>> and me. >> i thought that was obvious. jg. tonight, record heat. the mercury climbing with much of the country under heat warnings and advisories. all that hot air could trigger potentially powerful storms. >> i'm elise preston in new york with more on why experts warn these dangerous heat waves will keep happening. >> we'll have the very latest forecast. also tonight, out of control. in california, the explosive oak wildfire near yosemite park is spreading fast with thousands of homes at risk. more than 14,000 acres scorched since friday. the governor declaring a state of emergency in one county. tonight, the extraordinary conditions facing firefighters.

and papal apology. pope francis visits canada on a mission to make amends. >> i'm traveling with pope francis as he makes a historic trip to apologize to indigenous canadians. and later, the class of 2022. this year's inductees into the baseball hall of fame, representing 150 years of america's favote pastime. >> cooperstown! >> announcer: this the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with the nearly 80 million of you dealing with sweltering temperatures and extreme weather conditions today. thermometers reached triple digits across the northeast and washington, d.c., new york city, and philadelphia. the heat has been blamed for at least two deaths. newark, new jersey, hit 100 degrees today, the fifth day in

a row, and the longest streak ever recorded for that city. cbs's elise preston has more tonight from new york city. and, elise, this weather is no laughing matter. >> reporter: definitely not, jericka. these extremely hot temperatures are not just uncomfortable. they are deadly. the national weather service says in the last 30 years, more aft week of extreme heat than temperatures are taking a toll across the country. >> oh, i'm warm as hell. >> too hot. it's too hot right now. >> reporter: heat kexposure is o blame for at least one death in new york city. but despite brutal temps, racers competed in a shortened triathlon today. >> extra water, and we have medical staff on-site just in case. >> reporter: parts of the northeast battled near triple digits this weekend. in washington, d.c., heat indexes approached 110 in some urban areas. it's so hot, amtrak fears the

blazing temps could expand train tracks. the rail line is warning commuters to expect delays between philadelphia and new york. if it feels like extreme weather is getting worse every year, that's because it is jennifer francis with the woodwell climate research center says heat waves are occurring more often. >> the headlines are going to be filled with heat wave news every summer, and they are going to get worse, and it is going to get stickier. >> reporter: face the nation moderator margaret brennan asked mayor miami francis suarez about the effects of climate change on his city. >> can you afford what's coming? >> first of all, margaret, it's not theoretical for us in the city of miami. it's real. >> reporter: francis agrees. we're seeing the effects of the problem around us every day. >> there is no date in the future where we can say, okay, after that date it's hopeless. everything we can do starting right now is going to make these impacts of climate change less bad.

>> reporter: now, francis warns because the oceans are also getting warmer, there's more water evaporation in the air, which makes the air feel a lot stickier, and those heat indexes a lot higher. jericka. >> wow, it's almost like there's not much we can do but try and do better. elise preston, thank you. tonight, california's mariposa county is under a state of emergency as a massive fast-moving wildfire there burns out of control, forcing thousands of people to evacuate. joy benedict has more. >> reporter: california's largest wildfire this year still rages out of control near yosemite national park. the oak fire's explosive growth continued overnight, threatening homes and forcing thousands to flee. >> just sad. >> reporter: the wildfire, which started friday afternoon, has burned more than 14,000 acres, destroyed 10 structures, and threatens more than 2,600 buildings. >> this is the first time ever in my life being evacuated. so this is kind of different. a lot of anxiety.

>> reporter: firefighters are attacking the flames from the air and the ground. but hot weather, low humidity, and a third year of extreme drought are making the battle even harder. >> everything that's burning in the fire is extremely dry. >> reporter: texas joins california and nearly half of the country in a drought. the dry conditions sparking 15 active wildfires across the lone star state. governor greg abbott signed a disaster declaration after fires destroyed 16 homes in north texas. >> the best news is that no lives have been lost. bk in cal, the state has fought more than 4,400 wildfires already this year, and the oak fire is proving to be the toughest one yet. but it is not just the flames that are dangerous. the smoke from the oak fire is reaching far beyond yosemite. in fact, it is expected to reach the san francisco area 200 miles away by tomorrow. jericka.

>> joy benedict for us, thank you. while much of the nation is battling extreme heat, a severe storm slammed wisconsin saturday. heavy rain and winds gusting up to 70 miles per hour downed trees and power lines, leaving thousands in the dark. looking ahead to tonight, even more storms are expected. here's meteorologist todd borek from our partners at the weather channel. >> well, jericka, it's amazing how much heat we've seen in places like the northeast. already today, boston reached 100 degrees right around 2:25 this afternoon. that was a daily record high. same thing for newark, new jersey, reaching the century mark. we could see other records fall by the time these areas look at all the numbers. there's some relief on the way but it comes at a cost. showers and storms already causing some damage back a little bit farther off to the west. but we do have that severe threat coming into tonight u into the overnight hours. in places like erie, syracuse, even up to burlington vermont. an isolated tornado cannot be

another stor comingurway, that haet is places like settle tos week. > today tbid othe covid virus. after nearly four days of treatment, mr. biden's doctors say the president is feeling well, but he does still have a sore throat. now, as he recovers, lawmakers in washington are discussing plans to call more witnesses before the january 6th committee. cbs's christina ra feeny is at the white house with more on that. >> good evening, jericka. that's right. the committee says throughout 2450ez hearings, more evidence has been found and more people have come forward they want to talk to. and they want to do more interviews, including with the wife of a sitting supreme court justice. >> i hope they're watching. i hope they're watching carefully, and i hope they understand the implications of what we're presenting. >> reporter: on face the nation, representative adam schiff says the justice department should open an investigation into former president donald trump.

>> whether they'll ultimately conclude they have proof beyond a reasonable doubt to charge him and to convi up tohe department. >> reporter: meanwhile, schiff and other january 6th committee members say they want to hear from more witnesses, including ginni thomas, wife of conservative supreme court justice clarence thomas. >> the committee is engaged with her counsel. >> reporter: in march, cbs news and "the washington post" reported that ginni thomas sent then-president trump's chief of staff mark meadows, urging him to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. >> we certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. >> reporter: following the conviction of former trump adviser steve bannon on two counts of contempt of congress friday, the committee is hoping other reluctant witnesses will consent to interviews. >> you can plead the fifth if you want in front of our committee, but you can't ignore a congressional subpoena, or you'll pay the price. >> if i announce that i was not going to run for office, the

persecution of donald trump would immediately stop. >> reporter: at a rally in tampa, saturday, former president trump made personal attacks against cheney and said hewill not be deterred. >> they're coming after me because i am standing up for you. >> reporter: now, the committee also wants to talk to members of former president trump's cabinet, and we should expect more hearings in september. jericka. >> christina rough ini at the white house, thanks. today we're learning more about the two americans killed this week during an intense battle with russian forces in eastern ukraine. cbs's holly williams is there. >> reporter: brian young, from california, and luke lieu sishen, from new jersey, were killed in action this past week in eastern ukraine, where they had volunteered to fight with ukrainian forces against russia's brutal assault of its neighbor. their commander officer was colonel ruslan, a veteran of ukraine's army.

he told us lieu sishen was injured by russian tank shelling, and as young went to help, more fire killed them both. >> there is a good side and evil side. they fight for good. >> reporter: colonel ruslan told us brian young previously served in the u.s. military and also had a cheerful smile. >> he perfectly knew wtedoou kn. a good machine gunner. >> reporter: luke lieu sishen was the father of two young children and was known by his comrades as luke skywalker. >> despite his young age, he behaved as a man, as a good soldier. >> reporter: thousands of foreign volunteers have reportedly come to ukraine to do battle against russia's invading army. many of them are americans risking their lives on front lines far from home. >> why did they volunteer to come to ukraine?

>> this question i asked brian once, and he replied, sir, if we americans don't help you winning this war, you know, the next step of russia will be knocking to our doors. >> reporter: colonel ruslan told us he helped retrieve the bodies of the two americans, risking his own life to do so, and is assisting with the repatriation of their remains. jericka. >> holly williams for us in ukraine, thank you. pope francis arrived in edmonton, alberta, today for a canada's indigenous children at schools in the 1900s. cbs's chris livesay is traveling with the pope. >> reporter: pope francis was greeted with an arrival ceremony, but it was much more quiet, somber, and not as celebratory as we're accustomed to seeing when the pope comes to town. pope francis still experiencing knee pain, arrived in a wheelchair, at the airport was

prime minister justin trudeau and leaders of the indigenous community. but gone were the outward displays of joy we've come to expect when the pope comes to town. that's because as francis himself has put it, this is a penitential journey meant to atone for how the catholic church mistreated indigenous children starting back in the 19th century. now, the canadian government forced more than 100,000 indigenous children into residential schools where they were forbidden to speak their language, assimilated, and christianized. these schools were mostly managed by the church. the last one closed in 1997. many children were also abused and death rates were exponentially higher compared to the general population with students succumbing to malnutrition andsometh the pare international uproar over reports that presumed unmarked graves of children were discovered using ground-penetrating radar though this is important to note. none have been exhumed to be verified. in april, a delegation of

indigenous canadians visited the vatican where pope francis personally apologized for, quote, deplorable abuses by some in the catholic church. now that pope francis has arrived in canada, he's expected to apologize one more time as he meets with members of the indigenous community over the next five days, and that first pivotal meeting is tomorrow at one of the biggest former residential schools in canada. jericka. >> thank you, chris. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, controversy over the fund for victims of terrorism. who is getting the money?

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>> reporter: 77-year-old bob essington recalls april 18 the beirut, lebanon. >> it was like a shock wave hit me. >> reporter: planted by an iranian-backed terror group, the 2,000 pound truck bomb killed 63 and injured more than 100. the explosive force compressed essington's spine, permanently impairing his mobility. >> i have a statementlator implanted in my hip with 14 plates on my spine. if i shut it off, i go into instant pain, and there's nothing to stop the pain. >> reporter: after the u.s. pulled out of afghanistan and froze $7 billion in assets from that country's central bank, the essingtons, along with other families, expected at least some of the money would go to a general compensation fund created by congress to benefit u.s. victims of terrorism. but president biden's executive order earmarked $3.5 billion to

support the urgent needs of the people of afghanistan. the remaining $3.5 billion was left for a new york court to decide compensation with a small group of 9/11 families with claims against the taliban at the head of the line. how unusual is the president's executive order on the afghan funds? >> it's very unusual. but the whole thing is unusual. > ken feinberg, has overseen more than $20 billion in victims' compensation, including claims by 9/11 families. >> was the u.s. victims of terrorism fund a viable option for the money? >> absolutely. >> reporter: feinberg said the federal court was also an option to handle victims' claims, but no decision was without controversy. >> you're going to get frustration and emotional disagreement and anger no matter how you distribute $3.5 billion. >> reporter: victims of terrorist attacks in the '80s and '90s against u.s. embassies and military installations sent this letter with over 400 signatures to president biden,

urging him to change course, writing "the victims' compensation fund was created for exactly these moments, for the benefit of all u.s. terrorism victims, not one small group." the white house told cbs news the administration undertook extensive analysis on this complex issue. that factored in the urgent need for afghan aid and victims' compensation, adding, the administration could not simply transfer to the victims' fund. >> these programs are more than just sort of taking a calculator and deciding who gets what. there's a very important element i learned the hard way in the 9/11 fund. giving everybody a voice. >> reporter: essington, a state department and vietnam veteran, rarely speaks of the 1983 attack. now he wants president biden to acknowledge his story. >> i don't care about the total amount that i get or anything like that. it's just his recognition of us,

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we lost veteran cbs news producer diane ronnau over the weekend after a long battle with cancer. sunday morning's lee cowan has this remembrance. >> reporter: you may not have known her name but over the course of her more than three decades at cbs news, diane ronnau helped us all make sense of a chaotic world, much of it while dealing with her own private chaos, a 16-year battle with pancreatic cancer. >> much as i was extremely worried about being sick, i also wanted to, you know, participate in the rest of my life. >> reporter: she had enough grit to pave a freeway, enough humor to buoy a newsroom through even the ugliest of seas, and enough curiosity and compassion to remind us all why we got into this business in the first place. but perhaps her greatest gift was helping those around her find balance too. >> i'd much rather be cooking

dinner, cleaning my house, taking care of my family, going to work than being sick. >> reporter: she refused to be defined by her diagnosis. diane was defined by her family, the devoegsz to her husband and their twin sons that knew no bounds. they were her headline, her own front-page news, and the ones we now carry in our thoughts. diane ronnau was a mentor, a friend, and a loving parent who showed the rest of us how inspiring and rewarding a life well lived, even one tragically cut short, can truly be. >> and such a blessing to everyone that she met. we will miss you. that's the cbs weekend news for this sunday. i'm jericka duncan in new york. thank you so much for watching. have a good night. have a good night.

now at 6:00, a fast moving wildfire carving a path of destruction near yosemite. a shooting in broad daylight in marin city has neighbors saying enough is enough. and stories of resilience from today's marathon through the streets of san francisco. good evening, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm juliette goodrich. we begin with a fire threatening thousands of homes in the sierra. it exploded in size overnight. the oak fire has become one of california's largest wildfires of the year. thousands of people are evacuated. the fire has shut off power to more than 2,000 homes and businesses. >> fire broke out near the town of mid-pines in mariposa county

on friday and since then, the blaze has grown to more than 14,000 acres. there's no containment. this fire comes as firefighters make progress in the washburn fire burning in the southernmost part of the park. following the oak fire, let's go to first alert meteorologist darren peck. >> a couple of things on this, guys. let's go to the vid wall. if you look at the plume of smoke coming off this fire and if we take it on the big screen on the vid wall, that will help us visualize what's going on here. you'll see different colors of smoke coming off the fire. we'll get to the forecast for how much of this smoke may be coming our way, but before that, what's in that smoke is important. as we play this forward over the last six hours, every once in a while you see a puff of black smoke like that one that shows up. as we get later into the afternoon you see more of them. so -- there's another one. so what's different about this fire is burning in what's called

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