♪ tonight remembering rosalynn carter. the former first lady who wielded championed humanitarian cause worldwide dies at age 96. >> could jimmy carter been elected president without rosalynn carter? >> i don't like to think he could. also tonight, fighting rages in gaza. caught in the crossfire,

palestinian civilians. the territory on the brink of collapse. these premature babies moved out of the besieged al shifa hospital today. in jerusalem, tonight the world health organization has described gaza's main hospital as a death zone. >> israel releases new video of what it calls a terror tunnel under the complex as hope grows for a hostage deal. plus, holiday head start. travelers try to beat the thanksgiving getaway crush. >> i'm in los angeles international report. long lines and the high price to get in the sky may have you speeding up your turkey trot this thanksgiving holiday. 'tis the season to shop. why are seasonal job hunters feeling a big chill? and later we head to japan for a spin in the vehicles of the future. not all of them built for the road. >> it's not a bumper car. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with

jericka duncan. >> good evening. jericka is off. i i'm maurice duboise. we begin with the death of former first lady rosalynn carter. she died today at her home in plains, georgia, after a life committed to public service long after leaving washington. mrs. carter was 96 years old. the first couple lived long he after leaving the white house after jimmy and rosalynn carter, nearly 43 years. no first couple was mayor married longer. 77 years. norah o'donnell looks back at the life of a groundbreaking american woman. >> reporter: jimmy and rosalynn carter had a partnership that was extraordinary for a president and first lady. the carters' bond was deep in private and in politics. >> could jimmy carter have been elected president without rosalynn carter? >> well, i don't like to think he could. >> reporter: she spoke her mind to her husband and he valued her advice. she sat in on cabinet meetings, a first, and took the heat for

it. >> it doesn't what i do. it doesn't matter what he does. we go to be criticized. you have to have confidence. >> reporter: born in plains, georgia, on august 18, 1927, the oldest of four children, she started dating jimmy carter when she was 18. >> first time i had a date with him i came home and mother aid, you know, i like jimmy. >> reporter: they married a year later. jimmy was in the navy which allowed them to see the world. his father died in 1953. with their three sons, they returned to plains to run the family peanut business. in 1970, jimmy was elected governor of georgia. rosalynn campaigned by his side and on her own. that continued on the 1976 presidential campaign trail where their fourth child, amy, often joined them. as first lady she continued to be a sounding board for her husband. >> i look forward to consulting closely with him on a regular basis.

>> reporter: she also traveled arizona his emissary, especially to latin america. after leaving washington in 1981, they then created the carter center in atlanta where they promoted peace and where she continued her work as an a advocate for research and treatment of mental illness. she became a prominent voice for caregivers and women and children and joined her husband in the work of habitat for humanity. and as the world faced the deadly covid-19 pandemic, the couple used their voices to encourage americans to get vaccinated to help save lives. their long tradition of helping others led public to award the carters the medal of freedom in 1999. >> jimmy and rosalynn carter have done more good things for more people in more places than any other couple on the face of the earth. >> reporter: president carter not only called rosalynn his wife burke best friend and chief advisor.

a small town girl who didn't plan on a public life. rosalynn carter understood the power of high office and used to help make this a better and kinder world. norah o'donnell, cbs news, washington. >> tonight habitat for humanity called the late first lady a compassionate and committed champion of the organization, adding she worked fiercely to help families around the world. now to the middle east and today fighting raged in gaza, even as israel and hamas appear t object close to a deal to free some hostages. the conflict is now in week seven with no end in sight. cbs's imtiaz tyab in east jerusalem with the latest. >> reporter: good evening. 31 premature babies have been safely evacuated from the al shifa hospital as the israeli military releases new video of what it says is a tunnel system used by hamas that ran below the sprawling medical complex as well as what it says is video

evidence hamas took captives from israel to the facility following the deadly october 7th attacks. they are the tiniest of survivors. born into a brutal wash. now transferred here to southern gaza from the besieged al shifa hospital where visiting team from the world health organization described it as a death zone. and praised palestinian health workers who continued to work there under dire conditions. >> i'm, obviously, humbled by the work of you and your teams. the heroic efforts that you have made. i mean, i have no words. >> reporter: tonight the israeli military released this video it says is of a complex hamas tunnel that runs below the sprawling complex as well as footage of what it says are hostages from israel who are of thai and that pali origin forced by hamas fighters on the morning they were captured. >> hamas is holding the elderly. >> reporter: cbs news cannot

independently verify the claims. as israel continues to widen their campaign from northern gaza to the south, killing dozens, the first anti-war protests since the start of israel's assault on the palestinian territory held in tel aviv this weekend forbid opinion by police until now. >> why is the ceasefire so important? >> because people are being killed at an alarming rate in gaza and because i don't think that the military solution, there is no military solution to the problem. >> reporter: protesters carried signs in hebrew, arabic and english calling for an end to the war and the occupation. >> i new that if you lose hope, so there is nothing more to struggle for. there is nothing more to fight for. >> reporter: but few across israel feel this way. this man shouted curse words in hebrew at the anti-war demonstrators before being led away by police. and tonight israel's intelligence minister has said the international community should not fund the rebuilding

of gaza after the war and instead promote what she called the, quote, voluntary resettlement of palestinians from the territory to other countries. a suggestion that is deeply controversial given the dark history of palestinian displacement and is something the biden administration has said will not happen. >> imtiaz tyab in our cbs news crew, many thanks to you. today president biden spent the day in virginia. the president and first lady traveling to norfolk joining military service members and their families for dinner ahead of thanksgiving. but the president is also focused on a possible deal aimed at freeing hostages, including americans, held by hamas. cbs's skyler henry t the white house tonight with more. >> reporter: maurice, good to be with you. well, the biden administration says getting those hostages, including dozens of women and children, out of the region is an extraordinarily high priority for the president. >> on an issue as sensitive and

challenging as this, the mantra that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed applies. >> reporter: deputy national security advisor onfiner says the u.s.' attempt at brokering a hostage release deal between israel and hamas is delicate. >> we will continue to work directly and intensively behind the scenes with the goal of getting as many people home, including the americans who are held hostage there as we can. >> reporter: president biden said in an op-ed published in "the washington post" saturday he and the team are working hour by hour to get the hostages released. he also added as long as hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, a ceasefire is not peace. going on to say that ceasefires would allow hamas militants to rebuild, restock rockets and reposition fighters. but mr. biden thinks a two-state solution is the way forward. some democrats on capitol hill agree. >> you can be both pro-israel as i am and also pro-palestinian

and support palestinian rights and aspirations to self-determination in a homeland of their own. >> reporter: polling suggests 70% of voters between the ages of 18 to 34 disapprove of biden's hand length of the war. looking ahead for the week tomorrow, president biden turns 81. he is the oldest sitting president and he is also running for re-election. a recent cbs news poll shows only a third of registered voters think that the president would stay through a second term. maurice. >> skyler henry at the white house, thank you. thanksgiving is four days away. the travel rush is on. a cross-country storm is expected to impact some of that travel with rain and severe weather from the west coast impacting the midwest and east coast as early as tuesday. cbs's reed cowan is at a busy l.a.x. tonight. >> reporter: good evening. many thanksgiving travelers behind me working hard and working early to beat the storms and the crowds.

55 million people expect today travel and that means the holidays are off to a hectic start. call it a sprint before thanksgiving dinner, only this rush won't burn calories as passengers wait in long lines. los angeles international airport, all across the country. >> it is so busy and i just want to make sure that we have an easy travel. >> reporter: this weekend the number of scheduled flights is up 13% according to the faa and what could be the busiest holiday travel period in 20 years. aaa -- >> a lot of people are trying to get out of town early to avoid the heavy, heavy congestion at the terminals on tuesday and wednesday. >> reporter: flyer michael got the warning and arrived early. >> you always want to get to the airport. it's going to be crazy. and for us it was lining we will keep our fingers crossed. >> reporter: and flyers wallets stressed. how much did you pay for your ticket? >> $700. >> $600. >> it was close to $700. >> yeah, for one way. >> reporter: the average cost of

a domestic airline ticket $681. that's up 5% from last year. for travelers not willing to pay for pricey flights, gas prices nationwide are down from last year, averaging $3.31 a gallon. >> for the big holidays, taking the automobile is the number one mode of transportation. it's also the most economical for families. >> reporter: no matter how you make it to the thanksgiving table, the cost of the traditional dinner is 4.5% lower, which takes the sting out of getting it there. 100% worth it. >> reporter: so get this. the busiest day to fly is wednesday. if you are going to drive on wednesday, here is a tip. leave before 11:00 a.m. to avoid bumper-to-bumper traffic. maurice, that means if i leave now, i will be on the east coast in three days. i like extra turkey with my gravy. >> if it works out, reed cowan, thank you. and tonight good news for commuters in los angeles. interstate 10 will fully reopen tomorrow more than a week after

a fire severely damaged part of one of the nation's busiest roadways. construction crews combined 10,000 hours to stabilize the freeway. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," elon musk facing an advertising backlash after an antisemitic endorsement. plus, why retailers are bracing for a ho-hum hiring holiday season.

it has been a tough weekend for elon musk. the spacex co-founder watched the most powerful rocket ever built explode during a test flight over the texas coast on saturday. musk faces growing backlash from advertisers over antisemitic posts on his social media site x. cbs's astrid martinez has more. >> reporter: comcast and sony are some of the latest to say they are leaving x. joining a growing list of advertisers pulling money from the platform formerly known as twitter.

apple, warner bros. and cbs parent company paramount are all fleeing after owner elon musk endorsed antisemitic conspiracy theories online. on wednesday, musk liked a post on x that claimed jewish communities have a dialectcal hatred of whites. you have said the truth, he responded. he is promising a thermonuclear lawsuit against the media watchdters for reporting that x has been placing ads next to pro nazi content. >> is it bad for musk? >> it's not good for yooechl. >> reporter: senior correspondent for vo km says the company x is struggling abwith heavy debt load. he has about $1 billion of debt that he has to pay off every year, $1 billion in interest payments every year. that's a real cost he has to figure out how to pay. he is the world's richest man. if he wants to sort of eat it, he can. >> reporter: other social networks like facebook and

tiktok struggle with monitoring false and hateful content. however, musk has drawn personal condemnation for posting his controversial views to his more than 163 million followers. >> thank you. >> still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," holiday hiring. why it's not so jolly.

dialectical h . tonight paris known as the city of lights is sparkling even brighter. thousands of christmas lights on the champs-elysees were switched on. they adorn the iconic avenue to january 7. in this country, a dim outlook for job hunters seeking

holiday employment. retailers expected to add 410,000 jobs this season, the lowest since 2008. here is cbs's nancy chen. >> reporter: at the seasonal job fair in new york city, the holidays are already well underway. >> i ended up getting hired. >> reporter: on the spot? >> yes. >> reporter: retailers are proceeding cautiously. while there are more seasonal job seekers, listings are down. >> it's a shaky economy in many ways. so companies are proceeding with caution. that means opening up fewer roles and really looking critically at what roles have to be filled. >> reporter: online giant amazon stands out by adding more positions than last year. but many major companies say they are staying about the same or hiring fewer workers. walmart hasn't announced seasonal plans at all sailing they are fully staffed. while holiday sales growth is expected to slow from recent years, industry experts are

predicting another record-breaking spending season. consumers will spend on average more than $1,600 on holiday shopping. up 14% from last year. even as shoppers face inflation, higher living costs and resuming student loan payments. >> people are still pricing inflation into their holiday. shoppers are gearing up to spend more to give less. >> reporter: how to all of these factors impact how you are going be buying for your families? >> regardess of the economic conditions, when it comes to putting gifts under the tree for kids, parents maybe it happen. >> reporter: resilient shoppers and an endearing holiday spirit. next on the "cbs weekend news," a fashion statement at national parks. what why signs have red scarves.

. today a red shawl day and national parks have taken note

from sleeping bear in measure to grand teton in wyoming. red shawls have been maced at sites to honor missing and murdered indigenous women. the justice department says indigenous women are ten times more likely to be murdered or to go missing. and a time when space and astronauts held the world's attention, u.s. navy captain don walsh made the first descent to the deepest place in the ocean. the mission in 1960 reached the seabed 6.7 miles down in the pacific's mariana trench and opened frontiers in deep see exploration. we learned this weekend he died in myrtle point, oregon. he was 92. when we return, the biggest motor show in japan gets charged up for the future. ♪

fume i tonight after a four-year hiatus, one of the most prestigious auto shows returned with a bang, rebranding

and focus on the future. elizabeth palmer in tokyo took a spin. >> reporter: all of the japanese big names were there with their latest models. and so were some upstart newcomers. this used to be called the tokyo motor show. but it's been renamed. this year the first year since the pandemic, now it's known as the tokyo mobility show to take in vehicles like this. the wheelchair of the future. you get it to raise up first. and then it's just controlled by balance. by the way you swing your body. very smooth. honda calls it the unione. the rest of us call amazing. >> it's not a bumper car. elsewhere, customizable vending trucks, robotic exoskeletons and even remote-controlled diggers.

but the meat and potatoes of this business is still practical cars for busy people. powerhouse toyota's ceo took the stage to introduce the company's brand new e vehicles. his company is pouring billions into the holy grail of batteries, so-called solid state to have in its cars by 2028. recharge time ten minutes. range, more than 700 miles. honda's vision of the vision includes the tiny cimev. you designed with your mother-in-law in mind? the design chief she had me how easy to read buttons replace the gearshift. >> drive, reverse, and travel. >> reporter: and on the drawing board is a driverless option. >> the car is automatic. coming by itself. >> reporter: then you tell it where to go? >> right. >> reporter: and then once it drops you off, you have to tell it where to park? >> that's right. >> reporter: look out, world.

here comes the future. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tokyo. >> and that the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. i'm maurice dubois in new york. good night. ♪ now at 6:00, a food truck worker shot and robbed on the job left with scars. the couple caught in a crime wave in oakland. family and friends putting grief into action demanding city leaders changed laws to make san francisco streets safer. >> saying good-bye to a first lady. how rosalynn carter's legacy lives on in the bay area. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we start in oakland where a food truck

worker chased after the men who robbed him. that chase led to him getting shot. >> the tamale pizza food truck was robbed on the foothills and 34th in the fruitvale district. da lin talked to one of the victims with the story. >> reporter: workers say robberies around here are pretty common. one of the victims chased after the robbers who had a rifle and a handgun. the victims were working at this food truck on friday night when two gunmen stormed in demanding money. describing the traumatic experience through a translator. >> i was just afraid, terrified. just had my head down to put the guns on the back. >> reporter: she asked us to protect her identity because of safety concerns. the two gunmen took the money and repeatedly hit her husband. >> they started getting frustrated or d