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>> goodwill ma. we'll see you back here at 6:00 for a full hour of news. >> captioning sponsored by cbs >> duncan: tonight, america on the mend. vaccines are flowing, infections easing and restrictions ending. the rush to travel-- even as the virus flares up in some states, the threat to our covid recovery. >> the more that this virus continues to circulate, the more it will continue to mutate. >> duncan: india's covid misery worsens, the virus raging out of control. also tonight capsized, emergency crews mobilize after a boat ll n diego. plus president biden pitches the most ambitious and expensive reforms in d >> the president said he's going to work hard with anyone. >> duncan: spacex splashdown. >> on behalf of nasa and the spacex team, we welcome you back to planet earth and thanks for flying spacex.to
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>> duncan: four astronauts to earth today, why st a sight not seen since 1968. the sounds of cicadas. ter eatheybackter les faand after a fight for her life off the field. >> is this unreal. it felt like a nightmare. this is the cbs weekend news from new york here's jericka duncan. >> duncan: good evening, there's >> duncan: we begin with breaking news in california. a fatal boat accident off the coast of san diego has claimed at least three lives. more than two dozen others were rescued. the distress call came in at 10:30 a.m. local time. a 40 foot wooden vessel capsized in choppy waters near the been fromoiare okynd lage
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shor from eral sp. at leaix aircraft assisted tcifrds we deployed to pull feel from the water. sir viefers were brought to shore where they were treated before being sent to local hospitals with varying injuries. authorities say the boat was part of a possible human smuggling operation. jeff stevenson is with customs and border protection in san diego. >> so every indication from our perspective is this was a smuggling vessel, used to smuggle migrants into the united states illegally. we haven't confirmed the nationality of the people involved but our agents are with many of them s believe was thee women with him and suspected smuggler. but the investigation is still unfog.hedthe sebut believe all e now to the latest in the pandemic. infections are down significantly in most states.
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more than 103 million americans have been fully vaccinated. that's one out of every four people, as the daily average, about 2.6 million people got a shot over the last week. but that's down sharply from a couple of weeks ago. cbs' lilia luciano is in santa monica where people there are anxious to get outside. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka, that's right. the boardwalk here is busy as more americans are eager to not only get outside but get out of town, in travel rush is on. despite covid outbreaks hitting some states hard. crowds enjoyed the out doors toins mo vaccines and fewer iec boost optimism in the nation's fight against the pandemic. >> i'm fully vaccinated and completely comfortable with being out in public. >> reporter: that confidence is driving up summer plans. 72% of americans are booking a vacation compared to 37% a year ago.
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but millions refuse to give the vaccine a shot despite the danger. >> the more this virus continues to circulate, the more it will continue to mutate. >> reporter: oregon is fighting another outbreak. governor brown has put most of the state under extreme risk restrictions. >> as your governor, i chose to save lives. >> reporter: but more states including georgia and connecticut are lifting restrictions. in oklahoma city there is no longer a state of emergency. prompting this warning from mayor holtz. >> if you go to a hospital or worse you die, all because you chose to not get vaccinated, >> reporter: s ay be a tragedy. rmth normalcythkeuc derby welcomed b amer spot sincee ic.rowd at an >> welcome to the 2021 nfl draft. >> reporter: in cleveland, hundreds of fans gathered for an in-person nfl draft.
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pandemic weary americans are rapidly booking things up with havy demand for flights, rental cars and airbnb. it will be a busy summer. that's for sure jericka. >> duncan: absolutely. lilia luciano in santa monica, thank you. worldwide global virus cases have reached a new peek. have reached a new peak. cbs' elizabeth palmer brings us that part of the story. >> reporter: india's covid surge is getting worse. there are 400,000 new cases yesterday. and a stream of critically ill people arriving at hospitals already over-full. everywhere there is a shortage of oxygen, in the hospitals and on the street where family members line up for hours to refill tanks for patients at home. a sikh temple in east delhi even set up curbside oxygen for the very sickest. like abu sadat whose brother is doing what he can until he can
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find hospital care. he's been looking for more nan a he's been looking for more than a week. as funeral pyres burn an night, indians are both devastated and furious. the country managed to beat its first covid wave a year ago and authorities opened up, even to mass religious and political gatherings. now indian families, especially the poor, are paying the price. the other covid hot spot is brazil with a per capita death rate even higher than india's right now. a vaccination program that reached into brazil's vast interior has distributed more than 40 million doses. but if the city, with no lockdown, it's no surprise the virus has continued to spread. and in turkey, where the covidou not to lose control imposed the country's first ever national lockdown.lo and from europe, at last some
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good news. both deaths and infections are falling as vaccination rates rise. and some countries are even starting to talk about opening their borders again to foreign travelers. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. london. >> duncan: president biden hit the road this week crossing the country to sell his expansive and expensive infrastructure and jobs plan. christina ruffini is at the white house with more. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. president biden is inviting a group of republicans to the white house for negotinshoping o an is shar goa of geing thisyo or pubh onomy moving. rerter: "face the nati house chief of staff ron klain said he's optimistic both parties will be able to hammer
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out a deal to rebuild america's crumbling infrastructure. and he defended a white house proposal to raise taxes on corporations and high income earners to help pay for the $2 trillion bill. >> is he not going to raise taxes on people making less than $400,000. the middle class are not going to see taxes go up. >> republicans argue the plan is bloated big government. >> it is the trillions and trillions of dollars of reckless spending. when i look at this, this is a staggering amount of spending, like someone with a new credit card.>> tnt the ho negotiate on a smaller mortar targeted plan. negotiate on a smaller more targeted plan. >> only about 20% of the jobs bill that the president has proposed goes to real and tunnels and airports and waterways, we can be pretty close. >> if you are talking about spending hundreds of billions of dollars to benefit public service union, than we're far apart. >> reporter: also today the
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president issued a statement commemorating the 1oth anniversary of the death of a osama bin laden shall laden, then vice president biden watched, now commander in chief, president biden has ordered all biden has ordered all u.s. forces out of afghanistan by this september 11th. effectively ending america's longest war. jericka. >> duncan: christina ruffini at the white house, thank you. the nation's housing market is red hot with buying being compared to the wild west. topping the list of fastest growing markets is coeur d'alene, idaho, a city of 44,000 people austin, texas, spring springfield, ohio, billings montana, and spokane, washington, round occupy out the top five. erare being priced out. >> reporter: in bozeman, montana, a book store o ariano paliobagis hopes to buy a home but instead found she's been priced out of the market.
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>> i'm the owner of a successful business but can i not afford to buy a home in this community. his hovefer to o great community feeling, beautiful surroundings, has been discovered by so many more people that i don't think that this is a temporary trend. >> reporter: across the country home prices are red hot, up more than 17 percent from a year ago. take this three bedroom, two bath home in berkeley, california. it got 29 offers in 11 days. and sold for $1 million and sold for $1 million above the asking price. >> it's unbelievable, michael. it's unbelievable. rep new jsey oker >> there are more buyers than there is inventory right now. r >> reporter: but why is it low-interest rates. a new focus on a work from home culture, and young families. >> you think that they are starting to become true buyers in this market.
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>> reporter: how competitive is it, what are they ed headed into? >> we've had homes come on the market in the last month where we had 30 to 40 visitors to the open houses, where we had 30 offers on a home. >> reporter: also adding pressure on the market, new home construction is stalling because of high lumber costs.ceof findie to move into are very challenging. >> reporter: while this red hot real estate market has americans snapping up homes like never before, some find themselves farther than ever from their dream of owning a home. so the big question is how long will this last? experts say until the inventory can keep up with the demand, they don't expect prices to head down. michael george, cbs news, new michael george, cbs news, new hyde hyde park, new york. >> duncan: it was mission accomplished for spacex and four nasa astronauts. >> we welcome you back to planet earth and thanks for flying spacex. >> their capsule made a flawless and rare night time return to
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earth in the gulf of mexico off panama city, florida. was in 1968 for apollo 8. the astronauts spent 6 months at the orbiting international space station, their return to earth took just over six hours. welcome back. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," eye "on earth." we'll show you a recycling project that goes well beyond paper and plastic. also, as hibernation goes, this is one of the longest. after 17 years, "brood-ten" cicadas are returning, by the trillions. and, how a lifelong eagles fan became part of football history. you're strong. you power through chronic migraine - 15 or more headache days a month, ...each lasting 4 hours or more. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine. so, if you haven't tried botox®
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also mean the return of the cicadas, waves of them, determined to be heard. cbs's jeff berardelli reports. >> reporter: films about invading insects have been scaring movie goers for decades. invasion of what are called periodical cicadas will put hollywood to shame. >> i think it's a pretty big event, we're talking about trillions of cicadas that will be emerging, singing, calling finding mates in your backyard. >> reporter: dr. jessica ware is bugging out with excitement, she is an entomologist at the american museum of natural she says over the next few weeks along the east west and mid committees the cicadas will emerge from the ground, shed their skin, and par take in a month-long mating ritual making quite the scene. climbing trees and singing mating songs as loud as 100
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decibels, the same intensity as a jack hammer. >> how do they know after 17 years when to emerge. >> there is a series of bio- chemical cascades, hormones that rise and fall that set off a trigger. and if you have a certain hormone level and the temperature of the soil is 64 degrees it's go time, they have three or four weeks to get the job done. they need to find a mate, do the actual mating, females need to lay the egg, and then death occurs. >> reporter: if you are a cicada that is a really, really exciting time. >> if you spend your entire juvenile stage, 17 years >> repr:cadaberingou have three. says n to worry, they don't bite or sting. >> they actually pose no harm to humans.goy fi n make the next generation of cicadas. >> and because of our warmingara emerging anywhere from a week to
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a month earlier than they did decades ago but on a positive notes they will be a feast forer other creatures, even a brave human. i understand you eat cicadas. >> they are a great protein source. i am excited to eat some cicadas, this say beautiful bounty, a cornucopia. >> reporter: jeff berardelli, cbs news, new york. >> duncan: i feel like we should have warned you about the video. next on the cbs weekend news, how a lifelong eagles fan became part of football history. lifele part of football history. lifele part of football history. once daily sunosi improves wakefulness in adults with excessive daytime sleepiness due to obstructive sleep apnea. sunosi worked for up to nine hours at 12 weeks in a clinical study.
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cancer, an aggressive form of the disease that oftenesdardra >> duncan: what did you think when you heard cancer? >> i was scared, it just seemed... unreal. it felt like a nightmare. >> duncan: with the support of her husband marcus, valentine battled through 16 rounds of chemotherapy and double mastectomy. doctors now screen her for cancer every three months. >> being here to support her has been one of the biggest things we had. >> duncan: valentine credits her faith, her family and the eaglel for helping her cross the go line into recovery. for helping line into reco. >> there is a parallel between ng a tm that you support like p and beengh.urneyhat u gu we're in a new season like a new birth. we have a new head coach. we have some new picks, right. so i feel like for us as well, right, we have been through the turmoil, been through the ups and downs and it is like a new
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season of freshness. >> its that energy that prepared them for this moment. >> hi nfl fans. >> yesterday the valentines were guest announcements for this year's nfl draft thanks to the league's crucial catch program. together with the cancer society, the program raises funds for prevention and screening like the one valentine received. >> we are on the road to victory because of the critical initiatives like, crucial catch and the american cancer society. back to you to make the pick. go eagles! >> duncan: a reminder that sometimes a team's reach can go far beyond the field. so happy for them. well that's the cbs weekend news for this sunday. i'm jericka du areat nht. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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live from the cvs bay area studios, this is the kpix 5 news. and now it is only the beginning of may, and a pair of vegetation fires already keeping firefighters busy. we will show you how some communities are getting fire ready . >> we are not gonna stop the fires or the wind necessarily, but we can make community more survivable. >> this goes until 5:00 on tuesday. we will look at where specifically this was r and why thno nearhave ppmm tails > any ofour ops . yog ornizersfired up and ready to stop asian hate
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and a powerful message at a rally that drew hundreds. we begin this evening on the fire watch. firefighters in solano county are dealing with strong wind today and they had a battle the conditions when a fire erupted off of hay road in vacaville and appears to be all contains now. meanwhile cruise across the bay area are preparing for another possible devastating season. we have more. >> reporter: on the first weekend in may, the dry winds are starting to blow and it is a reminder that fire season is not what it used to be, and we better prepare for it. the san ramon valley low mount diablo was not officially in a red flag warning, just the way things felt made firefighters decide to carry their wildfire gear today. >> if you go back a few years, we would still be getting rain right now. if that was the case, we would probably not be carrying this gear. >> reporter: on the ridgeline
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