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hello and thanks for staying up with us. i'm courtney kealy in new york. and these are your headlines on kr "cbs news roundup." the 2024 presidential race heats up with kamala harris's campaign raising $200 million since she emerged as the likely democratic nominee. air quality alerts go out across the american west as wildfires rage. and the middle east braces for more violence after a rocket from lebanon kills 12 children and teens. it's less than 100 days until americans head to the polls in this year's presidential election. vice president kamala harris has gained a wave of grassroots support and cash. at the same time former president donald trump is launching new attacks. as cbs's cristian benavides reports, trump says the gloves are now off.

>> reporter: at a rally in minnesota saturday night alongside running mate j.d. vance former president donald trump made it clear he's done with the national unity appeal that followed his assassination attempt. >> they all say i think he's changed, i think he's changed since two weeks ago. something affected him. no, i haven't changed. maybe i've gotten worse. >> reporter: he railed against vice president kamala harris, now the presumptive democratic nominee. >> there are a lot of people that say she destroyed san francisco. she will destroy our country. >> reporter: it was a turbulent week for republicans, who had to answer to prior comments made by vance. >> a bunch of childless cat ladies. >> reporter: south carolina senator lindsey graham on "face the nation." >> is it a mistake for senator vance to keep talking about americans who don't have children? >> yeah. i don't have children but i'm going to vote for j.d. and trump. you look at all these interviews by j.d. he was talking about how

the democratic party has abandoned the traditional family. >> reporter: on sunday kentucky's democratic governor andy beshear was out campaigning for harris and taking jabs at mr. trump. >> two nights ago he called her a bum. if he wants to see a bum, he ought to look in the mirror. and what he'll see looking back are multiple bankruptcies and 34 felony convictions. >> reporter: he's one of many candidates on the list to potentially be harris's running mate. cristian benavides, cbs news. more than 8,000 people have been told to evacuate in the face of the largest active wildfire in the country. fast-spreading flames near chico, california have burned more than 360,000 acres. the park fire is now the seventh largest in state history. cbs's jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: northern california's park fire, the country's largest wildfire, has erupted in size to nearly 550

square miles. the intense flames forcing thousands of people in four counties to leave their homes. >> it is burning on both sides for ten miles. it was driving through an inferno. >> reporter: the fire has destroyed at least 66 structures, with about 4,200 homes threatened. but cooler temperatures are helping exhausted crews. >> the worst of the flames have been extinguished here but you still have this slow creeping fire moving in on neighborhoods. about 1,600 firefighters here on the ground responding to scenes just like this. this home would be a total loss without them. >> reporter: crews are also struggling to control the borough fire burning about 100 miles north of los angeles. the flames nearly destroyed the tiny gold mining town of havila. this year's fire season has been explosive. the number of acres burned in california through july has grown by more than 2,000% compared to this time last year. in oregon more than a million

acres are burning. smoke from oregon and california wildfires has spread to multiple states including idaho, montana and north dakota. many in the path of the park fire are now facing devastation. >> people that we know said our stuff is all burned up. >> reporter: jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, chico, california. there are fears of more violence in the middle east now that israel's security cabinet has authorized a retaliatory strike in response to saturday's deadly rocket attack from lebanon. the rocket killed 12 teenagers and children in the israeli-controlled golan heights. cbs's debora patta reports from jerusalem. >> reporter: the funeral lament echoes across the remote druze village of majdal shams. thousands of mourners gathered around the long row of white-shrouded coffins. those killed were all children. some still wearing their sports

gear when they were blown apart by a hezbollah rocket. the kids were playing just behind me when the sirens went off. then the rocket slammed into the pitch, leaving no time for them to make it to the shelter. rabira knew every single one of the victims. >> all of them were like my brothers. not just friends but they were very close to me. >> reporter: there are those who want revenge. local resident jed says no more blood should be shed. >> no more children. i don't want anybody to die, neither here nor in gaza nor in tel aviv nor beirut. >> reporter: the u.s., united nations and lebanon have all called for restraint. israel and the iranian-backed hezbollah have been trading fire since october 7, and there are fears this attack could trigger an all-out regional war. israeli military resources are already stretched thin after nearly ten months of fighting in gaza. here too people are trapped in a

relentless cycle of despair. the idf has just issued more evacuation orders, forcing thousands of palestinians out of their shelters and into darkness. debora patta, cbs news, east jerusalem. venezuelan president nicolas maduro is claiming electoral vctory. it comes amid u.s. calls for a transparent vote count. cbs's lilia luciano is in caracas with more. >> reporter: many energized voters embraced venezuelan opposition leader maria corina machado including some of the 7.7 million who have fled under the nicolas maduro regime of the last decade. >> you came all the way from london to vote. >> yeah. >> reporter: why was this election so important? >> this is the first time that in venezuela we have a chance to really bid the chavismo with a huge huge difference. our vote for the freedom of venzwell ap. >> reporter: voters are casting

ballots for the country's next leader following 25 years of socialist governments first headed by hugo chavez and upon his death continued by nicolas maduro. >> if maduro -- >> reporter: but machado is not the presidential candidate. the opposition coalition selected diplomat edmundo gonzalez urrutia to run in her place when the maduro government and courts banned her candidacy earlier this year. now more than 20 million people are registered to vote in venezuela. the country with the largest oil reserves in the world but where 80% of the population lives under the poverty line. >> i see a lot of young people here. that makes me feel hope too. >> reporter: lilia luciano, cbs news. when "cbs news roundup" continues, what we're learning about the sheriff's deputy who shot illinois mother sonya massey. for each life moment, your kids could get free or low-cost health coverage from medicaid or chip. kids up to age 19 are covered for check-ups, vaccines, dentist visits, hospital care, and more.

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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm courtney kealy in new york. activists across the country held a national day of mourning sunday for sonya massey. the springfield, illinois woman was shot and killed earlier this month by a sheriff's deputy responding to her 911 call about a possible prowler. over the weekend rallies, marches and vigils for the mother of two took place in new york, chicago and los angeles. the deputy who shot massey has been fired and charged with murder. cbs's roxana saberi has more on the former departmenty's troubled past. and a warning, some of the video is hard to watch. >> reporter: the autopsy reveals the bullet hit sonya massey under her left eye, then exited from the back of her neck. [ knocking ] after sangamon county sheriff's deputy sean grayson and his partner responded to her 911 call. >> you called us. >> reporter: body camera video reveals the moment grayson shot the mother of two in the face

after asking her to check the stove. massey's autopsy report lists gabba pentin a nerve pain medication and thc the active ingredient in cannabis. ben crump is an attorney for massey's family. >> there are no drugs in her system other than the medication. >> reporter: this comes as cbs news has learned new details about grayson, who worked for six different law enforcement agencies in four years. >> the sheriff and i will not tolerate lying and deception. >> reporter: new audio recordings from the logan county, illinois sheriff's office obtained by cbs news reveal grayson was reprimanded in november 2022 for writing false information in his police reports. >> seven months on, how are you still employed by us? >> i don't know.

>> reporter: state records show grayson resigned in april 2023 and was hired by sangamon county three days later. and defense officials tell cbs news that in 2016 grayson was discharged for misconduct from the army after he was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, one of two dui charges on his record. >> why did he even have a job as a sheriff's deputy after those red flags? >> that was roxana saberi reporting. the lawyer of a powerful mexican drug cartel leader is claiming his client was forcibly kidnapped by the son of another cartel leader. both are in u.s. custody now carged with flooding the u.s. with drugs like fentanyl and cocaine. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports federal agents used trickery and deception to make the arrest. >> reporter: this photo obtained by cbs news shows 76-year-old ismael el mayo zambada, a leader of the sinaloa cartel, just before he was duped and apprehended by u.s. law

enforcement after a months-long operation to capture him. cbs news has learned zambada thought he was flying to see property in northern mexico thursday but was instead flown to a small airport outside el paso, texas and promptly arrested. he was lured, according to multiple sources, by someone close to him, joaquin guzman, a top cartel official and son of the notorious drug lord known as el chapo, in an act of betrayal. guzman was also arrested. the reason he cooperated not immediately disclosed. >> the justice department will not rest until every single cartel leader, member and associate responsible for poisoning our communities is held accountable. >> reporter: the men are accused of running one of the most powerful and ruthless criminal organizations in the world. the d.e.a. says the sinaloa cartel generates billions each year and is the largest supplier of synthetic drugs like fentanyl

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they're on board the international space station as engineers troubleshoot issues discovered aboard the boeing starliner spacecraft that took them into space. cbs's mark strassmann explains they've long overstayed their visit and still have no idea when they'll be returning. >> reporter: for astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams starliner's test flight troubles have meant a homecoming on hold. >> can you definitively say they're going to come back on starliner? and if you had to do it differently, how would you do it? >> we have contingency options. we've put those in play. nasa always has contingency options. but right now we're really focused on bringing butch and suni home on starliner. >> i'm very confident we have a good vehicle to bring the crew back with. >> reporter: starliner's astronauts originally were supposed to spend eight days on the international space station. they've now been up there going on eight weeks. and nasa has yet to give them a date when they'll be coming home. >> failure is not an option. that's why we are staying here now.

>> ignition. and lift-off of starliner atlas 5. >> reporter: engineers are now studying how the boeing-built spacecraft launched with one small helium leak and ended up with five and why five of starliner's smaller engines overheated on the trip to the international space station even though four were recovered. critical tests this weekend could confirm whether the capsule can safely carry the crew back to earth. >> the crew is very understanding and is absorbing all this information. >> i will add they seem to be enjoying their time on station. >> reporter: the time in space will be extended at least until early next month. mark strassmann at the johnson space center. back here on earth, the race is on to be the first company to create a flying car. cbs's cristian benavides takes a look at the high-flying competition. >> so this is about 17, 18 feet. >> reporter: at deroni aerospace in pompano beach, noar fluor

founder doron mergander is eager to get his personal flying machine on the market. so this is essentially a big drone? >> it is. >> reporter: it's an ev tool aircraft which stands for electrical vertical takeoff and landing. with testing already off the ground he believes the $350,000 aircraft could soon be ready for consumers to buy. >> we already have hundreds of preorders. >> reporter: the final product, called h-1x, will look like this. able to fit in a two-car garage. this simulator shows how takeoff would happen. during testing i was able to land it on top of the guitar-shaped hard rock hotel and casino in hollywood, florida. >> all right. we're here. >> reporter: merdinger says in the real world we wouldn't land there. technology on the evtol prevents it from flying to protected areas. >> geofencing is essentially an invisible wall so you can stop a vehicle that want to go into a

secure air space. >> reporter: the company says current technology allows for about 40 minutes of battery life. that's enough to travel about 60 miles. deroni is one of dozens of companies trying to make flying vehicles a reality. joe b. aviation is preparing to test an autonomous air taxi and archer aviation has received faa certification, bringing it closer to flying passengers. jason pechard is an industry expert. >> we're not going to be like the fifth element, star wars, the jetsons, where we're having hundreds if not thousands of these aircraft flying around cities all over the world. very much start off small. >> reporter: doroni is hoping to be one of those companies to break ground in the air. cristian benavides, cbs news, miami. "cbs news roundup" will be "cbs news roundup" will be (♪♪) this is a hot flash. this is a hot flash. but this is a not flash. for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms

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