right? >> no. that is incredible. >> there was like one with a pink outfit, no. >> that's it for us at five. we will see you back at six. cbs weekend news is next. >> ninan: th ensifies. the special counsel wants documents from the white house as the trump administration lays down the law on leakers. >> and i have this warning for would-be leakers-- don't do it. >> thank god they got out of there. >> ninan: also tonight, severe weather strikes. >> i can't imagine the trauma that you go through seeing your children struck by lightning. >> ninan: the world's fastest man bolts to the finish. >> usain bolt is sort of energy spilling out in a lot of different places. >> ninan: and "houston, we have a problem." >> reporter: when you look at the condition of the room today, what goes through your mind? od it's a combination of frustration, anger, resentment.

>> ninan: a new mission to save mission control.er, resentment. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening, i'm reena ninan with a western edition of the broadcast. president trump is in new jersey tonight, the first full day of his 17-day vacation, while he remains out of side cite in his bedminster golf course, the russia investigation remains in the spotlight. today in moscow, former ambassador sergey kislyak denied accusations moscow meddled in the elections. kislyak described conversations with michael flynn as just simple things. he also denied sanctions were discussed. errol barnett has the latest. >> mr. president are you afraid to talk to the press? >> reporter: as president trump began his 17-day working vacation, news emerged his administration has been contacted by the special counsel investigating russian interference in the 2016 election. robert mueller is now requesting documents connected to former

national security adviser michael flynn. the president's attorney, ty cobb, tells cbs news, "mr. trump is fully cooperating." once in new jersey, the president defended his current national security adviser amid criticism from the far-right wing of his own party saying in a statement, "general mcmaster and i are working very well together. i am grateful for the work he continues to do serving our s untry." mcmaster has been targeted by alt-right websites like breitbart for, among other things, ousting n.s.a. staff ideologically aligned with chief strategist steve bannon. in an interview taped wednesday, mcmaster says he's happy with the direction the white house is now heading. >> we've been trying to view problem sets and opportunities serough the lens of our vital national interests. >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions also cites national interests in announcing a crackdown on government employees leaking classified information. >> we will not allow rogue,

anonymous sources with security clearances to sell out our country. >> reporter: sessions said the department of justice has tripled its leak investigations, and the f.b.i. has established a new counter-intelligence unit to address those disclosures. pae department is also reviewing ellicies related to compelling liurnalists to testify about their sources. now, the special counsel's request and the administration's atforts to stop leaks comes as president trump is trying to steady the ship once again. a white house official tells us chief of staff john kelly is with the president in bedminster today. meetings with lawmakers and administration officials are expected in the weeks ahead. reena. >> ninan: errol barnett, thank you, errol. a victory for the trump edministration at the united nations. today, the security council unanimously adopted a u.s. resolution with punishing new sanctions on north korea. the vote follows north korea's launch of its first intercontinental ballistic missile july 4.

and a second test on july 28. search-and-rescue operations are under way for three missing u.s. marines. they were aboard an mv-22 osprey that crashed into the sea of australia. 23 other personnel on board the aircraft were rescued. the osprey flies like a plane but has helicopter-like rotor blades so it can take off and land vertically. thunderstorms are expected to rumble over parts of the country tonight. yesterday's storms caught several people by surprise. here's carter evans in los angeles. >> reporter: flash flooding turned low-lying areas in las vegas into lakes on friday. many had to be rescued from their cars. >> that water is rising. sc reporter: these men scrambled to safety on top of a taxi in hotel parking lot on the vegas strip. >> get out thereof. get out of there. >> reporter: outside phoenix, strong summer storms triggered a river of mud. this group narrowly escaped as

their belongings were swept away. >> thank god they got out thereof. >> reporter: they will be cleaning up mud for days north of los angeles, where a powerful thunderstorm dropped an inch of rain in 10 minutes. you can see where floodwaters came right up to the front steps of this home. at its peak it was about three feet deep right here, turning the road out front into a rushing river. jeanette laslovich also captured video of a torrential hail storm. >> it just felt like someone throwing rocks at your window. it was just so intense. i had never, ever seen anything like that in my life. >> reporter: lightning lit up the west on friday. free sisters in utah were seriously injured after they were all struck together. summit county sheriff's lieutenant andrew wright. >> the father told the three young girls to go over into young girls to go over into some trees and lay down to try to avoid the lightning. unfortunately, the lightning struck right where they were. >> reporter: and in portland, oregon, it's been in the 90s or higher for a week now, 10 to 15 degrees above normal, a public health issue, according to dr. richard leeman.

>> the biggest concern is heatstroke, where the body gets really hot. the sweating mechanism shuts down and it's potentially life threatening. >> reporter: there's no relief in sight for the pacific northwest. they've got another week of high heat to endure. as for the southwest, thunderstorms are in the forecast through the weekend. reena. >> ninan: carter, thank you. more trouble at fox news channel. eric bolling has been suspended pending an investigation amid accusations that he texted a lewd photo to multiple female colleagues. a northwestern university professor and an employee of oxford university are behind bars tonight in san francisco, arrested for an alleged murder 2,000 miles away. tony dokoupil has new details. >> reporter: wyndham lathem and andrew warren are wanted men no more. the two suspects, lathem a professor at northwestern, and warren, a treasury assistant in the oxford university system, turned themselves over to authorities in san francisco late friday. that brought a peaceful close to a five-day, multistate manhunt that began way murder inside this upscale chicago high rise.

>> reporter: police say lathem and warren killed 26-year-old hair stylist trenton cornell- duranleau, stabbing him to death july 27 in lathem's tenth floor apartment. according to warrants, both suspects stabbed the victim and police found two bloody knives near the body, one with a broken blade. richard aili is lathem's neighbor. >> we were shocked, there's no doubt about it. >> reporter: authorities haven't said how lathem, warren, and cornell-duranleau knew each, but surveillance video shows the suspects leaving the murder scene. in an unexplained twist, one of the suspects then made a $1,000 cash donation to a library in lake geneva, wisconsin, in the name of cornell-duranleau. as federal marshals closed in, police say that lathem sent an apologetic video to friends and relatives confessing to "the biggest mistake of my life."

authorities feared suicide would be next. in a statement, the chicago police department said, "we hope today's arrest brings some small level of closure and justice for trenton cornell-duranleau's family. and charlotte cornell, the victim's mother, says the family's hoping trenton's killer is brought to justice. lathem and warren will appear separately in court in san francisco before being extradited back to chicago, and, reena, their first appearance in court is monday. >> ninan: ford motor company says it takes seriously concerns raised by police departments across the country about excessive carbon monoxide levels in their ford explorers. several officers have been sick and ford responded to our cbs news investigation saying when the data indicates a safety recall is needed, we move quickly. for more now, here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: police departments are finding cracks like this one in the exhaust manifolds of their ford explorers so frequently, cbs news has learned nerd is now actively considering a recall of some of or all

135,000 police-edition explorers. those manifolds carry exhaust, which contains carbon monoxide, away from the engine. is that the crack right there? >> yes, this is the crack. >> reporter: mechanics from montgomery county, maryland, say as many as 80% of explorers have the cracks. david dice is the director of general services. >> when you see that black scarring right there. that's a clear indication that there's exhaust leaking into the engine compartment from that part. that's dangerous. >> reporter: police departments in at least 25 states have raised concerns about possible carbon monoxide leaks or added co detectors. in massachusetts, the association of police chiefs says at least 16 departments have sidelined explorers. but federal investigators are looking beyond just police units to more than 1.3 million explorers model years 2011-2017. montgomery county says the manifold cracks are not limited to police cruisers. >> of the 108 vehicles that we

have are ford explorers, about 80, 85 of them are police. the rest are administrative fleet. it's the same problem. >> reporter: ford says safety is its top priority adding its engineers have not found evidence that the manifold cracks are linked to the carbon monoxide complaints, but they are investigating. the company has not made a final decision on a potential recall. reena. >> ninan: kris van cleave, thank you. lightning fast usain bolt is calling it a career. the jamaican sprinter says the world championships in london will be his last. as jonathan vigliotti reports, bolt is nearly impossible to catch. ca reporter: usain bolt got a hero's welcome at the london stadium ahead of his 100-meter sprint, but the crowd's warm reception wasn't enough to fuel his win. the 30-year-old jamaican finished third after americans justin gatlin and christian coleman. after a moment of disappointment, the track legend took in the final moments of his career. bolt had been victorious in friday's qualifying race but

called it a bad run. >> i can win if i want to, so i just have to stay focused and hopefully everything comes together tomorrow. >> reporter: today's third-place finish marks the end of what has been a record-breaking career. the 30-year-old jamaican won eight olympic gold medals, 11 world championships, and holds several world records. >> usain bolt again! >> reporter: a feat that stunned the sports world's top stars like u.s. champion sprinter michael johnson. >> he's one of those people, one of those athletes that's just freakishly talented. i mean, he was just probably born with, you know, a unique blend of speed and power that most world-class sprinters aren't born with. >> reporter: as the legendary runner gets ready to retire his shoes, his competitive streak will live on. as hinted at earlier this week. >> i think no athlete will ever wish the world record will ever be broken in their lifetime. you know what i mean? i don't want to see it go.

i want to brag to my kids when they're 15 or 20 they look, "see, i'm still the best." you know what i mean. >> reporter: and while today marks the end of his solo running, he still has one more group race to go, competing in the four by 100 relay for jamaica next week. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. >> ninan: he's so much fun to watch. jonathan, thank you very much. coming up, cbs news goes inside chicago's epidemic of deadly gun violence when the "cbs weekend news" continues. s news goes inside chicago's epidemic of deadly gun violence when the cbs weekend news continues. zantac works in as little a30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. take the zantac it challenge.

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>> ninan: people in baltimore are hoping for a murder-free mekend. community activists are asking that nobody kill anybody for 72 hours. baltimore just passed 200 homicides for a year. that's a record-setting pace. chicago is another american city struggling with an epidemic of violence. this year, more than 2,100 2ople have been shot in chicago, more than 400 killed.

adriana diaz gained access to some of chicago's toughest neighborhoods for "cbsn: on assignment." >> reporter: the problem we heard and saw over and over again was guns. >> we make ourselves secure, we make ourselves safe. >> reporter: cbs news gained access to several crews on chicago's south side. ha that's 50 shots, man. >> reporter: that's a mac-10, a semiautomatic weapon originally aesigned for military use and illegal in chicago. >> so why do you need guns with that much firepower? >> protection. the danger is out there. >> reporter: this south side crew is affiliated with the group the "titanic stones." they cover their faces to conceal their identities. they actually told us they hate guns. >> we're ( bleep ) just doing it to survive, so i can put my family and myself in a better predicament where i need to be. >> reporter: many guys told us they'd rather risk the police

catching them with a gun than have their rival find them without one. >> ninan: and joining us now is adriana diaz. so, adriana, the police department in chicago, they rolled out new programs, and despite that, there was a 74 murders in july. that's up from last year. so what's going on here? >> reporter: murders are up, but the police department told us shootings overall are down slightly. now, they are working with federal agents, with state partners, with intelligence, and they've formed what they call a gun strike force, a task force going directly after those guns, trying to get those guns off the streets to stop the shootings. they even have a mobile forensic lab, a van that can go to crime scenes, look at shell casings, and try to connect that shell casing to a gun that may be involved in other crimes. >> ninan: you were immersed in this community. what surprised you the most about your time there? >> reporter: reena, these guys told us, nobody wants to stop the violence more than we do. it's our friends getting killed.

it's us getting shot. countless people we interviewed said, "oh, yeah, i've been shot, a couple of times." they showed us their scars. so for that, they say they feel they're stuck in a cycle. they don't have the opportunities other people have in other parts of chicago. they say they grew up seeing this activity around them. one 26-year-old we spoke to said at seven years old he sold crack for the first time. he wanted money to go buy donuts. and he said that what he saw around him was a simple formula; if you want cash, you sell little baggies and that's what he did. >> ninan: that's incredible. an iuincredible window into a community we don't get to see often. you can see adriana's full report on "cbsn: on assignment," monday night at 10:00, 9:00 central on this cbs television station. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, women who played pro ball during world war ii are hoping again for a league of their own. pro ball during world war ii are hoping again for a league of their own. your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient

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90 year old maybelle blair and 84 year old shirley burkovich once played for the all girls' league. >> we'll never have any babe ruths in the major leagues and we don't expect to. all we want to do is have a chance to play our own game. g reporter: they traveled to rockford to connect with girls like levesque, who, despite the generation gap, share the same dream these women once had-- to play baseball at the professional level. >> a lot of people don't think girls can play baseball, so you just gotta accept that they don't think you can play, and just go and show them differently on the ball field. >> ninan: there just might be a babe ruth in there. that was jericka duncan reporting in rockford, illinois. up next on the cbs weekend news, a new mission to save nasa's mission control. news, a new mission to save nasa's mission control. hen... hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol? give up my 2 aleve for 6 tylenol? no thanks. for me... it's aleve.

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gene kranz, now 83, led gemini and apollo missions. >> we won the battle for space in this room, and we captured the high ground, and we did not surrender it during our tour. >> houston, we have a problem. >> reporter: kranz was in charge when an explosion aboard "apollo 13" nearly cost the lives of its three astronauts. a rescue featured in the movie "apollo 13". >> i want this mark all the way back to earth with time to spare. >> reporter: kranz was portrayed by actor ed harris. >> failure is not an option. >> reporter: houston, we have another problem. >> take a look at the consoles. i used to have an abort switch in there. where the heck is the abort switch. the displays don't work anything. carpeting is held together with duct tape. >> reporter: apollo's mission control has decayed from neglect and souvenir seekers who took pieces of space history. when you look at the condition of the room today, what goes through your mind? >> it's a combination of frustration, anger, resentment.

this is not appropriate. this is where our generation made history. this is where apollo fulfilled the challenge issued by president kennedy. >> reporter: space center houston hopes to raise $5 million to restore the room to its 1960s glory. >> this is a room that will now represent the best america had to offer. >> reporter: failure is not an option. >> is not an option. >> reporter: kranz is part of one more mission: finishing the restoration by 2019, the 50th anniversary of apollo 11's moon landing. mark strassmann, cbs news, houston. >> ninan: and as of tonight, $400,000 has been raised to help with the restoration. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and, of course, the news continues always on our 24-hour digital network cbsn. at cbs news, i'm reena ninan in new york.

for all of us at cbs news, thank you for joining us. good night. ca landed at the doorstep of bay area police. we ave the latest on a brutal and bizarre killing. there's something live from the kpix studio. >> a murder that landed on the steps of bay area police. what ended in a bizarre killing. >> something on display in an art festival. what police are doing to prevent a terror attack. >> taking construction projects to new heights. how drones are helping build freeways. >> a northwestern professor and oxford employee are being held in the bay area tonight after turning themselves in for murder. kpix dallin says the had been

following them for 2000 miles. >> the professor and northwestern university is locked up at santa rita jail facing 1st degree charges. the alameda sheriff's office released his mugshot, a contrast from months ago when wyndham latham gave a speech. >> he was on the run with a fugitive. and drew warren since last thursday. police suspect they killed 26- year-old a man in chicago. they found the body in latham's room. police believe they were in a relationship and had a falling out.