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gotten pulled well out ahead of tropical storm hilary. rain crossing over the idaho, ohio border from hillary. some of that will get pulled to the west tomorrow. we're kind of out of the direct line of sight on it, but we will see a few scattered showers through the morning and afternoon hours. >> i'm a little surprised that i don't see more lightning bolts. you would think so, right? >> from down over the storm and trust me, they're there. >> maybe it's not being picked up? i forgot the radar. >> yeah. >> and that's one of the threats from this. you can't forget that. it is still fire season and this is tropical, and that does mean lightning. >> we'll have more for you at 6:00. in the meantime, cbs weekend news is next. we'll see tonight, hilary charges into southern california. the monster storm takes aim with potentially life-threatening flooding, mudslides and record rain. the tropical storm about the size of arizona.
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>> i'm elise preston in monrovia, california, where people are bracing for hilary and its impact. >> we'll have the latest forecast. wildfire emergency. thousands evacuated in washington state. canada scorched by over 1,000 wildfires. two-thirds of them out of control. also tonight, president biden set to visit maui as wildfire survivors question the government's response. plus, new cbs news polling. former president trump's big lead grows as republican voters dismiss indictments. luna lost. russia's first mission to the moon in nearly a half century ends in a lunar crash. game on. a historic end to the women's world cup finals.
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>> england soccer fans are hoping to break a 57-year-old world cup. and later, to the rescue. when disaster struck maui, volunteers rushed to help, air lifting these animals to new homes. >> 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 with some breaking news. southern california has just been rocked by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. the epicenter in ojai in ventura county. it shook our los angeles newsroom. there had been aftershocks but no injuries reported at this time. this happening as people there are bracing for a tropical storm hilary, the worst expected later tonight. hilary is bearing down and the impacts could be significant. intense rain, lashing winds, flash flooding, even mudslides, all of it dangerous and
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potentially devastating. cbs's elise preston is in monrovia, california, and leads us off tonight. good evening, elise. >> reporter: good evening to you, jericka. that earthquake packs a double-whammy for those already hunkering down for hilary. there is no tsunami warning. meanwhile, the governors of california and nevada have declared states of emergency as hilary moves in. a warning to get out now for unhoused residents seeking shelter in an l.a. riverbed. mountain and foothill communities under evacuation orders with flash flooding warnings across southern california, as tropical storm hilary moves in. >> stay safe, stay home, and stay informed. >> reporter: east of los angeles the three main roads into palm springs are closed. flights cancelled and a plea from the city's mayor to stay inside as the desert community braces for a forecasted 3 inches of rain.
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>> hurricanes don't come that often and we don't get that much rain. i think everyone is being extra safe. >> reporter: hilary made landfall today in baja california, mexico, with heavy rains and high winds pummeling the region. the strength of this storm has worried residents in its path filling sandbags and stockpiling supplies. >> make no mistake, there will be power outages across southern california. >> reporter: the dire warnings prompting officials to close state beaches and parks in orange and san diego counties where navy ships and sails were moved out to sea. national parks including death valley and mojave desert are also off limits as the potential for catastrophic flooding intensifies. >> >> flooding where people lose some property is one thing, but flooding where people die is another. >> reporter: water from today's first round of rain has come into the home of chandler jackson, who lives near the san gabriel mountains and she fears
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much more is on the way. >> hopefully we don't get flooded out. super, super scared at the moment. >> reporter: while some flights into southern california have been canceled, meanwhile, the storm is also forcing schedule changes for sports teams and theme parks as everyone hunkers down for hilary. jericka? >> elise preston and crew, stay safe out there. thank you. let's check in with meteorologist chris warren with our partners at the weather channel. he's tracking and timing this out for us. good evening. >> good evening. hilary remains a dangerous tropical storm. winds sustained at 60 miles an hour. could see gusts up to 70 miles an hour. especially some of the higher elevations, but it's going to be the rain. even with the fast-moving system, it's the rain that will produce a flash flood threat, a rare high risk for excessive rainfall from the mexican border into parts of nevada and a huge chunk of southern california could see this dangerous life-threatening flash flooding. the storm will continue to move off to the north through nevada into oregon and even bring some heavy rain to parts of idaho and
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montana. the threat for more flash flooding will continue. tonight, jericka, and going into tomorrow morning. >> chris warren, thank you. to the west and a wildfire emergency there. this weekend flames have scorched more than 20,000 acres in washington state. one person has died. hundreds of structures destroyed. in canada, two massive wildfires in british columbia have now merged. some 30,000 people there have been ordered to evacuate. this is canada's worst wildfire season to date. tomorrow president biden heads to maui to see the destruction. from the deadliest american wildfire in more than a century. 114 people are now confirmed dead. more than 1,000 people still missing. cbs's lilia luciano has the very latest on recovery efforts this evening. good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening. workers have scoured some 85% of
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the disaster area in lahaina. according to the governor, the remaining 15% could take weeks, and this as an approaching storm threatens to make those efforts even more complicated. fears of permanent displacement are growing among survivors of the lahaina fire. >> we had a housing crisis before this fire. this took it to another level. >> reporter: fema says it has approved more than $5.5 million in aid for 2,000 households so far, promising each will receive an initial one-time payment of $700 for critical aid assistance. but with the sky high cost of living in hawaii, this family, who lost their home, say that critical aid isn't nearly enough. and they still haven't been able to access it. >> it's not enough. >> reporter: the lahaina fire was one of four that broke out on the island of maui earlier this month, destroying thousands of homes. >> do i wish those sirens went off? of course i do. >> reporter: on "face the nation" today governor josh green criticized the response by a now resigned maui administrator on why he didn't activate the emergency sirens.
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>> of course i, as a person, as a father, as a doctor, i wish all the sirens went off. >> reporter: and tonight officials fear rain from tropical storm fernanda could bring dangerous mudslides to part of the island, worsening a growing humanitarian disaster on the ground. >> there's an airport right up the road. why isn't that being used? there's an ocean front 20 feet from our lobby. why are we not using that? >> reporter: more than 1,000 people remain unaccounted for. and the governor says because of the high heat at which the fires burned, along with all other complications of the search, some remains, jericka, may never be recovered. >> such a sad and devastating story. thank you for your continuing coverage on this. well, this wednesday republicans hold their first presidential debate. it happens in milwaukee. and former president trump has until friday to turn himself into a georgia jail. he was indicted, as you may recall, over alleged efforts to
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overturn his 2020 election loss in that state. well, tonight a new cbs news poll shows trump now has the biggest lead over his 2024 republican challengers as gop voters appear to dismiss the indictments against him. cbs's skyler henry is in washington. skyler, what is the trump campaign saying right now about what's next? >> reporter: good to see you. well, a trump campaign spokesman said stay tuned as far as their plan including when and where a prerecorded interview with former fox news host tucker carlson will air, but the former president will be under the spotlight. especially as he's expected to turn himself in for booking and a mug shot. more legal troubles, no problems for former president donald trump in terms of voter support. a new cbs news poll shows likely gop primary voters think the latest indictment in georgia against him is politically motivated. trump and 18 others were charged last week in connection to an alleged plot to undermine the
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2020 election results in the state. on saturday the former president posted to his truth social website, in part, does anybody really believe i lost georgia? i don't. as polling for trump soars, support for his closest competitor, florida governor ron desantis, only at 16%. while the other candidates in the field remain in the single digits. eight presidential hopefuls have qualified to be on the debate stage this week. including the former president, who as of now is sitting it out. >> i'm still holding out hope that president trump will come. >> i think every one of us that qualified for that debate stage ought to be on the stage, be willing to square off, answer the tough questions. and also draw a bright line contrast. >> reporter: a clear cut distinction. republican voters overwhelmingly say they want to see, as opposed to jabs at the former president. as top republicans hope the former president changes his mind in terms of participating in that debate, at least one
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thinks otherwise. louisiana senator bill cassidy said this morning, he thinks the former president should drop out of the 2024 race. jericka? >> skyler henry in washington, thank you. to the netherlands, and denmark announced they will donate american-made f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. they are the first countries to do so. today ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy sat in the cockpit of one of the fighter jets in denmark. the warplanes won't be deployed until next year. this weekend a setback for russia's ambitious plans in space. its luna-25 spacecraft was launched ten days ago. the robotic lunar craft was supposed to land tomorrow on the moon's south pole, but the russian space agency says it crashed after going out of control. it was russia's first moon launch in nearly 50 years. today spain reigns supreme in the women's world cup. it was a tense final with spain scoring the only goal to beat england.
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>> from distance, kept the line. right side. >> reporter: charge after charge but no net. england frustratingly hitting the bar 15 minutes in. >> it was that close! >> reporter: the mood in london celebratory, at least early on. >> i put a bet on. i put a bet on 2-0 england. >> reporter: the first goal, spain's captain olga carmona bee lined the ball past england's goalkeeper mary earps after teammate lucy braun lost position midfield. fans roared. in london, they took a breath. >> at halftime they have yet to get on the board. a lot of people are nervous about the future. how are you feeling right now? >> horrible. >> reporter: fans even booed spain's coach jorge vilda, as he gave a high five and, in fact, every time he appeared. last september 15 spanish players said they would not play if he stayed as coach. some alleging misogyny.
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he has swatted down questions even on the eve of the final. next question, he said. in the second half with a still scoreless england, a call of handball. then confirmation with a video assistant referee -- >> decision is, penalty! >> they have it. >> reporter: set up spain for a second goal. only to be saved by earps who launched herself left to grab the ball to the ground. but england were ultimately no match for la rosa. still there's one thing many agree regardless of country -- a milestone, obviously, and a big step forward for women's sports, said this fan. >> one thing's for sure. women's football in this country will never be the same again. >> reporter: even though england didn't win the world cup, jericka, many say women's football has won writ large because of rising popularity, ad dollars and sponsorship. but there are still those issues
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of fair pay and allegations of misogyny. tonight a new england patriots player is out of the hospital after a scary moment on the field. isaiah bolden was carted off the field after he collided with a teammate during a preseason game with the green bay packers. the game was suspended. today they say he is okay. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the desperate race to rescue florida's once colorful coral reefs and the ambitious effort to air lift some of maui's most vulnerable survivors. colorful rereef. anand air lififting mamaui's mo vulnlnerable sururvivors. sotyktu is the f first-of-itits-kind, once-d-daily pilll for momoderate-to-o-severe plplaque psoririasis for ththe chance a at clear or almosost clear skskin. it's likike the feeleling of f finding youour back.... is back. or fininding psoririasis cacan't deny t the splendodr of thehese thighs.s. oncece-daily sototyktu is prpn toto get more e people
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>> reporter: a nearby marine buoy in the upper keys measured the surface water temperature above 100 degrees last month, which scientists believe is due, in part, to human-caused climate change. now there's a race to save the coral. ironically, by removing them from their habitat. >> we are trying to rescue as much of the genetic diversity and as much of the stock that we have, is paramount to the survival of this species in the florida keys. >> reporter: this is the program manager of the coral restoration foundation. volunteers have been taking 20 different species of coral from the sea and to their partners at the keys marine lab, where they are placed into tanks that simulate more normal conditions. the goal is to keep them alive and return them once the waters have cooled. >> we've seen a species disappear, but an entire ecosystem, we haven't seen that. and i don't want to be part of
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lelearn how ababbvie cocould help y you save. finally tonight, the maui wildfires have also had a devastating impact on animals who were already living in shelters filled to capacity. when maui shelters sent out an sos call, people across the country stepped up to help. cbs's kris van cleave with that story. >> reporter: even before the fires scorched lahaina, keto and dorito needed a home. >> our kennels were completely full. >> reporter: then disaster struck. across the island, the maui humane society and volunteers came to the rescue by land, sea and now air.
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>> our fur babies, i hope you go to good, loving homes, all of you. >> reporter: they partnered with the greater good charities and southwest airlines to find a temporary home for about 150 pets in portland, oregon. before boarding, each pet got a clean bill of health and vaccinations. >> you need a vaccine before you can fly. >> they are going to guarantee adoption areas, rescues where they are guaranteed to find a home. so, yeah, it's really life saving and really takes a village. >> reporter: volunteers still work around the clock to help animals both at the shelter and back in lahaina. >> the reason why this flight is so important is because we know that we are going to be inundated with animals for months and years to come that are going to need this ongoing medical, shelter, supplies and care and support. >> reporter: a need that will keep rising. an estimated 3,000 pets are still missing. >> we are seeing animals that are in complete shock. we're seeing animals that need severe pain medication to attend to, you know, injuries that they have. >> reporter: but there are also reunions.
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like roman's, back with his family after going missing during the fire. >> we want people to know there is hope through all of this and we need people to keep the hope alive. >> reporter: and sometimes hope comes with four legs and a tail. kris van cleave, cbs news. >> good boy. well, that is the "cbs weekend news" for this sunday. i'm jericka duncan in new york. coming up tonight on "60 minutes," america's maternal health crisis. thank you so much for joining us. have a great week and a good night.
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we're tracking hilary's path. and a look at what the storm so far is leaving in its wake. and stay safe, stay informed, stay home. the worst of the rain is potentially left to come. >> the different kind of impact here in the bay area as hilary strands travelers. live from the cbs studios in san francisco, the earth shook the south land as they were shaken today by the magnitude of the 5.1 quake at the same time of the unheard of dumping rain on the deserts. in los angeles, freeways are flooding and reporting more than 100 incidents in the greater l.a. area. 100 miles east of san diego at the border town.
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