large crowd of fans at the emporium store in market street in san francisco. people even brought in copies of the willie mays say hey board game for him to sign. units moved from new york the year before before moving to candlestick park. pretty cool. the cbs evening news with norah o'donnell is next on kpix. local news continues on our streaming service cbs news bay area. we're back here in 30 minutes with cbs news bay area at 7:00. >> this is now tropical storm alberto. >> norah: tonight, the triple weather threat facing much of the country. storms, wildfires, and dangerous heat. the gulf coast prepares for the first named storm of the season. >> we will hope for a miracle. >> norah: plus, we get the firsthand look at the destruction of the deadly wildfires in new mexico still burning out of control. >> we have certain areas of town

where every home has been taken out. >> norah: and most of the united states bakes under a massive heat wave. we've got it all covered. the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ sweltering, dangerous heat here in washington and across the east coast tonight. and that's just 1 of 3 life-threatening weather threats facing americans right now. good evening. i'm norah o'donnell, and thank you for being with us. out west, wildfires are raging, leaving behind scenes like this: melted metal, charred cars, smoke still rising, in a new mexico town that lost more than a thousand homes and buildings. to the gulf coast, which is feeling alberto's fury tonight, the first named storm of the season is bringing heavy rains, flooding, and high winds to texas. and more than 80 million people in the east are sweating it out

under the heat dome tonight. temperatures are so extreme, listen to this, it feels like triple digits in northern maine. that's hotter than miami. and it's not even summer yet. cbs news is on the ground covering all of it, and we start with omar villafranca, who witnessed the wildfire destruction firsthand. >> reporter: as two raging fires flank this cabin community, ruidoso assistant fire chief ross coleman took us behind the flames for a first look. home after home burned to the ground, more than 1400 structures destroyed. >> there were about five or six houses right in here. and our fire chief just lost his house. >> reporter: he's not alone. roughly 8,000 people have not been allowed back to him including connie loya and her husband, frank. >> i don't know whether we are going to have a home. >> we were engulfed in smoke. that scared me to death. >> reporter: the flames from the south fork fire came from that way, over onto this ridge, and destroyed this hotel. the flames were steady, but very intense, so intense that cars that were here in the

parking lot started melting. you can see some of the aluminum here running off. but the fire didn't stop there. both the south fork and salt fires remain 0% contained and have already torched more than 23,000 acres, an area larger than the island of manhattan. nationwide, wildfires have scorched more than 2.1 million acres this year, far more than the 10-year average of 1.4 million. pamela bonner captured these stunning images as she fled to safety. now, she's hoping there is a town to go back to. >> the best you can do is just try to not fall apart. and that is all you can do, is just hope. >> reporter: late this afternoon, signs of relief, as storm clouds dropped rain in the area. storm clouds are starting to clear out, but not before dumping some much-needed rain in the area, and crews are hoping that rain will help them get the fire under control. but now there is another issue,

norah. all that rain means there is a flash flood emergency, which means some of those roads may not be passable. >> norah: wow. thinking about everyone there. omar villafranca, thank you so much. now to the first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. tropical storm alberto is churning through the gulf right now, and it is expected to make landfall early tomorrow, bringing torrential rains and powerful winds to texas. cbs's dave malkoff is in corpus christi, which is on track to get hit hard. >> reporter: the storm is hours away from landfall in mexico, but the effects are already being felt. in surfside, south of houston, rain totals have already topped nearly 4 inches. search-and-rescue teams were out on the water rafts looking to rescue people, and they found two women stranded in a car. the water nearly up to their tires. they both got out. some residents were forced to evacuate. >> oh, the whole trash can got moved.

>> reporter: overnight, water started gushing from the ocean onto the roads, and the forecast calls for even more storm surge. this is an abandoned vehicle. you can see the water sweeping almost all the way to the top. in galveston, several juneteenth events were rescheduled due to flooded streets. in jamaica beach, flooding closed most streets to traffic. in corpus christi, our crew drove closer to the marina. you could see the water almost spilling onto the streets. but the rain did not stop essential worker tony juarez from delivering porta-potties in the tropical storm band. what's it like in the middle of all of this? >> just raining rain, you know? it's not fun. but we are out here doing it. >> reporter: this street in the city now looks like a river, and with alberto way out there in the gulf, slowly creeping towards landfall, there is still plenty of time, norah, to dump rain and storm surge on parts of texas. >> norah: wow. dave malkoff with a firsthand look, thank you. more than a dozen cities hit new record highs today, including boston, hartford, connecticut, and gary, indiana, as 18 states

broil under the heat dome. in some places, it felt as hot as 110 degrees. cbs's lilia luciano reports from a brutally-hot philadelphia. >> reporter: in the city of brotherly love, the heat came early. >> it's super hot. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: emt daniele green says he is bracing for a busy season. are you making those knocks earlier in the season, do you feel, this year? >> yeah, last summer, it was actually summer when we started getting our heat strokes. or our heat exhaustion. >> reporter: the city has already declared its first heat health emergency of the year through saturday. in vermont... >> we're out here for the next

couple of days. just trying to beat the heat. you know, heat dome. >> reporter: there are parts of the state today almost 10 degrees hotter than miami. the massive heat wave stretches all the way to northern maine. known for its harsh winters, the town of caribou clocked a record heat index of 103 degrees today. last year, on this date, the high temperature there was 64 degrees. meteorologist shel winkley with climate central says the shifting weather patterns have a culprit. talk to us about the impact of human activity on these heat patterns. >> as we fill the atmosphere with things like carbon, extra carbon from burning oil and natural gas and coal, what we are essentially doing is trapping in a lot of this heat. adds that wool blanket over the top of us. so that heat is basically trapped. there is nowhere for it to go. >> reporter: and what's happening, too, is that the nighttime temperatures are also rising, so there is not enough time for the cities or the land or the people to recover before the sun comes out, so it only keeps getting hotter. norah? >> norah: important explanation. lilia luciano, thank you so

much. an intense manhunt is underway in arkansas for a suspected killer. officials released these photos of 50-year-old stacy lee drake of alabama, who was last seen outside a motel in morrilton, arkansas. he is wanted in connection with the carjacking murders of three people in oklahoma and is also wanted separately on additional charges. officials say anyone who sees drake should not approach him and call 911. vladimir putin and kim jong un, the leaders of rogue nations russia and north korea, signed an agreement today to help each other in the event of aggression against their countries. details of the pact haven't been made public, but it comes as putin desperately looks for military hardware to prolong his invasion of ukraine. here is cbs's imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: it was a chance for russian president vladimir putin and north korean leader kim jong un to flaunt their friendship.

and flaunt they did. massive, carefully-choreographed crowds cheered as they waved flags in pyongyang central square, which was dominated by enormous portraits of putin and kim. but it wasn't the overtop pomp and circumstance, or the ride in the limousine putin gifted to kim, that set alarm bells ringing in washington and beyond. it was putin's announcement of what he called a breakthrough new agreement with kim that provides, putin said, for mutual assistance in the event of aggression, without specifying what aggression meant, or what it could mean militarily. at a lavish banquet, laden with local delicacies, the leaders of two of the world's most heavily-sanctioned nations did seem to agree on weapons, and lots of them. in 2022, putin, desperate for artillery for his grinding war in ukraine, turned to kim for help. western intelligence officials

are reportedly warning moscow is now expected to receive around 5 million rounds of ammunition, and that's not all. >> we know north korean ballistic missiles are still being used to hit ukrainian targets. >> reporter: pyongyang will get food and military aid and help with missile technology. but as putin prepared to leave for his next stop, it's clear he's not only in search of weapons, but also friends. something kim jong un seems more than happy to offer. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. >> norah: now a look at tonight's other top stories. starting with news from capitol hill and an update on the long-running investigation into republican congressman matt gaetz. cbs's scott macfarlane has our new reporting. >> reporter: multiple sources tell cbs news four women have informed the ethics committee they attended parties that included sex and drugs that congressman matt gaetz also attended. we have also learned the committee has gaetz's venmo

transactions allegedly showing payments to the women. the 42-year-old republican said he will be exonerated and previously blamed then-house speaker kevin mccarthy for the probe before leading the effort to oust mccarthy. >> i fear no investigation. that was simply something that kevin mccarthy tried to use as leverage. >> reporter: the justice department previously investigated gaetz, but no charges were filed. >> norah: investigators are trying to find out what caused a home to explode with more than a dozen people inside. the leading theory is natural gas. conor wight of our cbs syracuse affiliate reports on the conditions of those who were in the house. >> reporter: norah, a construction crew is on scene here in syracuse, new york, tearing down what is left of this house after a powerful explosion on tuesday afternoon. officials say 13 people were injured when the two-and-a-half story home collapsed. nine of the victims are children. some in critical condition, including an 8-month-old baby. one child was trapped in a car that was buried under the rubble. the fire chief here says when help arrived, there was a heavy gas odor and downed power lines. >> norah: and louisiana's governor just signed a new bill

that orders all public classrooms to display the ten commandments in large, easily-readable font. cbs's elise preston explains. >> reporter: tonight, norah, louisiana has become the first state in the country to require poster-sized copies like this one of the ten commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. republican governor jeff landry signed the bill into law today. in a statement, the aclu says it's planning to file a lawsuit, saying the new law is blatantly unconstitutional and violates the separation of church and state. supporters say private donations will be used to put up the displays, not state funds. >> norah: thanks to our cbs news teams across the country. as we head into the summer months, illnesses from tick bites are on the rise. cbs medical contributor dr. celine gounder teamed up with a group of researchers to better understand the risks, and in tonight's "health watch," she has some tips to keep you and your family safe.

>> reporter: here in the chaparral wildlife management area in south texas, there is a hidden danger: ticks. >> ticks embed themselves into your skin. >> reporter: these hunters are part of a unique collaboration with baylor university and the texas parks and wildlife department. >> every deer has got ticks on them. >> reporter: checking the animals they hunt for ticks and then sending those ticks to be tested for infections. >> we worked with the hunter population because we thought they could be at high risk. and, in doing that, we realized they were exposed to all kinds of bugs. >> reporter: sarah gunter is the program's director. >> we want to know what the risk is an area because if we are going to diagnose people based off of symptoms, you have to know there is a risk for that disease in the area. >> reporter: it is a risk tony galbo has spent years raising awareness of. >> she was awesome. everybody flocked to her. >> reporter: his 5-year-old daughter, gabby, died after developing the tick-borne disease rocky mountain spotted fever 12 years ago.

he says her illness wasn't diagnosed in time. >> mandatory reporting, mandatory mapping, and public awareness. that's all i'm asking for. and if we can start doing that, there is going to be less and less cases. >> reporter: this map shows the increase over the past 20 years in reported cases of lyme disease. the most common, but not the only tick-borne infection in the u.s. >> we are finding ticks moving into new areas. >> reporter: and why is that? >> things like changes in the season, so summers getting hotter, summers getting longer, allow ticks to move into areas that maybe it was historically too cold for them to be. people moving into areas where they historically hadn't had people can put individuals in closer contact with animals and wildlife and result in what we call spillover of disease. >> reporter: back in chaparral, jesus garcia takes precautions before heading out. >> you want to spray yourself down. you want to wear the proper clothing. >> reporter: after coming back inside, run your clothing through the dryer to kill any ticks. and check your body carefully

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did you think, i might be looking at one of the best players of all time? >> no, i just wanted to be a friend. >> reporter: mays was too young to travel with the black barons, who barnstormed the jim crow south as a member of the negro southern league. at rickwood field, which the black barons shared with the all-white birmingham barons, segregation was the enforced custom. >> when we played here, the whites were in right field. when they played, we were out there. >> reporter: since 1910, 182 hall of famers, black and white, have graced rickwood's ground, legends like reggie, the babe, and hammering hank. >> masyn winn unloads to left! a two-run homer! >> reporter: when the st. louis cardinals play at rickwood this week, shortstop masyn winn will be a rarity, an african american on a major

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fans are sharing their stories of willie mays at his statue at oracle parks. i look at him, hey, mr. mays, how are you? >> he said hey, kid, good to meet you. honoring the player who

changed the game. he made of come across the watermelon couch. i really think it say great idea. as we celebrate art piece meant to spark conversation with art and history. the mayor has a lot to fix on top of all of that she is fighting to keep her job. this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. hi, i'm sara donchey, juliette has the night off. honoring willie mays who died yesterday at 93. willie mays statue at oracle is a place people are sharing and paying tribute. >> reporter: a statue that has become a landmark outside of oracle rk