>> we will see more stories on her, for sure. that's it for us. >> news updates ar captioning sponsored by cbs >> diaz: tonight, travel surges with covid appearing in the rearview mirror. crowded highways, packed planes, open attractions-- those on the move told to also pack their patience. but the weather proving problematic for millions. we'll tell you where. ens morial dayweekheem lives of ser a >> if people come, rain or shine, to arlington, which is incredibly impactful. >> diaz: plus, drivers start your engines! a memorial day tradition returns to the speedway in indianapolis. meet millicent simmonds. the "quiet place" actress tell

us why her deafness is her strength. >> you don't really see people like me on the screen. >> reporter: and minneapolis, one year later. one man's business goes from collateral damage to a sign of hope, all thanks to strangers. >> i thought i was ruined. i didn't know what my next plan was. this is the "cbs weekend news" from chicago. here's adriana diaz. >> diaz: good evening. here's a headline we haven't heard in over a year: expect traffic. unlike last memorial day weekend, things have drastically changed. travel is at a pandemic peak, nearly, with covid cases down and vaccinations up from zero to 51% of all american adults in less than six months. but danger still lurks with new infections hovering around 23,000 a day. cbs' lilia luciano has the latest from santa monica, california. lilia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening,

adriana. around six million people are expected to travel through airports this weekend. i'll tell you, i was one of them and it was hard to even find a seat. tonight, a travel boom as americans mark the unofficial start to summer. >> we're headed to hawaii. >> to atlanta. >> arkansas. >> new york. >> reporter: nearly two million flyers packed planes on friday alone, a pandemic-era record. >> when i got the ticket, they said it was the last seat available. >> reporter: vaccinated or not, masks are required. southwest and american airlines have both pressed pause on plans to resume full alcohol service, citing a rise in passenger disruptions. most travelers are hitting the road even as gas price surge to a seven-year high. pump prices nationwide now average just over $3 a gallon;

they were less than $2 this time last year. >> it's kind of hard for the pocketbook. >> reporter: traffic at some national parks is also bumper- to-bumper. you wont get into yosemite without a reservation. in florida, miami beach is beefing up security ahead of a long weekend of partying... >> i don't see any people at home. it's just mind-blowing out here. >> reporter: ...leading to concerns about unvaccinated visitors. california is still on track to fully reopen on june 15. here in santa monica, you still have to wear a mask if you're indoors or among a crowd. adriana? >> diaz: look at all those people! lilia luciano, thank you so much. severe weather is impacting holiday plans for millions. cbs meteorlogist jeff beradelli joins us now with all the details. jeff, good evening. >> good evening, adriana. good evening, everyone. it is downright cold. it's been a rainy day here in

new york city, really all up and down the i-95 corridor. it snowed today in vermont, and we still have this round of rain hugging the coastline. we're going to see another round of rain during the day tomorrow. on the radar, you can see that. so, it looks like another fairly miserable day for your sunday. and we also have rain to talk about in denver. denver is going to see anywhere between an inch to an inch and a half of rain, maybe snow, in the rockies. now, across the west coast, it is dry as a bone, and that's the way it's going to stay. and we have a heat wave on top of that, a big heat dome. that means high temperatures on sunday and into monday, as high as 105 to 110 degrees. now, putting the drought into perspective, last year it was a modest drought, but this year it is record territory drought with about 70% of the west covered in severe, extreme or exceptional drought. what a difference a year can make. adriana. >> diaz: all right, jeff berardelli, thank you so much.

federal officials tonight are investigating the crash of a small jet in tennessee. the f.a.a. says the cessna plunged into a lake shortly after take off. it happened about 20 miles southeast of nashville. seven people were on board. at least one person is confirmed dead. we learned today that local authorities in san jose, california, were never notified by federal authorities in 2016 that samuel cassidy was a potential threat. that's when agents found cassidy with books about terrorism and writings about hating his workplace. he shot nine of his co-workers to death this week. the biden administration is responding to the brazen arrest of a dissident in belarus. cbs' christina ruffini is at the white house with all the details. so, christina, what action is the white house taking? >> reporter: good evening, adriana. in a statement released last night, the white house said belarus diverted a commercial airline "under false pretenses" in order to arrest a dissident who was on board, calling it against all international norms. they also said they're

considering a new round of sanctions, and they're going to reinforce the sanctions against nine belarusian entities that were already in ceweekend, we sw protests across europe against this arrest and against belarusian leader alexander lukashenko, who has been struggling to hold on to power since contested elections in 2020. of course, all this comes as president biden is set to meet with russian president vladimir putin in geneva in a few weeks. now, belarus and russia have a very close relationship, but none of this is likely to alter or cancel or delay that summit. neither are reports of another russian hacking, this time against u.s.a.i.d., which is a division of the state department, against their email server. officials we talked to said that's because the president wants to get in the room with his russian counterpart, look him in the eye and address all these issues and many more in person. >> diaz: christina ruffini with all the geopolitics, thank you so much. for the first time in over a year, more than 150 national veterans' cemeteries are open to the public this memorial day without covid restrictions.

cbs' david martin was at arlington national cemetery today, where families and hallowed traditions are returning. ( applause ) >> reporter: it was raw and raining this morning at section 60 in arlington national cemetery, where the fallen from iraq and afghanistan are buried. sarah geisen's brother, special forces captain andrew ross, was killed in afghanistan in 2018. he was 29, newly-married and planning to start a family. instead, he came home to section 60. >> most of the people who rest here chose to do this post 9/11. that most of these kids were kids when this happened. they chose to go into this long war and give their lives for you, for me. >> reporter: marine lance corporal terry honeycutt was just 19 when he stepped on a landmine in afghanistan in 2010.

his youthful idealism is etched on his headstone. >> next week, he'd be 30 years old. >> reporter: his mother, christine, comes here just to be close. >> it just makes me feel better to sit and talk to him. >> reporter: for the past year, covid has kept arlington closed to all but family. >> i have never seen arlington be more empty. >> reporter: does that make a difference in the way you feel when you go there? >> i like to see arlington have visitors because every single person that's buried there deserves to be remembered. >> reporter: arlington is opening up to visitors again, and ryan manion borek has organized an army of volunteers to make sure everyone here is honored. >> making sure that these families know that somebody over the course of this weekend spent time to stand in front of their loved one's grave and to remember them. >> reporter: ryan's brother, travis, was buried here in 2010. in the 11 years since, look how many more headstones have been added.

>> now, there are so many rows that follow. >> reporter: andrew ross, killed in 2018, is in the next to last row. now, with all american troops coming home from afghanistan and with visitors coming back to arlington, we can all say a memorial day prayer: please, let there be no more rows of headstones in section 60. david martin, cbs news, arlington national cemetery. >> diaz: what a beautiful story. we're so grateful for the sacrifice of these servicemembers and their families. well, this memorial day weekend marks a return to tradition in indianapolis. the indy 500 will become the biggest crowd-- will host the biggest crowd at a sporting event since the start of the pandemic. bob donaldson of our cbs affiliate, wttv, in indianapolis is at the speedway. >> reporter: the iconic indianapolis motor speedway has been eerily quiet through the pandemic. the indy 500 was postponed last

memorial day weekend, and the race was run without fans last august. but as the nation recovers from covid, so, too, does the legendary speedway. >> i love this place, and i've missed this place. >> reporter: fans have returned to what they call the brickyard this year, though some things have changed ♪ i'm still standing... ♪ so-called "mask ambassadors" circulate in the stands, trying in vain often to get fans to comply with local masking requirements still in place here. 135,000 fans will watch the race in person. that's 40% of the track's capacity and enough, speedway officials say, to maintain social distance. >> as you're coming in and as you're standing in concession stands and going to restrooms, we're trying to keep people distanced as much as possible, so you'll see signage everywhere. >> reporter: but not all the changes at this speedway are pandemic-related this year. for the first time, a female- dominated team will line up on the starting grid for a chance to make history.

simona de silvestro will lead the paretta autosport team, supported by a crew made up of almost entirely women, a first in this male-dominated sport. >> it's so cool to be working alongside other women who are so driven to what you love to do. >> we are giving j&j vaccines today. >> reporter: but the vaccine clinic right there on the speedway infield provides a stark reminder that this will be an indy 500 unlike any other... >> i love the atmosphere. >> reporter: ...one that race organizers hope provides one more landmark in the race to normalcy. for cbs news, i'm bob donaldson in indianapolis. >> diaz: actor gavin macleod has died. macleod became a tv star as murray, the lovable news writer on "the mary tyler moore show." you remember him. when that hit ended, he went on to another, suiting up as captain stubing, the skipper of "the love boat." gavin macleod died at home in palm desert, california. he was 90 years old.

straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," new calls for tokyo's olympic games to be rescheduled again. also, big screen movies are back. we'll meet the young star of "a quiet place, part ii."

>> diaz: the delayed tokyo olympics are set to open in just two months. but with japan now experiencing its fourth covid wave, cbs' lucy craft reports calls are growing to cancel the games. >> reporter: the olympic torch relay is crisscrossing japan. by july, it's set to pass right here, by tokyo's tachikawa general hospital. but there's no welcome message in the window. the sign says, "medical care is at a breaking point. stop the olympics!" with nurses understaffed and overworked caring for covid patients, the hospital took the unheard-of step of publicly venting their opposition to the games.

director masaya takahashi said, "if there was solid scientific evidence that the olympics won't end up making the pandemic worse, there would be no reason for us to speak out." prime minister suga has promised a "safe and secure" games, with rigorous testing and tight restrictions on athletes. but with tens of thousands of support staff, media and sponsors, plus japanese fans set to converge on tokyo, overwhelmed physicians like dr. kentaro iwata fear the worst. what would you say that the feeling is among doctors like yourself right now? are you angry or frustrated? >> well, i sense some sort of powerlessness because i don't see any rationale or logic behind what the-- japan's government or i.o.c. is saying. regardless of the risk or danger or problems surrounding the olympic games, they would just go forward because they want money. >> reporter: japan has already

invested $25 billion in the olympics, the most expensive games ever. canceling the event would cost billions more. meanwhile, japan is in a race against time to vaccinate itself. when the games start in late july, under current plans, only about a third of the country will be vaccinated, fueling fear about an olympic-sized super- spreader event. lucy craft, cbs news, tokyo. >> diaz: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the young star of "a quiet place, part ii" tells us why it's important to see deaf actors on screen.

>> diaz: memorial day weekend kicks off hollywood's delayed summer season. returning to the big screen: the sequel to "a quiet place," directed by actor john krasinski. among its stars, millicent simmonds, who, like her character, is deaf. we met this week with the

inspiring young actress. i watched half of the movie like this because i was so scared! no need to be sorry! >> does it mean i've done my job? >> diaz: you did your job, and then some! her job is to star as the daring and defiant heroine of the stomach-twisting sequel. in this movie, millicent simmonds' character, regan, has a way to use her deafness as a defense. >> she's the heroine. she's saving the world. it's helped me reframe how i can take advantage of all of these "disadvantages" and turn it around and make something more positive. >> diaz: on set, she helped teach her cast members how to sign. >> everybody has a different style of signing. john is a-- a big signer. he uses his sign space quite well. emily, on the other hand, is more fluid and artistic. she's almost model-like when she's producing her signs. >> diaz: her life experience also shaped the film in another y.

the sound drops in some scenes to represent regan's point of view. >> it's so nice to be able to see somebody else watch this film and understand what the perspective is like. >> diaz: she's put that perspective to use, helping design masks like these. >> deaf people rely on facial expressions and lip reading. so, when a mask covers your face, you can't always communicate. i wanted to help out, and i felt that it was a personal responsibility for me. >> diaz: simmonds got her break at 14 years old in 2017's "wonderstuck." her drama club teacher pushed her to audition. >> never did i think i would become a professional actor. we don't see that. you don't really see people like me on the screen. >> diaz: that role launched from her family's home in utah, to hollywood sets, premieres, and onto her own platform. >> i want kids out there to see themselves represented on screen. they can be the ones to save people. they don't have to be saved. >> diaz: have you faced those

challenges, people feeling like you need to be saved or people doubting your ability? >> people would maybe feel sorry for me or pity me. and then, ade metart to question myself, "am i not normal?" but, after filming, and, you know, just kind of growing up a little bit more, i'm finding who i am. i can tell people, "i'm proud to be deaf." >> diaz: representation is so important. next on the "cbs weekend news," italy's mount etna, spectacular again.

>> diaz: sicily's mount etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, is putting on quite a show. this is the fourth eruption in the last six days. no homes are threatened, but the local airport was forced to shutdown. now to another mountain top. two climbers set records at mt. everest this week. 75-year-old arthur muir became the oldest american to reach the peak. and tsang yin-hung from hong kong set the record for the

fastest ascent by a woman, scaling the 29,000-foot peak in less than 26 hours. if there's a glass ceiling that high, it just shattered. when we return: hope, faith and generosity helps a minneapolis business destroyed a year ago, rebuild.

>> diaz: we end tonight in minneapolis. a year after george floyd's death, the city is still struggling. crime is up sharply, and rebuilding the area around whatowre y be sw. but, as cbs' jeff pegues reports, t year makes. >> what a difference. yes. >> reporter: a year ago, korboi "k.b." balla was preparing to open his dream restaurant in minneapolis. this is where your restaurant used to be. >> right there. >> reporter: but in the hours after george floyd's death, it became collateral damage.

looters smashed windows and vandalized the place. thieves tried to steal his safe right in front of him. >> hey, he's trying to steal the safe! >> reporter: adding insult to injury, the very next day, an arsonist burned the building to the ground. balla, who is a firefighter, stood helpless and defeated. that was your dream. >> oh, definitely. >> reporter: at your lowest points, did you think you were ruined? >> yes. yes, i thought i was ruined. i didn't know what to-- i didn't know what my next plan was. >> reporter: he std a gofundme account, and, within a matter of days, 34,000 donors contributed more than $1 million. did you believe your eyes when you saw money multiplying? >> oh, no. >> reporter: the firefighter who needed help got it from people across the country who saw his

story and believed in him. this is the new space. >> this is the new space. >> reporter: and now, his dream has come to reality again with a new restaurant, thanks to the generosity of complete strangers. it's almost as if they were they investing in you. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: and investing in your dream. >> mm-hmm. 100%. >> reporter: how do you pay that back? >> just pay it forward. >> reporter: he's launched a non-profit to help others in the community realize their dreams, too. >> i have a different perspective on life right now. you know, what can i do as a person, you know, to impact another person's life? >> reporter: a year that saw moments of grief and anger also gave k.b. balla and his family hope. jeff pegues, cbs news, minneapolis. >> diaz: hope is so important. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night.

captioning sponsored by cbs life from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. in some spots, the aftermath is unmistakable. in others, you almost have to look hard to see the evidence of what happen what you can see now that a little piece of big basin has finally reopened. don't be fooled by hyundais today was. the rest of the weekend won't feel anything like this. this was the easy one. i will talk about the heat advisory for monday, coming up. colleagues reveal chilling new details about the vta shooter, his shocking outburst

just a month before the massacre. we begin with the weather, taking a live look across the bay area, sunny skies in the east bay giving way to a deeper shade of gray. >> but don't let this cool start to the holiday weekend full you. >> it's not just the heat, but how fast it will turn on. today, didn't even notice it. tomorrow, we are just using inland parts of the bay area as the example because this is where the heat will be felt the most. 95 tumor, big jump there. then that turns into 104 by the time we get to monday. that's the time we have the heat advisory and excessive heat warning for others. everyone on the map in brown as the heat advisory, including the north bay and the east bay. east of the hills and contra costa and alameda county. if you look at solano county, you are not shaded on this map