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an hour of news. did icon fuse you? >> wouldn't be the first time. we'll see you in 30 minutes. tonight, egregious law enforcement leadership failures. in uvalde, texas, a new report a finds appalling decision-making led to the botched response with no one stepping up to lead. i'm in uvalde, texas, where al tonight the many red flags in the gunman'tr plus, fist bump fall-out. the president fires back after prince sparks criticism. cr also, extreme heat. 25 million americans face
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dangerous conditions while parts of europe setting scorching new records. in london where we are bracing for a record heat wave. on monday and tuesday, it is expected to be hotter here than in jamaica. > vicome. the number of cases in the u.s. surging once again. >> she had a true belief that she was equal to everyone else. and later, the extraordinary woman who is still breaking barriers, standing tall amid american giants. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. good evening, everyone. jericka is off tonight. i'm errol barnett. thanks for joining us this sunday. a newly released report reveals details about how a lone gunman was able to kill 21 people, mostly children, after walking into a texas elementary school almost two months ago.
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the extensive document chronicles leadership failures across multiple agencies, poor decision-making amid the chaos and the history of ignoring early clues about the troubled gunman. we're in uvalde, texas, speaking with relatives of victims and attended a press conference just moments ago. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, errol, i will tell you more about what you were just saying. we learned more in that report today about the gunman, including he had never fired a gun before, that he had suicidal ideation, that he glorified violence online and that he had sociopathic tendencies, but no one that came in contact with him alerted authorities about him. the velgs, conducted by a texas house committee, highlights a series of systemic failures and egs thnmamiland ro
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77-pport and surveillance video was given to victims' families sunday morning. the report blames a lack of leadership that extended beyond local police saying, quote, hundreds of responders from numerous law enforcement agencies, many of whom were better trained and better equipped than the school district police, quickly arrived on the scene. a longer version of the surveillance video was leaked by local media last week. it shows the gunman entering robb elementary and it is different from the edited version parents got today. you can see him firing over 100 rounds between the rooms he entered in two and a half minutes. after a small group of local officers approached the classrooms, were shot at through the walls and retreated, dozens of officers then gathered in the har, pacing, asking for equipment and ultimately killing the gunman. during that time, today's report states the void of leadership by chief arredono, who failed to
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take on his role as incident commander and others that didn't step up corks have contributed to loss of life. the report states those officers failed to prioritize the lives of innocent victims over their own safety. that findi f ou o theedia and caused anger and confusion among victims' families. >> texas failed the students. law enforcement failed the students. our government failed the students. >> reporter: we're learning more about the shooter, who reportedly never fired a gun i gunmo alert authorities acteditt about his troubling behavior. and the mayor of uvalde announced tonight that he has chosen to release the body cam video from police officers, fro.
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he also announced thathe acting chief of uvalde police has been placed on >> painful, painful news all around. lilia, thank you. the sentencing trial begins tomorrow for the gunman in the 2018 shooting massacre at a parkland, florida, high school. a jury will decide whether nicholas cruz should be executed or receive life without parole. cruz pleaded guilty last october to first degree murder. 17 people were killed. 17 others wounded. president biden is back at the white house after a four-day visit to the middle east. the white house is calling it a success, but this comes amid controversy. good evening. >> reporter: good to see you. thgh president biden maintainso he pressed his foreign counter parts on human rights issues. president biden deflected cksin saudi arabian crown prince
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mohammed bin salman. >> do you regret the fist bump, mr. president? >> why don't you guys talk about something that matters. >> reporter: critics say the president went against his campaign pledge to make the kingdom a, quote, global pariah after mbs signed off on the operation to kill "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. >> i just don't believe that we should be maintaining a warm relationship with a dictatorship like that. >> reporter: the administration argues there is a need for stability and working relationships in the region, especially as it continues to address soaring oil costs. while the saudi visit brought no immediate breakthroughs, the white house energy advise told "face the nation" he believes more global supply is possible. >> based on what we heard on the trip, i'm confident we'll see a few more steps in the week. >> reporter: despite gas prices
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the administration to do more here at home to get them even lower. >> president biden is flying to the middle east and fist bumping with murderers and dispits asking for more supply. what he could do is open up the keystone pipeline. >> now, skyler, we're also watching at the other end of the pennsylvania avenue for the next public january 6th committee hearing. the eighth will be this thursday in prime time. what should we expect? >> reporter: well, errol, members of the committee say we could expect more witness testimony and findings as it lays out minute by minute what former president trump was or wasn't doing while the capitol was under attack. members also said today that they expect an answer by tuesday of a subpoena they submitted to the secret service requesting missing text messages from january 5th and january 6th. errol. >> skyler, thank you. three sheriffs deputies and a firefighter were killed en their helicopter crashed in new mexico.
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this incident happened saturday east of santa fe. the emergency crew was returning to albuquerque after helping firefighters at a wildfire. extreme heat is to grip parts of the country in the next few days if it hasn't already. our partners at the weather channel have the latest on this. >> reporter: good sunday evening. the dangerous heat is expanding. of course, it is hot today in places like texas all the way to north dakota. we're not just talking 90s. we are talking triple digits in places like arkansas, tennessee, louisiana, missouri all the way to oklahoma city where we could tie a record on tuesday of 109, all courtesy of the big area of high pressure. just to the east of that high pressure are a chance for severe storms. this is for the northeast on monday. starting at 11:00 a.m., storms rolling through, but we will see a secondary round from washington, d.c., into new york
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and even parts of boston just in time for the evening rush. and, errol, you can watch the weather channel on cable and now streaming live on your favorite tv streaming devices. >> molly, thank you for that domestic forecast. now we will switch over because dangerous record-breaking heat is also sweeping across parts of europe right now. these soaring temperatures are linked to several deaths and a number of wildfires there. >> reporter: good evening. here in the u.k., we're bracing for record breaking heat forecast to hit nearly 106 degrees. that system is coming up from western europe, causing so much suffering already through this scorcher of a summer. spain is now battling its largest fire in recorded history and nearly 30 others across the country. i'm doing so badly, so stressed. we're all so stressed, said this resident who escaped. while in neighboring portugal, more than 200 new fires reported friday and saturday, with one person dying from heat every 40
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minutes. 659 people in the last seven days. italy has been hit by its worst drought in nearly two decades. its longest river, the poe, has fallen to a record low threatening crops and electricity generation. and in southwest france,s me ov s bur abigg than 14,0 peoplhave bn evacuated so far. we're living through an exceptional season of harshness, said president emmanuel macron. as thousands of firefighters battled the blaze, one lawmaker tweeted, this is not summer. it's hell. and the united kingdom is bracing for that heat to come. the cies -- >> we are wearing as little thac th people ocking to ocean after the government ioerc and first ever extreme red h wag. and the u.k.'s current heat
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record is 101.7 degrees only set back in 2019. that could fall as early as tomorrow. but train operators are telling people to stay home. schools may close. and hospitals are fearing a surge of patients because this heat can kill. errol? >> ramy, thank you for that report. tn two years since the start of the pandemic, covid remains a public health threat. over the past 14 days, covid cases in the u.s. are up 15%. surge isching ma od. up 20%.bsb he ocron for of new infections nationwide didn't even exist last year, concerning many. do you know a lot of other people who are catching covid? >> oh, definitely. my school recently they dropped the mask mandate and everybody started getting it. >> reporter: ba.5 is spreading
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rapidly across the u.s. with about 75% of americans living in a high or medium covid risk area. hospitalizations are also rising. especially in the southwest because of this dominant strain. >> it is the b.5 strain that's growing. it has the capacity to evade the immunity we've acquired from vaccination and also from prior infection. >> reporter: dr. scott gottlieb says there is an undercount of omicron cases because many who home test do not self-report. >> there is over 100,000 cases on average being reported. we're probably detecting 1 in 10 infections right now, so it is probably more like a million. >> reporter: health experts continue to urge americans to get vaccinated and take other covid in lngelesounty, health sking. officials could ess than two weeks away from requiring masks indoors. >> the hospitalizations are going up, it is expected that mask mandate will come back. so i'm not really worried and i think people are used to the masks by now. >> reporter: now here in los angeles county, almost 75% of
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people are fully vaccinated. and although an omicron-specific vaccine is expected some time this fall, doctors say if you are eligible to get the shot, just get one. errol? >> joy, thank you. as california traffic delays go, this one no doubt left drivers astonished. check it out. a small plane landed on a busy street saturday in san marcos. this is north of san diego. the plane developed engine trouble. a car was damaged, as was the plane. thankfully only one minor injury was reported. straight ahead for you on the "cbs weekend news," the fear of sharks actually has a name. the science behind that fear and why it may be changing. plus, j-lo's got a new role. the life imitating art moment for the actress. ♪♪ the chewy box is coming today. calm down lenny. we just ordered it yesterday. nah i'm totally chill i just... wait... is it here? relax, our treats from chewy always arrive super fast.
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increased 42% from the year before. even so, scientists say these fish are more afraid of us than we should be of them. carter evans takes a look at what's really behind the fear of sharks. >> reporter: within minutes of watching the drone -- >> i found one. >> reporter: -- we had our first sighting. >> he is right on the shore. he is so close. >> reporter: it is a juvenile great white shark, 8 to 9 feet long in waist deep water off a popular santa barbara beach and under the watchful eye of marine biologists from the shark lab, we go in for a closer look. oh, he's right there! he is literally right here! for many, this is the stuff nightmares are made of. >> the shark is right there! he's about en feet out from me. >> reporter: but scientists are learning our outsized fear of so-called man eating sharks is unfounded.
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the danger that those kind of encounters pose tends to be much higher. >> reporter: psychologist gabriela hancock is working with the shark lab to understand what makes people so scared of sharks. >> five-month-old babies were not afraid of sharks. so it appears as though our fear of them is learned and socially venile gat white, the reaction to scramble back on to the board isn't necessary. i'm ten feet behind a large shark bigger than i am. i lose my balance, i fall in the water, the shark takes off. it would rather avoid something as big as a person. in fact, if you do make a move toward a shark, they tend to go the other way. >> exactly. we see this over and over again. >> reporter: shark lab director chris lowe says these sharks are actually afraid of us. but despite all the evidence, most people are still terrified of sharks. >> you're going to need a bigger boat.
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>> reporter: scientists believe the 1975 movie "jaws" caused a generation of people to develop galeophobia, an irrational fear of sharks. >> it greatly perceived how people perceived sharks. >> reporter: there is even a term for it, the "jaws" effect, a belief that sharks intentionallat hum >> wh so med, it inflncattudes extes thdang tha these animals pose. >> i think what we're starting to see is that "jaws" mentality slowly going away. >> shark bite. >> shark attacked. >> reporter: media coverage of shark attacks can still amplify people's fears, but it turns out these images of sharks and people co-existing off the coast appear to have a positive effect. >> there is growing evidence, scientific evidence, thateye ge information. >> reporter: but even faced with slim odds, the fear of sharks is a hard habit to break. if i asked you, would you get in
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the water with me? >> eh, i'm not equipped. >> reporter: okay, okay. i'll let you go. it is important to remember these are juvenile sharks, but the big question right now is, since this was their nursery and they grew up here and food is plentiful, will they return as adults? so far none of the juvenile sharks the team have tagged have come back as adults, at least not yet. carter evans, cbs news, los illu here on the "cbs weekend newsin here in new york. ug? ♪♪ where your dad waited for his dad to come home from the factory. is this where they gathered on their front steps, with fats domino on the breeze... ancestry can guide you to family discoveries in the 1950 census.
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jennifer lopez and ben hitched in vegas. we have confirmed bennifer, as they have been called in the tabloids, have obtained a marriage license filed saturday in nevada. they called off their wedding in 2003 and split the following year. this is affleck's second marriage and lopez's fourth. now to other folks making multiple laps. today some circuit controversy as formula e-racing returned to new york. nick cassidy had the fastest time, but race officials say he changed his battery pack after his car crashed into a wall on day one. so they slapped him with a 30 place grid penalty. and antonio felix acosta grabbed his first win of the season. next on the "cbs weekend news" a monumental honor for a presidential adviser and passionate educator. educator.
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the sculptor who carved out a legacy. >> the guest of honor attempts to express her gratitude. >> reporter: standing tall as she did in life, a statue of mary took its place in the u.s. capitol. >> mary mcleod bethune did her part to advance the cause of forming a more perfect union. >> reporter: holding a black rose representing equality, the florida citizen replaces a confedeate statue in statuary hall, becoming the first african american to represent a state in more than 150 years. why do you feel that it's taken so long to get to this point? >> well, because there is so much racism in the united states still. so this is very important. >> reporter: milda comas designed this statue, the first puerto rican master sculptor to hold the honor.
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>> it is a big accomplishment, and this is the most important building probbly in the world. >> reporter: komas used the last piece of marble from michelangelo's italian quarry to craft the 11 foot 6,000 plus figures inspired by bethune's life story. born to parents who were enslaved, she established a school for black girls, founded the national council of negro women, and advised several u.s. presidents. >> she didn't let anything stop her, and she had a true belief that she was equal to everyone else. that she had the power to do what she wanted to accomplish. >> reporter: breaking another barrier in the halls of congress. nikole killion, cbs news, the capitol. >> the shoulders upon which we all stand. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. "60 minutes" is next. i'm errol barnett in new york. and on behalf of our teams working all around the world, thank you for watching. good night. of people took part
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in san francisco's aids walk today. the focus this year on a new disease affecting the same community. plus -- >> this is the best day ever because i haven't climbed these, and it was my first time here. >> best day ever. an exciting day for children and their parents as a long awaited tunnel top park opens after years in the making. a problematic homeless encampment in oakland that has been the site of dozens of fires, and now the state is taking action. we do begin tonight in oakland where a large homeless encampment will soon be shut down. >> caltrans says it's closing the wood street encampment
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because of safety concerns related to countless fires. businesses and neighbors tell kpix 5's da lin the looming closure is long overdue. >> reporter: there's no limit to this man's creative ideas, but the one thing that's holding his business back is the homeless situation. >> just hard for me to have my customers come here. they're just like, this is sketchy. >> reporter: john is also a board member of the west oakland commerce association. he and many business owners are glad caltrans is finally shutting down the large wood street encampment in phases, starting on wednesday. they hope to close it completely by early august. >> i'm very optimistic. i feel like had clean out this crime that was happening. >> i'm a former baseball coach out here, and the kids can't even come out here and play baseball. >> reporter: firefighters have
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