gaza. this welcome by palestinians for prisoners freed in exchange. >> i'm imtiaz tayib in jerusalem where there's growing hope more americans will be released from gaza soon. also tonight, delicate diplomacy. what the biden administration says it is doing to free all americans held by hamas. plus, a gunman opens fire on three college students in burlington, vermont. all of the victims of palestinian descent. heading home. for millions after thanksgiving weather makes it a messy ride. flyers feeling the crush at airports. >> i'm elise preston at l.a.x. with a look at how busy airports are giving holiday travelers an aftertaste. buying boom. holiday shoppers spending big this weekend. in stores and online. and later, ryan's recycling. he's a teenage ceo helping to clean california beaches, turning trash into cash. >> it's fun. it's good for the planet. why not? and, free money too. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news." from new york, with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with the latest developments in the middle east. hamas is now seeking to extend the four-day temporary truce set to expire monday. it follows the third exchange of hostages for palestinian prisoners. today the first american hostage was released, a 4-year-old girl. of the 17 hostages returned to israel sunday, these images of reunions and relief, just a portion of the 240 hostages seized by hamas. as part of the truce deal, aid is flowing in to gaza. israel says 200 trucks entered the territory today through the crossing with egypt. also in gaza, prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited israeli troops, vowing to fight hamas, quote, until victory. in london tens of thousands demonstrated against antisemitism. the rally coming amid a steep rise in hate crimes. for now a noticeable change in gaza, the longest break in fighting since october 7th. cbs's imtiaz tayib leads us off tonight in east jerusalem. >> reporter: good evening. well, after 51 days in captivity, 4-year-old american-israeli abigail edan is finally free. with president biden saying she had endured the unthinkable. a sea of israeli flags greeted the mini buses carrying the latest hostages released from gaza. this third wave of captives let go as part of the deal between israel and hamas was the smoothest exchange yet and included the first american. 4-year-old abigail edan. in a statement her family said there was, quote, no words to express their relief and gratitude at her release. both edan's mother and father were killed by hamas gunmen on october 7th, and she will now be cared for by relatives. the joy at her freedom follows dozens of reunions since friday. like irish-israeli 9-year-old emily hand, who was initially res presumed dead, now safely in her father tom's arms. >> she's lost a lot of weight. but generally doing better than we expected. >> reporter: since the start of the truce between israel and hamas, which began on friday, 51 out of 240 hostages have been released. while 117 of around 8,000 palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails have been freed. mainly women and children, some who have been imprisoned for years. like 24-year-old mara baqir, seen here hugging her mother. baqir was still a child when she was jailed and has already served eight years behind bars. several of the other released prisoners had been in prison without charge or trial, including some of these teenage boys, who were given a hero's welcome in the occupied west bank. while in gaza utter despair. the pause in violence allowed palestinians to return to their devastated homes in the north of the strip to gather what's left of their lives after entire city blocks were flattened by israeli airstrikes. and while optimism is growing this four-day break in violence could be extended, prime minister benjamin netanyahu on an unprecedented trip into gaza vowed to resume the campaign, saying, "we are continuing until the end. until victory. nothing will stop us." and although abigail edan is the first american to be freed from gaza, she was one of ten who were thought to be held captive by hamas. the others include two women and seven men, jericka. and it's hoped the two women will be released as part of tomorrow's exchange. >> imtiaz tayib for us in east jerusalem. thank you. president biden hailed the release of the first american hostage and said he's now pushing for the pause in fighting to be extended beyond monday. cbs's natalie bran is at the white house. natalie, the president spoke with the family of the first american released? >> reporter: that's right, jericka. the white house says president biden has spoken by phone with members of abigail's family, and he also spoke to prime minister netanyahu about securing the release of all hostages. >> thank god she's home. >> reporter: president biden confirmed abigail mor-edan who turned 4 years old on friday, made it to israel following 50 days in captivity. >> held for 50 days. what she endured is unthinkable. >> reporter: her family told cbs news last week that she witnessed both her parents gunned down by hamas on october 7th. her older siblings, 6 and 10, survived hiding in a closet for 14 hours. >> we know that for her to come back for her sister and her brother is their one hope. >> reporter: u.s. officials are hopeful that two women, both dual u.s.-israeli citizens, will be freed tomorrow. but seven american men are still unaccounted for. >> we will not stop working till every hostage is returned to >> reporter: the president says he hopes the pause in fighting will extend beyond monday to allow additional hostages out and more humanitarian aid into gaza. israel has made clear that eliminating hamas is still its goal. the biden administration is still pushing for a two-state solution. >> i'll continue working with all our partners to take the hard but necessary steps to build an integrated and more prosperous and more peaceful future in the region. >> reporter: president biden said he would like the pause to continue as long as prisoners keep coming out. israel's prime minister said he agrees but he said he will resume the military campaign in gaza with full force once the temporary truce ends. jericka? >> natalie brand reporting in washington tonight. thank you. tonight a gunman remains at large following the shooting of three college students in burlington, vermont. all of them of palestinian descent. it happened last night. authorities say the students were confronted by a white man with a gun who said nothing before opening fire. one of the three students suffered serious injuries. two were reportedly wearing kaffiyeh, a traditional palestinian scarf. there is no known motive. the fbi says it is ready to assist with the investigation. today millions of americans made a dash for home after the long thanksgiving weekend. for those in the midwest snow slowed down some travelers, but the plows were out in iowa. for flyers the sky was a busy place. take a look at these flights in the air. an estimated 30 million passengers flew over a ten-day span. cbs's elise preston is in los angeles with more. >> reporter: jericka, more than a quarter of a million passengers are expected to flow through los angeles international airport today, all part of the holiday rush to get home. frustrated flyers are up against long lines and packed planes in what could be the busiest travel day ever. >> i just want to go home. >> reporter: a record 2.9 million passengers are expected to go through u.s. airports, prompting many to plan ahead. >> you're several hours early. >> yeah, because we didn't know if it was going to be packed because of thanksgiving. >> reporter: snow and rain will slow some of those travelers. andy fitch watched chicago weather alerts all day. >> apparently, it's been snowing all morning. so we're here early so that we can get back and find out what's going on. hopefully nothing gets delayed. >> reporter: if it's delayed, what is that going to do for you heading to work tomorrow? >> i mean, i think i'll just have to skip out on some sleep. >> reporter: also facing a bumpy ride, drivers. with about 49 million people expected to hit the road this holiday period. experts predict traffic jams across the country. some americans are hoping to avoid the crowds by driving or flying monday. but they still could face the same travel headaches. jericka? >> got to have patience. elise preston in los angeles, thank you. now to the holiday shopping season. despite rising costs and higher interest rates, consumers spent big and set records this weekend. more now from cbs's astrid martinez. >> reporter: energized crowds out in force this weekend found joy in brick and mortar shopping and holiday fairs like this one in dallas. >> gifts and things that our families wouldn't find somewhere else. >> reporter: the national retail federation estimates 182 million people will shop from thanksgiving through cyber monday. nearly 16 million more than last year. even with more people looking for an in-person shopping experience like right here in new york city's bryan park, data from shopify finds that 93% of consumers will buy some of their gifts online. eric matasoff with adobe analytics says consumers will find the deepest discounts on cyber monday. >> so we're expecting that cyber monday will be the biggest shopping day of the year, with apparel and electronics driving a lot of those purchases. up to just about $90 billion for the country. >> reporter: the day could set a cyber monday record following a $9.8 billion spending record set on black friday. adobe's numbers are not adjusted for inflation. but as credit card debt reaches an all-time high, a growing number of americans are delaying the payment of expensive purchases. >> we're seeing a 17% lift on buy now pay later compared to last year. and that's simply because shoppers are looking for ways to save and make the most of their dollar. >> reporter: that bodes well for retailers but could bring big belt tightening in the new year. astrid martinez, cbs news, new york. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," what happens when you take the coal industry out of coal country? plus a minnesota wind farm that's full of old school charm. and how a cifornia teen is turning trash into treasure. coal has powered american industry for decades, but renewable energy has fueled the closing of mines and loss of related jobs. cbs's mark strassmann reports on a training program that is restoring land as well as labor. >> reporter: in west virginia's hollers, deep in appalachia, jobless coal miners now find a seam of hope. >> wasn't 100% sure who i was going to do. >> reporter: a mine laid off james damron two years ago. >> i did know i didn't want to go back in the deep mines. >> reporter: instead, damron found coal field development and its incoming ceo, jacob israel hannah. >> hope is only as good as what it means to put food on the table. >> reporter: the program's a community-based non-profit. teaching a dozen job skills and personal ones. construction, agriculture, solar installation. >> they're going through this process here -- >> reporter: someone could get paid up to three years to learn all of them. >> that's a good deal. >> we want to make sure you have all the tools in your toolkit to know when you do interview with an employer here's the things you lay out that you've learned. >> reporter: it's working. training more than 2,500 people, creating 800 new jobs, and 72 new businesses. a program delivering with roughly $20 million in federal grants. >> instead of waiting around for something to happen, we're trying to generate our own hope. >> this isn't pie in the sky. this is nitty-gritty -- >> meeting real needs where they're at. >> reporter: steven spry is a grad. he's helping reclaim an abandoned strip mine, turning throwaway land into lush land. >> now i've kind of got a career out of just i can weld, i can farm, i can run excavators. >> you can always find a job doing something. >> yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: with the program james damron now works only above ground. >> that was a big part of my identity, was being a coal miner. and even that, like i kind of had to find myself again, i guess. >> and now you have. >> i absolutely have. >> reporter: appalachia is mining something new. options. mark strassmann, cbs news, bingo county, west virginia. still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," a visit to where% the wind bows. it's been said the american west would still be wild were it not for the windmill. the water-pumping machine that allows homes and farms to thrive. in tonight's "weekend journal" cbs's john lawrence of wcco shows us a collection that might just blow you away. >> reporter: even on a day with low-hanging clouds you can still see the wind turbines that tower over parts of southwestern minnesota. these giants capture wind from the prairie. but they're a light breeze compared to what you'll see on terry rodman's farm. >> you are in the perfect part of the state to have a windmill collection. >> it's kind of all my wife's fault because she wanted a dutch windmill. >> reporter: in 1999 terry built that windmill for his wife, from scratch. then to balance things out he put up a farm windmill. and people around jasper took notice. >> then the other people said, well, if you're looking for a windmill i got one. i got one, i got one. and it just kind of bundled up. >> reporter: or blew up. into a windmill city. cen century-old farm relics once used to pump water out of the ground found a new home at terry's. he now has 44 windmills and counting. the tallest is 54 feet high. the shortest is 11 feet. to be in this collection they have to stand out. like this twin fan windmill from hutchinson, kansas. >> i want something different than everybody else has. and the foreign windmills are different. china and australia and south africa. nobody's got that many of them. >> reporter: this windmill from roswell, new mexico is the widest on the farm. it has a 20-foot diameter. terry drove 1,000 miles to pick it up and bring it back here. he uses a truck to get the artifacts in place and then anchors them down with concrete. across the road is a sort of windmill hospital. that's where terry spends time repairing old windmills for other people. terry has had visitors from across the country. many to reminisce about a time that was. while others just enjoy the farm relic revolution. >> that's one of the things that really keep us going, is people commenting about how glad they are to see somebody collecting these. >> reporter: john lauritsen, cbs news, jasper, minnesota. >> almost like a museum of sorts. well, next on the "cbs weekend news," 'tis the season for holiday lights. tuming up, we'll tell you where this well-lit christmas street is located. ♪ for kids growing up in the late 1960s and '70s these tv characters were unforgettable. they were the creation of puppeteer turned producer marty croft. he and his brother sid also produced "land of the lost" and "the donny and marie show." we learned today that marty krofft died in los angeles. he was 86. he said the recipe for success, pray a lot and create great characters. now to quite a light show in utah. this is the township of magna just west of salt lake city seen by a high-flying drone there. it lit up the holiday cheer this weekend. every single house on this street adorned with holiday lights and decorations. that's so cool. when we come back, we'll introduce you to a teenager for whom trash is cash. finally tonight, for most teenagers recycling is an annoying chore. but for one teen it's his life's work. >> this van here, this is yours. >> yes. >> right? >> it is. >> you couldn't even drive. >> reporter: ryan hickman may only be 14 years old, but he already runs a recycling business, covering a large stretch of southern california. >> this is probably about five days' worth. >> reporter: five days? >> reporter: he started collecting and sorting bottles and cans from neighbors and friends when he was just 3 years old. >> it's fun. it's good for the planet. why not? and free money, too. >> reporter: all those nickels he was earning were adding up. by the time he was 7, ryan had reached his first $10,000. and when this facebook post went viral, overnight ryan's recycling became a rampant success. >> this is from everywhere i've heard from. >> reporter: now with the help of his donated electric van rijn collects cash not only for his college fund but to help others. he has a worldwide following and a bedroom wall full of awards for his charity work. >> anaheim ducks. e-waste and recycling. >> reporter: ryan now leads beach clean-ups almost every week. >> oh, right here. >> i can't believe you spotted that. >> i have good eyes. >> you make money off the bottles and cans, but you don't make any money off this. >> no. >> this is just all volunteer. thank you. >> uh-huh. >> out of the goodness of your heart, huh? >> uh-huh. trash. >> reporter: all driven by a teenage boy's passion and compassion. >> this is trash. you want to get it? >> yeah, i want to get it. this is like pity trash for me? >> it's okay. >> reporter: ryan's dad, damian, is all in. >> this has taken over your family's life. this has become your business. >> yeah. you know, i saw the passion that ryan had at such a young age. i'm like wow, this is actually going someplace. >> so two years ago he quit his job as a graphic designer and followed ryan's passion for recycling. >> i think we had 8,000 customers since we started. and the numbers have grown every day. >> reporter: their 14 employees drive around southern california picking up people's bottles and cans. >> white bin is for plastic only. >> reporter: they recycle them and share their profits with their customers. while father and son share a bond. >> it's been fun getting to hang out with him. and he enjoyed it too. >> reporter: united on a mission to help the planet and pay for college, one nickel at a time. carter evans, cbs news, san juan capistrano, california. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. coming up tonight, a special 90-minute edition of "60 minutes." among the stories, a monastery where wine-making is a divine art. i'm jericka duncan in new york. from all of us here, thank you so much for watching. good night. now at 6:00, an armed guard swarmed and subdued in a bold and coordinated attack outside an east bay convenience store. what the armed robbers were after and why they left the store alone. plus, it's expected to be a historic day at u.s. airports. so how has it been for travelers? and we've all heard stories of people leaving california. but there are still plenty of people moving into and not out of the bay area. we'll have their story. and a man on the front lines in the fight against fruit flies. the battle to stop the pesky insect from spreading around the bay area. >> i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. a 5-year-old girl who was rescued from the ocean in san mateo county has died. we're also learning first responders have called off the search for the man who was swept away with the child. this happened at martins beach just south of half-moon bay yesterday. crews say a 54-year-old man and the girl were swept into the ocean. san mateo county fire managed to rescue the little girl, she was taken to the hospital but did not survive. today, the coast guard had air and boat crews searching for the missing man before calling off the search. the national weather service did issue a warning