sounds like a cliche, but living in the moment, living in the present is medicine for me. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with more hot weather. temperatures are setting records across this country and around the world. a top nasa scientist warns july could become the earth s hottest month in hundreds if not thousands of years. tens of millions of americans from california to florida are struggling right now to endure these dangerous and sometimes deadly conditions, and as if things couldn t get worse, the heat wave is forecast to expand into the midwest and northern plains. but we begin this evening in the west with cbs s elise preston in los angeles. good evening to you. reporter: jericka, good evening to you. many in los angeles are using umbrellas to shield themselves from the brutal sun, but there s no relief in sight for these
a state with a spectacular landscape of peaks and plains. as our barry petersen shows us, a place putting one man s life in focus. reporter: this is where colorado photographer john fielder works. capturing nature, spring colors, the quiet of winter. now he faces a challenge greater than any nature threw at him. i want to talk about your cancer. john has pancreatic cancer. you have probably seen as much as any man of nature. birth, life, death. i sometimes have the sense talking with you, john, that it informs the way that you are approaching death is part of life. help me understand this. living in the moment. sounds like a cliche but living in the moment, living in the present is medicine for me. and it allows me to appreciate the past and the future.
coast. the heat has been unrelenting. in greece, tourists and residents flee. a heat-fueled wildfire sparking the country s largest ever evacuation. also tonight, new scrutiny for texas border tactics against migrants. the federal government warning of legal action. caught on camera. do not release the dog. with his hands up. an ohio officer orders a police dog to attack an unarmed suspect as he surrenders. in israel, protests intensify as benjamin netanyahu pushes ahead with a controversial vote. plus, new russian attacks in ukraine damage an historic cathedral. the latest from cbs s charlie d agata. you look broken to me. and later, colorado treasure. why nature photographer john fielder is focusing on the future and his life s work. living in the moment.
You are at your favourite artiste’s concert and instead of enjoying the performance to the fullest, you are on your phone, taking snaps, and posting videos of the concert on social media. By doing so, are you not more interested in capturing the moment, instead of living it?
But we keep tearing around. Fretting and sweating. Complaining about the haze of Canadian wildfires and other things we can’t do a thing about. Wishing for rain and then wishing