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war against them anymore. it is a war against humanity itself. >> norah: the growing outrage as we learn about the victims, including an american citizen. the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. we begin tonight with the mounting questions and worldwide outrage after that israeli air strike in gaza that killed seven humanitarian workers from the global aid charity world central kitchen. new tonight, the group's founder, chef jose andres, is speaking out with a scathing rebuke of israel's "indiscriminate killing" of civilians, urging officials to begin the long germany know my journey to peace. andres is also accusing the israeli military of knowing of the age groups movements in the region and then targeting the 3-car convoy of armored vehicles, in his words, systematically, car by car. we are also learning more about

the victims, including 33-year-old job flickinger, a dual u.s.-canadian citizen. the american father was reportedly planning to leave gaza at the end of the week. an israeli military spokesperson called the killings a grave mistake and set the convoy of three vehicles was wrongly identified as hostile targets. we get more now from cbs's holly williams. >> so this was not just bad luck, situation where, "oops, we dropped a bomb in the wrong place." >> reporter: the seven world central kitchen aid workers killed by israel's military in gaza were targeted systematically, car by car, according to the group's founder, the award-winning spanish-american chef jose andres. speaking on israeli television, he broke down. >> i met some of the people that died were...

were my friends. and i served with them. >> reporter: the bodies of the six foreign team members were transported out of gaza today. world central kitchen has identified one of them as jacob flickinger, a 33-year-old dual u.s.-canadian citizen. israel's military has vowed to investigate what it called a "great mistake." >> it was a mistake that followed a misidentification. at night, during a war, in very complex conditions appeared to that suggest the aid workers work confused with militants. but ornate movements with the israeli military. andres has his team tried to call the military even as they came under fire, with team members moving from the first car after was hit to the second, which was also hit, and then the third, leaving all seven dead. all three cars appear to have been targeted with precision

strikes. cbs news has geolocated the wreckage to position several hundred yards apart. president biden said yesterday he is outraged by the deaths of the aid workers and u.s. relations with israel appear increasingly strained. but he couldn't answer this question today from cbs news weijia jiang. >> responsible for the world central kitchen strike, mr. president? >> reporter: it's not just world central kitchen that suspended its operations in gaza. another american nonprofit, anera, says it's also pausing its w work there, and the united nations says it is temporarily suspended its movements at night. norah? >> norah: so much aid not getting to the people there. holly williams, thank you. we learn today president biden will speak to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tomorrow. it is their first phone call since the horrific idf air strike on those aid workers.

cbs's nancy cordes joins us now from the white house, and nancy, what can you tell us about what is going to happen in this phone call tomorrow? >> reporter: well, norah, president biden bed last night that israel has not done enough to protect aid workers, like the ones from world central kitchen. there is deep frustration here about what the white house sees as a lack of coordination by the idf, and the president is expected to convey that frustration and anger tomorrow. beyond that, the u.s. has been very publicly, norah, trying to talk netanyahu out of a full-scale invasion of the city of rafah. officials here have been proposing alternatives, so that is sure to come out, as well. >> norah: the administration is use the word "acceptable come outraged," to describe the air strikes against these aid workers but there had not been any consequences. why not? >> reporter: not only have there been no consequences, the u.s. is actually preparing to send more weaponry to israel, including 2,000 pounds bombs, possibly fighter jets, as well.

white house officials tell us there are no plans to cut off aid because israel is still the closest u.s. ally in the region and because the security of israel has been a top u.s. priority for decades. now, we are seeing rising anger in congress, particularly from the left, after this latest tragedy, norah, so could that make it harder to get congress to approve aid to israel in the future? absolutely. >> norah: nancy cordes at the white house, thank you. a massive search and rescue effort is underway in taiwan following its most powerful earthquake in 25 years. the magnitude 7.4 quake hit during the morning rush hour appeared at least nine people are dead come up with about a thousand people injured. dozens more are trapped by debris. cbs's imtiaz tyab has the late-breaking developments. >> reporter: the moment the earthquake struck was captured as a morning show was live on air. shaking heavy studio lights, as panic jolted through the newsroom. rush hour commuters were also

caught off guard by the 7.4 magnitude quake. so too were passengers in this packed subway car. >> it was definitely a shot when it happened. >> reporter: yolie saebung is originally from california. >> we were actually speaking, and we were definitely broken up by it because of the was shaking. we tried to find somewhere to hide that was safe. >> reporter: the epicenter of the quake was near the eastern city of hualien, where the shaking was so intense, some buildings crashed to the ground peered across taiwan, dozens of other buildings have also been badly damaged, as some of the smallest survivors had to be carefully rescued. elsewhere, hundreds remain trapped in badly damaged mines, and on roads that have been cut off, thanks largely to landslides, which have also blocked a number of tunnels. taiwan is no stranger to powerful earthquakes, but the public is kept informed by atv and cell phone messages, and

school drills saw some children put on protective head coverings as they waited for the all clear. and while this quake isn't as devastating as the last major one before it, the destruction it's caused is clear. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. >> norah: tonight, more than 40 million americans are still in the path of dangerous weather, from tornadoes to flooding. this storm system that started in california on saturday is now in the northeast. cbs's dave malkoff reports from the heartland, where residents are still picking up the pieces. >> reporter: were in the car. >> my kids. and i was leaned over on top of them, just covering them, and i had my foot on the break. >> reporter: from indiana to kentucky... >> we have cars flipped over.

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as that low, wins will be gusty, that could cause trouble problems even in areas that don't see the snow. wins along the coast could be gusting as high as 50 and even 60 miles per hour. we look at next week's total solar eclipse, cloud cover looking like we are on the south central, with more clearing likely in the wake of the storm, norah, in new england. >> norah: alex, thank you. here in washington from another convicted january 6th rioter was sentenced to more than seven years in prison today for his role in the attack. this comes a bid growing control over donald trump's use of words like hostage and patriot in defense of those accused of taking part in the insurrection. including those who attacked law enforcement. cbs's scott macfarlane has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: as donald trump increasingly champions january 6th defendants. >> they are the jay sacks hostages, i call them. >> reporter: and talks of issuing hostages know my pardons for the capital. a review of jane were six criminal cases shows nearly 500 of the defendants are now accused of assaulting police.

more than 120 of doing so with dangerous or deadly weapons. and we found those held in the january 6th wing of the washington, d.c., jail, which has also been mentioned by trump come include jonathan pollock, a florida man who has pleaded not guilty and accused of punching and dragging an officer down the steps. recently housed brian mock of minnesota convicted of four assault against police, including this one. trump argues the defendants are persecuted and unfairly treated hostages. >> they are put in jail for extended periods of time. >> reporter: you told a judge the other day it's a dagger and you hear the term "hostages" for jan sixth defendants. >> and the reason being, it's triggering. >> reporter: former capitol police sergeant aquilino gonell, says the hostage rhetoric adopted by some trump allies disrespects police and could incite more violence. homeland security analysts are concerned, too. >> rhetoric that encourages a misperception of what violent extremism is is only going to

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the chickens are going to be destroyed, so it is complete the safe. >> reporter: this comes as six states are reporting outbreaks of avian flu among dairy cows. this week, a texas dairy worker had pink eye after testing positive for the virus, becoming only the second known human case in the u.s. texas agriculture commissioner sid miller says there is no reason for people to be alarmed. >> the good news is this is carried by migratory waterfowl. it's migratory season, but we are on the tail end of it. >> reporter: despite the outbreaks, te texas a&m agricultural economist david anderson says prices should remain the same. >> less than 1% of the egg-laying chickens have, that's not a lot of effect on kind of the broad market that folks are going to notice at the store. we have plenty of milk production. i don't expect to see much effect of this for us consumers, either. >> reporter: you can't get bird flu from eating thoroughly cooked poultry or eggs,

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