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days, we are going to peek on wednesday , we are near hundred for the inland valleys, then we will cool down again two days after that. we are still relatively cool for the weekend, it'll be hazy, not the best air quality but the temperatures are still around average, then they start warming up. san francisco will be near 80 on wednesday. looking at the final forecast, you might not hit 99 but the east bay will, but you will be in the mid-90s by wednesday. of course this was an abbreviated show because of golf spilling over, that is it for us at 5:00. we will have a full hour at 6:00 tonight and we hope to see tonight, remembering a titan of television. >> here's the star of the "the new price is right," bob barker. >> bob barker, who hosted "the
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price is right," dies at age 99. >> how would i like to be remembered? as a man who tried to treat others as he would have them treat him. breaking news. fatalities after a gunman storms a dollar general store in jacksonville, florida. in oklahoma, shots fired at a high school football game. also tonight, heat alert. 17 states sizzling this weekend. while winds fan wildfires across the west a and south.. we'll haveve the forececast. new details about the missing on maui, as recovery efforts intensify. in ukraine, battlefield breakthrough. >> tonight, the ukrainians are hopeful their counteroffensive is finally making progress. plus -- marching on washington. 60 years later. >> i'm at the lincoln memoriam, where thousands gathered to honor dr. king's dream. and later, a summer tour
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like no other. this mobile clinic helping people and their pelt pets in communities across the west. this is the "cbs weekend news." from new york. >> good evening, i'm scott mcfarland. adriana diaz is off. we begin with breaking news in jacksonville, florida, where there are multiple fatalities at a dollar general store. michael george is tracking developments. michael? >> reporter: scott, good evening. law enforcement officials say the shooter is a white male in his 20s who was motivated by hate. all three victims in this shooting were black. the shooting happened at a dollar general store in the northwest part of the city, in the middle of the day. jacksonville authorities say the suspect killed two males and one female before turning the gun on himself. >> plainly put, this shooting was racially motivated and he
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hated black people. >> reporter: the sheriff says the shooter put on a mask and tactical vest in the parking lot. >> the weapons that the shooter used today are a glock and an ar-15-style rifle. >> reporter: he left behind multiple messages, which authorities say amounted to an ideology of hate. >> it's just something that should not and must not continue to happen in our community. >> reporter: this comes in the midst of a weekend wave of gun violence. today in boston, at least seven people were shot during the city's annual caribbean carnival. two suspects have been arrested. >> what is going on? >> reporter: in oklahoma last night, players and fans rushed for cover when shots were fired at a high school football game. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: a 16-year-old boy was killed. no suspects arrested. and in chicago, two women were shot and wounded in the stands at a white sox game last night. and back to that unfolding situation in jacksonville, the fbi is investigating it as a hate crime. and a federal civil rights investigation is also under way.
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scott? >> all right, michael george, thank you. one of the icons of american television has died. for nearly 40 years, bob barker hosted "the price is right" here on cbs, developing a one of a kind following, with devoted viewers ranging from retirees to new parents to kids home sick from school. his successor, drew car rooep, posted an old image with barker, with a message that he's brokenhearted. barker's work grew to include more than taking contestant bids and making americans laugh, as cbs's carter evans reports. >> here's the star of "the new price is right," bob barker. >> reporter: bob barker ruled the game show universe. first, 20 years as host of the classic -- >> "truth or consequences." >> followed by 35 years at "the price is right." the longest, most acclaimed run in game show history. and the contestants were just as
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memorable. >> i had to come down here. >> what were we doing in the dream? >> you were chasing me in the hay loft. >> reporter: most were enthusiastic. some overenthusiastic. >> what did you say? >> i want to kiss you. >> my dear, that can be -- oh, wow! >> reporter: but his real passion was animal rights. >> i began to be aware of the terrible mistreatment and exploitation of animals in our country, in the world, as a matter of fact. and i just felt compelled to try to do what i could do. >> fur is murder! >> reporter: he testified in washington on the plight of captive elephants and closed his final show with the same simple plea he had done thousands of times before. >> and please remember, help control the pet population, have your pelts spayed or neutered. good-bye, everybody! how would i like to be remembered? as a man who tried to treat
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others as he would have them treat him, since he couldn't help all living things, chose animals and did what he could for them. also, that he did audience participation shows for a long time on television. >> reporter: carter evans, cbs news, hollywood. >> tonight, cbs released a statement in part, saying, during his 35 years as h of "the price is right," bob made countless dreams come true, and everyone feel like a winner when they were called to come on down. for more than 100 million americans in 17 states, it's yet another weekend of heat alerts. whipping winds are also fueling flames of nearly 0 80 wildfires including this blaze in louisiana. let's check in with paul goodoe from our partners at the weather channel. >> it is very, very hot, dangerously hot, but perhaps
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record-setting heat we're talking about here, as we head through sunday and into monday. all these dots respect a potentially record high. so, tomorrow, believe it or not, the numbers will be a little cooler than today. a few degrees cooler in atlanta. ten degrees cooler in dallas. we could see a high below 100. it's been awhile since we've been that cooler, if you can talk about 98 being cooler. certainly compared to today. but we're also looking at much of the ohio valley, the northeast, new england. comfortable temperatures, as you end out august here, but also august, notorious for tropical activity. we're keeping our eyes here across the western caribbean, gulf of mexico. there's a good chance this area of disturbed weather could be named, as this moves towards the western parts of the caribbean, northern and eastern gulf of mexico, potentially making landfall sometime by midweek, maybe in florida. stay tuned. scott? > paul goodloe at the weather channel. tonight, the death toll in
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maui still stands at 115, but within a day of authorities releasing a list of names of those still unaccounted for, more than 100 people were reported to actually be safe. cbs's ben tracy is on maui tonight with the latest. ben? >> reporter: good evening. the fbi says they still have to verify that those people are actually accounted for, and they do caution that other people will be added back onto the list over time. in the meantime, they have made progress in the grim search for human remains. officials say 99% of lahaina has been searched. and teams from fema are re-checking areas to make sure they have not missed any human remains among the ash and rubble. >> we are making recoveries, and we're doing everything we can to make as much of a recovery of a human being as possible. >> reporter: after days of searching offshore for those who may have jumped into the water during the fire, navy divers have recovered cell phones, and even a purse, but no bolds have
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been found. several hundreds of people have thought to still be unaccounted for. more than two weeks after flames destroyed more than 2,000 homes and businesses in the historic town of lahaina. >> we care about every single person on that list, and we will not rest until we know how each of those people are doing on that list. >> reporter: many here simply cannot believe how quickly and how much their lives have changed. >> there's no one i know who's not affected by it. if they haven't lost their house or their family, they've lost their friends. if they haven't lost their house, family, and friends, they've lost their job. ♪ >> reporter: but on a hillside above town, a group of teachers built this makeshift hawaiian altar, trying to find purpose in thaul's been lost. >> we're creating a place where people can go to have time, quiet time, to think, to ponder, to be grateful, to be sad. >> reporter: it could be quite some time before people are able to return to lahaina to see what
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remains of their town. first, they have to clear out all of the hazardous materials, and then the town, scott, has to pass two different inspections to make sure it's safe. >> ben tracy, thank you. now to ukraine. the country's counteroffensive against russia has been bloody, and slow, but there's been a battlefield break through, as we report from kharkiv. >> reporter: this is not the first time this ukrainian brigade has raised the flag on newly liberated territory. and they hope it won't be the last, but it is significant. they believe they've broken through the most difficult of the russian fortifications in the south, and will be able to move forward more quickly. "our goal is the sea," this commander said. "didn't want our guys to think they can relax now." for nearly three months, this offensive was reduced to a pain staking crawl across heavily
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mined fields. but now, they're through the first line of defense. ukrainian s.e.a.l.s helped clear the path. it's been weeks of sustained, brutal fighting. "a drone, get down," warns this soldier. they've had near misses. and taken direct hits. "i've stepped on a mine," this soldier screams. his crew rushes to wrap a turn kitt around him. but the drive back to safer ground is just as perilous. "keep your eyes on me, my friend," says another soldier, urging him to look at the beautiful evening sky. but for all these men, the battle is worth it, for moments like these. the long awaited liberation for
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the residents. it is a still a long way off, but ukrainian troops in the south are pushingpushing, where want to sever a land bridge with crimea, and, scott, cut off crucial russian supply routes. >> deborah, thank you. today, thousands of people converged on the national mall, marking 60 years since dr. martin luther king led the march on washington. cbs's nicole killian was there. >> reporter: standing near the same spot where dr. martin luther king jr. uttered those famous words -- >> i have a dream. >> reporter: a new generation gathered to honor the call 60 years later. >> let's not give up. let's not give in. let's not give out. we must move forward. >> reporter: dr. king's son, martin luther king ii i, led the charge, along with reverend al sharpton. >> we're the children of the
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deam. let us march in the name of the dreamers. >> reporter: and andrew young, an aide of dr. king. >> martin luther king said then, give us the ballot. and then he moved up and said, but i have a dream. but he gave his life for that dream. >> reporter: even though the crowds may not be as long as they were in 1963, the sentiment is the same. this is a march for racial and social justice. thousands marched from the lincoln memorial to the king memorial. >> this is a big way to honor the legacy of martin luther king. >> reporter: college freshman aud dra, to these three women who came to the original march in their teens. >> well, it was much like today, ch except it was shoulder to shoulder. we could barely walk. and we could not stay in hotels, because they were segregated at that time. >> i heard martin lulter king. i didn't see anybody famous or anything like that but i was just here, and it was just being heerz.
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>> the most memorable part, we put our feet in the reflection pool, because it was so hot, and the fried chicken and the potato salad and the kool-aid were we an miss stating eating, it all stopped when we heard dr. king speak. >> reporter: monday is the actual an vniversary of the mar. the king family is expected to meet with president biden to come them rate the occasion. scott? >> nicole killian, thank you. straight ahead, trail blazer astronaut. the veteran marine combat pilot and mom now rocketing into space. also, simone biles soars, showing she's still the world's best gymnast.
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and liftoff, go falcon, go dragon, go drewcrew seven. >> nasa and spacex launched a crew of four to the international space station.
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the mission's commander and the only american onboard is jasmin moghbeli, a mother of twin girls, making her first trip to space. cbs's mark strassmann has more. jasmin moghbeli, making her dream happen in the cokcosmos. you've been playing the long game. >> yes. in his sixth grade yearbook, there's that page of what everyone wants to be, and mine says astronaut. >> reporter: astronaut camp as a teenager. the daughter of iranian political refugees. college at m.i.t. she played three spots, including basketball. and with space in mind, studied air nautical engineering. then, a gucareer as a marine attack helicopter pilot. more than 150 combat missions. part family tradition, part
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service to country, part in service to those space dreams. >> i never wanted to close the door to becoming an astronaut and mill tour service was not closing that door. >> go falcon, go dragon, go crew seven. >> reporter: a 40-year-old mother of two, commanding an international crew of four. >> the fact that humans go to space at all is still really mind blowing to me. >> reporter: and what about that view? >> yes. the view back at earth, every astronaut i've talked to has said, looking back at earth changed their perspective. i can't imagine what that's like for the first time. i remember seeing the grand canyon for the first time and i thought that was incredible. but looking back at our home planet from space, i just can't imagine. >> reporter: looking down on earth, looking up to the universe of possibilities. >> we as humans can't help but explore. i also think it's really
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important and inspiring the next generation. >> reporter: to her, this morning's launch was about all that, determination, exploration, inspiration. especially to the next generation of girls, like her twin daughters, zelda and estelle. >> when they see the diverse crews that are going up there, they realize that can be part of this, whether it's becoming an astronaut or something else. >> reporter: like moghbeli, who has always had her eyes on the stars. mark strassmann, cbs news, houston. still ahead here, the outrage over a soccer official kissing a world cup win every.
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today, fifa suspended the head of spain's soccer federation. luis rubiales has refused to resign. rubiales insists he did nothing wrong, while the team vows not
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to play again until he's fired. simone biles is soaring again, off to an incredible start at this weekend's u.s. gymnastics championships, separating herself from the competition with a vault few humans are even willing to try. it puts her firmly in first place. next on "the cbs weekend news," 1,300 years after the first sighghting, t the searcrc thee m monster of loch nessss.
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the biggest search for the loch ness monster in more than half a scentury is under way ths weekend. hundreds are taking part, using drones, infrared cameras, and underwater microphones. the modern monster's legend dapts back to 1933, when reports first surfaced.
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when we return, meet the mobile vets helping uniquely vulnerable communities.
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we end tonight with one of the late bob barker's passions. care of our pets. in tonight's weekend journal, our cbs station in san francisco introduces us to a group of veterinarians and volunteers who have spent the summer helping those in need. >> okay, done. >> reporter: it's rarely a fun visit, but for people who love their pets, we know a trip to the vet is important. >> she should be good to go for the whole year. >> reporter: but the stress a pet goes through at the vet is nothing compared to some of the bills those trips can produce, and for some pet owners, the cost is just too much. >> she needed her shots and i
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wanted to try something new for her. >> reporter: this is one of dozens of people taking advantage of the l-vet project, offering free vet care, vars nations, food and supplies, to the pets of the unhoused and street pets in vulnerable communities, with the help of local vets. >> they needed help from, you know, folks who were licensed in the state, so i volunteered. >> reporter: a huge help, especially with a national shortage of veterinarians, and an economic climate that can put health care out of reach. max is glad to bring it right to those who need it, he's a college student from new york, and driving this mobile clinic is his summer job. >> these animals, they just bring light to a lot of people's lives, and i'm happy that i can help other people and i can help these animals who are in these circumstances, because nobody deserves to go without vet care, no animal does. >> reporter: for liz, it reminds her of a quote she's heard. >> giving is living. and i believe it.
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that is -- you -- i always feel great after i volunteer. >> reporter: these pets are feeling great after it's all over, and they get their treat at the end. and their guardians have one more stressor off their plate. >> the doctors are caring. they work really well with the dogs and really lovely. >> that's great work. and that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm scott mcfarland in new york. enjoy the rest of your weekend. from cbs news bay area, this is the afternoon edition. >> witness from the prosecution, alameda county's district attorney, pamela preis defends herself before a packed
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audience, the next public response at her town hall. >> plus, pushback against san francisco's doom loop narrative, we will take you on an up-tempo trip around the tenderloin. and a look at bob barker's impact on and off the screen. we begin in oakland with the subject of crime, it brought people out to a town hall meeting with d.a., pamela price, residents say they want to know what step she's taking to restore safety. da lin has this report. >> reporter: almost everyone who attended the town hall agreed, crime in a oakland is getting real, real bad. they came here for solutions. many longtime residents admitted oakland heads ha

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