artist. for her painting in 2014. >> golly. >> cbs weekend news is next. we'll see u at 6:00. tonight, center stage. solidarity at the from the u.s., another $375 million. >> i'm elizabeth palmer. president biden is on his way home from this summit, having renewed his commitment to support volodymyr zelenskyy and the people of ukraine. >> we will not waiver. >> moscow claims victory. tonight, debt deadline. the president says he might go it alone and evoke untested constitutional powers to avoid a

government default. >> leaders are set to restart in-person negotiations. she's a formeront lmg a prie mission to the international space station. peggy whitman's legacy is already out of this world. game changer. an ancient pastime helping to make new connections. >> they call it the great equalizer. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm marjor garrett. we begin with president biden. the president held a meeting with president zelenskyy at the g7 summit in japan. this as russia claims victory in the longest running battle in the war. today, zelenskyy denies bakhmut,

deserted, is entirely in russian hands. >> i think no. but you have to understand there das hiroshima, japan. >> reporter: he was a last-minute surprise guest. he is not the head of a g7 country. of this g7 summit, president volodymyr zelenskyy. leaders sought him out for a chat and to reiterate their support. president biden announced a new multi-million dollar shipment of u.s. military equipment was on the way. >> a package that includes more ammunition, artillery, armored vehicles to bolster ukraine's

battlefield abilities. >> i think it will give us more strong positions on the battlefield. >> reporter: on saturday, the white house cleared the way for f-16 fighter jets, piloted by ukrainians, to join the war. president biden said he changed his mind to give the ukrainians greater range as they advance. i would like to ask about the f-16s. you green lit them now. what now exists that didn't exist that demands these planes? >> they continue to do well, they're going to be in a situation where you will have the russians being able to stand off at a greater distance. they have to be able to be in a position where now those fighter jets, those f-16s, make a big difference. >> reporter: from the battlefield, there was sobering news. russian fighters claimed they had finally taken the city of bakhmut after months of fierce fighting. ukraine denied it.

but admitted the situation is critical. in hiroshima, japan's prime minister showed volodymyr zelenskyy around the peace park, a monument to the victims of the u.s. atomic bombing in world war ii. lied he sobering reminder that might use tactical nuclear weapons against ukraine. president biden was to have gone on from here to australia for more international securityetins t domestic politics meant he has had to cancel that leg of the trip. he is on his way home now to take control of the negotiations over the debt ceiling. >> elizabeth palmer, thank you. talks about the debt ceiling will continue tomorrow. negotiations this weekend made almost no progress. heightening anxiety in washington and in the financial

markets. >> kevin mccarthy and president biden spoke on the phone just hours ago. both leaders agreed to continue their negotiations. the u.s. government could default on its debt as e ju 1. that could be cast u.. house speaker kevin mccarthy emerged from his office after what he said was a productive phone call with president biden. >> the agreement would be let's get our teams back together so everybody clearly understands what we're talking about, what they're talking about. >> biden called mccarthy en route to washington from the g7 summit, cutting short his overseas trip to address the crisis. mccarthy welcomed the chance to re-engage. the president said he addressed deficit concerns at the heart of the stalemate. >> i have done my part. we put forward a proposal that cut spending by more than a trillion dollars on top of the

nearly $3 trillion in reduction that i previously proposed through spending cuts and new revenues. >> house republicans want spending cuts beyond what biden has proposed. two other priorities, recover billions in unspent covid relief funds andve if you are an able-bodied man, you should be working. >> janet yellen says the deadline remains june 1st. today some republican lawmakers suggested the government can hold out until mid june. yellen says not so. >> the odds ofs of reaching jun 15th is low. >> some democrats urged biden to avoid default by invoking the 14th amendment, which states the nation's debt should not be questioned. >> my view is the president should use all legal options out there. i think that is a legal option. >> president biden also says

that he believes he has the authority to use the 14th amendment. but he also admits that doing so means that the situation could get tied up in the courts. >> thank you. tomorrow, bryan kohberger is expected in court. danya bachus has the latest. >> reporter: he will be arraigned for the stabbing deaths of four university of idaho victims. >> he will know we are the family. he knows what he did to our daughter. he will feel all of us staring at the back of his head. he won't turn around. >> reporter: a grand jury indicted him on four counts of first degree murder and one count of felony burglary. what do we expect to happen tomorrow?

>> tomorrow what we expect is during the arraignment, he will enter a plea. we expect not guilty. >> reporter: prosecutors allege he committed the quadruple murder november 13th. more than six weeks later, in pennsylvania, he was arrested at his family's home. >> we know he was arrested based on cellphone data, based on the make and model of his car and based very importantly on finding his dna on a knife sheath that was found at the scene. the prosecution has a number of pieces of really strong evidence here. the defense, i think, at this point, will say, why would he do this? what was the motive? there's no knife that was found. >> reporter: she doesn't believe he will be offered a plea deal. it could be six months or longer before the case goes to trial. >> we thank you. today we heard from the

marine veteran charged with second degree manslaughter in the ntybw ely.inrvithepoienyd he faced with the same circumstance would do what he did again. penny's attorney said his client was trying to defend himself and other passengers earlier this month when neely, a homeless man began acting in a threatening matter. he told the post, it's tragic what happened to him. hopefully, we can change the system that's so desperately failed us. three people were killed at a shooting at a kansas city bar. one killed was working security at the door. no motive and no arrests. in mexico, a suspected cartel shootout left at least

ten people dead and ten others wounded. it happened at an off-road racing event saturday 100 miles from the border. witnesses say gunmen got out of a van and started shooting at vehicles and people at a gas station. el salvador's president says his country is in mourning after at least 12 people were killed in a stadium stampede. investigators say hundreds of ticketholders blocked from ending a soccer match knocked down an entrance gate. more than 100 people were rushed to the hospital. the naacp issued a travel advisory for florida to protest laws signed by ron desantis. the civil rights group claims florida has engaged in an all-out attack on black americans and members of the lgbtq+ community. the governor's spokesperson dismissed it as a stunt.

to the weather now. we are off to a raucous start to florida florida's rainy season. let's bring in meteorologist paul goodloe from the weather channel. >> atlantic hurricane season starts in 11 days. the national hurricane center is latching on to this area, giving it a 10% chance of developing over the next five to seven days. that's a concern. seven days from now we are in the middle of memorial day weekend. watch this area. the models are watching that. there's another area of low pressure, which is drifting across parts of florida giving you rain. this is the other low pressure area we will watch. that's more impactful to our weather next weekend as it slides up the eastern seaboard. that will enhance the rain shower chances across parts of the northeast and new england as we head through next weekend, which is memorial day weekend.

>> paul, thank you. a mission of firsts today in florida. >> three, two, one. engines full power. >> space x launched four private astronauts to the international space station. their mission will last eight days. mark strassmann joins us. what you can tellcan you tell u diversity of the group? >> two men, two women, two americans, two saudis. the first saudi woman to go to space. pgy whitman. ten space walks. 2.5 days doing space walking. she would be my choice as commander if i was a civilian going up. it's the second private mission to the international space station. let's be honest. it's not space tourism. there's an objective. including how microgravity -dayt

affects stem cell growth. lots of time to focus on science and maybe a little time to look out the window back at planet earth. >> mark, thanks. straight ahead, the dark side of renewable energy. the environmental challenge to eliminate more waste as we go green.

renewable energy surged ahead of coal-fired energy for the first time in the u.s. last year. but there's a troubling byproduct in the push towards a greener economy. here is ben tracy. >> reporter: the blades on wind turbines can be as long as a football field and strong as a line linebacker. >> they are sddesigned not to break. >> reporter: this woman brought us to this quarryn storage of

windmill blades before we process them. >> reporter: her company cuts them down to size and shreds them. >> this is our final product. >> reporter: cement makers use it as fuel, cutting carbon emissions at the cement plant by nearly 30%. if you weren't recycling this, >> what does happen unfortunately, a lot of those end up in landfills. >> reporter: most used windmill blades are buried in the ground because it's cheaper. a black eye for green energy. by 2050, the world's wind indusis expected to produce 47 million tons of blade waste each year. >> this is not suitable for reuse. >> reporter: as well as used solar panels is energizing the industry.

solar panel plant ari pss 7,500y.lar is th faste ur onerg panels last0 re tha solar panels e landfills. why were most not recycled? >> there was no planning to handle the waste. tha's the biggest challenge. it was going into dumpsters. >> reporter: now recyclers are ramping up to ride the wave. ben tracy, cbs news, louisiana, missouri. still ahead, wildfires in canada causing concerns in the u.s.

in canada, wildfires raging across alberta disrupted federal holiday plans for many. officials closed parks and campgrounds during the victoria da

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minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes, but there's another water feature that stands above others. we head to south minneapolis and one of the most treasured towers. we have more. >> reporter: take a stroll through any old town in minnesota and the first thing you notice is the water tower. there's a teapot and a fishing bobber, a giant corncob.

minneapolis has the variety. from the witch's hot to the washburn tower. >> it's picturesque, serene. >> reporter: tom once wrote about the history of this little known place. he says the first tower was made of brick and supplied water to a local orphanage. as minneapolis expanded, it outgrew tower one. in 1931, tower number two was built out of concrete. and with added company. >> around the base of the touretour -- tower are guard yanguardian health. they wanted them there because at the time typhoid, an infection that spreads through water, was making people sick in minneapolis. each of the guardians is nearly

30 feet tall from the ground to the top of the helmet. each weighs about eight tons. they guard the water. eagles keep an eye on the neighborhood. each of them weighs five tons. he addedm a a cotrucon wker w attkedby o. i i 2005. op the neighborhood. volunteers keep the park clean. a fence has been added to protect what the guardians can't. there's so much more to the towers than meets the eye. >> hopefully we will be here for decades to come. when we return, a game changer for young asylum seekers. we will show you a program helping them make moves and connections.

queen's gambit in new york city. here is astrid martinez.pelesh in chess. >> i have two medals. >> reporter: she arrived at the southern border with her family last fall. they made their way to new york city. after enrolling in school, she joined the chess club run by the non-profit gift of chess. she got extra training at the lively gift of chest meets held every saturday at a church in times square. these two connected. the sixth grader arrived from columbia and had never played the game. >> i like chess.

>> reporter: he saysan g wayoee kids who j the 0 migra children are program. >> the game of chess, they call it the great equalizer. when you play the game, the only thing that matters is how good you are over the board. >> reprter: this man is the founder, teaching chess to children, people in prison and communities in africa. he just started working with young migrants in january. >> the opportunity that they might not otherwise have. see the smile on their face when they win. seeing them reach their potential. >> reporter: he has an end game in mind. one day, this girl hopes to be a grand master. astrid martinez, cbs news, new york. >> that's the k"cbs weekend new" tonight. i'm major garrett in new york. good night. crush assport sh

ic in mey weend.ll show how the post office is helping out. i think i've been there on sundays and they department allow me in. plus the local city once known as america's murder capital has seen a total transformation. we go one on one with the new police chief about his plans moving forward. beta breakers took over the streets from downtown to the coast. as usual, what a spectacle. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm anne makovec. memorial day is just around the corner

and travel is expected to reach and even exceed pre-pandemic levels. aaa says more than 42 million americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home, roughly a million should be hitting the road with friday being the busiest day. >> travelers facing packed planes and climbing costs with airfares up about 40% from last spring. demand is expected make this the busiest summer at airports in four years, but long lines aren't the only issue travelers have to deal with. the high demand means it could take months to get a passport. >> john ramos explains how some post offices are stepping in to help. >> reporter: if you have tried getting or renewing a passport lately, you know how long the wait times can be. that's why what's happening at this san francisco post office is such an unusual opportunity. the post office is closed on sundays, right? and that is what it looked li