today, the celebration for the 20th birthday, the smiling train car is the mascot, it has become a fixture at local parades and events and some people show their love with bart themed sweaters , there were also games, face painting and vendors. that will do it for us at 5:00, we will see you at 6:00 where we will have the latest from the wildfires, with a report from chico. we will leave you with scenery of the bay area, we will see you at 6:00. controversy in a suddenly transformed presidential race. >> i'm running against a low iq

individual, her. >> donald trump goes on the offensive against his new rival. and sparks scrutiny with this appeal to christian voters. >> four more years, you know what? it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful christians. >> kamala harris works to quickly choose a running mate. we'll have the latest. also tonight, the largest wildfire in the u.s. explodes in size, as flames race across the west. >> i'm jonathan vigliotti in chico, california, where the park fire has exploded in size, destroying entire neighborhoods. while canadians mourn a scarred jewel of the rockies. >> i'm outside of jasper, where images of destruction are emerging from one of the most scenic places in the country. plus, a deadly day in the middle east. first, in gaza, then in the israeli occupied golan heights. >> i'm deborah patter in east

jerusalem where there are fears of a new front opening up after a rocket fired from lebanon hit a soccer field where children were playing. in france, the olympic games begin, with a superstar's comeback stealing the show. and later, they rule the roost in key west. why this wild flock has many crying foul. >> where are the chickens? >> everywhere. they're everywhere. this is the "cbs weekend news" from washington with adriana diaz. >> good evening, i'm nancy cordes, in for adriana. tonight, the presidential contest is getting personal. one week after president biden shook up the race by handing the reins to his vice president, kamala harris. she held her first fund-raiser as the presumptive nominee today. there, she described her opponent and his policies as

weird. at a crypto conference in tennessee, former president donald trump called harris a low iq individual. and a plea he made to christian voters at a rally last night is leaving some wondering exactly what he meant. cb's natalie brand is at the white house and leads us off tonight. good evening, natalie. >> reporter: good evening, nancy. the harris campaign says in less than a week, it's raised more than $126 million, and polls show the presidential race tightening, with a new presumptive democratic nominee. >> donald trump has been resorting to some wild lies about my record. >> reporter: fund-raising today in massachusetts, vice president kamala harris called her campaign the underdog in the race, and addressed the escalating attacks by former president donald trump. >> i'm running against a low iq individual, her. >> reporter: who spoke today at a bitcoin conference in tennessee.

his comments before a crowd of conservative christians friday night are also generating new controversy. >> christians, get out and vote. just this time. you won't have to do it anymore, four more years, you know what? it will be fixed, it will be fine, you won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful christians, i love you. >> reporter: the harris campaign called that a promise to end democracy. while trump is also getting personal. >> three weeks ago, she was a bum. a failed vice president and a failed administration. >> kamala's big lie about the border. >> reporter: his campaign is out today with this new ad, in three key battlegrounds, including the border state of arizona. in an exclusive interview with cbs news, harris campaign manager julie chavez rodriguez signaled that if elected, harris would continue president biden's recent restrictions on asylum claims. >> i think at this point, you

know, the policy that are having a real impact on ensuring that we have security and order at our border are policies that will continue. >> reporter: the harris campaign kicked off what it's calling a weekend of action to try and mobilize tens of thousands of volunteers across more than 2,000 events in key swing states. headliners ranging from the second gentleman to some of the democratic governors under consideration for running mate. >> let us get to work! >> reporter: former president trump and senator vance rally together tonight in st. cloud, minnesota, that's a conservative area in a democratic-leaning state that their campaign is targeting this year. nancy? >> natalie brand at the white house, thank you. tonight, fire crews across the west are racing to contain scores of wildfires with more than 2 billion acres burning right now. the park fire near the city of chico, california, is the nation's largest.

cbs' jonathan vigliotti is there. jonathan? >> reporter: nancy, we're here on a ridgeline, and from this perspective, you can see how the wind pushed these flames up into this neighborhood. tonight, thousands of homes are threatened. an out of control monstrous inferno. the park fire burning just outside the city of chico, doubling in size since friday. now, nearly 350,000 acres. flames incinerating roughly 480 square miles. >> crazy. chaotic. scary. >> reporter: the fires burning nearly 5,000 acres every hour. nearly 10,000 evacuated. more than 130 structures, including homes, have been destroyed. no injuries have been reported. this fire tornado, the result of an inferno so massive it's creating its own weather system. crews this weekend are battling major fires throughout the west. in washington, idaho, and in oregon, where a firefighter died thursday when his air tanker crashed. >> might take the wind chimes.

>> reporter: chico resident julia yarbough is one of the people who lost everything. this was your dream home. >> it really was. it was perfect. it was our sanctuary. >> reporter: and the wind has calmed down a bit. the temperatures have dropped, but as we mentioned, this fire is creating its own weather system, and tonight, nancy, this fire continues its destructive path. >> jonathan viglotti, thank you so much. and it's not just the u.s. that's on fire. in canada 926 active fires are now burning. fast-moving flames have devastated the town of jasper, alberta, and its beautiful national park. cbs' carter evans is in hinton, alberta. good evening. >> reporter: nancy, this is about as close as people can get to the community of jasper right now.

earlier this week, 25,000 evacuated. now, most of them were tourists visiting the national park. but 5,000 locals still don't know when they'll be able to return home. the latest images from inside this treasured town in the rockies are a stark contrast to the stunningly beautiful scenes jasper is known for. about 30% of the buildings here were reduced to ash. >> i see 67 years. >> reporter: jasper's mayor, richard ireland, grew up in this home and lived there until he was forced toe vac wait. he's one of the first to view the destruction. with alberta's premier, danielle smith. >> strangely, this was the only house on the entire block that was gone and yet his garage was still there. >> i needed to do what our citizens can't do, and that is see for myself. >> reporter: and you understand exactly what those people who lost so much are going through. >> it is -- a sad reality. >> reporter: but he's also hopeful. >> our community will -- will get beyond this. we will rebuild.

>> reporter: so far, no injuries or deaths have been reported, and for the last few days the weather's been pretty cool, and we've had some rain. and that really helped tamp down the fire in jasper. but the heat is expected to return next week, and this fire is still burning. so far, covering 140 square miles. nancy? >> and jasper, a jewel that draws tourists from everywhere. carter evans, thanks so much. smoke from the wildfires in the west is spreading from coast to coast. let's check in with meteorologist andrew kozak with more. andrew? >> yeah, good evening, nancy. it's not just the fires. forecasting where they may spread, but it's the smoke. from california, oregon, the west, combined with the canadian wildfire smoke that is going to pass across the upper midwest with, of course, the upper level winds. could be seen as far east as boston and new york city. the smoke and the haze, as we head into your sunday. meantime, the air quality, very unhealthy. hazardous, even, across these areas in the west. which means even if you're a

healthy person being outside for even just a couple minutes could be detrimental to your health. let's talk about a fire tornado. it's a phenomenon that we see with this. a vortex of wind, smoke, and flames. the intense heat causes the air of all that fire to rise. and as the air comes in to replace it, it looks like a vortex, looks like a tornado. we're tracking that on sunday, nancy, and also, some upper midwest thunderstorms. could be tracking severe weather across the south, as well. >> looks like we're all going to see that smoke to some degree. andrew kozak, thank you. to the middle east now, and what one u.s. official tells cbs news has been a day of almost all-out war between israel and hezbollah. at least ten young people and children were killed when a rocket from lebanon hit a soccer field in the israeli-controlled golan heights. and israel struck a school in gaza, killing at least 30 palestinians. cbs's debora patta reports tonight from jerusalem. >> reporter: there are fears of

a new front opening up along the lebanese border, after that rocket attack on the israeli-controlled golan heights. the israel defense force has blamed the iranian-backed hezbollah, who have denied any responsibility. the rocket slammed into this field where a game of soccer was being played. spectators rushed to help the injured. those killed mostly children and teens. >> we will finish our assessments and we will act. >> reporter: israel and hezbollah have been trading almost daily fire along the lebanese border. but this attack could significantly escalate the possibility of an all-out war there. and it comes as the israeli military is already stretched from nearly ten months of fighting in gaza. its longest war ever. today, israel issued new evacuation orders in an area in khan yunis designated a humanitarian safe zone.

once again, upending the lives of displaced palestinians who have already fled multiple times. there were no warnings when the israeli military struck a school sheltering civilians in central gaza today. "i can't find my daughter," sobbed this panic-stricken woman. the idf says it was a hamas command center. but there were mostly women and children among the more than 30 killed. "we were just sitting, playing," said this traumatized young boy. the reality on the ground in gaa is starkly at odds with benjamin netanyahu's boast this week in the u.s. that his military took unprecedented steps to protect civilians. while there was applause for his speech in congress, not many were cheering him back home. for desperate hostage families a deal appears to be little more

than a mirage right now. netanyahu was still in the u.s. when the attack along the lebanese border happened. he's been briefed, and, nancy, he's moved up his return to israel. >> debora patta in jerusalem tonight. thank you. today, we learned that three members of the family gospel group the nelons have been killed in a plane crash. they were among seven people onboard a single-engine aircraft that crashed near recluse, wyoming. there were no survivors. tonight a freeway connecting california to las vegas remains closed. video posted on social media shows miles of stopped traffic on interstate 15. northbound lanes were blocked after a semi-truck hauling a container of lithium ion batteries overturned and caught fire. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the olympics in paris begin with a superstar's return.

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lopez has got beef. where are the chickens? >> everywhere. they're everywhere. >> reporter: entire chicken families are crossing roads. >> this is not bad, just one chicken. >> reporter: a resolution by lopez now law bans feeding chickens in public property. >> what i am looking to do is to try and address the health issues of humans as well as the chickens. >> reporter: droppings can spread disease. there's property damage. chickens are run over by cars. chicks fall into storm drains and roosters crow at all hours. rescued chickens are sent to farms in mainland, florida, but it's impossible to catch them all. how did it get like this? >> it's the oldest image we have of chickens in key west. >> reporter: key west historian corey malcom tells the tale of the tail feathers. >> chickens were very much part of early key west. >> reporter: brought in the 1820s by the first settlers. >> they would sell them by the

dozen to the residents here. >> reporter: in the 1860s a cuban migration. >> one of the traditions that came from cuba was cock fighting. the tradition of raising chickens carries on from the early 1900s into around world war ii. >> reporter: by then, the ease of getting eggs and meat at supermarkets meant homeowners let their chickens loose. in a two by four-mile island, with no natural predators. in 1986, florida banned cock fighting, roosters were let out. in '98, hurricane george spread them all throughout the island. multiplying ever since. mitigation has failed. a city employed chicken catcher in the 2000s quit after swift backlash from chicken enthusiasts. here, chickens are as much a tourist attraction as the southern-most point. they are also a popular sight in souvenir shops.

arthur bakala owns three chicken-themed shops in key west. they're everywhere. >> yes, that's good for me. for funky chicken owner. >> reporter: we met him in his chicken-themed wine and coffee bar. there's paintings, t-shirts, mugs, and everything in between. it's part of the island's chicken culture. where it's the chickens' word. we're just living it in. cristian benavides, cbs news, key west, florida. >> and that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm nancy cordes in washington. good night.

>> more than a dozen small businesses ransacked in oakland, leaving owners feeling terrorized. >> words cannot even explain the feeling. >> and one of the largest wildfires in state history still growing tonight, we will hear from the firefighters and whether or not any smoke will make it to the bay area. and the uber driver helped save a life, and we were there when they connected. burglars kicked down doors and ransacked 16 businesses, they are located inside an office building inside collins drive right behind the denny's restaurant that shut down earlier this year, citing crime. business owners and workers are cleaning up the me