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the bay from oakland. we'll see you at 6:00 tonight. captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ >> quijano: a massive wildfire out of control. as firefighters struggle to contain the raging inferno. we're hearing about the final moments before two children and a great grandmother lost their lives. >> i was only gone about 15 minutes when my wife called me and said, "you got to get here, the fire is coming up the hill." >> quijano: also tonight, president trump's attorney rudy giuliani reveals new details about michael cohen's secret recordings. a hero's welcome for a 17-year- old palestinian. she spent eight months in an israeli detention center and became an international symbol... after slapping two soldiers. cbs' board of directors is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against c.e.o. leslie moonves.
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this, as the writer behind "the new yorker" article defends his reporting. >> how could i turn a blind eye to this? >> quijano: and a manhunt is underway in new orleans for two armed suspects who opened fire on a crowd. good evening. i'm elaine quijano. we begin in california, where the death toll from a massive fire burning north of sacramento is climbing. police say a sixth body has been found, but provided no further details. the other victims include a great-grandmother and two children. the carr fire has destroyed more than 500 buildings and is threatening more than 5,000 structures. more than 38,000 people have been evacuated. it is only 5% contained. more than 12,000 firefighters are battling 17 large wildfires across california. carter evans is near redding with the latest. >> reporter: as the carr fire
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continues to burn through seemingly endless amounts of dry brush near redding. more than 3,400 firefighters are racing to contain it. and today, where flames have already scorched entire neighborhoods, authorities are searching through the rubble for those who are still missing. did you hear any evacuation order? >> no, none. >> reporter: nothing at all? >> i was at the house until-- i was only gone about 15 minutes when my wife called me and said, "you got to get here. the fire is coming up the hill." >> reporter: ed bledsoe got the devastating news, saturday, that his wife and two great- grandchildren, ages four and five, perished in the fire. they were trapped at home surrounded by flames. ed says he was stuck at a roadblock and couldn't get back so to keep them calm, he talked with them on the phone until the end. >> i was talking to my little grandson on the phone. he says, grandpa please, you got come and help us, the fire is at the back door. i said, "i'm close by, son. i'm trying to get in there.
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i said i'm right by you." i said... i said, "i'm right by you, honey. hold on. grandma's coming." >> reporter: were they inside the house? >> they were inside the house. >> reporter: there was nowhere to run? >> reporter: my wife wrapped them up with wet blankets and put them down on the side of the bed. she got a wet blanket and put it on her, got over the top of them. they laid there until the fire took them. >> reporter: his home was one of more than 500 structures that burned when ferocious winds threw a wall of wire into parts of redding on thursday. today authorities confirmed another body was found. roughly 38,000 people are stilly looters are targeting empty neighborhoods. officers had increased patrol and made arrests. redding police chief roger moore says the district attorney wants to make an example. >> the district attorney's office is going to be prosecuting to the fullest
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extent as a felony and we're going to make them very public. and so you need to know that. >> reporter: when people are finally allowed to return to their home, this is what many will find. people want to get back into these communities. they want the see if their homes survived. >> yeah. >> reporter: what's the slowdown? >> what we want to do right now is make sure that the areas that have been devastated by this fire are safe. the last thing we want is to let people back in and then have someone injured or killed because it's not safe in here yet. >> reporter: when the damage is this bad, though, it's going to be hard to salvage much of anything. there's still much more firefighting ahead. there are 150 new engines on the way from out of state to help fight this fire. elaine? >> quijano: carter evans with the heartbreaking story there. carter, thanks. the hot and dry weather is hampering efforts by firefighters to fight the flames. craig herrera of our los angeles station kcbs has more on the conditions they are facing.
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>> reporter: well, elaine, up to the north we have those hot, dry conditions overnight and into monday. red flag warnings posted near the carr fire, as well. humidity overnight is only at about 35%, and monday only 10%. temperatures monday afternoon approaching 110 degrees. it's important to note, this fire is not a wind-driven fire, however, there is a whole lot of acres that are burning. this air is rising, creating its own weather pattern, and down at the surface, the sustained winds are 30mph, but because it's creating its own wind, you could see some gusts closer to 50 to 60mph. southern california is not experiencing any watch, warnings, or advisories. however, we have humidity over southern california. the monsoon coming up from baja will keep humidity at 55% overnight. monday, 45%. temperatures on monday afternoon in and around this fire, 93 degrees. but we will watch for afternoon showers and thunderstorms that could produce some lightning in the area. elaine, that could also spark
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more fires. >> quijano: craig herrera, thank you. some new revelations from president trump's attorney rudy giuliani about michael cohen's secret recordings. giuliani says there's more than 100 of them. errol barnett is traveling with the president in new jersey and has the details. >> reporter: despite having positive economic news to highlight, president trump tweeted about his embattled former lawyer michael cohen sunday morning. reminding followers that a year ago cohen called donald trump, jr., "open, honest and transparent" for releasing e- mails related to the infamous trump tower meeting in june 2016. >> i don't see how you can believe michael cohen. he turns how to be almost an instinctual liar. >> reporter: but the president's current lawyer, rudy giuliani, is waging a war of words with cohen over his recordings of a conversation with trump, in which payments to a "playboy" model alleging an affair were discussed. giuliani says federal investigators have 183 of
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cohen's recordings. of which, roughly a dozen include discussions related to mr. trump. the only recordings featuring the president, giuliani says, has already been released. giuliani was asked why he described cohen as "honest" just weeks ago. >> i didn't know that he taped conversations surreptitiously. i didn't know he would grossly violate the attorney-client privilege. >> reporter: the pushback comes as president trump prepares to campaign almost daily, he says to boost republican prospects in the mid-term elections, now 100 days away. a new cbs news battleground tracker poll finds 43% of americans approve of the president's handling of trade issues. and 50% support his stewardship of the economy. but the russia probe is divisive. almost half of republicans say the investigation makes them want to defend the president, while 73% of democrats say it makes them suspect he did something wrong. president trump also tweeted
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about an off-the-record meeting he had with the publisher of "the new york times," saying the two discussed fake news. but that publisher, a.g. sulzberger, has said the tweet puts the conversation on the record and explained he raised concerns with trump over calling the press "the enemy of the people," saying that language is "dangerous and harmful to our country." elaine? >> quijano: errol barnett, thank you. georgia congressman john lewis has been released from the hospital. officials say the 78-year-old civil rights leader was hospitalized sunday for routine observation. our atlanta affiliate reported that lewis became ill while on a flight back to atlanta saturday night. police in new orleans are looking for two people who opened fire on a crowd outside a strip mall last night. three people were killed and seven others were wounded. officials say the gunman appeared to randomly shoot into the crowd, but before running off they stood over one person. police are investigating.erviced
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today for the assistant manager who was killed during a hostage situation at a trader joe's in los angeles. a large crowd gathered to remember 27-year-old melyda corado. officials say she died after being struck by an officer's bullet during a gun battle between police and the suspected gunman. he allegedly held about 40 people hostage before surrendering to police. the cbs corporate board will meet tomorrow amid accusations of sexual misconduct against chief executive leslie moonves. there are also accusations that a broader corporate culture, extending into cbs news, tolerated discrimination and harassment. tony dokoupil reports on what one of the accusers is now saying. >> reporter: monday's regularly scheduled gathering of the cbs board of directors comes after a bombshell "new yorker" report on friday. it alleges that six women who esealingwith les moonves said he sexualedhems
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and early 2000s. and that 19 current and former employees claim former cbs news chairman and current "60 minutes" executive producer jeff fager allowed harassment in the news division. both men have denied allegations of wrongdoing and the cbs director said friday they are investigating the claims. in one alleged incident, actor and producer illeana douglas said she went to moonves' office for a script meeting in 1997, where she says the executive held her down on his couch, "violently kissing her." she said the physicality of it was horrendous. moonves acknowledges the kiss but denies sexual assault. douglas believes the alleged incident derailed any future career i would have had at cbs. late saturday she added, "real change will occur when i can walk through the front doors of cbs and resume the creative relationship that was so tragically cut short."
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"the new yorker" story goes on to allege that six former cbs employees said that former news chairman and current "60 minutes" executive producer jeff fager would get drunk at company parties and would touch employees in ways that made them uncomfortable. fager denied the allegations, telling "the new yorker" "they never happened." on sunday, ronan farrow, the author of "the new yorker" story, said he spent eight months vetting the womens' accounts. >> you know, these are women that began coming to me immediately after the harvey weinstein story. we have vetted and re-vetted these sources, and my honest impression is that these stories are not only true, but also not fueled by any kind of opposition research. >> reporter: cbs news has hired a law firm to conduct a separate investigation into claims of misconduct, which it says will include the allegations made in "the new yorker" article moonves says he has always abided by the principle that "no means no" and he denies ever misusing his position to harm anyone's career. fager, for his part, called it "wrong that our culture can be
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falsely defined by a few people with an axe to grind." elaine, not the end of this. >> quijano: all right, tony dokoupil, thank you. a 17-year-old palestinian was given a hero's welcome when she returned home. ahed tamimi spent several months in an israeli detention center after slapping two soldiers. a viral video of the incident helped her become the new face of the palestinian resistance in the conflict with israel. jonathan vigliotti reports. >> reporter: to israelis, she's seen as a provocateur. to palestinians, ahed tamimi is a hero. the teenager was greeted with banners, cheers, and palestinian flags as she returned to her home in the west bank, after spending eight months and celebrating her 17th birthday in prison. tamimi became an international symbol of the israeli- palestinian conflict back in december, after she kicked and slapped two israeli soldiers during protests. her mother filmed the incident live on facebook where it quickly went viral. some israelis claimed the video was staged and a theatrical
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effort to fuel more protests. tamimi says she struck the soldiers out of frustration after troops seriously injured her 15-year-old cousin by shooting him in the head with a rubber bullet. her prison sentence drew heavy criticism from groups like amnesty international who argued minors shouldn't be imprisoned for such cases. israeli officials have said the sentence, reached through a plea deal, was lenient considering the crime. and a sign of just how renowned she has since become, two italian artists were arrested in the west bank after trying to paint a mural of tamimi ahead of her release. it's unclear if she will join future protests. she finished her high school studies while in prison, and she says she plans to attend college to study law. elaine? >> quijano: jonathan, thank you. coming up next, why plastic guns made by 3d printers are protected by the first amendment. and later, the race across america to help the blind see beyond any limitations. stoppabl.
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>> quijano: beginning wednesday, americans will be ready to download instructions for guns made by a 3d printer. the firearms will be plastic and untraceable. this follows a long legal battle between a texas gun designer and the u.s. state department. here's nikki battiste. >> they call it "the liberator." >> reporter: this is "the liberator," a 3d printed gun. it's the design of 30-year-old cody wilson, founder of defense distributed, a pro gun group. the plastic weapon is made with a 3d printer, internet connection, and this free online guide. this one only fires once. >> it only needs to be lethal once. i mean, that's the idea, right? >> reporter: wilson's 3d blueprint includes ar-15s. the state department demanded wilson take down his blueprints five years ago. he complied, but fired back with a lawsuit fighting for free speech rights. >> we said, "no, we're americans. americans have the right to
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access this data unquestionably." >> reporter: a settlement was recently reached. starting wednesday, the stated department will allow wilson to start posting his 3d gun blueprints on his website. >> what i'm opposed to is technology unchecked. >> reporter: a retired a.t.f. special agent says 3d printed guns present real and present danger because they are unregulated and untraceable. >> basically we're handing the keys to the store to terrorists and criminals. >> reporter: gun hobbyist mike crumling says the threat of 3d firearms is overblown. he designed his own 3d gun. >> the printing process is not dangerous. the testing process would be the most dangerous part about this. >> reporter: crumling says it could take up to 40 hours to print one 3d firearm. >> the people who think you can download and just print afirears not quite that simple. >> reporter: but chipman believes this technology will
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fall into the wrong hands. >> i guarantee you five, ten years from now, this will be a real threat to public safety. >> reporter: 3d guns can already be made legally, but they cannot be sold. nikki battiste, cbs news, new york. >> quijano: still ahead, the latest on a deadly earthquake that struck a popular tourist island in indonesia. gas, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea can start in the colon, and may be signs of an imbalance of good bacteria.
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the best a man can get. >> quijano: we end tonight with a look at a feat that is both incredible and inspirational. a team of eight athletes, four of them visually impaired, went on a race across america to prove that success is in plain sight. michelle miller spoke with them about their amazing journey. >> that's our good luck for the day. >> reporter: jack chen likes to take a leap, as he did with other athletes in bringing the cross country bike challenge to the visually impaired. >> we wanted to demonstrate to the world that people who are blind can be extraordinarily successful, because that message just does not get out enough. >> reporter: so your visual impairment is just a minor detail in this story, right? >> yes, to us, we never gave it a second thought. >> reporter: chen and his racing partner carolyn gaynor started training together just a month before the race.
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>> i love guiding blind and visually impaired athletes. that's the thing that keeps me training every day. >> reporter: gaynor, who works with financial advisers in her day job, sits up front and is "the pilot." chen, father of two and a lawyer at google, sits in the back and is known as "the stoker." on a chilly june morning in oceanside, california, the team set off. >> it is overcoming those insane obstacles that really mark you more resilient in life generally. >> so we look past our disability to go beyond our own boundaries. >> absolutely. ( laughs ) >> reporter: the race was more than 3,000 miles from california to annapolis, maryland. riders pedaled through ever- changing weather and terrain. gaynor documented the obstacles and triumphs along the way. >> jack and i just finished a ride in colorado. jack, how are you feeling? >> i feel much better. i feel good. >> the scariest part was crosswinds.
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you didn't know what was happening. >> reporter: near the end of the race in west virginia, torrential rain forced gaynor and chen to carry their bake through floodwaters. but in the end seven days, 15 hours, and three minutes after they began... ( honking ) they crossed the finish line. ( cheers and applause ) >> any race that almost breaks me is one that i think is worth doing, because that's how you grow. >> people who are visually impaired can do anything. they have no limits. i hope we've shown that in a small way by finishing this race. i hope we can stand here as an example of what you can do if you go out there and you try. >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> quijano: no limits indeed! that's the "cbs evening news" for this sunday. later on cbs news it's "60 minutes." for news any time, go to cbsn at cbsnews.com. i'm elaine quijano in new york. thanks for watching, and good night. captioning sponsored by
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live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. >> please, you've got to come and help us. the fire is at the backdoor. i said i'm right by. hold on. grandpa is coming. now at 6:00 they had no warning and no way out, the desperate attempt that came too late to save two children and their great grandmother from a raging wildfire. good evening. i'm brian hackney. >> i'm juliette goodrich. the carr fire has now burned 139 square miles in shasta county. at least 300 homes are among the 500 structures confirmed destroyed and the fire is just 5% contained, but firefighters said today it's been growing at a much slower rate. om the fire lines as well: the carr fire has now claimed a >> we're feeling a lot more optimistic today as we are starting to gain some ground. rather than being in the defensive mode on this fire
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all the time, we're starting to make some good fire. >> but there is some sad news as well. the carr fire has claimed a sixth victim. four civilians and two firefighters are now confirmed dead. three of those victims were from the same family, a 70-year- old woman and her two great grandchildren. they were trapped when a wall of fire swept through their home on the outskirts of redding. reporter mark thompson on the frantic but futile efforts to save them as the flames closed in. >> reporter: the fire was still miles away when ed bledsoe left home thursday running a quick errand he'll now never forget. >> nobody told us nothing. if i had had any kind of warning, i'd have never, ever left my family in that house. >> reporter: as the flames from the carr fire raged into the neighborhood, bledsoe got a desperate phone call from his great grandson. >> he was saying grandpa, please, you got to
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