super saturday. also tonight, president biden leaves washington for the holidays. what the economy strong, but some voters saying bahumbug. the campaign season now just days away. in the czech republic, a day of mourning, one of europe s deadliest mass shootings. plus, christmas canceled. cbs chris shows us why bethlehem s big night is silent this year. normally, celebrations would have bound, but because of the war, there s hardly anybody here. later, it s an american town spreading the holiday spirit all year. this is going to the united kingdom, australia, japan. with festive flair and a special stand. you don t think of like christmas things in florida. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from washington with adriana diaz. good evening. adriana is off. i m robert costa in washington. the holidays are here. around 115 million are packing up suitcases and are headed on their christmas and new year s travels. today was forecast to be the busiest trav
are met. with more, here s our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson. explosions. in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the hostages but to be frank, had we agreed to the un secretary general s proposal over a month ago for this unilateral ceasefire, we would never have got the 110 hostages out that we did in november. israel s army said this week it had killed tens of hamas fighters in an ambush near gaza city. and that it s prepa
have stopped passing through here and are now taking the much longer route all the way around africa instead adding costs and delays. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. the threats to shipping in the red sea is very real. this was an attack by iranian backed houthi fighters last month, storming a cargo ship registered in britain. the militia from yemen claiming that any vessels owned by allies of israel were legitimate targets. shouting. there have also been drone and missile attacks so many that shipping companies are pulling out of the red sea, sending their vessels around southern africa instead. in response, the us secretary of defence, who s visiting the middle east, has formed an international military coalition to protect ships and ensure freedom of navigation. these attacks are reckless, dangerous, and they violate international law. and so, we re taking action to build an international coalition to address this threat. and i would remind you that
but did not demand a ceasefire. mr netanyahu said he reiterated that the war will continue until all the objectives are met. with more, here s our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson. in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah, emptying the local market. 17 year old joe, filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. israel says it needs to keep fighting to keep up the pressure on hamas. if you want a ceasefire, that, from israel s perspective, can only happen with the release of hostages. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. america has blocked un calls for a ceasefire. as you know, hamas continues to hold over 100 hostages. there s a chance, because they want that ceasefire, they need that ceasefire, they will agree to the hostages but to be frank, had we agreed to the un secretary general s proposal over a month ago for this
a nation paused today to remember the victims of an attack people here can t make sense of, that has brought pain and suffering. church bells rang out across the czech republic to mark the moment. to honour those killed when a student attacked his own university, shooting in the corridors and classrooms. so far, we know three of the dead, including lenka hlavkova, a teacher who was 49. here at the arts faculty that was attacked, some have personal connections to the victims. a friend of these women survived by locking herself into a classroom to hide. translation: she cowered under the table. i saw her yesterday and felt sorry for her. she was still shaking. shouting images from a body camera show the police hunt for the gunman inside charles university. at this point the 24 year old was prowling the corridors above. we re told most of his victims were female, but we have no idea of his motive. in the end, he turned his gun on himself. many people were seriously injured, ca