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khar. orthod christians brate easter under fire and new allegations of russian war crimes. brace for impact. that order issued to 600 passengers aboard this ferry in washington state. plus, they're goats with big appetites, now deployed as front line firefighters. >> how much can a goat eat in a day? >> as much as it wants. and later, an american legend marks 70 years. the chevrolet corvette, a look back and forward into its electrifying future. >> corvette is america's sports car. this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with another mass shooting in america. it is the 32nd so far this month and the ninth of the weekend. it happened here at a dance hall
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in dadeville, alabama. it's a community about 60 miles northeast of montgomery. at least four people were killed, about two dozen injured, mostly teens. cbs's mark strassmann is tracking all of this for us. a lot of grieving families in a close-knit community. mark, what more do we know? >> reporter: good evening. alabama investigators are looking into reports that first there was an argument and then gunshots. it was all part of another crime blotter weekend of gun killings. dadeville, alabama, targeted by mindless gun violence. inside this dance hall, gunshots rang out. a sweet 16 party became a mass murder scene. >> what we've built with is something that no community should have to endure. >> reporter: louisville, kentucky, also grieving. on saturday night at least one shooter fired into a crowd of hundreds in a city park. two people fell dead, four more wounded in a community still
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reeling from last week's bank massacre. >> this has been an unspeakable week of tragedy for our city. >> reporter: this american front line never seems to go away. what to do about gun violence. our new cbs news poll shows roughly three in four americans believe mass shootings are preventable. 62% want to ban the ar-15 semi-automatic rifle. but that idea is doa at the nra. at its annual convention this weekend in indianapolis, one 2024 republican presidential candidate after another championed the second amendment. >> we don't need gun control. we need crime control. >> reporter: just three weeks ago, six people died during a mass shooting at a nashville christian school. 77% of parents told us, gun violence worries them. >> i have a 2-year-old granddaughter, and in her preschool, she's already gone through one lockdown.
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>> reporter: senator mark kelly on "face the nation" today. his wife, former u.s. representative gabby giffords was shot in the head in 2011. >> i'm a gun owner, i'm a supporter of the second amendment, but we make it so easy for irresponsible people and criminals to get access to firearms. >> reporter: but what about fewer guns or no guns? 81% of liberals say america would be safer, but only 25% of conservatives. roughly 1 in 5 americans report a shooting death in the family. in dadeville, alabama, and louisville, kentucky, that gun grief hit home on saturday night. louisville police are pleading for the shooter to turn himself in, just as millions of americans are pleading for an end to this gun violence. >> mark strassmann for us tonight, thank you. now to a major week ahead at the supreme court and the battle over access to the abortion pill. use of the medication is now in
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legal jeopardy 23 years after being approved by the fda. cbs' skyler henry is outside the supreme court tonight. skyler, when will the supreme court weigh in on this texas ruling? >> reporter: good to see you. justice samuel alito's temporary hold preserving access to mifepristone ends wednesday night as they review the lower court's ruling, weighing whether to step in. >> when you attack the women's rights in america, you are attacking america. >> reporter: this weekend vice president kamala harris made a surprise appearance at an abortion rights rally in los angeles, one of several demonstrations across the country concerned that the courts are turning back the clock on reproductive health care. on friday the u.s. supreme court temporarily preserved access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone. after an emergency appeal by the biden administration. justices are considering whether to intervene in the court battle over the drug after a trump-appointed federal appeals
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court judge in texas ruled to block access earlier this month. >> if we're going to use the federal courts as a way to bar and ban access, we are looking at a national abortion ban and more. and i think states have to band together to do as much as they can in opposition to that. >> reporter: a new cbs news poll out today shows nearly 70% of all americans want to see mifepristone remain available in states where abortion is legal. including almost half of republicans. several gop lawmakers are now challenging their party's hard line abortion position. >> and i have a great pro-life voting record, but some of the stances we've taken, especially when it comes to rape and incest, protecting the life of the mother, it's so extreme, the middle, the independent voters, right of center, left of center, they cannot support us. >> reporter: though the temporary stay will remain until wednesday night, justice alito gave anti-abortion medical associations and physicians who brought the challenge of the fda's approval of mifepristone until tuesday at noon to respond.
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jericka? >> skyler henry at the supreme court tonight, thank you. today on "face the nation," house intelligence chairman mike turner said the leak online of pentagon documents, some classified as secret, has proven damaging to both the united states and its allies. the national guardsman charged in connection with the leaning will return to a federal court in boston wednesday. 21-year-old jack teixeira is accused of sharing top secret files, including ukrainian military positions on a chat app aimed at gamers. tomorrow dominion voting systems will square off in court against fox news. dominion is suing the network for $1.6 billion. it claims fox news knowingly spread disinformation including that dominion rigged the 2020 presidential election. observers say the trial could set an important first amendment precedent. today blood shed in sudan as forces fight for power. u.s. citizens in the african nation have been advised to
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shelter in place. at least 60 people have reportedly been killed and more than 600 wounded this weekend. rival military factions are battling for control of sudan's capital, khartoum. cbs news ramy inocencio has the very latest. >> reporter: the rumble of a power struggle in sudan. >> i woke up to the sound of gunshots and bombs here in khartoum. >> reporter: an american tourist trapped in khartoum, the capital. civilians ran for cover as sudan's armed forces and its most powerful paramilitary group, an estimated 100,000 strong, launched open warfare against each other. >> it was scary. yeah, it's -- i don't think anyone expected this to happen. it's nerve-racking. >> reporter: she recorded this drone video over the airport, a
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passenger plane had been hit with deaths reported. people in the terminal trembled on the floor. in this fog of war, both militaries now claim control of key installations. a power-sharing deal in 2021 between them after they both led a coup, now broken, after a deadline for a return to civilian rule and eventual democracy expired this month. >> it's a fragile situation. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state antony blinken weighed in. sudan tv went off air after gunshots were fired, the feed going blue. >> now a lot of people are just hiding in their homes. >> reporter: and the u.s. embassy in khartoum says all of its personnel are safe and accounted for, but because the international airport is now closed, there are no plans for an evacuation at this time. jericka? >> ramy inocencio, thank you. today is easter sunday for orthodox christians. in ukraine, worshippers gathered
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to mar hy we. it was one year ago that ukraine's army forced russian troops back from the capital, but the attacks have not stopped. today bombs destroyed this church in southern ukraine. people there salvaged what they could in the ruins. and there are accusations of new russian atrocities, including an apparent beheading of a ukrainian soldier and other alleged war crimes. we get more now from cbs's holly williams in kharkiv. >> you've been here about six months? >> reporter: they told us they left their homes in russia six months ago. to join the fight in ukraine against vladimir putin's invasion. they defected to the ukrainian side, they told us, because they think the invasion is wrong. they used their call signs not their real names, because they have families back in russia who they fear could be punished. if he's captured by the russian military, he told us, he expects to be tortured and killed. many people back in russia would
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say that you're traitors. what would you sayt ay us, he told us. unleashing this war without asking anybody. russia says the video that appears to show russian fighters beheading a captured ukrainian soldier is, quote, awful, but needs to be checked for authenticity. everyone must react, every leader said ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy. action is required now. when we asked gerek about the video, he described it as inhuman. do you think that vladimir putin is a war criminal? yes, he told us. 100%. russia's launched an investigation into the video. the u.n. has called it gruesome and says it's appalled. holly williams, cbs news, kharkiv, ukraine.
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to the pacific northwest now. the u.s. coast guard dispatched cutters to help after a washington state ferry ran aground. it happened saturday off bainbridge island near seattle. >> we felt the boat lose power and slowly start to lose speed, then sirens went off and the captain said, brace for impact. about 30 seconds, we crashed into bainbridge island. >> scary moments. officials say no one was hurt. initial indications are that the ferry suffered a power failure. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," grazing goats on a mission. the herd helping california with fire prevention. plus, a high-stakes test for spacex, the world's biggest rocket is a go for launch. and america's sweetheart turns 70. how the corvette became a pop culture mainstay. h metastatic breast cancer means i cherish my memories. but i don't just look back on them,
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california sees more wildfires than any other state with more than 2 million acres scorched a year. well, now a herd of goats is helping san francisco prepare for the next fight against flames. in tonight's weekend journal, cbs's john blackstone introduces us to the city grazers. >> reporter: for hungry goats, california's unusually wet winter has produced a bounty of green. but this herd is not grazing in the countryside. instead, they're on an urban hillside in san francisco, eating their way across concrete terraces and scrambling on cement slopes. all under the care of genevieve church. >> i'm the executive director of city grazing. i'm the most glorified goat herder on the planet. >> reporter: in all, her herd numbers 128, and the city is their pasture. >> we are a nonprofit.
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we take goats all over san francisco and some of the surrounding bay area to eat down fire hazard as we are here at malcolm x academy. >> reporter: the goats' main job is fire prevention because all this green will turn brown and dangerous in california's dry summer. but here at an elementary school, malcolm x academy, the goats can also be educational. >> the students get to come out here and see this, and it's a really tangible example of what we do and why we do it. >> reporter: rebecca is landscape manager. goats, she says, provide a lesson in sustainability. >> it's a really circular ecology. the goats eat the grass, digest the grass, and their waste is really great for the soil, which helps with erosion. so, over the long term, instead of slowly degrading the land, we're regenerating the land. >> reporter: what other kind of fire prevention could bring this much joy. now, why would a goat eat some grass from a hand on the other side of the fence line when there's all this grass over here? >> it could be more delicious.
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who knows what that child might put through the fence, so they're always opportunistic little beasts. >> reporter: it's an opportunity as well for many of the students here. >> every student comes typically from low-income multigenerational families within our community. >> reporter: sara is school social worker at malcolm x academy. what are the challenges? >> various challenges with attendance, showing up to school and having a consistent routine is sometimes hard. >> reporter: do you think attendance will be pretty good this week while the goats are in the yard? >> definitely excited to be here with the goats. >> reporter: it is likely to take the 20 goats on this job a week or so to finish the clean-up. how much can a goat eat in a day? >> as much as it wants. >> reporter: it's a perfect job for an animal known as a big eater, but contrary to popular belief, goats won't eat everything. >> they don't like doritos. people try to feed them their
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its platinum anniversary. this is the 2024 corvette e-ray. so fast, it pushes you to the back of the seat. you feel that in the pit of your stomach when it starts. >> yeah, really gets up and goes. >> reporter: it's the first all-wheel drive corvette and the first to have a hybrid electric motor. paired with its beefy 495 horsepower v8. >> corvette is america's sports car. >> reporter: josh holder is corvette's chief engineer. >> the legacy of corvette isn't lost on any of us working on corvette, so there's always this challenge to keep the heritage intact, but to always look forward. >> reporter: the corvette started as project opal in the 1950s, a distinctly american take on the popular british sports cars of the time. it made its debut at gm's 1953 motorama show in new york, going into production months later, 300 would be built, but only 183 sold. >> and then the next year they built more than they could sell,
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so very early on, it was thought last. >> reporter: that changed in 1955 when it got a v8 and a facelift the next year. when the stingray came in 1963, there was no questioning the corvette's muscle or its success. >> the history of corvette is really about pushing the envelope and about taking that performance as far as it can go. >> reporter: pushing that envelope through its eight design generations, the corvette became an american icon. featured in dozens of movies and tv shows, elvis drove a one-of-a-kind corvette concept car in his 1967 movie "clam bake," a decade later america had a corvette summer. star trek's james t. kirk crashed one in 2009. is it hard to be cool for 70 years? >> yeah, it's hard to be cool for 70 years. d. it's a fantastic car.
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he and his wife own three. when you heard they were going to electrify the corvette, were you worried about that move at all? >> yes, i was because i'm not familiar with it, electric car was a turnoff. like most corvette owners, we really don't care for that, but it's something to get used to. >> reporter: chief engineer josh holder believes all skeptics need to do to get used to it is take the corvette e-ray out for a spin. >> electrification that we've put into the e-ray is all about enhancing performance, and that's exactly what we've done. >> reporter: as corvette starts its next 70 years with a bit of a spark. kris van cleave, cbs news, detroit. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. coming up tonight on "60 minutes," scott pelley reports on artificial intelligence and how it could forever transform civilization. i'm jericka duncan in new york. thanks for spending your sunday with us. have a good t.
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now at 6:00, chaos at an antidrug protest in san francisco when it's interrupted by counterprotesters and an overdose. >> all we're asking for is safer san francisco streets. plus controversy off the court as the warriors took on the sacramento kings. why rapper e-40 was asked to leave the golden 1 center. and mothers daughters and sisters all disappearing. >> got phone call one day. that my daughter was missing. it had been confirmed? s where my mom? >> where is my mom? you have to save them, i don't know. >> the alarming epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women in california. our series
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of special reports begin tonight. live from the cbs studios in san francisco. i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we start tonight with a protest at san francisco's city hall demanding an end to open air drug dealing and use on the streets. reporter da lin talked with fed up residents and during one of liz interviews talking about the epidemic, a man overdosed in front of him. >> reporter: the protest was met with a few vocal counterprotesters while everyone wants to end the open air drug markets, the challenge is no one can agree on how to end them. a man overdosed and lying on the streets sunday afternoon. >> here's an example. if the drugs weren't available, this would not happen. somebody's od'ing. >> reporter: paramedic revived the man with narcan. he survived. it happened half a block away from richard perry's art studio. >> welcome to 7th and market street. just witnessed a moment of time that always seems to b
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