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iraq and syria that are attacking u.s. interests have made their own decisions. >> reporter: iran is also a backer of hamas, and the u.s. says that makes it complicit in the october 7th attacks on israel. the minister told us the attacks were a response to 75 years of israeli occupation. are you saying that hamas was justified in killing civilians, including children? >> translator: as i said, we are opposed to killing women and children everywhere. question, minister. is it justified what hamas did on october 7th? >> translator: what hamas did was based on its legitimate right to defend itself. >> reporter: the u.s. and iran both say they want to stop the israel-hamas war from spreading, but that's about all they agree on. holly williams, cbs news, geneva, switzerland. tonight, authorities in the bahamas are investigating what caused a ferry boat to sink on tuesday, killing an american
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tourist. harrowing video shows how a trip to paradise suddenly turned into chaos. here is cbs' elaine quijano. >> reporter: video shows terrified passengers clinging to the sinking ferry off the coast on tuesday. >> we're on the top floor of a ferry. >> reporter: the double-decker catamaran carrying diseases of people left from paradise island on tuesday morning, headed to the popular tourist destination blue lagoon island. a 74-year-old woman from colorado died. the exact cause of her death has not yet been determined. as the water rose, passengers jumped from the sinking ship. the video cuts to another shot of the ferry leaning over at a steep angle. kelly shizzle captured the hectic escape. >> and then one of the crewmembers that was downstairs ran upstairs and was crying, freaking out. >> reporter: people can be seen swimming towards another boat before they were pulled from the water. >> the water wasn't bad, but it
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was very wavy. so it was not as easy as it may have looked. >> reporter: two more people were taken to a local hospital. investigators are still trying to determine what went wrong. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. we turn now to the shocking beating death of a las veas high school student. eight teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 have been charged with murder two weeks after the brutal attack on their classmate. cbs' carter evans has the video that may be difficult to watch. >> reporter: cell phone video shows a group of teens attacking 17-year-old jonathan lewis jr. >> ten subjects immediately swarm him, put him to the ground and begin kicking, punching and stomping on him. >> reporter: investigators say the beating occurred in an alley just a block from their high school in las vegas. a fight over a stolen pair of headphones and possibly a marijuana vape pen. the teenagers left lewis laying on the ground unconscious. >> a citizen nearby saw him, began tending to him and carried
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him back to rancho high school. >> he died six days later from blunt force trauma. >> it's obviously a parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: jonathan lewis sr. held his son's hand while he was on life support. >> there is this absolute need for the community to begin teaching conflict resolution for our children. >> reporter: the clark county sheriff says eight of the ten suspects are already in custody facing murder charges. the d.a. says the four oldest teens will be tried as adults. the rest could face the same fate after a court hearing. >> this should be a reminder to all of us to have those difficult conversations with our children. their actions have life-altering consequences. >> when you go and you harm somebody else, you're just -- all that you're doing is letting down everyone around you because you're the one that is going to end up with your life messed up. >> reporter: now there is no evidence that this was a hate crime. investigators say lewis wasn't there to fight. he just jumped in to help a
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friend and sadly, it cost him his life. norah? >> carter evans, thank you very much. well, there is some breaking news in the georgia election interference case against former president donald trump. the judge says he will soon issue an emergency protective order after witness videos were leaked to the media. videos published by "the washington post" and other news outlets show defendants like jenna ellis, sidney powell and kenneth chesebro being interviewed by prosecutors. the attorney for one of the 19 the attorney for one of the 19 defendants admitted he do you shop for vitamins at walmart? force factor products powerfully improve your health, but they're also delicious, easy to use and affordable. that's why force factor is now the number one best selling superfoods brand in america. unleash your potential with force factor at walmart. ugh, this guy again... pops! ay son! ya got a little somethin' on yuh face. needed a quick shave. quick shave? respect the process! it ain't my dad's razor, dad, it's from gillettelabs. gillette...labs? gillette's ultimate shaving experience. this green bar releases trapped hairs from my face.
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well, thanksgiving is just over a week away, and there is plenty to be thankful for when it comes to your budget. in tonight's money watch, jo ling kent explains while overall prices are lower, many turkey day classics have gotten a lot more expensive, and it starts on the farm. >> reporter: it's down to the wire at gunn thorpe farms. they've packed up and are shipping out for thanksgiving you're in crunch time? >> yeah, it's crunch time. >> reporter: brad gunthorpe says inflation won't hit, hitting the farm's bottom line. >> inflation has drastically impacted our cost of production. small family farms have a difficult time figuring out where we fit in the future in this with all of this inflation. >> reporter: and shoppers continue to battle inflation too.
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while turkey prices sank 16% since last year, many other thanksgiving staples are more expensive again this year. canned cranberries will cost 60% more. canned pumpkin prices have spiked 30%. and russett potatoes are up 14%. >> it's super expensive, and i'm sharing the cost with some of my siblings. >> definitely more conscious what we purchase. >> reporter: walmart is now promising to remove inflation by cutting prices on holiday favorites. aldi slashed prices on more than 70 of the most popular turkey day items by up to 50%. would you say this is the most aggressive you've cut prices for thanksgiving ever? >> without a doubt. >> reporter: aldi's u.s. ceo jason hart. >> consumers are under pressure. so we'll keep these prices at least through the end of the year. >> reporter: are you basically taking a hit on prices because you think you're going win over customers for the long run here? >> that's absolutely the case. that's what we're all about. and all along the way, driving costs out of the business, driving cost out of the product
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and passing that savings on to the customer. >> reporter: savings that customers say they need this holiday season. do you think you'll be able to stay on budget this year? >> i think so. i think so. i don't know if i'm the right person to be in charge of this, but i'm doing my best. >> reporter: jo ling kent, cbs news, orland park, illinois. >> everybody is getting their shopping done. all right. all right. now to this. nexium 24hr prevents heartburn acid for twice as long as pepcid. get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium. feeling sluggish or weighed down? it could be a sign that your digestive system isn't at its best. metamucil gummies make it easy to get the fiber you need. promoting your digestive health for a better you.
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she's topped the charts in both country and pop music, but now she is experimenting in the genre of rock, with a new album that's out friday. and that's not her only new project. the 77-year-old superstar is documenting her six-decade career with a new book "behind the scenes." so we went to nashville to sit down with her. ♪ in my coat of many colors mama made for me ♪ >> reporter: the queen of country has gone rock 'n roll. ♪ >> i'm a rock star! [ laughter ] >> reporter: her new album, appropriately named "rock star" is her first in the genre. and you have done pop, bluegrass, and now a rock album. >> so i'd always loved it, but i'm from the country, and country music was my -- my livelihood. but my husband is a huge rock 'n roll fan. and i used to think that i would do a rock album some day.
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and time went on, i started getting older. i thought that would be a joke now. and i thought, well, timing is everything. so i decided i'm going to do that rock 'n roll album. >> reporter: the album features epic collaborations with musicians like the beatles and stevie nicks, and there are nine original tracks from the prolific singer/songwriter. let's talk about "world on fire." that's a political message i don't always detect from you. >> well, actually, i didn't think of that as political as much as i was thinking of it as trying to save our asses. >> reporter: save our? >> our butts. any way, that's one of the lines. it was more about all the things that's going on in the whole wide world. i thought why are people not thinking about what we're doing. to each other and to this world, the only world we've got to live in. i just like the first line of that. "i'm not one for speaking out
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much, but that don't mean i don't stay in touch." and i do. i'm in touch, and i worry and i pray, and i think what all can i do. so we all need to do things in our own way to try to make a change. >> reporter: a change in more than tune she hopes to continue to bring the world. >> i wake up with new dreams every day. i'm always dreaming. i'm always doing, and i hope to do that until the day i die, which i hope is a long time from now. (female) i grew up in a home that didn't have running water. my shoes always had holes in them. i know how it is to be poor. i listened to a message of dr. stanley's, talking about, you know, how you never really live your life until you actually give it away. he kinda gave me that push to get out there and really do something. ♪♪♪
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the coast guard tonight is searching for a 30-year-old man who is believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship. it happened tuesday night when the ship, the msc seascape was off puerto rico. the crewmember was seen toward the front of the ship when he went missing. and the search continues tonight
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for a man from louisiana who apparently jumped off a cruise ship early monday in the gulf of mexico. big changes could be coming to the way kids under 16 download apps. what parents need to know, next. meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram is pushing for legislation that would require app stores to get parental approval when users under 16 years old download apps. the proposal to shift responsibility to companies like google and apple comes as meta is facing lawsuits from parents
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claiming social media companies deliberately try to get teens addicted to their platforms. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings," and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm jarred hill in new york. president biden announced progress with china after a full day of meeting with president xi. biden confirmed to reporters that the u.s. and china will resume direct military communication and work together to slow the production of fentanyl. on gaza, he said he's quote mildly hopeful about getting more hostages out.
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shutdown averted for now. late wednesday, the senate passed a bill funding the federal government through early next year. this comes after house speaker mike johnson teamed up with democrats to pass the stopgap measure on tuesday. and entertainment tonight host kevin frazier and keltie knight will anchor the thanksgiving day parade. knight will also do a performance with the cast of "chicago." i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we begin tonight with the war between israel and hamas escalating around the besieged al-shifa hospital in gaza city. israeli troops stormed the hospital in what it calls targeted raids in a search for hamas militants. israel defense forces interrogated people inside, but
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say they have not found any members of hamas and found no evidence of hostages being held there. the idf says they did find evidence of a hamas command center, and there were weapons inside the building. israeli prime minister netanyahu today promising to bring the hostages home and said there is no shelter or refuge for the hamas murderers. and for the first time since the beginning of the war, fuel trucks were allowed to enter gaza today. israel is blocking the 6,000 gallons from reaching hospitals, saying the fuel can only be used by u.n. groups that are delivering aid. cbs' debora patta will start us off tonight from east jerusalem. good evening, debora. >> good evening. national security council's john kirby said today that the u.s. did not give the green light to israel's raid on al-shifa hospital, which began with fiery clashes outside the complex, which the military says killed four hamas fighters. the target, al-shifa.
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the decision to send troops in to the hospital marking an escalation in israel's offensive in gaza. when israeli soldiers finally entered, not a single shot was fired. >> there is an ak-47. >> reporter: but they say they found proof that hamas was operating there, showing this as evidence. >> these weapons have absolutely no business being inside a hospital. >> reporter: what they did not show were any hamas fighters, and they made no mention of the tunnels they've repeatedly said double up as the group's command center underneath the complex. also inside the besieged hospital, civilians seeking refuge, and critically ill patients, their presence fueling international calls for a ceasefire. a place of healing turned into a battle zone. >> continuous shooting.
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you can hear now. again, it's a totally scary situation. >> reporter: since yesterday, medical staff have moved patients to safer areas through dust and smoke-filled corridors. here you see a doctor manually trying to give this little girl oxygen. the idf says they dropped off desperately needed medical supplies before the raid. far from al-shifa, another battle is being fought. worn out and angrier by the day, the families of some of the more than 200 people taken hostage by hamas demanding their government does more to bring their loved ones home. "we want answers and action," she told the state. "we have no strengths anymore."
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and many of these families are worried their government is prioritizing its military campaign over rescuing their loved ones. and norah, so far there has been no breakthrough in negotiations for their release. >> debora patta, thank you. well, back here at home, president biden held a high-stakes summit with president xi jinping near san francisco. it is their first face-to-face meeting in a year amid rising tensions between the two countries. cbs' weijia jiang reports on what the white house calls a candid and constructive discussion. >> reporter: a handshake and high stakes. president biden and china's xi jinping met today outside san francisco. they had gone a year without even speaking on the phone. in that time, tensions have soared in the south china sea, with dozens of aggressive maneuvers by the chinese air force. mr. biden told xi they need to be in closer touch. >> i think it's paramount that you and i understand each other
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clearly leader to leader with no misconceptions or miscommunication. >> reporter: the president also hoped to reestablish communications between the u.s. and chinese military, suspended after then house speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan in august 2022, enraging china's leadership. after the u.s. shot down a chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina this past february, secretary of defense lloyd austin could not reach his chinese counterpart. three weeks later, norah spoke to admiral samuel paparo for 60 minutes aboard the uss nimitz, which had just left the south china sea. >> if the u.s. and chinese militaries can't communicate over a chinese spy balloon, then what's going happen when there is a real crisis in the south china sea or with taiwan? >> we'll hope that they'll answer the phone. else we'll do our very best
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assessment based on the things that they say in open source and based on their behavior to divine their intentions, and we'll act accordingly. >> reporter: doesn't that make the situation even more dangerous if u.s. and chinese militaries are not talking? >> yes. >> reporter: president biden used today's meeting to try to lower the temperature. >> we have to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict. >> reporter: addressing president biden, xi said conflict and confrontation would have unbearable consequences. on the issue of fentanyl, the two leaders are expected to make an announcement to crack down on the ingredients used to make the opioid, which largely come from china. we are told they just wrapped up their meeting after about four hours, norah. and as you can see, president biden behind me will hold a press conference later tonight. >> very important meetings. weijia jiang there for us. thanks very much.
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tonight authorities in the bahamas are investigating what caused a ferry boat to cigarette on tuesday, killing an american tourist. harrowing video shows how a trip to paradise suddenly turned into chaos. here is cbs' elaine quijano. >> reporter: video shows terrified passengers clinging to the sinking ferry off the coast of the bahamas on tuesday. >> we're on the top floor of a ferry. >> reporter: the double-decker catamaran carrying dozens of people left from paradise island on tuesday morning, headed to the popular tourist destination blue lagoon island. a 74-year-old woman from colorado died. the exact cause of her death has not yet been determined. as the water rose, passengers jumped from the sinking ship. the video cuts to another shot of the ferry leaning over at a steep angle. kelly schizel captured the hectic escape. >> and then one of the crewmembers that was downstairs ran upstairs and was crying, freaking out. >> reporter: people can be seen swimming towards another boat before they were pulled from the water. >> the water wasn't bad, but it was very wavy.
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so it was not as easy as it may have looked. >> reporter: two more people were taken to a local hospital. investigators are still trying to determine what went wrong. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand for a better night sleep. so now, he wakes up feeling like himself. the reigning family room middle-weight champion. better days start with zzzquil nights. [♪♪] how you feel can be affected by the bacteria in your gut. try new align probiotic bloating relief plus food digestion. it contains a probiotic to help relieve occasional bloating, plus vitamin b12 to aid digestion. try align probiotic.
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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm olivia in washington. thanks for staying with us. a flood of economic news has wall street on a tear. stocks are on track to post their biggest monthly gain since april.
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lower inflation numbers have investors betting the federal reserve is finished raising rates and could start cutting them by may. cristian benavides has a look at the numbers. >> reporter: it's getting cheaper to fill up as prices continue to drop. according to aaa, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded has dropped 25 cents this just the past month. good news for commuters like yanni fivenberger. >> twice a week. so it affects me wight a bit. >> reporter: lower energy prices helped push down overall in october to 3.2%, better than the 3.7% year-over-year increase in september, and a big drop from last year's high of 9.1%. >> i think there is real relief coming to american households when it comes to prices of goods and of services. >> reporter: some of that relief is at the grocery store, where prices are up just 2.1%, close to historically normal levels. the october report does show
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rent up about 7%, but cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger says it appears that could be improving. >> some of the more up-to-the-minute measures of rent and of housing show a much bigger slowdown in those prices than we are seeing in this report. >> reporter: policymakers want to see inflation drop to just 2%, and experts say that could take some time. the federal reserve has been raising rates to slow the economy. >> while i believe that the fed is done raising rates, they are going to leave these interest rates a little bit longer than probably most people would like to hear. >> reporter: it's not clear how long that will be, but some analysts forecast the fed could start bringing them down in the spring. cristian benavides, cbs news, pompano beach, florida. flu season is already here, and in addition to a flu shot, the cdc is recommending adults and children get vaccinated
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against both covid and rsv. that message doesn't seem to be getting through to a lot of parents, but if a child does get sick, there are drugs that can help. michael george reports. >> reporter: antiviral treatments can make the flu less severe in children. but new research in the journal "pediatrics" show less than 2/3 with a flu diagnosis receive the medication. >> i think it's important for parents to be aware that these antivirals exist, that they're safe and they're effective, and they may be helpful for their children. >> reporter: study author dr. james antone with vanderbilt university medical center says when taken within two days, antivirals can shorten the duration of symptoms by about a day. also tamavir, or tamiflu is recommended for children under five and all age groups. all children under 2 should get an antiviral, but just 37% are prescribed the treatment. >> we know these antivirals can
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prevent hospitalizations and complications in this very vulnerable age group. we know that children less than two have pour influenza outcomes compared to older children and adults. >> reporter: flu activity remains low nationally, but is picking up. doctors say antivirals can also help prevent transmission there can be some side effects. >> for the most commonly prescribed antiviral tamavir, it can cause a little more vomiting than children who don't visit. and there is a warning on the label for neuropsychiatric events. these events are very uncommon. it seems both providers and parents seem to think they work less well than they actually do and have more side effects than they actually do. >> reporter: dr. antone encourages parents to have a conversation with their pediatrician. michael george, cbs news. west virginia's democratic senator joe manchin shocked washington when he announced he would not seek reelection next year. manchin is being tight-lipped about his plans, but the move
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could upend control of the senate and even the race for president. manchin discussed his possible future with norah o'donnell. >> senator, the big question everyone is asking, will you run for president? >> it's not about me. it's not about the next election. i keep telling people. this is a movement. if you're believing that we're going fix washington in washington, i want to make sure you understand, i tried it for 13 years. it's not going to happen. i've lost a lot of my friends on both sides of the aisle that were very centrist, very moderate. >> are you thinking about running for president? >> i don't know how to tell you. i don't know what the future lies. i know that we can't continue the direction we're going. we can't continue looking at the republican and democrat sides that they are our enemies, that's our competitor. they're not. they're my allies. we're looking for a way to take their ideas and my ideas and your ideas and bring them together for one purpose, to govern the greatest country on earth. >> senator, address this concern.
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if you ran on a third party ticket, wouldn't you be helping to elect donald trump? >> i don't buy that scenario. i've heard that. and i wouldn't buy that scenario, because if you look back in history how things have played out, i don't think they thought ross perot would elect bill clinton. now that we see some polls with bobby kennedy jr. would be helping joe biden, because it takes votes from donald trump. i've never been a spoiler in anything. i've never tried. to i compete the best i possibly can. i compete to win. and i'm going to work right now to try to win the middle back. >> senator, do you think that joe biden is not a moderate democrat? >> his actions today cannot be considered moderate. do i think he came as a moderate? yes. the joe biden i knew in the past was always more in the center. but what happened is he got pulled clear to the left. this is in my eyes only. but i still try to work with everybody i can. and i've said this. you should want your president
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to succeed. you should help him succeed. and i would like to see him on some of these executive orders come back to what's more main mainstream, not just playing to the base. that's the difference we have. >> if it comes down to it, will you vote for trump or biden? >> i think that's -- it's a hypothetical question, not knowing what we're going have and who we're going to have. to make a choice right now, okay, let me just say i could not vote for donald trump. >> but you're not convince you'd could vote for joe biden? >> well, i want president biden -- i would hope the changes would come. i would hope for that. >> are you considering leaving the democratic party? >> i'm not sure if the democratic party thinks i'm part of them any way. >> that was evening news anchor and managing editor norah o'donnell. and this is the "cbs overnight news." (♪♪) honey... honey... dayquil severe honey.
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that spurred an exodus of native hawaiian islands, starting new lives on the mainland. adam jam yamaguchi reports. >> what is so special? >> the wind. the wind is different. it smells so sweet. it rained the other day. the aura is so heavenly. everything. >> reporter: doreen hall, born and raised in pearl city, oahu was among those who made the difficult decision a couple of years ago to leave hawaii with her husband and youngest son. she is back, but only on a short vacation. unlike city dwellers priced out the suburb, native hawaiians aren't just leaving their homes, they're leaving their homeland. for many, this is far more than about moving. it's existential. each year, 15,000 are leaving home for the mainland u.s., which now boasts a larger population of native hawaiians than hawaii itself. >> this is where my heart is. this is where my children. this is where my mom and dad are laid to rest. >> reporter: rapid development and influx of mainlanders moving
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to hawaii, and the growing tourism industry have priced native hawaiians out of their homeland, and in some cases, have forced families apart. >> i'm really going to miss, like, going out to see the ocean and being able to, like, hear the waters like this. >> reporter: 17-year-old hope's parents left to pursue economic opportunity last year, leaving her to finish high school alone. >> sometimes i start to cry, because i'm always around my dad. i call him almost every day and we have family group chats and we share pictures of our dogs and stuff. it's really sad because i'm really close to my parents. >> why would hawaiians leave this? >> i think hawaiians are being pushed out of paradise. there is nothing left here really for us to call our own. >> reporter: so it's not a choice. >> it's not a choice. >> stop bringing me pictures from the back. >> reporter: among the many out of options. >> the cost of living now is
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going to be impossible for us to give our kids something out here. and we know by going to the mainland, we're going to be able to put our kids in a home that we can call ours. >> reporter: hawaiians are leaving their homeland for what they call the ninth island of hawaii, in of all places las vegas, nevada. >> it never gets dull, though. so this is insane. all these billboards and just lights. it's crazy. >> yep. don't have this in hawaii. >> reporter: hawaiians were pioneers of the city's entertainment scene in the '50s and '60s. over the decades, visitors became residents. but it wasn't until the cost of home ownership in hawaii skyrocketed that a trickle turned into a near exodus. we met back up with doreen hall in her adopted home here in las vegas. home ownership here becomes a reality for hawaiians, but it comes with a huge sacrifice. >> it comes with a huge sacrifice. but we can enjoy to live here. we can breathe. we can afford the mortgage
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payments. so to actually work to live instead of living to work is amazing. >> reporter: how are you able to sort of bring that culture with you, when everything around you is so different? >> i think a lot of us here, a lot of ohana that is here in las vegas, we create our own hawaii, and we continue future our families to continue to bring our traditions here every day. food is really cheap here, so i tend to cook a lot. there you go. >> reporter: as past president of the hawaii las vegas civic club, hall still remains active in the group, aimed at helping transplants find community in the desert, where hawaiian-owned businesses are opening up each year, offering them opportunities they may not have back home. it's these possibilities that the pellin family hopes is in their future on the mainland. >> i think the biggest thing that i don't want my son to lose. teach him so much hawaiian values, you know, how to speak, how to understand, how to learn how to treat each other with
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that aloha. really instilling a lot of good qualities in my son that represents who hawaiian people are and what hawaii is about. >> reporter: along with their five kids, the pellins are saying farewell to the only home they've known. >> in the meantime, you're making the most of it. you're doing everything you can to make this feel like home. >> the mythology back home is ohana will always return home one day. and when that day comes, our home will welcome us with open hands and aloha. for
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thanksgiving is still more than a month away, but it's never too early to shop for a christmas tree. >> it's stress time, just like it is every year. >> reporter: the holiday season brings out a lot of emotions for many of us, but for chris goodenough, it's nonstop stress for months before christmas. that's because there is a lot that goes in to growing the ever popular christmas tree.
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>> we did have some dry weather. so we did do quite a bit of irrigating at one point. a lot of people don't realize that we have to irrigate a christmas tree. >> reporter: christmas trees need a lot of water as seedlings. once planted, they take eight to ten years to grow to the heights of ideal cutting. for those trees that don't turn out quite looking like your ideal christmas tree, pinecrest recycles them, snipping the individual branches and turning them boo the wreaths they sell. >> we should have at least 400 or 500 wreaths on display. >> reporter: the wreaths range in size from 10 inches in diameter to six feet wide. the first two weeks of the season see the most traffic at the farm. thanksgiving weekend has been the busiest since pinecrest started selling trees in 1974. a few years ago they decided to open a week earlier because of demand. but money doesn't grow on trees, and pinecrest is not immune to
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inflation. >> one of the spots we noticed it the most this year is in the christmas ornaments we got. the prices of those have gone up drastically from previous years. and then just everything from fuel, fertilizer. >> reporter: goodenough tells me the price of the trees will not change this year. she hopes that encourages first-timers to come out and take a chance on real christmas trees. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm olivia gazis. this is cbs news flash. i'm jarred hill in new york. president biden announced progress with china. after a full day of meeting with president xi, biden confirmed to reporters that the u.s. and china will resume direct military communication and work together to slow the production of fentanyl. on gaza, he said he's quote mildly hopeful about getting more hostages out. shutdown averted for now. late wednesday, the senate
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passed a bill funding the federal government through early next year. this comes after house speaker mike johnson teamed up with democrats to pass the stopgap measure on tuesday. and "entertainment tonight" hosts kevin frazier and keltie knight will anchor the coverage of the thanksgiving day parade. knight will also do a special performance with cast of broadway's "chicago." i'm jarred hill, cbs news, new york. tonight, israeli troops raid gaza's largest hospital as patients and civilians sheltering inside. israel says it found evidence of a hamas command center, but no terrorists or hostages. here are tonight's headlines. israeli soldiers on the ground of al-shifa hospital. a look at what israel says are the weapons found inside the mri building.
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high stakes summit. president biden's meeting with chinese president xi jinping. what the two talked about in the hours-long meeting. >> did they reach any agreements? and what's at stake if they did not. good news. the price of turkey is down this season, but other thanksgiving favorites could cost you more. we'll explain why and how you can save. ♪ ♪ nine to five ♪ >> and our conversation with the queen of country. what the future holds for dolly parton. >> i'm always dreaming, and i hope to do that until the day i die, which i hope is a long time from now. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we begin tonight with the war between israel and hamas escalating around the besieged al-shifa hospital in gaza city. israeli troops stormed the hospital in what it calls
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targeted raids in a search for hamas militants. israel defense forces interrogated people inside, but say they have not found any members of hamas and found no evidence of hostages being held there. the idf says they did find evidence of a hamas command center, and there were weapons inside the building. israeli prime minister netanyahu today promising to bring the hostages home and said there is no shelter or refuge for the hamas murderers. and for the first time since the beginning of the war, fuel trucks were allowed to enter gaza today. israel is blocking the 6,000 gallons from reaching hospitals, saying the fuel can only be used by u.n. groups that are delivering aid. cbs' debora patta will start us off tonight from east jerusalem. good evening, debora. >> good evening. national security council's john kirby said today that the u.s. did not give the green light to israel's raid on al-shifa hospital, which began with fiery clashes outside the complex,
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which the military says killed four hamas fighters. the target, al-shifa. the decision to send troops in to the hospital marking an escalation in israel's offensive in gaza. when israeli soldiers finally entered, not a single shot was fired. >> there is an ak-47. >> reporter: but they say they found proof that hamas was operating there, showing this as evidence. >> these weapons have absolutely no business being inside a hospital. >> reporter: what they did not show were any hamas fighters, and they made no mention of the tunnels they've repeatedly said double up as the group's command center underneath the complex. also inside the besieged hospital, civilians seeking refuge, and critically ill patients, their presence fueling international calls for a casefire.
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a place of healing turned into a battle zone. >> continuous shooting. you can hear now. but again, it's a totally scary situation. >> reporter: since yesterday, medical staff have moved patients to safer areas through dust and smoke-filled corridors. here you see a doctor manually trying to give this little girl oxygen. the idf says they dropped off desperately needed medical supplies before the raid. far from al-shifa, another battle is being fought. worn out and angrier by the day, the families of some of the more than 200 people taken hostage by hamas demanding the government does more to bring their loved ones home. "we want answers and action,
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netanyahu," she told the state. "we have no strengths anymore." and many of these families are worried their government is prioritizing its military campaign over rescuing their loved ones. and norah, so far there has been no breakthrough in negotiations for their release. >> debora patta, thank you. well, back here at home, president biden held a high-stakes summit with president xi jinping near san francisco. it is their first face-to-face meeting in a year amid rising tensions between the two countries. cbs' weijia jiang reports on what the white house calls a candid and constructive discussion. >> reporter: a handshake and high stakes. president biden and china's xi jinping met today outside san francisco. they had gone a year without even speaking on the phone. in that time, tensions have soared in the south china sea, with dozens of aggressive maneuvers by the chinese air force. mr. biden told xi they need to
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be in closer touch. >> i think it's paramount that you and i understand each other clearly leader to leader with no misconceptions or miscommunication. >> reporter: the president also hoped to reestablish communications between the u.s. and chinese military, suspended after then house speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan in august 2022, enraging china's leadership. after the u.s. shot down a chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina this past february, secretary of defense lloyd austin could not reach his chinese counterpart. three weeks later, norah spoke to admiral samuel paparo for 60 minutes aboard the uss nimitz, which had just left the south china sea. >> if the u.s. and chinese militaries can't communicate over a chinese spy balloon, then what's going happen when there is a real crisis in the south china sea or with taiwan? >> we'll hope that they'll
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answer the phone. else we'll do our very best assessment based on the things that they say in open source and based on their behavior to divine their intentions, and we'll act accordingly. >> reporter: doesn't that make the situation even more dangerous if u.s. and chinese militaries are not talking? >> yes. >> reporter: president biden used today's meeting to try to lower the temperature. >> we have to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict. >> reporter: addressing president biden, xi said conflict and confrontation would have unbearable consequences. on the issue of fentanyl, the two leaders are expected to make an announcement to crack down on the ingredients used to make the opioid, which largely come from china. we are told they just wrapped up their meeting after about four hours, norah. and as you can see, president biden behind me will hold a press conference later tonight.
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>> very important meetings. weijia jiang there for us. thanks very much. there is a lot more ahead tonight on the "cbs overnight news."
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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> well, cbs news has learned that a u.s. missile destroyer shot down another drone today fired by a suspected iranian-backed militia in yemen. in a possible sign of escalation, pentagon officials say today's drone was fired in the direction of the uss thomas
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hudner. this is a navy destroyer in the red sea. in a network exclusive, cbs' holly williams confronted iran's foreign minister about those attacks. >> reporter: the u.s. says fighters backed by iran have been attacking american forces in the middle east with drones and rockets for weeks. tonight, iran's foreign minister hossein amir-abdollahian told us his country is not responsible and denied any involvement in today's drone attack in the red sea. >> translator: we really didn't want this crisis to expand, but the u.s. has been intensifying the war in gaza by throwing its support behind israel. >> reporter: it sounds like you're saying that iran backs these groups around the middle east, including the houthis, including fighters in iraq and syria, but you bear no responsibility for what they do. >> translator: these groups in iraq and syria that are attacking u.s. interests have made their own decisions.
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>> reporter: iran is also a backer of hamas, and the u.s. says that makes it complicit in the october 7th attacks on israel. the minister told us the attacks were a response to 75 years of israeli occupation. are you saying that hamas was justified in killing civilians, including children? >> translator: as i said, we are opposed to killing women and children everywhere. >> reporter: it's a very simple question, minister. is it justified what hamas did on october 7th? >> translator: what hamas did was based on its legitimate right to defend itself. >> reporter: the u.s. and iran both say they want to stop the israel-hamas war from spreading, but that's about all they agree on. holly williams, cbs news, geneva, switzerland. tonight, authorities in the bahamas are investigating what caused a ferry boat to sink on tuesday, killing an american tourist. harrowing video shows how a trip
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to paradise suddenly turned into chaos. here is cbs' elaine quijano. >> reporter: video shows terrified passengers clinging to the sinking ferry off the coast on tuesday. >> we're on the top floor of a ferry. >> reporter: the double-decker catamaran carrying dozens of people left from paradise island on tuesday morning, headed to the popular tourist destination blue lagoon island. a 74-year-old woman from colorado died. the exact cause of her death has not yet been determined. as the water rose, passengers jumped from the sinking ship. the video cuts to another shot of the ferry leaning over at a steep angle. kelly schizel captured the hectic escape. >> and then one of the crewmembers that was downstairs ran upstairs and was crying, freaking out. >> reporter: people can be seen swimming towards another boat before they were pulled from the water. >> the water wasn't bad, but it was very wavy. so it was not as easy as it may have looked. >> reporter: two more people
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were taken to a local hospital. investigators are still trying to determine what went wrong. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. we turn now to the shocking beating death of a las vegas high school student. eight teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 have been charged with murder two weeks after the brutal attack on their classmate. cbs' carter evans has the video that may be difficult to watch. >> reporter: cell phone video shows a group of teens attacking 17-year-old jonathan lewis jr. >> ten subjects immediately swarm him, put him to the ground and begin kicking, punching and stomping on him. >> reporter: investigators say the beating occurred in an alley just a block from their high school in las vegas. a fight over a stolen pair of headphones and possibly a marijuana vape pen. the teenage attackers left lewis lying on the ground, unconscious. >> a citizen nearby saw him, began tending to him and carried him back to rancho high school. >> he died six days later from blunt force trauma.
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>> it's obviously a parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: jonathan lewis sr. held his son's hand while he was on life support. >> there is this absolute need for the community to begin teaching conflict resolution for our children. >> reporter: the clark county sheriff says eight of the ten suspects are already in custody facing murder charges. the d.a. says the four oldest teens will be tried as adults. the rest could face the same fate after a court hearing. >> this should be a reminder to all of us to have those difficult conversations with our children. their actions have life-altering consequences. >> when you go and you harm somebody else, you're just -- all that you're doing is letting down everyone around you because you're the one that is going to end up with your life messed up. >> reporter: now there is no evidence that this was a hate crime. investigators say lewis wasn't there to fight. he just jumped in to help a friend and sadly, it cost him his life.
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norah? >> carter evans, thank you very much. well, there is some breaking news in the georgia election interference case against former president donald trump. the judge says he will soon issue an emergency protective order after witness videos were leaked to the media. videos published by "the washington post" and other news outlets show defendants like jenna ellis, sidney powell and kenneth chesebro being interviewed by prosecutors. all that was part of their plea agreements. an attorney for one of the 19 an attorney for one of the 19 defendants after cooking a delicious chicken cheddar broccoli recipe, you will want to close your delivery apps. because nothing beats a perfect combo of sweet tomatoes and smooth, silky zucchini. knorr taste combos. it's not fast food, but it's soooo good. theo's nose was cause for alarm, so dad brought puffs plus lotion to save it from harm. puffs has 50% more lotion and brings soothing relief. don't get burned by winter nose. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. america's #1 lotion tissue.
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well, thanksgiving is just over a week away, and there is plenty to be thankful for when it comes to your budget. in tonight's money watch, jo ling kent explains while overall prices are lower, many turkey day classics have gotten a lot more expensive, and it starts on the farm. >> reporter: it's down to the wire at gunthorp farms. in la grange, indiana. they're packing up the turkeys they've raised and are shipping them out for thanksgiving. you're in high season right now? it's crunch time? >> yeah, it's crunch time. >> reporter: brad gunthorp says inflation won't hit, hitting the farm's bottom line. >> inflation has drastically impacted our cost of production. small family farms have a difficult time figuring out where we fit in the future in this with all of this inflation. >> reporter: and shoppers continue to battle inflation too. while turkey prices sank 16%
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since last year, many other thanksgiving staples are more expensive again this year. canned cranberries will cost 60% more. canned pumpkin prices have spiked 30%. and russett potatoes are up 14%. >> it's super expensive, and i'm sharing the cost with some of my siblings. >> definitely more conscious what we purchase. >> reporter: walmart is now promising to remove inflation by cutting prices on holiday favorites. aldi slashed prices on more than 70 of the most popular turkey day items by up to 50%. would you say this is the most aggressive you've cut prices for thanksgiving ever? >> without a doubt. >> reporter: aldi's u.s. ceo jason hart. >> consumers are under pressure. so we'll keep these prices at least through the end of the year. >> reporter: are you basically taking a hit on prices because you think you're going win over customers for the long run here? >> that's absolutely the case. that's what we're all about. and all along the way, driving costs out of the business, driving cost out of the product and passing that savings on to the customer.
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>> reporter: savings that customers say they need this holiday season. do you think you'll be able to stay on budget this year? >> i think so. i think so. i don't know if i'm the right person to be in charge of this, but i'm doing my best. >> reporter: jo ling kent, cbs news, orland park, illinois. >> everybody is getting their shopping done. all right. now to this. a cruise ship crewmember goes ovrboard. we'll have the latest on the we'll have the latest on the search. ♪ vicks vapostick provides soothing, non-medicated vicks vapors. [exhales] easy to apply for the whole family. vicks vapostick and try vaposhower for steamy vicks vapors.
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she is experimenting in the genre of rock, with a new album that's out friday. and that's not her only new project. the 77-year-old superstar is documenting her six-decade career with a new book "behind the scenes." so we went to nashville to sit down with her. ♪ in my coat of many colors mama made for me ♪ >> reporter: the queen of country has gone rock 'n roll. ♪ >> i'm a rock star! [ laughter ] >> reporter: her new album, appropriately named "rock star" is her first in the genre. and you have done pop, bluegrass, and now a rock album. >> so i'd always loved it, but i'm from the country, and country music was my -- my livelihood. but my husband is a huge rock 'n roll fan. and i used to think that i would do a rock album some day. and time went on, i started
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getting older. i thought that would be a joke now. and i thought, well, timing is everything. so i decided i'm going to do that rock 'n roll album. >> reporter: the album features epic collaborations with musicians like the beatles and stevie nicks, and there are nine original tracks from the prolific singer/songwriter. let's talk about "world on fire." that's a political message i don't always detect from you. >> well, actually, i didn't think of that as political as much as i was thinking of it as trying to save our asses. >> reporter: save our? >> our butts. any way, that's one of the lines. it was more about all the things that's going on in the whole wide world. i thought why are people not thinking about what we're doing to each other and to this world, the only world we've got to live in. i just like the first line of that. "i'm not one for speaking out much, but that don't mean i don't stay in touch."
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and i do. i'm in touch, and i worry and i pray, and i think what all can i do. so we all need to do things in our own way to try to make a change. >> reporter: a change in more than tune she hopes to continue to bring the world. >> i wake up with new dreams every day. i'm always dreaming. i'm always doing, and i hope to do that until the day i die, which i hope is a long time from now. how's the chicken? the prawns are delicious. oh, i have a shellfish allergy. one prawn. very good. did i say chicken wrong? tired of people not listening to what you want? it's truffle season! ah that's okay... never enough truffles. how much are they? it's a lot. oh okay - i'm good, that - it's like a priceless piece of art.
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the coast guard tonight is searching for a 30-year-old man who is believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship. it happened tuesday night when the ship, the msc seascape was off puerto rico. the crewmember was seen toward the front of the ship when he went missing. and the search continues tonight for a man from louisiana who apparently jumped off a cruise ship early monday in the gulf of
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mexico. big changes could be coming to the way kids under 16 download apps. what parents need to know, next. meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram is pushing for legislation that would require app stores to get parental approval when users under 16 years old download apps. the proposal to shift responsibility to companies like google and apple comes as meta is facing lawsuits from parents claiming social media companies
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deliberately try to get teens addicted to their platforms. and that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings," and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. this is cbs news flash. i'm jarred hill in new york. president biden announced progress with china. after a full day of meeting with president xi, biden confirmed to reporters that the u.s. and china will resume direct military communication and work together to slow the production of fentanyl. on gaza, he said he's quote mildly hopeful about getting more hostages out. shutdown averted for now. late wednesday, the senate
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passed a bill funding the federal government through early next year. this comes after house speaker mike johnson teamed up with democrats to pass the stopgap measure on tuesday. and "entertainment tonight" hosts kevin frazier and keltie knight will anchor cbs' coverage of the thanksgiving day parade. knight will also do a performance with the cast of broadway's "chicago." it's thursday, november 16th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, israeli forces take out what they say were hamas command centers, destroying weapons and explosive devices. high stakes summit. president biden meets face to face with his chinese counterpart, xi jinping.

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