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coast. >> the heat has been unrelenting. in greece, tourists and residents flee. a heat-fueled wildfire sparking the country's largest ever evacuation. also tonight, new scrutiny for texas' border tactics against migrants. the federal government warning of legal action. caught on camera. >> do not release the dog. with his hands up. >> an ohio officer orders a police dog to attack an unarmed suspect as he surrenders. in israel, protests intensify as benjamin netanyahu pushes ahead with a controversial vote. plus, new russian attacks in ukraine damage an historic cathedral. the latest from cbs's charlie d'agata. >> you look broken to me. and later, colorado treasure. why nature photographer john fielder is focusing on the future and his life's work. >> living in the moment.
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sounds like a cliche, but living in the moment, living in the present is medicine for me. >> announcer: this is the "cbs weekend news" from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with more hot weather. temperatures are setting records across this country and around the world. a top nasa scientist warns july could become the earth's hottest month in hundreds if not thousands of years. tens of millions of americans from california to florida are struggling right now to endure these dangerous and sometimes deadly conditions, and as if things couldn't get worse, the heat wave is forecast to expand into the midwest and northern plains. but we begin this evening in the west with cbs's elise preston in los angeles. good evening to you. >> reporter: jericka, good evening to you. many in los angeles are using umbrellas to shield themselves from the brutal sun, but there's no relief in sight for these
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dangerous triple digit temperatures. in phoenix, first responders race to save lives as the city is expected to hit its 24th straight day of temperatures of 110 degrees or higher. the nights are just as brutal, not dipping below 90. >> i guess we have to be vampires in this kind of weather. >> reporter: nationwide extreme heat kills more than 700 people every year. for paramedics working those 911 calls, the priority is cooling people down with icy cold ivs, wet towels and ice packs. >> put them under the armpits, inside the shirts, put them in the groin area. >> reporter: july is shattering heat records. more than 3,500 so far. cities including las vegas, austin and miami are on a streak of dangerous temperatures. >> at some point your body is not made to function in these temperatures. heatstroke has a mortality rate of 10% or more.
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>> reporter: in texas parents smashed a car windshield to rescue their baby accidentally locked inside. scientists say if it's 90 degrees outside, a closed car can reach 109 in just ten minutes. the heat making it tough for firefighters in washington state where a wildfire has burned more than 50,000 acres. and this warning from the cdc, those who are most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses like the elderly, children and people living with medical conditions should never rely on just fans to keep cool in this extreme heat. jericka? >> that's right. elise preston, thank you. for a sixth day in a row firefighters in greece are battling to douse explosive wildfires that have trapped residents and tourists prompting the largest ever evacuation in the country's history. it's happening on the island of rhodes. cbs's haley ott has the details tonight. >> reporter: a dream vacation turned nightmare.
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holidaymakers on a greek island fleeing flames on rescue boats. >> we're one of the very lucky ones. we managed to get on the authority boat. this is what we're leaving behind. >> reporter: rhodes, a popular destination for europe's beachgoers i is on fire. >> please, please, this way! >> reporter: extreme heat and dry, windy weather fueling wildfires with tourists forced out of their hotels and residents their homes. greek firefighters say it's one of the most difficult situations they've ever faced, and with more wind in the forecast, it could get worse. >> we were really lucky we got off the beach, but there were hundreds and literally thousands of people still on the beach. and everybody was screaming. they were fighting. it was absolute -- it was like armageddon. >> reporter: southern europe has been hit by severe weather this summer with temperatures reaching triple digits. the world meteorological organization says heat waves may be the new normal, but there is something we can do.
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>> if we were to eliminate fossil fuels, we would reduce a major contributor to what we're seeing. >> reporter: action that could throw some cold water on the rising heat. haley ott, cbs news, london. for more on the weather threat here and what you can expect this week, let's check in with meteorologist lynette charles from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, lynette. >> thank you. yes, the heat continues to expand. out west it's going to continue to work its way off towards the north and out towards the east. it's all courtesy of that big area of high pressure at this point. and with that, we're talking temperatures that are going to be about 5 to 15 degrees above average. you're looking at all these areas here shaded in the orange color, the yellow color. it is going to be a doozy in a lot of spots. now we move into the tropics because we can see don. don is going to continue to fizzle out. it will continue to weaken as it moves over cooler waters. invest 95-l, another place we're
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watching here, will continue to work off towards the lesser antilles. back to you. >> thank you. there's been historic flooding in nova scotia. the heaviest rains in half a century triggered flooding that swamped parts of the province. including this semitruck you see there. right now at least four people are feared dead, including two children. after being swept away by rushing water. the department of justice is threatening to sue the state of texas, that's only if governor greg abbott does not remove a floating barrier along the rio grande river by tomorrow. the doj says the state's actions not only violate federal law but raise humanitarian concerns. cbs's skyler henry is at the white house tonight with more on why texas officials say the barrier is needed. skyler, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. well, in one week agents reported encountering dozens of migrants with injuries, including broken limbs and some drownings, even with victims as young as 1 years old. there are growing frustrations
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over what officials are calling a new humanitarian crisis at the u.s./mexico border. >> people need to wake up because it's costing our taxpayer dollars, but sadly, it's resulting in the death of innocent people. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott recently signed off on placing this floating barrier along the rio grande earlier this month in an attempt to limit border crossings. but critics are calling the move inhumane, saying migrants could get tuck underneath and drown, or injured by newly installed barbed wire along the river. >> they're bumping into that razor wire without being able to see it. it's extremely cruel and barbaric. >> reporter: in a letter issued last thursday to governor abbott, the doj says the floating barrier poses navigation and public safety risks and presents humanitarian concerns. on friday governor abbott tweeted, texas has the sovereign authority to defend our border. adding, the tragic humanitarian
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crisis on the border was created because of president biden's refusal to secure it, claiming the administration's open border policies encourage migrants to risk their lives. some lawmakers say addressing immigration reform is the best route forward. >> we can't just wait on the president to solve things. we can't wait for governors to try to fix it themselves. congress has a role to play in this. >> reporter: the biden administration pushed back against governor abbott's accusations saying it was republicans who voted against a request from the department of homeland security for additional funding and for comprehensive immigration reform. the doj says the state of texas has until 2:00 p.m. eastern to remove that barrier. jericka? >> skyler henry for us at the white house. thank you. to ohio now. newly released body cam video has prompted an investigation after police dog was let loose on an unarmed suspect as he was surrendering. a warning some of the video we're about to show you is graphic. here's cbs's astrid martinez.
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>> do not release the dog with his hands up. >> reporter: newly released video shows the moments before an ohio police k-9 attacked an unarmed black man as he was trying to surrender following a lengthy highway chase. >> get the dog off him! get the dog! get the dog now! >> reporter: the video starts as police tried to pull over jadarrius rose for a missing mud flap. the 23-year-old led police on a chase for more than 30 minutes, stopping in jackson county, about 90 minutes south of columbus. at one point police with guns drawn instruct rose to exit the vehicle. he takes off again and police were forced to use spike strips to stop the semi. >> do not release the dog with his hands up. >> reporter: ohio state highway patrol said troopers were attempting to make the arrest when the circleville officer ryan speakman deployed his k-9, biting rose.
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>> the justification for the use of the k-9 really needs to be reviewed. >> reporter: brian higgins is an assistant professor at the jon jay school of criminal justice. what would indicate to the officer that he should not release that dog? >> when we see a supervisor and state police warning that officer not to release the dog, that's the order that should have carried the day. >> reporter: circleville police would not say if officer speakman is under investigation. >> was that not loud enough? >> reporter: troopers say rose was immediately given first aid after the dog bite and that they're conducting their own investigation into the arrest. jericka? >> astrid, thank you. tonight protests are intensifying in israel against the country's far-right government. massive crowds have gathered in tel aviv as the benjamin netanyahu led government pushes forward with its controversial judicial reform plans. the first vote now set for tomorrow. netanyahu says he'll be there despite being hospitalized after getting a pacemaker. today in ukraine president
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volodymyr zelenskyy vowed retaliation after the latest russian missile strike on the city of odesa. it badly damaged a landmark 19th century orthodox cathedral. at least one person was killed in the attacks. 20 others injured. cbs's charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: in rare access to recaptured territories, we pass through the ruins, pre-war population, 1,300. now just 15. including victor and lubya, who happily invited us into their home. the explosions don't bother you? no, those are far away, lubya reassures us. for us, this is like silence. you call it silence. wow. lubya's smile never disappeared even as she cut fresh flowers for her 92-year-old mother who passed away over the winter. soldiers helped bury her in the yard. the graveyard was too dangerous.
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we eventually made our way to the neighborhoods recaptured by ukrainian troops in recent days. here on the very edge of newly liberated territory, not a building has been left untouched. the ukrainians have managed to push the russian front line back but the russians keep attacking what's left of this place. they call areas like this the zero line, front line towns and villages under constant bombardment. like the town of orakiev. we last went there in may where we met the deputy mayor, running a community center for residents who chose to stay. until around two weeeeks ago, wn a russian strike destroyed everything, killing seven and injuring 13 more. i'm glad you're okay. but she's not really okay. she's a different person than the one we met just a few months ago. today you look broken to me.
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i'm not broken, she said. it's just that my heart and my body have been shattered into lots of tiny pieces. but i am not broken. charlie d'agata, cbs news, in eastern ukraine. >> to charlie d'agata and his crew, we thank you. now to an extraordinary moment in washington, d.c., this weekend. gallaudet university graduation ceremony saturday for 24 black deaf students and their teachers more than 70 years after they were denied their diplomas. the university also apologized for its role in racial and educational injustices. five of the six students who are still alive were able to attend the ceremony. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," amid the extreme heat, a new push to protect
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to check on him, lopez garcia was found lifeless near his lunchbox. a vigil was held for him this week as activists demand change. >> these farm workers are out there working six, seven -- almost seven days a week. >> reporter: currently just five states mandate heat safety protocols fork workers. and while osha does have federal heat standards, there is no federal heat standard. according to a study by national institutes of health, farm workers are 30 times more likely to die of heat exposure. construction workers have 13 times the risk. for the first time, the miami-dade county commission has advanced legislation that will finally require these workers get regular relief from brutal heat.
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among the proposed, a ten-minute water break. heat safety training for supervisors, a $3,000 fine per violation per day to companies that don't comply. >> it's not enough, water, shade, breaks. we shouldn't have to be passing law on common sense things. >> reporter: garcia is also a farm worker in homestead. she's also scared to go back to work in the brutal heat. >> no matter how hot it is outside, you guys are out there working? what else would we do, she tells me, we came here to work. cbs news, homestead, florida. well, still ahead on "cbs weekend news." why barbie pink is box office gold for beleaguered movie ththeaters. stay w with us. oror. sotyktktu is t the first-o-of-its-kind, ononce-daily p pill fofor moderatete-to-severee plaque p psoriasis fofor the chance at cleaear or a almost cleaear skin. it's's like the e feeling of findingng your backck... is bacack. oror finding p psoriasis can't dedeny the splplendor ofof these thihighs.
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a state with a spectacular landscape of peaks and plains. as our barry petersen shows us, a place putting one man's life in focus. >> reporter: this is where colorado photographer john fielder works. capturing nature, spring colors, the quiet of winter. now he faces a challenge greater than any nature threw at him. i want to talk about your cancer. john has pancreatic cancer. you have probably seen as much as any man of nature. birth, life, death. i sometimes have the sense talking with you, john, that it informs the way that you are approaching death is part of life. help me understand this. >> living in the moment. sounds like a cliche but living in the moment, living in the present is medicine for me. and it allows me to appreciate the past and the future.
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but by always being focused on what i've been given today, not yesterday or the day before. >> reporter: he took over 200,000 pictures. now culled down to the best 7,000 with memories, not always good. >> when i raft rivers, i make mistakes, i flip upside down, and i have to get the boat rightside up again. i lost $14,000 worth of 35-millimeter equipment in the upper colorado river. >> reporter: and the 7,000 pictures will now be a gift to all of us. a life's work to be donated and free to download from historycolorado.org, where chief creative officer jaysen hansen is turning john's clothes and cameras into an exhibit. look, but don't touch. >> you cannot take it home. >> i feel the photograph. >> that's right, that's right. you can. we will provide it to you and you can -- >> on a website? >> yep. >> reporter: john's life was about beauty. he looks back with no regrets.
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>> 40 years ago all i wanted to do was one thing, and that is quit my department store job cold turkey and with a wife, a child and another one on the away, turn my passion, my hobby, photography, into a new career and i pulled that off. >> reporter: indeed, he did. and for that, thank you, john fielder. barry petersen, cbs news, colorado. and that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. i'm jericka duncan in new york. we thank you so much for watching. have a great night. now at 6:00, a car flips over the side of the san francisco embankment. neighbors
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say they couldn't believe what happened when they then tried to help. >> and they didn't want our help. and i wasn't going to touch her. and they were all bloodied. a woman who survived a shooting is opening up about the incident. losing a hotel in millbrae is like cutting off a finger. turning a hotel into housing for the homeless. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we begin with that stunning video out of san francisco. take a look. a car speeds off a dead-end street and plunges down the stairway in the mission district, amazing. this happened at the stairs near dolores park yesterday. investigators say the car drove down the street, plummeted over the stairs, landed on 19
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