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under the sea darling it's better down where it's wetter, take it from me ♪ >>> that's actor samuel e. wrightsebastian the crab in disney's "the little mermaid." wright had a long career in movie, tv and on stage receiving two tony award nominations. samuel e. wright passed away yesterday. he was 74 years old. >>> royal caribbean will soon be operating test cruises out of miami. the ships will be the first to leave from a u.s. port since march of last year. the cdc gave royal caribbean approval to start the test cruises in late june. volunteer passengers will be on board while the ship experiments with new covid protocols. >>> as the pandemic eases more americans are taking to the skies and the long holiday weekend ahead could mean more violent in-flight confrontations. one woman is accused of brutally attacking a flight attendant as reports of unruly passengers surge. with more than 37 million people expected to travel for memorial day, the number of fights between passengers and airline workers are on the rise. >> if we don't stand up, it's only going to get worse. >> whoa. >> reporter: one

and, remembering samuel e. wrightunder the sea ♪ >> o'donnell: ...from "little mermaid" to the "lion king." this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with that breaking news out of san jose where tonight another american city is grappling with the horror of a mass shooting. at least eight victims are dead and others are wounded after a transit employee opened fire on his coworkers before killing the valley transit authority forced a nearby school to lock down and sent employees scrambling. well, tonight, rail service for thousands of commuters in the nation's tenth largest city is suspended as investigators search for explosives they believe may have been left by the 57-year-old shooter, samuel cassidy. and at the white house, president biden has ordered flags at half-staff. in a statement, he says, "enough, that we can and we must do more to end an epidemic of gun v

the sea ♪ ♪ under the sea ♪ ♪ darling, it's better down where it's wetter take it from me ♪ >> samuel e wrighting to a facebook post from his daughter. "under the sea" won the oscar for best original song in 1989. wright had an extensive career on broadway, he played knew pfaff is a in "lion king" when it opened in 1997 and was jesus christ superstar and in pifpin. he was 74 years old. >> truly a very big talent there. millions and millions of children singing that song with him. thanks for joining us, i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. "new day" is next. ♪if a man see me (oh my gosh)♪ ♪i guess you never know what you got 'til it's♪ ♪flow (oh my gosh)♪ ♪where man go (oh my gosh)♪ ♪if a man see me (oh my gosh)♪ ♪i guess you never know what you got 'til it's♪ ♪eh uh, eh♪ lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can enjoy it even if you're sensitive to dairy. so anyone who says lactaid isn't real milk is also saying mabel here isn't a real cow. and she really hates that. what makes new salonpas arthritis gel so good for arthritis pain? mabel here isn't a real cow. salo