the death toll now topping 1,000. that s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a half century later, nasa counts down to its next moon shot on its most powerful rocket yet. and later, marching to his own beat. how music is opening doors for a texas teen. to become the best person that i can ever be. i mean you only live once, so i have to make it great. 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 a developing story out of ukraine. this video shows new attacks near europe s largest nuclear power plant. overnight, fighting there is reported as intense, and the plant has been repeatedly damaged by days of shelling. it is controlled by russian forces but operated by ukrainian engineers. international experts say the latest shelling underlies the risk of a nuclear catastrophe. now to a political battle for control of congress. a cbs news poll o
for many at nasa, the moon looks as close as it has in a half century. i do look at the moon differently. i m sure we looked at it that way back when we were flying apollo, but it s been a long time. reporter: nasa will tell you that wait is almost over, but its lunar landing timeline hinges on meeting a series of bi one, tncthe first one is to a space succe stor mark, thah st calls a climate catastrophe. today raging floodwaters trapped this boy until he was pulled to safety by a helicopter crew. unrelenting rain, as you see there, has killed more than 1,000 people since june and displaced millions. in china, it s extreme drought and scorching heat waves that are proving crippling. he s cbs s rhamian ascencio. reporter: summer is the rainy season for china s southwest, but dry cracking riverbeds like this across the 4,000-mile