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kpix.com. >> always a pleasure ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> duncan: tonight feeling the heat. record-breaking temperatures from the midwest to the northeast. major cities declare heat emergencies. millions seek relief outside. >> also tonight first trip, president biden visits european leaders this week while vice president harris today heads to guatemala and mexico. cbs news is there. >> here in guatemala vice president harris will come face to face with the immigration crisis. >> duncan: plus former president trump begins his next act, looking back. >> our movement is far from over. in fact it is just getting started. >> duncan: it's a girl.
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meghan and harry welcome a new baby. her name ahead. vaccine holdout, why some people in underserved communities still aren't getting shots. hollywood is projecting a movie comeback on the big screen. will audiences ever return? >> and later, game-changer, a sneaker entrepreneur works to empower his community. >> this is the cbs weekend news, from new york, here's jericka duncan. >> duncan: good evening. spring is sizzling. from the midwest to the northeast millions of americans have spent the weekend trying to keep cool. several temperature records have been broken. in the south severe storms have also swamped the gulf coast, while fire scorches parts of the west. cbs' tom hanson is in new york and has more on the nation's weather extremes. tom, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. as you can see behind me bryant park is very busy with new
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yorkers trying to beat the heat. today temperatures hit 92 degrees and just to give context that is 40 degrees higher than just one week ago. throughout the northeast crowds are seeking relief from soaring temperatures, at least three dozen heat records were broken today from michigan all the way to maine. boston and washington, d.c., are under a heat emergency. cooling centers are open as the cities brace for 100 degree temperatures on monday. in arizona triple digit temps fueling wildfires and forcing evacuations outside of phoenix. the telegraph fire in superior exploding in size to more than 34,000 acres. torrential rainfall hit parts of the gulf coast from texas to alabama, southern mississippi and louisiana bracing for another half a foot of rain through monday. in texas heavy rain flooded roads, swamping cars outside of houston. flooding hit more than 100 homes. and here in new york city as well as the northeast, the heat wave is expected to stick around for just a few more days and
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jericka, believe it or not, it's only spring. >> duncan: luckily summer is just two weeks away. tom hanson, thank you. president biden departs on his first foreign trip this week. he is heading to europe for a g7 meeting, a visit with the queen and his first summit with russia's vladimir putin. today vice president kamala harris began a trip to guatemala and mexico, but air force 2 experienced some mechanical problems forcing a return to joint base andrews to switch planes. she's now on her way. cbs' ed o'keefe is in antigua with a preview of the vice president's trip. >> reporter: jericka, good evening. vice president harris comes to guatemala on her first international trip since taking office after spending the last few months on an issue with no easy answer. >> i'm there to listen as much as to share perspective. >> reporter: the vice president's intense focus on the root causes of immigration has drawn close scrutiny and criticism from republicans who say she should focus instead on the u.s. mexico border. on monday she is set to meet at
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guatemala national palace with the world leader she discussed the issue with most frequently, president giammattei. >> ( translated ): we are not on the same side of the coin. we are in agreement in the what, which is something. we are not in agreement in the how. >> reporter: giammattei said increase border crosses have been caused in part by the change of administrations in washington. >> ( translated ): the message changed to, "we're going to reunite families and reunite children." the very next day the i could trees were here coyotes were organizing groups of children to take to the united states. >> but for those who do leave or let their children head north american politics never crosses their mind. >> ( translated ): we don't have water or electricity. we don't have any money to buy food. >> reporter: what kind of help do you need? >> here? water and electricity. >> reporter: guatemala is a country of more than 16 million people, similar in geographic size to ohio. more than two dozen indigenous languages are spoken here in
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addition to spanish. and it is the poorest of the poor who often opt to leave. harris cites the poor economy, violence fueled by the drug trade and climate change as leading causes of the immigration wave but also focused on the country's government corruption meeting with guatemala prosecutors and judges ousted by the national congress. giammattei said to focus somewhere else. >> ( translated ): somewhere more corrupt than a government like ours? narco traffickers. >> reporter: he says harris plans to announce the justice department will partner with guatemalan prosecutors to target transnational crime. the white house wouldn't comment. after guatemala, harris heads to mexico where she plans to meet with that country's president andres manuel lopez, jericka. >> duncan: ed o'keefe from guatemala, thank you. president trump turn returned to the political stage, christina ruffini is at the white house. mr. trump had a lot to say last
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night. >> reporter: mr. trump has spent most of his post presidency sequestered at some of his properties but last night for only the second time since leaving office he returned to the podium. after entering to a tune from his campaign soundtrack... ♪ i'm proud to be an american ♪ >> reporter: mr. trump lead the crowd of north carolina republicans in a familiar refrain. >> that election will go down as the crime of the century, and our country is being destroyed by people who perhaps have no right to destroy it. >> reporter: the speech, which included multiple false claims about the 2020 election, marked a return to the political stage for the former president who many republicans see as key to helping them retake the house in next year's mid-term elections. >> the survival of america depends upon our ability to elect republicans at every level, starting with the mid- terms next year. we have to get it done. >> reporter: mr. trump hasnot made public remarks since february, and has been banned by major social media platforms
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since the insurrection at the capitol. but even out of office he's maintained his influence in the republican party. one of his most vocal g.o.p. critics, liz cheney, was ousted from house republican leadership last month and replaced with a trump loyalist. >> our movement is far from over. in fact, it is just getting started. >> duncan: christina, president biden is set to meet with republicans about the infrastructure bill tomorrow. does this at all signal that that they are close to striking a deal? >> reporter: well, jericka, that meeting is now going to be a phone call so that doesn't seem like a deal, is especially imminent but the two sides are getting closer on the money, president biden dropped his original ask from $2.3 trillion down to $1 trillion, but they are still at odds about how to pay for it and that is something they really need to hash out if they think they will strike a deal any time soon. >> duncan: all right, christina ruffini at the white house, thank you. today meghan markle and prince harry announced a new addition to the family with the birth of
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their second child, a baby girl. she's lilibet diana mountbatten- windsor. cbs' elizabeth palmer has more. >> reporter: so far, the only glimpse the royals have of this baby was back in march when she was a very visible bump during meghan's explosive interview with oprah winfrey. her parents, the duke and duchess of sussex, a.k.a. harry and meghan, now live in california. after an acrimonious rift with the royal family that saw them cut most ties to buckingham palace. but the baby's name, lilibet diana, pays direct tribute to two towering royal figures. queen elizabeth herself, the baby's 95-year-old great grandmother. lilibet was her family nickname. and prince harry's late mother, diana, princess of wales. harry and meghan announced their new baby, seven pounds 11 ounces, was born on friday in santa barbara. a little sister for two-year-old
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archie. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> duncan: today a historic new york city church welcomed two out of town visitors, first lady jill biden and dr. anthony fauci were at abyssinian baptist church in harlem. they meet with people getting covid vaccine shots at the church's clinic. it was open to ease vaccine concerns. but the holdouts are still an issue, especially in underserved communities. cbs' mola lenghi has that story >> you're doing the right decision. >> reporter: this shot in the arm was not inevitable for alfie aracena. it took some convincing to get his covid vaccine. >> i heard all these rumors about the covid vaccine, negative rumors. my doctor always advise me, telling me about this, about the vaccine. >> reporter: dr. rosario has been alfie's primary care physician for 20 years, about as long as rosario has been practicing in this harlem neighborhood. it is not unusual for him to care for several generations of a single family.
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it is also not unusual for his patients to be weary of the covid vaccine. >> they don't feel that comfort level when they go to a vaccination center, they might have hesitancy. and they will not get it anywhere. but they will get it with their primary care provider. >> reporter: if not for your doctor do you think would you get it? >> no. >> reporter: alfie is not an anomaly. new york governor cuomo: >> vaccine hesitancy, i don't like the word hesitancy, it is a distrust. >> reporter: it is a distrust that exists in underserved communities disproportionately affected by covid-19 across the country. yet the medical providers many trust most, their primary care physicians have largely been sidelined from giving the shots. the c.d.c. is urging states to increase doctor's shares of the vaccine. could you have made a bigger impact if you had gotten the vaccine earlier? >> definitely, i'm pretty sure. >> reporter: somos, a network of minority doctors, including dr.
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rosario, serving more than a million low income new yorkers was recently the first in the state to receive and administer vaccines for their patients. >> we speak their languages because we are immigrant like them. we are the same people, they choose us because they trust. and believe because we know each one of them from the beginning. >> reporter: a trust that may be as effective as the vaccine itself. you trust your doctor? >> yeah, i trust my doctor. he convince me, and i'm over here. >> reporter: mola lenghi, cbs news, new york. >> duncan: well an increasing amount of people are getting away again. in venice, italy, this weekend the first cruise ship left port in over a year. even maui is aloha again. visitors will no longer be tested for covid and cbs' lucy craft reports guam is welcoming americans back with vaccine vacations. >> reporter: the u.s. territory of guam is a sleepy compact island about 3,000 miles west of
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hawaii. its main attraction, beaches, palm trees and sunsets. for more than a year, guam's instagram perfect aquamarine waters have been nearly deserted, imperiling livelihoods for a third of its workforce. but in recent months officials notice a steady stream of americans living in asian countries with slow vaccine rollouts flying in to get their shots. americans like us. no sun and sand on this trip. i have just finished a week in quarantine to be able to come here to the university of guam field house for my coronavirus shot. leon guerrero is a registered nurse. she also happens to be the governor of guam. >> i kept up my license, i figured, you know, if they fire me, i will still have a job. >> reporter: with most of her constituents inoculated, governor leon guerrero said guam is launching vaccine tourism packages for u.s. expatriates.
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>> a win-win all over the place. we can vaccinate the u.s. ex-pats and in the meantime they are having a nice time in guam. they are enjoying the hospitality. we are benefiting from their economic input as a result of that. >> reporter: pre-pandemic, guam drew nearly two million visitors, mostly from japan, south korea and tiwan. if aims to extend vaccine vacations to asian travelers. immunizing americans is one thing, but luring foreign tourists with vaccines helped them say is an ethical gray zone. >> there are people who really, really need that vaccine who aren't getting it and that is where the vaccine should go. it shouldn't be prioritize by people who are wealthy enough to come to the united states. >> reporter: but, spurred by similar scenes across the u.s., guam is banking on vaccine tourism to help refill its beaches this summer and provide a shot in the arm to its flat- lining tourist industry.
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lucy craft, cbs news, guam. >> duncan: straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, theaters are counting on a blockbuster summer for a big screen comeback. and later, he's already a success in the sneaker business. now he's helping others walk now he's helping others walk into wealth. during the day, you could be missing out on amazing things. sunosi can help you stay awake for them. once daily sunosi improves wakefulness in adults with excessive daytime sleepiness due to obstructive sleep apnea. sunosi worked for up to nine hours at 12 weeks in a clinical study. sunosi does not treat the cause of osa or take the place of your cpap. continue to use any treatments or devices as prescribed by your doctor. don't take sunosi if you've taken an maoi in the last 14 days. sunosi may increase blood pressure and heart rate, which can increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or death. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure. sunosi can cause symptoms such as anxiety, problems sleeping, irritability, and agitation. other common side effects include headache, nausea, and decreased appetite.
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>> the memorial day weekend was a big hit at the box office and that is new for all of us, what did that success mean for the movie industry? >> basically everything. >> reporter: powered by "a quiet place 2," memorial day weekend set a pandemic record at the box office. taking in nearly a hundred million dollars. a strong showing considering a quarter of all theaters remain closed. last year the total take, a paltry $840,000. film critic and entertainment journalist scott mantz says the industry has to lure back audiences who are comfortable streaming at home. >> the first challenge is to get more people to come back, the second is to have these films that had been sort of waiting in the pipeline to come out at the right time, so they can start to make back the kind of money to justify their $200 million budget. >> if we don't do this, there will be nothing left to save. >> reporter: the latest james
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>> duncan: we end tonight with a businessman who is now sharing his secret to success and offering young entrepreneurs an opportunity to walk in his shoes. elise preston has more. ♪ my adidas ♪ >> reporter: from run dmc wearing adidas with the fat strings, to michael jordan jumping from the free throw line, dunking a basketball, to all of the african american kids who have actually supported the sneaker industry and made the sneaker industry the multibillion dollar industry that it is, it is unfortunate there is only a handful of african american retail owners in the sneaker industry in the whole world. >> that is the store franchisee says he wants to help change.
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>> lowman owns nine the athletes foot franchises including this one in atlanta. >> have a good day. >> it's the global brand's highest grossing location, nearly a third. families in this neighborhood live in poverty. >> protests for social justice and calls for racial equity inspired him and the athlete's foot marketing director darius billings to launch start strategic african-american retail track that gives black franchisees access to capitol and areas where minority entrepreneurs have historically hit a wall. >> it upon us to really help foster change. >> billings believes change can come through growing generational wealth where families pass down assets am on average white families have a net worth nearly ten times that of black families. >> how does that make you feel when you hear about that as you are trying to grow generational wealth. >> it is definitely alarming. just because you see all the
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different ways that systemic racism has really affected the black culture. >> he hopes to motivate young minds. >> i'm a sneaker head. >> reporter: and help people like brii renee turn their passion into prosperity. >> i always wanted to create my own legacy, make my own impact in the world. >> what type of business are you thinking about owning? >> it is those legacies that lowman who right now is the only black franchisee at the athletes foot wants to help build >> when you have black ownership, not only does it help them economically, it helps other people believe that they can be black owners as well. >> reporter: setting footprints for even the tiniest shoppers. elise preston, cbs news, new york. >> duncan: got to start somewhere. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. later on cbs the kennedy center honors. where you can stream it on paramount plus. i'm jericka duncan in new york. we thank you. have a good night.
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captioning sponsored by cbs live from the cbsn bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . a one-year anniversary to mark the killing of sean monterrosa. the family said it is not just about justice for him. >> we are trying to bring change and accountability to the bay area. today a wind advisory which just went into effect in the last few hours for a big part of the bay area and we will show you who has it and what to expect. dreams of a daring athletic endeavor across the pacific put on hold and force this kayakers trip to come to an abrupt end. a festive pride event in
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one northern california community but it's more than a party. why participants say the celebration was a long time coming. thank you for joining us. we begin with renewed calls for justice for young san francisco man killed by police a year ago. tonight a year after the police shot and killed sean monterrosa , family and supporters rallied to demand justice and police reform. we are live at the city hall where the event just wrapped up. >> reporter: even though he was shot and killed in vallejo, the family said they're trying to reform police departments across california and that is why they held the event in san francisco where he was from and they say law enforcement needs to change how they police people of color. >> reporter: year after the death of sean monterrosa, his family said

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