elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tokyo. >>> the u.s. ahead of its world cup match. the u.s. soccer federation initially posted iran's national flag without the emblem. those posts have since been removed on social media. but officials confirmed the altered flag postings were intentional and were a show of support for women in iran fighting for basic human rights. the u.s. faces iran on tuesday. >>> well, an upset at the world cup today led to riots in brussels. belgium lost a crucial match to morocco 2-0. rioters hurled rocks and set cars on fire. police in belgium's capital used tear gas and water cannons to break up the crowds. >>> there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> well, tonight investigators are searching for the person who shot and killed a 12-year-old in downtown atlanta. police say a dispute led to the shooting near the popular atlantic station shopping center saturday night. five teenagers were injured including one who is in critical condition. >>> well

elizabeth palmer, cbs news, phnom penh. >>> now to the war in ukraine. today officials said celebrations in the newly liberated city of kherson are slowing down the effort to clear remnants of retreating russian troops. cbs' chris livesay is there. "chic simple." >> reporter: in a war marked by unspeakable sadness -- ♪ >> reporter: -- victory calls for singing. the air is so thick with celebration, it's slowing down the ukrainian army says this lawmaker. >> not because of russians we're attacking them but because people were attacking them with hugs and kisses. >> reporter: despite their first breath of freedom in nearly nine months, locals are still in harm's way. this is the road to kherson, but as you can see, not everybody gets there. the scene of a massive firefight and the closer you get to the city, the more of this you're bound to see. >> there will be sad news from kherson for sure because every time we are liberating our towns, we are finding tortured people, raped people, killed people. >> reporter: there are also serious concerns about the al

elizabeth palmer has a look at the new clashes between police and protesters. >> reporter: he shouts what until now would have been unthinkable. down with xi jinping, down with the communist party. the protests in shanghai and other cities were sparked by a tragedy -- thousands of miles away in western china. ten people burned to death in an apartment fire last week. a furious crowd gathered around local government offices convinced that covid restrictions had stopped the fire engines from reaching the blaze. authorities denied that, but the story brought people into the streets in sympathy with the victims and in anger with the government's heavy-handed covid rules. at the vigil in shanghai they held up blank sheets of paper to show how critics of the government are routinely silenced. ♪ and by sunday night, another vigil under way in beijing had spun off even more protests. some of the pushback against zero covid may have its roots in chinese crowds at the world cup, unmasked and unafraid. by today, it appeared state tv was censoring images of those bare-faced spectators. all part

norah. >> o'donnell: elizabeth palmer, thank you. we turn now to the u.s.where justices heard arguments today in two cases on affirmative action in college admissions. the rulings could dramatically alter how universities consider race in evaluating applications. as cbs chief legal correspondent jan crawford reports, the court's conservative majority appears skeptical. >> reporter: the extraordinary arguments, nearly five hours long, were contentious, as the justices grappled whether considering race in college admissions was a modern-day form of discrimination. dete >> reporter: chief justice john roberts clashed with a lawyer defending affirmative action at harvard university against a challenge by asian students, who said they are held to higher standards in admissions than whites or other minorities. than oth tes and ties. >> r rmining facto t as yea orches the a >> reporter: but liberal justices suggested colleges like harvard and the university of north carolina have to consider race as one of many factors, to get a full picture of a student's life ex

cbs reporter elizabeth palmer has more on the angry protests that have also spread online. >> reporter: a man shouts what until now few would even dare say alive. down with xi jinping. down with the communist party. there were public protests across the country over the weekend in at least 10 cities including shanghai. we've reached one of the protesters there on sunday night. how angry are people with the lockdown? >> very, very. they're very angry. >> reporter: we agreed to hide her identity as this interview could get her arrested. over the weekend, an unknown number of protesters were arrested including the bbc's camera man, though he was later released. the protests are by far the biggest challenge yet to xi jinping's zero covid policy, which has battered the economy and locked down hundreds of millions of people. what do your friends say about the chinese government's management of covid? >> people do not support it at all. >> reporter: the anger was sparked by a tragedy, thousands of miles away in western china. ten people burned to death in an apartment fire last week. a furiou

cbs' elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: he shouts what until now would have been unthinkable. "down with xi jinping, down with the communist party." the protests in shanghai and other cities were spark by a tragedy thousands of miles away in xinjiang, western china. ten people burned to death in an apartment fire last week. a furious crowd gathered around local government offices, convinced that covid restrictions had stopped the fire engines from reaching the blaze. authorities denied that, but the story brought people into the vi at the vigil in shanghai, they held up blank sheets of paper to symbolize the way critics of the government are routinely silenced. and by sunday night, another vigil underway in beijing had spun off even more protests. some of the pushback against zero covid may have its roots in chinese viewers seeing crowds at the world cup, unmasked and unafraid. but by today, it appeared state tv was censoring images of those bare-faced spectator, all part of xi jinping's plan to double down on his zero covid policy. and the sight of citizens chanting "lift loc

cbs's elizabeth palmer managed to reach one of the protesters by phone. to protect her, we've blurred her face. >> how angry are people with the lockdown? >> very, very, because they are very angry. >> reporter: public outrage was originally sparked last week by a tragedy in western china when ten people burned to death in an apartment fire. an angry crowd gathered around the local government offices convinced that covid restrictions had stopped fire engines from reaching the blaze. authorities denied that. on monday, chinese police patrolled what had been the trouble spots. in a statement, the white house criticized china's zero-covid policy. the statement you issued earlier today didn't include any explicit calls for china to stop detaining and harming protesters and journalists. why not? >> we continue to stand up and support the right of peaceful protest, and i think we're going to watch this closely, and we'll see where things go. >> reporter: president biden has been briefed on the protests but hasn't spoken publicly about them. it's part of a more

elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tokyo. >> duncan: well, now to the world cup, where the u.s. men's soccer team faced off against heavily-favored england. cbs' roxana saberi reports, it was one of the most highly anticipated matches, that lived up to all the hype. ( cheers ) >> reporter: reveling in the rivalry... >> who doesn't want to beat the british? ( laughter ) >> reporter: it's a bit of history. >> yeah. >> reporter: ...thousands of american fans cheered on the stars and stripes in dowhat, as they took on england at the world cup. but for 94 nail-biting minutes, there were only a few glimpses of gold. and, the game ended 0-0. >> we didn't have any goals scored against us, but we'll score next time. >> yes. >> reporter: was this better than you guys expected? >> actually, yes. i was expecting england to score more prolifically than they did. >> reporter: earlier today, before iran's match against wales, some iranian fans told us stadium officials barred them from entering with shirts and flags supporting anti-regime protests in iran. >> okay, we're going to buy-- i don't

. >> elizabeth palmer, thank you. >>> we turn now to the u.s.re justices heard arguments today in two cases on affirmative action in college admissions. the rulings could dramatically alter how universities consider race in evaluating applications. as cbs's chief legal correspondent jan crawford reports, the court's conservative majority appears skeptical. >> reporter: the extraordinary arguments nearly five hours long were contentious as the justices grappled with whether considering race in college admissions was a modern-day form of discrimination. robes clashed with theye harvard university ast a challenge by asian students, who say they are held to higher standards in admissions than whites or other minorities. >> race for some highly qualified applicants can be the determinative factor just as being a, you know, an oboe player in a year in which the harvard radcliffe orchestra needs an oboe player will be the tip. >> we did not fight a civil war about oboe players. we did fight a civil war to eliminate racial discrimination. >> reporter: b

elizabeth palmer, cbs news, tokyo. >>> thanks giving weekend might be wrapping up, but we are still in the beginning of the holiday travel season. that means the so-called triple epidemic of cobit, flu, and rsv is far from over. many pediatric hospitals across the country are at or near the breaking point. this week, ucsf benioff children hospital in san francisco put up a surge tank to add seven pediatric beds. rsv is especially dangerous for small children, and the elderly. this morning, on face the nation, dr. anthony fauci said, to take precautions, before any large holiday gatherings . >> one of the things you have to be careful of , is to look around, not only for your own protection, but for the protection of the people that you are going to be in contact with . >> medical experts say to get your updated flu and cobit vaccines so there is no vaccine for rsv. dr. fauci also recommended testing for co- , before and after family gatherings. >> the holiday travel rush is winding down at airports throughout the country. da lin is at sfo saying it was a bittersweet day for some headin

cbs' elizabeth palmer managed to reach one of the protesters by phone. to protect her, we've blurred her face. >> reporter: how angry are people with the lockdown. >> very, very, because they're very angry. >> reporter: public outrage was originally sparked last week by a tragedy in western china when 10 people burned to death in an apartment fire. an angry crowd gathered around the local government offices,quenced that covid restriction had stopped fire engines from reaching the blaze. authorities denied that. on monday, chinese police patrolled what had been the trouble spots. in a statement, the white house criticized china's zero covid policy. >> the statement you issued earlier today didn't include any explicit calls for china to stop detaining and harming protesters and journalists. why not? >> we continue to stand up and supported the right of peaceful protest. and i think we're going to watch this closely, and we'll see where things go. >> reporter: president biden has been briefed on the protests but hasn't spoken publicly about them. it's part

elizabeth palmer paid a visit to a region that's trying to reverse that by putting out the welcome mat >> reporter: the shoes give it away. this isn't your average japanese home. 11 people live here along with their dog, all origamied into a tiny house in nagoya. welcome to the ueda family. mother of the brood, ari, shows me around her kitchen. and, nope, there's no dishwasher. she tells me it is a huge amount of work, but she and her husband love a big family. "some people can't or won't have kids," she says. "but i can, and this country needs children. so i kept having more." nine of them in all. the uedas, one of japan's largest families, have become reality tv stars. their overflowing home and lively family outings are fascinating to a country that has one of the lowest birthrates in the world. you can see it in rural areas where thousands of houses have simply been abandoned. >> and this used to be a store? >> reporter: like the one yuta yam she da is showing me in kamikawa, about 350 miles west of tokyo. >> it's huge. >> reporter: back at the office, sale prices. yam she da's job

elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: hong kong is one of the world's most important financial hubbs the main pipeline for money moving in and out of asia, especially china. but there is trouble brewing. over the past year, more than 100,000 people have left. that's a record. and multinational companies are looking elsewhere too. sally wong is ceo of the hong kong investment funds association. more than a third of her members say they have already moved jobs out to other countries. can you get them back? where have they gone? >> from singapore, dubai, australia, japan, you can make it. >> reporter: the pandemic hit hong kong hard. for a while this spring, it had the highest mortality covid rate on earth. things are much better now, but as the rest of the world moves on from the pandemic, hong kongers still have to be fully masked and use an app-based control system that is similar to mainland china. so they have to scan in to public places with a qr code, including restaurants, and new arrivals can't enter restaurants at all for three days. high-flyers in banking who can work in othe

palmer, john singer sargent tremendous stuff. stephen crane, elizabethn, horatio alger, the chicago exposition of 1893, i hope i get this right, if i don't she will correct correct me, use the 1893 or 1896. by the way, the wright brothers 1903 was going to gilded age. what charles morrison does is he chronicles a few of these guys, rockefeller, carnegie, and jp morgan. i'm just saying this was not an error of robber barons this was an era of american greatness and prosperity with tens of millions of people getting higher-paying jobs. you just can't ask for more. it was a tremendous period of literature and tremendous period of art, and that's what i wanted bring that up there's lots of good books about this. the tycoons is a good place to start. a lot of good books about this. bill brandt county university of texas has written about this, a number of greatest ruins of an about liberal historians have slaughtered this age. they just missed the point. i don't know why the progressive period under woodrow wilson cannot boast of anything like this. the other