severe in its widespread. >> norah: the cleanup tonight with millions under flood alerts and millions more facing excessive heat. >> it has been hot times and more areas will feel that. >> norah: this "cbs evening news" starts right now. ♪ ♪ deadly and destructive floodwaters ravage iowa, minnesota, and south dakota, good evening, i am norah o'donnell, thank you for being with us. millions of americans are under threat as rivers continue to rise with some reaching record levels, homeowners have fled to higher ground as they brace for even more rain. the record flooding has reached the rooftops of buildings, cut off entire neighborhoods and shut down roads and major highways. a new two nights, authorities are wanting a key dam in minnesota is in danger of an imminent failure. that is a breach that could lead to a mass evacuation. now all of this as it bakes a dozen states that will feel like 110 in several cities. the thought that news, we have team coverage of the wild weather and cbs's jenna kaplan will start us off from the rainsoaked iowa. >> reporter: informed country, rain is usually a blessing, but not like this. >> where do you start? >> jeremy and sarah frye took us inside their home as they search for anything they could salvage. >> reporter: which part is so distressing? speak of the memories, our marriage license. >> our photo album. everything was downstairs. >> reporter: the little sioux river is cresting 6 feet above its previous record. this neighborhood and spencer is about a half a mile away from the little sioux river and already you can see how high the water was and how much lower it has gotten as cars were filling and submerged. the disaster is really only just begun. most of these folks here, they don't have flood insurance. including stephanie henrich she runs a center for sexual assault victims and a food bank. >> we help people, and are for the first time in a long person, i am asking for help. >> reporter: an hour to the west and rock valley, a levee gave way, a rush of water pouring into this town with 4,000 residents. mankato, minnesota, this 110-year-old dm failed. the state's governor calling out the national guard. >> we have about 18 inches of rain over the last couple of weeks, what has happened is we inundated the ground, and i think that the term people are using is unprecedented. >> another term they are using is united, back and spencer, mark and cindy henley lost her home of 35 years. >> we will get through it. we always do. 40 years we have been through a lot of things and we will get through this. >> reporter: despite the waters receding here there are still flood warnings from the national weather service for about a dozen waterways and they and missouri rivers, both ofi- which are still rising ns if that was not enough, they are still risks of storms this week. norah. >> norah: jonah kaplan, thank you for being there. for more in the storms and flooding and where that brutal heat wave is heading next, let's bring in cbs new york meteorologist vanessa. >> reporter: as you can see it's windy here, these were the winds of change, tropical storm force winds, but brought the humidity down here in new york city after a four-day heat wave, the weather here today pristine compared to what i know is being dealt with out west, let's talk about it. the unprecedented rain about a foot and a half of rain has led to the historic flooding, flood warnings are in effect through tomorrow for the upper midwest. in addition, tonight, severe thunderstorms are expected. that as portions of wisconsin up towards minnesota, strong winds, damaging winds, may be an isolated tornado, hail as well, that's of your threats spreads to the south tomorrow. as we check out the heat, it will be extreme for the midsection of the country into the deep south, the heat advisory is extreme heat warnings. it will feel like 109 in little rock tomorrow as hot as 107 in jackson appeared to them for wednesday, that heat starts migrating back to the east east coast. we just wrapped it up. it's very brief, d.c. tomorrow will feel as hot as 99 once again. norah, back to you. >> norah: that is hot for june, vanessa murdock, thank you so much. their mounting problems at the international space station, today's scheduled spacewalk called off at the last minute due to a water leak in one of the astronauts space suits. all of this as nasa has again postponed the return of boeing starliner's first mission to the isf. cbs's mark strassman reports. >> ignition, and lift off. >> reporter: just hours after starliner's june 5th launch came the first sign of trouble. >> looks like we picked up a couple more helium weeks. >> we are copying, i know exactly what you mean bike picked up another helium leak. >> reporter: the spacecraft launched with one small helium leak, now it has five. starliner also lost five small maneuvering engines on the final approach to the space station. all but one were recovered. but the glitch is convinced nasa to delay starliner's return to earth. we want to get our teams a little bit more time to look at the data and do some analysis to make sure we are ready to come home. >> reporter: cbs new space analyst bill harwood. >> it's not like they are stranded on the space station, but nasa once has much information as it can be for the comes home. >> reporter: so far all of these problems have been an starliner service module, but it gets thrown away before the capsule reenters the earth's atmosphere, meaning engineers need to examine the faulty hardware while in space. >> that's why they are making a big effort to get as much data as they can, because that's what they have to base their decisions on downstream. >> reporter: starliner could stand space at least a few more weeks before would have to return to earth and until it does, astronauts want to know more, and cindy williams will have extra hands to help out on the space station. norah? >> norah: we will watch. mark strassman, thank you so much. two years ago today the supreme court overturned roe vs wade. never before has the court granted and then taken away a widely recognized constitutional rights. if this case the right to an abortion, and the battle over a woman's reproductive rights is taking center stage in the election rematch between president joe biden and donald trump. cbs's nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: protesters returned to the u.s. supreme court today where one decision two years ago has led to a seismic shift in reproductive rights. since roe v. wade was reversed, nearly two dozen states have either banned or significantly restricted abortions. donald trump hailed the change in a new podcast interview. >> i got that done with the selection of three great justices. i got it done. and it was a big thing. >> reporter: today several of its top vp contenders called it a big thing too. south carolina senator tim scott said two years ago today, our prayers were answered. in florida senator marco rubio said now american can lead in being a pro-life, pro-family nation. >> reporter: we have seen attacks on ivf. >> reporter: and maryland, arguing a second term would lead to more restrictions. >> reporter: now he wants us to believe that he will not sign a national abortion ban. look, enough with the gaslighting. >> reporter: two years income of 60% of americans continue to believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. according to a brand-new cbs poll. about half of likely voters say abortion will be a major factor for them in november. >> bring me back the white house and i will fight like to restore roe v. wade and protect american freedom. >> reporter: biden huddled with more than a dozen advisors at camp david today prepping for thursday's debate. >> how should i handle him? should i be tough and nasty? >> reporter: after questioning biden's vigor for months, he is now trying to raise expectations for joe biden even falsely claiming that he will take performance-enhancing drugs. because of a little bit before debate time he gets a shot in the ass. they want to strengthen him up. >> reporter: he went a step further suggesting they undergo drug test on thursday. i asked the joe biden team about that and they told me, donald trump is so scared of being held accountable for his toxic agenda that he is now "resorting to desperate obviously false lies. norah. >> norah: nancy cordes, thank you. cbs news will have complete coverage of the first presidential debate hosted by cnn this thursday starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our streaming networks, cbs news 24/7, than the live soma cast will begin at 9:00 p.m. eastern followed by our expert analysis. hope you join us. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will say the intense phase of the war on gaza is about to end and he says the fighting will continue. benjamin netanyahu announced that today are moving troops to the northern border with lebanon where the risk of war with the iranian-backed group hezbollah increases by the day. mts tie up reports tonight from tel aviv. >> reporter: flanked by security by mr. netanyahu said the fighting in rafah was nearly over. "it does not mean that the war is about to end, he said, but the war and its intense phase is about to end ends before." but when asked about the israeli fighting, looking at a cease-fire with hamas, he said "our terms are not to end the war." a statement he later walked back saying he was in fact committed to the proposal. a proposal of families and hostages are also desperate for. tonight three of them, including the parents of american her school book: allowed the release of a video of the objections that hamas fighters sense. but it was the comments that troops in gaza will be redeployed to the north that has until israel is readying for another major war. this time with the powerful iranian-backed hezbollah movement, we travel to northern israel where many communities are now ghost towns after the israeli military and hezbollah were trading cross-border fire back in october. israel's defense ministry was heckled by protesters as he arrived in washington for a series of high-level meetings. now the closed-door talks about a potential war in lebanon comes as cbs news has learned to the aircraft or carrier eisenhower has left the red sea and is now in the eastern mediterranean as concerns about a full-scale conflict breaking out on israel's northern front only mounts. norah. >> norah: major developments tonight, thank you, imtiaz tyab, starting with the rising death toll after an attack on churches, synagogues, and police station. cbs's lilia luciano reports 20 people were killed and dozens more injured. >> reporter: eyewitness video of one attack shows multiple gun women lament gunmen firing weapons at a police pose an easy church. another attack on folding 75 miles away in the coastal city of durban's were silent shot at parishioners and killed a priest inside an orthodox church and also fired at a synagogue before setting it on fire. investigators are calling it a coordinated terrorist attack, norah, and tonight there is growing concern over the rise of extremist violence in the region. this new attack comes just three months after gunmen killed 145 people at a concert hall near moscow. which of the islamic state later claimed responsibility for. >> norah: now to rough surf and strong rip currents as the beach season gets underway, the dangerous conditions led to deaths of seven people in florida over four days. cbs's christian been a beat as it speaks to those trying to help. >> reporter: double red flag warnings are here in panama city beach, no one supposed to be in the water and looked behind me, all of these folks in the water, the lifeguards have been going out on patrol trying to warn people that even though the water here may look calm they could be deadly. on beautiful beach days like this -- >> the water is too dangerous to get in! >> it's it effort for lifeguards to keep people out of the water and end deadly rip currents. >> i hope that people are heeding the warnings of the lifeguards and the flag system. don't throw caution to the wind. >> reporter: they risk a $500 fine. >> norah: and colorado set to ban products that contain materials called pea fuzz, katie weiss with the reasons behind the new law. >> reporter: these are some of the products that are included in the new law, colorado will ban the sails of cookware, outdoor clothing, menstrual products, and even dental floss containing toxics p fuzz, called forever chemicals because they are extremely but durable and great at making things waterproof and nonstick. the problem is, they can build up in the body and can increase the risk of serious health problems including cancer. spin on things to the cbs news teams from around the globe. 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>> no, they are not allowed to come of the squatters have rights. >> reporter: at least 20 people in a dozen rvs took control and barred her from her own land, neighbo said people were armed and weren't happy to see us. >> you think there are some murderers in here, they would like to come to the camera? who has more rights, the property owner or people living illegally? >> i have rights, i get to pay my property taxes and my ability insurance. >> eporter: she spent about $100,000 to cover legal fees, taxes and lost rent, finally found a buyer that will take the property with the squatters but it's going to cost her. >> $800,000 i dropped the price. >> reporter: 800,000 in coming a loss in almost a million dollars on this? >> yes, i have. >> reporter: it goes back to the british legal system to ensure abandoned or unused property can be put to use by people who need it. but the good intentions of the law. speak with a couple accused of squatting and killing a woman inside a mothers apartment. >> reporter: have created some modern-day nightmares. >> turning this for .5 million beverly mansion into a party held. >> this is a front line to keep squatters out of an abandoned property. this property has been vacant for four years and is an eyesore in the community. >> the owner died during covid and when no family claimed it, squatters stated. >> you see the broken windows, the graffiti, and someone has been living in this. >> it's been a horrible nightmare. >> reporter: corey cortez lives next door and once the city to tear it down. >> we are very scared at what kind of people come up and people that come in. >> reporter: since law enforcement can't do much and court battles can take years, others are stepping in with different approaches. >> it's not right to not pay. utilities or your rent. >> is about to move until he turned off the lights. >> lando thomas and kimberly contrary run squatters squad. >> what happened after they clean the place after the airbnb ended? 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