stroke nearly four years ago. >> oh gee. she sounds great. so we're glad she recovered. stern grove concert series almost at an end. you have another chance to head out there though. >> and this upcoming saturday is the big picnic weekend with sill van esso and poolside and if you can't make it out there we'll be bringing you the show on our sister station, pix+ 44 cable 12. and that does it for us here at 5:00. we will see you back here at 6:00 for a half an hour of news. >> and local news continues streaming on cbs news bay area. the cbs weekend news is next. see you in 30 minutes. ♪ ♪ tonight, harris at the helm. the democrats' presidential nominee on a roll. today in battleground pennsylvania. the parties set to meet this week. >> reporter: i'm in

pennsylvania. former president trump has won this state before, but democrats think they can turn momentum into votes. what issues matter the most here? coming up. >> reporter: and i'm ed o'keefe in chicago, where democrats are keeping focus on the future. >> we will win. and we will win. also tonight, the top u.s. diplomat visits israel, hoping to close a cease-fire deal. >> reporter: i'm in tel aviv. antony blinken just landed here, while israeli strikes reportedly killed at least 29 people in gaza in the past day. plus, surprise occupation. >>. >> reporter: i'm ian lee near the border with russia whukrain says it has destroyed another bridge. california crack down. the new laws aimed at curbing smash and grab thieves. and later, a developing

trend. we show you how old photo booths are attract agnew generation. >> oh, my god! ♪ ♪ this is the cbs weekend news. from new york. with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you so much for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with the vice president, kamala harris, the democratic nominee, riding a whirlwind. her short four-week-old campaign setting fund raising records and attracting large crowds. on the eve of the party's convention, our new cbs poll show as very tight race. vice president harris is three points ahead of former president donald trump nationwide. but in the certain key battleground states, the race is a dead heat. pennsylvania is the biggest battleground. cbs is there tonight and leads us off. >> reporter: good evening,

former president trump won the state back in fw2016 and presidt biden in 2020. the new poll shows vice president harris and trump each have 50% of the vote right now, exactly why they are spending so much time here. from pittsburgh, vice president harris and her run mate, tim walz took off for a campaign blitz by bus through pennsylvania. surprising supporters at a phone bank. >> how you doin', hannah? >> reporter: and visiting with volunteers on the ground. >> through these next 79 days, we will continue to build community, build coalitions and remind each other we are all in this together. >> reporter: kim haskins was thrilled to attend an event. >> she brought life back into my party. >> reporter: our cbs news poll shows men are more likely to vote for former president trump and women for harris. including lisa short. do you think it's going to be a

close race here in pennsylvania? >> i think it's really going to be a close race, because i've been here my whole life. trump comes here a lot. so i really think, like, it's going to be tough for her to win pennsylvania. >> kamala, you're fired! get out of there! >> reporter: just yesterday, trump campaigned in willsings bury. >> i say i am much better looking than her. that is the laugh of a crazy person. the laugh of a lunatic. >> reporter: and her economic policy proposals. >> this is communist. this is marxist, this is fascist. >> reporter: according to our poll, voters think trump's policy also have more of an impact on border and bringing down the price of food and groceries, a big reason why mary beth and lewis plan to vote for him. >> the economy is horrible. we need change. we need to go back to where we were four years ago. >> we're headed down off a cliff as far as the economy goes. >> reporter: but the harris-walz

campaign believes they can keep the state blue. >> we're back. and we're going to keep coming back. >> reporter: and speaking of coming back, tomorrow both trump and his running mate, jd vance, have events scheduled here in pennsylvania. meanwhile, tonight harris and walz are heading to chicago to kick off the dnc convention tomorrow. jericka? >> exciting week. thank you for joining us from pennsylvania. tonight, delegates are gathering in chicago for the democratic national convention. organizers have been busy preparing for the political show inside the united center, as well as thousands of demonstrators expected outside. ed o'keefe is there covering it all. >> reporter: final preparations are under way here at the convention center where president biden and the first lady will be here to speak and pass the baton to vice president harris and her running mate, tim walz. we spoke with jb pritzker who

says harris deserves a lot of credit for holding the party together. >> normally, you run through an entire primary process that could last as long as a year. and you become the nominee, maybe in april or so. and you're kind of settling in. and, then, vetting a vice president. she's done an amazing job. and i think she's done it in a way that's conveyed to all of us the hope for the future. >> reporter: now among those set to address the convention is first lady michelle obama, her husband, barack obama speaks to the crowd. thursday harris formally accepts the nomination. our cbs news poll finds the reason the race between her and former president donald trump is tightening is because she's gained support from younger voters, and voters of color. that's why this convention's big theme is based on the future of the country. our poll also finds that fewer know what she stands for. that's one of the big

challenges. reintroducing harris to the country and explaining what she would do if she wins. >> ed o'keefe in chicago, thank you. our coverage of the democratic national convention begins tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern on cbs bnews 24/7. this week, high-stakes meetings. secretary of state blinken returned to israel today, set to meet with benjamin netanyahu tomorrow before heading to cairo tuesday. cbs reports from tel aviv. >> reporter: good evening. a cease-fire can't come fast enough. israeli strikes on gaza killed at least 29 more people in just the past day. this strike caught on camera. watch. and you can just see that man and child running for cover. two missiles hitting that apartment building in nuseirat. up and down the strip, there was more despair and disbelief. these two boys cried, baba,

baba, my beloved dad is gone. one of them shaking his body as if trying to wake him up. this man pulled three lifeless, shrapnel-scarred birls from the back of his car. a strike on a home killed a mother and her six children. five of them were quintuplets. take a look at this body bag. there are six names there. all of those children fit inside this one single bad. and we look ahead for cease-fire talks to reconvene in cairo this week. >> all right, thank you. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy said ukraine is getting stronger as troops enforw inch forward into russia. the incursion marks the first syme

time since world woar ii that a foreign army has been fighting inside their lines. >> reporter: this is the tip of ukraine's spear into russia. elite forces probe ahead and disrupt russian reenforcements. here ukrainian troops ambush several soldiers. surrender and come out, they command. capturing some of them. kiev's surprise attack is now in its second week. yet moscow remains off balance, scrambling to blunt the advance. yesterday the ukrainian military says it hit another vital bridge in russia's kursk region. the invasion is turning nearby ukrainian cities into hives of military activity. the regional capital is a prime target for russian retaliation. drones and missiles now targeted on a daily basis, like this strike yesterday. ukraine says a russian cruise missile hit this parking lot, injuring two people, but it

could have been a lot worse. and right next door are people's homes. many locals thought their building had been hit. relieved it fell short, lena and larisa now clean up the aftermath. it's scary. you go to bed, and you don't know what will happen next, they say. how do you feel that now ukrainian soldiers have invaded russia and taking the fight into russia? let them keep going. let them go to moscow and end it all, says larisa. to putin and to cut off his head, adds lena. the further they push into russia, residents living on the border hope the safer their communities will be. but there is frustration in kiev, jericka. ukrainian officials believe they can make even more progress, and they have the weapons. the only problem is, the more effective ones are supplied by the west, which forbids them from being used on russian

territory. >> all right, ian lee reporting from ukraine. thank you. to germany now where a fire broke out on a ferris wheel. at least 23 people with hurt when flames engulfed two of the gondolas. it happened at a music festival near the city two hours south of berlin. now many of the injured were first responders who had to be str treated for smoke inhalation. investigators are still investigating the cause. there are new developments involving george santos. cbs has learned he is expected in federal court tomorrow to plead guilty to corruption charges that drove him from office. cbs' shanelle kaul has more. >> reporter: defiant for months. >> i'm still fighting. i'm still standing. >> reporter: but now an apparent about face from george santos. >> i'll set the record straight when it's convenient to me, not to you. >> reporter: cbs news has learned santos intends to plead

guilty monday to felony charges tied to a federal corruption case accusing him of fraud, identity theft and misusing campaign funds. his trial was set to begin september 9th. why plead guilty now? a plea deal would allow george santos to avoid the circus. santos was first indicted in may of 2023, pleading not guilty. ten more charges came in october. he was ousted from congress in december. he admitted to lying about his education, family life and career. but this case is about campaign dollars. what would a plea deal look like here? >> george santos faced a maximum of decades in prison. so a plea deal would likely look like a lot less time in prison than that. >> reporter: right now, it's unclear which of the 23 felony charges santos may plead guilty to, and, if he'll actually show up in court. shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. california is cracking down

on crime. governor gavin newsom has signed new laws, aimed at curbing those brazen smash and grab robberies and other property crimes. in los angeles, here's elise preston. >> reporter: californians are fed up with seeing videos like this one of a brazen smash and grab robbery. the suspects in los angeles stole more than $300,000 worth of merchandise last year. governor gavin newsom took aim friday at shoplifters, smash and grab robbers and auto thieves by signing ten bills into law. the legislation strengthens enforcement and increases penalties for property crimes. >> the issue that is front and center in the consciousness of so many californians. >> reporter: californians like bubba taylor whose oakland bar was targeted last week by thieves. >> they took our atm machine and our cash register. it's costing us to put our life back together. >> reporter: the losses are huge for merchandisers. $112 billion in 2022, according

to the national retail federation. florida is also taking action. people who steal property worth more than $40 will be charged with a felony instead of a misdemeanor, starting in october. right now, in california, that threshold is $950. some business owners want to see it it lowered. >> it has to stop. because we're all fed up with it. turning now to weather where tonight several cities in connecticut are under a flash flood warning. this is danbury, about 50 miles northeast of new york city, where roads have been swamped. after thunderstorms. in colorado, intense heat is the problem there. emergency crews saturday treated around 100 people for heat-related illnesses at an air show in colorado springs. for the week ahead, there's little relief for much of the country, as you see there on that map. it will be very hot and humid in the southwest. straight ahead on the cbs

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booth, his store has been flooded with gen z-ers. >> these people kept swarming in here all day, all the time. just because of this. >> re >> they're basically like happiness machines. >> reporter: he is the founder of a san francisco-based company that owns and operates more than 200 of these booths across the country. he says interest spiked only recently. >> my boyfriend bought an original photo booth from the '70s. >> reporter: after a swell of viral tiktoks made them cool again. >> i didn't expect it would take off like this, with lines at a photo booth. that's kind of a business owner's dream. >> reporter: the secret to taking a good portrait, he says, is being a little goofy. >> let's do the chin, back to back. hmm. last, we do the mouth open >> oh, my god! >> reporter: as for kayla, she couldn't wait to expose her followers to this catchy new trend. >> look at that! >> reporter: going from vintage to viral.

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