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create a joint bank account with three to six months of expenses. and finally, hire a lawyer or use a service to write an agreement that will help mitigate risks such as a job loss, unplanned expenses or one of the owners deciding to sell. >> put your incomes together, share some of the risks together. be smart about it along the way and buy your first home. >> reporter: it's not just co-ownership growing in popularity. multigenerational homes with at least two generations under one roof are on the rise. census data analyzed by cbs news found a 57% increase of 25 to 34-year-olds living with their parents over the past 20 years. pennsylvania home contractor kevin kennedy has seen it firsthand and says older americans are taking advantage of the benefits too. since the pandemic, more than half of his jobs are home conversions to accommodate multigenerational families. >> it's a frenzy of people trying to buy homes.

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>> i barged into a local tv station. i can learn. i don't have experience, but i can do this job. >> reporter: at home in montana with her husband of nearly 40 years, daytime tv legend maury povich -- >> you are not the father! >> reporter: -- she can enjoy the view and reflect on a four-decade career. her new memoir is called "connie." >> let me tell you when we first realized that there was a connie. >> reporter: maury povich was then a rising star in the newsroom. >> she wanted a job, and the news director said no, no, no, you're my assistant. she said no, i want that job, weekend writer on the news desk. and he said well, then you have to replace yourself. she walks out of the newsroom across the street into the bank, looks at the first woman teller, and says you want to be in tv? marched her across the street into the newsroom.

she got the job, and the bank teller got a job as the secretary. >> reporter: soon she caught the eye of cbs news, barging into a restaurant cited for health violations with camera crew in tow. >> lo and behold, the cbs bureau chief was sitting there having lunch. he saw me, and he gave me his card, and he said call me. >> reporter: the cbs news washington bureau in 1971. >> all i saw around me was what i call a sea of men. >> reporter: connie devised a survival plan. >> i looked around and i said well, heck, i'm going to be a guy too. so i took on their characteristics. i had bravado. i would walk into a room as if i owned it. >> reporter: and she could talk like a sailor. >> i had a bawdy reputation for saying the unexpected to these

men who were rather sexist and racist, and they were oh! but the bad words, not good. i don't recommend that to anyone. >> yeah. >> it was just my m.o. of how to survive in that snake pit. >> reporter: moving up one step at a time wasn't enough for connie chung. >> news, business, sports and weather, get it first, get it fast. >> nbc wanted to hire somebody to do the half hour news before the "today" show. >> reporter: sunrise. >> i said i'll do that, but i also want to not just do that. i want to report political stories for tom brokaw's nightly news, and i wanted the saturday night news, and i'd like to do news breaks at 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. that made it very difficult to sleep. >> the people of chili had

rejected continued rule of general augusto pinochet. >> reporter: you seem to be a powerful hybrid of your americanness and your chinese. american opportunity. >> yes. >> reporter: chinese -- >> dutiful. always does the right thing, goody two-shoes, respectful. >> reporter: ambition, drive, focus? >> oh, yeah, you know -- >> reporter: focus? >> sure, sure, uh-huh, uh-huh. the drive to succeed. that was a combo platter. >> reporter: in hyper competitive network battles, the prize interview was the get. in november 1991, magic johnson, the great l.a. lakers point guard revealed he'd tested positive for hiv. >> i will have to retire from the lakers. >> i went to his agent's office and squatted. i wouldn't leave until he left the office.

>> reporter: she got the interview. >> magic, how do you think you were infected? >> well, the doctors say that it's definitely through sex. >> reporter: and the first interview with the captain of the "exxon valdez." >> it's nice to be home? >> yeah. >> reporter: after the devastating alaska oil spill. captain, were you drunk when you boarded the "exxon valdez"? >> no. >> reporter: but while the tonya harding skating scandal and documentaries with tittle lating ti tittling titles delivered ratings -- >> life in the fast lane. >> reporter: the taint of tabloid fare sullied her name and reputation. >> it was story after story after story. and i just did not have the power to say no. and i so regret that, jane. >> reporter: the daughter of chinese immigrants. >> my parents were very, very traditional chinese people. >> reporter: connie was the youngest of five sisters.

the only one born in america. her father decided she would be the son he never had. and carry on the chung name. >> as of 4:00 this afternoon -- >> reporter: she exceeded his expectations and realized her own dream. >> i'm thrilled. >> reporter: joining dan rather on the cbs evening news in 1993. >> good evening and welcome, connie. >> thank you, dan. >> reporter: but it was not the dream team. do you remember the line from the bette davis movie, "it wasn't all about eve". >> yes. >> and she is going up the steps and she says "fasten your seat >> yes. >> and she is going up the steps and she says "fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night." and i thought yep, hang on, honey. >> before we say good night, some news about ourselves. >> reporter: after two years, she was fired. >> i was crushed, absolutely crushed. >> reporter: but then just days later, after years of

miscarriages and infertility treatments, their adopted son was born. >> we got matthew when he was less than a day old. he never left my arm, you know. he was an extension of my arm. and to this day, he is a grown man, and so wonderful. >> reporter: at the age of 49, connie almost had it all. >> i could never declare a success. i was born chinese. i'm born humble. never enough. >> yeah, never enough. >> and i think it took the connie generation for her to realize exactly what she had become. >> reporter: last year, "the new york times" published a story entitled "generation connie." chinese, korean, and japanese parents across the country had

named their baby daughters after her. >> i couldn't believe it. it was the most exhilarating day that i could have ever imagined. >> thank you. thank you. >> it was they who declared me a success. and once they did that, i thought really? i have to accept that. >> reporter: what did you mean to their parents? >> work hard, be brave, and take risks. i wasn't the smartest. tina zimmerman: five years ago, i reconnected with my estranged father, and that's just something i never ever thought could happen. but when he became a believer, he just had this insatiable appetite to learn the bible, and he began to watch dr. stanley.

dr. stanley: god always blesses obedience without an exception. tina: he teaches in a way that it just makes sense, and i feel like that's the way our heavenly father would teach us.

an island off the coast of africa has a wine that played a starring role in the birth of our nation. ian lee explains. >> reporter: the portuguese island of madeira is an

unforgiving landscape. clouds hug its jagged peaks, while in the valleys below, vineyards carved out of forests cling to the steep volcanic rock. and what they ultimately produce is arguably more american than apple pie. >> madeira should be the national wine. >> reporter: bartholomew broadbent's mission is to reintroduce the wine to the u.s., by helping americans connect with their past. >> not only is it important to the american history, because it was invented by shipping to america, it became the biggest selling wine in america. >> reporter: ships hauled the wine for months while traveling to the new world, accidentally turning it into something special. >> these holds in the ships got really, really hot. they tasted it and thought this is better than before it left. >> reporter: so madeira was discovered by mistake? >> by mistake. >> reporter: the sweet mistake quickly became a hit. george washington drank pints of the fortified wine every day. and the founding fathers toasted

the signing of the declaration of independence with madera. you won't find madeira ageing in a cellar. the wine likes it hot, traditionally stored in attics. but these days large vats heat the wine to 113 degrees to speed up the process. >> the temperature will change not only the color, but also the aroma and will make madeira wine indestructible. >> reporter: madeira's other secret is the grape's connection to the land and people. julio fernandez takes us up the mountain to the extreme heart of the operation. what makes madeira so special? >> first of all, look at the landscape. by the acidity that the soil gives to the grapes turns it unique in the world. >> reporter: 1200 small family farms grow grapes in every nook and cranny. >> as you see, the landscape doesn't allow you to have long lines of vineyards.

>> reporter: wonderful grapes. i'll cheers to cha. >> cheers to that. >> reporter: produce some delicious wines. we need more glasses. never a bad problem. and just maybe ferment enough to turn an old american vintage into a new 21st century tradition. >> this should be the wine that every american celebrates on july 4th. they should have madeira at their barbecues. >> reporter: ian lee, madeira. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm carissa lawson.

hello and thanks for staying up with us. i'm carissa lawson in new york. here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." interest rates are finally coming down. we'll tell you what that means for consumers. lebanon is rocked by a second day of exploding devices aimed at hezbollah, while israel declares a new phase of the war. and both presidential candidates face criticism while missing out on a major endorsement. the federal reserve made a big move wednesday, cutting interest rates by half a percentage point, which was much more than expected. its first rate cut since the covid pandemic in 2020, and the largest since the 2008 financial crisis. cbs' shanelle kaul looks at what this means for your credit card bills, your mortgage, your auto loans, and your pocketbook. >> reporter: for two years now, carr has been hunting for a house. >> the market is so disgusting. >> reporter: across the country, perspective home buyers have been weighed down by inflation,

competition, and high lending rates. the federal reserve's decision to cut interest rates is expected to give the housing market a boost. >> it's good, but then it's bad, because now people are going to be willing to pay even more for a house that's worth less. >> the floor continues to go out of the home. >> reporter: home interest is surging. this home in yonkers, new york saw several offers in the first couple of days it was on the market. >> you're quick to act on that rate drop, then you have a better chance than perhaps waiting another month or two. >> reporter: while the fed's decision could complicate the housing market, financial experts say it will lead to lower interest rates on credit card balances and make buying a car more affordable. a new survey from edmunds found 62% of car shoppers were holding off on purchasing their next vehicle because of high interest rates. >> and the interest rate has been sky-high.

this might give some relief sooner rather than later. >> reporter: many economists believe the federal reserve will continue to cut rates. the board meets two more times before the end of the year. shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. now to the middle east and another highly unusual attack inside lebanon. in a second wave of attacks targeting iranian-backed hezbollah, exploding walkie-talkies and hand-held radios killed at least 20 people and wounded hundreds more. this comes just one day after a similar attack killed at least a dozen people and injured thousands. cbs' imtiaz tyab has the latest from beirut. >> reporter: in beirut, even funerals are no longer safe after a second wave of mass explosions, including at a burial procession for four people killed in tuesday's pagers turned bomb attacks. eyewitnesses say this time walkie-talkies carried by hezbollah members exploded right before their eyes. the explosions were once again

simultaneous and went off in cities and towns across lebanon. hezbollah accuses israel of turning thousands of its communications devices into deadly weapons. lebanese security officials tonight saying it was transceiver radios, or walkie-talkies that detonated, killing at least 20 and wounding over 450. although smaller in scale than tuesday's mass explosions involving pagers, that killed 12 people and left over 2,700 with injuries so serious, emergency doctor who treated around 200 patients says she's never seen anything like it before. >> we started seeing people all blown up. eyeballs ruptured, abdomen open, bones out, thighs open. it was very terrible. >> reporter: a humiliated hezbollah has vowed to take revenge against israel as cbs news has learned a taiwanese

company, gold apollo authorized the use of its branding on the pagers bought by hezbollah through a budapest company based in this residence. but the hungarian government told us bac consulting is only a trading intermediary with no manufacturing site, which means where the pagers were made remains an open question. so too is israel's role in all of this. and israel's defense minister has said a quote new phase of the war is under way with the focus now on its northern front with hezbollah. cbs news has learned the israeli military has moved its 98th division to a position in the north just today. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, beirut. former president donald trump held a campaign rally in long island, new york wednesday night. it came with enhanced security following a second assassination attempt against the former president. meanwhile, both candidates missed out on a key endorsement from major union. cbs' skyler henry has more.

♪ and i gladly stand up ♪ >> reporter: former president donald trump was welcomed by a friendly crowd on long island, new york wednesday. >> we are going to win new york. [ cheering ] >> reporter: the empire state usually votes democrat in the presidential race, but republicans are trying to hold on to the u.s. house and are pushing to protect lawmakers in vulnerable districts. there was a heavy security presence at the rally. the secret service says the former president now has the highest level of protection offered by the agency, the same level as a sitting president. the posture follows sunday's apparent attempt on trump's life. >> a lot of friends and family were spooked. but i'm a die-hard. i think he has done good for the country, and i want to be here to support him. >> reporter: in washington, vice president kamala harris courted the latino vote, criticizing her opponent's plans to deport every gr immigrant in the u.s. illegally.

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the federal reserve's announcement that it will cut interest rates is good news for people with car loans, credit card debt, or for those looking to buy a home. lower mortgage or interest rates should help make homes more affordable. but for first-time home buyers, there are other issues standing in the way. mark strassmann explains. >> i am actively house hunting. i would love to purchase a home by the end of this year. >> reporter: in houston, the starter home felicia ellis desperately wants seems priced like the forever home she can't afford. take this three-bedroom, two-bath house. >> someone put an offer, and the offer was accepted. that was -- >> reporter: the one that got away. >> yeah, the one that got away. >> reporter: buyers like ellis need builders like sharon m may mayberry. >> get this framed up. >> reporter: he is committed to starter home projects like this. 40 units, three determines, two and a half bath, 1650 square

feet. typical price, $250,000, about average for houston starter homes. his secret to making the math work, city zoning and subsidies. he's financing the build using nearly $5 million in city rehm investment funds. >> it's the land costs that kill you right off the bat. >> absolutely. without the land, you can't build the house. >> reporter: without the subsidies, what would they average? >> oh, man, it would be north to about 350, pretty close to $400,000. >> reporter: cbs news crunched the numbers for income and home prices in america's largest 100 cities. five years ago, one in three american families could afford a starter home in 63 of those cities. this summer it's down to 10. just 10 cities where a starter home is possible for one in three families. >> there is no doubt this is a crisis. >> reporter: chris vincents with habitat for humanity. its vice president of regulations. habitat, one of the largest builders of starter homes like

these in silver spring, maryland, now focuses on advocacy as much as building. >> a lot of this is from tailwinds, even from the '08 financial crisis. but we've essentially been not building enough homes over the last decade to keep up with the demand. >> reporter: carolyn hipp kens got lucky in maryland. she was making $54,000 a year when she bought this starter home, a house rehabbed by habitat. sale price? $360,000 with a zero percent habitat mortgage. >> oh, i was happy when i got that call on the phone. i had to control myself because i wanted to scream. >> reporter: what does it mean to you to have your own space? >> oh, peace and quiet and, you know, just comfort. >> reporter: habitat says one in six families now spend more than half their income on housing. what are you advocating for? >> it's access to credit. it's access to land, and it's in places of community of opportunity. >> reporter: but for every carolyn hipkens, thousands of

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infrastructure lining u.s. roads is strong enough to handle impacts from electric vehicles, which tend to be heavier than their gas-powered counterparts. tests showing evs tearing flew the guardrail, or here essentially lifting a similar barrier and passing below it. university of nebraska professor. >> unfortunately, these guardrail systems which have performed very well with gasoline vehicles historically do not appear to be containing electric vehicles when impacting with similar types of conditions. >> reporter: in july, his team ran this 7,000-pound electric pickup into concrete barriers commonly used as highway medians at 62 miles an hour, weighing 2,000 pounds more, the barriers contained the collision, but chunks of concrete were sent flying in several of the 5,000-pound barriers were pushed back 10 feet, 50% more than normal. does something need to change with how -- whether it's the rules around guardrails or when new ones are put in? >> there has to be an awareness.

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olay. president biden's bipartisan infrastructure law provides $350 billion to repair america's crumbling bridges and highways. but the mayor of one u.s. city has another idea. he says he'll use the money to knock down a highway running through town and slow down traffic. scott macfarlane explains. >> reporter: bishop barnard alex's church calls it a home of restored believer. >> don't judge me by my container. >> reporter: it's just a few miles from his boyhood home in syracuse, new york. >> that were gone. >> reporter: a neighborhood alex believes is in desperate need of its own restoration. >> it was where people planted a garden. >> reporter: pioneer homes, one of the nation's oldest public housing communities was built in syracuse in the 1930s, but then

sliced apart in the 1960s when the government erected interstate 81 right through it. >> through what? you took away a thriving, vibrant community. you took away the hope and the space of the people. >> reporter: the highway still casts a massive shadow, separating it from white and affluent nareighborhoods, hospitals and schools. do you think they were trying to drive people out? >> i do. >> reporter: but only for a few years longer, because the government is about to level a mile and a half of this highway, including this part. a cbs news review of federal records found these communities which sit in the shadows of major highways suffer higher pollution rates. the people have higher asthma rates. there are lower property values and lower incomes. syracuse is one of more than 130 communities nationwide that shared $3 billion in federal awards in 2023 to reconnect

neighborhoods segregated by highway planners from portland to philadelphia, cities are capping stretches of expressways with parks and green space planted over the roadway. >> it is a scar that goes through the heart of our city. >> reporter: syracuse mayor ben walsh says his project is the most ambitious. >> we're driving beneath the highway. it seems like an eyesore. >> to say the least. >> reporter: costing more than $2 billion, they're rerouting i- 1 around the city of syracuse, and then deem administrationing the current stretch, replacing wit a pedestrian-friendly grid with surface streets with shops, stop signs and potentially new life. >> we can't undo the wrong of the past, but we can try to get it right this time. we an opportunity to knit back the fabric of our cities and to bring people together. >> reporter: while in other traffic-choked cities nationwide, highway expansion goes on. it is unavoidable? this highway has to expand? >> it's unavoid. >> reporter: like in north

charleston, south carolina, where i-526 which runs through many mostly black neighborhoods is set to be widened. mary reggie burgis says dozens of homeowners will need to be relocated, but they're offering employment help and college grants. >> of course we don't want to displace people. but when we have to actually improve the infrastructure, sometimes we have to make decisions that are not accepted. but i think that people understand it. >> but he saved me. >> reporter: back in syracuse, bishop alex hopes more people soon back to the neighborhoods near pioneer homes. to speed up a revitalization that comes with

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