full hour of news. >> cbs news is next. see you at 6:00. >> quijano: the champ's final journey home. muhammad ali's childhood hometown, louisville, kentucky, prepares for a funeral fit for the man known as the greatest. also tonight, we're learning more about the soldiers lost in the texas floods. the battle to save homes and lives as a wildfire rages near los angeles. and we're on the front line of the fight against isis in iraq. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. this is our western edition. it was the champ's final journey to his hometown of louisville, kentucky. boxing legend and civil rights activist muhammad ali died in arizona friday night after a

long battle with parkinson's disease. he was 74 years old. there will be a private funeral on thursday, and a public service friday. we're told ali himself helped plan the funeral arrangements. former president bill clinton and comedian billy crystal are among those who will eulogize the champ. more now from jericka duncan in louisville. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: muhammad ali's spirit was felt inside the king solomon missionary baptist church this morning. before converting to the islamic faith, ali first learned what it means to have faith here. his brother rahman ali attended the church today and was overcome with emotion. after the service, he said he's looking forward to friday. >> love, love, love. >> reporter: since ali's death crowds have been coming to the

muhammad ali center to reflect on their memories of the champ. >> how did you guys become friends. >> oh, we became friends, we wind up practicing training together. >> reporter: boxing together. >> boxing. >> reporter: ali's friend victor bender had nearly a lifetime full of memories. he met ali when he was 13. >> as a youngster he was very quiet, he wasn't very vocal. >> reporter: really? >> yeah, he wasn't at all. >> reporter: it wasn't until he got the medal. >> when he got that metal a whole different world changed for him. >> reporter: having visited ali several times in recent years, bender says he thought his long time friend would fight his way out of the hospital as he had done several times before. how was his wife doing? >> she's the backbone. a very special woman and she loves her husband and she wanted to be there every time, anything, his needs and what happened she was there to make sure she had it. >> this was the day after he. >> reporter: former sports writer billy reid covered the three-time heavyweight champion for decades.

he says he was concerned when he last saw ali in october at a university of louisville football game. >> i just leaned down and kissed his bald spot and said god bless you, champ. and i don't know why i did it. but i think probably now i was probably saying good-bye. >> reporter: he's obviously touched you. >> yes, more so than probably i knew. >> reporr: tonight an islamic center here in louisville is going to have an interfaith service for the boxing legend. elaine, organizers there tell me they're expecting hundreds if not more people to attend. >> quijano: thank you, jericka. we'll have much more on muhammad ali later in the broadcast. well, severe weather is in the forecast tonight, from the carolinas to new england. powerful thunderstorms, hail and even possible tornadoes are in the mix. chief meteorologist eric fisher is tracking the storms at wbz in

boston, eric. >> reporter: hello, elaine. a big line of thunderstorms from new york state to the mid- atlantic and south eastern state this evening. this is the one we're going to track along the eastern sea board. a number of severe thunderstorm watches out, again the chances for gusty, damaging winds, large hail and even a chance for an isolated tornado as we head through the course of the evening. this is the whole corridor watching from new york city right on down to coastal sections of georgia meanwhile, our eyes are on the tropics. latest advisory, a tropical depression that is just off the coast of cancun. this is a rather disorganized system it is one that will likely gain tropical storm status. and if it does so it is tropical storm colin, it takes a track to the east of panama city but it is going to be kind of oddly shaped. not your classic tropical system with a lot of the heavy rain on the eastern side of it and heavy rain is going to be our biggest impact if this does become colin. here you see tropical storm warnings from the big bend of florida down south of tampa. could see some gusty winds, high surf but again the focus really

on the potential of flooding rainfall. we could over half a foot of rain in central, northern florida and up into southern georgia as well. >> quijano: eric fisher, thank you. well, all nine soldiers who were killed in a training accident at fort hood text as have been identified. they were killed thursday when flood water flipped their truck as they tried to cross a creek. david begnaud tells us about those who were lost. >> reporter: specialist christine armstrong, 27 of 29 palms, california. she entered active duty in in 2014. private first class brandon banner, 22 of milton, florida. he was a humble man his mother said, someone people flocked to. staff sergeants migel colon vazquez, 38 of new york. he served in iraq and afghanistan. private isaac deleone of san angelo, texas was 19 and engaged, according to his facebook page. his fiancee wrote he swore to protect his country and i swore to protect his heart. private first class zachary

fuller, 23 at palmetto, florida. he was awarded a national defense service metal and terrorism service metal. private eddie raelaurin gates of dunn north carolina, her high school's homecoming queen, a 20 year old girl named after her father. >> she said father, i'm going to do 20 years. i was wanting her to go in another branch. she said no, i want to go in the army. private tysheena james, 21 of jersey city, new jersey. awarded a global war on terrorism medal. specialist ying ming sun, 25 of monterey park, california, recognized for serving the u.s. overseas. and 21 year old mitchell winey of valparaiso, indiana, a west point cadet training with active duty soldiers. the army says the accident that killed the nine soldiers happened thursday morning. they were in a tactical vehicle like this one that became stuck while the truck's driver was attempting to cross a creek. it was swept away in flash flooding and overturned. three soldiers were rescued and have been cleared to return to duty. today in the city of killeen

where ft. hood is based, church services honored the nine dead. eight of the nine soldiers killed were actually truck operators. elaine, we have since learned that when the accident happened, officials here at fort hood were actually in the process of deciding whether or not to close some of the paved roads here at fort hood because of that flash flooding. >> quijano: tremendous loss, david begnaud reporting, thank you. tonight six large wildfires are burning in california. one that is threatening calabasas, an upscale suburb of los angeles. hundreds of acres have burned. at least 5,000 people have been forced from their homes. several firefighters have been injured. mireya villarreal is following this. >> reporter: despite firefighters best efforts, the so called old fire destroyed this building and seriously damaged at least one house just hours after it began. dry draught conditions combined

with hot temperatures made for fast-burning fuel saturday afternoon and created major problems for more than 400 firefighters. l.a. county fire deputy chief john trip. >> we had hundreds of spots, small fires that just kept merging into a large fire. we had fires flaring up all around in front of us, behind us and on either side of us. >> reporter: 3,700 high-priced homess were in the fire's direct path. after phil reese who stars in "veep" took this video last night, thousands were forced to evacuate. >> it is like a scene out of a movie. and it jumped the road and got behind us so left and in front of us and we had to get evacuated and the whole area was up in flames within minutes. >> reporter: helicopter crews took advantage of this nearby lake filling up water and dropping it on flames as they edged closer to hundreds of homes. cool overnight conditions helped firefighters gain ground but officials say the fire is not yet contained.

the cause of the fire is being attributed to a pickup truck that was traveling at a high rate of speed. hit a power pole and caused a transformer to fall over and explode. elaine? >> quijano: devastating scenes there. mireya villarreal, thank you so much. on tuesday, voters head to the polls for presidential primary elections in six states. california has the most delegates at stake. julianna goldman has the latest on the campaign including our new cbs news battleground tracker poll. >> reporter: in california, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are in a statistical dead heat, in new jersey clinton is far ahead, beating sanders 61% to 34%. if the numbers hold, clinton is poised to pick up enough delegates to clinch the democratic nomination on tuesday. >> after tuesday, i am going to do everything can i to reach out to try to unify the democratic party. and i expect senator sanders to do the same. >> reporter: but even as she is getting ready to take on donald trump, clinton can't ignore

sanders supporters. in california, a majority of them want to see the vermont senator fighting to the convention. >> i think if i am not the nominee, i will fight to become the nominee it is secretary clinton's job to explain to those people why she should be-- why she should get their support. >> reporter: meanwhile trump is coming under fire from his own republican allies like newt gingrich. for continuing to argue that a federal judge presiding over a lawsuit against trump university is biased because of his mexican heritage. >> this is one of the worst mistakes trump has made. i think it's inexcusable. >> reporter: the former house speaker has been mentioned as a potential trump running mate. >> first of all, this-- he was born in indiana. is he an american, period. >> reporter: and on "face the nation" trump took the rhetoric a step further. >> if it were a muslim judge would you also feel like they wouldn't be able to treat you fairly because of that policy of yours? >> it's possible, yes, yeah. >> reporter: trump's remarks about the judge's mexican heritage were also rejected by

tennessee senator bob corker, another potential running mate. and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who said he could not disagree more with a statement like that elaine? >> quijano: julianna goldman in washington for us, thank you. well, paris and its surrounding villages are recovering from a worst floods in three decades. more now from jonathan vigliotti in our london bureau. >> reporter: elaine, the flood waters are slowly receding in paris, but the city was so waterlogged, officials say the french capital could be flooded for up to ten days. a week of heavy rain caused the seine river to burst its bank, making for some dramatic images and deadly conditions. french officials say the river peaked saturday at 20 feet above normal. the river is still so high, boats can't pass under bridges. the louvre museum remains closed until tuesday. curators spent the weekend moving art from the basement to higher ground. several paris train stations are also shut down. in northern france emergency crews were seen pumping out

water from major highways and evacuating over 300 stranded cars. several european countries were hit hard by the powerful storms. at least 18 people died in flooding in france, germany and belgium. more thunderstorms are forecasted for this week. but officials say the worst appears to be over. elaine, temperatures are expected to rise which will help europe dry out. >> quijano: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. when we continue, the fight for fallujah. we have a report from the front lines. lines. oral decongestant. live claritin clear, with claritin-d. perfect driving record. perfect. no tickets. no accidents. that is until one of you clips a food truck, ruining your perfect record.

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>> reporter: elaine, we're just back from the southern outskirts of the city where we joined iraqi special forces, elite troops trained by the u.s. military and described by u.s. military officials here as the most competent fighting force in iraq. now progress is slow but steady. maybe 500 yards a day. the closer they get to the city itself they are facing stiff resistance in the way of mortars, snipers, an extensive network of roadside bombs and car bombs. now iraqi commanders told us that air strikes by the u.s. and it's allies are the single biggest game-changer responsible for 75% of the success on the battle field. and while we were there, we heard jets roaring overhead followed by two or three huge explosions. we were told by iraqi commanders they hit their targets, a number of isis fighters holed up in a building. but as iraqi forces close in on fallujah, it's going to be more

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has ties to the champ. demarco morgan is there. >> reporter: elaine, it was back in 1964 that a young fighter and olympic gold-medalist named cassius clay was training at gleason's gym in the bronx since his fight with sonny liston. as soon as you walk through the doors, trainers, boxers, visitors alike will tell you the champ's presence can be felt here. ali's memorabilia and pictures cover the walls. there are photos of the champ, with the trainer-- before he fights with another boxer, gleason's boxing gym is also where 134 world champions have trained since its doors opened back in 1937. it's no surprise where the champ decided to work out at gleason's during his career. the gym's owner bruce silverglade was a friend of alis. he says young boxers still want to learn the champ's winning moves. >> he's not only a boxing hero and a boxing champion, he is an american icon. he changed the style. so now the kids are coming into

the gym want to train like muhammad ali. they want his style. >> reporter: i spoke with the owner today and he tells me there are several tributes in the works for muhammad ali, including a permanent memorial here at the gym. >> quijano: demarco morgan, thanks so much. next on the "cbs weekend news," we'll close our broadcast with a tribute to the champ.

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heavyweight champion, the poet laureate of pugilism, philosopher of fists of steel. >> quijano: last night on cbs, josh elliott, my colleague at cbsn, anchored a special "48 hours" tribute to muhammad ali. the broadcast included an interview with boxing great george foreman remembering his friend and former opponent the champ. >> i consider muhammad ali to be my brother. he was that big mouth brother that i never had. when i was a young boy, we all loved muhammad ali. but after i became boxing champion and everything, i got distant. >> i'm so bad i made medicine sick. i'm so fast, man, can i run through a hurricane and don't get wet. when george meets me he will pay his death. >> i was concerned that i was going to come back with my world title. that i would easily beat muhammad ali. >> he loved to fight and is he screaming i'm the greatest, that

devastated me. and for years i thought my whole life was bent around getting revenge on muhammad ali. i didn't like him. i wanted to beat him. but that all changed and it started way back in the late '70s when he wanted me to come back. he said george, i want to you do me a favor. i want you to come back to boxing and beat ken norton for me. beat him up because i because i can't beat him. he was going to trick me back into boxing to get norton. then we became telephone friends and we visited and we became great friends. i realized that all those years i missed what everybody else had enjoyed. a relationship with muhammad ali. he was truly the greatest. he had poems, would get on the telephone with you.

i think the best part of about muhammad ali american that that of being a great athlete or even a great boxer was his mere presence. we get into the ring, and you weren't fighting a boxer. you weren't fighting a slugger, you were having to contend with the presence of one of the greatest human beings that i ever met in my life. he was a great man. how do you fight a great man? because you don't hit him with a jab, you don't hit him way right hand am you have to hit him back with greatness. and i think that if you look for the best boxer, don't look to muhammad ali. if you look for the greatest puncher, don't look to muhammad ali am but if you are looking for the greatest presence that was ever in the ring, you look to muhammad ali. >> i'm going to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. >> this morning i woke up with this eerie feeling that he's not there any more. it's not a wonderful feeling to wake up and your friend is gone.

he was just-- he was beautiful. because i had never seen anything like him. i had never met a man that was so exciting. i realize now the beauty that he had was from inside but on the outside, he was handsome. he should have been a movie star. muhammad ali will be remembered more for-- than boxing. that was just a small part of him. he will be remembered because he was a hero and was not afraid of anything or anyone. >> quijano: that's the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. later on cbs, "60 minutes." the news continues now on our 24 hour digital network cbsn on cbsnews.com. i'm elaine quijano. for all of us from cbs news, thank you for joining us, and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ight.

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