of ketamine and other party drugs. >> it's very confusing to a lot of people because a lot of people don't know what it is or what it's supposed to be. >> reporter: that confusion worries researcher joseph palomar with the national drug early warning system. it monitors online chatter on reddit. >> the average number of discussions appears to be increasing over time, which to me suggests the drug concoction is becoming more popular. a lot of times the chatter increases before a lot of poisonings occur. >> reporter: growing chatter prompted the group to send an alert about pink cocaine back in february of 2023. now federal drug agents warn they're seeing it from new york to texas. >> when people are seeking pink cocaine and they think they're buying pink cocaine, they're actually buying a drug that's laced with fentanyl and they have no idea and they're overdosing and dying. >> reporter: this user says she tests for fentanyl. have you ever found fentanyl in the tucci you've bought? >> yes. it's been once. >> reporter: what did you do? >> give it back.

this is dangeros. >> reporter: given your expertise, what keeps you up at night? >> i guarantee another drug, drug concoction will come out in the next year that is even more problematic and are we going to be able to handle it? >> reporter: so he'll keep studying those trying to spot the next drug trend. reddit says its policies ban the buying or selling of drugs and that most of the conversation's happening on its message boards are actually warning other users about pink cocaine. tom hanson, cbs news. if you haven't finished shopping for your thanksgiving meal, you may find a pleasant surprise at the store. the price of groceries is now down nearly 10% from its high of 2022. kelly o'grady has the story. >> we are going to sell over half a million pounds of turkey this thanksgiving. >> reporter: as president at stew leonard's, a grocery chain in the northeast, blake leonard knows it's been a tough few

years for shoppers and for the family business. >> we want to keep customers happy and we are faced with rising labor costs and fuel and everything as well. >> reporter: but there is some relief. big picture, what are you seek this thanksgiving? >> the great news is that for the first time in a couple of years we're really seeing prices remain steady versus last year, which was great. >> reporter: credit a major drop in turkey prices. a whole bird is $1.40 per pound. down 16% for last year and the lowest it's been in five years. while cranberries are up 16% and table wine up 2%, staples such as pumpkins and green beans are down 9% or more, thanks in part to a healthier supply chain and store discounts. >> we have worked with so many of our suppliers for over 20 years and we feel good as a family and as a business that we're doing what we can to keep prices down. >> reporter: to tack on the savings, buy private store labels instead of brand names, use frozen instead of fresh and buy only what you need. a pound of turkey per guest.

kelly o'grady, cbs news, clifton, new jersey. thanksgiving shopping would be a lot more difficult without shopping carts. each year about 2 million shopping carts are stolen worldwide costing retailers $800 million. the shopping cart has a long and proud history. cbs's jonathan vigliotti tells us all about it. >> reporter: shopping carts may help haul the food we'll feast on this thanksgiving, but when their job is done, they rarely get the respect they deserve. but in some american grocery stores, shopping carts aren't just respected -- >> it's kind of the highlight of our week. >> reporter: -- they're beloved. places like price chopper outside of kansas city where we met pat and mike foster. >> there are a couple of times we've come and it's not been available and it's disappointing. >> reporter: here a new shopping cart is flying off the rack and down the aisle.

a digital screen with gps guides people around the store. cameras equipped with ai technology rapidly identify and scan products when they're placed in the basket. coupons are instant and you can check out and pay right on the handle bar. >> lift the flap here. >> it's easy to look and say the shopping cart is what it is. >> reporter: kasey broker with price chopper began test driving the shopping carts a few months ago. analog and digital. >> you look at the caper cart and it's a benefit. it helps the customer know where they are and it will help us from a sales perspective as well. >> when i put these in you see the cameras pick it up. >> reporter: that scanned it. >> it scanned it, it turned green and you can see a coupon popped up. >> reporter: the cart is even outfitted with a scale. >> toss them right in and you can see the scale update. >> reporter: that's cool.

insta cart is betting big spending a whopping $350 million to acquire the technology in 2021. shopping has come a long way in the last century. >> this is where it all began for the shopping cart. this is it. >> reporter: the world's first cart was invented in 1937 by an oklahoma city grocer named sill van goldman who put wheels and a handle on a folding chair. >> he noticed that people stopped buying produce, buying their material when their basket was full so he came up with this idea of putting a basket on some sort of cart or trolley. >> reporter: steve velasquez is a curator at the smithsonian national museum of history in washington, d.c. the shopping cart is born in the 1930s. does it catch on quickly? >> it does. he hired actors to pretend shop, to fill the carts, to walk around and then people started

using these carts and that's when it really took off. >> reporter: shopping carts have grown over the decades as markets super sized and refrigerators kept food fresher longer. is it really necessary to reinvent the wheel? >> absolutely. when you think about the shopping experience in store, it hasn't really changed that much in the last 80, 90, 100 years, but think about how much it's changed online. what's happened is that online has transformed customer expectations. >> reporter: the good old shopping cart, once overlooked, once again changing the way we buy our food. [coughing] hi susan, honey? yea. i respect that, but that cough looks pretty bad. try this robitussin honey. the real honey you love, plus the powerful cough relief you need. mind if i root through your trash? robitussin, with real honey & elderberry. giving tuesday. giving tuesday. giving tuesday. giving tuesday is a global effort

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a 10-year-old chef with a repertoire of simple recipes. >> in english, amazing. >> reporter: cooking in war torn gaza. she has nearly a million followers on instagram. they've witnessed her delight as she unpacks parcels of food aid. we interviewed her via satellite though we were just 50 miles away in tel aviv. israel doesn't allow outside journalists into gaza except on brief trips with the country's military. there are a lot of dishes i'd like to cook but the ingredients aren't available in the market she told us. milk used to be easy to buy, but now it's become very expensive. how does it feel when so many people like your internet videos? all the comments were positive,

she said. when i'm feeling tired or sad and i want something to cheer me up, i read the comments. we sent a local camera crew to her home as she made poule, a traditional middle eastern bean stew. her older sister says they never expected the videos to go viral. >> amazing food. every time she make me very surp surprised. >> thank you. >> reporter: after more than a year of war, the gaza strip lies in ruins. nearly everyone has been displaced from their homes. united nations says close to 2 million people are experiencing critical levels of hunger. the hamad chakura is another chef showing the outside world how gazans are getting by.

relying on food from aid packages and cooking with a single gas burner in a tent. chakura also volunteers with a charity, watermelon relief, which makes sweet treats for gaza's children. we've noticed that in all the videos that you post online you're very serious. why is that? the situation does not call for smiling, he said. what you see on screen will never show you how hard life really is here. before dawn one recent morning in israel we watched the u.n.'s world food program load nearly two dozen trucks with flour headed across the border. the problem is not a lack of food, the problem is getting the food into the gaza strip and into the hands of those who desperately need it. the u.n. has repeatedly accused israel of obstructing aid

deliveries to gaza. ment israel's government denies that and claims that hamas is hijacking aid. >> for all the actors on the ground, let the humanitarians do their work. >> reporter: this is the world food program's director in the palestinian territories. some people might see these two chefs and think, they're cooking. they have food. >> they have food, but they don't have the right food. they're trying to accommodate with anything that they can find to make it a bit diverse. these chefs are really doing miracles. >> reporter: even in our darkest hour, food can bring comfort. but for many in gaza,

the numbers are in, and the biggest box office hits so far this holiday season are "wicked" and gladiator 2. together they raked in $384 million in ticket sales last weekend alone. that's the biggest pre-thanksgiving weekend opening since covid. vladimir duthiers has more. >> makes sense. >> reporter: it was a weekend of flight or fight. while "gladiator 2" earned $55 million at the box office domestically -- >> let me tell you the whole

story. >> reporter: -- "wicked" soared with $114 million. ♪ >> reporter: the first of a two-part adaptation starring ari an da grande broke the record for the best opening weekend for a movie based on a musical ever. >> there are victories yet still to come. >> reporter: meanwhile, the long anticipated "gladiator" sequel is set to be the biggest opening in washington's illustrious career. >> you will be my instrument. >> i will never be your instrument, in this life or the next. >> reporter: as glicked took over theaters, audiences were divided. >> going to see "wicked." >> reporter: nearly 75% of the "wicked" audiences were female. >> i'm here for "wicked.." >> reporter: rebecca keegan is the senior film editor for "the hollywood reporter." >> they're looking at these as

complementary releases. they're seeing releasing them together lifts the weekend box office for everybody. >> listen to me. you can do anything. ♪ that was our vladimir duthiers reporting and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in for "cbs news mornings" and follow us online at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul.

hello and thanks so much for staying you up with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york and here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." a big win for president-elect donald trump as two major court cases against him are dropped. america's airports and highways will be packed this weekend. a travel week likely to break records. israel continues pounding targets in lebanon, even while a negotiated cease-fire deal appears likely. donald trump has scored a major legal victory. special counsel jack smith moved to drop not only the president-elect's alleged 2020 election interference case but also his classified documents case in florida. it's not because smith now believes trump is innocent but, instead, because of the justice department's policy preventing sitting president's from facing criminal trial. trump has been threatening to

fire smith as soon as he takes office in january. trump's team is calling the move to dismiss the cases a major victory for the rule of law. two other criminal cases against trump remain in legal limbo, his election interference case in georgia and his so-called hush money case in new york. cbs's christian benavides reports from trump headquarters in west palm beach, florida. >> reporter: less than two months from inauguration, jack smith moved to dismiss two cases against president-elect donald trump. trump was accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election and illegally retaining classified documents after his first administration ended. in a six-page filing smith acknowledged the justice department and constitution for bid the prosecution of a sitting president but he noted that prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength

of the government's proof or the merits of the prosecution which the government stands fully behind. >> jack smith says even though this could be hanging over the president's head for the entirety of the administration, that's the type of burden we want to guard against. >> reporter: in a social media post trump wrote, quote, these cases, like all of the other cases i have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless and should never have been brought. after the announcement a u.s. district judge granted prosecutor's requests to dismiss is election interference case. a decision in the documents case was still pending. >> these prosecutions from jack smith's perspective are ending with a wimper, not a bang. i'm sure it's a disappointing day for jack smith. i suspect he wishes he had been given this mandate earlier on. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland appointed smith as special counsel in 2022 after trump announced his third run for the white house.

trump has been threatening to fire smith as soon as he takes office in january. and president-elect donald trump is threatening massive new tariffs against mexico and canada when he takes office. writing on social media, trump says the penalties will be aimed on cracking down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling. he's promising a whopping 25% tariff on all products coming from mexico and canada plus an additional 10% on products coming from china. the thanksgiving rush is now underway with almost 80 million americans traveling for the holiday this year, but it's not all smooth sailing. workers at charlotte douglas international airport went on strike monday over what they say are unlivable wages. on america's highways, aaa estimates this year will be the busiest ever stimulated by the lowest gas prices since 2021.

cbs's natali brand takes a look at how things are progressing. >> don't get in the wrongs line. >> reporter: thanksgiving air travel is expected to soar to new levels this year. >> we definitely felt that the traffic -- >> reporter: the rush started friday when the tsa said it saw a 25% spike in traffic at checkpoints. the number will peak tuesday with more than 50,000 but airlines expect to screen the most people wednesday and be sunday. sunday could set an all-time record with more than 3 million people. hannah tinley flew home monday to avoid the peak rush. >> that was fantastic. flight was like hardly anyone on it. that was awesome. >> reporter: it wasn't smooth sailing for everyone. >> we found our flights delayed. >> reporter: washington d.c. area airports had delays. boston's airport the wings of two airports collided on the tarmac. in charlotte, north carolina, a strike by airport service workers could lead to more travel slowdowns.

>> we're the reason why passengers are able to get on the plane every day. >> reporter: weather could be a factor for nearly 72 million people who are expected to drive to their destination this year. roads are still slick in the sierra nevadas. mid week rain and snow could cause rain in the rockies and the northeast. >> now is the time to check your tire pressure, oil, battery, fill up the tank, pack an emergency kit with bottles of water, snacks, blankets, flashlight. last thanksgiving aaa rescued more than half a million people over thanksgiving. >> reporter: one bright spot, the average gas price could dip below $3 a gallon this holiday week. natali brand, cbs, washington. turning overseas, u.s. officials say negotiations for a cease-fire between israel and hezbollah are nearing the finish line. fighting rages on with israel continuing to launch airstrikes across lebanon. cbs's debra patta reports from

e east jerusalem. >> reporter: a cease-fire may be close, but it is not a dorn deal yet, even as diplomats pushed for peace, rockets flew on both sides of the border with israel and hezbollah trading some of its heaviest fire yet. this residential build being, one of many taken down as deadly israeli strikes killed more than 80 people over the weekend. israel also felt hezbollah's wrath. this is the moment a rocket smashed into the roof of a building in northern israel as the iranian-backed group fired a barrage of rockets injuring four people. away from the battlefield there is significant progress towards a deal, but it still needs to be ratified by the israeli cabinet.

it would see israeli troops withdraw from lebanon and hezbollah pushed all the way back here north of the litani river. >> i think it's important what will happen after, that hezbollah will not be allowed to come back to the fence. >> reporter: after more than a year, everyone wants this war to end. there are more than 1.2 million people displaced in lebanon and over 60,000 here in northern israel. they are all waiting to go home. debra patta, cbs news, east jerusalem jerusalem. today's world is hectic, and as parents, we need all the help we can get. we know our kids would rather hang out with their digital babysitter, but this babysitter comes straight from big social. tiktok, instagram and youtube promise entertainment and connection, but spread

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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. president-elect donald trump's cabinet picks continue to spark controversy on capitol hill and beyond. public school officials are most concerned about his choice for secretary of health and human services. robert f. kennedy jr. is not a doctor and has never run a massive government agency. kennedy's also been a loud skeptic of vaccines despite overwhelming evidence that vaccines are safe and effective at preventing disease, especially in schools. cbs's chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook has more. >> reporter: lauren says she has concerns over vaccinating her children. >> anything i give my child i question. i get anxious. >> reporter: when 11-year-old gio was an infant he got his childhood vaccines on schedule. >> always had a reaction every single time, hives, rash. >> i started to get hess sense

at this saying can we space these out? the doctor made me feel like you're being dramatic but, okay. >> reporter: after scouring the internet for information, the new york mom hit pause on additional pause for gio and 3-year-old julia. then the pediatrician issued an ultimatum. >> take all of the vaccines or you're out of the practice. >> reporter: they say they are safe and effective and the benefits far outweigh the risks. at least 12% of the children have a vaccine hesitant parent. >> i think it's important to understand the thought process of why a patient is refusing a vaccination. >> reporter: this doctor said in recent years she's been navigating increased vaccine skepticism. >> you hear some parents say why do we have to have so many vaccines so soon. >> the reason we present infants with immunizations early on in their life because their immune system is susceptible to not only viral but bacterial

infections. >> reporter: 45 states permit vaccination exemptions. kindergarten exemptions are 93%. that increases risk for the vulnerable like those immunocompromised or too young to be vaccinated. does everybody understand when they're rolling the dies for their children are rolling the dice for others? >> they're concerned about their precious little one and so it becomes really important for us as doctors to communicate the safety and efficacy of the vaccines. >> gio was begging me he wants to go to school, doesn't want to be kicked out. >> reporter: faced with school vaccine mandates, they reluctantly vaccinated their sons. >> don't patronize us. don't make us feel stupid. >> it's critical that you are honest with them, that you frame the discussion with facts. >> reporter: facts and a

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. thanksgiving week is the busiest time of year to travel, and if you're booking flights and hotels, there's one big question, should you do the research yourself or leave it to an ai program? we put that to the test with nancy chen and kris van cleave.

>> reporter: would you trust ai travel bots to plan your entire trip? >> or do you prefer to do it the way we've done it for so many years now, checking reviews, comparing prices and researching online? we took the same trip booked two very different ways to see which comes out on top. lights, shows, night life. we're going to vegas, baby. >> aaa estimates it will be one of the most popular travel destinations this thanksgiving and also the perfect place for a vacation experiment. ai is going to plan my trip right from my phone as i sit in my house. nancy? >> hey, kris. i'm going to do it the old-fashioned way. to make it an even comparison, we're booking the same departure city, travel dates and hotel. >> i'm going to ask google's gemini to do all the work for me. it quickly generates flight and hotel recommendations.

okay. i'm done. >> with the whole thing? >> that was 47 seconds. >> i compare prices and reviews on kayak, expedia, and trip adviser. i mean, chris, if you want to take a break and come back, i'll still be here. >> oh, no, i have nothing better to do today. >> finally, the results are in. >> my total for the about a minute or so work i put in this, $741.48 for flights and three nights in vegas at a five star hotel. >> i spent 45 minutes doing a lot of research and have come up $40 more expensive at $780.05. i think you won this round and i need a vacation now. >> we made it. it's fabulous. >> ready to roll the dice? >> let's do it. >> this time i'm using guidegeek. >> please generate an eitinerar of three things i can do in vegas today. >> meantime, i spent 30 minutes reading reviews and mapping out my day, double checking

everything. i'm glad i looked it up because it's not open today. >> i'm on my way letting ai guide my day. there is our next stop, the bellagio. that's where ai recommended was a free botanical garden. what it didn't tell me, they seasonally tear it down for a holiday. not today, santa. >> mine starts at the pinball hall of fame. there are hundreds of machines including this one from 1953. not bad for a quarter. no! no, no, no, no. >> next stop, the famous bellagio fountains where ai told me the morning shows are less crowded. the reason the morning fountain shows are less crowded is because there are no morning fountain shows. they don't start until 3. while i came up dry -- >> it was no problem for me. glad i checked, but they don't start until the afternoon. i also hit up three fine art displays, the world's largest chocolate fountain and even a

little bit of nature on the strip. taking a moment to enjoy the wildlife. flamingos at the flamingo hotel. they're supposed to mean good luck. >> another ai fail. the mirage volcano show is a no show because it's becoming a hard rock and all of its doors are locked. >> but my research failed me trying to score a free ride to the tallest observation tower. i thought it would be free but turns out it charges admission as well. >> ai finally steered me right when it suggested the vibrant fremont street in vegas's art district where the belly rubs were a bonus. hi, buddy. >> i am starving. >> one thing ai did well is it found us a restaurant and we have a reservation. >> on this one i am happy to let ai take the reins. that was nancy chen and kris van cleave. stay with [♪♪] did you know, serums are concentrated

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he always debates which side goes up. >> i like the jelly on top. >> reporter: and he's also finicky about the matter of milk. >> looks good. >> reporter: he's not going to consume this snack. he's going to paint it. now 44, his career as an artist exploded when he posted a similar painting on the social media site reddit in 2020. it said that you got thousands and thousands and thousands of likes. >> so many views and comments and they were pretty much all good at that point. >> reporter: then what happened? >> we had a huge blowup on twitter at the time. that was in 2022. it was a grilled cheese sandwich, and that was huge turning point. >> reporter: so from his home studio in tallahassee, his classically trained artist who used to teach art at florida state university began turning out paintings. hamburgers and fries, chinese carry out, spam.

pancakes. jelly donuts. popsicles and any number of hard and soft drinks all sold sometimes for thousands of dollars on e bay or his own website. >> he takes subjects from his life, from our life, they're very relatable, especially for the millennial generation. these are our still life objects. >> reporter: andrew pantella, a new york-based independent filmmaker was captivated when he spotted one of his favorite childhood snacks called an uncrustable paired with his now favorite drink. >> all my friends like espresso martinis. i have an instagram account that represents espresso martinis. >> reporter: to get it he outbid 27 others in an ebay auction last summer. is it okay to ask you how much you paid for it? >> yes. i believe this one was $2500. >> reporter: similar paintings

now go for more than double than that. he's hired to create works for places like mcdonald's and dominos and celebrity commissions. the pb&j has already been sold, he says, to super model g gg hadine and this one featuring items found at taco bell -- >> got a mexican pizza with some flowers and a baha boss. >> reporter: he told us it's destined for music producer benny barkle who found him on instagram. >> these are more white. >> reporter: and noah says all this success has given him much to be grateful for. >> thank you for giving me this gift i can do this. i t to

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