that is it for us. cbs weeken captioning sponsored by cbs >> yuccas: tonight, concert crush. at least eight are killed as rapper travis scott performs on stage, hundreds hurt in houston, some of them children. the latest on the police investigation. oarpt i'm lilia luciano in hoston where authorities have launched a criminal probe into what caused the crowd surge. >> yuccas: also tonight, done deal. the house passes a massive bipartisan infrastructure bill. some republicans join in, some democrats drop out. president biden celebrate, calling it long overdue. >> finally, the sausage is made. >> yuccas: plus, new vaccination sites open this weekend, and they're kid friendly. climate protests go global. >> reporter: i'm roxana saberi

in glasgow, scotland, where protesters are calling for more action on climate change. >> yuccas: last-chance tourism it's rush to see the changing sights of a warming planet. and later, three cheers. politicians raise a glass to working together. >> the country would be a lot better off if everybody would be willing to sit down and kind of have a beer together. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> yuccas: good evening. i'm jamie yuccas. adriana diaz is off. tonight, police in houston are investigating a deadly crush at a music festival. at least 50,000 fans were there to hear rapper travis scott when chaos in the crowd turned to panic. at least eight people were killed and many more injured. one concert-goer called it hell. in a statement posted on twitter, scott said he's devastated by the deaths and that investigators have his total support. cbs' lilia luciano is in houston tonight with the very latest.

lilia. >> reporter: jamie, authorities say this is now a criminal investigation involving both the narcotics and the homicide divisions with the mayor adding that houston has never experienced anything of this magnitude. death and disaster in houston last night at travis scott's sold-out music festival. 50,000 fans were in attendance. >> we had to walk over people's bodies. >> reporter: panic rippled through the crowd, causing many to surge toward the stage. emergency crews struggled to deliver help. the hip hop star stopped performing several times during the show, seeing the situation was increasingly dangerous. >> we need somebody to help. somebody passed out right here. >> reporter: witnesses say what happened next was horrifying. people were so packed, they passed out. some suffered cardiac arrest. >> everybody just going down. >> reporter: the chaos

unfolded after 9:00 p.m. but there were early signs of trouble as aeddum fans rushed past ticket checkpoints. tonight, police say they have not determined what caused the deadly chaos, but investigatorss are aware of rumors that people were injecting some of the crowd with drugs. >> we do have a support of a security officer. he was reaching over to restrain or grab a citizen, and he felt a prick in his neck. when he was examined-- he went unconscious-- they administered narcan. >> reporter: officials say multiple people were treated with narcan, which is a spray that's used to treat overdoses. now autopsies are being conducted on the eight victims, of which the youngest was 14 years old. jamie. >> yuccas: so many questions. lilia luciano, thank you. president biden is celebrating a big bipartisan victory and what he calls a once-in-a-generation investment in america.

cbs' christina ruffini joins us at the white house with details. >> reporter: as president biden said himself, infrastructure week is finally here, and it's a big legislative victory for the white house, but the work is only halfway done. >> the smogz adopted. ( applause ) >> reporter: just before midnight, after months of delays and deliberation, house democrats and 13 republicans passed the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. >> success on the infrastructure bill is a tribute to president biden. >> finally, infrastructure week. i'm so happy to say that. >> reporter: on friday, president biden pushed back a planned trip to delaware and, according to the white house, instead spent the night working the phones, helping broker a deal that promised progressive democrats a vote on the larger, nearly $2 trillion social spending plan, if they agreed to support the bipartisan transportation bill. >> i feel that we need to trust the president. this is what he said he would

do. and i think he'll deliver on it. >> reporter: in remarks to reporters today, the president called the measure transformative. >> i don't think it's an exaggeration to suggest we took a monumental step forward as a nation. >> reporter: the bill provides money for fixing, roads, highways, and rail lines, but also funds other measures, like expanding broadband internet access, replacing unsafe lead pipes, and providing charging stations for electric vehicles. >> we'll see the effects of the bill, this bill, probably starting within the next two to three months as we get things-- shoveled in grounds. >> reporter: now the white house has to dig in, and try to debt dissenting democrats to support what it calls social infrastructure, or the "build back better" plan. >> the commitment that was made last night is we're going to get it through the house before thanksgiving, and i believe we will do that. >> reporter: that bill so far has no republican support. >> republicans need to hold firm against the next move by pelosi and biden as they work to dramatically increase scale, anl

government. >> reporter: but before hopping on marine one for his delayed delaware departure, president biden sounded optimistic. >> i feel confident that we will have enough votes to pass the "build back better" plan. >> reporter: what gives you that confidence? >> me. >> reporter: now, even if democrats can overcome their differences and get that "build back better" plan passed in the house before thanksgiving, it's not over. it still has to go to the senate, which is very likely to make changes, and then back again to the house for a final vote. jamie. >> yuccas: a lot of work still to be done. christina ruffini, thank you. lateitate taid, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked the biden administration's rule that millions of workers get vaccinated against covid-19 or be tested weekly. several states and groups had challenged the rule. as of today, nearly 68% of people in this country 12 and older are fully vaccinated. cbs' michael george is in new york with more. michael. >> reporter: jamie, good

evening. today, many children got their first dose right here at new york city's american museum of natural history. across the country, there's a push to make it easier for kids to get the vaccine. kids at this massachusetts vaccine clinic were greeted with giant stuffed animals. >> big puppy dog. >> reporter: and toys. >> there are friends to help vaccinate kids. >> reporter: it's all meant to help kids like five-year-old lana feel safe. she made it through without crying. >> it hurt a little. >> reporter: but many parents are shedding tears of relief as their children finally get some protection against covid. >> sorry, i'm a little emotional. i just... i just wanted him to be safe. >> reporter: while some parents are choosing to wait, demands for pfizer's pediatric vaccine is high. at this marin county, cali california, middle school, they're expecting more than 1,000 kids on the first day alone. this comes as some western states are still seeing high numbers of covid cases, including colorado.

>> we do have less than 10 i.u. beds open. >> reporter: and n.f.l. star quarterback aaron rodgers, who recently tested positive for covid, lost a sponsorship with a healthcare company after comments he made about the vaccine. originally, rogers said he was immunized. >> yeah, i've been immunized. >> reporter: but it was later revealed he received alternative treatments and refuses to get the shot due to an allergy and over an unfounded fear it could cause infertility. >> the great m.l.k. said you have a moral obligation to object to unjust rules and rules that make no sense. >> reporter: and there's some potentially encouraging news about covid treatments. pfizer says its new antiviral pill prevented death and hospitalization rates by 90%. they're asking the f.d.a. for approval. jamie. >> yuccas: wow, that's a big number. michael george, thank you. overseas now, and a disaster in west africa. at least 98 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded near

freetown, sierra leone. witnesses say large crowds had gathered to collect leaking todat stres toemand faster action on clim is was sydney, australia. but the biggest demonstration was at the site of the u.n. climate summit in glasgow, scotland. cbs' roxana saberi is there. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: to the tune of bag pipes, the beat of drums, and the patter of rain, tens of thousands of protesters marched across glasgow with an urgent message. the climate is in crisis and the time to act is now. >> inevitably, they're just going to put that off until it's too late. >> they keep delaying it until by the time that they actually do something, it's going to be too late. they need to start acting quicker. >> reporter: sandra guzman and tanya guyllem say developing nations like theirs in latin america need more help to adapt to climate change. >> we don't come and raise our voices, nobody is going to

listen. of course it's difficult because politicians are not willing to listen. >> this is what democracy looks like! >> reporter: many of these protesters have grown up experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change. they want their calls for more action to be heard by world leaders meeting a few blocks from here at the u.n. climate summit. inside the summit in the past week, they have pledged to curb deforestation. but protesters, like rebecca richie, who traveled here from california are skeptical. >> these promises have become even more empty and more meaningless exactly when they need to become more meaningful and powerful and true. >> reporter: john kerry, president biden's special envoy for climate, said he understands their frustration. what do you say to young people who are worried about their future and saying world leaders aren't doing enough to protect the planet. >> well, i respect their worry completely, and they have every reason in the world to be angry and frustrated. i'm frustrated. but what is happening here is

different. everybody involved here understands this is for real and we've got to get this done. >> reporter: with one week of negotiations to go, the pressure is on. roxana saberi, cbs news, glasgow, scotland. >> yuccas: straight aadew," one afghan family's long journey to a new home. also, see it while you can. tourists rush to hot spoots threatened by climate change. and later, evidence that bipartisanship is brewing on capitol hill.

>> yuccas: since august, more than 68,000 afghans have started new lives in the united states after escaping the taliban. 50,000 of them are housed at

eight military bases across the country, awaiting resettlement. about half of them are children. cbs' natalie brand tells us one. >> reporter: the ramazani siblings appear the picture of joy, posing for selfies in the universal language of teens. it's difficult to imagine the pain and trauma they left behind in afghanistan. hajar is the oldest of the four, injured by an i.e.d. as a child. their mother was killed during the attack on the kabul airport in late august as they tried to flee. she says the situation was horrible and tries not to remember it. hajar and her siblings, nastran, kausar, and ibadullah, arrived in houston in early september, reunited with extended family in texas, the same airport where their cousin, dave ali, arrived as a refugee at age 13. >> at first, it was not easy for us because i didn't know the culture or the language.

i was just like them. >> reporter: ali and his sibling now paying it forward to the next generation. you don't have children yourself. >> no, i don't. >> reporter: suddenly you have four. >> yes, i have four big ones. >> reporter: the children arrived with next to nothing, the family providing basics like clothes. everything? here is new. >> yeah. >> reporter: and new experiences. >> wow! >> reporter: from makeovers to schooling, a first for hajar, who didn't attend regularly in afghanistan. nastran is using her first laptop, taking classes in a new language. what's your favorite? >> i like math. >> reporter: math. >> yeah. >> reporter: she's learning english and now spanish, too. adios. >> reporter: fitting for a country that dave ali describes as a melting pot. >> for me, the american dream is to come here and you have the opportunity, just like everyone else. so you want to do great in. this is the american dream for me. >> reporter: the siblings now

one step closer to realizing their own american dream. natalie brand, cbs news, houston. >> yuccas: wow, a whole new life. still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the rush to see places altered by global warming before they're gone.

. >> yuccas: the u.n. climate conference and pro protests havt a spotlight on our warming planet. the issue has also created a new travel trend. it's called "last chance tourism." cbs' ben tracy visited one of the hottest spots that would give anything to stay cold. >> it's crazy, this country is beautiful. >> reporter: in this lagoon on the southern korcht of iceland, giant chunks of ice, once part of a massive glacier, gently

float away into the north atlantic ocean. >> definitely sad, but it's very grateful to be able to, you know, look at this stuff while i still can. >> reporter: we ran into sharadh sivamani from new york. >> we wanted to get a chance to look at it before, you know, some of it melts away. but it's absolutely striking. >> reporter: although sharadh hadn't heard the term last chance tourism... it sounds like that's what you've been doing. >> it's the rationale. it's sad when you put it that way. but that's what we're doing, while we still can, take a look. >> reporter: a lot of people are rushing to places such as the great barrier reef in australia. the shrinking dead sea in israel, and the melting ice capped of mount kilamanjaro. >> it is a challenge we need to fix. >> reporter: ice land's minister of the environment says tourism in his country was booming before covid, increasing nearly 40% in some years. topping two million annual visitors, which is more than four times the populatiti count.

>> iceland is a beautiful country, and we also have a responsibility to protect our nature. >> reporter: there is no getting around the fact that all those people coming to iceland are actually making the climate issue worse by flying. >> i absolutely agree with you. we are an island in the middle of the north atlantic, and most of the people come on airplanes. >> reporter: mile per mile, air travel is the most damaging form of transportation for the planet. just one roundup trans-atlantic flight emidst twice as much planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions per person as driving the family car for an entire year. >> if people are coming here because they want to see something that is disappearing, it is our responsibility to tell people why and what they can do to prevent it. >> reporter: thure tiefts must t love this. >> yes, they are amazed. >> reporter: the tourism boom

turned haukur einarsson into a tour guide. his business, glacier adventures, has replaced the old family farm. so this was a cow farm? >> yeah, just three years ago. we used to milk up to 34 cows here every day, twice a day. >> reporter: is this better than milking cows? >> it's different. >> reporter: but haukur is serious about making sure tirists, like elissa zimmerman... >> you want to be able to witness it with your own eyes instead of reading about it in a book or hearing about what was. >> reporter: haukur says his job is to make visitors get an appreciation for how quickly the scenery in those photos is changing. >> we are able to influence them in a good way, open their minds and send them home with some thoughts. so that's kind of how i see it, as an opportunity. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, iceland. >> yuccas: so much to think about. next on the c "cbs weekend news"

the navy krystens its newest ship in honor of a gay-rights pioneer.

>> yuccas: today in san diego, the u.s. navy christened its latest ship after a champion for civil rights. the uss "harvey milk" was named in honor of one of the country's first openly gay politicians, who was assassinated in 1978. he was also a navy officer, forced to resign for being gay. four astronauts set to make the 20-hour trip tomorrow from the international space station home to earth will do it in diapers. turns out, there's a plumbing problem with the toilet on board their speax capsule. it's leaking. astronaut megan mcarthur called the situation suboptimal,

but manageable. when we return, hostile adversaries become bipartisan buddies. we'll explain.

it's rare when politicians from different parties think alike, but there's proof it's possible, even on capitol hill. here's cbs' kris van cleave. >> obstruction, obstruction, obstruction. >> reporter: in the nation's capitol... >> mr. chairman-- >> violation... >> reporter: ...bipartisanship hardly seems to be the toast of the town. but at least for one night, republicans and democrats found common ground-- beer. >> this is a good thing. we need more of this, bipartisanship, and you name the issue. >> reporter: this year, the annual anheuser-busch brew across america beer battle came with a twist. five teams of lawmakers in a brew-off with a bipartisan buddy.

>> we're in it to win it, but remember, we're beer guys. >> reporter: republican congressman steve womack and democrat dan kildee, served up the yeas and nays. >> people need to understand it's not all acrimony, it's not all anger. we're friend. >> reporter: their bipartisan brews earned largely yeas from the crowd win. >> the country would be a lot better off if everybody was willing to sit down and have a beer together. >> amen to that. >> reporter: perhaps the real winner was a night when it wasn't partisan or politics. >> representative upton has his own beer. >> this is bipartisan. >> but i am going to try it. >> reporter: just people laughing and smiling and, of course, drinking together. >> cheers, brother. >> reporter: kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> yuccas: cheers to that. that's the "cbs weekend news" this saturday. closing time a little later, too. a reminder to set your clocks back one hour tonight as daylight saving time comes to an

end. i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. have a good night. live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. breaking news, minutes ago we confirmed a child was shot on interstate 880 in oakland, new chp audio and the investigation that shut down lanes for mike hours. >> if you wanted to see more rain, i have good news, early next week the next storm arrives and we will look at it in detail. i am juliette goodrich . a child shot on highway 880 in oakland this afternoon . >> da lin is live in oakland with details . >> reporter: interstate 880 is back to normal, both southbound and northbound directions have

reopened . a law enforcement source confirmed a child, roughly 3 years old, was shot and we do not know the condition of the child at this time. let us show you some video. the law enforcement source tells me it was a rolling gun battle between two cars on interstate 880 in the downtown oakland area . the victim has nothing to do with the two car gunbattle. but the victim's car was caught in the crossfire. listen to this radio traffic. >> we are getting reports of shots fired southbound 880 , someone was shot. they said there was another call in and a child is bleeding from the head. they are in a white lexus. they are saying southbound 880 maybe the broadway offramp. >> reporter: unknown how the child is doing. and also no suspect information at this time. let's come back live now.