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of the city. >> i'm not biased. >> that's it for us at 5:00. we will see you back ♪ tonight, weather warning. destructive storms and blistering heat threaten more than 40 million americans. the new dangers following these scary scenes. a water spout blowing ashore in florida, and this deadly disaster in texas. school attack, dozens of students killed in uganda by militants linked to the islamic state. also tonight. >> hello philadelphia. >> hitting the trail, president biden kicks off his re-election campaign with a big union rally in pennsylvania. >> guess who's going to be at the center of the transformation, you. >> the president onboard marine one getting a look at a traffic
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nightmare. news tonight on what philadelphia's damaged i-95 will reopen. plus, as summer travel takes off, details for drivers on the cusp of your get-away. i'm michael george with why gas prices are easing while other driving costs are rising. >> and later, a birthday parade fit for a king. 1,400 soldiers, 400 musicians, 200 horses, and a royal air force flyover as britain celebrates king charles' official birthday as monarch. >> this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. this juneteenth holiday weekend has begun with more than 40 million americans threatened by dangerous storms and blistering heat. tonight the greatest danger is from oklahoma to florida. large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes are possible.
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the latest severe weather follows this scary scene, a water spout on the gulf coast blew ashore in clear water. two people were hurt. and in perryton, texas, the clean-up is still ongoing after an ef3 tornado destroyed everything in its path, killing three people. for more let's check in with meteorologist paula reid from our w -- paul goodloe. >> it's mid-june, but it is acting like perhaps middle of may in terms of big storms still rolling tonight. tomorrow father's day still rolling across mississippi valley and into the gulf coast. the timing of this is before the sun comes up, overnight tomorrow morning, showers and thunderstorms rolling across texas, arkansas, louisiana, into mississippi, eventually alabama, and more storms here across florida as we head into your father's day afternoon and evening time. but i tell you what, texas, once these storms come through, we're will really start turning back on the broiler here heating up
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these skies. in places hike houston, get above 100 degrees in june. you know it is crazy hot. we'll have that for your father's day and beyond. and also we're watching something in the tropic, still more than a week out, but, yes, we're in hurricane season. have to be aware as well. adriana? >> all right, paul goodloe with the father's day forecast. thank you. tonight a suspected rebel attack on a school in uganda has left at least 41 dead, most of them students. and a warning for viewers, the images are horrifying. police say the attack happened near the border with the democratic republic of congo. cbs's chris livesay has more. >> reporter: a wounded boy stumbles out of the darkness in shock, a rare survivor. some were hacked to death by machetes. others gunned down or burned alive inside their high school dorm, says the local mayor. >> we are here trying to put together the dead bodies that
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are burned beyond recognition. >> reporter: at least six more people were kidnapped, says the military. inexplicably linked to the scene, one witness rages. >> security is tight. i want the security to tell us where they were when these killers came to kill our people. >> reporter: a trail of blood allegedly leads to the ally ed democratic forces, a shadowy extremist group with ties to isis that's preyed on uganda and the neighboring democratic republic of congo where they're based. and where soldiers have chased them for years. in march, jihadist hacked to death dozens of people in the fragile east, authorities say. telltale tactics that these survivors in uganda now know too well. chris livesay, cbs news, rome. >> absolutely devastating. today president biden kicked off his re-election campaign. with a rally in pennsylvania.
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on the way, marine one carried the president over philadelphia's damaged i-95 overpass. it collapsed last weekend after a fuel tanker truck crashed and caught fire. today pennsylvania's governor pledged traffic would be flowing on the busy roadway in two weeks on a temporary bridge. and pennsylvanians can expect to see a lot more of president biden. cbs's christina ruffini joins us with more. >> reporter: in his speech president biden tried to address the things he thinks most americans care about, from infrastructure repair to tax reform and american manufacturing as he tries to build momentum for another turn -- term in the building behind me. >> make it in america. >> reporter: in his first big campaign speech, president biden told a ballroom of supporters in philadelphia, they, too, can make it in america, if they give him a second term. >> we got a fight on our hands, and my question to you is simple. are you with me in this fight?
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>> reporter: president biden ran the crowd, comprised mostly of union workers through his administration's greatest hits. >> under my predecessor, infrastructure week became a punch line. on my watch, we're making it a decade headline. >> reporter: and pledged to reform the tax code for big corporations and donors. >> they pay a lower tax rate than schoolteachers, than firefighters. just pay your fair share, man. >> reporter: he also took aim at republicans without naming names. >> they're coming for your jobs. they're coming for your future. >> reporter: ahead of the speech, president biden picked up an early endorsement from the afl-cio and 17 other major labor unions, the exact type of working voter the biden campaign hopes will make up a major bloc of support. >> i think i'm told this early every single union has endorsed me. i have been told that never happened before. >> reporter: but the president still faces an enthusiasm gap
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even in his own party. the latest cbs news poll shows 42% of democrats don't think he should run for a second term. >> i need you badly. so are you with me? >> christina, the president was also asked about secretary blinken's first trip to china. what should we expect about this diplomatic mission that's expected to be strained? >> reporter: what we're not going to see is a joint statement or images of blinken's and his counterpart high-fiving in front of some flags. tensions between the u.s. and china have been heating up. blinken's originally scheduled trip was canceled after that incident with the chinese spy balloon. china was furious about former speaker pelosi's visit to taiwan, and there have been repeated close contacts between chinese and u.s. military assets in the south china sea. so blinken is trying to be in the best way possible a diplomatic bucket of ice water, bringing down the temperatures to the point where the two superpowers can at least effectively and efficiently communicate all the things they
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disagree about and maybe start to find some common ground. adriana? >> let's hope so. thank you. and this note, cbs's margaret brennan is traveling with secretary blinken, and we'll have the latest from beijing tomorrow on "face the nation". in baltimore, at least 15 people were hurt when a city bus crashed into several cars before slamming into an apartment building. witnesses say one of the cars was speeding and ran a stoplight when it struck the bus. on the cbs money watch, after hitting record highs last year, gasoline prices are lower ahead of the busy summer driving season, but there are still bumps in the road ahead. cbs's michael george joins us with more. michael, good evening. >> reporter: adriana, good evening. what a difference a year makes. last spring we saw record high gas prices heading into the summer. this year, fuelling up is a lot more affordable, and that could give driver's a big savings boost at the pump. right as americans prepare for that summer road trip, some good news, the price of gas is far
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cheaper than the sky high prices last year. >> last year we were planning to go to arcadia in maine, and when we thought about how much it would cost, we said let's wait, so we're actually leaving next week. >> reporter: the cost of a gallon of regular is $3.58. that's down $1.43 from last -- the $5 a gallon it cost last summer. >> if you are planning a summer car trip, this is a great year to do it. >> reporter: andrew gross from aaa says the biggest factor for this decline at the pump is the cost of crude oil. >> last summer we were still dealing with the oil shock from russia's invasion of ukraine. the reason that happened is russia is one of the leading producers of oil. >> reporter: though the war rages, russian oil supplies are steady. demand for gas in the u.s. is relatively low, keeping prices down. also impacting summer travel, the cost of a new car is up nearly 5%. and auto insurance rates are up a staggering 17%. experts say the rising cost of
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cars and auto repairs are partly to blame. so the big question, will drivers get to enjoy these gas prices all summer? well, analysts say at least for the next few weeks, and it could last longer if the hurricane season doesn't impact oil supplies. adriana. >> michael george at the pump, thank you. today more trouble for a legendary college basketball coach. west virginia university head coach bob huggins was arrested and charged with driving the influence in pittsburgh last night. it comes weeks after huggins was suspended and pay cut. as pumts punishment for a homophobic slur in an radio interview. in los angeles, it is back to baseball tonight for the dodgers after protests friday at dodger stadium. cbs' elise preston is there. >> reporter: a lot of back and forth for weeks with the dodgers inviting, disinviting and then
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finally reinviting the sisters of perpetual indulgence. when the sisters showed up here, so did the protesters. a large crowd swarmed outside l.a.'s iconic dodger stadium as nearly 2,000 showed up friday to protest the dodgers community hero award, honoring the los angeles sisters of perpetual indulgence. >> they create an idea of who we are without stopping to learn about who we are and what it is that we do. >> reporter: for nearly 45 years the sisters dressed in drag have been on a mission to highlight and raise funds for issues impacting the lgbtq+ community, including services for homeless youth. in los angeles, a staggering 40% of young people on the streets identify as lgbtq+. but in a statement, the united states conference of catholic bishops called the dodgers' decision to honor the group offensive and painful. >> they mock the catholic faith. they profane the sanctity of
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holy nuns. >> reporter: the controversy taking place on the dodgers so annual pride net where in in attendance say the focus is on acceptance and love. >> i believe in god and i know he wouldn't have created me like this if he didn't want me to love who i want to love. >> reporter: 49,000 baseball fans attended the game. a usual turnout. the dodgers will host christian, faith and family day next month. adriana? >> elise, thanks. today a military spectacle in britain known as trouping the color. it marks the official birthday of the monarch. but it is not king charles' real birthday. the tradition is older than him, going back 260 years. >> reporter: on this official birthday celebration as monarch, king karls revived a royal tradition by riding on horse back. for the first trouping of the
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color, franked by royal colonels, his song prince william and sister princess ann. it was a poignant trooping for someone other than queen elizabeth ii, who did so for seven decades. it was 1952 and young elizabeth, seen here mounted on horse back, led her inaugural trouping the color. 2022, the late queen's platinum jubilee was one of the largest in recent memory. it would be the last time she would inspect the hundreds of horses and soldiers as they performed battlefield drills to military music. an annual hallmark of britain's hard power and soft when senior members of the royal family join together on the balcony at buckingham palace for what's known as the fly path. this year was an impressive display of aerial might, but saw notable absences including prince
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andrew, prince harry and meghan. no longer senior working royals. still, trouping the color doesn't always go as smoothly as it did today. in 1981, the queen was shot at from a distance. but that didn't stop her from riding on horseback at the event for a further five years only opting to ride in a carriage instead after her beloved horse burmese, a gift from the royal mounlted police retired. in preparation for charles' first trouping the color as king to make his official 75 th birthday, the unusually high temperatures during the final rehearsal saw at least three guardsmen dressed in their heavy red tunics and bare skinned hats, fainting from the heat. but on the day the weather cooperated as the king continues with this century's old tradition now that he's monarch. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, london. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, privacy concerns
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it's a busy travel weekend at the nation's airports. more than ten million travelers are expected to be screened this holiday weekend. that's a lot. this comes as the agency is rolling out the latest high-tech equipment to improve security, but there are privacy concerns. cbs's kris van cleave gets screened. >> reporter: at the world's busiest airport in atlanta. >> all right. you are fully verified. you can step around. have a great day. >> reporter: the tsa check point has gotten a high-tech upgrade. using this facial recognition camera system to compare a flier's face to their picture id in second. >> all right, ma'am. you are verified. >> reporter: if there is not a match like here in this demonstration, the tsa officer
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is alerted for further review. >> they're showing the id is a valid i's swing nonmatching bece those are two different people. >> we do this for better security, much more efficient because the image capture is fast. you'll save several seconds if not a minute. >> reporter: how does that speed things up? >> facial recognition is much, much more accurate. we have tested this extensively. so we know that it brings the accuracy level close to 100% from mid-80% with just a human looking at a facial match. >> reporter: the program has been rolled out to more than two dozen airports nationwide since 2020. but is currently voluntary for flyers. most images are deleted after use, but some information is encrypted and retained for up to 24 months as part of the ongoing review of how the technology performs. there are skeptics, five u.s. senators sent this letter demanding tsa halt the program. >> you don't have to compromise
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people ees biometric security in order to provide physical security at airports. >> reporter: privacy advocates wo worry about the lack of regulations and its tendency to be less accurate with people of color. you have five senators that called on people to stop program. >> i agree with them that we want to provide privacy for every passenger. and and i want to employ technology that's accurate and doesn't disadvantage anybody. >> reporter: as for passengers opting to use it -- >> got nothing to hide, so no, no, no concerns here. think it's great. >> reporter: tsa plans to add the technology to at least three more airports by the end of the year. kris van cleave, cbs news, atlanta. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, a furry intruder picks a bad escape route. we'll show you how he made a clean break. route. we'll show you how he makes a clean break. no mess. they work continuously, so you don't have to. zevo. people-friendly.
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from cbs news bay area, this is the evening edition. now at 6:00, feds are starting to crack down on san francisco's opioid problem, but a new report showing just how much the crisis has grown. >> there's a fine line between helping somebody and enabling them to keep doing it. >> the problem is, we're not looking at the things that we know work. plus, it's called america's second independence day. how black communities around the bay area are celebrating juneteenth this weekend. >> really showing a lot of energy . napa valley winemakers showing into the summer without a drought. we get their outlook for the next several months. good evening. i'm andrea nakano. the opioid crisis has devastated communities across
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the country, but data showing the problem is getting worse here in san francisco. the city's medical examiner released a new report this week on accidental overdose deaths and the numbers are jarring. 74 people from an overdose in may. more than two a day. it's the worst month since the city started keeping track of this data in 2020. 63 of those deaths were linked to fentanyl. 346 people have overdosed and died in the city since january. that's nearly a 40% increase in the same period last year. that's well on pace to pass the three previous years . but more help is on the way from the federal government. former house speaker nancy pelosi says more money and more manpower will be sent to the city to fight drug trafficking, especially fentanyl. it's all part of a program called operation overdrive. lucy said in a statement, operation overdrive will help our city address this tragedy by targeting the criminals who are doing the most harm ,
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