♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> yuccas: tonight: california inferno. some calling it hell on earth as raging wildfires burn across the state. hundreds rescued by helicopters after being trapped by flames. triple digit temperatures beating down on firefighters. >> it's cooking out there. >> yuccas: also 100 nights, portland protests change as poceli saturday scene declared a riot after a molotov cocktail sparked a fireball. speaking out, jacob blake, the black man shot in the back seven times by police as they tried to arrest him describes how his life has now forever changed. >> your life and not only just your life, your legs, something that you need to move around and move forward in life to be taken from you like this, man. >> yuccas: beach bummer,

concerns over coronavirus as thousands crowd the shore on summer's last big weekend. and later, the newlyweds who refused to let covid slow their big day. this is the cbs weekend news. >> yuccas: good evening, i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. while marking the unofficial end to summer this labor day weekend more than 200 people at a california campground had to be rescued by military helicopter. the creek fire in central california has burned at least 46,000 acres. it's one of at least three major wildfires across the state fueled by extreme heat and high winds. jonathan vigliotti is on the front lines near the sierra national forest. >> reporter: an inferno raging out of control tonight in california's sierra national forest. the 100 foot flames destroying

homes, leaving a trail of destruction. and even trapping campers. >> all the roads are burned. >> reporter: california's national guard airlifting more than 200 people to safety from mammoth pool reservoir. the dozens injured are recovering tonight. the creek fire they escaped from burning more than 46,000 acres so far. >> the sheriff came and told us we didn't have to evacuate but he was advising we do. because he didn't know if the fire would jump the road and we couldn't get out. >> reporter: in san diego the valley fire tripling in size overnight, ripping through 4,000 acres, already burning ten homes and threatening more. >> we all have houses built after 2005, there is so much fuel at the base of that hill. i don't know if they will weather the storm or not. >> reporter: and 100 miles east of l.a. the el dorado fire exploding in size, scorching more than 3,000 acres, now burning in rugged terrain. california's wildfires are

record-breaking and relentless. so far this year alone the state has seen almost 2 million acres. a key driver, climate change causing more frequent and longer lasting infernos. fire crews are stretched thin. the military has become a more common sight. and for those trapped by the increasingly erratic flames, backup arrived just before time ran out. >> the national guard used a chinook helicopter to rescue 20 people at a time. those left behind to wait their turn were told to jump into the lake to escape the flames. tonight thousands of people across the state are under a mandatory evacuation as several fires continue to burn out of control. and the record heat that's helping fuel these flames expected to last through at least tomorrow, jamie? >> yuccas: jonathan, thank you. please stay safe. those fires are being fueled by record-breaking temperatures while other parts of the country will face their own weather extremes this week. cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff

berardelli is tracking it all. jeff? >> reporter: jamie, this heat wave is extraordinary. it's about as hot as it can physically get across california right now and we're going to see a lot more heat over the next 24 hours. in fact from today through tomorrow, another 100 record highs are possible. a lot of them september records and some all-time record heat. 123 in palm springs. fresno, 112 degrees. climate change took a run of the mill heat wave and made it into a remarkable heat wave. watch this front, this is more trouble because as the front heads south it will cool down temperatures but infuse dry and windy weather into california. we're fighting a lot of fires right now and as the wind weaves through the canyons we will see gusts of 40 and 50 miles an hour and the possibility of out of control wildfires. look at this ridge of heat across the west. and watch it break down very quickly. temperatures will drop around 60 degrees in 18 hours in places like denver, even amarillo down to 35 degrees. t ramie, wyoming, at 1 degree.

unbelievable. we will see about 150 record lows as we head through this week as this happens. and snow on top of that. several inches possible in denver. and in the mountains, as much as a foot to a foot and a half of powder. >> yuccas: jeff, thank you. today president trump used the word "sick" to describe the portland protests. the city erupted last night when molotov cocktails were thrown during a rally against police violence and racial injustice. more than 50 people were arrested. lilia luciano is there. >> reporter: on the hundredth night of protests, most of them peaceful, demonstrators agai gathered in a portland park for what started out as a lawful rally. ( chanting ) but it quickly escalated. portland police expected the crowd of hundreds was marching to their east precinct and soon after, they called it a riot. >> this remains a riot. >> reporter: this protester was set ablaze after a molotov

cocktail was thrown. police rushed in fast. >> the cops are right here. they are rushing us. >> reporter: with tear gas and other impact weapons hitting protestors, journalists. anyone in their way, some protestors lighting fires and throwing fireworks, one one striking an officer's hand. >> get your [bleep] hands-off me. >> reporter: even in the fog of the front lines protestors were in disbelief. >> everyone here has a job, we're taxpayers.

>> he says he was there last night. >> we have a constitutional right to assemble peacefully on public property and as long as that right is there we will keep showing up. as long as they are allowed to declare it a riot or unlawful assembly because they don't want us somewhere on public property that we are allowed to be on, we will keep showing up. >> reporter: this is the area where most of the clashes took place last night but in the daytime there are kids playing, riding their bikes. except for some leftover paint, it looks like nothing ever happened. but tonight protesters are due to hit the streets once again and tomorrow portland expects a to hit the streets once again big protrump caravan with about a thousand people in attendance. jamie? >> yuccas: lilia, thank you. after four nights of unlawful unrest, the mayor of rochester, new york, says tonight a group of church elders will serve as a buffer between protestors and police. saturday more than a thousandprc ed coticith some demonstrators throwing water bottles at law enforcement who responded with pepper balls and tear gas. all this is in response to the death of daniel prude, a black man who died in police custody in march. protestors are demanding the

officers involved be charged. meanwhile in kenosha, wisconsin, where jacob blake, the black man who was shot in the back by police last month, spoke publicly for the first time in video shared by his attorney. >> every 24 hours is pain, it hurts to breathe, it hurts to sleep, it hurts to move from side to side, it hurts to eat. >> yuccas: blake remains hospitalized, paralyzed from the waist down. amidst demonstrations across the country, democratic vice presidential candidate kamala harris responded in an interview to attorney general bill barr's recent comments saying he does not believe there are two justice systems for black and white americans. >> i think that donald trump and bill barr are spending full time in a different reality. the reality of america today is what we have seen over generations and frankly since our inio which is we dha two s n

america. there are few disparities in our country based on race. it does us no good if we want to solve those disparities to pretend they don't exist. >> yuccas: this comes nearly a week after barr said it was a "false narrative" to say there is an epidemic of cops shooting unarmed black men. the white house is on the defense today as more inflammatory stories from a soon to be released memoir by a trump insider were leaked to the press. this as democratic leaders and the administration got together for an increasingly rare bipartisan agreement. here's bofta yimam. >> well, i think the good news is the speaker and i have agreed that neither one of us wants a government shutdown. >> reporter: ahead of congress returning back to session this week, treasury secretary steve mnuchin and nancy pelosi already congn, ovide funding for critical services and federal programs.ss

and the budget for the next coronavirus relief package. >> we have to make sure the public knows, how we can solve this and why the administration is standing in the way of crushing the virus. >> so whether it is one trillion or one and a half trillion, again let's not get caught on a number. let's agree on things. >> reporter: after spending much of the last three days fending off reports he disparage veterans, the president is now facing attacks from one of his former lawyers michael cohen. the former trump insider plans to release a memoir about his work for the president tuesday. cohen made several allegations in the book, obtained by cbs news, including that trump made overt and covert attempts to get russia to interfere in the 2016 election. and calls trump "a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man." in 2018 cohen pleaded guilty to

financial and campaign finance crimes. and lying to congress about his involvement in an effort to build a trump tower in moscow during the last presidential campaign. the white house is calling cohen's book fan fiction and says cohen has lost all credibility. and campaign 2020 continues on as both candidates will visit shanksville, pennsylvania on friday to mark the anniversary of september 11. no word yet if their appearances will overlap. >> yuccas: bofta thank you. a frightening moment in the skies over honolulu saturday night. >> yuccas: you hear that boom, witnesses heard loud booms while passengers saw flashes of light apparently coming from an engine on a chartered military flight. the boeing 767 landed safely. no one was injured. this week infectious disease

experts warned of a cold weather surge in new coronavirus cases. the long-feared second wave may be just weeks away. this as the death toll closes in on 190,000 lives lost in the last six months. here's tom hanson. >> reporter: the long weekend stoked fears of another holiday surge in covid, with packed beaches from california to florida. while hundreds of trump supporters hit the potomac in washington sunday for the trumptilla boat parade, one of many across the country with few masks in sight. >> this is for trump 2020! >> reporter: as new cases continue to rise in at least 27 states, so does the pressure to find a viable vaccine with america's toughest season just ahead. >> we're heading into the fall and winter when we would expect a respiratory pathogen like a coronavirus to start spreading more aggressively. >> reporter: on "face the nation" former f.d.a. commissioner scott gottlieb says scientists will not be hindered by political pressure to expedite a vaccine before the

election. >> the likelihood that we will have a vaccine for widespread use in 2020 is extremely low. i think we need to think of that as largely a 2021 event. >> reporter: but public confidence in a vaccine is another issue. a new cbs news poll shows americans are growing more skeptical. just 21% of voters in the united states say that they would take a vaccine as soon as possible. more than half say they would wait to see what happens and another 21% say that they would never take a vaccine. another interesting thing about this poll is when a vaccine is developed, an overwhelming 75% of americans say that they believe the next president should take it publicly to prove that it's safe. jamie. >> yuccas: that is interesting, tom, thank you. next a look at japan's approach to returning kids to the classroom. what the u.s. hopes to learn. plus from kitchen to community. the idea that is keeping restaurants and hearts open during the pandemic.

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but there is nothing usual about school now: masks are mandatory. desks are barricaded in vinyl. hand washing has become a careful ritual. lunchtime, usually a highlight of the day, where kids dress up and serve each other, has now become a struggle to keep them as spaced and quiet as possible. >> ( translated ): they're first graders so they think this is normal. it's really hard to teach a regular class while keeping everyone safe. >> reporter: compounding the challenge for japanese schools is crowded classrooms. regulations here allow up to 40 children per class, that is double what experts say is double what experts say is optimal during a pandemic. with physical fitness declining, and kids putting on extra weight as families stay home more, teachers have had to get creative about gym class said the health instructor. >> ( translated ): ball games and close contact are out. we try to keep them all facing one direction and avoid shouting. >> repor serywhe are a constant reminder to socially distance, "stay far

apart physically but close spiritually," they read. but total compliance from six year olds, the principal concedes, is futile. >> ( translated ): instead of banning all conversation and keeping kids in a constant state of fear and vigilance it is better to get the basic safeguards right. >> reporter: anxious teachers and parents are hoping that strategy works. lucy craft, cbs news, tokyo. >> yuccas: fingers crossed, lucy. thank you. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, full stomachs and hearts. the lifeline helping restaurants survive the pandemic. new advil dual action

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>> reporter: newark working kitchens pays 25 restaurants to keep their doors open, stoves on and employees paid, cooking for those who need food most. >> thank you. >> it is one of those win-win wins that is really worthy. >> reporter: don katz is the founder and chairman of audible, the audio book company headquartered in newark that has spearheaded fundraising for the program, kicking in seven figures itself. >> since april, 400,000 meals and 25 restaurants, and 10,000 residents needing food getting touched by it. >> it's a humbling experience. >> reporter: celebrity chef marcus samuelsson owns a restaurant in newark. he says the program should be scaled nationwide. >> we need private, public and small businesses to work together it is just the right thing to do. >> reporter: that makes perfect sense to walter green. >> so many people weren't able to work. and now they are able to get a

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they were going to a wedding. so they felt like they were at a special event that day. >> yuccas: their wedding night dinner wasn't glamorous. >> most of the kids just wanted big bowls of mac 'n cheese. i don't blame them. >> it was delicious. >> it really was. >> it was all delicious. >> yuccas: but the donation was enough to feed their special guests for another five days. >> did you learn a lesson in this? >> that even in hard times you can give back. >> yuccas: do you guys think you will redo and have a big wedding? >> i honestly loved the way everyt >> and there was a little boy d.with cupcakehi all ongver hidl and that picture made it all worth it. >> yuccas: how is that for something blue? isn't that just the best. i also loved as the saying goes something old, something new, they want to turn this into an anniversary tradition. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. "60 minutes" is coming up. i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. have a happy labor day and good night.

oh, my god. >> we made it. >> now at 6:00, narrow escapes in the southern sierra where the creek fire is burning out of control and pumping out astonishing amounts of smoke. >> good news is today's heat was the peak of this heat wave. the bad news is i don't think you're going to notice too much difference over the next few days. with an ill wind about to blow this way, will your power stay on? and if it doesn't, what does that mean for everybody working and learning from home? >> because we work virtually, and without electricity, i couldn't get online. >> good evening. i'm brian hackney. >> i'm juliette goodrich. let's get right to the headlines. the big question everyone is wondering in this searing heat,

will my power stay on? at this moment, it's looking good. a statewide flex alert is in effect until 10:00 p.m. but according to what we're seeing on the cal iso website right now, demand is still sitting below the available capacity. the explosive creek fire burning out of control in the southern sierra is not helping matters. we've learned it's taken a power plant off line. >> if has also officially pushed california into the worst wildfire year on record. in terms of acres burned, more than 2 million so far in areas seven times the size of los t'andes. so i much smoke and ash, it's easily visible from space, and on the ground, almost nothing is visible. despite that and somewhat surprisingly, most of the smoke choking the bay area right now is not coming from the creek fire, but that could change when the winds change