>> reporter: since usaid's food for peace program has been suspended, there is virtually no market for milo, according to kim barnes. this is the milo you're talking about. >> they make flour out of it. it goes into pet food, ethanol. you eat it. >> reporter: he's with the pawnee county coup that purchases from farmer, including dryden. now instead of selling it, he is storing it. >> when you're sitting here on 1.7 million bushels of milo, you would kind of like to see it move on to the next step, especially when we have people in the world that are hungry. >> reporter: so while this program is paused, what are you doing? >> well, right now i'm turning over every rock i can find. >> reporter: until he finds buyers, he is worried the co-op and the community may take a loss. >> the person downtown is not going to sell any furniture. the grocery stores are going to be affected. people just aren't going to buy. >> reporter: but dryden is still going to farm. >> we're thrown punches all the time, basically.

drought, hailstorms, insects. this is just another punch. >> reporter: how many more punches can you take? >> i don't know. i'm skyler henry in fitzgerald, georgia, where cuts in washington to usaid are threatening this rural economy. what's the cost of one box? >> one box is about $40. >> reporter: mark moore is the ceo of the nonprofit manna nutrition, which makes a peanut paste to feed starving kids in war zones. and famines. >> the system stops, it's to catch back up, it will cost not just time, but lives. thousands, if not tens of thousands of lives. >> reporter: what moore makes is pretty simple. take peanuts, blend it with milk, sugar, and vitamins. the result might not look like much, but he says it can work miracles. but not while the federal contract he has counted on for years is in limbo. >> we're on and then we're off, and then we're back on again. >> reporter: he says he received

a stop work order on january 29th. then told to resume eight days later. then had his contracts canceled. and late sunday, they were reinstated again. and with 130 employees, manna is one of the top employers in ben hill county, three hours outside of atlanta. >> my first priority is my people. >> reporter: jason holt is the mayor of fitzgerald. >> manna is a two or threefold contributor to our economy. they purchase raw products. they employee people, and they serve a great humanitarian purpose. >> reporter: what's your hope? >> i hope they continue to grow. >> reporter: for mayor holt, keeping the economy healthy here is personal. >> i have a graduating senior coming up. he has a path in mind. he would like to come home. and i want fitzgerald to be here for him to come home to. >> reporter: this is an issue that will impact multiple states and multiple farms. if this were to continue, manna says it relies on a handful of states for its supplies. that includes milk for michigan

in texas, sugar from louisiana and florida, and of course peanuts from right here in georgia. all of those farmers would need to find alternative places to send their goods if the nonprofit were to shut down. nonprofit were to shut down. skyler henry, cbs news, atlanta. jordan's sore nose let out a fiery sneeze, so dad grabbed puffs plus lotion to soothe her with ease. puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin and locks in moisture to provide soothing relief. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. america's #1 lotion tissue.

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how much would you pay for a used pair of jeans, an old gas card or a half empty bottle of eye shadow? that depends who owned them first. some companies are making a mint selling odd items from famous people. lee cowan reports. >> reporter: 15,000 people pay from $3 to a,00 thousand dollaro honor mr. kennedy. >> reporter: it was 1962, a celebration of john f. kennedy's 45th birthday. >> this lovely lady, marilyn monroe. >> reporter: but for one breathless moment, it looked like marilyn monroe had shown up to the party naked. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪

>> reporter: that dress caused a stir then, and again nearly 63 years later when it sold at auction for $4.8 million. a world record. it was put up by the same auction house that also sold michael jackson's sequinned glove, olivia newton-john's greaser jacket. >> tell me about it, stud. >> reporter: even this box containing truman capote's ashes. >> items that we've sold five years ago, ten years ago, 15 years ago that comes back to the auction sells more multiple times of what we sold it for way back then. >> reporter: martin nolan and darren julien -- >> this is mariah carey's. >> no. >> the heart and fan boy souls of julien auctions. >> you can own a boot owned by ringo starr. >> reporter: which is making quite a name for itself of late. >> i'll take one of the guitars. >> reporter: the two of them couldn't be more different. >> that's cool.

>> really cool. >> reporter: martin is from rural ireland. darren is from rural indiana. but 20 years ago they saw a potential market that few others did. >> so these are marilyn monroe's jeans. >> reporter: martin and darren, along with their staff, like director of appraisals laura wooley have proven that there is value in what other auction houses sometimes overlook. >> they're actually jcpenney's, which is kind of fun. >> reporter: oh, my gosh. sure, marilyn monroe's jeans will likely go for tens of thousands of dollars, but what about her personal eye shadow, or elvis presley's gas card, or a simple plaque from judy garland's dressing room? each of those sold for less than $11,000. now that's not cheap, but it's nt the price of fine art either. said one collector -- >> he said it's a lot sexier to have john lennon's guitar on the wall than a picasso. >> mind you, he did have a picasso. >> reporter: julien's real

innovation was the idea that if a celebrity was big enough, they didn't need to be pushing up daisies to be pushing up items for auction. >> well, i remember cher, when we were trying to talk her into an auction. she is guys, i'm not dead yet. >> reporter: julien's has auctioned off hundreds of cher's belongings. ♪ it had to be you ♪ >> reporter: while that bob mackie dress she wore on the "sonny & cher" show went for more than $100,000, julien's also sold this, her armadillo lamp. as unfortunate looking as it is, cher revealed it was actually given to her by kiss bassist gene simmons. >> no wonder that relationship didn't last. but, it took it from probably 20 to $50 piece to a $6,000 armadillo lamp because it has a great story. >> you go into a sotheby's or christie's, oh, the finest jewelry are here being sold, right.

julien is i like to think we're a little more of a rock 'n roll auction house for sure. >> we're going to sell it at $27,500! >> reporter: credit julien's auctioneer -- >> sold at 27,000. >> reporter: never forget when this lot came through. a rolling stones themed toilet seat cover. >> with the red tongue. >> reporter: turns out it belonged to bill wyman, the former bass player for the actual rolling stones. it sold for more than a thousand dollars. >> and i'm just like is that a world record on toilet seat covers? it's got to be. >> reporter: julien's 50,000-square-foot warehouse in los angeles is full of both the ridiculous and the rare. >> this is princess diana's hats. these are her shoes. these are her handbags. >> reporter: from princess diana's outer wear. >> how do we make this dignified? >> reporter: to john f. kennedy's underwear. >> you know a lot about a piece going in. the one thing you don't know is how much emotional value other people place on that piece until you get into that auction room. >> it's even at a weird slant in

the film. collector dan lanigan has spent 30 years buying up movie props, stuff that studios would often just throw away. >> maybe 20 years ago, 30 years ago some of this stuff you could have gotten for next to nothing, right? why? what changed? >> the understanding that people can get this stuff. >> julien's found this piece. >> reporter: that's john belushi's hat from "the blues brothers" movie. >> which is one of those films that ever since i was a kid, i adored. >> how much for the little girl? >> reporter: he bought it for more than $28,000. not the most he spent, not by any means. "blade runner" is one of his favorite movies. >> deckard's blaster, no way. >> reporter: that gun is a holy grail for "blade runner" fans.

>> paid through the nose for it. paid as much as i pretty much paid for anything. >> choose wisely. >> reporter: speaking of holy grails, dan actually has one, the grail used in "indiana jones and the last crusade." >> that's the cup of a carpenter. >> that's the cup of a crpenter. >> that's right. the cup of a carpenter. >> reporter: oh, man. >> when i bring someone like yourself and show my collection, oh, is that from that or that from that? oh, my gosh, that's amazing. i've had people cry when they see a piece from their favorite film. >> reporter: will you ever have enough, do you think? >> oh, have i too much. oh, i have enough. have i too much, yeah. >> reporter: he won't say how much his collection is worth. we can't even tell you where he stores it all. so the costume was actually western by arnold. >> reporter: the props are all prisoners to his passion, something only fellow collectors he says understand. >> the connections really matter to people. >> yeah, they do, they do. >> reporter: is that a banksy. >> this is a banksy, yes. >> reporter: back at julien's, more items were coming in and going out.

each with a story, each with a past. and there were plenty that martin wasn't quite ready to reveal. but you can't tell me whose it is? >> i cannot tell you, but if you watch this space, check julien's very often. >> this is the closest i will ever get to john f. kennedy. my mother would be so proud. >> reporter: this past thursday, jfk's white boxers became a red-hot item. >> sold, $7,000. >> reporter: that's $3500 a leg. not bad for something that could have gotten lost in the laundry. >> that was lee cowan reporting. "cbs news roundup" will be right

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reading a book. then there are the more adventurous ones who would rather be out in the snow. noel brennan found three of them at the bottom of a frozen waterfall in illinois. >> today should be perfect. >> reporter: anyone who considers 10 degrees perfect -- >> it's going to be icy in there. >> reporter: doesn't mind a little ice. >> maybe this year you'll come out here in the summer. >> reporter: dave everson and bruce turner hike starved rock state park this the winter, because that's when they'll find wildcat canyon the way they like it. >> should it be awesome. >> reporter: frozen. >> it's truly incredible. i don't know many people have ever seen frozen waterfalls. we've got one right here in our backyard. >> people are caught offguard all the time. it's fun. >> reporter: dave and bruce travel from chicago to central illinois. not to hike, but to climb. >> you're driving through corn fields. it's flat on i-80. you come into the park, and where did this come from? >> reporter: they take turns on

the ice with friends like jerry gerry voelliger. >> i love the physical aspects of ice climbing. i love the technical aspects of ice climbing. >> gerry is even more seasoned than bruce and i, and we're 63. >> i'm 70. >> reporter: these guys and this ice go back ages. >> we've been climbing since the late '80s, '88 or '89. >> lowering. >> you don't often get to climb real waterfalls. there is a different consistency to the whole ice. it forms differently every year. >> reporter: climbers have a narrow window every season, but they take advantage as soon as the water freezes. >> well, last year i think i climbed every day it was open, and we may have climbed six days. >> reporter: starved rock welcomes experienced ice climbers who bring their own equipment. >> we constantly dislodge small chunks of ice. >> and they're doing this just for fun. that's crazy. >> reporter: hikers who stumble

upon climbers are convinced they have ice in their veins. >> my hands are sweating just looking at them. >> as long as the joins keep working, i'm in. i'm in. >> reporter: in perfect conditions, this canyon forms not only ice but friendship. >> all right! you tamed the cat. >> reporter: noel brennan, cbs news, oglesby, illinois. >> i would say that looks like fun, but maybe not for me. that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings" and follow us i online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york, i'm jessi mitchell.

♪ hello, and thanks for watching. i'm jessi mitchell in new york, and this is "cbs news roundup." here are the top stories. president trump is granting u.s. automakers a short-term exemption from his stiff new tariffs on imports from mexico and canada. china hits back at washington with tariffs of enoates promising it won't back down from a fight if there is a trade war. and hamas is given a final warning from the white house to release all remaining hostages being held in gaza. a potential trade war between the u.s. and its three largest trading partners -- canada, mexico, and china, is looking more likely. however, late wednesday, president donald trump offered a limited reprieve to the big three u.s. automakers. the white house says ford, general motors, and stellantis will get a one-month exemption from his import taxes on

products coming in from canada and mexico. the announcement came after the president spoke with the ceos of those companies. cbs' erica brown reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: president trump is granting a temporary tariff exemption for u.s. automakers importing cars from mexico and canada. >> the president is giving them an exemption for one month so they are not an economic disadvantage. >> reporter: on tuesday, president trump imposed a 25% tariff on imports from both countries and doubled the new tariff on chinese goods to 20%. the countries retaliated with tariffs of their own. and as a peace deal to end russia's war with ukraine hangs in the balance, cbs news has learned the trump administration has stopped sharing intelligence that could help ukraine target russian forces. some defense intelligence is still shared to allow ukrainians to protect themselves. >> i'm also working tirelessly to end the savage conflict in ukraine.

>> reporter: tuesday night trump said he received a letter from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy after their contentious oval office meeting last week. >> the letter reads "ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer." >> reporter: and as the administration's immigration crackdown remains a top priority, vice president j.d. vance and trump's national security team visited the u.s.-mexico border wednesday. >> i think the president's hope is by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall. >> reporter: illegal border crossings at the u.s. border have plummeted since trump took office. >> it turned out that all we really needed was a new president. >> reporter: the white house says illegal crossings last month reached the lowest level in decades. erica brown, cbs news, washington. china is hitting back against president trump's mounting tariffs, saying it's ready to go to battle in any kind of trade war. this is all happening as the world's largest legislature convenes nearly 3,000 members

are attending the chinese congress in response to trump slapping additional trade levies on all chinese goods. beijing says it's imposing tariffs of up to 15% on u.s. farm products. and in a estimate wednesday, china says it's, quote, ready to fight to the end. cbs' anna coren is in beijing. >> reporter: a show of strength outside the great hall of the people. as soldiers from the people's liberation army marched across tiananmen square adorned with flags. they're part of the almost 3,000 delegates who arrived in beijing for the opening of the national people's congress, china's most important political event of the year. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: but hanging over this highly scripted and choreographed event, the escalating tensions with the united states and china's defiance. excuse me, sir, are you worried about the u.s.-china trade war? do you think president xi and president trump can make amends?

>> reporter: inside the hall, all eyes anxiously waited for the main event. the national people's congress is very much focused on the economy, but this year it has been overshadowed by geopolitical events with the u.s.-china trade war taking center stage. china's leader was warmly greeted. only yesterday, xi's government hit back at the u.s. with retaliatory tariffs against agriculture. while the spokesman issued a warning, quote, if war is what the u.s. wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we're ready to fight till the end. as president xi watched on, his deputy delivered his address. ♪ while china faces economic challenges, its leadership says it won't back down. this confident posture defying beijing's cold weather and the geopolitical storm clouds that are forming. ♪ anna coren, cbs news, beijing.

president trump is vowing there will be hell to pay if hamas doesn't release its remaining hostages. israel is applying pressur by blocking convoys of food and medical supplies from entering the war-torn strip. israel hopes to force an extension of the now expired ceasefire deal. cbs' debora patta is in east jerusalem and reports on the dwindling food supply. >> reporter: for six week, aid had been entering gaza, a condition of the january ceasefire deal. last week, the soup kitchen served meat to thousands of palestinians. now it's just lentils and rice. trucks carrying food, fuel, mitts, and other supplies have all been stopped by israel, who was using the siege to force hamas to accept an alternative deal that would delay talks for a permanent truce. most palestinians in gaza are almost entirely dependent on the

aid. but the additional surge in supplies during the ceasefire meant families have at least had food to break their fast during the first week of ramadan. "if they don't let aid in," this man said, "famine or something even worse will return." already the aid freeze has sent prices soaring in local markets. the u.n. says its supplies will run out in less than two weeks. "we just want to feel joy again," hamza told us, "and live without suffering." nobody wants to go back to war. there is still so much pain. every day, palestinians are finding new bodies and burying their dead. and the white house has confirmed the u.s. is in direct negotiations with hamas for the first time since the group was formed. it said special envoy adam boller had the authority to talk to anyone to do what's in the

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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm jessi mitchell in new york. president trump sent the defense secretary and director of national intelligence to the border town of eagle pass, texas. illegal border crossings are down dramatically. and j.d. vance says president trump plans to have a border wall completed. >> this is what a border wall appeared two years ago as hundreds lined up to claim asylum. we were there at the height of it. shelters were overflowing with asylum seekers. this man we spoke with spent the night sleeping outside in the brutal cold. now the streets are empty and the shelters quiet. last week, cbs news went out with border patrol agents as they searched for hours for any sight of a border crosser. they came up empty handed. illegal crossings are down 94%

across the entire border from the seem period last year. from nearly 5,000 a day to less than 300. it's a downward trend that began last year with mexico's increased border crackdown and the biden administration's executive order to stop accepting asylum claims from people who crossed illegally. since taking office, president trump has dramatically cut back the process for legal entry, while promising the largest mass deportation in u.s. history. there he's off to a slower start. according to the department of homeland security, at least 55,000 people were deported in the first five weeks of the trump administration. by comparison, an average of 57,000 were deported every month during the last full year of the biden administration. we asked department of homeland security spokesperson trisha mclaughlin about it. president trump promised during the campaign that millions would be deported. when you divide that, it should come down to 300,000 or more

should be being deported. 55,000 is a lot less. >> i don't think that the first month is going to be the status quo. >> reporter: in the first week of the administration, we saw these massive raids. we saw secretary noem out there. there was this massive show of force. have the raids been reduced? >> the i.c.e. raids they're often called, they're very tactical and very targeted. that's why we say it's the worse of the worst. we follow where these individuals are, the low-hanging fruit, so to speak. i think they're going evolve. >> reporter: once you get past the people who have a criminal record, what options do undocumented people have if they want to make a case for staying in this country, working in this country, contributing? >> i think the best message is they should self-deport now and leave and then come back the right way. >> reporter: i'm going to tell you something i heard today from an immigration attorney dealing with all kinds of cases. just trump being in office have been deterrence enough. but there have been dozens of actions from the trump

administration from ending the appointments that tens of thousands of people had to make their case for asylum to ending visa programs parole and the impact is felt throughout the hemisphere. last week i heard from a panamanian government official who told me that now their country is dealing with reverse migration, people heading back down south from those who historically had tried to head up north, to the united states. >> that was lilia luciano reporting. "cbs news roundup" will be right bck.

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president trump's on again, off again tariffs are causing confusion in the auto industry. the white house announced it's giving carmakers a one-month exemption from the 25% tariffs on products from canada and mexico. what happens after that is anyone awes guess, and the uncertainty has businesses on edge. lana zak has the view from windsor, ontario, which is just across the river from detroit. >> reporter: here in canada and just over the boarder there in the united states, auto manufacturers are feeling the pinch. and i spoke with one canadian business owner who says this trade war is a double whammy. not only is he being hit by trump's tariffs when his goods cross the bridge that way, but he also expects his own government is going to be taxing him on materials he brings in from the united states,

including pennsylvania steel. and as all of this continues, he does not see how his business can survive a year. just a few miles from the michigan border, canada's lavalle international supplies molds for parts used by every car manufacturer in the u.s. >> there's where the hood would be, the front. >> the left and the right fender and that one piece of steel. >> reporter: jonathan runs the family business. he says he's dealt with tariffs before, but this time it's different. >> now it's adversary. we are the enemy. this is trump tariffs, not american tariffs. >> reporter: canadian justin trudeau hit back as he announced 25% counter tariffs. >> though it's not my habit to agree with "the wall street journal," but trump, they point out even though you're a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do. >> reporter: the tariffs and counter tariffs are hitting as a party hard.

his trucks take multiple trips across the border starting with the steel from pennsylvania. >> we need product from the united states. they need product from canada. we take that product, we build it, we add value to it by crossing back and forth across the border to ultimately make its way into the united states that will make parts that will go on vehicles that will be sold in the united states and canada that will ultimately make its way into our houses and homes. >> reporter: he worries each way he'll be taxed. and it's his interconnected supply chain that makes american auto factories especially vulnerable. right now the price of a new car averages about $48,000. but these tariffs could raise prices on cars by about $5900. and the auto industry fears it cannot sustain these tariffs for long. here is ford's ceo speaking at a conference last month. >> let's be real honest. long-term, the 25% tariff across the mexico and canada border would blow a hole in the u.s. industry that we have never seen. >> reporter: to get a sense of just how uncertain all of this is for business owners, they're also preparing for another set

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now this is a hand plane. >> reporter: offerman is sharing the carpet try skills he relied on to survive before his big hollywood break. >> i sort of put myself on the edge of poverty by choice so that i could continue to try and audition for acting jobs. i learned that i could make a living by making things out of wood with my hands. >> reporter: alongside practical woodworking techniques, woodworks teaches students how to break through employment barriers like homelessness or jail time. >> perhaps someone's never had an opportunity to start building professional job development skills at an early age. and so without sort of some of those fundamentals, maybe an employer will say i don't want to hire you. >> reporter: michelle lu has been the director of woodworks for three years. established in 2012, the program takes its name from conversations with homeless individuals who say they would work if they could.

what are some of the specific skills someone can pick up here? >> if i can teach you how to use a band saw, table saw, sander, you can actually take those foundational skills and go into construction, set building, carpet try. these are all very common jobs that are needed in our society. >> reporter: tim jordan is one of the program's success stories. >> i was in the foster care system. at 8 years old, i was adopted. at some point, i did get kicked out after i turned 18 because things got a little bit bad. it must have been really -- >> yeah, it was tough. it was tough. >> reporter: what has the program done for you? >> it's done a lot. it's taught me how to work in a team. it's also taught me how to get into something new, but not get intimidated and pretty much quit. >> reporter: jordan took that newfound confidence and craftsmanship into a job in sales. >> since i work at a furniture store, i can help people pick a good quality item. >> reporter: from jordan's new career to offerman's wood would

shop projects, the importance of quality is hammered home. >> it's the best thing i've made. her name is huckleberry. >> reporter: the canoe featured in "parks and rec." >> let me make you a canoe. >> reporter: he now looks to it as a reminder that the biggest lessons learned inside the shop may have nothing to do with wood. >> you don't start by building the canoe. you can achieve each achievable step one at a time. so, i mean, i encourage people with only the smallest of woodworking skills to make one of these out in your garage or out in your backyard. >> start off with a blank slate and i've got to make something out of nothing. >> yeah. >> when you learn a set of skills for which you can b

i'm not happy with the way that pg&e handled the wildfires. yeah. yeah. i totally, totally understand. we're adding a ton of sensors. as soon as something comes in contact with the power line, it'll turn off so that there's not a risk

that it's gonna fall to the ground and start a fire. okay. and i want you to be able to feel the improvements. we've been able to reduce wildfire risk from our equipment by over 90%. that's something i want to believe. [skateboard sounds]

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