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will see you at 6:00 for an hour of news. news updates always on www.cbssanfrancisco.com and we will see you at 6:00 . ♪ >> quijano: a powerful storm iuses big damage in dallas. high winds are blamed for sending a construction crane crashing into an apartment asilding. there are injuries. this as extreme heat and fire scorch the west. deal or no deal. president trump declares victory as mexico agrees to take action on the border, averting tariffs. pride kicks off with panic in washington, d.c. and violence around the world. in an exclusive interview with norah o'donnell, apple c.e.o. tim cook makes a surprising revelation. >> so the c.e.o. of apple is saying don't pick up your phone as much? >> quijano: and meet tom rice, he parachuted into normandy in at 97 he jumps again, as we
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remember d-day 75 years later. >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. a powerful storm blew through north texas today. it did a lot of damage including sending this construction crane crashing into a dallas apartment building. at least one person was killed. several others were hurt. mireya villarreal is there. >> oh my god, the crane is falling over, oh my god! >> reporter: this is the moment that the severe storm in dallas texas toppled this crane on to an apartment complex splitting the building open. dramatic photos of the scene show the damage left behind from the crash.
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according to officials, multiple people were injured. >> we have two people who are listed as critical, three who suffered serious injuries but were not critical. >> reporter: the strong weather system with gusts up to 70 miles per hour sent debris flying into buildings. >> knocked all the glass out. >> reporter: damaged homes and businesses and downed power lines, more than 240,000 people in north texas are without power. and more than 200 flights are cancelled at dallas-forth worth international airport. >> quijano: that was mireya villarreal reporting from dallas. extreme weather in the west is heating up the wildfire season. today a fast-moving brush fire forced the evacuation of six flags magic mountain near valencia, california. also fleeing flames are people near the sand fire north of san francisco. here's janet shamlian. >> reporter: fires across california. on a packed sunday, six flags magic mountain near los angeles evacuated due to a brush fire nearby. er northern california, the sand fire scorched at least 1800 s fuel by gusting winds and searing heat. mandatory evacuations ordered for more than 100 homes northwest of sacramento.
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>> i'm racing home and i see the hoke. >> reporter: allegra lopez lives a mile and a half away. >> i think about paradise last year and so i'm packing. >> reporter: in an area with few roads, some have been forced to leave belongings and livestock behind. >> i don't know about my horses. last anyone saw them they were running down the driveway. >> reporter: in arizona, a second fire has erupted in an already burning tonto national forest. this one west of phoenix. >> as we hit those triple digit temperatures, it just makes it more susceptible for that one spark to catch that dry grass on fire and move as quickly as we save seen these fires move. >> reporter: both fires in the state are charring thousands of acres of wilderness and hiking trails. no homes are threatened. as many as 20,000 people in northern california were without power during mandatory blackouts as the utility pg & e turned off power as a precaution. an excessive heat watch is in effect through tuesday.
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elaine. >> quijano: janet shamlian, thank you. president trump today defended his agreement with mexico to curb immigration at the southern border and warned those tariffs could be revisited if mexico does not deliver. errol barnett is at the white heuse. >> reporter: on the heels of the u.s. immigration deal with mexico, this morning president trump predicted great cooperation between the two nations. while warning that without it, we can always go back to our previous position of tariffs. friday's joint declaration states mexico agrees to beef up deployment of its national guard, prioritizing its southern border, crack down on human smuggling and trafficking networks, while expanding a program allowing those seeking asylum in the u.s. to remain in mexico awaiting their case's outcome. all agreed to before new u.s. tariffs were set to take hold on monday. >> we will deploy the national guard from monday. >> reporter: mexico's ambassador to the u.s. spoke to "face the
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nation" today, refusing to confirm or deny the president's claim the country also agreed to .uy u.s. farm goods as a part of this agreement. >> i am absolutely certain that ehe trade in agriculture goods will increase dramatically in the next few months. >> reporter: democratic candidates for president are criticizing mr. trump's negotiating strategy. >> you can't have a trade policy based on tweets. what you need is a comprehensive trade policies which represent the working people of this country. >> reporter: with "the new york times" reporting some aspects of the declaration were agreed to months ago, department of homeland security secretary kevin mcalleenan said today this is all new. >> this is the first time we heard this addressed to address migration. >> this is a big win for both sides. >> reporter: republican senator roy blunt critical of the president's tariff threat said
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his willingness to use them was working. >> the president believes tariffs are a significant positive economic tool. >> reporter: now there is plenty of mystery surrounding this declaration. with president trump tweeting today some things not announced in the document will be a announced at an appropriate time. it also sets out a 90 day time line to see if any of these efforts work to stem the flow of what it describes as irregular migration. elaine. >> quijano: errol barnett, thank you. many of the democrats hoping to defeat president trump in 2020 turned up in iowa today. 19 of 24 presidential candidates pitched themselves to voters in the first in the nation caucus state. former vice president joe biden was not there. but a new poll in the state finds him far in front of them all. senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, as well as indiana mayor pete buttigieg lead all the others. june is pride month. and millions are celebrating. in los angeles today, members of the city's l.g.b.t.q. community
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took to the streets for the 31st annual parade. but in the nation's capitol there was panic and injuries. here's meg oliver. >> reporter: a false alarm at the pride parade sparked panic in the nation's capitol saturday. >> it looked like a movie scene, it was really scary. >> reporter: it still is not clear what people actually heard. police reported no evidence of gunfire, but a 38 year old suspect was taken into custody and is facing a gun possession charge. the scare comes in the wake of idveral violent incidents as a month of l.g.b.t.q pride events kick off around the world. in london, 28 year old melania heymonat and her 29 year old american partner chris are recovering after five teenagers beat them after they refused to icss on a public bus. >> they took my phone, her bag and they ran off the bus. >> reporter: last month, 23 year old muhlaysia booker, a
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transgender woman, was found shot to death in her dallas neighborhood. police believe her case may be linked to two other attacks on transgender people. and last week in suburban atlanta, 28 year old ronald trey peters was shot and killed while walking to a train station. witnesses say two men yelled anti-gay slurs, shot him and then drove off in a maroon pickup truck. >> it's an entire community that feels affected and impacted by this, wondering if we will be targeted next. >> it just makes me more resolute to be able to speak out, and to, you know, let everybody know it is okay, particularly young people, that it is okay to be gay. >> reporter: these attacks come on the 50th anniversary of the police raid at the stonewall inn irre in new york city. that raid led to the birth of modern l.g.b.t.q. movement but the human rights campaign says that 50 years later this
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community is still at greater risk for sexual and violent assaults. elaine?jano: l right, meg oliver, thank you. in hong kong, hundreds of thousands of protestors turned out today to oppose a government plan allowing criminal defendants to be extradited to mainland china. some demonstrators broke through barriers. police pushed them back with batons and pepper spray. critics say the new law could be used against political opponents. for the first time ever, a new study finds americans are expected to spend more time this car using their mobile devices than watching tv. most of that activity will happen on smartphones. apple c.e.o. tim cook has some surprising thoughts on screen time and more. he spoke exclusively with incoming "cbs evening news" anchor norah o'donnell at apple's developers conference in san jose, california. >> i was looking for you. >>eporter: in these hallways cook is king.
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>> hey guys. >> reporter: you are a celebrity here. and what he says on stage is a sort of gospel for fans who gather here from around the world. >> we are so inspired by the millions of incredible apple developers. >> this year apple's big announcements included a farewell to itunes, software to further protect privacy and a new dark mode for the iphone screen which cook says will be easier on users' eyes. i want to ask you about screen time. >> yeah. >> reporter: do you know how much screen time you use every day? >> i do, because i get a report every week. and i found it to be pretty profound. and so i dialed back a whole bunch of notifications and sort of stopped myself from being too antsy about picking up the phone. >> reporter: uh-huh. so the c.e.o. of apple is saying don't pick up your phone as much. >> i'm saying we made the phone not so that you will use it all the time. we made the phone to make your life better. but for me my simple rule is if i am looking at the device more
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than i am looking into someone's eyes, i am doing the wrong thing. >> reporter: apple's rollouts come at a critical time for the company. sales of its iphone continue to sag, and the ongoing trade war between the u.s. and china threatens its core business. how hard is apple getting hit by president trump's trade war with china? >> well, currently the chinese have not targeted apple at all. and i don't anticipate that happening, to be honest. >> reporter: president trump calls you a friend. how would you describe your relationship? >> i think we've had a very straightforward discussions, many of them. he listens to the comments which i appreciate, sometimes he doesn't agree. but my philosophy on things is that you always engage, even when you know that you are going to wind up on very opposite sides.
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>> reporter: there are many other c.e.o.'s and many tech leaders who say they won't even meet with president trump. you engage with the white house regularly. >> i do. and i'm proud to. i mean because i don't believe in the-- i disagree with you and so i don't want to have anything to do with you. the way you stop the polarization is to talk. this is sort of like step one. and i don't want to be a part of the problem. i want to be a part of the solution. ti quijano: you can see much more of norah's interview with apple c.e.o. tim cook in an extended version on our website, cbsnews.com. coming up, how regulators are trying to hang up on robocalls. and a 97 year old paratrooper drops in on normandy the same way he did on d-day. . actually, you're still at risk for a fatal heart attack or stroke.
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billion calls a month, that is about 14 per person. but now the f.c.c. has given the green light to phone companies to block them. here's laura podesta. >> the reason of this call is to inform you that the i.r.s. is filing a lawsuit against you. >> reporter: if you are tired of calls like this, you're not alone. >> i receive robocalls at home, in my office, on my land line, on my mobile. >> as a result, many americans, myself included, rarely answer their cell phones unless the number is already in their contact list. >> reporter: frustrated members of the federal communications commission decided to do something about it. >> approved. >> the chair looks to approve. >> reporter: the panel pushed through a measure that gives wireless phone companies the right to block robocalls automatically without needing the customer's permission. cell phone owners will no longer have to opt in or download an app. >> it gives us an extra tool in our arsenal to go aftee robocallers and scammers.
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>> reporter: verizon's ronan dunne says his company has already started using free call blocking features including a measure before congress called stir/shaken it would require all calls to carry an authentic digital signature, ensuring the number you see in the caller i.d. is legitimate. is it plausible that i will never get a robocall again? >> well, it depends on what you mean by robocall. because there are certain calls that customers receive, say from their financial institution, maybe at the time of election where some people may want to receive them. some people may not. >> reporter: it's not clear yet just how many unwanted calls will be blocked once all providers implement the technology. but experts predict we'll get far fewer spam calls than we do now. laura podesta, cbs news, basking ridge, new jersey. >> quijano: the f.c.c. does not require providers to offer the blocking service for free. still ahead, on the "cbs weekend news," to the rescue. how drones are taking flight to
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south of denver, they're recreating crashes for drone training. >> move that camera to a place that does something valuable. >> reporter: as more police and fire departments turn to drones, one first responders on the scene arrive by air. >> so the more we can use this to do the work rather than send a first responder into harm's way, we're all about that. >> you are seeking the heat. >> reporter: matt sloane is c.e.o. of skyfire, they train hundreds of emergency personnel on how to use drones in disasters. how important is this drone in assessing what is going on? >> this is the best tool that we've gotten since the fire hose. so instead of getting out and putting your life in danger, backing through the house you can put the drone in the air, and see what is going on the. >> reporter: the firefighters are trained to hold a hose, mot one of those, that is where you come in. >> absolutely. >> reporter: this ball drone has a protected carbon fiber, which gives it the ability to fly into
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last month the n.y.f.d. used one in a subway tunnel for a mass casualty exercise. in april while notre dame was on fire, the paris fire department used their drone to peer inside the cathedral and look for hot spots. in a fire disaster, a regular drone camera cannot see through flames or smoke. but check this out. some first responders are using drones with thermal cameras to find hot spots and potential enctims. >> you've got your attitude indicator. >> reporter: emergency crews from california to georgia traveled to this yearly training exercise. jason ritter is with georgia's emergency management agency. his drones flew over the super bowl. how important is it for you to drill with drones, keep skills sharp. >> it's very important. and because of what we practice and train monthly with our aircraft. >> reporter: drone technology continues to evolve. and matt sloane says each
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>> quijano: this past thursday, americans and our british and canadian allies marked 75 years sion. through the years many veterans have returned to normandy but few have done so as one american paratrooper. here's mark phillips. >> reporter: tom rice has been to normandy before but the reception then was a lot less welcoming. >> airborne! >> airborne! >> airborne! 78 reporter: tom rice is 97 years old. 75 years ago, he was part of the vanguard of the d-day invasion. he was among the 18,000 paratroopers who would be dropped behind enemy lines. their job: to prevent german reinforcements from reaching the front as the main invasion force stormed the beaches.
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>> chasing them out, run them across fields, through cemeteries, jumping over tombstones, chase them all the way back to the german border as fast as we can. >> reporter: tom rice has come back to the field where he landed that night. the story he now tells to current soldiers is of a mission that did not start well. >> it was dark, dark, dark. except for all the hurricane of fire coming up real fast. i'm glad they moved away from that. >> reporter: tom rice could have just accepted the thanks of the french nation here, but he had other ideas. he came back to jump again, seriously. >> i have a replaced left knee and the right knee is a little sore but we're going to ignore that. >> reporter: why are you doing this? >> we did this because-- i did this because i like to. and it is an extended dimension of maybe my personality.
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>> reporter: the plan was to jump in tandem harnessed along with art shaffer. >> he has jumped at a lot of these events over the years, so yeah, it is not his first one. >> reporter: not his first rodeo. >> not his first rodeo, that's correct. >> reporter: there aren't too many 97 year old rodeo riders but there is one 97 year old parachute jumper. arriving in daylight and waving feflag this time, a different kind of jump requiring a different kind of bravery. >> we're okay. >> reporter: a little quieter jump this time. >> yeah, yeah, they weren't shooting at me this time. >> reporter: tom rice, a returning hero who fell from the sky. mark phillips, cbs news, normandy. >> quijano: remarkable man. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. i'm elaine quijano in new york. later on cbs, "60 minutes." for all of us at cbs news, have a good night.
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breaking news, firefighters scrambling to contain a brushfire near morgan hill. >> we don't know, that's the hard part. it is scary, that part of it is scary. a out-of-control wildfire in yellow county spreads forcing people out of their homes. storm it gets day one of the heat wave in the bay area and thank goodness we have options to stay cool. a good sign for the warriors kevin durant appears to be recovering from his injury but will he be ready for game five of the nba finals? good evening we begin with that breaking news a brushfire burning north of morgan hill broke out about 3 pm this afternoon in the hills east of highway 101 near milliken
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bailey roads. 210 acres have burned so far. cal fire is attacking the flames with air tankers and helicopter. the san jose fire department has also helped out. so far the fire is not threatening any structures and containment is at 50%. to the north a fast moving fire her at yolo county, the sand fire is burning near the community at yolo county. that is a few miles north of lake areas of. the fire broke ouafternoon and 2200 acres. it is 20% contained with 500 firefighters battling the flames. mandatory evacuation orders are in effect. a stretch in highway 16 the shutdown. katie nielsen is near the fire zone where she is talking to evacuees. >> reporter: this is a disheartening start to the fire season for the folks who live in yolo county. about a year ago i was appear cove t
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