. unpress debited destruction. tens of thousands of firefighters battle more that were 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 winters. >> this is truly the bell weather for climate change. >> also the 19th named storm now bearing down on the gulf coast. ambushed. the cold blooded shooting of two sheriff's deputies, the suspect on the run. president trump campaigns in the west where he will get a firsthand look at firefighters. he'll celebrate firefighters. >> it is about forrest

management. forest management. >> and later a message for travellers. be kind and carry on. >> i think that people need to know that there's still kindness in this world. this is the "cbs overnight news." 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 unseasonal heat, the cull prilts. desperate searches continue for the missing and this morning's los angeles times declared "climate change apocalypse." there was agreement lilia

luciano leads us off tonight. >> reporter: the west on edge as the death toll climbs to at least 33 from the dozens of wildfires burning out of control from california to washington. in hard-hits ok a temporary break in the weather allowing searchers to use cadaver dogs. more than 700 structures destroyed, including this rv park, home to this multi-. >> what did he say? >> he said we're going to make it through. >> more than a million acres have burned and left ten dead. the governoye we y oregonians w are on some level of evacuation stoirk . so these have been devastating.

>> reporter: the governor calling them a blow torch. >> it's apocalyptic. >> reporter: 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 skies in california are filling the skies with hazardous smoke as homeowners prepare for another night. lilia luciano, cbs news, los angeles. >> tropical storm sally is on schedule to strike tuesday possibly as a hurricane one hurricane. cbs news neurologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli has

more. >> it could bring with it a storm surge of a category three. it will become a hurricane probably tomorrow afternoon, making landfall in southeast louisiana tomorrow night into tuesday morning, maybe a 90-mile-an-hour storm with gusts over 100 miles an hour and it will will bring with it life threatening storm surge, piling water up. seven to 11 feet of life threatening storm surge. the biggest impact could be rachl. it's going to be moving so slowly. nerve the white over a feet. some places, over two feet of rain. major. >> two los angeles county sheriff's deputies are in critical condition after a shooting last night outside a train station in compton. the suspects were caught on video, firing the weapon and

running off. >> two deputies were watching out for the safety of the people on the train and seeing someone just walk up and start shooting on them, it pisses me off. it displays me at the same time. there's no pretty way to say it. >> reporter: protesters showed up outside the hospital where the deputies were taken. some yelled "we hope they die." president trump called for the death penalty if the deputies pass away. the fbi is assisting with the investigation. the sheriff's office has posted a $100,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest. new cbs news polls revealght pr sustained skepticism over the president's handling of the coronavirus. te day two of itrump.>>

president trump's silver state swing including saturday-down. >> i'm here with latinos for trump. >> i'm not wearing a mafblgt it shoetz that i trust my. . >> i'm healthy american. roichlt a sentiment echoed at the president's kickoff event near lake tahoe where he railed against the governwho banned la gatherings. >> he tried to stop us help couldn't. >> reporter: bob woodward release his new book "rage" this week. >> i wanted to -- i always wanted to play it down. i still like playing it down. >> yes, syrup.

>> what would happen if the president came out and said "the sky is falling." he praenltd strong and steady hand. >> he didn't do his job. >> reporter: the former vice president remained off the trail in wilmington. aides dends an enthusiasm gap. >> we're doing so safely. >> reporter: biden's primary rival bernie sanders denied reports he's been pushing for the campaign to do more to woo democrats and conservatives. >> i think we've got to do more as a campaign than just go after trump. >> reporter: mike bloomberg announced he will invest $100 million to help biden in florida.he this week while trump meets more in

monday. >> we'll thank you nikole killion. the cbs "cbs overnight news will be right

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nationwide are both down by 20% colleges continue to scramble anesthesia merge hot spots. the latest, minnesota state university, where all students are being asked to self-kwarn dean for three weeks after at least 342 positive cases. as america heads into the flu season, the race continues for a vaccine with ags tra zeneca continuing its trials after a pause. his company expects to dlooifr a vaccine before the end of the year. but former fda commissioner scott gottleib said that may be a hail mary. >> mtplil not have access until 2021. >> reporter: some nurses in chicago are on strike over ppe shortages with their counterparts in minneapolis swills some in new york state threatening to do the same.

major. >> thank you. a sheriff's deputy was fired today a video. this is disturbing. 26-year-old roderick walker was a passenger in a ride share that was pulled over friday night for a broken taillight. walker's attorneys say they became angry when they requested his identification as he wasn't the driver. walker remains under arrest. the white house spent much of last night pushing back against bob booed ward's book "rage"". it's published by simon & shutter, a division of viacom-cbs. >> woodward's interviews took a sharp turn may 25th after georgo floyd was killed after minneapolis police officers. the blacks lives matter movement

re-ignited. >> you think there is systemic or institutional racism in this country? >> i think there is wherever. itch think probably less here than most laces or less here than many places. >> but is it here the way it has an impact on people's lives? >> i think it is. it's unfortunate but i think it is. >> 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 a lot 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 kneel this country. >> no. >> do you see --

>> you really drank the kool- d kool-aid, didn't you? listen to you. wow. i don't feel that at all. >> he was rid cooling me for reflecting what the whole movement after george floyd is. >> reporter: and straight ahead our exclusive look inside the crave will reveal one of its best kept secrets on the bin laden raid. and protecting people but polluting the environment.

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conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. >> reporter: months before the successful raid by seal team six, they zeroed in on this miftdous compound in afghanistan. >> it's different. >> reporter: he leads the intelligence agency that makes maps and models for highly classified mission. >> why was a physical model important? >> models like these are incredibly valuable for an execution of operation of this complexity and importance. >> reporter: this is a rare look inside the workshop where a team of four model makers contracted this model, one inch per every seven fooet feet. now one of them is speak out. he asked us to shield hisentity. does your flame know what you do? >> they know i build models but they don't know what i build

models of. >> reporter: they create computer design before printing the 3-d parks. it took six weeks to build. it had eyes in the sky and spies on the ground. >> it's eight times ladies and gentlemen than surrounding compounds. other compounds they build right out to the walls. you see this. the house is centered. >> that tells you the person's focused on their security. >> very focused on the security. >> with high walls to hide the 6'4" bin laden. >> did you ever think about what lived there? >> we had discussion about who we thought it might have been. >> we joke about if we're 3408ding your house, you got something coming. >> the did not go as planned as a helicopter was forced to make a controlled crash. as the world cheered the al

qaeda leader's death, the seals got a message to the model team. >> the navy seals passed along that they were able to count their footsteps based off of the model. >> you helped keep the navy seals safe that night. >> yeah. that's how i look at projects like this. >> reporter: catherine herridge, cbs news, the pentagon. >> there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." disposable masks and gloves protecting us from the

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british officials estimate that 90% of adults in that country wear masks when they go outdaers. now they're urging them to use only reusable masks. here's roxana saberi. >> reporter: emily stephenson has been books has spent more than a decade cleaning up trash. >> we've found bottlings from russia before. >> she showed us what she discovers. >> we're findingoric tt more b knick general. roicht as the pandemic has spread, she's been fighting single use masks and gloves. >> 171 plastic gloves. >> reporter: how long can this stuff stay in the environment? >> we find things on our beach

cleans decades old. the thing about the ppe is that it quite often will get saturated, the facemasks, they'll sink to the bottom. once the plastic and trash is on the sea floor, there's no telling how long it's going to stay there for. >> reporter: it's adding to the roughly 300 million tongues of waste they say produced every year. >> we've seen a massive change in covid waste. >> reporter: natalie fie runs city so sea. >> these aren't recyclable. they've got the medal thing in in there to hold it to your nose. with a reusable mask, you can put it in the wash at the end of the day. should keep washing our hands but single use plastic is surging in other ways. deliveries wrapped in plastic have soared.

u.s. cities and states have postponed bans on plastic bags. single use plastic is the safest material to prevent people from covid-19. the ceo has called on the department of health to speak out on bans against these problems as a pup safety risk but the world health organization has stated the virus can survive on plastic for up to three days. >> actually it's not proven to be any safer than reusable. >> reporter: emily said despite the mounting trash, she's still hopeful about the future. >> communities are so engaged and they want to fight this. >> reporter: now that many people have reconnected with nature during lockdowns, she believes they'll try harder to protect it. roxana be, cbs news, london.

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visit right now or call during business hours. finally tonight air travel is down more than 70% this year. while airports and planes are certainly less crowd, coronavirus has made travel more stressful that ever. kris van cleave introduces us to one frequent flyer trying to ease some of that stress. >> i hope you have a good day today. >> reporter: holding a hand. of homemade happiness. >> i just want somebody's day to be better.

>> reporter: katherine knight is changing the world one kind word at a time. >> my son wrote that one. >> oh, thank you. >> reporter: while traveling to work. >> have a good day. >> reporter: she's hang out cards. >> i really want to make the world a better place. >> well, you did today. >> reporter: each with a message meant to shine light into these dark days. joouf to wear a smoosk you can't see somebody's smierl if they're sad. if you watch somebody's eyes, you can kind of determine maybe that person needs a pick-me-up. >> perhaps more now than ever. >> i think people need to know reenstore love and faith andd hope in people. >> reporter: but in the age of covid. >> have a nice day. >> thank you. >> reporter: you can't blame heidi for being a little skeptical until the message sunk in. >> i was super stressed out when i get the three doids myself.

that was a nice pick-me-up for sure. >> reporter: thism actf kindness started three years ago. coming up with up lifting images fo peo theve never met and may never see again. more than 25,000 of them so far. the note says simply "you're perfect." >> it popped in my head and i thought someone wanted to hear that. >> reporter: michael jones needed to hear it. he's not sure if he will have a job. >> it helps. i think everybody's having their own strugglingle. >> reporter: a small reminder we're still all in this together. kris van cleave, thbsz, washington. >> and that's the "cbs overnight news" for this sunday. follow us online at knsd.com and join me for my weekly podcast the takeout.

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening, everyone. i'm major garrett in washington. fires burn in the west every year by this year they may be the most devastated in modern history. desperate searches continue for the missing and this morning's los angeles times declared "climate change apocalypse." there was agreement lilia luciano leads us off tonight.

>> reporter: the west on edge as the death toll climbs to at least 33 from the dozens of wildfires burning out of control from california to washington. inn vr in hard-hit oregon, a temporary break in the weather allowing searchers to use cadaver dogs. more than 700 structures destroyed, including this rv park, home to this multi-. >> what do you find? nothing. this is the only home he knows. what did he say? >> he said we're going to make it through. >> more than a million acres have burned and left ten dead. the governor kaye brown. >> we have many oregonians who are on some level of evacuation status, so these have been devastating. >> reporter: the governor

calling them a blow torch. >> it's apocalyptic. the only moisture in eastern washington was the tears of people who have lost their homes. >> reporter: 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 hazardous air as firefighters and homeowners prepare for another night of high wind and evacuations. lilia luciano, cbs news, los angeles. >> move now from the west coast to the gulf coast, tropical storm sally is on schedule to strike tuesday possibly as a hurricane one hurricane. cbs news neurologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli has more.

>> we expect this to become a cat one hurricane but it could bring with it a surge of a category three. it will become a hurricane probably tomorrow afternoon, making landfall in southeast 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 us life threatening storm surge, piling water up against the coast. the areas in red, seven to 11 feet of life threatening storm surge. the biggest impact could be rainfall. it's going to be moving so slowly. everybody in the white, over a foot. some places, over two feet of rain. major. >> two los angeles county sheriff's deputies are in critical condition after a shooting last night outside a train station in compton. the suspect was caught on surveillance video, firing the weapon and

running off. >> the two deputies were watching out for the safety of the people on the train and seeing someone just walk up and start shooting on them, it pisses me off. it displays me at the same time. there's no pretty way to say it. >> reporter: protesters showed up outside the hospital where the deputies were taken. some yelled "we hope they die." president trump called for the death penalty if the deputies pass away. the fbi is assisting with the investigation. the sheriff's office has posted a $100,000 reward for information leading to the suspect's arrest. new cbs news polls reveal a tight presidential race and sustained skepticism over the president's handling of the coronavirus. our brate latest battle ground tracker show biden leading trump. the president will troovl arizona tomorrow. our nikole killion is with trump. >> reporter: day two of president trump's silver state swing featured a sit-down with

latinos. >> i'm here with latinos for trump. >> some supporters camped out overnight. >> i'm not wearing a mask. it shows that i trust my president. i won't be wearing a mask. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed at the president's kickoff event near lake tahoe where he railed against the governor who banned large gatherings. >> he tried to stop us help couldn't. >> reporter: bob woodward release his new book "rage" this week. >> i wanted to -- i always wanted to play it down. i still like playing it down. >> yes, syrup. >> i wouldn't want to create a panic. >> what would happen if the president came out and said "the sky is falling." he presented a strong and steady hand. >> he didn't do his job. >> reporter: the former vice president remained off the trail in wilmington. aides denied an enthusiasm gap.

>> we're doing so safely. >> reporter: biden's primary rival bernie sanders denied reports he's been pushing for the campaign to do more to woo liberals and la kinos. >> i think we've got to do more as a campaign than just go after trump. >> reporter: mike bloomberg announced he will invest $100 million to help biden in florida. biden campaigns there this week while trump meets more in latino voters on monday. major? >> we'll thank you nikole killion. the cbs "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

here is tom hanson. >> reporte tball 2 >> here we go. >> reporter: kicked off but with dramatic changes. 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 20% colleges continue to scramble as emerging hot spots. as america heads into the flu season, the race continues for a vaccine with astrazeneca continuing its trials after a pause. his company expects to deliver a vaccine before the end of the year. but former fda commissioner scott gottleib said that may be a hail mary. >> most people will not have access until 2021. meanwhile the pandemic contines

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this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm major garrett reporting from the cbs news room here in washington. america marked 19 years since the september 11 attacks last week. for the families of many of those killed that day, the pain still lingers, especially since five accused plotters of those faced justice. catherine herridge has the story. >> this is peter. his first time holding the baby. >> reporter: eunice hanson and her husband lee never recovered after losing their son peter and his young family. >> it's like your heart was crushed by a rock. roichlt on september 11, 2001,

peter, his wife sue kim and their daughter christine were headed to california to visit family and disneyland. but at 8:52 tam hanson's got an alarming calm. it was just six minutes after a jet crashed into the world trade center's north tower. >> peter said, dad, the plane has been hijacked. and i don't know what they're going to do, where we're going to go. >> the young family was on united airlines flight 175. at 9:00 a.m. peter made one last dual his father. >> he said "dad, it'soi quick,on't n thee "oh, my god, oh, guy god." three minutes later their plane slammed into the world trade center's south tower. >> we saw it on television at

the same time. that was the horror of it. >> reporter: was your husband ever the same after the phone call? >> no, he was never the same. >> reporter: christine hanson was the youngest of eight children. here peter rabbit and other keepsakes are in the 9/11 museum. >> she would be 21 today. >> you lost a lot on that day on 9/11? >> i lost most of my family. i had lost my husband at that date, too. >> christine lee hanson. >> 19 years later, eunice hanson is one of many still waiting for the five suspects, including the self-described architect of the attack to be prosecuted at the guantanamo bay cuba military base. what explains the delay of 19 years? >> it's inexplicable to me. >> reporter: 24 attorney

represent represented him at the military court. >> they have no ability to put on a complicated death case involving multiple defendants. they've never >> reporter: the bush administration held them in cia secret prisons where they were interrogated using extreme tactics that critics call torture. >> the very reason these defendants were taken in gadget mow in the first place is because the cia wanted to protect these secrets at all costs. >> the department of justice will pursue prosecution in ferk. >> reporter: the obama administration's effort to transfer the suspects to new york city to stand trial failed after mountsing political pressure and security concerns. >> you want to give him a stage in that federal courthouse. >> reporter: in 2017, lee hanson shared his story with military investigators.

>> he said, all i wanted to do was get the story out. that's all i wanted. and i want to see justice. >> reporter: but he died the following year. did lee expect to see justice in his lifetime? >> he hoped to see justice. but he thought -- he thought all along he never ary spokesperson told cbs news the 9/11 case is complex and the goal is to afford fairness. due to covid-19, the trial's january start date is unlikely. eunice often visits the connecticut cemetery where her husband lee's ashes were sbernld with peter sue kim and christine. >> i accept the fact that my family has gone home to god, and that gives me peace, but i don't think i will have peace, total peace myself until the trial.

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>> i don't know if you're interviewing you. >> hopefully we'll never know because it will be an unguarded respectful conversation. >> please welcome berube. >> reporter: drew barrymore is all about conversation these days. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: she'll be doing a lot of it. debuting her very own talk show on cbs. >> here we go, everybody. >> reporter: in a studio just down the flaul ours. >> welcome to our set, lee. this is three sets. woemp a little envy owls. her studio is aotggsh en has he. >> reporter: are you a cook, though? >> i am but i'm not cute and sexy and cool. i'm like [ jinnerish ] >> reporter: for guests who

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without my teeth. >> what are you talk about? >> oh. >> reporter: as she grew, so did her talk show acumen. she always knew how to make the stage her own. david letterman still hasn't forget enl that. >> i think if there's one thing i've learned in a long life in front of people, there is a line, there is tmi, and i kind of know what that line is. it's a ceiling. >> reporter: have you talked to letterman or fallon or how do you do this? >> all of the boef,y. >> reporter: is there a thread of advice? >> they all say pace yourself. i've been working sings i was 11 months old, you don't even know

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when she was legally emancipated from her abusive alcoholic father and her troubled manager multi-. when you look back on those days in court when you were emancipated, do you see an adult there? >> i see someone who knew i probably was or're going to go the way of the cliche, they say. >> reporter: if you believe blood lines carry a story line, too. the barre irmoors were famous. all with reputations that drew knew all too well. >> come on kchlt i get ah glass of mill, honey? >> i'm a barrie moore. get me a drink and make it a double. >> i pushed the limits a lot. many dirchlts times in my life. and i'm very lucky.

i know that. i tested. i pushed. probably too far. many a time. >> you always came back to the center somewhere. >> i at least tried to meet that blessing with having learned something. >> reporter: she rebounded, starring in film after film. >> why do you want to know my name? >> i want no know who i'm looking at. >> reporter: about one a year, sometimes two. >> i think i'm doomed to wander the planet alone forever. >> kind of like the incredible humming, huh? >> yeah. >> reporter: comedy was her specialty. >> good morning. [ screaming. >> reporter: when she was only 20 she founded flower films. >> good morning, angels. good morning, charlie. >> reporter: which soon has her starring in and producing films like charles angels. she dove into business, twoorks a successful cosmetics lierngs

flower beauty, and more recently a clothing line as well. >> if that doesn't give you some perspective for every job you get, nothing will. i am like i am working! this is amazing. >> reporter: automatic of it while raising olive and frankie whom she had with ex-husband copeland. >> i want to be about decore up. find my way here. so yeah i've lived a lot of different lives. this is what's born to me now. my kids have inspired me to be the best person i investor been in my life and i thank them every single day for that. >>. >> reporter: she knows daytime is a crowded time slot. talk shows come and go, after all. if there's anything she's proven, it's that her super power is her staying power.

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on friday, 19 years to the day after the 9/11 attacks a hero of the afghanistan war received the nation's highest militaries award.

the medal of honor. david martin has the story of sergeant major patrick payne and his extraordinary courage. >> reporter: sergeant major patrick payne was a senior in high school on 9/11. did younlse o11 eporte heonor for his actions ia daring hostage rescue in 2014. >> as we're flying the target, the pilot passes that one-minute call back and that's when joking stops and that's when but make the transition from soldier to warrior. >> reporter: the elite force stormed a compound. you can hear the firefight going on outside as they herd the prisoners out of their cells bill more were trapped in a second building, which was on fire and in danger of collapse. payne ran inside with a pair of bolt cutters to cut the locks. how many times did you go back in that building? >> think a total of four or fiv.

>> reporter: four or five times. on fire. in danger of collapsing, enemy fire. >> it was our duty to bring those men home. >> reporter: more than 70 hostages about to die instead freed from their cells and flown to freedom. >> they realized they were being liberated and that's when it hit me. i'm like what did we just do. >> reporter: one thing he did was bring honor on the 9/11 generation. david martinez, cbs news, the pentagon. >> in an additional gesture of on hor, they named theiron after another hero,hero, master sergeant josh whee a fellow soldier who died in that rescue mission in afghanistan. that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs news this morning. follow us on line at cbsnews.com and join us for our weekly podcast, the takeout. reporting from the nation's

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