distract crews. >> just really helps improve coordination so we know what to expect in a real world scenario so that we can identify gaps should something like this -- should an earthquake happen that we could respond effectively to help san francisco fire. >> this is the second straight year pg&e has run earthquake drills with san francisco fire. good to see. good to know. cbs evening news with norah o'donnell is up next. we have local news on our streaming service, cbs news bay area. we're also back here right here in 30 minutes with cbs news bay area at 7:00. we'll see you then. >> this is bad >> this is bad. this is really bad. >> norah: tonight, relentless storms for the midwest, already reeling from catastrophic flooding. >> all this destruction you see around me, not a hurricane, not an earthquake. it was all done by a flood. >> norah: homes destroyed, roadways collapsed, and the concern tonight about that dam at risk of failing. >> we are dealing with a catastrophic loss. >> norah: plus, dangerous heat

inspecting tens of millions of americans from coast to coast. the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ there is a new round of severe storms slamming the midwest tonight creating fresh havoc. good evening. i'm norah o'donnell. and we are going to begin our broadcast once again tonight with wild weather in the u.s. it has been our lead story almost every night for the past ten days. and that is because it has been the hottest, wettest start for summer ever in some areas, all made more likely by climate change. the extreme weather is having dire consequences. authorities keeping a close eye tonight on this minnesota dam that is facing an imminent failure. in south dakota, entire neighborhoods have been destroyed. and for about 60 million americans, a significant heat wave continues. the good news, it will likely peak in the next few days, but the national weather service warns that heat persisting over

multiple days does exacerbate heat stress. tonight, severe thunderstorms are threatening an already-struggling midwest. that's where we find cbs's tom hanson. >> reporter: the raging floodwaters swallowed land and trees and personally partialy breached the rapidan dam. officials are monitoring the 114-year-old dam around the clock as rushing water continues to erode the soil. tens of thousands of residents who live in the surrounding watershed are also keeping a close eye on the situation. the barnes family has been here for more than 50 years. >> we never ever thought in a million years this would ever happen, and here it is. >> reporter: more than 3 million people across four states live in areas impacted by the flooding. sections of the mississippi and missouri rivers are still on the rise. this was the moment a rail bridge connecting iowa and south dakota collapsed. part of it is now submerged in the big sioux river, which crested at a record 45 feet. cbs's jonah kaplan is in south dakota. >> reporter: i'm jonah kaplan

in hard-hit union county, south dakota, and the images, they just speak for themselves. that house over there falling into the ground. this road cut in half. and it's all, what, from a hurricane? no. and not from an earthquake. it's from a flood. all those downpours over the weekend. did this house just sink into the ground? >> yep, just eroded -- eroded the ground away and just dropped down. >> reporter: sheriff jim prouty showed us around the mccook lake neighborhood, where he says between 50 and 60 homes were damaged. >> it's beyond words. i mean, to us, it's a situation. to the families, the homeowners, this is their lives. >> reporter: south dakota governor kristi noem. >> this is extensive damage that has changed people's lives forever. the ripple effect is going to be felt long term. >> reporter: the water also closed a section of i-29. crews removed enough mud and debris to reopen the interstate late today. >> reporter: back here in minnesota, the water is receding slowly, but the danger

isn't over. a 2021 study warned the rapidan dam is in disrepair. it's just one example of the more than 8,000 dams across the united states which are considered to be in poor condition, according to the u.s. army corps of engineers. and, norah, that leaves millions of americans vulnerable to these extreme weather events. >> norah: wow, that's really concerning. tom hanson, thank you very much for that update. wikileaks founder julian assange is set to walk free after more than a decadelong legal battle. the american government long accused the 52-year-old of being responsible for the largest security breach in u.s. military history. cbs's charlie d'agata tonight has new details on the plea deal. >> reporter: out of prison in the u.k., julian assange flew, stopping to refuel in bangkok on the way to saipan, the capital of the northern mariana islands, u.s. commonwealth. australia would be the final stop. saipan's palm-fringed, white sandy beaches a world away from the grim high-security prison

cell where assange had languished for the past five years. details of the plea bargain deal are not clear, but assange will plead guilty at this courthouse to a single charge under the espionage act and will be sentenced to time served, 62 months. he had been in prison since 2019, after being unceremoniously kicked out of the ecuadorian embassy in london, where he had sought refuge from u.s. extraditionomad the wikileaks founder had faced 18 charges, after releasing leaks provided by u.s. army intelligence analyst chelsea manning in 2010, including diplomatic cables and footage from a u.s. military helicopter allegedly showing iraqi civilians being killed in baghdad. >> come on, fire. [gunfire]

>> reporter: another wikileaks dump saw 20,000 emails leaked from hillary clinton's election campaign and the democratic national committee. >> free, free, free assange! >> reporter: assange's wife, stella, said her children are looking forward to spending time with their father for the first time outside of custody. >> all of their interactions with julian have been in a single visitor's room inside belmarsh prison. it's always been for a little more than an hour at a time. >> reporter: there hasn't been a lot of political reaction out of the united states, norah. former vice president mike pence said julian assange endangered the lives of our troops in a time of war and should have been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, calling the biden administration's deal a miscarriage of justice. >> norah: charlie d'agata, thank you. well, senior u.n. officials have told israel they'll suspend aid operations across gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers. that's according to the associated press.

cbs's imtiaz tyab tonight reports about that floating pier built by the u.s. military to help get much-needed aid into gaza. well, it has spent more time being fixed than delivering food. >> reporter: we traveled across the eastern mediterranean with u.s. forces, to gaza's devastated central coast, among the first journalists to visit the $230 million humanitarian platform. where we saw trucks carrying pallets of food aid into the besieged palestinian territory. since this pier became operational two months ago, only around 400 aid trucks like this have come off it. the need in gaza, just over there, is desperate. before the october 7th attacks, over 500 truckloads of aid would enter gaza in a single day. >> all i know is my objective is to get as many supplies as i can into gaza for the people of gaza. >> reporter: the pier has been plagued by problems and has only been fully operational for a total of 16 days. but when israeli forces rescued

four hostages in gaza earlier this month, in an operation that killed over 270 palestinians, an israeli military helicopter was seen taking off from the beach in front of the pier, prompting the world food programme to suspend operations there over concerns it had been compromised. >> this is a humanitarian pier. it was not part of any operation. it's focused on humanitarian assistance, and that's my mission. >> reporter: and critics of the pier say president biden should have instead focused on pressuring israel to reopen all land crossings for aid trucks into gaza, but administration officials seem determined to make it work, saying the pier will likely remain operational, even longer than originally planned. norah?

>> norah: imtiaz tyab, thank you very much. we are now just two days away from the first presidential debate, and it's the first time president biden and former president trump will meet face-to-face on the debate stage in nearly four years. cbs's nancy cordes joins us now from the white house. all right, nancy, how is the president preparing? >> reporter: well, norah, he has been holed up with his advisors at camp david for several days now, but starting yesterday, they began holding full mock debates where the president stands at a podium with advisors playing the roles of donald trump and the moderators, trying to anticipate the attacks that might come his way, and working on the points he wants to make. i am told he especially wants to highlight trump's record on reproductive rights and highlight some of his own accomplishments when it comes to the economy. >> norah: and nancy, what do we know about how former president trump is preparing? >> reporter: well, he has been campaigning, so he has not had as much time in the past couple of days for formal sessions. instead, he and his team have been focused on raising

expectations for biden's performance. they keep accusing him of doping, without any evidence whatsoever. they did the same thing, i should note, back in 2020, and they have also begun attacking the two moderators of the debate, claiming they won't be fair, even though trump agreed to these moderators and the terms. now, one piece of welcome news for trump today, the new york judge oversaw his hush money trial, partially lifted the gag order on trump, which means trump can now speak about the witnesses who testified, which is notable, norah, because his conviction could very well come up on thursday. >> norah: no doubt. nancy cordes at the white house, thank you. and we will have complete coverage of the first presidential debate hosted by cnn, that's this thursday starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our streaming networks. cbs news 24/7. we hope you will join us. now a look at tonight's other top stories, starting with what is now the most expensive congressional primary in american history.

democrats in new york went to the polls today to vote in a race that has become symbolic of divisions in the party. cbs's scott macfarlane is at a polling place in new rochelle. >> reporter: $25 million have flooded into this bitterly-divided primary, in part because it's a political proxy war over the war in gaza. two-term progressive jamaal bowman has called prime minister netanyahu a maniac, who needs to be removed for carrying out a genocide. his challenger, westchester county executive george latimer has received millions from pro-israel political groups. >> the issue of the middle east is very high. we have a large jewish population here. >> reporter: bowman says latimer is beholden to rich donors. >> send a working-class person back to congress. >> reporter: but bowman has been dogged by controversy, pleading guilty to pulling a capitol hill fire alarm during both last year. >> norah: now to the desperate search for nearly a dozen people still missing after raging wildfires swept through southern

new mexico last week. cbs's omar villafranca reports residents have been allowed to go home for the first time, but the hardest-hit areas remain off-limits. >> reporter: the flames near last week's south fork and salt fires near ruidoso, new mexico, destroyed more than 1400 buildings, roughly half of them houses. the south fork fire is more than 50% contained. the salt fire is almost 40% contained. and more than 1,000 fire crews and personnel are working to put out the hot spots. some residents were allowed to return to their property on monday to see what remained. >> norah: and an alarming scene in kenya today, as police fired on protesters trying to storm parliament after a bill was passed that raises taxes. at least five people are dead, and more than 30 were injured. cbs's adriana diaz has more. >> reporter: police used tear gas... [explosion] and bullets to try to contain the chaos in kenya today. demonstrators across the east african country and u.s. ally... [indistinct shouting] stormed parliament, setting the% building on fire as they protested a bill that would

raise taxes. the u.s. is watching closely. here at the state department, officials say they condemn the violence and are calling for restraint. kenyan president william ruto says he will prevent protest from reoccurring at whatever cost. >> norah: and thanks to our cbs news teams across the country. the nation's top doctor declares a public health crisis over gun violence in the u.s. will it have an impact on the hardest-hit communities? that story is next. from reoccurring at whatever cost. >> norah: and thanks to our cbs news teams across the country. the nation's top doctor declares a public health crisis over gun violence in the u.s. will it have an impact on the hardest-hit communities? that story is next. is supported by asthma experts. finally, there's a modern way to treat symptoms and asthma attacks. airsupra is the first ever dual-action rescue inhaler that treats your asthma symptoms

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public health threat. >> my hope is that if we understand this as a kids issue, that we will raise it on the priority list, that we will see it not as a political issue, but as a public health issue that should concern all of us. >> reporter: the 40-page document calls for banning assault weapons for civilian use, universal background checks, and requiring safe and secure storage for firearms that doctors would ask about during routine checkups. but the measures have little chance of passing in congress, where second amendment advocates oppose gun control efforts. >> the states across the country that have the strictest gun control laws, including safe storage laws and laws, still see skyrocketing homicide and murder and gun violence rates. >> reporter: sherry nolen says she already knew there was a gun crisis and is hoping for a change. >> most of the individuals that it's not their first time.t --- kind of like my son's murderer, it wasn't his first time. >> reporter: two years ago,

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