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? ? ? captioning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: zika damage control. the the growing outbreak in miami sends a chill through florida's tourism industry. >> cheese! >> ninan: also tonight, following the trump campaign's worst week ever, the republican ticket tries a more pensive ap dozens are hurt in a concert collapse as snoop dogg and wiz khalifa bring down the house. ( cheers ) and a tale of two lucys. the so-called scary statue and the new one that looks like the lucy everyone loves. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> pelley: good evening, i'm
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edition of the broadcast. the number of zika cases in the united states topped 1,800 this week, mostly from travel to foreign countries. but in a miami neighborhood, health officials say local mosquitoes have now infected at least 16 people with the virus, which causes severe birth defects. pregnant women are advised to stay away from florida's so-called zika zone. as marlie hall reports, the outbreak that sent a chill through florida's tourism industry. >> reporter: insecticide rained down on miami's's zika zone. the spraying continueds morning by air and by land. targeting mosquitos that cause the virus which has been linked to birth defects. >> my one job is to protect this baby. i can't get bit by a mosquito. >> reporter: lisa isaza is 36 weeks pregnant. she and other expectant mothers, like leah lacero, are on edge. >> the most fearful thing is i don't want to have a child who ends up with some of the severe cerebral defects that have been talked about, including
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tourism, florida's biggest industry. visitors spent about $89 billion here last year. governor rick scott is doing damage control. >> this is a safe state. >> reporter: he says mosquito-control crews in miami-dade county have been effective, but a travel advisory warning pregnant women not to visit the area remains in effect. >> we've tested over 20,000 mosquitos now in our state, and we've not found one mosquito with zika. new weapon in the fight against the virus. federal authorities have approved testing of genetically modified mosquitos designed to stop the spread of zika by reducing the insect populations. mutant male mosquitos pass on a lethal gene to the females, killing their offspring. a trial of those genetically modified mosquitos could take place in the florida keys only if local residents vote in favor of it. reena. >> ninan: i wonder if they'll go for it. marlie, thank you.
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national polls show hillary clinton about seven points ahead. this weekend, the republican ticket is trying a more pensive approach. errol barnett has more from washington. >> hi, mike pence. >> reporter: campaigning in indiana and ohio today, republican vice presidential nominee mike pence tried to rally his party behind donald trump after a troublesome week for the campaign. >> we're going to make america great again. i believe it with all my heart. ( applause ) >> if you don't like me, that's vote for pence because it's the same thing. great guy. >> reporter: on friday, trump adjusted his message. >> we need the unity. we have to win this election. >> reporter: he carefully read his endorsement of the republican leader in the house after saying he was not quite there yet days ago. >> i support and endorse our speaker of the house paul ryan.
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>> reporter: this tactical change comes after polls show trump losing ground to hillary clinton. trump is also amping up his attacks. >> she's a monster. ( cheers ) okay? look at what happened. look at her history. in another way, she's a weak person. she's actually not strong enough to be president. >> reporter: now, with just over 13 weeks until the election, trump also trails clinton in campaign fund-raising. he's trying to close that gap tonight with his first fund-raising event in weeks followed by dozens more over the next month. clinton returns to campaigning monday in the battleground state of florida. reena. >> ninan: errol barnett, thank you, errol. well, following the friday night lights of the opening ceremony, the summer olympics are now in full swing. saturday's highlights include the first gold medal of the game and a security scare. ben tracy has latest from rio. >> reporter: olympic cyclists took to the streets in rio,
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u.s. secretary of state john kerry was there and also went to see beach volleyball on the famed copacabana beach. >> the first gold medal of the game went to an american. 19-year-old ginny thrasher of virginia won the women's 10-meter air rifle. the rowing competition is now underway here at the olympic lagoon, and there are big concerns about the extremely polluted water. the serbian men's team ended up in the water when their boat capsized. paul and jackie cox came f competition. what have you heard about the water? >> it's not as clean as it might be. ( laughter ) >> reporter: that's putting it nicely. >> reporter: at the main olympic park, spectators complained about long lines due to a lack of security screeners. the competition kicked off after last night's opening ceremony that lit up the night sky in rio. michael phelps led team u.s.a.,
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under the olympic flag got the warmest reception. kurt jenkins and his friends came to rio and definitely have the olympic spirit. your favorite thing ever? >> yeah, like, american sports i don't care about-- football, baseball, basketball, i'm not the biggest fan, but i will literally watch every single hour of the olympics when it's on. >> reporter: there was a security scare here in rio today when a loud explosion was heard at the finish line of the men's cycling race. it turned out to be the bomb squad detonating a suspicious package and, r, it turned out to be nothing. >> ninan: ben tracy in rio, thanks, ben. and in new jersey, dozens of people were hurt when a railing collapsed during a concert by snoop dogg and wiz khalifa. demarco morgan has more on the show-stopping accident. >> reporter: snoop dogg and wiz khalifa were rocking the mic when suddenly a metal railing in front of the stage came crashing down.
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mid-concert mishap in camden, new jersey. she says people kept piling on top of her. >> it was so hard to breathe. i couldn't move. i literally thought i was dying. it was so scary. >> reporter: hecht said snoop dogg and wiz khalifa were performing close to the lawn when a crowd in her section rushed toward the stage. the barricade broke, causing a crush of people in a concrete pit below the stage. >> security guards started rushing over and trying to help people up, and i still couldn't move, so i kind of just-- i was trying to push myself out, but i couldn't move. >> reporter: audrey jongens was just a few rows back from >> all of a sudden, i see everyone, like, rushing to the front, people pushing me, too, and then suddenly people started falling off the edge. like, i see all these people, like, come off the edge. >> everybody stay calm. we're all good. >> reporter: more than 40 people were injured. only one was seriously hurt, but everyone has been released from the hospital. snoop dogg and wiz khalifa both tweeted out well-wishes to their injured fans. and there's another show at that same venue tonight featuring
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secured railing in place. >> pelley: thanks so much, demarco. in belgium, two female police officers were wounded by a man shouting in arabic and waving a machete. it happened outside a police station in charleroi. police shot and killed the man. it's being investigated as a possible terror attack. a judge in london denied bail for a teenager accused of murdering a retired teacher from florida. zakaria bulhan, who is of somali and norwegian descent, is accused of going on a stabbing five others were wounded. in rouen, france, at least 13 people were killed when a fire swept through a bar during a birthday party. jonathan vigliotti has the latest from london. >> reporter: reena, this fire is all the more tragic when you consider how it began. fire officials say a person was walking down the stairs to the basement carrying a lit birthday cake when they lost their footing and stumbled. the cake went flying. those candles ignited the flammable soundproofing foam
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morning. firefighters were unable to get to the scene in time. they say all 13 people died, not from the flames, but from the toxic fumes released from that soundproofing foam. one witness told investigators the fire looked like a flame thrower, saying everything happened so fast. this morning, all that remained were shattered windows and charred furniture. mourners gathered outside where they dropped off flowers. the victims were between the ages of 16 and 25 years old. fire in a decade. >> ninan: jonathan vigliotti in london. thanks, jonathan. well, protesters are taking to the streets in chicago this weekend after police released video showing the fatal shooting of an unarmed african american teenager. the footage shows officers firing at the teen as he speeds away in a stolen car. three officers have been suspended. gas prices continue to fall across the country. a.a.a. says the national average for a regular gallon of gas is
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but in the most populous state, california, people are paying some of the highest prices. a consumer watch group says california drivers are being taken for a ride. here's carter evans. >> reporter: even though gas prices in california are a dollar a gallon cheaper than they were this time last year, a consumer group says drivers are still being ripped off. >> this is the golden state gouge at its full lustre. >> reporter: jamie court, president of "consumer watchdog," says the eviden i in the difference between wholesale and retail prices. today in los angeles, oil companies are selling each other gas at $1.26 a gallon, one of the lowest prices in the nation. but the average price at the pump is $2.69 a gallon, one of the highest prices in the nation. >> if we have the lowest wholesale price for gasoline, we should also have the lowest retail price for gasoline. >> reporter: in a statement, the trade group that represents oil companies in the western u.s. said, "repeated investigations and an
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market factors are the primary driver of fuel costs in california." "consumer watchdog" accuses oil companies of limiting the amount of gasoline they refine to keep retail prices high and points to a recent remark from an oil company c.e.o. on an earnings call as proof: >> they can make enough. they choose not to. from this quote. >> reporter: the gasbuddy.com senior oil analyst patrick dehan isn't so sure. >> the nature in california may breed some what you could call less-competitive marketplace where there are less refiners. there may be slightly less competition, and that probably does contribute to slightly higher prices. >> reporter: but you don't think it's price manipulation. >> based on the way the market has moved and watching numbers every day, i wouldn't call it manipulation. >> reporter: market analysts
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trickle down here to the pump. but, reena, in the meantime, california's attorney general is investigating. >> pelley: okay, carter, thanks. the first family arrived in martha's vineyard saturday. they're spending two weeks on the resort island off cape cod, massachusetts. the obamas have vacationed here every summer since the president took office in 2009, except in 2012, when he was running for re-election. coming up next, a month after the deadly police ambush in dallas, a surge of people are signing up to protect and serve. ? the sun'll come out tomorrow... ? for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more morrows possible.
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potential recruits are lining up to join the dallas police department after last month's deadly ambush of officers. omar villafranca tells us about the surge of people signing up
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>> reporter: the attack shocked the nation. a lone gunman killed five officers in downtown dallas after a protest march and sparked a fiery response from dallas police chief david brown. >> serve your community. don't be a part of the problem. we're hiring. we're hiring. get off that protest line and put an application in. >> reporter: you know the area. >> yeah, i d i >> reporter: jaiston sawyer took chief brown's call service to heart. the former navy military police officer now wants to join the police department. what was your reaction when you heard him say that? >> i felt like he was directing that towards me because i am one of the guys that, when i see police brutality or anything, kind of pointing the finger and saying what could have been done. and i decided it was time to do something besides pointing the finger. >> go! >> reporter: in the weeks
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467 people have applied to join. that's an almost 250% increase in applications compared to the previous month. sergeant george aranda heads up recruiting for dallas police. what do you tell the new recruits who are coming in? >> heart. check your heart. being a police officer, being a servant, it's not for everybody. you have to be willing, at any given moment, to put your life stranger that you've never met before. >> reporter: sawyer wants to serve the neighborhoods where he grew up to help build trust between cops and his community. >> i've made plenty of facebook posts, and they've never gone anywhere ,besides a couple of likes and a couple of shares. so i believe actually going out there and being the difference is what we really need. >> reporter: the screening process for recruits can take up to three months. after that, it will be a year before they're able to patrol the streets.
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>> ninan: still ahead, an english rock band killed in a car crash now at the top of the charts.
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>> ninan: gregg allman is taking a break from touring due to what he calls serious health issues. the 68-year-old rock legend says he is currently under his doctor's care. he hopes to return to the stage in late october. well, this weekend, a relatively unknown band reached the top of the british album chart. here again, jonathan vigliotti how one of the biggest bands in the world helped viola beach become a bittersweet success story. >> i'm chris. i play guitar and sing. >> i'm tom. i play bass. >> i'm jack. i play the drums. >> i'm river. i play the guitar as well. >> reporter: you've likely never heard of the indie british
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? and she said that together we could do anything ? >> reporter: but anchored by playful chords and youthful energy... ? and she told me that she loves you ? >> reporter: ...the 20-something-year-olds hit the road this past winter on their first european tour. ? she's a rhino she's a wineo ? "boys that sing" was one of their most popular songs beginning of their career. and it's a strong debut. >> reporter: they were making a name for themselves when tragedy changed their course. >> family, friends, and fans have all told of their shock after a british indie band and their manager were killed in a car crash in sweden. >> reporter: chris, tom, jack, river, and their manager craig all died when their s.u.v. plunged off a bridge in february.
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them online, and then a few weeks ago, one of the biggest british bands brought viola beach's music back to life on one of britain's biggest stages. >> you know, they got taken away. it just reminded us of us and of all the bands that come through here. >> reporter: coldplay's chris martin told the crowd they wanted to give viola beach a chance to headline glastonbury, one of the largest music festivals in the world. >> this is "boys that sing" by viola beach, and let's send it >> reporter: and when the band's family recently released an album of all of their recordings, viola beach hit the top spot. their new title won't bring them home, but the band's family says through their music, their legacy lives on. "the boys that sing," singing again. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london.
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lucy was unveiled today, but as vinita nair explains, this was a tale of two statues. >> here she comes! ( laughter ) >> reporter: after all these years, everybody still loves lucy, just not this version of the comedy legend. a statue of lucille ball in her home town of celeron, new york, caused many to gasp when it was unveiled in 2009. >> you could probably go to a wax museum and see something so much better than this. >> reporter: locals dubbed six-foot-tall bronze sculpture "scary lucy." even the sculptor admitted his work was unsettling. after an online outcry, celeron's mayor launched a nationwide search to build a new likeness of lucy. artist carolyn palmer was selected and spent nine months studying the actress by watching reruns of "i love lucy." >> it's always a tremendous thrill for me to be in at the launching of a great artistic career. let me buy this.
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>> reporter: the result was revealed this morning as the town unveiled the new statue on what would have been lucille ball's 105th birthday. it weighs 800 pounds, is six feet tall with 2.5-inch heels and is made out of bronze. palmer says she wanted to portray lucy's energy, glamour, and confidence. vinita nair, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: and as for s lucy, she's still a draw for tourists, so she'll be moved to another spot in the park. and that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and the news, of course, continues on our 24-hour digital network cbsn on cbsnews.com. i'm reena ninan in new york. thank you for joining us. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh
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how doctors are making it easier for parents to get their kids vaccinated before heading back to the classroom. ((katie boer)) another weekend of triple digits hitting the valley... the shift in gears in weather after a wet week in southern nevada. ((sharie johnson)) a las vegas icon is hitting a huge milestone this weekend. how caesars palace is celebrating turning 50 years old this weekend./// "now, live...this is 8 ne n ((sharie johnson)) those stories in a moment. ..but first 8 news now has learned a flight heading to london was forced to return to mccarran. this after the pilot of a virgin atlantic flight... was notified of a fire in the wheel well. we're told the plane circiled the airport as crews checked for flames. after about 40 minutes the plane landed safely with no injuries. there were 359 passengers on
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school's almost back in session for more than 300-thousand valley students. medical pro's are urging parents now to get your child immunized. 8 news now's mauricio marin is live with the warning from health pro's...who are working to make it easier to get kid's vaccinated. mauricio? ((mauricio marin)) >> southwest medical associates knows it can be difficult for some parents to get their kids fromme so they hosted a one stop shop health fair today to get kids that are about to start school the immunizations they need. ((tiffany mitchell/mother: "one stop shop. get em in and get them out." )) ((mauricio marin)) the clock is ticking... and tiffany mitchell has three kids she has to get ready for school....starting in just a few weeks. ((tiffany mitchell/mother: "so 9th, 5th and fourth." )) ((mauricio marin)) and they each have to get vaccinated before heading to class. her youngest one says his favorite thing about school is... ((brandon mitchell/ready for 4th grade: "that i get to learn everything that i can." )) ((mauricio marin)) with time running out...tiffany brought her kids to southwest

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