>> jeff: tonight it is not over yet, searing temperatures sits over the mid-atlantic. by across the country there is some relief from the heat, whit johnson is in our nation's capitol. overseas record rains. england is used to dreary weather but never like this. charlie d'agata is in london. shark sightings on both coasts have boaters and swimmers looking over their shoulders as karen brown tells us. and actor earnest borgnine has died at the age of 95. >> what do you feel like doing tonight's? >> i don't know, ang, what you feel like doing? >> jeff: bill whitaker looks back on his oscar-winning career. this is the captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. one day makes all the difference. the 90 and 100 degree temperatures that gripped most of the country yesterday have retreated now

to a narrow band along the mid-atlantic coast. but at least 35 people have died from the heat and in some places the worst is not over yet. here's whit johnson. >> reporter: in washington d.c. today patience is wearing thin. >> a lot of people are sick of it. and want it over. >> reporter: blistering temperatures hitsing the 100s for the fourth day in a row. >> i feel like it's kind of pounding. >> reporter: since july 1st this historic heat wave has shattered more than 2100 record highs across the country, according to the federal government. in pots om ago maryland these teenage baseball players decided to tough it out but cancelled the second game of their doubleheader, even the umpires were having a tough time. >> how do you get buy. >> lots of gatorade and lots of water. >> reporter: and that tea. >> that's about it. >> reporter: beyond the physical discomfort the heat is taking an economic toll. >> we've already seen heat and drought related damage. >> reporter: brad rippey with the department of agriculture says drought conditions in the midwest

haven't been this bad since 1988. soybeans are at their highest price in four years. corn and wheat costs are also up. >> if we don't get any appreciatable relief from the drought as we move through july and into august, we'll see further crop reductions. >> reporter: the relentless temperatures also impacting the nation's infrastructure. it was so hot in maryland, commuter tracks kinked causing a train to derail. in madison and minneapolis roads buckled and cracked. and friday at washington's reagan national airport a u.s. airways flight was delayed three hours after its wheels sunk into the softened jetway. but tonight there is a cooldown coming. we've already started to see some rain. this will bring temperatures down into the 80s but it also means more severe thunderstorms from the midwest to the mid add look-- atlantic, jeff. >> jeff: thank you. we have learned tonight that six american soldiers have been killed in afghanistan. this happened after a

roadside bomb went off in eastern afghanistan. another nato soldier was killed in a separate attack in the south. international donors in japan pledged $16 billion in development aid for afghanistan through 2015. some of that aid is conditional on improved rights for afghan women. because those rights are literally under attack. tonight john bentley has a case in point. and we warn you, the video is not easy to watch. >> reporter: disturbing video has emerged of a woman being executed by the taliban in the middle of a village. the woman was accused of adultery after she was killed, the male villagers cheered. some chanted long live the afghan mujahideen, what the taliban are called. the shooting took place roughly 50 miles from the capitol city of kabul in parwan province according to governor abdul basir salangi. he told us it was a peaceful

area but seeing a growing taliban influence. he said the woman had been ro mantsically involved with two taliban commanders. >> fawzia koofi member of the parliament who has seen the video says the treatment of women has worsened over the past year. >> it's really very much-- a huge backwards on what we claim to have progress on women issues in afghanistan. >> reporter: the afghan government put out a statement saying it, quote, strongly condemns this unislamic and inhuman action. it was a deadly day all across afghanistan. 24 afghans were killed as well as the seven coalition soldiers. the concern tonight is that the taliban are feeling emboldened as u.s. troops prepare to withdraw in the fall. john bentley, cbs news, kabul, afghanistan. >> jeff: u.n. special envoy kofi annan arrived in damascus one day after showing admitting his plan in syria had failed.

president bash ar al-assad is conducting military exercises, in a german tv interview assad accused the u.s. of supplying rebels with weapons. in tokyo secretary of state clinton said assad's regime is on the verge of collapse in the face of growing rebel strength. but today on face the nation, senator john mccain accused the administration of failing to lead. >> it's not a fair fight, russian arms are pouring in, iranians are on the ground. and people are being massacred, tortured, raped and murdered as a matter of policy by bashar assad. we need to establish a sanctuary so that they can organize, they can resist and they can prevail. >> reporter: egypt's new islamist president mohammed morsi today defies a powerful military council by calling the parliament back into session. egypt supreme court ordered the islamist dominated parliament to disband last month. in a meeting with morsi earlier in the day visiting u.s. undersecretary of state william burns said egypt can

come and-- count on u.s. support for its democratic aspiration. religious and ethnic violence has struck nigeria again this weekend. the red cross says attack and reprisals in christian villages have left at least 58 people dead. local authorities declined to comment on whom they blame for the attacks. the death toll from torrential rains in russia has surged to at least 170 now. today president vladimir putin toured the affected area along the black seacoast. nearly a foot of rain fell in less than 24 hours saturday. that is five times the monthly average. the water fell so fast witnesses described it as a wave. britain has also been getting drenched of late. so much it set an all-time record. in london here's charlie d'agata. >> reporter: the period from april to june has been the wettest ever since they have started keeping track more than 100 years ago. this week some areas saw more rain in a day than they get in a month.

four inches of rain fell over a 24 hour period in the western county of devon. >> if you had to describe the british weather in one word this summer what would it be. >> awful, rainy. >> reporter: it has rained on every major summer celebration. the queen's parade, her jubilee pageant down the river thames last month, despite the deluge, the band played on. it rained on the rock festival on the isle of wight combining music and mud baths. it rained on formula 1 trials making them look more like speedboat races. and although today began with sunny skies over well bell done, inevitably, the rains came. >> you guys having trouble hearing the ball. >> yes, the rain is so hard on the roof, john, the players can hear it. >> reporter: it stopped the rain but not the tears for andy murray who lost to roger federer. >> i'm going to try, and

it's not going to be easy. >> reporter: and consider this, britain's next big event, the olympic games now only three weeks out. they're used to wimbledon being a washout which is why they put that roof on centre court in the first place but you can't put a roof over the entire olympic games and the long-term forecast is unfortunately more of the same. charlie d'agata, cbs news, at wimbledon. >> jeff: many people left the beaches earlier than expected this holiday weekend. that's because great white sharks have been spotted on both coasts. in some cases getting far too close for comfort. here's karen brown. >> reporter: cape cod, every kayaker's worst fear. you see walter, jr. looking back over his shoulder panic, 10 feet way, the dorsal fin of a great white shark. >> i'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner but we know they are out there. >> reporter: the same day in santa cruz, california, a great white took a bite out

of this kayak. the man inside thrown into the water but survived. >> we have sharks in the area at all times so people need to be aware of that. just be careful. >> reporter: they're just the latest in great whiten counters. the hot temperatures bringing them earlier. but it's not the people they're after. it's the exploding seal populations that have moved closer to shore. >> sharks are going to go where their food is. >> reporter: seals are their food. but shark expert ralph collier says seals are frokted species so the population has exploded, with about a quarter million gray seals on the eastern seaboard alone. sharks, collier says, are not interested in hunting people. >> white sharks specifically are very curious predators. when they bite an individual, it is usually a test. and the last thing to find out if this is anything of interest is it will take a little nibble. >> reporter: but a great white a nibble can be a

deadly chomp for a human which is why this san diego area beach was shut down. >> we were just looking at the shore and you could see the black fin. we saw at least one, it team seemed like it was two, it seemed like there was two either that or they move fast. >> the sight of a dorsal fin this summer shuttering beaches from coast-to-coast. karen brown, cbs news, new york. >> jeff: later hollywood mourns the death of earnest borgnine, western conservationists an gas drillers, unlike birds of a feather and job growth in the u.s. is slow and steady enough. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. . at kenmore appliances we get it. that's why no brand in america gives you more of the capacity you need. we put more in, so you get more out. kenmore.

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h-k trucks of central new jersey is hiring. slowly. the company which sells, rents and repairs trucks will add 2 to 3 jobs this year. >> wanted to follow up. >> jeff: its general manager calls it painstaking. >> our interviewing process over its last couple of years has been extensive. i've interviewed for a position for a year. >> jeff: like companies across the country, h-k trucks has been deliberate about taking on new workers. the company's 24 employees were trained to do more than one job. as the recession forced a hard look at operations. >> slow economic growth is actually good because it allows you to really focus on what's most important. >> you're doing allots of work. >> that story is a story that's being told in all parts of the economy. >> jeff: moody's chief economist mark zandi. >> one of the strengths of this current recovery is that american businesses are using it to fix things, to get their balance sheets in order to reduce their debt. the downside of slow growth

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>> i'm just a fat little man, a fat, ugly man. >> reporter: or a comedy. >> -- set a course for-- hi. >> reporter: hes with born in 1917, the son of italian immigrants. he lived in italy for a while as a child then came back to the united states where he joined the u.s. navy serving throughout world war ii. when the war ended, borgnine tried his hand at a few things. until his mother suggested he try acting. he caught on fairly quickly, appearing on broadway and some early television roles. >> like a pig's bladder. and now all i've got to do is prick the blad we are a pin. >> reporter: then borgnine's first big role as the bully fatso judson in the movie "from here to eternity" anybody steps in here i give it to him first. >> a character acker, a heavy, was born, until an unexpectedly gentle role came up in 1955.

>> what dow feel like doing tonight? >> i don't know, ang, what you feel like doing. >> reporter: the role of marty, a sweet-natured every man living with his mother traying to find love won borgnine the academy award. >> i just want to thank my mother for giving me the idea of going in and doing this, getting into this wonderful profession. >> reporter: his next big triumph came when art imitated life, joining the navy again as lieutenant commander quentin mcheal in the tv show mchale's navy. >> no seagoing luao of yours. >> anything you say, captain. >> reporter: after that a string of action movies from the dirty dozen to the po sidean adventure. younger viewers might know him more as the voice of mermaid man in spongebob square panlts. >> sure, power is all in the costume, why else would we

run around in coloured underies. >> reporter: borgnine's biggest kick, however, was going out and meeting people, even making a documentary about himself driving around the country in a big bus. >> this is what it is all about, living. will ernest borgnine knew what it was all about. bill whitaker, cbs news, hollywood. >> jeff: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs, "60 minutes." i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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