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stage. >> it will run for ten days from july 28th through august 8th and the traditional fair with horse races and livestock exhibit captioning sponsored by cbs >> barnett: tonight president biden reinforces u.s. leadership on the world stage. >> america is back at the table. >> barnett: the g7 summit in england ends with allies bumping elbows and adversaries in their sights, next up a nato summit in brussels, our ed o'keefe is there following the day's developments. >> president biden has tea with the queen and talks tough about russia. israel's longest serving leader ousted from power. why benjamin netanyahu did not go quietly. >> we'll be back. soon. >> also, covid complications, california welcomes back crowds, butut roadblockcks remain a as america's vaccination drive fizzles and a variant surges.
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>> so it is probably going to become the dominant strain in the united states. this could spike a new epidemic. >> barnett: plus heat wave danger, skyrocketing temperatures set to sear the west. >> barnett: florida's manatees, big, beloved and now dying in alarming numbers. >> it is depressing. >> barnett: and later pandemic project, one dad's big idea to get the kids out of the house. >> how cool is this. >> it's amazing. this is the cbs weekend news, from new yorork, here's jericka duncan. >> barnett: good evening, everyone, i'm errol barnett, jericka duncan is off tonight. president biden is in belgium tonight ahead of talks with nato and european leaders. it is the second stop on an eight day foreign trip, his first as president. but it's his face to face summit president vladimir putin that is attracting the most attention. america has an agenda of grievances for putin. cbs' ed o'keefe is in brussels
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tonight with more, ed, good evening. >> reporter: errol, good evening, the president is now here in brussels after weekend meetings about the economy and the global response to the pandemic. he's turning his attention to thornier issues of national security and the u.s.-russia relationship. president biden today became the 13th american head of state to meet with queen elizabeth the second. >> she reminds me of my mother in terms of the look of her and her generosity. >> reporter: the courtesy call at windsor castle capped three days of events in the united kingdom as president and his debut on the world stage as commander in chief. >> america is back at the table. >> reporter: mr. biden now turns his focus to mainland europe. he's in brussels for meetings with nato and the european commission and wednesday in geneva it set to become the fifth american president to meet face to face with russian
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president vladimir putin. before de parting the u.k. mr. biden says he agrees with putin's assessment that the u.s.-russia relationship is at a 30 year low. >> i think its he is right it's a low point. and it depends on how he responds to acting consistent with international norms which in many cases he has not. >> reporter: the president said he would consider a putin- proposed prisoner swap with russia and is hopeful they can partner on fighting climate change and ending the conflict in syria. the u.s. and russia are also part of a u.n.-backed agreement against cyberhacking but secretary of state anthony blinken told "face the nation" is he skeptical of russia's cooperation. >> i think someone once said trust, but verify. i say don't trust and verify. we'll see by russia's actions whether it will make good on any commitments it makes. >> reporter: during the first major in-person global summit of the pandemic era the g7 plans to counter the rise of china and overhaul international tax laws. but leaders didn't set a firm date on ending the use of coal, one of the biggest contributor to global warming. and progress can't be fully achieved until the world gets control of the pandemic.
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>> i know the world is looking to us to reject some of the selfishness and nationalistic approaches that have marred the initial global response to the pandemic. >> reporter: to that end, g7 leaders today announced they will be donating at least another $1 billion doses of the covid-19 vaccine to developing countries. but even president biden admitted today it will take until well beyond the end of 2022 for the entirely world to recover from the pandemic. errol. >> barnett: ed o'keefe in brussels tonight, thank you. today president biden also congratulated israeli new naftali bennett, he formed the coalition government touting a ousting benjamin netanayu from power. cbs' charlie d'agata in jerusalem has more on this political shakeup. >> reporter: and with that vote benjamin netanyahu's 12 years of rule are over. new prime minister naftali bennett and an unlikely coalition have dethroned the longest running leader in the history of the country, 49 year
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old bennett thanked netanyahu for his service to the country but said that the job of governing israel has moved on to the next generation. in an afternoon punctuated with cheers and jeers from both sides, netanyahu struck a defiant tone in what sounded nothing like a farewell speech. >> ( translated ): if we are destined to go into the opposition, he said, we will do so with our heads held high until we can bring down this government. >> reporter: the coalition government holds a razor thin majority and netanyahu is still the head of the largest single political party in parliament. the political upheaval comes just weeks after israeli's military conflict with hamas militants in gaza and maintaining a fragile peace with his palestinian neighbors will be one of the biggest challenges facing the new government. the new coalition is unlike any that has come before. it crosses a political spectrum from the far left to the far right and for the first time includes an arab party among them.
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deep divisions remain. but for those who have been pushing and protesting for benjamin netanyahu to go for months, there is cause for celebration. in a speech here at the knesset prime minister bennett thanks president biden and the united states for backing israel during the conflict with hamas last month and warned hamas that if the militants again resort to violence, they will meet a wall of steel. errol. >> barnett: charlie bagatta in jerusalem, thanks. "the new york times" is reporting tonight that apple informed former white house counsel don mcgan and his wife last month that the justice department under the trump administration had secretly subpoenaed information about accounts belonging to them back in 2018. this is just the latest development of trump era leaked investigations involving members of congress and journalists. several major cities across the country ended their last covid restrictions this weekend and state of california will soon join them.
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cbs' lilia luciano is in los angeles. lilia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, errol. crowds are here at one of l.a.'s biggest parks as the golden state awaits for that green light to reopen on tuesday. but a return to normal has its roadblocks. a busy sunday in los angeles as covid weary california is less than 48 hours away from removing mask mandates and fully reopening. >> it almost felt like this day wouldn't come. >> california has gone a great job. >> washington d.c., chicago and philadelphia are reopening this weekend but nationwide many places face roadblocks to recovery. that includes vaccine anxiety, shots are down more than two thirds from the april peak. a new cbs poll finds 29% of adults surveyed will not get vaccinated or are still deciding. and in texas a federal judge ruled against hospital workers who said they shouldn't be fired for refusing to get vaccinated. another covid concern, the delta
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variant could soon become the dominant strain in the u.s.. >> it is going to continue to spread, it's concerning, it appears to be more transmissible. >> covid is not the only challenge. the pandemic shut down many businesses for good. and some that survived face a worker shortage. >> that thing is that we have a lot of problems with employees. >> how so, what kind of problems. >> we can't find them, they come like for a week, two weeks, a month and then they leave. >> a pandemic escape in chicago thrilling spectators. every day for a year 53 year old dan o'conor jumps into chilly lake michigan. well, errol, i haven't seen anyone jump into lake balboa behind me though it is hot enough for it to be tempting. now californians will be celebrating at the stroke of midnight on tuesday when the state reopens at last. >> barnett: all right, lilia luciano in l.a., thank you. turning now to the weather.
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a dangerous heat wave is set to scorch massive parts of the country this week. cbs news meteorologist with what we can against, jeff good evening. >> good evening, the heat wave that is building and intensifying across the west is about as extreme as it can get for this time of year. we have a record-breaking heat dome taking shape across the rockies, this will slide towards california as we head into wednesday and thursday, we could see as many as 150 records broken or tied over the next several days. high temperatures are going to be way up there, about 15 to 30 degrees above normal for this time of year, places like billings, montana, 107 is possible on tuesday, look at the deep southwest, palm springs, phonix, 120 degrees and watch sacramento, up to 113 degrees there. this is on top of an exceptional drought. 27 percent of the west covered under exceptional draught, the worst category.
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the old record is only 11% so you combine heat with drought and it looks like a very dangerous fire season ahead, errol. >> very intense, thank you, jeff. there will be no cheering at the olympics in tokyo this july, that is because it is banned, so are international spectators. for japan the games were supposed to be a moment to celebrate. cbs' lucy craft is there. >> reporter: with anti-olympic protestors on the street, a japanese olympic board member slamming the international olympic committee for cornering japan into holding the games and a top virus expert warning that guaranteeing a safe olympics was impossible, japanese officials are trying to give assurances they won't compromise public health to stage the games. despite all the warnings, athletes are already arriving in japan. even if japan wanted to cancel the games, legally they couldn't.
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the olympic host city contract signed between tokyo and the ioc in 2013 doesn't give tokyo the power to scrap the games. only the i.o.c. holds that right. but if a covid surge forced japan to pull the plug, smith college economist says the i.o.c. was unlikely to sue for what he estimates would be a $5 billion loss. >> they went ahead with the postponement, they said that is okay, that cost them another $3 billion. >> and now are you going to sue them? certainly the i.o.c. would have the legal right to do that. but whether they would do it or not, is another question. >> reporter: but if organizers don't cancel the games, there is a chance of it becoming a superspreader event. for jack anderson, a sports law professor at the university of melbourne. >> what is your biggest worry, worst-case scenario. >> the worst case scenario is that the games begin, there is a severe outbreak, and therefore you have thousands of athletes
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from all over the world, what do we do logistically then. >> with even critics saying it already too late to halt the event, japan is hoping for the best and bracing for the worst. lucy craft, cbs news, tokyo. >> bennett: right now scientists are sounding the alarm over an unusually high number of manatee deaths in florida on average about five a day since the start of this year. we get more now from cbs' manual bojorquez. >> reporter: barry legge, also known as "cap'n chop" has been leading eco-tours of for a florida indian river lagoon for more than 20 years, introducing thousands to wildlife including manatees, the so called gentle giants. you get a sense that when people see them they're really intrigued by them. >> oh yeah, people love them. it is a big lovable creature. >> but each year they get harder to spot. in florida, manatee deaths are on track to break a record.
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782 manatees are known to have died so far this year, far outpacing the 637 all of last year. >> reporter: the problem beneath the surface is the sea grass the manatees eat is disappearing. they're literally starving. >> it's depressing. >> reporter: scientists like grant gilmore blame pollution. >> that is what we think is the primary issue right now is because we know we've documented this disappearance of sea gas. >> reporter: he says runoff from industrial agriculture and florida's booming urban devlopment dumps chemicals into waterways that empty into these estuaries. the in balance causes naturally occurring algae to float blocking sun light and killing the sea grass. and it's not just affecting manatees, correct? >> no, it's affecting all of the fish, the crabs, everything that is dependent on the water out here and sea grass. >> reporter: left unchecked, this could also impact florida's fishing and tourism industry. barry legge hopes people tart start to pay attention if only for the love of manatees. >> that is our hope, we keep
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showing folks how important, vow valuable the lagoon is and how to search for ways to really take care of it. >> reporter: take care of these gentle giants and an entire ecosystem. manual bojorquez, cbs news fort pierce, florida. >> we learn tonight that actor ned beatty has. he appeared in more than 160 films making his big screen debut with a role in 1972 deliverance, we go on to star in superman, network and other >> barnett: straight ahead on the cbs weekend news the african continent suffers a severe vaccine shortage. cbs news is there. and later treehouse take off, a project born of pandemic boredom booms.
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something that can assist you, that can save more lives but you can't access it. it is like you liver in another world. >> reporter: the country has already exhausted its meager supply of vaccines, just over 30,000 health workers have received their first shot. knomo was not one of them. its wealthy nations are able to vaccinate children, they should be sharing excess doses believes dr. sal imabdool karim. >> to me is unconscionable that a country vaccinating people when a whole lot of countries haven't even vaccinated their health care workers that is unacceptable and ethically immoral, unacceptable situation. >> reporter: africa has only received under 15 million doses compared to the over 2 billion administered worldwide.
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and there are enough vaccines to tackle the global shortage right now says the head of africa's c.d.c. john nkengasong. >> we are not begging for vaccines, just an arrangement where you can delay your vaccines a little bit, there is no reason why in some countries we have four or five times more vaccines sitting in deep freezers within the enemy he reminded us is the virus. menzi knomo knows who that enemy is and that lifting weights won't keep covid at bay. his only real weapon is a vaccine. africa was relying on india for vaccines but that supply has been halted due to their own covid crisis. donations of american vaccines will be most welcomed. debora patta, cbs news, johannesburg, south africa. >> bennett: still ahead for you here on the cbs weekend news, drama at the westminster dog show with a big wipeout. the westminster dogog show witha
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>> reporter: under a canopy of poplars and oaks a pandemic revelation. build a tree house, break a cabin fever. how cool is this? >> it is amazing. >> reporter: deacon avren spent third grade learning in the leaves on his laptop. >> there's the woods outside the window. it's a lot more quiet so i can focus. >> reporter: it's your own little one room school house. >> yes. >> reporter: building tree houses, at first not in michael scaglione's wheelhouse but last year his business and his kids were both down. >> we just wanted to get the kids out of the house. came home one day with a truck full of lumber and took a piece of paper and drew what i wanted and started going to work. >> his first tree house was life changing. >> it was so beautiful and it was beyond, no offense, my expectations. >> i was, this isn't... >> ... going anywhere good ( laughter ) >> i posted on like a local mom's group and within the first 24 hours we had 60 requests for
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quotes. >> reporter: surprised? >> shocked. >> reporter: shocked. >> shocked but excited. >> reporter: different sizes, different features. starting price, around $10,000. fire fly forts the scaglione's new family business has built around 40 since last august. >> sky is the limit from here. >> reporter: including the avren family. >> we have family game nights, lunch out there, it has been wonderful for all of us. >> reporter: scaglione says this treehouse boom has roots in pandemic fatigue. >> how do we go back to when things were simpler? and i think the opportunity to get our families outside and together, that's been, that's been the common theme throughout this process. >> reporter: both an escape and a new house of connection, right outside the back door. mark strassmann, cbs news, milton, georgia. >> bennett: just awesome. and that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday, looking to the week ahead, the cbs evening news with norah o'donnell in geneva
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for the u.s.-russia summit. i'm errol barnett in new york, have a great week. captioning sponsored by cbs this is kpix 5 news. minutes ago a fire erupting on san francisco's market street, transit disruptions underway as crews rush to put out the flames. >> we're thankful to still be standing through the last is a months. >> a huge acceptance of rehee as the clock ticks closer to california's big reopening. what the businesses are looking forward to come tuesday. and in the forecast there is a big jump in heat coming. i'll explain who will feel it the most. >> . the heat with serious concerns about the power grid. >> a car flies off the road and happens in
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a public works lot. whio.com first responders are calling it a miracle. >> good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. >> and i'm brian hackney. crews are battling fire that is sending thick plumes of smoke over market street. crews are fighting the flames and they're using ladders to put the flames out. the odd fellow across building on market. the fire is causing delays along the iv and ov lines which are being rerouted there. is no word on how the fire started. >> we're counting down the minutes until california's grand reopening. it is a day we've been looking forward to for more than a year. we're live at the solano avenue business district. how are the small mom and pop

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