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arm and a serious boost where it counts, says grizzlies co-owner samir shah. >is it exciting to see this happening. big time? oh, smoked. >and while baseball may be america's pastime. >is it? >if fans have it their way, cricket might just be its future. >the giants need that guy in their lineup. well, that's it for us tonight at five. we'll see you back here at six. the cbs weekend news is ♪ tonight, a stormy start to the weekend. thunderstorms in the south. the nation's busiest airport hammered. cancelations rippling nationwide. i'm dave malkoff in atlanta. it was weather that caused hundreds of cancelations on delta. a lot of people are frustrated here. now it could impact you.
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severe weather spinning off this huge tornado near bismarck, north dakota. the heat and humidity surging again for millions. also tonight, senate scramble. >> i'm nikole killion on capitol hill where senators work around the clock to try to deliver the president his big, beautiful bill. what's tucked inside the massive package? final farewell. mourners honor minnesota lawmaker melissa hortman and her husband, mark, two weeks after their murders. iran holds a state funeral for top commanders and nuclear scientists. cbs' ths tyab is here. >> here in revolutionary square and the people have told us just how angry they are. not just at israel, but at the united states. new despair in gaza. >> i'm debora patta in jerusalem. more than 60 killed in gaza despite president trump saying a truce could happen within a week.
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and later, a wedding weekend in venice. the buzz and the backlash. good evening, everyone, and thank you so much for joining us on this saturday. we begin with severe weather and its impact on a wide swath of the country. the weekend started with this taunting sight in north dakota. a huge tornado looming over the city of bismarck. fortunately, no damage reported. but it's been a nightmare for anyone flying through atlanta. hundreds of flights have been canceled due to thunderstorms and damage from hail. cbs' dave malkoff is there and leads us off tonight. david, good evening. >> reporter: hi, jericka. yeah, the people did not expect to be sleeping in the tunnels that go underneath the airport here, but that's exactly what happened when the weather turned
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rough and air traffic controllers had to evacuate for safety. lightning flashed over the world's busiest airport. an intense thunderstorm hammering the atlanta area late friday night. hail forcing the cancelation of more than 800 flights. >> all the lines are long. everybody was stressed out. you can definitely tell a lot of people on the walls probably missed their flights, delayed or whatever. definitely doesn't look like a good situation. >> reporter: delta today inspecting its jets for possible damage. >> they look like little stones hitting the aircraft. >> reporter: this passenger heard the hail hit her plane as it landed. she and others slept curled up under this darkened can pe of art overnight. >> completely full, no space between people on both sides. all the way from one end to the other. >> we got here yesterday, 5:00 p.m. >> reporter: janet and don from vancouver are at their wits' end as they try to get their holiday started. >> everybody's in the same boat. everybody's frustrated and angry. and -- yeah, it's been a lot.
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>> reporter: yeah, delta says that they have inspected all these planes, they have put them back into service. but they do expect this ripple effect to keep on going throughout the weekend, and jericka, with 4 million passengers expected to pass through here, they're going to need every single plane, right? >> yeah, i feel for those passengers. dave malkoff, thank you. tonight, new weather trouble with heat and humidity surging once again. let's check in with cbs news meteorologist andrew kozak in philadelphia, andrew? >> jericka, good even. for some areas, storms starting to wind down. for others like the upper midwest, the northern plains, we're dealing with showers and storms. areas like minneapolis overnight and into your sunday. us also the northeast including pennsylvania. we have showers and thunderstorms that will move areas like philadelphia, between 8:00 and 9:00. that does wind down once we get past 10:00 p.m. a different story for areas like the dakotas, over toward
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minneapolis. showers and thunderstorms packing a punch into the wee hours of sunday. and isolated tornado not out of the question. tomorrow, that area of storms moves a little closer to areas like chicago. a little further east. nonsevere showers and storms in the south. hot, dry weather returns for the northeast. tropical depression 2 has formed in the bay of campeche. west-northwest at 7 miles per hour. we'll keep our eye on it as the tropics heat up. before we go, the heat is going to return big-time for the east as we head closer to july fourth. jericka? >> andrew kozak, thank you. to capitol hill now. tonight, the senate is putting in extra hours to pick start president trump's legislative agenda. overnight, republicans released their full bill containing tax and spending cuts that could impact millions of americans. in a post tonight, elon musk says it will destroy u.s. jobs and cause strategic harm. cbs' nikole killion joins us with the very latest. where do things stand right now?
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>> reporter: good evening, jericka. trump's signature bill faces a major test here in the senate as republicans work to secure enough votes to live it over the finish line. a rare saturday session in the senate. >> we have before us today a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver legislation to create a safer, stronger, and more prosperous america. >> senate republicans are trying to pull a fast one on the american people. >> reporter: lawmakers worked through their holiday recess, racing to meet a july fourth deadline to advance president trump's so-called big, beautiful bill. the president stayed in town, golfing with senators, urging them to tee it up. >> we'd like to get it done. >> reporter: overnight, senate republicans released the 900-plus-page bill, which includes more funding for the president's top priorities, including border security, defense, and an extension of his 2017 tax cuts. but it comes with deep spending cuts to food assistance and
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medicaid, including a projected $930 billion reduction according to the congressional budget office. >> what they're trying to do to cut back on these health care programs, health insurance for 16 million americans to pay for tax breaks for wealthy people. >> reporter: even some republicans have threatened to oppose the package, citing concerns about the potential impact to rural hospitals. but others say it's time to act. >> are we ready to put our pens down and move forward? >> reporter: to address some of those gop concerns, the bill now includes a $25 billion rural hospital fund. it also rolls back clean energy tax credits from the biden era, angering democrats. in fact, they hope to slow this vote down by demanding that the entire bill be read on the senate floor, which could take up to 15 hours. jericka? >> over 900 pages. nikole killion, thank you. today, a private funeral for minnesota state lawmaker melissa
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hortman and her husband, mark. the couple, as you may recall, along with the family ace dog, were gunned down at their home two weeks ago in what police are investigating as a politically motivated attack. cbs' caroli couplings is outsid the basilica. >> reporter: minnesota remains in shock over 1,000 people attending the funeral. including state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. ♪ mourners stood as the caskets for melissa and mark hortman were brought to the church altar. >> heavenly father, we thank you for the lives of melissa and mark hortman. >> reporter: former president joe biden and former vice president kamala harris were in attendance. governor tim walz honored melissa hortman for her two decades of public service. >> melissa hortman will be remembered as the most consequential speaker in minnesota history. >> reporter: a solemn procession
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followed with walz presenting the hortman children the flags that flew over the state capitol the day their parents were killed. >> she used her power to give a voice to people who didn't feel like they had a voice. and i hope that's how she's remembered. >> reporter: thousands turned out at the minnesota capitol on friday where the couple was lying in state. next to them, their beloved dog, gilbert. the golden retriever was severely wounded in the attack and had to be euthanized. >> i'm sad, and i'm angry. and i wanted to come and stand quietly for a moment and appreciate them. >> reporter: the hortmans were gunned down at their home two weeks ago. the suspect, vance boelter, accused of impersonating a police officer and wearing a mask. prosecutors say he also shot and seriously wounded minnesota state senator john hoffman and his wife. a manhunt for his arrest lasted two days. police say boelter had a hit list, all dmgs.
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he made a second court appearance telling the judge he hasn't slept in 14 days. his lawyer complaining, lights are on around the clock and his client doesn't have a pillow. state lawmakers we spoke to after the funeral say they are heartbroken, jericka. they vow to work harder to put politics aside and find a shared humanity. >> so sad. caroline cummings in minneapolis, thank you. overseas now. today, iran held a state funeral for prominent people killed during that 12-day war with israel. thousands turned out in tehran. among the dead, top military commanders and at least 11 nuclear scientists. imtiaz tyab is there and filed this report. s >> reporter: we're here in tehran's revolutionary square. this is perhaps one of the largest gatherings that has taken place here in the iranian capital since that 12-day war with israel ended in a cease-fire. and the people we've been speaking to have told us just how angry they are that so many
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iranians were killed in israeli strikes. many here also saying how angry they are that israel targeted iranian academics and scientists connected to the nuclear program. you can hear people are chanting "death to america." and it really just underscores how they're directing their anger not just at israel, but at the united states who they say enabled the war in which over 600 iranians were killed. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, tehran. today, life in gaza again proved lethal. the hamas-run health ministry says israeli strikes killed at least 80 palestinians and wounded 400 others. cbs' debora patta reports tonight from jerusalem. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. there is renewed hope that the cease-fire in iran could lead to one in gaza. but even as president trump indicated there could be a truce
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within the next week, israeli forces launched a series of strikes overnight on gaza city. a cease-fire may be inching closer, but gaza city was trapped in a pit of despair following overnight israeli air strikes. which blasted this massive crater right in the middle of a makeshift camp sheltering displaced palestinians. rescue workers dug frantically, retrieving at least five tents as they searched for the people who had been living in them. it was mostly the limp bodies of children pulled from the rubble. 12 people died, 10 between the aims of 1 and 11, according to eyewitnesses. in a second strike nearby, there were desperate attempts to revive those who'd been trapped. many died of suffocation.
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when morning came, everyone lent a hand, trying to save what they could. "here in gaza, we are buried twice, first while alive, then when we are dead" he says. his children are still in hospital in a critical condition. at the morgue, families bent over with grief prepared to bury their dead. among them, tiny bodies wrapped in shrouds. this distraught father had kept his children safe for nearly two years of war. now this. palestinians who were living here have nowhere else to go after being repeatedly displaced. "it's enough," she says. "please stop the war. feel our pain. let the children live." gaza's health ministry says more than 60 people died in the strikes, jericka.
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and the idf says they were targeting a senior hamas leader who was also killed. >> debora patta, thank you for your reporting. today, the pride parade in budapest, hungary, was big ger than ever. over 100,000 people took to the streets of the capital, defying a government banish ewed by prime minister viktor orban. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the couple and their wedding taking venice by storm. then later, a story about real-life teddy bears. i'm danya bacchus in ramona, california, where bear costumes like this are helping keep a rescue cub wild. a rescue cub wild. a rescue cub ( ♪♪ ) basic toothpaste stops at the top. crest goes deeper to dissolve the bonds that hold stains to teeth. for whiter teeth in one day. crest. still have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis... ...or crohn's disease symptoms after taking... ...a medication like humira or remicade? put them in check with rinvoq,
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finally, bear with me on this one. imagine trying to care for an or fanned bear cub. where do you even start? in tonight's "weekend journal," cbs' danya bacchus tells us how wildlife care givers in california came up with the "bear necessities." >> reporter: an adorable black bear cup acts like a typical toddler at play. climbing, fighting, and making a splash. all under the care of his faux fuzzy foster family, humans dressed as bears. >> bear cubs are really smart. they're very impressionable. so we never really wanted him to see us in our human form. >> reporter: we met up with autumn welch, one of his costumed care givers, at the san diego humane society's ramona wildlife center. the cub, believed to be abandoned by his mom, was brought to its medical ward in april. >> when the bear cub first arrived, we were caring for him round the clock. we stayed all night long, fed him every few hours. >> reporter: when interacting
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with the cub, staffers suit up in a bear-scented fur coat, leather gloves, and a mask. a giant stuffed teddy bear is a tour gate mama, bonding with the human would jeopardize his return to the wild. >> we go to all lengths to take care of this little guy. >> if the costume wasn't enough, right? like you guys do everything. >> we smell like bear, we sound like bear, we look like bear. >> reporter: caring for the cub that hasn't been named to avoid deeper attachment by caregivers costs about $200 a day. the wildlife center relies on donations for all its animals. the bear is thriving and growing more independent. >> he's really good at entertaining himself. he plays. he explores. he climbs the trees. he plays with his stuffed animal. he's a happy, well-adjusted bear cub and still very wild. >> reporter: just days after our visit, a bittersweet bon voyage. the little guy found a new home. a wildlife center outside san francisco with two bear cub buddies.
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it's hoped the cub will be released into the wild next spring and know how to survive, thanks in part to the humans who took playing the role as mama bear quite literally. danya bacchus, cbs news, ramona, california. well, that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm jericka duncan in new york. we thank you for watching and hope to see you tomorrow. >now. at six, a rally against the iranian regime right here in union square. what? iranian americans here in the bay area are saying about the conflict in the middle east, plus a crisis at local food banks. how the president's
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big, beautiful bill impacts hunger here at home. later, pride weekend kicks off in san francisco. how a community is rising up against pressure from the white house. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm andrea nakano. brian hackney has the night off. we begin in san francisco, where iranian americans gathered at union square today to call for an end to the ayatollahs reign. it comes just days after iran's supreme leader reappeared this week to warn the united states against further attacks. john ramos spoke with demonstrators downtown today on why a regime change is long overdue. >more than 40 years ago, the people rose up and kicked out the shah of iran, welcoming in the islamic republic. now, more than anyone, they understand the old saying, be careful what you wish for because you just might get
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