rain. the massive wildfire burning out of control in northern california. the fire is now the state s largest fire this year. more than 55,000 acres burned. more than 100 structures destroyed. at least two people killed, apparently trying to escape the flames. matt gutman on the fire line. ginger zee tonight on the red flag warnings in the west and the new flood watch for eastern kentucky. flood wing possible in same are monkeypox spreading in the u.s. more than 5,200 cases reported. new york city and illinois declaring public health emergencies today and the cdc warning for children 8 and under. despite growing threats from china. house speaker nancy pelosi is expected to visit taiwan during her trip to asia this week. what the white house is now saying. nfl quarterback deshaun watson suspended six games following dozens of allegations of sexual misconduct and after watson agreed to settle 23 of 24 cases against him. and paying tribute to two trail blazers on the
video shows briana greer falling out of this patrol car. tonight her family demanding answers. we want to know what happened. later, we remember two towering trail blazers. nichelle nichols, who helped br women, including with this kiss, and bill russell, 11-time nba champion, celtics legend and civil rights activist. i wasn t making a contribution, i was just doing the best i could. this is the cbs weekend news from new york. with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. tonight tens of millions of americans are dealing with extreme weather. in kentucky more rain is soaking the state already struggling to recover from catastrophic flooding. the death toll now at 28. and the scope of the destruction still unfolding. in the pacific northwest, a heat dome that s sizzled for days is forecast to spread east this week, while california tonight battles that state s biggest fire so far this year. the inferno seen here from space. cbs joy be
america and china s taiwan faceoff. tonight, tensions escalate ahead of speaker nancy pelosi s possible trip to the self-governed island. adam yamaguchi is there tonight as war games with uh underway. the fact we re seeing an amphibious assault suggests that the taiwanese think the chinese will take islands in the south china sea and dickerson: another supply chain log jam in the warning from the nation s businessiest port. terror shark encounters. what had swimmers racing to shore. and renning the life and careers of two americans icons and thee. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. dickerson: good evening, and thank you for joining us, i m john dickerson in for norah. tonight, we are awaiting president biden, who will speak within the hour about what s being described as a successful counterterrorism strike. a seen nor administration official tells cbs news that the u.s. killed top al quaida leader aym
several hours. you can see it on screen. you can see the unpredictable path, very unsettling for local authorities in the area. the suspect was taken into custody some five hours later. nadia romero has been tracking this all day for us. also with us is cnn transportation analyst mary sciavo. what are we learning about the suspect and how all of this came to an end? and thank goodness it did, nadia. reporter: thank goodness it came to the end it did, jim. that s what we re hearing from the mayor of tupelo. saying he was woken up early this morning by police and fire and he said usually when he gets those calls it s always something bad so he feared the worst, that this pilot would go through with his initial threat, the threat he made was he was going to take that stolen aircraft and crash it into a walmart there in tupelo. that s when authorities evacuated the walmart, they blocked off the streets nearby just awaiting that threat to play out. we know it did not. we know th
country. rachel scott at the white house. the images coming in, a fast-moving wildfire exploding in flames in california. structures destroyed and evacuations under way. extreme heat dangers in the west. millions bracing for temperatures well into triple digits through the weekend as the first hurricane of the season forms in the atlantic. rob marciano with the track. record labor day travel expected as the long holiday weekend gets under way. tens of millions of americans driving and flying at prepandemic levels as gas prices plunge. overseas tonight, the war in ukraine. the white house now asking congress for more than $13 billion in additional military aid. and the new warning from the u.n. nuclear watchdog about that nuclear power plant caught in the cross fire. the chilling image seen around the world. a man pointing a gun right in the face of argentina s vice president. that gun failing to fire. news on the suspect. actress jane fonda revealing her battle with