place to land troops and equipment in a crushing blow to russian morale. and later, it s been a blockbuster summer at movie theaters. audiences return for action on the big screen. having fun yet? so why is hollywood bracing for a big chill? the problem is there weren t enough blockbusters this summer for the theater chains to really say that we are back. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news. from new york, with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. tonight, millions of americans from texas to louisiana are under threat of flash flooding. torrential rain is swamping drought-stricken land near flagstaff, arizona rushing water made the roads unpassable. and this week there s more rounds of rain to come as storms move east. cbs s danya bacchus is tracking it all. reporter: good evening, jericka. it is still extremely dry here in los angeles, but across the west and southwest there s a rush to clean up in the wake of powerful st
with the six-month anniversary of the invasion this week we visited the scene of one of the most decisive battles for ukrainian forces early on in the war. ukrainian forces fought for days to defend this airfield, robbing the russian advance of a place to land troops and equipment in a crushing blow to russian morale. we were here when russian artillery was hammering these neighborhoods northeast of the capital. everything is smashed. reporter: at a children s summer camp we found tatiana, the terrified deputy director protecting the lives of elderly residents. please help us, i ask you. next could be here. i ask you go down. reporter: we did go down, where we found the elderly and young children hiding out, even as thunderous explosions rang out. we came back to see if tatiana and her guests had survived. i m so happy.
both ukraine and russia accuse each other of shelling a nuclear power plant. it is the largest on the continent. this week marks six months since the kremlin s unprovoked invasion. cbs s charlie d agata looks back in tonight s reporter s notebook. reporter: it s not often return to the war in ukraine starts with a silver lining, but we headed straight for the port city of odesa in time for the first grain ship to set sail. what kind of grain is this? reporter: in relative terms just a handful of the 20 million tons of backlog. but it s a star that may help stave off starvation in places where it s needed most. of course, much of our coverage was overshadowed by this. the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. but in the actual shadow of the plant residents we spoke to were far less worried about a nuclear catastrophe than a russian missile launched from the plant tearing through their kitchens.
for us today at 5:00. we ll see you back at 6:00 for an hour of news and news updates are alwayn kpix.com. [ captions by: vitac 2 2 email: tonight, dangerous weather. millions of americans in the southwest threatened by torrential rain. the sudden downpours trapping tourists at carlsbad caverns national park. we ll have the forecast detailing the threat ahead. also tonight, the fbi under fire after the mar-a-lago search. and you know that we are going after an ex-president who may run again. plus, suspicious attack. the daughter of a vital ally of vladimir putin is killed in a moscow car bombing. war in ukraine. cbs s charlie d agata has the reporter s notebook as this week marks six months since russia s invasion. ukrainian forces fought for days to defend this airfield, robbing the russian advance of a