>> axelrod: tonight, western swelter, record heat creates health risks for millions. carter evans and jeff berardelli tell us tomorrow could be worse. >> president obama in johannesburg, paid a private visit to the family of nelson mandela and a public tribute to the critically ill hero of the anti-apartheid movement. >> the triumph of nelson mandela and this nation speaks to something very deep in the human spirit. >> axelrod: major garrett and mark phillips are in south africa. >> a new shadow over the nfl as another pro football player is arrested on a gun charge. and meet our newest young innovator a teenage singer with plenty of challenges and a voice ♪ a enough to overcome them.

♪ amazing grace the captioning sponsored by cbs >> a this is the "cbs evening news." jim axelrod, the southwest is not just hot, not just dangerously hot, it is historic hot, this is one of the worst heat waves in years. you can see the heat pouring off the runway in phoenix, it is about the worst time to wear a costume for work in las vegas and this temperature reading may not be as high as it gets in california, every place over 100 degrees today is seen on this map in red. the pink shows places over 110 degrees. as carter evans reports, tomorrow threatens to bring record heat to places which already bake regularly with some of the hottest temperatures on earth. >> reporter: it was 120 degrees this afternoon at the palm springs fire department, battalion chief ron beverly says ice pack screses are standard issue today.

>> they put these on underneath their turnout coats to keep that core temperature down during times of hard work. >> so they are actually wearing ice packs? >> correct, underneath their turnout gear. >> okay, all right. >> it is that hot out. >> this it is that hot. >> reporter: it is so hot in phoenix, mare po is a county sheriff joe a pie owe offers the prisoners a brief escape with icicle, nearly three dozen people went to the hospital with heat related injuries to an outdoor concert held in triple digit temperatures, three people were treated at the scene, including a friend of crystal lewis. >> she was like in the crowd and having a good time but she wasn't drinking enough water, i guess and she passed out. >> reporter: the national weather service has issued heat warnings across the west, when it is this hot, just touching yourself, your cellphone or even opening your car door can burn your skin like a torch, that's why they are taking extra precautions at the cambridge recreation center in las vegas,

counselor and his staff are adding water breaks and limiting time out doors to keep the children safe and cool. >> for us the, when it reaches to 115, 116, 117-degree range is a rarity, it does happen, but it is, knows are temperatures we are not used to seeing here. >> reporter: the big health concern in these triple digit temperatures is the potential for heat exhaustion and dehydration. you should stay inside and stay cool if you, can and drink plenty of water, jim, i have to tell you, with this hot, dry air out here it feels like i am in a convection oven and it is supposed to be even hotter tomorrow. >> axelrod: carter evans in the brutal heat of california, thank you. let's bring in meet rolls jeff berardelli from our miami station, wfor and, jeff, i suppose the troubling news for people living with this heat is that there doesn't appear to be much relief in sight. >> unfortunately, jim, that is correct, this pattern is a very slow changing pattern. here is the reason why.

in the atmosphere we have a big traffic jam, strong area of high pressure, we call it the bermuda high off the eastern seaboard is backing things up, we a storm system across the ohio valley, and that is going to be funneling up a lot of moisture from the gulf of mexico, causing flooding across the eastern seaboard but the biggest story is what is happening on the backside of this pattern, we are going to see a prolonged hat wave continue for the next several days in the desert southwest and tomorrow we could see high temperatures near 130 degrees in death valley, the last time they got to 130 degrees in death valley was a century ago, and these temperatures are going to be very slow to cool down over the next several days, that heat wave is going to stick around, and along the eastern seaboard, because of this big traffic jam, some places over the next several days will see five to ten inches of rain and that will cause some flooding, jim. >> axelrod: jeff berardelli in miami, thank you so much. as jeff just said, the east has been getting washed out this week, at least one person is

missing in fort plain, new york after flash floods tore through the area, now breaking the storm is allowed for some cleanup today, but more rain is on the way. president obama is in south africa at a time of high emotion. this was the 22nd day nelson mandela spent in a hospital in pretoria, his 94-year-old body failing. >> mr. obama met with the nelson mandela family in johannesburg and we are travelling with the president and we begin our coverage. >> with south african president at his side, president obama could not escape the harrowing backdrop to the three nation tour of sub-saharan africa, the fragile health of nelson mandela. >> nelson mandela and this nation speaks to something very deep in the human spirit. the yearning for justice and dignity that transcends boundaries of race and class and faith and country. >> mandela remains in critical but stable condition and on life support.

>> mr. obama bowing to family wishes did not visit mandela in pretoria, but met briefly with some family members at the mandela center in johannesburg. >> the white house released this photo of the first couple telephoning mandela's third wife, grasa as mandela's bedside. >> at a town hall in so wet toe the president leveraged mandela's historic statutory picture to encourage democracy and the rule of law throughout africa .. but a questioner brought up a sore point, the president's decision not to visit kenya, the home of his father, even though he promised just that in 2010. >> will you keep your word on that? >> mr. obama pleaded for more time. >> i have got three after years, so if -- in three years and seven months i am not in kenya, then you can fault me for not following through on my promise. >> inside the town hall, the president basked in approval.

>> reporter: outside, far left protesters angry with the president's counter-terrorism policies clashed with police. >> the president's top advisors said south africa is now a vie grant democracy and street protests are also part of mandela's giftf freedom. >> axelrod: major, tomorrow the president is expected to deliver his most significant speech of this trip, what can we expect to hear? >> reporter: that is what the university of cape town, jim, it was there in 1966, just two years after mandela was first imprisoned by the apartheid government here, the robert f kennedy delivered his famous ripple of hope speech, what the president will outline is a new relationship between the united states and south africa and the, that will create less poverty and better health and. >> axelrod: major garrett in johannesburg, thank you. the tributes and prayers for mandela pouring in from around the world

mask a number of family feuds and political squabbles unfolding behind the scene, mark phillips has more for us from pretoria. >> nelson mandela's hospital stay has now moved into its fourth week and a certain routine has developed. the choirs come and the crowds arrive, the days tick by, the news from inside the hospital on mandela's condition goes from bad to worse, and sometimes on the good days, back to bad again, it is all become an almost mystical process involving not just a very ill old man, but a warring family, his, politics, and a dispute over ancient customs. nelson mandela has long said he wants to be buried in the family plot in the country side alongside other mandelas including three of his own deceased children but some of those remains have been moved to another cemetery nearby, one branch of the family is now

suing another to get the bodies moved back so that when the time comes, nelson mandela can rest in peace. and the family friction takes other forms. no one has been willing or able to decide how much medical intervention to continue to provide. and so the machines continue to sustain him. for well connected observers like johannesburg university vice chancellor it is an undignified closing chapter to an otherwise glorious life. >> i must say the south africans have approached the shenanigans of the family with sometimes distaste, sometimes a sense of unfortunate, a sense that -- >> that's right. it is unseeming. >> and into this paralysis has come the anc, south africa's ruling party, accused of using the attention on mandela's illness for electioneering.

>> president obama will soon be gone, but jim, nelson mandela with all that is going on around him is still here. >> axelrod: mark phillips in pretoria for us tonight, thank you. ecuador's president said today he spoke with vice president joe biden who asked him not to offer asylum to edward snowden, the former nsa contractor is spending day 7 in that moscow airport transit lounge looking for safe haven. president rafael correa told mr. biden he would respect the administration's view while evaluating snowden's request, the white house confirms only that the phone call took place and that smoand was discussed. >> snowden was discuss discussed. the identified the american killed in egypt during the cairo's violent demonstrations. >> andrew porch search pochter of chevy chase, maryland was stabbed to death by a 52 tester, he was a student at kenyon college living in egypt for the summer teaching english and taking pictures of the battles between supporters and opponents

of president mohamed morsi. >> the, s government is warning united states citizens to stay away from protests as they are expected to grow more violent tomorrow. clarissa is in egypt with us tonight. >> that's right, the us embassy warned all u.s. citizens to avoid nonessential travel to egypt, they have also sent some diplomatic staff and their families out of the country, and security is being beefed up around the u.s. and other embassies as this country braces itself for tomorrow's protests which are expected to be quite massive, now you may be able to hear in the background some protesters have already gathered here in at that we are square and chanting over and over again .. we, morsi, and tomorrow they are expected to be joined by thousands, possibly even tens of thousands of other whose will also call on egypt's president morsi to step down. meanwhile, in another part of town, supporters are bracing

themselves for tomorrow, they are cast out near the presidential palace, some of them carrying inimprovised clubs and there is, the concern here is the two sides will clash and that more lives will be lost, certainly, jim, it is a very tense situation on the streets of cairo tonight. >> axelrod: clarissa, thank you. another professional football player is in jail tonight. police in washington dc arrested indianapolis colts safety joe lefeged on a gun charge early this morning. lefeged was a passenger in a car that police say had a semi-automatic pistol stashed under the front passenger seat. he will appear in court next tuesday. a third suspect ernest wallace was in court today in connection with the murder of former patriot tight end aaron hernandez stands accused of, the patriots waved hernandez immediately after his arrest, but will go even one step further, distancing themselves from him. the team is offering any fan who wants to get rid of a hernandez

jersey, a swap, they will exchange the jersey for a new patriots jer an inspiring young singer with a 11 to teach us all, san francisco lining up at san francisco while opponents try to stop them, and real estate is hot again. but why are these homeowners still under water? those stories when cbs evening news continues.

>> axelrod: if you have been waiting to buy a home, you may have waited too long, at least as far as mortgage rates go. the rates are 30-year fixed raised to 4.61 percent this week, the highest since april of 2011. like the weather, the real estate mark market in las vegas has been red-hot lately but not hot enough for homeowners who bought at the peak. anna werner has a case in point. >> we first caught up with him last year when their home's

value was in free fall, the house they bought in 2007 for $700,000 had crashed to $325,000. in a dismal market, dave was trying to keep his hopes up. >> when the market tanked, our -- my mindset was put your nose to the grindstone and work hard and it will turn around. the market actually has turned around in the city once known as the capital of foreclosures. >> another happy homeowner. >> up and down the streets, sold signs in las vegas are replacing bank owned, neighborhoods are buzzing again. realtor key naah foster. >> driving around with clients right now is fantastic, they are running, kids are running around playing with each other, it makes it feel more like home and less like a ghost town. >> reporter: like many in the neighborhood that bought at the peak the, the burtons could have walked away. >> but it goes against our fabric and goes against the fabric of how we were raised.

>> the new neighbors are buying low and making money but the burtons still have huge house payments and they can't find a bank to restructure their loan. >> we never have been late. >> we never have missed a payment. >> in just the last year, the price of a median home in las vegas has gone up nearly 33 percent. the burton's home has also risen in value from 325,000 to 400,000. >> but for them, the recovery is coming just a bit too late, they will probably sell at a loss. >> we are trying to find that silver lining, but our hearts are heavy. >> anna werner, cbs news, san francisco. >> axelrod: cycling's tour de france got underway today, but a bus crossed the finish line first, we will tell you why. next.

>> axelrod: opponents of same-sex marriage in california filed a motion today asking the u.s. supreme court to stop the weddings, but federal appeals court lift add four-year ban on same sex marriage in california last night. san francisco city hall was open on a saturday today to accommodate dozens of couples who didn't want to waste any time to get their licenses and get married. >> we learned today that a fund established to help victims of the boston marathon bombings will distribute nearly $61 million to 232 people.

payments will range from $8,000 to more than $2 million. the highest payments are for the families of those who lost their lives or those who suffered double amputations or permanent brain damage. stage one of the 100th tour de france got under way today with a near disastrous finish. with riders fast approaching, a team bus got stuck under an arch way at the finish line. organizers quickly mobilized to quve it out of the way. still ahead: >> ♪ o'er the land of the free... ♪ >> axelrod: a small singer with a big voice and a remarkable story to tell. tell. no, sir force,

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>> axelrod: finally, tonight, another look at a young innovator, we have been profiling some extraordinary young people making their marks on the world while still in their teens, tonight, marlana vanhoose, who can't see her mark, but all of us can certainly hear it. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound. >> at the end of this dirt lane in denver, kentucky, lives a little girl with a big voice. >> ♪ does that banner yet wave. >> you are a might not know just

from looking at her but marlana vanhoose is 17, she came into this world with a ton of challenges. born blind and diagnosed with cerebral palsy, at the age of 2. >> do you ever feel like it is too much, the challenges that have been put in your lap? >> too much? well, not way too much. >> she also arrived with some extraordinary gifts. >> reporter: sitting down and playing songs by ear also at ten. >> and opening her mouth to find an angel's voice ringing out. ♪ oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light. >> reporter: sound of music just copies you down? >> yeah, it, gospel music just copies me down. >> >> reporter: but perhaps her most valuable gift is her ability to inspire.

>> ♪ to my old kentucky home. >> reporter: like the kentucky special olympics where she first opened the show. and then competed. >> marlana! >> i like to give people hope to live. >> how do you give people hope? >> from singing and encouraging people. >> reporter: do you think it makes them feel for themselves, hey, i am inspired to do more? >> yes, yes, yes, it does. >> reporter: marlana always carries a tape-recorder, it is how she learns lyrics, which isn't foolproof she does forget them from time to time. >> does that embarrass you ever? >> it don't embarrass me, but it just -- i mean, uh-oh. i need to keep going. >> i gently sing to people who are lost. >> reporter: and i think that probably helps a lot of people feel like they are found. you sing amazing grace?

>> yes. i once was lost but now i'm found. was blind but now i see. >> axelrod: marlana will appear on her biggest stage so far tonight when she sings the national anthem in front of 107,000 nascar fans at the quaker state 400 in kentucky. make that 107,000 lucky nascar fans who get to see her. and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. later on cbs, brooklyn da and 48 hours, for all of us here at cbs news, i am jim axelrod in new york. thanks for joining us and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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