a hot air balloon landed right in the middle of the track after emergency vehicle operations center. the writers did not hand out bottles of champagne for the inconvenience but the sheriff's office says it certainly was a fun distraction. that is it for us at 5:00. we will see you back here at captioning sponsored by cbs >> diaz: tonight, america's spring fever. covid infections rise as restrictions ease. fema set to close vaccination sites in california. the danger ahead as americans rush to turn a pandemic corner corner. also tonight, storm alert, severe weather threatened millions, tornadoes in the forecast. plus, caught on camera. controversial body cam video is raising alarms about police treatment of a five-year-old boy ( crying ) border surge: we talk to migrants and smugglers in mexico. >> we're in juarez, mexico, where people cross this section of the border every day,

including children walking alone as the political debate over their future intensifies. >> diaz: deadliest day: dozens are killed in myanmar as the military opens fire on anticoup protesters. and later, first-in-the-nation reparations after evanston, illinois approves payments for black families harmed by racist housing policies. will the country follow? >> it will help for families like me to be able to pass something on to their children. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." from chicago, here's adriana diaz. >> diaz: good evening. spring is is about new start, but tonight, there's concern about a covid fall-back. new infections are on the rise across the country, even as vaccination eligibility expands. more than 35% of american adults have received at least one dose, and some 19% are fully vaccinated.

cbs' danya bacchus leads us off in los angeles. danya, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. here in los angeles, this fema mass vaccine site is set to close on april 11, just days before the state makes shots available to everyone, raising concerns about supply meeting demand. >> all done. >> reporter: as the race to vaccinate heats up, so does the push to reopen, and that could spell trouble. over the last two weeks, infections rising in 44 states. health experts warn a covid setback could follow. >> this is not the time to let down our guard. >> reporter: and spring break rages on in florida. former president trump's private club, mar-a-lago, reopened today after a recent covid outbreak. meanwhile, republican governor ron desantis is threatening to sue the federal government to allow cruise ships to sail to and from the u.s. by june. >> we have everything going on, except-- except the cruise lines because the federal government won't let the cruise lines sail. >> reporter: the c.d.c.'s current order is set to expire

in november, this as vaccinations are accelerating. most states will make shots available to all residents 16 and older by may 1. progress here but not everywhere. brazil is in covid crisis, surging infections have its healthcare system on the verge of collapse. ( sirens ) in europe, many countries are locked down ahead of easter. but in california's wine country, a dose of optimism. >> it is a sense of freedom. >> reporter: as nearly half of all americans 65 and older are now fully vaccinated, these sonoma seniors finally able to share a glass of wine, a meal... >> go out and enjoy my friends and see people that i haven't seen in a year? >> reporter: ...and a few laughs. since all californians 16 and up will be eligible for a covid vaccine in the next two weeks, health officials and the mayor of los angeles are now exploring options to keep this site open.

adriana. >> diaz: danya bacchus in los angeles, thank you. at least 50 million americans are in danger of severe weather this weekend. nearly two dozen tornadoes roared across the south in the last two days, killing at least six people. cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli joins us now with what's ahead. jeff, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. and good evening, everybody. so it is going to be a dangerous evening, and a dangerous night in the mississippi valley and especially the tennessee valley. as you can see, lots of ongoing showers and thunderstorms and some severe weather. let's go to the future scprard show you the area that we're most concerned about, and that is places like nashville, down to memphis, little rock as we put it in, those showers and thunderstorms form in between a warm front and a cold front and move quickly toward the east. we're going to see rotating super-cell thunderstorms, the possibility of a few strong tornadoes and the rain keeps moving over the same area. that means flash flooding is also likely, especially in tennessee. overnight tonight, the line

becomes kind of more linear, if you will. that means straight-line wind damage becomes the primary threat, not necessarily tornado, by tomorrow morning, places like atlanta all the way north through the carolinas. through the day material, the storms will stretch from new york city, south to raleigh, durham, north carolina, and into savannah, georgia as well. it's going to be a rough evening, a rough night, and expect severe weather during the day tomorrow. meantime, it's dry as a bone across the west. exceptional drought conditions continue. adriana. >> diaz: jeff berardelli, thank you. outrage is growing tonight over police body cam video showing maryland officers screaming at and handcuffing a five-year-old boy. it happened last year. cbs' michael george has the story. >> how old are you? >> 5. >> 5! >> reporter: a five-year-old boy who ran away from his maryland school is found by two officers. back at school, the boy continues to cry. and one officer gets in his face.

( screaming )>> reporter: ...calling him a little beast. this encounter happened last january, but the 51-minute body camera video was just released friday by the montgomery county sheriff's office. when the boy's mother, arrives both officer encourage her to beat her son. >> we want to you beat him. >> can't beat him. >> why? >> because i'm not going to prison. >> you don't go to prison for beating your child. >> reporter: she is now suing the montgomery county police officers, the county and the school district claiming the boy suffered emotional trauma. >> there is a certain way to treat at a five-year-old boy. needing to beat him, like i said, came up at least 15, perhaps up to 20 times. >> reporter: the video also shows the officers handcuff the child in front of his mother. >> you know what these are for? these are for people who don't want to listen and don't know how to act. >> reporter: he was released about a minute later, but over and over again they encouraged the mother to physically

discipline her child. >> all i can tell you beat that. >> you can beat your child. in montgomery county, maryland. >> in front of him and everybody else, you can beat him. >> and please don't leave no cuts or no crazy cigarette burns, nothing like that. we're good. >> all right. meeting adjourned. >> reporter: the montgomery county police department says it is investigating the incident but hasn't released the findings. both are still sworn officers, according to the department. michael george, cbs news, new york. >> diaz: the biden administration continues to grapple with a huge logistical and humanitarian challenge on the southern border. thousands of migrants are cross into the u.s., many of them children. cbs' manuel bojorquez in mexico spoke to a smuggler and some making the dadangerous journey. >> reporter: a guatemalan boy, about s six, entering a vast unknowown, crossing alall aloneo the united states, running after he passes the wall.

before crossing with women who were helping her along the journey from guatemala, 16-year-old isabel told us her parents back home are too sick to work. you're looking to work for your family. >> si. >> reporter: the biden administration is allowing unaccompanied minors to stay pending their cases and some families with children under seven. but most others are being deported from the u.s. while some have called this a crisis at the border, the migrants we've spoken with say the crisis is in their home countries-- violence, poverty, exacerbated by the pandemic, and natural disasters. many along this stretch of the border were looking to turn themselves in to border patrol. others are hiring smugglers, like this man, to try to evade agents. he spoke with us on condition of anonymity. even with the risk of being deported they still want to try. "family members in the u.s. tell them to keep trying," he says. his operation includes ladders to scale the wall, peep holes to

watch for border patrol. about 1,000 bucks a try. in six months 80 to 100 people have paid you to get over. still, others wait. 14-year-old alex ajin tecum and his mother, irma, have been in juarez a year and three months, hoping for an asylum hearing under the trump administration's now-defunct remain in mexico policy. why did you leave guatemala? for threats? he knows he could try crossing on his own but won't. you don't want to separate from your mother. they are all they have right now, they say, so for now, they wait. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, juarez, mexico. >> diaz: to myanmar now and what's called the deadliest day since the military seized power in a coup two months ago. more than 100 people were killed today. the u.n. ambassador to myanmar says security forces are murdering unarmed civilians. cbs' roxana saberi has more.

>> reporter: in cities across myanmar on saturday, scenes of peaceful resistance gave way to violent clashes and bloodshed. security forces reportedly killed more than 100 civilians, making it the deadliest day of demonstrations in nearly two months when the military seized power in a coup, ousting the country's civilian government. some protesters burned barricades and fought with homemade weapons. but they were heavily out-armed. videos posted on social media appear to show the military's increasing ruthlessness, randomly opening fire on a passing motor bike with one man falling to the ground and two others escaping. this one-year-old baby was reportedly struck in the eye with a rubber bullet. an annual military parade oned is, the country's top military

commander defended the coup. he also repeated a pledge to hand back power after new elections, though he gave no details. amid the growing violence, the u.s. embassy says it's investigating shots fired at its cultural center. no one was injured. the u.s. and europe stepped up sanctions this week on myanmar's military, but the u.n. envoy for the country's deposed civilian government says the world must do more to stop the deadly crackdown. >> it will continue without any action, so we need immediately to stop this bloody and this killing. >> reporter: for now, though, there are no signs of either side backing down. roxana saberi, cbs news, london. >> diaz: starting in asia, skylines around the world switched off toay for earth hour, from singapore to hong kong, nonessential lights were turned off, including landmarks like australia's sydney opera

house and the eiffel tower. it's an effort to raise awareness about climate change. in pittsburgh today, a happy addition to an all-american family. a breeding pair of bald eagles, together nine years now, welcomed a third eagleet this morning, joining two siblings that hatched earlier this week. the bald eagle population, once on the brink of extinction, has quadrupled in just over a decade. we'll have more on the conservation efforts and the challenges on tomorrow's "cbs weekend news." straight ahead, the illinois town making historic reparations for generations of discrimination. also, how the ship stuck in the suez canal is causing downstream damage to the global economy. and later, venice marks a birthday and another plague.

>> diaz: more than a dozen

cities from seattle to st. paul, minnesota, are considering reparations, and this week, evanston, illinois made history, becoming the first city in the country to approve reparations for black residents. in evanston, a levy, majority-white college town north of chicago, tina penec will apply for the first round of reparations. >> this is my grandmother sadie harris. >> diaz: her grandmother moved here in the 1930s from georgia. today, at 47, penec just bought her first home. have housing and discrimination practices from decades ago affected your ability to purchase a home? >> i would say for a long time i didn't think that i could ownw3a home. >> diaz: the city council voted 8-1 to distribute $400,000 to at least 16 people whose families faced housing discrimination here. each will get $25,000 toward a mortgage or home repairs. it's the first part of a $10 million plan funded by a recreational marijuana tax.

>> i'm most proud that we've said "yes." >> diaz: this city council member led the effort. can hyperlocal efforts like this really make an impact, or do you think it's going to take federal legislation? >> so, i do believe that our local legislation is not symbolic alone. while $25,000 is no small change, it's certainly not enough, but it's life saving for some families. >> diaz: many here want cash as reparations, not funds tied to housing. but ruth simmons says this first step accounts for a specific injustice against black residents. for decades, the u.s. government rated many minority neighborhoods, delineated in red, too risky for mortgage lending, blocking many black americans from building wealth through home ownership. redlining was outlaud in 1968, but its impact remains. today, nearly 75% of white americans own their home versus 44% of black americans. professor alin tillery of northwestern university in

evanston, says reparations also address other advantages the government gave to whites. >> the new deal programspexclud. and then we get to the g.i. bill, which basically built the white middle class in america, almost none of it went to black americans. and this is why black communities are exclusive depressed economically. >> diaz: reparations have been paid before. in 1988, the government paid japanese americans it imprisoned here during world war ii $20,000 each. penec says evanston's reparations will help build a legacy. >> it will help for families like me to be able to pass something on to their children. >> diaz: helping build generational wealth. still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the latest on the scramble to free the ship stuck in the suez canal.

>> diaz: the world's biggest

shipping firms face a major gamble this weekend over weather to risk waiting for the suez canal reopens. as new satellite images show, the thoroughfare remains blokdz by a massive cargo ship and the cost to trade is adding up fast. cbs' elizabeth palmer has more. >> reporter: the gargantuan "ever given" remains exactly where she's been wedged since tuesday, blocking the main channel of the suez canal. but there has been a little progress. dredgers and dig version dug away more than 20,000 tons of sand from around the ship's rudder, and its stern did move a little. suez canal chairman robinhood told journalists at a press conference. >> reporter: he added there were 321 ships waiting to enter the canal from both ends. this is an expensive traffic jam and it's building. normally, about 50 ships pass through the suez canal each day,

carrying 12% of the world's trade. so every 24 hours of shutdown means $10 billion in lost revenue. the "ever given" is carrying more than 18,000 containers. salvage experts hope they won't have to start unloading them to reduce the weight. for now, they're pumping water from the ballast tanks and hoping a combination of more powerful tugs and a high tide tomorrow may, at last, refloat this boat. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tel aviv. >> diaz: next on the "cbs weekend news," dallas honors an innocent man more than two years after his senseless death.

>> diaz: today in dallas, a ceremony for botham jean as the street was renamed in his honor. >> this is hard. it is really hard to be here. it is bittersweet.

yes, we want everyone to remember botham. we want everyone to forever say his name. but for this sign to be up here, that means he's not. >> diaz: the 26-year-old accountant was shot and killed in his home while eating ice cream by a uniformed police officer in 2018. former officer amber guyger claims she thought she was entering her apartment that night and thought jean was a burgler. she's currently appealing her murder conviction. when we come back, we're going to venice, italy, the city celebrating a historic moment, pandemic or not.

>> diaz: finally tonight, venice, one of the world's most-popular tourist destinations, is celebrating a big birthday. but as cbs' chris livesay found, the usual crowds that help blow out the candles are nowhere in sight.

>> reporter: 16 candles-- that is, if each candle equals a century. and for the past three centuries, the history of venice has been told through cups of espresso in st. mark's' square, at the caffe florian,. even casanova came here. the florian also just had a birthday, its 300th, making it the oldest cafe in italy. but just like venice, it isn't celebrating. i mean, this says everything, doesn't it? "this is the situation we're in," he says. "all of venice is on top of the tables. it's a disaster." since the pandemic, venice has gone from one extreme to the other. tens of thousands of daily tourists, many in cruise ships, used to barrage the city and distress the locals. once even slamming into a pier. today, all gone, taking 90% of the city's revenue with them.

but in 1600 years of venetians sailing the seas, covid is hardly their first bout with disease. venice even gave us the term quarantine or "quarantena," in italian, for the 40-day period sailors had to spend on this island in self-isolation to keep them from spreading the plague. "the black death" as it was known gave birth in the century century to this haunting doctor's mask. so this is like p.p.e. this is like the mask and the gloves that we have to wear today because of covid. >> yes, you're right. >> reporter: quite simply, the venetians have seen it all before. chris livesay, cbs news, venice. >> diaz: medieval p.p.e. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, the 52nd n.a.a.c.p. image awards you can also watch on bet, or treme

streamit on paramount plus. for those celebrating tonight, happy passover. i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night. the calls for action are growing louder tonight as large crowds converge in san francisco to rally against asian hate. the kickoff to high school football in oakland. this is the first varsity game this season. coming up, i tell you why this is more than just football. it felt kind of nice outside today, we are going to talk to you about why this is just the beginning and how we are actually going to be getting warmer than this. the forecast is coming up. a bizarre road rescue in the north bay where

firefighters had to rescue two men from under the street. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> thousands of people rallied across the bay area, demonstrators is standing in solidarity with the asian community, calling to stop the attacks and end the hate. one of the biggest protests in san francisco. wilson walker was there. >> reporter: today is beautiful, nice and sunny, we started off at city hall, marched all the way around downtown san francisco. the group that came marching down market street loud and on the younger side, not far away at portsmouth and st. mary's squares, two more crowds not quite as loud, and decidedly older. >> it is heartbreaking to see all the seniors here, usually when we go to things like this it is, you know, younger crowd. >> it shows that the themselves, the concerns for themselves,