we ll show you how to track sharks as some beaches temporarily close. crime without punishment: our cbs news investigation takes to us chicago where some murder cases are closed, even when no suspect is charged. and on the road with a birthday surprise that will help you savor what it means to be an american. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight the fourth of july holiday weekend is off tie hectic start as the nation matches pre-pandemic travel numbers. airlines and passengers worry about potential snarls thanks to staff shortages and larger-than- expected crowds. long lines and short tempers could ruin some independence day celebrations. airlines are urging their customers to check their flight status before heading to the airport. now, so far today, there have been more than 500 cancellations and 5
vote the potential for an oakland a s ballpark at the howard terminal remains alive. after a 23-2 vote the san francisco conservation and development commission voted to remove the howard terminal s port use designation. the area can be used for other purposes such as a stadium or mixed-use development. but does it mean the a s have a green light to build there? not just yet. this was a procedural vote that keeps the door open for a ballpark to are constructed. it wasn t an endorsement that the a s belong at the howard terminal. however, today s vote keeps the door open for the a s to have a future in oakland. i just spoke with the a s president about the significance of today s vote. if we would have lost, it would have been over. our efforts in oakland would have been extinguished. so to get a positive 23-2 yes vote to move to the next phase and give us a chance at the final approval this year is just a great accomplishment. reporter: he says this is the closest they ha
agents seize one million fentanyl pills as the mexican marines arrests one of the f.b.i. s most wanted. shark attacks on the rise: the warning to swimmers and the reason there may be more sightings this summer. dial 988: the new three digit number for mental health emergencies, nationwide, the great thing about our services is it is confidential, it s free, its safe. o donnell: and, on the road, with the extraordinary act of generosity, giving good neighbor a new meaning. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight, we begin in saudi arabia where president biden is on day three of his four-day trip to the middle east. it s his first trip as president to the kingdom of saudi arabia to meet the king and the country s de-facto leader, crown prince mohammed bin salman. today, mr. biden said he told m.b.s. t
air travel is expected to and mess this holiday weekend. the crackdown one bay area congressman is now demanding from the biden administration. the a s moving one big step closer to a new stadium in oakland. but the ballpark battle has a long way to go. a bay area team start as tutoring center for students. now more than 100 kids a getting the help they need. we have her inspirational story. if i m passionate about an issue, i can dive right in. good evening, i m elizabeth cook. i m ryan yamamoto. in less than an hour, california s gas tax will go up, just as people hit the road for the holiday weekend. there s a new effort in sacramento right now to try to lower prices. but as kpix 5 explains, experts say it won t be easy. reporter: the laurgt say it is wants to go beyond a temporary fix, like stopping the next gas tax wrin crease or giving californians a one-time cheng, but a professor at uc berkley says it will take time to figure out which restrictions and
are faring the worst. the hospital emissions rate for that group is nearly last summer s peak. so joining us live now, dr. peter chin-hong, an infectious disease specialist with ucsf. let s talk about ba.5. this is the dominant variant nationwide now. we know that there are a lot of reinfections. so people who got covid a couple of weeks ago could even get reinfected with this one. so what do you know about this, and why is this such an issue in your mind? well, it s mainly an issue of reinfections because a spike protein on ba.5 looks so different. now we had ba.1, and ba.2. they were similar enough that if you got ba.1 in january, you re not going get ba.2. but all bets are off with ba.5. and some people are getting ba.2 as much as two, three weeks ago. so they re probably going to be very vulnerable to getting reinfected, even though in the old days you had three months off. in this current year, it could be as soon as four weeks. typically four to eight weeks after yo