the high seas. cbs news, joins the patrol as homeland security works the waters. reporter: this is one of the dozens of motorized vessels that they use to track down the drug runners. evans: plus, making a comeback low tech in high demand. and later, giving back. the atlanta rapper taking mom s advice and helping kids in need. this is the cbs weekend news. evans: good evening, i m carter evans. adriana diaz is off. tonight, new cases of the covid variant omicron are cropping up around the world. britain, belgium, the czech republic, germ me, italy, israel and hong kong all with confirmed cases, botswana reported at least four. the u.k. reimposes mask mandates as prime minister boris johnson has this warning today: it does appear that omicron spreads very rapidly, and can be spread between people who are double vaccinated. evans: cbs debora patta is in johannesburg, south africa, where omicron was first discovered. reporter: the discovery of the new var
Fishermen teamed up to rescue a stranded whale. discovered stuck near captioning sponsored by cbs evans: the new omicron variant spreading. spreading. reporter: i m debora patta in johannesburg where scientists are racing against the clock to determine just how dangerous the new variant is. evans: here in the u.s., the scramble to keep it out. reporter: i m michael george in new york, with concerns over omicron coming to the u.s. what we know and don t know about the new variant. evans: also tonight, holiday shoppers on alert as an alarming smash-and-grab crime spree targets retailers. reporter: i m lilia luciano in los angeles, where shoppers are ready to spend while police are closely watching. evans: drug smuggling on