from chicago, here's adriana diaz. >> diaz: good evening.mats today pushed to cement a truce between israel and hamas militants, following 11 days of conflict-- violence that put civilians on both sides in the cross-fire. today, trucks carrying humanitarian aid began rolling into gaza, as residents picked through the rubble, taking stock of the damage. the u.n. is pledging to help rebuild. more than 250 people were killed, most of them palestinians in gaza. cbs's holly williams is there. >> reporter: four-year-old sara was at home when an israeli airstrike hit her family's apartment building, her relatives told us. the ceiling collapsed. she suffered a spinal injury, and her doctors say she'll never walk again. "i picked her up and ran through the streets until i saw the ambulance," her mother leena told us. "what did she do to deserve this?" hamas, the group that governs the gaza strip, classed by the u.s. as a terrorist organization, claims the ceasefire is a victory, but for the people of gaza, this looks like a terrible loss. ( explosion

here's adriana diaz. >> diaz: good evening. here's a headline we haven't heard in over a year: expect traffic. unlike last memorial day weekend, things have drastically changed. travel is at a pandemic peak, nearly, with covid cases down and vaccinations up from zero to 51% of all american adults in less than six months. but danger still lurks with new infections hovering around 23,000 a day. cbs' lilia luciano has the latest from santa monica, california. lilia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. around six million people are expected to travel through airports this weekend. i'll tell you, i was one of them and it was hard to even find a seat. tonight, a travel boom as americans mark the unofficial start to summer. >> we're headed to hawaii. >> to atlanta. >> arkansas. >> new york. >> reporter: nearly two million flyers packed planes on friday alone, a pandemic-era record. >> when i got the ticket, they said it was the last seat available. >> reporter: vaccinated or not, masks are required. southwest and america

from chicago, here's adriana diaz. >> diaz: good evening.death, destruction, and a e powerful show of force in the middle east where the conflict in israel and the palestinian territories escalated today. a building in gaza containing the offices of foreign media, including the associated press and al jazeera, was destroyed by an israeli airstrike. hamas responded with rocket attacks on israel. at least 10 israelis and 145 palestinians, including children on both sides, hav on both sides, have been killed since the fighting began this week. cbs' imtiaz tyab is there. >> reporter: as air raid sirens blared across israel's largest city, our team ran to a bomb shelter in a nearby apartment block. we're just getting into a bunker after some sirens went off over tel aviv. it's been a few days since we heard it quite so close to the city. inside, we could hear several explosions. less than half a mile away, the epicenter of the strike, a hamas rocket landed in this busy intersection, killing one person. never has a hamas rocket struck the heart of

from chicago, here's adriana diaz. >> diaz: good evening.orld's coronavirus cases are hitting record levels, driven in part by a devastating surge in india. new daily infections there today topped 400,000. at the same time, america's pandemic pain is easing. over the past week, new infections are down in 26 states. they only rose in four. and vaccinations have provided a critical boost. more than 100 million american adults are now fully vaccinated. that's fueling summer travel plans for many. cbs's danya bacchus at l.a.x. leads us off. danya, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. those with travel plans will still face restrictions. the t.s.a. just announced its covid rules-- mask mandates at airports, on planes, trains and buses, will be extended through mid-september. more packed planes are taking flight. as of today, delta airlines is no longer blocking middle seats. it was the last u.s. carrier to do so. but c.e.o. ed bastian cautions, this is not a return to normal, saying "we are still operating in a pandemic." changes, su

from chicago, here's adriana diaz. >> diaz: good evening.ht federal authorities are investigating a major cyber attack targeting america's energy infrastructure. georgia-based colonial pipelines says it was hit by ransomware. the company responded by shutting its entire system down to protect it. its pipelines run more than 5,000 miles, from the gulf coast to new jersey. the company transports 45% of the fuel consumed on the east coast. christina ruffini leads us off from the white house with more. good evening, christina. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. as you mentioned, federal law enforcement authorities and private consultants have been called in to investigate the attack, during which bad actors were able to essentially force the shutdown of the largest refined petroleum pipeline in america. colonial pipeline says it pumps on average 100 million gallons of fuel through its network every day, but, right now, that number is zero. the company shut down its pipeline friday after a cyber attack compromised its i.t. system. "we have since

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, adriana diaz, thank you. tonight, a major step forward for women in the military. a platoon of female marines is taking its rightful place in history. here's cbs's jamie yuccas. >> reporter: one moment, 100 years in the making. women are graduating today alongside their male counterparts for the first time ever, at the marine corps recruit depot san diego. the recruits of lima company are the first platoon of women to go through the vigorous 13-week bootcamp, traditionally reserved for men. >> when i was told i was going to san diego and i would be making history, it's something i couldn't pass up. >> reporter: new legislation requires fully integrated bootcamp training in san diego by 2028. 10% to 15% of all marine recruits drop out every year, and these women kept the same pace. 53 of the 60 who started, made it to the finish line. >> you going to stay? >> yes, ma'am! >> reporter: leading them every step of the way, a team of five trail-blazing female drill instructors, including staff sergeant amber staros

major. >> garrett: adriana diaz, thank you. at the capitol today, republican senators succeeded in block creation of a bipartisan panel to investigate the january 6 riot.ev not even the mother of a capitol officer who died after the assault could persuade enough republicans to vote yes. cbs' kris van cleave has more. ( cheering ) >> reporter: nearly five months which senate republicans condemned at the time as an assault on democracy, many of those same senators today blocked the approval of a 9/11- style commission to investigate how it happened. >> the motion is not agreed to.m >> i'm just terribly disappointed that so many republicans refused to even look at a bipartisan, down-the-middle look at it because they're afraid of donald trump. donald trump is-- is a bane to our democracy. >> reporter: the former president has called for republicans to kill the commission which would have explored his role that day. the panel would have given both parties subpoena power and delivered a report by the end of the year. but it only got

. >>> for many teenagers, your block or neighborhood is your world, but in chicago, cbs adriana diaz met a group going sightseeing in their own city. that is changing their perspectives and their futures. >> reporter: i thought all blacks would be doing the same and doing this dangerous stuff. spent 50-year-old diana hood knows they're not t becaususe t takes teteenagers ououtside of neighbororhoods for r new expeririences. glassmsmaking, asasking for r t fifirst time, , inside corprpor amererica, and more.>> a lot of teenagers in chicago have importantly never been downtown but they have never been in an elevator. and they want to work in a marketing company but never in an elevator. spent this activists started a nonprofit to change that.>> we grew up in a divested community in chicago you may be thinking it is regular to not have internet and use wi-fi but it isn't regular, step outside of whatever your comfort zone is and expose yourself to different things. spent growth that 15-year-old hood has expressed herself.>> i was bullied as a kid a lot for being overweight. but when i j

adriana diaz reports. >>> christhian bahena rivera, guilty of the crime of murder in the first degreethe first full day of deliberations in a case that rocked the heartland. >> he knew where the body was. and that was a big piece of the corroboration to his story. >> reporter: the disappearance of 20-year-old mollie tibbetts who was last seen on a jog in july of 2018 consumed the town of brooklyn, iowa. surveillance video of tibbetts and this black malibu led investigators to rivera. the arrest of rivera, an undocumented dairy worker, became a lightning rod over illegal immigration. >> you have anything to say -- >> reporter: rivera told investigators in he followed tibbetts who he found attractive. when she threatened to call police, he became angry and blacked out, later finding her body in his trunk. he led police to her body in this cornfield. mollie tibbetts captured the collective stooul of america -- >> people see their own daughters, their own girlfriend, their own sister. >> reporter: prosecutors said tibbetts' family is relieved. first-degree murder carries a life sentence i

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adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. >> the starting lineups for today's contest -- >> i love his voice. love that he got his start announcing in the high school, you know, in the hallways of his high school. it's like -- >> i love the full circle. going at two months old and coming back at 21 and getting the job. >> and his mom used to work there. there's something about the way he enuns yates his words when it comes through the loud speaker. you can tell the difference between him and bill murray. we're going to win today! the way he did it. nicely done. >>> coming up, simone biles returns to competition with a vault that no woman has ever done before. look at this. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ l- cmp sine bil made h onsaay bg themao competitn -- >> here we go. [ cheers ] >> wow. >> unbelievable. >> the 24-year-old landed that yurchenko double pike vault, whatever they call it. it was amazing. >> yes. >> the u.s. classic in indianapolis. she did a round-off on to the springboard then a back handspring on to the horse and finished with a piked doubling backflip. i don't know wh