race. >> my goodness. [ laughter ] >> see you back here at 6:00. >> the cbs weekend news is next. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> ninan: preparing for the rescue. in thailand, the decision to rescue a soccer team trapped in a flooded cave can happen any moment. also tonight, thousands are forced to evacuate as wildfires scorch the western states. north korea is lashing out, calling denuclearization talks with u.s. officials regrettable, but secretary of state mike pompeo has a different take. >> i think we i had progress with every element of our discussion. >> in indiana, protesters are demanding the attorney general resign, he's accused of groping several women and at least one of his alleged victims is speaking out.

and the running of the bulls in pamplona, spain, made famous by ernest hemingway, gets off to another bloody start. >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. in thailand, hope is rising. officials say the massive operation to rescue the soccer team stranded in a flooded cave could begin soon. if the torrential rains hold off. and inside the cave, another problem, oxygen is running out. ben tracy is outside the flooded cavern near chang rai. >> reporter: officials are close to launching the rescue mission, even though thyoung boys are weak from stranded in the cave and learning to use the diving equipment they may need to escape the flooded cavern. the head of the rescue mission says they will do everything they can to minimize the risk to the boys' lives.

they have pumped water from the cave to lower the water level so the boys can escape without swimming under water. that dangerous journey killed a trained navy seal friday. oxygen levels are dropping down to 15%. a three-mile-long oxygen tube is installed, and delivered tanks to the boys' location. they've also considered drilling a hole in the mountain to reach them if the water escape is too dangerous. meanwhile, the 25-year-old soccer coach has issued an apology to parents for taking them into the cave and the trapped children have written letters to their families delivered out of the cave by divers. in them they write:

15-year-old gong pope is on the soccer team with the boys. how worried are you about the teammates? he says, i am worried, i don't think they can use diving equipment. here at the cave site they are making preparations for what could be a rescue attempt. the street that leads to the cave, they've put green barrier with signs about explosives and oxygen tanks. we're not sure what they're planning but they're certainly planning something. reena. >> ninan: everyone hoping for the best, thank you, ben tracy. back in the u.s. in the west firefighters are battling more than 60 large wildfires in the west. one is in goleta, california near santa barbara, burned destroyed 20 structures and forced 2,500 people out of their homes. carter has the latest. >> reporter: the fast-moving

fire exploded late friday night in the town of goleta north of santa barbara. flames quickly jumped from home to home. when the flames raced through, they were given by winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour, blowing blowing the embers through the air. you can see some of them flying now. they landed on roof tops and there was nothing firefighters could do. this home may be a total loss. what is the goal? keep it from spreading? >> try to salvage what we can. we know there is somebody live behind it. >> as the fires burned behind the community, people were evacuated and 20 structures burned. but patty driskel tried to save her home of 30 years. you can tell how close it was looking from here. >> i was standing right here, and as far as this hose would take me, and that was it. >> reporter: hot, windy weather is fueling fires across the state. this one in san diego friday burned 20 homes and injured a

firefighter. governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency for the klamathon fire burning near the oregon border, still out of control, scorching 21,000 acres so far, one person was killed. and this fire east of los angeles forced 500 campers and residents to evacuate as flames closed in. >> as i was coming out, i felt the heat. the heat was so tremendous, it was just like almost burning me up because we were just right there on the side of the road. >> reporter: this is just one of many homes that burned in goleta. the governor declared a state of emergency here as well. firefighters are trying to put out hot spots today, just trying to get ahead of this fire before the wind picks up again. reena. >> ninan: carter evans in california. meteorologist craig setzer is keeping an eye on the weather in the west as well as developments off the carolinas. hi, craig. >> hi, yes. the problems in the west will continue as the heat wave

continues. dry conditions, persistent drought and high pressure creating strong winds across the area, creating high red flag conditions or red flag warnings over many of the areas meaning the fire danger will continue unfortunately, the pattern is not changing in the next several days. temperatures tomorrow once again well above 100 in many locations including southern california, even up to the pacific northwest, and the wind will stay up as well. we did have our first hurricane of the season, hurricane beryl, but now has weakened to a tropical storm. it's lost its thunderstorm, so the weakening trend is expected to continue as it moves towards the eastern caribbean there. problem is, even with the tropical storm, the islands were hit so hard last year they are especially susceptible, including puerto rico. the storms will continue to weaken so puerto rico will likely just see heavy rain, maybe flash flooding and gusty winds as well. southeast of the u.s. coast, our tropical depression #3, forecast

to meander out here the next several days, eventually strengthen and move offshore up the east coast. as it strengthens, it could bring big surf and dangerous rip currents. >> ninan: craig setzer in miami, thank you. secretary of state mike pompeo just wrapped up talks with north korea. he was there two days but never met with leader kim jong un. pompeo said discussions about denuclearization went well but some north korean officials had a different point of view. paula reid reports. >> we had productive good faith negotiations. >> reporter: as secretary of state mike pompeo departed pyongyang after two days of high-level talks, he seemed optimistic about delivering on the promises made in singapore last month. >> we talked ability what the north koreans are continuing to do and how we can get our arms around achieving what they agreed to, which is the complete denuclearization of north korea. >> reporter: but when pressed

specifically on how north korea will denuclearize, pompeo declined to answer. >> i'm not going to get into the details of our conversation. >> reporter: north korea had a completely different interpretation of events. an unnamed foreign ministry spokesman lashed out at the u.s. and called the meetings "regrettable" in a statement carried by the korean central news agency. the u.s. just came out with unilateral and robber-like denuclearization demands that go against the spirit to have the sum meetings. at the summit in singapore the president was confident north korea would begin denuclearization right away. >> we signed a very, very comprehensive document and i believe he's going to live up to that document. in fact, when he lands, which is going to be shortly, i think that he will start that process right away. >> reporter: the president has not yet responded to the comments from north korea. he's spending the weekend at new jersey at one of his golf clubs, but we've only heard from him on social media. he's tweeted about fake news and his upcoming supreme court announcement.

reena. >> ninan: paula reid traveling with the president. thanks. and you can watch president trump introduce his supreme court nominee here on cbs, jeff glor, live coverage monday evening 9:00 p.m. eastern time. growing calls for the attorney general in indiana to step down after two women accused him of inappropriately touching him. he calls the allegations vicious and false and says he will not step down. the allegations outlined in an internal memo prepared for lawmakers by a law firm. kenneth craig has the story. >> reporter: demonstrators rallied on the steps of the indiana state house saturday in solidarity of several women who said they were victims of the state's highest law enforcement officer, attorney general curtis hill. >> i was just, like, how do i get myself out of this? >> reporter: gabby mclemore is the communications director for the indiana senate democrats.

in an op-ed published friday in the "indy star," mclemore said hill cornered her and started rubbing her back during a march party. >> i kind of shut down. i couldn't move or say anything. >> reporter: mclemore became the second accuser to publicly come forward. democratic state lawmaker mara candlaria reardon also shared her story writing hill violated her at the same party when he placed his hand on my back and slid his hand down to my buttocks and grabbed it. republican governor eric holcomb and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling for his resignation. >> if he is able to casually treat state legislators and state staffers with such appalling, disgusting behavior, in front of so many people, god only knows what he's capable of behind closed doors. >> mclemore says she was empowered to come forward because to have the #metoo

movement. >> i know that so many women have similar stories to varying degrees, and we all just sit silently and now is the time where i'm not going to be silent. >> reporter: hill has not been charged with a crime. he posted a lengthy statement on his twitter account denying the accusations against him. he called the allegations vicious and is asking the local prosecutor's office to launch an independent investigation. he says he is not resigning, reena. >> ninan: okay, kenneth craig. thank you very much, kenneth. on monday in san francisco, a court case gets underway that could affect millions of people. it involves a popular weed killer roundup. a dying man claims it caused his cancer. as jamie yuccas reports, what a jury decides could set a precedent. >> reporter: signs warning of weed killers made by monsanto are on school grounds in california. dewayne johnson claims the weed

killers caused his non-hodgkins lymphoma. >> if we win this, monsanto is in trouble. >> reporter: johnson's lawyer brent wisner says billions are at stake. >> this is the first time that the world is going to see documents showing that monsanto for at least the last 20 years has known roundup and ranger pro can cause cancer and specifically cause non-hodgkins lymphoma. >> reporter: johnson became the first to sue after the international agency for cancer research determined in 2015 the key ingredient glyphosate is probably carcinogenic to humans. monsanto scientis donna farmer disputed that. >> they cherry pick, they interpret the studies completely different than the researchers who actually did it. >> watching the trial are more than 800 potential plaintiffs including carry mccaul. >> we used roundup for three or four decades. >> reporter: her husband jack

used roundup. he's seen here at a farmers market selling his produce before he died of non-hodgkins lymphoma. >> he didn't stop using it until he was too weak to do anything. he didn't think there was any danger with roundup. >> there's never been a herbicide like it before. >> reporter: since it came on to the market in 1974, monsanto has maintained its weed killers are safe. the company's defense in duane johnson's case. >> all the evidence will show why monsanto sells that product, continues to sell the product and it does not cause cancer. >> reporter: but terri mccaul believes the product should be better labeled. >> i would like to see labeling put on the packaging that tells people that this product can cause cancer. like cigarettes. people can make a choice to use it or not. >> reporter: scientists have debated for more than four decades whether the popular weed killer roundup will cause cancer. it will be up for a jury to decide. jamie yuccas, san francisco.

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>> ninan: regional airlines are finding it harder to keep planes flying because they can't find enough pilots. the shortage is so bad some aviation experts are saying it should be a national concern. transportation correspondent kris van cleave has the story. >> reporter: when a major eely planes like this airbus, they often look to the regional airlines, those commuter jets over there to find pilots, but that's making it increasingly challenging to find people to fly the smaller planes. since 2013, yuma, arizona, a largely agriculture region of

100,000 has seen airline departures drop more than 50%. today the only flights out go to phoenix. >> airlines mean connectivity, convenience and economy. >> reporter: the yuma, phoenix route is operated by a regional carrier like 42% of the air service, the smaller air lunes hurt by expansion of bigger carriers. an expansion of 14,000 pilots by 2026. where is the shortage pilot today, 1-10? >> at least a six. >> reporter: piedmont needs to train and replace as many as 240 pilots a year. >> the pipeline for young aviators is drying up and it should be a national concern. >> reporter: that because without enough pilots, planes can't fly and flights would have to be canceled or service to some cities stopped. the cost of learning to fly is almost three times more

expensive than in the '90s. after this deadly crash in 2009, new pilots were required to fly for 1,500 hours before eligible for hire. new hire corey cave spend tens of thousands of dollars to log enough hours. >> the cost, it just delayed me a little bit. >> many of our young pilots have $250,000, $300,000 of debt when they come work for a regional carrier. >> piedmont says they can cut cost by using flight simulators like these. >> we can simulate different weather situations and malfunctions much better and more safely than in an aircraft. >> reporter: aircrafts have been pushing congress to change the 1,500 hour rule. pay has been increased to $60,000 a year, a few years ago, it was $40,000. kris van ceavve, virginia.

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routine traffic stop. >> i grew up with this guy. >> reporter: after small talk, retired police officer matthew bailey realized they were from the same neighborhood and had crossed paths before, thanks to the trooper's mom. >> i was in labor and didn't realize it. before you know it, i'm on the bed and michael's head is crowning. >> reporter: every birthday, michael's mother recounted the story of how an officer helped his dad deliver him at home. >> i'm, like, wow, is this really happening now? i just extended my hand and said, sir, that was me. my name is michael patterson, it's a pleasure to meet you and thank you for helping deliver me. >> so, this is the home where michael was born and raised. >> reporter: matthew, michael and his mom had a chance to return to the scene of his birth 27 years later.

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rally in front of the i.c.e. building. >> we're asking for the complete abolishment of i.c.e. >> we're blocking the street so we can publicly demonstrate and bring support to our cause. >> reporter: it comes on thehe heels of comments from the trump administration. >> and we're gonna protect i.c.e.! >> i stand before you today at a time when some people are actually calling for the abolition of i.c.e. >> reporter: protestors say they were spurred into action because of separated families and what they say are excessively long immigration detentions. >> people can't be quiet. we need to make their voices heard and show that it's not normal and it's not acceptable. >> reporter: the group "refuse fascism" also held a rally and marched to join the occupiers in the washington street takeover.