cbs' nikole killion on the trailblazer from plains. >> you didn't know who he was. >> nobody had anydea. people would say the guy who farms or the peanut guy, and there's a conversation about who he is and what he stands for. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. >>> good evening and thank you so much for joining us this saturday. the little town of plains, georgia, led the nation today as we began six days of mourning, honoring, and celebrating jimmy carter, the 39th president of the united states. carter, who died last sunday at the age of 100 is lying in repose tonight at the carter center in atlanta. the public will be paying respects until tuesday. a state funeral will be held thursday in washington, and then he'll be buried later that day in plains. mark strassman reports on the farewell to jimmy carter, an emotional day without a doubt, mark. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. here at the carter center, everyday americans now have the chance to file past jimmy carter's casket. the six-day american farewell began earlie

>> norah: nikole killion on capitol hill. nikole, thank you very much.ight, red flag warnings stretch for about 300 miles, from california's central coast all the way to the san diego area. those powerful santa ana winds have returned, and gusts could top 70 miles per hour, threatening to expand the deadly palisades and eaton fires in the los angeles area, in addition to possibly fueling new fires. we have two reports from the fire zone, starting with cbs's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: this is a dramatic look at what could be the origin of the devastating eaton fire. cbs news has confirmed this video was shot just 3 minutes after that fire ignited near electrical towers above altadena. this, as southern california faces a particularly dangerous situation three times already this season. that warning has been followed by devastating wildfires, especially when fires in pacific palisades and altadena exploded, pushed by hurricane-force winds. it produced heartache, desperation, and controversy, the perfect storm met with an imperfect response. >> do you

i want to bring in congressional correspondent nikole killion. she is on capitol hill. nikole, thank you for braving the cold today. >> it's a lot colder here than it is in plains, georgia, right now but i'm sure president carter wouldn't mind. of course this tribute that will be paid in his honor here at the u.s. capitol later this afternoon. it on capitol hill so often we lament the gridlock and lack of bipartisanship at times but on this day, republicans and democrats are united in their respect of the 39th president and that will be on display when his remains are brought here to the east front of the capital on a horse drawn carriage, his casket will be carried out these main steps directly into the capitol rotunda where a ceremony will be held in his honor. that will be led by the new senate majority leader john thune as well as house speaker mike johnson and vice president kamala harris, all of whom will deliver eulogies and later read this in his memory. carter's family will be here in attendance along with members of congress and other dignitaries, members of th

i want to bring in our congressional correspondent nikole killion there on capitol hill. >> reporter:s moment is i think back to two days ago when president carter's body was brought to the capitol and we watched with poignant precision as his casket was carried up the steps into the capitol rotunda. of course, we just witnessed them being brought back down. as he departs, it's just a few hours after sunrise and the dawning of a new day and really the transition in this country as we have life after the 39th president. it is his legacy of service that brought so many to the capitol over these last few days. i spoke to a man from minnesota, who said jimmy carter was the first president he ever voted for, a grandmother with her 11-year-old grandson who's a fan of presidential history and admired jimmy carter for being a sunday schoolteacher and building homes, and a pastor i spoke with who applauded jimmy carter for wearing his faith on his sleeve. so just like in georgia, where everybody has this personal connection to mr. jimmy, so too did many people not only have personal connection

. >> reporter: nikole killion, cbs news, atlanta. >>> the price of tesla stock took a nosedive on wall street after elon musk's electric car company reported a drop in sales for 2024. much of it due to increased competition from ev makers in china and europe. meanwhile, the company also playing catch-up in autonomous driving technology. kris van cleave reports on a leader in the field, waymo. >> so we're getting on the freeway. >> reporter: you're along for a self-driving first. we are the first true passengers invited for a ride on a freeway in one of waymo's fully autonomous electric jaguars, meaning there is no one behind the wheel. >> the car stays under the speed limit, which is 65. >> reporter: riding with us is waymo's principle software engineer pierre krietman. how important is it for waymo to be able to operate on the freeway? >> freeways are pretty cool for waymo. that's one of the number one requests we get from riders >> reporter: waymo, the nation's first holy self-driving service is owned by google's parent company alphabet. it already has 150,000 rides a week in arizona

. >> reporter: i'm nikole killion. >>> a group of gay and lesbian veterans who were kicked out of theilitary because of their sexuality are responding to a historic settlement with the defense department. cbs chief investigative correspondent jim axelrod has all the details. >> reporter: over the last two years, we've investigated the cases of thousands of gay and lesbian veterans kicked out of the military and denied honorable discharges, costing them benefits like loan, health care, and tuition assistance. in august of 2023, a group of those veterans sued, and now more than a year later, they may finally have a resolution. >> i was proud at that time. putting on that uniform was everything. >> reporter: back in 2023, we sat down with navy veteran sherrill farrell. after serving in the military for just a few months, she says a casual conversation with a bunk mate about gay clubs got her investigated and kicked out of the military without an honorable discharge. >> it hurt. because my country is telling me i'm not good enough to serve because of who i love. not because of anything el

. >> when we think about his childhood, i want to turn to nikole killion just about the influence that time with african american families also had on him because his father had this farm. you had a lot of african american families that were sharecropping. he talks about being the only white family in archery. >> that's right. you can kind of see it in that image, i want to point out that farm bell that is suspended above the crowd there which is really about the title of his book, one of his many books an hour before daylight because that bell would ring an hour before daylight, when the family would rise and tend to the crops and the livestock. there is a lot of significance there. we will hear that ring 39 times in honor of the 39th president. as you mentioned, thement at the time when he was a young boy worked alongside not only his family but mock among a number of african american families who lived in the community, some were tenants on the farm. he talks about one family in particular, clarks, a woman named racial clark, african american woman, calling her one of the most of th