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>> what happens in these ecosystems has far-reaching consequences for the climate as a whole. >> reporter: david schechter, cbs news, puerto rico. well, coming up on "60 minutes," anderson cooper joins comedian kevin hart in the gym. for now, that's the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. we thank you so much for joining us. i'm jericka duncan in new york. have a great night. sheep mowers kick artificial grass. >> now at 6:00, the unique earth day celebration pitting robots against sheep. the party celebrating a new public toilet that is the butt of jokes around the world.
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worried about a motion to vacate. i have to do my job. >> reporter: meanwhile, in an interview with our kristen welker, ukraine's president says the funding is critical. >> translator: this aid will strengthen ukraine and send the kremlin a powerful signal. >> julie is joining us now. julie, let's talk timeline here. what are you hearing from some of the members looking to force out the speaker? >> well, marjorie taylor greene isn't revealing her plans, only saying that it will happen. but with the house in recess, nothing will come about for at least a week. hallie? >> julie, thank you. a tram accident at one of the country's most popular theme parks is under investigation tonight. it happened saturday at universal studios in los angeles. officials say the tram tilted while making a turn and collided with a metal guardrail. some people inside fell out. 15 passengers were hurt with injuries raising from mild to moderate. universal studios is owned by nbc news' parent company, nbc universal. to some terrifying
at columbia this week now calling on university president minouche shafik to resign. tonight the white house weighing in, saying in part, "while every american has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting jewish students and the jewish community are blatantly anti-semitic, unconscionable, and dangerous, and have absolutely no place on any college campus or anywhere in the united states of america." last week, an unauthorized encampment on campus led to more than 100 arrests. >> i was one of the students arrested, suspended by the university. all of these students know the risk. >> reporter: tonight, an escalating conflict growing more contentious on campus. george solis, nbc news. in washington, a high wire political act tonight for the house speaker, facing down an intensifying push by some in his party to kick him out of leadership. all of it fallout for his support of this weekend's vote to help ukraine to the tune of $60 billion. julie tsirkin is on capitol hill. >> reporter: tonight, growing pressure on house speaker mike johnson, facing a
something about climate change right now. one scientist is going to great lengths to do her part. here's cbs's david schechter. >> reporter: a hot spot for research, that's one way to think of this plot of puerto rican forest strung with high voltage lines. >> hi, i'm tana. >> david. >> reporter: dr. tana wood is a research ecologist with the u.s. forest service who studies how tropical forests will respond to climate change. >> how can we get this window into a future warmer world hundreds of years into the future? >> reporter: those black panels are electric heaters running 24/7, warming up this plot of the jungle by 7 degrees fahrenheit. she says worst case scenario, that's how much warmer it could be on earth by the end of the century if we keep emitting heat-trapping carbon from our cars, factories and power plants. this experiment was interrupted by hurricane maria in 2017. and ever since the plants in the heated section have struggled to recover.
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dynamic and what it means. each state allows immigration laws we will have complete and utter chaos. >> how unconstitutional do you think sb-4 and other bills that are very, variants of it are? >> reporter: i think that the courts will weigh in, i think they will be struck down just as we saw years ago when arizona passed a show your papers law. the reality is that when it comes to immigration a unified approach is not just essential for maintaining order, fairness, the integrity of our nation's laws but that is why we have the clause of the u.s. constitution. so, i do believe that the courts will deem these both illegal and unconstitutional. but, also, they are impractical. law enforcement will have difficulties immigranting them and migrants will have a chilling effect where they will not be willing to come forward and report crimes to be helpful. and then of course this is
also in march the average interest rate for a new car loan was more than 7%. used, nearly 12%. as for finding something affordable -- >> the 20,000 vehicle's dead. if you want a $20,000 vehicle, you're buying a used car. >> reporter: what will it take for prices to turn around? >> in the end if consumers don't buy, prices will come down. >> reporter: thinks may be turning around. beau boeckmann owns a car dealership group in los angeles where inventory has been sitting. >> now we're getting incentives back. most of our interest rates are between 2.9 and 0%. >> reporter: then the cost of insurance. the latest consumer price index shows a 22% increase over last year. >> safety features, do they affect insurance rates? >> there's backup cameras, there's sensors. all these things cost quite a bit more to repair, so a bumper went from being $1,000 repair to maybe a 10,000, $20,000 repair.
good evening, and we begin this evening with a milestone moment in a trial that will be full of them. opening statements set to begin just hours from now in that downtown manhattan courtroom in the historic criminal case against the former president. and tonight we're getting a closer look at the prosecution's roadmap here. just how they intend to prove their case against donald trump and who they intend to call to the stand. with the jury now seated, the defense preparing to counter each claim and the defendant, himself, turning the courtroom into a campaign stop. yasmin vossoughian starts us off. >> reporter: just hours from now, a historic moment for american politics and the country's legal system. opening statements in the criminal trial against donald trump in new york. >> opening statements really just offer a preview of the facts to come. >> reporter: david pecker, former publisher of the "national enquirer," and a trump ally,
so rare it hasn't happened since 1803. for all you history buffs that's the same year napoleon sold the louisiana territory to thomas jefferson. here's emily fannon of our cbs affiliate wdjt in milwaukee. >> reporter: around mid-may cicada noise will be in full swing. and while this high-pitched buzzing occurs every year throughout the midwest, experts say this year will be unique due to a rare emergence of cicadas that hasn't happened since the 1800s. >> we just had that solar eclipse recently. you only have so many opportunities in your life to see and witness something like that. and the cicadas are very similar. >> reporter: pj liesch is an extension entomologist at university of wisconsin, madison. he is also referred to as the wisconsin bug guy. >> these are the cicadas we'll be seeing emerge in large numbers this year. >> reporter: parts of southern wisconsin will experience these periodical cicadas, which only emerge every 13 or 17 years, a cycle scientists don't have a clear answer for.