. >> i'm lilia luciano at lax where tighter rules will soon be in place. >> overseas, protests against covid restrictions turn violent with covid still proving lethal. plus the latest on the michigan school shooting with the suspect and parents now behind bars. >> i'm michael george in oxford, michigan where warning signs about the accused school shooter taken seriously? >> duncan: and later 80 years after the pearl harbor attack america's greatest generation returns to remember. >> this is the cbs weekend this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york, with jericka duncan. >> duncan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. tonight former senator bob dole born and raised in russell, kansas is being remembered for a life of service to his country. first on the battlefields of world war ii, and then for his leadership in congress. bob dole died today at the age of 98. president biden called mr. dole a statesman like few in our history. flags in washington d.c. from the capitol to the white housen. in 2018 you may recall senator dole returned to the capitol for a final salute to another ve

. >> i'm lilia luciano at la comrks where the holiday travel rush continues here and across the country. >> also tonight safety measures with covid numbers rising in a majority of the country. the concerns over how to stop the spread. >> i'm in new york city, whereas you can see behind me many people are lining up to get covid tests after the holiday get togethers. >> plus the passing of a human rights icon, the lasting legacy of archbishop desmond tutu. >> we will be free! >> and 5g fallout. the battle between government agencies amid lingering safety questions. also going green. environmentalists rewriting the ending on this christmas tradition. and later, neon nostalgia. >> there is just not enough demand. >> how hong kong is shining a light on a fading art form. >> this is the cbs weekend this is the "cbs weekend news" >> good evening, i'm meg oliver in new york, jericka duncan is off. for a second year in a row covid is causing headaches for holiday travelers across the u.s. new infections spreading like wildfire have sparked staffing shortages resulting in long delays and cancella

lilia luciano, thank you. the world health organization says no deaths have been attributed to the omicron variant, but it is different and dangerous. cbs' debora patta reports from south africa. >> reporter: this is ground zero for omicron. scientists in this high-risk biohazard lab arm themselves for another day on the covid battle front. they are hot on the trail of the new mutant strain circling the globe. >> i'm going of coming to give you a box from the freezer. >> reporter: here, they are growing live omicron, which will be tested against the blood of fully vaccinated people, as well as those who were previously infected. heading up this team at the africa health research institute is virologist alex sigal. >> this is probably the most mutated virus we've ever seen. >> reporter: the variant has more than 50 mutations, over 30 in the spike protein, making it easier to attach itself to human cells. >> it's more of a frankenstein than others, but it's always something new. i mean, the virus keeps surprisin

here's cbs' lilia luciano. >> reporter: under that red helmet is seven-year-old marina vaserhelyi chineak grand teton. >> the hardest part was looking down over the edge because it's such a big mountain. >> reporter: it's an ambitious goal, but she's a chip off the old rock. >> it was her idea. she was like, "i want to climb the grand." >> reporter: we first met her." dad, professional mountaineer and phototographer, , jimmy chi, for "cbs sunday morning. he andnd his wife directed the academy award-winning documentary, "free solo." >> i'm scared! their advice was to take it one step at a time. >> reporteter: with a a little encouragagement, she k kept goi. >> i i didn't wawant to put t ag lot of pressure on her, so i was like, "you can always just turn around whenever you want." >> at one point we almost turned back. whenever you want." >> reporter: and then what happened? >> then dad found the warm spot, and i took a nap. >> reporter: despite an 18-hour- -day to the summit and back, marina didn't stop smiling. >> that's the top. >> repeporter: herer best advive gogoes beyond d climbin

just over 500 miles east in the city of bowling green is cbs's lilia luciano. lilia, today i know you met with survivors who were actually able to return to what is left of their home. >> jericka, good evening. i've been talking to local authorities and they say that this is still very much a search and rescue mission and just as we're talking, i'm seeing some volunteers bring their own dogs to assist in the search and rescue efforts, as for survivors, there is still about ten people missing by the way, survivors are coming to find just pure heartbreak, imagine your life just shattered to pieces after this. >> it breaks my heart knowing we have nothing, we have nothing no more. >> shane and hayley ragan returned with their four month old son korbyn to what is left of their bowling green home. the family left five minutes before the tornado struck packing winds of up to 150 miles per hour. >> you didn't know if it was in front or behind you. >> huh-uh, we didn't know if we was going to make it to the shelter. >> at least 11 people were killed. and more than 600

cbs's lilia luciano is in los angeles where new efforts to slow the spread are taking effect tomorrow. lilia? >> reporter: good evening, jericka. to protect the u.s. from this new strain, starting tomorrow, all inbound international flyers have to take a covid test within 24 hours of departure. las vegas, la guardia, and los angeles are just some of the major airports nationwide enforcing the new rule, which applies to passengers regardless of vaccine status or nationality. >> it's going to encourage people to stay home and not travel. >> reporter: as the u.s. gears up for one of the busiest holiday seasons of the pandemic. tsa on friday screened nearly 2 million flyers that's nearly double the number from a year ago. >> we have travel measures -- safety measures -- that actually are helping reduce the risk. the bottom line is these were meant to be temporary measures. >> reporter: 60% of the country is fully vaccinated and 22% has gotten a booster. which health officials say is the best protection against omicron. but delta is still the greatest threat. >> we have definitely seen an

president biden surveyed the damage today, meeting with survivors, and cbs' lilia luciano is there. , lilia. >> reporter: good evening, norah. president biden said natural disasters have cost the country nearly $100 billion this year alone. and this is the fifth time since taking office that he's been called on to comfort families in a disaster zone. president biden made his way through mayfield, kentucky, five days after a devastating tornado outbreak left at least 71 people dead and more than 100 missing across the state. as the president walked among the ruins, he stopped and shook hands with angie wilson, who was sifting through her mother's damaged office building, looking for the only family photo of her grandfather. >> he wanted to know how we felt about the entire situation. >> reporter: the president then traveled here to dawson springs, where he praised the relief efforts, promising more federal resources and money. >> the government's going to cover 100% of the cost, 100% of the cost for the first 30 days, for all the emergency work from clearing everything to every single

in western kentucky, lilia luciano found one elementary school teacher going door to door making suretudents have the help that they need. >> there's diapers, there's wipes. shoes. >> reporter: cammy king's preschool classroom in dawson springs is now an overflow storage space for donations. >> my initial thought was how many students and families are we going to lose? >> how did you find dawson springs? >> it was devastating. >> reporter: since the tornados hit, king who has been teaching pre-k for nearly two decades has reached out to every family to account for all of her littles, as she calls them. >> hello, it's pmiss cammy from cool. >> reporter: but just the call didn't quite cut it. >> i need to know their connection to this school is that they are walking around. >> reporter: walking around and offering hugs. >> they're difrent. ttles a you lerally fl aen ba. squeg into your >> reporter: with nowhere to go, the clark family is living at a shelter. >> went from a five-bedroom house to just one little room. >> and it's a -- it's been difficult. >> reporter: whether their curren

cbs' lilia luciano leads us off with a look at post holiday travel. lia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, meg. it is another very busy travel day. here at l.a.x., more than 200,000 people are expected to pass through today alone. a lot of those flyers unhappy with these delays and cancellations cutting into their vacation time. one woman was telling me if she had driven instead of flown, she would have made it to her destination yesterday. but she is still stuck here. covid cancellations hit u.s. airports for the third straight day with more than 700 flights grounded, stranding passengers on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. >> cuts our vacation short, christmas vacation. we have to be back for work. so it was supposed to be a nice family vacation, meeting up with other family up there. so it's been upsetting. >> reporter: what did you tell the airline? >> that it was wrong. that they should have let us know earlier. >> reporter: thousands eager to take flight found themselves facing cancellations and delays and staffing sh

lilia luciano, thank you. well, now, some eye-opening news for millions of americans who wear glasses. new prescription eyedrops became available today that could potentially replace reading glasses for people who have trouble seeing close up. one woman tells cbs' jericka duncan, the drops changed her life. >> reporter: for most her life, toni wright has had perfect vision. but after turning 50, she started used readers, allowing her to see things clearly that are close up. how many readers do you think you have in all? >> i probably have eight pairs. >> reporter: eight pairs? >> yes. >> reporter: in 2019, her doctor told her about eye drops with the potential to correct her vision problems temporarily. >> i would put the drops in my eyes in the morning. >> reporter: what did you notice instantly? >> i would not need my readers as much. >> reporter: wright was one of 750 participants in a clinical trial to test the drug vuity, it's the first f.d.a.-approved eye drop to treat age-related blurry vision, presbyop

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cbs' lilia luciano reports. >> there's diapers, wipes, shoes... >> reporter: kammie king's pre- schoolow storage space for donations. >> my initial thought was how many students and families are we going to lose. >> reporter: how did you find dawson springs. >> it was devastating. >> reporter: since the tornadoes hit, king, preaching pre-k for nearly two decades, has reached out to every family to account for all her littles, as she calls them. >> hello, it's miss kammie from school. >> reporter: just the call didn't quite cut it. >> i feed to know their -- they need to know their connection is out there and walking around. >> reporter: and offering hugs. >> littles hug you, you literally feel all ten fingers squeezing into your back. >> reporter: with nowhere to go the clark family is living in a shelter. >> i went from a five--bedroom house to one room. >> it's been difficult. >> reporter: whether the current students like zoe or older ones like her mom, georgia -- >> so everybody here has been her student, including mom -- >> reporter: -- miss kammie doesn't let go. >> i want them t

lilia luciano cbs news, los angeles. >>> and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs mornings and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm norah o'donnell. >>> this is cbs news flash. i'm tom hanson in new york. the wife of notorious drug kingpin el chapo has been sentenced to three years in prison. she was convicted of helping run her husband's multibillion dollar criminal empire and helping el chapo escape from police custody in 2014. >>> the u.s. senate has a new contender. tv personality dr. oz. oz announced he is running as a republican in pennsylvania, and vying for the seat of retireing senator pat toomey. pennsylvania is expected to be one of the most expensive senate race during the 2022 midterms. >>> and music icon adele is saying hello to las vegas. the show is titled "weekends with adele." it kicks off at caesar's palace on january 21st, and lasts through april 16th. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv.

> reporter: lilia luciano, cbs news, los angeles. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this tuesdaythe news continues. for other, please check back later for "cbs mornings." follow us online at cbsnews.com, and join me for my podcast, "the takeout." this week i'm discussing the 2020 census and how congressional redistricting affects you. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. >>> this is cbs news flash. i'm tom hanson in new york. december 7th marks 80 years since the bombing of pearl harbor. survivors and veterans will observe a moment of silence at 7:55:00 a.m. hawaii standard time, the minute the attack began. 240,000 of the 16 million american world war ii vets are still alive. >>> gop congressman and former chair of the house intelligence committee devin nunes is leaving congress tme the ceo of former president trump's social media company. he's the 12th house republican to leave before the 2022 election. >>> and drake has withdrawn his two grammy nominations this year, although it's unclear why. he was up for best rap album and best rap performance from his re

cbs' lilia luciano shows us the devastation. >> reporter: 2-month-old oaklyn koon is among the youngest victims. her grandmother audrey carmen remembers little oaklyn as precious. >> she was just the light of their life. i mean, my son was so excited to have his little baby girl. >> reporter: oaklyn's mother jackie koon posted about their ordeal on facebook, including photos of oaklyn and her brothers at the hospital showing their injuries. >> we'll never know who she'll look like for sure, what she would have done in life, but that's okay. >> reporter: her family sheltered inside a bathroom as a tornado ripped through town. overnight, jackie revealed the tragic news as she held her baby's hand saying at least i'll know who will be watching over you up there for me, my dad. god, this doesn't seem real. at least 17 people were killed in hopkins county. drone footage shows the path of destruction, uprooted trees, cars tossed like toys and demolished buildings, changing the landscape of this community community of 2700 people. >> it just moved everything. >> reporter: there is nothing left

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. >>> just over 500 miles east in the city of bowling green is cbs' lilia luciano. lia, i know today you met with survivors who were actually able to return to what is left of their home. >> reporter: good evening. i've been talking to local authorities and they say this is still very much a search-and-rescue mission. and just as we're talking, i'm seeing some volunteers bring their own dogs to assist in the search-and-rescue efforts. as for survivors, there is still about 10 people missing, by the way. survivors are coming to find just pure heartbreak. imagine your life shattered to pieces after this. >> it breaks my heart knowing we have nothing. he has nothing no more. >> reporter: shane king and haley reagan returned with their 4-month-old son corbin to what's left of their bowling green home. the family left five minutes before the tornado struck, packing winds of up to 150 miles per hour. so you didn't know if it was in front or behind you? >> huh-uh. we don't even know if we were going to make to it the shelter. >> reporter: even 11 people were killed and more

. >> reporter: i'm lilia luciano at the hollywood burbank airport where omicron is worrying some holiday in africa, infection surge causing global uncertainty. plus, president biden warns vladimir putin against invading ukraine as russian troops amass

cbs' lilia luciano leads us off with a look at post holiday travel. a, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, meg. it is another very busy travel day.

. >> i'm lilia luciano at lax where tighter rules will soon be in place. >> overseas, protests against with covid still proving lethal. plus the latest on the michigan

. >> i'm lilia luciano in bowling green, kentucky, where nearly a dozen people lost their lives.

cbs' lilia luciano shows us the devastation. >> reporter: two-month-old oaklyn koon is among the youngestr grandmother audrey carmen remembers little oaklyn as precious. >> she was the light of their life. my son was so excited to have his little baby girl. >> reporter: oaklyn's mother posted about their ordeal on facebook, including photos of oaklyn and brothers at the hospital, showing their injuries. >> we'll never know who she'll look like for sure, what she would have done in life, but that's okay. >> reporter: her family sheltered inside a bathroom as the tornado ripped through town. overnight she held her baby's hand saying at least i know who will be watching over you there for me, my dad. god, this doesn't seem real." at least 17 people killed in hopkins county, drone footage shows the path of destruction, uprooted trees, cars tossed like toys and demolished buildings, changing the landscape of this small community of 2,700 people. >> it just moved everything. >> reporter: there's nothing left at lacy duke's home. >> the house started shaking. we heard stuff hitting. the next thi

. >> i'm lilia luciano at la comrks where the holiday travel rush continues here and across the country. >> also tonight safety measures with covid numbers rising in a majority of the country. the concerns over how to stop the spread. >> i'm in new york city, whereas you can see behind me many people are lining up to get covid tests after the holiday get togethers. >> plus the passing of a human rights icon, the lasting legacy of archbishop desmond tutu. >> we will be free! >> and 5g fallout. the battle betweengo

that's where cbs' lilia luciano will lead off our coverage tonight in dawson springs. od evening, lilia. >> reporter: norah, good evening. everywhere you look here, the devastation is just disorienting. nothing makes sense, and so many people are still missing. the kentucky national guard and fema are assisting in the search over here for any signs of life, and today, we traveled to an even smaller town that lost 6% of its population in just one night. cattle rancher danny miller says he has seen tornadoes in his lifetime, but none like the one that took the lives of his brother billy and his wife. >> they lived in a-- it just exploded, i reckon. they said that i was found outside the house, laying on their sides, facing each other. >> they were always together, so that's the way they went, went home. >> reporter: danny and his wife, jane, say they depended on billy to keep lost valley farm, which has been in the family for four generations. but when the tornado killed 40% of his cows, he said he wanted to quit. >> we haven't lost this many at one time. >> it's hard to

surge in covid cases is wreaking havoc on people's travel plans this christmas weekend, and cbs' lilia lucianos live at los angeles international airport. lilia, how bad is it? >> reporter: it's bad, jamie. united airlines and delta are now on their second day of cancellations in the triple digits, but the airlines say it's only a small fraction of flights that have been canceled, most will take off as scheduled on this, one of the busiest weekends for air travel. >> merry christmas. welcome home. >> reporter: for many travelers, hoping for a smooth holiday weekend, getting home has been a bit of a nightmare. >> we're going to miss our christmas dinner tonight. >> reporter: nearly a thousand flights have been cancelled in the u.s. tonight, with airports in los angeles, atlanta and newark, new jersey seeing the most cancelled flights. >> i thought it was incredibly stressful two years ago. i have no idea what stressful meant up until now. >> reporter: at issue: a mix of winter weather and the fast spreading of the omicron variant, leading to sick employees and shortage in staff. >> not surprisi

and that's where cbs's lilia luciano will lead off our coverage tonight in dawson springs. good evening, lilia. >> reporter: norah, good evening. everywhere you look here, the devastation is just disorienting. nothing makes sense. and so many people are still missing. the kentucky national guard and fema are assisting in the search over here for any signs of life. and today, we traveled to an even smaller town that lost 6% of its population in just one night. cattle rancher danny miller says he has seen tornados in his life time but none like the one that took the lives of his brother billy and his wife. >> they lived in a double wide that just exploded i reckon. they said they was found outside the house laying on their sides facing each other. >> they were always together. so, that's the way they went home. >> reporter: danny and his wife jane say they depended on billy to keep loss valley farm which has been in the family for four generations but when the tornado killed 40% of his cows, he said he wanted to quit. >> lost this many at one time. >> it's hard to make it on a

. >>> prince harry and meghan markle showed the first photo of lilia luciano on their christmas card. second child of the duke and duchess of sussex. the first child archie was born in 2019. those are two cute kids. wow. in their message, they express support for organizations that support refugees, including afghan refugees a >>> the holidays are a time for giving, and who better to be on the receiving end than a military family. cbs' janet shamlian reports. >> reporter: it's been years of hard knocks for geisha alvarez, so she never expects good news. >> you're nominated by multiple friends and family, and we're here to decorate your house. >> are you serious? >> yes. >> reporter: yards of garland, hundreds of light, thousands of dollars in decoration. >> go team! >> reporter: the transformation is under way. are you ever a little worried when you knock on somebody's door sort of unannounced? >> especially someone that you know they don't know if you're coming. >> reporter: the christmas decor companies sells the trimmings, but every year they do 200 homes for free, often as a surpr

>> lilia luciano, thank you for your excellent reporting these past several days. >>> well, tonight there is news that could impact your finances in the new year. the federal reserve signaled today that it may raise interest rates at least three times in 2022, hoping to ease the staggering inflation that has americans paying more for just about everything. cbs' ed o'keefe has more from the white house. >> reporter: new pressure on the biden administration tonight as the federal reserve warns soaring prices aren't going away any time soon. >> the risk of higher inflation becoming intrenched has increased. >> reporter: while unemployment is dropping, prices are up across the board, from groceries and gas to used cars and rent. also of concern for the economy, the winter covid surge. >> the rising covid cases in recent weeks, along with the emergence of the omicron variant. >> reporter: the president knows it's a challenge. >> for working people and middle class people, it's a big hit. it is the -- the inflation, at least for the time being is real. >> reporter: the higher prices are affecti

lilia luciano explains. >> reporter: in los angeles, headlight officials are stepping it up to stop theead of covid, requiring proof of vaccination at businesses and offering international travelers a free rapid covid test upon landing at lax. >> it's good measure. and that is why i did it paidly. >> reporter: the omicron variant found in a dozen states keeps spreading but the delta strain is dominant with new infections rising 36% nationwide. hospitalizations are also increasing. among the hardest hit states rhode island, connecticut, and delaware. worrying doctors nationwide. >> it's still a large curve going in the wrong direction. i had a patient today die, and i recommended the vaccine for him multiple times. and he unfortunately got covid, was unvaccinated. >> reporter: nearly a third of the country has yet to get a single dose. officials brace for a winter surge. in some places omicron is spreading twice as fast as other variants, but health officials are urging people not to panic. just to get a booster. >> are you concerned it might impact your holiday travel. >> i don't think