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[explosion] no longer. paramedics fleeing nearby tank fire, saving who they can along the way. israeli forces say they are now in the heart of khan younis, a city they believe to host many hamas leaders. as well as hundreds of thousands of palestinians, now left with vanishing options for safety. rushed to the hospital, these sisters breathe fresh air for the first time after being plucked from beneath the rubble after four days. [crying] "i want my mom," says lana abu safi. "ouch, my arm." rescuers hurry to save this trapped boy, as well, but can only come up with his body. with the war now in its 60th day, israelis are shouting that some of their children are trapped underground, as well. more than 130 hostages are still held captive in hamas' tunnels and around gaza. including eight americans, like 23-year-old hersh goldberg-polin. with the cease-fire now in shambles, his parents fear what's next. what does that do to your hope for your son? >> we are, of course, worried, not just about him. if hersh somehow, somewhere, can hear this, just know we love you. stay strong. survive. we're coming. >> reporter: tonight, the government spoke with the hostages' families, who are demanding israel resume negotiations immediately. hersh's father told cbs news. >> i don't know that the cabinet needed to have a flame lit under them to get these hostages out, but if they did, it happened today. >> reporter: israelis are also lighting a flame under the international community after women's advocates flooded the u.n. over accusations that hamas has used rape as a wapon of war. >> where the hell are you? i expect all civilized leaders, governments, nations, to speak up against this atrocity. >> reporter: and today, president biden did just that. speaking at a campaign event, he said, "the world cannot look away at what is going on. it is on all of us to forcefully condemn the sexual violence of hamas terrorists without equivocation." norah? >> norah: chris livesay in jerusalem, thank you. the war in gaza has led to a dramatic rise in hate-fueled incidents here at home, many of them on college campuses. the presidents of harvard, mit, and the university of pennsylvania were grilled before the house education committee about their response to an increase in anti-semitism on campus. harvard university president claudine gay faced tough questions about the line between free speech and hateful conduct. >> we have reiterated that speech that incites violence, threatens safety, or violates harvard's policies against bullying and harassment is unacceptable. we have made it clear that any behaviors that disrupt our teaching and research efforts will not be tolerated. >> norah: the school presidents say they are increasing security and providing additional counseling and mental health support to deal with the problem. tonight, we are learning more about that massive explosion that leveled a home in virginia after a tense hours-long police standoff. cbs's nicole sganga reports the deadly blast left neighbors in shock. [explosion] >> oh! >> reporter: the ferocious blast doctor this arlington, virginia, neighborhood monday evening. fiery debris from the two-story home rained from the sky, with flames visible from blocks away. >> come out of the front door and put your hands up! >> reporter: police were attempting to execute a search warrant after they say 56-year-old james yoo recklessly shot flares across the neighborhood. >> a male suspect discharged a flare-type gun from the residence more than 30 times. >> reporter: officers tried to negotiate with the barricaded suspect as he was firing gunshots. [explosion] suddenly, the ear-splitting sound. >> i've never had a sound wave shock like that. i thought something had happened on my house. >> we need all firefighters. the house has exploded, i believe. >> the suspect was inside the residence at the time of the explosion, and he is presumed at human remains have been located at the scene. human remains have been located at the scene. >> reporter: across the street, business owner yen nguyen captured the blast on her nail salon's security camera. you were scared? >> yeah, very scared. very scared. >> reporter: neighbors were evacuated and at least ten homes were impacted, but there were no major injuries. tonight, bomb technicians searched surrounding blocks for evidence. police are still sorting through a possible motive. now, oo had previously contacted the fbi through phone calls, online tips, even letters, relaying what federal investigators called frauds he believed were perpetrated against him. norah? >> norah: nicole sganga, thank you. turning now to the weather, flood alerts are posted across much of washington and oregon. this video shows homes being flooded as a raging river overflowed in granite falls, washington. the pacific northwest is being hit with nearly two straight days of rain and rapid snowmelt caused by a dramatic warm up in temperatures. by the weekend, that storm system is expected to bring severe weather to texas, louisiana, and arkansas, and snow to the northeast on sunday. now to a dramatic about-face in congress. the senate confirmed 425 military promotions just this afternoon after republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama finally ended his months-long blockade. turberville vowed to continue to hold up nominations of all four-star generals and other senior officers to protest a pentagon policy on abortion and fertility care. pentagon leaders said that the delay was putting our national security at risk. now to a cbs news investigation. it has been two years since our reporting uncovered a disturbing trend about how domestic violence at the hands of service members is handled in the u.s. military. after our story aired, the pentagon promised action. but tonight, some survivors tell us they are still waiting for justice. when army reservist leah olszewski reported assault by a member of the air force in 2017, she turned over this audio recording. >> i'll knock your [bleep] front teeth out. you want to step to me like a man, i will knock your [bleep] front teeth out. so shut the [bleep] up, woman. >> norah: military investigators also reviewed this body cam footage from a 911 call when police found bruises on her arms. >> how many times has this happened? >> this is like the fifth time. >> norah: retired master sergeant erica johnson reported her abuse to the air force in 2018. she gave military prosecutors recorded phone calls with her alleged abuser, including this apparent admission. >> i didn't do anything to deserve that. you had no right to put your hands on me. >> hon, i know i screwed up that night. i know i did. >> norah: did the air force hear those recordings? >> yes. twice. >> norah: still, the military did not bring charges. lawyer carol thompson represents the women we spoke with. >> they listened to it. they quoted it. and that was reviewed by the secretary of the air force's ig in the investigation. so, the pentagon, pentagon, had access to that information. >> norah: the domestic violence survivors accused the air force of mounting a purposeful, public relations cover-up. why would the secretary of the air force want to cover this up? >> there is a lot of evidence. there was enough evidence that for any reasonable prosecutor to look at that, could have said, i think this should go forward to a court-martial. they didn't want to admit that they had messed up. >> norah: two years ago, a cbs news investigation exposed dangerous gaps in how the military handles cases of domestic violence. >> he kicked me in the stomach, and i flew off the bed into the closet doors. >> there is no doubt in my mind that he was going to kill me. >> norah: cbs news spoke with nearly 40 survivors, including erica and leah. we have this update to our investigation. our reports prompted air force secretary frank kendall to order an inspector general review of the investigation and disciplinary actions associated with these cases. he also made personal assurances to the survivors, as heard in this newly-obtained recording. >> i have proof that the investigators didn't do their job. >> i don't doubt that. and we can look into that. >> norah: more than two years later, the survivors say they are still waiting for justice. the inspector general review of their cases did not examine whether law enforcement conducted investigations correctly, but instead, focused on the air force's support services. >> leaders should not be making promises that they can't fulfill or have no intention of fulfilling. >> norah: only after our reporting, investigators reopened leah's case, and uncovered four additional victims of her ex-partner, including one woman who had reported his behavior to the military a decade earlier. this new evidence, it dates back to 2008? >> it does. >> norah: what if the command had taken action then? >> then we would have a different outcome with leah. maybe leah wouldn't have even met him. >> norah: what do your clients want to see happen? >> ideally, they would want to see a court-martial. unfortunately, in some of the cases, in leah's case and erica's case, that can't happen because the statute of limitations has passed. >> norah: leah raised concerns in an email to secretary kendall last fall, that time was running out to bring charges in her case. he said a decision will be made before the statute of limitations expires. thompson says that didn't happen. do you think the military was stalling? >> yes and no. they blew past statute of limitations that they knew existed. it's a lot to say that they did it intentionally, but there is also a lot of evidence that they knew what the repercussions were going to be, and that maybe they did so intentionally. >> norah: but it wasn't too late in emily brearley's case. did the military take steps to keep you safe? 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