♪ >> that ahead celebrated the 22nd annual jerry day, honoring the band's late leader, jerry garcia. >> after the concert, fans will bring the party to mission street and and with a night pub crawl. >> and that's all the time we have. we'll see you back here at 6:00. cbs weekend news is next. all updates on kpix.com. >> good night. >> they want to do another one. we're doing one with fox if she shows up. >> donald trump claims he's struck a new agreement on a presidential debate, but kamala harris' campaign says that's not true. this as her decision on a vp

pick nears. also tonight, abrupt reversal. >> i'm michael george at the 9/11 memorial in new york with reaction after defense secretary austin revokes a deal that avoids the death penalty for accused 9/11 plotters. plus after recent assassinations, israel stokes fears of a wider war. >> i'm debora patta in east jerusalem where the country is braced for a possible iranian retaliatory attack. state of emergency. florida this weekend gets ready for debbie and a deluge. while scorching heat fuels the wildfire threat in the west. and later, appreciating baseball by feeling it. how this big league team is helping these visually impaired and blind students experience the game. >> it's just so exciting. this is the "cbs weekend news" from washington with adriana diaz.

good evening. tonight we begin with breaking news on several political fronts in the race for the white house. in washington vice president kamala harris is nearing the end of her search for a running mate. at the same time her husband, second gentleman doug emhoff is responding to a report published in a british tabloid about his first marriage. in atlanta tonight donald trump and his running mate j.d. vance are holding a rally in the battleground state of georgia. the former president also announced today he will not attend the presidential debate scheduled for september 10th. instead he's pushing a different plan, but the harris campaign pushing back. cbs' natalie brand is at the white house tracking it all, and she leads us off tonight. good evening, natalie. >> reporter: good evening, adriana. vice president harris says she's sticking to that debate scheduled for september 10th with abc. harris' campaign says he's trying to back out, this as she

closes in on a decision for her running mate. two weeks after stepping into the race kamala harris is preparing for a battleground blitz with her vp pick. it begins tuesday in philadelphia. the tour will take the newly minted ticket for states that will decide the election. sources tell nbc news the vice president is meeting with top contenders this weekend as cameras scrutinize all traffic in and out of her official rez dngs, a list that includes arizona senator mark kelly and pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. voters share what they'd like to see in the choice. >> definitely qualifications as well as somebody that she can work with, somebody who's going to be compatible with her agenda. >> reporter: today on the campaign trail in atlanta trump's running mate, senator j.d. vance rallied the crowd ahead of the former president. >> in 93 days we're going to take back our country. >> reporter: this week trump down-played the importance of a

vp pick. vance has faced backlash for controversial comments, but that doesn't bother their supporters. >> i believe in what vance has to say. >> reporter: now, trump this afternoon doubled down on his debate proposal for september 4th on fox news, and social media posts attacking harris saying she's, quote, afraid. now, her campaign accuses trump of being the one, quote, of running scared and reiterates that she will be at that abc debate on september 10th. adriana? >> also today a british tabloid reported second gentleman doug em emhoff had an affair during his first mage. how is he responding. >> reporter: emhoff responded saying during his first marriage he went through tough times on account of his actions and took responsibility in the years since. a source also says this information was known to the vice president prior to their marriage. now, late today emhoff's ex-wife defended him in a statement saying their marriage end for a variety of reasons, adding that

she's proud of the, quote, supportive blended family she, harris, and emhoff have built together. adriana? >> natalie brand, that you can. now to new developments in this week's 9/11 plea deal reached with three accused plotters. in a surprise move defense secretary lloyd austin revoked settlement agreements. cbs' michael george in new york has details on what happened. michael, good evening. >> reporter: adriana, good evening. it's been nearly 23 years since the attack that brought down to the towers of the world trade center right here behind me. and in all that time the families of victims never had the closure of a trial, and now a plea deal involving the alleged mastermind has been revoked. a sudden reversal. late friday defense secretary lloyd austin pulled out of a deal between military prosecutors and the man accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks, khalid shaikh mohammad, and two alleged accomplices. that deal would have spared the

men the death penalty. austin saying in a memo responsibility for such a decision should rest with me. >> i was very happy to hear they rescinded the plea deal and put the death penalty back on the table. >> reporter: terry strada's husband, tom, was killed in the north tower of the world trade center on september 11, 2001. she's now national chair of 9/11 families united and have a lawsuit accusing the saudi arabia government of involvement. >> what we want is a trial so evidence could be heard. >> reporter: attacks on the world trade center and the pept gone took the lives of 2,977 people. mohammad has been in custody for 21 years, much of that in a u.s. military prison in guantanamo bay, cuba. pretrial hearings involving questions surrounding the suspect's torture have stalled the proceedings creating a legal limbo for all parties. what's it been like for the families to continue to fight for this for decades? >> it's exhausting.

it's emotionally tolling on our health, and it's sad because so many members have passed away. >> reporter: some victims families and lawmakers supported the plea deal. >> to me the best form of punishment is to make sure that they have hard labor for the rest of their life. >> reporter: and since the attacks, thousands of people have died from 9/11-related illnesses. in fact, they now outnumber the deaths that took place on september 11th. the three men accused have not been charged with those deaths. adriana? >> michael george, thank you. tonight there are mounting fears that israel's long running hostilities between iran and its allies could intensify into a wider war. after assassinations of senior hamas and hezbollah leaders. cbs' debora patta reports from jerusalem that the united states is also responding. >> reporter: there are high levels of anxiety here in israel. nobody really knows how or when iran will strike back.

with the funeral rituals for hamas leader ismail haniyeh now over, the explosive fallout of his assassination in tehran has left a region on edge. security experts here fear an iranian attack could include its proxies and be far harsher than the strike in april when the u.s. and its allies helped down nearly all of the more than 300 missiles and drones fired at israel. iran can also potentially attack israeli assets abroad. while all sides insist they don't want this shadow conflict to escalate into open war, the potential for a fatal error is high. >> i think both sides on the one hand do not want things to get out of control. on the other hand, both sides do not want to be that takes the step back. >> the problem is each side pushes on the assumption that the other doesn't want an all-out war until -- >> yes, it could happen, again,

if something gets out of control. like if hezbollah attack in tel aviv and causes tens of dead. >> reporter: as the world's attention is focused on iran's next move, palestinians in gaza believe haniyeh's assassination will only lead to more deaths and more injuries. at this hospital little mohamed al-ghandour is trying to be brave. his sister maysa is too weak to talk, and little yara is in so much pain. i thought we were going to die, yara says. then my mom said, "then i will die with you." the siblings were all badly injured when a tank fired into the building they were sheltering in. their father tries to comfort and soothe them, wishing he could take their pain and nightmares away. the u.s. has ordered additional

combat aircraft and warships to the middle east, adriana, as hostilities strike fears for a wider war. tonight the state of florida is under a state of emergency as a new storm brewing in the caribbean is expected to power up taking direct aim at the state, bringing multiple days of rain. let's get the latest now from meteorologist andrew kozak. >> adriana, this evening tropical storm debbie has 40 mile per hour sustained winds. it's entering the warm waters of the gulf of mexico and will continue to strengthen as we head overnight and into your sunday. by sunday morning the winds up to about 45 miles per hour. this is going to strengthen quickly as it moves across the florida panhandle. by monday coming onshore as a strong tropical storm or a hurricane category 1.

that's why we have a hurricane warning in effect to areas just to the east of panama city, tampa, and much of the coast of florida under a tropical storm warning. the rainfall rates, they're going to be excessive. and the rainfall between 8 and 12 inches at a minroom across florida, so we're watching that carefully. elsewhere we have heat across the southwest, 117. still smoking heat in the pacific west and rockies, and heat advisory continues all along the gulf coast. andrew, thank you. it is a tough weekend for firefighters across the west. there are 94 large wildfires burning, 28 of those with active evacuation orders. one of the biggest is in california. cbs' elise preston is in los angeles with more on the fire threat. elise? >> reporter: good evening to you, adriana. blistering triple digit temperatures are baking and burning the west with at least 94 major wildfires raging out of control. an explosive and exhausting start to the 2024 fire season

with no relief in sight for the nearly 30,000 firefighters battling massive wildfires across the country. in northern california the massive park fire near chico has grown to more than 400,000 acres to become the fourth largest wildfire in the state's history, burning now for over a week. in colorado crews are making aerial and ground attack on multiple wildfires including the quarry fire south of denver, which may have been deliberately set. >> it's almost surreal. >> reporter: 115 active fires in oregon have burned more than 2,000 square miles. so far this year flames have scorched more than 4.5 million acres nationwide. that's about 7,000 square miles. where there is fire, there is smoke. the wildfires are creating unhealthy air blanketing eight states and traveling as far east as the dakotas. at this accelerated pace experts

worry the high number of wildfires could eventually strain critical resources including crews and equipment. >> it's tough work, and that's why we had four firefighters yesterday go down with heat exhaustion. >> reporter: now, the heat wave is drying out plants like these creating fuel for flames and increasing fire risk. experts fear august could be a devastating month for wildfires. adriana? >> let's hope not. elise preston, thank you. next week marks one year since a deadly and devastating maui wildfires. the fire killed 102 people, displaced thousands, and destroyed much of the historic town of lahaina. late friday hawaii's largest utility agreed to pay the biggest shae of a legal settlement totaling just over $4 billion. the deal also compensates more than 10,000 home owners, businesses, and other plaintiffs. the settlement still needs court approval but hawaii's government

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