♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> dubois: on the "cbs evening news" this wednesday, tragedy at the border. the president and congressional democrats blame each other after a disturbing photo shows the bodies of a father and daughter. te open borders means people drowning in the rivers, and i know it could stop immediately if the democrats changed the laws. >> president trump, if you want to know the real reason there's chaos at the border, look in the mirror. >> dubois: a new flaw is discovered in the 737 max that could keep the jets grounded even longer. >> tonight, ten democratic candidates will take the stage for the first debate of the 2020 election. >> will this be the moment one candidate launches to the front of the pack?

t- it will be must-see tv. house democrats subpoenaed robert mueller. >> mueller is set to testify in public three weeks from today. >> dubois: and, the surprise of a lifetime for a veteran who gave so much for his country. >> welcome home, kevin. >> dubois: good evening. i'm maurice dubois. this is our western edition. we begin tonight with an image that many will find upsetting. it shows the dangers so many are willing to try to face to sneak into this country. a father and young daughter drowned in the rio grande. as the photo went viral, fingers of blame were pointed. here's the president today, sounding off on democrats. >> they want to have open borders, and open borders mean eanme, and open borders means people drowning in the rivers. >> dubois: omar villafranca is at the border with more on the people in this disturbing picture. >> reporter: it's a haunting image of desperation. oscar alberto martinez ramirez and his almost two-year-old daughter valeria, face down in

south texas's rio grande. the child's arm is still holding on to her father's neck after they both drowned trying to cross into america. as the bodies were taken away, his wife tania can be heard sobbing. oscar's mother in el salvador broke down when she heard the news. >> ( translated ): the last message he sent me was on saturday. i said, "mama, i love you." he said, "take care of yourselves, because we are fine here." f> reporter: the final act of desperation came after weeks of trying to seek asylum at the u.s. consulate in mexico, but the family says they couldn't get anyone to talk to them. the image brought immediate comparisons to aylan kurdi, the three-year-old syrian refugee who drowned just outside turkey during europe's refugee crisis in 2015. >> people are coming up. they're running through the rio grande. it's a rough... it can be a very rough river, of sorts. >> reporter: president trump

reacted to the photo, saying, "i hate it," but quickly blamed the democrats in congress for not changing the asylum policy that he says has encouraged the migrant surge at the border. >> well, that's like i've been saying-- if they fix the laws, you wouldn't have that. >> reporter: senate minority leader chuck schumer shot back. d these are not drug dealers or vagrants or criminals. they are people simply fleeing a horrible situation in their home country. >> mr. boseman, aye. >> reporter: this afternoon, the senate passed a $4.6 billion humanitarian aid package for the brder, after rejecting a house measure. house speaker nancy pelosi called president trump, saying there needs to be negotiations. lhe political posturing in d.c. doesn't change the reality at the border. >> seven year olds, eight year olds, nine year olds, being told to care for children who are toddlers and infants. fanteporter: elora mukherjee is an attorney who recently toured custom and border protection's clint facility, where hundreds

of migrant children are being held. rab.p. has downplayed her description of conditions being plsanitary when she visited the facility last week. >> i don't know how the government will be able to fix those systematic problems in one day's time. >> reporter: today, c.b.p. officials allowed reporters into the facility for a tour. >> dubois: and omar villafranca, as you saw there, just toured the facility in clint. omar, what was it like inside? >> reporter: well, maurice, it ?s crowded. there are currently 117 kids, and their capacity is 106. c.b.p. officials took us to where the food supply is, toiletry, where they shower, where the kids sleep and where heey play if there is actual space, and what we saw kind of contradicts what the attorneys are saying, but keep in mind, this was a guided tour. we were not allowed to talk to mey of the children. so when it comes to the battle of words between c.b.p. and the attorneys, it's he said/she said. maurice? t, tubois: okay.

omar villafranca tonight, thank you. immigration is expected to be a top issue tonight at the first democratic presidential debate. ten of the 25 candidates meet in miami. another ten face off tomorrow night. ed o'keefe has a preview. si reporter: several democratic presidential contenders, including elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar, spent the hours before tonight's debate getting t close to ground zero of the immigration fight as they could, a detention center here in south florida. >> as you can see, they have double fencing over here. se reporter: this site in homestead is supposed to be a temporary holding facility, but eome of the 2,300 kids have been here for months, allowed only minimal communication with relatives. >> this is a moral stain on the united states of america, inflicted by donald trump. >> reporter: the president's immigration policies are likely to be a frequent target when warren and the nine other democratic candidates take the stage. the lineup includes three senators, two current and two former members of the house, a former cabinet secretary, a

mayor, and a governor. ecch has just 60 seconds to answer questions and 30 seconds to answer follow-ups. warren is the biggest name, but there is an opportunity for those in the lower tier, like this former hud secretary... >> i'm looking forward to introducing myself. >> reporter: ...to break out. what is a good debate night for julian castro look like? >> i want folks to know that i have the right experience to be president, a track record of getting things done, the right vision for the future of our country, and that i can beat donald trump. >> reporter: one thing to watch for-- after months of a mostly cordial campaign, will any of the candidates throw a punch? is it appropriate for candidates to criticize each other on stage? >> i guess, you know, in politics and in a democracy, anything goes. >> reporter: one name that's likely to come up frequently, that of the front-runner, former vice president joe biden. he's at home tonight in delaware watching the debate. he'll be here tomorrow, at wenter stage, alongside nine other contenders. maurice. >> dubois: all right.

we'll all be watching. ed o'keefe in miami tonight, thank you. well, the date is now set for robert mueller to testify publicly before two house committees, july 17th. democrats will want to hear more about why mueller would not exonerate president trump on obstruction of justice. nancy cordes now on what the president is saying. pr my only response to mueller is: does it ever stop? > reporter: president trump on his way to japan stopped to rail against a hearing he had hoped would never happen. >> it never ends. it just keeps going on and on. >> reporter: the only person less enthused was mueller himself, who only agreed to appear after being subpoenaed. >> we believed that if we issued a subpoena, he would obey it. >> reporter: mueller wasn't always so reluctant to testify. >> i was deeply honored when president bush decided to nominate me. >> reporter: he did so routinely during his 12 years as f.b.i. director. but that was before he was handed a highly sensitive,

politically explosive russia investigation. in may, he said his work should kpeak for itself. >> the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. >> reporter: now, he will have to take questions from up to 63 lawmakers from two committees, including florida democrat ted deutsch. why is it so important to democrats to have robert mueller testify? >> it's important for the country. the fact is, there is this very long report, that some people have read. enankly, most people haven't. >> reporter: democrats want utose people to hear about the ten times mueller says president trump tried to interfere with his investigation, and the 100 times mueller says russians had contact with the trump campaign. republicans insist the hearings in mid-july will backfire. >> bob mueller better be beepared, because i can tell you, he will be cross-examined

for the first time, and the american people will start to see the flaws in his report. >> reporter: president trump is set to meet with russian president vladimir putin at the g-20 summit in osaka, japan, later this week. reporters asked mr. trump today whether he plans to bring up russian election meddling with putin, and mr. trump responded, "what i say to him is none of your business." maurice. >> dubois: okay. icncy cordes at the capitol tonight, thank you. we're getting late word tonight on the boeing 737 max. the f.a.a. says it's discovered a new flaw that could further delay its return to the skies. all 737 maxes were grounded after two crashes overseas that killed 346 people. kris van cleave has the latest. >> reporter: during flight tests in a boeing 737 max simulator in seattle, f.a.a. test pilots discovered a computer issue that could slow down the pilot's ability to quickly respond to a scenario like the one seen in the two max crashes.

the issue occurred when the cclots were evaluating failure scenarios where the nose of the plane was being pushed down. the test pilots felt it remained down longer than it should, leaving them concerned it would increase the chances of a crash. boeing is now working on a software fix to address this issue with a microprocessor in the flight computer. if that fails, the component would have to be replaced on all max airplanes, likely extending the global grounding. boeing c.e.o. dennis muilenberg: >> we will spend time understanding every dimension of these accidents and making every possible improvement we can make as a result. >> reporter: the f.a.a. will not schedule the required airborne test flight of the software update until this issue is resolved. united airlines today joined american and southwest in removing the 737 max from its flight schedule until at least september 3rd. maurice. >> dubois: kris van cleave, thank you. two u.s. service members were killed in afghanistan today, gunned down in a taliban attack. their names are yet to be released.

rere than 2,400 americans have died in afghanistan since 2001, nine this year. the u.s. envoy is resuming peace talks with the taliban this coming weekend. an off-duty chicago police officer is fighting for his life after being shot early today. five officers have been killed by gunfire in recent days in illinois, wisconsin, missouri, texas, and california. jeff pegues has more now on this spike of violence. >> reporter: the unnamed 25-year-old officer is expected to survive, but superintendent vedie johnson decried the senseless violence. >> the same gun violence that amfects those living in our ngmmunities, affects us also. >> reporter: in the last nine ays, five officers across the country have been shot and trlled. racine, wisconsin officer john hetland; corporal jose "speedy" espericueta of the mission, texas, police department; near st. louis, officer michael langsdorf; in illinois, deputy troy chisum, and sacramento, california, officer tara

o'sullivan.ouof control, dude. ( gunfire ) >> reporter: she was ambushed while responding to a domestic violence call. >> multiple shots fired, multiple shots fired! >> officer down, officer down! f reporter: despite the spate of killings, officer fatalities are down 35% compared to the same time last year. >> we as a society should be very, very concerned. >> reporter: still, retired orlice chief terry cunningham says the deaths take a toll on the entire police force. >> one of the issues that we need to deal with is that cumulative effect of stress and trauma on officers. we're expecting officers to work longer hours, answer more calls, and that just stacks up on them. it's a really difficult thing for an officer to go through. >> reporter: police departments ouross the country have been struggling to recruit and retain ngficers. also, officer suicides have been , the rise over the last three years, to the point where officers are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty.

maurice. >> dubois: jeff pegues in washington, thank you. five days into summer now, and much of the eastern u.s. is in a heat wave. but, it's even hotter in europe. today, germany and poland recorded their highest-ever temperatures for june, and france could hit an all-time record high this week. roxana saberi is there. >> reporter: as the sun beats down on paris, it's baking everyone who dares to defy it. >> it's like a sauna. you walk out and you're just dripping. >> reporter: temperatures here hit the 90s today, and in parts of the country, they soared above 100. france is still haunted by a heat wave that struck in 2003, leading to the deaths of an estimated 15,000 people. officials say, this time, they're prepared. they're checking on the elderly, handing out free water, and setting aside hundreds of places in paris where people can escape the heat. while people here in paris are finding ways like this to cool off, it's not just france that's getting hit by a heat wave this week-- it's also much of the rest of europe.

in spain, authorities issued heat warnings for several parts of the country, and in poland, the czech republic and germany, temperatures topped 100 degrees, setting new june records, affecting people, and animals, too. the hot air now hitting europe is traveling up from africa. mark maslin is a climatologist at university college london. >> these heat waves are a warning. this heat wave is twice as likely to occur in the summer than it was 20 years ago. >> reporter: he warns, if climate change isn't slowed, a heat wave like this one could happen nine out of ten summers. for now, europe is bracing for even hotter weather by the end of this week. roxana saberi, cbs news, paris. >> dubois: next on the "cbs evening news," she was allegedly knocked out by a 13-year-old boy who was bullying her son. and later, a major spike in trip cancellations to the dominican republic.

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>> dubois: a 13-year-old boy from new jersey is charged with assault after allegedly punching tht a 35-year-old woman. the woman says the boy had bullied her son with racist aunts. she and her husband are sharing their story tonight with "cbsisi correspondent jericka duncan. >> reporter: the brutal attack on 35-year-old veronica ruiz- vazquez last wednesday left her weth fractures to her face and nose. one week later, she can barely see out of her right eye. >> i cried that time when i saw my wife in the hospital with her face destroyed. >> reporter: these pictures were taken while she laid in the hospital bed for two days. the mother of three says, while walking her 12-year-old son home from school, a seventh-grader hom her son's school punched her in the face on this busy street in passaic, new jersey. the family says the student, who is african american, and others were bullying her son at the school the day before.

>> they said all mexicans should be behind the wall. >> reporter: the alleged juvenile attacker was arrested for aggravated assault. the family believes that if the school for the gifted and talented had handled the bullying, the attack could have been prevented. ll a statement to cbs news, school officials said "the passaic schools cannot make comment with regard to student matters involving a juvenile. details are under investigation." the family says they are now considering moving, for fear of their safety. jericka duncan, cbs news, passaic, new jersey. >> dubois: and jericka will have much more with the family tomorrow on "cbs this morning." coming up, a father dives into action to save his young son. young son. ♪ be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be.

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afghanistan, a single father living with his parents, changed with just a few words. >> we are so excited to present this house to you, kevin. >> dubois: palacios was give an e-ree-bedroom home, renovated from the bottom up, completely furnished and mortgage-free. the fairway foundation, along with local companies and volunteers, donated the $300,000 ame as a thank you for his military service. a dream since childhood, palacios walked into his own home for the first time. >> this is crazy. i'm shocked. i have always dreamt-- like, i dreamt of this. >> dubois: as he looked around his new place, he was overwhelmed by all the love and support he'd received, a true ase of shock and awe. >> i have a home. i have my safe zone, and i get to see my son grow up. >> dubois: thank you for your service, sir.

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