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chris martinez reports. >> reporter: with the cut of a ribbon, the tcl chinese theater in hollywood reopened the iconic movie house to close. >> we have spent the last year prepping and preparing for our reopening for you, our amazing audiences. >> reporter: across the country, relaxed covid restrictions have allowed more theaters to open with regal cinemas slated to reopen h hundreds ofof their scs frididay. it's g good news for movie studs sittining on a bacacklog of wowe blockbusters wondering if audiences will show up. >> what's been really encouraging to hollywood is just how many tickets have been selling internationanally. >>>> reporter:r: "variety'y's" a rurubin says t the year's s fir mamajor test, , "godzilla a ver kong,"," is off toto a strong g in chinana where it raked inin million n in its opepening week. >>>> we need k kong. >> r reporter: t theaters anand studios alalike are hohoping americanan audienceses are also readady to open their wallets. >> people do want to come back to theaters when they feel it's safe. they will get back. >> reporter: making audiences feel safe is

chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> and t t'se of you the news continues. for others check back later for "cbs this morning" and follow us online all the time at cbsnews.com. capital, i'm catherine herridge. >>> it's friday, april 9th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." texas shooting spree. in yet another deadly rampage, police have revealed new details about the man accused of opening fire at a cabinet business. >>> new concerns. why at least two vaccination sites had to shut down over the same coronavirus vaccine. >>> tennessee twister. severe weather damages an elementary school. how one resource officer possibly saved the lives of possibly saved the lives of dozens of students. captioning funded by cbs

for a historic flight, it will not a mars helicopter on his first mission is to this reporter chris martinezhat a successful flight could mean for the future of space exploration. >> reporter: weighing in at just four pounds, the aircraft called ingenuity is small in size, but it carrieies big dreams. maureen is nasa's planetary science director and says the mars helicopter is a game changer. the first aircraft ever designed to fly on another planet arrived on mars in february aboard nasa's latest rover. >> this will be consequential, if we can demonstrate we can fly on mars. >> researchers spent years developing the solar powered when rotor machine and the biggest challenge figuring out how to fly in the atmosphere of mars where the air is 100 times thinner than that of the earth the aircraft operates autonomously and if it works the technologygy could be vita for future missions on mars and other planets. >> we can use that helicopter or aerial vehicle to fly over to locations we cannot reach with a robotic rover or craft, or with humans even if it there might be places we cannot reach or

chris martinez with the growing number of homeowners going green. >> solar pan elms going up on peteer'soof. the homeowner said helping the environment was his top priority. >> i wanted to be a proveen technology and now it is. >> it cost him about $21,000 after tax credits and rebates. he expects to save about $3,000 a year in energy. >> it should pay me back with in seven to 8 years so i break even at that point and then start saving. >> i have been very happy with the results. >> just up the road john installed solar two years ago. he sometimes needs power from the grid when it snows but most months the panels power his house and he receives a paid credit when they produce extra energy. with more affordable prices installations on the rise. the industry's association said that 4% of united states homes currently have panels but that number is projected to more than triple by 2030. homeowners in states like california are more likely to install the technology but it's now being adopted in colder parts. >> it looks like a future roof. >> jason decideed to have a tesla roof put in on his

. >>> chris chmura is keeping an eye on vaccine links so you can sign up if you still need to. >>> nbc bay area responds to a martinezamily's seemingly endless fridge fail. >> here's consumer investigator chris chmura. >> she said her mom splurged in 2019 on a monogram fridge appliance. it is expensive because they are monetized as professional grade. but cindy says this pro freeze was only freezing to 17 degrees and cooling to 52. that's a problem. we checked with the fda. it said refrigerators should be 0 degrees or colder and cooling at 40 degrees or colder. cindy sent a tech to fix the fridge, but that did not work. her mom even bought a portable ice maker to make up for the fridge's failure to freeze. fed up, cindy contacted us, and we contacted freedman. they solved the dispute by ordering a new refrigerator and fully refunding the refrigerator purchased in 2017. that is a $9,513 win for cindy and bonnie. we asked ge and freedman's for a response. ge deferred to freedman but freedman didn't get back to us. if you have something you can't solve yourself, please let us know. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the