kpix.com. the cbs weekend news is next. we will see yo captioning sponsored by cbs >> barnett: mission accomplished for space pioneer richard branson. the british billionaire and his virgin galactic crew rocket to the edge of space. this test flight is part of a furious race to launch space tourism. >> this here is for richard branson, astronaut. >> it was just magical. >> also tonight wildfires rage as a heatwave blisters the west. in arizona two firefighters killed in a plane crash. plus, rising infections. new concerns about a covid comeback. we'll get a checkup from our dr. david agus. haiti's crisis deepens following the assassination of the country's president. how is the biden administration helping. special appearance, pope francis offers his weekly prayers from a

hospital balcony. and later, they're cute little devils, a special species makes a return. >> they're beautiful, what is not to love about tasmanian devils? >> they're beautiful this is the "cbs weekend news" with jericka duncan, reporting from the new york. ork, her >> barnett: good evening, to our viewers in the west jericka duncan is off tonight. i'm errol barnett. british billionaire richard branson first took tourists to the sky in 1984 flying aboard a used jumbo jet. today branson soared into space on board a repainted virgin galactic rocket plane with a crew of five others. he called this the dawn of a new space age aimed at sending tourist there, too. cbs' mark strassmann watched it all in truth or consequences, new mexico. good evening. >> reporter: i tell you, errol, that really was something, a milestone for richard branson personally, but also one for

commercial space. the emerging market of space tourism has a genuine success story. >> sir richard branson, astronaut. >> reporter: with his new astronaut wings, richard branson was back on the ground but over the moon. his space triumph part bucket m. his space list, part marketing bonanza. >> what a day, what a day, what a day, what a day! >> reporter: take off to touchdown the roughly hour-long flight seemed picture perfect. virgin galactic live streamed "eve," its twin fuselage mothership nesting "unity," the space plane, about the size of an executive jet, unity carried branson and five other people. >> release, release, release. >> eporter: at roughly 45,000 feet this spectacular image. eve dropped unity which rocketed straight up to its apogee, more than 53 miles above earth. >> welcome to space, unity 22. >> reporter: for several minutes everyone inside experienced microgravity, mega thrills.

>> to all you kids down there,i. was once a child with a dream. >> reporter: branson floated on air in every sense. >> i have dreamt of this moment since i was a kid. and honestly, nothing can prepare you for the view of earth from space. the whole thing, it was just magical. >> reporter: in the battle of the space barons, branson now has billionaire air bragging rights. he personally got to space first before elon musk of spacex or jeff bezos of blue origin. musk cheered on branson in new mexico. from bezos' instagram page, "congratulations on the flight. can't wait to join the club." bezos plans to launch on july 20. branson beat him to space by nine days. >> you dream of this all your life, chased it for 20 years, are you ready to go back? >> i would go back this afternoon. i just loved every aspect of today. you about you know, if you have the choice, one day, i could

gaze back at our earth and do nothing more than that. >> among the spectators and v.i.p.s watching here, roughly 60 people who want their astronaut wings. they're on a longer list of 600 people who are future virgin galactic flight, something branson hopes to start sometime next year. errol. >> barnett: mark strassmann, thank you. tonight firefighters are battling more than 55 major wildfires out west. just take a look at the beckworth complex fire in northern california. just one of several blazes destroying homes and forcing evacuations. fueling the flames, extreme draught and intense heat, lilia luciano is in palmdale with more, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, errol, the heat is brutal. where i am in palmdale, north of los angeles, right now it is 106 degrees, bone dry and also windy. all of that together making conditions in the west perfect for devastating and also deadly wildfires.

>> wildfires in the west exploded overnight forcing evacuations and turning deadly. two arizona firefighters were killed saturday when their plane crashed while serving flame, in oregon the bootleg fire is now the biggest wildfire in the country and california's beckworth complex fire has doubled in size daily for the past three days. extreme heat and drought are daily for the past three days. extreme heat and dro fueling the flames. more than 30 million people are under excessive heat warnings and advisories with several cities hitting record triplenins cities hitting rec digit temperatures.gi washington and oregon set new emergency orders mandating access to shade, water and drinks for anyone working breaks for anyone working outdoors after an oregon farm worker died. also distressing farmers, the heat torching their crops. >> we'll be down on the farm 20%, and production across-the- board. >> jiwan brar and paul sangha are fighting against the heat to save their harvest. their berries were nearly bakino at one point, more than 120

degrees hot. >> it created a really difficult situation. >> how unexpected was this? growing-- that i have seen, this >> this is probably the best growing-- that i have seen, this heat wave, to do the damage it did it damaged this years and also damaged new shoots for next area. >> there is a ripple effect to that. the longer this heat wave lasts the more damage to future crops and the drought it's prolonging and the fires it is fueling. >> lilia luciano, thank you. the rise rising number of covid cases are alarming public health officials, infections are picking up in nearly two dozen states but the highly contagious delta variant gaining in places with low vaccination. 41% have not received their second dose and railroad this, 32% of americans have not been vaccinated at all. today on "face the nation" dr. anthony fauci called that inexplicable and dangerous. >> 99.5 percent of all of the

deaths are among unvaccinated people. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus is in los angeles and can help us understand where we are in thetr dr. david agus is in pandemic right now. dr. agus, always great to have you. first there is some confusion over booster shots, what do we need to know? >> good evening, errol. the bottom line is the vaccines work. and they cover us against all of the current variants so in the united states now there is no need for a booster shot, pfizer is filing the booster shot with the fda in case we need it in the future. we are lucky, we don't need it at the present time. >> barnett: what is interesting is the current c.d.c. plan to reopen schools does not include requiring masks or social distancing but you also have states like california keeping those rules in place anyway. what is happening there? >> you know, every state, city, is going to make its own rulings and some will say if are you vaccinated you don't need to wear it a mask and if you are unvaccinated you do. some won't want to discriminate and just say everyone has to wear a mask.

each one will make their own. my hope is that we are safe, that everyone unvaccinated no matter where they live, wear a mask so the virus doesn't spread to schools in the fall. >> but there are so many people still who remain unvaccinated. where are we in this global effort to stamp covid out? >> we're nowhere where we need to be. things are starting to roll out of our country and others but they're not getting into arms quick enough. as we see with the olympics in japan they have vaccines but they certainly haven't vaccinated a majority of their country. and i'm worried about the rise of the delta variant in places like africa where we are seeing it. te growth pretty exponential there. and so what we are trying to see over the next few weeks really are significant outbreaks in many parts of the world, which can enable new variants. so it is worrisome. >> dr. david agus, thank you. >> the f.b.i. say there is no fs reason to believe suspects arrested in denver with guns and ammo posed a threat to major league baseball all-star game in

the city. police arrested four people friday night finding more than a dozen weapons, a thousand rounds of ammunition and body armor ino two rooms. paul payson is the city's police chief. >> they alerted the police department about a suspicious situation. our officers are our acon.tigators immediately took >> police acted after a housekeeper found the weapons and tactical gear. this hotel is close to the site of this week's baseball all-star game. >> officials in surfside, florida, gave an update today on the recovery efforts at the ruins of that collapsed condo. the death toll rose to 90 with 31 others still unaccounted for. moe than 14 million pounds of concrete and debris have been removed from the site so far. >> tonight f.b.i. and homeland security officials are en route to haiti to assist investigators there as the political crisis following the assassination of the country's president. u.s. troops will not be going despite a request for them. cbs' christina ruffini with

more. >> good even, errol. u.s. officials we spoke to expressed concern and surprise that haiti requested american forces because the country's history is so full of unwanted occupations from foreign powers. but that just goes to show you exactly how precarious the situation has become. >> we are watching the situation very closely. >> reporter: chief d.o.d. spokesman john kirby said today the pentagon is still analyzing haiti's request for military support. but in a statement, the white house said it was engaged with the haitian government to learn more about their needs. and that a team of federal agents, diplomats and advisors are being dispatched there today. >> i think that is really where our energies are best right nowe today. >> i think that is reall in helping them get their arms around investigating this incident and figuring out who is culpable. >> reporter: the incident happened wednesday morning when an armed hit squad entered the home of haitian president jovenel moises killing him and

injuring his wife, they then fled into the capitol port-au- prince. authorities say 26 colombian nationals and two haitian americans were responsible. the americans say they were only working as translators. yesterday an audio recording alleged to be a first lady martini moisee who is recovering in a miami hospital posted to her personal twitter. in a in it she says she is in beautiful condition, but heartbroken and urges haitians not to let the assassination become a cause for their country's decline. now, the white house said it will be sending some aid to haiti in the form of thousands of covid-19 vaccines. errol, haiti is one of the only countries the world not to have administered a single dose. >> barnett: christina ruffini, thank you. today pope francis made his first public appearance since >> barnett: chr intestinal surgery a week ago. h spoke to a crowd outside a hospital in rome where he is recovering.

chris livesay is there, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening, errol, pope francis is back on his feet, even delivering his traditional angeless prayer on sunday but instead of doing it from his balcony in st. peters square he did it from here on his balcony of the hospital. >> a sign of light. >> buongiorno. >> from a ponton tuishednow rel. like fourth year med student giorgio cannetti. >> we were concerned because, you know, a surgery is always a surgery. >> francis should now be surgers discharged any day, the vatican says, after the pontiff's first hospital scare since becoming pope in 2013. since then he has never slowed down. even this spring during the pandemic he made a daring visit to iraq, limping through pain caused by sciatica and ailing hip, but last week his health caught up with him, raising

concerns about the rest of the 84 year old's papacy. despite speaking with a raspy voice, pope francis appeared well. in the past he's openly mused ven thhis papacy pps a possibility of stepping down should his health or his age ever become too much of a burden. much like his predecessor pope benedict the xvi. errol. >> barnett: thank you, chris livesay. and now to this breaking news. all of italy is celebrating right now after winning the european soccer championship euro 2020. they defeat england 3-2 in a penalty shootout. so painful for england fans, normal playing time ended in a 1-1 tie. also argentina led by lionel messi won copa america beating brazil 1-0 with their first major title in nearly 30 years. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, novak djokovic makes history at wimbledon. and why it's last call in tokyo

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these days the oasis is running dry. it's last call for tokyo residents as the government prepares for a state of emergency when all alcoholic beverage sales will be banned for six weeks. many of the bar owners here feel the government is prioritizing the olympics ahead of their livelihood, kenichi nao runs a tequila bar. >> if the government is going to restrict our business, then i say cancel the olympics. >> reporter: this is what pub crawling in the ginsa nightlife looked like a year ago. and here is ginsa now. the dining industry says it is being unfairly singled out as the government struggles to contain another covid surge. bar worker reina fukushima says she is about to be laid off. >> if our customers can't drink we can't cover our cost. the damage to our bottomline is serious. >> as olympic delegations start to arrive and handful of foreign athletes and staff test positive

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>> barnett: finally tonight despite a sinful name they're cute, cuddly and endangered chip reid on the task mania devil's chance for a comeback. >> the tasmanian devil is on the loose. >> if you grew up watching cartoons, this might be what you think of when you hear the word tasmanian devil. >> a vicious ravenous brute with powerful jaws like a steel trap.

>> so you might be surprised to learn that these are real tasmanian devils. they are called devils because they can sound like this. (deep shrieking growl) >> other than that, there is not much of the devil in them. but as a species, their struggle to survive has been so devilish it will make your head spin. >> on their name sake island of tasmania they have almost been wiped out by a rare contagious cancer. and on the australian mainland they disappeared centuries ago. but now they're being given a second chance. >> they're beautiful, so in love with task mania devil. hayley sheute founded a decade ago to bring the tasmanian devil back to the australian mainland. recently they had a major victory when she identified moer's pouches where they willhr

>> we saw those tiny pink jelly bean tasmanian devils in there we were so excited. >> shute says it is the first time in 3,000 years that the tasmanian devils had been born on the australian mainland but add there is still much more work to be done, especially after the devastating bushfires of 2019 and 2020 which killed or displaced about 3 billion wild animals according to the world wildlife fund. >> it really made people realize just how unique and special our animals are here and that we need to save our unique animals in our backyard. >> reporter: starting with that crazy and unique tasmanian devil, chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> barnett: i think that devilishly cute. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. "60 minutes" is next. i'm errol barnett in new york. have a wonderful week. good night. i'm errol barnett in captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh

access.wgbh.org live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . what a difference a day makes. the east bay finally feeling relief after days of triple digits but how long will the cooler weather stick around? a woman lost her home in a fire last night, and there are those who thinks the fireworks party has gone too far. we will have that story coming up. a search for clues right now after an experienced jogger goes missing and the resources being deployed to find him in a remote area of alameda county. good evening. we begin this evening with a live look at dublin and the heat is still sticking around in some spots but fewer places hit triple digits today.

>> the fog has been streaming in all day and the time-lapse shows the top of sales force tower disappearing under black and gray and we will get right to darren in the weather center with the latest on what will happen. we didn't get out of the 50s all day in san francisco, but for the place is really filling this over the last two days we got you out of the 100s and into the 90s and i am talking about the inland valleys. 93 in concord in 105 it was there yesterday but 93 is still hot, but it was noticeably better. if you take a look down toward pleasanton and livermore, temperatures down there came down to the upper 80s and as we come back into the immediate they were we dodged the worst of this, it was 58 in san francisco with 65 oakland and there was still significant heat out there even if it was in here today. it was definitely up here for the valleys of lake and mendocino counties. what happens next? a quick look ahead to not only where the temperatures are now cl