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severe flooding and possibly tornadoes. we'll have the latest on the storm track and the extreme heat gripping much of the country. the severe weather coming on what is expected to be a record-breaking travel day in the air and on the roads. >> definitely come early. >> we'll break down the travel trouble. the economy grew. there's a lot we can do. >> also tonight, president biden back on the campaign trail as he tries to quell calls for him to drop out of the race. and a key house democrat weighs in. >> he'll make a decision in the best interest of the country. plus, our holly williams takes us inside what is left of the war-torn city of rafah two months after the israeli invasion to eliminate hamas. >> i'm going to let the pictures do the talking. this is a wasteland. tonight meet the members of an elite team of firefighters who jump into harm's way, battling wildfires across the country. >> the whole thing is a pure

adrenaline rush. and later, street smarts. the star crossing guard brightening her corner of the world. >> what's my goal every day? to do this, uplifting people. that's my goal. what other goal can you have better? >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. good evening. jericka is off. i'm kristine johnson. we start tonight with the extreme weather gripping the country from coast to coast. in texas more than 10 million people are in the path of beryl. the already deadly storm is on track to make landfall along the texas gulf coast by tomorrow morning. and more than 100 million people are feeling the impact of record-shattering temperatures across the country. we begin tonight in port lavaca, texas, which could take a direct hit. cbs's jason allen is there for us tonight. good evening, jason. >> reporter: good evening, kristine.

there are evacuation orders in place right now up and down the texas coast. you can see we are getting hit right now by one of those outer rain bands from the storm and the winds have been increasing, gusting up to 30 miles per hour. oer the next few hours, thousands of people are expecting the rain to increase, the winds to pick up and that dangerous storm surge as beryl comes ashore. texans are heading for higher ground. ben boon and his daughter beth are packing the truck and leaving home in port lavaca. the city is along the same stretch of coast that hurricane harvey slammed in 2017. this time it could see storm surge as high as six feet above ground level. >> this neighbor here stayed for harvey and he said it sounded like the roof was going to come off. he's like, i'm not doing that next time. >> reporter: outer bands of the storm are already dumping heavy rain on cities like houston. texas lieutenant governor dan patrick has issued a pre-emptive disaster declaration for more than 120 counties. >> you don't want to be on the

road tomorrow. tomorrow will be a bad day for weather. >> reporter: beryl intensified to a massive category 5 hurricane last week, causing at least 11 deaths in the caribbean. on friday the storm crossed the yucatan peninsula, weakened but strong enough to topple structures and strand tourists at the airport. back in texas, beachgoers kept a close eye on the storm as they enjoyed the last days of their holiday weekend. >> i'm obsessed with the cone, the cone of uncertainty. every time it updates, i'm like, where's it at? >> reporter: kristine, people are dealing with this storm, knowing this is just the beginning of the hurricane season. >> jason, thank you. cbs meteorologist andrew kozak is tracking the storm for us. good evening, andrew. >> yeah, good evening, kristine. once again we are tracking beryl, which is really starting to strengthen over the very warm waters of the gulf of mexico. poised to come onshore overnight north of corpus christi as a category 1 hurricane, already

see the impressive outer bands affecting areas like corpus christi and houston with rain and gusty winds. so, we have hurricane warnings now from padre island north to galveston. beyond that we have tropical storm warnings to the louisiana border. all the way into the heart of this storm we'll be looking at anywhere between 5 and 8 inches of rain here. that's going to cause flooding. we're also locally going to be looking at upwards of 10 inches of rain. that and the storm surge is the reason why we have so many people evacuated along the coast. we're also looking at winds up to 95 miles per hour. elsewhere, tracking the heat across the west, which unfortunately will be with us through at least wednesday and thursday, but the east coast and the south looks like we'll chip away at some of those temperatures as we head into the middle of the week. kristine, remember, if you're in the heat, check on the old, the young and don't forget the pets. >> great advice. andrew kozak, thank you. today it appears concern among president joe biden's allies is widening.

cbs news has learned at least four more democratic congressmen have called for the president to drop out of the race. cbs's natalie brand is traveling with the president in pennsylvania and has late details. good evening, natalie. >> reporter: kristine, today the biden campaign wanted to show the president interacting with voters and appearing more off the cuff given the mounting concerns within his own party. cbs news has learned several more house democrats have said they think the president should exit the race. mingling with union members in harrisburg and volunteers -- >> we got a lot to do, folks, but we can do it. >> reporter: -- the president is trying to prove the viability of his re-election campaign and joked about his age while speaking before a friendly audience at a church service in philadelphia earlier sunday. >> i know i only look like i'm 40 years old but i've been around a bit. >> reporter: across this battleground state and this campaign event, voters are divided. >> i love you, joe biden.

i worked hard on your campaign. but i think it's time for you to step down. >> are you worried about president biden's ability to continue his campaign? >> not at all. and i think for him to leave the race at this time, so close to the convention, the democratic convention, it would be very confusing for a lot of people. >> i do think the clock is ticking. >> reporter: allies of the president describe a critical week ahead as lawmakers return to washington and discuss next steps. >> i wish he could jump up the steps on air force one. he can't. what we have got to focus on is policy. >> the performance on the debate stage, i think, rightfully raised questions among the american people about whether the president has the vigor to defeat donald trump. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that during a call this afternoon with house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, several

senior house democrats said the president should exit the 2024 race. that's in addition to the five house democrats who have put out public statements. kristine? >> natalie brand, thank you. today the post-holiday travel crush is on. more than 70 million people are expected to travel in the air or on the road. cbs's elise preston is at los angeles international airport. elise, good evening. >> reporter: kristine, good evening to you. there's a steady stream of passengers here at l.a.x., by air and by car, this could be the busiest travel day of the summer. it's a frantic finish to the fourth in los angeles and at airports nationwide. americans are returning home in record numbers. >> the morning started out with a delay and it just went on and delayed all the way till the end of the day. >> reporter: the tsa expects to screen at least 3 million passengers today, the most ever. >> 23 hours. >> 23 hours, yes.

>> reporter: what concerns do you have for this long travel day? >> it's just exhausting. >> reporter: more people are flying, causing long lines and packed planes. air travel is up nearly 7% compared to last year. lower ticket prices are fueling this getaway flight. average ticket prices are 18% lower than a year ago. >> i think we saved about $1,000. i booked my tickets back in march. >> reporter: people are also saving at the pump. the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is lower than a year ago. these savings drove nearly 61 million americans to the road this independence day holiday. now, it's not been all smooth sailing in the skies. according to flight aware, there have been more than 5,000 flights delayed and 300 flights canceled. >> elise, thank you. the heat wave gripping much of the country is just adding to the challenges for crews battling wildfires in

california. evacuation orders were issued for parts of santa barbara, northwest of los angeles, where a wildfire tripled in size this weekend. the fire is now scorched more than 13,000 acres and it's threatening several homes, including michael jackson's neverland ranch. and this is the aftermath of a fire in moreno valley. it has spread to 50 acres within hours yesterday. today a mass shooting in detroit leaves at least two dead and 19 others injured. gunfire erupted at a block party overnight where hundreds were gathered. so far police have not made any arrests. turning overseas, today a surprise win in france's legislative elections after president macron took a gamble to dissolve parliament following a far right surge. polling projections show it paid off. cbs's elaine cobbe has more from paris. >> reporter: good evening. an unusually high turnout has spelled the end of the french far right's dream of taking

power. >> left and center the voters were out in force to ensure the far right alliance dropped to third place, having led the first round of these parliamentary elections. leftist supporters gathered in central paris to celebrate as the first exit polls predictions came in. it said the french vote with their heart in the first round and their head in the second. and to help them do that, more than 200 candidates pulled out in a tactical move to block the far right. the combined leftist tips to lead tonight's vote followed by president macron's centrist alliance. however, no party or group is projected to win enough votes to form a government. president macron is not expected to speak tonight, kristine, but he has his work cut out for him over the coming days to try to form a government. macron could still decide to play it safe and keep a caretaker administration in place until after the paris olympics, which open in just two weeks' time.

>> elaine, thank you. today the israeli government issued new evacuation orders in gaza, exactly nine months since the war began. and tonight we're getting our first look inside the besieged city of rafah in the gaza strip as the war rages. cbs's senior foreign correspondent holly williams reports. >> reporter: an israeli air strike hit a school in gaza where displaced palestinians were sheltering yesterday. israel's military says it was targeting militants. at least 16 people were killed, according to the hamas-run health ministry. it says the death toll in gaza past 38,000 this past week, yet there's also renewed hope here for a cease-fire after hamas responded to a plan that was outlined by president biden back in may and israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu agreed to send a delegation to restart stalled negotiations. the u.s. may be pushing its ally

to agree to a cease-fire, but israel doesn't always do what washington wants. it launched a ground offensive in rafah in may, despite the objections of the u.s. and on wednesday, for the first time, israel's military took foreign journalists to the city on gaza's border with egypt to see what it's accomplished there. we're now inside the gaza strip. rafah city is straight ahead. israel said it had to go into rafah because hamas' four remaining battalions were hiding there, using tunnels to smuggle in weapons. israel's military claims it's killed more than 900 militants in the city, though it's also killed civilians. exactly what the u.s. was worried about. israel's military says we are standing above a terror ecosystem, a web of tunnels that were used by the militants. but above ground, all we can see

is destruction on a scale that is really impossible to adequately describe. so, i'm going to let my cameraman do the work. i'm going to let the pictures do the talking. this is a wasteland. the only people that we're seeing are israeli soldiers. hamas leaders are still at large, according to israel's military. do you know what's happening? why is all this gunfire? >> gunfire is outgoing gunfire. we are in a war zone. this is protecting the area. you are now in the area. >> reporter: shortly after that, we were told to move. if peace does finally come to gaza, this shattered strip of land will need to be rebuilt from the ground up. holly williams, cbs news, rafah in the gaza strip. >> and our thanks to holly williams and her crew. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," smoke jumpers.

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on edge and a feeling a sense of deja vu. >> they will tense up, wondering if this is the next fire and the next king fire. plus the workweek will start tomorrow, so the post holiday travel rush is on. the crowds and delays at bay area airports. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm andrea nakano. the peak of the heat wave is behind us, but the hot weather refuses to let up. here is what it looks like right now outside. you can see san francisco covered in a blanket of fog while it is hazy and dry in san jose. in the east bay, inland parks are back open again this weekend after the regional park district shut them down for excessive heat and extreme fire conditions. anthony shaboo reopened. bikers and hikers tell us it was perfect weather to be outside. >> it's beautiful. we didn't think that it would be open today, but we came on up. >> very few