occasion. >> i love it it captioning sponsored by cbs >> lopez: tonight, a memorial day weekend like no other. ( "taps ) americans kick off the unofficial start of summer with the virus still spreading in several states. >> just a little weekend getaway. >> heck, yeah, we are very exciting. >> lopez: social distancing gets put to the test. >> you have to wear these muzzles-- excuse me, a mask. >> lopez: while the traditional holiday get away becomes a trickle. flames ravish fisherman's wharf. also tonight, president trump his the road to golf again while testing the limits of his office. >> if they don't do it, i will override the governors. >> lopez: plus spacex is a go, launching astronauts from home turf. riding centers facing a pandemic hurdle get some much-needed

help. and later, a california family goes to extreme for this special delivery. >> i'm just so glad to be home. his ts heiscbd " >> lopez: good evening. i'm tony lopez reporting from kovr in sacramento. this is a weekend traditionally celebrated with parades and public events as americans honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to this country, but not this year. instead, president trump ordered flags across the country lowered to half-staff to honor those who have died from the coronavirus. and take a look at this-- sunday's front page of "the new york times." most any country, the paper calls it "an incalculable loss." infections are still the adding up, too and spreading. these are the states where infections are still rising. all 50 states have taken steps to reopen, and these are the

states reporting fewer cases tonight. danya bacchus begins our coverage. >> reporter: los angeles is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak here in california, but that isn't stopping people from leaving the house and enjoying the holiday weekend. as the unofficial start to summer kicks off, there are constant reminders the country is in the midst of a pandemic. beaches in southern california are open, but with restrictions. >> can't lay out on the beach. you have to be engaged in walking, running, swimming, surfing, anything where you're moving. >> reporter: in new york, the virus' former epicenter, bad weather at coney island did what social distancing rules intend to do-- keeping many people indoors and off the beach. washington, d.c.'s national mall and memorial parks have one-way signs to keep people from crossing paths. >> cheers! >> reporter: drinking has returned to bars in texas that can now operate at 25% capacity. and people are dining in at restaurants in raleigh, north carolina, with tables six feet

apart, the staff wearing masks and gloves. >> it feels good to be able to sit down and get a nice cocktail and eat a meal that's not in my apartment. >> reporter: in south dakota, mount rushmore reopened today to tourists three weeks earlier than planned. and while masks right-hand required in north dakota-- >> they're not doing it to represent what political party. >> reporter. >> reporter: the governor made an emotional plea to not make them political. >> they might have vulnerable adults in their life who are-- who are currently have covid and they're fighting. >> reporter: in l.a. county, where there are now more than 2,000 covid-19-related deaths, the department of justice sent los angeles a letter, calling its lockdown order unlawful. mayor eric garcetti responded. >> we're not guided by politics in this. we're guided by science. we're guided lie bye collaboration. >> reporter: this weekend, in addition to getting outdoors, some people across the country are hoping to go to church. president trump declared houses of worship essential, but that decision reside with governors.

here in california, governor newsome says he will provide guidance monday. tony. >> lopez: danya, thank you. in san francisco today, a massive fire roared through one of the city's most famous tourist sites. a fire boat was used to douse flames at fisherman's wharf and protect a world war ii navy ship docked there. cbs' michael george has the latest. >> reporter: a towering four-alarm inferno at this warehouse on san francisco's fisherman's wharf threatened a piece of american history saturday morning. about 150 firefighters beat back the flames, which could be seen for miles, pouring water on the massive building that used to store fish-processing equipment. one firefighter is hurt but his injury is not considered serious. >> it's my professional opinion, without the firefighters we would have lost the "jeremiah o'brien." >> reporter: those crews saved pier 45's most valuable mooring,

a world war ii ship, the ss "jeremiah o'brien," which was used to storm normandy on d-day, 1944. lieutenant jonathan baxter: >> our aggressive and quick, swift actions saved the historic "jeremiah o'brien", which, if we're looking for one positive too come out of this tragic event, saving a historic world war ii vessel at the beginning of memorial day weekend is something we should all be proud of as a community. >> reporter: the pier, a popular tourist hub with a museum, was built in 1926. port authority's randy quezada: >> one of the things we love along the waterfront is our historic piers so this is a big loss. but we are grateful for the fact that there was no loss of life and we were able to preserve the rest of our historic treasures that are housed there. >> reporter: wholesalers on the pier, already on ice because of the pandemic, told the "san francisco chronicle" the seafood industry didn't need this now. michael george, cbs news.

>> lopez: a century-old car rental company made it official today, it's filing for bankruptcy protection. hertz is billions of dollars in debt. hertz employed some 38,000 people. so far, 12,000 have already lost their jobs. you didn't have to go far to realize this was a different type of holiday weekend. traffic was a trickle. the pandemic has so far kept people mostly close to home as kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: bumper-to-bumper traffic heading to panama, city florida , beaches, start the memorial day weekend. in kansas, bowling alleys, arcaidz, and threertz back open. >> we're so excited! >> reporter: and hundreds waited in line as casinos reopened in california. >> i missed the casino. been home bored for two months. >> reporter: but airports like l.a.x. looked like ghost towns. airlines saw their busiest day since march on friday, and were still down more than 87%. >> i've been on lockdown since

march 12, and i think it's time to actually gut out to do something. >> reporter: barry lieberman heads south tomorrow to florida to see his daughter. do you have any concerns about making this trip in the middle of this pandemic? >> if the appropriate precautions are taken, i think it's relatively safe to move around in your own vehicle. obviously, i'll try to minimize interaction with other people. you know, minimize stops, maybe take some more food than you ordinarily would. >> reporter: but a recent harris poll found because of the pandemic, 95% said it was too soon to travel, despite the lowest gas prices in 17 years. rebecca geller c family's trip to the beach. >> there's absolutely no reason why i can imagine that it would be worth going away right now, given what's happening with the pandemic. coronavirus is everywhere. >> they think we'll probably see less traffic than normal. >> reporter: still, the california highway patrol is stepping up enforcement. >> i think there will be people who feel nay need get out.

>> reporter: the c.d.c. continues to warn people that travel category increase their risk of being exposed to the coronavirus. tony. >> lopez: kris, thank you. like many americans, president trump is getting some fresh air this weekend, and he's doing something, well, he hasn't done since the start of the pandemic. he's golfing again. but that's sparking criticism as its coronavirus death toll in this country mounts. nikole killion is at the white house. >> reporter: president trump left the white house for his first golf outing in more than two months. as he pushes the nation to reopen, the president is increasingly venturing out. he's scheduled to visit fort mchenry in baltimore on memorial day, despite the city's stay-at-home order. >> i would like to make one final plea to the president to revisit his travel plans. >> reporter: cbs news also confirms the president will travel to florida next week, along with the vice president, if for the spacex rocket l friday, president trump ordered governors to reopen churches immediately, deeming them

essential. >> if they don't do it, i will override the governors. >> what is the provision of federal law that allows the president to override-- >> the president will strongly encourage every governor to allow their churches to reopen. , and boy, it's interesting to be in a room that desperately seems to want to see these churches and houses of worship stay closed. >> reporter: the president is also sparring with his former attorney general. he slammed jeff sessions for recusing himself in the russia probe: sessions, who is running for his old senate seat, responded in a series of posts. the president and his campaign again seized on comments by former vice president joe biden. >> if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or trump, then you ain't black. >> reporter: biden has expressed regret, but the president is not letting up on twitter. cbs news has also learned the trump campaign is watching a $1

million digital ad blitz over biden's comments and separately, it's flying banners with the president's campaign slogan over several u.s. cities this holiday weekend. toy. >> lopez: nikole, thanks. tomorrow morning, don't miss "face the nation." margaret brennan's guests will include national security virus robert o'brien. the federal reserve's eric rosengren. and former f.d.a. commissioner scott gottlieb. somber news on this memorial day weekend at dover air force basedover air force base in delaware. the remains of first lieutenant trevarius bowman returned home in a dignified transfer. lieutenant bowman, from spartanburg, south carolina. he died earlier this week in afghanistan after being killed in what thy descris as a noncombat incident. trevarius bowman was 25 years old severe weather is storming across parts of the country. some damage was reported but no injuries. in texas last night, a tornado rimed through the town of bouie.

damage was heavy but there was no serious injury. tonight, nasa is counting down to wednesday's historic launch of a spacex rocket carrying two astronauts to the international space station. they will soar from the same pad where the last shuttle of the launched in 2011. today, the astronauts headed out to the pad for a final run-through for a mission that marks a new chapter in special space flight. cbs' mark strassmann has more. >> reporter: robert behnken and douglas hurley are spacex's inaugural crew. both men flew on space shuttles. both have traveled twice before to the space station. hurley piloted "atlantis there" in 2007, the final flight of the shuttle program. and you didn't know whether you'd fly again or for whom. >> i wasn't sure i wanted to fly again, to be quite honest with you. >> reporter: you're a nasa astronaut about to step into a spacex capsule. >> it's completely different than what you would have ever

imagined yourself doing. >> reporter: both astronauts joined nasa in 2000. they have been friends for two decades. >> i have to believe that's a help. >> it absolutely is a help. i think we're way past the polite stage in our relationship. >> i'm not looking for romance from doug. i'm not looking for surprises in our relationship. >> we don't give up and we like a big challenge and, by, gosh, we certainly got one. >> reporter: they both met their wives in the nasa astronaut class of 2000. behnken married megan mcarthur, hurley married karen nyberg. >> they're great guys, period. obviously, we think so. >> yeah. >> reporter: in 2009, macarthur's robotic skills helped prolong the life of the hubble space telescope. she and behnken have a six-year-old n,dore. ation.it's jt kind of rm for him to absorb. >> reporter: nyberg, hurley's wife has spent 120 days in space

including two trips to the space station. did you and your wife leave little notes for each other? >> we should have. apparently her hair is still up there. i get reports all the time. she has long, blond hair and they're still finding it in the filters up there. >> reporter: on launch day, hurley's son, jack, will be watching. he drew this picture of his father's spaceship. >> he hasn't talked about being scared and neferlsz. he is talked about how proud he is of his dad. >> reporter: they'd all rather focus on potential rewards, for america as a spacefearing country, and his astronaut dads. mark strassmann cbs news at the kennedy space center. >> lopez: straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news." she beat the odds after being intubated. later, safe and sound: the newborn delivery worth the it. en every day. people are surprising themselves

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whatever you can have gratitude for, think of those things, and so i would just wake up, you know, and say, "okay, i'm alive. i have another day of living." >> reporter: one day became eight until castelazo could finally come off the ventilator and summon her fate. >> and i'm like, "please, god, help me breathe." and as soon as i said, that i was able to take my first breath. i just thank god for all of the medical staff in the hospitals, the front-line people doing an amazing job. they said, "that isa girl, you're doing it, you're breathing on your own, you did it." >> reporter: now at home, she's recovering with the help from her boyfriend, john, who also had the virus. yiewrk cbs news, los angeles. >> lopez: ahead on the "cbs weekend news." a special community steps up, helping horses that bring them hope. family at home or those a principal is by your side. we're working hard to answer your questions.

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month. with no people coming, revenues plummeted. from south carolina to california and around the world, over 800 equine therapy organizations are struggling to survive. but in new york, the families whose lives have been touched by these animals are making sure they're cared for. over 300 contributed to a gofundme effort. if this things drags on through the summer, are you guys going to be okay? be okay, absolutely. we're committed purour entire network is committed for us to be okay. >> these people are amaze naerpg like family to us there. >> molly, if i can ask you, do you love horses? >> yeah! >> reporter: yes. >> we all say there's some magic connection with the children and the horses. >> reporter: and some day, the children and the horses will be reunited. don dahler, cbs news, new york. >> lopez: next on the "cbs weekend news," a father goes to

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kovr's heather janssen has the story. >> reporter: a place where hundreds of reunions usually happen daily. but amid the pandemic, only one family waits at sacramento international, but it's a reunion packed with enough emotion to fill the quiet baggage claim. >> not all of us could go. he would go get her, and he's been there for five weeks. >> reporter: a teary michelle leineke watches as her husband, joel, makes his way down the esk lairpt, seeing his family for the first time in those five weeks, bringing with him a very cherished carry-on, their new baby, ember raine. >> she's been alive for almost two weeks, so it was amazing to see her. >> emmer raine was born by a mother in ukraine. they weren't sure they would be able to get her when ukraine closed the borders. joel made the nearly 38-hour trip there, and doing 14 days'

quarantine making it out just before his daughter's birth. >> i'm ready for you! i've got my passports. >> reporter: hundreds of other families across the world are struggling to bring their surrogate babies home because of restrictions due to the coronavirus. >> we hope and pray they can be reunited soon. it's a joy. it's worth the wait. >> keep pushing. keep pushing and find a way. that's how we did it. >> reporter: holding on to this moment, one worth the wait, a picture-perfect memory in terminal "a", the day their family became complete. for cbs news, i'm heather janssen, in sacramento. >> lopez: ahwhat, a great story. what a great family. imagine the story they'll be able to tell that precious little daughter. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm tony lopez reporting from kovr in sacramento. my clear, elizabeth klinge, she'll be here tomorrow. enjoy your weekend. thanks for watching, and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs

bay area studios, this kpix 5 i mean it was big and it was hot. now at six, a massive fire near fisherman's wharf nearly claims a piece of world war ii history on this memorial day weekend. the battle to save a ship that survived the battle of normandy. the russian river tour season kicks off with mixed feelings about tourists but some business owners have a solution for that. rules of engagement that we call them. for people that are coming. >> a visitors guide in the age of covid-19 up incue. >> the unofficial start of summer is certainly going to feel that way as we look toward mount diablo. we are tracking a memorial day weekend heatwave. good evening i am brian hathaway. >> i am juliette goodrich.

investigators say it could take all weekend to secure the scene of a massive fire near miss fisherman's wharf. it destroyed a warehouse and nearly burned down a historic world war ii victory ship. the flames erupted for so before sunrise, sending up a column of smoke that could be seen for miles. the fire happened at the back end of pier 45. kpix 5 spoke with witnesses who called 911 and have some amazing footage of the fire. >> reporter: the fire is now contained. no longer threatening in the nearby structures. now with the wind is really picking up, firefighters are looking out for any hotspots that may pop back up. looking at the big flames from this morning, a lot of folks to say the ss jeremiah o'brien is a memorial day miracle. >> fire, smoke, and explosions. this intense firefight started out from what may be the explosion of a small propane tank at 415 in the mog.