do it. >> maurice: debora patta joins us now from east jerusalem. you have reported from the region many times, and with this news today, what are you noticing, if anything, about the mood of the israeli people? >> reporter: for the past five weeks, the images of those red cross vehicles in gaza, waiting for another hostage exchange have been a symbol of hope here. hostages released alive after more than 15 months in captivity. today really marked the first time that hamas has released the bodies of dead hostages. it signifies the very sobering reality that there will be more hostages coming home in coffins. for some families, there will be no longed-for reunion with loved ones. >> john: debora, what's the prospects for that fragile cease-fire as it moves into its next phases? >> reporter: john, the next round is going to be a lot harder. israel and hamas want very different things. we have heard one hamas commander say they are prepared to release all remaining hostages in one go in exchange for a permanent truce and a full withdrawal of israeli tro

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in fact, he has even gained a little weight. >> john: debora patta reporting for us out of sudan. u so much, debora. >> maurice: now some of the top stories from around the world in tonight's "evening news" roundup, a highly infectious strain of the avian flu that killed a person in louisiana last month has now spread to dairy cattle in nevada. bird flu has infected cattle before, but this discovery has public health officials concerned because crossover from birds could be happening more often. >> john: two planes collided on the tarmac at seattle-tacoma international airport today while taxiing. a japan airlines plane hit the tail of a parked delta jet. no one was hurt. >> maurice: and cbsnews.com posted transcripts and videos from the "60 minutes" interview with vice president kamala harris that aired in october. the fcc requested these materials for an investigation into a complaint alleging intentional news distortion. in a statement, cbs news said the transcripts and video show the "60 minutes" broadcast was not doctored or deceitful. >> john: still ahead on the "cbs evening

debora patta is in east jerusalem. >> reporter: first israelis were subjected to the macabre spectaclemilitants handing over coffins they claimed contained the remains of the bibas family. then the gut-wrenching twist. israel positively identified 4-year-old ariel bibas and his nine-month-old brother kfir. but the third body was not their mother shiri. hamas has always claimed the bibas family was killed in an israeli air strike. israel now says the brothers were brutally murdered. neither side has provided any proof of their claims. but it has unleashed fury from prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> i vow that i will not rest until the savages that executed our hostages are brought to justice. >> reporter: it prolonged the grief of an anguished nation. five weeks of hope has been replaced by fear that the fragile gaza cease-fire could collapse. the bibas boys' aunt ofri levy made an urgent plea on social media -- we're not seeking revenge, she said. we just want shiri back and to save the lives of all the living hostages. the cry for the cease-fire to hold is echoed across the ruins

do it. >> reporter: debora patta, cbs news. >>> mitch mcconnell took to the senate floor on his 83rdhursday to announce he won't be running for reelection next year. mcconnell has been a senator from kentucky since 1985. he led senate republicans from 2007 to 2025, making him the longest serving senate party leader in american history. >>> president trump fires 20 immigration judges amid a when i first had jayden, i'd get comments all the time about how happy i must be. i remember thinking, there must be something wrong with me. because i don't feel all this joy i'm supposed to be feeling. it was hard to admit that, even to my doctor, but she told me it was postpartum depression and that it's very treatable. these days, things are feeling right. even if they don't always go that way. [female narrator[ mental health care works when you make the call. since 1944, heifer international has been ending hunger and poverty around the world. the basic purpose of heifer project is to provide people with a source of their own food production, so they can provide for themselves without having t

debora patta is in the war-torn nation of sudan, where she found an american doctor already strugglingarian crisis in the world, and yet the people of sudan feel they've been all but forgotten. as the country reels from a man made famine driven by war. in the tented camps where families have fled the violence, every newly arrived child is critically starving. >> and right in the red zone. severely malnourished. what happens if he doesn't get treatment? he would die? the worst cases are hospitalized, tiny bodies wasting away. little 1-year-old was too weak to even cry. >> i think we're in dire straits here in sudan, to be honest. >> reporter: cincinnati native dr. muhammad fadlalla is a volunteer with doctors withou borders at sudan's al buluk children's hospital near khartoum. they had just admitted 13-month-old ibrahim jafar when we got there. doctors told us the little boy was close to dying. and his eyesight badly damaged from severe malnutrition. >> left unchecked, the majority of children who have severe malnutrition end up getting an infection and dying from it. >> reporter: ibra

. >> reporter: debora patta, cbs news. >>> and the body of the fourth hostage returned to israel wasntified as oded lifshitz. israel says the 83-year-old was killed by islamic jihad more than a year ago. >>> now more fallout from president trump's war of words with ukraine's president. a news conference that was supposed to follow talks between president volodymer zelenskyy and trump's ukraine envoy was called off yesterday. the tension between trump and zelenskyy is casting doubt on further u.s. support for ukraine. trump has been pushing for an end to the war three years after russia's invasion. white house national security adviser mike waltz -- >> look, president trump is obviously very frustrated right now with president zelenskyy. the fact that he hasn't come to the table. >> now this week trump has been echoing talking points from russian president vladimir putin calling zelenskyy a dictator and blaming russia's invasion on ukraine. >>> a key ally of president trump has been confirmed to lead the fbi. kash patel won senate confirmation yesterday in a narrow 51-49 vote. two rep

debora patta will take us there later this week. >> and today was the deadline for thousands of fbi agentsfill out a trump administration questionnaire asking them what role they played in investigating the january 6th capitol riot, the largest criminal investigation in u.s. history. cbs's scott macfarlane joins us now. the impact of all of this is being felt across the country tonight. >> reporter: an unprecedented day of turmoil inside the fbi. these agents were asked what role they played in the january 6th investigation, if they searched or interviewed or arrested anybody, raising fears of a purge of agents nationwide. take a look at this. our cbs news review found some of these lead january 6th fbi agents are part of joint terrorism task forces in cities nationwide. including new orleans, the most recently struck city with a terror attack. others from california to colorado to connecticut. there's also concern that this purge would impact human trafficking task forces, gun groups, and, john and maurice, send a chilling message to fbi agents: be careful what you investigate next and ma