fundraiser called drive for charity. first laps proceeds go towards supporting local children's and families in need. >> this is kind of a once in a multigeneration type of event, just because the pavement is so fresh and it's so smooth and sleek out there, but this will certainly continue for the year. >> organizers tell us the last track repaving was back in 2001 and this is a fun one, sports director vern glenn took his own car on a test drive. we'll hear how he fared and his truck coming up at 7:00. it is a funny one. be prepared. cbs evening ♪ ♪ >> norah: mid-flight nosedive. what lead a plane carrying more than 230 people to suddenly drop throwing passengers into the ceiling. >> we don't know exactly what it is, but something like this is

very rare. >> norah: the latest in a series of air scares as the justice department opens up a criminal probe into boeing after the door panel blew out. the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening. i am norah o'donnell. and thank you for being with us. tonight to more turbulence in the air and on the ground for boeing with the terrifying incident involving a passenger jet over new zealand and a new investigation into the company's practices. we will have more than that in just a moment. but beginning with the breaking news coming in of a deadly school bus accident in western illinois. state police say five people were killed including three children when the school bus crossed over the yellow line and then slammed into a semi truck. both the bus and the truck burst into flames killing everyone on board in both vehicles. cbs's roxana saberi is going to start us off tonight with the tragic details. >> the semi has hit a school bus. one of the vehicles is on fire.

>> reporter: charred and twisted metal is all that remains of the school bus and semi truck that collided in rushville, illinois, this morning. >> preliminary information indicates that the bus was traveling west on route 24 and for an unknown reason crossed over into the eastbound lanes in front of the semi truck. both vehicles became engulfed in flames. >> reporter: it happen on this stretch of highway in the rural community of schuyler county, illinois, about 200 miles southwest of chicago. police say the school bus hit semi truck, hauling a load of sand. >> it's a close-knit family. and when you have lost a life like this, it's devastating. >> reporter: all three children on the bus and both drivers were killed. the crash comes amid a recent state of bus accidents. an estimated 108 people were killed in school bus related crashes across the country in 2021. just last wednesday, a service truck ran a red light in wisconsin, slamming into a school bus and injuring eight students. and tonight, a school bus crashed into a house in

dorchester, massachusetts. in today's crash, investigators from the schuyler sheriff's department are searching for clues on the cause of the collision. tonight the city of rushville is asking people to lower their flags to half-staff. the names of the victims have not yet been released. norah. >> norah: roxana saberi, thank you so much. now to the growing problems facing aerospace giant boeing, and in a new criminal investigation by the justice department following a series of safety investigations involving america's largest airline manufacturer. as cbs's kris van cleave reports that in the air today over the skies of new zealand. >> reporter: terrifying moments along the flight traveling from australia to new zealand. in this video obtained by the new zealand herald, the airline says it obtained a technical issue with a strong movement of the boeing 787 that launched passengers into the ceiling leaving some bloodied. early reports indicate the flight's control system may have

temporarily malfunctioned resulting in up to 50 injuries on board, 13 taken to hospitals. >> we don't know exactly what it is, but something like this is very rare. >> reporter: this latest incident comes after several air scares in the u.s. just last week. now cbs news has learned the department of justice has launched a criminal probe into boeing, stemming from the door panel that blew out mid air on this alaska airlines 737 max in january. the ntsb investigation so far indicates the bolts holding that panel in place were not reinstalled during the plane's manufacturing process. and now boeing says it cannot find paperwork that should've been generated by those repairs. >> they need to go through a serious transformation here. in terms of their responsiveness, their culture, and their quality issues.

>> reporter: doj secretary pete buttigieg and michael wittinger in washington today. >> do you believe that they are making safe airplanes right now? >> we are over citing the plans as they come out, and with the oversight we certify them as safe. >> respectful you certified this plane without door panels door panels. >> we have dramatically increased our oversight over the aircraft. >> norah: kris van cleave with the tough questions, so what kind of consequences could boeing face? >> reporter: boeing is declining to investigate on the doj investigation, but if investigators find wrongdoing, boeing could face criminal charges and are already facing a number of lawsuits from that alaska airlines incident one seeking a billion dollars, norah. >> norah: kris van cleave, thanks for staying on top of it. overseas now to gaza with the muslim holy month of ramadan underway and a growing rift between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. at a congressional hearing today on growing threats, the director of national intelligence warned that the war in gaza will have a generational impact on terrorism. this is the u.s. military today conducting at seven the airdrop of humanitarian aid to the region. cbs's chris livesay reports from jerusalem. >> reporter: was cease-fire negotiations failing, israel saves it is mobilizing for an offensive on rafah, the hamas stronghold but also a refuge to one and a half million

palestinians. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing his military will push ahead regardless of concerns from the white house arguing any friction with the u.s., israel's biggest ally, emboldens hamas. >> to the extent that hamas believes there is daylight between us, that does not help. >> reporter: president biden has been sharpening his criticism over netanyahu over loss of civilian life in israel. >> he's hurting israel more than helping israel, by making the rest of the world contrary to what israel stands for. >> reporter: israel insists it will show an evacuation and rafah before the offensive, but has not revealed exactly how. this week marks the start of ramadan, islamic holy month, a% time of prayer and fasting, but in recent years, violence has well over israeli restrictions on accessing muslim holy sites in jerusalem. muslims are heading to the al-aqsa mosque compound. it's been a flash point and ramadan's past, and this year with the war in gaza, tensions are borderline. samer sinijlawi is an activist with the palestinian political party fatah. >> everybody suddenly will feel that he has a sense of responsibility to act, not only to show solidarity. suddenly the images that are coming out of gaza that

generated some kind of grief and sorrow will be translated into anger. >> reporter: hopes for a cease-fire aren't dead. cia director bill burns was in the region this weekend to negotiate.

now israel, the government here in jerusalem is insisting hamas release that dozens of israeli hostages it's been holding for five months. but so far, norah, hamas is refusing. >> norah: chris livesay, with that new reporting, thank you. now to america decides 2024 and the race for president. tonight there is a shake-up at the republican national committee, engineered by donald trump. cbs news has learned that dozens are being pushed out as a former president's allies and his daughter-in-law take over. here's cbs's nancy cordes with headlines from the campaign trail. >> reporter: campaigning in new hampshire today, president biden brought up the company his opponent kept this weekend. >> he was with viktor orban, who talked about democracy being the problem. >> reporter: viktor orban is the authoritarian leader of hungry who has cracked down on the judiciary, the press, and lgbtq+ rights. he drew high praise from donald trump at mar-a-lago. >> this is the way it's going to be, and that's the end of it,

right? he's the boss. he is a great leader. fantastic leader. >> reporter: orban later told the hungarian press that trump had promised he would not give a penny to ukraine if elected. the trump campaign disputes that. they are also fielding questions about trump's abrupt reversal on tiktok. he now opposes a ban on the chinese owned social media site. >> it was a meeting that lasted for a few minutes. >> reporter: in an interview this morning, trump denied that his change of heart came after meeting with financier jeff yass whose fund has a multibillion-dollar stake in tiktok's parent company. >> i don't think i never met him before, but he never mentioned tiktok. >> reporter: in the same interview, trump suggested he is open to cutting medicare or social security for saving money. biden seized on that in new hampshire. >> i will never allow that to happen. i want to cut social security. i won't cut medicare. >> reporter: in the wake of a state of the union address, biden's hitting battleground

states and airing a new ad about his age. >> look, i'm not a young guy, that's no secret, but here's the deal, i understand how to get things done for the american people. >> reporter: in rome, georgia, this weekend, trump called biden's state of the union speech a -- >> angry dark hate-filled rant. >> reporter: then he mocked the president's lifelong stutter. >> bring the country to to to -- together. >> reporter: it was not the first time trump has made fun of a disability or a disorder from a biden campaign official, said that it shows trump is weak and insecure. it came in the same speech that he referred to reporters as criminals. norah. >> norah: nancy cordes at the white house, thank you. the powerful winds that howled from virginia to new england today turned deadly outside the capital of pennsylvania. 43-year-old man was killed overnight when the wind blew down a tree hitting his home.

winds topping 50 miles an hour were reported at the time. the threat continues tonight across the northeast. tonight an update for u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in jamaica calling an emergency meeting with several cribbean leaders as the surge in violence in haiti has that country on the verge of collapse. over the weekend, the u.s. military evacuated some u.s. embassy workers for safety reasons. the turmoil started last month with these powerful gangs to demanding that the prime minister stepped down. cbs's manuel bojorquez has more on the growing crisis. >> reporter: haiti is on the brink of collapse. armed gangs have a stranglehold on the capital, setting fire to police stations and storming prisons to free thousands of inmates. the latest in violence led the u.s. to evacuate nonessential personnel from the embassy in port-au-prince over the weekend. it's the haitian people who are caught in the middle. "the situation in the country is critical, people can no longer go about their business," says

this man. the gangs are threatening all-out war unless haiti's prime minister ariel henry resigns. today secretary of state antony blinken flew for an emergency meeting with other nations. they say that they are in touch with americans trapped in haiti. >> if they are in haiti, they should leave once it's safe for them to do so. >> reporter: henry took over after the station nation of jovenel moise and 2001 and has obtained new elections. it has had 15,000 patients over the last week and 1200 have been killed. and 700 injured since the beginning of the year. jacqueline charles covers the caribbean for the "miami herald." what is the lifelike right now for a normal haitian family? >> there there's only a few days of fuel that is left for electricity. schools are closed, hospitals have also been overtaken by the gangs have also done the same

with police stations. i mean, people are really just on their own. >> reporter: for u.s. citizens in haiti tonight, options to evacuate tonight are limited because major u.s. carriers have suspended flights. if the situation does not improve, cbs news has learned a full evacuation of the u.s. embassy is likely. norah. >> norah: very dangerous, manny bojorquez, thank you so much. tonight there are new questions surrounding the health of the princess of wales, kate middleton's last public event was two and half months ago, and except for a few paparazzi-style photos she has not been seen since christmas. now a photoshopped image of princess katherine and the royal children has the future queen apologizing. cbs's charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: the controversy started innocently enough, a family photo of the princess of wales and the smiling children to mark mother's day here in britain, but then came to kill order from several global news agency is like the

associated press, saying that it appears that that the photo had been manipulated at source. and apparently not very well. observers noted more than a dozen inconsistencies. a sleeve that did not line up with charlotte's wrist. a skewered zipper on kate's jacket, and her blurred hand around louis. initially the palace refused to comment, but today the princess tweeted "like many amateur photographers, i do occasionally experiment with editing. i wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph caused." but it's the first official photo since kate underwent unspecified abdominal surgery nearly two months ago. and the doctored image only fueled a tempest of speculation surrounding catherine's help. >> i've never seen anything and all the years i've been doing this job like today. >> reporter: is it because so many people want to know what is going on? >> i think it's because we have not really had a situation like this where two very important members of the royal family are unwell. >> reporter: the shot was

taken by prince william seen today at a commonwealth service who has been flying so low as the face of the monarchy for weeks. his father king charles undergoing cancer treatment, his wife still recovering from surgery. dealing with health-related issues at home and now scrutiny on on the world stage. tonight our sources called the controversy a storm in a royal teacup. but that photoshop fail won't do much to dampen down the speculation around the princess's well-being. >> norah: so many questions left, charlie d'agata, thank you. officials in florida are investigating a rare and terrifying encounter with a crocodile that sent a man to the hospital. we have the details next. ails n. . with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms

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[laughter] i think it happened during "i'm just ken." >> "i'm just ken" was a big hit, but it was not confirmed the other kens from the movie would join ryan until a couple of weeks ago and some did not lock in until thursday. here's the fascinating thing. "barbie" was all about female empowerment, but in the end it was a man, the patriarchy that got all the attention, norah. >> norah: well, i don't know about that. [laughs] kevin, thank you. "heart of america" is next with the u.s. women's national soccer team back on top. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this portion of the "cbs evening news" is sponsored by ancestry. discover, preserve, represent. ♪ ♪ sponsored by ancestry. discover, preserve, represent. ♪ ♪ d it come from? ancestry can help you find out. lucky you, it's on sale now. ( ♪♪ )

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hard-fought journey. >> we have dealt with a lot of different kind of adversity. and ups and downs, so i am very proud of how we came out of it and getting a win at the end. >> norah: we are proud too. after an early exit in the 2023 world cup coming in a bronze medal at the 2020 olympics, the u.s. women have their sights set on gold at theparis games this summer. congratulations, and good luck to the u.s. women's national . norah, thank you, we lead with taco bell. we have seen it time and time again. businesses close because of crime, now, taco bell is the latest to make big changes. >> it is sad it got to the point where they can not allow people inside because they get robbed. and, why the chain is literally shutting people out to keep customers and workers

safe. and, another case of confirmed measles in california. may be a side effect of the pandemic. what parents can do to protect their children heading into the summer months. lending a hand by building a seat. focusing on bus stops in one east bay city. >> we were not looking for fame or glory or anything like that, our goal is just to give people a place to sit. >> reporter: start your engines. our vern glenn tests out the newly repaved track at the sonoma raceway in his own ride. you don't want to miss it. let that engine eat! this is "cbs evening . the company that owns most of the taco bells in town is shutting down the dining rooms as john ramos reports the reason is a familiar one. >> reporter: this taco be