cbs's jonathan vigliotti was back in the disaster zone today along with families struggling to cope with their loss. >> reporter: it's been nearly seven weeks since residets in lahaina's fire ravaged disaster zone have been allowed to return home. >> pretty bad. after so many years living here. >> reporter: for many like noreen wells and her granddaughter, tani, was overwhelming. >> we need to see it in person. we need to go and stand on our property and see, you know, what's left and process it. >> reporter: at least a dozen people returned home today. many discovering scenes like this. but they were the lucky ones. we're told at least one person in the neighborhood was unable to escape the flames alive. chuck hogan's home survived. >> sorry. i get a little choked up sometimes about it. >> i understand. >> just because it's just so horrible. and the fact that i made it is, you know, just the luck, the way the wind was blowing basically. >> reporter: hogan, a contractor by trade, estimates it will take at least a decade to rebuild the town. a long row of crosses, each one a family member

cbs' jonathan vigliotti was there with families struggling with the enormous loss. >> reporter: it's been nearly seven weeks since residents in lahaina's fire-ravaged disaster zone have been allowed to return home. >> pretty bad after so many years of living here. >> reporter: for many like naureen wells and her granddaughter, tawny, to be back was overwhelming. >> we need to see it in person. we need to go and stand on our property and see what's left and process that. >> reporter: at least a dozen people returned home today. many discovering scenes like this. but they were the lucky ones. we're told at least one person in the neighborhood was unable to escape the flames alive. chuck hogan's home survived. >> sorry. i get a little choked up about it sometimes. it's just so horrible. and the fact that i made it is, you know, just the way the wind was blowing, basically. >> reporter: hogan, a contractor by trade, estimates it will take at least a decade to rebuild the town. pablo pagdilao iii, the names added to the long row of crosses,'ve each one, a family member lost in the fire. p

he will appear in court next week for arraignment, norah. >> norah: jonathan vigliotti, thank you verystrike expanded today as it entered its third week. 7,000 more workers are joining the picket lines, the strike now targeting a ford plant in chicago and a general motors assembly factory near lansing, michigan. about 25,000 of the union's 146,000 workers at the big three automakers are now on strike. with the government shutdown just a day away, there's another deadline that could also have serious consequences for families. billions of dollars in pandemic era child care funding is set to expire, meaning millions of parents could lose a vital service. cbs's nancy cordes takes an in-depth look at this looming crisis. >> reporter: like many preschools, hopkins house in alexandria, virginia, is still bouncing back from the pandemic when it lost nearly half its staff. but the head of hopkins house is bracing for another blow next week. >> we are at the precipice of a major cliff, and unfortunately as we look over that cliff, it's not water that we are jumping into. all i see is hard groun

>> major: asking key questions, jonathan vigliotti. thank you. employers added 187,000 jobs in august, but the unemployment rate rising from 3.5% to 3.8%. one of the biggest losses was in the film, tv, and music industry, which shed 17,000 jobs due to the ongoing strikes in hollywood. at the white house, national security spokesman john kirby said ukraine's forces have made notable progress in their offensive against heavily-entrenched russian troops in the south. cbs's debora patta traveled to the eastern front lines for a rare look at the use of cluster munitions supplied by the united states. >> reporter: we are heading to a secret hideout deep in this forest near lyman. we are bunker down with ukrainian troops not far from the eastern front line where russia is putting them under intetense pressurere in a bid to stretch their r resources.. moscow wants to force ukrkraineo bolster its defense here by siphoning off soldiers from its counteroffensive in the south. >> a couple of weeks... >> reporter: outnumbered and outgunned, commander simon so

cbs's jonathan vigliotti was back in the disaster zone today along with families struggling to coastss. >> reporter: it's been nearly seven weeks since residents of lahaina's fire disaster zone have been allowed to return home. >> pretty bad. after so many years living here. >> reporter: for many like normally new whales and her granddaughter tony, to be back was overwhelming. >> we need to see it in person. we need to go and stand on our property and see what's left and process that. >> reporter: at least a dozen people returned home today, many discovering scenes like this. but they were the lucky ones. we are told at least one person in the neighborhood was unable to escape the flames alive. chuck hogan's home survived. >> sorry. i get a little choked up sometimes. >> reporter: i understand. >> it's just so hard. and the fact tht i made it is just the luck that the wind was blowing, basically. >> reporter: hogan, contractor by trade things that will take at least a decade to rebuild the town. the names added to the long row of crosses, each one a family member lost in the fire. pa

in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's jonathan vigliotti shows us how the largest lake is drying up andlems on land and in the air. >> reporter: 4-year-old damien lopez has symptoms that many who live near a california salton sea have. >> his cough gets very wheezy. i have to control them. >> reporter: control often means visiting pediatric nurse christina galindo. >> i can see 25 or 30 patients a day i may be half of those are dealing with respiratory issues. >> reporter: a recent study found that more than 20% of the regions 178,000 people have asthma like symptoms. this is nearly triple the national rate for out small. >> by people who live close to the salton sea have such a high incidence of asthma. >> reporter: dr. david lo led a study at uc riverside's that looked at that cause. formed in the 1900s after a break with colorado river water. today its primary source is nearby farm runoff. >> fertilizer, heavy metals like arsenic, selenium. >> reporter: for decades the dangerous mix sat on the seafloor, but without replenishment from the colorado, the salton is receding. exposing a d

and tonight's eye on america, cvs a festive jonathan vigliotti shows us how the state's largest lakeing up and leading to even bigger problems on land and in the air. >> 4-year-old damien lopez has symptoms many who live near california's 11 have. >> his cough gets very wheezy, try to control them. >> control often means visiting pediatric nurse. >> i can see up to 25 to 35 patients a day and maybe half of those dealing with respiratory issues. >> a recent study found that more than 20% of the region's 178,000 people have asthma like symptoms. this is nearly triple the national rate for asthma. >> why people who live close to the salton sea have such a high incidence of asthma. >> dr. david lo led a study at uc riverside that identified that cause. the sea itself, formed in the early 1900s after a break flooded the valley with colorado river water. today its primary source is nearby farm runoff. >> fertilizer, heavy metals like some arsenic, selenium. >> for decades this dangerous mix sat on the seafloor but without with punishment from the colorado, it is rapidly receding, exposing

in tonight's eye on america, cbs's jonathan vigliotti shows us how the state's largest lake is dryingd leading to even bigger problems on land and in the air. >> say ah. >> reporter: 4-year-old damian lopez has symptoms many who live near california's salton sea have. >> his cough gets very wheezy. i try to control him. >> reporter: control often means visiting pediatic nurse christina galindo. >> and then out. >> i can see up to 25 to 30 patients a day and maybe half of those are dealing with respiratory issues. >> reporter: a recent study found that more than 20% of the region's 178,000 people have asthma-like symptoms. this is nearly triple the national rate for asthma. >> why people who live close to the salton sea have such a high incidence of asthma. >> reporter: dr. david lowe led a study at uc riverside that identified that cause. the salton sea itself, formed in the early 1900s after a dam break flooded the valley with colorado river water. today its primary source is nearby farm runoff. >> fertilizer, heavy metals like some ars nic, selenium. >> reporter: for decades this da

cbs's jonathan vigliotti reports the suspect has been long linked to the 1996 shooting. >> today justicekur. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: more than 27 years had passed since legendary rapper tupac shakur was gunned down near the las vegas strip. there had been no arrests until now. >> a clark county grand jury has indicted dwayne keith davis with one count of open murder. >> reporter: now 60, davis had been linked to the case for years, even admitting in a 2019 memoir that he was in the car during the drive-by shooting. police today showed hotel surveillance video of a gang fight they say incited the attack on shakur. >> hands on top of your head right now. >> reporter: in july, davis' nevada home was searched, police seized several items. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: shakur was just 25 but already a hip-hop icon with 75 million records sold. >> i like to think i'm a rebel, i'm revolutionary. >> reporter: his music still revolutionary today, a life that ended too soon. and davis has denied firing the weapon, but prosecutors said he did call the shots which is enough to warrant a murder charge in the state of ne

cbs's jonathan vigliotti vig reports the suspect has been long linked to the 1996 shooting. >> todayll be served in the murder of tupac shikur. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: more than 27 years had passed since legendary rapper tupac shikur was gunned down near the las vegas strip. there had been no arrests until now. >> a clark county grand jury has indicted dwayne keith davis with one count of open murder. >> reporter: now 60, davis had been linked to the case for years, even admitting in a 2019 memoir that he was in the car during the drive-by shooting. police today showed hotel surveillance video of a gang fight they say incited the attack on shikur. >> and has on top of your head right now. >> reporter: in july, davis' nevada home was searched, police seized several items. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: shikur was just 25 but already a hip-hop icon with 75 million records sold. >> i like to think i'm a rebel, i'm revolutionary. >> reporter: his music still revolutionary today, a life that ended too soon. and davis has denied firing the weapon, but prosecutors said he did call the shots which is enough to w