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our next newscast will be at 8:00 p.m. >> until then, >> ninan: the death toll rises from historic floods. we're on the ground in west virginia where the desperate search for survivors is under way. also tonight, a deadly california wildfire roars out of control. more aftershocks from great britain's decision to leave the european union. donald trump throws his two pence in from scotland. >> we are orlando! >> ninan: and at gay pride events around the world, the weekend to remember the victims of the orlando nightclub shooting. >> they're going to be in the march with us. this is the "cbs evening news" >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan with a western edition of the draft.
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at least 23 people are dead and an untold number are missing after historic floods washed through west virginia. nearly ten inches of rain poured down thursday night, sending rivers of floodwater sweeping across roads and through homes. late today, president obama signed a disaster declaration, making federal funding available for flood victims in three counties. kris van cleave is in the town of rainelle. >> reporter: search-and-rescue teams, some on foot, some by boat, go door to door in rainelle, west virginia, looking for survivors from thursday's historic flood. >> it looks like a war zone when you go inside. >> reporter: state trooper c.s. hartman worries among the destruction will be more bodies. >> that's the last thing i want to do ,but we're prepared for it. >> reporter: the once-a-century flood left the small town of clendinin nearly under water. 44 of west virginia's 55 counties were inundated. the national guard and fema have been called in to help. thousands are without power. at least 100 homes suffered significant damage or were destroyed. >> everybody lost everything. >> reporter: becky mcclung
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struggled to take in the destruction as she waded back to her home of nearly 20 years... only to throw out most of what's left. >> we never thought it would be this bad. >> reporter: once the first responders check a house, they put that orange "x" on a window. in this one, they labeled it "vacant." no one was inside. steve lamontagne was last here thursday, using a boat to rescue his elderly aunt, but her dog-- this very scared little guy-- was left behind. it took a little teamwork to get him out from under the bed, into his cage-- >> i'm glad you guys were here. i never would have got that dog inside. >> reporter: --and out of the wrecked house. what do you think this will mean to your aunt? >> everything. because this, the dog was the main thing she was worried about. >> reporter: the weather has finally cleared, and while there is still a lot of water in parts of rainelle and other portions of west virginia, those water levels are quickly coming down. the same cannot be said for the recovery effort. the cleanup, the rebuilding-- that will take considerably longer.
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reena. >> ninan: kris van cleave in west virginia. thank you. more than 4,000 firefighters are battling six large wildfires in california, the largest roaring out of control near bakersfield. it started thursday and quickly destroyed more than 35,000 acres. at least two people have died. carter evans is there. >> reporter: this afternoon, while flames continue to rage on the mountaintops, in the communities below, the devastation is almost unfathomable. home after home after home burned to the ground. when the flames swept through the community of south lake, there was little warning. >> there it was like hell on earth. >> reporter: curtis randazzo had only moments to escape. now his family's home is gone. looking at you now, this is all you own in the world. >> that and the vehicles. >> reporter: pete dew and his family got a first look at what's left of their home this morning. what's it like to come back and see this? >> it's devastating. heartbreaking.
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>> reporter: this is everything you worked for. >> it's everything i have. >> reporter: insurance? >> no. just start over from scratch. >> reporter: so far, only a hand full of people have even been able to return to see if their homes survived. kern county sheriff donnie youngblood: >> the problem is that this fire keeps shifting. and as you know, if people-- if we allow people to go back their homes, we can't make them leave. if that fire shifts, we're going to have more casualties. >> reporter: the fire killed at least two people. they were overcome by smoke. investigators now plan to use cadaver dogs to go through the rubble. but for the survivors, the hard work hasn't even begun. >> you don't know where to start. nobody knows. you're left in the dark. nobody tell you anything. >> reporter: you're on your own. >> you're on your own. >> reporter: this perspective really gives you an idea of the scope of the destruction. this particular community was pretty much wiped out. so far, at least 150 homes just like this one have been
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destroyed, and the weather is expected to get worse tomorrow. that's bad news for firefighters, reena, because it is going to be hotter and windier. >> ninan: that certainly is bad news. carter evans, thank you. the terror group al-shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack in a hotel in somalia today. militants stormed a hotel in the capital city of mogadishu. authorities say at least 14 people were killed. a hostage standoff ended when security forces fought their way into the building and killed the attackers. tonight, uncertainty rules the united kingdom. britain's vote to leave the european union has set off a wave of aftershocks. jonathan vigliotti is monitoring the fallout from london. >> reporter: a day after announcing he'll step down, prime minister david cameron put on a brave face, appearing at a military parade outside of london. but across the nation, brits who voted to remain weren't as stoic. >> i wake up this morning, and i didn't want to believe it. like, it felt like waking up into a nightmare. >> reporter: today, boris
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johnson, a key leader of the leave campaign, appeared unfazed in the aftermath. ( thunder ) even a possible sign from above couldn't stop him from playing cricket. most of the 17 million people who voted to leave are thrilled, but this week's so-called brexit vote has been met with what some are calling bregret, and that even includes some people who wanted out of the e.u. >> i didn't think that was going to happen. my vote, i didn't think was going to matter too much, because i thought we were just going to remain. >> reporter: others say they felt misled by the leave campaign, which promised, among other things, that exiting the e.u. would free up billions of pounds to be spent on health care in the u.k. but after the vote, pro-brexit politician nigel farage, appearing on national television, admitted that the leave campaign made a mistake. >> the 350 million pounds a week we sent to the e.u., which we will no longer send to the e.u., can you guarantee that will go to the n.h.s.? >> no, i can't, and i would never have made that claim. it's one of the mistakes, i
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believe, the leave campaign made. >> reporter: uniting a divided nation won't be easy, but cameron says the country has time to come to terms with moving out of the e.u. however, time may not be on their side. in berlin today, foreign ministers of the six founding members of the european union said there's no time to wait. the european union commissioners will meet on monday to discuss what could be a very lengthy and bitter divorce. reena, they must also present a unified front. there have already been calls for a frexit in france. >> ninan: appears to be a domino effect. jonathon vigliotti in london, thank you. the u.k.'s decision to pull out of the european union is quickly becoming a campaign issue here in the u.s. errol barnett has more on this from our washington bureau. >> the united states has real, real problems, and brexit is not their problem. >> reporter: donald trump took a spin around his scotland golf course today with media mogul rupert murdoch and took a swing at president obama's handling of the brexit debate. specifically, this comment made
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in april on what would happen if it passed. >> it's not going to happen any time soon because our focus is in negotiating with a big bloc, the european union, to get a trade agreement done. and u.k. is going to be in the back of the queue. >> he thought that would never happen, and he said, if it does happen, that the u.k. has to get to the back of the line. that was a very bad signal to send to the u.k. >> reporter: after the e.u. pullout was approved, the president softened his tone: >> i do think that yesterday's vote speaks to the ongoing changes and challenges that are raised by globalization, but while the u.k.'s relationship with the e.u. will change, one thing that will not change is the special relationship that exists between our two nations. that will endure. >> reporter: in a statement, the presumptive democratic nominee, hillary clinton, says she respects the decision but wants to "make sure that the economic uncertainty created by these events does not hurt working families here in america."
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and, reena, in a veiled swipe at trump, clinton also says this is the time for calm, steady leadership, rather than tearing each other down. >> ninan: thank you, errol. well, two weeks after the orlando nightclub massacre, ten victims remain in the hospital, three in critical condition. two of the 49 people killed were laid to rest today in florida. manuel bojorquez is in orlando. >> please, no, no. >> reporter: it was an emotional farewell today for eddie justice, the 30-year-old accountant who texted his mother from inside the pulse nightclub during the shooting. "mommy, i love you." today, his mother, mina justice, was so overwhelmed, she collapsed at his casket and had to be helped to her seat. her daughter, lekeithra justice, spoke for the family. >> i think this is probably the hardest thing i ever had to do in my life, which is make arrangements for my brother.
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it's been really hard to see my mom like this. i have never seen her like this. >> reporter: in sarasota, florida, a funeral was held for edward sotomayor. he was 34. in the two weeks since omar mateen shot and killed 49 people at the gay nightclub, there have been memorials almost daily, including this one friday, hosted by the orlando hispanic chamber of commerce. most of the victims were hispanic. several survivors of the boston marathon bombing came to show solidarity. >> you kind of think that things aren't ever going to get back to normal, but it's everybody's new normal. >> reporter: orlando's mayor has announced the city plans to build a permanent memorial for victims of the attack, and that notes and signs left at public memorials like this one will be collected and preserved. reena. >> ninan: manuel bojorquez in orlando. manuel, thank you. in the aftermath of the orlando massacre, there's increased security at l.g.b.t. pride events around the world this weekend. there were parades from london to the philippines, all the way
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to cincinnati, ohio. demarco morgan shows us how new york city is gearing up for one of the world's biggest pride parades. >> reporter: pictures and flowers lined the outside of new york's historic stonewall inn, where people rioted after police raided the bar back in 1969. the newly designated national monument to gay rights, now includes a memorial to the 49 people who were killed at a gay nightclub in orlando. >> they're going to be in the march with us. >> reporter: danny ochoa works for the latino commission on aids. his organization is building a float for new york city's pride march. it will be covered with 49 flower petals, one for each of the orlando victims. >> it is an opportunity to show our faces. this is the opportunity to say, "hey, we are here." >> we are orlando! >> reporter: friday night, barbara poma, the owner of orlando's pulse nightclub, spoke at a rally. >> i want you to know that orlando and the world's gay community are strong and united. we will not allow evil to
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prevail. >> reporter: in his weekly address, president obama said there is more work to be done for l.g.b.t. rights. >> we've got to keep pushing for equality and acceptance and tolerance, but the arc of our history is clear. it's an arc of progress, and a lot of that progress can be traced back to stonewall. suzanne goldberg is a law professor at columbia university. the president, of course, designated the stonewall inn as the first gay national monument. what does that mean? >> this is a tremendous marker in the trajectory of l.g.b.t. rights, and really of american history, because it places the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movement in the pantheon of america's civil rights. >> reporter: last year, 1.6 million people took part in new york's pride march. reena, the n.y.p.d. has heightened security. event organizers are expecting nearly two million people this year. >> ninan: quite a turnout. demarco morgan, thank you. coming up next, is the
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police headquarters, the chief's office could be empty for a while, as the city conducts a nationwide search. the mayor says the new chief will not come from inside the department. john blackstone, cbs news, oakland. >> ninan: well, coming up next, an expert found something in this famous photo, an error of historic proportions. t, inciate. t, inciate. upext,ingurnsfter 40ers to c.on.
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