increase the chances of a bigger rate cut from the federal reserve? >> we've seen inflation come down, and we've seen more worrying reports on the employment side. i would guess that a slightly bigger cut is more on the cards today than it was yesterday. >> reporter: mcdonnell, who also owns this crystal shop in burbank says even though inflation has cooled off, her bottom line hasn't warmed up. >> that tells me one thing. it's not quite better yet. so i think we still have a ways

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one of the oldest creatures on the face of the earth plays a vital role in many of our medical marvels. the horseshoe crab has been around for nearly 500 million years. that's even before dinosaurs. but as conor knighton is reports, researchers are just now discovering how to get medicines to market without them. >> reporter: located between delaware and new jersey, the tranquil waters of the delaware bay offer a bit of calm. but for a couple months each year -- it is a chaotic party on the beach. the bay is home to the world's largest population of horseshoe crabs. are they looking for mates at this point? >> they are. these are all males mostly looking for females. >> reporter: lisa ferguson the director of research and conservation at new jersey's wetlands institute. while the crabs spend most of their lives deep under water, they surface in late spring and

early summer to delay their eggs. >> so they're depositing eggs into the sand. she has some males that are coming along with her. >> reporter: an estimated 40 million horseshoe crabs live in the bay, although they can be found all along the atlantic coast. >> horseshoe crabs have been around over 450 million years. >> reporter: further up the beach tony works with the american littoral society so there is that sweet spot right here. >> reporter: teaching volunteers how to tag select crabs for tracking. frequently described as living fossils, these resilient, bizarre-looking armored creatures have survived numerous mass extinction events. >> they are arthropods and that's why they are closely related to scorpions and spiders and they are not crabs. >> reporter: horseshoe crab not a crab? >> horseshoe crab not a crab. >> reporter: not a horse either. >> yeah. >> reporter: a female can lay 4,000 eggs a night. >> you can see the eggs that washed up and come to the surface. >> reporter: they are tiny. but only the ones that stay buried in the sand have a chance of hatching.

when the tide turns into a feeding frenzy. it seems like we are not the only people who know they are eggs here. other species figured that out? >> that's right. >> reporter: migratory shorebirds depend on the eggs and fly thousands of miles to eat them. birds like the red knot, which makes a perfectly timed pit stop in the delaware bay to refuel on its journey from south america to the arctic. and where there are birds, there are birders. seeing this migration in person is a bucket list activity for jay bolden. but while birding is just a hobby for him, his professional life is also linked to the crabs. i just noticed this actually. you have a crab pen? >> yeah. it's been our mascot. >> reporter: a senior biologist with the eli lilly company he is familiar with the medical marvel flowing underneath the horseshoe crab shells. >> this is purified horseshoe crab blood. >> reporter: limulus amoebocyte lysate is made from the bright blue blood of horseshoe crabs is used to detect dangerous

endotoxins in medicine. >> have all of us benefitted? >> sure, if you have gotten a vaccine. anything that comes into contact that medicine has to be shown to be free of endotoxins. >> reporter: while they can be found everywhere, you don't want it to put him straight into your bloodstream. it could make you sick or potentially kill you. horseshoe crab blood reacts to the presence of endotoxins. which is why for decades it has been used to test for medicines, syringes, and implantable medical devices. before this method was developed scientists tested with live rabbits. >> every pharmaceutical company, every manufacture, everyone is using ths? >> anyone making an injectable is using this. so it's widely spread. >> reporter: the collecting and bleeding is done by laboratories. while live crabs are returned to the water after their blood is drawn, inevitably, some do die in the collection process. but it's difficult to know the total impact. >> they throw it in the water sand say you, know, that crab

lived. but they have no idea that that crab is going to live. >> reporter: you are looking for a better procedure? >> i want better practices. >> so that's a female. >> reporter: wildlife biologist larry niles is the co-founder. horseshoe crab recovery coalition which advocates for increased transparency in the bleeding industry. he has been studying crabs since the late 1980s. how have you seen the crab population decline? >> we best measure that by the eggs because that's the most direct connection with the birds. and so the eggs have gone down by about 90%. >> reporter: in the 1990s there was a bait boom that led to significant decline after fishermen started use the crab the catch eels and welke. >> they park by the beach and take every crab that was coming ashore. within two years, they were taking 2.5 million crabs a year. and almost right away our egg density started crashing. >> reporter: while horseshoe

crabs are still used as bait today, the harvest is now better regulated. state by state there are a patchwork of protections which address bait and bleeding. still the center for biological diversity and 22 partner organizations are trying to get the horseshoe crab listed as an endangered species in part due to how many other species like the threatened red knots depend on them. the bait industry, significant habitat loss, sea level rise pose challenges. at least in the biomedical world there is change onthe horizon. >> the reason i am hopeful is because synthetic. synthetic is a very important advance. >> reporter: you mix these in a certain ratio? that's where jay bolden and his lab come in. bolden has been working to get eli lilly and his colleagues at other companies to use synthetic alternatives originally discovered in singapore. is the synthetic just as good as the real deal? >> it is. it's the biochemical equivalent. >> reporter: eli lilly has converted 80% of the testing to use a synthetic product.

>> i knew the impact to the birds. i knew the impact to the crabs, and it's something that we can make a positive change. >> reporter: but change doesn't come quickly. testing old products with new methods requires new regulatory approvals. and in the lab pictures of the crabs and birds remind the scientists why they are making the switch. rabbits protected us for 40 years. horseshoe crabs have protected us for 40 years. 40 years from now, we won't need to be impacting animals to it do this test. >> reporter: in the meantime, every crab counts, which is why lisa ferguson and this trained group of volunteers are walking along the delaware bay, turning over toppled crabs to help make sure they get back to the water after spawning. is the effort is called "return the favor." you feel like they have done us a favor? >> they have done us a favor. we are returning that favor. >> that was conor knighton reporting. stay with us. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.

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included look forward to spending final at a spa while on vacation. well, in many resort, that means more than a spa and a facial. wendy gillette has the report from around the world. >> she recently visited the corinthia london hotel's new london regenerative institute. >> i just realized one year ago i have no plan for how i will age, my own longevity, my own health. >> reporter: the regenerative institute is in addition to the hotel's espa life spa, offering a more intensified approach to tackling aging with screenings and treatments like hyperbaric oxygen therapy. >> in a spa like this a decade ago, people came for a massage or a facial. but today they are looking for more desired oriented treatments. >> reporter: more than 7,000 miles away treatments in tune with the hawaiian moon calendar offer treatments at the new $55 million open air kilolani spa on the island of maui. >> rituals that are based on a

ten-day celestial moon phase. each one has a specific oil. >> reporter: the maldives here in the indian ocean is also increasingly becoming a destination for expanded wellness treatments, including here at kagi resorts. at the resort's overwater spa, there is sound healing, water side yoga, and a holistic approach to wellness and fitness, what it calls pure life. >> well-being and being well, it's body, its mind, it's soul and your spirit. >> reporter: another maldives resort, a private island, one we stayed at for a special rate goes even deeper with its well-being center, offering osteopathic and ayurvedic treatments, an alternative medicine with roots in india. >> we are the only ones with the osteopathy, and we're the only ones of the combination of ayurveda together. ayur means life. veda means wellness.

>> a wellness screening treatments and which treatments would be most effective for healing, including a four-handed massage to double the relaxation. wendy gillette, cbs news. >> sounds pretty good to me. 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 any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. ♪ hello and thank you so much for staying up with us.

i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are some of the top stories on "cbs news roundup." hurricane ernesto is now picking up strength and heading north toward bermuda after pummelling puerto rico. both of the major presidential campaigns, harris and trump, clash over their visions for the economy. and hamas says it is losing faith in the ability of the u.s. to broker a ceasefire agreement in gaza. the power is out to half the customers on puerto rico after hurricane ernesto battered the island with flooding rains and strong winds. ernesto is now on track to become even more powerful, taking aim at bermuda this weekend. in addition to power outages, puerto rico suffered heavy flooding, road closures, and downed trees. cbs' manuel bojorquez is in san juan, puerto rico with more. >> reporter: ernesto blew past puerto rico, leaving rivers on the island swollen after nearly

10 inches of rain. and roughly half of all power customers in the dark. you can see the problem here behind me. this power pole came down during the storm. the lines are now strewn about. and while authorities have blocked off access to the road, we're not yet seeing power crews. at least 20 hospitals were operating on generators while all schools were closed. this car was swept away, while emergency workers rescued three people, including this elderly couple trapped by floodwaters using ropes and a stretcher to carry them up a steep hill to safety. officials were forced to open floodgates at a damn along the la plata river. sirens warned residents nearby to evacuate their homes in case of flooding. some came to shelters like this one, where we met yesenia adorno. she fled with her dogs after water started to rise behind her home. puerto rico's power grid was wiped out by hurricane maria in 2017, which slammed the island as a strong category 4 storm.

it took nearly a year to restore power to all residents. the island's electric company faced a major test. >> the government today is much better prepared. we have a plan that you can go into our website and take a look at the plan. >> reporter: there are road closures across the island due to flooding, fallen trees or fallen power lines. in this neighborhood, power crews have now arrived. but the question everyone has is when will the power be restored. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, dorado, puerto rico. >> hurricane ernesto is growing stronger by the hour as it churns through the atlantic atl. right now it's a category 1 but friday expected to reach category 2 or even 3 as it hits bermuda. that means winds up to 130 miles per hour, very big waves and a major storm surge. former president donald trump returned to the campaign trail in the battleground state of north carolina to talk about the economy while his running

mate visited michigan. vice president kamala harris is also drilling down on the economy. cbs' natalie brand has more from washington. >> reporter: as the presidential race tightens a little more than 80 days from the election, the economy is a focal point for both campaigns this week. >> from the day i take the oath of office, we will rapidly drive tries down and make america affordable again. >> reporter: at a rally in asheville, north carolina, former president donald trump highlighted his proposals to eliminate federal taxes on social security and he's calling for no taxes on tips, i the harris campaign is also now proposing. >> and we will do something else which was copied. i mean viciously, ruthlessly copied. no tax on tips. okay. you know, if they wanted to do that, why didn't they do it 3 1/2 years ago? >> reporter: a new report out wednesday put the annual inflation rate at 2.9% in july, the first time it's been under

3% since 2021. the biden administration says the momentum is in the right direction. >> the second message from today's report is that while the trend is our friend, our work is far from done. >> reporter: on friday, harris will also travel to north carolina to unveil her own economic plans ahead of the democratic national convention next week. the campaign says the remarks will discuss tackling inflation and outline a plan to take on corporate price gouging. >> i think we need a new clean, crisp agenda. it's got to be more than just being against somebody else. it has to be looking at what are we moving towards. >> reporter: on thursday, harris joins president biden in maryland for their first joint appearance since he dropped out of the race. trump will head to bedminster, new jersey, to host another news conference. natalie brand, cbs news, washington. iran is dismissing calls from the u.s. and its allies to refrain from attacking israel over the recent killings of hamas and hezbollah leaders.

meanwhile, ceasefire negotiations resume thursday, even without hamas at the table. after ten months of war in gaza, a top hamas official says the militant group is now losing confidence in the u.s. to broker a ceasefire. cbs' ramy inocencio reports in tel aviv on what's at stake in those negotiations. >> reporter: a father for just four days, muhammad lost his wife and their twin 4 day old babies. aser, a boy and asil, a girl on a israeli strike on central gaza. just days before hamas said it would not join ceasefire talks blaming israel as a block to a truce and prime minister benjamin netanyahu for wanting to prolong the war in gaza and to expand it in the middle east. a truce too late for so many. "i was away to get their birth certificates," he said. "i didn't even have time to

celebrate them." now he must bury them. his family among the nearly 40,000 gazans killed since october 7th says the hamas-run health ministry. >> we need to focus on a deal. >> reporter: in israel, alon gott is angry. he wants a ceasefire now. >> everyone says that except benjamin netanyahu. >> reporter: alon's big sister carmel is still a hostage in gaza more than ten months after hamas and other militants broke into their home in kibbutz berry. >> taking yourself, tying your hands, always pointing a kalashnikov gun into your face, shouting at you. >> if there is no ceasefire, what happens? >> i don't want to think about it. i think if this will fall, i won't see my sister again in my life. >> reporter: and the losses in gaza and alone in israel are the horrifying stories on both sides of this war. hopefully these broken families remind us why that ceasefire is

just so important and that days matter, because human lives hang in the balance. ramy inocencio, cbs news, tel aviv. the head of columbia university is stepping down. university president minouche shafik was accused of inflaming protests after allowing police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields to storm university buildings occupied by pro-palestinian demonstrators. a little later on "cbs news roundup," a new study shows that handing your toddler a tablet to keep them occupied could be doing more harm than good that story and more when we come back. since 1944, heifer international has been ending hunger and poverty around the world. the basic purpose of heifer project is to provide people with a source of their own food production, so they can provide for themselves without having to feel like they're continually on charity. at heifer international, we believe in what's possible. a family can have food on their table, a child can go to school,

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americans owe about $220 billion for their medical procedures, and that's got a growing number of people now turning to medical credit cards to pay the bills. but using those cards can be a trap for some people, anna werner explains. >> reporter: these medical credit cards have been increasing in popularity as a way for patients to pay for medical services like hearing, vision and hospital services. but consumer advocates say some of those cards could end up hurting your credit score or leaving you in deeper debt. >> i applied for the exact amount of what my procedure cost. >> reporter: mary was so concerned about her experience with a medical credit card, she highlighted it on tic together. >> i'm going to tell you what happened so this never happened to you. >> reporter: she says it began last year when she went to an orthodontist to get invisalign braces. they gave her a couple of options. put a thousand dollars down and get a plan through the doctor's

office or sign up for what's called care credit that offered no down payment plus no interest for 18 months. >> you don't have to put anything down, which is really what caught my attention. >> reporter: care credit, owned by synchrony financial is advertised as a way to pay for health and wellness at over 270,000 locations across the united states. the company's website does mention it's a credit card. but because it's often pitched during doctors points by health professionals, some consumers don't realize it's a credit card like any other. >> i didn't really know that it was an actual credit card. i thought for some reason it would come out on my credit report as a loan of some sort. >> reporter: after making her first payment, she check her credit report and was surprised to see -- >> it dropped my credit score 50 points. >> reporter: she says the card appeared on her report as a nearly maxed out credit card, hurting her score. not only that, but she says she realized the proposed payment schedule set up by care credit

wouldn't cover her total costs in the 18-month promotional period, meaning she would eventually owe interest as well. >> if i was paying only the minimum payment, the interest would have applied to my account. >> reporter: an interest rate of 32.99%. >> the payment they initially gave you that they automatically calculated was not enough to keep you in the interest-free zone? >> no, it wasn't. >> reporter: she's right. there online in the fine print of the credit card agreement, it says the required minimum monthly payments may or may not pay off your purchase by the end of the promotional period. and if it's not paid in full by then, the company will tack on a lump sum interest charge when the promotion period runs out. what do you think of that? >> i think it's pretty sneaky. >> medical credit cards can be extremely harmful to consumers. >> reporter: chichi wu is with the national consumer law center. her group warns medical credit cards can have higher interest rates than other credit cards and calls those deferred

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america. st. charles cost $21 million to build, seats 3200, and sprawls over nearly an acre. are you still struck by the scale? >> yes, very much so. >> reporter: father alex chavez. as big as this place is, could you have made it each bigger? >> yes. but there is room for growth. i can always add masses. >> reporter: but what's too small, the number of priests throughout the catholic church, a labor crisis decades in the making. like this sanctuary, the u.s. catholic church is manpower challenge is enormous. over a half century, the average size of a parish increased by 60%, while the number of priests dropped by 40%. >> it's huge, and it's really across the board. >> reporter: why is this shortage what it is? >> it's complicated, but there are all kinds of issues. >> reporter: among them, inadequate recruiting of young men, societal issues including materialism and career success,

family issues such as broken homes, and the legacy of the church's sexual abuse scandals. we watched the fresno diocese ordain six new priests, their most since 1968. bishop brennan says he could use 25. >> we're responding to a very real need. so jesus would walk through the door and say well, it's not what i had in mind, but way to go, guys. it's a creative approach. >> reporter: i asked three of the newly ordained priests, herman cabrera, jimmy duran and joseph mclane why so few men today hear the call that they did. >> i think nowadays, especially for my generation, commitment is a strong word. >> and you heard that they need priests, was that an added imperative to become one yourself? >> i would say it's definitely part of my discernment. i think we all come into this knowing that the priesthood has a certain image. >> reporter: what are you talking about in particular? >> i've had people call me

pedophile just for wanting to be a priest. and there is wounds, there are scars because that's a horrible thing. >> reporter: so you see this turning around? >> i have hope, absolutely. >> i believe so too. >> reporter: until it does, this megachurch merges four parishes into one behemoth. at three sunday masses, 8,000 parishioners in pews. do you see this megachurch solution as a prototype? >> being one here, very much so. >> reporter: consider st. charles a new testament to the power of what's mighty.

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