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top of the show. massive flames were shooting from the martinez refinery that sent sick, black smoke into the sky. now, there is a shelter in place. the fire also prompting a level 2 hazmat notification. and this is a live news conference going on right now at the fire county. contra costa health officials are there telling us what they can. our sooji nam is at the scene. that will do it for us at 5:00 updates are ♪ tonight, a new air disaster. this time in philadelphia. >> just comes down to like, all you hear is whoosh, whoosh. >> a medevac jet crashes into a busy neighborhood, exploding into a fireball. at least seven people killed. >> i'm madeline wright in
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philadelphia. the jet crashed in this neighborhood, scattering parts of the airplane among cars and homes. also tonight, tariff time. the president's actions stoking new inflation fears and threats of retaliation. >> he has declared an economic war. >> i'm willie james inman in west palm beach, florida, with how the president's tariffs could hit your wallet, from the grocery store to the gas pump. hamas hands over more hostages, including american-israeli keith siegel. >> keith siegel, the american-israeli hostage is free after 484 days as a hamas captive. plus, california wildfires. >> i'm kenny choi in los angeles where there's progress against the two biggest wildfires. an historic highway is set to reopen. later, a strong bond. a lost dog is returned to his owner eight years after getting separated. >> got home from breakfast, left
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the girls home. ♪ good revening. we begin in philadelphia, site of the nation's latest aviation disaster. a medical transport jet carrying six people crashed into a busy neighborhood, exploding into a massive fireball late friday. this is the scene today. debris from the lear jet littering the street with businesses and homes nearby. at least one person on the ground was killed and at least 19 were injured. cbs' madeline wright is near the crash site in philadelphia for us tonight. madeline, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, nancy. we're near the area where the medical transport jet hit the ground. you can see it's been cordoned off. this is one of philadelphia's busiest neighborhoods. officials are finding pieces of the aircraft up to six blocks away.
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video shows the jet nosediving into the ground, smashing onto a busy road friday night. a massive fireball lit up the night sky. while burning debris shot through the neighborhood. >> like, all you hear is whoosh, whoosh! >> reporter: smoldering wreckage littered the streets in the immediate aftermath, including large pieces of the jet. officials say cars and five homes caught fire. >> it was only afloat for a very short period of time before something went terribly wrong. >> reporter: city officials say the crash killed at least one person on the ground. all six on board the jet died. they included two doctors, two pilots, a child who was receiving life-saving treatment at a local hospital, and her mother. mexico's president confirmed all were mexican citizens returning home. today, philadelphia's mayor said at least 19 people were hurt,
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including a man sitting at a booth in a diner two blocks away from the crash site, hit by a piece of debris. >> like, a metal piece, heavy. >> reporter: lisa clark lives nearby and says she would have been parked near the crash site when it happened, but she was running late for work. >> it's very, very just shocking. there's people that, you know, just didn't have a chance. >> reporter: federal aviation authorities are on-site and leading the investigation into what caused this deadly crash. officials say they've found the two engines but have not located the cockpit voice recorder and are asking for the public's help. nancy? >> madeline wright of cbs philadelphia, thank you. tonight, the army released the identity of the third crew member aboard that blackhawk helicopter that collided with an american airlines flight over the potomac river this week. captain rebecca loback, a native of durham, north carolina, was
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28 years old. 67 people were killed in the crash. tonight president trump as threatened hit top trading partners with taish refs up to 25%. billions of dollars' worth of goods are affected. the nonpart tan tax foundation says tariffs could cost the average american family $830 a year. cbs' willie james inman is in west palm beach near where president trump is spending the weekend. willie james? >> reporter: nancy, good evening to you. president trump delivering on a key campaign threat, imposing punishing tariffs on canada, china, and mexico. a move that economists warn will raise prices for americans. president trump throwing the first punch in a fight with america's largest trading partners. imports from canada and mexico will be hit with a tariff of 25%. imports from china 10%. the president says the tariffs are a reaction to illegal
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migration, illicit fentanyl, and trade deficits. >> number one is the people that are pouring into our country so horribly and so much. number two are the drugs, fentanyl and everything else. >> reporter: government data shows over 21,000 pounds of illicit fentanyl was seized at the u.s. southern border during fiscal year 2024. but only 43 pounds of the drug was seizes at the canadian border. canadian prime minister justin trudeau said the country is at a critical moment. >> we're ready with a response. a purposeful, forceful, but reasonable, immediate response. >> reporter: nearly 30% of all imports to the u.s. come from canada and mexico. experts say prepare for sticker shock on everything from mexican tequila and aftervocados to cann lumber. >> it's a tax paid by americans at the gas pump and other places. >> reporter: the white house also put a 10% tariff on
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canadian energy imports. now, canada is america's largest supplier of both oil and natural gas. nancy? >> willie james inman, thank you. trade between the u.s. and canada is big business, and earlier today i spoke with ontario premier doug ford. the province is canada's largest trading partner with the u.s. in the first three quarters of 2024, roughly $683 billion in goods and services crossed the u.s./canada border. that is nearly $2.5 billion every day. premier ford, president trump's tariffs threat, it is now a reality. is this the start of a trade war? >> well, nancy, i hope it's not. we're the two closest, strongest allies in the entire world. we're the number one customer for the u.s. and the american people. and this is going to hurt both sides of the border. it's going to create inflation in the u.s., create inflation in canada. >> that said, you have backed
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strong and forceful counter tariffs. what are they? >> let's see what president trump comes out with. i can tell you one then. we aren't going to lie down and roll over. we will use every single tool we have in our toolbox to retaliate. 60% of our energy gets flowed down to the u.s. the electricity that ontario provides to keep 1.5 million homes lit up in michigan, in new york, in minnesota. and the list goes on. our high-grade nickel that we ship down to the u.s. >> would those potentially be sectors that you could and would target, then? >> everything's on the table. absolutely everything. nothing's off the table right now. >> ontario premier ford. tonight, israel says prime minister benjamin netanyahu will meet with president trump at the white house on tuesday. in the region today, another hostage release by hamas, including an american-israeli held for 15 months. cbs' elizabeth palmer is in tel aviv. ♪
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>> reporter: hugs don't come any tighter. keith siegel's daughters didn't look as if they'd ever let go. earlier they'd watched their dad being paraded onto a stage in gaza city by hamas before being handed over to the red cross. in tel aviv's hostage square, emotional israelis watched his safe return. two more hostages were released today, too. ofer kalderon, kidnapped from his kibbutz on october 7th, 2023. the family that greeted him included two kids who knew firsthand what he'd just been through. they'd been hostages, too, but were freed in the first exchange. also released was yarden en bib are abducted from his kibbutz along with his wife and baby
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boys. hamas said an israeli air strike had killed them, though israel says it has no proof. but for the bibas family, it was a day of joy and of heartbreak. palestinians, too, celebrated the return of loved ones from israeli jails. in the west bank and in gaza, where buses transported dozens of mostly men and boys who had been rounded up but never charged by israel. and in southern gaza, a breakthrough as ambulances carrying sick children and wounded fighters were finally allowed out of the territory. they were on their way to be treated in egyptian hospitals, and they moved through the rafah crossing, nancy, which has been closed since may. >> elizabeth palmer, thank you. to southern california now, where a fire-ravaged los angeles have waited 24 days to hear this n news. the two biggest wildfires are 100% contained. for the latest, let's go to cbs'
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kenny choi in los angeles. kenny, good evening. >> reporter: nancy, good evening. with the palisades fire and eaton fires now fully under control, the focus is on recovery. one major step forward, opening the neighborhood of pacific palisades. the national guard will withdraw from all checkpoints, allowing easiest access now that the wildfire's 100% contains. pacific palisades will reopen to the public tomorrow morning to speed up recovery and rebuilding. >> it's going to have to be reopened. i mean, there's nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: there will be a heavy law enforcement presence when the historic pacific coast highway, a major artery to neighborhoods and businesses, opens. public access comes 25 days after the firestorm tore through the community, killing at least 12 and destroying more than 6,800 structures. the efforts to save those homes were hindered when a southern california man crashed a drone into a firefighting plane known as a super scooper, grounding it for five days. >> flying drones during times of
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emergency poses an extreme threat. >> reporter: the drone pilot agreed to plead guilty. peter ackerman will pay about $65,000 restitution to the plane's owner, the government of quebec, 150 hours of community service, and could face up to a year in prison. a massive bear who hid under a home during the eaton fire is now back in the wild. officials shared video of the rescue. they used a lot of food to lure the 525-pound bear out. los angeles mayor karen pass said there will be a zero-tolerance policy for crime and that officers will be patrolling the pacific palisades area 24/7. she adds, public safety is the priority. nancy? >> kenny choi, thank you. after those fires, california can now expect some seriously wet weather. let's check in with cbs news meteorologist andrew kozak. andrew? >> hey, good evening, nancy. it's going to be busy across the pacific northwest once again this weekend with the atmospheric river once again open for business with heavy rain and snow that continues to
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come in not even just for the rest of the weekend but into next week, as well. take a look at the water vapor here. darker blues indicate how much moisture. like squeezing out a sponge. this conveyor belt continues inand for that reason flood risk for the bay area, northern california. that scoots a little bit to the north as we head into the day on sunday. 1 to 3 inches of rain to the valley. 4 to 8 inches in the mountains. the highest of high elevations could be dealing with 1 to 2 feet of snow. in the snoeft, nice and mild. comfortable in the midsection of the country. seasonably cool across the east coast for sunday. nancy? >> andrew kozak, thank you. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," potomac air disasters mourned by a city steeped in aviation. a hike in the price of eggs isn't going over easy with consumers. how a chihuahua made it back to his owner after being lost for eight years.
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of an american airlines jet and army helicopter over washington, d.c. took the lives of more than 60 people. that flight started in wichita, kansas, drawing the city and its aviation roots into the national spotlight. cbs' ian lee is there for us tonight, ian? >> reporter: nancy, for 100 years, wichita has been the air capital of the world. 450 companies call this city home, including household names like cessna, lear jet, beechcraft, and including the plane involved in wednesday's crash, bombardier. scenes from washington deeply shocked wichita, a city more than 1,000 miles away. before the names were released, hundreds showed up at a vigil offering comfort and prayers. >> we are one wichita. >> reporter: the city of roughly 400,000 has deep ties to aviation. tens of thousands work in the
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industry. >> you have families here who are boeing families or beech families or cessna families or lear families. >> reporter: how would you compare it for the average american? >> wichita is to aviation what detroit can be for automobiles in that we are a major producer of aircraft. >> reporter: last week, the city hosted the national ice skating championship. the direct route many flew to and from the competition was established just a year ago. how important is that route to the city of wichita? >> the route is extremely important. it links the air capital to the nation's capital. >> reporter: tom andrews is a frequent flyer and familiar face around wichita's airport. now he brings flowers instead of luggage. >> and when something like this happens, it really tears at your soul and tears at your heart. >> reporter: the city takes real pride in its aviation history. it has multiple museums dedicated to planes, but it also
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knows tragedy. with two memorials commemorating previous tragedies, we'll likely now see a third. nancy? >> ian lee, thank you. still ahead on "the cbs weekend news," the incredibly expensive egg. is there relief in sight? in the driveway? speakg speaker: dad. dad, we missed you. daddy, hi. speaker: goodness. my daughter is being treated for leukemia. [music playing] i hope that she lives a long, great, happy life and that she will never forget how mom and daddy love her. saint jude-- maybe this is what's keeping my baby girl alive. [music playing] narrator: you can join the battle to save lives by supporting st. jude children's research hospital. for just $19 a month, you'll help us continue the life-saving research and treatment these kids need now and in the future.
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got in today. >> reporter: how long with it take you to go through all this? >> probably two, three days. >> reporter: those cases are getting more expensive for owner kip green as egg prices increase nationwide. >> it is hard to think of a diner and not think of eggs. how central are eggs to your menu? >> probably makes up, like, 48, 50% of our menu. >> reporter: so, what does something like this do to your bottom line? >> it's challenging. like, we are a diner. you have to have an egg plate. we don't ever want to make people pay more for something like that, so you figure out how to cut costs elsewhere. >> reporter: restaurants are already managing higher operating costs and fewer people dining out. one survey found in 2024, nearly half of consumers say they cook at home more. and it may be awhile before there's relief. according to the usda, egg prices are predicted to increase 20% this year alone as renewed bird flu outbreaks affect farms nationwide. more than 145 millio birds have
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been killed since the start of the outbreak. roughly 8% of the country's total flock wiped out since november alone, driving egg shortages and price surges across the country. >> there have been outbreaks of bird flu before. why does this one stand out? >> i think it stands out because it's lasted so long. we continue to have outbreaks that continues to cut into our supplies and our ability to make up for those lost chickens, it's just not there. >> reporter: yet texas a&m livestock economist david anderson says americans continue to depend on eggs as an affordable source of protein. >> eggs are a staple. the demand is such that, you know, we still want to go buy eggs. and so that creates a situation of skyrocketing prices. >> reporter: a challenge for consumers at the grocery store that green keeps in mind for her customers, as well. >> i'm not only considering, yeah, the price that they're paying did when they're eating here. i'm also considering the fact that at home, they're paying considerably more for eggs.
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♪ this weekend, a farewell to blue man group. after 34 years and nearly 18,000 shows, they are ending their historic run in new york city. it's where the quirky, wordless troupe became a global phenomenon. since that first show in 1991, 37 splattered more than 80,000 gallons of paint. blue man group will still perform in boston as well as germany. they also plan to open in orlando this spring. when we return, a man and his chihuahua reunited. and wait till you hear how they came back together after eight years apart.
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♪ we end tonight with the most unlikely reunion. an arizona man got a mysterious text on his phone last month saying someone found his dog. he thought it was a prank, and that's because his dog, a chihuahua dnamed damian, disappeared eight years ago. paul chill bow was driving cross-country when damian ran off during a pit stop in oklahoma. >> i'd love to know what he's been up to, where he's been hiding at, how he's been surviving. i never would have thought this moment right here would ever happen. but you're back, aren't you, buddy? >> yes, he is. this past new year's eve, an oklahoma motorist nearly ran damian over but somehow managed to get him into her car. a vet found a locater chip, which is how this reunion happened.
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paul drove 14 hours nonstop to bring home the little dog he thought for sure he'd never seen again, and damian's eight-year odyssey remains a mystery. he's a good dog, though that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm nancy chen in new york. good night. from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. >> now at 6:00, a fire at the martinez refinery. air quality warnings, and a shelter in place order. we'll have the latest. plus, there is more rain ahead, darren peck has our weekend forecast. and as the great highway shuts down to traffic in san
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francisco, the recall effort for the area's supervisor. i respect that people are going to disagree about what to do with the great highway, but you can't beat mother nature. >> da lin spoke to the supervisor and some of his unhappy constituents. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we begin with breaking news in the east bay where crews are responding to a fire at the martinez refinery. those who live nearby were asked to shelter in place. the fire broke out just before 2:00. huge dark plumes can be seen coming out of the factory. and air quality advisory has been issued for contra costa and solano counties. >> what is the latest? what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: as you can see, there are still plumes of black smoke behind me at the martinez refinery company. it has been going on about five hours now,
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