annual world's ugliest dog contest. it was last night -- bright for being at night. an 8-year-old pekingese named wild thang took home the top prize. him and his owner -- that dog is cute. >> i don't think -- which one is the ugliest one? the first one was the ugliest one. but they're all cute. >> traveled from oregon for the contest. andrea, tell us more. >> he finished second place three times in previous years, so wild thang and his owner ann lewis took home a $5,000 check. maybe he can go to the spa and get -- >> pays . tonight, blistering heat wave. the first weekend of summer and more than 100 million americans

are sizzling. dangerous heat and weather extremes from coast to coast. >> i'm tom hansy in new york. the heat will threaten record highs this weekend from the u.s. to the midatlantic. flash flooding devastates a swiss resort town. also tonight deadly strikes. israel pounds gaza as fighting rages. >> i'm imitiaz tyab in tel aviv. as the doegt toll rises there's mounting fearsf a war as israel exchanges fire along its border. debate prep. how president biden and donald trump are getting ready for next week's face-off. still in space. why the boeing starliner cruise return to earth is delayed again. plus, pop princess. taylor swift hits london, and

prince william takes the kids, even joining swifties shaking it off. and later, hanging ten with the top dog. >> i'm carter evans, and i'm in the water here in santa cruz. and i'm about to take you surfing with skyler, the surfing dog. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from washington with adriana diaz. good evening. it is great to be back with you after parental leave. tonight the question most of us are asking. when will this punishing heat wave end? here in the nation's capitol it hit 100 degrees. this weekend more than 100 million americans are under active heat advisories and warnings. the heat is coast to coast. it has expanded west, intensifying in some places while easing in others. cbs' tom hansen in new york city starts us off tonight. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hey there, adriana, good evening to you.

it hit the low 90s here in new york city, and it felt even hotter because of all that humidity, but people we talked to seem to be taking it in stride. there was no escaping the sun for tourists waiting to see the statue of liberty. >> i'm switching out shirts every other hour. >> reporter: new york health officials say heat related emergency room visits this week were 500% higher than the average day in june. temperatures in washington, d.c. cracked 100 degrees today, even still grill masters fired up their barbecues for a popular yearly event. >> it's hotter over here. >> reporter: humidity levels in the ohio river valley made it feel like triple digits. some looking for relief on the river in dublin, ohio. >> even anything remotely strenuous on days like this is pretty exhausting. >> reporter: a geophysicist professor expects this summer will be brutal worldwide. >> so we're off the charts apparently. we now have a record 12 months straight of global temperature

records. when the world gets warmer, we increase our severe weather events. interestingly, we actually get more flash floods. >> reporter: heavy rain has turned streets into rivers in las vegas, new mexico, forcing some evacuations. in sioux county, iowa, the state's governor is sending helicopters to rescue residents overwhelmed by excessive rain and a levee break. and in south central minnesota copious rain has ended a three-year drought, but it's flooding fields and killing crops. instead of 10,000 lakes minnesota is i don't know 150,000 lakes probably at this point, right? >> reporter: and already we've had at least eight confirmed heat-related deaths across the nation this year with dozens more still being investigated. and the east coast is bracing for even hotter temps tomorrow. adriana here it could reach 95. >> dangerous temperatures. tom hansen, thank you so much.

for more on the extreme weather let's check in with meteorologist andrew kozak. >> once again we have a massive heat dome. it's back with heat advisories for bakersfield and fresno and palm springs could feel for your sunday as hot as 115. salt lake city should feel around 82 to 85. on sunday up to 101. and entire states across the eastern sea board also under advisories and heat warnings including ohio over toward pennsylvania and new jersey where even the jersey shore won't escape the heat. could feel as hot as 105 on your sunday. also tonight we're tracking severe weather across the midwest. something could be looking at flash flooding. the good news we say good-bye to the heat midweek but returns by the time we get into friday. >> can't escape it. andrew kozak, thank you. much of europe is

experiencing extreme weather, too. in greece this wind driir burne forest on the island of hira, south of ireland. the usually pisc esc town lies at the base of the iconic matter horn mountain. moving on now, it has been another deadlyday in gaza. today dozens wer kled when israeli air strikes hit four neighborhoods in gaza city. cbs' imitiaz tyab has the latest. >> reporter: palestinian health officials saying at least 40 people were killed in a series of israeli strikes as fears of a wider war between israel and the lebanon-based hezbollah movement are only growing. the harrowing aftermath of an israeli air strike on the refugee camp in gaza city.

entire buildings described as a residential complex pulverized as people frantically dug for survivors. at least two dozen palestinians were killed in the attack, and many more were wounded or are still missing according to gaza's civil defense agency. israel's military has confirmed it targeted the camp and said it struck what it called two hamas military infrastructure sites. when i heard the bombing, i could tell it was near my home, said hassan. i later found my wife, son, granddaughter, and daughter in the hospital. half my house was destroyed. to the south in rafah, the red cross says 22 palestinians were killed in what it described as heavy caliber shelling on a camp for displaced people near its office. in a tweet the irc said firing so dangerously close to humanitarian structures put the lives of civilians and humanitarians at risk. israel said it was reviewing the strike. the violence across gaza comes

as the israeli military intensifies its northern cross border strikes against the powerful hezbollah movement in lebanon, which is backed by iran, raising fears of an even wider war. after israel's army announced this week that plans for an offensive in lebanon had been approved and validated. but the leader of hezbollah, ha hassan nosraula warned no place would be spared of their rockets. and the cross border intensity must not turn lebanon into what he called anoth gaza. adriana, warning of a catastrophe beyond imagination. >> imitiaz tyab, thank you. to politics now. president biden is behind closed doors at camp david this weekend getting ready for thursday's presidential debate. as for donald trump, tonight he's out on the campaign trail in philadelphia.

cbs' natalie brand joins us with the it tails ahead of the pivotal face-off. natalie? >> reporter: hey, adriana. this afternoon trump rallied the evangelical vote here in washington, d.c. voters at the event told us their top issues include parental rights and abortion, which are motivating both parties. >> i'll say it again and again, vote christians. >> reporter: before a room full of conservative christians former president trump touted the supreme court's decision two years ago monday to overturn roe v. wade. >> and we've gotten abortion out of the federal government and back to the states. >> i think most of us are one issue voter. >> reporter: anti-abortion activist say they will push trump to support a federal ban on abortion, a move the former president has said he does not support. >> the people he surrounds himself with are pro-life, so we are confident that, you know, his mind could be changed. >> there's a lot that the former president could do if put back

into office with just executive action. >> reporter: alexis mcgill johnson of planned parenthood's political arm says reproductive rights are still driving support for president biden. >> the energy is on fire on the ground. people understand what it means to have a freedom taken away especially one that we have enjoyed for almost 50 years. >> reporter: president biden is expected to attack trump as a threat to abortion rights during thursday's debate as both campaigns try to break through to undecided voters. have you made up your mind about who you're going to vote for president in november? >> i've been going back and forth on this, back and forth on this. >> reporter: tonight trump rallies in battleground pennsylvania. president biden remains at camp preparing for next week's debate with more than a dozen advisers and aides. adriana? >> natalie, thank you so much. be sure to join us live for coverage of the first presidential debate hosted by

cnn. you can watch it right here on cbs thursday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 central. tonight we are learning more about a mass shooting at a grocery store in fordyce, arkansas. three people were killed friday and 11 others wounded including two police officers who exchanged fire with the suspect. he's identified as 44-year-old eugene posey. some grocery store customers huddedled in freezers to escape the gunfire that left the store and parking lot riddled with bullet holes. nasa has pushed back the return again. the starliner's mission was planned to last nine days, but as mark strassmann reports nasa now says the crew will be back before july. >> ignition and liftoff, the starliner atlas 5. >> reporter: starliner's launch two weeks ago was picture perfect, but just hours into the test flight, a problem. >> looks like we picked up a

couple more helium leaks. >> all right, we're ready to copy. find out exactly what you mean by picked up another helium leak. >> reporter: the boeing spacecraft has hunched with one small helium leak. now it has five. starliner also lost five small maneuvering engines on its approach to the space station. all but one were recovered, but the glitches convinced nasa to delay the return to earth. >> we want to give our teams a little more time to look at the data, do some analysis and make sure we're ready to come home. >> reporter: cbs space analyst bill harwood. >> they're clear to come home in an emergency. if they really needed to move right now, they could. it's not like they're stranded on the space station. they want to get as much information they can before the crew comes home. >> it is the first flight, right, of the spacecraft with the crew on it. >> reporter: we met starliner's crew, astronauts butch wilmore are and suni williams before

their launch. >> there might be a couple of things surprised by, but i think we might be able to handle any types of surprises we get. >> reporter: so far all these surprises have been starliner's service module. but it gets thrown away before the capsule reenters earth's atmosphere, meaning engineers needs to examine the faulta hardware while in space. >> that's why they're making this big effort to get as much data as they can because that's what they're going have to base their decisions on down stream. >> reporter: boeing hoped this test flight will lead to regular astronaut flights to the iss for nasa starting early next year. that's now in jeopardy. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. taylor swift is taking london by storm. tonight she's back on stage at wembly stadium after thousands turned out for opening night including prince william on his birthday, no less, with two of his children. here's princess charlotte

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we end tonight i we end tonight in california with a surfing legend that might surprise you. she's retired from competition but still loves catching waves for a good cause. here's carter evans. >> here we go. >> reporter: surfing a wave this size takes skill. even people on the beach sound shocked. >> i think she's going to connect, dude. >> reporter: that's a dog tearing it up in a good way. that's because skyler the surf dog is a beast on the board. she surfs legit waves, big waves. >> pretty high. probably caught 10 footers before. >> reporter: homer henard said he could tell skyler had skills the first time he brought her to the beach as a pup. >> she ran for the board and saw she had good balance and i was like oh, it's on. >> reporter: we hit the waters in santa cruz, california, to

see for ourselves. sharing a wave together it's obvious this furry phenom has flow. skyler's earned the title of top dog for her canine gnarliness, but what stands out is her ability to surf solo. >> she was naturally leaning on rail and punching bottom turns and lifting up one paw to go this way. and it was like she really got it. she was really surfing. >> reporter: eventually she was ready for the holy grail of surfing. they rounded up a barrel for this cattle dog at kelly slater surf ranch. >> we came out of the tube and it was amazing. i can't even explain it. she was looking back at me and i was like that is awesome. >> reporter: now at 15 skyler's surf sessions are primarily surf therapy, helping people overcome >> and just this amazing thing

happens, you know, where they're just smiling. i almost can see disabilities go away for a brief moment. >> it looks like she's loving it. >> reporter: how do you know she's actually having fun? how do you know she likes this? >> you can tell. once we're riding a wave and she's hanging ten on the nose with her tongue out looking back up at me, she's been the best surf partner i could ever have. >> reporter: who knew a salty dog could be so sweet. carter evans, cbs news, santa cruz. that's amazing. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm adriana diaz in washington. it's been great to be back with you. good night. from cbs news bay area this is the evening edition. >> and definitely resign. >> now at 6:00, in the wake of

thursday's fbi raid at the home of oakland mayor sheng thao, her former chief of staff makes strong accusations against her former boss. >> i do believe she has a good heart, but i do believe that she was allowed to be corrupted and, yeah, she let herself go astray. >> meantime, why thao's newly hired attorney is suggesting the mayor may not be the target of the investigation. >> the optics make her vulnerable it's a terrible position to be in. in the wake of wednesday's shootout at lake merritt, how organizers of another event there worked to keep the event safe. but first we're talking heat wave and how long it will last around the bay area. >> live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano. summer is officially underway, and it sure fit like it today depending on where you live. out in the east bay we saw people flocking to ice cream shops in walnut creek. civic park was pretty empty. those there were under the