guinness book of world records. >> that is it for us captionins ♪ ♪ ♪ >> duncan: tonight: deadly derailment. amtrak's empire builder crashing off the tracks in rural montana. >> oh my god, it's on its side. >> duncan: at least three people are killed, dozens injured. passengers pitching in to help rescue those trapped inside. >> i popped my window out and climb out and help other people out. >> duncan: cbs news is there. >> reporter: i'm meg oliver near joplin, montana where locals scramble to help stunned passengers. >> duncan: also tonight, remembering gabby petito, her disappearance, and death riveting the nation. her gathering for her memorial. >> gabby is the most amazing person i ever met. >> duncan: plus a plague of confusion over the covid booster roll out as the biden presidency

confronts a spending showdown this week. also, end of an era. >> reporter: i'm chris livesay in berlin, where germans are deciding today who will take charge after angela merkel. >> duncan: and later, treasure hunting, the search for prize relics in minnesota. >> i don't think people are aware that it's trash. this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york, with jericka duncan. >> duncan: good evening, thanks for joining us. right now, a team of federal safety investigators and amtrak officials are in montana trying to find out what caused a deadly derailment. 157 people were on board, three were killed. dozens more hurt. first responders from several remote communities raced to help amtrak's empire builder was rolling westbound from chicago to seattle. two locomotives pulled the ten cars across the prairie when disaster truck saturday near the

town of joplin, montana, cbs' meg oliver is there covering the latest developments. meg, good evening to you. >> reporter: jericka, this was an all hands on deck rescue operation, first responders and locals from several communities raced to this remote area to help when the train de-railed. >> oh my god, it's on its side. >> reporter: social media video recorded by a passenger shows the aftermath of this deadly derailment here in the fields between chester and joplin, montana. eight of ten cars derailed killing at least three people. dozens more were injured. amtrak says more than 150 people including 17 crew members were on board the empire builder train when it careened off the track saturday. >> i was laying down in my compartment on a bed, so luckily i just tumbled. >> reporter: andrew sivula was stuck in one of the cars that detached from the train. >> i heard a loud bang and then the cars tipped. >> reporter: sivula and other passengers worked with first

responders using ladders to reach people trapped inside the overturned-- overturned cars. >> i was able to pop my winnow out and climb out and help other people out. and then we sat until we got some ladders and we got people down. >> reporter: they were changing cars when it happened. he survived by grabbing a cable bolted to the floor. >> the train tipped about 45 degrees and i thought it would stop and i hate to think what would happen if i hadn't been able to hold on. >> many of the injured were taken to local hospitals and released. about 60 passengers spent the night at a local high school. many of them have already been bussed out. the derailment comes at the end of rail safety week. jericka. >> duncan: no doubt terrifying moments there. meg oliver, thank you for your reporting. we continue to follow the developments in the case of gabby petito. the 22 year old was rememberedts gathered for her memorial on new york's long island. cbs' tom hansen is outside the funeral home, tom, as i

understand it, the family actually invited the public in to today's memorial? >> reporter: that's absolutely correct, jericka. as you know from reporting on this extensively, the death and disappearance of gabby petitosi has touched people all around the country and today at her memorial there was a constant flow of people, family and friends. >> she inspired an lot of people to do what do who is best for them first. >> reporter: joseph petito spoke about his daughter at this funeral home where friends gathered to show support and grieve. >> just hoping gabby knows that she is loved and always will be loved. >> seeing that that is the way she had passed it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: abbigail and nicholas worked with her. he >> i think gabby was an extremely eccentric girl and loved life more than anything. i think that she loved traveling more than she even loved people. >> reporter: but those views of

travel and adventure were cut short. the 22 year old was on a cross country road trip with her fiancé brian laundrie when she disappeared. >> earlier today, human remains were discovered. >> reporter: today laundrie's whereabouts remain unknown, last seen almost two weeks ago at his family home in florida. authorities spent days searching the alligator infested swamp land where he is believed to have fled, meanwhile the petito family is launching "the gabby petito foundation" in hopes of helping others searching for their missing children. as the manhunt for laundrie enters its second week her death sparks a national conversation about the thousands of missing women, specifically women of color who are not getting the same amount of attention. jericka. >> duncan: that's right. and the strength that the petito family continues to show is amzing. tom hansen, thank you. new covid cases are still falling, nearly 121,000 infections were reported saturday, that is an 18 percent drop over the last two weeks. but the united states has fallen

from the top of the world's list of most vaccinated countries, now ranking 47th, largely due to the 70 million americans who are not getting the shot. cbs' lilia luciano joins us with the latest in los angeles. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. there is concern and confusion tonight over exactly who is eligible for that third pfizer shot now that the c.d.c. says that includes people in high- risk jobs. eligible and eager americans are lining up this weekend to get their booster shot it is just for people 65 and older who already received pfizer shots and those at high risk of infection because of where they live or work. >> we made it possible for people to be eligible. but they really have to identify their own individual risk and their own individual benefit. and i recognize that this is confusing. >> reporter: u.s. covid deaths are at their highest level since march, hardest hit right now is alabama. sporting medical staff.

>> it does feel nice to come in and help out, because the nurses need it. >> reporter: nationwide the number of new adult covid cases and hospitalizations is dropping after the deadly summer surge. yet for children younger than 12, they're higher than ever. but a pfizer vaccine for kids may be available soon. >> it could take four weeks. that could give you a vaccine by halloween. >> reporter: and for the first time in 18 month, the grand princess set sail out of los angeles this weekend. the ship was hit by a covid outbreak at the start of the pandemic. this time everyone on board is vaccinated. >> kind of shocked to be the first ones out of this port because we thought we were going to get canceled. >> reporter: the biden administration says up to 60 million americans could be eligible for the boosters and though they may not qualify, many people who want the shot are getting it anyway. jericka. >> duncan: lilia luciano, thank you. speaking of president biden, he is facing a huge week.

the president's 3.5 trillion dollar agenda is in peril with democrats still at odds ahead of some key votes. and the threat of a government shutdown looms. cbs' natalie brand is at the white house. the speaker is putting lawmakers on notice. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. house speaker nancy pelosi has scheduled a meeting monday night for house democrats to no doubt talk through some of the differences within her caucus. she warns the next few days will be a time of intensity. president biden returned to the white house sunday evening with his infrastructure a agenda on the line this week. >> i'm optimistic about this week. it is going to take the better part of the week, i think. >> reporter: speaker pelosi previously set a monday deadline to take up the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed last month by the senate. >> i'm never bringing a bill to the floor that doesn't have the votes. >> reporter: but the speaker is still promising to move forward

this week despite progressive democrats pushing to first reach an agreement on a much larger spending bill focused on social priorities such as child care and education. >> and we understand that we've got to get every democrat on board in the house and the senate. >> as of now that's not the situation. >> reporter: with key moderates in both chambers voicing concern. california democrat scott peters voted against the 3.5 trillion dollar bill during a rare budget committee session saturday. >> it is being rushed, this is not allowed for the discussion, the subsequently bill deserves. >> reporter: the spending showdown comes with a critical funding deadline friday to avert a government shutdown. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer's office confirms the plan is still to hold a key test vote monday evening on a bill that temporarily funds the government and raises the debt limit. republicans have said they would block any bill that linked the two. jericka. >> duncan: natalie brand reporting for us from washington.

today germans voted in a national election with global implications. cbs' chris livesay explains from berlin. >> reporter: it is one of the most important elections in german history. not because of who is running, but because of who isn't. chancellor angela merkel is saying, auf wiedersehen after 16 years. lauded as the savior of europe, helping hold it together as during the euro crisis, her secret, a stoic calm that defined german society. >> there is a lot of common sense, if you want to, in the german public and she may be even due to her. >> reporter: the legacy >> reporter: the legacy spanned four presidencies, befriending some, clashing with donald trump who sought to keep migrants out.

>> i will build a great, great wall. >> reporter: while germany opened its door to more than one million refugees. but not without a backlash. >> ( speaking loudly and sternly in german ) >> reporter: on her watch, a far right party entered parliament for the first time since world war ii. and anti-migrant movement took hold across europe. in hungary, they erected a fence. one heralded as the leader of the free world, she now leaves the reigns of the most powerful country in europe, as well as many of the tensions she sought to resolve. keep in mind an entire generation of germans can't even remember what their country was like before angela merkel, let alone imagine their country or the world now that she is stepping down. chris livesay, cbs news, berlin. >> duncan: straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, police reform reform that is working by de- escalating violence on the front line. also the first ever cannabis competition comes to the

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and after about an hour, what could have been deadly ended peacefully. >> we're not afraid to try new things. >> reporter: keith cross is aurora's chief of police, the 27 year veteran runs the second largest city police department in illinois. >> sometimes a uniform can be a barrier to someone who is in crisis, they don't see the social worker as a threat. it has been very, very helpful. a lot of state and local jurisdictions have realized they need to step up, and they need to be the ones who lead change in their policing agencies. >> georgetown law professor chrisy lopez developed the de- escalation training now used by 175 police departments. >> to de-escalate rather than escalate to prevent other officers from doing this conduct or causing harm. >> reporter: for chief cross that better training is the key. >> they're going to play like they practice, so they are going to take thing as slow as they can, we are going to use the least amount of force.

>> reporter: the department just started using this immersive virtual reality system. >> got one down. >> reporter: it can simulate the toughest things cops face. like how to deal with their own implicit bias, when to use force and when to back away. >> we can end this thing at a non-lethal level, that is a win/win for everybody involved. >> we tried the system. >> reporter: sir, i would like to see your hands. >> my hands are right here. >> reporter: and it becomes very real, very fast. sir, stay in the car, stay in the car. my response during the simulated traffic stop was to draw my gun when the driver unexpectedly got out of the car. the trainer said that was too early and could have provoked what hatched moments later when the driver pulled out the gun. sir, put the gun down, put the gun down. it becomes real. >> it becomes real and it is good to watch officers go through that to see how they react. >> reporter: they are also using 16ll squad car, the initial

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>> duncan: the california state fair was established 164 years ago to celebrate the golden state's very best from industry to agriculture.

and next year a new plant also known as "weed" will be judged. here's kurtis ming of our sacramento station. >> reporter: the state fair is a sacramento summer time tradition. along with all the food and fun, its purpose is to recognize the best in california. annual competitions are held to pick the top wine, cheese, olive oil nd craft beer. but next year a new category is being added, cannabis cultivation. >> it is a big milestone for the cannabis industry. >> the board of directors approved the top pot competition. >> as far as i know it might be the first time any state fair is doing that. >> reporter: board chair jess durfee says its purpose is to recognize the quality contributions of california's cannabis cultivators. >> the growing industry is important to agriculture in california. >> reporter: other events have traditionally used a panel of judges who carefully sample and rank all of the entries so how will this cannabis competition be scored. >> no, there won't be a panel of

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the lake, the lake has moods. >> reporter: no matter what mood lake superior is in. >> it's resting today. >> reporter: people come from around the world to take in its natural beauty and it is a safe bet their journey to get here was quick compared to the journey rocks and stones make to come ashore. >> scrape around. >> reporter: it is like treasure hunting on the shoreline. >> it is treasure hunting. >> reporter: the treasure in this case was once easily discarded, ann gorham is blunt about what she is looking for. >> i don't think people are aware that it's trash. >> reporter: or at least it was. over time superior took something broken and turned it into something beautiful. >> and then this one here is coca cola glass. >> reporter: soda and wine bottles have been weathered and born into beach glass which ann has been collecting her entire life, some of the glass she has found dates back to the depression era. >> it is formed naturally like over probably at least 30 years

to get the perfect piece. from the action of the waves, the wind and the rocks or sand that it is in. >> reporter: she will make jewelry out of her finds but what she is really known for are her pictures from dawn to twilight, the sun hits the blues, greens and reds just right. ann's work can be found at lake superior art grass in duluth. >> a lot come in looking for beach glass, the right beaches to go for it. >> i kind of like dug what when i was inside the water. >> reporter: for visitors beach glass isn't something you see every day. >> i just found it, >> i think it is like soul healing are you down and hearing the sounds it makes is awesome and i feel lucky to live here. it's my whole life, like it is a beautiful place to be. >> i'm john lauritsen for cbs news in duluth, minnesota. >> you never know what you're going to find. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. "60 minutes" is up next, i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for watching, have a great night. captioning sponsored by cbs

captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org live from the cbsn bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. in sonoma county they are taking the debate about immigrants rights on the road. we will have that story coming up. it is horrible and senseless and there is just no answer to what is happening and why it is happening. >> agony for a bay area community trying to make sense of a milestone no city wants to reach, 100+ homicide so far this year and what community leaders say is to blame for the rise in violence. parts of the bay area that could see rain later tonight. good evening. we begin this evening with immigrant rights advocates taking to the streets of sonoma county and a show of support for do

john ramos reports on their effort to walk the walk in the immigration debate. >> reporter: it wasn't that long ago that immigrant bashing was more overt but at least it was part of a discussion and today things have quieted down a lot, but quiet isn't always what you want when you are trying to change things. >> we are walking 12 miles in the name of the 12 million undocumented and we have waited long enough and it has been decades and decades. >> reporter: about 100 immigrants and their advocates took off and for our march from santa rosa to the town of healdsburg. in a show of organized strength, they passed by restaurants and vineyards cultivated and harvested by immigrant workers and the intention was to urge local leaders both in congress and county government to work