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this is the "cbs overnight news." we begin tonight with a sharp escalation in the public rift between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin
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netanyahu. this weekend, the president took direct aim at netanyahu's war strategy in gaza, and today netanyahu pushed back. the war in gaza grinding on with 2 million palestinians marking the start of the holy month of ramadan. no cease-fire between hamas and israel. and one-quarter of the population facing starvation. cbs' skyler henry is at the white house tonight and leads us off. skyler, what exactly did netanyahu have to say? >> reporter: yeah, jericka. prime minister netanyahu said the president was wrong on both counts as it relates to him not having the support of the israeli people on the nation's interests and its policies. as israel intends to move forward into southern gaza, a refuge for millions, as the president warns of a red line that should not be crossed. >> he's hurting israel more than helping israel. it's contrary to what israel stands for. and i think it's a big mistake. >> reporter: president biden not mincing his words, criticizing israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and calling for israel's war with hamas to come
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to a cease-fire. as humanitarian support by plane and by sea heads to the region, the world food program is warning one-quarter of the population in gaza is one step away from famine. >> this is a desperate situation. food, medicine, everything needed, badly needed. and it's needed now. >> reporter: the intensity of israel's attacks haven't slowed. on friday night, a blistering air strike hit one of the tallest buildings in gaza, home to nearly 300 families who were only given 30 minutes to evacuate. >> the united states of america cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children. >> reporter: lawmakers are split. some critical of israel's tactics, others of biden's condemnation of netanyahu. >> when the president of the united states talks about bibi and not hamas, we're missing the boat here. >> reporter: the crisis in the middle east a main focus on the campaign trail. both biden and donald trump rallied in georgia on saturday
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with the former president using his stump to sound off on his successor. >> when you think of it, inflation wouldn't have happened. the attack on israel wouldn't have happened. the attack on ukraine with russia, russia/ukraine would have never happened. >> reporter: president biden says defense of israel is still critical, but that the administration is also working on bringing cease-fire negotiators back to the table to try to resurrect a deal that would allow more aid in and more hostages out. jericka? >> skyler henry at the white house, thank you. well tonight, new alarm for haiti. the u.s. military overnight airlifted nonessential embassy personnel out of the country. it's the latest sign of trouble as the caribbean nation descends into gang control. cbs' cristian benavides has the latest. >> reporter: good evening. a state of emergency that was supposed to last three days has been extend until at least the end of the month as powerful gangs try to overtake haiti's government.
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a woman shot in the leg by a stray bullet begging for help in port-au-prince. it's part of the ongoing chaos as government forces engage in bloody street battles with gangs. "they came with big guns," this haitian says. "we can't defend ourselves." last week, gangs orchestrated a mass prison break, the new ranks coordinating takeovers of hospitals and seaports. international flights canceled after they tried to take airport. the u.s. estimates they forced 15,000 people from their homes. "miami herald" reporter jacqueline charles broke the story of the u.s. evacuating nonessential embassy staff and fortifying its compound in port-au-prince with marines. >> the u.s. became is actually located in a crossroads of about three powerful gangs. i mean, the country is near collapse. >> reporter: gangs have filled a power void left by the assassination of the president in 2021. prime minister ariel henry was appointed, not popular, and is facing calls to resign.
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he's in puerto rico, unable to return home after traveling to kenya to push for a u.n.-backed police force. u.s. representative sheila cherfilus-mccormick represents a community in south florida with a large haitian american population. >> it's terrifying every single day. it's time the international community steps in and actually helps haiti. >> reporter: the haitian gang leader who organized the uprising has warned there will be a civil war that will, quote, end in genocide if henry doesn't step down. jericka, caribbean leaders have organized an emergency meeting on monday in jamaica, inviting officials from the u.s., france, and the united nations. >> wow. cristian benavides, thank you for that reporting. congress is set for another showdown over a bill to ban tiktok. house lawmakers are pushing ahead with a vote this week despite a revolt by angry users. some lawmakers say the chinese-owned app poses a national security risk and could be used to spy on americans. tonight in china, the
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country's top leaders are gathered in beijing focused on how to protect the world's second-largest economy. cbs' elizabeth palmer is there. >> reporter: the national people's congress brings communist delegates from across china to the great hall of the people in beijing's tiananmen square. for those from more remote regions, it's a big deal. a chance to network and snap trophy pictures for social media before getting to work. the national people's congress, the actual delegates are in session. 3,000 of them in the great hall. basically there to rubber stamp the communist party's policies and plans for the coming year. we'll go in, but we're not really supposed to talk, so -- right now, you can hear the applause that came at the end of a long speech on the need for harsher punishment for corruption. every seat in the hall is filled with the rank and file.
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up front and center sits president xi jinping, listening as officials review the government's performance with regular shout-outs to him for his wisdom and guidance. but away from this grand political spectacle, there are troubling facts. the chinese people may be over covid, but their economy isn't. it grew by 5.2% last year, its weakest performance in decades. and young people who studied hard for top grades now face a tough search for good jobs. the communist party says it will create 12 million new urban jobs this year, which sounds impressive until you factor in the over 11 million students who are due to graduate from college. as things started to wrap up on sunday, the delegates were well aware that china is facing strong headwinds from poor consumer confidence to american curbs on technology. and that is a sober reality check to take back to the folks at home.
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elizabeth palmer, cbs news, beijing. today, kensington palace released the first official photograph of princess kate since she underwent abdominal surgery back in january. the photo taken by prince william includes a message thanking the publicing to their well wishes. we learned today of the death of an american trailblazer. david harris became the first black pilot to fly a commercial plane when he was hired by american airlines in 1964. captain david harris was 89 years [♪♪] how you feel can be affected by the bacteria in your gut. try new align probiotic bloating relief plus food digestion.
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little sleep-deprived, especially at this hour, after we turned the clocks forward for daylight saving time. turns out the whole idea of switching the clocks twice a year is controversial. you see, on friday a bipartisan group of a dozen senators made yet another effort to make daylight saving permanent. scott macfarlane explains the ongoing battle to, as one senator puts it, lock the clock. >> reporter: in the rockies at a 206-acre federal government campus outside denver, they spent a lot of time studying the time. inside the lab at the national institute of standards and technology, scientist andrew novick and the federal government's time and frequency division are measuring the movement of atoms to best calculate exactly what time it is. >> we deal in nanoseconds here. those are billionths of seconds. >> reporter: who would care about that? >> something like your goen, gps. gps works by having atomic
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clocks on board satellites sending signals to you and i and everywhere. and that's how you get your location. >> reporter: because no matter how large or how sharp they appear, clocks aren't perfect. eventually they slip, over time, with consequences. >> yeah, imagine something like the stock market, right? you have hundreds of millions of transactions happening in a second. so you have to time tag those. who bought it first? >> reporter: there's so much slippage and imperfections in our measure of time, every few years the global community has to add a leap second to catch up. >> you add a second to one day to keep everything aligned. it's mind-boggling, pretty wild. >> reporter: government is frequently grappling with time. it was the government that created the time zones about 100 years ago to help trains and transit systems keep uniform time and prevent mishaps on the tracks. train and bus systems nationwide, including this one in montgomery county, maryland, are launching new studies to
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better track delays and the accuracy of their time monitoring programs to ensure more precise arrivals. here in congress, they're even debating changing the time. a new proposal would make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice a year clock change. >> we'd like that extra hour. we're a rural state. farmers love daylight savings and a lot of other things too. >> reporter: a similar proposal nearly passed into law in 2022, so alabama's tommy tuberville is trying again, though there's been opposition from those worried about the impact of especially late-morning early darkness. you get a lot of calls about this? >> oh, yeah, it's the number one issue. we're going to leave it daylight saving time. >> reporter: in the federal lab in the mountains, they're still testing and measuring ways to better count those nanoseconds, trying to perfect all the time in the world. scott mcfarland, boulder, colorado.
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contract talks with film and tv producers broke down in a clash over things like compensation for streaming shows and the use of artificial intelligence. >> striking is one of the most powerful tools we have as union members! >> reporter: the studios facing strong economic headwinds and shrinking movie attendance made some concessions early on. but for writers and actors, it was not nearly enough. >> workers unite! >> reporter: for the actors, union president fran drescher led the charge. >> we are being systematically squeezed out of our livelihoods. to studios who say it's unrealistic what you're asking, it's not unrealistic, it's realistic. what the hell are we doing? moving furniture around on the "titanic." we're all going down unless we rescue ourselves right here and now from people that really are doing bad things to good people. >> reporter: she said the same things to the studio heads face-to-face.
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some of the new deal was hammered out here at the screen actors guild headquarters in los angeles. so this is the room where it happened? >> it is indeed. let's see. this is my chair. i sat right here day after day. and the four ceos across from us and their lawyers. this is really where we duked it out. >> reporter: in the glass-walled conference room, the two sides were physically close but often miles apart. and at first, neither side was in much of a mood to compromise. >> i mean, here are the most powerful people in hollywood saying to me, "best, last, final." >> reporter: and you said? >> and i said, "i understand what those three words mean, but i'm telling you, if we don't get this and that, it's a deal breaker." this is, of course, a gigantic contract -- >> reporter: drescher says the tone in the room was mostly civil but the negotiations were overall a brutal experience. >> you know, sometimes i would
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get so nauseous. one of my -- >> reporter: you'd get nauseous? >> oh, yes, when i walked out i would be like, oh my god, i need to sit down, i need something cold to drink, i need to go to the ladies' room, i need everything all at once and right away. because it just -- it takes a lot out of you. >> reporter: do you think people underestimated you? >> yes, absolutely. not the people that know me very well. they know me, and they didn't expect anything less. >> reporter: the studio bosses? >> they didn't see me coming. no, not them. >> reporter: and after nearly four months, there was agreement on a new deal that gave union members a lot of what they were asking for. as sag-aftra's duncan crabtree ireland spelled out. >> the total pack an achieves over $1 billion in new wages and benefit plan funding over the term of the contract --
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>> reporter: in essence, among other things, a brand-new residual for streaming programs and a say in how their ai-generated images will be used. the new contract was, frankly, better than some expected. >> i mean, george clooney said, "i would have bet my house and lost that you couldn't have gotten this deal." >> reporter: to be sure, the contract negotiations were a trial by fire. but fran drescher is no stranger to being tested. for instance, "the nanny," the '90s show that drescher helped create and made her a household name, almost didn't happen. >> how about a little tennis? >> reporter: the main sponsor felt that drescher's character, fran fein, would be more relatable to middle america if she was not jewish but italian. >> good in the bedroom! >> reporter: drescher, a jewish new yorker from queens, held her ground. >> i actually said, "fran fein has to be jewish."
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because i knew that that was the world that i was most comfortable writing for. and the most -- the easiest for me to play because it was so second nature to me. >> from here on in, i'm going to give him everything that he was deprived of as a child. love, warmth, comfort. but first i'm going to make up for him being bottle fed. >> reporter: the sponsor relented. fran fein was jewish, and "the nanny" was a hit. you stuck to your guns and went with what was authentic to you? >> yes, exactly. because if i didn't and the show failed, the feeling of regret, that i didn't follow my own instincts, would have tormented me for -- probably still. >> reporter: and she'd been through even worse. in 1985, she was raped during a home invasion and forced herself to memorize her attacker's face so she could identify him to a police sketch artist. >> we captured him.
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just by me describing to him what was still in my head. >> my name is fran drescher. i'm a cancer survivor. >> reporter: and after she was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2000, she founded a women's health movement. cancer schmancer. the way she sees it, the bad times helped toughen her up for the challenge of leading a union through a very public and often very nasty strike. do you think you were made for this moment? >> without question. this was a defining moment in the amalgam of my life experience. everything. good, bad, the worst of it, the best of it. my ego as a star. all of it, everything, went into this one moment of truth. thank god it paid off. >> reporter: but it might not be over. the hollywood strike of '23 is
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said to have emboldened other unions to take action themselves. when i asked her if her own union might strike again, she wasn't making any guarantees. do you think there could be more strikes in hollywood? >> you know -- here's the thing. let's make a deal. and we won't have to strike. we don't want to strike, we never want to strike. but it took them longer than it should have to realize that we meant business. and that there was, you know, a new girl in town. >> everybody else says things but actions speak louder than words! >> now they know. maybe they'll think differently, "let's not go through that again, let's sit down and come to a meeting of the minds." there's ways to spend less money, folks. but don't look in my direction. >> reporter: what about your career on camera and
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producing -- >> what? i'm never going to work again. ha ha ha! there's a blacklist with one name on it. >> reporter: but these days, she's basking in the glow of having helped the industry through a tough time and of doing it her way. >> and i don't care if i'm re-elected. >> reporter: you don't? >> no. i make my case. it may not be popular, and i'll respect that, you know, democracy is messy. i'm not a dictator. but i will stand on my ground. >> that was tracy
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there's a move on capitol hill right now to make serving in congress a little bit easier for young mothers. scott macfarlane reports. >> reporter: in her first term, florida republican anna paulina luna is learning the capitol complex's maze of corridors. so is her newborn son, who's
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getting quite a good look from his stroller at marble ceilings. they're seeking change in a building which clings to history. >> i think that this is going to open the discussion. >> reporter: offering new legislation requiring the house allow its members who give birth the right to vote by proxy from home for the first six weeks. >> i think that when the constitution was written, i don't know if they anticipated women would be in office. >> it's very obvious that this institution was designed by and for old white men. >> reporter: luna suffered complications before and after her delivery in august, had to shuttle back and forth to washington for key votes amid a government shutdown crisis. jacobs put motherhood on hold, worried how she'd make it work between d.c. and her home in san diego. >> i decided to freeze my eggs. and that required months of hormone pills, of shots, of a procedure under anesthesia. >> reporter: in congress, change comes slow. so far, fewer than three dozen colleagues have joined the effort. none of them in leadership after
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pushback about a proxy voting system that was misused by some during covid. >> we're not trying to go party in cabo san lucas. trying to take care of a newborn. >> reporter: luna has transformed part of her office into a nursery and the baby hasa new fixture in these halls. that is the "overnight news" for this monday. i'm jericka duncan. have a great week. ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt piper in new york. it was "oppenheimer's" night at the oscars. the film won seven academy awards, including best picture, best director for christopher nolan, and best actor for cillian murphy. emma stone won best actress for her performance in "poor
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things." the royal family releases the first photo of princess kate since her abdominal surgery amid growing speculation on her condition, but the picture is coming under scrutiny. several news agencies removed it with the associated press saying it may have been altered. as "oppenheimer" brought home the oscars, "kung fu panda 4" brought in the money this weekend. it led the box office with about $60 million domestically. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm ma piper, cbs news, ne biden rebuke. the president breaks with benjamin netanyahu's war strategy in gaza but says he still stands with israel. >> he has a right to defend israel, a right to continue to pursue hamas. but he must, he must, he must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a
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consequence of the actions taken. >> president joe biden! >> on the campaign trail, biden and trump go on the attack in dueling rallies. >> donald trump and the maga republicans are trying to take awy our freedoms. >> crooked joe, you're fired, get out of here. chaos in haiti. the u.s. begins embassy evacuations as armed gangs take over the capital. controversial crackdown. protests in texas with the state set to implement one of the toughest immigration laws in u.s. history. plus, family photo. princess kate makes an appearance amid wild speculation about her whereabouts. and later, it's a deep clean with a catch. >> i'm carter evans in los angeles where you can get your pool cleaned for free as long as you let the pool cleaners skate in it afterwards.
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we begin tonight with a sharp escalation in the public rift between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this weekend, the president took direct aim at netanyahu's war strategy in gaza, and today netanyahu pushed back. the war in gaza grinding on with 2 million palestinians marking the start of the holy month of ramadan, no cease-fire between hamas and israel, and one-quarter of the populatin facing starvation. cbs' skyler henry is at the white house tonight and leads us off. skyler, what exactly did netanyahu have to say? >> reporter: yeah, jericka. prime minister netanyahu said the president was wrong on both counts as it relates to him not having the support of the israeli people on the nation's interests and its policies. as israel intends to move forward into southern gaza, a refuge for millions, as the president warns of a red line that should not be crossed.
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>> he's hurting israel more than helping israel. it's contrary to what israel stands for. and i think it's a big mistake. >> reporter: president biden not mincing his words, criticizing israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and calling for israel's war with hamas to come to a cease-fire. as humanitarian support by plane and by sea heads to the region, the world food program is warning one-quarter of the population in gaza is one step away from famine. >> this is a desperate situation. food, medicine, everything needed, badly needed. and it's needed now. >> reporter: the intensity of israel's attacks haven't slowed. on friday night, a blistering air strike hit one of the tallest buildings in gaza, home to nearly 300 families who were only given 30 minutes to evacuate. >> the united states of america cannot be complicit in this mass slaughter of children. >> reporter: lawmakers are split. some critical of israel's tactics, others of biden's
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condemnation of netanyahu. >> when the president of the united states talks about bibi and not hamas, we're missing the boat here. >> reporter: the crisis in the middle east is also a main focus on the campaign trail. both biden and donald trump rallied in georgia on saturday with the former president using his stump to sound off on his successor. >> when you think of it, inflation wouldn't have happened. the attack on israel wouldn't have happened. the attack on ukraine with russia, russia/ukraine would have never happened. >> reporter: president biden says defense of israel is still critical but that the administration is also working on bringing cease-fire negotiators back to the table to try to resurrect a deal that would allow more aid in and more hostages out. jericka? >> skyler henry at the white house, thank you. well tonight, new alarm for haiti. the u.s. military overnight airlifted nonessential embassy personnel out of the country. it's the latest sign of trouble as the caribbean nation descends into gang control.
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cbs' cristian benavides has the latest. >> reporter: good evening. a state of emergency that was supposed to last three days has been extended until at least the end of the month as powerful gangs try to overtake haiti's government. a woman shot in the leg by a stray bullet begging for help in port-au-prince. it's part of the ongoing chaos as government forces engage in bloody street battles with gangs. "they came with big guns," this haitian says. "we can't defend ourselves." last week, gangs orchestrated a mass prison break, the new ranks coordinating takeovers of hospitals and seaports. international flights canceled after they tried to take the airport. the u.s. estimates they forced 15,000 people from their homes. "miami herald" reporter jacqueline charles broke the story of the u.s. evacuating nonessential embassy staff and fortifying its compound in port-au-prince with marines. >> the u.s. embassy is actually located in a crossroads of about
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three powerful gangs. i mean, the country is near collapse. >> reporter: gangs have filled a power void left by the assassination of the president in 2021. prime minister ariel henry was appointed, not popular, and is facing calls to resign. he's in puerto rico, unable to return home after traveling to kenya to push for a u.n.-backed police force. u.s. representative sheila cherfilus-mccormick represents a community in south florida with a large haitian american population. >> it's terrifying every single day. it's time the international community steps in and actually helps haiti. >> reporter: the haitian gang leader who organized the uprising has warned there will be a civil war that will, quote, end in genocide if henry doesn't step down. jericka, caribbean leaders have organized an emergency meeting on monday in jamaica, inviting officials from the u.s., france, and the united nations. >> wow. cristian benavides, thank you for that reporting. to texas now and a new battle over a controversial
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state law known as sb-4. hundreds rallied outside the state capitol in austin, protesting the measure before it goes into effect this week. cbs' camilo montoya-galvez has details on exactly what this law would do. >> reporter: this section of the u.s. border fortified by layers of shipping containers, fences, and razor wire, is one of the areas where texas troopers are arresting migrants instead of transferring them to federal agents. texas troopers have arrested over 10,000 migrants on criminal trespassing charges as part of "operation lone star," the state's multibillion-dollar border security effort. but if the sb-4 law goes into effect, texas loft will be able to arrest, jail, and prosecute migrants suspected of crossing into the u.s. illegally. state judges could also instruct migrants to return to mexico. asked the sheriff of kinney county, a texas border community with just over 3,000
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residents, brad coe supports sb-4 and says he's ready to enforce it. >> like anyone, it's supposed to be a deterrent against crime. if law, if it goes into effect, will be one more tool in our toolbox to prevent the destruction of our country. >> reporter: still, sheriff coe acknowledges the operational challenges his rural county faces. >> right now i have six full-time deputies and eight part-time deputies. >> reporter: that doesn't sound like enough? >> it's not. >> reporter: sb-4 is set to take effect wednesday night unless the supreme court agrees to block the law while lower courts review its legality. it's one of at least a dozen legal battles on immigration between the biden administration and texas. for cbs news, camilo montoya-galv
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♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." congress is set for another showdown over a bill to ban tiktok. house lawmakers are pushing ahead with a vote this week despite a revolt by angry users.
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some lawmakers say the chinese-owned app poses a national security risk and could be used to spy on americans. tonight in china, the country's top leaders are gathered in beijing focused on how to protect the world's second-largest economy. cbs' elizabeth palmer is there. >> reporter: the national people's congress brings communist delegates from across china to the great hall of the people in beijing's tiananmen square. for those from more remote regions, it's a big deal. a chance to network and snap trophy pictures for social media before getting to work. the national people's congress, the actual delegates are in session. 3,000 of them in the great hall. basically there to rubber stamp the communist party's policies and plans for the coming year. we'll go in, but we're not really supposed to talk, so --
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right now you can hear the applause that came at the end of a long speech on the need for harsher punishment for corruption. every seat in the hall is filled with the rank and file. up front and center hits president xi jinping, listening as officials review the government's performance with regular shout-outs to him for his wisdom and guidance. but away from this grand political spectacle, there are troubling facts. the chinese people may be over covid, but their economy isn't. it grew by 5.2% last year, its weakest performance in decades. and young people who studied hard for top grades now face a tough search for good jobs. the communist party says it will create 12 million new urban jobs this year, which sounds impressive until you factor in the over 11 million students who are due to graduate from college. as things started to wrap up on
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sunday, the delegates were well aware that china is facing strong headwinds from poor consumer confidence to american curbs on technology. and that is a sober reality check to take back to the folks at home. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, beijing. today, kensington palace released the first official photograph of princess kate since she underwent abdominal surgery in january. the photo taken by prince william shows kate and the couple's three children and includes a message thanking the public for their well wishes. the war in gaza is the deadliest conflict for journalists in over 30 years. at least 95 have been killed, according to the committee to protect journalists. cbs' holly williams has details, with a caution that some of the images in her report are graphic. >> reporter: if you think this looks crazy -- you're right.
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in the aftermath of air strikes in the gaza strip, while others flee, journalists hurtle towards the danger. the israel/hamas war is now in its fifth month. we'd know much less about the destruction and death wreaked in gaza if it weren't for these people. palestinian journalists are risking their lives to get the news out. many now living in tents with their home under bombardment. some are not neutral observers, and they don't pretend to be. >> the situation is undescribable. >> reporter: noor harazeen has been reporting without a single day off since the war began. >> i love my work. i feel i was born to do it. >> reporter: she's had to
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evacuate three times during the conflict and now lives with her colleagues in this cramped space in rafah. >> i manage to somehow, you know, control my emotions and control my fears. >> reporter: last month, she was able to get permission to send her 6-year-old twins, sarah and basam, across the border to egypt and made the difficult decision to stay on in gaza and keep reporting. >> they can find easily food and water. they can sleep tight at night. >> reporter: other journalists had no way of keeping their families safe. like al jazeera bureau chief waehl who lost his wife and three children. and mohammad al alou, a cameraman for turkish television who buried four of his young children.
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this is the deadliest war for journalists in decades. noor harazeen has been criticized with allegedly supporting militants with social media posts many years ago. now she says she doesn't take sides, but she told us sometimes they questions whether the world is really paying attention. >> i feel like i've said enough. >> reporter: my colleague mawan al guul is one of the brave palestinian journalists who stayed in gaza to report the news, and jericka, he filmed most of the report you just watched. >> we thank him for that reporting. reporting. we'll be right back. for nourished, lightweight hair, the right ingredients make all the difference. new herbal essences sulfate free is now packed with plant-based ingredients your hair will love. like pure aloe and camellia flower oil. and none of the things it won't. hair feels deeply nourished, soft and lightweight.
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were. >> reporter: in her hands, jocelyn transforms unwanted linens. >> this was a pendleton blanket. >> reporter: virgin wool blankets and cashmere scraps turned into one-of-a-kind masterpieces. >> i think this is beautiful. >> amazing, special. >> really beautiful design. >> reporter: jocelyn is practicing the art of what's called upcycling. >> saving things that would otherwise be discarded or no longer needed or used and giving them new life and new purpose. finding the beauty in them. this is all handmade lace and linen -- >> reporter: her unique handmade garments stand in stark contrast to the trend of fast fashion. that's the mass production of cheap, stylish clothes now flooding the market. research shows consumers are likely to discard fast fashion only after a few wears. most of it ends up in landfills. as the clothing decomposes, it
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♪ ♪ there are more than 10 million residential pools in this country. if you live in california, our carter evans knows some guys willing to jump right in and clean them for free. >> reporter: an empty swimming pool in southern california is about as close as it gets to a personal skate park. but before these guys grind -- they clean the grime. so you actually come in and do the work? >> yes. >> reporter: at your age? >> yeah. a lot of times we'll do it for free, too. >> reporter: steve alba is known as the godfather of pool skating. now 61 years old, he'll still clean your pool for free if you let him bring his board and his buddies. fellow senior skater ozzie
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osbend scanned satellite images for squalid swimming pools then does a door knock. >> they don't understand. "you want to do what in the pool?" >> it started as a joke to see if it would actually work. and it did work. >> reporter: decades later, they've perfected their pitch. which includes signing a liability waiver. >> oh [ bleep ]! >> gnarly. >> whoo-hoo! >> reporter: many homeowners are thrilled to get rid of the eyesore. what was your pool like? >> filled with green slop because it was a duck pond. >> reporter: the skaters saw something different. what makes a good pool? >> the shape of the pool is one criteria. the surface of the pool, the plaster. the best pools to skateboard in are the pools made from 1950 to, say, 1977. that 27-year window is just prime for us. >> this is the filter box which we call the death box. if you go into it on the way down, you die. you don't want to fall on it. that's why i call it the death box. >> reporter: the death box is daunting. >> try to stay low and keep your
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knees bent and keep on your toes. >> reporter: let's be real. i was never going to come close. this is harder than it looks. >> way harder. every pool is different, every wall is different. it's like this little puzzle that you have to figure out. it's this zen thing. i'm doing anything, i'm thinking about skateboarding. but when i'm skateboarding, i can't think of anything else. it's a very seductive place to be. >> what we do here is one of the best things, in my opinion, you can do in skateboarding. if you've got empty pools for me to skate, please send them my way. >> reporter: for them, an empty pool is full of possibility. carter evans, cbs news, los angele my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. relying only on drops? not me.
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"barbie" was a big winner at last night's academy awards. the doll that inspired the movie that grossed over $1 billion worldwide last summer is getting another makeover as it turns 65 years old. dana jacobson has more. ♪ barbie you're beautiful ♪ >> reporter: as for the doll,
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barbara millicent roberts, better known as barbie, has been a pop culture icon for 65 years. sporting a black and white striped bathing suit, red lips, and a blond ponytail, barbie debuted march 9th, 1959, at the american toy fair in new york city. ruth handler created barbie after seeing her daughter play with paper dolls of adult women. >> i thought it would be a great success. it's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing. i think, hopefully, she'll go on forever, reflecting society as it changes. >> reporter: that doll is now synonymous with girlhood. though the decades of play haven't been without controversy. there are claims that barbie's slim waist and large chest creates an unrealistic body image for young girls. but as the world changes, so does barbie. her image has expanded to include a diversity of colors, hair textures, and body shapes.
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since barbie's launch, over 1 billion dolls have been sold worldwide. from fashion barbie to astronaut barbie, her resume is extensive with 250 careers and counting. you know who runs the world. that was dana jacobson reporting. and that is the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, you've got to make sure you check back with us later on "cbs mornings" and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. ♪ ♪ this is "cbs news flash." i'm matt piper in new york. it was "oppenheimer's" night at the oscars. the film won seven academy awards, including best picture, best director for christopher nolan, and best actor for cillian murphy. emma stone won best actress for her performance in "poor
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things." the royal family releases the first photo of princess kate since her abdominal surgery amid growing speculation on her condition, but the picture is coming under scrutiny. several news agencies removed it with the associated press saying it may have been altered. as "oppenheimer" brought home the oscars, "kung fu panda 4" brought in the money this weekend. it led the box office with about $60 million domestically. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. it's monday, march 11th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." the fight over the war in gaza. the public rift between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu escalates. what each side is saying.>

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