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well, if you're planning on taking work off for the super bowl, you're not alone. new u.s.a. poll found more than 22 million people plan to miss work tomorrow across the country, and that's 40% more than last year. >> how do they figure this stuff out. that's it for us at 5:00. see you back here at 6:00 fo an hour ♪ tonight, president trump makes good on his campaign pledges, as courts flex their
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power to slow him down. trump visiting the super bowl in new orleans while steam rolling washington and the federal workforce. >> this is a first step only, but we're moving in the right direction. >> we are witnessing a constitutional crisis. >> new cbs polling on what americans think of the job he's doing. also tonight, securing new orleans beyond the big game. >> go chiefs! >> i'm kati weis, where super bowl security is tighter than it's ever been before. but what happens when this big event is all over? i'll tell you next. in israel, details emerge on the latest hostage ordeal. >> alarm is skyrocketing over the hostages' condition. one month after the fire storms, a new weather threat for california. residents warn to prepare for the worst. plus the daunting recovery. >> i'm elise preston in los angeles, where we take a look at the massive cleanup. and later, she's the star attraction in a museum filled
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with masterpieces. why the "mona lisa's" roommates may be glad she's moving out. >> she's a universal masterpiece, you know. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm jericka duncan. tonight, president donald trump is firing the next shot at a possible trade war, announcing 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the united states. the president made the announcement on "air force one" while enroute to new orleans where he's attending the super bowl. three weeks into his second presidency, mr. trump is delivering on his campaign promises and shaking up the government. a just released cbs news poll finds a majority of americans approve of the job he is doing. in fact he has a higher approval rating than he's ever had during
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the his first term. willy james, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, jericka. in this latest cbs news polling, americans say president trump is doing more than they anticipated in the beginning stages of his second term. and they like what they see. as president trump carries out his agenda with dramatic changes to the government, a new cbs news poll shows the american public largely approves. 70% of americans say president trump is doing what he promised during the campaign. but there's one warning sign. 66% of americans say he's not doing enough to lower prices. >> donald trump won the election in large part because of folks saying that they were feeling the effects of inflation, and so that could be a key number to watch going forward. >> reporter: some of president trump's executive actions on immigration and funding cuts are caught up in legal challenges,
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as many as 12 federal judges putting the brakes on trump's plans. polling shows americans are largely divided politically over the government of efficient's efforts to cut spending. >> i'm going to tell him very soon, like, maybe in 24 hours, to go check the department of education. he's going to find the same thing. then i'm going to go to the military. let's check the military. >> reporter: speaker mike johnson says he supports the president's move. >> having an independent audit again, having access to the files to dig this stuff out is a good thing for the country, and we support it. >> reporter: democrats have been fierce in their opposition but are largely relying on court challenges in a fight against the administration. >> we will look at every single tool in our tool box, as we've done this last week, to make sure we stop him from hurting people. >> reporter: and jericka, this week is senate is expected to discuss a complicated budget
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reconciliation bill largely focused on border security. but speaker mike johnson says that the house is coming up with their own proposal. either way, both sides have to come together for a march 14th government funding deadline. jericka? >> and willie james, before you go, looking ahead at this week, we know the president has two members of his cabinet he's hoping to get confirmed. what more do we know about that? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. that's tulsi gabbard to be the intelligence chief. he's a nominee there. and you also have robert f. kennedy jr., the nominee to be hhs secretary. they skirted by confirmation vote at the committee level. but now the full senate will get its say later this week. >> thank you. today at least 13 people were hurt in a fire and explosion at an industrial plant in pennsylvania. it happened this morning at the lord corporation facility in saegertown about 100 miles north of pittsburgh.
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>> we need to block off some roads. block off the road near the county did -- and saegertown plaza. major, major explosion. >> at least five firefighters are among the injured. authorities say right now there's no concern about hazardous chemicals. an update tonight on that deadly d.c. plane crash. this weekend psa airlines, a subsidiary of american airlines, which flew flight 5342, said it will reward all four crew members killed with its highest honor, the presidents award. this weekend, a water cannon salute, as the body of pilot and first officer sam lily was returned to savannah, georgia. he was 29 years old. all 67 people were killed when the army black helicopter collided with that passenger jet. tonight israelis are being asked to turn their shock into action, those words printed by the longest-running newspaper in israel, following the return of
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the three hostages held by hamas terrorists this weekend. chris live say reports from tel aviv where cheers turn to outrage. >> reporter: here in tel aviv, israelis are aghast over the condition of those three hostages released by hamas, abused both physically and psychologically. after 16 months in hamas captivity, it shows. elijah rah by em braces his brother and sister just after a release from a dungeon. his father-in-law comparing him to how he looked before and after was horrified. >> the emaciated state that they put him in, it's a disgrace. and that was an absolute shock. we sat and cried. it looked as though he came out of a concentration camp. >> reporter: just before he was released, hamas forced him to
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tell the crowds in gaza that he was excited to be reunited with his wife and daughter. however, they were all killed during the october 7th terror attack, something hamas knew very well. he did not find out until relatives broke the news back home. but there was good news too. warren levy, kidnapped from the nova music festival, was reunited with his three and a half year old son. as part of the ceasefire agreement, the israeli military withdrew its forces from the netzarim corridor. scores of palestinians were quick to flood the roads back home. "they deprived us of food and water," says this man, "but we are still alive." that ceasefire is holding, but barely, jericka. in gaza, three palestinians were reportedly killed by israeli
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forces for getting too close to the border with israeli. and israel, seeing those three frail hostages has left society stunned. >> absolutely. chris livesay for us in tel aviv. thank you. turning now to the weather. a weekend snowstorm that moved from the midwest into the northeast left icy roads as you see there across several states, making travel really treacherous. new storms are expected this week, and there's also a warning for the west. cbs news meteorologist andrew kozak joins us with the forecast. andrew? >> yeah, good evening, jericka. the west is bracing for a very busy week ahead. we are tracking several systems coming in across the west coast, moving across the country, and slamming back through the east coast. we're talking heavy rain, blizzard conditions in a couple of spots, and even the possibility for strong storms. it's this atmospheric river once again slamming into the coast. it's like a conveyor belt of moisture, nothing stopping it. by the middle of this week, we could be looking at a lot of
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heavy rain across california. mud slides could be something we see with over 4 inches of rain inland, snow above 5,000 feet. same time frame but different part of the country. wednesday and thursday, heavy snow across i-70, heavy rain and storms in the south. we could be looking at 4 to 6 inches in the tennessee valley. how much snow could we get in some portions of the country? before all is said and done, we could be looking at 6 to 12 inches of snow, a very busy week ahead. >> andrew kozak, thank you so much. wildfires that ravaged los angeles a month ago could cost the city and county billions of dollars. but crowd funding is providing a critical lifeline for some fire victims and charities. gofundme has collected more than $250 million. that's 20 million more that was donated for all natural disasters worldwide last year. elise preston is in los angeles tonight with more on those recovery efforts. elise, good evening.
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>> reporter: jericka, good evening to you. those donations are much needed, as the palisades and eaton fires are believed to be the costliest wildfires in american history. the fire storm swept through the pacific palisades and altadena neighborhoods a month ago, leveling more than 16,000 structures. the combined damage from the los angeles wildfires is estimated at $275 billion. >> the houses that have burned to the ground have generated some 4.5 million tons of debris. >> reporter: all that ash and hazardous waste is nearly half the amount of debris generated by all of l.a. county in a typical year. so far, just seven land fills are prepared to accept it. >> the u.s. epa has 1,000 people on the ground, phase one, hazardous waste removal, should be completed by the end of this month. >> reporter: not everyone in altadena is waiting for cleanup.
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at least one burned out lot sold for more than $450,000. many residents are fearful the fabric of the neighborhood will be forever changed. >> they're going to lose a lot of family homes. >> reporter: for those that choose to rebuild, they face rising materials and labor costs, also repercussions spreading to hollywood. make-up artist debra humphreys worries about production moving out of state. >> a lot of those people that are displaced also depend on working california. i would absolutely call this a major crisis for the state of california and also for hollywood. >> reporter: and a much-needed break for fire victims. california's insurance commissioner is urging companies to quickly pay out claims without requiring home inventories. jericka? >> elise preston for us tonight in los angeles. thank you. well, tonight the big easy is buffing with excitement as you can imagine. more than 100,000 fans are in
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new orleans for the super bowl lix. 80,000 of them packing the stadium, and 120 million are expected to watch on tv. but part of the festivities at the game included a ceremony honoring those victims of the deadly new year's day terror attack in the city. cbs' kati weis is in new orleans with more on the security concerns that go even beyond the super bowl. kati, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. in addition to the thousands of fans you mentioned here in the superdome tonight are roughly 2,000 law enforcement officers on high alert for potential threats. the super bowl is bringing jubilation and caution to the streets of the big easy. federal law enforcement officials are labelling this year's big game with the highest potential threat rating they can assign. >> we have super bowl every year, but we call it mardi gras. >> reporter: it's the same rating that will stick around
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throughout the mardi gras season. the annual carnaval draws as many as a million people to new orleans each year. dan kelly welcomes the extra security. he captains one of the largest parades of the season. >> we're going to start meeting with the police and the different federal agencies, and they're going to tell us what they're recommending that we do to make mardi gras as safe. >> reporter: the heightening police presence comes a month after a man drove past a police barrier and into a crowd on bourbon street killing 14. at least one group of survivors and families claim the city, police department, and private contractors were negligent of the threat, saying in a lawsuit, the tragedy was, quote, preventable. jacqueline kennedy, the sister of one of the victims, terry kennedy, says she wishes more barriers had been in place. >> you know, this has been hard and tough. it really has. >> reporter: lieutenant montelongo with louisiana state
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police says the city has plans to protect visitors long past the holiday. how do you think the terror attack changed everything for the city? >> it's created more vigilance. certainly brought to light security measures that we can put in place to enhance our public safety. >> reporter: and construction on the city's new ballard system is near completion this week after the city faced criticism that its previous infrastructure was not strong enough to block vehicle attacks. jericka? >> kati weis with that important story. thank you. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," "mona lisa" on the move. what we know about her new home. plus a triumphant return for a broadcasting giant. and the philadelphia program using super bowl fever to tackle the math gap. stay with us. . stay with us. molly leaving was one thing. but then i thought mom's osteoporosis might keep us stuck on the couch. no way.
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leonardo davinci's "mona lisa" is the star attraction in a museum full of masterpieces. and when you take a look at the louvre in paris, you can see it's a masterpiece in its own right. both are feeling the effects of time and space. >> reporter: it's the most visited museum in the world, but the people who run it and the people who visit it agree the louvre needs some serious tlc. >> we have problems with the building. >> reporter: the museum director says that's partly because of its age. >> it's nine centuries of history really at the heart of history. >> reporter: the museum was last upgraded in the 1980s when the iconic glass pyramid was added by im pei.
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>> this is the biggest room in the museum, but when the louvre is open to visitors, it's also the most crowded because of the popularity of this one painting, the "mona lisa." >> the italian masterpiece tops almost everyone's list when they visit the louvre. >> i want to see the painting "mona lisa." >> i've always wanted to see it since i was little. i'm a big art fan. >> reporter: her popularity makes it harder for people to really appreciate the portrait or other artworks around it. that's why the museum now wants to move her. >> she's a, sort of, universal masterpiece, you know? and people want to spend time with her, and that's okay. and we need to organize that. but the louvre is filled with 1,000 masterpieces. >> reporter: an ambitious plan to refurbish the louvre will see the painting moved to its own separate space. but visitors will need to buy an extra ticket to see it. a new entrance will be added to
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>> we're going to write a number down how much the eagles are going to win by. >> reporter: students confidently crunch the birds' victory. it's all part of a non-profit black girls love math, a program applying math to real life. tis week's theme, the super bowl. students decode the roman numerals. >> how can we make 59 into roman numerals. what do you think? >> the i in front of the x means 10 minus 1, which makes it 9. >> reporter: they also learned how touchdowns could pack the scoreboard by multiples of 7. this 9-year-old says it makes it worth it. that supportive atmosphere is what atia harmon wants to create. >> to give them a safe space. how can you solve these on the board? >> reporter: the non-profit aims
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to boost black women in s.t.e.m., but even aspiring lawyers like rihanna manhertz, to see the value. >> math is really valuable for anything. we have to file taxes. we need that. >> reporter: like the birds, these girls embody team spirit. >> it's like we're one big community. >> reporter: a community united by numbers and a love for the birds. eva anderson, cbs news philadelphia. >> you go, girls. and of course go eagles. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. i'm jericka duncan in new york. have a good night. now at 6:00, we're following breaking news in san francisco where a number of people were sent to the hospital after a car
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drove in to a restaurant parklet. plus immigration advocates taking to the streets over president trump's immigration policies. more on their concerns on a nationwide crackdown on undocumented immigrants. a girl scout troop's first outing selling cookies goes wrong after several cases were stolen. how a community in alameda is rallying to support them. first though breaking news out of san francisco where six people were sent to the hospital. >> this was at the corner of van ness avenue in 24th street that happened around 3:30 this afternoon. >> amanda harry live at the scene with the latest information, and amanda, do they have any idea of how it happens? >> reporter: yeah, there is the police chase that ended here. if you take a look over here, you can see some
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