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per hour. the price tag, $35,000. >> well, that is a good speed for young teenagers, i guess? captioning sponsored by cbs >> yuccas: tonight, coming home. friends and family celebrate the life and legacy of congressman john lewis. memorials begin in alabama. the start of a six-day journey for a civil rights hero dedicated to getting into good trouble. >> my friend john lewis was my uncle and my hero and it's up to us to keep his legacy alive. >> yuccas: remembering regis philbin, a beloved television legend dies at age 88. also tonight, double trouble. hanna - the first hurricane of the season hits texas. and douglas eyes hawaii. >> when it rains .. it pours .. >> yuccas: infections surge out of c ar darow, while millions aid runs out. plus -- president trump heads to new jersey, as congress digs in over a new round of stimulus
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benefits. and later, humans no longer forced to hibernate are flocking to the reopened national zoo. /this is the cbs weekend news >> yuccas: good evening. i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. we have developing news tonight on several fronts. but we begin with representative john lewis. he is being remembered this weekend in multiple memorial services across the state of alabama, where he was born. lewis died last week at the age of 80. his death is not just a loss for our country but a reminder of how far we need to go in the fight for civil rights -- for all americans. as coronavirus dominates the headlines -- black americans have mortality rates that are more than twice as high as other races when it comes to covid 19. that's just one inequity today, of many, that john lewis lived
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his life to eradicate through plenty of good trouble. and today, he returned to troy, alabama, where his story began. cbs this morning saturday co- host michelle miller starts us off. >> reporter: just after dawn, john robert lewis began his final march, carried from the funeral home in atlanta's west end. first stop, his hometown of troy for a memorial at the once- segregated university where he was famously denied admission. ( singing ) here, those that knew him best came to remember but also to celebrate and "dance home" the boy from troy. his older brother freddie, the one who advised john as he left home "don't get into trouble," bade a heartfelt farewell. >> i am so honored that john was my brother and he will live forever in all of our hearts. i love you, brother. rest on, and i will see you again one day. thank you.
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( applause ) >> yuccas: sunday promises a poignant moment, a final crossing of the edmund pettus bridge, where alabama troopers notoriously busted up the 1965 march to montgomery. ngresswoman terri e and mentor will help lead tomorrow's "final crossing." >> the irony is that the first time john did a march from selma to montgomery, he was met at the foot of the bridge with billy clubs. now he will get a hero's welcome. >> reporter: this is personal for you. >> it's not often you get to meet your hero. sit at his feet, learn from him. to walk in the footsteps of john lewis with john lewis? that is the treat of a lifetime, and i got to do it over and over again. >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, selma, alabama. >> yuccas: so touching, thank you. we learned today that legendary tv host regis philbin has died. philbin's family tells cbs news
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he passed away last night due to natural causes. >> i am the common man. >> no, you're royalty. i'm from the bronx! where are you from? >> indianapolis. >> yuccas: regis philbin, tv royalty and the common man -- seemed to live his life in america's living rooms. his big break came in 1967 - as joey bishop's sidekick in a short lived challenge to johnny carson's tonight show. in the late '80's - philbin's "live with regis and kathie lee" took the morning tv world by storm. when kathie lee gifford exited after 15 years, philbin paired with kelly ripa for another decade, before he stepped aside. >> don't want to argue? you love to argue! >> i do! >> yuccas: philbin presided over the popular game show "who wants to be a millionaire," wearing what would become signature mono-chromatic suits, shirts and ties. over the years, he weathered several health challenges, including a triple bypass and hip replacement.
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the bronx-born philbin died friday at his manhattan home. regis philbin was 88. also happening right now, two big storms that are impacting the u.s. this weekend. this is near corpus christi, texas where hanna is making landfall as the first hurricane of the atlantic season. and in the pacific, hurricane douglas is threatening hawaii with heavy rain and big winds. cbs news meteorologist jeff berardelli has an eye on both. jeff? >> reporter: jamie, it has been an extremely active season so far. we're on a record pace, and it's continuing. so first of all, let's talk about the storm we have right now, hurricane hanna, it turned out to be a strong storm and it is a hurricane, winds around 90 miles an hour making landfall right now. we've had gusts past 100 miles an hour on south padre island,
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storm surge 4-6 feet but hour making landfall right now. we've had gusts past 100 miles an hour on south padre island, storm surge 4 to 6 feet, but the big story as it moves west is heavy rain, 6 to 12 inches. and some pockets will pick up 15, maybe 20 inches of flooding rain. watch out for that. hurricane douglas in the pacific is weakening, passing to north or on the north edge to have the island chain of hawaii during day, with windsay, with winds around 75 miles an hour, and with that we're likely to see some flooding and extremely rough surf. so watch out for that. the bad news in the atlantic ocean, it is warm everywhere right now. anywhere you see the blue, below normal temperatures. above normal temperatures in the yellow and orange, the whole basin is red hot right now, an it did looks like we'll see one of the most active seasons ever. >> yuccas: little too sy for iking. jeff, thank you. now to utah. today, a small plane crashed into a house in the city of west jordan, just south of salt lake city. witnesses say it set fire to three homes. look at that. the f.a.a. says six people were on board the plane. for a fourth straight day, the coronavirus claimed more than
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1,000 lives in this country. infections are also still surging. at the same time, millions face new economic uncertainty. michael george has the latest. >> reporter: the nightmare scenario underway now, as americans are in the grip of coronavirus, with no fewer than 30 states reporting surging deaths. infections out of control in three of the biggest states. in florida, cases now surpassing new york state, with more than 414,000 infected, that we know of. at least 50 hospitals there now say they are out of icu beds. texas and california facing similar crises. it's so bad, observers now comparing them to "three new yorks," a state hit hard early on. to fight back, more than 150 scientists signed a letter, calling for a new nationwide shutdown. >> let's put the brakes on a little bit. let's get this right. >> reporter: after pressure from president trump, the cdc weakened its advice, calling to
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resume in-person school. and now this, a potential crisis in housing. tens of millions of americans struggling to pay their rent could now face eviction. >> i'm going to be 60 next month. where do we go? >> reporter: single mom lisa pradia and her daughter iyanni are being evicted from their texas home. >> what happens to these families that have babies? >> reporter: a federal ban that temporarily stopped landlords from evicting people expired overnight. zach neumann of the "covid-19 eviction defense project" says without help -- people will be out on the streets. >> we have to keep people housed, and if we don't, we're going to be paying for it for years to come. >> reporter: despite city budget cuts and the coronavirus, this pool in brooklyn, is just one of eight across new york city that have reopened-- socially distancing and masks required, unless in the water. jamie? >> yuccas: michael george, thank you. some americans left jobless by the pandemic may need a new lifeline. the extra $600 unemployment
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benefit runs out soon. congress did not meet today. and president trump is out of town. paula reid is in bridgewater, new jersey, while traveling with the president. >> reporter: president trump spent part of the day saturday playing golf with n.f.l. star brett fafer. a white house spokesman tweeted this photo of the two men. in an interview with barstool sports thursday, president trump admitted that he often regrets his tweets. >> we put it out instantaneously, we feel great, and then you start getting phone calls: 'did you really say this?'" >> reporter: white house chief of staff mark meadows was spotted on capitol hill today along with treasurey secretary steve mnuchin as republicansposl for the next covid relief deal. the federal jobless benefits congress approved in april -- $600 per person per week -- are about to expire. >> the president's number one objective to get everybody back to work. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said republicans report extending some jobless benefits.
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>> i do think basic unemployment insurance, fundamentally handled by the states but backed up by us, will be a part of it. >> reporter: but senate republicans and the white house disagree on how much will be paid out. the trump administration says it doesn't want people to get paid more money to stay at home than to work, suggesting a benefit that represents 70% of their original wages, but some g.o.p. lawmakers prefer a flat $200 a week. house democrats passed a bill two months ago to extend the $600 payments through january. house speaker nancy pelosi blasted republicans for not having a plan. >> this is deadly serious. our house is burning down, in terms of the economic security of america's families, and these people are fiddling, wherever they may be this weekend. >> reporter: republicans plan to unveil their proposal monday, but negotiating a final deal could take weeks leaving tens of millions of americans in limbo. jamie.
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>> yuccas: paula reid, thank you. the w.n.b.a. tipped off its season today-- with a statement. players from the new york liberty and seattle storm left the court during the national anthem as a sign of peaceful protest. they also held a 26-second moment of silence for breonna taylor. she's the louisville e.m.t. who was shot and killed by police in her home while sleeping. protests have called for the officers involved to be arrested. new numbers tonight with the department of justice show six officers were injured in portland, oregon and several people face federal charges after another night of tension. here's danya bacchus. >> reporter: for nearly 60 days -- ( chanting ) >> black lives matter! >> reporter: -- portland's streets have been taken over by protests. >> this is what we're fighting for, justice. >> reporter: many peaceful, among the crowd 'the wall of moms' calling out injustice. but with the presence of federal officers, the unrest has intensified.
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overnight,hods demonstrated again near the federal courthouse, some met by force. this twitter video apparentlyina leaf blower to disperse tear gas. portland police say protesters shot fireworks and threw objects at federal law enforcement. in seattle, where agents are on standby -- >> what is happening is frightening to me. >> reporter: -- local officials worry the presence of federal officers will only make things worse. >> what the president has threatened is not the norm. in fact, it is contrary to how federal government usually works with local law enforcement. ( chanting breonna taylor ) >> reporter: anger over the march 13th police shooting death of breonna taylor is fueling tensions in louisville, kentucky, where protestors and counter protestors, some armed, are taking the streets. and in chicago, hundreds marched, calling for defunding the police, days after the removal of two statues of christopher columbus.
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federal agents are also being sent to albuquerque, new mexico friday, the city asked the justice department for written assurance that agents will not be used to police protests. jamie. >> yuccas: danya bacchus, thank you. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news" -- it's one of the west's most visited summer spots, but some say lake tahoe's future is murky. plu -- it might now be the animals studying the habits of humans as the national zoo re- opens. ...remind us... ...and forewarn us. but if you have type 2 diabetes... ...and risks for heart disease,... ...damage to your heart may have already started. up to 50 percent of you may be at risk for heart failure. and there's a chance you could land in the hospital. farxiga does... ...more than help... ...lower a1c. if you have type 2 diabetes... ...and risks for heart disease,... ...farxiga can help prevent hospitalization for heart failure. do not take if allergic to farxiga.
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>> i like about camping with our bikes and having a bike ride and going swimming at the lake. >> this is something beautiful everybody wants to visit-- wants to look at. >> reporter: which is why matt meunier's dive business is still going strong especially in a pandemic. >> exceptional clarity. lake tahoe is the cleanest, most wonderful lake, i think, in th country. >> reporter: now the bad news -- lake tahoe's not as clean, not as clear, as it used to be when he moved here over two decades ago. so the clarity was better? >> yeah. oh, yeah, absolutely. the thing that we're noticing more and more is down on the rocks. you're getting this strange algae. >> reporter: climate change, scientists believe, has affected the water temperature and, thus, the clarity. and 15 million people visit the lake annually, along with the garbage they leave. meunier says dive trips to clean up the bottom of the lake found "old trash." >> and when i say old trash, i
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mean '60s, '70s beer cans, soda cans, church key cans from the old days. >> reporter: scientists monitor the clarity of lake tahoe every year by dropping this white disc, then measuring how far down they can see it. u.c. davis professor geoff schladow. >> it's an important indicator to us of how healthy the lake is. >> reporter: when it was measured last year, the clarity of the lake was about 80 feet -- that means they could see that disc 80 feet down. but consider this-- about 20 years ago, you could seet that disk 100 feet down. that's the trend that scientists are trying to reverse. but they're fighting the impacts of climate change, development around the lake, and something added to the lake in the 1960's -- a tiny invasive shrimp brought in to feed the fish. it didn't work. >> once those shrimp came in, there were suddenly no natural cleaners in the lake. >> reporter: similar challenges are facing lakes and bodies of
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water around the world. >> if you can't do it at tahoe, then what hope is there for all the rivers and estuaries, streams and lakes around the country that are never going to have the same degree of attention, the same level of resources? >> reporter: are you able to be hopeful, given all the pressures on the lake? >> yes. if there's a silver lining of our pandemic, i think it shows that nature will come back and heal itself if we just relieve that pressure, that human pressure off of it and allow it to happen. there's facts there now. >> reporter: facts that hopefully make the solutions clear. anna werner, cbs news, south lake tahoe. >> yuccas: glad they're doing the work. still ahead on "cbs weekend news," the national zoo is back open with adorable new additions. rable additions.roke? even if you're on a statin? statins may lower some risks, but may not be enough.
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d.c., opened to the public for the first time in 19 weeks on friday. and as chip reid reports, there's been some cuddly new additions. >> reporter: for animal lovers, it's been a long four months lovers, it's been a national zoo. moses swanson has been champing at the bit. >> i like all animals, all colors. i like wildlife. i want to be a wildlife biologist when i grow up. >> reporter: and looking agent pictures just doesn't do it. >> seeing animals in person i
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better technically, to me, because then you get to actually experience what the animals are doing and how they're reacting. >> reporter: steve monfort is the zoo's director. >> it's been torture to beorte , because you can't fulfill the zoo's mission without people. >> our mission is to get people in here to have a great time, but also to learn about endangered species and what they can do to be part of solving the problem of the biodiversity crisis. >> reporter: as always for many visitors, the first stop is the giant pandas. >> oh, there he is! >> reporter: did you like the panda? >> yes, i liked it. >> liked it! >> reporter: some animals like big cats and apes are susceptible to the coronavirus so to keep animals and visitors safe, the number of visitors is strictly limited, masks are required, and so is social distancing. >> and keep at least a zebra's distance between you and your fellow zoo-goers. >> reporter: some indoor exhibits without enough room are
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still closed. as much as zoo visitors missed seeing the animals, elephant curator tony barthel says many animals including elephants have missed seeing us. >> so they're very aware of people, and they're used to looking at people and picking people out of the crowd that they know. >> reporter: sadly, two elephants died during the shutdown. but life goes on, and numerous animals gave birth including echo, a cheetah, who now has four cubs. elizabeth jones and jonathan messervy could hardly wait to introduce brooks to the zoo. >> we actually have tickets today saturday next friday-- ( laughter ) >> yeah. we have a lot of tickets ( burped ) >> oh! he's had a big bottle. >> reporter: or maybe just excited at the national zoo is reopen. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> yuccas: hard to know who's more excited the animals or the humans. next on the "cbs weekend news," celebrating the life and legacy of an american hero.
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streaming network, cbsn. go to cbsnews.com, or on our cbs news app. tomorrow, a procession carries lewis across the edmund pettus bridge in selma for a final crossing, that's where a 25- year-old lewis was severely beaten by state troopers after marching for racial equality in 1965, a day known as "bloody sunday." lewis will lie in state in alabama state capitol tomorrow night and the u.s. capitol monday and tuesday where he served 17 terms, before making one final trip back home to georgia. a final tribute to lewis is scheduled thursday at atlanta's ebeneezer baptist church once led by his mentor dr. martin luther king, jr. cbs news will cover these events starting tomorrow with face the nation. i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles and as john lewis said, "do not get lost in a sea of despair. be hopeful, be optimistic." good night.
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live from the cbsn bay area studios this is kpix 5 news. the summer youth program will reopen on monday after a positive covid case temporarily shut down. coming up, we will examine if this is an early model of how schools will handle positive cases as we approach the fall semester. mathematically it seems like the whole bay area should be on the states watchlist. so, why does a large portion of the peninsula seem to be exempt? >>, one of the things is the engagement of the state. you look at other criteria, we are doing rather, rather well. >> there is something wrong with the metrics . plus, don't cover your face or face a fine. the east bay county that could soon force laws to pay up. the south bay county
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borrowing a page from disneyland book to try and cut down on those long testing lines. we begin in alameda county where covid-19 has just shut down a kids summer camp. we are at oakland montclare rec center where he just spoke with a family in the program. >> reporter: parents found out the person infected was a camp staffer, the city of oakland plans to reopen this campsite here in the montclare district on monday after deep cleaning it yesterday. >> yes, it was fun. it was fun. >> reporter: a fun camp for oscar but not so much for his mom. she says the infected staffer worked in oscars pod. >> we had isolate oscars grandmother. it is possible to isolate him. now, my mother has to stay home. >> reporter: the family will stay put for

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