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small puff of smoke into a full raging, all consuming fire. >> norah: why firefighters are struggling to contain the blazes. >> the fire is moving pretty quickly. it's a difficult situation and it's a rapidly changing situation. >> norah: the record-breaking heat wave for much of the country. "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ fast-moving wildfires, record-breaking heat, and a tropical storm threat. good evening. i'm norah o'donnell and thank you for being with us. and the weather is where we're going to begin tonight because right now, americans are facing extreme conditions from coast-to-coast. 76 million people are suffering under oppressive heat across 24 states, as high temperatures scorch the midwest and northeast. and the worst of the heat is yet to come. down south, parts of texas are under tropical storm warnings. as we track a system in the gulf of mexico that is likely to become the first named storm of

the season. and out west, dozens of wildfires are raging, including these two converging in new mexico. we have team coverage of all these dangerous conditions and we will start with cbs's omar villafranca in new mexico where the governor has just declared a state of emergency. >> reporter: towering smoke and flames obliterated the sky. the fire scorching over 19,000 acres in less than 24 hours. >> there's two ongoing fires right now. >> reporter: those in the mountain town of ruidoso were told to run for their lives. speak of the siren ran down the street with the sirens going and his bullhorn saying we have 5 minutes. >> reporter: the urgent evacuation led to a traffic jam as people fled on the road out. >> returned from a very small puff of smoke into an all-consuming fire. >> reporter: steve jones left his mountain home with his wife and spoke to us from his car. >> i didn't even look in the rearview mirror. we drove way from the house. i didn't even give it a second

thought. i basically have the attitude that if it's there when we get back, it's god's will. if it's not, that's god's will. >> reporter: not one but two separate wildfires converged here. 75 miles rest -- the west of roswell. within 500 stuctures have been burned with firefighters unable to gain control. >> it was difficult to get folks in because the mountainous terrain. air support was doing drops in water drops yesterday. they will continue to do that on both fires. it's a difficult situation. >> reporter: the village of ruidoso is about 37 miles behind me in that plume of smoke. it is shut down and it's evacuated. the police chief told us that five fires started in the area yesterday. crews were able to knock down about three of them but two are still burning come as you see behind me. it is going to be a long night for firefighters. >> norah: scary situation. omar villafranca. thank you very much.

to the life threatening heat wave stretching from missouri to maine. cbs's nikki battiste reports the northeast is getting ready for triple digits. >> reporter: across massachusetts 911 switchboards were temporarily disrupted by a statewide outage as temperatures soared into the 90s. first responders insured residents have other ways to stay connected. >> beside each other a message. we talk on radios. we bail each other out. as long as it gets in the system, will be able to connect to the right service. >> reporter: community in boston could make temperatures feel like 99 degrees by the end of the week. the massive heat wave stretches all the way to pittsburgh where storms knocked out power to thousands of households on the hottest day of the year. >> everybody is outside. there houses are hot. it's cooler out here. nobody's got their easy. nobody's going to be able to sleep. new york's governor has declared heat emergency activating the national guard in the least two cities to assist. >> we don't need any fancy data

tell us it's going to be extremely hot and uncomfortable. in fact will be dangerously hot. >> reporter: insecurity was where record temperatures rose to 96 degrees today, public schools let out early because most of their classrooms don't have air conditioners. >> they get too hot. they're not going to be able to concentrate do anything that's productive so that's what we had to balance. >> reporter: some of those kids who got out early headed to the city's first public pool to open. it hit capacity in just 30 minutes. jesiree vega and her son lucas, along with 300 others came here to beat the heat. >> the coolest place. >> it's the one place where you can be cool and be outside of the same time. >> reporter: the superintendent told me one of their classroom thermostats reached 90 degrees this week. temperatures here are expected to continue to hit at least 96 degrees over the next two days. that's something that has not happened in june since the national weather service started keeping records in 1903.

norah? >> norah: nikki battiste, thank you. as nicky points out, for it to be this hot this early is not normal so let's bring in cbs philadelphia's chief meteorologist bill kelly for how hot it's going to get. good evening, bill. >> norrell, there are two big stories in the weather world we are tracking. first the heat, we are talking more than 75 million people from maine to the great lakes ended last under some kind of heat alert. all of the alerts are in play. we're looking at heat advisories, excessive heat watches, even a handful of excessive heat warning spray temperatures, how about some of these numbers? syracuse, 102 is a forecast for tomorrow. you want to get some relief in maine? i don't think so. 104 around bangor. we are going to track what will likely become our next named storm. tropical cyclone one.

this is going to bring a lot lot of rainfall for you folks in texas. we are talking about 510 to 15 inches of rain from houston right out through brownsville. most of it tomorrow into early thursday morning and if that wasn't enough by the time we get to the recovery may be tracking our next storm which would be barrel. >> norah: bill kelly, thank you. turning to capitol hill where boeing ceo was in the hot seat facing congress and family numbers of plane crash victims. the head the world's largest aerospace manufacturers under fire for safety problems in his own pay. cbs's kris van cleave was at the contentious hearing. >> give us answers! >> reporter: families who lost loved ones in the two 737 max 9 crashes had words for boeing seal dave calhoun. calhoun started his marks by facing those families and apologizing before taking responsibility for the scratches and the door panel that blew out

of an alaska airlines flight earlier this year. >> our culture is far from perfect. but we are taking action and we are making progress. >> reporter: missouri senator josh hawley did not mince words. >> if safety is a component of your $33 million compensation package, how can you possibly qualify for any of this? >> the only way to course correct as to face the truth and confront the need for action. >> we are responsible. >> reporter: calhoun's testimony came hours just after new whistle-blower complaint emerged alleging when boeing restarted production of the 737 max after those two deadly crashes, there was a 300% increase in reports about parts that did not need proper manufacturing standards. while those parts were suppose to be removed from production and closely tracked, the 737 program was losing hundreds of nonconforming parts. boeing employee sam mohawk. nonconforming parts were being installed on 737s and that could lead to a catastrophic

event. the document claims when boeing learned of impending faa inspection many parts were moved to another location to "intentionally hide improperly stored parts from the faa." >> i do know and have followed up that the speak up had been received in our system and the quality team has been and is looking. >> reporter: they max families have been calling for the department of justice to file criminal charges against boeing, the agency has until july 7 to make that decision. senator blumenthal says he believes the doj should file those criminal charges. >> norah: kris van cleave, thank you. in one of the most significant innovation actions in years, president biden announced sweeping productions today for hundreds of thousands of americans who've been living in the united states illegally but are married to american citizens. it's the second time in the past month that the president has taken far reaching executive action on immigration. cbs's lilia luciano spoke with

one family now on a pathway to citizenship. >> reporter: another big election year moved by president biden on immigration. >> we can both secure the border and provide legal pathways to citizenship. >> reporter: the president announced a streamlined pathway to citizenship for more than 500,000 undocumented spouses married to american citizens. to be eligible, couples must already be married. they must have been in the country for ten years and have no criminal record. there undocumented children are also eligible. the policy comes two weeks after the administration severely restricted access to a silent for people crossing the border illegally. today's announcement could help biden in key battleground states like arizona, nevada, and georgia where there are more than 300ixed stas families that would benefit. a lot of people think that if you marry an american citizen, you can easily get a green card. well, that is not the case especially for people who cross the border illegally or overstay visa. even in the cases when they could be eligible, they still

have to go back to their country and wait before being allowed to come back as permanent resi residence. >> i mean, there's a lot that i worry about. >> reporter: r. sing came to the u.s. from india 11 years ago and overstay visa. he has been married to anahi, an american citizen, for six years they hav a 10-month-old ughter and a baby on the way. >> it's very stressful to think about him havingeporter: under w policy, the country through his immigration status, protected from deportation and eligible to work legally. >> he has nobody in india and i have nobody in india. there is nothing for us over there. >> reporter: what's the hardest part about still being undocumented? >> you cannot enjoy the life. >> reporte 12 yearsin the imementa of doctoral proch pro depoation pron to many people came to the u.s. undocumd as children, this program

stands access to certain visas for some of them who qualify. norah? >> norah: lilia luciano, thank you. now look at tonight's other top stories. starting with russian presint vladimir putin's rare trip to north korea to visit kim jong un. cbs's liz palma reports the united states is closely watchinghe mng of o authoritative leaders. >> i'm standing outside the russian embassy in ln. norah, vladimir putin landed in pyongyang tonight on his first visit in almost a quarter of a century. this is a meeting of two pariah leaders who haven't gotten many other allies in the fact is they need each other. russia needs north korean weapons to use in ukraine and north korea needs russian oil, food, and technology to improve its rocket launches and possibly even its nuclear weapons pro program. >> norah: staying overseas, the humanitarian aid. and gaza may be taken down

earlier than planned. a "new york times" report revealed the $230 million project largely failed. it comes as israel pledges tactical pauses and parts of gaza to allow more aid to get into the hands of civilians. cbs's chris livesay has more from tel aviv. >> reporter: norah, it's hardly the cease-fire the biden administration has been push for with the hope of that tactical boss is more aid for the people of gaza and so far figures show there's been a moderate increase also some chaos. take a look at this footage from our cbs news team in the rafah area. u.n. aid trucks filing and on that seven and half mile stretch of road where that pauses happening, you can also see looting, a reflection of the dire secury and he military situation for palestinians in gaza. >> norah: back here at home, justin timberlake is out of jail after spending the night in the sag harbor, new york, police station, accused of drunk

driving. cbs new york's reporter reports the pop star who is currently on tour told officers he had one martini and was following his friend's home. >> reporter: tonight, justin timberlake is out of police custody after beingraign. shown here in a daily mail photo wearing handcuffs, the pop superstar was arrested overnight in the hamptons after police say he ran a stop sign and veered across the road. office that he refused a alcohol.dik his speechas the 43-year-old was released on his own recognizance and will be back in court on july 26. >> norah: inc. you to our cbs news teams around the globe. "eye on america" is next with an ugly side of democracy. we'll introduce you to the local candidates now forced to endure threats and political mudslinging. inspire? inspire is a sleep apnea treatment

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shouldn't be running for office. >> reporter: smith isn't alone. in 2022 the washoe county commission candidate and reno's mayor found gps trackers on their car. the police found the private investigator. he would name his client but he did talk motive. >> is it political or personal? >> it's part of a new brand of politics experts are calling lawful but awful and it's on the rise for local officials. city managers. speak with other people screwing us over citizens. >> reporter: and county clerks. >> through a partial complete bomb into my house. >> reporter: bearing the brunt. last month the texas mayor received a threatening package containing a noose and a note that read "get out of the race now." harassment of local officials, democrats and republicans alike is up 55% over the past two years, according to a princeton study. shannon hiller ran the study.

speak with the sort of persistent and rising threats and harassment could be effectie and really disrupting democratic processes that -- at a most local level. report back in washoe county, politics can sometimes feel like the wild west. >> i don't like d.c. that much. they won't let me carry daphne there. >> who is daphne? >> my .45. >> lawful but awful seems to be working says bruce parks. >> if you want to bring light to something do you just whisper the information to somebody? or do you want to get their attention? >> reporter: even as politics and washoe county look more and more like washington. speak light beat cancer and i definitely will not stop because of this. >> reporter: smith's decision to stick it out landed her a spot on the county school board for another turn. >> reporter: for "eye on america," caitlin huey-burns. >> norah: students and one major u.s. city will have to get

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>> norah: tomorrow marks juneteenth which commemorates the end of slavery in the u.s. for many african american families it can be a challenge to trace their lineage but one virginia family found a way and now their stories on display at the library of congress. here is cbs's nikole killion with two nights "heart of america." >> at the library of congress, this sprawling family tree has roots that run deep. the blackwell's kinfol was created by a genealogist who traced the virginia families neage whh counts arthur ashe among its descendants all the way back to its first african ancestor in 1789. >> it's really unique for african americans because of slavery, for one. slavery did exactly what it was supposed to. destroyed the family ties. >> reporter: family ties

resurrected when librarian ahmed johnson showed it to a colleague mila hill who discovered her great her great-great-grandmother mary reese and brought a branch to her family to see it. >> it's one thing to know your own family history but to have it displayed in this way is really, really special. >> it's a wonderful tribute to their lives to be able to stand here. >> reporter: growing generations. nikole killion, cbs news washington. >> norah: the blackwell family and their ancestors, two nights "heart of america." i sighed in person. it gives you the >> judge judy: were you taken into custody by the police? >> yes. i was assaulted. you know, stabbed. >> announcer: a pointed confrontation with his ex's new man? >> her boyfriend is coming out from the hallway. he fac me, i face him. she's still hitting me. stabbed me in my eye. >> judge judy: "sustaining multiple stab wounds to the face and head." who do you think stabbed him? >> i have no idea. >> judge judy: you think he fell into a knife several times on his face?

>> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom of you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution brooke anderson is suing manuel castro for an assault, cyber harassment, and a false cps report. >> byrd: order! all rise! this is case number 371 on the calendar in the matter of anderson vs. castro. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated, sir. have a seat, please. >> judge judy: miss anderson, each of you have a complaint against the other an assault, some vandalism. from what i read, you met on facebook online a couple of years ago. >> yes. >> judge judy: and the didn't turn into much of awas, lationship. you are alleging that mr. castro assaulted u. gie the date that you allege that assault happened. >> the 1st of january. >> judge judy: of what year. >> 2018.