>> thank you for hing toght at 5:00. >> ahead at 6:00 a boy scout camp going to pot. the property in the santa cruz mountains that's set to become a marijuana farm. that and more at 6:00. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: the president's extraordinary warning. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. >> mason: tensions soar as north korea makes a critical advance towards becoming a nuclear power. also tonight, a monster storm requires a monster response. a police officer says she got carbon monoxide poisoning from her ford s.u.v. cruiser. >> i could have died. i could have got killed. ♪ it's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk ♪

>> mason: and, we'll remember glen campbell. ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: this is our western edition. good evening. i'm anthony mason. north korea throatenned a missile strike against the u.s. territory of guam, and president trump drew a line for kim jong-un. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. >> mason: the president's milestone on the road to becoming a nuclear power. we begin can national security corrpondent davidarn.

>> reporter: if the assessment by the pentagon's defense intelligence agency is accurate, north korea has crossed a crucial, but not the final threshold in developing a nuclear weapon that can threaten the american homeland. shortly after word of the new estimate leaked, president trump warned kim jong-un in the starkest terms possible: >> he has been very threatening, beyond a normal statement. and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury, and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> reporter: more than a year ago, kim jong-un showed off what he claimed was a nuclear device small enough to fit atop a missile. north korea already has conducted five underground nuclear tests, the last one estimated to be roughly twice as powerful as the bomb dropped on hiroshima, and it has enough plutonium and highly enriched uranium to build dozens of nuclear weapons. twice last month, it launched missiles high into space, which,

had they been fired on a lower trajectory, would have reached parts of the u.s. but u.s. officials say north korea has yet to demonstrate two key technologies: a nose cone that can shield the nuclear warhead from the extreme heat and buffeting of re-entering the atmosphere after arcing thousands of miles through space; and a guidance system that can steer it accurately toward its target. without that, north korea does not have a workable nuclear weapon. but the defense intelligence agency has estimated north korea could have a reliable weapon as early as next year, a full two years earlier than previously forecast. intelligence estimates can turn out to be wrong, as the u.s. learned the hard way in iraq. but this latest estimate, combined with the president's strong words, would seem to put donald trump and kim jong-un on a collision course. late today, north korea said it was developing plans to attack a major american airbase on the

pacific island of guam. anthony. >> mason: david martin at the pentagon, thanks. david mentioned the u.s. bombing of hiroshima. is the president threatening something worse than that? here's major garrett. >> reporter: president trump's rhetoric sounded very much like a speech harry truman gave after the first u.s. atomic bomb strike at hiroshima. >> if they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a reign of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on this earth. behind this air attack will follow sea and land forces in such numbers and power as they have not yet seen. >> reporter: asked if the president was looking toward war, counselor kellyanne conway told reporters there was no point explaining. >> the president's comments were very strong and obvious. >> reporter: in another historical echo, california republican darrel issa compared the standoff to the most dangerous cold war nuclear confrontation. >> it represents the greatest

crisis probably since-- let me rephrase that-- undoubtedly since the cuban missile crisis. this is something that can hit us and our allies, and it's with a rogue nation that we suspect would use it. >> reporter: the president's words contrasted sharply with secretary of state rex tillerson's declaration just last week that the u.s. was open to negotiations. >> we're trying to convey to the north koreans, we are not your enemy. we're not your threat. >> reporter: mr. trump also ignored basic administration policy on sensitive north korea information. early in the day, he retweeted a report on u.s. satellite imagery of north korean conventional missiles, prompting this response from u.n. ambassador nikki haley: >> i can't talk about anything that's classified. and if that's in the newspaper, that's a shame. >> reporter: senator john mccain said the president's words risk bringing the country "closer to some kind of serious confrontation." democratic senator dianne feinstein said the president is not helping the situation with his "bombastic comments."

anthony. >> mason: major garrett with the president in bedminster, new jersey, thanks. the president has said in the past, we will handle north korea, but in a cbs news poll out today, only 35% of americans told us they are confident about that. 61% said they are uneasy. we're also following severe weather tonight. flash flood watches are up across southeast texas. more rain is coming to areas that still haven't dried out from the last deluge. here's david begnaud. >> reporter: the worst of the storm struck overnight, but the effect stretched into dawn and then into daylight. as many as eight inches of rain fell by the morning rush hour, catching travelers off guard and touching off scores of high- water rescues. >> the water's basically up to the door. >> reporter: henry meeks was in his flatbed truck looking to help anyone in need. >> it was pretty deep. i went and i got some extra change of clothes and whatnot-- i had to actually go swimming.

>> reporter: other morning commuters pulled together to help each other. when this box truck ran into trouble, it was a monster truck that came to the rescue. this storm was part of the same system that reeked havoc earlier yesterday in san antonio. firefighters there struggled to save this young man who was stranded atop his car. they eventually used a stepladder to lead him to safety. back here in houston, i'm standing in what is the picnic area right here in buffalo bayou, looking back at downtown houston. you know, some parts of this area got nearly two months of rain in just the last 24 hours. the water is receding now, but tonight, the threat shifts eastward along the gulf coast, parts of central alabama and mississippi could both see flash flooding. anthony. >> mason: david begnaud, who needed very big boots today in houston. thanks, david. as texas braces for more water, much of europe is sweltering through a brutal heat wave. seth doane reports now, that it's so bad, the europeans have given it a name. >> reporter: lucifer is living

up to its name-- intense heat that's fanning forest fires across france and spain, and scientists warn, summers will keep getting hotter. record-high temperatures in romania caused some to collapse, and they're melting an alpine glacier, slowing summer skiing. zookeepers in hungary tried to give polar bears some relief in the form of blocks of ice. in italy, where authorities in two dozen cities issued weather risk warnings, the wine harvest started weeks early becae grapes ripened so quickly. in rome, ornate fountains are even more of a draw in the 100- degree heat. georgio airu of rome's capitol police explained they've stepped up patrols at fountains following a series of incidents where some, including a skinny- dipper, just dove in. at the fontana di trevi, the fine is now more than $500 if anyone jumps in.

>> the problem is that some of them look at us and when they see we are turn our head in other direction, they get into. >> reporter: airu suggests other ways to cool down. >> have an ice cream. or, whatever else. >> gelatos. a gelato every day, sometimes two. >> reporter: scientists are warning that avoidable deaths here in europe due to extreme weather could increase 50-fold by the end of this century if global warming is not slowed. anthony. >> mason: seth doane on fountain patrol in rome. thank you, seth. heat waves, heavy rain, and extreme storms are happening much more frequently in this country. it's evidence that we're already feeling the negative effects of climate change, according to a draft report produced by 13 federal agencies and first published by "the new york times." some of the scientists behind it worry the trump administration could dismiss or change the

report. in the past, the president has called climate change "a con job." so what happens to a government scientist who speaks up about this? here's chip reid with a whistleblower. >> reporter: on the remote western coast of alaska, three small native alaskan villages are literally melting into the arctic ocean. scientists blame warmer temperatures due to climate change. >> so, the land is just being chewed away and houses are dropping in, and, frankly, they're one big storm away from being completely wiped out. so it's-- it's not just a health and safety issue. it's a matter of american lives. >> reporter: for the past seven years, joel clement, a u.s. interior department scientist, has been working to relocate the villagers to safer ground. part of his job is to raise awareness about the issue. >> the region of the planet that's changing twice as fast. >> reporter: last month he did so at the united nations. six days later, he was one of about 50 department employees who were assigned to new jobs.

clement responded with a whistleblower complaint, demanding an investigation and reassignment to his old job. >> i believe that the trump administration is retaliating against me for disclosing these risks to these alaskan native villages. >> reporter: and, he says, for speaking out about climate change, which president trump has repeatedly questioned. clement says his new job is a waste of taxpayer dollars. they're paying you to do virtually nothing. >> that's right. >> reporter: because they're hoping you will quit? >> that's right. >> reporter: he recently published an opinion piece in "the washington post." "i'm blowing the whistle on the trump administration," he wrote, "that chooses silence over science." he says he's received a groundswell of support from other civil servants. >> there's a big appetite out there to-- to "resist" what's happening. >> reporter: to fight back. >> yeah. >> reporter: we asked the interior department for an interview, but they said they can't comment on pending whistleblower complaints. in a written statement they did

say that personnel moves are being conducted to better serve the taxpayer and the department's operations. anthony. >> mason: chip reid, thanks. two federal agencies have abandoned plans to require truck drivers and train engineers to be screened for sleep apnea. the disorder has been blamed for a number of crashes. the agencies say the decision to test should be left to railroads and trucking companies. more from tony dokoupil. >> reporter: four died and more than 60 people were injured in 2013 after the engineer on this train fell asleep, speeding through a curve at more than double the legal limit. the operator was later diagnosed with sleep apnea, a disorder defined by blocked airways at night, and daytime drowsiness. >> i know there was no testing for sleep apnea. >> reporter: nancy montgomery's husband, jim lovell, was one of those killed. >> i know that my husband was on a train going 80 miles an hour for three miles, and that the engineer was asleep for that long. >> reporter: sleep apnea has

been cited in nine major truck and rail accidents since the year 2000, including this freight train collision in arkansas and another deadly commuter train derailment last year. in all, sleep apnea-related crashes have resulted in at least 20 deaths. the trump administration is dropping a plan that would have required rail and trucking companies to screen for the fatigue-inducing disorder. >> you cannot argue that this is not putting the public safety at risk. >> reporter: sarah feinberg was head of the federal railroad administration under president obama. >> it means that the next time that someone's driving downtown highway next to a big rig, that driver is more likely to be nodding off or falling asleep. the next time you get on a commuter train, it's possible that the engineer hasn't been screened for sleep apnea. >> reporter: one major commuter rail line found sleep apnea in more than one in ten engineers, once it started testing. regulators in the department of transportation called the condition an ongoing concern, but ruled that existing safety

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april. >> i could have had somebody in the back seat, transporting them to the jail. i could have killed them. when it hit me, i didn't even know i was in a crash. >> reporter: according to medical records from after the crash, doctors diagnosed with sickey with carbon monoxide poisoning. tests showed potentially dangerous levels of the gas in her blood, even more than two hours later. what did the doctors tell you about the level of your carbon monoxide? >> that it was near fatal. it was near lethal. >> reporter: yet, federal regulators said last month, despite reports of three crashes and 41 injuries in the 2011-2017 explorers, there's no actual evidence they were the result of carbon monoxide poisoning. today, ford released these new images that may explain how c.o. is seeping into police explorers. they show unsealed holes near the muffler and the rear of the cruisers. those holes were made after purchase to install emergency equipment like lights. company engineers are making repairs to police units at no cost. they're in austin, texas now, attempting to fix some of the city's 400-plus explorers taken off the road. is that the crack right there?

>> that's the crack. >> reporter: ford is also investigating cracked exhaust manifolds in police explorers. >> it's just a very hairline crack. >> reporter: manifolds carry exhaust away from the engine, but ford believes that is an unrelated issue. officer sickey is now back at work, in a new explorer, but she's suing ford. what do you think should happen with these explorers? >> we already have a enough dangerous job to be worried about if our carbon monoxide detector is going to go off. so i think ford needs to take care of the problem and fix it. >> reporter: her medical records show the presence of medications that she says she had a prescription for. doctors we talked to said they don't know if those could have been factors in this crash. ford declined comment on this case because of the pending litigation, but has maintained that safety is its top priority. anthony. >> mason: kris van cleave in louisiana. thanks, chris. up next, why a google engineer is searching for a new job. is searching for a new job.

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>> >> mason: finally tonight, glen campbell has lost a very public, very courageous battle with the cruelest of diseases. he died today of alzheimer's, surrounded by his family in nashville. he was 81. >> i'm happy to be here. in fact, i'm happy to be anywhere. >> mason: glen campbell was country music's first crossover star. ♪ it's knowing that your door is always open ♪ >> that's a good song. i like a good song. >> reporter: you never thought of yourself as a country singer. >> no. >> mason: one of 12 children of an arkansas sharecropper, glen first picked up a guitar at age four. he was a natural. by the early '60s, he had played his way to l.a. though he couldn't read music, campbell quickly became one of the most sought-after guitarists in the city. you started getting a lot of session work. >> yeah, it was great, man.

i bought a car. ( laughter ) >> mason: one of an elite group of studio musicians known as "the wrecking crew," in 1963 alone, campbell performed on nearly 600 cuts for other artists. ♪ wouldn't it be nice if we were older ♪ >> reporter: and when brian wilson took time off from the beach boys, campbell filled in for six months, as he told me in an interview for cbs "sunday morning" in 2012. >> i had to go on a gig and play bass and sing his part. ( laughs ) ♪ it's a little old lady from pasadena ♪ >> mason: in 1967, his solo career took off on a jimmy webb song. ♪ by the time i get to phoenix >> mason: he'd win four grammys that year, and the next year, the smothers brothers asked him to host their summer replacement show on cbs. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, i'm glen campbell.

>> mason: everything changed after that, didn't it? >> yeah, it did. i didn't realize the power of television. >> mason: "the glen campbell good time hour" ran for four years and made him a household name. ♪ i've been walkin' these streets so long ♪ >> mason: but campbell's biggest hit was still to come. in 1975, he heard a demo that he thought could be his signature tune. >> "i've been walking these streets so long, singing the same old song." that was just perfect. ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy >> mason: in 2012, a year after he was diagnosed with alzheimer's, campbell embarked on a farewell tour. ♪ galveston, oh, galveston >> mason: the rhinestone cowboy's last ride. those final concerts were something special. an extraordinary musician and singer. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm anthony mason in new york.

thanks for watching. good night. captioni scout camp-- going to pot. this property in the santa cruz mountains.. has just sold and is set to become a marijuana farm. good evening, i'm veronica de la cruz. a property in the santa cruz mountains has just sold and is set to become a marijuana farm after being a boy scouts location. it's been a retreat for the boy scouts for decades. camp linblad in boulder creek, trees perfect for camping. but kpix 5's devin fehely reports, it will soon have a much different use. devin. >> reporter: that's right. he it's a dramatic reversal of fortunes for this property. but in this community, generally people are supportive

of the idea. for decades it's served generation of boy scouts but soon it will be a different second life the new owner making it into a healing center and grow site for marijuana. >> boy scouts is nice but turning it into medical marijuana facility, that's kind of cool, you know, useful of our resources bringing in a lot of money. >> reporter: the property owner cited privacy and security concerns if the location of the marijuana grow were to become widely known but the owner is partnering with another group to grow at the site. currently santa cruz county is formulating where and under what conditions marijuana grows will be permitted after vote's prod the legalization of marijuana statewide. >> i think it's good. it's legal. it's been proven to help people out. >> reporter: now, we reached out to boy