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Louisiana prompts more outrage in a black mans deadly arrest. Queen elizabeth back in public meeting u. S. Marines. While its hats off for graduates of west point. And later, the cubs historic choice for wrigley fields new voice. I thought that this stream was out of the ballpark. This is the Cbs Weekend News. From chicago, heres Adriana Diaz. Diaz good evening. Diplomats today pushed to cement a truce between Israel And Hamas militants, following 11 days of Conflict Violence that put civilians on both sides in the crossfire. Today, trucks carrying humanitarian aid began rolling into gaza, as residents picked through the rubble, taking stock of the damage. The u. N. Is pledging to help rebuild. More than 250 people were killed, most of them palestinians in gaza. Cbss Holly Williams is there. Reporter Fouryearold Sara was at home when an israeli Airstrike Hit her familys apartment building, her relatives told us. The ceiling collapsed. She suffered a spinal injury, and her doctors say shell never walk again. I picked her up and ran through the streets until i saw the ambulance, her Mother Leena told us. What did she do to deserve this . Hamas, the group that governs the gaza strip, classed by the u. S. As a terrorist organization, claims the ceasefire is a victory, but for the people of gaza, this looks like a terrible loss. explosions hamas fired over 4,000 Rockets Atsraeownd killing 13, but most of their projectiles were shot down by Israels Iron Dome air defense system. In gaza, where they have no protection, the Death Toll is over 240, say palestinian officials, including 66 children. This gives you a sense of the force of the israeli airstrikes. This multistory building has been knocked off its foundations. Now, we understand that there were hamas administrative offices inside this building, along with apartments being used by civilians. Around Two Million palestinians are crammed into the 25mile long gaza strip, living under a blockade that makes it nearly impossible for them to leave, and has crippled the economy. Gaza is around 40 miles down the coast from tel aviv, an israeli metropolis, but it may as well be in a different century. And this conflict has only added to its problems. Since the ceasefire began, the inin 18 ainerloads ofd, Iludinn Adriana . Diaz Holly Williams in gaza, thank you, and stay safe. The conflict between Israel And Hamas militants was president bidens first foreign policy crisis. Cbss Debra Alfarone is at the White House with the latest developments. Debra, good evening. Reporter good evening, adirana. And, president biden took no questions as he left the white House Today to go to camp david. Now, the president spent the week in a delicate dance, pushing both israeli prime Minister Netanyahu and palestinian leader abbas to end the conflict, while not wanting to appear to take sides. And its that lowkey approach that got support from Defense Secretary former Defense Secretary, rather robert gates, when he was being interviewed on Face The Nation i think that the u. S. Not being front and center was probably not a bad thing. I think letting the egyptians, others, take the lead i think sometimes the United States can achieve its objectives more effectively by playing a behind thescenes role than by being out in front. Reporter Secretary Of State Antony Blinken will be traveling to the region to meet with his counterparts his israeli, palestinian, and other regional counterparts there. Adriana . Diaz an important trip, debra, thank you so much. And you can watch the full interview with former Defense Secretary robert Gates Tomorrow on Face The Nation. Other guests include senator bernie sanders, and retired lieutenant general russel honore. Now to the latest in the pandemic this week, some 27,000 new infections were reported in the u. S. That is down nearly 90 thats right, 90 from the worst of the pandemic in january. Cbss Danya Bacchus is at the beach in santa monica, california. Danya, good evening. Adriana. Santa Monica Beach is already busy, ahead of californias full reopening on june 15, which means the end of social distancing, capacity limits, and some maskwearing. Across the country, signs of prepandemic life are returning. Im ready. I got my two shots. Reporter with covid cases falling fast, states are on track to fully reopen. Health officials say vaccinations are key. Tonight, the c. D. C. Says almost 61 of adults in the u. S. Are partially vaccinated. Dr. Anthony fauci says were on track to meet president Bidens Goal of 70 by the fourth of july. I believe thats an attainable goal, but we still have a ways to go. Reporter in 26 states, less than half of adults are fully vaccinated. Oregon is the latest state to offer up a chance at cash prizes for those getting shots. Take your shot now you have an opportunity to win A Million dollars. Reporter in san francisco, theres reason to celebrate the city gave out its one millionth Vaccine Dose this week, and its largest hospital reported no covid 19 patients for the first time since march of last year. Just to see the zero means a lot. Reporter as the nation races to summer, Travel Fever is rising. The t. S. A. Says compared to last year, five times as many fliers took to the sky friday. At dallas love field airport, its starting to look like normal. It feels like theres more travelers, you know, flying. Reporter Los Angeles officials plan to close the remaining Mass Vaccination sites this summer, and move to mobile clinics. The hope is to get more shots in arms in undervaccinated communities. Adriana. Diaz Danya Bacchus, thank you so much. Newlyreleased video of a deadly arrest of a black man in louisiana two years ago is drawing more outrage. Today, the family of Ronald Green told Cbs News it wants the officers held accountable. We get more now from Cbss Michael George and a warning, the video is disturbing. Im scared im your brother, im scared reporter Ronald Greene is pleading with Louisiana State Police officers, who wrestle him to the ground following a pursuit in may 2019. Put your hands behind your back. Taser, taser, taser. Screams Reporter after excerpts were published by the associated press, State Police released 40 minutes of Body Camera videos, which show greene being tased and punched from several angles. Officers say he continued to resist. Greene can be heard repeatedly saying im sorry. Im sorry. Im sorry. Im sorry. Reporter the f. B. I. Is investigating Greenes Death and what led up to it, but on the tape, trooper Chris Hollingsworth is heard explaining what happened. I beat the Ever Living bleep out of him, choked him, and everything else trying to get him under control. And the bleep was still fighting, and we was still wrestling with him, trying to hold him down, because he was spitting blood everywhere, and then all of a sudden he just went limp. Reporter greenes family is suing the Louisiana State Police for wrongful death. They say the agency initially claimed greene died after crashing into a tree during the chase. Cbs news has confirmed an Autopsy Report showed head injuries. A broken breastbone and a torn aorta were factors in his death. Colonel Lamar Davis having, you know, contacted and spoken with the greene family, i can feel their pain. Reporter the Louisiana State Police fired two of the troopers and suspended another. Last fall, just hours after learning he would be fired, Trooper Hollingsworth died in a single car crash. Michael george, Cbs News, New York. Diaz the atlantic Hurricane Season is still a week away, but the first storm has already been named. Cbs meterologist Jeff Berardelli joins us now with more. Jeff, isnt It A little early for hurricanes . Its a little bit on the early side, but sometimes Mother Nature does not follow the calendar. You know, weve seen this happen seven years in a row now we have our first named storm. Subtropical storm ana. But the good news is that this storm is moving away from the United States. It is not going to be a problem. Has winds of 40 miles an hour, but it reminds us that Hurricane Season is right around the corner. In the eastern half of the nation, heat is the big problem. Newark Airport Today up to 96 degrees, and it will be similar tomorrow in New York city, d. C. , All The Way down to raleigh durham. Now the Big Story In The West is the drought. 70 of the west is in drought right now. It is the driest it has been on record in 127 years. And this is not coincidence. This is climate change. If you look at the longterm drought, you can see a clear trend to deeper and deeper drought over the past 120 years. A lot of scientists think that we are getting into permanent drought in the west because of climate change. Adriana. Diaz all right, jeff. Not coincidence, its climate change. Thank you so much. Queen elizabeth was back at work today. She visited the royal navys new Flagship Aircraft Carrier that bears the name of her 16th century predecessor. The 96yearold monarch visited with members of the crew, including 250 u. S. Marines. And it was Graduation Day at the u. S. Military academy at west point. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attended the ceremony, where 100 cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants. Hats off to the class of 2021 straight ahead on the Cbs Weekend News, apples Tim Cook is in the hot seat in an epic battle in court. Taking on tesla, ford electrifies the f150. And later, Local Boy makes good. A Cubs Fan gets his Dream Job at wrigley field. Diaz apple is accused of monopolizing its app store, and the epic battle has reached federal court. Cbs Technology Reporter Dan Patterson has more. Are you feeling confident about this Case Today . Reporter one of americas most powerful c. E. O. S arrived at federal court in oakland to defend how the nations most valuable company runs its app store. It was apple c. E. O. Tim cooks first time in court testifying, and the biggest moment in the antitrust Court Battle with epic games, the creator of fortnite. In the lawsuit, epic Charges Apple is an illegal monopoly, controlling access to its iphone Operating System, and Gouging Developers with up to 30 commission on sales. Last year, epic tried to get around that, and fortnite was removed from the app store. Meghan dimuzio runs the coalition for app fairness. If you want your app on an iphone or an ipad, you have to go through the app store, period. Theres no alternative. Reporter is google guilty of doing the same thing . There are similar grievances with google as there are with apple. However, you know, our Developer Members continue to point tech towards apple as having the most egregious behavior. Reporter but apple rejects that argument, insisting it must control the Operating System to protect the iphone Users Privacy and security. Dan patterson, Cbs News. Diaz still ahead on the Cbs Weekend News ford powers into the future. Its iconic american pickup is changing the look of electric vehicles. Diaz ford charged up its Model Lineup this week with an electric version of the f150. The automaker says the popular pickup aims to be the Model T of electric cars. Cbss Erroll Barnett too ride. Reporter since the end of World War ii when fords F Trucks Have become synonymous with american grit. Now, ford is betting on the future that the best Selling Pickup in america is ready for the electric revolution. It was very important for our customers that this didnt look like a science project. It needed to look like a truck. There we go. Reporter linda Zhangs Task was to electrify this icon, as the Chief Engineer for the f150 lightning. She was more than happy to tell us about the Trucks Ability to tow up to 10,000 pounds, but her favorite feature to show off is its acceleration. Kick it Reporter Shooting from zero to 60 miles an hour in 4. 5 seconds. Wow why is ford doing this now . I think this is an indication that ford believes e. V. S are ready to go mainstream. Reporter car and drivers eric tingwall. They are making the most popular vehicle in america an electric, thinking that they can tap into that huge audience, huge customer base, and get them excited about e. V. S. Reporter but less than 2 of cars sold in the u. S. Are electric, and americans bought more fseries trucks in the first quarter of this year than all e. V. S purchased last year. Plus, the segment is getting crowded. Gms going to be competing in this space. Tesla obviously has the Cyber Truck coming. Reporter the Lightnings Baseline Model is priced at 40,000. Production begins next year. Errol barnett, Cbs News, bruce township, michigan. Diaz next on the Cbs Weekend News, a Billionaires Art Collection goes on display in a new home. Well visit. Diaz the Mona Lisa has Something New to smile about a Museum Opening in paris this weekend after a long pandemic wait. And as Cbss Elaine Cobbe shows us, not everything is as It Appears. Reporter this is a Dream Come True For French billionaire francois pinault. Paris landmark Commodities Exchange, the bourse du commerce, transformed into a new museum displaying Pinaults Collection of contempoary art. Inside, old meets new. The space reimagined by japanese architect tadao ando. The exhibits centerpiece is a replica of Giambolognas Abduction of the sabine women, by newyork based swiss artist urs fischer. It appears to be marble, but its really sculpted wax. The entire installation is a giant candle and will be lIt And gradually melt away. Director Martin Bethenod says the new museum will also explore how france is acknowledging and reevaluating its colonialist past. What is important here is not big names, big works, impressive; but sensibility, humanism, and sense of the relationship between art and existence. Reporter a third of the artists in this exhibition are american, including Kerry James Marshall and david hammons, Whose Works Explore Black Identity and the cultural slavery of people of colr. But theres fun, too. Stuffed pigeons look down from under the dome, and an animatronic mouse peeps from a hole in the wall. The old Commodities Exchange was built in 1889, the same year as the eiffel tower. It costs 200 Million to transform it into this Art Museum where old and new are now Side By side. Paris is already home to more than 200 museums, so can the capital of culture make room for one more . Art and Museum Tour Guide Susan Taylorleduc says its on her list. Paris can absolutely take another museum, especially a modern Art Museum. I think that its an extraordinary setting, so having the opportunity to have so many new works of art and on a new exhibitions is always a pull for the city of paris. Reporter as people applaud the reopening of museums, the Pinault Collection will be hoping Something New will keep them coming back for more. Elaine cobbe, Cbs News, paris. Diaz love with elaine takes us to paris. When we return, a lifelong Cubs Fan scored his Dream Job at wrigley field, breaking barriers on the way. Diaz finally tonight, here in chicago, the cubs are making history again. Not for their performance on The Field but for a performer off The Field. A new voice is in the air at chicagos wrigley field. Good Afternoon And Welcome to baseball he in beautiful wrigley field. Diaz its deep. Your attention, Pleas Iaz . Animated. Anthony Rizzo Diaz . And younger than it sounds. This is The Voice of wrigley field, Jeremiah Paprocki diaz your voice sounds like youre, like, 58 years old laughs but how old are you actually . Im 21, yeah. Number nine diaz and in college. His senior year classes are still online. I thought that this dream was out of the ballpark, but here i am in the ballpark as The Voice. So, anything can happen. Diaz so, wheres your new office . Im in the press box. Diaz Jeremiah Paprocki is the youngest p. A. Announcer ever at wrigley, home to a historic team; legendary Playbyplay Broadcaster Harry caray. Three strikes, youre out diaz . And super fans like bill murray. We came here to win this Ball Game Diaz but paprocki is also the teams first ever black public address announcer. It really means a lot. People of color in general reaching out and saying, like, hey, youre such a huge inspiration. Diaz an inspiration whos now a bit of a Sports Star of his own. Congratulations, man. I appreciate it. Thats awesome, man, thank you. Diaz his Passion For Baseball came from his mother. She once worked as a Parking Attendant here, and always brought him to games, where he would mimic the announcers. So, can i get some announcing . Can you give me, like of course. Diaz some samples . Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, good Afternoon And Welcome to baseball here at beautiful wrigley Field Diaz that is amazing it got serious in high school. This is a reminder for seniors. Diaz and this spring, when he saw the cubs p. A. Job pop up on facebook. Im here to audition. Diaz . His mom filmed his audition. And he knocked it out of the park. Offer you the job as the next p. A. Announcer at wrigley field. Wow. Being told youre going to be the new voice of wrigley field, you know, its like this has to be a joke in some way, or maybe im dreaming . So i dont know. Right now, im still speechless. Diaz hopefully hes not too speechless hes got a lot of talking ahead of him. Thats the news tonight. We leave you now with chicagos famed buckingham fountain, back on today after a Year Hiatus due to the pandemic. Im Adriana Diaz in chicago. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org because of this Pandemic Operation had to be put on hold for over a year. And holy cow, was there some demand pentup. The incredible turnout here in oakland. And gosh this is like a solution for the trash problem. Brush fire burns at least one building and nearly touched off a much bigger problem. Illegal dumping in oakland. People waited long lines to do the right thing at the citys first bulky block party. Wilson walker shows us how this could be a first step in a much bigger journey. Reporter looks like one nice giant piece of the solution. Time to minimize. And that was still too much stuff. Reporter he came by Sedan Pickup Truck uhaul and various other modes of transport. The stuff itself was just about anything you can think of, and the people that were dumping It All off were generally thrilled to be doing is

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