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business. >> it means that i don't have to throw this in the landfill. >> sunbeam mixer 1955. >> reporter: it turns out fixing the small stuff -- >> i'm a huge fan. >> reporter: might move us a little closer to fixing the word. ann mac avic, cbs news, redwood city, california. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. ♪ hello and thanks so much for
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watching. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are some of the stories we're tracking on "cbs news roundup." heat wave alert. soaring temperatures not seen in decades will bring misery and danger to more than half the u.s. population. strong winds and brittle conditions are feeding los angeles county's first major wildfire of the year. hundreds have been evacuated. and dire new warnings about social media and what it's doing to our kids. should there be warning labels? we'll tell you what the surgeon general says. we're a few days away now from the first day of summer on thursday, but sweltering conditions came early this year. from arizona to maine, dangerous weather is on the way. tens of millions of americans, more than 80% of the country, are facing scorching temperatures. heat emergencies have been declared in boston and washington, d.c., and more than 100 record highs are set to be
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challenged this week alone. cbs's tara molina is keeping track of those brutal temperatures. >> reporter: tonight, a major heat wave is under way for millions. excessive heat warnings are in effect all week long from detroit to bangor, maine, with feels-like temperatures well into the 90s and 100s. the city of pittsburgh could see its hottest five-day stretch in 30 years with temperatures soaring up to 95. some schools in new york are sending kids home early because of the sweltering heat. >> not much you can do. the school doesn't really have air-conditioning. it's not fair to the kids or staff to be in there when it's this hot. >> reporter: in central massachusetts, public schools will finish the school year early because of the heat. their last day is tomorrow. elevated humidity levels in the northeast will add to the misery. new york city is expected to be one of the hottest with the heat index close to 100. >> this is extremely hot for june, and new yorkers should not underestimate the heat. >> reporter: here in chicago, temperatures already hitting the 90s.
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food truck worker emanuel ramos is dreading the week to come. >> i don't really like the hot, so this is going to be very painful for me. but i -- i'm going to have to do what i have to do. >> reporter: families also doing what they have to do to keep cool. >> we're not used to something lasting this long, right? so, you know, just trying to cool off. brought my little one here downtown. >> reporter: it's sweltering in chicago, and we won't see it cool down anytime soon. this heat dome stays in place through the weekend, moving east with temperatures in the 90s. tara molina, cbs news, chicago. and while the rest of the nation suffers through sweltering heat, california is dealing with bone-dry conditions and high winds, a dreadful combination for wildfires. thousands of people are now under evacuation advisories with almost a dozen fires burning across the state. cbs's carter evans is outside los angeles where more than 15,000 acres have now burned over the last two days.
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>> reporter: thousands of firefighters are battling powerful winds as flames erupt in southern and northern california. hundreds of residents were evacuated in sonoma county. several homes destroyed and vineyards threatened in the heart of wine country. this fire 60 miles north of los angeles is the largest so far this year and briefly shut down one of california's busiest highways, interstate 5. the ground is so dry and the winds so strong, it's now exploded to nearly 16,000 acres, destroying an auto repair shop and torching all these cars in just ten minutes. as the wind picks up again, a massive firefight from the air. water drops, retardant, as hotshots battle on the ground to keep these flames from roaring back to life. all of this happening with the surrounding hillsides still deceptively green. >> they are dried out. that wind and that high temperature has dried those out, so they're ripe for burning.
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>> reporter: we're told many of the cars in this lot were here for repairs. they are all destroyed. that high wind red flag warning has now been extended through tuesday, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. carter evans, cbs news, gorman, california. the u.s. surgeon general is calling on congress to take urgent action and put warning labels on social media the same way we have them for alcohol and tobacco. he says the threats social media poses to the mental health of young people is too great to delay, and parents should be aware. cbs's jarred hill has more. >> the skewed and often distorted environment of social media often does a disservice to many of those children. >> reporter: u.s. surgeon general dr. vivek murthy has long warned of the dangers of social media. monday in a "new york times" op-ed, the nation's top doctor called for warning labels on social media platforms, linking their use to significant mental health harms for teens.
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murthy wrote the labels would regularly remind parents and adolescents that social media has not been proved safe. in a public advisory issued last year, murthy cited a study that found adolescents who use social media for more than three hours a day face double the risk of poor mental health outcomes, including depression and anxiety. warning labels like those on alcohol and tobacco products would bump up the call to action. >> i think it's helpful for kids and families to have a cue to discuss this. >> reporter: dr. sarah jerstad, medical director of outpatient mental health services at children's minnesota, explains in teenagers, the frontal lobe or decision-making part of the brain isn't fully developed yet, leaving young people vulnerable. >> they really are going to focus on what feels like kind of the most compelling, most exciting, most interesting thing right in front of them. and sometimes that's going to have high risks to it that they're not able to fully evaluate the way an adult would.
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>> reporter: while there are also benefits to social media, teenagers who spoke with us about this are keenly aware of the drawbacks. >> social media is like -- it will twist your mind into thinking that people are having like an awesome time because they're doing this and doing that. that also makes you feel like you're less than them. >> reporter: congress would have to pass legislation to create warning labels. some lawmakers have voiced support but say it's just the first step, and legal guardrails are needed to keep kids safe. jarred hill, cbs news, new york. a major new immigration relief measure is expected from the white house on tuesday. administration sources tell cbs news president biden will offer a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in the country illegally but who are married to u.s. citizens. the plan will reportedly include deportation protection and changes to the green card application process.
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roundup." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. as the school year ends for students across the country, districts are now taking a closer look at much needed repairs. the average public school building is nearly half a century old. and while there is federal money for repairs, cbs's mark strassmann explains why it sometimes takes too long to get it to school that need it most. >> so what have we got here? >> look at the top. the ceiling tiles are falling down. >> reporter: baker heights elementary is falling apart. >> this is a water fountain that isn't used. >> reporter: timothy scott's job, save the school day. somehow patch whatever's broken. >> could you fix this? >> well, it could be fixed. it could be repaired, but we're pulling funding from the classroom. >> reporter: outside baton rouge, baker, louisiana's home to roughly 12,000 people. money is tight. the population and tax base are shrinking. the infrastructure's crumbling. all five school buildings were built in the 1950s. >> typically when you have
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declining enrollment, it's tough to do anything. >> reporter: superintendent j.t. stroder met us at one of baker's two shuttered schools. >> our school infrastructure is reflective of community infrastructure as a whole. >> yes. i think they are. you can drive around the community, and you'll see how those kind of match. the way a student feels about their surroundings and their atmosphere affects how they perform academically. >> reporter: america's infrastructure grades are in, and the grades are bad. overall, america's infrastructure from roads and bridges to drinking water get a grade of c-minus. and the needed investment to bring america's schools up to par, $870 billion. >> so where are we going? >> reporter: mayor darnell waits showed us baker's challenges. >> everything that i do is infrastructure. >> you know what the problems are. why don't you just fix them? >> it takes money, and there's a lot of other things that's going on at the same time.
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you want infrastructure, but you want to be safe. so 50% of my budget is public safety and everything else goes toward infrastructure. >> where is that money going to come from? >> well, you bill your revenue, but basically it comes from state government and federal funding. >> reporter: in 2021, congress allocated more than $1 trillion to rebuild america's infrastructure. louisiana republican senator bill cassidy was instrumental in negotiating that deal. >> if you're talking about communities that are in genuine need of significant infrastructure help, if these communities are complaining that the federal government has not stepped up, how would you respond? >> during the covid epidemic, billions were sent to state and local educational authorities. but oftentimes when the federal government puts up dollars, the state and local pull back, and the net sum remains constant. >> reporter: to date, the infrastructure law has funded more than 40,000 projects across the country. but in many cases, the money
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reaches communities like baker too slowly. in 2016, a flood closed the high school, and ever since, students have had classes in the middle school building. >> um, i would say i do feel forgotten about. kind of ashamed, you know, to say what school you go to. >> i feel mostly left out at the opportunity to be something bigger. >> reporter: the water-damaged high school will reopen this fall, eight years later. >> we don't have the experience like a bigger environment for us to grow in and flourish in. but i'm hopeful for the future. >> reporter: in many american communities, that's something else america has been slow to rebuild -- hope. mark strassmann, baker, louisiana. now to an 11-year-old from pennsylvania who saw an infrastructure problem in his community and decided to take action. mason jones is known as the guardrail kid on tiktok. cbs's liz crawford tells us how he's making roads across the
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country safer. >> i shouldn't be moving this. >> reporter: it started about a year ago when mason jones, who was 10 years old at the time, came across a video on youtube about guardrails. >> what was the main thing that you remember that really stuck with you? >> mainly it being unsafe. >> reporter: the man behind that video, steve i'mers. >> on america's roadways. >> reporter: who has been advocating for guardrail safety since his daughter, hannah, was killed in a 2016 crash when a guardrail speared through her car. >> allowing an innocent person to lose their life, you didn't make a repair. that's wrong. and we can push our government to be responsive. >> reporter: mason took that challenge to the next level. >> there's not supposed to be a bolt at this post. >> reporter: and then some. >> there were two that were loose like that, but pen dot fixed the other one. >> they're not supposed to be loose? >> no, not at all.
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>> reporter: over the last year, mason says he's reported dozens of guardrails to pen dot. >> i'll bug them till they fix it. >> why are you passionate about this? >> to keep others from being killed. >> i think it's awesome. i mean i love that he's just who he is, and he doesn't care, like, what anyone says. >> reporter: christine said her son was diagnosed with autism around age 3. >> we view it here as just a different ability. it's not disability. >> would you consider mason to be a help to you? >> huge. huge help. the kid is spot-on. >> reporter: using google's satellite straight view, mason finds and reports concerning guardrails to departments of transportation all across the country. >> so you have your own map. >> yes. >> with all these guardrails? >> yes. >> reporter: paving his own unique path. liz crawford, cbs news, chester county, pennsylvania. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.
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number, and cbs's mo rocca has discovered just how true that really is. he's now out with a new book about debuts, comebacks, and triumphs late in life. >> how is that? >> reporter: i've done hundreds of segments for this show over the last 17 years. >> i'm an adrenaline junkie. without adrenaline, i'd die. >> reporter: and i'll admit it. i prefer more seasoned interview subjects. >> did anyone ever accuse you of being a puck hog? >> shall we go one more? >> sure. >> reporter: older people just have better stories. >> i didn't want him to ask me to marry him because i didn't want to say no to frank sinatra. >> i see the oscar. >> yeah. >> reporter: so 11 years ago, i jumped at the chance to interview screen legend rita moreno. ♪ >> we first met in 2013 when you were just 81 at that point. >> just 81.
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imagine that. >> do you remember any of the moves from "america"? >> oh, sure. >> and then before i knew it, were you teaching me dance steps. ♪ >> reporter: as it turned out, rita was embarking on yet another chapter of her already storied career. still to come, starring in a reboot of the sitcom "one day at a time." >> oh, there's tom. >> reporter: hit movies like "80 for brady". >> i'm taking this one. he's cute. >> maura! >> reporter: and fittingly enough, joining the "fast and fur furious" franchise. >> and you will never lose your way. >> here i am, 92. i want to say 90 [ bleep ] 2 so i will. you can cut that out, of course. >> that's great. i love that.
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>> reporter: we've been conditioned to think of the last third of life as a time to wrap things up. but more and more we see people like moreno reaching new peaks instead of packing it in. >> really nice. >> reporter: i call these people roctogenarians, and they're not new. >> retirement is just not for me. >> reporter: take harland sanders, who was 66 and living off social security when he hit the road to peddle his secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices to restaurant owners. by the time colonel sanders was 7 4, kentucky fried chicken had 900 locations worldwide. ♪ >> reporter: writer frank mccourt was also 66 when he broke out and, in a sense, broke free. for years, this high school english teacher had wondered if
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his story was even worth telling. >> worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable irish childhood. and worse yet is the miserable irish catholic childhood. >> reporter: his memoir, angela's ashes, became a literary sensation. >> i had to get it out of my system. i would have died howling if i hadn't written this book. >> reporter: for some roctojenn-airians, dying without regrets means taking care of unfinished business. ♪ queen guitarist brian may went back to school to finish his ph.d. in astrophysics at age 60. >> it's all about intuition and passion and determination. >> i just never got a break. >> reporter: diana nyad first attempted to swim from cuba to florida when she was 28. three decades later, she tried again and again and again until
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finally completing the journey at 64. >> you're never too old to chase your dreams. >> that's right. >> reporter: rock tow jenn-airians don't rest on their laurels. they're too in it to spend their days looking backyard. think 75-year-old celebrated ark tell i.m. pay breathing new life into paris' louvre museum by placing a glass pyramid right at the center. >> the pyramid is a necessity and not an architectural gesture. >> reporter: nothing retiring about that move. mary church terrell came out of retirement after a lifetime battling for civil rights. at age 86, she rejoined the fight, leaving sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in washington, d.c. then there was norman lear. in his third or was it his
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fourth or fifth act, leading me in exercises at 93. >> i get applause doing this. >> reporter: just one year older than rita moreno is now. >> do you get tired of people pointing out your age? >> no. >> why? >> not at -- i think it's good. i think it's important that they be aware that there are old people who are energetic. i feel so fortunate to be in the place where i am right now. so fortunate. i mean i really sometimes wake up singing. >> that, again, was our mo rocca, and this is "cbs news roundup."
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if you're always looking for a good bargain, you might want to see if your neighborhood has a bin store. it's where some return items from major retailers end up and then get sold at a deep
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discount. cbs's janet shamlian went to check one out. >> reporter: they come huddled in blankets, spending the night with folding chairs and food. some sleep in their cars. like a moth to the flame they peer through windows outside the little depot store in pasadena, texas. >> probably get real wild in a minute. >> wild and crazy. >> reporter: finally paul barbosa opens the doors. >> no running, please. have fun. >> reporter: and the scramble is on. >> one at a time. don't run, please. >> reporter: this is a bin store where the rejects of others get a second lease on life for a fraction of the price. there are stores just like it across the country, more opening every month. >> you got it. >> reporter: the bins and boxes are stocked with returns that amazon, target, walmart, macy's, and others sell to liquidators who resell them to independently owned stores like this. feeding a seemingly insatiable appetite for a deal. bin stores all operate a bit differently. but at this particular one in pasadena, texas, the first day
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that something is put out, it is priced at 10 bucks. yep, beats headphones. martha sandoval scored new laptops. >> i didn't think i was going to find two. i was looking for one. >> reporter: danny holmes bought an air purifying system. >> this is worth over $400. i'm paying $10 for it. you can't beat a price like that. >> reporter: it's a jumble of toys, electronics, clothing, and larger items like lawn mowers, grills, and power tools. those priced up to 80% off. barbosa buys it from liquidators. >> i have a lot of these going out tomorrow, es proes sew machines. >> reporter: starting in 2020 with one location, he now has three and will have five by year's end. by his own admission, it's been a windfall. >> is there ever any concern just like, wow, the environment. you know, all these people are returning stuff. or do you see it as a net positive. >> i see it as a positive. i feel like it would end up in the landfill. >> reporter: more than 17% of online purchases are returned. retailers have made it easy.
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enabling what's called bracketing. customers intentionally buying multiple sizes or colors. elmo ramirez spent the night outside the store, scoring a play station 5. >> i think it's worth $500, and i get it for $10. >> reporter: it's a side hustle, reselling most of what he buys. >> i make $1,600 in one day. >> $1,600 you made in flipping things you bought here? >> reporter: the trend of bin store bingeing becoming big business amid a glut of retail returns. i'm janet shamlian in pasadena, texas. and ws roundup." reporting from new york city, m.

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