beach, sea lions are regulars at this beach, just never so many at once. the monterey bay aquarium says this is a pit stop as they make their way up the north california coast. >> i wonder if the next stop is fisherman's wharf san francisco. they might want to come here and visit us. that is it for us at 5:00, we will see you back here at 6:00 tonight. >> the news always streams on kpix.com , have a good night. ♪ tonight, space saga. >> space flight is risky, even at its safest.

>> nasa reveals its long awaited plan on when and how to return two stranded boeing starliner astronauts to earth. >> nasa is calling a different space taxi to bring hoax two -- home two astronauts. also tonight, race to the finish. the harris campaign gets set to roll into battleground georgia. plus, dr. fauci recovering this weekend after being hospital iized with a rare viru. on ukraine's independence day. zelenskyy celebrates taking the fight to russia. >> the u.s. pledges another multi-million dollar package to ukrainian forces. >> watchful eyes. with anti-semitism on the rise, the nationwide network tracking threats. hawaii this weekend eyeing the approach of a tropical

storm. a water show with a new look set to make a big splash. >> if you have been to vegas, you know the famous bellagio foun dane. fountain. 1,000 jets. we will show you how they choreograph a show. good evening. tonight, nasa has finally revealed how it plans to pull off its newest mission. getting two astronauts back to earth. their saga began with what was supposed to be an eight-day test flight into orbit aboard boeing's starliner capsule. now it will be eight months. all of it a blow to an american aviation giant now stumbling in space. mark strassmann is in houston and leads us off with the very latest. mark. >> reporter: this is one of the most consequential safety decisions for nasa in a

generation. to bring those these two astronauts, the space agency will look past boeing's starliner to boeing's competitor spacex. >> nasa has decided that butch and suni will return with crew 9 next february. >> reporter: nasa's decision, switch spaceships and companies. >> ignition. >> reporter: back in june, astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams flew to the international space station on boeing's starliner. they will fly home next february in a spacex crew dragon despite boeing insisting theirs is safe to fly them back. >> it's disappointing they are not coming home on starliner. that's okay. it's a test flight. >> reporter: nasa spent weeks and analyzing issues starliner developed on the way to the iss.

the propulsion system is critical to coming home. the small engines need to fire hundreds of times to keep the spacecraft in the precise orientation for safe reentry and on target touchdown. instead, starliner will return uncrewed next month. >> there was too much uncertainty in the prediction of the thrusters. it was too much risk for the crew. >> reporter: in a statement, boeing said, we continue to focus first and foremost on the safety of the crew and spacecraft. we are executing the mission as determined by nasa. but nasa's decision is is bound to frustrate the legacy aerospace giant in what they admitted is a dramatic change. >> how do you begin to rebuild that relationship of trust with boeing? >> i don't think be are rebuilding trust. i think we are looking at the data. we view the data and the uncertainty that's there differently than boeing does. >> reporter: the two astronauts were supposed to spend eight days on the space station.

today is day 80 in space. now they have another six months more to go. >> just have to get them home safely. tonight, the political conventions are done. the seismic shift on the democratic ticket is complete. now the race becomes a sprint to november. this weekend, president biden is vacationing in santa inez, california. he had uninvited guests today as a caravan of trump supporters gathered nearby. for more on what's ahead. zblenchts >> reporter: both are >> reporter: both are off the trail but plan to campaign next week as the race for the white house enters its most critical phase with 72 days until the election. riding high off the democratic national convention, vice president kamala harris and running mate tim walz will hit the trail in georgia next week where her supporters say they are energized.

>> kamala becoming the nominee is -- has brought energy and hope back to politics. >> reporter: they want to build on the momentum. >> i feel as though she can elaborate more. >> reporter: supporters of donald trump expect a boost now that he has a kennedy in his corner. >> i hope he can speak to his followers. >> reporter: robert f. kennedy saying he will end his run in battleground states throwing his support behind trump. the vaccine skeptic using the moment to push for his issues. >> don't you want a president that's going to make america healthy again? >> reporter: trump getting attention for his social media post that his administration will be great for women and reproductive rights. even as he celebrated appointing supreme court justices who supported overturning roe v. wade. >> that issue is tearing our country apart. states will get the vote. >> reporter: abortion rights will appear on the ballot in several states this november where democrats are counting on it to motivate voters.

trump is returning to the trail next week with stops in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. >> a fascinating two months. thank you so much. dr. fauci, the former top infectious disease official, and the face of the fight against covid, is dealing with his own a spokesperson says fauci was hospitalized for six days with west nile virus. it's usually spread by mosquitos and can be deadly. he is 83 and is recovering at home. what could be a disaster in the making. u.s. officials say a houthi attack on an oil tanker could cause a spill four times that of the exxon valdez. they have been disrupting the flow of supply ships in the region. the state department is concerned the sinking could be an environmental disaster. tonight, ukraine is celebrating its 33rd independence day.

its president marked the occasion by vowing revenge on russia while calling vladimir putin a sick old man. it comes as ukraine's military takes the fight across the border into russian territory. ian lee has the latest. >> reporter: freedom isn't free in ukraine. the country's paid for it in blood and still is. the eyes of the fallen watch president zelenskyy and his wife honoring their sacrifice on the country's independence day. ♪ ukraine gained its freedom 33 years ago from the soviet union. russia wants to snuff it out. ukrainians always pay back their debts. whoever wished this upon their land, shall find it in their own home with interest. whoever seeks this will reap its fruits on their own territory. >> reporter: kyiv has taken the fight into russia, seizing

nearly 500 square miles of the region, leading the charge is this commander, whose identity we were asked to conceal. >> is there anything that surprised you during this operation? >> translator: the thing that surprised me was the presence of conscripts. young guys who were 18 to 20 who are entrusted with tasks that should be assigned to regular troops. ukraine captured young russian conscripts, adding to what kyiv calls the exchange fund. moscow and kyiv made a trade today, swapping a total of 230 prisoners of war. vitally says american support is crucial in the fight. especially u.s.-led nato training. it gave us the opportunity to open our eyes to a new way to fight, he says. as you can see, we have successfully applied this and with this experience, we can conduct similar operations in the future. what does the operation tell you

about fighting the russians? is there a way to beat them? of course it shows that, he said. it shows they don't have any advantage. their advantage is just in numbers. ukraine believes its main advantage is the will to win. ian lee, cbs news, kyiv. hamas announced it was sending representatives to cairo in a renewed push for a cease-fire and a hostage release deal in gaza. new israeli air strikes today killed at least three dozen palestinians. among the dead, 11 members of one family, including two children. tonight, the islamic state terror group is claiming responsibility for a horrific stabbing attack at a festival in germany. three people were killed in city friday. eight others were wounded. police made two arrests. a manhunt for the attacker is ongoing. the terror group says it was to avenge muslims in palestine and all across the globe. in this country, a large

majority of americans say anti-semitism is a serious problem. nearly half of those polled say prejudice against jewish people is a serious concern. that's a 40-point surge from 2003. we have the story of a national effort to track those threats. >> reporter: in this chicago command center, threats to the nation's jewish community mapped coast to coast. >> firearm, which would be some violent incident. >> reporter: overseen by this retired fbi agent. shooting that's happening right now. a school bomb threat lit up the board. >> we will alert the folks. >> reporter: it's called secure community network. >> most simply, the secure community network is the jewish community's own fbi and department of homeland security. >> reporter: they tracked over 5,000 threats last year, sending more than 1,600 tips to law

enforcement. the director michael masters. you can see things the fbi can't. >> we can do that. we have tools active in our command center to look at the dark web. >> reporter: founded in 2004, it took off after the 2018 mass shooting attack at pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue. >> the horror. >> reporter: the tragedy now seared into the mind of its rabbi. >> to some degree the pain never goes away. it's like a nightmare. i wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for the training. >> reporter: they host active shooter trainings at jewish centers nationwide. he says threats have skyrocketed since october 7th. for the rabbi, it's a somber reminder. >> there's no such thing as sanctuary anymore. there is no house of worship that's safe. >> reporter: for brad --

>> who is that person that's the next attacker? that's really what we are looking for. >> reporter: it's a call to action. now to the weather in minnesota. it's not raining this first weekend of the state fair. the great get together as it's known has been a tradition since 1859 drawing nearly 2 million people. let's check in with our meteorologist about what you need to know as august starts to speed away. >> hard to believe that we are winding down summer, starting to. another very nice day across much of the mid-atlantic, northeast. sunshine, a lot of heat for the northern and southern plains. the heat affecting oklahoma and texas, feeling as hot as 114 sunday and monday. minneapolis, 105. that's how hot by sunday into

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the insiders won't change a system built for their benefit. i'm daniel lurie and san francisco needs a mayor unafraid to take on the status quo, bring accountability, and stop the excuses. >> from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. >> a sideshow turns deadly in the east bay, the push from city officials to crackdown on that violence. plus, keep the grid highway open or turn it into a park, the debate continues over a hot button issue. and the grassroots efforts to make a dangerous cycling destination into a safer one in the east bay. i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm andrea nakano ,