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potential security threat. it appears the plane was closer to the final destination when it changed course. belarus state media reported that president alexander lukeshenko itself, ordered a fighter jet to escort the craft down. and called for uncompromising response. >> it was an attack against a international community. the passengers have been hijacked by military force. >> he has been in exile after organizing demonstrations against lu ckashenko who has rud with a iron fist. in the brutal crack down that followed the election. 10s of thousands were arrested and many demonstrators were badly beaten. lukeshenko that has a powerful patriot in russian president,
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vladimir putin. he said that he believed russian agents were on board the flight. when one person was arrested and a number of passengers got off istersbe consideringntinued. new sanctions against belarus, anthony blinken called it shocking and accused bell aarus endangering everyone's life on the plane. including some american. a volcanic eruption sent a wall of molten lava a half mile wide toward the city of goma, and the lava stopped just outside the city limits and destroyed 17 villages along the way. dozens are killed and many more missing. electricity is out, the airport is closed and deliveries and aide has been blocked. >> as the night time sky turned
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a fiery red, panic spread across goma. >> reporter: i remember we saw the same signs where. we don't know what to do. there's no information. just six miles away, the volcano eauto rupted again. spewing hot lava snaked its way to the lake side city, home to at least 2 million people. those that remember the last eruption were terrified the deadly tragedies would be repeated. that disaster left 250 people dead and 120,000 homeless. in the absence of official communication, nobody waited around to see what would happen this time. and so, they fled. heading for higher ground or the nearby ruwandan border, the ring of cell phones piercing the air
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as frantic families che i the d clear. homes had been engulfed by flames and entire villages raised to the ground. >> translator: i curse this day -- said this 68-year-old woman as she stumbled through the smolderring rubble, her husband was burnt to death in the home, he was too sick to run and she too frail to carry him. >> reporter: aid workers are still assessing the damage, it could take months to rebuild shattered communities. for now, panic has given way to morbid curiosity as people who escaped the worst of it took self issy -- self ies amid is t ash.
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as people learned they could work from home on, wherever home may be. but as the health crisis fades and the residential real estate market remains red hot. david pogue went shopping. >> reporter: boise, idaho is a great place to live. it has natural beauty, great weather and friendly people. but wow, is something going on with the real estate. is this your house? >> it used to be my house. >> al isha sold her house here and the experience was incredible. >> we had over 150 people walk through in two days which is pretty mind blowing. we had nine offers. half of those for cash. and i am still here because the buyer is allowing me to live here for five months rent free. >> reporter: are you willing to share how much more than listing price it went for? >> around $65,000 more, and it was more than the money.
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they did not require an inspection or appraisal and paid all the closing costs and this was not an unusual offer. >> reporter: if you contacted me today and said is, i have looked at buying in the boise valley, i would say, put on your gear, buckle up -- >> reporter: he owns homes of idaho, a real estate agency that his mother founded. >> this market compared to the other hot markets in the past is sizzling, burning up on fire. >> reporter: carding to the real estate website, zillo, home values in boise have shot up 32% in a year. the biggest increase in the country. real estate in boise was already thriving. but the pandemic super-heated that trend thanks to the remote working movement that came with it. >> there's people deciding where do i want to land? i can keep my job and live anywhere. so where do i want to live? this is a nationwide thing that is happening. this great reshuffling of smler
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are seeing a similar boom. just ask real estate pros like this in durham, north carolina. >> we have seen hundreds of thousands and 10s of thousands of dollars above list price. >> reporter: or in miami, florida. >> there could be 50 cars, yes, 5-0, in a line outside, waiting to see the property. >> reporter: or joseph in fort lee, new jersey. >> this has been the busiest market i have seen in 34 years. >> reporter: or thomas brown in austin, texas. >> there was a home that came on the market. it was $460,000. our client said, hey, here's what we will do, we will buy w seller'st house. bnhe mid 700s on the home and offered to buy the sellers next home.
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>> reporter: was it aced it was. >> reporter: you coined the term the great reshuffling. what does it mean? >> it's more people moving. remote work has allowed us to wrap work around our lives as opposed to wrapping the lives around the work. >> reporter: she is the home trend expert for exhilarate oh, who's website 9.6 billion visits, up 19% from the previous year. >> the pandemic accelerated trends that we were seeing prior to the pandemic. people are moving to metros that offer relate i have the affordability and year round outdoor living. >> reporter: where are they moving from? >> we have seen a shift away from expensive metro areas to more affordable metros. >> this "wall street journal," it shows the flow of dots out of california in 2020, two of the dots may represent dustin and brenda who used a agency to find
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their new home in boise. like 20% of his clients they bought this house without ever having seen it in person. they had only a video tour. at what point did you walk in? >> after we signed the papers and got the keys. >> reporter: what sent you here? >> my company is amazing and allowed me to work remotely and i wanted to pivot to somewhere that was our style. >> reporter: is there push back from the locals. >> to your face, no, fwhut conversations and stuff, you will hear some people that are unhappy and locals cannot afford to buy anymore. >> reporter: those locals include laurie jenkins, who stopped by the open house. with 60% of boise homes selling for more than the asking price, they are getting discouraged. >> my wife and i and i have my middle son. we are moving to get closer to schools. there's no way we cannot afford it. two hard working people, hard working family.having a w a yd
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e doable. >> plus, there's the question about can boise handle it? i mean, traffic -- >> absolutely. we have friends now that are timely having an hour long commute. >> reporter: come on. >> we are in idaho, it should not take an hour to get anywhere. >> reporter: what will you do? >> i will sit and wait. >> the great reshuffling shows no signs of slowing. for one thing, mortgage rates are at rock bottom lows and for another, according to zillow, the country is experiencing a generation clash. >> we have the millennials and they are aging in to their home buying years and baby boomers are healthier, and living longer and they want to age in place. so, we have got millennials competing with baby boomers and they are looking at very similar types of homes. smaller, more affordable starter homes. and so, this is what is really driving unrelenting demand that we see in the market for years to come.
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. what would you say if you came face to face with the people who gave you the second chance at life. steve hartman is on the road with a reunion more than three decades in the making. >> 9-1-1. >> reporter: fishermen are known for fish stories. but the whopper that charter boat captains mark and paul are about to unspool is all too real. >> that story, it just really throws a loop in me. >> it was catastrophic, imagining whaenthrough eareally. >> reporter: 35 years ago, they were piloting a charter back acss a capsi boatn d tffam
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orge life vestn waves. mark jumped in and pull ed out 9-year-old desiree rod he re. the only survivor, her mother, father, sister and aunt and uncle perished, she had been in the water 20 hours. >> it was against all odds that she was alive and coherent. >> reporter: this was the last time that paul and mark saw little desiree, and they have always wondered about her. that is why they were invited to a podcast show. along with a surprise guest. >> i'm going to allow her to introduce herself to you. >> i'm desiree. >> oh, my gosh. >> the brims of their ball caps were not wide enough to hide the joy. 35 years not nearly long enough to erase the bond. >> i'm so happy. >> when i connected with them,
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they brought a lot of closure. >> reporter: since then, they have stayed in touch. and this week, paul and mark invited desiree the aunt that raised herr and the rest of the family to take a little trip. it was her first time back on the ocean, a journey that would bring her full circle. >> this is basically the area right here. >> reporter: right back to where it all happened. >> we come together today and -- >> reporter: the bodies of her father, sister and uncle were never recovered. this was their first memorial. a commemorate of the family she lost and a celebration of the guardian angels she gained. >> yeah, right, that is how i feel. and i hope to know you forever. >> everyone says god works in mysterious ways. i feel like us finding you --
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>> reporter: fishermen tell stories about the one that got away. but paul and mark will cherish the ne t t got to ♪ ♪ it's tuesday, may 25th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." the origins of covid. calls for an investigation after a new report suggests the deadly virus may have escaped from a wuhan lab. international outrage after belarus forces a plane to land to arrest a journalist seen in a new video. no permit needed. the controversial gun measure about to become law in texas. ♪ well, good morning. good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. as america rebounds from covid there are new questions about
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