across for everybody between now and 10:00. they will hold together later this evening. >> we'll have more captioning sponsored by cbs in haiti, a group of american missionaries and children seized by a gang. the latest on efforts to find and free them. >> also tonight from hospitals to the factory floor, workers walk off jobs nationwide over staff shortages and more pay. while hollywood workers strike a deal. >> los angeles, where lolleewood crews won't be going on strike tomorrow. >> plus covid boosters, who needs them and what about matching vaccines, we'll get a checkup from dr. david agus and we visit the national zoo where the latest creatures are getting their shots.

>> presidential push, a deadline approaches to save joe biden's agenda. mistaken strike, the u.s. will pay these afghans for killing their relatives in a drone strike, cbs news is there speaking to them. >> i imagine there is no compensation that can make up for all you lost. >> and later, the rare rock that could help save the planet. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> good evening, i'm nikki battiste, jericka duncan is off. it is one of the world's most dangerous countries beseiged by poverty, political insecurity and violence. and tonight the face of more than-- fate of more than a dozen american missionaries and family members reportedly kidnapped in the country is unknown. police say they have been seized by a notorious criminal gang. it is the latest in a series of kidnappings that happened just outside the capitol port-au-prince, manuel bojorquez

is there with the latest. >> by some estimates gangs control half of haiti's cap poll-- capitol port-au-prince and kidnappings are on the rise but the sheer number of victims in this case and the fact that they are foreigners is brazen even by the gang standard. the kidnappings reportedly happened as a group of missionaries was leaving an orphanage outside of port-au-prince on saturday. an armed gang an dcted 167 americans including pief children as well as one can dal. the missionaries are affiliated with ohio's christian aid ministry. the group's website says it is haiti's sponsor a child school program pays for school tuition, uniforms, text books and meals for haitians in 52 schools. in a statement about the kidnapping christian aid ministry said join us in praying for those who are being held hostage. the kidnapper nds anchurcs of tho affected. ha cnues t roil thisng kid

country. already in the midst of a political crisis after a presidential assassination in july and an earthquake that killed more than 2000 in august. >> the region where the kidnapping of the missionaries happened is controlled by one gang that is known to be among the most dangerous in haiti, blamed earlier this year with the kidnapping of five priests and two nuns. nikki. >> cbs's manuel bojorquez in port-au-prince, thank you. american workers are testing their power. thousands hit pick et lines in several states amid a nationwide labor shortage seeking better pay, benefits and working conditions. there is even a name for it. strike-tober, cbs's lilia luciano is in los angeles with more. lilia? >> nikki, here in l.a.'s strike by hollywood crews has been averted for now but nationwide many workers are walking off the job and right on to the pick et lne. >> pandemic pressure is spurring strikes including this one in a

suburb of minneapolis. >> a walkout by nurses prompted a hospital in plymouth to close its emergency room. >> this is like my fifth pick et during this pandemic. i find that deplorable. >> staffing shortages and the battle over benefits are impacting almost every industry. 10,000 john deere workers are on strike. the illinois based company is expected to post record profits this year. >> and a 60,000 hollywood production worker strike was tentatively averted this weekend at the 119 hour. union members must still vote on the three kreer deal with the studios. >> union members are steaming mad. >> another 300 wine boats. >> alicia is a prop masters in the-- union. >> iatse union. >> what were some of the complaints. >> the constant feeling that a, you are going to lose your job. and i was never hoping for a strike. i was hoping for a real reasonable contract.

>> they called it a hollywood ending, is it? >> i make michael bay movies, things blow up, that is kind of a hollywood ending, i guess it depends on the movie. >> alicia says she wouldn't call it an ending quite yet. and while crews will be back at work on sets like this one tomorrow, another massive walkout is expected june by 24,000 kaiser employee workers who voted to strike. >> lilia luciano, thanks. today dr. anthony fauci said americans shouldn't hesitate to spend holidays with their families if they are fully vaccinated. for the latest on covid and the vaccine cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus joins us from los angeles, good to see you. the fda advisory committee recommended friday that all j & j recipients get a second dose. should that second dose be j & j or another vaccine. >> well, nikki, 15 million people in the country got that j & j vaccine, they are basically

waiting to see what to do. the recommendations are going to be two months after that shot, at least, you should get a second shot, either j & j or the rna vaccine. the j & j was probably meant to be a two shot vaccine so getting a second one will raise immunity. getting an rna will raise it even more. >> on the top eck of mixing and matching which we are all curious about, which provides better protectioning, mixing and matching or the same vaccine for all doses. >> if we take antibody level as a surrogate for how much immunity you get, probably mixing gives you slightly better protection with slightly more side effects so i do think getting the same one is okay and will you get enough protection to get you through delta but if you want a little bit more protection, mixing may have some benefits. >> we see minnesota hitting another critical covid point with hospitalizations peaking again. is our countoin a er or worion as we year?

>> you know, if i had that, i could win on vegas. but i certainly think now we're doing better against delta, we are vaccinating 57 percent of the country and as of the next couple of weeks we will start to vaccinate children 5-11 should they get approved and i think it will. that is another 28 million people on the roster that can be vaccinated so i think we will be in a much better situation at the end of the year. and i would vote around the holidays we will be back together without really worrying. >> dr. david agus, thank you. >> former president bill clinton is out of the hospital. the 75 year old spent six days at u.s. irvine medical center treated for urological and blood infection. doctors say his fever and blood work are normal. he will finish a course of antibiotics at his home in new york. democrats in the nation's capitol face a fast-approaching deadline to scale back president bied own's agenda ambitions. cbs's debra alfarone is at the white house with the details. >> nikki, president biden spent

a rare weekend here at the white house, and fitting in time for a date night with the first lady. the house and senate returns to washington tomorrow and nesheses over the president's ambitious and expensive build back better agenda will no doubt jump start again. >> we're not going to get 3.5 trillion dollars. we'll get less than that. but we're going to get it. and we're going to am could back and get the rest. >> president biden will start off the week with this admission behind him, and negotiations ahead. >> on the potential chopping bloc, trillioning of dollars courtesy of moderate democrats who are balking at the price tag. that could put the administration's sweeping $150 billion program pushing clean energy in doubt. >> the administration and the president are committed to bold climate action. exactly what legislative form that takes is what is being negotiated right now. but the bottomline is we have to act on climate for the good of our children and by the way for

the goods of our economy. >> to complicate matters more, liberal democrats say they will hold off voting on yet another piece of legislation, the one trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure plan as leverage to negotiate, keeping what they want in the larger spending package. >> i'm not going to predict legislative mechanics. what i will say is we've got to get this done. >> i hope for democrat gridlock. off times in washington d.c. gridlock is the better alternative but when st democrat gridlock, pray for it i hope that is exactly what happens. >> democratic leadership has set a deadline of the end of the month to get both bills passed. president biden said friday there is no specific deadline but he will push to get everything done, nikki? >> debra alfarone, thank you. the united states has offered to pay the families of ten civilian, seven of them children killed in a botched drone strike in the final days of america's withdrawal from afghanistan. cbs's imtiaz tyab is in kabul

where he spoke with relatives of the victims. >> this is what the military once called a righteous strike, after firing hell fire missiles at this house in kabul thinking it was an isis-k target. but for romal ahmadi it is a nightmare, the drone that targeted his brother killed him and nine others mostly children including two of ahmadi's own sons and baby daughter. the pentagon now calls it a horrible mistake and has offered the ahmadi family compensation of an undisclosed sum, as well as the opportunity to settle in the u.s. >> i imagine there is no compensation that can make up for all of that you lost. >> he says no compensation can take away my pain. and those who died will never come back. >> as ahmadi shows us photos of his children, arween, his uncle

couldn't hold back his tears saying i feel very sad. especially when i see their pictures. it brings me back to that day. >> the hell fire missile strike was just days after a horrific isis-k attack that killed 13 u.s. service members and nearly 150 afghans trying to evacuate from the kabul airport after the taliban seized control of the country. according to the pentagon, six drones tracked this white toyota seen here on security camera video for eight hours believing it was linked to an imminent attack by isis-k. instead it was being driven by zamari who worked for a us humanitarian aid agency specializing in malling nutrition. >> we now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with isis-k or were a direct threat to the u.s. forces. i offer my profound condolences to the family and friends of those who were killed. >> a painful mistake the ahmadi

family will have to live with no matter how much ther compensated. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, kabul. >> the grand mosque in mecca returned to full capacity today. masks and vaccinated worshipers stood shoulder to shoulder for the first time since the pandemic began. the mosque in saudi arabia is islam's holiest site. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, the new trainees learning to drive 18 wheelers amid a nationwide demand for truckers. we head to the national zoo where some animals are getting their covid shots. and later, mining the earth for a climate change solution.

>> a lack of truck drivers is partly behind delivery did he lays across the country.rtagxpey it is parraion

bo neck at is clogging u.s. ports especially in california. but as crist tye of our chicago station wbbm reports, problems can create opportunities. >> trucker shortages have left cargo ships like these stacked up off the coast of california. >> look at the truck realistically. >> and left clashes for would-be truckers at capacity. >> the demand has never been greater from an industry standpoint with the shortage of drivers. >> vernon cooper runs progressive truck driving school in south suburban lancing. classes here last 160 hours at a cost of $4,000. starting salaries in the industry range between 60 and 80,000. and a new trend, 25 percent of students here are now female. >> by end of october i should be done. >> gia left a job as an occupational therapist where covid knocked down her hours to four a day. this mid life reboot has strig erred an entrepreneurial spirit.

>> i will try to get with a company that i can grow with. and then can i probably perhaps buy my own truck, and kind of do, you know, be my own owner/operator. >> there is a supply side which is et going drivers, getting them trained, getting them in trucks. and then getting equipment to account for the increase in demand for freight. >> nick najjar is the director of transportation for land o lakes dairy. he says also stuck in these freighters, trucking equipment and engineering parts vital to mking consumer production work. all part of a logistical headache that may leave store shelves a little thin this holiday season. but for gia job security has never been better. >> with this i know can i go and work as many hours as i need to, you know. i don't have to be limited to just four houring be. >> and as that guessing game continues, those leaving truck driving school are making in year one what veterans used to make after 20 years. >> crist tye, cbs news, arlington heights, illinois. >> still ahead on the cbs

weekend news, the national zoo starts shots to protect its beloved residents from covid.

within the smithsonian national zoos says its lions and tigers that tested positive from covid last month are recovering well, staff are taking preem tiff measures to protect other animals as weijia jiang shows us. >> during the pandemic this became an iconic image at the national zoo. but good luck sticking a mask on one of these guys. so when one peg cat caught covid-19 in september. >> all nine of our great cats contracted covid. >> how do you think they contracted covid? >> so they got it from somebody cerinarian believeshum. an asymptomatic staff member transmitted the virus to the great cat.

>> we really started having concerns about three of the cats, they weren't drinking, they weren't eating, they weren't getting any water from their food. >> he worried that if 16 year old lion named shera would die but like the others, she recovered. still the outbreak was a reminder, it is not just people but certain animals that can get sick with covid-19. >> great ape including orangutans are among the most at risk. this week they became some of the first at the zoo to get vaccinated. >> a lot of training, a lot of trust between the animals. and immediately after receiving that vaccine i think two orangutans actually rubbed their injection site which i do too when i get my shot. >> he is hopeful it will prevent other animals from struggling like shera. >> the severity of the disease, it seems like it is changing. our cats here were really hit hard by it. >> the two shot vaccine was developed specifically for animals, by a veterinarian

pharmaceutical company, being administered at zoos around the country under emergency use. >> given how sick the cats got, you must be very relieved that there is a vaccine available. >> yes. it's really a game changer. but i know that those of us that are getting the animals vaccinated, especially those of us that have dealt with these situations, are feeling a lot happier than we did six months ago. >> the great cats will get their shots in about 90 days. doses of hope that they will stay healthy. >> weijia jiang, cbs news, washington. >> how beautiful are those animals. next on, cbs weekend news, greta thunberg stakes a surpriseing spin on the world stage.

>> erupting volcano on la palma keep putting on a show and more disruptions, half of the island's flights were cancelled today. about 7,000 people have been forced to evacuate. the island's president says there is no end in sight. olympic planners apparently leave nothing to chance. at the acropolis in greece today this was the dress rehearsal for the beijing 2022 winter games. this flame will serve as a backup for the february event. one hiccup, two protestors were detained for drawing attention to human-rights abuses inna. ctgre thunberokge a climate live concert in stockholm last night,

not to make a speech but to dance. ♪. >> thunberg surprised the crowd with those moves. earlier she criticized the upcoming climate summit of world lead ares in scotland saying it is unlikely to lead to big changes. when we return, very deep inside a mountain a possible solution to climate change.

within finally tonight minors and investors are getting excited about unique rocks found in green land similar to those found on the moon and could be critical to our futures. ian lee has the story within who knew destroying the planet could help save it. >> in greenland scientists blasted open a mountain filledded with what they call climate-saving rocks. >> the chemistry is unique t is created in the early days of the formation of the world.

>> it's called an an orth site, three minimalsk calcium, sillica and alumina. >> minors are krushing it to create a more sustainable aluminum as well as other every day items. >> very good quality for fiberglass. >> experts say and it produces less waste and greenhouse gas emission, found all along the island rugged terrain, but that is not the only place. >> you find it in canada, you find it in scandinavia, russia, south africa, lots of places so far mine errs have cletted more than 300 tons, even nasa is looking to see if what they learn down there could help them some day mine similar rocks on the moon, ian lee, cbs news. >> fascinating, that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. coming up tonight, 60 min, i'm

nicki battiste in new york, have a great nig ht live from the cbsn bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . we are tracking scattered showers across the bay area this sunday evening and it is just a taste of what is to come this week. >> it is very upsetting to have somebody turn around and stab us in the back. >> dozens of animals removed from a home with them calling it a boarding situation and why the resident says the county has it all wrong. we all have to take responsibility. >> residence a desperate for help in the tactic police are using despite the rising tide of violence. tharea now and looking live out of the bay in

downtown san francisco from the sales force tower camera the clouds are darkening as the storm system moves in. >> you could see the time-lapse of the clouds and they are looming over parts of the bay area and we are here now with the latest on the rain. >> the best part about this is there are four of these coming throughout the next few days and light rain showing up on the high definition doppler and the showers have moved into the north bay and we saw from the camera it is gone down to the city and if we take it on the future cast and play it forward we will watch the rain slowly march its way across the bay area from now through about 10:00 tonight so you will get it down in the south bay and it will hold together and you'll get rain in the valley from this and he won't get a lot probably one 10th of an inch but look how we have done this already and we have ready get to tenants and here it is 2/10 of an inch