jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. >> the u.s. navy is in a high stakes battle against the state of wisconsin. at issue, a statue of a badger. you heard that right. a badger. the navy wants it for a battleship stationed in virginia. here is kris van cleave. >> reporter: the uss wisconsin is no stranger to strife. her 16 guns pounded japan during world war ii and the battleship sailed into the fight in the first gulf war. now she finds herself in a battle over a badger-sized piece of history pitting the gray lady against the wisconsin state house. >> it did not surprise me at all that this is quite a thing of contention and that people are pretty upset about. >> reporter: the historian is talking about this statue of a badger that features thein 1988 the wisconsin governor's office whereisitor rubs it nose for luck. >> there are generations of people remember going to the capitol and touching the badger's nose. they have a connection to it. it wasn't surprising at all the state does not want to give it back. >> reporter: badgers ar

jamie yuccas reports. >> reporter: the customers are starting to come back to this diner.ances tarrio says the people who serve them are not. tarrio struggled to stay open during the early days of the pandemic laying off 100 employees. now that things are improving she's trying to hire her workers back but can't fill the job. >> we're owe understaffed it's unbelievable. >> it's been difficult. >> reporter: signs of the times are posted across the country. there are 8.1 million jobs available. a 20-year high. >> we have very generous unemployment insurance right now. and what that means is that people have the ability to wait for the right job to come along. >> reporter: for more than a year, the federal government has offered an extra $300 a week on top of state unemployment. at least 19 states are ending that benefit. still, many restaurant servers make $2.13 an hour plus tips, not enough to cover child care or transportation, not worth exposure to covid. >> men gained jobs, women did not. right? why would this be different between men and women. it's that women have a gr

here's cbs' jamie yuccas. >> phil defeats father time! phil mickelson at age 50 was about to become the oldest golfer to win a a major, golfing's usually quiet fans erupted. ( cheers and applause ) another age-defying first: simone bailes performing one to have the most famous moves in gymnastics, the yurchenko double of 24. >> i'm a grandma in this sport. >> biles acrobatics won a shout out from lakers lebron james. james at 36 sunk a three-pointer to beat the warriors in the n.b.a. playoffs. at 43, tom brady became the oldest quarterbackto win a super bowl. next week next week, 39-year-old tennis great serena williams goes for a record-tying 24-grand slam wins. it's an inspiring message for everyone that age shouldn't stop us from doing great things. >> it's neat that we're kind of breaking the boundaries and barriers especially being so old now. barriers especially being so old >> there's no reason why i or anybody else can't do it at a later age, it just takes a little bit more work. >> reporter: jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. >

cbs' jamie yuccas is in san jose tonight and is going to lead off our coverage. ng, jamie. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the shooting took place inside two buildings at that rail yard, and right now, investigators are still pouring over the scene, worried about possible explosives. this all unfolded right next door to the county sheriff's department, and tonight deputies are being hailed as heroes for rescuing workers, even as the gunman was still shooting. >> this is an active shooter. >> reporter: the first shots rang out shortly after 6:30 as transit workers were changing shifts ahead of the morning commute. >> they're still actively looking for him, and he was last seen on the third floor. >> reporter: police say the gunman killed eight people and injured others before turning the gun on himself. cbs news has learned the shooter is samuel cassidy, a 57-year-old valley transit employee who lived nearby. a neighbor's doorbell cam shows cassidy leaving his house this morning. a law enforcement source tells cbs news workers had gathered for a union meeting. wh

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jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. >> o'donnell: and turning overseas now, secretary of state anthony blinken met today with israeli and palestinian leaders, hoping to solidify the peace after the deadliest fighting in years left gaza in ruins. cbs' holly williams is there. >> reporter: the u.s. wants to make the cease-fire stick. >> palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely to enjoy equal measures of freedom, opportunity, and democracy, to be treated with dignity. >> reporter: but very few here have high expectations, and today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, showed why. >> if hamas breaks the calm and attacks israel, our response will be everywhere powerful. >> reporter: secretary blinken did not meet with hamas, who fired rockets indiscriminately at israeli towns and cities. the u.s. regards them as a terrorist group. but after meeting with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, he announced nearly $40 million in additional aid to the palestinians. it can't come soon enough for the poverty-stricken gaza strip, which was pummeled with

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 would be making history, something, i couldn't pass up. >> 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 epive trail-blazing female drill instructors, including staff sergeant amber staroscik. >> it was definitely comforting to be put in that position. i knew how big of a deal this was. >> reporter: just before graduation, every exhausted recruit, man or woman, completed the notorious "crucible," which culminates at the top of cam

we asked cbs' jamie yuccas to find out why. >> reporter: the customers are starting to come back to dupar'siner, but owner francis tario says the people who serve them, are not. tario struggled to stay opent. tario struggled to sta during the early days of the pandemic, laying off 100 employees. now that things are improving, she's trying to hire her workers back, but can't fill the jobs. >> we're so understaffed that it's unbelievable. >> it's been a tough ride. it's been difficult. >> reporter: signs of the times are posted across the country. there are 8.1 million jobs available, a 20-year high. >> we have very generous unemployment insurance right now, and what that means is that people have the ability to wait for the right job to come along. >> reporter: for more than a year, the federal government has offered an extra $300 a week on top of state unemployment. at least 19 states are ending that benefit. still, many restaurant servers make just $2.13 an hour plus tips, not enough to cover childcare or transportation, not worth exposure to covid. >> men gained jobs, women did not. why w

cbs' jamie yuccas is in san jose again tonight and is going to lead off our coverage. good evening, jamie. >> reporter: newly released video shows shooter samuel cassidy who casually killed co- workers walking from one building to the second where he took the leaves of more people. a co-worker told us cassidy was antisocial, unpleasant and clearly disgruntled while at work. tonight, the first images of the gunman during the rampage walking between two transport authority buildings where he killed nine co-work, at a san jose rail yard. santa clara county sheriff smith says 57-year-old samuel cassidy appears to have targeted the victims. >> we do know that he confronted one person and said, "i like you, get out of here," and went to the next. the person that he did not shoot was not an employee there. >> reporter: a federal official confirms to cbs news u.s. customs officers had previously detained capacity after a trip detained cassidy after a trip to the philippines in 2016, noting he professed a hatred of his workplace and possessed books about terrorism. a neighbor's

jamie yuccas smoke withpoke wit wiley who won an emmy for playing moira. >> if you stay here, you'res in the making on "the handmaid's tale." the sixth episode is airing tonight. >> yes. >> reporter: you have a reunion with elisabeth moss' character. what was that like? >> it's been so many years, i haven't been on screen with her since the first season. >> reporter: i feel like fans are really anticipated this. >> some are losing their minds which is awesome. honestly, i felt like i was losing my mind when i first read the script. >> reporter: moss plays the role of june osborne, one of the women forced to bear children as part of a dystopian society. following a second civil war, moira, samira wiley's character, helps smuggle june to safety in canada. the role earned wiley an emmy in 2018. >> i didn't bring you all this way just to leave you behind. >> reporter: she's a bad ass. you think she's helping you be more bad ass? >> honestly, i think, is helping lots of women be more bad ass, and i am one of them. >> reporter: you might say wiley has a knock for landing strong female role

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jamie yuccas takes a look at what's next for hollywood's oldest and most watched shows. >> and the goldennts of awards season, but next year that may change. in a statement released yesterday, nbc said they believed the group behind the golden globes is committed to change but feels strongly that the hollywood foreign press association needs time to do it right. >> a monster is a monster because someone enables them to be a monster. and they have finally come to a moment of reckoning. >> reporter: clayton davis is the writer of the magazine. he said the golden globes could still have immense pouwer. >> there's a financial incentive to get nominated, right? >> removing the golden globes from the equation hurts everybody else including the academy awards because people are here, the general public, are hearing about the movies for the first time. >> reporter: a los angeles time investigation reported earlier this year that the association had no black members out of 87 people. the hfpa committed to change that, but only last week approved a plan to diversity in the future. for many, that's

. >>> time for "what to watch" with jamie yuccas joining us from los angeles. >> hi, jamie. >> how younk you. going to be hot here. here's a few of the stories we think you'll be talking about today -- we're hearing from tiger woods at length for the first time since he was seriously hurt in a car crash. woods told "golf digest" the devastating leg injuries from the accident are, quote, more painful than anything i have ever experienced. he also said his physical therapy is keeping him busy, and his number-one goal is to walk on his own. when asked if he hoped to play golf again, woods declined to answer. in february you may remember, woods lost control of his suv in los angeles and slammed into a tree. authorities say he was speeding. i have to say if he says this is the most painful she's experienced -- he's had five back surgeries. five knee surgeries. he is getting help from some friends on recovery. take a look. this is his dog, bugs, on the golf course with him in florida. man's best friend helping him out, trying to feel better. >> just think, his number-one goal is just to walk

jamie yuccas joins us with potentially more good news. jamie, good morning.here's a vaccination study involving kids as young as 6 months old. what can you tell us about it? >> just little babies. 144 kids are now participating in pfizer's clinical trial. it will eventually enroll more than 4,500 children with the goal of applying for emergency use authorization for kids' vaccines by the fall. the family we spoke to said they are eager for the opportunity and are encouraging others to sign up. >> reporter: for parents, the first step to getting back out into the world was getting their family vaccinated. their sons, 3-year-old andel and 8-month-old sorin were among the first kids under the age of 5 to receive the pfizer vaccine. she has a ph.d in immunology felt confident signing her kids up for the phase i clinical trial at stanford. >> what made you decide you want to do this? >> it's the key for us to feel good and safe about our kids. >> one thing we're concerned with is the long-term effects of covid. and it's like, yeah, we'll take the vaccine any day o

jamie yuccas just took us to dodger stadium where baseball fans are back in the stands.ward winner told us how the dodgers are fighting for back-to-back world series titles and what it's like to play in front of crowds again. >> the payoff pitch -- he struck him out! >> fans are back, baseball is back. how excited are you to play in front of crowds as opposed to cardboard cutouts and piped in applause? >> oh, it's huge. last year honestly we were just thankful that we got to play a season. this year to have fans back and progressively getting closer to a full stadium, it feels like normal. >> swings and this time to right center field. back toward the wall and gone! >> the crowd brings so much energy, so much of the atmosphere of a baseball game is brought by the fans. i know we have fully vaccinated sections now which is cool. i not the crowds feel safe -- i think the crowds feel safe with the protocols. as players, anything that they can do just to be in the stands is huge for us. >> let's talk briefly about sort of the darker side of the pandemic for all americans, fo

yep, jamie yuccas is going to take us out to the ball game.his will pass -- >> they were always -- we were always living with hope. we always thought maybe in a day or in a week the world will end. and we'll be free. and that's how we lived. >> ahead, cbs news contributor, that's jkantor, talking with her grandmother about what it >>> good morning. 8:25. i am len kiese. a mountain lion in san francisco was captured over night. animal care and control found it in the burnel heights neighborhood. it's been taken to the oakland zoo. >>> a suspect arrested after a seven hour standoff with police in sunnyvale. officers were called to a home yesterday for a domestic battery involving an elderly woman. the victim was treated for her injuries. >>> riding muni for free this summer is one step closer to becoming reality. board of supervisors budget and itope approved the pilot program yesterday. the ordinance moves to full board for a vote. >>> good morning. i am gianna frankie with a look at the roadways. if you are getting ready to head to school or w