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www.cbssf.com and the cbs weekend news is next. we will see you at 6:00. ponsored by cbs >> morgan: tragedy at sea. the bodies of american sailors are recovered from a badly damaged navy destroyer. >> my focus is on the family, the grieving family members, the crew and the friends of the u.s.s. fitzgerald. >> morgan: also dozens are killed many in their cars trying to escape a raging forest fire in portugal. >> here in the u.s., violent vorms and dangerous heat on this last weekend of spring. did beyonce give birth to twins? her father says so. on this father's day. >> how many of you guys have children already? >> morgan: young dads learn the ousponsibilities of parenthood. >> seems like you love being a father. >> i do. i really do. i enjoy it. >> morgan: and a son follows his father's footsteps, but only so
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far. >> do you ever think about what your dad would think if he saw you now? >> yeah, i think, obviously he would be proud. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> morgan: good evening, i'm demarco morgan and this is our western edition. the bodies of american sailors killed in a crash at sea off the cost of japan have been found. seven crew members of the u.s.s. fitzgerald have been missing since the navy destroyer was hit by a cargo ship about four times its size it happened early saturday morning local time. bodies were found today in a flooded sleeping area. japan's prime minister sent president trump a note expressing his sorrow and condolences. we get more now from ben tracy in beijing. >> when navy divers were able to get inside the destroyed compartments of the u.s.s. fitzgerald they found what they had feared. their crew members killed by the collision or the flooding that followed. >> my focus is on the families.
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the grieving family members, the crew, and the friends of the u.s.s. fitzgerald. >> vice admiral joseph aucoin heads the fleet based in japan. he called the damage to the fitzgerald significant and the impact tragic. in the middle of the night it collided with a container ship. aucoin says it was the heroic efforts of the crew that have said the fitzgerald potentially sinking with 300 sailors on board. >> you can't see most of the damage. the damage is mostly underneath the water line and it is a large gash. >> in addition, the navy sailors who lost their lives, three others had to be airlifted off see ship by the japanese coast guard. they are said to be responsive, including the ship's commander .ryce benson. s s compartment was destroyed in the collision and the navy says he is lucky to be alive. >> the navy will now launch an investigation into what caused this commission. inile it did happen in the dark am night, they routinely have watch teams on board to make nre this kind of thing does not
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happen. iey say that the ship is salvageable and the head of the seventh fleet says it will sail again. >> morgan: ben tracy, nbc. breaking news from syria, a u.s. fighter jet shot down a syrian e ane after it dropped bombs on coalition-backed fighters. sylitary officials say the syrian plane was shot down, ruote, in accordance with the rules of engagement and in collective self-defense of coalition partners. president trump spent father's day weekend with his family at the presidential retreat camp david in maryland. he is returning to washington nid new questions about the russia investigation. l rol barnett is at the white house. >> reporter: in a tweet two days ago president trump announced la's under investigation. today one of the president's lawyers refuted that. >> there has been no notification from the special counsel's office that the president is under investigation. >> reporter: jay sekulow a member of president trump's segal team says the president's oneet was not an admission, it was a reaction. >> this was his response via twitter, via social media was in
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the response to the "washington post" piece with five anonymous sources. >> "the washington post" white house bureau chief pushed back. nt the president is indeed under investigation, that it is an investigation into his potential usstruction of justice in erdition to a number of other issues related to the russia matter with bob mueller's investigation is only getting started. te reporter: adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee fears the administration is undermining special counsel robert mueller. >> the president wants to take down bob mueller. his lawyer wants to take down bob mueller. ind the question is why. and i think the answer is they want to lay the foundation to discredit whatever bob mueller comes up with. >> reporter: still republicans like senate intelligence committee member marco rubio obpport ongoing probes. >> i think it's in the best interest of our country that we have a full scale investigation that looks at every thing so we can move forward. >> reporter: the president returned today from camp david after spending the weekend there with his family.
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and this morning assured his twitter followers his agenda is doing very well despite what he calls the witch-hunt. >> now on the possible existence of recordings between the amesident and ousted fbi director james comey president trump's lawyer today said he expects it will be addressed by mr. trump in the week ahead. demarco. >> morgan: errol barnett at the white house, thank you. we're also following reports of a terror attack in mali. runmen stormed a resort popular with westerners near the city of bamako. they say there have been at least two casualties. security officers are on the scene and at least 32 guests have been rescued. y and more than 60 people were killed many of them in their cars trying to escape raging forest fires in central rertugal. e e fires broke out this weekend during a severe heat wave. the latest now from jonathan vigliotti in our london bureau. >> reporter: demarco, portugal's nacretary of state has called it the deadliest forest fire in the
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nation's history. many of the victims were found in their cars, apparently trapped when strong winds blew flames over a busy motorway. the fire began saturday in the mountainous area. it has been in the grips of a heat wave. police believe the fire was sparked after lightning struck a tree. fle flames then quickly spread in the try conditions and burned horough several neighborhoods destroying homes. hundreds of local residents were treated for smoke inhalation and emergency services tents set up in the area. many who lost their homes were then transferred to temporary shelters. this afternoon the fire was still raging on four fronts with over 700 firefighters deployed to battle the flames. the portuguese government has also dispatched two army battalions to assist emergency services, while spain has sent two water bombing planes to help
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its neighbor contain the fire. portugal now has declared three days of national mourning to pay tribute to the victims. demarco. >> morgan: jonathan vigliotti in london, thank you. here in the u.s. there is extreme weather on this last weekend of spring, dangerous heat in the west and southwest and violent storms in the center of the country. there has also been an outbreak of wildfires. paula reid has the story. >> reporter: wildfires in brian head, utah, have now spread across a thousand acres forcing uandreds of people to evacuate the small utah ski town. fires also continue to rage across other western states. in southern california, firefighting planes attacked brush fires near castic lake. an abandoned camp fire sparked another fire in northern new mexico forcing hundreds from eleir homes. we we're helping with water. we're helping with housing. and just animals and whatever anybody needs. we're just trying to do whatever, towels, blankets,
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anything that is necessary. >> early sunday officials said they are finally getting that n re under control. >> when you see black on the cop, that is a good thing, considering it is contained. >> reporter: summer doesn't officially start until wednesday but states in the southwest are seeing temperatures in the triple digits prompting some res residents to take precautions. >> i know it's going to be hot, i can't stand the heat. >> she has a towel so she can put it down so we aren't roasting our, you know. >> the dangerous heat is expected to continue baking the southwest region throughout the week. s as heat and fire plague the west, wet storms pounded missouri with lightning and heavy rains. power outages mean families can't even get relief from the heat indoors. >> it's very sticky. very humid. and not tolerable. just sitting inside of a house, like, this it's not tolerable. >> we're also in hurricane season now. over the next 24 hours the air force is going to send its
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hurricane hunting aircraft. and demarco, it will investigate whether or not developments in the gulf could turn into a anrricane. >> morgan: paula reid, thank you. georgia's special election is tuesday. republican karen handel is facing off against democrat jon osoff to fill the congressional seat vacated in february by president trump's health and human services secretary. polls suggest it is a close race. the campaigns have spent more than 50 million dollars making this the most expensive house race ever. >> there is word today that .usic superstar beyonce has given birth to twins. lreya villarreal has the latest from los angeles. >> she is called queen bey for a reason. beyonce's ground breaking music is matched only by her e predictable announcement. in february the pop icon told more than a hundred million instagram followers her family had been blessed two times over. the picture is the most liked post on the social media site ever.
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today tmz is reporting the twins have arrived and have been at an l.a. hospital since last monday. >> beyonce's mother tina lawson temed to be trying to throw off the rumors posting this cryptic utdeo of herself saturday night. >> but grandma matthew knowles may have stolen some of the spotlight with this happy birthday post that appears to confirm the birth. hst last week husband jay-z stirred speculation when he missed being the first rapper inducted into the songwriter's hall of fame. in a video tribute to the hip- hop mogul, even former president obama had baby fever. >> jay and i are also fools for our daughters although he will osve me beat when those two twins showed up. >> beyonce opened up about being a mother in this 2013 hbo documentary titled "life is but a dream." >> especially after losing a maild, the pain and trauma from that just makes it mean so much more to get an opportunity to bring life into the world.
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5 the 35 year old rocked her latest baby bump at this year's grammies. and since then she continued to share updates with millions of fans worldwide. beyonce and jay-z have been silent on their social media pages. we did reach out but have yet to hear back. demarco you can be assure when the carters are ready to el it the world, their announcement will be fit for hip-hop's royal family. >> morgan: mireya villarreal, thank you. on this father's day we want to tell you about a program that teaches young fathers the responsibilities of parenthood. and how to be the best dads they can be. jim williams, of our cbs chicago station wbbm with dmitri young, a dad who just graduated from the dovetail project. dm tell me what this little guy means to your life? >> everything, like, he's the reason why i wake up every day. >> corey lennore knew he loved his son corey, jr. but he wanted
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to learn how he could be the tst father. >> also think there is room for enprovement. you know. i'm not perfect. i could really benefit from this program. >> reporter: this program, the dovetail project. m i have never been around so many young black men my age without drama. >> reporter: giving young african-american fathers some of some of them teenagers. >> how many of you have children already. >> reporter: the guidance they need to take care of their children. >> 72% of african-american children are born from single torent households. s executive director shell done smith saw the numbers in the rsack community and created the dovetail project several years ago. >> when fathers are not involved, the likelihood of outcomes around children being successful or being incarcerated or in school, teen pregnancy, all of that data skyrockets. >> the facilitator covers a lot ge ground in 12 weeks. >> at this age now, y'all are like i know what i am doing. >> reporter: even connecting the young men to education and job
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oraining so they can provide for their sons and daughters. >> they get a stipend, a job, a ged or a trade once they complete the program. >> they get something else, you know. >> it's a scary feeling. >> reporter: encouragement from one another. >> we motivate each other, you know we do job search, is a great thing. >> reporter: at dovetail father's day every day. >> there are dads who are eooking to do something different and impact their children's lives. >> there you go. that's a nice bubble. >> it seems like you love being a father. >> i do. dreally do. i enjoy it. >> can i have a turn too. >> reporter: cbs news, chicago. >> morgan: got to love that story. and happy father's day. coming up next, a plan to steer truck drivers towards a healthy lifestyle. to steer truck drivers towards a healthy lifestyle.
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t there are about three and a half million professional truck thivers in the united states. they work long hours sitting tohind the wheel and it's not easy for them to stay healthy.
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keich is a requirement to keep their commercial licenses. dr. jon lapook now on a fitness plan for road warriors. >> this is my crockpot. this is where i cook my meals. as in his first couple of years as a long distance trucker, 31 year old carlos lazos was up 70 pounds and on the road to taabetes. >> started eating more fried food, a lot of fried food, there is a lot of-- in this industry. >> reporter: as getting in and house of his cab became a struggle he knew he needed to switch diets. >> i want to be healthier for my family. i want to see my daughter grow up. >> baleka runs a program at the prime inc. >> can you take care of your family if you are dead? he is one man prep rally steering drivers towards a healthy lifestyle. compared to the national average, truckers are twice as likely to smoke, be obese or have diabetes. >> the drivers are living in a
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box. they don't have access to a kitchen. they have food storage issues. this he are not able to get to dums plus their schedule is always changing. and all of it creates this great s orm of risk factors of disease. >> clients keep a food diary he monitors. >> you don't have to overhaul your whole diet, just make a series of strategic changes. >> other strategy is daily vigorous exercise anywhere they ran. >> grab my weights. >> we met up with angel gomez on the road. he dropped about 50 pounds on baleka's plan. f w weightlifting gear is the part of his cargo. >> you can inside your truck, as far as squats. lo mountain climbers. >> it turns out what is good for long distance drivers may be good for all of us. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new herk. >> morgan: still ahead, a daughter gives her father the gift of life. daughter gives her gift of life.
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>> morgan: this father's day is >> morgan: this father's day is extra special for a family in r w york. they are together after a daughter gave a life-saving gift ol her dad. meg oliver has their story. >> i'm just really glad that i have him here the family has a lot to celebrate this weekend. last father's day mariel's dad was in liver failure and needed
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a transplant. >> i just didn't know how long i had. >> steven was on a transplant ctiting list. se doctors said the chances of getting a liver were slim to mariel got test to see if she could give a piece of her liver and she was a match. am if this is something i could help with, 100% i am there, i will do whatever i need to do. >> like any father, steven was more concerned about his daughter. >> i wasn't really afraid for myself. i was always afraid for her. from the minute we went to the or, to the minute i woke up. >> as soon as we start cutting the liver in half, the liver starts to regenerate and within six weeks 90% of it grows back. >> dr. sandy and a team at mount sinai hospital in new york w rformed the complicated hours- long surgeries. ct living donation is a really important aspect of what we do because we're trying to save fople's lives and there simply aren't enough organs from deceased donors to go around. >> it's been almost a year since the transplant and everyone is doing great.
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>> tell me about the necklaces are you wearing. >> well, i wanted something for us to share together. mine says her hero's dad. and hers says my hero. >> a father and daughter bond aat cannot be broken. >> i will always have a part of her with me at all times now. >> meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >> morgan: up next, a father's day story about a son who followed his dad's footsteps. s day sorry about a son who followed his dad's footsteps.
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>> morgan: we end tonigh >> morgan: we end tonight on this father's day with the story of a son who followed his father's footsteps, not into law enforcement but to law. here's carter evans. >> america first saw enrique camarena 33 years ago when the death of his father kiki camarena made national news. it was 1985 and they were living in guadalajara, mexico. enrique was only 11 years old but understood his father was working undercover for the dea. >> he was keeping drugs from coming to the united states. >> shortly after helping bust a billion dollar marijuana
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operation, kiki disappeared and the family home was suddenly filled with armed agents. >> within about five or six hours there is a dozen to two dozen agents that arrived. >> were you scared for your father. >> well, your dad is superman so you think, we'll see him, he'll be fine. >> but kiki had been kidnapped. enrique remembers how he and his shothers were rushed out of mexico to the u.s >> this linebacker of a man picks me up and fireman carries me and runs full sprint from my living room to a waiting ashicle. >> kiki's body was found a month later. he had been tortured to death with a drill. enars later when enrique was decided on his own career, one late night conversation with his father stuck in his mind. >> he asked me what do you want to be when i grow up. i said i want to be just like you. and the answer was a swift no iu're not. wasn't going to have a law enforcement son.
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>> so the son stay away from law enforcement, but not the law. enrique became a prosecutor. >> good afternoon. >> and was appointed judge in 2014. >> good morning, everyone. >> where he now presides over cases involving children. th she is in the right place to get ready for more time with dad. le how do the lessons you learned from your dad over the years translate into your court room? >> he taught us to treat everyone fairly. to be respectful. >> do you ever think about what your dad would think if he saw you now? >> yeah, obviously he would be proud. >> every weekend enrique visits the law enforcement memorial in san diego and kisses his father's name. honoring his hero with his own service. >> carter evans, cbs news, san diego. >> that's the cbs weekend news for this sunday. i'm demarco morgan, in new york, thank you for joining us. happy father's day and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix 5 news. >> record melting temperatures across parts of the bay area today and relief is in sight. we'll tell you how long this heat wave will be sticking around. plus, drivers stuck in their cars long enough to watch the sun come up as a police shooting shuts down an entire side of the bay bridge for hours. et fire came out -- and the fire came out. >> we have learned hoarding may have played a role in her death. >> that woman died this afternoon when she was unable to escape her burning home in santa rosa. neighbors describe a horrifying scene. >> i heard her scream. there was black smoke and all you heard was that woman screaming in there. >> reporter: how terrible. >> it was awful.
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>> firefighters say the fire started in a rear bedroom of the double wide unit and quickly spread through the whole home. the woman's husband and son were able to escape but she didn't have enough time. >> the mobile home, they spread quickly. yeah. 20 minutes and it's over. we understand there may have been some hoarding taking place. so we had a lot of fire load. >> the heat was also a challenge for firefighters. it was 102 degrees in santa rosa at the time. crews had to rotate in and out working in short shifts to avoid heat exhaustion. our other big story of the night, record heat in san francisco today. of course, to set a record here you only have to hit 88 degrees. we did early this afternoon. it is still warm in the city. 5 p.m. temperature was 85 degrees. you could cool off at the beach. lots of folks did. people in the east bay could drive an

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