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homes as dozens of wildfires scorch nine western burnin force >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. americans across the country are making their voices heard this fourth of july weekend at loud rallies from coast to coast. they're demanding that thousands of immigrant children be set free and reunited with their parents. and president trump may have heard. id tweeted this afternoon that people coming to this country illegally must be escorted out. kenneth craig has the story. >> no fear! immigrants are welcome here! oteseporter: new york's protest brought an estimated 15,000 to the streets of lower manhattan over the trump administration's zero-tolerance policy on illegal border crossings. >> it's painful, and you think about it as something that rippens in other countries and not in america. >> doing this causes permanent physical and mental health harm to children. >> reporter: in the crowd, we

found pediatrician steve auerbach, who says he's concerned about a generation of migrants. >> this is child abuse, this is torture, and, as a mandatory reporter, i am hereby reporting it. >> reporter: the department of dialth and human services says it's holding more than 2,000 "unaccompanied" children. in addition to this massive crowd in san francisco, and to the south in los angeles. >> no hate! nt fear! >> reporter: these people in atlanta joined marchers in cities nationwide, saturday. >> free the children now! >> reporter: as the temperatures aimbed into the 90s in washington, d.c., thousands d ved together along the national mall and in front of the white house. 17 states and washington, d.c. sued this week to force the administration to reunite immigrant families. l.iz shakir is with the a.c.l.u. >> you have people fleeing ce pecution and violence put into military bases as if iney're osama bin laden or something. nt reporter: adrian winter told us he was heartened to see americans speaking up.

>> our country motto is "e pluribus unum," you know. "out of many, one." so, we are here as individuals, but, altogether, we're one country, we're one movement. >> reporter: as all of these marchers cross the brooklyn bridge, off in the distance you can make out the statue of liberty, a symbol of american freedom; and also, ellis island, epe first stop for millions of immigrants who built this country. syena? ionsinan: kenneth craig, thank you kenneth. another part of the anti- immigration marches is to abolish ice. it's a growing call from democrats to get rid of the agency that arrests and removes illegal immigrants in the u.s. paula reid has that part of the story. >> no more ice! no more ice! >> reporter: early this morning, before the demonstrations got under way, president trump tweeted his support for immigration and customs d forcement, writing: "to the great and brave men and women of ice, do not worry or lose your spirit." he was responding to top democrats who are calling to

abolish ice. alexandria ocasio-cortez, a 28- year-old democrat who just ousted incumbent congressman joe umowley, is among those calling for an end to the agency. you also support defunding ice. >> yes. >> reporter: can you explain why defund and not reform? >> what we really need to do is really reassess our approach to entire immigration in the united states. is reporter: senator kirsten gillibrand agrees. ep start over, reimagine it and build something that actually works. in reporter: as did new york mayor bill de blasio, who tweeted: "ice is broken, it's divisive and it should be abolished." demoident trump told fox news he wants democrats to continue attacking ice, because he believes it will cost them at the polls. in an interview, he said, "well, i hope they keep thinking about it, because they're going to get beaten so badly." de reporter: president trump is seizing on immigration to rally republicans ahead of those critical november midterms. today, he tweeted that he didn't

think that a republican limigration reform bill could get enough votes to pass through congress and tweeted, "we need more republicans to win in november." reena? >> ninan: four months until midterms. paula, thank you. this holiday weekend, a blistering heat wave is smothering the midwest and east coast. tiople are trying to keep cool as the thermometer hit the mid 90s. meteorologist kristen cornett from our affiliate kmov in st. louis, missouri, has the latest. hi, kristen. t> reporter: reena, this excessive heat blanketing a large swath of the country-- we're talking the midwest into the great lakes, and into the northeast. anok at these forecast-high temperatures we're expecting on sunday. from 103° in dallas, to 94 in st. louis and chicago, and 99° expected in new york city. and check this out, once you combine the effects of the heat and humidity, here's what it's going to feel like on sunday, a heat index of 103° in new york city. 102° in st. louis.

ay6° in dallas. kansas city gets a little bit of a relief tomorrow. lie rest of the midwest wets some relief after tomorrow licause of severe storms xpected. we're expected isolated to scattered severe storms for parts of the midwest into the great lakes. towever, for those of you in the northeast, well it looks like above average temperatures are expected to stick around at least through the fourth of july holiday. thena? >> ninan: kristen cornett, thank you so much. in the west, hundreds of firefighters are battling more than 46 large wildfires. almost half-a-million acres have been burned, and carter evans reports thousands have been forced to leave their homes. >> reporter: video from a security camera in southern colorado shows just how quickly flames move in and engulf a home. this is the spring fire, and thousands are under evacuation. >> by the time we came out, it was already coming over the mountain. mo reporter: it's unclear how r ny have homes burned. ehe fire's scorched more than 38,000 acres so far, burning out

of control since wednesday. with hot, windy weather in california, authorities are concerned about more fast moving grass fires like this one in concord. people were evacuated, but no homes burned. investigators believe the fire was started by a pickup truck. >> he was having some troubles and was spitting out sparks out of an exhaust pipe. >> reporter: back in colorado, the 416 fire has burned more than 47,000 acres near durango since the first of the month. this bear cub was found in the fire zone, separated from her mother. >> she has been burned on all the of her feet, particularly arr toes. ep >> medical treatment... >> that bear cub will be rehabbed and hopefully happily reunited into the wilderness. ly reporter: with the fourth of july holiday ahead, here in california there is a zero- tolerance policy for illegal fireworks. that means anyone caught with them could face a fine of up to $50,000 and a year in jail.

reena? >> ninan: thanks, carter. expect the fever pitch aurrounding president trump's supreme court nominee to explode next week. in a tweet today, the president said he'll make his announcement on monday, july 9. cbs news has learned that there are two leading contenders: brett kavanaugh, a 53-year-old tircuit court judge in washington; and amy coney barrett, recently appointed to the seventh circuit in chicago. and the supreme court contenders came up during a possible call ruth president trump that ppears to have been a prank. errol barnett is in new jersey, traveling with the president. >> sir, your call is connected. >> hi, bob! >> hey, how are you? >> reporter: following this podnesday's speech in north dakota, a man who sounds like president trump can be heard speaking on the phone to someone posing as democratic senator bob menendez. >> so, bob, here's what-- let me do this. i'm on air force one. i'm just coming back from an amazing rally in north dakota, actually.

>> reporter: but this was the man on the other end of the phone: comedian john melendez, >> posing as the new jersey senator as a practical joke for his s tuttering john" podcast. as it was a lot easier than i could have ever imagined. >> reporter: after initially being rebuffed by the white ftuse switch board, melendez claims he was eventually patched through to jared kushner, the s soident's son-in-law and advisor, who said the president ad would call him back. melendez said, 20 minutes later, he was connected to president trump. >> i think we can do a real immigration bill. we have to have security at the border. bi have to have it. e it was definitely him. there's no way they're going to deny it. >> reporter: asked for a response, the white house has tt denied the incident, telling nes news, "we are not engaging on this at all." the white house did call the office of senator menendez thursday, warning of an impersonator who called the president, according to a source familiar with the call. john melendez tells us the entire incident, from his first jotempt to actually speaking with president trump, lasted only 90 minutes, exposing what he calls the "scary ease of

infiltrating" the trump administration. and he's also in contact with stormy daniels' lawyer, michael avenatti, about possible legal representation in case the white house pursues legal action. reena? >> ninan: errol barnett traveling with the president. now to the massacre in annapolis, maryland. emotions are still running raw in the city, where another vigil will be held there tonight. it comes after hundreds turned out for a candlelight vigil for the five victims last night. s anwhile, we're seeing new video recorded moments after police took jarrod ramos into custody. he's charged with five counts of first-degree murder and is currently being held without bond. in thailand, a glimmer of hope to find the 12 boys and their p,ccer coach lost inside a cave. the flooding has eased up, allowing rescuers to go deeper e,to the caverns. meanwhile, the anxiety of their fate has unified the community. bbc's howard johnson is there. >> reporter: the relatives of the missing 13 have been waiting inside this tented area now for

a week. they've heard very little from search and rescue teams since their boys went missing inside ere caves, which were flooded from heavy rain. in times like this, thai families come together to pray, eat together and comfort one another. one mother we spoke to said it would be depressing to stay at home waiting for them. "staying together helps to give moral support," she said. but they're part of a wider thai community here, and central to the support effort is food. it's what really bonds the thai people, and these meals here have been provided by the thai king. there's also hundreds of civilian volunteers helping out here. this morning, i saw three cavers going off into the hills behind us to try and find routes into the caverns below them. also, oye here has come along to help with her translation ngills. why did you decide to come along and help? >> because i watch the news from wne first day, and i have my own children, two children at home,

and i thought, "what if they were in the cave?" so, i cannot-- could not sleep, i cannot eat. so, i thought, "if i come, maybe ."can come and help support thre." >> reporter: what we've seen in the last few minutes is one of e reland's most prestigious monks arrive to give a ceremony for the relatives of the missing 13. you can see it going on just behind me over here, and it p.monstrates what happens when a v.i.p. arrives at this site. lots of media flock around to te what's going on, police olicing whistles-- sometimes it can get a bit chaotic here. there are hundreds of search and rescue workers here waiting to in called into action the moment that the boys are found, but the conditions here are tough. there's mud everywhere, it's hot and humid, and when it rains it's torrential. for now, all they can do is be patient and wait for news from the teams inside the cave. howard johnson, bbc news for cbs news, in northern thailand. >> ninan: coming up, another setback in japan as a rocket explodes seconds after liftoff.

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ormething that we need. >> reporter: you agree with what president trump is doing? >> yes. on immigration, yes. >> reporter: what do you think when people, moms try to cross the border at illegal points of entry with their kids? th i think it's wrong because not only is it dangerous to cross the desert where, you daow, there are dangers such a dehydration, things like that, but it puts an unnecessary strain on our own economy. >> reporter: sydney, what do you think about that? >> i 100,000% disagree. as a child of undocumented immigrants and as a mother and as someone who works alongside mothers, these are people fleeing domestic abuse and wars and a lot of trauma, desperately seeking asylum. and i think that you being born rire was a privilege and just out of dumb luck. >> reporter: how do you look at this, brock? i mean, do you see it as sort o... as... as a black and white issue, or do you think there's... there's nuance here thd it's complicated? >> i... i think the nuance is very limited. the reason we have borders are war a couple of reasons. you have to have some way of maintaining the... the

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>> well, no. i don't think they care... ( laughs ) ...to be honest. >> reporter: menard breeds heritage chickens, like the opal legbar that can sell for $50 to $100, far above the $15 price tag on a more common bird. ( chickens clucking ) >> technology may pay the bills, but it doesn't feed your soul. chickens, that's one way to feed your soul. >> reporter: for many in silicon valley, chickens are no longer just farm animals; they are pampered pets. when amina azhar-graham comes home from work, her flock greets her at the back door. >> and they're always happy to s e us. really, they want food. but you know, you can interpret n . >> ( laughs ) >> yes! >> reporter: of course, silicon valley is not alone in discovering the charms of nhickens, as well as the keallenges. ( chickens clucking ) around the country, animal welfare groups that rescue unwanted chickens are busy taking in bith to be more trouble than their eggs were worth. as much as the backyard farmers

of silicon valley lavish love on their heritage breeds, this tech hub is constantly looking for the next big thing creating buzz. >> i always tell people, chickens are actually just the gateway drug to beekeeping. beekeeping is the new thing, you know. r: reporter: are you suggesting soat sometime soon, somebody's going to say to me, "backyard chickens? that's so 2018." >> exactly. >> reporter: better not let the chickens hear this. as every startup knows, get into a trend too late and you can get stung. >> cheers! >> reporter: john blackstone, los altos hills, california. >> ninan: i never thought of silicon valley as the land of eggs and honey. well that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and the news continues always on our 24-hour digital network, cbsn, at www.cbsnews.com. i'm reena ninan in new york. for all of us at cbs news, thank you for joining us. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. a hit and run driver changed this woman's life forever. no arrest has been made until we started asking question -- questions. i will take you on my journey around the bay, coming up. all hands on deck this weekend, looking for flareups after yesterday's explosive fire. good evening to you, thank you for joining us. the fire first broke out on a hillside, firefighters were there, when the fire flared up this morning, burning 8 more acres. the fire consumed a total of 394 acres, crews have it 90% contained. >> christin ayers has the

latest. >> reporter: firefighters are telling us, these are some of the hottest, driest conditions they have seen this early in the summer. for flareups, like the when that happened here, they have in -- an aggressive new plan of attack. fire engine, speeding out of the station just moments after a fire that sparked yesterday. it flared up yesterday in wallet, today. the flames burned another 8 a -- acres, leaving a space of open space. it is smoky and smoldering. >> the grass is so dry it is almost turning white instead of yellow. >> reporter: for firefighters, this is not been typical. >> these fires are burning almost like it is august. so, the fuel is very dry. they are coming off of the drought, the brush is very dry, the timber is dry. >> reporter: to make matters worst