that is it for us tonight at 5:00. we will see you back here at 6:00. >> we have news updates on captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: tonight, tulsa time. president trump returns to the campaign trail as politics, protests, and a pandemic collide. thousands rally as covid-19 infections in tulsa reach new highs. the president predicts a wild evening, masks optional. >> no intention on wearing masks. >> i think it's a hoax. >> garrett: also tonight, the attorney general says president trump has fired a powerful u.s. attorney after he refused to go. >> i'm just here to do my job. >> garrett: plus, the president loses one round over john bolton's new book but promises more legal action. protesters target statues aligned with slavery or racism. >> they're off! >> garrett: a new normal. a crowdless belmont stakes kicks off the triple crown while new infections pose another threat to baseball. goodbye, mad dog.

an iconic jetliner flying for delta is grounded for good. and later, staying connected with isolated seniors. for our chip reid, it's personal. >> so glad to see you! >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> garrett: good evening, everyone. i'm major garrett in washington. when president trump says "we've never seen anything like it," he's right. thousands of people without wearing masks outside and inside two arenas in tulsa for the president's first post-lockdown rally. there's no social distancing. therefore, health experts fear this very event could spread coronavirus in tulsa and wherever attendees return after the rhetoric and music fade. trump supporters, some there for days, brush off such warnings. but as they do, trump campaign workers test positive for the virus. a moment in politics entwined with a pandemic.

cbs' omar villafranca is there. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed that six members of the president's campaign team working on this rally have tested positive for the coronavirus and have been quarantined. this comes as thousands of the president's supporters and counter-protesters converge on tulsa, oklahoma. >> trump, trump, trump! >> reporter: energized trump supporters camped out for days outside of tulsa's b.o.k. center, the site of tonight's rally. >> four more years. >> i love trump. >> maybe we can come together, reunite as a nation. >> reporter: the president tweeted a warning to protesters and others who he says may cause trouble saying, "you will not be treated like you have been in new york, seattle, or minneapolis. it will be a much different sc governokevin stitt: >> we will protect your right to peacefully protest. there's a difference, though, when you start destroying someone else's property, then we're going to be there, and we're going to be tough on that.

we're going to make sure that we hold those folks accountable. >> reporter: the in-person campaign rally is the first in more than three months since the pandemic paused 2020 politics. but oklahoma health officials are worried about the timing. coronavirus cases have surged in the sooner state 158% compared to the last two weeks. the at-capacity arena for tonight's rally holds 19,000 people. as they enter, people are given temperature checks, sanitizer, and masks. but wearing the mask is optional. less than a mile away, thousands continue to celebrate juneteenth in the greenwood district, the site of the tulsa race massacre. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: planned protests drawing large crowds are worrying officials about violence and the spread of the virus. 100,000 people will be in downtown tulsa this weekend, along with plenty of security. besides local police and sheriff deputies, there will be 250 national guardsmen, and more than 200 state troopers. major.

>> garrett: omar villafranca, thank you. as president trump rallies in tulsa, he's left behind a political and legal firestorm. it erupted last night with the abrupt firing of one of the most powerful u.s. attorneys in the country. and today, the president weighed in. cbs' nikole killion is at the white house. >> reporter: a tulsa-bound president trump boarded marine one as a new controversy took off over the firing of u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, geoffrey berman. >> i'm just here to do my job. >> reporter: berman showed up at his manhattan office saturday after a defiant statement overnight. "i learned in a press release from the attorney general tonight that i was stepping down as united states attorney. i have not resigned and have no intention of resigning." attorney general bill barr fired back in a letter, "you have chosen public spectacle over public service, because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, i have asked the president to remove you as of today." >> we have a very capable attorney general, so that's really up to him. i'm not involved.

>> reporter: berman has handled several investigations involving the president and his allies. late friday, the president named securities and exchange commission chairman jay clayton as berman's replacement, even though he has no experience as a federal prosecutor. senate democrats urged clayton to withdraw his name. >> it's another example of president trump doing things that are just wrong. >> reporter: in another contentious legal battle, a federal judge ruled that former national security advisor john bolton can publish his tell-all book, despite the administration's attempt to block it. the judge said bolton likely jeopardized national security, but with hundreds of copies around the globe, the damage is done. >> the judge was very powerful in his statement on classified information, and very powerful. also, ct tcouny will get the money, any money he makes. >> reporter: bolton's lawyers say they welcome the decision

but take issue with the court's conclusion that the ambassador did not comply with his contractual obligations to the government. and they say the full story has yet to be told. major. >> garrett: nikole, back to u.s. attorney berman. do we know anything more about the motive behind his dismissal? >> reporter: cbs news has learned that the attorney general met with berman friday and offered him a position at the justice department if he agreed to resign. but berman declined. in his letter, the attorney general acknowledged the offer and said he thought they were still in discussions about it. a justice official says the decision to fire berman was not related to any investigation that he was overseeing. major. >> garrett: nikole killion, thank you. there will be more about tulsa, policing, and fired u.s. attorney berman tomorrow morning margaret brennan's guests include acting homeland security secretary chad wolf, virginia democratic senator mark warner,

and jide zeitlin, c.e.o. of tapestry, a fortune 500 company. public monuments linked to slavery continue to fall. overnight, the only statue of a confederate general here in washington, d.c., was toppled, then set on fire. in raleigh, north carolina, crowds cheered as two statues on a confederate monument near the state capital were pulled down. and in san francisco, protesters tore down a statue of francis scott key. the man who wrote the national anthem also owned slaves. this historical reckoning is not restricted or limited to the united states. cbs' roxana saberi has that story from london. >> reporter: as protesters marched in london for a fourth weekend in a row, the atmosphere felt festive, but the message lis serious. united kingdomes been growing on the country to address a bitter legacy of its past-- its history of slavery.

that history largely unfolded on plantations thousands of miles away, enriching some of the country's most famous figures and institutions. this week, the firm lloyd's of london, which used to ensure slave ships, said it will donate to charities for racial minorities. and the church of england apologized after reports that dozens of clergymen benefited from slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. >> and i think they've been, frankly, taken aback by the scale of protests. >> reporter: keith mcclelland oversees an online database at university college london, listing tens of thousands of british individuals involved in slavery overseas. when britain abolishes slavery in 1833, the government paid them for their losses. >> british companies, british society needs to do somebody about redressing the balance. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: protesters kayodi onalaja and rosie desilva agreed. >> we need to see changes from

the ground up. and so when i'm hearing all these apologies "sorry, sorry" i'm like are you just saying this because it's a trend right now? >> reporter: they say the company needs to examine its past. >> if we don't have understanding, there's no route to empathy. >> reporter: to build a better futur. roxana saberi, cbs news, london. >> garrett: to arizona now, where thousands of firefighters are battling two big wildfires. the bush fire near phoenix is now one of the largest in state history. to the south, the big horn fire has burned out of control for two weeks, threatening tucson. heat and humidity are feeding the flames. thousands have been forced to evacuate. summer officially arrived late this afternoon, and with it, some encouraging news. live sports returned to a famed new york race track for the first time since the pandemic. cbs' michael george reports. >> reporter: they're off! >> reporter: first out of the gate, the belmont stakes, usually the last race of the triple crown, this year it's the

first after the preakness and kentucky derby were delayed. and instead of 90,000 cheering fans, there was silence and empty stands. >> we're reduced to essential staff only. we have in place a number of health and safety protocols to mitigate risk and reduce the spread of covid-19. >> reporter: major league baseball's spring training camps in arizona and florida are also empty after eight players and staff at the phillies facility in clearwater, florida, tested positive for coronavirus. governor ron desantis addressed the state's rising number of cases. >> even with testing increasing or being flat, the number of people testing positive is accelerating faster than that. >> reporter: florida reported mohan 4,000 new cases y, texas, arizona, and california come as the debate rages over whether masks should be required, as some outright refuse to wear them. nascar is allowing 5,000 fans to

pack the talladega superspeedway in alabama for the geico 500 on sunday. and an about-face from a.m.c. the nation's largest movie chain says it will now require movie-goers to wear face masks. the company faced a huge backlash after earlier saying they wouldn't. here in new york, the belmont stakes got the okay from governor cuomo to hold the race today. cautious reopening, he says, is why this state now has the lowest infection rate in the country. major. >> garrett: michael george, we thank you. today in miami, nearly 400 high school seniors graduated in a special socially-distanced ceremony. christopher columbus grads took a victory lap around homestead, miami, speedway, picking up the finish line. families watched and honked from their own vehicles. and we say, "congratulations, graduates." straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news", delta retires au.

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>> garrett: pandemic or not, americans are starting to fly again. the number of fliers hit its highest point in nearly three months this week. but with the traffic still down more than 80%, airlines are expected to shed thousands more jobs and planes. cbs' kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: after more than the decades as k e, delta flight 88thvern m.d.-88 wy passengers on a u.s. airline. the fleet's retirement was moved up because of the coronavirus and plummeting demand for air travel. >> it's a very memorable day for me but also i feel very

melancholy, a little bittersweet. >> reporter: captain carl nordin was at the controls. he'll move to another airplane, but that likely means bumping a more junior pilot out of the cockpit. last month, delta warned it will have thousands more pilots than it needs by the fall. >> it's very difficult. hopefully, it will be a short-term situation. >> reporter: airline revenue remains down 90% as carriers burn through up to $6.5 billion a month. but there are slivers of hope emerging. airlines are adding more flights for july and beyond, and the number of people flying has been growing from an average of just 31 passengers per flight in may to now 58 a flight. >> we do see some of those green chutes and we're excited about that but it is going to be a long road to recovery. >> reporter: paul jacobson isia. he expects recovery could take three years. do you see a circumstance where you can avoid furloughs? >> well, i think it's too soon to tell, kris. we think domestic is going to recover faster than

international. >> welcome aboard. >> reporter: for now, delta is capping flights at 60% full and increased its focus on cleaning. >> hi, good morning. welcome. >> reporter: every available seat on flight out. once declared one of the most significant aircraft purchases in its mystery, deltaa flew the m.d.-80 family for 33 years. since 1987, it carried more than 750 million passengers, hopscotching across the country. this final flight was on a 28-year-ol28-year-old plane, 11s older than passenger zachary sheinman. >> when they announced, "we're retiring immediately," i was doing everything i can to get on the flight. >> reporter: geoff madore flew from florida to washington just to take this flight to atlanta. >> you have your face mask. i feel perfectly safe. i have hand sanitize wer me, so no qualmes whatsoever. >> reporter: not even a pandemic could keep some from saying goodbye to a high-flying

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here's cbs "sunday morning's" lee cowan. >> quarantine yourself! >> reporter: call this an epicenter, not of a covid outbreak, but of the lines being drawn over whether to wear a face mask or not. >> we go to work every day to help those who need us. >> reporter: protesters this week in orange county, california, insisted that wearing masks is about science. >> that ain't going to happen. >> reporter: but they were shouted down by a larger group of demonstrators who argued that masks are relics of a pandemic that they say is overblown. >> it is a scan-demic. ed it a pla,a fraud-emic. >> reporter: just this week in montgomery, alabama, where i.c.u. beds are near capacity, the city council refused to make masks mandatory, but less than 24 hours later, the mayor ordered masks should be worn anyway. in texas, mayors of nine of the

states' biggest cities urged governor greg abbott to allow them to enforce face mask rules. he has so fire declined. >> this is a sign of control. >> reporter: some have taken to burning masks in protest. in a deeply polarized america, almost anything can signal political tribalism, but why masks, specifically? have you ever seen anything take on such a political charge like the masks have? is there anything else you can think of? >> i think the no-shirt, no-shoes issue is very interesting. >> reporter: david abrams is professor of social and behavioral sciences at n.y.u.'s school of global public health. >> that never got polarized. people didn't say, "i'm here, and i just got off the beach, and i want my ice cream. i'm just going to come in bare feet." they accept that. >> reporter: president trump hardly ever wears a mask, and neither does his vice president. but both melania and ivanka trump have posted pictures of themselves promoting the virtues

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captioned by protesters at san quentin says there is no escaping covid- 19 when you live behind bars. we are on the fire watch. chopper five is on as there's a close call at a nearby construction site. outraged and saddened that the mob should be allowed to do this. >> a protest vandalism of a park. is it eir line? reonking down of ues gold gate park. and response from the mayor coming up. a few miles away from the park there's another group of protesters that make their own mark. right in front of city hall. >> alameda county is easing the

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