more golden girls pop ups are planned for san francisco, new york, miami, and chicago. >> that's it for us at 5:00. we'll see you back here at 6:00 for a full hour f news. tonight, weather extremes. kentucky braces for another round of flooding, already disastrous and deadly. >> it's devastating. while in the west a california wildfire explodes in size, as sizzling heat heads east. also tonight, speaker nancy pelosi travels to asia, but is silent on a stop in taiwan. on capitol hill democrats revive attacks and spending packages, hoping voters reward them. >> this is a balanced approach. this is solutions america wants. in russia vladimir putin takes aim, using navy day to target the u.s. and threaten ukraine with new missiles. in georgia, police body cam

video shows briana greer falling out of this patrol car. tonight her family demanding answers. >> we want to know what happened. later, we remember two towering trail blazers. nichelle nichols, who helped br women, including with this kiss, and bill russell, 11-time nba champion, celtics legend and civil rights activist. >> i wasn't making a contribution, i was just doing the best i could. this is the cbs weekend news from new york. with jericka duncan. >> good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. tonight tens of millions of americans are dealing with extreme weather. in kentucky more rain is soaking the state already struggling to recover from catastrophic flooding. the death toll now at 28. and the scope of the destruction still unfolding. in the pacific northwest, a

heat dome that's sizzled for days is forecast to spread east this week, while california tonight battles that state's biggest fire so far this year. the inferno seen here from space. cbs' joy benedict is in los angeles with more. >> reporter: it is a similar scene from the pacific to the plains. wildfires burning out of control. the mckinney fire near the california/oregon border is forcing more than 2,000 people to leave their homes. it's fueled by triple-digit temperatures, erratic winds and thunderstorms with dry lightning. the fast-moving fire which started friday is torching through more than 51,000 acres, and prompted the rescue of 60 hikers. it's one of the nation's 54 large fires burning in 13 states, destroying more than 1.. in montana, it's the elmo 2 fire north of missoula. it's exploding in size to more

than 11,000 acres. >> we could see the flames coming over the hill. it's time to go. >> and in idaho, this pyrocumulus cloud formed over the moose fire, which is charring more than 67 square miles. a series of lightning strikes may be to blame for a fire scorching farmlands in western nebraska. it's forcing the evacuations of homes and livestock. there are seven active fires burning here in the state of california. with a heat wave in parts of the west and very little rain in the plains, the fear is these fires will just keep sparking and burning. jericka? >> joy benedict for news california, thank you so much. today house speaker nancy pelosi began a four-nation trip to asia, but with no mention of a possible visit to taiwan. there has been intense speculation she may travel to the island of more than 23 million people claimed by china.

beijing has warned of serious consequences if she goes there. well, today marks 100 days until the midterm elections with president biden stuck in isolation with covid. cbs' serena marshall is at the white house for us tonight with more on what democrats would hope would be a new and renewed push for legislation. >> reporter: good evening, jericka. the president says he's feeling well despite testing positive again, and it's not stopping him from pushing his agenda from behind closed doors. president biden took to twitter, showing that despite his covid rebound, he is he is using his bully pulpit to push for a scaled back bill now called the inflation reduction act. >> these are solutions americans want. >> reporter: joe manchin struck a surprise deal with senator senate majority leader chuck schumer on the bill, which includes the president's priorities from energy to health care. with manchin even taking to the sunday shows to defend the new bill. >> we did not increase taxes, chuck. we've closed loopholes.

which did not raise taxes. we closed loop holes. >> the democrat who stood in the way of the last push, said they promised it would tame inflation. republicans disagree. >> it's going to make inflation worse actually. i like joe very much, but i think he got taken to the cleaners. >> reporter: with 100 days until the midterms, a new tracker finds republicans would hold a lead in the house if the election was held today. with economy and inflation among the top issues for november. and democrats plan to vote on the bill this week before heading out on their august recess, using reconciliation. meaning they would only need 50 votes. keeping their own caucus together. the outlier remains kyrsten sinema who has yet to say if she will vote for the bill. jericka? >> all right. serena marshall at the white house for us, thank you. for the first time since russia invaded ukraine, the first shipments of grain could leave ukrainian points as earl why is as tomorrow. but safe passage relying on vladimir putin, who issued new threats today.

we get more now from imtiaz tyab. >> reporter: moscow's naval might on full display, as vladimir putin presided over the annual navy day parade in his home city of st. petersburg. earlier the russian president signed a new 55-page naval doctrine which aims to make the nation a, quote, great maritime poer around the world, and singled out the u.s. as its main threat. standing aboard a raptor class patrol vessel on the river, putin also announced the navy would start using the hypersonic zircon missiles that can travel at nine times the speed of sound, saying the missile systems have no equal in the world. a day earlier the u.s. had its own show of military might as the 101st airborne decision carried out exercises in romania at an air base near the black sea coast, deploying from helicopters and carrying out combat exercises as jets flew in formation. >> we are only 198 miles from

the fighting that is raging today in kherson, ukraine, which means our deployment to ukrainia makes us the most forward deployed force in the united states military. >> reporter: on the ground in ukraine, firefighters rushed to put out the flames from late-night bombing raid in mykolaiv. it was one of the worst assaults on the southern city since the start of the war. among the dead is one of ukraine's wealthiest businessman, alexei vatatirski who made his fortune in agriculture and his wife. it's not clear if they were directly targeted in the strikes, or if they were, like many thousands of ukrainians, killed for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. well, tonight the family of a georgia woman who died after falling out of a moving patrol car is demanding answers. state investigators say deputies never closed one of the doors. a warning to our viewers, a

police body cam you're about to see is disturbing. here is mark strassmann. >> reporter: brianna greer somehow tumbled out of a moving car and died six days later. her family's added anguish, was her death preventible? >> we need answer. we need closure. we need to know the truth. >> reporter: on july 15th, the 28-year-old greer, a diagnosed schizophrenic, was having an apparent mental health episode. her parents called 911. deputies handcuffed her. after a struggle, they squeezed her into the back of a cruiser. >> you were looking for help? >> yes, yes, we were looking for help. >> i feel like it was my fault, i called it in, and trusting them to take care of her, not to harm her. >> reporter: less than a minute after driving away, deputies found the mother of two face-down along the road, breathing but unconscious. >> she jump, be locked in the

back. >> reporter: the sheriff later told greer's family she fell out after kicking the door. a review by the georgia bureau of investigation says greer was placed in the back seat with no seat belt, and the rear passenger door of the patrol car was never closed. the hancock county sheriff's office had no comment, but grier family lawyer ben crump is outraged. >> when a citizen is in the police custody, the citizen is in the police care. and clearly we see that they did not care for brianna. >> reporter: this body camera video does not show the moment grier fell out the door. other police videos may, and grier's family wants to see them. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. today we learned of the deaths of two towering trailblazing americans. nichelle nichols, whose role on the original "star trek" series broke ground for black women on television, first as a woman in

authority, and later with this interracial kiss in 1968. in her memoir, nichols wrote she once threatened to quit the role, but reconsidered after dr. martin luther king jr. introduced himself as a fan. years later nichols worked with nasa, helping recruit the first women minorities to the space program. nichelle nichols was 89 years old. yes also remembering the life of nba great and activist bill russell. he died at the age of 88. here is cbs' james brown. >> reporter: born in the small city of west monroe, louisiana, william felton russell took the game and the world by storm. in 1956, the 6'10" center joined the boston celtics, helping to create a basketball dynasty. a five-time mvp, he led them to 11 titles in 13 years. rssell also broke barriers in 1966 as the league's first black coach. >> which championship was the

most special to you? was it the first one or was it the last one? >> the first year i was player coach and we won a championship. >> first black coach in the nba, is that right? >> yeah. >> as a black man in america, russell recognized his work off the court was equally as important. in 1961, he led one of the nba's first boycotts in kentucky, after a waitress refused to serve two of his black teammates. >> nine top negro athletes meet with cassius clay. >> reporter: in 1967, along with other top black athletes, russell stood inside solidarity with muhammed ali, who refused to fight in the vietnam war. in 2011, president barack obama awarded russell the presidential medal of freedom. >> i never felt i would make any contribution. i was just doing the best that i could. >> reporter: his family says he died peacefully sunday with his wife janine by his side.

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>> reporter: california governor gavin newsom says california is not going wait for the federal government to pass meaningful climate legislation. is the idea to make california a bit of a laboratory for the rest of the country? absolutely. we want to iterate. we want to iterate. i hope californians take a look. >> reporter: he plans to spend surplus to combat climate change, including major investments in a west coast offshore wind industry and technologies to subplanet-warming carbon dioxide out of the air, as well as a fleet of satellites to detect methane leaks. methane is an invisible and potent greenhouse gas seen here with infrared cameras. leaks can happen during production and go largely undetected. why do you want to get this data? >> it's 85 times more potent than co2. methane is overlooked because

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>> feed it but not overfeed it. water it, but don't overwater it. >> it actually gains about a for a -- foot or two a day. sky-high sun flowers, this morning alex babich climbed the ladder for the latest measure of the 24'10", breaking the current u.s. record by one inch. >> feed it every couple days, and here we are. >> reporter: two other flowers in the field, although slightly shorter already bagged state titles. the family brought blooms to the indiana state fair and towered above the competition. keena's 19'took first place. ayla's second and a third place a distant 12'9". >> i'm a grower but new. >> reporter: the tale has a twist. with every inch it gross, it's not just reaching for a record, it's harnessing hope on the

other side of the world. >> we named the tallest flower ukrainian spirit. >> reporter: the sunflower is the ukrainian national flower. >> it stands for freedom a ines. >> reporter: alex was 14 when his family fled ukraine to move to fort wayne. as the ukrainian spirit flower keeps reaching for the sky, it's a reminder of the same spirit staying strong in the ukrainian people. >> i will be sending the seeds to my cousins and my best friend in ukraine. they will be growing them in ukraine and spread them around ukraine as well. that's really touching. that's really awesome, yep, really cool. >> reporter: for cbs news, i'm alissa ivanson, fort wayne, indiana. >> that's the cbs weekend news for this sunday. coming up tonight, "60 minutes" correspondent bill whitaker explores the deep faith revolution and its impact on the media. i'm jericka duncan in new york. thank you so much for joining us. have a great night.

>> now at 6:00, developing news out of oakland where a number of people were shot at a peewee football game attended by hundreds. >> and we are tracking a chance of thunderstorms across the bay areaight >>nd0 ac upnmoke in just one weekend in out of control fire in northern california. now the largest we have seen all year. >> and why monkey pox concerns didn't stop a san francisco event feared to be a superspreader. >> later, a san francisco walgreens worker caught on camera confronting a brazen thief. good evening. >> right now we're following developing news about an east bay peewee game that ended in gunfire. here's what we know. the football game was held at

oakland tech high school this afternoon. hundreds of people were in the stands. just after 1:00 p.m. someone started shooting near the field. we're hearing initial reports that two adults were shot and one young child. all three were hospitalized. right now the field is clear and we are waiting to hear back about the condition of the victims and what exactly led up to t shooting. we will kee aye o this developisty. >> our other top risk of thunde in the bay area tonight. this is a live look at cloudy skies over sfo and the golden gate and san mateo bridges. >> we are joined now with the chances of when we may see the lightning. >> mainly tomorrow. about a 20% chance. these are not huge odds but 20% chance is high enough considering we are in fire season and the landscape is pretty dry and the timing on that again is monday morning through the afternoon. look how widespread the lightning is right now. first alert doppler is showing

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