one of them. >> the flood devastated your livelihood. she wants on stay here, but doesn't have guatemala's government will do more. in a guatemala, there's no future, people want to go and create better conditions for their children. in the last few weeks have left that you know of? >> yes. >> how many? >> now, six people. >> reporter: beverly lost her home in the floods. her son's art work, one of the few things the water did not take. as a mom, she said, i'm hopeful that one day my son will be a professional. it's estimated more than 300,000 guatemalans were displaced by the back-to-back hurricanes that caused the flooding and ruined crops. the hit to agricultural took away how most earn a living. this is what is left of the home in kampur, she is saying goodbye

to friends and family for what could be the last time. you are a single mother, three boys. trying to raise the money, she hopes to find work and send money home for her three boys. the youngest age two. that means leaving them behind. i don't know if i will be able to come back one day and hug them again. only god knows. she understands, she is willing to take her chances trying get to houston which is 1600 miles away. >> reporting from guatemala. there's new signs this morning that the battle against the isis

launched a weeeek l long -- deb patta has the story. out gunned, out manned, overwhelmemed, the army proved the -- building contractors, contract knocks of adrian and wesley. with colleagues, bunker down and don't tell bombs. that was shooting at us over the wall. so we all were lying on the floor and keeping our heads down. it began three years ago. escalated dramatically in recent months. at stake, a $50 billion gas project, being developed by french american and other companies. by day three, isis insurgents encircled the hotel.

rescue choppers had to turn back after running out of fuel. those inside faced a terrifying choice. we knew that we were not going to -- they would be slaughtered. >> if the helicopters were flying we must go. >> they decided to leave in a 17 car convoy, adrian got had in behind the wheel to drive. with a loving warning from his brother. it was here that wesley stopped filming. within minutes of driving off they came under fire. adrian took a bullet in his shoulder and leg. but kept on driving. eventually, sorry on. eventually the car came to a stop on. and i jumped out the back seat. to the front and lifted him up and pushed him to the back where

my dad was holding him and holding his wounds to stop the blood. by the time they reached a safer place, it was too late. covered him up. and say goodbye to him. thank you for saving all of our lives. and we left the sccar and ran i to the bush. and then headed in the bush and was in the thick under brush for two days. >> reporter: eventually the longed for help arrived and they were able to fly home to adrian's family bringing with them the beloved son and brother and the heartbreaking images of his final days. >> love you, bro. >> love you, my man. >> a u.s. state department official tells us that the

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fully electric vehicle. but that is about to change. it's not so much if, it's how fast. >> mark royce is president of general motors. he said that electric cars will no longer with a novelty for the rich it's now betting big on batteries. planning to lauaunch 30 new electric vehicles across a wide range of price points ns the next five years. >> do you feel that you are building a new company inside the old company? >> i do. it's the biggest thing that the industry has seen in a long, long time. >> gm is rebuilding this massive 4.5 million square foot plant in misch. now called factory zero. as in zero emissions. the name of the street out front, also got juiced. so the robots look ready to go. ours were the first network tv cameras let inside to see what plant manager jim quick says is the factory of the future. this body shop when complete will be the biggest body shop. >> the biggest one you got?

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the city of venice is 1600th birthday, very little to celebrate. the once thriving destination. a wave of covid-19 sweeping across europe. chris has the story of the city of canals. that is if each candle equals each century. it's artistry --

>> a birthday, it's 300th, they are not celebrating. >> the situation we are in, he said, all of venice is on top of the tables. since the pandemic, venice has gone from one extreme to the other. 10s of thousands of daily tourists, many in cruise ships used to barrage the city and distress the locals. once even slamming in to a pier. today, all gone. taking 90% of the city's revenue with them. but in 1600 years of venitians sailing the seas, this is not the first time they have dealt with viruses. they gave us the word quarantine. they were on this island to keep them from spreading the plague.

the black death as it was known, gave birth in the 17th century on this haunting doctor's mouth. the long nose ensuring social distancing. so, this is like ppe, this is like the mask and the gloves? yeah, right. >> because of covid. you are right. >> quite simply the veniti nans have seen it before. we will have to manage them responsibly. so can the rest of the world. now, check this out right now, in st. mark's square.. for the next time the cities are planned. if anybody is around them to see them. that's the "cbs overnight news" for this wednesday. the news continues. for others check back later for cbs this morning.

and follow us online -- it's wednesday, april 7th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." accelerating the rollout. the biden administration wants more americans vaccinated sooner. the new timeline is so every adult is eligible for a shot. sailor shot. police say two people were wounded by a navy medic. the search for a motive and why the attack could have been worse. life in guatemala. a firsthand look at the crumbling conditions forcing families and children to make families and children to make the dangerous trek to the u.s. captioning funded by cbs