i m elise preston in santa monica, california, where crowds are coming to escape the extreme heat. also tonight, mixed signals. after a week filled with flight delays and cancellations, starting today, there s a new invisible threat that could cause more disruptions. i m michael george in new york. new, more powerful 5g wireless signals could make your flight delays even worse. plus, immigrant crackdown. florida s new law that takes aim at undocumented workers and their employers takes effect today. rage in the streets. as france struggles to quash days of violent protests. peach problem. what s eating into georgia s farmers profits, and impact k sweet treats? and later hog wild. we ll take you to the town that s squealing with pig pride. what do we have up here? this is a pork in the road. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. we begin this fourth of july weekend with severe heat scorching much of the country. and i
reporter: a deal with the fcc allows wireless companies to start powering up new 5g our towers near major airports today. an altimeter bounces radio signals off the ground to determine how high the plane is flying. but 5g signals could potentially interfere with those readings, making landing in fog or other poor visibility conditions dangerous. cbs news travel editor peter greenberg explains, this has nothing to do with your phone or whether it s in airplane mode. those don t affect navigation, but a 5g tower can because it s sending a sill, not for the plane, but that signal can actually disrupt the readings you re going to get on the radio altimeter which will give the pilot a false altitude reading. reporter: most major u.s. airlines have fully upgraded to new altimeters that aren t affected by 5g signals. delta airlines told cbs news, due to supply chain problems, 190 of its planes aren t yet retrofitted. in a statement, delta says, some of our aircraft will have more restr
A federal judge has ruled in favor of keeping a temporary restraining order in place against telecommunications giant T-Mobile to prevent the company from activating a new 5G cellular phone tower atop an elementary school. The ruling stems from a lawsuit brought forward by many of the parents of children who attend Washington Elementary School […]
Upper Tantallon is at the head of St. Margaret’s Bay, and is a hub for the nearby small communities dotting the coast. A 35-metre 5G tower is proposed for the area.