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hello and thanks for watching. i'm matt pieper in new york, and this is "cbs news roundup." here are the top stories. the u.s. and colombia are moving closer to an agreement over a deportation crisis with tariffs put on hold. president trump threatens to change how the federal emergency management agency operates, even as thousands of los angeles residents desperately seek assistance. and arab negotiators announce a breakthrough deal that will release an israeli hostage and allow palestinians back to northern gaza. the white house says colombia has agreed to all of president trump's terms after a diplomatic dispute brought the u.s. and the south american nation close to imposing trade tariffs and sanctions against each other. it started after colombia refused to accept flights carrying undocumented immigrants back from the u.s.

earlier on sunday trump posted on social media that he wanted to slap a 25% tariff on goods coming into the u.s. from colombia if the disagreement was not resolved. cbs's cristian benavides has more from miami. >> reporter: on social media secretary of state marco rubio wrote that colombian president gustavo petro had authorized flights but then canceled them when the planes were in the air. in a defiant response the colombian leader wrote, "your blockade does not scare me." deportations from the u.s. will ramp up in the days ahead, according to trump's border czar tom homan. >> you're going to see the numbers steadily increase, the numbers arrested nationwide as we open up the aperture. right now it's concentrated on public safety threats, national security threats. >> reporter: on "face the nation" vice president j.d. vance was asked if he supports the idea of conducting raids at schools or houses of worship, a move sharply criticized by the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. >> we are going to enforce immigration law. we're going to protect the american people.

>> reporter: as president trump prepares for the second week of his second term in the white house, he's set to meet with congressional republicans at their annual retreat being held at his doral resort here in miami. this week on capitol hill senators will grill some of the president's nominees for key positions. they include secretary of health and human services nominee robert f. kennedy jr., trump's pick for fbi director kash patel, and his choice for national intelligence director tulsi gabbard. cristian benavides, cbs news, miami. the first measurable rain in more than eight months fell in portions of greater los angeles on sunday. that rainwater is providing much-needed help to crews battling the region's wildfires. but it also comes with a risk of mudslides and toxic ash running off from neighborhoods that have been devastated by flames. five major blazes have consumed about 55,000 acres, and the amount of reconstruction work ahead is staggering. cbs's elise preston reports on how that work is progressing.

>> it is a sliver of a difference between crying, between happiness and sheer anger. >> reporter: jens lindeman's pacific palisades home was one of nearly 12,000 destroyed in the l.a. fires. ♪ a professional musician, in the days following the fire lindeman returned to the ruins of his home to take some time to reflect. ♪ we spoke with him from kansas, where he was preparing for a concert. he and his wife have just started the long road to recovery. >> we registered for fema immediately, and it has been as quick as one could imagine. but the system, it's overwhelmed right now. >> reporter: thousands are turning to fema for help, with temporary housing and repair and replacement costs. the agency's website states that applicants may have to undergo an inspection. in pacific palisades president trump suggested the future of fema is uncertain.

>> you don't need fema. you need a good state government. you have your own essentially fema. you fix it yourself. >> reporter: the president toured the damage now estimated at up to $275 billion. >> what does that mean for the average homeowner's premium? >> we're going to see an increase in what people are paying based on their risk profile. >> reporter: industry expert carl sussman. >> what kind of strain does this put on the insurance company, the insurance agencies? >> well, there's no question that these dollars are huge. right? i'm not at this point seeing any indication that an insurance company will not be able to fulfill their obligations and pay their claims. >> reporter: getting back to normal is years away for fire victims like lindeman. >> this is not the time to talk about the fact that this could be too expensive. it's not too expensive. it's fixable. >> elise preston reporting there. iran has unveiled its largest ever drone, naming it gaza after the palestinian enclave was devastated following 15 months of warfare between

israel and the iranian-backed militia hamas. iran's commander of the revolutionary guards displayed the enormous drone on sunday, saying it's capable of carrying up to 12 bombs at once. inside gaza hundreds of thousands of palestinian refugees are now on the move, heading back to their homes in the northern part of the enclave. earlier on sunday they were seen waiting to move but were temporarily blocked by israel. the impasse came about because a scheduled release of one israeli hostage being held by hamas fell through this weekend. after a delay arab negotiators hammered out an agreement with hamas that will put the hostage release back on track for this coming week. hamas did, however, set free several other hostages over the weekend. four female israeli soldiers held in gaza since october 7th, 2023 are now back in israel. cbs's ramy inocencio reports on the scenes of emotion and jubilation as they were reunited with family. >> reporter: the build-up of joy

and breakdown in tears. these four israeli hostages reunited with their families after 15 months held hostage by hamas. 19-year-old liri albag, the youngest of the freed soldiers. and 20-year-old karina ariev, daniela gilboa and naama levmy. hamas militants threw levmy into a jeep on october 7th, 2023, abducting her and hundreds more into gaza. >> someone speak english. >> reporter: hamas freed the four to the red cross in a mass propaganda spectacle in gaza city's biggest square. just miles north in israel families erupted with joy and relief blanketed the crowd at hostages square. >> i just couldn't stop myself crying since the moment i saw

her getting out of the car, i ws crying like a baby. >> these are not just people. these are our brothers and sisters. >> reporter: many might say similar for the nearly 200 palestinians that israel released from prison in exchange. 47-year-old wael aburida reunited with his family after a dozen years. he was halfway through a 25-year prison term for joining palestinian islamic jihad, a u.s.-listed terror group. "thank god my son returned home safely," said his mother. kissing and holding him close. ramy inocencio, cbs news, tel aviv. up next, intense weather is taking a toll on an aging power grid. we will introduce you to some americans who are making their own power and sharing it with th

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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm matt pieper in new york. warmer temperatures are on the way for much of the u.s. after last week's arctic cold and snowstorms. about 100,000 customers lost power. that's according to the website poweroutage.us. climate researchers say outages related to weather are happening twice as often as they did decades ago due to more intense storms challenging an aging power grid. cbs's dave malkoff shows us how some are taking themselves off the grid altogether. >> first of all, what a view. this is your house? >> welcome to draper, utah. this is paradise. >> reporter: john walsh gives back to his beautiful neighborhood overlooking salt lake city in different ways. sometimes offering a pie to his neighbors. >> another pie, huh? >> reporter: and sometimes offering his house as a warm shelter like he did two years

ago. >> we had about seven feet of snow out here. >> in the suncrest neighborhood cars are buried in powder. >> reporter: their heaviest snowfall in 25 years cut out neighborhood lights and heat. >> i remember calling over to you and asking you if you wanted to come over because you didn't have any electricity. >> reporter: but how did you have power when everybody else didn't have power? >> with that battery out there i always have power. >> reporter: this big battery in his garage is charged by nearly 30 solar panels on his roof. >> this is a solution for the future. >> reporter: for most of us a centralized power plant sends electricity to your home. if a tree falls on a line in your neighborhood or the plant faces extreme winter conditions, you could lose power. but in this decentralized system the batteries in these homes keep their power on. plus they're giving power back to the grid, sharing it with the entire community. it's known as a virtual power

plant. or vpp. >> we see benefits from any winter storm initiation outage, any disruption in a power plant or even any disruption in a transmission line. >> reporter: and because of the new vpp model bill como's power company doesn't rely as much on fossil fuels. so this used to be a coal power plant, but now you only use it for emergencies really? >> yeah, it was converted to natural gas for peaking time periods. but that's where vpps come in, is they help offset the need for these types of power plants. >> reporter: for homeowners this system is expensive. leasing it could cost about $90 a month. but that's offset by lower power bills. however, value -- >> it's good to contribute. >> reporter: -- is not just measured in dollars. >> i'd rather give than take. >> reporter: dave malkoff in >> reporter: dave malkoff in draper, utah. introducing new eroxon gel, the first fda-cleared ed treatment available without a prescription. eroxon gel is clinically proven

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crews in the los angeles area are nearing full containment on four fires they're still battling. cleanup efforts are under way, and many are asking and imagining what recovery could look like. to get a sense of that cbs's ben tracy revisited a california town that was almost completely burned to the ground in 2018. >> reporter: on the road to paradise you can see signs of a comeback. and if you want to hear what

that sounds like, all you have to do is visit the only hardware store in town. the source of supplies -- >> are you finding everything you need okay? >> reporter: -- and ideas for people hoping to rebuild their lives. >> if i ever get a house i'm going to come here. >> reporter: mike peterson manages this ace hardware store that somehow survived the deadliest fire in california history. but like most people here peterson lost his home. >> a year ago these three homes here weren't there. >> reporter: when we met him a few years ago, his neighborhood was just beginning to recover. >> you know, i think a lot of people had their doubts about how many people would rebuild. it's nice to see the progress for sure. >> reporter: rebuilding this town nestled in the foothills of the sierra nevada was far from certain after paradise was lost to the inferno known as the camp fire. the 2018 blaze killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 20,000

homes and businesses. >> so the old house sat here. >> reporter: peterson didn't just rebuild. he built something meant to survive future fires. >> do you feel like you're going to worry less about your home? >> yes. and my insurance company loves it. >> reporter: he and his wife now live in this two-bedroom home that looks a bit like a modern barn. they like the architecture. but their real selling point is that it's built not to burn. a choice many in the neighborhoods lost in the los angeles fires may face in the coming years. >> it's non-combustible. it's a product that you can't really light on fire. >> reporter: vern sneed is the owner of design horizons, a company building what it calls the q cabin, short for quanzi. it hut. pp it takes its name from quanzi. it point a naval facility in rhode island where these corrugated metal-roofed buildings were first made during world war ii. snead says today's version costs

about the same as a house built with conventional 2 by 4s. >> so none of this can burn? >> correct. >> reporter: scientists say most homes ignite in wildfires because embers get into window frames or in between roof shingles. with the q cabin those entry points don't exist. of course getting too close to nature is part of the problem. communities like paradise are known as the wildland urban interface, where the great outdoors collides with someone's front door. >> we need to go! >> reporter: nearly 50 million u.s. homes are now in these areas which are prone to wildfires. >> is this the future of home building? >> i think non-combustible housing is the future. >> reporter: the camp fire left behind more than burned trees and empty lots. it also transformed a lot of the people here. >> i'd say people just let go of their need to control because we all learned that there is no such thing. >> it's so exciting. >> reporter: gwen nordegren is

president of paradise lutheran church. it's rebuilding too. >> this is our gorgeous building. >> reporter: a four-plex q cabin will eventually replace the parsonage building that once housed their pastor and was lost in the fire. >> given what you've gone through, what is it like for people to see something being built out there? >> well, it isn't just something. it's something like this. we're so excited about because it's all going to be new and beautiful and fire-resistant. which is on most people's minds. >> reporter: they plan to rent it out to four families to generate income for the church, which lost nearly half its members after the fire. but now people are flooding back. businesses too. paradise once lost is being found again. >> that was

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then planes. for some china's slow economic rebound from the covid-19 pandemic along with a struggling housing market and youth unemployment has dampened the new year excitement. "the economy has declined, making it difficult to earn any money. after covid it's difficult to find a job. there are many more unemployed people now." but most of china's 1.4 billion citizens still plan to enjoy the festivities. "although the economy has slowed down, for us ordinary people living a good life is what matters most." and what matters most for their economy right now is increased holiday spending. an official extension of the spring festival holiday from seven days to eight aims to do just that. which means more travel in and out of mainland china. paul salnikow is a hong kong-based executive. >> the numbers have started

ticking up and into the end of the year, beginning of this year have really surged. i think the opportunity of visiting hong kong for most mainlanders is a very exciting one and they're finding it a he very welcoming place. >> that was anna coren reporting. back here in the u.s., some very special chinese guests recently made their debut. their two giant pandas now living in washington, d.c.'s national zoo. our nancy cordes has this introduction. >> pandas! >> reporter: bao li and qing bao put on a show in the snow friday. seemingly unfazed by the throngs of fans who waited months for this debut. >> he pretends to be a panda half the time, so he's excited to have them back. >> reporter: the 3-year-old pandas are on loan from china for at least the next decade. the result of some delicate panda diplomacy. >> it is a great delight to come to the district of panda. washington, d.c. is no longer

unbearable. >> reporter: these two bears actually arrived in d.c. in october. but the zoo gave them a few months to acclimate in private before exposing them to the panda-monium. >> it's fun to get to know them, what they like, what they don't like. i was just telling someone qing bao loves to climb trees. so her happy place, she'll just like climb to the top of a tree and be happy up there. >> reporter: it's great for tourism and for science. since u.s. zoos began partnering with the chinese decades ago, the global panda population has gone from nearly 1,000 to close to 3,000. so you could say the biggest winners are the bears themselves. i'm nancy cordes in washington. >> and you can check out bao li and qing bao on the national zoo's website. their panda cams are streaming

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