cbs' elise preston reports a potential work stoppage could hurt the city's vital tourism industry. >>egas is known for extravagance. but behind the scenes, there are tens of thousands who cook the meals, mix the drink, and clean the suites. they filled this arena yesterday, voting to strike. >> we're struggling. it's not easy. >> reporter: 40,000 hospitality workers are ready to walk out, claiming low pay, staffing shortages, and safety issues, including norma quinones. >> they don't care about us. all they care is making their own money. >> reporter: of the three major hotel chains negotiating, wynn and mgm released statements. mgm says it has a decades long history of bargaining successfully with the union, and called their ongoing meeting productive. as yet another strike looms, one has officially ended. the writers guild has authorized its members to report back to work. bill maher announced he'll return friday. stephen colbert and other late night talk show hosts next week. we're also learning what's in the new deal. wage increases, minimum staffing, streaming residuals and prote

elise preston has more. >> i deeply apologize to writers, i deeply apologize to unions. >> reporter:rs after drew be barrymore posted a ed instagra apology video, she deleted it. >> i want to put one foot in front of the other and make a show for people, regardless of anything else that's happening in the world. >> reporter: she is within sag-aftra guidelines to host her show, which is part of paramount global. >> this is way bigger than just the drew barrymore show. we are out here standing with our union. >> reporter: striking actors also criticize the move. >> i love her very much. i grew up with her, but i'm not sure this was the right move. >> you're [ bleep ] scabs. >> reporter: barrymore is not alone. "realtime with bill maher" is also returning. >> they are really morphed a long way from the 2007 strike where they kind of believe that you're owed a living as a writer, and you're not. >> reporter: other returning daytime talk shows are under scrutiny, including "the view" and "live with kelly and mark." with the fall tv season under way, analysts say the strikes have already c

cbs's elise preston starts us off tonight from california. elise? >> reporter: jericka, the burning man festival is a celebration of art and creativity that happens every year. but heavy rain swamped the event, leaving many stuck and sheltering in place. tens of thousands stranded at the burning man festival, forced to hunker down in the nevada desert as authorities tell them to conserve food and water. >> we are not allowed out of the playa. the gates are locked. we -- we're okay. we have enough tuna for a week. >> reporter: as crews work to clear a safe path out of the makeshift town, cell phone equipment is being brought in to help those who got stuck after heavy rain trapped them in flooded camp sites. >> this is my front door. these are my very, very muddy boots. >> reporter: justin schuman is one of the many trudging through the mud. he's on his tenth day at burning man. >> can you describe the mud? >> it was really, really wet and really, really slick. but it's also very alkaline. so you do have to be careful for no prolonged exposure of your

elise preston reports. >> reporter: dozens of s.w.a.t. officers surrounded this home before sunrise, determined to capture the man suspected of gunning down one of their own. >> we believe we have the murderer of our deputy in custody. >> reporter: after barricading himself for several hours, officers deployed chemical agents, forcing 29-year-old kevin salazar to surrender. >> our deputies gave this suspect an opportunity to peacefully give up. that is not the right that was afforded to our deputy three days ago out here across the street. >> reporter: 30-year-old deputy sheriff ryane clinkunbroomer was fatally shot ambush style 80 yards from the station. this video shows the moment a dark gray toyota pulls up to the red light, pauses, and drives off. >> he was shot and killed. why? we don't know yet. he was murdered. ambushed by a coward. >> reporter: the outpouring of sorrow has been immense. clinkunbroomer who just got engaged had been with the sheriff's department for eight years. both his father and grandfather had also served as dep

cbs's elise preston starts us off tonight from california. elise? >> reporter: jericka, the burning man festival is a celebration of art and creativity that has every year. but heavy rain swamped the event, leaving many stuck and sheltering in place. tens of thousands stranded at the burning man festival, forced to hunker down in the nevada desert as authorities tell them to conserve food and water. >> we are not allowed out of the playa. the gates are locked. we're okay. we have enough tuna for a week. >> reporter: as crews work to clear a safe path out of the makeshift town, cell phone equipment is being brought in to help those who got stuck after heavy rain trapped them in flooded camp sites. >> this is my front door. these are my very, very muddy boots. >> reporter: justin schuman is one of the many trudging through the mud. he's on his tenth day at burning man. can you describe the mud? >> it was really, really wet and really, really slick. but it's also very alkaline. so you do have to be careful for no prolonged exposure of your skin to the

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cbs's elise preston leads us off from black rock desert just outside the camp and all the chaos. > reporter: good evening to you, major. we are right outside the campsite, and you can see just how remote this is, about 140 miles from reno. they may look like ants on your screen, but thousands of cars are snaking through the desert, barely moving. >> we're getting out of here. >> reporter: today finally was moving day, but it was a slow slog. tens of thousands attending the event that celebrates being off the grid have been stuck in gridlock. there is just one road to leave the isolated black rock desert. >> we just spent four hours in line to get out. and the people that are in line now, getting in line now, might spend 12 hours. >> reporter: after two months of rain fell in one day, burning man officials warned festival-goers to shelter in place, not to try to make the more than five-mile trek out. the mud so thick, even large vehicles couldn't move. and those who chose to walk barefoot risked chemical burns because the mud is alkaline. >> for me and my husband, this is an escape

elise preston reports. >>> the chances of this being an overwhelming rush of cases and hospitalizations is probably low. >> reporter: covid infections are on the rise across the country with hospitalizations last month increasing nearly 16%. >> i had a few colleagues who were sick with covid this summer. >> reporter: the uptick in cases prompting this san francisco food bank to sound the alarm. >> people are concerned because there's people that never got vaccinated. >> reporter: but overall, health experts say the country's better equipped to handle a winter covid outbreak thanks to plentiful vaccines and natural immunity. many don't expect a return to mandatory masking. >> if the cases go up, that there might be recommendations, not mandates. >> reporter: in l.a. county masks are recommended but not required despite outbreaks in schools jumping 43% in the last week, and tripling in a month at workplaces. many insurance providers are no longer covering the cost of home tests, and for those without insurance, the cdc continues to operate 10,000 testing sites. elise preston, cbs news, lo

cbs's elise preston has the new information. >> reporter: dozens of sworn officers surrounded this homee the man suspected of gunning down one of their own. >> we believe we have the murderer of our deputy in custody. >> reporter: after barricading himself for several hours, officers deployed chemical agents forcing 29-year-old kevin salazar to surrender. >> our deputies gave this suspect an opportunity to peacefully give up. that is not the right to that was afforded to our deputy three days ago out here on the street. >> reporter: 30-year-old deputy sheriff ryan clinkunbroomer was fatally shot ambush style from his home. in a dark gray toyota pulls up next to the patrol car at a red light, pauses and then drives off. >> he was shot and killed, why? we don't know yet. he was murdered, ambushed by a coward. >> reporter: the outpouring of sorrow has been immense. clinkunbroomer who just got engaged had been with the sheriff's department department for eight years, where his father and grandfather had also served as deputies. can you give us more insight to who he was? >> an incredible yo

noren. >> norah: elise preston, thank you very much.posure to four young children at a day care center in new york city. sources tell cbs new york that the day care was a drug front. police revealing tonight that the fentanyl was found under a match where the children had been napping. cbs's jessica moore has the update from the bronx. [crying] >> reporter: tonight as 1-year-old nicholas dominici's parents grave, greg mendez calls her husband before 911 helping the children there were unresponsive. >> you cannot be a parent and not be angry with happen to those four babies. i am. >> reporter: newly released video shows mendez's husband throwing out drugs before first responders arrived at the scene. now police are searching for them. a kilo of fentanyl and drug making equipment was found inside the day care. mendez and her husband's cousin carlisto acevedo brito who rented a room at the rear of the day care were both arrested on saturday night and charged with murder. showing depraved indifference heard in addition to four counts of end

cbs's elise preston reports from las vegas, where the fbi is investigating this multi-million dollar hack. >> reporter: mgm resorts is not only one of the biggest players on the las vegas strip. it's nevada's largest employer, and tonigh it's paralyzed. casinos filled with non-working slot machines. computers and phone lines are down, and frustration is growing. >> you don't know what you're dealing with, right? you don't know how much is compromised and how much is not compromised. >> i don't even want to pay with my card right now. i'm scared they're going to hack all of our information. >> reporter: a group that reports on cyberattacks claims that all hackers did to compromise mgm resorts was hop on linkedin, find an employee, then call the help desk. >> how was this even carried out? >> it's not clear. >> reporter: cbs news cybersecurity expert chris krebs says several recent cyberattacks may have been homegrown. >> we have built up this kind of mythology around ransomware operators being eastern europeans or russians hiding under the skirt of putin and the kremlin. it may be tha

cbs's elise preston will start us off from a studio lot in los angeles. : norah, good evening to you. after 146 days of walking the picket line, writers are expected to ratify this deal within the coming weeks. but with actors on strike, there is still no hollywood ending. picket signs are coming down, but don't expect the curtain to rise anytime soon for your favorite shows. while the writers have reached a deal, it still must be ratified by the guilds 11,000 members, and more than 160,000 actors are still without a contract. the wga calls its 3-year deal exceptional, includes concessions on royalty payments for streaming and protecting writers from being replaced by ai. two of the main sticking points of a strike that has cost the industry more than $5 billion. the first shows that forced off the air, late night talk shows will likely be the first programs to return. perhaps as early as next week. >> what we want? >> contracts. >> the writers and actors walkouts have shown solidarity and the many job actions seen in this summer of strikes. what does this

elise preston, thank you.summer was as hot as mid-july. nearly 170 million americans sweltered in temperatures above 90. some places hit historic high temperatures for september. and as meg oliver reports, the heat is impacting the start of the school year. >> reporter: as extreme heat continues to roast new york, fans and players at the u.s. open tennis championships in flushing, are trying to cope. >> it's doable when you have a fan. >> reporter: today hit 90, about 10 dgrees higher than normal. ahead of the first day of school tomorrow, the philadelphia public school district announced "early dismissal through wednesday for students who attend schools with little or no air conditioning." cooling centers are open in washington, d.c., where a hot weather emergency is in effect. but 98 degrees has not stopped tourists like lee and tammy robbie who came from boise to visit the national monuments. >> we stop and sit down once in a while and try to find some shade. the breeze is wonderful if you can get in the br

>> norah: elise preston, thank you very much.s and counting until disaster for the federal government. unless members of congress can come together, there will be a shutdown on sunday. late this afternoon, president biden said a lot of vital work could be impacted. cbs's scott macfarlane is on the hill and reports that instead of finding compromise, both sides are digging deeper, so, scott, what are you here in? >> reporter: talking to members of congress all day, norah, they can reach consensus on just one thing. they are running short on time and running short on hope. the outlook is so perilous, the head of a major federal employees union told cbs news, he has urged members to save whatever they can in money, as paychecks could stop sunday morning. an irs worker in chicago told us her colleagues are asking about food pantries and unemployment insurance. if the government shuts down sunday, some workers at the federal level stay on the job, but without paychecks. tsa officers, customs officers. but if they choose to call in sic

elise preston, thank you so much much.us fugitive who was captured outside of philadelphia on wednesday after a two week manhunt. danelo cavalcante was discovered by thermal imaging and then subdued by police dog named yoda. the u.s. marshall says cavalcante told investigators he was planning to carjack someone and was hoping to travel to canada, and then possibly puerto rico. the convicted killer also telling officers, they nearly stepped on him multiple times during the search while he was hiding under leaves and brush, and that he survived on watermelons and stream water. well, he is now being held a maximum-security prison awaiting new charges from his time on the run. tonight, an american cave researcher who became trapped more than 3,000 feet underground in turkey is finally sharing his incredible story of survival. cbs's ramy inocencio spoke with the nenew york resesident abouos life-threaeatening ordrdeal. >> so i amam doing great.. not likeke 100% yet t on the outsidide, i look pretty good. >> reporter: but on the

cbs's elise preston will start us off tonight from a studio lot in los angeles. ng, elise. >> reporter: norah, good evening to you. after 146 days of walking the picket line, writers are expected to ratify this deal within the coming weeks. but with actors on strike, there's still no hollywood ending. picket signs are coming down, but don't expect the curtain to rise anytime soon for your favorite shows. while the writers have reached a deal, it still must be ratified by the guild's 11,000 members, and more than 160,000 actors are still without a contract. the wga calls its three-year deal exceptional. it includes concessions on royalty payments for streaming and protecting writers from being replaced by a.i., two of the main sticking points of a strike that has cost the industry more than $5 billion. the first shows forced off the air, late-night talk shows, will likely be the first programs to return, perhaps as early as next week. >> what do we want? >> contracts! >> reporter: the writers and actors walkouts have shown strong solidarity, notably in the many job

cbs's elise preston has the new information. >> reporter: dozens of s.w.a.t.s home before sunrise, determined to capture the man suspected of gunning down one of their own. >> we believe we have the murderer of our deputy in custody. >> reporter: after barricading himself for several hours, officers deployed chemical agents, forcing 29-year-old kevin salazar to surrender. >> our deputies gave this suspect an opportunity to peacefully give up. that is not the right that was afforded to our deputy three days ago out here across the street. >> reporter: 30-year-old deputy sheriff ryan clinkunbroomer was fatally shot ambush-style just yards from his palmdale station. police believe this surveillance video shows the moment a dark gray toyota pulls up next to his patrol car at a red light, pauses, and then drives off. >> he was shot and killed. why? we don't know yet. he was murdered, ambushed by a coward. >> reporter: the outpouring of sorrow has been immense. clinkunbroomer, who just got engaged, had been with the sheriff's department for eight years. both his fat

. >> elise preston for us this los angeles, thank you. >>> an influx of new arrivals is putting the nation's largest public school system to the test. they're the children of asylum seekers. astrid martinez has more on that. good evening, astrid. >> reporter: good evening. a dual crisis is unfolding in new york. school officials are scrambling to enroll the children of asylum seekers, while the city is struggling to find them steady housing. jessica and her two daughters are adjusting to a new life in a new country. it's not been easy. [speaking in a global language] she says one day she sleeps here and the next somewhere else. the country is from honduras and counted among the 100,000 asylum seekers who have relocated to new york that the city is struggling to house. they have moved from shelters and hotels four times. four schools in one year, because they had to be moved around? this family is also from honduras. she says adapting has been hard. [speaking in a global language] she says two days before starting school, the family was given two hours' notice to pack and leave their shelter.

cbs's elise preston joins us with more on what wenner had to say. elise?ng for what he calls badly chosen words about black and female musicians. >> just for public relations' sake maybe i should have gone and found one black and one woman artist to include here that didn't measure up to that same historical standards. >> reporter: in a "new york times" interview promoting his new book "the masters," jann wenner discussed his decision to only include his conversations with seven white male artists, who he believes shaped rock and roll. >> insofar as women there were just none of them that were as articulate enough on this intellectual level. >> oh, stop it. you can't say that. >> joni was not a philosopher of rock and roll. ♪ they paved paradise, put up a parking lot ♪ >> reporter: joni mitchell is a legendary singer-songwriter who inspired generations of female artists. wenner also claimed certain black artists were not articulate enough. >> these are genius artists. i suppose when you use a word as broad as the masters, maybe marvin gaye. i could cut cur

cbs's elise preston is in los angeles with more on that part of the story. ise, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, jericka. dr. anthony fauci says the new booster should protect against all the circulating subvariants but adds we need to be prepared for an uptick in infections this winter. >> the chances of this being an overwhelming rush of cases and hospitalizations is probably low. >> reporter: covid infections are on the rise across the country, with hospitalizations last month increasing nearly 16%. >> i had a few colleagues who were sick with covid this summer. >> reporter: the uptick in cases prompting this san francisco food bank to sound the alarm. >> people are concerned because there's people that never got vaccinated. >> reporter: but overall, health experts say the country is better equipped to handle a winter covid outbreak. thanks to plentiful vaccines and natural immunity. many don't expect to return to mandatory masking. >> if the cases go up that there might be recommendations, not mandates. >> reporter: in l.a. county masks are

elise preston reports from the reno tahoe international airport where many festival goers would like a flight out. >> reporter: with plastic bags around their shoes or without any shoes at all, tens of thousands of revelers attending annual burning manifest value in the nevada desert have been trudging through ankle deep mud in search of relief. after downpours flooded the region over the weekend, leaving port o potties unuseable and limiting access to food and water. >> we are not allowed out. the gates are locked. >> reporter: the some 70,000 attendees were advised to shelter in place and ration supplies. >> you see the clouds behind me. it's still raining. >> reporter: taking refuge in her rv, she showed us her camp. >> for some camps, food, water. ice would be a luxury. >> reporter: satellite images show how massive the annual counter culture festival is. thousands of artists, activists, others attend every year. burning man ethos involves taking everything with you and leaving no trace. dj diploe and comedian chris rock shared they walked several miles in the mud before being re

elise preston joins us from los angeles where negotiations are currently under way. ut an imminent deal for several days. this as studio heads from warner brothers, disney and netflix are all part of ongoing discussions. a hollywood ending? that's the hope in tinsel town as negotiations between the writers guild of america and television and film producers continued for a fifth consecutive day today. >> fingers, toes, eyes. like everything crossed for a resolution. >> reporter: following a marathon negotiation session saturday, media outlets including "variety" reported that producers presented the wga with their best and final offer. >> we're hearing that they're close, but perhaps not as close as some of the press reports, which have suggested that it's all down to the drafting by the lawyers. >> reporter: unresolved issues are the regulation of artificial intelligence, staffing minimums for writers' rooms and the distribution of residuals. >> we're prepared to stay out and keep staying out. but yes, i really do hope it's over. >> reporter: today is day 146 of the w

elise preston has the latest. >> reporter: organizers are opening the front gate allowing revelers to leave. a rare downpour turned the ground into a soupy sea of mud and muck and left roads impassable. >> you don't expect this kind of rain and the effect, nobody has seen this kind of effect ever in the history of 1988 on. >> reporter: a deluge caused organizers to lock the front gates, render porta potties unusable and limited access to food and water. 70,000 attendees were sheltering in place. >> we have enough tuna for a week. >> reporter: some made their way through the mud to the main road and eventually to the reno tahoe international airport. >> on the ground things felt not only safe and comfortable actually fun because we, you know, were there for our community and we came together and made the best of it. >> reporter: satellite images show how massive the annual counter culture festival is. thousands attend ever year. the burning man spirit involves taking everything with you and leaving no trace. >> this is the best ever. i am having the best time. >> reporter: whether they

reporter elise preston is right outside the festival site with a look at what the people there are dealing with. >> reporter: it was a climactic ends to a chaotic weekend , as fireworks lit up the sky with the burning of the man to close out the festival. but, the road leading out of the remote desert is a daunting scene. tens of thousands of revelers sitting in miles long lines of vehicles, attempted to leave the burning man festival. >> reporter: nearly an inch of rain doused the site over the weekend, sinking vehicles and encampments into thick, impassable mud. >> reporter: it could take 12 hours to get out of this campsite traffic. organizers are asking people to stagger their departures to help relieve some of this traffic jam. >> the worst part for me is that i wish all these folks weren't here for that rain. >> reporter: blair has been attending for a decade. >> what has this experience been like, in comparison to the others? >> i was here in 2014 when we had a lightning storm and got wet but this was different, people maybe were not as prepared as they thought they would be. >> eac

elise preston reports the very latest from the campgrounds. >> reporter: the sloppy mess at the annual burning man is starting to dry out prompting organizers to open the front gates allowing revelers to leave. a rare downpour friday turned the grounds into a soupy sea of mud and muck and left roads leading away from the venue impassable. >> you don't expect this kind of rain and the effect nobody's ever seen this kind of effect in there ever in the history of 1988 on. >> reporter: the deluge caused organizers to lock the front gates, rendered porta-potties unusable, limited access to food and water. around 70,000 attendees were advised to shelter in place and ration supplies. >> we're okay. we have enough tuna for a week. >> reporter: some made their way through the mud to the main road and eventually to the reno-tahoe international airport. >> on the ground things actually felt not only safe and comfortable, actually fun because we, you know, were there for our community and we all came together and made the best of it. >> reporter: satellite images show just how massive the annual c

elise preston joins us from los angeles. negotiations are currently under way.d evening. >> reporter: good evening. hollywood has been talking about an imminent deal for several days, this as studio heads from warner brothers, disney and netflix are part of ongoing discussions. a hollywood ending? that's the hope in tinseltown, as negotiations between the writers guild of america and television and film producers continue for the fifth consecutive day today. >> fingers, toes, eyes, everything crossed for a resolution. >> reporter: following a marathon negotiation session saturday, media outlets including variety reporting that producers presented the wga with their best and final offer. >> we're hearing that they're close, but perhaps not as close as some of the press reports, which have suggested this is down to a drafting of the lawyers. >> reporter: unresolved issues are the regulation of artificial intelligence, staffing minimums for writers rooms and the distribution of resill yules. >> we're prepared to stay out and keep staying out, but, yes, i hope it's

live now to cbs news' elise preston in the black rock desert._ departing behind you. yes, you can see that caravan right _ departing behind you. yes, you can see that caravan right behind - departing behind you. yes, you can see that caravan right behind me. | see that caravan right behind me. good morning. they havejust see that caravan right behind me. good morning. they have just snaked around the desert. these cars have been lined up for hours trying to get out of black rock. keep in mind that people have been here, some of them for 12 to 14 days, this is a counterculture festival where people come from all around the world to this site and it's really about self—reliance, so they bring supplies, but what happened is when the rain pounded this area so quickly, there was nowhere for the water to go, it turned this dust into mud, so and they were told to ration food and water. but a lot of people said they were prepared, they shared their supplies with people who were not. some people we spoke to just yesterday had been stuck here for several