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kpix.com . we will see you at 6:00. captioning funded by cbs . tonight, ian intensifies. floridians brace for the worst, filling sandbags and stocking up. russians round up voters in ukraine and a new warning about the nuclear threat. >> translator: maybe yesterday it was bluff. now could be reality. i expect house prices nationwide to fall about 10%. plus, falling into flu season with covid lurking.
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we'll get a checkup with the doctor on the dangers ahead. and later, this isn't your grandparents f-100, it's a converted classic and charged up. up. >> whoa! captioning funded by cbs >r >>p this is s ffrom np from from from duncan. we begin with ian. the biggest threat to florida so far this hurricane season. in is barrelling towards cuba. this video showing heavy rain from the storm as shared by a se cbs news producer. people are urged to get ready. near tampa, people filled sandbags. others raced to buy essential supplies. governor ron desantis has declared this a state-wide
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emergency. >> even if you're not necessarily in the eye of the path of the storm there's going to be pretty broad impacts throughout the state. you're going to have wind. you're going to have water. there cob fluld be flooding on east coast of florida. that's something that may hab. >> our partners at the weather channel have been following this. >> ian is likely to strengthen rapidly. don't let its current intensity and appearance on satellite fool you. this is going to look a lot different tomorrow and into the middle part of this coming week. now we already know that this is going to be coming into the eastern gulf of mexico as a strong hurricane. we don't exactly where the center is going to make landfall. but the entire peninsula of florida and pan hhandle regions
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need to be alert. going downhill south to north mainly starting on wednesday and going north from there. we could have major impacts even without a major hurricane on the wind scale. >> as floridians prepare for ian, canadians are reeling from fiona's fury. officials call the scope of the damage there unprecedented. tonight hundreds of thousands remain without power. soldiers with the canadian armed forces have been called in to help with the cleanup efforts. russia is looking to boost the ranks of its forces fighting in ukraine. this weekend people in kremlin-occupied territories in eastern ukraine are being forced to pick a side. cbs is in the capital of kyiv with more on what's next. >> reporter: staged polls in occupied cities like these amid the rubble and ruin of war.
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a grotesque democracy propped up by bullets. they go traipsing up flights of stairs searching for voters. russian news outlets were keen to show enthusiastic voters. he call its it a farce. >> i think we can call russia a terrorist which take our citizens hostage. >> >> reporter: the white house regards the referendums as a sign of vladimir putin's weakness following crushing battlefield defeat. but putin's not only a sore loser but a dangerous one, threatening nuclear weapons and inposing an immediate callup for
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military reservists. it sparked widespread anti-war protests at home, resulting in hundred of arrest. and the young men fleeing the country to dodge the like sergei caught up in long line nish border. >> i pack my bag and go to finland. >> reporter: many of those called up have never fought in a war, let alone one that has already hardened russian fighters on the run. cbs news, kyiv, ukraine. >> today ukraine's president zelenskyy spoke and warned that putin's nuclear threat is real. >> vladimir putin continues to dangle the threat of nuclear weapons use. you've called this nuclear blackmail. do you think he's bluffing right now? >> translator: look, maybe
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yesterday it was bluff. now it could be a reality. he wants to scare the whole world. these are the first steps of his nuclear blackmail. i don't think he's bluffing. >> zelenskyy also called putin's government terrorist and said europe cannot be stable if putin remains in power. well, today iran's foreign ministry accused western governments of meddling in the country's ongoing unrest and protests. we get now more from our cbs reporter. >> reporter: iran's rulers are crashing down hard. dozens of protesters have been killed. hundreds arrested and the internet choked off. after hard-line president ibrahim raisi vowed to deal with the unrest. but even with the guns, the forces are being pushed back.
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the administrations were triggered by the death of a 22-year-old. just over a week ago she was arrested by the morality police for allegedly wearing her head scarf too loosely and died in their custody. since then, women have taken to the streets in fury, ripping off their coverings, which are compulsory under iranian law, with misogyny setting t bbc's pe. do you think this pro two you think this protest could be to real change in iran? >> change might happen gradually, but the society in iran is not the same as it was a week ago. >> reporter: iran may have fundamentally been changed by these protests, but the discontent has been festering for years. rampant government corruption, a weak economy, western sanctions, international isolation and political oppression have all led to this coalition of women and men, rich and poor, to join forces and demand reforms,
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including laws governing how women can dress, a symbol of the dominance and the leadership that has gripped power since 1979 and increasingly relies on brutal violence to hold onto it. cbs news, london. well, voters in italy chose a new government and direction today. exit polls show a victory for the far right led by georgia maloney. she would be their first female prime minister. her brother has roots in neofascism. there are less than 44 days to go from our elections. the top concern is the economy by a mile followed by inflation w recession fierce growing, there's also concern about the nationwide housing market. mark strassmann explains why.
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>> reporter: inflation stubbornly above 8%. the dow ending below 30,000. vanished nearly two years of gains. interest rates up three points in six months. and worse, we're all flying blind here. >> no one knows with any certainty where the economy will be a year or more from now. >> reporter: that uncertainty is now hitting us where we live. >> i do like these cabinets. >> reporter: in america's worsening housing crunch. over that two-year feeding frenzy to overpay. many shudder at mortgage rates above 6%, the heighest in 14 years. >> if you borrowed money at 3% you're never going to leave. >> reporter: another issue, so-called shelter inflation, housing rents raising faster than wages. >> it's not just one part of the country, almost all parts of the country. >> reporter: moody's analytics says more than half of america's
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regional markets are significantly overvalued, but 25% or more. 210 out of 413 markets. many pandemic boomtowns. >> moody's number one? boise. home prices 72% too high. other overvalued areas, austin, charlotte, las vegas, and phoenix. >> i expect national house prices nationwide, across all these markets to probably fall about 10%, peak to trough over the next year or two. >> reporter: but in much of america, affordable house something an ongoing crisis. many experts say that should improve slowly if the fed can nudge supply and demand into a healthier place and confidence in the economy can find a new home of its own. the fed has already indicated it's going to keep raising interest rates beyond couurrent levels. so it will only get more
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intense. police in philadelphia this weekend are looking for the person behind a deadly unprovoked attack. new surveillance video shows the suspect passing 23-year-old everett beauregard and shooting him dead. a $20,000 reward is being offered. the flu season is expected to flare up soon after virtually disappearing as the pandemic raged. covid infections are down dramatically since the omicron surge in january. and with conrns about a twindemic, meaning cold and flu outbreak, joining us is dr. david agus. is the pandemic over? >> no. we are close to it being over. the virus isn't done. the virus will still be here,
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but people will have immunity from getting those boosters, please get it, and people who are high risk who get exposed and are symptomatic will be able to take paxlovid. so we will be able to live in the virus. >> we can live with the virus, but let's talk about the flu virus which is expected to come on strong in the fall and winter. could we see a surge of covid and the flu virus hitting folks at the same time in a way that we haven't experienced before? >> certainly we're going to see both the influenza, thee move i much easier to spread. and the last couple years we have not been exposed to the flu like before, so immune iity is down. and in australia, we're starting to see that it's a pretty aggressive strain. it could be serious this year in the united states. >> all right, dr. agus, as you a
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pleasure. thank you. to georgia now and a surprise appearance by former president jimmy carter. the 97-year-old, along with 95-year-old former first lady rosalynn carter attended the annual peanut festival in plains. and they did it in style, riding in their 1946 ford convertible. way to go. straight ahead we look at another ford classic. this one has a special charge. plus, now hiring. capitol police scrambling to replace more than 100 recent retirees. stay with us. with us. we depend on each other a lot. she's the rock of the family. ldeverything together. it's a battle, you know. i'm going to be there. keytruda and chemotherapy meant treating my cancer with two different types of medicine. in a clinical trial, keytruda and chemotherapy was proven to help people live longer than chemotherapy alone.
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>>epor sating on tv, far from the front lines, but the attack of january 6 changed janay maxwell's life. a few weeks ago, this former childcare worker graduated from the department's academy and became one of the newest members of the u.s. capitol police force. motivated to do so partly by what she saw during the riot. all the ugliness and all the horror that happened here on january 6, that didn't dissuade you or turn you off to it? >> no, actually, it encouraged me even more and inspired me to be part of something bigger than myself. >> reporter: capitol police have ratcheted up recruitment efforts to land officers like maxwell with an advertising and social media campaign and a boost in pay. because they have to. the agency lost more than 150 of its officers to retirement in the year after the siege. >> swear and defend the
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constitution. >> reporter: a new chief says the new campaign is off to a good start. >> every month we're getting a thousand or more applications. >> reporter: a class of 25 more officers graduated friday. is that a flash of patriotism you're seeing maybe in the recruitment numbers? >> there's no doubt in my mind that that's part of it. and frankly, that's what brought me here. >> reporter: capitol police isn't alone in seeking new officers. police departments nationwide are trying to boost recruitment. in a very tight market for labor, a cbs news review found in several u.s. cities and state police departments there are vacancies. dozens or hundreds fewer sworn officers than they are supposed to have. from oklahoma to maryland, the battle to recruit soms is competitive. there are a lot of suitors out there. >> absolutely. >> reporter: but he came from el
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salvador and spent 18 years in the military and chose to serve the capitol. this agency with more than 2,000 employees and more than a half billion a dollar year budget has a unique story to tell. its officers retook the capitol. scott mcfarland, cbs news, washington. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, is this mission possible? nasa's crash course with an asteroid. nasa's crash course with an asteroid.
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today, north korea fire add suspected ballistic missile off its east coast. this comes ahead of vice president kamala harris's visit to region and ahead of bland military drills by south korean and u.s. forces this week. the "uss ronald reagan" arrived to participate in the drills. nasa is gearing up for a collision tomorrow. it will smash into a small asteroid monday night, part of a test to determine if shifting the course of an asteroid can prevent a catastrophe here on earth. and tonight look skyward to see jupiter. you can't miss it. the planet is at its closest distance to the earth in 59 years and is expected to be the brightest light in the night
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american classic. but pickup purists should look away. this one's been transformed. here's kris van cleave with more. >> reporter: this is not your grandpa's 1978 ford pickup. >> whoa! >> reporter: this f-100 is completely electric. >> the motors are much smaller than the engine. so they're slung really low in the vehicle. >> reporter: a 44-year-old classic now powered by a brand-new electric motor. you're basically taking out all the innards and putting in something new. >> right. >> reporter: taking it from 150 horsepower to almost 500, allowing car buffs to go back to the future. why would i want to convert my old car to electric? >> so this one's 480 break horse now, and it basically makes everything about the vehicle better. >> reporter: darren palmer is charged with electrifying ford. >> so you have a second life some may say.
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>> reporter: i imagine a traditionalist would look at this and go, you're ruining a classic. >> i would love them to try it. >> reporter: and there are plenty who want to try it. we drove around. i have to laugh every time. installing the illuminator requires an experienced mechanic. >> this is an e-crate motor. >> reporter: which is keeping him in los angeles and busy. he turns a gas-powered car electric. >> the longer term goal is to get it where it's plug 'n play. i'm going to say a year or so out minimum. >> reporter: the ford engine kit quickly sold out. but the market for electric conversions is just getting charged up. it's expected to surge to nearly $120 billion by 2031. >> many people feel that electric vehicles are just like a gas vehicle with electric
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power training, but that's no more true than a smartphone is similar to a flip phone t changes everything. >> reporter: they believe over time it is a project that can be done at home. >> it shows what you can do in t taking a traditional gas-powered car, swapping an electric motor and having something you could build in your garage. >> reporter: as for driving this workhorse turned electric hot rod, it's smooth, it's fast, and it's quiet. which just might be the sound of the future. kris van cleave, cbs news, dearborn, michigan >> electric conversion. don't knock it until you try it. that's cbs news for this evening. up next, "60 minutes" looks at the serious nature of putin's threats. thank you so much for watching. have a great night.
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>> a man battling parkinson's fulfills a lifelong dream. > >> fighting underrepresentation in the skies, how a local pilot is helping young girls pursue a path in aviation. > >> if i would've been given a choice between a physical beating and solitary confinement confinement i would've taken th. the beating. >> that inmate turned college students spent nine years in solitary confinement, how his experience began a driving force force behind the new bill sitting on the governor's desk tonight. > >> we begin tonight with a man
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who has lived with parkinson's disease for over 20 years. he caught the ceremonial first pitch at the a's game today with with his grandson on the mound. it's a full circle moment for the family. >> reporter: before we get to the ceremonial first pitch at sunday's ballgame, let's backtrack a little bit. this is a story about the close bond and the the procesof undersnding painson's disease and living with it. >> i'm slower and i have e and a lot of pain. >> reporter: back in 1990, before it was a popular idea, this east bay dad suggested to his son that they would visit all 30 baseball stadiums that summer.

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