anything. >> let's hope. >> not much. >> a little bit, a . captioning sponsored by captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: tonight, unprecedented destruction. tens of thousands of firefighters battle more than 60 large fires in california, washington and oregon, millions of acres torched, the death toll mounting, dozens still missing. oregon officials say several large fires there could burn into the winter. >> this is truly the bellwether for climate change. >> garrett: also, sally's path. the season's 19th named storm bearing down on the coast. ambushed-- the cold-blooded shooting of two california sheriff deputies. the suspect still on the run. >> president trump campaigns in the west where he will soon get a firsthand look at the wild fires. he will celebte firefighters he already found fault. >> it is about forest management. it is very simple. forest management. >> garrett: and the later,

stressed out travelers, be kind and carry on. >> i think people need to know that there is still kindness in this world. >> d. /this is the "cbs weekend news." >> garrett: good evening, everyone. i'm major garrett in washington. fires burn in the west every year, but this year, they may be the most devastating in modern history. california, already there, suffering the worst fire season ever, with four months to go. in oregon, more than a million acres burned last week alone, double a typical year. drought and unseasonable heat, the culprits. desperate searches continue for the missing, and this morning's "los angeles times" declared "climate change apocalypse." oregon governor kate brown agreed, calling this year's fires a horrible harbinger. lilia luciano leads us off tonight.

>> reporter: the west, on edge tonight, as the death toll climbs to at least 33 from the dozens of wildfires burning out of control from california to washington. in hard-hit oregon, a temporary break in the weather allowing search and rescue crews to use cadaver dogs. the alameda fire alone destroying more than 700 structures in the small town of phoenix, including this r.v. park that used to be home to esther reyes and her 13-year-old son, omar. what did you find? "nada, nothing." it is the only home that he knows. what do you say? he said "we're going to make it through." statewide, more than a million acres have burned and left ten dead. oregon's governor, kate brown. >> we have a half a million oregonians who are on some level of evacuation status. so these have been devastating. >> reporter: in washington state, crews battling nine major fires.

today, governor inslee calling them a blowtorch. >> it is apocalyptic. the only moisture in eastern washington was the tears of people who lost their homes. >> reporter: and tonight in northern california there are still at least 13 people missing in the area of the north complex fire, which has burned nearly 300,000 acres. there's not much left of the town of berry creek. >> i cried. i cried for a long time. >> reporter: the 29 major fires in california are filling the skies with hazardous air as firefighters and homeowners prepare for another night of threatening high winds and new evacuations. lilia luciano, cbs news, los angeles. >> garrett: let us move now from the west coast to the gulf coast. tropical storm sally is on target to strike tuesday possibly as a category one hurricane. cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli has the latest. jeff? >> major, the headline is, we expect this to become a cat one

hurricane but it could bring storm surge of a category three. the storm is disorganized but will strengthen over warm waters becoming a hurricane probably tomorrow afternoon making landfall in south east, louisiana tomorrow night into tuesday morning, maybe a 90 mile an hour storm with gusts over 100 miles an hour. and it will bring with it life- threatening storm surge because of the angle it is moving in and the counterclockwise flow, piling water up against the coast areas, 7 to 11 feet of life-threatening storm surgee bi very well at the end be rainfall because it could be moving so slowly, everybody in the white over a foot, some places over two feet of rain. major? >> garrett: jeff, thank you. two los angeles county sheriff's deputies are in critical condition after being shot muiple tn an ambush. it happened last night in compton outside a train station. the suspect was caught on surveillance video approaching the car, firing a weapon without warning, and running off. >> the two deputies were doing

their job, minding their own business, and watching out for the safety of the people on the train. and seeing someone just walk up and just start shooting on them, it pisses me off. and it dismays me at the same time. there is no pretty way to say it. >> garrett: protestors showed up outside the hospital where the deputies were taken and the sheriff's department said some yelled "we hope they die." president trump called for the death penalty if the deputies pass away. joe biden says the perpetrator must be brought to justice. the f.b.i. is assisting with the investigation and the sheriff's office has posted a $100,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest. new cbs polls reveal a tight presidential race, and sustained skepticism over the president's handling of coronavirus. our latest battleground tracker shows former vice president joe biden leading president trump by nine points in minnesota. biden also has a slight edge

over mr. trump in traditionally red arizona, where the president will travel tomorrow. nikole killion is in las vegas, where president trump spent the day rallying supporters. >> reporter: day two of president trump's silver state swing featured a sit-down with latinos in las vegas. >> i'm truly honored to be here today with latinos for trump. >> reporter: an a rally further south in henderson, where some supporters camped out overnight. >> i'm not wearing a mask. that shows that i trust my president. >> i won't be wearing my mask. i am a healthy american. >> reporter: a sentiments echoed at president's kickoff event saturday near lake tahoe where he railed against nevada's democratic governor, who banned large gatherings. >> the governor tried to stop us, he couldn't. >> reporter: fallout over the president's pandemic response mounts as journalist bob woodward releases his new book, "rage," this week. >> i wanted to-- i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down, because i don't want to create a panic. >> what would it mean if the president came out and said the

sky is falling and everybody should be panicked? he presented calm and a steady hand. >> donald trump didn't do his job. >> reporter: as the biden campaign tried to keep the pressure on, the former vice edesident remained off the trail off the trail in wilmin in wilmington. aides disputed an enthusiasm gap. >> the reality is, vice president biden is actively campaigning, as is senator harris, but the difference is we're doing so safely. >> reporter: biden's former primary rival bernie sanders denied reports he has been privately pushing for the campaign to do more to woo liberals and latinos. >> biden is in an excellent position to win this election. but i think we have got to do more as a campaign than just go after trump. >> reporter: another former opponent, mike bloomberg, announced he will invest $100 million to help biden in florida. biden campaigns there this week, while president trump will meet with more latino voters in phoenix monday. major? >> garrett: nikole killion,

thank you. heading into the fall flu season, there is, we're happy to say, some encouraging news on the virus. nationwide, new infections and deaths are down. still, more than 6.5 million americans have been infected, with nearly 194,000 lives lost. here is tom hanson. >> reporter: the first "n.f.l. sunday" of football 2020... >> here we go! >> reporter: ...kicked off, but with drastic changes from this year's pandemic playbook. 13 games today with little to no fans in the stadiums another reminder that america's battle with covid is far from over. while new cases and deaths nationwide are both down by nearly 20%, colleges continue to scramble as emerging hot spots. the latest, michigan state university, where all students are now being asked to self- quarantine for two weeks after at least 342 positive cases. as america heads into flu season the race continues for a vaccine, with astra-zeneca

resuming its clinical trials after a pause over safety concerns, and pfizer c.e.o. albert bourla telling "face the nation's" margaret brennan, his company expects to deliver a vaccine before the ends of the year. >> we have manufactured hundreds of thousands of doses. >> reporter: but former f.d.a. commissioner scott gottlieb says that may be a hail mary. >> for most people, they will not have access to a vaccine until 2021. >> reporter: meanwhile, the pandemic continues to push front-line workers to a breaking point. some nurses in chicago are on strike over p.p.e. shortages, which their counterparts in minneapolis as well as some here in new york state who are threatening to do the same. major? >> garrett: tom hanson, thank you. a georgia sheriff's deputy was fired today after video surfaced of him repeatedly punching a black man during an arrest. a warning, this video is disturbing. 26-year-old roderick walker was a passenger in a ride-share that was pulled over friday night for a broken tail light. walker's attorney say the

officers became angry when walker questioned why they requested his identification, as he wasn't the driver. walker remains under arrest. the white house spent much of last week pushing back against damaging revelations about president trump and bob woodward's new book, "rage." it's published by simon & schuster, which is a division of viacom-cbs. scott pelley spoke with woodward and asked him how the president responded to questions about racism and white privilege. >> reporter: woodward's interviews took a sharp turn may 25, after george floyd was killed by minneapolis police officers. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: the black lives matter movement... >> black lives matter. >> reporter: ...reignited. >> i got it. >> reignited. >> i go >> do you think there is systemic or institutional racism in this country? >> well, i think there is everywhere. i think probably less here than most places, or lease here than many places. >> okay, but is it here in a way that it has an impact on people's lives? >> i think it is. and it's unfortunate.

but i think it is. >> reporter: woodward asked mr. trump if a privileged life left him out of touch. >> and do you have any sense that that privilege has isolated and put you in a cave, to a certain extent? as it put me and i think lots of white privileged people in a cave, and that we have to work our way out of it to understand the anger and the pain particularly black people feel in this country. do you-- >> no. you-- you really drank the kool- aid, didn't you? listen to you, wow. no, i don't feel that at all. >> he was ridiculing me for reflecting what the whole movement after george floyd is.

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robert sharp leads the national geo-spatial intelligence agency, akd mols for highly-classified missions. why was a physical model important to the navy seals planning the raid? >> models like these are just incredibly valuable for execution of operation of this complexity and importance. >> reporter: this is a rare look inside the secret spy agency workshop, where a team of four modelmakers crafted this replica of osama bin laden's hideout, one inch for every seven feet. now, for the first time, one of them is speaking out. he asked us to shield his identity. does your family know you what do? >> they know that i build mode but not what i build models of. >> reporter: it is a three-step process. first they map the boundaries, then create a computer design before printing 3d parts. the bin laden model took six weeks to build. intel flows from eyes in the sky and spies on the ground. >> this compound stuck out for several reasons. it is about eight times larger

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a bizarre crash on the golden gate bridge since half a dozen people to the hospital, including for chp officers. it wasn't the crash that hurt, it was what was inside the car. there is just as much smoke being put into the atmosphere over california as any point. we are at the mercy of the wind and about to get help. it is different and weird. >> the bad air didn't keep the 49ers off the field. how the faithful adapted to the conditions like no other.

let's get to the developing news. the chp said everyone involved was likely exposed to fentanyl which was inside the car that crashed. he is live on the other side of the bridge where it all happened. >> reporter: the scene has been cleared. the alexander offramp and on- ramp are now open. for much of the afternoon it was closed because hazmat crews had to be called in to clean up the scene because of what is believed to be a large amount of fentanyl. shortly before noon, officers got a call about a possibly impaired driver. authorities say this gray lexus collided into the median barrier near the golden gate bridge toll