>> that is a great idea. that's it for us at 5:00. see you back here at 6:00 for an hour of news. >> see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> duncan: tonight critical cargo. the first flights of desperately needed baby formula land in the united states. the shipment arriving from europe. operation fly formula authorized by president biden-- biden to address a nationwide shortage. president touches down in tokyo t is the latest stop on his trip to asia. he also speaks out on monkeypox. >> it is something that everybody should be concerned about. >> duncan: this as a new cbs news poll shows poism about the stater of-- pessimism about the state of the country. >> the biden administration is facing criticism over the national baby formula shortage. >> duncan: also tonight battle for ukraine, i'm debora patta in

kharkiv where forces tell us the fight is far from over. >> plus georgia's high stakes primary fight. >> good morning, aviators. >> big screen blockbuster, hollywood banks on tom cruise for a box office rebound. and later watch out gardeners, jumping worms and it's not a joke. >> it's like a night crawler on steroids. this is the cbs weekend news ♪ ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york, with jericka duncan. ♪ ♪ ♪ > duncan: dood evening, we thank you for joining us on this sunday. tonight a welcome site for parents panicked by a critical nationwide shortage of baby formula. the first shipments arrived in the u.s. from europe, part of what is called operation fly formula. it is a biden administration initiative that aims to quickly increase supplies of the vital food source. 132 palates of specialty formula were unloaded from u.s. air force cargo jets today in

indianapolis. it is enough for more than half a million baby bottles. it will be inspected and fast tracked for delivery tol desperate families. cbs's kristeni ruffini is at the white house tonight. christina, good evening. >> good evening, jericka. the president tweeted just a little while ago that a second shipment of formula is on its way to pennsylvania in the next couple of days and be distributed throughout the country. but the white house is facing criticism that it didn't act fast enough. >> the leap landed at indianapolis today, palates of specialized allergy friendly formula airlifted from germany on military transport. >> i'm told that this shipment provides enough formula to take care of 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for a week. >> secretary of agriculture tom vilsack met the shipment on the tarmac. the formula should arrive in clinics and hospitals across the country in the next few days. >> i never thought that being a first time parents this is what

i would be dealing with. >> but many frustrated parents like 25 year old georgia mom all ason allday whose 4 month old has a milk allergy wants better more long-term solutions. >> we can't import from other countries, we have to help ourselves. >> this shortage started in february after abbott labs, the largest formula manufacturer in the u.s. closed its plant due to a safety recall. yesterday in an op ed for "the washington post," the company's c.e.o. vowed to fix the problem. saying we're sorry to every family we have letdown. >> but the biden administration is also bearing some of the blame. >> we will continue to work as the president has instructed us to look for every opportunity to increase supply. >> with november mid ferms approaching a cbs news poll finds 63 percent of americans describe the state of the country as uneasy or worrying. and two thirds believe president biden is slow to react to important events.

>> the president also today spoke about the outbreak of monkeypox, now confirmed in at least 12 countries including cases right here in the united states. what more can you tell us about that? >> right, well you heard the president in headlines say this is something that everyone should be concerned about. national security advisor jake sullivan says look, there is a vaccine for this. there is a supply of vaccine. the u.s. can deemploy-- deploy if necessary it is a very small outbreak, at this point if is unlikely to become a pub leg health concern but the white house wants to show they are on top of it. >> duncan: kristen aye ruffini concerned about that weather behind you. >> a little windy, thank you. >> duncan: even with his eye on domestic concern this weekend president biden has been focused on america's interest in asia. tonight the president is in tokyo and that is where we find our cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth palmer. >> air force one landed smoothly at yokota, the big air base near tokia that america shares with japan. president biden emerged to a

warm welcome by japan's foreign minister who represents the government keen to strengthen ties with the u.s. both commercial and military. roughly 55,000 u.s. forces are currently stationed in japan. we joined the third battalion second marines on the island of okinawa in the rain for a training exercise. >> the enemy sneaking up on these defenders of a patch of jungle are fellow marines. but this is a serious rehearsal for what they consider a real threat, china. >> as a result the marine corps sends its mos ready battalion to be forward deployed here in okinawa, japan. >> the chinese military has conducted exercises too big ones involving both its air force and its navy. analysts believe that military could be deployed to seize the independent island of taiwan which would put these marines on the front lines.

>> doing these kinds of exercises, we have taiwan in mind. >> 100 percent. >> it is, is it. >> yes, ma'am. especially looking at the train, things like that. >> the marines are practicing for a potential hot war that president biden and asian leaders meeting here hope to head off. >> by sending a message to china, and that is that the combined military muscle of the u.s. and its allies not least japan is a for middable force. so don't pick a night. >> jericka. >> elizabeth palmer, thank you. now to the battle for ukraine, russia's invasion is grinding into its third month with ukraine ruling out any ceasefire that would force it to give up territory to moscow. today russian shelling hit an oil refinery in eastern ukraine sending toxic smoke into the air. it is part of the pounding the country is taking as kremlin forces narrow their objective and concentrate their attacks.

cbs's debora patta is in kharkiv with more on that. >> nothing is sack receipt in ukraine. and nowhere is safe. the fighting in the eastern town of severodonetsk is so intense that sunday mass was held in the church basement. >> russian forces are pounding donbas andere ukrainians managed to force russian troops to retreat, there is concern that they are gearing up or another offensive. >> the nearest russian stronghold here in tsurkuny is just two mines down this road. >> this is a key position for ukraine to hold that is why they are fighting tooth and nail to keep russia away. >> leading the charge deputy commander kapa. we know the russians are regrouping, he told us. but we're also not sitting still. what they need, he says is stronger firepower, long-range, heavy artillery. >> do you have any american

weapons here? >> no, no. >> is that what you want? >> before war came to kharkiv, the men of the 127th territorial defense unit lived ordinary civilian lives. they were teachers, surgeons, dentists, kapa had a small business. now they are fighting with their heart. >> i have a child, a daughter. i want her to live on this land, he said. for fathers like me, there is no other motivation. these are the people they are defending. already they have lost so much. lyubov has come home to find her apartment obliterated. >> my entire life was in there, she sobbed. she carries the only possessions she could salvage. >> a family photo. >> yes, this is our family, she said. my son and my granddaughter. >> what are you going to do now? >> i don't know, she said.

nobody knows. lyubov cannot begin to imagine how she will pick up the pieces of her broken life. even though the fielting has moved further back we can tell that you there are still very few people coming home. not only are many homes destroyed, it's also still too dangerous, jericka. >> debora patta, thank you for bringing us these stories, very important. today if buffalo worshipers filled churches. many reflecting on last week's-- week's racially motd vaited mass shooting, visit one of the largest churches was andrew cuomo offering words of comfort and compared hast week's mass shooting to a lynching. more funerals are planned this week for the victims the next weekend the banner for the buffalo marathon will include the names of all ten people who were gunned down at a grocery store. >> between mass shootings, a struggling economy, dragged down by inflation, new covid infections are topping more than 100,000 a day again.

and now there are warnings about an outbreak of monkeypox t is no surprise maryps are increasingly pessimism. today's cbs news poll finds voters are not inspired by their political choice, the democratic party is more likely to be described as weak more than strong. while republicans are seen as a slight majority as extreme and more often as hateful rather than caring. our new polling comes as more states are set to-hold primary this tuesday including a high stakes context-- contest in gorge gavment senior white house political correspondent ed o'keefe is on the trail following multiple races. ed, good evening. >> jericka, good evening to you, we are keeping our eye on two big republican contests here in the state that once again demonstrate the ongoing influence of former president trump over the gop. first up herschel walker the former football star likely to run it into the end zone easily tuesday night in a crowded

primary race and face democratic senator raphael warnock this fall in what could be one of the most contentious senate rate this year. but the primary here in georgia that president trump probably cared most about is that involving the governor, brian kemp, being challenged by former senator david perdue who jumped into this race at the former president's urging. kemp looks likely to win putting him once again in a rematch with democrat stacey abrams this fall. >> duncan: it looks like the poll also shows the inflation, the economy, they are still top priorities for voters, right? >> they are. and look at this figure. this is interesting. when asked which party do you trust more to address insnraition and the economy, notably voters are essentially split, that suggests they don't think either party is doing enough or saying enough to address rising costs. and it's a plea for them to do so. there's also a warning sign for the white house in these numbers. just over half of democrats now rate the economy as bad for the

first time since president biden took office. and even members of his own party are concerned about the future of the economy. it could spell trouble for turning out those voters in key mid-term races here in georgia and across the country in november. >> jericka. >> duncan: ed o'keefe in georgia, busy week for you, thank you. straight ahead, an update on the largest criminal investigation in u.s. history. plus the blockbuster movie season begins with hollywood counting on a big comeback. and we'll dig in to show you go these little worms have some gardeners a little jumpy.

>> duncan: a federal judge is expected to make a key ruling in the largest criminal prosecution in american history, the seige at the u.s. capitol. as cbs's scott macfarlane reports some of the highest profile defendants are teaming up with a controversial court request.

>> u.s.a., u.s.a. >> more than a dozen high level defendants who are accused of racing to washington on january 6th, 2021 are now racing to get away from the nation's capitol from a pennsylvania woman accused of directing the mob, to the california man who allegedly used chemical spray on police, to the series of accused oathkeepers charged with seditious conspiracy. a growing number of capitol riot defendants have formally requested a change of venue to move their criminal cases out of the d.c. federal courthouse which sits within site of the capitol. >> people feel differently around the country as they do here. >> a cbs news review of thousands of pages of court filings shows they are making largely the same argument, that the perspective jurors in d.c. are too biased to hear the case because of intense media coverage, political leanings and they argue d.c. jurors are uniquely victimized by january 6th because of the enhanced security and the fencing in the district and from their close connection to federal workers. outside court a defendant from

new mexico told us others should consider moving their cases. >> if i was anywhere except washington d.c. i would say go with the jury trial. >> the justice department, legal analysts and judges have strongly disagreed saying media coverage of january 6th is everywhere and that cases needant be moved but a judges will consider the new request from the accused oathkeepers who argued this week that the because the first four january 6th defendants to face d.c. juries were all convict and all counts jurors are just stacked against them. >> isn't that a sign of a strong case. >> the judge eluded that that could be a possibility. the attorney that was arguing for the change of venue argued that that is because of people in this district feel more personally touched by there case. >> a ruling on this issue could impact many cases to come of the nearly 800 criminal defendants so far in the u.s. capitol attack, about two thirds of them still face the prospect of trial. >> scott macfarlane, cbs news, capitol hill.

>> duncan: still ahead on the cbs weekend news, the summer movie season takes off with hollywood feeling a need for speed.

>> duncan: well it say big week for hollywood, memorial day traditionally kicks off the summer movie season and in tonight's weekend journal cbs's tom wait reports how studios are counts on a long delayed blockbuster for a pandemic rebound at the box office. >> good morning, aviators. >> this is your captain speaking. >> holdywood is bank on top gun maverick made by mar a mounts global the parent company of cbs and paramount pictures to be one of the summer blockbusters bringing audiences back to the big screen. >> i love the experience of a movie theater, there is nothing like it like the surround sound, the popcorn, all of it. >> to infinity and beyond. >> two years of the pandemic battered the box office. in 2020 revenue plunged 81

percent from the year before. in 2021, 61 percent. covid halted production, closed many theaters including hollywood's fame the cineramadome and kepts audiences at home to stream. >> but a jam-packed summer slate could get cinema crowds to return. >> it is going to feel just like the good old days because are you going to have a big blockbuster almost every weekend. >> while this year's mega hits like dr. strange. >> are giving the box office a boost, the movie business is down 45 percent from 2019. >> this is the first time i'm going go to a movie theater after covid, so yeah, i'm so excited. >> entertainment journalist scott movie mantz say there are plenty of signs of a comeback. >> its success of all these movies we have had like spiderman and dr. strange and the batman is proof that people want to go to the movies. a movie is not a movie until it

plays on the big screen. >> mantz predicts jurassic world dominion will dominate the box office but for many fans the real star of the summer is movie houses. >> i am ecstatic that the theaters are open because it is my run away place. this is where i go to run away from everybody. >> memorial day weekend the box office is expected to top 200 million. double that of last year. >> tom wait, cbs news, los angeles. >> duncan: next on the cbs weekend news, not a movie, just a jaw dropping rescue from a california cliff.

>> duncan: a daring rescue in california, a highway patrol helicopter pilot battled challenging winds to get close to a man clinging on a sliver of ledge off a 500 foot cliffment look at that. it happened last thursday, quite a rescue. unclear though how that man became stranded. well, more than two dozen people

were hurt today after a mega bus crashed near baltimore. maryland state police say 47 people there were on the bus when it flipped over on its side on interstate 95. no other vehicles were involved. >> and today tiger woods was missing in action from the final round of the pga tournament, booed woods with drew after scoring a career worse of 79 on saturday. he was seen limping on the course likely the lingering effects from his car crash last year. >> when we return, one giant leap for, wait for it, wormkind, the invasive critter with a big jump that is spreading fast.

is. >> duncan: finally tonight gardeners beware, whether you call them alabama jumpers or jersey wrigglers, i vasive jumping worms have been spotted in at least 34 states.

erin hassanzadeh of our minneapolis station wcco has the latest. >> ever heard of jumping worms? >> no, what are they? i've never heard of them. something else to worry about. >> have you ever seen one? >> i have never seen one, no. >> the name alone is enough to make your skin crawl. >> it don't sound too good. >> but just watch and it may push you over the edge. >> here is a videos on oh, no, okay, they look more like a s animal. >> once you disturb them they start jumping and do snake like moves. >> that would freak me out. >> yeah, i know t is like a night crawler on steroidses. >> and even if that video didn't disturb you, this might. >> it is destroying the ground really quick. >> not something you want to find in your garden. >> probably not. >> jumping worms eat their way through your soil, slithering like a snake and they leave it looking more like this. like coffee grounds raising erosion concerns and hurting the health of your plants. but there are a few things you

can do. >> the state department of natural resources said toss unused fishing bathe in the trash and avoid plant exchanges or community mul much and exos pickup. here at sunnyside gardens they sell heat treated soil a method to kill the worms. >> we decided to move everything off the ground and that way we are doing something about it. we are touching base with our sources and we are asking them if they have been testing. >> but ask your local spot what they are doing to weed out worms so this nightmare material doesn't end up in your backyard. >> this going to haunt your dreams. >> maybe i will give up gardening. >> erin hassanzadeh, cbs news, minneapolis, minnesota. >> duncan: well that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. later on cbs "60 minutes," bill whitaker investigates and uncovers what is causing americans to go without some medication. i'm jericka duncan in new york. we thank you for watching. have a great night.

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